Beiyang reactionaries

"Is this enough recruits?"

"If it's just these few provinces, then it's enough. If the troops in other regions follow suit, there won't be enough recruits."

"Secretary Yang (Yang Jie)."

"Prime Minister."

"Give the mobilization department an order to quickly recruit recruits and train a new batch of recruits again. This time, it is also training 10 people. I will allocate the required funds to the mobilization department soon. Next year (1922) the mobilization department 20 new recruits need to be trained."

"Yes."

"Minister Xiong, the Fourth Army (commander Shang Zhen) is in charge of Rehe, Mongolia, and the Northeast. The troops here also need to expand as soon as possible. The newly reorganized former Fengjun troops and direct troops are stationed in Chahar and In the Suiyuan area, deter the Mongolian banners. Don't let them join the ranks of besieging Zhang Zuolin."

There are too many troops organized by Shang Zhen.

And most of them are Cao Kun's direct troops and Zhang Zuolin's Feng troops left in the pass.Although they have been adapted, they were once the troops of Cao Kun and Zhang Zuolin after all.

These people are easy to adapt, but there will always be problems in making them fight with the original troops.

It is better to deter the Mongolian flags.

"Yes."

"Also, Minister Xiong. At present, the Ministry of the Army is still too weak. Many functions overlap, and many agencies manage too many things. For example, the Military Disciplinary Office, you need to break it down for me. Separately set up the Military Police, the Military Prosecutor's Office, and the Military Court. The function of the Military Disciplinary Office has been perfected. The Mobilization Department is also responsible for too much, and the department responsible for recruiting troops and the department responsible for recruit training should be separated. And the Ministry of the Army should also have an organization responsible for weapon development.”

"Prime Minister, I will discuss it when I go back."

"Well. The future war must be a three-armed system. The artificial division of the Ministry of the Army and the Ministry of the Navy, and then subordinate to the cabinet is not in line with the development of the army. I plan to transfer the Ministry of the Army and the Ministry of the Navy from the cabinet and form a unified one." The Ministry of Military Affairs has no affiliation with the cabinet. In this regard, you should also make some plans. See how to coordinate the army, navy, and air force."

"Yes."

The status of the Ministry of War is too low now.

Need to accept the order of the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, need to be contained by the Cabinet.The reason why the power of the president is suppressed so much is because all important departments are in the cabinet and are controlled by the cabinet.

As long as there is a strong cabinet chief, it will be difficult for the president to do anything.

This is not in line with Duan Xun's ideas about the future political system.Since ancient times, there has been a dispute between the imperial power and the power of the prime minister in China. It was not until Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister that the power of the prime minister really began to decline.

Although it all shows that the court cabinet has great power, as long as there is an emperor who is really willful and wants to centralize power, then the chief assistant is useless.Xiangquan can't compete with imperial power at all.

It was even more so in the Qing Dynasty.

Duan Xun believes that once there is a dispute between the presidential palace and the cabinet prime minister's office, it will be very detrimental to political stability.In terms of Chinese history, the presidential system is the most suitable.Among the several departments that embody the power of the president in the presidential system, the military department is definitely the most important.Therefore, power departments such as the Ministry of the Army and the Ministry of the Navy will be transferred from the cabinet, and will be directly under the control of the presidential palace in the future.

"Also, send a telegram to Guangzhou to ask Fang Dingying, chief of staff of the First Army, to be the commander-in-chief of the First Army."

"Yes. Where's Commander Li (Li Jishen)?"

"Let him go to Beijing. Let him serve as the undersecretary of the Ministry of War."

"Yes."

Xiong Kewu nodded.

But I think a lot in my heart.This includes Xu Yongchang and Yang Jie.In the current Ministry of the Army, the four people present here are of high status, and they can decide many things.

Xiong Kewu served as the Minister of Military Affairs, Xu Yongchang served as the Chief of the General Staff, and Yang Jie served as the Secretary-General.

He is the boss of the military system.

But when Li Ji goes deep into Beijing, the situation will change a lot.Li Jishen is the number one general under Duan Xun's command. As Duan Xun's student, he has always been Duan Xun's most important general.

There are countless meritorious deeds.

As the commander of the First Group Army, Li Jishen is a direct descendant of Duan Xun, and he is very high in terms of qualifications, ability, and reputation.Whether Lu Yongxiang or Zhang Zuolin are dealt with next, the First Army is not needed, so it is good to transfer Li Ji to Beijing.But once he enters Beijing, then the current power of the Ministry of the Army will definitely have to carry out a major distribution.

Undersecretary of the Army.

Duan Xun wants to give Li Jishen the post of Deputy Minister of the Army.

This is to hand over the daily affairs of the Ministry of War to Li Jishen.Although everyone's relationship is good, they are still very apprehensive when they think that Li Jishen will come to the army.

Fortunately, Li Jishen has been fighting on the front line, so he doesn't have much strength within the Ministry of War.In contrast, Xiong Kewu, Xu Yongchang, and Yang Jie have always been at the top and have a solid foundation in the Ministry of the Army.

"There is also a telegram to Feng Yuxiang in Gansu. If he is willing, let him enter Beijing as the head of the training department. If not, then let him stay in Gansu."

Feng Yuxiang is not easy to deal with.

For him, Duan Xun dare not give real power.But in the same way, Duan Xun didn't want to suppress him either.Because he is still very capable among the younger generation of the Beiyang Army, and his strength is not bad.Moreover, after reorganizing the Zhili and Fengli troops during this period, the situation has become very stable.

The promotion of Feng Yuxiang to the post of the Ministry of Army also gave a signal to other direct line and Feng line some bigwigs.

That is, Duan Xun will not continue to pursue them, or continue to suppress them.

"Yes."

"Teacher, how about the air team arrangement?"

Talking about the complete editing work, Xu Yongchang asked Duan Xun.Regardless of the small number of air teams, there are less than two hundred aircraft.But because of the special status of the aviation team, it is also a branch of arms.

Therefore, they are all directly responsible to Duan Xun, and report directly to Duan Xun for anything.

Xu Yongchang, the chief of the general staff, can only be in charge of the army and cannot interfere with the responsibility of the air force.However, in the Second Direct Anhui War a year and a half ago, the aviation team played a huge role.

"Where do you think it fits best?"

"Beijing, Jilin, Shandong."

Duan Xun looked at the place Xu Yongchang pointed out and took a closer look.

Nod slowly.

"Talk to Qin Guoyong, director of the aviation department, and see where the airport is being built. Don't put on airs, I just want to be practical, and I must use it where I can fight. The main thing is to think about next year's tasks."

"Yes."

Less than two hundred aircraft.

Still too little.

It would be great if China's aircraft factories could mass-produce aircraft.Although China's aircraft factories have developed greatly, they are still incomparable with countries such as Britain, the United States and France.

But Duan Xun is not afraid.

It is only 1921 now, as long as the investment continues for ten years.Then ten years later, China's aviation industry will definitely have a great development.

"Okay, today's meeting ends here."