the world is at stake

In addition, there are a large number of concessions in the country, such as Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hankou, Xiamen, Jiujiang, Hangzhou, Harbin, etc., all have territories of great powers.

Foreigners enjoy super-national treatment on the land of China, and the armies of the great powers are rampant.

In addition to the instability in the concession, Sun Dapao's Tongmenghui is preparing to rebel in Wuhan and Guangzhou.There are signs of instability in every province of the country, and everywhere is like a dry pyre, which can be ignited by any spark.

Seeing these things, Zhou Qingfeng couldn't sleep.The younger generation of the country is seeking a way to save the country, and the government formed by the 'Holy Light' team seems to be sitting on the crater of a volcano, which may be sent to the sky by the gushing magma at any time.

The rest is the basic national conditions. The country has a population of [-] million, most of whom are poor farmers.

The land is controlled by a small number of landlords. The total output of staple grains and miscellaneous grains in the country is 250 million tons, which is less than [-] kilograms per capita.Agricultural production efficiency is extremely low, meat production is zero, and people are generally malnourished.

In terms of industry, it is basically the corporate bonus brought about by 'Holy Light'.The annual output of iron and steel has increased from 80 tons to [-] tons. There are some iron and steel enterprises in Chongqing, Wuhan, Tangshan, Anshan and other places.Small size and poor quality.

The coal production capacity of 2000 million tons may seem like a lot, but it is nothing compared to the more than 5 million tons in the United States.The railway mileage is 38 kilometers, most of which are small railways built by the big powers to search for resources, which is even more incomparable with the [-] kilometers in the United States.

In addition, there are also some factories in the chemical industry, shipbuilding, radio, machinery manufacturing and other fields, all of which are built by 'Holy Light'.At present, there are about 70 million industrial workers in China, which can be regarded as the only essence.

Lao Xiao is currently the President of the Republic of China, Qin Qing is the Prime Minister, Zhou Qingfeng is nothing, but he can be anything.The team held an enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee overnight to discuss how to deal with the current situation.

"The primary contradiction at present lies in the economic and military oppression of the country by foreign forces, and the exploitation of landless peasants and urban residents by the compradors and big landlords.

In essence, it is the result of the country's backward productivity and severe impact on production relations.Both the Beiyang warlords and the Tongmenghui were products of these contradictions.

This leads to what is said in the passage, 'If you fight corruption, the party will perish; if you don't fight corruption, the country will perish'.What's more, we haven't established a real political party, and we haven't been able to gather the support and trust of people from all walks of life across the country. The legitimacy of our rule is built on sand.

Now China is like a seriously ill giant, scarred on the outside and rotten on the inside.If you don't move it, it will still be dying for a few days, and it may die if you take strong medicine. "

Xiao Jinlang spent half an hour introducing the situation, and all the participants felt a headache—the old revolutionary encountered new problems, and he became the target of the revolution.

"We ourselves have become the controllers of a decadent regime, and we must have the courage to turn the blade inward and heal the wounds. Yuan Shikai is not important, Sun Dapao is not important, and the great powers and their spokespersons in major cities in China are not important.

As long as our team grasps the main contradiction and stands firmly on the side of the people, we will definitely win the final victory.According to what Taizu said-it's a big deal to go to Jinggangshan again. "

This passage is concise and to the point, from a strategic point of view, it immediately mobilizes the morale of the team—what is there to be afraid of?Take the initiative to start a revolution.

Yuan Shikai is just an old-fashioned warlord, and the old soldiers under him just rely on historical inertia to control the army.Those rookies in the Tongmenghui can disintegrate them, and the communists who have a stronger theory and considerable practical experience should do better.

As for the current Tongmenghui, it is just a mixture of dragons and snakes, and its interior is mixed with a lot of branding of the old era. It is basically the enclosure of the Cantonese.When Lao Jiang came to power, he specially used his Fenghua fellow from Zhejiang.

Today's China has not been baptized by the New Culture Movement, and has a strong local consciousness.It is difficult for a leader to be inclusive of all rivers and absorb talents from all over the country. It is often "the prosperity is also prosperous, and the death is also sudden".

'Sacred Light' is now in control of the country's political power, so it naturally has righteousness in hand and orders the whole country.As long as we can open our minds, accept different opinions, and show the strength and will to fight corruption and alleviate poverty, we will not be able to solve the problem.

"We still need to consider the method and method in terms of specific practices. We can't rush for speed, but we must do solid work." Xiao Jinlang turned his head to look at Zhou Qingfeng, and he was talking about this one.

Zhou Qingfeng, who was always lazy, shrugged and said, "What do you want me to do, just tell me?"

Old Xiao said: "Army, we must seize the army first. Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. We plan to take two paths, one is to form our own revolutionary team, and the other is to transform the existing armed forces.

The Ministry of Finance is counting our income and expenditure, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is contacting various domestic enterprises.After discussing with Chen Ding of the Ministry of National Defense, I decided to find a way to recruit [-] disciplined workers from factories to form an army.

At the same time, the Beiyang army must accept transformation.

Now Yuan Shikai is living in seclusion in Henan, and the 36 towns of Beiyang are spread all over the country.There must be someone who can control the 10,000+ modern army. "

The Tongmenghui will rebel next year, and powers such as Britain, Japan and Russia may invade at any time.Without an army in hand, the position of the 'Holy Light' regime will be unstable.

Forming a new army takes time, and reforming the old army is a top priority.Among them, the six towns of Old Beiyang have the strongest combat effectiveness, but the internal forces are also the most stubborn.This kind of tough bone can only be gnawed by Zhou Qingfeng, and others can't do it.

Chapter 02 Calculation

Late at night, the 'Holy Light' building in Zhongnanhai was still brightly lit.On the first day of the restart of time and space, this abrupt back-shaped building was given such a name.

A team of more than 2000 people took over their respective positions and powers in a busy and unhurried manner, and managed more than 1000 and 70 million square kilometers of land across the country.

This is the layout area, and the actual control area has shrunk greatly.Many places such as Xinjiang, Tibet, and Guangdong have disobeyed the central government's orders, either obediently obeyed the yin and yang, or have been controlled by foreign countries.

Most of the team members entered the warped time and space for the first time.Everyone abandoned their families and children and followed Zhou Qingfeng, ready to face the devastated war-torn world, but they didn't expect to suddenly accept a huge mess.

More than 4 million people are waiting to be fed!

There are not many railways in the country, and there are some unsystematic mining railways, or the northeast "Middle East Road", which is controlled by the Russians.There are not many railways that can be controlled by the Chinese themselves.

The only reliable means of communication was the wire telegraph, and it reached only the capitals of the provinces.Cities below the provincial capital are information blind spots.If something happens at the local level, the central government can know within three days that it can respond quickly.

The first thing Xiao Jinlang did when he came to power was to seize personnel and financial power.

For example, Sheng Huaixuan, vice minister of the postal department, was ordered by Qin Qing to conduct a secret investigation.Martha, who is in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, will personally handle this typical case, and Yezhov is the most capable person.

Sheng Huaixuan was preparing to sell the "Han Yeping" company to the Japanese in the name of Japanese business loans, and the time was between 1910 and 1911.

This steel and coal complex has more than 7000 employees, with an annual output of nearly 7 tons of steel, 50 tons of iron ore, and 60 tons of coal, accounting for more than 90% of the original Qing government's annual steel production, and there is still great potential for production capacity Can dig.

Such a strategic enterprise must never be sold.

Zhou Qingfeng himself does not hold power, but several powerful departments still need to use close people.Martha has no interest relationship with the rest of the team, and she specializes in acting as a minion to cleanse the old forces in the government.

For example, slaughter Li Hongzhang's disciples and grandchildren, take back the lifeline industries such as shipping, transportation, and telecommunications that are controlled by compradors, and strengthen the central power.

As for finances, the finances in the late Qing Dynasty were not too bad.According to rough data given by the Ministry of Finance, the national fiscal revenue in 1909 was [-] million taels of silver.

But the money was extracted from farmers and handicraftsmen, not created by industrialization.In addition, there is too much corruption in the public service system, and the taxes collected have not been effectively used to enhance national power.

The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Communications of the 'Holy Light' team immediately discussed reforming the national taxation.For example, the Lijin Bureau was abolished, invalid taxes such as the opium tax were abolished, a modern banking system was established, and industry and commerce were supported.

In addition, the customs controlled by the British had to be brought back to raise tariffs on imported goods to protect domestic industry and commerce.Unless the great powers turn their faces immediately, they should not continue to easily lie on China to suck blood.

Although the above tasks are difficult, they can always be carried out by the state power.

The task of rectifying the Beiyang army is the real problem.The army in modern times has discipline but no thought. Serving as a soldier is only for food, and officers at all levels are also fighting for money to buy land and marry concubines.

Yuan Shikai was only the leader of Beiyang in name, and once he could no longer provide benefits to military leaders at all levels, he was quickly abandoned.For this reason, there are many warlords in the Central Plains, fighting endlessly.

How to change this situation?

"Promote those old military officers and let them leave the army and become high-ranking local officials." During a small meeting with the Standing Committee, Zhou Qingfeng changed his habit of 'knocking people's heads' in the past, and came up with a sinister idea.

"Beginning in 1907, the Beiyang New Army imitated the six towns and expanded into 36 towns. However, due to the lack of finances and officers, the training has not been very successful. Now the main force of Beiyang is still the old six towns."

Zhou Qingfeng glanced at the information in his hand, "The current teachers of the six towns are Duan Qirui, Cao Kun, Zhang Huaizhi, Zhao Guoxian and others.

We can supervise the Beiyang Army for meritorious service and send them to various provinces as admirals, just to replace those diehards in the localities.Let these Qiu Ba be villains and cut off heads for us.

For example, Duan Qirui can be the admiral of Guangdong, Zhang Huaizhi can be the admiral of Gansu, and Cao Kun can be the admiral of Guizhou.The country is so big, there are always official positions.

All the division commanders and brigade commanders in the six towns were transferred away, and they were asked to go to the local area to do harm for two or three years.

In addition, the Baoding Army Officer Academy was reformed, and officers at the six township, battalion and company levels were transferred in batches for redevelopment, even if they were retrained for half a year, to reshape their thinking and improve their capabilities.

As long as the senior officers are replaced, mid-level officers are mixed with half of the sand, and they are trained strictly for two years, I guarantee that there will be no Beiyang or Beiyang, only the first to sixth divisions of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

The old bureaucrats and old warlords can do this. As long as they leave their original official positions and the army, they will be fish belly on the chopping board for at most half a year, and it is easy to deal with them whatever they want. "

It is so easy to use righteousness.Xiao Jinlang was quite surprised by this proposal, but it was also in line with the principle of treating serious illnesses slowly.He asked, "Xiao Zhou, is this your idea?"

"No, the old master told me just now." Zhou Qingfeng was referring to the Ming history expert.

Since it is a restart of time and space, the selected team is like 'Noah's Ark'.Those who cannot board the ship will disappear in the long river of time.For the lucky ones, their own families will be the same, extremely cruel.

The old master is not only for writing papers, but also for living.Relying on the benefits brought by the enhanced serum, he read a large amount of historical materials of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China day and night for a month.

Xiao Jinlang considered that the team really needed scholars majoring in literature and history, and based on the principle of using familiarity instead of living, he provided the old master with an extremely precious 'ticket'.

The old master's research on historical materials is second, and he uses various historical allusions at his fingertips.The team was faced with the problem of controlling the military power, and worried that the old army would cause chaos, so he immediately gave Zhou Qingfeng an idea.

At the end of the dynasty, the central government was weak, the civil service system collapsed, and the ambitions of the warriors naturally expanded.

Yuan Shikai staged a good show of power over the government and the public.His subordinates, Qiu Ba, naturally follow suit, and they also want to be a great official in the frontier.

But greed can make people confused, how much money can Qiu Ba and the others make if they don't have guns in their hands?For 'Holy Light', put these potential threats far away, and clean up after two years.

When Xiao Jinlang handed over the matter to Zhou Qingfeng, it meant to cut through the mess quickly.But if it is resolved according to the old master's idea, it will be safe.

"Of the six towns in Beiyang, four are near Gyeonggi, and two are in Zhili. The Ministry of National Defense ordered them to be deployed and trained together. First, Duan Qirui was transferred away," Zhou Qingfeng said.

Within 24 hours, the Standing Committee meeting came up with a plan to gather military power.Xiao Jinlang agreed to this, and the document will be drafted by Prime Minister Qin Qing and Minister of National Defense Chen Ding.

At the same time, far away in the White House in Washington, USA.

Marcos stood in front of the window of the Oval Office, looking at the lawn and the setting sun outside the window.He looked at his hands from time to time, and touched the window lattice to confirm that what he saw was not an illusion.

The 'Holy Light' replaced the Manchus, and the 'Brotherhood' replaced the US government.Marcos replaced William Howard Taft as the 27th President of the United States.

Fuck!

If you are not in charge of your family, you don't know how expensive it is, and if you are not the president of the United States, you don't know how bad this position is.

Marcos did not expect that he would become the number one figure in the United States so easily, but as long as he thought of Taft being kicked out after only serving one term, he felt the pain of "knowing the king".

The 'Brotherhood' was hit hard again in the melee. By recruiting the wandering chosen ones, they managed to gather a team of more than 500 people.However, since Marco's level is only level two, the number of core personnel is not as many as that of 'Holy Light'.

When they found out that they had become the masters of the United States, the more than 5000 people in the "Brotherhood" cheered happily, and they seemed to be going up to heaven.Everyone ran towards Marco Shi, hoping to get an official position.

Secretary of State, Director of the White House, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Treasury, Chief Justice, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, a lot of positions have been carved up.These are still good, there are arrangements in advance.

But after the distribution of high-ranking officials, there are still a bunch of administrative officials to be divided, so this will be a lot of fun.Just for the division of these official positions, Marco's head is like a bucket.

The United States is a world power. Although it is not as good as the British Empire, it has a promising future.Everyone is willing to invest in it and look forward to adding value.

Now the United States doesn't have to worry about national defense, economy, diplomacy, or civil strife, and doesn't have to think too much about anything, and lives an extremely comfortable life.Just follow normal development and a better future will come naturally.

In this case, people will lose their aggressiveness and just want to solidify their class.

Ma Keshi faintly feels that his subordinates are dividing up the official positions like spoils, and he will definitely not be willing to abdicate in the future.Just as he found out that he would face election in three years, he was very annoyed.

Shouldn't power always be there?

Before arranging for the group of people seeking and running for official positions, the new White House director Thomas sent a telegram, "Your Excellency, Miura in Japan sent us an overseas telegram."

Ma Keshi glanced at the telegram, but frowned, "These little Japanese failed to gain power? They also have hundreds of people."

Thomas replied: "It may have something to do with the highest authority in time and space. Only China, the United States, Britain and Germany directly replace the original government, and other groups such as Japan and France are at best considered as opposition parties."

What a ghost, these days are not a civilized society, and those without political power are not even counted as opposition parties, they can only be called rebels.Today's Japan is still in the Meiji period, and the political arena is full of chaebols and old aristocrats.Don't even think about politics if your blood is not pure.

Miura's previous expectation was to enter the political arena through his own efforts.But he really arrived in Japan more than 100 years ago, and found himself facing a career ceiling, at most he could work as a government affairs officer.

Now we can only hope that American Papa can help, otherwise we will have to play 'down and up'.

"I...? How can I help?" Ma Keshi thought that he would just give money and equipment.But it would be too strenuous to directly send troops to help seize power.

Without waiting for Marco Se to sort out Japan's affairs, South Korea's Park Ho-chang also sent a telegram to Washington, "President Marco Se, please immediately order Japan to withdraw its troops from North Korea and stop the 'Japan-Korea Merger Treaty'."

Ah... what is this?

Mar Keshi found that the two dogs under him were not helpful, but they were about to bite themselves.Thomas explained in a low voice, "Japan will annex South Korea this year, and the two families have a deep hatred."

And this thing?

South Korea is not an independent country?

Marco said, "I don't know about the merger of Japan and South Korea".

Wait, without the highest space-time authority, there is no way to replace the original government. Doesn’t it mean that Emperor Putin has not been able to enter the Kremlin now?

That's not right, the capital of Tsarist Russia is now St. Petersburg, and Emperor Putin should be in the city that he 'destroyed' once.But he is not in power this time, and he is still a rebellious party.

Good guy, who should Pu Dadi rely on this time?Tsar Nicholas II, or Comrade Lenin?

Ma Keshi pondered, "If neither Japan nor Tsarist Russia can take action, wouldn't our old opponent Zhou Qingfeng die of joy?"

Chapter 03 The Sixth Division

Duan Qirui was appointed as the commander of Beiyang Sixth Town on December 1909, 12.This is the third time he has held such a position. Before that, he served as the commander of the third town and the fourth town, and was transferred to Baoding to supervise the army camp school.

But this time, without waiting for Duan Qirui to serve for the third time, the "Holy Light" came and the dynasty changed.The six towns became the six divisions, and the controlling positions became 'teachers'.

Yuan Shikai went home to 'rehabilitate' his illness, and the 'Sacred Light' team would never allow that old guy to come back and take control of the military.The first thing Zhou Qingfeng had to deal with was Duan Qirui, the number two figure among the Beiyang warlords.

Duan Qirui is currently 45 years old, and this person is not a special villain in history.Although he suppressed the revolutionary party, he was not a bastard like Cao Kun, Zhang Xun, or Sun Chuanfang.

This kind of person is the most troublesome.

Martha, as the dignified minister of the interior, has already gone to knock on the heads of Sun Chuanfang and Lu Jianzhang.But Duan Qirui was considered talented and virtuous in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, and was relatively clean. It would be too wasteful to kill him directly, so he had to use it.

After a busy day on January 1st, Zhou Qingfeng took a two-hour nap in the early morning of the next day. Before dawn, he drove to Nanyuan, the imperial capital, as the President's special envoy.The Beiyang Sixth Division is stationed here.

Along with him were Chen Ding, the newly appointed Minister of Defense, Man Man, the Chief of Staff, and the director of the General Logistics Department, General Political Assembly and General Assembly.

One month before the restart, this group of people went to the National Defense University to cram for advanced command courses, and stuffed their stomachs with modern military historical materials—a bit of indigestion.

There are less than two hundred officers in the team, which is not enough to fill the ministries and commissions, and more than half of the cadres have to be assigned to the army, so the manpower is very tight.

Xiao Jinlang considered recruiting a real general into his group, but in the end he limited the age of his followers to below fifty.After all, there was a long way to go in 1910. Knowledge and ability can grow, but age cannot go backwards.

Chen Ding drove the car himself and ran towards Nanyuan with a guard company.

Zhou Qingfeng sat in the back seat, scanning the buildings on both sides of the road.The current Chinese are short in stature and have extremely low eaves.From time to time, there are dodging vendors and passers-by on the street, with ragged clothes and numb and sad faces.