Volume Four The Battle of Unification Chapter 610: The big knife is outward, the small knife is inwa
As Cao Kun's Zhili army retreated step by step until he was driven out of the borders of Zhili and Henan, the Anhui army was willing to accept reorganization, such as Zhang Wensheng, the Fujian general Li Houji, etc., the National Defense Forces looked down on the world and showed their clues, and the shape of suppressing people with their power became more and more obvious. The good battle situation gave Wang Maoru great determination and motivation. He made up his mind to inherit Yuan Shikai's will, truly form a national army, and continue to promote the reform of the army to eliminate the warlord system.
Anhui Governor Zhang Wensheng announced his willingness to accept the reform of the National Defense Forces. Anhui Dingwu Army warmly welcomed the reform. Chen Guangyuan, the adjacent Jiangxi Governor, also hesitated a little when he saw this.
Jiangxi Province is awkward. On the east is Fujian of Li Houji, on the back is Anhui of Zhang Wensheng of Anhui, on the northwest is the upper Yangtze River defense zone of Wu Guangxin, on the south is the newly established Guangdong Revolutionary Government, and on the west is the two lakes of Wu Peifu, which can be said to be in the four battles. In addition, Jiangxi Province is very barren, and Chen Guangyuan is basically in the stairs to survive, but now he is surrounded by enemies. If he has no eyes, he may be not far from stepping down in the future.
Chen Guangyuan could have used Li Chun to show off his power as the leader of the Yangtze River Three Supervisors, but now that the Zhi-Anhui War has ended, the National Defense Forces have taken the opportunity to occupy Beijing, Zhili, Henan and other places. Duan Qirui, the leader of the Anhui faction, stated that the Anhui faction has accepted the adaptation of the National Defense Forces, and the Yangtze River Three Supervisors have fallen apart. Hubei was occupied by Cao Zhi, Jiangsu was occupied by the National Defense Forces, and from then on he was isolated. Either joining Cao Zhi or accepting the adaptation of the National Defense Forces, there is another possibility that he will go south to join the Guangdong Revolutionary Government. Of course, joining the Southern Government will inevitably suffer attacks from all sides. After all, the Zhi-Anhui faction, and the National Defense Forces are all from the Beiyang faction. If they join the Southern Revolutionary Government, they will definitely not have a good ending.
The National Defense Force Coast Guard advanced west along the Yangtze River. After passing through Jiujiang, Jiangxi, the artillery bombarded the direct army of Jiujiang. The fierce sound of artillery even reached the city of Nanchang. Chen Guangyuan was frightened and felt that he could not wait. If he waited any further, he would be annexed sooner or later.
Just after receiving a telegram in the Governor's Office, Jiangsu was reorganized and reorganized into two divisions, Jiangxi Governor Chen Guangyuan immediately contacted the former Hubei Governor Wang Zhanyuan who had stepped down and asked him for advice.
Wang Zhanyuan was originally the governor of Hubei. He had five mixed brigades of Hubei Army under his command. If he hadn't suffered it himself, Wu Peifu would not have taken advantage of it. Chen Guangyuan asked him to discuss it, and obviously he did not trust Cao Zhi. Wang Zhanyuan gritted his teeth and said, "Instead of taking advantage of Cao Zhi, it is better to follow the Marshal Shangwu as soon as possible and give you a reward in the future. Look at Xiushuai's attitude, he will definitely not forget you in the future. Jiangxi will continue to be controlled by you. Who is the central government, not the one who is Wu Ziyu
He is stubborn and self-willed and can't tolerate others. Although Wang Maoru is young, he is tolerant. You see that he treats Master Yuan, he can see that he is nostalgic for Master Yuan's love for him, which shows that this person is kind and kind. Who is Wu Ziyu? A person who can't tolerate sand in his eyes. Even his brother-in-law dares to shoot him. If he is with this person, wouldn't he be dealt with like a grandson in the future?" Wang Zhanyuan sighed and said, "Look at how he treats me, I treat Ziyu as brothers, Ziyu treats me as much as a mustard of grass."
Chen Guangyuan thought about it and felt that what Wang Zhanyuan said was reasonable, so he went to power to express his intention to accept the reorganization of the National Defense Forces. There was another internal reason for his willingness to accept the reorganization. That is, Chen Guangyuan's tax revenue in Jiangxi caused dissatisfaction among the people of Jiangxi. From time to time, someone secretly ran to Wuchang to assassinate him. Chen Guangyuan was afraid that one day he would lose military power in the future and that his life would be worrying without soldiers' protection.
That is, after Zhili, Jiangsu, and Shandong, Jiangxi was also willing to accept the reorganization. The other territory of the original Anhui faction expressed their willingness to accept the reorganization, including Chen Guangyuan, Zhang Wensheng of Anhui, Li Houji of Fujian, Lu Yongxiang of Zhejiang, He Fenglin of Shanghai, and Yan Xishan, who had just repelled Zhang Zuolin's northwest army, also got involved and joined in the fun and said that he would accept the reorganization. It would be fine to say that others were willing to accept the reorganization to protect the military power, but Yan Xishan was a rich man, and he would never allow others to get involved in it. He proposed to accept the reorganization to interfere and mix the water, making Wang Maoru's reorganization even more chaotic and difficult to succeed.
The first step is to separate military and politically. The soldiers only serve to protect the country and protect the people. Politicians only allow the governance of civil affairs and not to interfere in the military. The financial power of local governments belongs to the central government's unified allocation. Like the Yuan Shikai period, they only need to yell me to support the central government to continue to cede land and become kings. Others don't know, how could Wu Peifu not know? He was furious: "Are they crazy? Are they crazy? Do they know what reorganization is? What reorganization is?"
Due to limited financial resources, Wang Maoru did not immediately start the reorganization of provinces such as Anhui, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian and Shanxi, but followed Yuan Shikai, but still retained the original supervision management system and supervision rule. He also knew very well that these supervisors were just Ye Gong, who were good at dragons, and they all had their own plans and plans. However, Wang Maoru's financial resources hindered the reorganization plan, and he had to stabilize the finances first before he could continue to reorganization.
As a time traveler, although he was full of energy in the Republic of China and was more than enviable at a young age, he had to bear the responsibility of saving China's fate. No one knew better than him how cruel China would suffer in the next twenty years, nor did anyone know that China would not become a big country with a strong country and a weak people until a hundred years later. At this time, Wang Maoru was like a marathon runner. He had just run ten kilometers and was a little tired, but he had to grit his teeth and persevere. At this time, he had replaced Wu Peifu, who was full of energy during the Republic of China. What he was stronger than Wu Peifu was that there was no big boss on his head, Cao Kun, who was always worried that he would be overturned.
Even though the Americans supported Wang Maoru behind their backs, the British opposed his army entering Hunan and Hubei, and he had no choice but to watch the direct troops flee back to Hubei and survive.
Sir Jurden, who had been serving as the Minister of the Chinese to China for fifteen years, retired due to age reasons, and the new Minister of the Chinese to China, Sir Eston had just arrived in Beijing, and Wang Maoru immediately held a grand welcome ceremony for Sir Eston. The mission of Eston to China this time was very complicated. On the one hand, it was to prevent China from reunification, on the other hand, it also wanted to win over China and Japan, on the other hand, it supported Wu Peifu's warlords, and on the other hand, it wanted to guarantee the legitimate interests of the British and the interests of British merchants. Aston looked down on China before, and when he was on the boat, Wang Maoru was still a small warlord in the northeast. It was two months after he arrived in Beijing, and the romantic Sir Eston actually took his wife to travel in the Mediterranean for a month, and then it was late.
When former ambassador to China, Juerdian was so angry that he was unwilling to say anything to Eston. This made Sir Eston's welcome ceremony very embarrassing. Wang Maoru had no good impression of Juerdian, but he was very interested in the idealist Eston. Juerdian was too cunning. This old guy had been an ambassador to China for 25 years. He knew China well and was too dangerous to China.
Sir Eston welcome ceremony ended, and Juerdian left China angrily. His anger was dissatisfaction with Wang Maoru's refusal to cooperate with him, and dissatisfaction with Eston's slack work. After returning to the UK, Juerdian continued to serve as a member of the British Parliament and impeached Eston's work attitude, which led to Eston being criticized by the Queen of England, deepening Eston's hatred for him.
At this moment, Wang Maoru hurriedly attended the wedding of the Presidential Secretary-General Liao Zhipeng, giving Liao Zhipeng enough face and gave Liao Zhipeng a house worth 4,000 oceans as a gift. Liao Zhipeng was worried that he didn't know where to rent a house to settle down. After getting Wang Maoru's house, he was not polite, but he remembered this love in his heart. He knew that Wang Maoru was a strong man, and just wrote a note to Wang Maoru and wrote: "You are so kind to me." Wang Maoru smiled slightly after reading it and handed it to Zang Hao. Zang Hao didn't understand. Wang Maoru patted his shoulder and said, "You don't need to understand." Zang Hao was very depressed, thinking that his battlefield was ahead, not as a follower in front of Xiushuai.
After Liao Zhipeng's wedding, Wang Maoru received a telegram from Harbin. Utkin, the special envoy of the Russian female Tsar, came to Changchun by train, hoping to reach a consensus with Wang Maoru on the Harbin Agreement. Wang Maoru was very surprised. Didn't the Harbin Agreement be invalidated when he withdrew from the country? What does Tsar Russia mean? He showed off enough in Beijing, so he took a plane back to Changchun.
Wang Maoru left Beijing, but the big men of Beiyang breathed a deep breath. When this boy was there, everyone felt too depressed. Perhaps it was because of the strong military force. Before leaving, Wang Maoru ordered the 21st Division to move to the pass and temporarily stationed in Harbin. Although the transfer of troops into the museum was to weaken the military power of the Central Plains in a large way, on the other hand, it also strengthened the defense power of the north.
Chapter completed!