Beiyang reactionaries

"Yes, teacher. I have studied it carefully. We have a lot of troops in Hubei. And I have discussed with Minister Xiong (Xiong Kewu) of the Ministry of Military Affairs. According to the Ministry of Military Affairs, we will continue to expand the army in Hubei and reorganize some troops. .Hubei doesn’t need so many troops by then, so it’s the best way to transfer Hu Jingyi’s garrison division to Henan.”

Listening to Xu Yongchang's words, Duan Xun once again set his sights on the army reorganization plan submitted by the Ministry of Military Affairs.

indeed.

Xiong Kewu's army reorganization plan will continue to expand the army.According to Xiong Kewu's opinion, Duan Xun currently controls so many places, and overall Duan Xun is not short of money, so at least 40 troops are needed.

"Okay, you make a report and hand it over to me."

"Yes."

After Xu Yongchang finished his report, he immediately made a plan for troop mobilization.Duan Xun continued to read Xiong Kewu's reorganization plan.At present, Jin Yunpeng's military salary has been unable to come down, so that the troops that originally wanted to contain Duan Xun instead moved closer to Duan Xun.Because at present, only Duan Xun can pay them military salaries.

Just like Wang Ruqin, who has accepted Duan Xun's proposal to serve as the governor of Guangxi, and then handed over the Eighth Division.In addition, Wang Maoshang also accepted Duan Xun's proposal to serve as the Henan Military Assistant, a helper of the Henan Governor.Handed over the No.18 division.

and He Jian.

Has been appointed by Duan Xun as the commander of Pingliuli to suppress the bandits, leading a mixed brigade.

There is also Wu Xintian stationed in Xiangtan, who is also negotiating with the Hunan Governor.

The only one who has been resisting Duan Xun now is Sun Chuanfang's troops stationed in Suizhou.Although his army is only about 3000 people, he can't afford to support any more.However, he has always been ambiguous about Duan Xun's proposal and did not give a clear answer.

It made Duan Xun quite a headache.

"General."

"how?"

Less than half an hour after Xu Yongchang left, Yang Yongtai walked in.

"Feng Yuxiang, the commander of the No.16 mixed brigade stationed in Xuanhua, Sun Yue, the commander of the No.15 mixed brigade stationed in Zunhua, and Zheng Shiqi, the commander of the fifth division stationed in Jining, jointly signed a letter requesting the Ministry of the Army to pay the military salary."

255 Contradictions

"Cao Kun is going to attack Jin Yunpeng?"

Duan Xun made a judgment in an instant.

Don't look at these three troops, only Sun Yue, the commander of the No. 15 mixed brigade, is a direct general of Cao Kun.But without Cao Kun's support, how could Feng Yuxiang and Zheng Shiqi suddenly attack the Ministry of War?

After all, at present, both Zheng Shiqi and Feng Yuxiang are attached to Cao Kun.

If it is Wang Ruqin, the commander of the Eighth Division, Wang Maoshang, the commander of the No.18 Division, and Wu Xintian, the commander of the Seventh Division, it is completely reasonable to accuse the Ministry of the Army for not paying the money.Because these people were all under Duan Xun's control, surrounded by Duan Xun's troops one by one, they didn't dare to take any action at all.Since taking over the border defense supervisor, although Duan Xun has stopped reorganizing and attacking these troops.But Duan Xun ignored their opinions on whatever he wanted to do, and directly sent administrative officials to places under their control.

tax?

If anyone dares to collect taxes, Duan Xun dares to send troops to beat them.

Including Sun Chuanfang, who has always resisted Duan Xun, did not dare to withhold tax revenue privately in Suizhou, nor did he dare to resist the administrative officials sent by Duan Xun.Because Duan Xun is not attacking them at present, it is because Duan Xun has an agreement with the Beijing government.They are troops directly under the Ministry of the Army, and Duan Xun can't conflict with them without any excuse.

But that doesn't mean they can withhold Duan Xun's taxes.

If the Ministry of the Army pays them military salaries, they will be strong and strong, and they will be able to contain Duan Xun and be a nail in Duan Xun's place.However, the Ministry of the Army does not pay military salaries at all, and they dare not collect taxes locally, which makes them really poor.

Wang Ruqin and Wang Maoshang accepted Duan Xun's arrangements one after another, not because they were so wise, nor because they liked Duan Xun or were convinced by Duan Xun.It's because they really can't go on, and if they go on like this, they are worried that their troops will cause a mutiny.

This is the most terrible.

If there is a mutiny in the army, maybe your own life is in danger.

That's why they accepted Duan Xun's suggestion.

Wu Xintian, who is currently stationed in Xiangtan, can hardly hold on anymore.Originally, Wu Xintian was planning to get close to Cao Kun, but Jin Yunpeng stepped in and turned Wu Xintian's Seventh Division into a unit directly under the Ministry of Army.

But what about money?

Not giving money made Wu Xintian very embarrassed.

He has publicly said that he wants to defect to Cao Kun, but what should he do now.Moreover, Wu Xintian's qualifications, ability, and strength are not comparable to Wang Ruqin and Wang Maoshang, and the conditions Duan Xun gave him are not comparable to them.

So Wu Xintian wanted to delay, but now he really couldn't.Negotiations with Hunan Governor Zhang Xueji have already begun.

These few people are qualified to question the Ministry of War.Because your Ministry of the Army fooled them, and then did not pay the army for several months, the troops were starving to death.But Feng Yuxiang, Sun Yue, and Zheng Shiqi, although they failed to receive military pay from the Ministry of the Army.But they are all currently serving Cao Kun, and Cao Kun pays them a military salary.

Although Cao Kun's money was tight, he would not let his troops starve to death.

But they joined forces to attack Jin Yunpeng, someone must be instigating them behind the scenes.Although it was Feng Yuxiang who took the lead, Duan Xun was sure that this was what Cao Kun meant.

Without Cao Kun's approval, how could they attack the cabinet premier, who was "supported" by Cao Kun and Zhang Zuolin together.

"It should be so."

"Can Jin Yunpeng hold back?"

"impossible."

Yang Yongtai said with certainty: "General, Jin Yunpeng has no chance. Now that Feng Yuxiang and the others have taken the lead, there will soon be a large number of other troops protesting against the Ministry of the Army and asking them to send money. But where there is money in Jin Yunpeng's hands, he has nothing to do. Get money. In the current situation, even if Jin Yunpeng wants to sell some things, he can’t find a buyer. Under such circumstances, the only way for Jin Yunpeng to be forced by these troops is to resign. This is also the most decent way. It would be really ugly if someone got it down."

"Jin Yunpeng is too, why bother?"

Duan Xun sighed.

Jin Yunpeng also has his own policy agenda.Just after becoming Prime Minister, Jin Yunpeng expressed some of his governance ideas.Including peace talks, disarmament, military-civilian division, financial unification, etc.

But what is the use of these things.

Jin Yunpeng was the prime minister who was born after Cao Kun, Zhang Zuolin, and the situation at that time compromised.Without the consent of Cao Kun and Zhang Zuolin, Jin Yunpeng's ideas can only be ideas and cannot become reality.Because Jin Yunpeng's strength is too weak, he can't fight against Cao Kun and Zhang Zuolin at all.Jin Yunpeng's so-called prime minister is just a decoration.

Just like when Duan Qirui was here, Jin Yunpeng was the chief of the Army Department.The real power is in the hands of Duan Qirui.It's a pity that Jin Yunpeng can't always see this, and always thinks that he is very good.

Now Cao Kun is dissatisfied with him again, and if he wants to pull him down, Jin Yunpeng has no room to resist.

"Brother Changqing (Yang Yongtai), who do you think Cao Kun will let go up?"

"I can't explain this clearly either. But General, there have been rumors recently that Liang Shiyi is about to make trouble in Hong Kong, and he keeps in touch with the former officials of the transportation department in Beijing. Now many people say that only Liang Shiyi can solve the situation in Beijing."

"Liang God of Wealth, hehe."

Haven't heard from this guy for a long time.

The core figure of the old transportation department, the leader of the old transportation department, was also a figure who called the wind and rain in the Chinese political arena.When Yuan Shikai was alive, Liang Shiyi's status was no worse than those generals of the Beiyang Army.When Yuan Shikai ruled China at that time, he claimed that Wu relied on the Beiyang Army and Wen relied on the Department of Transportation.

Because Liang Shiyi was able to raise a lot of money for Yuan Shikai.

However, since Yuan Shikai's death, Liang Shiyi was also wanted because of Yuan Shikai's proclaiming himself emperor.Although the wanted arrest was canceled later, Liang Shiyi never returned to the political circle these years.I didn't expect to start building momentum again now.

Liang Caishen is coming back?