After the more than one million silver returned by the financial inspector, Duan Fang happily went to Ren Xinggui. When he arrived at the yamen in Tianjin, he felt a little bad when he saw the surrounding scenes.

It turned out that the Zhi Governor's garrison should be in Baoding and Tianjin was the garrison of Beiyang ministers, but since Li Hongzhang, Yuan Shikai, and Yang Shixiang, he has always been the garrison of Beiyang and the governor of Zhili. The political center of Zhili was naturally in Tianjin. However, Duan Fang did not have the title of Beiyang when he took office this time, and he was transferred as the Minister of Nanyang, but now he has not only no identity as the Minister of Beiyang, but also the title of Nanyang has been lost.

He once asked tentatively whether to move the direct supervision garrison to Baoding? This is an excuse, which is actually a reminder to the emperor whether he could send the identity of the Beiyang minister to him again. But the emperor made a clear statement that the direct supervision yamen could be set up in Tianjin, and there was no need to return to Baoding. "The Beiyang minister was originally in charge of military, political, industrial, diplomatic and other responsibilities, but now the new army is uniformly dispatched by the Ministry of National Defense, and the administration and the old army are directly supervising their affairs. How successful and failure of the Beiyang industry in recent years, and how much profit or loss must be cleaned up by the financial officer for full-time work. You should not get involved first. Diplomacy is originally state affairs and should be managed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs..." After saying that, even if the title of the Beiyang minister does not have the meaning of the Beiyang minister, why should it be set up?

The yamen was still the same yamen. Duan Fang wanted to forget about it, but looking at the direct flag flying in the wind, this thought became more and more bad. Since he was unhappy, he naturally did not have the mood to welcome and see him off. Except for the wedding banquet on the first day, he would all say thanks. As for officials of all sizes, he would block them. He also let people go out. Now he is rectifying the administration and refreshing the official style. You should not cause trouble for me. For seven days, except reading books in the house. He has never even been to the yamen. Anyway, there are people who have to deal with the chores.

That day, the doorman informed someone to ask for a meeting and handed over a post. Duan Fang didn't look at it, waved his hand and said impatiently: "No!"

The staff next to him was Lao Ju. He took it over and looked at it and advised: "Master. No one can see the atmosphere at the moment, but this person cannot be seen."

"What's the point of being a good thing for him?"

"Yes." The staff handed over the post.

Duan Fang was surprised after seeing this. The person who came was Zhang Xun, who was currently the wing commander of the three eastern provinces and one of the few green camp generals. After thinking for a long time, he said, "Although I know him, I have no close friends, let alone he is a missionary in the three eastern provinces. Why did he move to me?"

"This man has always been strange, and it is even more strange to come to the door now. It is best for the Grandmaster to see him at first, maybe there are strange words..."

When Zhang Xun was young, he was the horse of Xu Zhenyi, the governor of the river. He was smart but liked to bet. He lost public funds several times. Xu Hong was unable to bear it and decided to deal with him heavily. Mrs. Xu thought that he was smart and capable, and looked quite imposing. She didn't look like a loser, so she gave him some money and let him go privately. After Zhang Xun arrived in Guangxi, she joined the subordinates of the admiral Su Yuanchun. Su also believed that Zhang Xun must be promising and valued it, and even let him take care of important errands such as buying arms. But Zhang Xun's gambling skills

It was really bad. After arriving in Shanghai, he lost a large amount of public funds. Not to mention arms, he could not even buy a short gun. The strange man really couldn't judge it by common sense. Zhang Xun, who lost all the money, did not hide or run away, and even returned to Guangxi to commit suicide, saying that the money had been lost. Su was amused and cried. After thinking about it, he still felt that "the talent was rare". He also promised him to work as a servant under Wang Shizhen in Beiyang. Not long after, he got to the commander of the patrol battalion and was stationed at the junction of Zhili and Henan.

After the Gengzi Kingdom's transformation, the two palaces returned to the palace and happened to pass by Zhang Xun's defense zone. Zhang was extremely generous and had a good relationship with the eunuchs. He had a deeper relationship with Li Lianying. He then came to the Beijing area to accompany the guards. He was promoted to three levels in a row and was promoted to the admiral of Gansu. He was known as the "Zhang Junmen" and was already the best general. He was said to be the admiral of Gansu, but Zhang Xun was always in Beijing. In addition to the original strength of the patrol battalion, he gradually gathered Nie Shicheng and Dong Fuxiang's straitors and scattered soldiers and brave men to defend the palace. The entire inner palace was under control.

This scene made Yuan Shikai, who had always had a different ambition, very uncomfortable. After the Russo-Japanese War, the three eastern provinces were in chaos, so they proposed to transfer Zhang Xun to the wing commander of the Fengtian camp to control the defense force of the three provinces. On the surface, they were particularly respectful, and they meant that Zhang Xun was the admiral of the three provinces, but in fact, the new army of the three provinces obeyed the orders of Beiyang, and Zhang Xun could not command them. The original forty battalions were all led by Zhang Zuolin, Feng Delin, Wu Junsheng and others, and none of them were easy to mess with. The word "control" sounded like a joke, but Zhang Xun knew that Yuan Shikai was powerful and tactfully did not argue, so he obediently pulled the troops to Fengtian. But he had been in a year

He stayed for a month or two and often stayed in the eight great Husbands for most of the time, without gambling. Because he was familiar with the people, he was in peace with all aspects, so he could do whatever he wanted. He had to do so for six or seven years. After Xu Shichang became the governor of the three eastern provinces, he was still like this, and Xu was too lazy to cause trouble for him.

Although Zhang Xun was not good at doing his job, he was smart and had a good idea of ​​making friends with Xiao De Zhang in the future, so he did not hesitate to make friends with Xiao De Zhang first and then become a sworn brother. Your surname is Zhang, and I am also Zhang. Can you write two characters in one stroke? Xiao De Zhang is far from gaining prominence at this time, and Zhang Xun is naturally very honored to betray Zhang Xun's benefits in front of Long Yu. After a while, Zhang Xun also made a name for Long Yu.

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Xu Shichang was able to support Zhang Xun, and the new Dong Governor Zhao Erxun was different. He could not stand Zhang Xun, who knew a lot of words. After he arrived in Beijing, he heard that the other party's discipline was absent, prostitution and gambling, and neglected his duties. He was even more angry. The county magistrate was better than to be in charge of the current situation. In the past, the governor of Sichuan could have used all these as jokes. Now that he succeeded Dong Governor, he happened to be Zhang Xun's immediate superior, so he decided to use him as the beginning of the rectification of the administration of the three eastern provinces. During the mourning, Zhao Erxun sent people to invite him several times, but Zhang Xun kept hiding, but instead made a noise, saying, "I have someone in the court, don't take chicken feathers as an arrow."

But who is Zhao Erxun? That was the emperor who personally issued an edict to comfort Zhang Xun, shouldering the important task of "refreshing the administration of officials, cleaning up finances, and rectifying national defense", and those who acted cheaply and gave Shangfang swords could not take this domineering seriously. The new official took three fires, and the first fire burned Zhang Xun. He ordered all his subordinates to come to see him, preparing to give Zhang Xun a warning, but Zhang was not there for a long time. After searching for Goshha, he realized that he was still staying in Beijing and had to take the train that night before coming to Fengtian.

After meeting the next day, Zhao Erxun was angry and cursed: "The Governor controls his subordinates' civil and military affairs. You, the Admiral, have you been delayed. Do you still have me in your eyes?"

According to the customs of the Qing Dynasty, not to mention the governor, even if the admiral meets the governor, he will hand over the book and refer to the following rituals. But since he was deliberately unable to get along with Zhao Erxun, he naturally would not be so respectful. Instead, he said: "I only know that according to the rules of the court, the admiral is from the first rank, and you are from the first rank, which is another matter. Besides, I am the wing commander of the three eastern provinces and control the defense force of the three provinces. The second rank, you are in charge of the three provinces, and I am also in charge of the three provinces." Zhang Xun was not well-educated, but he had sharp teeth - Zhao Erxun's courtesy name was Cishan. He did not call him "the great commander" but "the second rank", which means that I am on the same level as you.

No admiral dared to be so domineering. Zhao Erxun was so angry that he could not refute. After thinking for a long time, he squeezed out a sentence: "Why did you hold the rituals of a subordinate when Xu Jushuai was appointed as the governor?"

"He is my old commander." Xu Shichang was once the general manager of the Beiyang camp affairs office, and Zhang Xun was naturally a subordinate as a battalion official. It was clear that he was still unhappy, so he added: "How can you compete with him?"

After this verbal battle, Zhang Xun wandered back to Beijing again. He took advantage of the word, but offended the person completely. On the third day, Zhao Erxun impeached him, accusing him of "when defense was tight, he dared to leave his post without returning for several months, so that there was no one in the command of the battalions, and the discipline was gone, and he should be strictly rectified and punished." Moreover, before the capital was returned, Zhao Erxun sacrificed the Shangfang sword and then ordered Zhang Zuolin and Feng Delin to take over Zhang Xun's troops. Zhang Xun became a bare-rod admiral in a blink of an eye.

Zhao Erxun's words were naturally not light, and he issued an edict within two days: "I will relieve the wing commander of the camp and go to the governor of Gansu to be the first rank."

This made Zhang Xun miserable. Without soldiers, there would be no salary. Where can I get a vacancy? He had to go back to Xiao Dezhang's path, trying to change through the relationship between the queen, but a confidant reminded him that he could have the idea of ​​Yi Jun. The commander of Yi Jun Jiang Gutue was over 60 years old and extremely old. However, Yi Jun was both a defense force, and it was justified. Xiao Dezhang strongly supported this and expressed his willingness to serve him. He only reminded him that Jiang Guitue was currently the admiral of Zhili, but if Duan Fang did not nod, this matter would not be done.

Zhang Xun's request for this is for this, but he is a wonderful person. After seeing the etiquette respectfully, he said to him: "I heard that the Grand Marshal is a famous Chinese master and is most familiar with the appreciation of calligraphy and paintings. I, Zhang Xun, is a rough man. There are a few things here that I don't know. I would like to ask you to read it."
Chapter completed!