Volume Two Chapter 316: The Change Begins
Yuan Sizhen didn't stay in Fang Zida's study for long, and packed up his things and left quickly. Of course, she promised Fang Zida to find time to pass on the words to Wang Shizhen. With Wang Shizhen's political stance, there should be no problem with such a small matter.
After Yuan Sizhen left, Fang Zida continued to write and scratch with paper and pen. He had already had the first case in his mind. If he followed his real idea, it would be better to make a big change in the current cabinet, or even replace and add several departments. Especially for the Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff, Fang Zida's initial idea was to simply set up another military committee on it and directly govern the second one, but this idea flashed through his mind and was denied. According to the Constitution of the Republic of China, once a powerful organization such as the Military Commission was established in the government, Fang Zida, as the new Prime Minister, would inevitably be attacked by a group.
The Republic of China is a constitutional government, and the state governs the constitutional government and democratic systems. The powerful power institution of the Military Commission is essentially the initial form of the dictatorship. Not to mention that it cannot be approved by the Congress, even Song Jiaoren, who has retreated to the second line, will take the lead in opposing it. This is not of any benefit to Fang Zida's rule, and the final result is counterproductive.
To this end, Fang Zida can only adjust the various departments of the cabinet within the scope stipulated in the Constitution. Nowadays, each department of the cabinet is: the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of National Defense (including the Ministry of Army and the Ministry of Navy), the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and the General Staff, and is directly under the jurisdiction of the two major institutions of the Central Police and the Central Bank.
The Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Central Bank are Fang Zida's original territory, and the Ministry of Transport is also a member of Fang. Although Fang Zida has been involved in the industry, commerce, agriculture and forestry for a long time, his direct influence in government departments is still slightly insufficient. The General Police Bureau has always remained neutral and can be put aside for the time being, and the next one is the Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff. As for justice, these two parts of education are used to support idle people, and they just need to provide for themselves without causing trouble.
These departments have become a certain rule. Regardless of the increase or decrease, it is a troublesome thing, so Fang Zida is not prepared to make drastic rectifications. He only needs to adjust the general manager and the deputy director in some departments. However, there is one thing he must do, that is, the agents who have been entrusted to the General Staff.
Since its establishment, with the development of personnel and the increase in targeted work, its role for the government has become increasingly greater. For some reasons, Fang Zida established the Special Agent Office to bring it to the name of the General Staff with a strait. However, as the Special Agent Office grew stronger, it was no longer appropriate to be under the name of the General Staff. Moreover, Fang Zida is now the Prime Minister and has the right to separate the Special Agent Office from the General Staff. Fang Zida has been considering how to resettle the Separate Agent Office after the separation and decided to divide it into two according to the experience of later generations. The Separate Agent Office was changed to two departments: Intelligence Bureau and Security Bureau, among which the Intelligence Bureau is external and the Security Bureau is internal. There is a cross between the two to improve the organizational structure of the entire national intelligence agency.
As for who will serve as the director of these two major intelligence departments, Fang Zida also considered it. Zhou Yuanliang, who has always been in charge of the secret service, is the most unanimous candidate. Whether he is sitting in the Intelligence Bureau or the Security Bureau, it will take a closer look with Zhou Yuanliang before confirming. As for the other candidate, Fang Zida hesitated. In his heart, Boss Dai or General Li is a great candidate, but now these two are young boys. Not to mention that even Fang Zida himself doesn't know which knot they are now, what can they do if they look for it? Can you still expect to put such an important position in the hands of young people who can't even figure out what intelligence is?
In fact, in addition to Zhou Yuanliang, there are two most suitable candidates, but when they think of these two candidates, Fang Zida shook his head and smiled bitterly. No, it's because these two people are too big and dare not use them.
One of these two people is Zhao Bingjun, who has served as the Prime Minister of the State and is now the National Police Director. The other is even more amazing, that is Yuan Shikai's confidant, the head of the Jinyiwei in Beiyang, General Lu Jianzhang.
Whether it is Zhao Bingjun or Lu Jianzhang, from their familiarity and ability in intelligence, it is beyond reproach to serve as the director of the Intelligence Bureau or the director of the Security Bureau. But because these two people are too big, the Intelligence Bureau and the Security Bureau are not ordinary departments. If such departments cannot be controlled by them, they will not only not bring benefits to the country and the government, but will cause trouble to themselves if they are not done well. Fang Zida would rather not leave the position of director to them.
He smiled bitterly and shook his head, and drew a circle on the Intelligence Bureau and the Security Bureau. Fang Zida planned to wait until he confirmed Zhou Yuanliang's whereabouts before deciding on another candidate. Although there is a registration of personnel selected from the Secret Service, Fang Zida later decided to quarantine this idea. The Intelligence Bureau and the Security Bureau will be two major institutions that are opposed and cooperated in the future. It is not that Fang Zida believes that Zhou Yuanliang is not true, but another candidate must have nothing to do with Zhou Yuanliang to truly make these two institutions compete healthy and make intelligence work go to a higher level. Once the politics comes out, then Fang Zida's good intentions to establish the two institutions will be ruined. What is the difference between this and not splitting the Secret Service?
He was busy until it was getting late. Fang Zida put down the paper and pen in his hand, got up and stretched, pushed open the window, and a gust of cold wind blew, making him shrink his neck, but at the same time, his dizzy mind felt much more awake.
Close the window and go out, and walk in the yard with his hands behind his back. Fang Zida was about to relax for a while and then went back to rest when the servant suddenly ran over and told him that it was the Minister of Foreign Affairs Cao Rulin.
It was heard that it was Cao Rulin, so Fang Zida hurriedly asked someone to invite him in and rushed to the front yard. Cao Rulin is probably coming here because of the war in Europe. Calculate the time. Now it has been a while since the US team arrived in Europe to start the war. Fang Zida has been reminding Cao Rulin these days that once there is the latest situation of the European war, he must notify him as soon as possible.
"Zhengming! Call from Europe!" As expected, when Fang Zida hurried to the front yard and saw Cao Rulin, the other party took out a message from his pocket and said in a happy tone.
I hurriedly took the message and read it carefully. Fang Zida finished reading it quickly, and couldn't help but be happy.
The telegram was sent by the European Expeditionary Force. Yesterday, the German team's attack on the Marne River was repelled by the Allies. Since November last year, the German team has launched five crazy attacks, but none of them have achieved their goal. On the contrary, due to the increase in the Chinese Expeditionary Force and the arrival of the US team, the Allies' troops have increased greatly and their morale is high. The German army lost a total of 300,000 people in these five attacks, and there was nothing on the battlefield. After the military power was exhausted, the Hindenburg defense line has been withdrawn from offense to defense.
Although the Chinese Expeditionary Force suffered considerable losses in these battles, with more than 30,000 casualties according to statistics. However, after the increase in troops, the Chinese Expeditionary Force still maintained a huge force. After repelling the German army in person, the Expeditionary Force Command decided to launch a counterattack against the German army, thus gaining considerable results, which made the Allies admire the combat effectiveness of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.
Now, Germany retreated to the Hindenburg defense line, and the morale of the Allies is greatly boosting. It is planning a massive counterattack to completely resolve the war that forced the allies to surrender. To this end, the Chinese Expeditionary Force Command generated power in the country and solicited opinions.
Chapter completed!