Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Sure enough, Rong Zongjing became interested: "How big is your largest? How many machines, how many spindles are produced annually? How to cooperate?"

Liu Guojun immediately replied: "The share capital is 480 million, we will pay 300 million, and the dividend will be divided in half. The management right belongs to you. There are 4800 new-style fabric machines (one old-style fabric machine can only produce 30 ingots a year. This gap is too big. The data from the Hunan Provincial Spinning Mill established in 1911), with an annual output of 48 spindles. What do you think?"

Rong Zongjing said with a slight disdainful smile: "Young man, don't speak so loudly, 48 ingots, do you know how much the daily production is? Let me tell you 12 jin. I'm very interested to know, where do you collect so many raw materials?" ?”

Liu Guojun smiled and said, "Mr. Rong, seeing is believing. Even if I, a junior, convince you, do you dare to believe me? Why don't you go to Xiangxi to see the strength of my boss, and all problems will be solved."

Rong Zongjing was also a straightforward person, and immediately replied: "Then I will go to Xiangxi with you to see what's going on?"

It's that simple, Liu Hongsheng was dumbfounded, and Rong Desheng seemed to know his elder brother's character very well, and he seemed to be familiar with it. . .

Chapter 109 Great Development ([-])

Before coming to Rong's house, Liu Guojun also made a decision for Wang Zhenyu on his own initiative. The students who graduated from Nanyang Public School this year went to Xiangxi to participate in industrial construction. The church expressed its agreement and support.

Through the efforts of Liu Guojun, the great development of Xiangxi has taken another solid step.

Hong Jiang, guarding the embassy, ​​Wang Zhenyu, Yang Wangui, Xu Yuanquan, Wan Yaohuang, Liu Xing, Zhou Lan, He Jian, and Ma Xicheng are holding a military seminar.

The meeting was held in a hurry, because Wang Zhenyu had just received a secret letter from Changsha a few hours ago.This letter was written by Wang Zhenyu's sworn brother, Zhao Hengti, commander of the First Division of the Hunan Army.

The matter of disarmament has been shouted from April to the end of August, and the momentum has been built for almost five months.According to the idea of ​​​​Tan Yankai, the five divisions of the Hunan Army eventually left only the first division of the direct line and the second division of Lin Xiumei, Cheng Qian's direct line, and all other troops were abolished.But now it's not so troublesome, because Mei Xin's fifth division has become history because of Wang Zhenyu.Not only Mei Xin herself was killed, but most of her officers and soldiers were incorporated into the First Division.It can be said that the most solid step in disarmament was precisely completed with the help of Wang Zhenyu, although his original intention was to cause trouble.

Now there are still two divisions that need to be cut, one is the third division of Gan Xindian, and the other is the fourth division of Wang Longzhong.To say that these two divisions were the ones who truly represented the Hunan Army and fought against the Qing Army on the front line in Hubei and made contributions, logically such troops should not be abolished, but should be retained with higher salaries.

But the rules of the Chinese are not like this. They will consciously or unconsciously talk about the distance or closeness of a relationship when they think about anything.Since these two divisions are not direct descendants, they are a threat, so what awaits them is the fate of abolishment, reorganization, etc.

Especially the fourth division is the key point among the key points.Many of the officers inside have already been bought and divided. Once the disarmament is ordered, Wang Longzhong may not even be able to keep the position of Baoqing's guard envoy.Tan Yankai had already chosen a way out for Wang Longzhong, and went to the Beiyang government in Beijing to serve as a lieutenant general counselor.

Wang Zhenyu's Ninth Brigade was also positioned for abolishment without hesitation. In fact, Tan Yankai was very dissatisfied with the status quo of Wang Zhenyu's separatist side, but he could only acquiesce due to many reasons.

But acquiescing does not mean acquiescing. Tan Yankai temporarily takes Wang Zhenyu as a lunatic (a person who is not insane dares to stage a mutiny in Changsha, dare to use a brigade to attack a division, the most terrible thing is not a person who is a mess, the most terrible thing is a person who is not a mess but is fine )no way.But it does not mean that he has no small actions. Setting up the guarding of the envoy in Fenghuang was his first action. It is a pity that Wang Zhenyu actually knew Tian Yingzhao, and he easily resolved the possible crisis; so the disarmament was the second action, and Tan Yankai made up his mind. , It is necessary to revoke the number. Even if Wang Zhenyu can maintain the army, I will not give him a penny of military salary.In fact, after the Tiger Brigade left Changsha, Tan Yankai never paid another dime to the Ministry.

These are trivial matters. The most troublesome thing for Wang Zhenyu now is, once the Tiger Brigade's designation is revoked, under what name should his department continue to exist.In addition, there are issues of army expansion and standard preparation. Wang Zhenyu knows that the army is the foundation of everything he has now, so he will never be stingy when it comes to the army.But the money must be spent clearly and in the right place, so he called such an emergency meeting. . .

Before the military meeting, Wang Zhenbang, who had just finished three months of study in the teaching team and returned to the third brother Wang Zhenyu's side as secretary, was very enthusiastically pouring tea for the chief officers attending the meeting.

Wang Zhenyu said jokingly: "This is the best Yuanling Guanzhuang tea. It was honored by the newly elected county magistrate. It turned out to be dedicated to the emperor. But gold is expensive, so everyone, don't drink it for nothing. Drink it for nothing. Come up with an idea!"

Wan Yaohuang, who had just praised the good tea, almost knocked his teacup to the ground without trembling: "I said, everyone, our commander has lived with Hong Jiang for a long time, and the businessman's spirit is getting stronger and stronger. In a word, pick it up! "

"Hahaha..." The people at the scene were immediately overjoyed.

Wang Zhenyu rolled his eyes: "What's wrong with the businessman's anger, without me, the head of the family, picking everyone up, what do you eat and drink? Don't talk nonsense, taste it quickly, and come up with an idea when you're done."

Everyone laughed again. . .

The general structure of the army has always been a big problem that has troubled Wang Zhenyu. This time it coincides with the disarmament, and it is obvious that the department has lost its designation.In fact, if it is used well, it is an opportunity to completely privatize the army; if it is not used well, it will cause great trouble.

Chief of Staff Yang Wangui was the first to speak: "Marshal, my idea is that bad things turn into good things. Don't we want to withdraw our designation? We simply became a whole by ourselves, and the department was reorganized into the Xiangxi garrison. You are the commander-in-chief. The subordinates We can set up as many units as the system requires, such as the first garrison division or the second division, anyway, we have money now, so we can afford it.”

After listening to Chief of Staff Yang's words, everyone thought it made sense and nodded.Just kidding, if we could get a few garrison divisions out, the worst thing here would be a major general.

Wang Zhenyu knocked on the table, suppressing the growing discussion voice: "Does Deputy Brigadier Commander Xu have any opinions?"

After pondering for a while, Xu Yuanquan leaned forward and said, "Actually, it's easy to talk about the organizational system. The key is the actual combat effectiveness of the army. Our army's current firepower configuration and equipment actually don't have a uniform standard. Although the salary is high, However, it is not ahead of other domestic armies in terms of equipment. When fighting, it depends entirely on the quality of individual soldiers. Now that we are industrializing, can we set up military factories. First, we will unify our supply and equipment standards, and then If the firepower is strengthened a little bit, the combat effectiveness will be guaranteed.”

Everyone began to express their opinions one after another. Zhou Lan's opinion was to strengthen the training of leading troops, especially the reconnaissance troops.Wan Yaohuang's opinion is to put all the existing officers into the first phase of the Xiangxi Military Academy, which is about to start. There are two types of crash courses and ordinary courses.

Liu Xing's opinion is that the work of the recruit base should be strengthened and the construction should be accelerated, and there is some confusion between military ranks and ranks, which should be resolved as soon as possible.

Wang Zhenyu listened carefully and earnestly, and took notes one by one.

After everyone expressed their opinions, Wang Zhenyu made a summary: "Everyone's comments are very good. I have gained some inspiration from your opinions. Now I will talk about my thinking."

The officers opened their small notebooks one after another, took out their pens, and prepared to record.

"First, the problem of the formation of the army. My meaning is very clear. As Chief of Staff Yang said, set up the Xiangxi garrison. The specific organizational system is to establish three garrison brigades and four independent regiments. The organizational system of the garrison brigade is two regiments and three The battalion system, the independent regiment is six small regiments with a strengthened company system. The strength of the brigade is tentatively set at 5000, and the strength of the independent regiment is tentatively set at 1200. The total number of field troops is 4000. In addition, the current guard regiment is reorganized It is the Guards Brigade, with a total strength of [-]. As for the officer candidates for the four brigades and four regiments, I will make a decision before the official expansion. This depends on the performance of the military academy.”

"Secondly, for the issue of army weapon configuration standards, we still need to come up with a standard at present. I personally think that the brigade level must have an artillery battalion, and the independent regiment level must have an artillery company. The infantry equipment must pay attention to strengthen protection At the same time, the style and caliber of the rifles should be unified as soon as possible. Not only the equipment, but also the standard of the military uniform and identification marks. I want to hand over this work to Deputy Brigadier Commander Xu.”

"The third is the issue of the link between the guarding mission and the army. The Xiangxi garrison is an armed force under the command of the guarding mission. My thinking is this. There are three departments under the guarding mission, the staff office, the combat department, and the armament department. The General Staff Office is responsible for military equipment and the appointment and dismissal of officers; the Operations Division is mainly responsible for daily training and combat planning; the Armament Department is mainly responsible for military industry and supplies; Do you have any comments? If you have no comments, I mean that Lao Yang will continue to serve as the chief of the staff department, Lao Xu will serve as the chief of the combat department, and Ma Xicheng will serve as the chief of the armaments department."

All the people present here are human beings, and any fool can see that the purpose of Wang Zhenyu's establishment of the three departments is to firmly control the army through the three departments, so as to avoid the phenomenon of small army leaders and small warlords in the army.If you think about it, what is the basis of power? Finance and personnel. Now that these two items have been received from the chief officers of the troops at all levels and received by the staff office, who can form small groups in their own ranks?Even if you want to do it, what can you do with it?

Now that the boss has thought of this step, what else can everyone do besides raising their hands in favor?Could it be that he publicly opposed it and told the boss clearly that he wanted to rebel?

Wang Zhenyu really laughed this time, from the bottom of his heart. . .

Wang Zhenyu then said to Yang Wangui: "In addition to daily work, this staff office also needs to take care of one job. My idea is that the staff office should also be responsible for the security forces. This security team is on some traffic arteries. Set up strongholds to serve as a warning, similar to ancient beacon towers."

Yang Wangui bowed his head and took notes carefully, without expressing his personal opinion.

It was Wan Yaohuang who asked vigilantly: "Marshal, who should we focus on next?"

Wang Zhenyu said in a deep voice: "This is the core of our Xiangxi Group. I won't hide it from you. Liuzhou and Changde are two directions. Everyone should pay more attention to it. Liu Xianshi in Guizhou is actually Cai E's now. People, everyone should pay attention, Cai E is an outstanding man, maybe the Yunnan army will enter our territory in western Hunan that day."

These words are definitely not for nothing. Historically, the forces of the Yunnan Army and the Guizhou Army have entered Xiangxi many times.Whether it was the war to protect the country or protect the law, the last time the war entered Xiangxi was Yuan Zuming, the general of the Guizhou Army, but this time the ending of entering was not very good.Tang Shengzhi's confidant general Zhou Lan set up a Hongmen banquet for Yuan Zuming and took care of it directly.Now that Zhou Lan is under Wang Zhenyu's tent, it is estimated that there is no chance of acting like this again, but in Wang Zhenyu's heart, the territory in western Hunan must never be allowed to touch the Dian army and the Qian army, and this matter cannot be discussed.And if possible, Wang Zhenyu also wants to play Guizhou's idea if his strength allows. Grandma's, and that province is as rich as Guizhou, a huge southwest coal sea, and the country's richest non-ferrous metal mining area.As for the fact that Guizhou and Xinjiang will become impoverished provinces in later generations, it is entirely because of institutional problems. The strange phenomenon of sitting on a golden mountain and begging for food is probably considered a Chinese characteristic. Thanks to the eldest sons of the Republic, there is no one more shameless than you.

But at the moment, with my little strength, I'd better give it a try.All fools know that Cai E's big tiger is quietly accumulating strength and observing the situation across the country.It's better not to provoke him with such a little flesh.

But Changde and Liuzhou are different. Li County Guardian Wang Zhenya is entrenched in Changde area, but his strength is seriously insufficient.Not to mention that there are less than [-] armed forces under his command, what's more serious is that there are various forces in his jurisdiction.In history, Wang Zhenya was able to secure his position in Changde because he was very accurate in standing in line. Although he was a hero of the civilian army like Wang Zhenyu, he did not hesitate to stand on the side of Beiyang whether it was the second revolution or the war to protect the law.Wang Zhenyu can't learn this kind of sloppy kung fu, so he can only bow down.

As for Liuzhou, Wang Zhenyu remembered that there were two big bosses in the old Gui family in history, one was Lu Rongting and the other was Shen Hongying.Since Lu Rongting is the governor of Guangxi, he must dominate Nanning.Shen Hongying should be entrenched in the northern Guangxi area, but according to the information sent back by the secret agents sent by He Jian to Liuzhou, the current boss of the northern Guangxi area or Liuzhou is the chief of the Guangxi Youjiang military government branch and the fifth army of the Guangxi army. Command Liu Guxiang.This person is a hard-core member of the Tongmenghui. He followed Sun Dapao in 1907 and participated in the famous Guangzhou Uprising, but he was too lucky to be buried in Huanghuagang. He and Tan Yankai were in a hurry when the [-] Revolution broke out. Confederation is different.As for Shen Hongying, he was actually a bandit, and he is still making a living under Liu Guxiang.Don't underestimate the profession of banditry. Lu Rongting, the nominal ruler of Guangxi, is also a leader in this industry, and in the Republic of China, there were bandits who became heads of state. It can be seen that there is still a future for this profession.

Wang Zhenyu thought about it carefully, since the current boss is Liu Guxiang, but Shen Hongying is the leader in history.Then there is only one conclusion, black eating black, just don't know when it was eaten?

This damn history textbook, why can't it be detailed, how can a history textbook with only results but no process be a mirror?Taking history as a mirror, I think taking shit as a mirror is almost the same.

But it doesn't matter, Wang Zhenyu is still very satisfied with He Jian's work in the Military Intelligence Department, and believes that with the hard work of these secret agents, his hegemony will eventually be realized.Haha, just thinking about Wang Zhenyu makes me happy.

Chapter 109 Great Development ([-])

Before coming to Rong's house, Liu Guojun also made a decision for Wang Zhenyu on his own initiative. The students who graduated from Nanyang Public School this year went to Xiangxi to participate in industrial construction. The church expressed its agreement and support.

Through the efforts of Liu Guojun, the great development of Xiangxi has taken another solid step.

Hong Jiang, guarding the embassy, ​​Wang Zhenyu, Yang Wangui, Xu Yuanquan, Wan Yaohuang, Liu Xing, Zhou Lan, He Jian, and Ma Xicheng are holding a military seminar.

The meeting was held in a hurry, because Wang Zhenyu had just received a secret letter from Changsha a few hours ago.This letter was written by Wang Zhenyu's sworn brother, Zhao Hengti, commander of the First Division of the Hunan Army.

The matter of disarmament has been shouted from April to the end of August, and the momentum has been built for almost five months.According to the idea of ​​​​Tan Yankai, the five divisions of the Hunan Army eventually left only the first division of the direct line and the second division of Lin Xiumei, Cheng Qian's direct line, and all other troops were abolished.But now it's not so troublesome, because Mei Xin's fifth division has become history because of Wang Zhenyu.Not only Mei Xin herself was killed, but most of her officers and soldiers were incorporated into the First Division.It can be said that the most solid step in disarmament was precisely completed with the help of Wang Zhenyu, although his original intention was to cause trouble.

Now there are still two divisions that need to be cut, one is the third division of Gan Xindian, and the other is the fourth division of Wang Longzhong.To say that these two divisions were the ones who truly represented the Hunan Army and fought against the Qing Army on the front line in Hubei and made contributions, logically such troops should not be abolished, but should be retained with higher salaries.

But the rules of the Chinese are not like this. They will consciously or unconsciously talk about the distance or closeness of a relationship when they think about anything.Since these two divisions are not direct descendants, they are a threat, so what awaits them is the fate of abolishment, reorganization, etc.

Especially the fourth division is the key point among the key points.Many of the officers inside have already been bought and divided. Once the disarmament is ordered, Wang Longzhong may not even be able to keep the position of Baoqing's guard envoy.Tan Yankai had already chosen a way out for Wang Longzhong, and went to the Beiyang government in Beijing to serve as a lieutenant general counselor.