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- Chapter 377 Yuan Shikai¡¯s preparation
With five days left before June 7, the fourth year of the Republic of China, the Beijing Police Department issued a new order that from dawn on, every house on both sides of Chang'an Avenue would fly the national flag. //www.// Houses along the street are no longer allowed to stay with relatives and friends, and every household is required to have a cross-link cutter; vendors at Zhengyangmen and Tianqiao are all driven away.
The reason is very simple. The new Prime Minister will go to the National Assembly to be sworn in in 5 days!
For China, this is a big event, almost as big as the change of dynasty in 1912.
The Republic of China is approaching its fourth birthday, and Yuan Shikai¡¯s comeback is also approaching its fourth anniversary. When the curses for "amending the Constitution" and "dictating dictatorship" gradually faded away from his ears, he breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to review the past four years calmly. He couldn't care less about the internal and external difficulties and the flames of war. Now, as if it has softened, it is time to look back.
There were enough things going on, and when the internal and external difficulties were first solved, Li Zicheng - thinking of him, Yuan Shikai's eyes once again showed no trace of distracting thoughts. Thinking of the concessions he had made, he couldn't help but shake his head. .
On some issues, Li Zicheng made concessions far beyond his imagination. On the issue of the Army and Navy, Li Zicheng did not make any attempts. On the issue of sending troops, he also provided support and even agreed to dispatch all the Jiangsu Army. It was his generosity that forced Yuan Shikai to make concessions on the Ministry of Justice. In other words, Yuan Shikai made this concession willingly.
But after he completely calmed down, Yuan Shikai found that he still felt a little uneasy in his heart. This uneasiness was caused precisely by Li Zicheng's calmness. His calmness may make people sigh, but it can't help but make people suspicious. Is there any conspiracy hidden behind that?
What kind of conspiracy could it be?
Sitting opposite Yuan Shikai in Jurentang is his eldest son Yuan Keding. Both father and son were silent. In contrast, Yuan Shikai's brows furrowed even more tightly.
After the State Council Organizational Ordinance, people in the country were full of joy for a while. People from all walks of life continued to publish articles in newspapers, happy to see the establishment of a "coalition government" and happy to see Li Zicheng taking charge of the country.
"The human heart, the human heart!"
Thinking about people¡¯s expectations for Li Zicheng, Yuan Shikai suddenly felt that he was too lonely. He thought of Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Wang Shizhen, the civil servants and generals he had promoted since the small station training, and finally Li Zicheng.
"It doesn't matter. No one can help me solve my worries."
Considering the selfishness of those people, only Wang Shizhen among those people was considered reliable, but what use could he be? The generals he promoted all had the idea of ??retaining private soldiers. This is not surprising. Yuan Shikai became today's president by training the Beiyang Army into a private soldier.
Who knows that others do not have such thoughts? It is precisely because of this worry that he agrees to send troops. He wants to "take back" military power through sending troops to Europe through unified central supply. And if he wants to achieve this goal, he must With the support of Li Zicheng, who is now China's "biggest warlord".
But Li Zicheng was too deep-minded, to the point where outsiders could not touch him. He seemed to be very simple, very impartial and selfless, but Yuan Shikai knew that if he, Li Zicheng, was really so impartial and selfless, he would only I'm afraid that he won't be able to become what he is today. If he can hide his performance from himself, then this person
Thinking of Li Zicheng's nominal "sworn brother", Yuan Shikai's mind reappeared in his mind. Yuan Keding came and the two of them made a stroke. They were really different, but no matter what, he was still his son. So he sent someone to call his son to him. Because he had no strategy yet, he called his son. When his son arrived, Yuan Shikai, who originally wanted to explain to his son, suddenly became silent.
Yuan Keding and his father had different moods. He was worried about his father telling him that he wanted to be on good terms with Li Zicheng. In his opinion, Li Zicheng was simply a man who wanted to seize power. That kind of person naturally has to be honest. As for his father's suggestion that he should make friends with him so that he could relax his vigilance and use it for his own purposes, he not only did not take it seriously but thought about it.
"Reverse it, be angry, a few crows are noisy on the branches, it can't affect the flourishing branches of the towering trees!"
Yuan Keding thinks far and has a broad mind.
"Sure enough, one day I came to Zhongnanhai and had a falling out with my father. The worst that could happen was that I started killing people and using knives. I don't believe how much trouble you can make when all your soldiers have gone to Europe."
Recently, while Yuan Shikai and Li Zicheng were discussing the organization of the State Council and the distribution of power, Yuan Keding was concentrating on seizing military power for his father, hoping to create a Yuan family's imperial army and protect the Yuan family's empire.
Yuan Keding is ambitious. In fact, since he learned about the presidential election law that was revised at the suggestion of his father, he has become even more ambitious. That law stipulates that any new president must be elected from among the three candidates proposed by the original president. His father is the president. One day his father will no longer be able to serve. He still has the right to nominate. Not to mention three, even one, it has to be him, Yuan Keding. Therefore, he regarded himself as the "Crown Prince".
"Help me conquer the world today, and tomorrow it will be mine!"
He deeply understood Lao Tzu¡¯s good intentions. As for the so-called "prime minister as the first heir to the president", in Yuan Keding's view, it was just his father's method to confuse the world. Emperors in history have used this method many times.
When father and son were sitting across from each other, Yuan Keding understood everything from his father's low mood and spoke before his father could ask questions:
"Uncle, you don't have to worry about the current matter. According to me, if one thing is solved, everything will be settled."
Taking a look at his son, Yuan Shikai, who originally wanted to teach his son some ways of dealing with people, forgot his original intention for a while. But now, the son seems to know, he brought it up first, but he was vague. He glared at his son and asked:
"What kind of thing is solved and everything is settled?"
"As the old saying goes, strengthen the weak branches and capture the army."
Yuan Shikai turned his back and said nothing. He knew that when his son returned from Germany in his early years, Kaiser Wilhelm II repeated what he had said to the regent of the Qing Dynasty to Yuan Keding, hoping that the Yuan family and his son would also capture a considerable force that could influence China's destiny. A "tree trunk"-like army. That way, we won't be afraid of those scattered armies from branches and leaves causing trouble. Yuan Keding made two specific suggestions to his father. One was to welcome Wang Shizhen to Beijing and take charge of the army on Duan's behalf. The other was to set up an Army and Navy Generalissimo Command Office in the Presidential Palace, which was the highest military institution in the country and was controlled by the President. Although Yuan Shikai accepted them all, he could not make up his mind to seize Duan Qirui's military power. However, it was not that he could not make up his mind, but because Duan Qirui had so many talents all over the world, he hesitated. Qi Rui took charge of the first army.
For Yuan Shikai, who is seeking stability, there is only one way to deal with these military commanders, and that is to send their troops to Europe. Now that Li Zicheng has agreed, Duan Qirui is the only one left. As long as he continues Once he relents, within two years, the military power will be restored to the central government, and it will be in the hands of Yuan Shikai.
But Yuan Keding didn¡¯t know what his father was thinking. Seeing that his father had been practicing with the newly formed Army for more than half a year, but there was no movement, he thought that his father¡¯s sense of ¡°strengthening¡± was not firm, so he mentioned the old words again.
Yuan Shikai was silent for a long time and said:
"Isn't it being implemented step by step? How can such a big thing be accomplished overnight?"
Yes, Yuan Shikai has been making articles on military issues in the past few years, and his articles are not small: he first agreed to establish an army and navy command office in the presidential palace, and asked his son to go to Zhengding to drag Laila and invite Wang Tuzhen to the two. Returning to Beijing, he was awarded the title of Army General and assigned to run the command office. Army Chief Duan Qirui, Navy Chief Liu Guanxiong, and Chief of Staff Li Yuanhong are also clerks. Soon, he ordered the governors of various provinces to be changed to generals to weaken local military power.
However, not only did Wang Shizhen lack the boldness to run the army and could not afford Yuan's heavy trust, but Duan Qirui also gradually showed restraint. Because the "Jiao'ao Incident" set off a wave of anti-Japanese anger across the country, Duan Qirui took the opportunity to form the First Army on the grounds of national defense. After the Battle of Lanshan, the First Army became the strongest army of the Central Army. As for those individuals The new army formed by the general with different intentions shown in the incident cannot defeat the troops who have seen blood. This is the most untrue question in the minds of Yuan and his son today.
Looking at his thoughtful father, Yuan Keding said:
"My uncle's attitude of seeking stability is certainly good. However, until today, the army has not changed its attitude, and the situation is so bad, what should we do?'
Yuan Shikai sighed and said with some disappointment:
"I don't know. The old people in the small station are increasingly selfish, and most of them are depressed. Feng Huafu doesn't get up until 12 o'clock every day. Duan Zhiquan always doesn't ask about the ministry. He knows what the Beiyang faction is like? In the morning, Xi The emperor asked me to transfer Cai Songpo to my side. I transferred him to Beijing and made him a clerk in the command office, but"
Yuan Keding understood that his father wanted to use Cai E, but he felt that Cai E was not one of his own and could not trust him. Cai E has been in Beijing for several years, but he has no real power-
Yuan Keding knows his father as well as his father knows him. He knows that he always dreams about power, especially military power. In his dreams, he is afraid of losing power, especially afraid of losing military power, and even more afraid of someone else taking over military power.
During the transition from the interim president to the formal president, Yuan Shikai established the Imperial Guard in the same way that the Qing Dynasty established the Imperial Guard.Establish a model regiment with himself as its leader. On the one hand, this regiment uses second- and third-rate figures from the Beiyang faction to preside over the work. On the other hand, it selects the middle and lower-level officers who are most loyal to him as soldiers, so as to gradually expand from this regiment. , to establish a Yuan family army that surpasses the Beiyang faction, in order to achieve the desired effect of strengthening the Yuan family's centralization of power.
The model regiment really came into play during the "Jiao'ao Incident". At that time, the provincial generals were unwilling to support Jiangsu due to selfish motives. Yuan Shikai saw the faces of these people clearly. Despite his disappointment, he was able to be cruel. , used the U.S. loan for Huaihe River control to train a "new army," but his new army was called the "Border Defense Army" to show that it intended to "strengthen border defense."
When the Border Guard Army was established, it was expanded based on the Model Regiment. It can be said that the current Border Guard Army is Yuan Shikai's "Forest Army". Its officers and soldiers have better knowledge, training, discipline, and even height and physical appearance, and have better weapons. The equipment is also of the latest type. The border defense army has grown from the first two divisions to the current four divisions with 100,000 people. It can be said that it is Yuan Shikai's biggest support now.
"We still need to run the model group well."
With the successful experience of the border defense force, Yuan Keding was confident when he spoke:
"Uncle, didn't you say you want to expand the border defense force? We must hurry up to expand the army."
Yuan Shikai nodded, and when his father nodded, Yuan Keding added.
"The top priority now is to organize the second phase of the model regiment, and it will be larger than the first phase of the model regiment. There is currently a shortfall of nearly 1,000 officers in the border army. We have to wait until the second phase is completed to make up for it, and we also need to train. With more officers, like this, the border defense army can form at least four more divisions. If we continue to do this one phase at a time, we will be able to train at least 600,000 border defense troops in less than three years!"
Listening to what Yuan Keding said, Yuan Shikai sighed secretly in his heart. His son always thinks everything is too simple. If everything was as simple as he said, it would be easy to handle. This What do you rely on to train troops? Relying on money, how can we train soldiers without money? How much does it cost to train 600,000 new troops?
Although he was slightly dissatisfied, Yuan Shikai didn't say anything. As long as his son understood what was most important, in China, no matter what he did, he couldn't do without a gun. He was as naive as Song Jiaoren and as thoughtful as Li Zhiyuan. If you don't see this clearly, maybe Li Zhiyuan sees it clearly, but he still has to hand over military power in the end.
"The second batch of officer model corps!"
In the guest house, he looked at Xiao Xiao, who had come to the capital with him. He was the "attendant" recommended to him by Han Wu. If nothing else happened, he would be the "chief of the internal affairs forces" when the time was right. , it can be said that he will be the foundation for him to gain a foothold in the central government in the future. Handing him the secret document he just obtained, Li Zicheng added.
"Our president is establishing the second model army officer corps again!"
In fact, in the past few years, especially after the "Rebellion of the Republic of China", Yuan Shikai's method of weakening local warlords was to use various excuses to invite local warlords to Beijing, establish a general's office, and support them with high-ranking officials and generous salaries to avoid future troubles. After dealing with external threats, Yuan Shikai began to turn his attention to the Beiyang Army around him. After years of reorganization and expansion, the total strength of the Beiyang Army has reached 1.2 million, and this huge force is divided among dozens of generals. Under his name, Yuan Shikai felt deeply uneasy about the fact that those armies had almost become the "private armies" of those generals.
After the "Rebellion of the Republic of China", Yuan Shikai was afraid that his generals would not be able to escape from becoming a personal force. This personal force was mainly Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui. Duan Qirui had been focusing on military education in the Beiyang Army. All officers of the Beiyang Army He was Duan Qirui's student, Duan Qirui, and Yuan Shikai was suspicious of him. As for Feng Guozhang, because Feng Guozhang was close to the powerful people of the Qing Dynasty and had good popularity, Yuan Shikai was also suspicious of him. He gradually realized that Duan Qirui had some great skills that shocked the master, and he was too big to lose. Yuan Shikai seemed to see his former self in Duan Qirui, so he began to try to weaken Duan Qirui's power. The command office was established to restrict the military power of the Beiyang elders headed by Duan Qirui.
In addition to restricting the military power of several Beiyang bosses headed by Duan Qirui, Yuan Shikai also quickly established a model army of officers for the Beiyang Army. He selected elite military personnel from various Beiyang ministries and was well-equipped. At the same time, after the establishment of this army, The most important purpose is to be loyal to the head of state and not to join the party committee. Yuan Shikai hoped to rebuild a military force that was completely loyal to him in addition to the Beiyang Army.
"In establishing this model regiment, President Yuan successfully regained at least part of the military power by appointing himself as the regiment leader and Chen Guangyuan as the deputy commander. When establishing this unit, his son Yuan Keding The team is also deeply embedded in it. It can be said that the model regiment is to a certain extent Yuan Shikai's "Forest Army". The model regiment was established in September last year and expanded in October.The Border Defense Force was officially organized in March, and four divisions have been organized and trained so far. Although it has been a little hasty, it is still the Yuan family class. If nothing goes wrong, after the second model group is established, by next year, in the hands of the President The direct army will not be less than 300,000! "
Although he talks about three hundred thousand, Li Zicheng knows very well that if an agreement is reached to send troops to Europe before the end of the year, and the border guards are reorganized to join the war, by then, let alone three hundred thousand, it will be an army of one million. Not impossible.
"If the expectations are correct, the scale of this second phase of the Officer Model Corps will be far greater than that of the first phase. The expansion of the scale will make it different from the first phase, except for the middle and lower-level officers drawn from each division and the students from the Baoding Military Academy. , I¡¯m afraid we will also recruit a group of educated young people from the society to enrich the grassroots. In this case, our opportunity will come!¡±
Looking at Xiao Xiao with a smile, Li Zicheng took out a document. The document was the list of officers and assistants of the Ministry of Internal Affairs prepared by Han Wu for him. There were nearly 3,000 people in total. Although there were 3,000 people, those 3,000 people All of them are young officers or young sergeants carefully selected from the 200,000 Jiangsu Army. If necessary, relying on this team, an internal affairs force of no less than 150,000 people can be raised within half a year. .
"Xinren, this time, you have to give up my love!"
"gentlemen¡¡"
Looking at the document, Xiao Xiao immediately understood his husband¡¯s intention. He wanted to take the opportunity to insert ¡°one of his own¡± into the model group.
"Tianren has prepared three thousand people for me. This time, I will take away eight hundred people. How about that?"
"gentlemen,"
She frowned slightly. Although she had no objection to recruiting people into the model group, Xiao Xiao still had other concerns.
"They are not from the CSKA. If they join the model regiment, will they be suppressed? If so, the gains may outweigh the losses!"
The personal experience of serving in the CSKA made Xiao Xiao extremely disgusted with "suppressing dissent", and he also knew that this was the tradition of the CSKA.
"Then it depends on who the leader of the second batch of officer model corps is!" - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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