Beiyang reactionaries

Yanzhou is a small place.

But no matter how small Yanzhou is, it is also an important traffic route in Shandong.There are a lot of people coming and going, and a lot of news.Everyone knows Duan Qirui, the chief of the Ministry of the Army.Deng Hanxiang is the representative of Duan Qirui, and in ancient times he was the imperial envoy.

That's why no one dared to speak.

Fortunately, it wasn't a big deal. Duan Xun and Deng Hanxiang only talked for more than half an hour, and the marriage was not delayed.

marry.

Blind marriage and dumb marriage.

Anyway, this is the case with marriages in this era, not just Duan Xun.Duan Qirui's niece, this year, can't be said to be beautiful, but she is also a well-educated and well-educated lady.This time the marriage has a strong political meaning.

But since it is a marriage, Duan Xun will not have any resistance, let alone any dissatisfaction in his heart.

Duan Xun is not a morally obsessed person.

For the sake of future, for promotion and fortune, and willingness to cling to Duan Qirui, I agreed to this marriage.Since I agreed to the marriage for my own future, I have no right to be dissatisfied with this marriage.In this marriage, Duan Qirui got a rising star of the Beiyang Army, and Duan Xun took advantage of Duan Qirui's thigh.To be honest, it is the innocent woman who should be hurt the most.

That being the case, Duan Xun can be dissatisfied.Therefore, although Duan Xun has no feelings for his new wife, Duan Xun is willing to cultivate a relationship.Duan Xun dare not say that he and his wife are living a life like glue, but at least they can respect each other as guests.

After all, she has become his wife no matter what.

Duan Xun left Yanzhou after staying in his hometown for more than [-] days and accompanying his parents for more than [-] days.Duan Xun did not return directly to the west of Henan, but went straight to Baoding.Let Tao Jichang (Tao Zhiyue) escort his wife to the west of Henan.

Duan Xun raised the flag to recruit troops, and the effect was very good.

There was an endless stream of Shandong soldiers who came to join Duan Xun.Moreover, there are many students who have studied books come to join Duan Xun, which makes Duan Xun very happy.This time, 700 people were recruited in Shandong, 500 people were handed over to Tao Jichang to take them to the west of Henan, and the remaining 200 people were taken by Duan Xun to Baoding himself.

"little six."

"General."

"Let these people follow us to Baoding on foot. If they can't persist, give them travel expenses and let them go home."

"Yes."

Duan Xun looked at the two hundred people following him.These people were all newly selected recruits, and all of them had gone to school and studied.It's just that most of them are from wealthy families, and Duan Xun worried that they would not be able to bear the hardships.

Get out if you can't endure hardship, and Duan Xun will reuse them if you can endure hardship.

"Brother Mingjie, how many of these people do you think can come to Baoding with us?"

38 to Baoding

"Brother Mingjie, tell me how many of them can come to Baoding with us?"

"I'm afraid there are only twenty or thirty people left."

Deng Hanxiang shook his head after looking at them.

Because most of these people are from the son-in-law.It is nearly [-] miles from Yanzhou to Baoding. Few people can persist in such a long distance.Although these people are now traveling lightly without carrying heavy loads, nine hundred miles is not so easy.

"The rest are seedlings worth cultivating."

Duan Xun is not afraid.

As long as dozens of people can be left behind, then these people are worth cultivating.Soon Duan Xun turned his head and began to change the subject, saying: "Brother Ming Jie, when I return to Western Henan this time, I need to quickly establish two departments. One is the financial department and the other is the police department. The finances are unified, and I want to conduct a large-scale land survey in western Henan to see how much land we have in western Henan. Then we will collect taxes according to the land. As for commercial taxes, they also need to be unified."

"There is also the police department. The banditry in Western Henan is serious. Although I have been suppressing bandits since I arrived in Western Henan, the root cause of the banditry lies in the lack of discipline, lax laws, and economic sluggishness in Western Henan. I want to change this situation. , It is necessary to establish a unified police department in western Henan to suppress some local bullies who are rampant. These things cannot all be done by the army.”

This is Duan Xun's plan.

To control a place, the most important thing is to control the local finances and armed forces.At present, Duan Xun holds military power in western Henan, but the finances have not been collected.It's not that Duan Xun doesn't have the ability to take it in, but because Duan Xun doesn't have the talent in this area.Duan Xun looked at the financial statement sent by the local government, and was skeptical no matter how he looked at it.Because there is only a little money each time, what Duan Xun is thinking about now is that these bastards swallowed all his money.But I don't have talent in this area, so I can't see anything, and I don't know what to do.In addition to finances, Duan Xun's control over the local area is also not good.

To control the locality, Duan Xun needs the help of a powerful department in addition to controlling finances.

That is the police department.

Duan Xun wants to set up a police station directly under the patrol envoy in western Henan.So Duan Xun is also looking for a suitable candidate.Bie Tingfang's ability is good, but she is still too young, and she has been living in a small place for a long time. She is not good enough to be independent at present and needs to be trained.

"General, if you want to build a strong police department, I have someone I can recommend to you."

"Who?"

"Wang Yongjiang."

"Wang Yongjiang?"

Duan Xun read the name again and felt that the name was very familiar.After thinking about it, I finally remembered who was called this name.Zhang Zuolin's God of Wealth helped Zhang Zuolin build the Northeast's economy.

As for his specific situation, Duan Xun didn't know much about it.

Wang Yongjiang left only a few words in the later history.Anyway, Duan Xun only knows that the Northeast's finances have collapsed and there are countless debts.However, after Wang Yongjiang sorted it out, the Northeast's financial surplus turned out to be more than 2000 million in a short period of time. More than 2000 million, what kind of number is that, it can support hundreds of thousands of soldiers.But this is all very little information.Regarding Wang Yongjiang's historical materials, Japan has studied more than China.

"General, when Wang Yongjiang was in Fengtian, he wrote a report on the police system, which was quite a sensation at the time. Later, he wrote a lot of things based on the Japanese police system and the actual situation in our country, and he was praised. . Later he served as Liaoyang police chief.”

"Are you so clear?"

"In the second year of the Republic of China, that is, last year, the President did not order the provinces to select talents in the name of the President. The talent recommended by Fengtian Province was this Wang Yongjiang. The President even summoned him personally, and the special order was recorded by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Yin', and asked the State Council to put it on record. I was working in the presidential palace at the time, and I sorted out his files, so I was still very impressed."

Deng Hanxiang answered immediately.

In fact, Deng Hanxiang didn't know Wang Yongjiang. After all, Wang Yongjiang was from Jinzhou, and Deng Hanxiang was from Guizhou.Wang Yongjiang has always been in the Northeast, while Deng Hanxiang went to school in Wuchang after leaving Guizhou, and then came directly to Beijing, and had no intersection with Wang Yongjiang.

But Deng Hanxiang has a superb memory.

I clearly remember the scene when Deng Hanxiang came to Beijing at this time last year, and I also remembered the matter of Wang Yongjiang.Because Wang Yongjiang's assessment results are still very good.Deng Hanxiang happened to be working in the presidential palace at that time, and he also participated in the assessment of these people.

"What is he doing now?"

"Because of the State Council's filing, I have news about him. During this period of time, he was inspecting Beijing, Qingdao and other places, mainly investigating the police work in these places."

"Not working in Fengtian?"

"It seems that Zhao Erxun admired Wang Yongjiang very much and wanted to promote him as the civil affairs envoy of Fengtian, but he was opposed by Zhang Zuolin. Now in Fengtian Province, Zhang Zuolin's strength is getting stronger and stronger. If Zhang Zuolin doesn't want to see Wang Yongjiang, Wang Yongjiang can't do it." He is working in Fengtian. That's why Wang Yongjiang avoided Zhang Zuolin in the name of investigation."

"Can you get in touch with him?"

Wang Yongjiang is the person he needs most at this stage.

Help Duan Xun sort out the finances of Western Henan, and help Duan Xun sort out the police system in Western Henan.Duan Xun knew that once Zhang Zuolin became king of the Northeast, it would be completely impossible to poach Wang Yongjiang away.

Although I don't know what's wrong with Zhang Zuolin and Wang Yongjiang now, Wang Yongjiang can't even go back to Fengtian now.But Duan Xun knew that Wang Yongjiang had become Zhang Zuolin's right-hand man.I want to take down this person before Zhang Zuolin.

"There should be no problem. His investigation is not confidential."

"Brother Mingjie, then I'm begging you. I'm going to stay in Baoding for a while and poach a few Baoding students. I'll wait for you in Baoding. When you see Wang Yongjiang, tell him that I am full of warriors in Western Henan and I am in need. He is such a talent. As long as he comes, I will let him take full charge of police affairs and financial matters in western Henan."