Zhou Fu, the governor of Shandong, was Zhou Xuexi's father. He was originally Li Hongzhang's staff and was known to be talented. When the former Qing Dynasty was in the three eastern provinces, Wei Jichen asked him to take charge of the coal and iron factory.
After the war against rebellion ended and Shandong was completely controlled, Zhou Fu was transferred to the governor of Shandong by Wei Jichen.
After Zhou Fu took office, he built water conservancy projects to provide livelihood for the people. It didn't take long for the situation in Shandong to calm down.
Of course, the governors of the Chinese Empire are no longer as prosperous as those of the Qing Dynasty. At least they no longer have military power. The commander of the Jinan Military Region is Cao Kun, who not long ago led a large army to North Korea to participate in the war.
Most of the army units left in Shandong were newly formed units, trained and commanded by Wu Peifu, a general under Cao Kun.
The two people had already received the news. As soon as Wei Jichen and his party arrived at Jinan Railway Station, they saw the two people who had been waiting for them for a long time.
Since Shandong has long been under Wei Jichen's actual control, he just stopped by to take a look and would not stay here for long.
Accompanied by Zhou Fu, Wei Jichen first inspected some breeding bases. Shandong is a major grain-growing province with a suitable climate. The seeds cultivated here are sold to northern provinces.
Then, Wei Jichen took a quick look at the agricultural situation. Although he came in a hurry, he asked many professional questions along the way, which made Zhou Fu, the governor of Shandong, feel a lot of pressure.
Since ancient times, Chinese dynasties have been following this principle, which is to recuperate and recuperate at the beginning of the founding of the country, the so-called civil rule. After the civil rule, it is the use of force, the so-called martial arts, and then, it turns from prosperity to decline and chaos.
In some Western countries, sometimes the war between the two countries lasts for decades or even hundreds of years, and the recovery of national strength is very slow. Unlike the West, China can quickly recover and suddenly restore its national strength after the decline of chaos.
However, after the establishment of the Chinese Empire, the international situation did not allow Wei Jichen to let the people slowly recuperate. Fortunately, as long as the Chinese people can have enough to eat, most of the problems will be solved.
Keeping people fed is a big problem.
Previously, the north experienced quite a lot of war, and a large number of Manchu and Qing dignitaries who owned land resources lost their land. However, through the development of the Northeast and the excellent seeds purchased by Wei Jichen from the system, everyone in the north was basically given land.
It¡¯s just that the South has not suffered from war, and most of the land is still highly concentrated in the hands of a small number of landowners.
At present, the goal is to win the support of the people across the country in resisting Japan, rather than to violently redistribute wealth. It is better not to shout about equalizing land rights.
However, it is still possible to let landlords reduce rents and interest rates. Wei Jichen can still improve the living standards of the lower class without changing the land ownership system.
The other is to vigorously implement the New Deal, support the establishment of factories and companies, liberate farmers from one-third of an acre of land, enter the city to make a living, and ease the elite conflicts in society.
Wei Jichen is not prepared to implement the later model of attacking local tyrants and dividing land to redistribute social wealth. That method will still cause great damage to society and is not very suitable for the current situation.
Similar problems have occurred in the West. Wei Jichen is ready to learn from Western countries' experience in this regard. Moreover, now is the era of great expansion. As long as you are not a lazy person, it is too easy to support yourself.
Wei Jichen spent the morning inspecting several small villages outside Jinan City. In the afternoon, he went to inspect the combat readiness of the New Army in the Jinan Military Region.
Cao Kun's 20,000 veterans have entered North Korea, and Wu Peifu is accompanying Wei Jichen on his inspection.
Wu Peifu joined the rebel army two years ago, and has been serving under Cao Kun ever since. With his military exploits and reading skills, he slowly rose from a small soldier to a standard leader.
When Wei Jichen saw Wu Peifu, he felt that history was very clever. In the original history, Wu Peifu was promoted to the top because of Cao Kunhui's discerning talents. Unexpectedly, it is not much different now.
"Your Majesty, these soldiers have been training for three months and are ready to go to the battlefield at any time." Wu Peifu pointed to the soldiers training on the training ground with a proud look and said confidently.
"According to Wei Jichen's previous orders, the more than 20,000 recruits on the training ground did not stop practicing because of his arrival. They were still sweating profusely and conducting various military training according to the infantry drill.
Hearing what Wu Peifu said, Wei Jichen did not comment, but turned to ask Zhao Bingjun: "How does Zhi'an think the new army compares with the patrol police in the capital?"
Zhao Bingjun glanced at the amazing new army during training, his eyebrows twitched twice, and then he said in a deep voice: "I dare not lie. I have brought several patrol policemen from the capital. Why don't you let the two sides compete."
?"That's great!" Wei Jichen waved his hand and said with a smile.
Along the way just now, Wu Peifu gave Wei Jichen the impression that he was a bit young and energetic, but still needed to be polished. That's why Wei Jichen spoke out to provoke the two of them.
Wu Peifu had naturally heard of Zhao Bingjun, but he looked down upon those patrolmen because they were all selected from soldiers eliminated from the army, no matter where they were.
Wu Peifu looked at Zhao Bingjun with an arrogant look, and said in a serious tone: "Since Mr. Zhao has this intention, if Ziyu does not dare to challenge, wouldn't it be laughed at by everyone in the world? Your Majesty, I have no objection to Mr. Zhao's words. "
Zhao Bingjun felt slightly unhappy when he saw Wu Peifu's arrogant attitude. He even summoned the fifty or so policemen who were still resting in Jinan City.
And Wu Peifu randomly selected the same number of soldiers as Zhao Bingjun.
Each soldier represents ten people. Fifty means five hundred people. What the two sides are about to engage in is an encounter. The commanding talents of Zhao Bingjun and Wu Peifu will definitely affect the final result. However, the fate of the soldiers Military quality has a greater impact on the outcome of the exercise.
Wei Jichen stood on a hillside and watched with interest as the two sides set up their positions and staged a battle between dragons and tigers.
"Resurrection, who do you think will win?" Wei Jichen asked Tan Sitong, who was standing on his side, with a smile.
Although Tan Sitong did not like to see Zhao Bingjun, who had made him gloomy all day long, he still replied according to what he thought: "Zhao Bingjun is very cunning and has a greater chance of winning."
Wei Jichen looked at Li Queer who was wearing military uniform.
Li Queer pondered for a moment and then replied: "I am optimistic about Wu Peifu. Wu Peifu has performed well in pacifying Shandong."
"I'm optimistic about Zhao Bingjun. It's rare that we have different opinions. If whoever loses, he has to agree to a condition." Wei Jichen became interested, but he didn't expect that Li Que'er was optimistic about Wu Peifu.
Tan Sitong looked at Wei Jichen who was smiling and thought deeply in his heart: Did this woman say this deliberately to make the emperor happy? Such deep thoughts, no wonder Zhao Bingjun was respectful to her when he saw her.
As Wei Jichen signaled that it was time to start, both Wu Peifu and Zhao Bingjun began to mobilize their troops. In their hands, the fifty men turned into thousands of troops, either advancing, retreating, outflanking, or attacking Huanglong, killing only The sky is dark and the earth is dark, and it is difficult to distinguish.
However, half an hour later, Wei Jichen discovered that Wu Peifu had begun to show signs of decline.
Putting down the telescope, Wei Jichen said excitedly: "Qier, you will definitely lose this time."
"Your Majesty, do you still want to argue with this concubine? You must know that when the emperor led the troops to fight, I didn't know what kind of arms there were in the army." Li Que'er said coquettishly.
"Haha!" When Wei Jichen heard this, he was in a good mood and couldn't help but smile. He pinched Li Que'er's small and exquisite nose lovingly and didn't ask for any conditions anymore.
Tan Sitong was already sure that this Empress Li must have made the emperor happy.
Seeing Wei Jichen's happy expression, Tan Sitong moved his lips, but in the end he didn't say anything. He thought to himself: Women in the palace are not simple. As long as she has no ambitions and does not interfere in government affairs, why should she meddle in others' affairs? Woolen cloth.
A moment later, it ended with Wu Peifu's entire army being destroyed, and Zhao Bingjun still had more than 30 soldiers in his hands, which could be said to be a complete victory.
Zhao Bingjun was as gloomy as ever, while Wu Peifu stood in front of Wei Jichen with a defeated face, and Nono was speechless.
"Ziyu, you didn't lose unjustly." Wei Jichen didn't want the young man to feel depressed, so he patted him on the shoulder with an expression that showed he knew this was the case.
Seeing that Wei Jichen was not optimistic about him at first, Wu Peifu couldn't help but raise his head and asked: "Your Majesty, what is the explanation for this?"
Wei Jichen smiled and asked, "Are you familiar with Mr. Zhao?"
Wu Peifu shook his head with a confused look on his face. He only knew that Zhao Bingjun came here when he liberated the Northeast.
"Master Zhao is one of the first batch of eagle-eyed people, a pillar of the country." Wei Jichen looked at the expressionless Zhao Bingjun and expressed his admiration.
"Eagle Eye!" Wu Peifu swallowed hard and looked at Zhao Bingjun quietly. He didn't expect that this fair-faced and beardless Master Zhao was actually from the most elite special forces team in the army. Wu Peifu didn't know the details of Eagle Eye, but I've heard of the famous name, Eagle Eye has always been known for its mystery, but I didn't expect that Zhao Bingjun was born here, and he was among the first batch, so wouldn't he have been acting in the three eastern provinces before? Able to lurk in the enemy camp for several years, andHe rose step by step in the phalanx, and he was not unjustly defeated.
"Your Majesty, you are wrong about the award!" Zhao Bingjun bowed, although his face was still expressionless, but there was a sense of pride in his eyes.
Looking back at Wu Peifu who looked ashamed, Wei Jichen encouraged him a little: "The new army trained by Ziyu has grown into a large scale within three months. It is not easy, but it still needs to be strengthened. When the time comes, I hope you can be on the Japanese battlefield." Be proud of me, China."
"I will do my best to live up to your majesty's trust." The conceited expression on Wu Peifu's face has long since disappeared. There are so many talents in the world. I, Wu Peifu, only achieved a small victory, so I am self-righteous. The words woke me up.
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