Back to the Republic of China as a commander

When Wang Zhenyu took Zhu Cihan and others across the Yuanjiang River in a small boat and came to the construction site of the new military academy, what he saw was a group of barbarians with a disorganized appearance.

However, the engineering battalion is worthy of being an engineering battalion. After all, it is a professional. In just one week, it has leveled [-] acres of land.

What's even more weird is that when Wang Zhenyu found battalion commander Hu Lichun, the boy was pushing a cart to loosen the soil.As soon as Hu Lichun saw Wang Zhenyu, it was as if he had met his relatives, and tears fell down uncontrollably.Commander, we are engineers and soldiers, not migrant workers who build houses. Look at that bastard Wan Yaohuang who tossed us to death. He is no longer human. You have to make decisions for us.

Wang Zhenyu flew into a rage on the spot, Wan Yaohuang was so outrageous, it was an unforgivable crime, so someone came and spanked ten times as a punishment.

Jokes aside, Wang Zhenyu finally told Wan Yaohuang that he would go to Jingzhou to send prisoners of war to repair, and the engineer battalion would be useful for himself.

As soon as they heard that there was no need to repair the house, the engineering battalion immediately exploded. The soldiers burst into tears and hugged each other.Seeing Wang Zhenyu shaking his head vigorously, Wan Yaohuang had offended the engineers badly.Many years later, Wan Yaohuang, who has become the chief of the general staff, will not arrange board and lodging as long as he inspects the engineering system.And he also plausibly said that this is a fine tradition of engineers and soldiers and cannot be changed.Wan Yaohuang could only respond with a wry smile, and never went to inspect the engineering troops again.

Closer to home, as soon as Wang Zhenyu said his thoughts, Hu Lichun immediately regretted it.Why?Because Commander Wang asked him to take everyone to dredge the waterway of the Yuanjiang River, this job is not fun, it is better to sell stupid energy to repair the house here.Hu Lichun was an expert among the engineers, and he didn't know anything else. Explosives must be used to dredge the waterways. Explosives are not something that can be played casually, otherwise it will kill people.

Wang Zhenyu also saw through Hu Lichun's meaning. He took a deep breath and said, "If the waterways are blocked, countless families will be ruined every year. If you engineers clear the waterways, it will not only prosper the place, but also do good deeds. This commander also Don't let you do it for nothing, from today onwards, recruits will give priority to replenishing you, and tell us what equipment you need as soon as possible; within half a year, as long as you can remove all the dangerous shoals in the Yuanjiang River, the engineering battalion will immediately be upgraded to an engineering regiment, with favorable treatment and meritorious service. I personally award the honor."

The checks were issued, Hu Lichun would be ungrateful if he didn't go, he knew that he, a native of Guangxi, was not Wang Zhenyu's confidant, but joined the group halfway.If there is no performance, it will be a matter of time to be eliminated, so he gritted his teeth and accepted.

Wang Zhenyu was very satisfied with this, and immediately arranged for him to contact Liu Qishan.Liu Qishan is very familiar with the wool board boat gangs in the Hongjiang area. If these familiar boat gangs cooperate, the efficiency of the engineer battalion will be much higher.

As soon as he returned from the engineer battalion, Song Haomin, who stayed at home, came up to report: "Commander, someone from Changsha is here!"

Wang Zhenyu snorted, and asked reflexively, "Who is here?"

Song Haomin said in a low voice, "It's Mr. Zhao Hengti."

When Wang Zhenyu heard that he had come to worship his eldest brother, he immediately understood what it was.It's normal to think about it. I was fighting wars and robbing land in Xiangxi. If the governor Tan Yankai in Changsha didn't respond anymore, his nickname would change from Grandma Tan to Bodhisattva Tan, and he was still a muddy one.

However, since he sent Zhao Hengti, who had a good relationship with him, it undoubtedly showed an attitude. Governor Tan was seeking peace rather than war.In this case, then everything is easy to talk about.

When the brothers met, they were very enthusiastic. Wang Zhenyu and Zhao Hengti first hugged each other warmly, and then laughed without saying anything.

"Brother, I didn't expect to see you in half a year, and you have become a lieutenant general. Sigh, my poor brother, I still have the rank of a broken major general. I don't know when Tan Dudu will order it together, and I will be sent back to work. It's gone." Wang Zhenyu laughed at himself when he opened his mouth, so that he seemed a little close.

"Come on, you kid, I don't know. It's not easy to toss around here in Xiangxi. Zhou Zefan, Cheng Songyun's classmate, went back to Changsha crying. Our Tan Dudu has already said that you are now the emperor of Xiangxi, and there will be many things in the future. We in Changsha still have to rely on you, the local emperor, for support." Zhao Hengti ignored Wang Zhenyu at all, everyone was acquainted with each other and knew everything, so don't fool your brother and me.

Wang Zhenyu smiled embarrassingly: "What kind of earth emperor, even the king of the mountain is not counted. Big brother, why did you come to me? Could it be that Dudu Tan found out with his conscience and decided to pay my salary arrears for the past six months."

Zhao Hengti was extremely embarrassed when he heard it. He also knew about the lack of payment. Except for his first division and Cheng Qian's second division, the other troops hadn't been paid in the past few months.Tan Yankai deliberately defaulted on the one hand to make plans for the next disarmament plan, and on the other hand, the province's finances were tight, and it was true that there was no money, otherwise Zhou Zefan would not have been forced to go to Hongjiang to scrape land.

In the end, the land was not scraped, and Hong Shang was pissed off. In the end, his brother-in-law was really not a fuel-efficient lamp, so he snatched Hong Jiang away.Now that Zhou Zefan is still recuperating at home, it is estimated that he will not know what happened in the year of the monkey.And the most important thing is that Wang Zhenyu, who is not afraid of kings and fathers, took over Hongjiang, and Wang Zhenya took over Changde.If [-]% of Hunan's fiscal revenue is captured, Changsha's finances will be even tighter.

This is simply a muddled account.Forget it, the purpose of my trip is not to ask for money.

Chapter 096 Guarding Envoy ([-])

Zhao Hengti smiled wryly and shook his head: "Okay, okay, brothers talk about money when they meet, isn't it tacky."

Wang Zhenyu laughed loudly after hearing this: "Yes, yes, the younger brother looks like me, so I will invite the elder brother to dinner and punish him with three glasses of wine. It's fine to make an apology."

Zhao Hengti felt much more relaxed: "You, you are still such an extrovert, don't rush to eat, I have an appointment to read to you first."

Wang Zhenyu teased deliberately: "Tan Dudu's superior, who is that, Zhu Cihan, hurry up and set up the incense table."

Zhao Hengti kicked Wang Zhenyu angrily: "Come on, let's stop doing this, who doesn't know who you are?"

Wang Zhenyu sat down on the chair with a chuckle, Erlang crossed his legs, and waited for Zhao Hengti to read the order.

Zhao Hengti shook his head resignedly: "I won't read any more content, but focus on the main points. Wang Zhenyu is hereby appointed as the guard envoy of Xiangxi, and the troops will be reorganized into the Xiangxi garrison. The military salary will be settled on the spot, and I will give it to you."

Wang Zhenyu took it with both hands, and then suddenly shouted: "Song Haomin, go, find a frame to frame it, and hang it on the wall. I am now a guard, haha."

Then Wang Zhenyu grabbed Zhao Hengti, who was about to run away, and went to eat.

This meal is very rich. Wang Zhenyu does not advocate frugality in his private life, but he emphasizes rules, that is, he can only consume as much as he is at any level, and the excess is paid by himself.Xu Yuanquan, Wan Yaohuang, Yang Wangui and other confidantes also accompanied him, and Zhao Hengti drank too much when he was happy.

In fact, Tan Yankai had an explanation for this trip to Xiangxi, mainly to see if he could bring Wang Zhenyu over. After all, the territory of Xiangxi is already in the hands of this kid.

But Zhao Hengti knew very well that although Wang Zhenyu had a good relationship with him, he would never separate public and private interests.Even if Wang Zhenyu lost his mind and turned to Dudu Tan under his own persuasion, how reliable is this man who has been the emperor of Tu?

So Zhao Hengti simply didn't say anything, lest he hurt his brother's feelings.

Halfway through the drink, Liu Xing was also called, and Wang Zhenyu immediately shouted: "Brother-in-law, this is my brother-in-law Zhao Hengti. He helped run the pardon last time. You have to respect him."

Liu Xing hurriedly offered a toast to Zhao Hengti, and Zhao Hengti hurriedly said, "My foster brother, it's just that this is not good. I have to mention some things that should be shared at the wine table. I haven't even been notified of a marriage. Everyone Say, should I be punished?"

Everyone immediately booed, Wang Zhenyu also knew that he hadn't done a thorough job, so he had to punish himself with three cups, and ended up getting drunk.

Finally, when the guards carried Wang Zhenyu back to the bedroom, Ye Ziwen was fainted by the smell of alcohol, she immediately lost her temper, and the eldest lady lost her temper, and a ladle of cold water directly woke Wang Zhenyu up.The embarrassed Wang Zhenyu had no choice but to hug the quilt and go to the study to sleep. While walking, he shouted angrily: "A good man doesn't fight with a woman. Don't think that your husband is afraid of you, a little girl."

As a result, a pillow flew out, and all the guards were giggling, and then they all pretended to be blind. . .

In the first year of the Republic of China, on July 1912, 7, Wang Zhenyu officially took office as the guardian envoy of Xiangxi. Zhao Hengti presented the seal of the guardian envoy to Wang Zhenyu in public on behalf of the governor Tan Yankai.

Wang Zhenyu then announced the latest administrative divisions and administrative systems within the jurisdiction of the Xiangxi Guardian Envoy:

Xiangxi Township has three prefectures and twelve counties under it; Chenyuan Mansion, which governs Fenghuang, has four counties under it: Fenghuang, Chenzhou, Xuzhou, and Yuanzhou; Qianyang Mansion, which governs Qiancheng, and has Hongjiang, Luyang, Qiancheng, four counties of Anjiang; Jingzhou Prefecture, governing Jingxian County, with Huitong, Jingxian, Tongdao and Suining four counties under it.

County level self-government, the establishment of county councils.

Establish Chenyuan Administrative Office, Qiancheng Administrative Office, and Jingzhou Administrative Office to set up commissioners who mainly play the role of supervision, inspection, and supervision. Under the Office, there are seven supervisory groups for finance, justice, audit, planning, culture and education, agriculture and forestry, and industry and commerce.

The magistrates of each county are elected by the county council composed of chambers of commerce, education, villages, and town representatives. The term of office is four years.

There are Government Affairs Department (including Transportation Department, Culture and Education Department, Health Department, Construction Planning Department, Agriculture and Forestry Department, Industry and Commerce Department) Legal Affairs Department (including Judicial Department, Integrity Department, Procuratorate, Audit Office) and Internal Affairs Department (including Smoking Ban Bureau, Internal Security Corps, Investigation Division, Archives Division), Finance Department (including Finance Division, Taxation Division, Inspection Corps, Materials Division).

At the same time, the Xiangxi District Court and local councils were established. . .

The latest orders were issued quickly in the name of the Xiangxi Guardian, and Wang Zhenyu, who had just been promoted to the Xiangxi Guardian, was busy stamping these orders.From this moment on, Wang Zhenyu, who owns the land of Xiangxi, is already qualified to be called a marshal. . .

Wang Zhenyu became the guardian envoy of Xiangxi, and before he had time to be happy for a long time, he saw the order sent back to him by the provincial government.It turned out that the guarding envoy was asked to be placed in Fenghuang, which surprised Wang Zhenyu for a while. Why is it Phoenix?

In fact, Tan Yankai was careful here, because he knew that Fenghuang was not under Wang Zhenyu's control at all, so he deliberately issued this order with the intention of triggering a new round of chaos in western Hunan.

And Wang Zhenyu also found that although he had been promoted to a higher level, the territory he actually controlled was Jingzhou and Qianyang.

Absolutely cannot allow independent forces to exist within the scope of his own territory, Wang Zhenyu shouted loudly, completely disregarding that he is also an independent force within the scope of Tan Yankai's territory.

For Phoenix, Wang Zhenyu, who has traveled many times in later generations, still knows it very well.This place in Phoenix is ​​really not simple:

Fenghuang was called Zhengan in ancient times. Before the Tang and Song Dynasties, it was basically an area controlled by the Miao people. Due to the population expansion, after the Song and Ming Dynasties, the imperial court came here through conquests and military reclamation.Continuous immigration and continuous war gradually formed the dividing line between Miao and Han.The continuous conflicts and wars between Miao and Han for hundreds of years have led to an army here all the year round. Because of the place name Zhengan, it is called "Gan Army".

In Fenghuang, as long as its history is involved, you cannot ignore the most classic expression of the honor of the residents of the city to their ancestors: without Hunan, there is no army, and without poles, there is no Hunan.During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, in the Hunan Army of Zeng Guofan who suppressed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Uprising, the "Huwei Camp", led by the leader Tian Xingshu, moved to more than a dozen provinces and won more than 11 battles. ".The soldiers of the Gan army like to tattoo the green characters of "Tiger's Might and Ever Victorious Army" on their left arms. When attacking the city, they often stick their left arms, swing their knives and leap on their horses.When attacking Tianjing, the capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Tian Xingshu and his fellow countryman Zhang Wende took the lead in climbing the city wall to act as attacking vanguards. When celebrating their achievements and receiving rewards, two Phoenix officers and soldiers were promoted to admirals, six were promoted to commander-in-chief, and nine lieutenants participated in the attack. Will be [-] people.On the day of triumph, these people returned home with gold, silver, silk and satin rewarded by the imperial court, and the private clothes of ancient players looted from the Tianjing Palace.The soldiers who stayed in the small town and guarded the old battalion were so envious of these brothers who reached the sky in one step. After thinking about it, they decided that as long as they rushed out of Phoenix and fought all over the world, Hua Ling, the admiral and inspector of the mansion, might also have a chance to stand on top. .If you risk your life for an official position, return to the fields in your later years, and live at home to enjoy happiness, you can fish in spring rivers with coir raincoats and bamboo hats, and hunt in autumn wilds with yellow cangs.Those unlucky military officers and soldiers are proud of their bravery in their youth all their lives. If they have never died in battle, and have never exchanged military exploits for red and green crowns and flower feathers, they will be destitute or even reduced to beggars when they are old and weak. , I still have to find an opportunity to brighten up the tattoo on my left arm, and show the children how heroic my grandfather was when he killed "Long Mao".

This seemingly inspiring honor is actually linked to a tragic history, which is the life of Fenghuang people under the deformed social form of "all people are soldiers" caused by the system of "farming to raise bravery" implemented in the late Qing Dynasty.After the Qianjia Miao people's uprising, the Qing government built more than 7000 Xunbao, Tunka, watchtowers, forts, and closed gates along the damaged southern Great Wall, of which more than 4000 were built in Fenghuang, and 1 mu of farmland was requisitioned. There were [-] Yangting Ding Ding, [-] Zhan Ding Ding, and [-] Miao soldiers, a total of [-] people, plus about [-] soldiers in the imperial green battalion town. At that time, Fenghuang had a population of about [-] and [-] people were serving in the army all year round. , a surprisingly high proportion.Tens of thousands of Fenghuang people were tied to the chariots of the imperial court by the ropes of the garrison, so that It has become a tradition for generations to serve as soldiers and eat food.A small white wooden signboard is nailed to the door of every person who has served in the military, and the name, age and identity of the person serving in the army are written in red letters on it.Looking all the way through the streets and alleys, almost every family has such a "glory card", and they can go to the camp to receive a piece of silver and a ration every month. The situation of "every land is farmed, and all people are soldiers" has cut off all channels for the Fenghuang people to have another career, leaving only the way of exchanging flesh and blood for life.

In this way, it is not surprising that the Phoenix people are martial arts.When the city was still in the position of a frontier fortress, the rough temperament of the army influenced the population of the small town generation after generation.Children are used to watching soldiers in the barracks wielding guns and clubs since they were young. They like to watch adults hunt wild boars or leopards and slaughter them for meat. They like to watch murderers cut off their ears and hang them on the wall. The young daughter-in-law was tied to Shentan.They grew up in such an environment, and the only conceivable way to become prosperous was to serve as soldiers and eat food, relying on their own fearlessness and risking their lives to become a human being, become an officer, or even a high-ranking official, and then return home in good clothes.Before they have grown to the height of the table, they have already proclaimed themselves generals in a childish game, making the streets and alleys full of shouts and fights.These children joined the army before they could reach adulthood. There was one more ignorant recruit in the army, and one less mouth that could never be filled was missing on the dinner table at home.The young phoenix soldiers are bound by the strong tradition of advocating martial arts, and with infinite yearning for a bright future, they fight desperately on the battlefield, even spraying their blood on foreign lands, without complaint or regret.

However, the ending of the Ganjun was a bit sad. After liberation, they originally accepted our party's recruitment.But I don’t know which link went wrong. Maybe it was the Kuomintang secret agents who were soliciting dissension, or maybe it was because the cadres who went south were too rough in their work. As a result, a vigorous campaign to suppress bandits in western Hunan took place, and the entire western Hunan was smashed to pieces. , The Gan Army has also become history, and won the honorable title of Xiangxi bandits, while the real Xiangxi bandits are gloriously laid off and waiting for work. . .