Beiyang reactionaries

The combined population of these provinces will have a population of nearly 5000 million.Moreover, it is rich in resources and has a large territory.Although the economy cannot be said to be very good, it definitely has the strength to chase the Central Plains.

The Dian army attacked everywhere, entered Sichuan, entered Guizhou, and entered Guangxi, hoping to complete the Great Southwest Plan.It's a pity that although the Dian army is very strong, it doesn't have such an absolute advantage if it wants to subdue these provinces.

In fact, after the War to Protect the Country in history, the Yunnan Army almost realized the Great Southwest Plan.

The strength of the Dian Army in the War to Protect the Nation greatly expanded. Luo Peijin led the Dian Army to station in Sichuan, and Li Liejun led the Dian Army to station in Guangdong. Guizhou has always been the only leader in Yunnan.It's a pity that the Dian Army put too much emphasis on the Dian Army and tried its best to suppress other troops, which led to the complete defeat of the Dian Army in the end.

But now the Yunnan Army is much worse.

Sichuan failed to enter, and Guizhou also began to swing left and right. Instead, Lu Rongting's Gui army increased in strength and ruled the Guangdong and Guangxi regions.Tang Jiyao's Great Southwest Plan can be said to be completely bankrupt.

"The general can actually learn from it."

"I?"

"Yes. Yuan Shikai, the great president, no matter what he does, he still has enough strength and prestige to suppress the situation in China. If he hadn't suddenly chosen to be emperor, then as long as he is alive, China will not be chaotic. But Yuan Shikai dead, then the situation is completely different."

"Say?"

"Without Yuan Shikai, the founder of the Beiyang Army, the Beiyang Army would be divided first. When Yuan Shikai was alive, he could not hold back Duan Hefei (Duan Qirui) and Feng Hejian (Feng Guozhang), Duan Hefei and Feng Hejian The relationship between them is also not good. Now that Yuan Shikai is dead, the Beiyang Army Duan Hefei and Feng Hejian will definitely split. A unified Beiyang Army is of course the most powerful military force in China, and can suppress any ambitious group in China. However, a divided Beiyang army will not have the absolute power to subdue the various factions in China. At that time, these powerful factions in China will definitely compete with each other."

"well said."

Duan Xun listened very interestingly.

Yang Wei saw the situation in China very accurately.Yuan Shikai's death also marked the beginning of chaos in China.Since then, China has entered the era of warlords.The Beiyang Army was originally capable of unifying the country, but they lost this possibility by arguing with each other and leggings among themselves.

Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang pulled each other's legs, which made the Beiyang Army lose the opportunity to unify China.Then the Beiyang Army broke out several warlord melees, and finally completely lost control of China, and slowly withdrew from the stage of history.

"This creates an opportunity for us. But even if this is the case, after all, the government of the Republic of China is still there, and the Beijing government still has enough deterrent power. We can't be like a bandit who says to attack another province and go If you attack another province, you will leave a handle, and it will not be good for the general's reputation. Therefore, even if you attack another province, you need at least a name. And this name is here in Opium."

"Opium? You mean I'm going to attack them in the name of growing opium in Yunnan and Guizhou?"

"Correct."

Duan Xun frowned.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Although this can be an excuse, what should I do if Yunnan and Guizhou start banning smoking to show their determination to ban smoking?"

"General, this is simply impossible. It is impossible for Yunnan and Guizhou to ban smoking."

"why?"

"Because they were poor, they wanted to expand the army. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Sichuan's financial revenue reached 500 million silver dollars a year, but it was already very difficult to feed an army of 3 or [-] people. He worked in Yunnan and Guizhou for a year. The combined income is less than one-third of my Sichuan province, but their two provinces together support [-] to [-] troops. This is not enough. Taking the opportunity of this war to protect the country, they will expand their army again, and it is estimated that they will soon Their army is only [-] to [-]. How can the two provinces pay for their military expenses? With such a large army, it is very difficult for us in Sichuan to afford it.”

Yang Wei spoke very confidently.

Seeing that Duan Xun listened very carefully, he continued: "Their two provinces don't say it's military expenditures. The annual government expenditures are huge, and they can't even get this part of the money. In the past, when the Qing Dynasty was still there, they spent a lot of money every year. They want to get millions of financial support from the central government, but where do they get the appropriation now? But although there is no money, the governor of Yunnan, Tang Jiyao, is ambitious. Although he failed this time, this leader is not so easy to give up. Liu Xianshi, the governor of Guizhou, was worried that the Dian army would snatch his position as the governor of Guizhou, and he did not dare to be sloppy. In this way, these two provinces can only continue to expand their troops for their own purposes. After the expansion, once there is no Military pay, these troops will definitely mutiny. Therefore, as long as these two provinces start to expand their armies, the future will not be in the hands of any of them. They can only continue to move forward. Therefore, in order to raise military expenditures, they can only continue to increase The intensity of opium cultivation continues to increase the opium trade. Only in this way can they get enough military expenses. Therefore, even if they are accused by thousands of people, no matter how much pressure they have, they dare not ban smoking. Because once smoking is banned, those troops who cannot get military expenses, Who will deal with it? Once they mutiny, how will they control it? Therefore, Tang Jiyao and Liu Xianshi can no longer control the current situation. Even if they want to ban smoking, their generals will not agree, and the opium merchants under them will not agree. "

"In other words, they have been tied to opium and cannot escape?"

"Yes."

Yang Wei said with certainty: "Ever since Yunnan and Guizhou used opium to raise military expenses, they have been tied to opium, and it is impossible for the two parties to break away from the relationship. This is the best excuse for us. We will start the whole province from now on. No smoking. Once smoking is banned in the whole province, the price of opium in Sichuan will soar. For money, opium merchants in Yunnan and Guizhou will definitely do everything possible to sell their own opium to Sichuan. We can even make a trick to let their opium merchants Get in. As long as there is enough evidence, we will use this excuse to crusade against Yunnan and Guizhou."

"it is good."

Duan Xun nodded quickly.

One opium can make Yang Wei think so much.Even how to go to war with Yunnan and Guizhou in the future has already been thought about.At that time, as long as Yunnan and Guizhou use opium to harm Sichuan in the name of crusade against Yunnan and Guizhou and get the support of the Beijing government, then it will be a matter of course.

If you can conquer Yunnan and Guizhou, then you will no longer be an ordinary warlord.

Great Southwest, Great Southwest.

Not bad.

"Brother Xinye, that's it. I recommend you to be the chief of the Sichuan Police Department. How to use opium to attack the powerful factions in Sichuan, especially the Gelaohui, you have to worry about it. Now many docks in Chongqing are controlled by these Gelaohui. It's money. Use this opportunity to hit these people hard and take back all these important ports. And those shipping companies and cargo shipping companies must take back. Such a good thing, how can these people ruin it. Kill it Kill, if you don’t kill a group of people, you won’t be able to stabilize Sichuan.”

Duan Xun was murderous when he said it.

After experiencing so many things, especially after seeing so many dead people on the battlefield, Duan Xun's heart is getting harder and harder.In this era, if you don't kill a few people, or if you don't kill a group of people, how can you stabilize the situation.

Although Duan Xun knew that his frivolous words could cause the heads of hundreds, thousands or even thousands of people to fall, but Duan Xun didn't think he was wrong.Wrong is this era.As the saying goes, human life is worse than a dog in troubled times. In an age of disorder, killing people is as simple as that.Some are damned, some are overkill, and some are innocent, but that's the times.

Such a chaotic world is not the time to pay attention to such nihilistic things as "gentle, courteous, courteous and thrifty".

"it is good."

After the Revolution of [-], Yang Wei served as the chief of the police department in Sichuan.Still very familiar with these.

pier.

With the First World War, now Chongqing wharf is very busy.Because some minerals around Chongqing have become very important materials.Batch after batch of cargo ships carrying these things sailed to Shanghai on the Yangtze River.

However, many of the piers here are not controlled by the government, but controlled by some elders' synagogues.These Gelaohui were originally an organization of the lowest level people.But until now, Sichuan Paoge culture has penetrated into all aspects of society, and even many senior government officials have a very close relationship with the Gelaohui.This is not what Duan Xun can tolerate.Not only should the money go into his own pocket, but the Sichuan Gelaohui's hand is too long, which affects his rule in Sichuan.

Duan Xun also knew a lot since he cooperated with Wang Yongjiang in Yuxi.

Just like Sichuan's fiscal revenue is 500 million, in fact, the people below must have paid more than 4000 to 5000 million.Even adding some other things, such as mines and docks, the revenue of the Sichuan provincial government should have been around [-] million.

But where did the money go?

It was all swallowed up by a group of people in the middle.So what Duan Xun wants to do in Sichuan is to slowly wipe out these people in the middle, and collect taxes directly from the people.Although this will increase the number of government agencies, it is better to send the money to the personnel of the government agencies to support government workers than to let these middlemen take it away.

After all, to feed the government staff, even if the number of government staff is increased, those people belong to themselves, which can greatly enhance their control over Sichuan.But if the money is taken away by those people in the middle, it will not benefit you at all.

Those people took this money to increase their strength, but they would fight against Duan Xun, the real master of Sichuan.Duan Xun would never allow such a thing to happen.

"Also, Xiong Kewu and Dan Maoxin will enter Chengdu soon. You help me meet them first, and then I will see them again. As long as they are willing, I will definitely treat them as my own."

"I'll convince them."

73 Xiong Kewu

"Brother Jinfan (Xiong Kewu), brother Nugang (Dan Maoxin), how are you doing recently?"

After Xiong Kewu and Dan Maoxin received Yang Wei's letter, they led a dozen guards northward from Pingshan, passed through Xuzhou and Neijiang, and arrived at Huayang.Because of receiving the order, all checkpoints along the way are very polite to Xiong Kewu.Even where the troops are stationed, people will be sent to protect Xiong Kewu.After all, Duan Xun has just entered Chengdu, and Duan Xun is also afraid that something will happen to Xiong Kewu on the road.If Xiong Kewu really had an accident, Duan Xun would not be able to clean up if he jumped into the Yellow River, so Duan Xun paid special attention to Xiong Kewu's safety.

When Xiong Kewu and the others came to Huayang, Yang Wei put down all his work and came here specially to welcome the two of them.At present, most of Sichuan's troops have been reorganized by Duan Xun.However, there were still some small troops who did not defect to Duan Xun.

They are all watching.

The attitude of waiting and watching a person is the attitude of Xiong Kewu, the commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Rebellion Army currently stationed near Pingshan.If Xiong Kewu, the leader of the Sichuan Revolutionary Party, is willing to accept Duan Xun's reorganization, then those small troops that rose up in the War to Protect the Country will also accept reorganization.If Xiong Kewu and Duan Xun broke up, then those troops might be disbanded on the spot, and they could do whatever they wanted.

There are quite a few of those small troops.

Duan Xun attaches great importance to these small troops that rose up in the War to Protect the Country.Because even though they are all small troops now, the commanders there are all famous generals in Sichuan who have left a long history.Just like the current first detachment of the Eastern Sichuan National Defense Army, the leader of the detachment is Yan Deji, a veteran revolutionary party in Sichuan.The column leader below him is regarded by the history of the CCP as a "revolutionary who joined the party before the founding of the party." Wang Tianzhen (also known as Wang Weizhou), the only big boss who has ever met Lenin in the history of the CCP.