Chapter 350 Winter Garden Party

Jingshi Jurentang.

This building has become the most famous building in China in recent years. The reason why it is famous at home and abroad is that this building is a very rare Western-style building in China, but because of its unique political meaning.

In the years before the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the building was called Yiluan Hall. Cixi lived here and even handled government affairs, receiving foreign public ladies and other family members. Last year, Wang Yingkai, the queen of the Republic, rudely drove the former Qing royal family out of the Forbidden City and put it under house arrest. The huge Forbidden City was converted into a museum. However, However, he occupied the Xihai Royal Garden across the wall as the seat of the presidential palace, and also as the residence of his family, and renamed Yiluan Hall to Juren Hall as his daily office.

After Wang Yingkai went down, Zhao Dongyun naturally accepted this large royal garden and set up his office in Jurentang.

Although the presidential palace of the contemporary Northern Republican Government is a whole garden building including the West Sea, including Jurentang, when people talk about the political center of the North now, they do not mean the presidential palace, but refer to Jurentang.

Therefore, the contemporary Jurentang is only a building in a narrow sense, but in a broad sense, it refers to the political center of the north. Its meaning is generally very similar to the political meaning of No. 10 Downing Street in the United Kingdom and the later Zhong`South China Sea.

Jurentang is not only Zhao Dongyun's office, but also the office space of the secretariat. In particular, the office of the four first-class secretaries is actually set up in Jurentang. However, although the number of people in the secretariat is approaching 100, many subordinate departments have gradually moved to several buildings next to Jurentang, next to it. Several buildings also have inspection offices, military offices, and hundreds of officers and soldiers' barracks of the Presidential Guard.

is somewhat equivalent to most of the political buildings in contemporary China. The first half of the West Sea is office space, including Jurentang and other buildings, while some of the garden buildings in the rear are used as private homes for Zhao Dongyun's family.

At this time, in the small garden open space behind the West Sea, many people in formal dresses were gathering in twos and threes, holding wine and talking in many small circles.

This roughly looks like nearly 100 people. Some men wear Western-style swallowtail dresses, some wear traditional horse coats and robes, and some wear general formal dresses. Women are more fancy. Some wear traditional skirts, some wear retro late Ming-style long skirts, and some wear Western-style long skirts, but more people, especially young women, wear a Western-style long skirt without back support. Those women wear traditional Western long skirts with back support. The distinction, called Chinese and Western skirts, can be generally interpreted as Western skirts with more Chinese characteristics.

This style of skirt only began to appear in northern China in recent years. At first, only the high-ranking military and political officials of Fengtianli Soviet women imitated Li Wan and Fang Ruolian, but with Zhao Dongyun moving into Beijing, this kind of women's clothing with a strong modern atmosphere quickly became popular among the women's families of the powerful families of Beijing.

This group of men and women not only has senior Soviet military and political officials, but also many foreign envoys with their wives, just like many dances and receptions in the past.

In the crowd, Fang Ruolian is as dazzling as a star. This kind of dazzling is not about her beauty. Of course, Fang Ruolian is beautiful, but there are all military and political dignitaries present. There are many beautiful women who have seen, and a lot of women who are more beautiful than Fang Ruolian will climb. To their **.

Fang Ruolian's dazzlingness comes from her unique identity in contemporary China: the presidential wife of the Republic of China!

Although several military and political women around Fang Ruolian seem to pretend to be relaxed, they are the same as their husbands who see Zhao Dongyun to be respectful. These women naturally need to maintain enough respect in Fang Ruolian, but blind respect is naturally not enough. Several self-retaining identities are enough. The women gathered around Fang Ruolian and specifically picked out what Fang Ruolian liked.

"Today's winter garden party is this year's grand event. Look at this arrangement. Tut, if I host such a big party, it will definitely not be so good!" A middle-aged lady wearing a big red Chinese and Western skirt complimented, but although this person was wearing an extremely popular Chinese and Western skirt, the big red dress and her extremely fat body destroyed the beauty of this long skirt.

This kind of long skirt without back support and also tightens the waist and buttocks. It is difficult for ordinary women to wear beauty. Otherwise, only beautiful women will wear this kind of skirt on this occasion today. Other women do not like to wear it, but this kind of long skirt is similar to the cheongsam in the 1940s and 1950s or Like stockings, you can't wear it at all without a medium-to-high level body. If you barely stuff it in, you will be blinded. Imagine a short, thick and exposed thigh in black thin silk swaying in front of you. It's possible to spit out your overnight meal.

Obviously, not all women have this kind of self-knowledge. This is the middle-aged lady in front of her. She is bloated and barely squeezed down the Chinese and Western skirt with her waist and buttocks. How strange it looks.

It's just that this woman doesn't care about others, especially the disgust of those men, but continues to compliment Fang Ruolian with a smile on her fat face.

The 30-year-old woman next to her also did not fall behind, and then said, "Who said no? Some time ago, I ran errands behind my wife. I saw my wife busy in order to hold this winter party, but my cheeks were tired!"

Fang Ruolian listened to these people's words and smiled as usual. She couldn't see the joy but disgust. Although she personally didn't like the women in front of her, the women present today were all the high-ranking women of the Soviet military and political officials, and most of the people who could appear on this occasion today were also official. Madam or direct daughter, these women have nothing in themselves, but their father or husband is an important subordinate of her husband Zhao Dongyun, so for the sake of their husband, Fang Ruolian will also smile to deal with it.

After the conversation, she glanced at a few people. Shi Yanglin from the combat office happened to come in with his wife. Although Shi Yanglin was only a major general, Fang Ruolian knew that this son was not simple. Among other things, just the title of director of the combat department was enough to make him the most powerful in the Feng army. One of the few generals. It is not an overdation to say that such a person is deeply reused by his husband.

Her husband wants to reuse this Shi Yanglin. Naturally, Fang Ruolian, as a wife, also does a good job in relevant logistics work. In the past, she also had a lot of contact with Mrs. Fang. In addition, this Mrs. Shi is young and lives freely in Shanghai. She has an open vision and is very popular with Ruolian's appetite. So there is more contact on weekdays.

After Shi Yanglin came in, he first took his wife to the other side. On the other side of the crowd were Zhao Dongyun and other military and political dignitaries talking about something. When Zhao Dongyun saw Shi Yanglin coming in, he immediately waved and said, "Boke, you are just in!"

When this man talked about things, Mrs. Shi naturally would not rush forward. At this time, she happened to see Fang Ruolian coming, and immediately took the initiative to welcome him.

"Madam seems to be getting more and more glorious these days. The health medicine soup I introduced to you last time is effective!" Mrs. Shi usually has a lot of contact with Fang Ruolian. Although the relationship between the two is far from a best friend, they have seen a lot and got acquainted with each other.

"Don't say that I used it very well, but I have to thank you!" Fang Ruolian came forward with a smile, and then talked to Shi Yanglin in a low voice. Once the topic of this woman's family was opened, it was endless. The two women naturally said this, which made the other ladies around her feel a little embarrassed.

However, they also know that their identities are too different from each other. Fang Ruolian has just given them face for a while, so naturally they will not continue to follow them brazenly. Soon, several noble women will leave the circle around Fang Ruolian one after another. Without Fang Ruolian, their look will be He seems much more relaxed, and his words are no longer deliberately pleasing Fang Ruolian.

The fat lady in a red skirt picked up a glass of sweet wine from the plate held by the waiter with her gloved hand, and then her eyes just saw that Fang Ruolian was talking to Mrs. Shi. Although it was a little far away, she could still see them talking happily.

Thinking of Fang Ruolian's perfunctory attitude towards herself just now, she is naturally angry, but naturally she dares not say that Fang Ruolian is angry but Mrs. Shi.

The other ladies next to her have also been friends with her for many years. Looking at her face slightly, they understood something after following her eyes. Immediately, a woman showed a jealous tone and said, "Isn't it just a young general? My family is still a lieutenant general. What's worth looking at!"

This young general is naturally not talking about Mrs. Shi himself, but about Shi Yanglin!

The red lady also said, "That's right, not to mention that my family is the second chief, which one who can come here today is not the second chief? Sister Zhao is also the head of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, which is not much better than her in terms of status!"

However, a middle-aged lady next to her, who looked slightly old, smiled and didn't answer. This woman is the wife of Zhao E, the president of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. Although she is old, she is a scholarly family. Everyone comes from a boudoir, and there are not two fathers and brothers in the family who are officials. This is much more noble and natural to be seen since she was a child. It is not comparable to the woman born of the daughter of the little landlord in front of us.

She hummed coldly in her heart at this moment: Major General? Don't look at what position his husband holds. That's the most prominent major general position in the whole Feng army, formulating hundreds of thousands of Feng army combat plans. Didn't you see that Shi Yanglin was called away by President Zhao Dongyun as soon as he came? How many cabinet chiefs or generals in the army have such treatment?

Although the Soviet military and political leaders present today, not every high-level can be powerful, let alone everyone can be trusted by Zhao Dongyun.

Turning his head to look at President Zhao Dongyun, he saw what Zhao Dongyun was saying to Shi Yanglin. How many people can have such treatment?

Not only did Mrs. Zhao pay attention to Shi Yanglin. In fact, the rest of the venue today also always pay attention to Zhao Dongyun's full-owned company. If it weren't for the identity and etiquette, they couldn't wait to surround Zhao Dongyun. It's not even too obvious to pay attention far away. They can only take a look at it occasionally. , looking for an opportunity to talk to Zhao Dongyun.

It's just that this opportunity is really rare, because there are not many people standing beside Zhao Dongyun at this time, but they are all the real core power of the contemporary Soviet system.

There are Xiling, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Fang Biyong, the Chief of the General Staff of the Command, Yang Jiayi, the Director of the Command Department, and Shi Yanglin, the Chief of the Operations Department of the General Staff.

It is actually quite difficult for others to join this conversation circle. Even if someone comes forward to say hello, but if Zhao Dongyun does not open his mouth to stay, even Zhao E, the president of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, can only say hello and leave.

Zhao Dongyun is talking in this small circle, and these people are gathered together. Even if they are chatting about this topic, it will involve military affairs.

As soon as Shiyang Lin opened his mouth and said a few words, he was asked by Zhao Dongyun, "I read the briefing that the Third Division has been chased to Chuzhou. How is the situation on Gu Lanyu now?"