Beiyang reactionaries

Should these troops be disbanded?

If you don't disband, what will you do to support these troops.Not to mention Tang Jiyao himself was unwilling to disband, these senior generals of the Yunnan Army were unwilling.After all, there will be great contradictions in whose army will be abolished and whose army will be retained.

These are all benefits.

That's why no one spoke.But who is so bold, dare to speak at this time.

A military officer about 30 years old.

Fan Shisheng.

A rising star of the Yunnan Army.This person is not a reckless person. He studied medicine in his early years and studied medicine with his father. At the age of 16, he was admitted as a scholar in Manqing, and later he was admitted to Yunnan Excellent Normal School.After graduation, Fan Shisheng, who was only about 20 years old at the time, was hired as the principal of Pu'er Higher Primary School.Fan Shisheng is not an ordinary soldier, but a man who has read poetry and books since he was a child.

Later, he joined the Yunnan Army as a clerk, but was soon admitted to the Yunnan Lecture Hall.He is a typical scholar who throws his pen into the army.However, Fan Shisheng may not be regarded as a scholar who joins the army, but on the battlefield, he is a brave champion of the three armies, and he is a fierce general.

Currently serving as the Chief of Staff of Gu Pinzhen Brigade, Fan Shisheng is considered to be in a relatively high position among the students of the Yunnan Lecture Hall who were in the same group as Fan Shisheng.

"Koizumi (Fan Shisheng), step back."

Lopekin sat on it furious.

Tang Jiyao and Luo Peijin both wanted to build the Great Southwest and let the Yunnan Army rule the Southwest.Only when the Great Southwest Project is completed will the Yunnan Army have a chance to sweep the world and compete in the Central Plains.How can a group of small military officers understand such a grand ambition.Luo Peijin had been Fan Shisheng's leader for many years and was also his teacher in the Yunnan Lecture Hall, so he immediately reprimanded Fan Shisheng and told Fan Shisheng to shut up.

It's a pity that Luo Peijin forgot Fan Shisheng's character.

Fan Shisheng is not a submissive person, but a very stubborn person.If Luo Peijin told him well, he might think that Luo Peijin was the old leader, or even the teacher of the Yunnan Lecture Hall. Even if he was dissatisfied, he might not continue to say anything.But Luo Peijin scolded himself, and Fan Shisheng got excited instead, and said directly: "What's wrong, you don't let me talk, so why do you let me do it. Duan Xun is the Beiyang Army, we are the Revolutionary Army, and now they come to accuse us of being opium The umbrella of the businessman, such a shameful thing, I can't say anything."

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"What's the matter, you don't let me talk, so why let me do it. Duan Xun is the Beiyang Army, and we are the Revolutionary Army. Now they come to accuse us of being the umbrella of the opium merchants. I can't say such a shameful thing."

Fan Shisheng has a stubborn temper, with a trace of a scholar's temper.

Of course, if Fan Shisheng is also in the top position of the Yunnan Army, he may think differently.But the current Fan Shisheng was only the head of a small artillery regiment a few months ago, and currently he is only the chief of staff of the brigade, and he still belongs to the middle-level officer of the Yunnan Army.He didn't understand what the top officials of the Yunnan Army were thinking, and of course it was impossible to understand.He only knew that being so criticized by the Beiyang Army like Duan Xun was a complete disgrace to the Yunnan Army.

In the eyes of young officers of the Dian army like Fan Shisheng, their Dian army is a revolutionary army, and it is also an army to protect the republic.Compared with the Beiyang Army, their Yunnan Army is advanced, revolutionary, and just.This is the thinking of many young officers of the Yunnan Army. In their view, the Yunnan Army is the most advanced and just force in China.It was precisely because of this that Fan Shisheng and the others could not accept such humiliation by the people sent by Duan Xun.

When did the Beiyang Army stand on a moral high ground and accuse them of the Yunnan Army?The Dian Army has always criticized the Beiyang Army for its backwardness, Yuan Shikai, and the Beiyang Army's dictatorship. When will it be the Beiyang Army's turn to criticize itself like this.

What makes Fan Shisheng and the others even more unacceptable is that they can only accept the Beiyang Army's criticism.Because the criticisms of the Beiyang Army hit the weakness of the Dian Army, the Dian Army did use opium on a large scale.

This feeling made it difficult for young officers like Fan Shisheng to accept.

In addition, Fan Shisheng has a very hot temper.

Although Luo Peijin is currently a big figure in the Yunnan Army, Fan Shisheng is not afraid at all, and directly pushes back without giving Luo Peijin any face.

"Damn."

Luo Peijin was furious and slapped the table directly.

Ropekin himself is interesting.He is a leader of the Yunnan Revolutionary Party. When the Chongjiu Uprising, he was already the leader of the Yunnan New Army.Not only does he have a high status in the Yunnan Revolutionary Party, but he also has a high status in the army.

It can be said that during the Chongjiu Uprising in Yunnan, only Cai E and Li Gengen had a higher status than Luo Peijin in Yunnan.Among them, Li Gengen was the leader of the Yunnan Revolutionary Party, while Cai E was not a member of the League at the time, but had a relatively high prestige in the army.Therefore, Luo Peijin was the third in command in Yunnan at that time.

And what was Tang Jiyao at that time?

Tang Jiyao was just a battalion commander under him, several ranks behind him in the army.Even within the League, Luo Peijin is the second in command of the Yunnan League after Li Gengen, and Tang Jiyao is not qualified to compare with Luo Peijin.It's just that Tang Jiyao followed Cai E and was Cai E's direct line.After the establishment of the Yunnan Military Government, Cai E became the governor of the Yunnan Military Government, and excluded Li Gengen, the top leader of the Yunnan League, and only gave him a false title of counselor.And vigorously promoted Tang Jiyao, let Tang Jiyao be in charge of the Ministry of Military Affairs.

This is the rise of Tang Jiyao.

Now Luo Peijin wants to listen to Tang Jiyao's words and establish Tang Jiyao's subordinates.However, Luo Peijin was not moved and uncomfortable, nor did he play a petty temper.On the contrary, Luo Peijin is very supportive of Tang Jiyao's Great Southwest Plan.Especially after visiting Sichuan once in [-], neither Tang Jiyao nor Luo Peijin could forget the prosperity of Sichuan.

The Great Southwest is their common goal.

Therefore, Luo Peijin has been cooperating with Tang Jiyao's work.And Fan Shisheng is nothing.When Luo Peijin was one of the leaders of the Yunnan Revolutionary Party and led the Yunnan Chongjiu Uprising, Fan Shisheng was just a small platoon leader of the Yunnan Army.Even in the construction of the lecture hall, Luo Peijin is also the leader of the lecture hall. Speaking of which, Fan Shisheng is still a student of Luo Peijin.

But Fan Shisheng dared to speak like that.

"There's no place for you to speak here, so don't back down for me."

Luo Peijin was really angry, pointed at Fan Shisheng, and said such words.But this sentence made several young officers present furious.Jin Handing, who was next to him, came out and said directly: "Our Yunnan army is a revolutionary army. It is not normal to refuse opium. There is nothing to discuss. The Manchu Qing banned opium in the 32nd year of Guangxu. Are we not as good as the Manchu Qing?" ?”

opium.

Opium was rampant in the Republic of China, but in fact opium has always been a crime in law.Not to mention the time of the Republic of China, in fact, as early as the 32nd year of Guangxu (1906), the Qing government began to ban smoking. Since then, opium has always violated the law in China.

It's just that the law is the law, and the reality is quite different.Because from the end of the Qing Dynasty to the present, the control power of the central government has been greatly reduced, and the local power has greatly increased.Therefore, it is impossible to control the place where opium is grown.

"That's right. If General Luo thinks what we said is wrong, then please explain to us, General Luo, what is wrong with what we said. Is it wrong for us to ask for a ban on opium planting and crack down on opium trade, or is it wrong for us to speak here? If you think it is wrong to ban opium Opium and combating the opium trade are wrong, so I want to ask General Luo, is it right to condone the opium trade? Is our Yunnan army really the umbrella of the opium merchants? If you think we are wrong here, then why let us come to the meeting .Just let us know after you decide."

Xiang Mi also came out, speaking very fiercely.

Each of these young military officers is still very tempered, or they are still hot-blooded.

The young officers next to them also stared at Luo Peijin, hoping that Luo Peijin would come out and explain.Seeing these people, Tang Jiyao secretly scolded Luo Peijin for being confused.Regardless of whether it was Fan Shisheng who came out first, or Jin Handing and Xiang Mi who came out later, and Wang Kai (commander-in-chief), Yang Zhen (zhen), Tang Huaiyuan, and Yang Ruxuan standing next to them, these people are all members of the Yunnan Army The current rising star.

All of them were students of the lecture hall before the [-] Revolution, and Zhu Peide, who is currently sitting in Guangdong, is basically a student of the same period.When they joined the army in the year of [-], they were all officers at the rank of platoon leader.But after the Revolution of [-], and after several years of tempering, especially in the War to Protect the Country, we performed very well.These people are basically officers at the head level.Those who rose relatively slowly, such as Tang Huaiyuan, were only battalion commanders, while those who rose relatively quickly, such as Zhu Peide in Guangdong, were already brigade commanders.

These people are currently very important officers of the Yunnan Army, or these people are the backbone of the current Yunnan Army.

It can be said that these people have not fully understood the current situation in China.Many of these people have become warlords in history, but at this stage they have no idea of ​​that.Because they had just become mid-level officers of the Yunnan Army, they couldn't think so far.

The vigorous national defense war has just ended.

So for them, these days are a shame.Everyone is accusing the Dian army, saying that the Dian army is covering up, and even the Dian army is doing the opium trade.These young officers have been fighting for the country since the year of [-]. I don't know how many students from the martial arts hall died in battle, defending the reputation of the Yunnan Army.But now that I have fallen into such a situation, I feel very bad.They all thought it was a disgrace, a disgrace to the Dian army, and a disgrace to themselves.

Therefore, it is strongly advocated that Yunnan should also ban smoking.

But Luo Peijin's attitude made them even more angry.

"Brother Rongxuan (Luo Peijin), this incident has caused the image of our Yunnan Army to plummet. This is a major issue related to our Yunnan Army. Don't they have the right to speak? They are the future of our Yunnan Army, and they are the future of our Yunnan Army. We should listen to the young forces of the army, and we should listen to them more.”

Suddenly a person came out.

Luo Peijin turned his head and looked at this person with sharp eyes.However, he didn't take it seriously at all, and continued: "In the year of [-], it was said that 'the elite of the Yunnan army is the best in the country'. Our Yunnan army is a well-known revolutionary army. In the year of [-], it made the greatest contribution to the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty. The second time Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor, our Dian army was the first to speak out to protect the country and made a great contribution to the re-establishment of the republic. This is the record and reputation of our Dian army soldiers who sacrificed their lives, and it cannot be tarnished."

"Brother Xiaozhai, they are young and somewhat impulsive. Don't you know the reason and what is your heart?"

Ropekin was even angrier than before.

Because it was Gu Pinzhen, Luo Peijin, Tang Jiyao's classmate at the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy who came out to speak.Among the non-commissioned officer graduates of their class, Gu Pinzhen's position was promoted relatively slowly.

After the Revolution of [-], the Yunnan Military Government was established, and Gu Pinzhen served as the head of the Supply and Ammunition Department of the General Staff Department.Later, he participated in the "Yunnan Army Aiding Sichuan Army" and entered Sichuan, and served as the deputy head of the first echelon regiment under Xie Ruyi's department.After returning to Yunnan, he served as lieutenant general and commander of the first and sixth divisions of the Yunnan Army, and the former principal of the lecture hall of the Yunnan Army Lecture School.It seems that the official position is not low, but compared with Gu Pinzhen's qualifications, ability, and contribution, the speed of promotion is not fast.

He was very active in this war to protect the country, but he was only the leader of the third echelon regiment of the First Army of the National Defense Army led by Cai E.But don't look at Gu Pinzhen's slow promotion, but Gu Pinzhen has deep experience and high prestige in the Yunnan Army. He is an extremely powerful figure with a very strong appeal.

After graduating and returning to China, I worked as an instructor in the Jiangwu Hall, and later served as the principal of the Yunnan Academy of Military Affairs, so I have a good relationship with many students in the Lecture Hall.The young officers who came out in front were all Gu Pinzhen's students back then.