Chapter 21 One thing to say, Yuan Shikai in everyone's eyes

From then on, Yuan Shikai ran all the way, all the way.Enter North Korea to suppress the rebellion; return to Tianjin to train the new army; abolish the imperial examinations and implement new policies;From Daotai to governor of Shandong, governor of Zhili and minister of Beiyang, minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and minister of military aircraft, he became the most powerful and talented Han in China. Power is not empty, and talent is not exaggerated.Enough has been said about his history of struggle.What happened to Yuan Shikai? It doesn't matter what he said, let alone what I said. The people's eyes are discerning, let them say it.

Having you is very important to me, Yuan Shikai in the eyes of my subordinates: Ruan Zhongshu, Yuan Shikai's old subordinate, worked as a copywriter in the military camp. He fell in love with Xiaoyu, a brothel girl, and wanted to take him as a concubine.Yuan Shikai knew, saying that this was not good and would damage the reputation of the army, so Ruan Zhongshu had no choice but to bid farewell to Xiaoyu. Not long after, Yuan Shikai and Ruan Zhongshu went to Tianjin for business.After getting off the car, it was getting late, and they went to a friend's house.The deep courtyard of a wealthy family is really magnificent; the hall is decorated with lights and festoons, and the red candles are burning brightly.

Suddenly a maid shouted, "The new uncle has arrived." Without any explanation, the crowd surrounded Ruan Zhongshu to the inner room, where a graceful woman was sitting there with a red hijab on her head. Everyone booed: "Quickly lift the hijab." Ruan Zhongshu's mind was completely blank in the fog, and he would throw it up if he wanted to, anyway, men don't suffer. Lift up your hijab and show me who you are. Xiaoyu, it turned out to be Xiaoyu, Ruan Zhongshu was shocked and overjoyed!It turned out that Yuan Shikai had arranged everything quietly. In order to repay the eldest brother, Ruan Zhongshu went all out: "Brother, you know me well. I won't touch women tonight, I will only get drunk with you."

Yuan Shikai looked serious, and issued a death order: "Tonight belongs to you, and you must value sex over friends tonight. If you don't obey, you will be dealt with by military law." On this wonderful night, everyone lay in bed and couldn't sleep. Ruan Zhongshu was thinking about his elder brother all night; Yuan Shikai was thinking about which other brother had not got married; Xiaoyu was thinking why Ruan Zhongshu ignored me all night. No one sleeps tonight, and wakes up very late tomorrow morning. The next day, all three of them rubbed their dark circles at the wine table.

It's really lucky to have such a big brother. From then on, Ruan Zhongshu followed big brother Ding. Every New Year's Day, Yuan Shikai would routinely go out in a sedan chair to visit guests.It is said to be a guest, but in fact it is to ask the official to get off the horse and pass the business card without getting off the sedan chair at the door.The family welcomes out, please An to block the drive, and then pay respects to another family. On New Year's Day of the first year, Yuan Shikai was about to go out to visit guests. He sent an official to lead the way on horseback, and stuffed the protective book (similar to a small briefcase, hand-folded, business card) into the boot.The officer was about to step on the stirrups to get on the horse, when the protective book suddenly fell from the boot, and the plum red business cards were scattered all over the ground.It happened to be a strong wind that day, thousands of trees and plum blossoms were in bloom, and Yuan Shikai's business cards were flying in the air.

The officer was shocked and kowtowed. Yuan Shikai laughed: "Today is New Year's Day, a good day. I, Yuan Shikai, dance with the wind and become famous all over the world. Well, the future is boundless." A turmoil disappeared between talking and laughing. People around Yuan Shikai gathered more and more.Of course, those who are capable will stay, and those who are not will be sent home (travel expenses will be presented). Conquered by you in this way, Yuan Shikai in the eyes of colleagues: After the Gengzi Incident, Cixi came back from hunting in Xi'an. Seeing that the palace was dilapidated, she wanted to repair it.But there is no money, let's apportion it everywhere.

Yuan Shikai, who was the governor of Zhili at the time, saw that this was a good opportunity, and the old lady was in need of comfort.He convened officials at or above the provincial level. In a word, everyone has money to contribute money, and if they don't have money, they want to contribute money.Privately put it first, and then slowly return it, first help the old lady tide over the difficulties, and make her happy. The hall was silent for a long time, and the officials began to speak, to be precise, to complain. "I am the son of a farmer. My mother taught me to be diligent and thrifty since I was a child. Now a family of more than a dozen people is still squeezed into a low-rent house, and my 80-year-old mother is paralyzed in bed all year round. Everything depends on my salary alone. Maintenance, how can I have any money? Poor, really poor, so poor."

Everyone burst into tears and snot, and the charity fundraising conference turned into a complaint conference. "Since everyone is in difficulty, let's forget it." Yuan Shikai said lightly. Of course I won’t forget it, there will be money, but I have to use my brain. Yuan Shikai secretly sent his master to contact Wei Changhou Bank, the largest bank in Tianjin, saying that he was planning to deposit public funds and asking how much the interest would be.Wei Changhou Bank said eight per cent. "Too little, other banks have much higher interest rates." The master pretended to leave.In order to attract business, Wei Changhou Bank took out the account books. You see, the officials and lords are all interested in this.

The master secretly wrote down the specific accounts, and then went to the other banks to get a clear picture of the deposits of the officials and lords.Good guy, a total of more than one million taels of silver. A few days later, Yuan Shikai called these officials and gentlemen. "Recently, some unscrupulous banks have used your names to bluff and cheat. In order to protect your reputation, I have confiscated all these deposits and confiscated them to set the record straight." None of the department-level officials dared to say anything, the source of the huge fortune was unknown, and this alone was enough to reprieve death.

"Well done, you are really good, you can do anything." Cixi smiled. From then on, no one dared to deceive Yuan Shikai in the officialdom. The prosperity of the academic circle is inseparable from you, Yuan Shikai in the eyes of the secretary: Yuan Shikai likes to read military books, and also wants to be a military theorist and write a military book.Not to mention the body of the work, at least there is something that can decorate the facade.But there is too little ink in my stomach, how can I write? A secretary under him said that this matter is simple, and it is quick and easy to do it in two steps.The first step is to collect translations of foreign military books and extract the essence of them. This is the theoretical part; the second step is to put in all the documents, announcements, and notices for daily military training. This is the factual part.

Induction and summary, two steps into one step, referred to as combining theory with practice. Yuan Shikai heard this, and suddenly reprimanded loudly: "Aren't you calling me to plagiarize openly? I am a civil servant after all. How can I do such blatant plagiarism, plagiarism of other people's academic achievements, and violation of academic ethics? Although I am not from the academic circle, But I hate academic corruption the most. Academic corruption must be tackled from scratch, from oneself. People like you will only corrupt the academic atmosphere. I despise you, seriously despise you." The secretary was dissatisfied and added paste with scissors. This is an unspoken rule recognized in our circle.You are an outsider who doesn't understand academic norms and meddles indiscriminately. I despise you too. In the end, whoever despises someone does not depend on their ability, but on their officialdom. Under Yuan Shikai's sharp and contemptuous gaze, the secretary resigned and went home disheartened, not even daring to settle this month's salary. Not long after, Yuan Shikai called another secretary and told him that he was going to write a military book, but he had no time to write it because of his busy work, so please write it for me.As for how to write, I will teach you, Yuan Shikai will tell the whole story of the "two steps" of the previous secretary. The secretary was taken aback, Yuan Shikai was really amazing.As a non-professional military enthusiast, his mouth is full of professional terms, and he has uncovered the unspoken rules and outlined them to the point. He is really an expert. It is a pity not to enter the academic circle. After it was written, it was named "New Army Binglue Records".Yuan Shikai paid dozens of yuan for the manuscript, but the secretary thought it was too little. Yuan Shikai reprimanded loudly again: "This book is the embodiment of the essence of my thoughts. Even the reference books are also pointed out by me. You are just copying it once. It is enough to give you so much, and you can't overestimate yourself. To do academics, you must understand academic circles. Guilty, I despise you, seriously despise you." The secretary took the money and left in shame. "Two steps" has since become the only magic weapon for amateurs and professionals to write and compile books. Since then, no one in the academic circle dared to despise Yuan Shikai. Good books, better people, Yuan Shikai in the eyes of leaders: After the book is compiled, it is not for oneself to read, but for others to read.Yuan Shikai made some calculations, and after compiling it so hard, it must exert its maximum effect.Who is it dedicated to, the most powerful person in the dynasty - Zhili governor Rong Lu. But those who are unfamiliar with the place of life and do not know each other have to find someone to introduce them.After several months of research and exploration, Yuan Shikai finally completed an extremely complicated relationship chain.The person Ronglu trusted most was a banner man named Yushi; Yushi had the best relationship with Yan Ruoqi, a bachelor; Yan Ruoqi listened to his teacher Lu Runsheng the most; Officer, he must be familiar with Lu Runsheng's son. Wait, it's too complicated, the clues are a bit messy, let's sort it out.It's only normal if it's messy. It took Yuan Shikai several months to sort out the clues. If you want to sort it out in a minute, you can't do it! Don't worry about it now, Yuan Shikai is ready to hit the road. Yuan Shikai started with Zhang Xianggu, and entrusted him with a generous gift for Lu Runsheng's son, and then handed it down layer by layer.Lu Runsheng introduced it to Yan Ruoqi, Yan Ruoqi introduced it to Master Yu, and finally Master Yu introduced it to Rong Lu. The clues are still a bit messy and too complicated.It’s okay, it’s already written here, take your time and read it slowly. Yuan Shikai visited Ronglu with a book.While flipping through the book, Rong Lu listened to Yuan Shikai's eloquent talk, nodded from time to time, and couldn't help but gasp when he occasionally met Yuan Shikai's eyes, which were as sharp as a butcher's knife. Finally, Rong Lu made a classic comment: good books, better people; sharp people, sharper eyes. With the comments of military authorities, Yuan Shikai, a military theorist, was born, and his book was well received by military experts. Your woman is untouchable, Yuan Shikai in the eyes of servants: When Yuan Shikai was the governor of Shandong, his favorite fifth concubine was Xiaohong.Xiaohong was born in a brothel, she is considerate and can play the pipa well.One word, charming, coaxed the middle-aged man Yuan Shikai into a circle. But Xiaohong felt that the charm skill had not yet reached the state of being invisible, she still had to continue to practice, and she had to coax other men, not one, but two.Both are Yuan Shikai's personal attendants, A and B.Yuan Shikai was away all year round, and Xiaohong coaxed A and B to spin around every day with her charming skills. One day, Xiaohong and A were lying on the bed talking about love, Yuan Shikai broke in suddenly, in fact, he had heard of it before.The man is most afraid of wearing a cuckold, so he immediately arrests A's follower. Xiaohong knelt on the ground, weeping endlessly, the pear blossoms were raining, I felt pity. Yuan Shikai said kindly, "Xiaohong, I can't blame you. I'm already an old man. You're so young. Just tell me if you have any ideas, and I'll make them come true." Xiao Hong was so frightened that she didn't dare to have any thoughts: "Master, I was confused for a while, and I will never dare to commit a crime next time. I will definitely make a clean break with that murderer, and sincerely spend the rest of my life with the master." Yuan Shikai suddenly slapped the table, pulled out his saber, and yelled: "It's this time, and you're still coaxing me. Whether you like him or not, tell the truth, or I'll kill you. Love is just one word, say it out loud. " Xiaohong nodded. "That's right." Yuan Shikai sighed. "Well, there is no room for you here, so I will give you some money. You can go away and leave tomorrow morning." "Master, I can't bear you." Xiaohong was still kneeling there while weeping. "Go!" Yuan Shikai turned his face away. Yuan Shikai, you can't be too kind, are you still a pure man? ! Of course Yuan Shikai is a pure man, the ultimate pure man.He quietly recruited a caring old lady and told her to go to B's servant, saying that Xiaohong was going to abandon you and run away with A. B's follower got angry and wanted to report, but the old lady hurriedly stopped him and said that after reporting, wouldn't everything be revealed?The adults are arresting them, so they might as well kill them on the road tomorrow.Calm down, silence, and get bonuses. B's servant prepared a big hammer and killed the adulterer and adulterer with the hammer on the way, and asked for a reward when he came back.Yuan Shikai's face changed drastically: "Aunt Hong told me yesterday that I was going to burn incense on Mount Tai today. I was worried, so I specially asked Jia to follow and protect me along the way. You actually killed them indiscriminately, ruined my reputation, and paid for my life. Don't want to live." Yuan Shikai was sharp enough, and his three lives were wiped out in an instant.Since then, no one in the family dared to cheat. To respect life, please start by staying away from cheating. I just like you, Yuan Shikai in the eyes of children: Yuan Shikai came to the capital to visit Zeng Chong, Minister of Internal Affairs. Zeng Chong's son, Zha Cunqi, was only fifteen or sixteen years old. He had heard of Yuan Shikai for a long time, so he came to see what this legendary figure looked like. Cha Cunqi walked up to Yuan Shikai, bowed his knees to greet him, and called out: "Master." Suddenly, Yuan Shikai left his seat like lightning, walked up to Cha Cunqi, and returned the same courtesy. Of course, I didn't call him uncle, but said "dare not, dare not".Then he stretched out warm hands and held Zha Cunqi's hand tightly, saying "Hello, brother, hello, brother" repeatedly.While looking at Zha Cunqi with half of his face sideways, he looked at Zeng Chong with half of his face sideways and said, "My brother is so handsome, so handsome".He was clearly praising his father for his good genes, otherwise why would he look at Zeng Chong? Yuan Shikai chatted enthusiastically with Zha Cunqi: "Brother, let's talk, have you read all the scriptures?" Zha Cunqi replied: "I'm reading it." Yuan Shikai seems to be someone who has experienced it: "Read the scriptures slowly, not too fast." Yuan Shikai asked: "What books do you need, brother?" "I'm planning to go to school in the future, but there are too few versions of textbooks, just those few." Yuan Shikai turned his face halfway to look at Zeng Chong again: "Brother Shi is really smart, very good, very good." Obviously, he was exaggerating Chong's IQ gene again.Zengchong finally smiled happily, such compliments are indeed very useful. Two days later, a carriage drove into Zengchong Mansion and unloaded five large wooden boxes.It is full of books, including translations of astronomy, geography, history, politics, economics, music, education, military books, theory, Western theories, and textbooks of various editions, all of which are certified and published by the national authoritative publishing house. Cha Cunqi was moved in his heart, no matter what others say, I just like Yuan Shikai. The five boxes of books made this young man remember and read all his life; of course, he didn't read all of them, because there are really too many books.No matter how shrewd a person is, there are things that are not thoughtful. Yuan Shikai made this child grateful and burdened for a lifetime.Don't forget that burden reduction should start with children. There is one thing to say, to be honest, the eyes of the masses are discerning, but Zaifeng's eyes are... Yuan Shikai was disheartened, he suddenly wanted to go fishing, and really let go of everything to go fishing. From tomorrow on, be a real fisherman, hook, bait, and a rod; From tomorrow, care about water quality, fish fry, I have a flat boat, facing Huan water, and eat fish every day. But not a single fish could be seen.It wasn't because the night was too dark, but because Zaifeng didn't release any fish fry. Yuan Shikai finally got angry, once an honest man gets into a toss, he is really ruthless and terrible!Zaifeng, if you have the guts, continue to toss, toss even harder. But now it's not Zaifeng who is going to torment him, but others are starting to torment him.