Beiyang reactionaries

334 Outlook

"Lu Yongxiang, that's true."

Duan Xun looked at Lu Yongxiang's report and laughed dumbfoundedly.

military expansion.

Duan Xun's military expansion is not a secret, it should be said that it is blatant.Duan Xun mobilized troops in Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Jiangxi, and Fujian on a large scale and carried out reorganization of the troops. There was no secrecy.

Of course, it is impossible to keep a military expansion of this scale secret.Lu Yongxiang and the others also have their own intelligence system. Even if it is not as perfect as Duan Xun's intelligence system, they still send many people to investigate the intelligence in the area controlled by Duan Xun.

Duan Xun wanted to expand his army, how could he not know, and Duan Xun didn't hide it.

However, how to expand the army and the specific situation of each unit are the secrets of the army.Duan Xun has said several times in public that the army will be expanded to 30, and the army will be expanded to 30 in three years.Complete the expansion of the Million Army by 1924.

But in fact, it is far faster than this.

After the training of the first batch of 1922 recruits was over, the recruits were trained on a large scale.As we entered [-], the call-up of [-] recruits ended again.All that remains is to train the recruits.

Although it is said that "a good man should not be a soldier", but for now, there are still many benefits to joining the army.Duan Xun's army, although there were no conditions when they were recruited, after entering the army, no matter who they were, they had to be literate and learn knowledge.This kind of salary and the ability to study for free is a very big discount for many rural soldiers.

After all, the salary of the army is far higher than that of the rural areas.And after returning from serving as a soldier, he has seen the world.And Duan Xun is also willing to recruit those honest rural soldiers.

So the conscription work went very smoothly.

In order to expand the army smoothly, Duan Xun really racked his brains.Because of this scale of military expansion, a lot of funds are needed.Therefore, Duan Xun spent a long time on Wang Yongjiang before he was willing to increase the military salary by another 500 million. Finally, the Ministry of Finance increased the military expenditure by 2000 million this year.

It's interesting enough.

Then from the two Japanese loans, Duan Xun asked Li Sihao to make some fake accounts, and got about 500 million.The antiques and cultural relics of the Forbidden City were also quietly sold by Duan Xun, raising about 600 million yuan.

In this way, this year's military pay has increased by more than 4000 million, and Duan Xun's current military expenditure has officially exceeded [-] million silver dollars.

Fully meet the military expansion needs.

Lu Yongxiang also felt Duan Xun's aggressive posture, so he also began to expand his army.But the funny thing is that Lu Yongxiang also learned from Duan Xun.

Duan Xun is currently investigating the former Hubei Governor Wang Zhanyuan, Jiangxi Governor Chen Guangyuan, and Fujian Governor Li Houji, and seized many of their properties.

Lu Yongxiang also looks good.

The investigation of Li Chun, the former governor of Jiangsu, began.

Lu Yongxiang is much more ruthless than Duan Xun.Especially since Jiangsu is so rich, he has been greedy for a long time, but he has never had a chance or an excuse.Now seeing Duan Xun's investigation like this, he also set up an "investigation committee" himself as the director of the investigation committee and began to investigate Li Chun.Moreover, under the pretext of investigating Li Chun, Jiangsu was turned upside down.

For those who were related to Lu Yongxiang before, he started to seize property on various charges.Jiangsu is really rich, and Lu Yongxiang has collected more than 5000 million funds in a short period of time.And it seems that Lu Yongxiang is not satisfied at all, and wants to continue to search.

crazy.

"Lu Yongxiang forgot, he is an outsider in Jiangsu."

Yang Wei smiled.

Yang Wei stayed in Gansu for a year, and was in Gansu as the commander-in-chief of disaster relief, looking at the overall situation.In Gansu, he was not just about disaster relief. In the name of disaster relief, he organized the local forces in Gansu.Especially those Hui armed forces.

Those who are obedient will be reorganized and incorporated into the army.

Those who are disobedient will be destroyed.In Gansu, he has completely ended the duties of the so-called guardian envoy, and put Gansu's military and political affairs on the right track.

A year in Gansu, just came back.

"Yes."

Yang Yongtai answered.

He also said with a smile: "Although Li Chun has resigned, the Jiangsu army still exists. He, Lu Yongxiang, does not have enough strength to swallow the Jiangsu army, but he makes such a big disturbance in Jiangsu, he really does not know what to do."

"Let him torment himself."

Duan Xun waved his hand.

Today's meeting is all the most important people on Duan Xun's side.Duan Xun, Dai Kan, Yang Wei, Yang Yongtai, Wang Yongjiang, and Jiang Hongyu were six people.

"I called you a meeting today, mainly for the new year's plan. Everyone knows the recent meeting in the United States. They directly rejected our request to revoke the concession and take back consular jurisdiction. In their eyes , China’s affairs are not decided by us Chinese, but by them. This is a shame, a shame for all of us.”

In 1921, Duan Xun did everything he should.

But the process of the Washington meeting is really a shame to Duan Xun, a huge shame.Because all the opinions of the Chinese delegation were rejected by the big powers.

And they also discussed privately, discussing how to get benefits from China.

The United States has proposed an open door, and everyone's interests in China are shared.The powerful countries of Britain, the United States and France are very dissatisfied with Japan's current rapid expansion of power in China, so they cooperate to put pressure on Japan.

It is very difficult for Japan to parry.

"But it's still the same sentence. There is only one way to make the big powers look up to us and let the big powers sit with us to discuss issues. That is, we have enough strength. Therefore, the main task in 1922 is to complete the national The unity of government orders and military orders, and the strength of our whole country to fight against the great powers. The most important thing is how to solve Lu Yongxiang."

"Everyone talk."

"Prime Minister, if we attack Lu Yongxiang directly without any excuse, it is always not good. We should pay more attention to the impact."

Dai Kan spoke first.

"What Premier Dai said is true. So what does Premier Dai mean?"

Fight blindly.

this is not right.Even if Duan Xun currently represents the Beijing government, he cannot start a war casually.Duan Xun has offended many people over the years, and sometimes he can't go too far.

"Prime Minister, as early as when Li Huangpi (Li Yuanhong) was here, the Beijing government had been promoting the separation of the military and the civilians. It was just that the Beijing government was not strong enough at that time, and the local resistance was too great, so it was not capable of implementing the separation of the military and the civilians. Although all provinces have However, the power of the provinces is still firmly in the hands of the local governors, and the Beijing government has no way to change it. But now we have enough strength to implement the separation of the military and the civilians. Moreover, the separation of the military and the civilians is the general trend, and the country can The national policy of long-term peace and stability is also something that everyone has been looking forward to for many years. Our Beijing government's implementation of the separation of the military and the civilians will definitely get everyone's response and support. But I believe that Lu Yongxiang will never agree."

"Military-civilian division, yes."

Duan Xun nodded slightly.

Yang conspiracy.

That's it.If Lu Yongxiang accepts the separation of the army and the people, Lu Yongxiang's strength will be greatly reduced at that time, and his ability to control the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Anhui regions will inevitably be greatly reduced.

At that time, Duan Xun can slowly clean up Lu Yongxiang.

And once Lu Yongxiang refuses, Duan Xun will have enough excuses to solve Lu Yongxiang.

"Others said it too."

"I also think what Premier Dai said is very good. Except for Zhejiang and Shanghai, which are Lu Yongxiang's old nests in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Anhui, Jiangsu and Anhui were controlled later. Even so, Zhejiang still has Xia Chao who does not put Lu Yongxiang in People in our eyes exist. Once the military and civilian rule are divided, we can appoint Xia Chao as the governor of Zhejiang. At that time, the police system in Zhejiang, tens of thousands of police forces in Zhejiang, will obey Xia Chao’s orders. Jiangsu and Anhui are also This is the case. We also have many former Jiangsu troops who have defected here, and we can send them to instigate rebellion against the Jiangsu troops. There is also the current Anhui governor Zhang Wensheng, who is a general of Zhang Xun, who later defected to Ni Sichong. Although he is currently following Lu Yongxiang's words, his troops It is also self-contained. Once the situation is unfavorable, he will not work for Lu Yongxiang."

Yang Yongtai also supported Dai Kan's statement.