Chapter 6 Chapter 5 Set up a military training school in Quancheng

du8.com copyright It has been 18 years since Duan Qirui came to Jinan for the first time, exactly half of his life. 18 years ago, Quancheng treated him coldly, and even the clan uncle only satisfied him with food and clothing; but today, 18 years later, Duan Qirui is the most important follower of the governor of Shandong to defend this ancient city.After his defense and home were settled, he revisited the old place in a micro-service, looking for the bitterness of the past with his memory.In the spring city, the flowing water is still there, and the willows are curling up, but the clan uncle who pushed him to work hard back then has long since passed away.Looking at the sky, Duan Qirui thought sadly: "My lord uncle, my nephew has come to Jinan. Things are different and people have changed. Time has changed, and my nephew can finally puff up his chest to comfort his ancestors.

Duan Qirui's third year in Xiaozhan, that is, Wushu, l898, in October of this year, the new army was renamed Wuwei Youjun, and it was controlled by the university scholar and Beiyang Minister Zhili Governor Ronglu, and Duan Qirui was still in command. The Artillery Team is headquartered in the Military Academy.In this year, an earth-shaking event took place in China—the Reform Movement of 1898. The Sino-Japanese War greatly hurt the self-esteem of the Chinese people.This year, Kang Youwei, a Juren from Guangdong, came to Beijing for an examination, and together with more than 1,300 Juren who came to Beijing for an examination, he wrote to the imperial court, requesting "to move the capital to resist the Japanese War, and to reform and strengthen".This is what is known in modern history as "writing on the bus".In the second year, Kang Youwei became a Jinshi, appointed head of the Workers' Department, and continued to petition for reform.Neither the imperial court nor the old ministers were willing to reform the law, and the reform was blocked everywhere, so Kang Youwei had to go to Guangzhou, Shanghai and his disciple Liang Qichao and others to publicize the reform through public opinion.After France forcibly occupied China's Jiaozhou Bay, the ruling and opposition parties were greatly shocked.Kang Youwei ran back to Beijing and wrote a letter for the fifth time demanding reform.Not long before the new army in Xiaozhan was changed to the Wuwei Youjun, Kang Youwei made his sixth letter requesting reform.Due to the situation, Emperor Guangxu finally issued the edict "Ming Ding Guo Shi" in June 1898, and the reform began.

The reform edict was issued by Emperor Guangxu, but the government was in the hands of the Empress Dowager Cixi, and she had the final say.Cixi agreed to the reform, but at the same time, Emperor Guangxu asked him to leave Beijing to return to his hometown.What is the reason? Because Weng Tongzhen was Guangxu's teacher and supported the reform.At the same time, Cixi transferred Wang Wenshao to participate in the military aircraft, and sent Rong Lu to take over as Governor of Zhili and Minister of Beiyang.Yuan Shikai was Rong Lu's confidant in the important area of ​​Shandong. Yuan Shikai was the governor of Shandong, and Duan Qirui was the governor of Shandong.

Duan Qirui returned to the office of the newly established Shandong Armed Forces Academy after running around Jinan City. Yuan Shikai came to be the governor of Shandong, Duan Qirui was the commander of the artillery team, and he added the post of the general manager of the Shandong Armed Forces Academy, becoming one of the best figures in Jinan City.People in their mid-thirties are young and promising, and they are proud of their spring breeze. When they want to stretch their arms and start a career, they don't want to suffer misfortune at home.His wife, Mrs. Wu, fell ill, and the spring was not over, so she left a pair of children and passed away. She was only 33 years old at the time.Duan Qirui took his 19-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter and lived a difficult time.

The sky is unpredictable, and people have blessings and misfortunes.There is no way.It's a blessing or a curse, what should come will come, don't even think about what shouldn't come. When Duan Qirui's family suffered misfortune, Yuan Shikai suddenly became excited. Yuan Shikai came to Shandong not only to have an army, but also to occupy a territory.Qilu is a prosperous land, the rivers and seas are well connected, and rice, grain and coal are all high-yielding places.Occupying Shandong means occupying the eastern half of China.Yuan Shikai's ambition was born, he wanted to be the king of Shandong, he wanted to win over people, Duan Qirui naturally became his first attention.

On the day of the funeral of Duan Qirui's family, Yuan Shikai came to offer sacrifices in person.After the sacrifice, sitting in Duan's small living room, Yuan Shikai spoke. "Zhiquan, it's a sad thing that my wife is gone. But there is no way to do it. You have to mourn and take care of yourself." Duan Qirui said sadly: "The children are not adults yet, and I don't have time to take care of them, and I don't know how to take care of them. It's a good family, so it won't be torn apart." "Things are good, what can people do?" Yuan Shikai said: "The road still has to go forward step by step, and we can't all go with the dead, right? Take a good rest and stay for a while , the feeling has calmed down, I think I will find a suitable person to resettle a home for you."

"I'm flustered, my daughter and son are all in grief, how can there be such a heart?" Duan Qirui sighed and shook his head. "Let's talk about it later. If you don't want to be at home, no matter what you say, you can't do it." Yuan Shikai said very seriously: "Zhiquan, don't worry about this matter, I will take care of it for you." Yuan Shikai left. Duan Qirui took his words as general consolation, and let it go after a bit of heat in his heart—he had feelings for Wu Shi, and Wu Shi had just left, and he couldn't bear to marry again right away.What's more, the young hearts of the children are suffering, and I can't bear to add pain to the children.

Duan Qirui let go of this matter, but Yuan Shikai didn't. The era that Yuan Shikai experienced was still China's long-established "family world", where the emperor was hereditary, and the princes shadowed their sons and grandchildren; even when fighting for territory, they had to be "father and son soldiers" to unite.Yuan Shikai is used to these things, is familiar with them, and intends to imitate them.Originally, when he was training soldiers at the small station, he wanted to train his own soldiers. Since at least, he let those officials have a teacher-student relationship or some kind of kinship in addition to their affiliation.For Duan Qirui, he looked at it differently.At the beginning, he wanted to add a teacher-student relationship between them.It's a pity that Duan Qirui is also a "teacher" when he comes to the small station, and it is difficult to distinguish between the elders and younger generations among the teachers.He wanted to accept Duan as his adopted son or other juniors, but although Duan Qirui had seen through it, he never gave in. "I'm only 6 years younger than him, why should he be the father?" Yuan Shikai was a little unhappy, but he had no good plan.

du8.com copyright Now, when the opportunity came, Yuan Shikai had an idea. He wanted to give Duan Xuxian, and he wanted to marry his cousin and niece, who was also a righteous daughter, to him. ——Here, we have to talk about Yuan Shikai's family affairs. Yuan Shikai had an aunt who married Zhang Fei and Zhang Xiaopu, the governor of Jiangxi Province and the left deputy capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but the Zhang family also lived a vigorous life for many years.Later, due to various reasons, the family was ruined, and the governor Zhang lost his position, and soon passed away.Governor Zhang is from Shaanxi. When he was an official, he was relatively clean and didn't have much savings. Now that the official is defeated, his hometown doesn't feel like a family anymore.In the blink of an eye, there is only an old grandmother leading a little granddaughter who is less than 20 years old.The old man had no one to rely on, so he came to the capital to join his natal nephew Yuan Shikai.Yuan's aunt wept and said to her nephew: "My aunt's family has been ruined, and she will not take it back every day, and will not keep her land. Only you, my nephew, are relatives. You won't watch my aunt go down the fire, will you?"

Yuan Shikai hurriedly said: "Aunt, don't say anything else. You will always be a member of the Yuan family, and your nephew will take care of you. In the future, your nephew will collapse. If you want to beg for food, you will have to give half a bowl to your aunt. Eat. Don't worry, old man." Yuan Shi rubbed her tears and said, "I'm not mistaken about this nephew, this nephew is the same as my aunt. I have a backing, I can live on!" The granddaughter who came with my aunt was named Peiheng. She was not very handsome, but she was smart and gentle.As soon as he entered, Yuan Shikai liked him very much.At that time, Mrs. Yu gave birth to only one son, Yuan Keding. After the couple discussed it, they told their aunt that they wanted to recognize Peiheng as a righteous daughter.Pei Heng licked his head to Yuan Shikai and his wife, then changed his name to "Father, Mother" and called him very affectionately.Yuan Shikai smiled happily, and said: "Daughter, Dad will not treat you badly. From now on, your life-long affairs will be completely decided by Dad. I will let you marry happily."

Now, Zhang Peiheng is also in his 20s.Yuan Shikai wanted to continue her to Duan Qirui.On this day, Yuan Shikai invited Duan Qirui to the governor's living room, made some fragrant tea, first asked about the Armed Forces Academy, and then asked about the situation at home, and then said: "Zhiquan, we will come to Shandong for a long time in February. Things are getting busy. I think you don't have time to worry about family affairs. So, let me decide, let's do the sequel recently." Duan Qirui said: "What to do? What should I do? It's still missing a word, and besides, I haven't thought about it yet." "Why don't you want to?" Yuan Shikai said: "This is not a scandal. It is only natural for a man to start a family and start a business! What is there to think about? As for talking about people, I am the master, and I will guarantee you what you want." "Whose family?" Duan Qirui asked. "Speaking of which, you also know, maybe you have met someone." Yuan Shikai said: "You don't need to inquire about it, you will be satisfied." "Whose family?" Duan Qirui asked again. "It's my family's new adoptive daughter, Zhang Peiheng." Yuan Shikai said, "It's my aunt's granddaughter. She has been with my aunt to my house for a long time. She is very decent and easy-going. I think you have seen her before. How about it?" Duan Qirui pondered for a while, then said: "Is it the second granddaughter of the governor of Jiangxi Zhang Fu?" Yuan Shikai nodded in agreement. "I have also received extremely strict tutoring from my grandfather since I was a child, and there is no mention of character." Duan Qirui had met this young lady of the Zhang family and sympathized with her. "Growing up in the yamen, she can be regarded as a lady of every family. Unfortunately, the family was ruined, and this flowery girl was also forced to flee. It's really pitiful." Thinking of this, he once praised Yuan Shikai very much, "Zhang Although the family was defeated, Master Yuan did not treat each other coldly, but took him in and took good care of him. This is the real close relative and close friend!" Thinking that Miss Pei Heng is about to become his helper, I am really excited, I feel that it is my blessing to have a woman from such a famous family as the continuation, let alone my immediate boss officiate the marriage.Yuan Shikai wanted to pull Duan Qirui as a brawn, so why didn't Duan Qirui want to rely on Yuan Shikai as his backer! "Sure enough, the relatives formed, and Yuan Shikai became Mount Tai. Didn't he have a stronger foundation!" However, Duan Qirui was still modest. Said: "Master Yuan's kindness, Qi Rui accepts it. However, I am a poor soldier, and I have a son by my side. As expected, it has come to fruition. Wouldn't it be wronged and wronged Miss Zhang's family?" "Don't say such things." Yuan Shikai said: "It can be considered that you were destined in the past life, and you are lucky in this life. Let me say one more thing, I am in charge of this matter. I will send Peiheng here on an auspicious day." Duan Qirui didn't care about the delay Yuan Shikai was a generation old, and he wholeheartedly agreed to this marriage.From then on, Yuan Duan and Yuan Duan had another layer of kinship in addition to their long-term relationship. Duan Qirui became the son-in-law of the Yuan family. Qi Rui called. After all, Zhang Peiheng was influenced by strict family education and noble sentiments. In addition, he had a good character. When he came to Duan Qirui's house, he dealt with things fairly, ran the house in an orderly manner, and was very approachable in dealing with others; It won the hearts and minds of the people. Duan Qirui had a perfect and comfortable home again, calmed down his mind, and devoted himself wholeheartedly to leading the army and the military training school, and it was very effective.Yuan Shikai trusted him even more.In the year when Duan Qirui reorganized his family, Yuan Shikai was promoted again. He was the Minister of Beiyang and the Governor of Zhili.Yuan Shikai saw that there was a vacancy for the "administration" officer, so he sat in Shandong and did not leave, and at the same time asked Duan Qirui to stay.Therefore, they are still sitting in Jinan, enjoying the beautiful scenery of "every family's spring water, every household's weeping poplars". I don't want to think that at this moment, a person who is very important to Yuan and Duan suddenly appears in Jinan City-Xu Shuzheng After this person combined with Duan Qirui, he played a huge role in fanning the flames and fueling the flames during the years of warlords. du8.com copyright 1901, winter. In Jinan, where thousands of trees are withered and jackdaws are howling, the lotus flowers on three sides of Daming Lake have long since turned red and their fragrance is gone, and all of them are withered; Still rolling flowers and spraying waves, gurgling into thousands of households.A few gusts of bleak westerly winds added misty clouds to the flowing streams that criss-cross the fields; the citizens who had already put on cotton robes and felt trousers also looked listless. This morning, in a small alley not far from the governor's office in Shandong, a group of idle citizens gathered around, watching a young man write Spring Festival couplets attentively.Everyone watched and cheered continuously, so that the road was blocked. At this moment, a group of people came from a distance, and the soldiers walking in front shouted loudly: "Get out of the way, get out of the way! The chief executive is here, the chief executive is here!" The crowd hurried towards the wall.But on the back of the red horse sits a tall, imposing figure who is neither an official nor a civilian - he is Duan Qirui, the general manager of the Armed Forces Academy. When people made way, Duan Qirui jumped off the horse, holding the green satin robes under the waistcoat in one hand, and waved to people frequently with the other.I saw that young man remained calm and waved his brush freely without restraint.Duan Qirui was taken aback for a moment: "Extraordinary spirit!" He carefully looked at the young man, about 20 years old, of medium build, fair complexion, delicate features, dignified demeanor, although his clothes were cold, he still had a dignified appearance; Duan Qirui was both surprised and delighted by the graceful gesture of brush strokes and the beauty of the cursive ink, and couldn't help shouting: "Good words! Good words!" The young man looked up at Duan. Qi Rui only smiled at him.He bowed respectfully and continued to write at his desk. The young man who wrote Spring Festival couplets is Xu Shuzheng... Duan Qirui has nothing to do today, he came out to hang out to relieve boredom.Seeing this scene on the street, I suddenly became curious, stopped and didn't want to go, wanting to see how the young man writes? ——Xu Shuzheng, also known as Youzheng, was born in Huangzangyu, Xiao County, Jiangsu Province, and just passed the age of 20.He was selected as a scholar when he was 12 years old, and he was a postgraduate student at the age of 16. He was known as a "child prodigy" in the local area.However, things were very unexpected. At the age of 17, he went to Nanjing to take the exam and lost his name in the competition. Since then, there has been no progress in fame.The family thought he was young and restless, so they married him early, but it was useless.Without success in fame and ambition, Xu Shuzheng made up his mind to venture into the world. Xu Shuzheng's brother-in-law is Xia Zhongtao, who is studying at Shandong Military Academy in Jinan.Xu Shuzheng wanted to use this brother-in-law's relationship to seek a way to make a fortune in Jinan.Xu Shuzheng came to Jinan in the spring, thinking that this brother-in-law was neither willing nor able to help——Xia Zhongtao was a student, a student of the Armed Forces School, with an introverted personality and a rather dull personality, twenty-three or four-year-old People are a little old-fashioned.He arranged Xu Shuzheng's life, and said to him clearly: T.And Zheng, finding a job in Jinan is indeed a great difficulty, and even the Military Academy can't just go to school.You want to do something, and to be honest, there's nothing I can do to help you. " Hearing what my brother-in-law said, Xu Shuzheng gave up the idea of ​​asking for help, so he had to hang around in Jinan. Xu Shuzheng lived in Jinan for a year, and China was in chaos: the Eight-Power Allied Forces occupied Beijing, and the Chinese people also rebelled one after another.After the Boxer Regiment in Shandong was suppressed by Yuan Shikai, the local situation was relatively stable.Based on hearsay and smattering of knowledge, Xu Shuzheng developed a good impression of Yuan Shikai, thinking that this person was a pillar of China, and intended to join him.So, after a lot of hard thinking and a few more days of thinking, I wrote an article "Regulations on State Affairs", and I wanted to pass it directly to Yuan Shikai from the governor's office, hoping that Yuan Shikai would be tempted.From being tempted to paying attention, maybe there will be a broad way.Unexpectedly, before the "King of Hades" was seen, he was dented by the little devil first-he stood at the gate of the governor's yamen, and before he could finish three sentences, he was "bitten" by the watchdog outside the yamen. Xu Shuzheng was very annoyed. But, what's the use of being angry? People are guarding the gate, so can you do it if you don't guard the gate? Xu Shuzheng was annoyed for a long time. He didn't know whether he was too confident in the value of the "Regulations on State Affairs" or his own value? He decided to change his way and try again.Xu Shuzheng bought an envelope commonly used in official circles on the market, signed it with the name of Yuan Shikai's relative, Hou Budao Xu Yanru, and entrusted the tolerance of the Wubei Academy to send the "tiaochen" to the governor's office. When Yuan Shikai was reviewing documents, Jing really saw this article.Yuan Shikai was expanding his power, and he was focusing on military development. When he saw Xu Shuzheng's paper was full of narratives of "power to conquer the world", he suddenly became excited—— "What a good copy of the "Reports on State Affairs". The 'articles' must be reasonable, and the 'chens' must be disciplined. High opinion, high opinion! Yuan Shikai wants to summon Xu Shuzheng immediately. It is also a failure of God.At this moment, Yuan Shikai's family is having a funeral, and he is going back to his hometown of Xiangcheng, Henan.He only entrusted a Taoist priest named Zhu Zhongqi to summon Xu Shuzheng.It is another day that fails to fulfill one's wishes.This Taoist Zhu is also quite talented, but he is arrogant and defiant.After he and Xu Shuzheng met, they collided with each other after a few words, and broke up unhappy. Xu Shuzheng's way to vote for Yuan was blocked. Xu Shuzheng lived in Jinan, sitting and eating, seeing that his wallet was empty and he had nowhere to live. He just waited for the travel expenses from his family to return home.Unexpectedly, the toll fee has not been seen for a long time. Although he is very anxious, there is nothing he can do.A few days ago, several frustrated literary friends got together and talked about poetry again.Xu Shuzheng competed to write 20 poems "Ode to Begonias in Jinan" overnight, and won the first prize among his friends, and his literary friends pooled some money to support him.This is not a long-term solution, Xu Shuzheng went to the street to sell calligraphy in desperation. Xu Shuzheng knew that Duan Qirui was standing beside him, so he thought for a while: "Duan Qirui, a big shot, is also a celebrity beside Yuan Shikai." He secretly made up his mind: "Why don't I show him a thing or two, maybe it will turn around in time." .” Thinking of this, Xu Shuzheng came to his senses, set his pen thoroughly, tried his best, wanted to write well, and also wanted to write his wish, so that Duan Qirui knew that he was not an ordinary man! But, the matter was too urgent, Duan Qirui Standing in front of him, even though he was very strong, he was still a little nervous, and he couldn't hold on to the Buddha's feet temporarily.Just when I was anxious, I suddenly remembered the poem "Jinan Begonia Ode" I wrote with my poet friends a few days ago, which can best express my feelings.Xu Shuzheng wanted to record it all at once, so that the general office of the Armed Forces School would appreciate it.But no, we meet on the road, we don't have so much time, maybe the general manager slips away before a few lines.Therefore, I had no choice but to pick out one of the songs that could show that I was underappreciated, and worked hard to write it out. After Xu Shuzheng settled down, he held the brush tightly, and wrote down with a brush: I vaguely dreamed of the little girl in the past, who received the offering bottle of the poet; it is hard to provoke a trace of stubborn beauty, who will spend the rest of the time? After finishing writing, put down the pen and go Duan Qirui clapped his hands and smiled.Although Duan Qirui is dedicated to martial arts, he is also a person with some skills in writing and ink.Seeing the words and poems, he liked it very much. While praising him, he thought: "So he is a poor talent!" At this moment, he suddenly remembered the situation when he went to Jinan alone, and suddenly felt sympathy and love.This young man wants to get ahead, but he is suffering from the fact that no one is "asking for wandering".All right, I'll check him out. " So, he said with a smile: "Young man, it is very rare for you to write this word. This poem is even more sincere. Wonderful! Excuse me, is this poem borrowed for fun, or is it from your heart?" ?” Xu Shuzheng knew that the word and poem had knocked on the door, so he said modestly and generously: "I have nothing to do, and I occasionally make jokes, and I am ugly. Please give me some advice." So, you wrote the poem too? Good poem, good poem!" Duan Qirui said: "Listen to the accent, young people are not from Shandong, why are they living on the streets of Jinan?" Only then did Xu Shuzheng report to his family, and then said: "Visitors in Jinan will not be met, and they will return as soon as they remit the travel expenses at home." Duan Qirui put down the poem, looked at him again, and found that the young man not only had an unusual temperament, but also was shabby, wearing a worn-out octagonal hat and a gray long gown, he looked chestnut in the cold wind.Then he said: "I would like to invite young people to my military training school for a short chat. I wonder if young people would like it?" Xu Shuzheng knew Duan Qirui's identity a long time ago, and he was afraid that he would not be able to catch up with him.Hearing what he said, he hurriedly nodded in agreement, hurriedly packed up the pens and papers, and followed Duan Qirui.