Beiyang reactionaries

"Okay, let's go. Anyway, you are the most active of all the commanders of the army."

"Who made me lack people?"

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"Mr. Wang, I have admired your name for a long time."

Baoding Military Academy.

This batch of students made it difficult for Baoding Military Academy to manage.Many of these people are suspected of being a revolutionary party, so many Beiyang Army units rejected them.The southern army is in chaos now, and there is no time to pay attention to this group of students.

As for Zhang Zuolin, there is no need to think about it.

It was not until he was beaten by Wu Peifu in the first Zhifeng war that Zhang Zuolin began to really reform in Fengjun, using large numbers of military school students.The current Zhang Zuolin's army is still a team with a very strong habit of banditry.

So the situation is delicate.

Speaking of which, the expansion of the national army is very serious now, and many troops are short of officers, but Baoding Military Academy has such a good group of students, but they don't know how to use them.And Duan Xun took advantage of this opportunity, and of course it was related to Duan Xun's identity, and Duan Xun walked out from here.

Moreover, many of the students from Baoding Military Academy who are currently graduating are Duan Xun's students.And among these students are Duan Xun's fellow villagers in Yanzhou, Shandong fellows.Anyway, Duan Xun used all the means available.

Large numbers of graduates were poached.

Of course, they haven't graduated yet, and they won't officially graduate until the end of October.But before that, Duan Xun has already reached an agreement with many students, as long as they graduate and get their diplomas, they will join Duan Xun.

Li Jishen had already started activities earlier, and with Duan Xun coming over in person, within a few days Duan Xun had already recruited 60 to [-] people, and even contacted hundreds of people.Duan Xun's poaching of people like this alarmed Qu Tongfeng again, so Qu Tongfeng could only warn Duan Xun not to go too far.Although this batch of students is a hot potato, Duan Xun, a mixed brigade, cannot be allowed to poach people like this.After all, the total number of students in this group is only about a thousand. It is unforgivable for you to poach one-tenth of a mixed brigade with thousands of people.

After receiving Qu Tongfeng's warning, Duan Xuncai slowly stopped, but he was still very happy in his heart.Because these graduates, as long as they undergo a little training, they can become very qualified grassroots officers.

And in the middle, Duan Xun finally waited for that strange man Wang Yongjiang.

"I met General Duan."

reserved.

Although Wang Yongjiang is not considered down and out now, he has not achieved too high a result.Although he ran the police academy in the Northeast and was the director of the patrol station, he performed very well, and many people praised him for being "capable".

But there is a reputation, but no good position.Because Zhang Zuolin didn't like scholars like Wang Yongjiang, Wang Yongjiang couldn't gain a foothold in Fengtian.Moreover, Wang Yongjiang has a little reputation in Shengjing, and few people know him after leaving Fengtian.

If it weren't for Deng Hanxiang working in the presidential palace, it would be impossible to recommend him to Duan Xun.

But even so, Wang Yongjiang was still very reserved.However, although Wang Yongjiang is reserved, Wang Yongjiang is not the kind of frail scholar.There is spirit in the reserve.

In Fengtian, a place full of bandits, he can still investigate everywhere. How could Wang Yongjiang be a weak scholar with no power to restrain his chickens.

"Mr. Wang, please."

"Please."

"Mr. Wang, I won't hide it from you. The economy in the west of Henan is not good, and the transportation is not good. There is a saying that troublesome people come out of poor mountains and rivers. Our west of Henan has a tradition of bandits since ancient times. Although I attach great importance to suppressing bandits, but I know that blindly suppressing bandits will not solve the fundamental problem. So I hope that some great talents can help me completely eradicate the banditry problem in western Henan."

Things like bandits can easily resurface.

Unless the soil where bandits live is destroyed.But this is not Duan Xun's strong point.

Wang Yongjiang was silent for a moment, and then slowly said: "Actually, the banditry in Fengtian is also very serious. There is a saying in Fengtian that there must be one bandit among three people. The more it is like this, the more severe it is. We must use strong means to make everyone Know the fear, and then reason with them. When you come up and reason with them, they won’t listen. There is fear first, and then there is governance. This is the right way.”

Duan Xun thought for a while and understood what Wang Yongjiang meant.I quite agreed in my heart, so I continued to ask: "Mr. Wang, I want to improve the police system in western Henan. I don't know where to start."

"General Duan, let me tell the truth. It is impossible for you to perfect the police system in Western Henan in a short period of time. Because this cannot be accomplished overnight, it needs to be done slowly. I believe that the general does not have such talents in his hands. "

"What does Mr. Wang mean...?"

"Prescribe strong medicine."

Wang Yongjiang is not a literati at this time, he said murderously: "General Duan, in a place like western Henan that has been chaotic for a long time, local affairs must be corrupt. The general should use a few typical things to kill chickens and scare monkeys. And this kind of thing is handed over to the police department, so that the prestige of the police department is gained. Only in this way, whether it is the bandits in western Henan, the landlords, or the common people, will be afraid of the police and fear the police. In this way, it will be much easier for the police department to do anything in the future A place like western Henan needs order and the majesty of government departments. As for the improvement of the police system, it will take time to slowly cultivate the police force."

Duan Xun nodded frequently after listening.

Yes.

I thought it was too simple.Where is the police force so easy to build.Don't say that Duan Xun doesn't have great talents in this field, he doesn't even have qualified grassroots police officers.Compared to perfecting the so-called police force, it is better to have a deterrent first, so that people are afraid of themselves.

After that, all the systems were gradually improved.

There must be unjust cases among them, and there must be many innocent people involved.But this is the fastest way.It is not wrong for Bie Tingfang to imitate Zhuge Liang's idea of ​​using heavy scriptures in troubled times.Where there has been chaos for a long time, some thunderous means are needed.

"Mr. Wang, what do you think about the finances of Western Henan?"

"General, it depends on what you want, General?"

"I?"

"If the general just wants to get money in the west of Henan to guarantee the military expenses of his own army, then it's actually not difficult. As long as you put pressure on the county governments below and set a quota for them to turn over, then you don't have to do anything. The people below will naturally find ways to raise money for you. In this way, you can easily get a large amount of tax money, which can be used as your military expenses."

After hearing this sentence, Duan Xun frowned.

Immediately shook his head, and said: "Mr. Wang, although I am a soldier, I don't know much about financial issues. But I still know a thing or two about official affairs. If I really do that, then these people will not be able to complete my explanation. The task is definitely to increase the exploitation of the people below. Once the exploitation is too much, then these desperate people will definitely choose to go up the mountain to become bandits. If this is the case, I still want to suppress the bandits, so I can only increase the military expenditure, and the place will continue Increase the intensity of exploitation. This is an endless loop, and the people in western Henan will have no way out. Although I am not a merciful saint, I can't do this kind of thing."

Wang Yongjiang smiled slightly when he heard Duan Xun's answer.

Then he brought the teacup over, dipped his fingers in the tea, and then drew several horizontal strokes on the table.Then he said to Duan Xun: "General, our tax collection system is like this at present. I said roughly, we have so much land in western Henan, and we have to pay taxes. But starting from the bottom, first of all, those landlords hide A large amount of land that should have been taxed has resulted in no tax on these lands. In this way, the tax we should collect is greatly reduced. The second is that those who want to collect taxes collude with local landlords and pass the tax on to those small landlords And ordinary farmers, this will cause these small landlords and ordinary farmers to bear heavy taxes, so that they can only sell their land, and if they cannot survive, they can only sell their children. If they cannot survive like this, they can only become bandits in the end. The third is that after these taxes are collected, they are scraped again by the local government, and very few of them end up in the hands of the general.”

"continue."

Duan Xun listened with great interest.

What Wang Yongjiang said was very simple, and what he said was easy to understand.

"General, let me explain briefly. Under the current financial system, if the inspection department in western Henan needs to collect a tax of one silver dollar, then the county government will let the tax collection department collect three silver dollars. Those who collect taxes will become five silver dollars. In this way, you can only get one silver dollar in the end, but the peasants paid five silver dollars. Where did the remaining four silver dollars go? They were all taken by the people below. gone."

"kindness."

Duan Xun nodded repeatedly, and then asked Wang Yongjiang: "Sir, what do you think we should do?"

"General, it's actually very simple. That is to cut off the middle part, and all taxes are collected directly by the general, not through them in the middle. That is to say, the tax collection department is directly subordinate to the general, and vertically obeys the general's finances Departments, instead of belonging to each county. Collect the power to collect taxes, so that the government departments below cannot interfere. Then there is a thorough investigation of some hidden lands of those landlords. General, at that time, you will be charged three silver dollars , those people in western Henan will be happy and support the general's rule. Because they pay less tax, while your income, general, has increased. And once the general collects all the taxes, the local government will They will be short of money, and they can only rely on the general’s appropriation. In this way, the local county government has to obey the general’s orders.”

"Yep."

Duan Xun agreed with Wang Yongjiang's statement.Wang Yongjiang expressed the solution in the simplest words.

"Actually, General. Most people are aware of these disadvantages, but no one is doing it. Because since ancient times in our country, the places below the county level have been managed by local gentry, and the imperial power does not come down to the county. This is a tradition. Townships, then this kind of tradition will be destroyed, the power of the local gentry will be robbed, and a large number of local gentry will be offended. Therefore, many people know this clearly, but they cannot continue because they are afraid of offending these local gentry. It is better to delegate power to the lower levels, As long as the subordinates pay the money obediently, everyone will turn a blind eye to how they search for local money. So general, do you really have the determination?"

Duan Xun slowly smiled.

Then he stood up and said: "Mr. Wang, if I say that I am an official and a common people for thousands of miles, I don't think you will believe it, even I myself will not believe it. But I remember the words of my ancestors, the poor are the only ones who are poor. It will also help the world. Although I don't have such big ambitions, but if it doesn't harm my interests, I also want to leave a name in history. Within the scope of my ability, I am also willing to do something for the people in Western Henan. What's more, the existence of these people has seriously affected my income and my development. How can I ignore it. Mr. Wang, you are a great talent, can you help me? For me, Duan Xun, and for me. West, I implore you to come to the west of Henan."

Wang Yongjiang also stood up immediately.