"Establish the second phase of the Officer Model Corps!"

As soon as he got the news, Duan Qirui frowned. At this time, he seemed to be talking to himself or talking to someone... At this time, his mind came back to what he said last year when the president wanted to organize a military officer model corps.

Those causes and effects.

In the eyes of the outside world, the two heroes of Beiyang - Yuan Shikai and Duan Qirui, can be said to be very close. Yuan Shikai's comeback was due to Duan Qirui's planning. Later, the Qing emperor abdicated and became Duan Qirui's life partner.

Glory - the direct founder of the Republic!

At that time, no one thought that conflicts would arise between Yuan and Duan. Things in the world are so delicate. Sometimes it is unclear what kind of factors would change the nature of a fixed procedure, causing the entire situation to happen immediately.

Big changes.

After Yuan Shikai became president, he sent his eldest son Yuan Keding to visit Germany. Kaiser Wilhelm II thought highly of this Chinese "Crown Prince" and talked to him about running the army. Germany is a militaristic country. In order to carry out military operations,

Invasion, crazy arms expansion and war preparations, putting the country under the control of the army, and implementing military dictatorship. The German emperor summed up his military management experience in four words, called "Strong trunks and weak branches", and he wanted Yuan Keding to tell his father

Yuan Shikai, "China should do the same." Yuan Keding naturally took this sentence back as a golden rule.

Tell Dad.

Yuan Shikai, who understood the importance of the army, naturally regarded this sentence as a golden saying. William II's military law of "strengthening the trunk and weak branches", to put it bluntly, is to capture the powerful army in the hands of the emperor, the president, and strengthen the emperor.

——The president is the "doer"; and the weak soldiers are handed over to the subordinates, the so-called weak branches.

After becoming the president, Yuan Shikai also felt that he had made a mistake. The army was handed over to Duan Qirui. What would happen if he had other ideas? It turns out that under the cabinet responsibility system, because Duan Qirui was the Minister of Army, the entire army had no power.

As for the Minister of the Army, the President basically has no right to interfere with these matters, so Duan Qirui has great power. After the President took back the military power, the power of the Minister of the Army was relatively weakened. But when Duan Qirui proposed it, it would be better.

Are the personnel orders below the regimental commander directly issued by the Minister of War? Then senior officers above the regimental commander, such as brigade commanders and division commanders, are appointed by the president. He said that we should divide the power, but Yuan Shikai did not listen and said that the entire officer

All appointments and removals were under the control of the Commander-in-Chief. This would actually deprive him of his personnel rights. Of course, Duan Qirui was not very satisfied.

At this time, Yuan Ke, the son of Yuan Shikai, devised a plan to invite Wang Shizhen, an old subordinate of Yuan Shikai, to come out and weaken Duan Qirui's power. After Duan Qirui learned about it, he was very angry.

In the command office, the generals could only restrict at best. They wanted to "regain control" of the military power, but it took a lot of thought. Yuan Shikai was bored in Zhongnanhai, thinking about it and conspiring with his son, so he came up with the first step to establish an army.

Model Regiment, seize the main military power first.

Duan Qirui is the chief of the army and is in charge of the entire army. Of course, he is the first to organize the model regiment. Yuan Shikai found Duan Qirui in front of him and said to him with a sincere look: "Zhiquan, there is something I have been thinking about a lot.

The date has to be decided after discussing with you. So please come over."

"Please make it clear, President." Duan Qirui also acted very sincerely.

"That's right,"

Yuan Shikai said:

"You know very well that the country in our hands is different now than it was in the past, and we have to manage it well. The experience of all countries in the world is that the military is the basis for managing the country. You know our current military, except for us

In addition to the old foundation of the small station, there are other ingredients. Although the generals have also expressed their loyalty, they have to be wary. State power is a big fat piece of meat that everyone wants to eat, and everyone wants to eat it alone. Now that it is here

We have it in our hands, so we have to be on guard against others. For this reason, I want to set up a model regiment in our army as the core of our army. In case of any unexpected events, we will not be helpless."

"Establishing a model group

The president's suggestion surprised Duan Qirui:

"The Ministry of War has already unified the army. The army belongs to the government, so why should we set up a model regiment?"

At that time, Sang Qirui just had this thought for a moment and did not say it out loud.^/Very Literary/^He thought again:

"The president's repeated "we" did not exclude me; it is such a vital matter, and just asking me to discuss it must be regarded as trust; besides, when the power is in hand, there must be "housekeeping" soldiers.

It is also necessary to establish a model group."

So, he immediately nodded in agreement:

"The president has good ideas and foresight. He should establish a model group."

When Yuan Shikai saw that Duan Qirui sincerely agreed, he was very happy and hurriedly told the idea of ​​forming a group. Duan Qirui listened, thought, and pondered:

"The President's model regiment is the core of the military. Naturally, this core must be led by someone from my section.

He thought that he was an old man from Beiyang, his son-in-law, and the chief of the Army Department. He was the only one to belong to the model group. So, Yuan Shikai said one thing, he agreed to another, and he supported another. Yuan Shikai was very satisfied and smiled.

Stroking his short beard, he nodded slightly, blinked his eyes slowly, tilted his head closely, and said a definite plan without any doubt:

"Since we want to go together, let's make a decision. We will set up a model regiment and let Keding be the leader."

When Duan Qirui heard that Yuan Keding was asked to be the leader of the model group, his face immediately turned cold and his eyes were blank. In his eyes, Yuan Keding was just a typical wanker, with no knowledge, no skills, and no clean roots. Why?

Can he be made the leader of the model group? 7

After pondering for a long time, Duan Qirui objected resolutely:

"I don't think he can do it."

When Yuan Shikai heard that Duan Qirui disagreed with his son being the leader of the model group, he immediately asked.

"Why not

He originally thought that Duan Qirui would agree with both hands. Yuan Shikai himself valued his son in terms of the importance he gave to his son and son-in-law. However, he also felt that Duan Qirui was not being treated poorly. At the critical moment, Duan Qirui should not support him.

Thinking this, he immediately contacted the doctor and heard the rumors, and his heart skipped a beat:

"Has Duan Qirui reached the level of a master of the town? I really have to be on guard against him."

"Yes, it is said that Ke Ding is not qualified to be the leader of the model regiment. What is "qualified" or not? 7 I am a father-son soldier who was trained. 1 Ke Ding cannot be the leader of this regiment, and I can't let you Duan Zhiquan be the leader." So.

Thinking about it, he said with a straight face: "Do you think I can be the leader of this model group?"

Duan Qirui saw Yuan Shikai getting angry and knew the matter was serious. He stood up, lowered his head and said:

"Qirui implements the president's opinions."

As a result, from the day it was established, this Army Model Regiment was actually led by Yuan Shikai.

When Duan Qirui exited the presidential palace, his nose immediately became crooked.

"You organize a model group and you are also the leader of the model group. You have decided everything. What else do you want to discuss with me?

Since then, a gap has appeared between Duan and Yuan. Later, the establishment of the Officer Model Corps, a military group loyal only to the Yuan family and his son, made the old Beiyang generals, including Duan Qirui, feel chilled and desperate. They had already

Yuan Shikai no longer trusted the Beiyang Group, and the disunity of the Beiyang Group officially began.

"Boss——"

As soon as he walked in and saw the boss's frown, Xu Shuzheng smiled in his heart. Although the news about the second model group was secret, Liang Shiyi had already passed the news over there. It was impossible for Liang and Li to cooperate.

Just as originally planned, Liang Shiyi now began to turn towards the boss.

"Are you still worried about the model group?"

Duan Qirui laughed when he heard Xu Shuzheng's voice.

"You Zheng, are you thinking too much?

The reason why I sent a telegram to Youzheng to come from Tianjin was because of the model group.

"not much."

Xu Shuzheng shook his head and said:

“Be prepared and you’ll be safe.”

His words made Duan Qirui frown again. Sometimes, he really didn't want to think about it, but he couldn't. At this time, he just frowned, but didn't speak.

Seeing that the boss was silent again, Xu Shuzheng laughed.

"Who is the leader of this second officer model regiment? Could it be that he, Yuan Xiangcheng, is the leader himself and has a bunch of so-called disciples of the emperor?"

Compared with the past, Xu Shuzheng is much more restrained now. He has always seen something in Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng seems to be calm and has no scheming. Everyone in the country does not appreciate his character. There is something about him.

You can't see the domineering attitude of a successful young man at all, but the career he has achieved is beyond the reach of others. At this point, Xu Shuzheng has always wanted to learn from him with his talkative attitude, and the domineering attitude of the past has disappeared.

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He would never again use such an opportunity to sow discord. After several trials, he had already determined that Duan Qirui would always be loyal to Yuan Shikai. The reason why he agreed with some of his opinions now was just a matter of loyalty.

The power of protection.

"Huh? Xiang Cheng is not that good. When he founded the model regiment, he just wanted to take this opportunity to let Yuan Keding go to the army to practice and cultivate some connections. If he takes over in the future, there will be people in his army who will support him, so

He even brought Yuan Keding in, and the first regiment leader was Xiang Chengjian, so the second regiment leader is Yuan Keding!"

With a cold snort, Duan Qirui's words when mentioning Yuan Keding were not favorable at all, and even extremely contemptuous. In his opinion, the reason why he is related to Yuan Xiangcheng now is because he is more or less related to that six-rooted person.

He has some connections with the eldest son. If he hadn't instigated the affair, Xiang Cheng wouldn't have been so wary of him.

"What if."

Seeing the boss's contempt for Yuan Keding, Xu Shuzheng smiled and said:

"If Xiangcheng wants to take back military power by sending troops to join the war, his border guards will definitely have to be transferred. I guess it is unlikely that Yuan Keding will be the leader of this regiment. Yuan Keding has already filled up the first phase of the model regiment.

Young squad leader, in this second period, there is no need for him to join as the group leader. He is just a lame person. There are lame people who can be the group leader.

"Again, isn't it Yuan Keding? Who else can he be? Yuan Xiangcheng can take advantage of others!"

Due to his understanding of Yuan Shikai and the first batch of officer model corps, Duan Qirui simply did not believe that Yuan Shikai would let go of the model corps to others.

"It depends on who you give it to!"
To be continued...