Beiyang reactionaries

Duan Xun was born as a warlord.

Starting from the west of Henan, to the governor of Sichuan, the southwest frontier defense supervisor, and the frontier defense supervisor, each position is a warlord who controls the local military and political power.In the early days, Duan Qirui supported him, but when the relationship with the Beijing government was not good, he never talked to the Beijing government at all.The Beijing government is only the central government in name, and it is impossible for Duan Xun to let Beijing intervene in his affairs.Including when Duan Qirui was around, Duan Xun didn't want Duan Qirui to intervene in his territory.Duan Xun is like this, and so are other warlords.Regarding the situation of the local warlords and their thoughts, Duan Xun knew better than anyone else.

What is a warlord.

Master the local army, local police, local government affairs, local finance, and almost everything in the local area is in the hands of these warlords.

In the local area, a word from the warlords is more effective than anything else.

Beijing government?

What is it.

"The dangers of the military towns, I think everyone who is doing it knows. If a government wants long-term stability, it must put an end to the appearance of the military towns. After the founding of the Republic of China, the Beijing government has been committed to the separation of the military and the people. At the beginning, President Li Yuanhong began to promote local military governors and The position of the governor is for the purpose of dividing the army and the people. But at that time, due to various reasons, the effect was not very good. The governor still overshadowed the sky in the local area, and the governor became a vassal of the governor. And I think this situation must be Change, the separation of military and civilian rule is a national policy, and it must be implemented."

This Duan Xun has no discussion.For all previous proposals, Duan Xun let others discuss them first.It will be concluded at the end.

But this time Duan Xun set the tone directly.

Because the division of government between the military and the people is a national policy, there is no room for negotiation.This is not a bargain.

"The Prime Minister is right."

For some issues, Duan Xun had communicated with other people before the meeting.Duan Xun will definitely not bring up the topic hastily when it is necessary to implement things like the separation of the army and the people.So after Duan Xun finished speaking, Dai Kan answered immediately.

"Since the founding of the Republic of China, there have been numerous large and small wars across the country. In the final analysis, there is one reason, that is, the Beijing government failed to complete the unification of government and military orders. There are new 'fan towns', large and small, all over the country. They control local government and military power , financial power, and ambitions are getting bigger and bigger. If their interests are slightly affected, they will not agree, and war will break out. Therefore, for local security, for local stability, and for the long-term security of the country, the country’s military orders and government orders must be unified. And In order to accomplish this, the division of military and civilian rule is imperative. Only by separating political power, military power, and financial power can new "fan towns" be prevented. Only by eliminating the emergence of new "fan towns" can the unification of military orders and government orders be completed .”

"Yes."

It's the education chief Tang Erhe again.

As soon as Tang Erhe spoke, Sun Danlin, the chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, didn't know what to say.What does this have to do with your Ministry of Education? You came out to speak again.It is enough for the Ministry of Education to take good care of your education, and it is not your turn to talk about things like the division of the army and the people.Speaking of which, Sun Danlin, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, has more say than Tang Erhe.

In Sun Danlin's view, Tang Erhe is really not a son of man.

Lost all the face of the scholar.

Duan Xuncai had just become the interim cabinet prime minister, so he posted it quickly.In fact, Sun Danlin really misunderstood Tang Erhe.Tang Erhe has some utilitarianism and is not a pure scholar.Tang Erhe wants to climb up, hoping to have a place in the political arena.

But in this speech, he was more of a scholar's mentality, not to echo Duan Xun.

Warlord wars are hated by everyone.

This is even more true for Tang Erhe.

Because Tang Erhe was a doctor.He knows better than anyone how much harm will be brought to the place after every war.

"Prime Minister, everyone, after the year of [-], local melees continued and casualties were heavy. After each war, there will be some infectious diseases in the local area. And our health system is not complete, and the local people don't have much common sense of hygiene. If you don't pay attention, everyone This disease kills a place. So this civil strife must end."

Everyone agrees on the separation of the army and the people.

There's nothing to say about that.

Now present, except for Duan Xun and Chief of the Navy Sa Zhenbing who are soldiers, everyone else is a scholar.Even when the Manchu Qing was overthrown in the year of [-], some revolutionary parties had commanded the army, but in the final analysis they were born as scholars, and their thinking was still the way of thinking of scholars.

soldier?

They have complicated ideas about soldiers.

After the year of [-], China's power was controlled by soldiers.Including Duan Xun, who currently controls the Beijing government, is also a soldier.Therefore, these scholars must be attached to the soldiers in order to be able to play their role.

But they are scholars after all, and they have a kind of contempt for soldiers.This is the arrogance of scholars.They don't even look down on scholars who are also scholars, how can they look down on those vulgar "wufu".

This caused them to be afraid and annoyed by the soldiers.Therefore, they all support the separation of the military and the civilians from the bottom of their hearts, and they do not want the military to hold power.

"Prime Minister, after the founding of the Republic of China, from the Beijing government to various local governments, more than half of the annual income was spent on military expenditures. In some places, military expenditures even reached about [-] to [-] percent of the provincial budget. The reason why everyone spends so much military expenditures is because It is for war. The Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou areas where the Prime Minister stayed in the early years, because they do not need to bear military expenses, so the current provincial finances are not enough, but at least it will not be the same as before."

Wang Yongjiang spoke last.

As the chief financial officer, whenever he opens his mouth, he analyzes it from a financial point of view.

this is correct.

After the establishment of the Republic of China, various warlords spent most of their finances on the army in order to increase their strength, especially the strength of the army.Generally speaking, it is half, and even in many provinces it reaches [-] to [-]%.

Even if there is a war, the financial hole will be huge.

However, after Duan Xun rectified the financial system, the national tax and local tax were completely separated.Recently, the provinces controlled by the Beijing government no longer need to bear military expenses.Because the Beijing government is responsible for military expenditures.

Of course, the types and proportions of the same national tax increase.

But even so, the burden on the province's finances is much lighter than before.The provincial finance does not need to bear military expenses, so the balance that can be used will increase a lot.

"So from a financial point of view, it is also very necessary to complete the unification of military expenditures. It will reduce a lot of repeated expenditures and greatly reduce the overall military expenditures. If the national military expenditures are unified, according to the calculations of our Ministry of Finance, the country will at least Reduce military spending by more than 4000 million. And the efficiency will be greatly improved."

Duan Xun nodded slightly.

Then he concluded: "Since everyone thinks so, then this matter is one of our biggest tasks this year. The country promotes the separation of the military and the civilians. At the beginning, President Li Yuanhong promoted the separation of the military and the civilians, but it failed in the end. One of the reasons is that there is no accurate information. Determine the powers of the Overseer and the Governor. What the Overseer should be in charge of and what it should not be in charge of should be clarified legally. In this regard, Prime Minister Dai, please talk about it.”

"Yes."

Dai Kan immediately answered: "The management of the first-line army belongs to the Ministry of the Army. The local warlord is mainly responsible for coordinating military-local relations, conscription (retirement) work, local army building, training, and management. This local army includes the currently existing The same is true for the police force, the fire brigade, and the disaster relief force formed in the future. In the future, the local overseers will be under the dual jurisdiction of the Ministry of War and the Cabinet, and the funds will be allocated by the Ministry of War and local finance.”

Local Overseer.

Dai Kan cut off the power of the local warlord in one sentence.

Although Duan Xun had already started doing this in his own control area, it was only Duan Xun's practice.Judging from the current laws and policies of the Republic of China, the power of local warlords is very great.

However, once such restrictions are imposed on the local warlords in terms of policy and law, the local warlords who once became local princes in the history of the Republic of China will completely become history.In the future, the power of the local governor will be greatly reduced, and it will not even be as powerful as the power of the local governor.

Some people here are quite surprised.

Because everyone knows what it means.Compared with the simple division of the army and the people, this is the real killer.Once such a decision is really made, how can people like Lu Yongxiang, Zhang Zuolin, and Yan Xishan agree to it.After all, it's literally about digging into their roots.

As long as you disagree, it will be another battle.

Even if they agree, it is impossible for the Beijing government to really intervene in their territory.

If the Beijing government puts pressure on it, then it will be a war situation.But this is also Duan Xun expressing his attitude, and he wants to wipe out these local warlords.Of course, this is not surprising, because all those who control the Beijing government, this is an inevitable step.

"En. Let's discuss the candidates for governors and governors of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fengtian, Shanxi, and Xinjiang."

337 Military and Civilian Partition 2

"En. Let's discuss the candidates for governors and governors of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fengtian, Shanxi, and Xinjiang."

That's the big game.