Beiyang reactionaries

Several of those local warlords took the orders of the Beijing government seriously.Because even if you don't obey the orders of the Beijing government, what can your Beijing government do?

But the current situation is that Duan Xun's strength is getting stronger and stronger, especially the army is getting bigger and bigger.Hard power is strong, and it keeps mobilizing public opinion.Not to mention the newspapers controlled by Duan Xun, even the current newspapers in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui are also giving Duan Xun a better policy.They believe that "separation of the military and the people" is the best way for the country to avoid civil war, and they are all encouraging Duan Xun's "separation of the military and the people" policy.

Anyway, in terms of public opinion, Duan Xun has the absolute upper hand.

Lu Yongxiang was very nervous.

scared".

Duan Xun went on like this step by step, if he didn't respond, if he didn't resist, then he would really be taken down by Duan Xun.Duan Xun can limit the power of the Yangtze River Patrol Envoy today, and cancel the position of the Yangtze River Patrol Envoy tomorrow.

This time I take a step back, so what will I do next time.

Now Duan Xun wants to take over the government power of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui regions, and his goal is to directly target the government's personnel and financial powers in the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui regions.If left unchecked, when Duan Xun controls the governments of these places, the next step is to take over the power of the military.If so, what will I do in the future.

If a warlord loses the right to appoint personnel and the financial power of the local government, then he is still a warlord.Without money, how to feed the army under your hand.If you can't support the army under your hands, you can't be a warlord.

So he had to react.

But he couldn't react casually, because he had to look at the attitudes of the generals under him.That's why he acted so fiercely and lost his composure.Use this to test these generals under your own hands.

"Jia Shuai (Lu Yongxiang), what do you mean?"

Chen Leshan was the first to speak.

Recently, Chen Leshan is also in a very bad mood, he doesn't deal with anyone and loses his temper several times.Because Chen Leshan is the commander of the Fourth Division of the Central Army.The Fourth Division of the Central Army is a unit adapted from the Fourth Town of the Beiyang Army in the late Qing Dynasty. It has deep qualifications and is well-known in the Beiyang Army sequence.Chen Leshan has been in this position for four or five years.

In the Beiyang Army, and in the direct troops, Chen Leshan is a very experienced person.

But Duan Xun was too deceitful as the prime minister.

In this "separation of the army and the people", Pan Guogang became the governor of Zhejiang, He Fenglin became the governor of Jiangsu, and Zhang Zaiyang was the envoy of the Songhu army, but he didn't get anything, which is simply unreasonable.

He Fenglin used to be the Songhu Army Guard, but the Songhu Army Guard before He Fenglin was Chen Leshan.Moreover, before He Fenglin served as the Songhu Guard, he was only a brigade commander under Chen Leshan.Pan Guogang and Zhang Zaiyang were both from the Zhejiang Army, not the Beiyang Army.In Chen Leshan's eyes, they were all from miscellaneous backgrounds, and they couldn't be compared with regular generals of the Beiyang Army like himself.

Among Lu Yongxiang's forces, in terms of seniority and status, Chen Leshan ranked second.If Duan Qirui didn't pay more attention to Lu Yongxiang, Chen Leshan might not be worse than Lu Yongxiang.Because when Lu Yongxiang served as the commander of the [-]th Division of the Beiyang Army and was based in Zhejiang, Chen Leshan was already the commander of the [-]th Division of the Beiyang Army and served as the Songhu Guard in Shanghai.At that time, the Fourth Division of the Central Army was far superior to Lu Yongxiang's Tenth Division of the Central Army in any respect.

But this time, he didn't get anything.

That's the Overseer position.

He Fenglin, Zhang Zaiyang, and Pan Guogang are already sitting on one side, but they have nothing.

How could he be in a good mood.

He thought Duan Xun was too much, and he was also very dissatisfied with He Fenglin and Pan Guogang.I, Chen Leshan, did not even become the governor of a province, how can you become a governor of a province.

Chen Leshan is not a fool.

I understand that Duan Xun's implementation of "separation of military and civilian rule" is to deal with Lu Yongxiang.But compared to that, Chen Leshan was more angry why he didn't become the governor of a province.

short-sighted?

People will always become short-sighted in the face of interests.

It was still Lu Yongxiang who was smart. In order to win over Chen Leshan, he appointed Chen Leshan as the deputy envoy of the Yangtze River patrol to appease Chen Leshan.

"This time we absolutely cannot accept the cabinet's decision. Once we accept the cabinet's decision, we will not even be able to guarantee our own military pay. In the future, if we want to raise military pay, we have to reach out to the local government. How can we appease us?" Army. So I am going to reject the Cabinet decision and appeal to Congress."

Lu Yongxiang expressed his thoughts.

It is absolutely unacceptable to Lu Yongxiang to restrict the power of the Yangtze River patrol envoy and let the Yangtze River patrol envoy only be responsible for military affairs.If you are in charge of military and political power, then the so-called military-civilian division and the so-called order that military spending should not exceed 30.00% of the fiscal budget are useless.Because as a patrol envoy of the Yangtze River, he holds military and political power, and he has the final say on the whole place.Cabinet orders are nothing.

But once he really accepted the order of the Yangtze River Patrol Envoy to only be in charge of military affairs and not to intervene in local government affairs, then his strength would really be limited.

It has been restricted since the beginning of military expenditure, depending on the face of the local government.A warlord can't do anything if his military spending is limited.

So he had to react.

"Inspector, but this time the cabinet's order has been signed by the President. When we go to the Congress, will the Congress respond? And looking at the situation a while ago, the members of the Congress obviously don't want to offend Duan Xun. .”

Chen Yi spoke very cautiously.

Lu Yongxiang attaches great importance to Chen Yi and has entrusted him with important tasks over the years.So Chen Yi is also very dedicated to Lu Yongxiang, but Chen Yi is definitely not Lu Yongxiang's direct line.

Chen Yi was born in the Revolutionary Party.He studied in Japan in his early years, attended the Japan Zhenwu Academy, the Japan Military Academy, and joined the Restoration Association in Japan.After the Revolution of 1916, he served as the director of the Military and Political Department of the Zhejiang Governor's Mansion and the principal of the Army Primary School.In the fifth year of the Republic of China ([-]), he traveled east to Japan again and studied at the Japanese Army University.

Among the current Chinese army generals, they are highly educated.In the current Chinese military, there are absolutely very few who can study at the Japanese Army University.It is already very good to be able to go to the NCO Academy.

Chen Yi was highly valued by Lu Yongxiang, but he never thought of being buried for Lu Yongxiang.The current situation is obvious, Duan Xun can play more and more cards.But Lu Yongxiang can only fight passively, and there are very few cards that can be played.

Not to mention, in terms of military strength, both sides are not at the same level.At present, Duan Xun's troops surrounding Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui have a total of 60 to [-] troops.

Chen Yi is a smart person.

Not optimistic about Lu Yongxiang's future.And I am very satisfied with the current position of governor of Jiangsu.Jiangsu is a province as rich as Guangdong, or even richer than Guangdong, and has a high status on the Chinese territory.Chen Yi is really satisfied to be the governor of Jiangsu.

So I questioned Lu Yongxiang's decision.

Lu Yongxiang scolded Chen Yi and Duan Xun in his heart.Damn Duan Xun, made a so-called "military-civilian division".Those bastards who have benefited don't want to wade into the muddy water.

Look at He Fenglin, the new Jiangsu governor below, who originally followed Lu Yongxiang's footsteps.But since the meeting, there has been no statement.

Pan Guogang and Zhang Zaiyang, two generals from the Zhejiang Army, one was appointed as the governor of Zhejiang, and the other was appointed as the envoy of the Songhu Army. Today's meeting was also extremely silent.

This made Lu Yongxiang feel very bad.

Criticism.

Duan Xun just implemented the "separation of the military and civilians", and these bastards who received small favors began to disobey their own words, and began to obey and disobey.

Suddenly Lu Yongxiang remembered that Pan Guogang, the governor of Zhejiang who had just been appointed by the cabinet, was still a student of Duan Xun at Baoding Military Academy.Thinking about it this way, Lu Yongxiang became even more urgent.

"Hmph. Duan Degong (Duan Xun)'s ambitions are getting bigger and bigger. After he controls the cabinet, he will control the Congress. Wang Yitang and Yang Wei were sent to the Congress to win over the Congress. Haven't you heard that since Yang Wei returned? After arriving in Beijing, the People’s Party, which was very active during the disaster relief last year, was also very active in the Congress. Those members of Congress, how can they see that Duan Xun even controls the Congress. Isn’t Duan Degong the most righteous in what he does? If Congress rejects the cabinet With this order, let me see how he can still control the cabinet. I am going to write a statement of defense now, and all of you here should sign it to put pressure on Duan Degong."

Lu Yongxiang originally wanted to talk to his subordinates.

But depending on the situation, it's not working at all.

Among Lu Yongxiang's current camps, his tenth division is considered the most direct.Then the main troops are Chen Leshan's Fourth Division, He Fenglin's troops and the former Zhejiang Army troops, as well as the reorganized former Jiangsu troops and Anhui troops.The former Jiangsu and Anhui troops reorganized here are the targets that Lu Yongxiang wants to suppress, and they are also the targets that need to be guarded against.

Among the remaining troops, although Chen Leshan has deep qualifications, he is still very good to Lu Yongxiang, and he is quite sincere.But looking at it now, He Fenglin is a little cunning, and these generals from the former Zhejiang Army are not very obedient.

But it is.

Those former Zhejiang Army troops, except for some troops built by Lu Yongxiang in Zhejiang, the other troops are all the troops of the original Restoration Society.Talking about the origin, we can start counting from the revolutionary army in Zhejiang in the year of [-].

Most of the officers in these units were from the Restoration Society.