Rebirth of the Northern Giants

Yuan Shikai had to sigh: "I am ashamed of my brother's talent, and I will repay my brother's kindness when my brother becomes prosperous in the future."

Xu Shichang smiled and said: "Why is Weiting like this? You and I are brothers, how can you be an outsider? In the past, if you don't have a brother's support, what is your status now. You don't want to talk about it."

Yuan Shikai talked about Ye Zhikui, and said: "Today, I met a man outside Xianliang Temple, brother, guess who it is?"

Xu Shichang shook his head and replied: "There are so many cars and horses in front of the Zhongtang gate, there are no white people coming and going, Wei Ting should not embarrass elder brother, just tell me."

Yuan Shikai jokingly said: "There is still something that my brother doesn't know about in this world. It is Ye Zhikui who was praised by Lafayette himself as the lucky general of the country. My brother originally wanted to make friends with him, but unfortunately seeing him come and go in a hurry, I didn't go forward. excuse me."

Xu Shichang sighed and said: "It's him, this Ye Zhikui became famous at a young age, but he didn't know whether it was a disaster or a blessing, but judging from his performance in Beijing, he is also a person who knows how to advance and retreat, and understands the golden mean."

Yuan Shikai asked in puzzlement, "What do you mean by that?"

Xu Shichang replied: "Since he came to Beijing, he has smeared his reputation in order to damage his reputation. Sometimes the reputation of a courtier is too big, which is not a good thing. You see, isn't Li Zhongtang transferred to the Military Aircraft Department and cut off his post as Beiyang Minister? Ye Zhikui Regardless of whether he is really Lengtouqing or pretending to be Lengtouqing, at least he has damaged his reputation outside, and there is news that Ye Zhikui will soon be promoted to Admiral of Zhili, and he will go to Lutai, Tianjin to train the new army."

Yuan Shikai said indignantly: "It's true that people are more popular than others. I was born in Beiyang, and now I have to ask for help everywhere, but Ye Zhikui has already been in high position and authority. Sigh! It can't be compared."

Xu Shichang murmured in his heart, Weiting, if you had insisted on staying in North Korea back then, I’m afraid it would have been a different ending. Everything in the world is unpredictable. Who would have thought that the Sino-Japanese war would end so quickly? Woolen cloth!From this point of view, Ye Zhikui has really contributed a lot, which is beyond your comparability.

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First of all, I would like to thank the brothers of "Delicate Pen" for their rewards, and secondly, it is the weekend again. I hope that the brothers can collect this book. Finally, I wish you a happy weekend!

Chapter 47 Ye Zhikui Looking Around Talents

Time soon entered December in the Gregorian calendar, and Ye Zhichao was in charge of the Ye Mansion in strict accordance with the six rituals. After asking for names, Najib, Nazheng, and requesting a date, Ye Zhikui's wedding was preliminarily scheduled for March of the following year.

Sheng Huiyi knows the book and is reasonable, even if he doesn't want to, he won't object, and after meeting Ye Zhikui that day, he didn't find him too annoying; Ye Zhichao is in charge, but there is one condition, that is, the Sheng Mansion agrees to marry Xiao Linglong as his wife. When everyone learns that Xiao Linglong saved his life in North Korea, There is no longer any objection.

At the beginning of the month, the court rewards finally came down. Ye Zhikui was rewarded with the emperor's favor to ride a horse in the Forbidden City, the title of Zhongyong Batulu, a yellow jacket and treasures, and he was promoted to Zhili Admiral with his military achievements. From the Huai army in Zhili, 30 battalions of horses and infantry were selected, equipped with new weapons, and imitated the German military system, organized into the "Wuyi Army" and stationed in Lutai, Tianjin.

Before the order came down, Ye Zhikui had already made various preparations for recruiting people. After the appointment, Ye Zhikui immediately approached Li Hongzhang, Nie Shicheng (who was moved to be the governor of Shandong at this time), and his uncle Ye Zhichao.Three visits a day, insisting on pulling out a few teeth from the tiger's mouth, there is a tendency of unscrupulous talents not to give up, the three of them are also annoyed and have no choice but to recommend some talents, such as Ruan Zhongshu, Wang Huaiqing, Yan Dunyuan wait.Li Hongzhang had no choice but to throw him to Yinchang, his former subordinate who is now the director of the Tianjin Military Academy.

If you want to say that Ye Zhikui was the lucky general of the Qing Dynasty, then Yinchang can be called the "Fuguan" of the Qing Dynasty. Yinchang's background is not very good. Although he is a Zhengbaiqi, he is a commoner. Why is it forced to send you to the Beijing Normal University Tongwenkan to learn German?Because the Jingshi Tongwenguan at that time could not recruit people, the mainstream voice thought that if you study foreign languages, you have surrendered to a foreign country, and you can't afford to lose people if you go there to study.There is no way, the Admissions Office launched a big discount activity for admission. For those who come to our school to study, our school will give you 13 taels of silver per month. At that time, a Hanlin tutor for Zhongtang Shangshu was only 12 taels of silver per month at most. This price is high enough Alright.But who knows, after a few days, the admissions office found that his list was still blank. The government was angry, and no one came, right? They went to pick students from the Eight Banners government schools for me. In the end, they only picked some powerless, Stupid and stupid student, the others either have something to do with it, or the official school refuses to let him go.

This is how Yin Chang started his legendary life. He first worked as an interpreter for German missions, but unfortunately he failed to pass the test after learning German for several years. The third-class interpreter was reduced to the fourth-class. It is not important to learn foreign languages, but important What's more, is your luck. After graduation, Yin Chang was sent to study in the Austrian Army. Damn, he was in the same team as Crown Prince Wilhelm II. For some reason, the two of them met Mung Dou's eyes, not only They called each other brothers and went to brothels together. Yinchang had such a good friend in Germany. After William II came to power later on, many of the relations between the Qing government and Germany were entrusted to him.

When Ye Zhikui came to Yinchang's mansion with some famous paintings and famous posters, Yinchang was holding a birdcage to play with the birds. When he saw Ye Zhikui, he stepped forward and said enthusiastically: "It's Congyun, Zhongtang told me about it." It's your business, what do you think of my thrush? Scream loudly!"

Ye Zhikui stepped forward to take a look, and said, "Master Yin's bird singing is amazing, but unfortunately it's a little too small."

Yin Chang is definitely ahead of the times. He had already cut off his braids when he was in Germany, and every time he went to see Empress Dowager Cixi, he would wear a fake braid.Looking at his German-style mustache, Ye Zhikui couldn't help sighing in his heart, it's so fashionable!

The conversation between Ye Zhikui and Yin Chang started with a thrush. Both of them had been to Germany, and they also had a common conversation. Ye Zhikui knew that Yin Chang likes to be arty and likes to eat, drink and play. After reviewing the comments, of course, after the comments, I gave it to him as a gift, and then told Yu Yinchang some fun and unrestrained methods of later generations. Yinchang was shocked for a while, and his enthusiasm was like fire, almost pulling him to hold candles at night After talking, it didn't take long for the two to become brothers.

Fortunately, Ye Zhikui still remembered the purpose of this trip, and he said after a short while: "Brother Yin, I came here to borrow some talents from you this time. I am favored by the Queen Mother and the Emperor to train the new army. It is a pity that talents are really rare. My brother enlisted Soon, there are not many available talents under my command, you are the president of the Tianjin Armed Forces Academy, but you should be kind enough to recommend some talents for me."

Yinchang took people's money and did things for them. He patted his chest and said, "No problem. Your brother's problem is my elder brother's problem. It's rare that I think highly of those student soldiers who are brothers. Brothers are not hypocritical. Let brothers think about it." Those who can catch your brother's eyes." Most of the Huai Army started as soldiers, so they look down on military students. At this time, military students can only be teachers after graduation, without any actual command power, they are not valued, and they are not promoted. Slow, that's why Yinchang said so.

Yinchang thought of several outstanding graduates from memory, so he said, "There is a good Feng Guozhang, who stayed in school to teach with excellent grades that year."

Ye Zhikui chuckled, and replied, "Hua Fu is now my younger brother's assistant."

Yin Chang was surprised, and then said: "There is also Wang Shizhen, who is also very good."

Ye Zhikui smiled embarrassedly, and said, "Pinqing is my younger brother's artillery instructor."

Yin Chang was stunned!He smiled and said, "Congyun, you and I are really heroes who see the same thing, wait a minute, I will ask my servants to bring you the list of graduates from each period, let you choose from Congyun, and take it with you when you are done. My famous assassin went to talk about Xiang, I believe these people will give my teacher some face."

Ye Zhikui was so moved that his nose was running all over the place. After a while, the servants brought over the list. Ye Zhikui flipped through it. Not only did the performances of the graduates in each semester be listed on it, but also their whereabouts and contact addresses after graduation. Overjoyed.

After just a cursory glance, Ye Zhikui was completely shocked, because the characters on the list are really amazing, such as Duan Qirui, Cao Kun, Lu Jianzhang, Li Chun, some famous people in the later period of the Republic of China are not farts now. Either as an instructor in other armies, or as some assistance, copywriting work must not be reused.Ye Zhikui believed that as long as he gave them some real power, they would definitely be seduced.

Ye Zhikui was really excited, he spoke tremblingly, and thanked Yin Chang: "Brother is such a generous gift, and younger brother really can't repay him. In the future, if elder brother asks younger brother for anything, younger brother will definitely die."

Yin Chang obviously didn't understand why Ye Zhikui was so excited, and he was still thinking in his heart, mother, the whereabouts of the graduates of each semester is very problematic, and they can be stuffed with Ye Zhikui in the future.

Both of them took what they needed, and the host and guest enjoyed themselves for a while. After making an appointment to meet again next time, Ye Zhikui borrowed a large stack of materials and went home. Although Yin Chang would help to contact them, Ye Zhikui couldn't let everyone go. Get in touch with him. If you can handle it, you can handle it yourself first, and if you can’t, then leave it to him.

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In the new week, I hope the brothers can continue to struggle together!

Chapter 48, Chapter [-], Went to Tianjin to Train the New Army

Shandong Weihaiwei Suiying Armed Forces School, there are more than [-] students sitting in it.

As a teacher, Duan Qirui was speaking dryly and forgetting himself, when he suddenly heard the door creak, and when he looked back, he found a strange person in the school, he was short and fat, Smiling like a Maitreya Buddha, he was wearing a battalion officer's military uniform. As soon as he entered the door, he sat behind and looked at him with a smile.

Duan Qirui finally finished his lecture, and when he walked out of the church, he found that the stranger followed him. It seemed that he was looking for him. Duan Qirui couldn't help but stop, turned around and asked, "Excuse me What are you doing behind me?"

The fat man was Jianren Shiwu, and he walked forward generously after hearing the words, and asked with a smile: "Excuse me, are you Mr. Duan who graduated from the Tianjin Armed Forces Academy and studied artillery at the Berlin School in Germany?"

Duan Qirui sized up Jianren Shiwu suspiciously, and replied, "I am, may I ask who you are?"

Seeing Ren, when I heard Duan Qirui's affirmative answer, my face immediately became very excited, and I grabbed Duan Qirui's hands, looked at him expectantly and said, "It's really Duan Jun, I travel across mountains and rivers, After going through thousands of relatives and hardships, I came here from the capital to look for you, here are two letters, please read them and you will know what is going on!"

Duan Qirui curiously picked up the letters, opened one of them, and found that it was a letter from Yinchang, the director of the Tianjin Armed Forces Academy. The letter roughly explained the reason for the letter. In order to recommend talents, Yinchang thought that he was quite talented, so he recommended it to Ye Zhikui.

The other letter was written by Ye Zhikui himself, in which he made no secret of his admiration for him, and hoped that he could go to Tianjin to help train the new army, and promised to take the position of a separate command, and command the two battalions separately, which is considered very Great post now.

Duan Qirui's eyes turned green as soon as he finished reading it, and he thought to himself, no wonder I stepped on dog shit this morning, it turns out that this is a good time, good luck.Duan Qirui has been an instructor for many years and is tired of being an instructor. He had long thought of leading the troops himself, but unfortunately there was no one in court, and because he didn't encounter any big battles, he could only suffer in silence.He knew that Ye Zhikui was going to train the new army. There was already a lot of noise in the army, but he didn't expect him to find him. God finally opened his eyes.

When I saw Duan Qirui standing there without speaking or responding, I couldn't help but feel a little anxious. This is the person Ye Shao personally ordered to take down, so I said: "Duan Jun, we Ye Shao value you very much. , if he hadn't had an urgent matter in the capital, he would have come to visit in person, I don't know what you like, if you are not satisfied, we can still discuss it."

Duan Qirui woke up from his sweet dream when he heard the words, and quickly replied: "Your Excellency, there is no problem. I will resign from the superior and go to Tianjin with you."

What happened to Duan Qirui was just one of many similar incidents. From the moment Ye Zhikui received the order to train soldiers, a large number of military students who were once "smiled by the generals of the Huai Army" began to be called to Tianjin to practice in the new building. In the army, Ye Zhikui also wants this effect. In fact, he doesn’t like the old-style military officers very much, because most of these people have some old bureaucratic habits, and these military students who have not graduated not long ago are in their prime, and they are all at the age of enthusiasm. thought!It is the best candidate for training the new army.

On December [-]th, Ye Zhikui finished sorting out the affairs of the capital and led everyone from Beijing to Tianjin.Long before he left the capital, Ye Zhichao had gone to Jiangsu to take up his post. Ye Zhikui paid another visit to the big men in the capital, and finally bid farewell to Li Hongzhang. During the parting, Li Hongzhang looked at him and said seriously: "Congyun, you are young and talented. , the old man just wants to give you a word, the tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it, young people must remember not to show their sharpness too much."

Ye Zhikui nodded and solemnly recorded it in his heart. Ye Zhikui was not an ungrateful person. Li Hongzhang had helped him a lot in his heart, and it was because of him that he won the Sino-Japanese War and prevented Li Hongzhang from ruining his reputation for half his life. Once, who can explain the cause and effect relationship clearly!

Tianjin, the old site of Beiyang, the residence of Beiyang ministers, was the second largest industrial and commercial city in China and the largest financial and commercial center in the north at that time.The existence of the concession made this city have abnormal prosperity. Many Beiyang generals regarded Tianjin as their second hometown. Most of them bought real estate here, and some even lived here for a long time. For example, Sheng Xuanhuai also lived here for the convenience of foreign affairs. Settled for a while.

As soon as Ye Zhikui entered Tianjin, he did not go to Ye Mansion first, but first visited his immediate superior, Governor of Zhili and Minister of Beiyang, Wang Wenshao. The peasant uprising and the Miao people's uprising did not object to Westernization, so he could basically be regarded as a capable minister.

When they met for the first time, Wang Wenshao was neither indifferent nor overly enthusiastic towards Ye Zhikui. He just told Ye Zhikui to come to him if he had any difficulties in training the new army. After that, the two of them had nothing in common. After a few words, Ye Zhikui got up leave.

Then Ye Zhikui and Feng Guozhang met at Yefu, Tianjin, took a short rest, and rushed to Lutai the next day. At this time, the Korean Huyong Army had begun to withdraw to the country and continued to be stationed in Lutai, Tianjin. It was temporarily led by Nie Shicheng. Of course, apart from Ye Zhikui's Huyong army that was withdrawn from North Korea, some of these troops were soldiers that Nie Shicheng had just recruited, and they had not yet formed.

After Ye Zhikui arrived at the barracks, he first went to Nie Shicheng's camp alone. When he walked in, he saw that Nie Shicheng was studying the art of war. When he heard the noise, he raised his head and saw that it was Ye Zhikui who came in. I'm rushing to Shandong to take up the post!"

Ye Zhikui smiled and congratulated, "I don't see you for more than a month, but my uncle has been promoted again. Governor of Shandong, I'm so envious of my nephew."

Nie Shicheng smiled wryly, and said: "The old man really comes and goes in a hurry every time. He is a hard worker. There is nothing to envy. I am relieved that the Lutai army is handed over to you."

Then he patted Ye Zhikui on the shoulder and said: "This old man is going far away to Shandong. I'm afraid we won't see each other in the future. Training the new army is not a one-time thing. Congyun, you must not rush for quick success. Your uncle and I are not around, so you can do it in the future." It’s better to do it for yourself.” In ancient times, when they were so far apart, it was generally the case that they would never see each other again, so it can also be said that this is the last meeting between the two.