Chapter 385 Special arrangements

Deng Keng's face became awkward. He knew that the governor was talking about the press release, and he was just a responsible reminder. He didn't expect the governor to become so concerned.

"Shi Yuan, I know you may think I'm making a big deal, but I want to tell you that what I was in the briefing room just now is just a microcosm of you. Haven't you noticed that I have not given you some important things to take responsibility for in the past few years? From beginning to end, you are my official secretary. To help me handle some trivial and idle official duties, you must be clear about the difference between an adjutant and a secretary. The Secretariat and Copywriting Office under the Governor's Office, they send anyone to do what you do now. What else do I want you, an adjutant?"

Deng Keng's face was extremely embarrassed, and he was speechless for a moment, and his heart was cold. In terms of qualifications, he followed Wu Shaoting for a long time. He had been working for Wu Shaoting around the top of the Guangzhou First Rebellion. In recent years, Wu Shaoting had never criticized himself as naked as he is today. At this time, he was useless to teach him a lesson. This sudden blow was simply unacceptable to adapt to it.

However, after hearing Wu Shaoting's words, Deng Keng did realize a problem. What top priority has Wu Shaoting ordered to deal with him over the years? If you count it carefully, it is also some work that everyone can be responsible for. As the adjutant of the governor, he naturally assumes the work that others cannot bear. This can reflect the special status of the adjutant of the governor. But then again, in the final analysis, Wu Shaoting's trust is limited and he has not explained some deeper work.

"Shi Yuan, you always need a decent confidant, knowledgeable, courageous, determined, and cruel. You are indeed a rare candidate, but in the past few days I have found that you have hardly changed much, and even the pedantic spirit is getting worse and worse. I often think that people like Wang Yun who don’t know a lot of words are sometimes better than you, but those who are well-educated like you are not good at it. How helpless is this?" Wu Shaoting changed his tone and said earnestly.

Deng Keng's inner emotions and external expressions seemed very entangled. He was about to speak up and defend something, but he felt that defending him would only make him more incompetent, and he finally stopped talking.

"Shi Yuan, you are a capable person, but there are too many dogmatic constraints in your heart. Principles are good things, but what you need more is a character, a character that truly does big things. When you said in the briefing room just now, I can describe it as a woman's kindness and too carelessness. Mercy is a part of human nature. I am not asking you to be ruthless and ruthless, but kindness must also distinguish the situation. Everyone should be kind to their own people, the weak, and the people in the dawn. But you are kind to your enemies, you are cruel to yourself. Do you really understand this?"

"Governor, I understand."

"No, you don't know. You are a soldier, and war is cruel. Soldiers should use their iron-blooded skills and use any means to deal with the cruel war. Do you think this battle is my life and death alone? Do you know that the brothers who work hard on the front line face the threat of death every day. They are part of this war and fight to defend Guangdong and the fruits of the revolution. Once we commanders hesitate and doubt, do you know how many brothers will be killed?"

"Governor, I... I really understand." Deng Keng felt a sudden realization. Only after hearing what Wu Shaoting said did he truly understand what his mistake was.

"Shi Yuan, you are an absolute revolutionary patriot, and so are I. But I clearly distinguish everything. Revolution is faith, purpose, and direction of progress, while means, character and courage are attitudes. These two are not rejected." Wu Shaoting slowed down his tone and said in an educational tone.

Deng Keng pondered, and his face gradually woke up from his wandering.

"Shi Yuan, you have been with me for so long, even if you have no credit, you will have hard work, and I see your loyalty. I will ask you again now, do you really understand?"

"Don't worry, the governor, I really understand. If the governor can give his subordinates a chance to reform, he will definitely live up to expectations." Deng Keng took a deep breath and said firmly.

"Very good." Wu Shaoting nodded slowly. He saw a determination in Deng Keng's face. Although it was still a distance from his request, Deng Keng still needed some time to adapt.

Then, he ordered a task to Deng Keng.

After hearing Wu Shaoting's mission, Deng Keng frowned, but without any objection, he agreed decisively: "Don't worry, Governor, I will do it."

Wu Shaoting nodded and said, "Very good, I just want your current attitude towards doing things."

Deng Keng stopped talking nonsense and was thinking about how to execute Wu Shaoting's orders.

In fact, before this, Wu Shaoting did not intend to teach Deng Keng this way. Although Deng Keng is very low-key in daily life and rarely has his own opinions in everything, so he has made no achievements from beginning to end. After all, he is a conscientious and loyal person. But he suddenly felt powerless these days. In the overall military and political situation in Guangdong, he was almost done by himself, and he ignored his hands and feet. As the governor of Guangdong, it is reasonable to master major matters, but some trivial work has a great impact, and there are very few people who can be responsible for handling this matter around him.

For example, before the Guangdong-Guangxi War, Lu Rongting, Guangxi sent a group of detailed works to Guangzhou to rebel against the Guangdong military government. In order to teach Lu Rongting a lesson, he took cruel measures when dealing with these detailed works. Wu Shaoting naturally could not do this in person, and it was not convenient for outsiders to know the inside story. He could only order trustworthy confidants to deal with it.

Wang Yun does have such ability and is quite cruel in this regard, but this does not mean that Wang Yun can handle more secret tasks. After all, Wang Yun is just a soldier and can only do these rough tasks at best.

Deng Keng is a capable person, much better than Wang Yun. However, Deng Keng has been mediocre under Wu Shaoting's majestic oppression over the years, and has not done anything worthy of achievements. On the one hand, Deng Keng's peaceful and simple character, and on the other hand, Wu Shaoting is worried about the revolutionaryism deep in Deng Keng's heart.

Wu Shaoting has been carefully protecting his mask for a long time. The so-called "revolution" is just his own chess piece, using it to win over a group of people's hearts and serve as a cover for what he does. His idea is not sinister and cunning, just like the warlords in the southern provinces, everyone has ulterior motives.

But precisely because his mask was too perfectly concealed, many of the people united around him were sincere revolutionaries, such as the passionate young people from the Whampoa Military Academy, and Deng Keng, Chen Jiongming, Zou Lu and others who were very close to the Tongmenghui from the beginning. So he was unable to instruct Deng Keng to share some important tasks. Today, he found Deng Keng and said this, which was more or less heart-warming and guiding Deng Keng to become a true confidant.
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