Chapter 321 News
In the direction of Xuzhou, the attack of the Feng army is maintaining a stable rhythm. Although it is not a rapid progress on the whole, it is impossible to completely break through the defense line of the Anhui army to conquer Xuzhou in a day or two, but once such a super-large-scale battle is fought, it will not be a matter of a day or two.
The strength of the Anhui army in Xuzhou is not weak. Even if everything goes well with the Feng army, it is not easy to take Xuzhou.
This Xuzhou campaign not only tests the high combat effectiveness of the front-line troops of both sides, but also tests the ability of the entire military system of both sides to withstand war.
In order to better support the frontline battle, Zhao Dongyun is still busy in the rear every day. In addition to leading military operations, Zhao Dongyun has also invested a lot of energy in other aspects during this period!
In early October, Zhao Dongyun instructed the Ministry of Finance to start issuing the second phase of patriotic bonds to raise military funds for the front-line troops!
Since the successful issuance of the first phase of patriotic bonds, Xiling and other officials of the financial system have felt the need to take advantage of the iron and continue to issue the second phase of patriotic bonds. In such a situation, the Ministry of Finance led several fundraising receptions, inviting many powerful businessmen and industrialists in the domestic business community. .
For this occasion, Zhao Dongyun also occasionally appeared and personally appeared to have a cordial and friendly conversation with the businessmen and industrialists.
However, there were more people participating in public, and people began to find that there was one more person around Zhao Dongyun. To be precise, it was a woman, that is, Yu Wanling.
At the beginning, this woman appeared in the presidential palace as a translator of Fang Ruolian, but this woman has a wide range of contacts in the diplomatic community, and this woman can become best friends like a large group of foreign envoys in the diplomatic world, which naturally has the ability to win the favor of Fang Ruolian and even Li Wan.
I don't know when this woman frequently appeared in the social circle of high-level women's family and frequently went out to the back house of the Rentang. She not only continued to serve as Fang Ruolian's secretary, but also dabbled in many back house affairs in the presidential palace, such as helping Fang Ruolian organize a wife's reception.
She often follows Fang Ruolian, and Fang Ruolian is Zhao Dongyun's decent wife and the first lady of the Republic, but she often needs to accompany Zhao Dongyun to attend many public occasions, so Yu Wanling often appears beside Zhao Dongyun.
Especially in the recent public speeches and dances, in addition to the old face Li San, Yu Wanling also followed closely, and the number of appearances in public even exceeded that of several first-class secretaries of the Secretariat.
And who is Zhao Dongyun? He is a pivotal politician in contemporary China, and his every move and every move of the people around him will receive great attention.
Among the leaders of all forces that can be called today in China, Zhang Zhidong is a veritable leader in the Southern Federation. His reputation can be said to be second to none in contemporary China. Although Duan Qirui and Zhao Dongyun are powerful, they have been very noisy in recent years, but when it comes to reputation, let alone the two of them Even if the previous Wang Yingkai is counted, it is far worse than Zhang Zhidong.
The reputation accumulated by Zhang Zhidong over the past decades is not so easily offset, otherwise the Southern Federation will not be able to survive after consecutive fiasco.
It can be said that now this Southern Federation can barely support under the joint attack of many warlords in the Northern Ocean, because of the benchmark of Zhang Zhidong, his role is unmatched by several other powerful figures in the Southern Federation, such as Duanfang and Xiliang, who are also the realists of the Southern Federation. But they still have to raise the flag of Zhang Zhidong, otherwise few people will follow them to fight against Beiyang.
Although Zhao Dongyun spent a lot of money on Zhang Zhidong in fame, his strength is obvious to all. Zhao Dongyun, who controls 200,000 Feng army, is currently the most powerful warlord in China, and also controls the position of the leader of Beiyang. He is the republican government in the contemporary Beiyang system. President of the government.
He will naturally attract a lot of attention from outsiders, and the people around him, whether officials or women, will attract great attention from the outside world.
For example, Li San, this person seems to be just Zhao Dongyun's follow-up, but Li San's name is Zhang Zhidong!
Now Yu Wanling has frequently appeared beside Zhao Dongyun and his wife in just a month or two, which has naturally attracted the attention of many people, but this kind of attention is mostly negative.
An English newspaper hosted by the British in Tianjin even mentioned this woman when it reported that Zhao Dongyun held a reception at the presidential palace. It not only introduced the woman's early experience, but also boldly speculated that this woman had a private relationship with Zhao Dongyun, calling her the second mistress of Zhao Dongyun. The first one is naturally Li Wan.
And several gossip tabloids in southern Shanghai have also made reports about Zhao Dongyun's third woman.
The public opinion outside is like this, and the officials at the senior level of Beijing Normal University naturally have many speculations in their hearts.
"I have heard that this woman has recently gone out to live in Rentang every day and often stays overnight. Otherwise, how can she appear on today's occasion as a woman!" At the reception, several Treasury officials in Western-style dresses were talking in a low voice.
"It's not too strange. Our marshal is a hero who has not appeared for hundreds of years, which is not surprising to attract women, but it's nothing if this woman teaches her husband and children in the back house as well as Miss Li, but this woman appears frequently, and it also attracts criticism from foreigners. This pair It's not a good thing for our general's reputation!" Others also intervened. To be honest, he is still very unaccustomed to women like Yu Wanling appearing on today's occasion.
If this woman appeared as an official's family member or even as Zhao Dongyun's mistress, it was nothing, but she was not. She appeared as a staff member of the secretariat of the presidential palace.
Among the nearly 100 people who attended the reception today, there were many government ministries, each of whom also brought women. However, she was the only woman who attended the reception as a government official, which naturally caused a lot of criticism.
When these people talked, they did not notice a young woman in a Western-style dress behind the pillar!
Yu Wanling's teeth bit her red lips, and the jade hands holding the wine glass were a little white because they were too tight!
Although she knew that there was a lot of criticism about her, those newists who supported the republic thought that they were the remnants of the former Qing Dynasty, and those old and young people who were full of the Qing Dynasty also scolded her as the former princess of the Qing Dynasty, but they wandered around Zhao Dongyun without knowing shame.
What's worse is that almost everyone thinks that they are amused and have some kind of affair with the president.
If she really has something to do with Zhao Dongyun, then she will put up with it, but the key is not!
Although Zhao Dongyun is not a decent gentleman, to be honest, Zhao Dongyun is not a brain-damaged man. If he meets a beautiful woman, then his Jurentang will not come out of the harem. Although Zhao Dongyun appreciates Yu Wanling, he mainly focuses on her social skills.
These days, not every woman can walk smoothly at the top of the political circles, let alone with the wives of those diplomatic envoys.
For example, although Fang Ruolian, the wife of the president, has her identity, it is actually difficult to support the important task of her diplomacy. With Yu Wanling's help, Fang Ruolian can be more relaxed.
Speaking of which, in Zhao Dongyun's eyes, Yu Wanling is just a staff member!
But outsiders don't think so!
The same thing affects people with different identities.
Yu Wanling didn't continue to eavesdrop, and it's useless to listen too much. She can't be angry on the spot like those women. She needs to maintain decentness.
She needs to maintain her elegance and demity, she needs the continued importance of the president's wife Fang Ruolian, and she needs today's opportunities and work!
Outsiders only saw her superficial scenery, wandered among the high-level ladies of the Republic, and talked with foreign public ladies, but few people went back to pay attention to how bad the situation behind her was.
Since the destruction of the Qing Dynasty, their family's life has fallen thousands of miles, and the family's industry is even difficult to maintain the lives of their mother and daughter. After all, her mother, her two sisters and herself are from upper-class backgrounds. Even if they save money, they are actually much more than ordinary people. At the beginning of this year Some industries have been sold, and even some relatives and friends have helped to barely maintain the decent society.
Now that Yu Wanling has been hired as the secretary of the Foreign Affairs Section of the Secretariat of the Presidential Palace, because she often goes out of the Rentang, she goes to work with Zhao Dongyun's wives, Fang Ruolian and Li Wan, helping to organize dance parties, afternoon tea, contact those minister ladies and so on. Fang Ruolian and Li Wan's life was originally luxurious. Extravagant, it's also good to treat Yu Wanling. In addition, when she learned that Yu Wanling's family of four women now depended on her salary, she often used various excuses to give her various subsidies, gifts and so on, so her income was still high.
This can maintain the living standards of their mother and daughters in the past. Otherwise, if they want to live a good life and have no income, they can only hang up the signboard of the former Qing princess to open the door to accept guests. In the past year, many noble Gege and princesses in the pre-Qing era have fallen to the Eight Hu Living together.