Back to the Republic of China as a commander

After thinking about it for a while, Wang Zhenpeng still decided to trust this junior: "I'm really quitting, and I'm going back to my hometown, Hunan."

Zhang Zhizhong nodded: "When I was in the military academy, I heard from the seniors that your third brother is Wang Zhenyu. Why don't you take me with you, I don't want to stay in Beijing anymore."

Wang Zhenpeng nodded: "Okay, but I have something urgent and I have to leave immediately, you see?"

Zhang Zhizhong said with a smile: "What does it matter, everything else is outside the body, let's go together."

Then Zhang Zhizhong turned around and said: "You stand still, I will come back later, this is my fellow villager, I will see you off."

"Good class, platoon leader, Huzi got a dog last night, and there will be dog meat hot pot for lunch." A big soldier replied happily.

A group of four left Beijing like this. . .

Half a month later, the Yuan family released a message in the Suncheon Times, announcing that the Yuan family and Yuan Jingxue had severed ties. . .

Many years later, General Zhang Zhizhong, who retired perfectly in a high position, faithfully recorded in his personal memoirs the escape that determined the development of his life.

"The long river of history is full of accidents like this. A thought that happened by accident that day actually affected my whole life. Looking back on this life, this is undoubtedly the most sensible choice. At that moment, I was undoubtedly the bravest person in the world. I am proud of myself. Although this is just an accident, it seems to be a little inevitable. Perhaps our history is made up of the necessity and accident together."

Just when Wang Zhenpeng and the others fled to Tianjin and were about to go south by sea, on June 6, in Nanjing, a discussion on the issue of corruption was going on, and the trigger for this discussion was a member of the Military Commission at the time, Lieutenant General Yang Wangui, commander of the Gendarmerie Command, submitted a proposal on "Prohibiting Citizens from Illegally Possessing Firearms" to the Third Session of the First National Assembly on behalf of the Military Commission.

This proposal was voted on the afternoon of the third day of the seven-day meeting as the sixth discussion proposal of the third meeting of the first National Congress in the five years of the Republic of China. Under the chairmanship of the speaker Zhang Taiyan, all 361 national representatives actually attended 307 people, with 221 votes in favor, 71 votes against, and 15 abstentions, passed this motion.

Then it sparked a big discussion about the sex issue.

The first attack is still the Shanghai "Shenbao" which has always been against Wang Zhenyu: "...Since Yu claims to be the government of the people, how can he prohibit the right of the people to defend themselves? Why can't the United States prohibit the use of firearms to keep the country in chaos? China can't prohibit firearms The world is in chaos? Since it is a government system, why does the government only live in the center alone? How can the National Government talk about it? This is an entity that wears the cloak of government and conducts government. How is it different from Yuan Shikai’s Chinese monarchy? Let me ask the National Government , where will it go tomorrow..."

Then "Zhejiang Minbao", "Shanghai Daily", and "Jiangsu Guangming Daily" wrote follow-up articles, and for a while there were voices of criticism of the Nationalist government.

Headed by "Yuanjiang Daily", "Youth Army Daily", "National Socialist Party Daily", "Nanjing Daily" and "Wuhan Daily" naturally spared no effort to counter this: "...the so-called corruption does not lie in its superficial form , but lies in whether it protects the freedom and freedom of the citizens. As in the case of the United Kingdom, the king still exists, and the people have no guns. However, the people can elect members and remove the government. Can you regard it as the imperial government of the Yuan thief. . .”

Surprisingly, the Nanjing Nationalist Government at the moment is dead silent. Obviously, behind the whole discussion there is Sun Wen or Hu Hanmin who are fueling the flames. Its essence is not necessarily a multi-party system, but more likely It is to create an atmosphere of public opinion to achieve a certain purpose.

Wang Zhenyu thought about it, but he didn't think that just a few pens could shake the gun under his hand.Because the army's loyalty to itself is by no means simply relying on beliefs, but also the relationship of interests. Looking at the whole country, silver dollars are used as the denomination unit. There are several ordinary soldiers who get eight yuan a month, and the whole northern Beiyang is the highest. Six yuan per month, but the actual income is only two yuan and four cents.It's easy to defeat yourself. How can the national government pay these soldiers?tax?

The current Wang Zhenyu Group is actually composed of the China Development Corporation, the three major banks, and the Youth Army.

Sure enough, the controversy only lasted for less than two weeks before it calmed down. Hu Hanmin and others suddenly discovered that Wang Zhenyu, a 25-year-old young man, was much more confident than they had imagined.He didn't show any signs of panic in this debate at all, and didn't even say a word. Hu Hanmin even began to faintly worry that if he challenged this young man again and again, it would cause serious consequences. . .

Obviously this worry is superfluous. Wang Zhenyu really hates Hu Hanmin now, but it doesn't mean he has the time and ideas to deal with Hu Hanmin.It is easy to get rid of a housekeeper of the Government Affairs Council, but who will replace it?After tossing and tossing, in the end it's not to tossing myself.Therefore, Wang Zhenyu still has this bit of political tolerance and tolerance, and let some people dance like a clown.Thinking of this, Wang Zhenyu couldn't help but sigh with emotion. Perhaps the most suitable person to cooperate with him should be Song Jiaoren, not Sun Wen and the others. At least Song Jiaoren's habit is to bring political struggles into the framework of laws and parliaments, rather than conspiracy.

Forget it, don't think about it anymore, after Shanghai contracted out the entire light industry development plan through bidding, Wang Zhenyu's prestige among the merchant class reached its peak.At least in the eyes of these businessmen, Wang Zhenyu is a good comrade, and it is rare to meet him in hundreds of years!

But Wang Zhenyu has more to worry about. One of the problems is how to protect the development of the national light industry. The first problem is the tariff issue. At present, the customs has indeed withdrawn it, but the tariff is only 5.00%. This tariff is really low. dead.According to Wang Zhenyu's idea, at least 20.00% is needed to ensure that the country's products have market competitiveness.Of course, this problem is not urgent now, but it will become more prominent after the end of the European War, so now we must solve this sensitive problem while foreigners are not sensitive.But who should talk about this matter?

Chapter 294

Wang Zhenpeng has been a little annoyed recently. Since the four of us escaped from Beijing, Xuemei has become unhappy, asking her what's the matter but never telling her.

It wasn't until the British ship was about to arrive in Shanghai that Yuan Jingxue found herself on the deck tremblingly: "Brother Zhenpeng, I heard that your third brother is in Shanghai."

Wang Zhenpeng nodded and said: "Yes, we have also notified him of our itinerary, through the telegraph machine on the ship. What's the matter, sister Xue?"

Yuan Jingxue bit her lip, hesitated for a while before asking, "Can we see him?"

Wang Zhenpeng was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why? He is my third brother!"

Yuan Jingxue was very sad in her heart, she clearly remembered every detail of her father in the last days of his life, facing the south and yelling at God for injustice, since she gave birth to Yuan Shikai, why did she give birth to Wang Zhenyu?Even when his father was about to die, he still held his brothers' hands and said, "I'm getting old, but I was defeated by Cai E and Wang Zhenyu."

Yuan Jingxue always felt that she was sorry for the Yuan family by being with Wang Zhenpeng, wouldn't it be even more treasonous if she went to meet her father's enemy?But can you tell Brother Zhenpeng this?The little girl's tears of grievance rolled in her eyes.

This time, Wang Zhenpeng's heart ached: "Okay, okay, if I don't see you, I won't see you. You allow me to write a letter of recommendation for Wenbai, and he sent us all the way. When we arrive in Shanghai, we will change boats and go to Hunan, okay?"

Yuan Jingxue knew that Wang Zhenpeng still cared about her, so she didn't want to make things difficult for him, so she nodded hurriedly.

The result was that Wang Zhenyu came out excitedly to pick up his fourth brother, but in the end he saw Li Dachao, a living treasure, plus Zhang Zhizhong.

"Li Dachao, what's the situation? Where's my fourth child? He's gone? Then what are you doing here?" Wang Zhenyu looked at Li Dachao covetously, as if the boy had hidden his younger brother, and his temper immediately came up. questioning.

How could Li Dachao bear such a shock, he quickly waved his hands and said: "The fourth master took the girl from the Yuan family to change boats and went directly to Hunan. He said he missed the old man. After seeing the old man, he will come to see you, handsome old man. Let me bring a letter." There is also this Mr. Zhang who came to see you, handsome, I dare not talk nonsense."

"Girl from the Yuan family, which family's girl?" Wang Zhenyu didn't look at Zhang Zhizhong who was standing beside him, but took the letter and tore it open. Words, his eyes lit up all of a sudden, and he forgot all his troubles.

"Oh, you are Zhang Zhizhong and Zhang Wenbai! Haha, I heard that the fourth child mentioned you (have you? When?), I finally saw your true self today. It's great." Wang Zhenyu's enthusiasm surprised Zhang Zhizhong. Are you famous? ?

Seeing Zhang Zhizhong's expression, Wang Zhenyu immediately knew that he had suffered from sexual illness again, so he restrained his enthusiasm and said: "Hehe, it's okay. Since you are willing to join the revolutionary team, you are most welcome. But there is no battle for now. , the military observation mission to Europe has also set off. In this way, you are now a major in my valet. It just so happens that the valet is going to be reformed and expanded recently, so you can join together. The first regular class of Wuhan Continental University will start in August You just go in and study, you are Zhenpeng’s friend, you have ideas and ability, just work hard.”

Zhang Zhizhong quickly saluted and said, "I am willing to serve the commander in chief!"

Wang Zhenyu laughed loudly and said: "What a handsome man, don't call me a clown like Li Dachao. My current position is the chairman of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government. Don't be a handsome man. That name is like a warlord. hehe!"

"Yes, Chairman."

"Well, by the way, Zhenpeng's previous classmates are also arranged in the attendant's office now. It's just a good time for you to get to know each other and have a meal together to get acquainted with each other." Wang Zhenyu ordered with great concern. . .

Wang Zhenpeng and Yuan Jingxue transferred to the ship of Yuanjiang Shipping Company in Shanghai. The original plan was to disembark directly at Zhuzhou, and then walk back to Baoqing.

But when the ship arrived in Wuhan, it was suddenly stopped.

A group of officers in beautiful white military uniforms boarded the ship, went directly to the captain to inquire about the passenger information, and then knocked on the cabin door where Wang Zhenpeng was.

Unexpectedly, Wang Zhenpeng opened the hatch, and the officer leading the team was tall and mighty, and immediately gave a standard military salute to Wang Zhenpeng, causing Yuan Jingxue to grab Wang Zhenpeng's clothes tightly again.Perhaps it was because of leaving home for the first time, Yuan Jingxue, who was very daring at home, became a lot more timid this time around, like a wounded deer, which made people feel distressed.

"Hello, my name is Guo Meng, and I am the head of the guard of the Nationalist Government Military Commission. By order of the eldest lady and the second lady, please disembark and go to your home to have a talk."

"Eldest madam, second madam?" Wang Zhenpeng immediately understood that the third brother should have married two sister-in-laws. He was very sorry for coming here without seeing the third brother in Shanghai. The sister-in-laws here sent people on board to invite them Well, it's not good to refuse again.Wang Zhenpeng nodded, then comforted Yuan Jingxue and said: "It's okay, just come with me to meet my two sister-in-laws, both of whom are female relatives, please pack your things quickly."

Since she was going to see the female relatives, Yuan Jingxue's resistance was naturally not so strong, and she turned around obediently and went to pack her things.

In fact, neither Ye Ziwen nor Zhao Yuting had ever met Wang Zhenpeng, and it was actually Wang Zhenyu's order to send someone to intercept the boat.

Because he was busy discussing financial and currency reforms with the five major banks, especially the Ningbo Gang, Wang Zhenyu couldn't rush back from Shanghai immediately. His initial understanding of the fourth brother's move to go home when he didn't see him was that the fourth brother still had troubles. Open.But after listening to Li Dachao tell what happened in Beijing, Wang Zhenyu immediately understood, he laughed and said: "The girl from Yuan's house is indeed my brother of Wang Zhenyu, she actually got old Yuan's daughter in her hands, Old Yuan, if you know from the outside world, we have become in-laws, and I don’t know what expression you have? Haha”

Wang Zhenyu said again: "I think this girl Yuan has emotions in her heart, and she doesn't want to see my enemy, ha ha! So, Wang Huai, please send a telegram to Wuhan quickly, and ask the eldest lady and the second lady to receive four Brothers and the others, especially this girl Yuan, want to give warmth like others. Lao Yuan and I have no personal enmity, at best it is just a matter of different political views and conflicts of interests. In addition, let the eldest brother and the fifth child also put aside the work at hand, The fourth child is back, treat him to a meal for me. As for Miss Yuan going back to Baoqing Mansion, I will take it easy, I heard that my father has a bad temper recently, it is best not to go back and make trouble!"

Wang Longxian has indeed been bullish recently, and his temper has grown.

Since the establishment of the Nationalist Government, Wang Longxian has returned to the entrance of the cave.Not only became a member of the Dongkou County Council, but was also elected as the chairman of the Baoqing Chamber of Commerce (although the old man had never done a penny of business), and Wang Longxian was also a candidate for the Hunan Provincial Council election.There is no one in the village who is not envious of the scenery, but they generally know that a good son has been born in his family.

This Wang Longxian was just a follower of Wang Longzhong's father Wang Shizi in the early years, but now his father is more expensive than his son, and he has been a bunch of officials and officials, so his mentality is naturally very different.Because the family had money, they bought fields and expanded the house in their hometown. For this reason, they had some quarrels with Wang Shizi, the richest man and head of the clan. This is not what Wang Zhenyu likes to see. Sitting in the center of the town.So after Wang Zhenyu heard Wang Longzhong mention the matter in Nanjing, he sent a telegram overnight to ask his eldest brother Wang Zhenkun, who is in charge of investment and construction of military projects, to put aside his work and go home to do work for his father, telling him to restrain himself and stop being rich. Don't miss the old days.This Wang Zhenyu's original intention was good, but it turned out that the father's temper was really not small, and I don't know how the elder brother persuaded him. Anyway, the final result was that Wang Longxian chased Wang Zhenkun, who was wearing a major general's uniform, with a pole. Crawled and escaped from the house.But it wasn't all in vain, at least after a few days, I received the news that my father went to visit Wang Shizi's mansion with some gifts, which can be regarded as repairing the relationship.

Naturally, Wang Zhenyu knew that although Wang Longxian had listened to his sons' advice, he must still be angry. If Wang Zhenpeng took Yuan Jingxue back to his hometown at this time, he would most likely be devastated. It is better to let this kid avoid the limelight in Wuhan first.

Wang Zhenyu suddenly found that he cared more and more about people now, and seemed to have a so-called elder style. . .

Wang Zhenpeng and Yuan Jingxue got into a convertible Ford car. Wenlu in Wuhan is a three-story western building. Unlike Anjiang, it is not mixed with the office area.However, the security here is still very strict. In addition to the guards at the attendants, the police from the Wuhan Public Security Bureau are patrolling the streets 300 meters away from here.The gendarmes also wore black uniforms and white helmets, and they drove by in groups of four on the roads around Wenlu from time to time.There are a total of four such patrol convoys, and they patrol once from time to time.And not far from Wenlu is the office area of ​​the Military Commission, where a special agent group is stationed.

Yuan Jingxue seemed to get nervous when she saw the armed soldiers, and she hugged Wang Zhenpeng tightly, not afraid that others would laugh at her.And Guo Meng, who was in charge of driving, also saw this through the rearview mirror. He said in a quiet way: "Miss Yuan, don't worry, our chairman knows about your affairs. He asked me to tell you that he and Mr. Yuan are not the same. No selfish enmity, just different political views, this must be the same view of Yuan Gong. The past is like wind, since you are now in the Wang family, you can treat this as your own home."