The Republic of China: A Letter of Appointment Creates the Most Powerful Warlord

At nine o'clock in the morning, the sun was shining brightly. Zhang Ye, dressed in a neat military uniform, appeared at the Duan faction's headquarters in the capital in high spirits. The tall building in front of him was like a solid castle, standing in the prosperous city, giving people a sense of majesty and solemnity.

Zhang Ye took a deep breath and walked into the headquarters. As soon as he entered the door, he felt an atmosphere different from other places.

Civil servants were busy shuttling between offices, holding documents, reports, etc. in their hands, their faces filled with confidence and concentration.

Many people had just arrived at their posts, and were holding steaming hot breakfasts that exuded an enticing aroma.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Ye couldn't help but sigh secretly. No wonder no one is willing to go to the grassroots level. Life here is no different from lying at home. It's simply too easy.

"Hey, can you please tell me where the awarding ceremony is held?" Zhang Ye looked around and found that the military ranks of the people here were higher than his. He was really at a loss, so he had to find a sweet-looking girl and asked a little embarrassedly.

"A conferment ceremony?" The girl held a lunch box in one hand, and the other was busy pinching a fresh meat bun. Her rosy little mouth was as stuffed as a little squirrel. "Are you here to attend the conferment ceremony?"

"Yes, this is my first time at the headquarters in the capital, and I don't know where the meeting is."

Zhang Ye said matter-of-factly.

He thought someone would lead the way here, but when he got there he found that no one paid any attention to a little Karami like him.

"First time here, you're Zhang Ye, right?" The girl pondered for a moment, her large, moist eyes scanning him up and down before she spoke to herself, "Yes, you're the only one from lower ranks among this batch of promotions."

"Uh..." Faced with her strange look, Zhang Ye was a little confused about where this girl came from.

Just as he was about to ask again, the girl finished the bun in her hand in one gulp, clapped her hands and said, "Let's go, follow me."

"Okay, okay, thank you." A hint of joy flashed in Zhang Ye's eyes, and he took this opportunity to start looking at the girl in front of him.

She has a tall and well-proportioned figure. The military uniform, which was originally a bit loose, looks particularly slim on her. She has a pair of long, round and straight legs, a round face with a little baby fat, and a pair of big, twinkling eyes that are very beautiful.

"You're from Jingshan County, right? You weren't promoted to lieutenant colonel last time, but this time you jumped two levels. Pretty impressive." The girl led the way, chattering non-stop. "I heard you've done a lot of great things over there. You're quite popular among the people, right?"

"It's not a big deal, just helping them reduce some taxes."

Zhang Ye touched his nose and said with a guilty conscience.

Originally, this was a very glorious thing and something to talk about.

But after Lao Huang's suggestion, he didn't dare to brag about it, for fear of attracting other people's attention.

"Linlin, good morning."

"Good morning, Linlin. Have you eaten?"

"Linlin, you're beautiful again. I have some imported chocolates. I'll send them to you when I have time."

As soon as I went up to the second floor, the office staff passing by greeted the girl.

There were even a few young men carrying general stars, who looked at her with something strange in their eyes, with a hint of flattery mixed in between.

"You're doing pretty well here. How many years have you been working here?"

Zhang Ye was also free and wanted to take the opportunity to understand the interpersonal relationships at the headquarters.

By the way, I wanted to find out what the girl was saying and see which big tree was behind her to satisfy my curiosity.

"No, I just got here this year." The girl called Linlin turned around and patted her shoulder, indicating, "Look, I'm the lowest-ranking officer in the entire office, only captain."

"Oh, I don't think so." Zhang Ye saw that she was not arrogant, so he began to speak boldly and joked softly, "So many people greeted you just now, you are more prestigious than a general."

"Tell me the truth, did you get in through the back door?"

"No way!" Linlin looked unhappy when she heard that, and the smile in her eyes disappeared immediately. "I got in through a fair and honest exam. They greeted me simply because they like me."

"I understand, I got in through the exam..."

Zhang Ye nodded and didn't dwell on this issue any further.

What else can you say about those who got in through exams? They got in based on their real talents and the parents who created the positions out of thin air behind them...

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Five minutes later, the two arrived at the conference room on the fourth floor.

At that time, two or three young officers had already arrived early and were chatting happily.

When Linlin appeared, their eyes lit up and they immediately came over to greet her.

"Linlin, long time no see, you are still so beautiful."

"That's right, Linlin, have you had breakfast? After the meeting, I'll buy you some cakes from Lu Fang Zhai."

"What kind of cakes do you want? I just happened to have a friend who opened a new cake shop. Linlin, is there any flavor you'd like to try? I'll have someone deliver it to you."

"No, I've eaten." While Linlin refused everyone, she unconsciously glanced at Zhang Ye, as if she was trying to prove how popular she was.

"Heh..." In response, Zhang Ye chuckled and did not make any response. Instead, he became interested in those "suck-ups".

These guys don't look very old, only about twenty years old at most, but their military ranks are all colonels. It doesn't take much thought to know that they must be the children of powerful and wealthy families.

However, there was one thing that puzzled him: why did these rich and powerful families send their children to the army?

Is the life of a soldier really that great?

If war really breaks out, don’t they worry that their children will be injured or even sacrificed?

You have to know that bullets have no eyes and will not show mercy to you just because your family is powerful!

Even if the commander does not need to go to the front line to supervise the battle in person, there is still a certain danger when facing weapons such as airplanes and artillery. If unfortunately hit by a shell, it may be difficult to even piece together the body.

"You guys chat, my mission is complete." After declining their kindness, Linlin gave Zhang Ye a somewhat annoyed look and muttered, "Stay here quietly, the induction ceremony will begin soon!"

"Hey, thank you!"

Zhang Ye showed a helpless smile. He didn't expect that this girl was so hot-tempered that she could remember such a small matter for so long.

"Hey, hey, hey, brother, are you familiar with Linlin?"

"Brother, brother, I've never seen you before. Where are you from? How do you know Linlin?"

"Brother, what's going on between you two? There shouldn't be any special relationship, right?"

As soon as the girl left, everyone in the room gathered around and looked at Zhang Ye with curiosity, wanting to find out as soon as possible what the relationship between him and Linlin was.

After all, this concerns a major event in their lives.