Years of the Republic of China 1913

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January 1914, 1 AD is New Year's Day.

Nanjing Confucius Temple, Shunde residence.

"I heard that our division is going to be reorganized again?"

"Where did you get the news?" Xiong Shihui squinted his glass of wine, raised his head and asked Liu Zhi.

"Everyone in the teacher is spreading the word like this, hey! I'm asking you something serious, why are you still drinking?" Snatching the wine glass from Xiong Shihui's hand, Liu Zhi was very dissatisfied.

Shaking his head with a smile, Xiong Shihui said happily: "I said Jingfu, you specially brought me to drink this drink, why? You don't want to pay for the drink?"

"Fart!" Putting the wine glass heavily on Xiong Shihui's side, Liu Zhi said with a serious expression: "It is said that this reorganization has made a lot of noise, and the number of the Eighth Division may be cancelled. Why? Don't you worry?"

"What is there to worry about? If you want to say that worrying is also a matter for the brigade commander and division commander above. You and I are just small regiment officers. Why bother? Come on, come on. Although you and my brothers are in the Eighth Division, we usually We don't have many days of drinking together, let's have another drink?" Xiong Shihui cheerfully raised the glass as a signal.

"You..." Liu Zhi's complexion changed, as if he was annoyed at his friend's attitude, but before he could slap the table and scold his mother, Xiong Shihui on the other side burst out laughing.

"Jingfu, Jingfu, you are just worrying about nothing." Xiong Shihui drank the wine in one gulp, and asked seriously: "Did you forget who brought us to the Eighth Division? What is the status of Mr. Zhang Ming now? Even if we reorganize our division , Mr. Zhang Ming will lose you and me if he loses to others?"

Liu Zhi was taken aback, rubbed his head and laughed: "That's true. It is said that Mr. Zhang Ming has become the son-in-law of the President, and he has also become the general office of the Central Bank. The Ministry of the Army reorganized the Eighth Division. No matter how much your confidant, Mr. Duan, has to worry about Mr. Fang's face?"

"That's the truth!" Xiong Shihui nodded.

It has been several months since Fang Zida left Nanjing. During this period, Fang Zida did not forget the Eighth Division and several trusted subordinates. He usually exchanged letters, especially with Xiong Shihui and Liu Zhi.

Xiong Shihui and Liu Zhi were Fang Zida's chess pieces that Fang Zida brought to the Eighth Division from Beijing.As passionate youths of kmt, Fang Zida knew very well that these two young people sometimes had impulsive minds and acted recklessly.When they went all the way south, and when they were in the Eighth Division, Fang Zida gave them a lot of advice. So far, it seems that Fang Zida's efforts are still quite effective.

At least, when the news of Fang Zida's marriage to Yuan Sizhen spread to Nanjing, the two original "dung greens" didn't react too much. change.

But when the central government decided to reorganize the troops, especially when the first gossip about the reorganization of the Eighth Division came from the north, there was still a fluctuating feeling in the Eighth Division, and even Liu Zhi couldn't help but feel worried about it.When it comes to politics, compared with Liu Zhi, Xiong Shihui sees it thoroughly. He never believes that Fang Zida, who has used strong means to hold the power of the Eighth Division, will hand over the power so easily, let alone that Fang Zida spent so much money. If you force yourself to bring him and Liu Zhi into the Eighth Division, you will let it go.Although he couldn't guess what Fang Zida was thinking in his heart, he still vaguely felt that the matter of reorganization was not that simple.

As expected, when Xiong Shihui and Liu Zhi returned to the barracks with a full meal and wine, an old friend was already waiting for them, and they were overjoyed when they saw the person coming, and hurried to greet them.

"Captain Zhang, when did you arrive? Why did you come to Nanjing suddenly?"

It was none other than Zhang Huchen, the Gendarmerie Captain of the Eighth Division.Since escorting Jiang Zhiqing and He Yingqin to Beijing, Zhang Huchen has been staying there, and dozens of military police from the former Eighth Division under him seem to have become Fang Zida's personal guard in Beijing.In the eyes of the officers and men of the Eighth Division, after Fang Zida took over the position of the General Office of the Central Bank this time, Zhang Huchen, a confidant, is likely to leave the Eighth Division.Unexpectedly, Zhang Huchen came back suddenly and found them immediately.

"Hehe, I'm still the captain of the Gendarmerie of the Eighth Division. Of course I have to go back to Nanjing, what? Could it be that someone dismissed me?" Zhang Huchen, who has always been serious in his speech, rarely made a joke.

The three of them entered the room talking and laughing, and after they sat down, Zhang Huchen restrained his smile, took out a letter from his arms and said solemnly: "I wanted to find you each, but I didn't expect that Jingfu and Tianyi happened to be together today, that's fine. This is the letter Mr. Zhang Ming asked me to bring to you."

Hearing that it was Fang Zida's letter, Xiong Shihui and Liu Zhi hurriedly took it for a closer look, and then they exchanged glances and nodded slightly.

"Brother Huchen, please tell Mr. Zhang Ming, we will definitely follow the instructions in the letter."

"Okay!" Of course Zhang Huchen knew what was written in Fang Zida's letter, and he nodded with a smile when he saw them agreeing so readily, but he then said, "There is no need to tell you the truth. Mr. Zhang Ming will come to Nanjing in person after the Spring Festival. and Shanghai."

"This is great! It will be much easier to have Mr. Zhang Ming in Jiangsu!" Liu Zhi said excitedly.

"What? The situation in the Eighth Division has changed?" Zhang Huchen was taken aback for a moment. After going through the prison, Zhang Huchen has changed a lot. Coupled with the experience of following Fang Zida these days, he is no longer the one who used to play tricks on Tianqiao. Otherwise, Fang Zida would not have let him take the lead. With a simple sentence, he could hear Liu Zhi's different meaning, and asked quickly.

Liu Zhi looked a little embarrassed, but it was Xiong Shihui who explained it for him.It turned out that since Fang Zida left, Zhao Hengti, the commander of the Eighth Division who had been suppressed by Fang Zida, finally turned his back on the posture of a mud bodhisattva and began to slowly intervene in military affairs.Although Fang Zida replaced him with Huang Kaiyuan, and together with Wang Xiaozhen restrained the teacher Zhao Hengti, Zhao Hengti was the teacher in name after all.These days, Zhao Hengti has done a lot of small tricks in private. On the one hand, he used the 31st Regiment of the confidant to control Shanghai, and Huang Kaiyuan continued to compete for the control of the Eighth Division. Potential, and fully grasp the Eighth Division as a teacher.

"Hmph! The jumping clown!" Zhang Huchen snorted coldly. He had always looked down on Zhao Hengti as a teacher. If Fang Zida's iron and blood methods hadn't been for it, the dignified teacher Zhao Hengti would have been cornered by Lin Hu long ago.For the sake of the overall stability of the Eighth Division, and considering Zhao Hengti's nominal status in the Eighth Division, Fang Zida never attacked him, but let him sit safely on the throne of the division commander.Some time ago, Fang Zida served as the deputy division commander, Zhao Hengti cooperated so low-key, who would have thought that once Fang Zida left, this guy's ambition would emerge. It seems that Fang Zida made a plan to let Huang Kaiyuan take over the position of deputy division commander, and he did nothing wrong.

As for Cheng Dequan, the governor of Jiangsu, Zhang Huchen, the titular Jiangsu boss, was even more dismissive.What kind of talent is this incompetent governor who hurried to seek refuge in the Shanghai Concession before the fight started, and jumped out to support the slogan of the Central Committee just as the situation was settled? What's up?

"Let them be happy for a while longer, and there will be a good show waiting for them!" Zhang Huchen sneered.

In Fang Zida's mansion in Beijing, Yuan Sizhen was helping to tidy up his clothes. Although Fang Zida was still going south for more than a month, Yuan Sizhen helped him prepare early.

"The departure time is still early, and the south is not as cold as Beijing, so you don't need to bring so many things." Fang Zida couldn't help but said when he entered the room and saw several large suitcases.

"A poor family is rich on the road. It's always good to bring more things. The south is humid and easy to catch cold." Yuan Sizhen replied lightly, carefully putting a folded coat into the box.

Smiling, Fang Zida felt a little warm in his heart. Yuan Sizhen is really a good wife. After so many years, he finally felt at home for the first time.

After packing his luggage, Yuan Sizhen came to Fang Zida and sat down, resting his head on his shoulder, and asked quietly: "Zida, can't you take me with you?"

Shaking his head, Fang Zida stroked her hair: "I have important things to do when I go to the south. It's too inconvenient to take you with me. So, after the branch in Shanghai is established, I will send someone to pick you up?"

Nodding, Yuan Sizhen leaned on Fang Zida's thick shoulders, and slowly closed his eyes, with a happy smile on his face.And Fang Zida held a cigar between his fingers, and his brows were slightly tightened, as if he was thinking about something important.

He has already set up the framework of the central bank. According to his ideas, many aspects of the newly established central bank refer to the central bank a hundred years later. The general office, currency department, finance department, statistics department, accounting and finance department, payment Department of Finance, Currency, Gold and Silver Bureau, Treasury Bureau, International Department, Internal Audit Department, Personnel Department, Research Bureau, and Security Bureau. Most of the main personnel are the elite backbones he transferred from the Bank of Communications , As for Zhou Chen, who was self-recommended, temporarily served as the director of the general office, and changed the general office system to the general manager system. Fang Zida served as the general manager, Yang Du served as the deputy general manager, and the other deputy general manager was appointed by Tang Shaoyi, the chief financial officer.

The central bank has the shelf, and the next step is the specific work.Coin minting and financial rectification are the top priorities. The manufacturing bureaus in Nanjing and Shanghai will be re-integrated, and some will join the Currency, Gold and Silver Bureau. As for other parts, China Merchants Steamship Company, and Hanyang Iron Works, Fang Zida will make other arrangements.

Therefore, Fang Zida had to leave Nanjing again and go to the south to deal with official business in person, and the time for the trip was set, which was after the Spring Festival.