Beiyang reactionaries

This person is Deng Hanxiang from Guizhou.

Later Li Yuanhong came to Beijing, and Deng Hanxiang also followed Li Yuanhong to Beijing and joined the Beiyang government.Deng Hanxiang was considered Li Yuanhong's, not Duan Qirui's.But Deng Hanxiang knew Xu Shuzheng, and Xu Shuzheng appreciated Deng Hanxiang very much.Deng Hanxiang judged that Li Yuanhong had no future, so relying on Xu Shuzheng, Deng Hanxiang fell into Duan Qirui's arms, and of course he was only doing things for Duan Qirui.Now Deng Hanxiang is still young, and in the hands of Duan Qirui, he is basically a nobody.Fortunately, with Xu Shuzheng's care, Deng Hanxiang's status has steadily improved.

This time Duan Xun got married, of course it was impossible for Duan Qirui to come in person.As Duan Qirui's representative, Deng Hanxiang came to congratulate Duan Xun.

"I dare not. General Duan, congratulations on your wedding."

"Thank you."

"General Duan, I don't know if you have heard of some things."

"Please say."

"Chairman Duan has had a very difficult life recently. General, you must be mentally prepared."

Duan Xun nodded.

Of course Duan Xun understood what Deng Hanxiang was talking about.Since the founding of the Republic of China and the Beiyang government began to take power, there has been such a saying, "The Yuan family is under the Duan family army".

It's the current situation.

Yuan Shikai is the boss of the Beiyang system and the current president of the Republic of China.Duan Qirui, who has been the chief of the army since the founding of the Republic of China, is currently the most powerful person in the Beiyang Army.

Originally, the three heroes of Beiyang, Wang Shizhen, Duan Qirui, and Feng Guozhang were all Yuan Shikai's right-hand men, and they were all very powerful.But Wang Shizhen seldom develops his own team. He has a great reputation, but he does not have tyrannical strength.

In comparison, Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang are the two most powerful factions under Yuan Shikai.

But the problem is that Feng Guozhang has been sitting in the local area since the year of [-], and he is currently sitting in Jiangsu.And Duan Qirui has always been in the central organization, serving as the chief of the army.Duan Qirui took advantage of this opportunity to vigorously promote the generals of the Anhui faction, resulting in more than half of the current Beiyang Army being Duan Qirui's direct descendants.Many of the generals who held great power in the local area were single-handedly selected by Duan Qirui.

As a result, many of the generals who came to Beijing visited Duan Qirui first.Because in their view, the future new president after Yuan Shikai must be Duan Qirui.

Duan Qirui is so strong, how could Yuan Shikai let it go.

When Duan Qirui was suppressing Bailang in Henan and had not yet returned to Beijing, Yuan Shikai suddenly established the "Office of the Generalissimo of the Army and Navy", and then stated that this was the highest military institution of the government.

This is a typical seizure of military power.

Because the previous military power of the Beiyang Army was in the hands of the Ministry of War.The Chief of the Army Department is Duan Qirui, and the Deputy Chief of the Army Department is Xu Shuzheng, Duan Qirui's favorite general.However, with Yuan Shikai's establishment of the Commanding Office of the Generalissimo of the Army and Navy, the Ministry of the Army has become a decoration.

And Duan Qirui became a clerk in the so-called Generalissimo's Command Office, and the person in charge of this department became Wang Shizhen.And Yuan Shikai's son Yuan Keding also began to intervene in this department.

The intention of suppressing Duan Qirui is obvious.

More than that.

Recently Yuan Shikai set up another department called the Military Supplies Department.The head of the department is Tang Zaili, Director of General Affairs of the Command Office of the Grand Admiral of the Army and Navy.Originally, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of the Navy in the Beiyang government all had their own military supply department, but after the establishment of this military supply department, Tang Zaili was only responsible to Yuan Shikai.

Moreover, all the expenses needed by the Beiyang Army are under the management of this military supply department.That is to say, the Ministry of the Army, the Ministry of the Navy and even the Ministry of Finance have been directly put aside by Yuan Shikai.

Duan Qirui also has a bad temper.

But Duan Qirui didn't want to directly conflict with Yuan Shikai, so he began to complain of illness and didn't go to work very much.Recently, there was news that Yuan Shikai was preparing to set up a model regiment and began training new troops regardless of the original Beiyang Army.The person in charge of this new army is Yuan Shikai's son Yuan Keding.

"How is Chief Duan?"

"Already asked for leave at home."

Duan Xun smiled.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Brother Mingjie, you are really overqualified in Beijing. You are just a consultant to the presidential palace in Beijing, just a clerk. Why don't you come with me to the west of Henan?"

"I'm going to Yuxi?"

Deng Hanxiang smiled.

Then he looked at Duan Xun and said directly: "I don't know what position the general can give me."

"Brother Mingjie, you should know. I am a soldier. I have been in the military academy since I was very young, and I have stayed in the military academy for more than ten years. After leaving the military academy, I have been leading soldiers in war. But I myself Now I am also serving as a patrol envoy in western Henan, but I am not familiar with these. I need someone to help me establish a mature financial system and a mature police system in western Henan. Brother Mingjie, come to my patrol envoy in western Henan How about the command as secretary general?"

This person can be highly praised by people like Li Yuanhong and Xu Shuzheng, not to mention his ability.Duan Xun also needs talents like Deng Hanxiang.Military training, army management, and war are Duan Xun's profession, but integrating various yamen in western Henan is not Duan Xun's forte.

"General Duan, don't you worry that the matter above will affect you?"

Deng Hanxiang didn't agree, nor did he not agree. Instead, he asked Duan Xun with a smile.

Duan Xun followed with a smile.

Duan Xun likes smart people like Deng Hanxiang.Compared to Jiang Hongyu, although both of them are smart people, Jiang Hongyu is more honest and loyal.But Deng Hanxiang is different.

He's looking for a place where he can use his talent.

For this he can leave his club, he has to make a choice.You can say that such a person is unfaithful, but you cannot say that he is half-hearted.Because once he is willing to help someone, he will definitely go all out.

But in the same way, once you can't provide him with enough space to play, and can't give him enough trust, then he will definitely leave you.

This is people like Deng Hanxiang.

"Brother Mingjie, I remember that in the early years of the Republic of China, many people in Beijing were saying that the reason why the President turned against the Qing Dynasty in the end was because he wanted to sit in that position himself. What do you think?"

After the Revolution of [-], there were many such rumors in the first year of the Republic of China.

It's just that Yuan Shikai became the provisional president of the Republic of China later, and nothing happened afterwards, so this kind of saying slowly disappeared.But now that Yuan Shikai has started to centralize power again and deprived Duan Qirui of his power, there are rumors of this kind in Beijing again.

"It's very likely true."

"It's not very possible, but it's certain. Brother Mingjie, it's not that easy for the President to take that position and want to own the world. There are countless things he needs to get done in Beijing. And once he wants to If he wants to sit in that position, the world will be in chaos. How can he have the energy to control a small shrimp like me. Moreover, the president is slowly gathering military power, but he will definitely not attack us local generals who hold the army. There will be a backlash at that time , How does the President clean up the situation. In the current situation, what the President needs is to appease us people. So the President is currently letting Chief Duan slowly retreat to the second line, and there is no problem on my side."

Duan Xun is very calm.

Yuan Shikai wants to be emperor, how many links need to be cleared up.To drive Duan Qirui out of the power center, Yuan Shikai needs to appease Duan Qirui's people instead of killing them all.

Otherwise, Duan Qirui's faction, how many local governors are there now.Half of the local governors of the Beiyang Army are Duan Qirui's people, and Yuan Shikai dared to force them to fail.

And if you want to ascend the throne, you also need to deal with big bosses in Beijing, big and small, and you need their support.It also needs the support of foreigners and money.These things are enough for Yuan Shikai to have a headache, how can he have the time to control Duan Xun, a little shrimp.

After ascension to the throne, the world was in chaos, and the War to Protect the Country broke out.At that time, Yuan Shikai still needs a general like Duan Xun to work for him, so how could he offend Duan Xun.

"General, if the President really chooses that path, what would you do?"

"Good thing."

Duan Xun refilled Deng Hanxiang's cup of tea, then poured some for himself, tasted the tea, and finally said: "If the world is not chaotic, we generals will have no use for us. Only when the world is in chaos can we have room to play. You If we say no to war, how can we people get promoted? As long as the president takes that position, the south will be in chaos. And if the south is in chaos, there are two provinces in the north that the southern army must pass through. Do you know which two I am talking about? province?"

"Sichuan, Hunan."

"Correct."

Duan Xun nodded.