As the car drove away, Chen Zikun felt lost.
Four years had passed, and the unruly and willful yet innocent and lovely Yao Yilei had gradually faded away in his mind.
But today, when he suddenly saw a woman so similar, he realized that, in fact, I have never forgotten that memory.
A few days later, on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the Spring Festival holiday ended, and all government departments opened their offices.
Although Chen Zikun still had a few days of vacation left, he was tired of this idle life, so he simply canceled his vacation and reported to the Ministry of War.
The Ministry of War is still in Iron Lion Alley, the same place where Chen Zikun once led his troops to raid.
However, time has changed and a group of Anhui officials such as Xu Shuzheng have long since disappeared.
Now the person in charge of the Ministry of War is Beiyang veteran Zhang Shaozeng, Chief Zhang graduated from the Japanese Military Academy.
He was once known as one of the "Three Elite Non-Commissioned Officers." .
Following the formal procedure, Chen Zikun reported to the General Affairs Office.
After submitting the file, the receptionist immediately looked at him differently and served him good cigarettes and tea.
After a while, a lieutenant colonel officer opened the door and came in.
He saluted Chen Zikun and said, "But Luoyang Mr.
Chen is here, Mr.
Zhang is here to invite you.”
Chen Zikun followed the lieutenant colonel to Zhang Shaozeng's office.
Chief Zhang was dressed in a crisp gray-blue uniform with three general stars on the golden epaulettes.
When he saw Chen Zikun coming, he walked out from behind his desk and spoke enthusiastically.
He shook hands with Chen Zikun, exchanged greetings, and then asked about Chen Zikun's study abroad situation.
Chen Zikun talked eloquently, and Mr.
Zhang nodded frequently and encouraged him.
"The Army Department is in need of a rising star like you, Xiao Chen, I'm optimistic about you."
Zhang Shaozeng smiled and patted Chen Zikun on the shoulder and ended the interview with these words.
The chief of the army valued him so much that Chen Zikun couldn't help but feel a little complacent.
He returned to the General Affairs Office and the receptionist told him that the file had been transferred to the Appointment Section of the Military Leveling Department.
The military rank classification and specific work arrangements would not be released so soon.
Chen Zikun was asked to come back tomorrow. .
Chen Zikun said goodbye politely.
When he walked out of the courtyard of the Ministry of War, he met Wang Geng, an old acquaintance.
They were very cordial.
After chatting for a while, they agreed to sit down at Wang Geng's house the next weekend.
Chen Zikun then left.
Go, and five minutes after he left, a Pontiac sedan drove through the gates of the War Department.
The next day, Chen Zikun came to the Ministry of War as scheduled.
Officials from the General Affairs Department told him with some embarrassment that the official in charge of civil service was not there and the military rank could not be determined, so he could not appoint the position, so he had to wait a little longer.
Helpless, Chen Zikun waited for another three days and finally received the news that his military rank and position had been updated.
He rushed to the Army Department excitedly and saw a piece of paper in front of him.
Chen Zikun, a second lieutenant officer of the Third Army Division, had returned from studying abroad.
According to the Army Ministry Document No.
XX, Quanxu's military rank is Army Infantry Lieutenant and he is appointed as a third-class clerk in the General Affairs Section of the General Affairs Department of the Army Ministry.
Although Chen Zikun didn't care too much about the false reputations of military ranks and positions, the gap was so huge that he couldn't accept it for a while.
How could a good colonel be reduced four levels to a lieutenant when he arrived at the Army Ministry, or a third-class general affairs department?
Member, isn’t that just a handyman?
Unable to swallow this breath, Chen Zikun immediately went to the Junheng Department to ask for an explanation.
The other party was obviously prepared.
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He held out a large pile of documents and reasoned with him slowly.
It turned out that Chen Zikun, in addition to a "certificate of graduation" from Western pastry, Since he couldn't get any diploma, the Ministry of War granted him the rank of lieutenant, which was an exceptional favor.
The rank of colonel given to him by Wu Peifu had not been approved by the Ministry of War, so it could only be regarded as a temporary military rank and could not be counted.
Chen Zikun was speechless.
He had laid out all the rules and acted impartially.
He couldn't be shy and said that I was Wu Peifu's confidant.
If you give me little shoes like this, you are not giving Wu Dashuai face.
He believed The other party is sure Knowing his background, maybe he was treating himself like this just to give Wu Peifu some color.
The officialdom was sinister, and he would become someone else's pawn if he was not careful.
If it were four years ago, he might have gone crazy on the spot, but now, he only has the choice Just a smile.
"Do you still have any questions, Section Chief Chen?"
the colonel section chief of the Renguan Section of the Junheng Division asked calmly.
"No, thank you, sir."
Chen Zikun saluted, turned around and went out.
A smile appeared on the face of the colonel's section chief, and he walked out slowly and came to the office upstairs with the sign of the Deputy Chief's Office.
A big white face was sitting behind the desk, with three general stars shining on his shoulders.
"Secretary Chief Jin, it's done."
The section chief said respectfully.
"Oh, did he complain?"
asked the big white face.
"No, he didn't say anything after he asked the whole story."
The section chief replied.
"Very good, you can go down and play cards at home another day and try the new Pu'er I bought."
Deputy Chief Jin seemed to be in a good mood.
Chen Zikun officially took up his post at the Ministry of War.
The Ministry of War of the Beiyang Government was commonly known as the "Ministry of Pay," which meant that it could not do much other than pay.
The governors of each province were doing their own thing, and no one was interested in the Ministry of War.
The ministry has eight departments, including the General Affairs Department, Military Scales, Military Affairs, Ordnance, and Military Medicine, which have a large number of idle people.
The General Affairs Department of the General Affairs Department where Chen Zikun is located is dedicated to running errands for these people.
The section chief of the General Affairs Section was a fat lieutenant colonel with a rosy nose, surnamed Bai.
He assigned Chen Zikun a difficult task, and he took over the management of the waiter under the General Affairs Section.
The Ministry of War used to be the residence of Princess Hejing.
A low-pressure boiler was set up in the original kitchen to provide heating in winter.
Daily tea is supplied by the tea room.
There are two boilermen in the tea room who take turns to light the fire, and a servant is responsible for bringing tea and water.
This is All Chen Zikun's men.
In the season of late February and early March, Beijing is still very cold and the heating supply is indispensable.
Even if the temperature is even a little lower than usual, the gentlemen will complain about the cold.
Daily boiling water is indispensable, because the gentlemen When you have nothing to do, you should make tea and enjoy tea.
If the tea is brewing but the water is not boiling, then the general affairs department will be scolded.
Ordinarily this job is not too complicated, but the human relations in the yamen are complicated.
Even the two workers who burn the boiler are very powerful.
I heard that both of them worked in the military training office during the Qing Dynasty.
The workers were veterans of two dynasties, not to mention Chen Zikun.
Even the general affairs section chief couldn't command them.
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I heard that the servant had a good background and was a cousin of the section chief's brother-in-law or something like that.
On his first day after taking office, Chen Zikun first inspected the boiler room, and then returned to the office to do nothing.
Half an hour later, the director of the General Affairs Department came over angrily and reprimanded: "Why is the heater not heating up?
Why don't you go and take a look."
Section Chief Bai quickly instructed Chen Zikun to go to the boiler room to check.
When he arrived, he found that the door of the tea room was ajar.
When he opened it, he found that the workers were missing.
The boiler pressure gauge showed a decrease in pressure.
No wonder the heater was not heating up.
After waiting for a while, the worker Ma came over leisurely, humming Xipi Erhuang.
Chen Zikun asked: "If you don't burn the boiler here, where are you?"
"There are three emergencies.
Don't you know, Chief Chen?
I'm going to the latrine."
Lao Ma slowly put on his gloves, opened the furnace door and shoveled coal inside.
Chen Zikun stared at it for a while before leaving.
In the afternoon, the General Affairs Department received another complaint that there was no boiling water.
Chen Zikun rushed to the boiler room and took a look.
The thermometer showed that the water was only 80 degrees, but Lao Ma actually held a book of Seven Heroes and Five Righteousnesses and looked at it with interest. .
"Master Ma, did you know that the water is not boiling?"
Chen Zikun was already a little angry, but his tone remained kind.
"I know, isn't it burning?"
Lao Ma continued to read the book.
"Master Ma, it's not easy to find a job these days.
If you don't want to do it, there are a lot of people waiting outside."
Chen Zikun scolded unceremoniously.
"Okay, got it."
Lao Ma lazily left the Seven Heroes and Five Righteousnesses behind and went to light the fire.
Chen Zikun returned to the office and complained to Section Chief Bai.
Section Chief Bai advised him earnestly: "Xiao Chen, Lao Ma has been working here for more than ten years.
This was not the case before.
You fired people when you first arrived. , I’m afraid it’s not appropriate.”
Looking at Section Chief Bai's cunning smile, Chen Zikun seemed to understand something.
Ever since he entered the Army Ministry, someone had set a trap for him.
He couldn't even manage a waiter, which only meant that he was a waste.
Not only had he lost his This person even lost Marshal Wu’s face.
The next day, something happened again.
This time, let alone heating and boiling water, the boiler room ceased fire, and there was nothing left.
There were separate stoves in the offices of the chief and deputy chiefs, which were not affected at all.
The other directors The section chiefs suffered a disaster.
They were all shivering from the cold and ran to the general affairs section to question them.
When Chen Zikun came to the waiter, his nose was almost crooked with anger.
Lao Ma and Lao Niu were sitting there smoking and chatting.
When he saw Chen Zikun coming over in a hurry, he didn't even panic.
He opened his mouth and said: "Commissioner Chen, the coal is burned out."
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"Why didn't you report it earlier?"
Chen Zikun was furious.
"I remember reporting it.
I told you yesterday that there isn't much coal left and it's time to buy it."
Lao Ma pretended to be surprised.
Lao Niu echoed: "Yes, I have reported it."
Chen Zikun understood that these two guys didn't take him as a little lieutenant seriously at all.
They were deliberately causing trouble.
If he complained to the superiors, he would be the one who suffered.
They couldn't even control the two handymen who burned the fire.
Talk about leading troops to fight.
I had no choice but to report back to Section Chief Bai and allocate funds to buy coal.
It took a lot of time to go back and forth, which caused a lot of complaints in the Army Department.
Everyone knew that there was an international student lieutenant in the General Affairs Department who had high ambitions and low abilities, and he couldn't even handle such a small thing. good.
The next day, when Lao Ma and Lao Niu went to work in the tea room humming a tune, they found that the door of the boiler room had been opened, the fire was blazing, steam was overflowing, the heating pipes were burning hot, and a man with his bare back was standing.
Turning the shovel in front of the stove, sweating profusely.
This person is none other than Chen Zikun, the third-class lieutenant of the General Affairs Department
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