Beiyang reactionaries

Before measuring the farmland, Wang Yongjiang began to check the financial situation of various governments.

ruthless.

Wang Yongjiang took office in Western Henan in September, and Duan Xun was taken aback just three months later.Because Wang Yongjiang has completely sorted out the financial situation in Western Henan. Although the financial problems in Western Henan have not been completely resolved, at least the financial situation in Western Henan is not chaotic.

Moreover, Western Henan's finances began to have a surplus.

All kinds of fines, confiscation of property, back payment of taxes, check of local inventory, etc., within three months, Wang Yongjiang gave Duan Xun more than 120 million yuan of funds.Duan Xun was really shocked by Wang Yongjiang.

As Wang Yongjiang rectified the finances of Western Henan, Duan Xun could clearly feel all aspects of Western Henan.

Great.

By this time, Duan Xun's team was slowly forming.Currently Ding Wenjiang is helping Duan Xun manage the finance and police system, while Jiang Hongyu and Deng Hanxiang are helping Duan Xun improve the staff system.This staff system includes the tour envoy department in western Henan, as well as the brigade headquarters of the 29th mixed brigade.In other words, both the military and government departments need to be perfected, and this task is entrusted to the two of them.

The officer brigade and teaching brigade, which had always existed side by side, were also merged into the officer teaching brigade. Duan Xun personally served as the head of the officer teaching brigade, and Xu Yongchang served as the director of education for the officer teaching brigade.The officer teaching regiment has three brigades under its jurisdiction. Duan Kan is the captain of the first brigade, Bai Chongxi is the captain of the second brigade, and Li Hong (Primary Six) is the captain of the third brigade.Compared with the previous officer brigade and teaching brigade, this officer training regiment is more formal, and it is completely organized in one regiment.

Zhang Hanchen is in charge of the army's logistics, and You Yong (You Min) is the chief inspector of the Military Law Department.And Duan Xun also began to slowly improve his organization.Duan Xun's most important thing is Duan Xun's student Li Jishen as the head of the 29th Regiment of the 67th Mixed Brigade, Shang Zhen was transferred back to be the head of the 68th Regiment, Wan Xuancai was the head of the 69th Regiment, and Yu Xuezhong was the head of the Cavalry Regiment , Fang Dingying served as the commander of the artillery regiment.

Duan Yong was appointed by Duan Xun as the deputy commander of the Western Henan Bandit Suppression Group because of Lu's meritorious service in suppressing the bandits. Yue) served as the battalion commander of the Special Service Battalion for Suppressing Bandits in Western Henan.

Of course, the bandit suppression force cannot be compared with the 29th Mixed Brigade.After all, the 29th Mixed Brigade is a regular force, a force paid by the government, and also a field force in the hands of Duan Xun, the main force.

The Independent First Regiment, the Second Independent Regiment, and the Secret Service Battalion were bandit suppression troops reorganized from the Western Henan Militia. Although there were many officers, their weapons and equipment were far behind.The same goes for the number of people.

独立一团、独立二团大约都是一千200人左右的编制，而李济深的67团是拥兵3000多人的加强团，68团和69团都是2000多人的编制。以及骑兵团、炮兵团加起来，段勋的29混成旅已经有近万人。

In addition to these troops, Duan Xun also had Li Hong's guard battalion and Tang Shengzhi's machine gun brigade in his hands.If all the bandit suppression troops are included, Duan Xun has nearly 4000 troops at this time and is sitting in the west of Henan, sitting on the throne of the king of the west of Henan.

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"Sir, please take a seat."

new Year.

In the fourth year of the Republic of China, on February 1915, 2, Duan Xun personally invited Wang Yongjiang.

"Sir, it was my mistake that I failed to let you go home during the Chinese New Year. I hope you will forgive me."

"Loyalty and righteousness are difficult to balance. It has been like this since ancient times. The general does not need to feel guilty."

Wang Yongjiang is very satisfied with Duan Xun.

Duan Xun is a warrior, but Duan Xun's army has the best military discipline among the troops Wang Yongjiang has seen for so many years.Wang Yongjiang has seen many troops over the years, but no one can compare with Duan Xun's.

And although Duan Xun is young, he is very sensible.

Give Wang Yongjiang enough face.In the industry that Wang Yongjiang manages, he basically does not intervene.Even if he intervenes, it's just a side note, giving him an opinion.This kind of respect is the first time Wang Yongjiang has felt until now.

Wang Yongjiang is the kind of traditional literati who treats me as a scholar of the country, and I will repay him as a scholar of the country.Therefore, during the Chinese New Year, he is also very busy.After all, Duan Xun values ​​himself so much, Wang Yongjiang wants to create the most stable base for Duan Xun.

During this time, Wang Yongjiang was most busy building his own police system in Western Henan.

"Sir, you are a great talent, and I wronged you in the west of Henan. If you believe me, and one day I become the governor of a province, I will definitely invite you to be the governor."

"I believe in the general, there will be such a day."

Wang Yongjiang also flattered him a bit.

Both of them laughed.

"Sir, come and take a look. I've always had this idea before, but at that time I hadn't fully established myself in Yuxi, so I never did it. But now I'm going to do it."

"No smoking."

"Yes. Sir, the flood of opium will turn my great China into a country that everyone can bully. 70 years ago, Mr. Lin Wenzhong sold cigarettes in Humen, and 70 years later, China is even more serious than that time. I care about other places No, but I want to ban smoking in the west of Henan. All those opium dens and opium growers must be banned.”

"can."

Wang Yongjiang nodded.

Then he said: "As long as you make up your mind to not be disturbed by the outside, then there is no problem with this matter. But there is one problem. Opium in the western part of Henan can be banned. What if you just bring opium through the western part of Henan?"

"Sir, I understand what you mean. I said that I am not a saint, and I can only do things within my jurisdiction. I don't care about those caravans passing through our western Henan with opium, and I will not confiscate it. But their tax , must be three to five times the size of ordinary goods, and this point can be decided by the gentleman.”

"it is good."

Duan Xun knew that opium was bad.

But Duan Xun didn't want to mess with those opium merchants who dared to do business across the country.As long as they don't do business in western Henan, Duan Xun can turn a blind eye and turn a blind eye, leaving the money to buy roads and passing through western Henan.

"Then sir, I will issue this announcement tomorrow in the name of the tour envoy in western Henan."

"kindness."

"Tap-tap-"

"General, there is something important."

"what happened?"

"Chairman Duan is calling. The President is going to appoint General Chen Heng, the deputy chief of staff, to handle Sichuan military affairs. This time, General Chen Heng will bring three mixed brigades into Sichuan. One is Wu Xiangzhen's Fourth Mixed Brigade, and the other is Li Bingzhi’s No.13 Mixed Brigade, and the other unit is the General’s 29 Mixed Brigade.”

Duan Xun frowned after listening.

Duan Xun had already thought about entering Sichuan or Hunan, and was mentally prepared.After all, his geographical location in western Henan is there. Once the war to protect the country starts and marches into Hunan and Sichuan, his troops will definitely be the first to be named.

But this is too fast.

It is only February 1915, and there are still ten months before the war to protect the country, and Duan Xun has not finished many things in western Henan.If he leaves now, who will he hand over this Yuxi to?Yuxi has been building a territory for a year and a half, and it has just had some effect.

"When?"

"It's still unclear. But the President has already met with General Chen Heng, and it is estimated that he will announce the appointment of General Chen Heng in the next few days."

"what do you say?"

Duan Xun asked Deng Hanxiang.

Deng Hanxiang has stayed in Beijing, and he is smart, so he can quickly analyze the situation.Deng Hanxiang thought for a while and said, "General, it's just Chinese New Year. I think that even if General Chen Heng can handle Sichuan military affairs, he should be able to set out from Beijing at least after the [-]th day, or even after the first month."

"Correct."

"Although General Chen Heng came to Sichuan this time to handle Sichuan's military affairs, the President definitely hoped that General Chen Heng would oversee Sichuan's military affairs and bring Sichuan under the President's control. However, Sichuan has Sichuan Army troops after all. You have to communicate with the generals in the two lakes areas before you can enter Sichuan. Calculated in this way, General Chen Heng should enter Sichuan in May."

"kindness."

Deng Hanxiang really had a clear mind, and he helped Duan Xun analyze it in one go.