Chapter 246: Incorporating the Beiyang Army, Joint Operation Team

Liang Qichao entered Xia Jun's office, and Xia Jun entertained him in the office and had someone come to tea. Xia Jun asked Liang Qichao knowingly, "I wonder what kind of advice does Ren Gong have?"

It's the opening remark

Xia Jun knew Liang Qichao's intention, but pretended not to know. Liang Qichao was the most active thinker recently, but Xia Jun did not fully accept his thoughts.

He has his own thoughts, and they are thoughts that are produced in combination with future history.

"The general knows that China has no leader now, and someone urgently needs to stand up and take over as the president to stabilize the situation." Liang Qichao said to Xia Jun, which was also an opening remark. Next is the time to deal with the moves and take advantage of the situation.

After hearing Liang Qichao's words, Xia Jun laughed and said, "It's good that there are no heads in the "Zhouyi" hexagram, which means no heads in the "Zhouyi" hexagram, which means no heads and no heads, which means no one to compete and humble. This is a good hexagram. How could Ren Gong say that someone urgently needs to stand up? Isn't it good now?"

"..." Liang Qichao was choked immediately. Xia Jun knew what he wanted to express, but he pointed out the meaning of the text, and there was evidence to support it.

Xia Jun was not in a hurry at all. The East China government formed its own system. Even if it did not play a president, the entire society could still operate normally.

Therefore, the initiative is in Xia Jun's hands. He thought that he could make a formal statement at any time. The democrats could do anything to him. They were lobbying, and the generals came to block the water and soil, and they were still afraid of it?

However, Liang Qichao quickly adjusted his mentality and smiled and said, "What the general said is that it is indeed a good thing for China to rise together and not fight."

Then Liang Qichao changed his mind and said, "But a country must need a capable and prestigious leader to suppress the crowd, right?"

Xia Jun did not fall into the trap and said, "President Li can also shock the crowd before. You can also ask President Li to withdraw the order to dismantle Beiyang."

"The general's words are wrong. President Li can stabilize the current situation entirely by the general's labor. In fact, the general controls the world, so the current situation is stable. However, President Li's control of Beiyang is just a blank shell. The real Chinese central government is actually the United Autonomous Government of East China." Liang Qichao shook his head and Xia Jun smiled and said without saying a word.

Liang Qichao continued: "Therefore, President Li is destined to be the president soon. Now looking around China and can shock the whole world, there is only one general, and the general only has civil governance and military governance. Looking at the general since the 1911 years, he has restrained officials and strengthened military affairs and worked hard to govern. He should have today's China. The general's virtue is immense. Who can compete with him today?"

This high hat is so comfortable to wear... but Xia Jun just smiled and knew it was just a high hat.

"A country cannot be without a leader for a day, and a snake cannot do it without a head. Generals should consider it for 400 million people and ascend to the throne of president according to the public's wishes." Liang Qichao paid great attention to his words at this time. He no longer said that the group of dragons had no leader, but that the country cannot be without a leader for a day, but he deliberately did not say that it was 'the country cannot be without a king for a day'.

"Haha, when Ren Gong talks about public opinion, can you tell what the current public opinion is?" Xia Jun keenly grasped Liang Qichao's grammatical problem. Without waiting for Liang Qichao to answer, Xia Jun opened the window and said, "Ren Gong can take a look at the situation below."

"This..." Liang Qichao walked to the window and looked down, but saw a group of people sitting quietly under the administrative building.

Several people held up banners and wrote: "Please follow the public's wishes and ascend the throne as soon as possible to calm the people's fear."

Others held up the long scrolls, and the long scrolls were densely packed with small characters. Because they were too far away, Liang Qichao didn't know what was written on it.

"This is the representative of public opinion in all provinces and places. Now the public opinion does not support the continued implementation of the presidential system." Xia Jun said calmly. Liang Qichao was naturally clear about the changes in public opinion and knew that there was no advantage in continuing to talk about public opinion. Therefore, Liang Qichao said: "What the general said is reasonable, and the presidential system is indeed not as good as the republic."

"Yes, yes, the republic is indeed much better than the presidential system. However, now public opinion does not support the republic. Will Ren Gong advise? If the public opinion changes, I will run for the prime minister of the cabinet." Xia Jun said to Liang Qichao. Liang Qichao heard it, and thought that Xia Jun really intended to do so, but after thinking about it carefully, it was not the case, as if he was playing a passerby.

However, Xia Jun had already made such a statement. It would be boring for Liang Qichao to continue talking. He nodded immediately and said, "That's OK."

Xia Jun nodded, picked up the phone and called You Zhengbin, asking him to bring a few public opinion representatives up. Xia Jun said this: "And bring a few public opinion representatives to debate with Ren Gong for a while."

You Zhengbin understood on the phone, and there was also a strong debate in the debate, which meant that he would choose a few representatives of public opinion with firm positions and not let Liang Qichao fool him.

"Mr. Ren, please." Xia Jun made an invitation to Liang Qichao. Liang Qichao nodded. The two walked out of the office. Xia Jun said to Liang Qichao: "Mr. Ren can go by himself. I still have some official duties to deal with."

Xia Jun also rushed to preside over the budget meeting. He had already made some talks about the incorporation and dismissal of the Beiyang Army, but this thing had to be spent on money.

Besides, he doesn't want to get involved in the next debate. At that time, Xia Jun is not present, so he doesn't need to mediate any embarrassing things.

If Liang Qichao can't speak, then Xia Jun doesn't care. If he really lets him use his 3-inch tongue to move, then there is a group outside.

The wheel battle killed him.

...

On the issue of the incorporation of the Beiyang Army, the Beiyang Army and the East China government soon reached an agreement on their opinions.

In terms of the treatment of senior personnel, Duan Qirui was hired by the East China government as a national policy consultant and deputy minister of the Chinese Ministry of National Defense. He was in charge of national defense projects, which was actually a false position. How to do national defense projects should be done? If you don’t pass the inspection, you have to ask someone. Duan Qirui didn’t do anything about it, and Duan Qirui was not greedy for money, which is an advantage.

Feng Guozhang took up the position of a member of parliament and took three million yuan to go home to support his old age. Anyway, he usually stayed at home, and he could go to the parliament to participate in the resolution when he had nothing to do.

Cao Kun was appointed as the governor of Hebei Province. He was a position with practical power and his ability was reduced according to his increase.

Wu Peifu and Feng Yuxiang were both appointed as division commanders. We will discuss which military region to be transferred to, but it is just a division A.

As for the officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Army below, they were evaluated and included according to their abilities. Those borers were sent home.

Most of the ordinary soldiers will be eliminated, only 150,000 troops will be collected, and the other 550,000 will be dismissed.

The severance expenses of ordinary soldiers are no less than 150 yuan, which is equivalent to their military pay for more than three years, and even more if the military pay is deducted, even five or six years.

Of course, these soldiers will also cause some social problems after being dismissed, so they can be gradually dismissed, and the East China government will provide them with training to arrange their employment.

As long as the employment problem of these severed soldiers is solved, social problems will no longer exist.

In terms of the budget for severance, Zhu Xiaocheng, who was transferred to the Beiyang government, said: "The cost of severance for ordinary soldiers was personally requested by Duan Qirui, and should be no less than 150 yuan per person."

"Duan Qirui is not greedy for money, but he is quite considering the soldiers below." Xia Jun couldn't help but laugh after hearing this. Chen Xuanyu smiled and said, "He knows that we have a lot of money."

Of course Duan Qirui knew that the East China government had a lot of money, so he could naturally shout out loud in terms of severance costs, so that he could give an explanation to the officers and soldiers below.

"According to this severance price, it will cost us 82.5 million yuan to dismiss these 550,000 Beiyang soldiers. This... If we add some other miscellaneous expenses, at least 100,500,000 yuan to Revival coins. These are ordinary soldiers, and the severance expenses of those officers will be even greater..." Liu Wenhong said with some depression. This number is too large.

Xia Jun thought for a while and said, "It's better to give it to the army than to incorporate it. Try to keep the cost below 100 million yuan."

It would be great to spend 100 million to dismiss such a large-scale army.

100 million yuan is nothing to the current East China government. Isn’t it just money? Anyway, it’s not money lost to foreign countries. As long as the money is still in China, it doesn’t matter.

"That's true." Chen Xuanyu nodded and said, "Although the Beiyang Army has many good troops, most of them are infected with bad styles, and it is difficult to change, so it's better to dismiss."

As for the specific training and employment arrangements, they are left to the administrative side.

"Okay," Liu Wenhong nodded, and the severance budget was settled. He spent 100 million Revival coins to dismiss the 500,000 soldiers and the unqualified officers that the Beiyang Army wanted to be eliminated.

The next meeting discussed the funding for the Beiyang Army. The Beiyang Army soldiers who were recruited will be mainly arranged to the divisions with a long time of organization. In this way, these Beiyang Army soldiers will be in a small size and will soon be integrated into the East China Army.

The funds are calculated according to the normal military expansion method. The East China Army is now expanding its military forces, mainly to cultivate reserves.

Wu Peifu and Feng Yuxiang will be sent to East China Military University to study first, and then give them an A-type infantry division. As for which military region they are incorporated into, it will obviously not be the Southern Military Region, but perhaps a North China Military Region and a Northwest Military Region.

Whether they can stand out depends on their ability and opportunities. There must be wars to fight in the Northern Military Region. As for what they can fight, it depends on their ability.

Those Beiyang officers will be sent to a large number of further study classes at East China Military University. At that time, they will have to conduct a abilities assessment. What position they can take depends on the assessment results.

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