Beiyang reactionaries

"Zhu Erdian was very angry. He said that if this matter cannot be handled smoothly, then Guan Yu cannot be handed over to us."

"Damn."

Since the beginning of the Civil War, that is, the War to Protect the Law, Britain has used the excuse of the Chinese Civil War to detain Guanyu that should have been handed over to the government.What is customs surplus? Customs surplus refers to customs revenue. After the indemnities and loans that should be paid to foreign countries are deducted, the remaining money is called customs surplus.

Among the revenues of the Beijing government, Guan Yu is very important.

Because since the Revolution of [-], local warlords will withhold local finances at every turn.Later, Duan Qirui used the warlords to force Li Yuanhong and Feng Guozhang, and the power of the local warlords became even greater.

These people have randomly withheld all the finances that should belong to the central government, making the Beijing government very short of money.Guan Yu is regarded as the largest and most important financial fund of the government.Regardless of the fact that China is relatively poor at present, and the customs tax rate is very low, the total amount of customs duties every year is very large.As early as the year of 4000, the Manchu Qing government could obtain [-] million taels of tariffs at the customs.In the past few years, it was World War I, and there were even more tariffs.

Duan Qirui and the others valued Guan Yu the most.

But when the Law Protection War broke out, Britain immediately cut off the payment of Guan Yu.Britain cited the Chinese civil war as an excuse, but in fact it did not want to see Duan Qirui rule China.Because Duan Qirui launched the war of "unification by force" with the support of Japan.With Duan Qirui's government's pro-Japanese policy, Britain is very worried that once Duan Qirui unifies China, China will fall under the control of Japan.

So Guan Yu was detained and not handed over to Duan Qirui.

However, the law protection war has stabilized recently, and the UK doesn't want to offend Duan Qirui too much, so after several negotiations, it plans to hand over 1000 yuan to Duan Qirui first.Unexpectedly, when this happened, Britain would delay paying the customs balance again.

200 million, this is not a small number.Even for Duan Qirui, this is not a small sum.

"The Brits are such a bully."

Duan Qirui was very angry when he remembered that he had been condescending to the British some time ago for the sake of Guan Yu.Now they are threatening themselves with Guan Yu.

"Is there a telegram from De Gong (Duan Xun)?"

"not yet."

"Send him a telegram and ask him what he wants to do? Ask him how he plans to deal with this matter?"

"Yes."

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"Master, an order from the military department."

"read."

"Order our department to send an infantry brigade and an artillery regiment to Wanxian to support the Eighth Division."

Da County.

The Seventh Division of the Southwest Frontier Defense Army, where Yuan Zuming's troops are stationed.Since Yuan Zuming agreed to mobilize troops to garrison Shunqing, Duan Xun formed the Second Southwest Frontier Army.The Second Army has jurisdiction over Liu Xiang's Third Division of the Southwest Frontier Defense Army and Yuan Zuming's Seventh Division of the Southwest Frontier Defense Army. Liu Xiang served as the commander of the Second Army and the commander of the Third Division.

At that time, Yuan Zuming's troops were supposed to be stationed in Shunqing, but as Wanxian became another trading center in Sichuan, the status of Daxian and Quxian suddenly became very important.The two counties have become important logistics centers, material distribution centers and transportation hubs in Northeast Sichuan.

Therefore, since the establishment of a special zone city in Wanxian County, roads from Wanxian to Daxian and Wanxian to Quxian have been continuously laid.All are to facilitate the movement of goods in the Northeast Sichuan region.Therefore, Yuan Zuming's division headquartered in Da County.

"Our general is really daring."

Yuan Zuming sat on it and listened to Hu Weisan's order from Liu Xiang, while admiring him.

Frightened.

Yuan Zuming was really terrified.Although Yuan Zuming was a fierce general of the Guizhou Army, he fought many battles in the southwestern provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, and Guangxi. He was very brave in battles and was never afraid of death.But I never dared to think about falling out with Britain.

Yuan Zuming really didn't know what to say when he heard that Xiong Qixun's Eighth Division fired artillery, hit the British warship, and detained the British warship.I don't know whether to praise Duan Xun for his courage, or to ridicule Duan Xun for his ignorance and fearlessness.

That's England?

You dare to show your teeth to him.

"Master, the British ran amok on the Yangtze River. Someone should have dealt with them long ago. What General Duan has done is really dissatisfying. Brother Fochuan (Tang Huaiyuan) became famous in the first battle, and his name will definitely go down in history."

Hu Ying was very applauded below.

Back then, Hu Ying and Tang Huaiyuan were both students of the lecture hall, and they had a good friendship with each other.Seeing Tang Huaiyuan confront the British warship decisively this time, and even take the British warship captive, it is really exhausting.

What is a soldier?

Soldiers are there to defend the country.When Hu Ying and the others joined the army and attended the Yunnan Lecture Hall, they all dreamed of serving the country one day.They all thought that one day they could help the motherland to teach those great powers a lesson.

It's just that reality tells them that this is an impossible thing.

But Tang Huaiyuan did it, and it was so beautiful.For soldiers like them, this battle was simply a matter of pride.Hu Ying really wished that that person wasn't herself.

"Yes, it's great."

Peng Hanzhang also echoed Hu Ying.

"Let the British see that the Yangtze River is not a place where they can do whatever they want. It's a pity that I couldn't personally kill the British warship."

Peng Hanzhang is from Sichuan, but he also graduated from the Yunnan Lecture Hall.It can be said that most of these officers on Yuan Zuming's side are from such backgrounds, starting from Lu Tao who has left Yuan Zuming's army, Hu Ying who is currently the commander of the first brigade of the seventh division, Peng Hanzhang who is the commander of the second brigade, and currently following Li Yanbin, who Wang Wenhua left, and Wu Chuansheng, who died in the War to Protect the Country, were all students of the Yunnan Lecture Hall.They all entered Guizhou in the early years when Tang Jiyao entered Guizhou as the governor of Guizhou.Tang Jiyao left, but they did not leave the Qian Army and continued to serve in the Qian Army.

Most of them sided with Yuan Zuming in the disagreement between Yuan Zuming and Wang Wenhua.

Both Peng Hanzhang and Hu Ying were very encouraged.

It's so beautifully done.

Yuan Zuming looked at Peng Hanzhang and Hu Ying, and then at Wu Chuanxin, younger brother of Wu Chuansheng, a famous general of the early Guizhou Army who is currently the head of the Seventh Division's reinforced regiment.

I understand that Duan Xun is bold this time, but he was able to get the support of these young generals.Each of these young generals has a restless heart.

"Teacher."

When Yuan Zuming was deep in thought, Ding Yizhong walked in.

Ding Yizhong was originally the chief of the budget section of the Guizhou Finance Department.He was a student that Liu Xianshi valued very much back then.After Liu Xianshi left Guiyang, Ding Yizhong, as Liu Xianshi's direct descendant, was also forced to leave Guizhou Finance Department.And Yuan Zuming knew Ding Yizhong's ability, so he accepted him into his army.Ding Yizhong is currently in the army with Yuan Zuming, serving as the general affairs director of Yuan Zuming's seventh division.

"how?"

"This is a petition written by some officers and soldiers of our Seventh Division."

"A letter of challenge?"

Yuan Zuming frowned and took it.There is no war now, so why not fight?Taking it over and looking at the front, it turned out that it was something that supported Duan Xun's detainment of two British warships.Looking at this thing, and then looking at the names of the officers below, Yuan Zuming's face changed very quickly.

This is military spirit.

Yuan Zuming was a little horrified.

There are so many signatures, densely packed with the signatures of hundreds of military officers, and there may even be signatures of 60 or [-] people.And most of them are the signatures of front-line commanders. Although the highest is the battalion commander level, and the rest are company and platoon-level officers, this proportion is too much.So many officers signed, almost representing most of the grassroots officers of Yuan Zuming's Seventh Division.

Is it really old?Are you timid?Scared of thinking about the UK?Not as courageous as these young officers?

The first moment I heard the news, I was terrified, thinking that Duan Xun was too courageous.But look at Hu Ying, Peng Hanzhang, Wu Chuanxin, and even the civil servants Hu Weisan and Ding Yizhong beside him, they all showed excitement in an instant.