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It is August 1916, only more than two months before the end of the term of the Okuma cabinet in Japan, and there is not much time left for China. According to history, Yuan Shikai should have died on June 6, but due to the flapping of Fang Zida's tiny butterfly wings, Yuan Shikai did not proclaim himself emperor or appointed as the president of the Republic of China. Instead, he only continued to serve as the president of the Republic of China.

After the incident of Liang Shiyi and Yuan Keding, although Yuan Shikai's health was getting worse day by day, he lost the psychological burden and the pressure to become emperor, and Yuan Shikai lived a easier life. The change in his mentality made him live a much longer life than in history, but he himself knew that he was plagued by illness and did not have many days left.

No matter how powerful a person is, he always thinks of other things when he is at this time. Just like Yuan Shikai, as his health becomes worse day by day, he also began to arrange his affairs after death. As the Beiyang minister at that time, the Yuan family is not out of it, and it can even be said to be very shabby. According to Fang Zida's estimate, the entire Yuan family only has 300,000 to 400,000 yuan of property, most of these property also include real estate, jewelry, jewelry, etc., and the whole family's cash will not exceed 150,000 yuan. If you say such a wealth, no one will believe it, but that's the case. Although the Yuan family is the first in the Republic of China, it is indeed far from being comparable to other politicians in this regard. It can be said that ordinary teachers and commanders in the Beiyang clan have much more property than Yuan Shikai, which is an unquestionable fact.

As the only big boss in Beiyang, Yuan Shikai has been through countless gold and silver in his life, but he often comes in and goes out with the other hand. He almost never leaves a single point. In addition, the Yuan family has very strict family rules. Except for the eldest son Yuan Keding who was too brave and made some money without hiding Old Yuan, none of the other children work in the government. In addition to normal income, the whole family only has gifts sent by old subordinates and old friends in daily life, so the whole Yuan family is much cleaner than ordinary people imagine.

Yuan Shikai himself knew that once he left the world, there was not much left for his children. Moreover, no one among his children could inherit his political legacy. In the future, the Yuan family would go wherever they should go, and Yuan Shikai would not allow Yuan Shikai to make arrangements in advance. In fact, Yuan Shikai had long planned for this arrangement, which was to let Fang Zida take the lead in the Yuan family to ensure that the Yuan family would not decline after he left in the future.

Deeply considered. On the one hand, Yuan Shikai agreed to China join the Allies to start a war with the allies, on the one hand, he considered it from the current political perspective, and on the other hand, he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to start a war to allow Fang Zida to gradually take over his rights, from pure politics to military, so as to gain a place in the Beiyang system.

As a military strongman, Yuan Shikai knew very well that if you don’t have a gun in China, you would be nothing. Think about it, if it weren’t for his Beiyang New Army, how could Sun Yat-sen give way to the throne? Without the strong military strength of the central government, how could the Second Revolution carried out by the Southern Revolutionary Party in the past few years be suppressed so easily? Without the support of the military power in his hands, how could the cooperation between the Beiyang Group and the KMT and other parties continue to this day? Regarding these, Yuan Shikai was very clear. Fang Zida was a good person in the KMT, but he was also a descendant whom he had high hopes for. A hundred years later, it would be the most appropriate to entrust the entire Yuan family to Fang Zida.

With the development of the country and the changes over the years, Fang Zida gradually gained a high position from Song Jiaoren's entourage back then. He was not only the deputy chief of finance but also the president of the central bank. He held financial power and was called "Fang Caishen" by people in the circle. At the same time, due to kmt's identity and Song Jiaoren's reliance, Fang Zida also had the control of the Eighth Army and the Fifteenth Army, and also the actual control of the Central Bank Guards. From this point of view, Fang Zida's status among the senior officials of the Republic of China was no longer low. He had to have money, have soldiers and soldiers. He was very popular and could be regarded as a strong position.

But in Yuan Shikai's eyes, in addition to the actual position of the president of the Central Bank, Fang Zida of the Eighth Army and the 15th Army only controlled the military power of the KMT. The predecessor of the Eighth Army was the Eighth Division, the Eighth Division was the backbone of the KMT and has always been the KMT's secret force. The 15th Army was formed separately after Fang Zida took Shandong based on the Eighth Division. The two troops belonged to the KMT camp in the final analysis. If Song Jiaoren and Fang Zida had a conflict that day and the two sides parted ways, no one could guarantee whether Fang Zida could command these two troops.

In order to pave the way for Fang Zida, Yuan Shikai had a lot of brains and took advantage of the opportunity before the war to start. The scheming Yuan Shikai took advantage of the conflict between Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang and asked Wang Shizhen to order the establishment of three new troops in the name of the Chief of General Staff - the 30th National Defense Army, the 31st and the 32nd Army. All the chief officers of these three new troops were carefully selected to ensure that Yuan Shikai would escort Fang Zida later. In addition, the basic officers were also selected from the graduates of the Central Military Academy. As for equipment, logistics, etc., these were arranged by Fang Zida. After all, Duan Qirui, as the Minister of National Defense, also required Fang Cai Shen, who had the power of the central bank and the manufacturing bureau in this regard.

"How are the preparations done?" Yuan Shikai asked Fang Zida, who came to ask questions in the presidential palace.

Regarding Yuan Shikai's insane question, Fang Zida certainly understood what preparation he was referring to, and immediately said: "Return to the words of my father-in-law, thanks to the good development of the country, abundant finances and abundant supplies under your leadership over the years, everything is in the plan and it goes well."

"Haha, the key to improving finances is your Fang Zhengming's credit, but nothing happened to me." Yuan Shikai waved his hand and smiled: "It's good to prepare smoothly. According to you, how much time will it take to meet the expectations?"

"It probably will take more than a month. The key is that it is difficult to mobilize materials. You also know that the commercial cooperation between my country and Germany and Russia is still in progress, and there will be no changes until the last moment, so..." After a pause, Fang Zida hesitated and said: "In fact, father-in-law, according to what the son-in-law saw, we don't have to be ready to declare war. Although this will suffer some losses in business with Germany, we can also take the initiative as soon as possible."

"Of course I know that the German team is strong, but I am afraid that they will fly over with an old Russian? Even if they declare war immediately, the allies will have no choice." Yuan Shikai smiled slightly and expressed his point of view. Fang Zida nodded repeatedly, with joy in his eyes. In his opinion, choosing as soon as possible, although there are some commercial losses, it is the most appropriate way. Now that the European military observation group has set off to return, Fang Zida has no longer any worries. He can take the initiative early to declare war early, and the losses in front of him can still bear it for the country.

"But now is not the time." Unexpectedly, Yuan Shikai suddenly said this, which made Fang Zida's heart's Heat suddenly go out. You know, he has repeatedly indirectly suggested that Yuan Shikai declare war as soon as possible these days, but Yuan Shikai always smiled and refused to answer.

"You can check this list first." Yuan Shikai handed Fang Zida a piece of paper, which was densely written on it. Fang Zida took it in confusion and looked carefully. He was stunned.

"This is……."

"This is what Lao Fu left for you." Yuan Shikai smiled and said, "Three new troops are directly under the Ministry of National Defense. These officers were specially arranged by me by someone. What do you think? Of course, if you think there are inappropriate candidates, you can report them to me."

Of course, Fang Zida of these three new military troops knew that there were few arrangements for the equipment and formation of Fang Zida these days. But he never expected that these three new troops were actually formed by Yuan Shikai for Fang Zida. In other words, these three troops were equal to Fang Zida's direct troops. Yuan Shikai made such arrangements secretly without telling him. How could Fang Zida be as smart as Fang Zida?

So far, Fang Zida finally knows why Yuan Shikai said just now that the time has not come, the key is these three new troops. According to the plan, it will take another month to complete the formation of these three new troops. If the declaration of war before this will inevitably disrupt Yuan Shikai's arrangements. Therefore, Yuan Shikai clearly knows that Fang Zida's suggestion is correct, but he still suppresses the declaration of war.

"father in law……."

Waving his hand, Yuan Shikai said earnestly: "Yangming, I'm not having too much time, and the Yuan family will rely on you in the future. This is the last thing I have done for you. You have to walk the road in the future. But no matter what, you have to remember my words: It's better to rely on yourself than rely on others. After that, no matter whether it's kmt, Duan, Feng and others, they are not as realistic as doing things themselves. Do you understand this?"

"My father-in-law Xie... Zi... Zida understand!" Looking at the old Yuan Shikai, Fang Zida felt respect and guilt for the old man for the first time, and nodded with gratitude.

"In addition, I have asked someone to give you the rank of general, and the order will be issued in the next few days. With this skin, it will be more convenient for you to command the army in the future."

"Is this a bit inappropriate?" Fang Zida didn't expect that Yuan Shikai had made this arrangement. He is now a pure civil servant and suddenly got the rank of general. Isn't that reasonable?

"There's nothing wrong." Yuan Shikai said calmly: "If it weren't for the war between the South China Sea and Shandong, if it weren't for the incident with Chen Qimei, you would have been a lieutenant general. Moreover, as the president of the Central Bank, wouldn't the Central Bank's escort army be directly under your jurisdiction? It's not an exaggeration to have this title now to be a general."

Yuan Shikai thought about everything he could think of. Fang Zida thought about it carefully and felt that this was indeed the truth. Although it was a bit sudden, it was not considered too much. Nowadays, there are not many people in the country with the rank of generals. Don’t many people lead troops now? This is not many Fang Zida, at least both sides of Beiyang and kmt will not have much reaction.

"I want to ask you something, can I answer me?"

"Mr. Yue, please speak."

Yuan Shikai put down the teacup in his hand and looked at Fang Zida's eyes: "If China and Japan start a war, can China win?"...)

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