Beiyang reactionaries

Jiang Meiling spoke.

Looking at Yang Jie, he said, "Geng Guang, Beijing is a puddle of muddy water. Before the situation is clear, you will not be able to play any role there, but will waste your talent and time."

Duan Xun nodded beside him.

Then he said: "Brother Geng Guang, you are a great talent, why go to the muddy waters of Beijing. It doesn't matter whether it is Li Huangpi or Duan Zongzhang, the status is too high for us, and we small shrimps can't get involved. It's not as good as you Come to me, I am currently planning to abolish all our military academies in Sichuan and merge them into the Southwest Army Officer Academy. At present, Xu Yongchang of our department is running this school, but he still has many important things to be responsible for, so he is busy alone But come. Brother Geng Guang, how about coming to Sichuan to be the principal of our Sichuan Army Military Academy? Train enough officers for us.”

"Brother De Gong (Duan Xun), you, you."

Jiang Meiling laughed out loud.

Although Duan Xun and Jiang Meiling had a bad time during the War to Protect the Nation, now that the War to Protect the Nation is over, we are still classmates.Therefore, he lost his scruples when speaking, and said with a smile: "Brother De Gong, you are too greedy. Why do you want to lure you to Sichuan every time you see someone?"

"Duke Zhou vomits and feeds, and the world returns to its heart. Although I am just a small Sichuan governor, to govern a Sichuan with a population of 5000 million, of course, it needs the support of talents from all sides. Therefore, I am not afraid of too many talents, but too few. Brother Geng Guang, I am definitely not joking with you. Think about it carefully."

"it is good."

Yang Jie nodded.

"Then rest early."

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On January 1917, 1, Chengdu, Sichuan.

Under the witness of reporters from all over the country, Duan Xun and Gu Pinzhen signed a new agreement in Chengdu, and then jointly issued the "Sichuan-Yunnan Smoking Ban Statement".There are not many contents, mainly about prohibiting opium planting and cracking down on opium merchants.

Including the establishment of a joint combat force and a joint police force to jointly combat the opium trade on the Sichuan-Yunnan border.

Gu Pinzhen once again issued a statement on behalf of the Yunnan government, stating that opium cultivation in Yunnan is absolutely strictly prohibited and the opium trade will be severely cracked down.

91 Smoking ban in Sichuan and Yunnan

"Brother Xinye, how are you?"

"very good."

Yang Wei put down the "Sichuan-Yunnan Smoking Ban Statement" and talked to Duan Xun with a smile.Both of them are in a very good mood now.Tang Jiyao had already expressed some attitudes about the ban on smoking in Kunming, and now Gu Pinzhen signed this statement together with Duan Xun in Chengdu.

At present, apart from the "controversy between government and court", the biggest news in China is about opium.

Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou are arguing with each other.However, Duan Xun's main offensive firepower was concentrated on Tang Jiyao, mobilizing all forces to criticize Yunnan.Although Guizhou is also a province, the Guizhou Army is weak. As long as Tang Jiyao and the Dian Army are defeated, the Guizhou Army will have no threat.So Duan Xun's goal is Tang Jiyao.Criticism is precisely because of Tang Jiyao's connivance that there are so many Yunnan soils circulating in the market.Because of the high pressure during this period, Tang Jiyao finally softened his mouth.But it's just soft on the lips.

But Tang Jiyao basically shirked responsibility.

It means that the soil in Yunnan is flooded, but the supervision is not effective.Firmly disagreeing with the involvement of the Yunnan government and the Yunnan army in opium cultivation and opium trading, this crime cannot be admitted casually.Once this charge is admitted, the reputation of Tang Jiyao and the Dian Army will really be stinky, and everyone may call for beatings.Therefore, Tang Jiyao's words were inside and out, just saying that he was also against opium, but during this period of time he was busy in the war to protect the country and relaxed the control of the local area, which caused the flood of opium.In view of this, Tang Jiyao vowed that he would intensify the crackdown on the opium trade in the future.

It's all about the scene.

Tang Jiyao's speech did not really go deep into this topic.It's completely evasive.He can push away anything that happens in the future.But how could Duan Xun let him escape so easily.

Taking advantage of Gu Pinzhen's coming to Sichuan, Duan Xun and Gu Pinzhen directly signed the "Sichuan-Yunnan Smoking Ban Statement" in Chengdu.Such a thing is a magic spell, which puts Tang Jiyao and the others in it.

Who made Gu Pinzhen the representative of the Yunnan Army now.

"Is there absolute certainty about the line in Yunnan?"

"It shouldn't be a problem. We have released a lot of lines, have contacts with many opium merchants in Yunnan, and have contacted the main target people. We should be able to use it when we need it. It is still a benefit after all."

Yang Wei said with some melancholy: "Benefits, many people can't get rid of this. Some people are famous, some people are rich, some people are rich, some are lustful, as long as they are individuals, even if he is a saint, he can't get rid of these benefits. As long as we pay If you pay enough, you won’t be afraid that no one will stand up.”

"I believe you. But who do you want to hand over this matter to?"

"General, how about Shi Tiyuan?"

Yang Wei immediately recommended the stone voxel.

Duan Xun nodded.

Although Duan Xun didn't have much contact with Shi Tiyuan, Shi Tiyuan behaved very decently during several contacts.Duan Xun's impression of Shi Tiyuan is still very good, he is young but very stable, and he doesn't see any youthful feeling at all.Even Duan Xun originally planned to let Shi Tiyuan come to work in his provincial government department.However, some time ago, Shi Tiyuan completed a very important secret task.In addition, Shi Tiyuan has already participated in this matter, so let him be responsible to the end.

Although he is very young, only 26 years old this year, his rich experience can already weigh him down.

"He is thoughtful and capable. In this case, transfer him from the logistics department of your police department and enter my military governor's mansion. I have long planned to set up an intelligence department. Whether it is the army or other aspects, we need an intelligence department. We need to be informed at all times. Let him come in and be in charge of building such a department."

Seeing that Duan Xun said that he would arrange Shi Tiyuan to be in charge of the intelligence department, Yang Wei did not speak.

intelligence services?

Since ancient times, any group, the intelligence department is the most secret organization.Unless you want to stay in this department for the rest of your life, whether you are a government official or a military general, if you have too much involvement with the intelligence department, it is not a good thing and you will be taboo.After all, officials from the intelligence department may have a lot of other people's handles, so how can they not be taboo and excluded.Therefore, it is difficult for officials from the intelligence department to jump out of the intelligence department unless they are very lucky.Therefore, since ancient times, anyone who has mastered such a secret department and has great ambitions will die without a place to die.

Therefore, it is inconvenient for Yang Wei to express his opinion.

Because Yang Wei's status is already very high now, if he is spying on the intelligence department, it will not end well.

"So what about Guizhou?"

"The same way. Let Liu Xianshi, the governor of Guizhou, sign a 'Sichuan and Guizhou Smoking Ban Declaration' with us like Tang Jiyao, forcing them to also announce a smoking ban in the whole province. Guizhou is the same as Yunnan, it is impossible to truly ban smoking."

Yang Wei answered in the affirmative.

Then said: "After the Xinhai Year, although the current governor of Guizhou has become Liu Xianshi, their troops are also called Qianjun. But in fact, the Yunnan Army has a great influence on the Guizhou Army. It can even be said that Tang Jiyao can still affect the situation in Guizhou. It is Liu Xianshi, the governor of Guizhou, who will be controlled by Tang Jiyao, and many things cannot be done independently. If it was before, there may be nothing, but Liu Xianshi has been the governor of Guizhou for several years. He must find a way to get rid of the control of the Yunnan Army."

"However, Liu Xianshi wanted to get rid of the Yunnan army, so it was so easy. After all, in the year of 200, the Guizhou revolution was completed with the help of the Yunnan army. After the Guizhou revolution, the governor of Guizhou was Tang Jiyao. Later, Tang Jiyao and Liu Xianshi, the powerful factions in Guizhou, cooperated to clean up Thanks to this, Liu Xianshi won the support of Tang Jiyao. It can be said that Tang Jiyao single-handedly supported Liu Xianshi to become the governor of Guizhou. Therefore, the Guizhou Army was constrained by the Yunnan Army in all aspects. Liu Xianshi wanted to get rid of Tang Jiyao and the Dian Army , can only increase the strength of the Guizhou army. If this is the case, it is impossible to reduce military spending. Guizhou is poorer than Yunnan. If taxes are collected normally, the income of the Guizhou provincial government is less than [-] million a year. The department cannot afford to support them. Therefore, Guizhou cannot do without opium.”

Duan Xun nodded.

Now the situation in Yunnan and Guizhou is the same.

If they had money, they would of course ban opium, after all, it's something to talk about.But they have no choice.With so many troops now, unless you make up your mind to downsize your troops, who would dare to really ban the circulation of opium.

But what era is it now?

The age of warlords.

If you don't have an army in your hands, what kind of warlords are you?Tang Jiyao was ambitious to complete his Great Southwest Plan, and Liu Xianshi wanted to get rid of the control of the Yunnan Army, and they both needed a powerful army.So even if they knew that they would be criticized and become a target, they could only bite the bullet and continue to grow opium and continue to sell opium.

For Tang Jiyao and Liu Xianshi, this is an unsolvable thing.

"Yes."

Duan Xun nodded.

After thinking for a while, he said, "We need to put pressure on Liu Xianshi, and tell Liu Xianshi that if we don't sign a contract, don't blame our troops to supervise them personally. This matter let Yu Peidi, the director of the Narcotics Control Bureau, be directly responsible for the cooperation with the Sichuan provincial government. Negotiations in Guizhou. As soon as possible, you must sign me before January of this year is completely over. If you can’t sign in January, let Li Jishen’s First Division of the Southwest Frontier Defense Army go south to Qijiang to put pressure on Guizhou.”

"Row."

"The same is true for Guizhou. We must quickly contact some people, release a line, and detonate him when we need it. They must be able to stand up when we need it."