Let yourself set up the Home Office? And it was also the Internal Affairs Department set up in the headquarters of the National Army? Cen Chunxuan has been in the officialdom for decades, and he knows very well about the twists and turns in the officialdom, and he also knows that the National Army Headquarters not only has military departments such as the three major ministries and the Navy Department, but also has a salary department in charge of finance, and if Chen Jingyun uses the name of the National Army Headquarters to make another internal affairs office, it can basically be judged that this internal affairs department is already a similar institution to the Ministry of the Interior. And if you let yourself prepare, if you do it well by then, the post of director of the internal affairs department should not be a problem, even if you can't get the post of director of the internal affairs department, it should be possible to mix a deputy director at that time, which is already a good start for a new self, as for the future, Cen Chunxuan doesn't believe that he can't get in, and it will not be difficult to become the prime minister of the cabinet within the national army at that time.

Cen Chunxuan's guess is not biased, now the military and political system under Chen Jingyun is a little chaotic, the military aspect is fine, Chen Jingyun considers himself the commander-in-chief of the National Army, and uses the departments under the National Army Headquarters to control all the troops. However, the government affairs are a bit complicated, first of all, Chen Jingyun's official title is the governor of Fujian, strictly speaking, he only has the right to manage Fujian's internal affairs, and has no right to govern other territories occupied by the national army. Don't look at the fact that the Nationalist Army has started a war with the Beiyang Army and fought to the death in southern Jiangsu, but Chen Jingyun did not raise the sign of rebellion, and Yuan Shikai did not say what kind of rebel Chen Jingyun was.

In order to avoid the expansion of the war, Yuan Shikai and Chen Jingyun tried their best to avoid making various slogans, and even so far the two sides have not publicly issued a clear war slogan.

As long as Yuan Shikai does not say that Chen Jingyun rebelled for a day, and as long as Chen Jingyun still recognizes the Beiyang political axe as China's legitimate political axe, then Chen Jingyun cannot openly organize his own political axe for a day, and can only come secretly. In this way, Chen Jingyun did not have the legal power to rule Zhejiang, eastern Guangdong, and even southern Jiangsu, and there was no way to organize a government system belonging to Chen Jingyun. In addition, Chen Jingyun's rise is still too short, and he has always been busy with military affairs, and he has not been involved in government affairs.

As a result, there is no unified administrative organ for the administrative affairs of the various regions under the control of the Nationalist Army, with Fujian having the Fujian Military and Political Axe, Zhejiang having the Zhejiang Military and Political Axe, and the eastern part of Guangdong and the newly occupied southern Jiangsu and Shanghai and other regions still exercising military control, and basically each of them is in a situation of doing its own thing.

In order to improve this situation, Chen Jingyun had set up a salary raising office under the headquarters of the National Army to manage the financial problems in the areas controlled by the National Army, but this only solved the financial problems, and other internal affairs were basically in charge of their own affairs, and there was not much change from before.

As the Nationalist Army slowly got on the right track, it became more and more unable to adapt to the rapid development of the Nationalist Army, Chen Jingyun had long had the idea of establishing a unified government agency, but he never had the opportunity, and the war in Guangzhou had just ended, and the war in southern Jiangsu broke out, which made Chen Jingyun unable to pull out at all.

Now that the situation is slowly stabilizing, this internal affairs has also attracted Chen Jingyun's attention. Chen Jingyun has not yet been able to publicly form a joint political axe of several provinces due to the issue of name, but this is not enough to prevent Chen Jingyun from establishing a similar body. At present, the last way is to establish an internal affairs office under the command of the national army, and to control the internal affairs of all areas controlled by the national army, following the method of the salary office.

Today's arrival of Cen Chunxuan only accelerated the process of this decision, after all, Chen Jingyun could not set up an agency department specifically for Cen Chunxuan because of his arrival.

Faced with Chen Jingyun's invitation, Cen Chunxuan agreed after a little consideration.

"Now that China is facing a major crisis, how can I Cen Chunxuan bear to let the people suffer, now that the commander has been invited, even if my ability is limited, I Cen Chunxuan is determined to contribute to the rise of China!" When Cen Chunxuan said this, he was full of tragic tones.

Chen Jingyun stood up after hearing this: "The national army is said to be joined by Cen Lao today, and the rise of China is just around the corner!" ”

With that, the two looked at each other and smiled.

In the afternoon of the same day, Cen Chunxuan, witnessed by Chen Jingyun and other high-ranking members of the Kuomintang Socialist Party, took the oath to join the Kuomintang Socialist Party, becoming the first important minister of the late Qing Dynasty to formally join the Kuomintang Socialist Party, and became one of the members of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang Socialist Party.

This decision was soon actively publicized by the Nationalist Army, causing a huge sensation in the country. Although Cen Chunxuan has been away from the center of power in China's political arena for several years, his influence is still there, and he has been the main leader of the constitutionalist faction in China before, and his joining almost means that some constitutionalist forces have joined the national army system. In addition, the victory of the Nationalist Army in the Battle of Nanjing also slowly spread, and for a time the Nationalist Army's momentum increased greatly, and there was a situation that it was on a par with the Beiyang Army.

On the 21st, the day Cen Chunxuan announced that he had joined the Kuomintang Socialist Party, Cao Kun of the Zhenjiang front ordered the whole army to retreat westward, leaving a considerable number of Nationalist troops to contain Zhenjiang. Cao Kun's decision was actually a whole day late, and if the communication had been smooth, Cao Kun should have taken the initiative to retreat yesterday as soon as he got the news of the loss of Nanjing, but for various reasons he did not get the news for a long time, and finally Cao Kun still got the news from the urgent telegram sent by the War Department, and then Cao Kun did not even have time to wait for the order to retreat, so he privately organized his troops to start retreating.

In fact, since Feng Guozhang lost the town of Taishan in Nanjing, the command system of the Second Army of the Beiyang Army in southern Jiangsu has collapsed, and no one knows Feng Guozhang's whereabouts now.

It was not until late evening that the War Department in Yanjing gave Cao Kun an order to retreat, and at the same time ordered Jin Yunpeng's troops in Lishui to hold their positions, trying to ensure that Cao Kun and Zhang Xun's troops did not lose their way back. In order to avoid the aviation reconnaissance of the Nationalist Army, and in order to avoid the pursuit of the Nationalist Army in Zhenjiang, Cao Kun's troops began to gradually withdraw from the frontline positions in the evening after they were ready, and before retreating, he ordered the troops of part of the front to launch a small-scale counterattack in an attempt to confuse the Nationalist Army.

As soon as night fell, Cao Kun and Zhang Xun's troops began to retreat rapidly. At this time, Shen Gang on the opposite side also discovered that Cao Kun wanted to run, and hurriedly launched a related offensive to try to drag Cao Kun's troops. However, Cao Kun was a veteran general, and he did not turn around and leave stupidly, but organized a lot of troops to cut off the back road, and adopted the method of retreating one by one.

At this time, Lin Zhaomin's 7th Division in the direction of Jurong Datang Town also received a strict order from the National Army Headquarters, asking them to take Dazhuo Town as soon as possible and cut off the retreat route of Cao Kun's department.

As a result, a battle between both sides for time began again, and this time it was more fierce than before.

That night, in the Juren Hall of Zhongnanhai in Yanjing, Yuan Shikai stood in front of the window with a gloomy face, at this time the cold wind outside the window was bleak, as the weather became colder and colder, the first snow of this winter was not far away.

Gentle footsteps sounded, and Duan Qirui walked in: "President! ”

Yuan Shikai only turned around at this time: "Hmm! ”

Duan Qirui's face was also a little heavy: "Cao Kun has already called back, he has begun to organize the troops to retreat, and Jin Yunpeng has called back, saying that he will stick to the direction of Lishui in the south of Nanjing to ensure that the southern city of Nanjing is not lost!" ”

Yuan Shikai walked over, then sat down and said, "Do it!" ”

Duan Qirui and Yuan Shikai have worked together for many years, so they naturally understand Yuan Shikai's spleen surname, and immediately sat down directly without too much excuse, at this time Yuan Shikai said: "I know the abilities of Cao Kun and Jin Yunpeng, I can rest assured that they are there!" Speaking of this, he changed his voice and said, "Isn't there any news from Huafu yet?" ”

Duan Qirui said: "Not yet!" ”

Since noon yesterday, the Beiyang Army has lost contact with Taishan Town, and at the same time, it has also lost contact with Feng Guozhang. So far, the Beiyang Army doesn't even know whether Feng Guozhang is alive or dead.

"The fault of Nanjing's defeat this time is not Huafu!" Yuan Shikai's voice was a little lamenting: "He has been guarding Nanjing for ten days, and now his life and death are unknown...... Alas......"

The relationship between Feng Guozhang and Yuan Shikai and Duan Qirui is a little complicated, the three of them and Wang Shizhen have been training together from a small station to the present, although they have been fighting for power and profit in the past two years, but the feelings of this friend are still there, Yuan Shikai sighed that Feng Guozhang's life and death are unknown, and Duan Qirui is also not very comfortable.

"Don't worry, the president is very hard, nothing should happen to Hua Fu, and there is no news of Brother Hua Fu from the national army in the south, it should be fine!" Duan Qirui didn't know if Feng Guozhang had broken through, from the bottom of his heart, although Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang were politically wrong, they didn't want him to be defeated and killed, after all, they had been friends for decades.

"I hope so!" Yuan Shikai sighed, pondered for a while, and said: "Now that the war in southern Jiangsu is rotten, even if Wang Ruxian's Seventh Division can take Jiejiazhuang, I am afraid that it will not be able to solve the retreat problem of the tens of thousands of troops on the south bank of the Yangtze River for a while." What do you think about this! ”

Duan Qirui was asked like this, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, the current situation of the war in southern Jiangsu was something that many generals of the Beiyang Army had not expected before, and he didn't expect that Cao Kun and Jin Yunpeng and Zhang Xun's tens of thousands of people would be in danger after crossing the river, and what to do next has become a big problem.

"First of all, this is naturally to let Cao Kun and Zhang Xun's troops withdraw from the Zhenjiang front!" The north bank of Nanjing has been lost, and it is meaningless for Cao Kun and Zhang Xun's troops to continue to consume in Zhenjiang, and if one is not careful, it will be damaged into it, Duan Qirui carefully used the wording: "The next step is to rely on the city defense on the south bank of Nanjing to hold on, and then the three troops of Cao Kun, Zhang Xun and Jin Yunpeng together will be enough to have 30,000 troops, and it should not be a problem to stick to the south bank of Nanjing." After that, you can wait for Wang Ruxian's Seventh Division to open up Jiejiazhuang and recover the north bank of Nanjing, as long as the supply line is reopened, the whole game of chess will be alive again! ”

Yuan Shikai directly asked: "What if Wang Ruxian's Seventh Division can't recover the north shore of Nanjing for a long time?" ”