After Sun Wen officially assumed the post of provisional political axe president on January 1, 192, he successively issued a number of presidential decrees, most of which were internal affairs or the military, and generally had nothing to do with Fujian, so Chen Jingyun did not pay much attention, that is, when Huang Xing sent a telegram saying that Nanjing was short of salary, and asked Chen Jingyun to pay regardless of internal and external salaries, Chen Jingyun sent him 100,000 yuan for the sake of face.

But what happened in Nanjing was far more exciting than Chen Jingyun imagined!

On the first day of Sun Wen's inauguration, before his ass was hot, the official documents requesting salaries from more than 100,000 people's troops around Nanjing flew towards him like snowflakes. But is the Nanjing Provisional Political Axe rich?

No!

Although Yuan Shikai did not intend to save Nanjing, but he was not a stupid person, he had already transferred the silver from Nanjing's treasury, Zhang Xun broke through and ransacked Nanjing, Huang Xing and others turned over in Nanjing some time ago to find a little bit of silver slag, and it was not enough to supply more than 20,000 people for the Northern Expeditionary Army, let alone supply more than 100,000 people's troops from the provinces around Nanjing.

Sun Wen was okay when he didn't come, although the provincial militia had no money but didn't know who to go to, although Huang Xing was tight, but if he borrowed a little from the east and got together from the west, the more than 20,000 troops under his hands could still eat. However, as soon as Sun Wen took office, as soon as the provisional political axe was officially established, those people's troops immediately came to the door, and it can be said that in the first few days of Sun Wen's tenure, in addition to holding a drinking party and political speeches, he was stunned by those official documents asking for salary.

In order to solve the financial problem, the temporary political axe was prepared to borrow from the foreign powers at the beginning, but the Western countries did not trust the Nanjing temporary political axe at all, and the bank group of the four countries was also prepared for Yuan Shikai. Moreover, even if there is a saying that I want to borrow, but the Nanjing Temporary Political Axe cannot be borrowed, because the borrowing of this will basically be regarded as the standard of losing power and misunderstanding the country, Chen Jingyun is a one-handed cover in Fujian, and Zheng Zuyin is not a good bird, so he used a secret agreement and said that he borrowed money, and the Nanjing Temporary Political Axe was stared at by the people of the whole country, and every move was watched by people, and it was not so easy to borrow at all. Even the people's army near Nanjing almost mutinied, and even Yuan Shikai in the north snickered while pointing to his pen and writing an article scolding Nanjing's provisional political axe for betraying the country, so the matter of borrowing money was finally over.

Since there was not much money to be paid for foreign money, it could only rely on domestic debts, so the Nanjing Provisional Political Axe waved its pen, saying that it was going to issue 100 million yuan of public bonds, but it had been nearly 10 days since it was good, and only about 1 million yuan had been sold, and these were all purchased by foreign compatriots, and the people in China were completely indifferent to this so-called public debt. He asked the southern provinces to release money to Nanjing regardless of whether they were inside or outside, but after so many days, only Chen Jingyun alone gave 100,000 yuan, and the others were all a dime, not to mention it, and from time to time he sent a telegram asking for the allocation of funds from Nanjing's temporary political axe! Chen Jin'tao, who was in charge of finance, vomited blood when he saw it, and asked Sun Wen to resign half a month after taking office, but Sun Wen was not sure.

From this aspect, it can also be seen that whether it is the powers of various countries, the domestic people, or the governors of the provinces, they basically have little confidence in the temporary political axe of Nanjing.

With the financial situation of Nanjing's provisional political axe, let alone the Northern Expedition, even the more than 100,000 people's troops around Nanjing could not afford to support it. In desperation, in order to reduce expenditures and at the same time to respond to the slogan of the Northern Expedition, Huang Xing and others from the War Department began to reorganize the people's army in the surrounding areas of Nanjing.

According to the successive reorganization of the various armies, the people's army in Anhui was reorganized into the first army, and Bai Wenwei was the army commander and commander-in-chief of the Anhui army, with the 1st, 4th, and 9th divisions under its jurisdiction, and each department was stationed in the Linhuai and Puzhen areas. The Northern Expeditionary Army under Huang Xing was the Second Army, and Xu Baoshan was the commander, with the 11th and 12th Divisions under its jurisdiction, stationed in Nanjing. With the Northwest Expeditionary Army from Guangxi as the main force, other parts of the People's Army were reorganized into the Third Army, with Wang Zhixiang, deputy governor of Guangxi, as the commander, with the 8th and 17th divisions under its jurisdiction, and deployed around Nanjing. The Northern Guangdong Army sent by Hu Hanmin was the Fourth Army, and Yao Yuping was the commander, with the 22nd and 24th Divisions under its jurisdiction. In addition to these four major armies, there are also small units of the Shanghai Army, the 13th Division of Jiangxi, the 15th Division of Anhui, etc., and the 2nd Division of Zhejiang, which have been ranked from the 1st Division of the Army to the 26th Division of the Army.

On the surface, there are four armies and various divisions, but the real combat effectiveness around Nanjing and the ones that have always been able to be supplied are the original Northern Expeditionary Army under Huang Xing, now the Second Army, and the others are basically either incomplete, or simply bandits and hooligans, and the kind that is not good at best. I don't know what Huang Xingxing had in mind during this reorganization, originally this reorganization plan only involved the army in the surrounding areas of Nanjing, and other provinces did not care.

But Huang Xing didn't give Hubei a number, nor did he give a Hunan number, and even Jiangxi, Anhui, Guangdong, and Yunnan didn't give a number, but he pulled Fujian up!

"Sixth Division, Fourteenth Division! The number of two divisions! He Huang Xing is a big spender! Chen Jingyun, who was looking at the telegram, didn't know whether to be happy or depressed.

He was originally a good warlord, and the National Army had its own system, but Huang Xing suddenly gave him such a hand, which made him a little unpredictable, is it really to repay my 100,000 yuan of kindness?

But he Chen Jingyun would rather not have such kindness! This kind of number has no obvious benefits, and it is impossible to give Chen Jingyun a military salary when he gives the number Nanjing. And it will also expose Fujian's openness to all [***] valves: Look, Chen Jingyun has two central divisions under his hands!

Feng Qin on the side didn't know what Chen Jingyun was thinking, but said: "Governor, in addition to the number, the rank was also given over there!" ”

Feng Qin handed Chen Jingyun another telegram as he spoke, and Chen Jingyun looked at it, and what was written on it was in classical Chinese, which was now the Provisional Political Axe awarded to the great revolutionary soldier, the founder of the Republic of China, and the honorable Commander-in-Chief of the National Army, His Excellency Chen Jingyun, with the rank of right general and left general, and the Order of Jiuding.

Chen Jingyun didn't know much about this left general and right general, so he immediately asked Feng Qin: "What is the title of this right general and left general?" ”

Feng Qin, as the chief of staff, knew a lot more about the military affairs in the surrounding area than Chen Jingyun, and immediately explained: "The Nanjing side also changed the military rank system, basically referring to the previous new army ranks, replacing the first rank with a general, the second rank with a left general, and the third rank with a right general. To put it in our way, the rank they give you is the rank of major general and lieutenant general! ”

When Chen Jingyun heard this major general and lieutenant general, he had some doubts. Some time ago, he appointed himself a general not for a fool's errand, but to avoid overlapping with his generals, after all, if he stared at the title of lieutenant general, then it would not be easy to promote his rank.

"Then is this major general plus lieutenant general a major general or a lieutenant general?" Chen Jingyun is sensitive to this issue.

But Feng Qin didn't know how to answer for a while, so he could only say: "According to the official position of the Qing court in the past, I thought that I was the actual position of a major general, but I was given the title of lieutenant general." ”

"Hmph, do the people over there in Nanjing think that the commander-in-chief of our People's Army and the governor of Fujian are only worth a major general?" Chen Jingyun doesn't have much to do with what title he is, but when this title is related to His Majesty, he has to be cautious. Immediately said to Feng Qin: "Call back to Nanjing, even if I am young and unqualified, I dare not accept such a reward, and I ask the War Department to take it back." Well, send back the numbers of these two divisions as well! ”

Chen Jingyun has planned the reorganization plan of the National Army, unlike making another number to restrain himself, and he doesn't want the name of the Central Army to be exposed in the eyes of the people of the whole country.

In fact, Chen Jingyun really wronged the War Department, the reason why Huang Xing gave Chen Jingyun the number of the two divisions was completely because Chen Jingyun had helped him speak before, and gave him 100,000 yuan in military expenses some time ago, which was basically a return behavior, as for the military rank, the army and the Ministry of War in the southern provinces could not control it, but in the surrounding areas of Nanjing, only Huang Xing, the commander-in-chief of the War Department, and Huang Zhongying, the commander-in-chief of the Admiralty, were actually awarded the rank of general, and the four army commanders were General Zuo to increase the rank of general, and the rest were all General Zuo, and the right general plus the rank of General Zuo, And considering that Chen Jingyun is still very young, but he is twenty-three years old, he will definitely be able to continue to rise in the future, so in order to give him the space for promotion in the future, he first gave him the rank of right general and left general.

But this year, it's not about age, it's about strength! Now Chen Jingyun has tens of thousands of troops under his hands, and he has already appointed as many as six major generals, and Chen Jingyun is ready to continue to be named major general in the near future, and it will not be long before he will have to promote his subordinates to lieutenant generals.

When the people from the Nanjing War Department saw that the telegram was returned by Chen Jingyun, they knew that they disliked the small rank, and Huang Xing made his own decision at that time, treating Chen Jingyun and the governors of other provinces equally and making him General Zuo.

After receiving such a return, Chen Jingyun also knew that there was no way to be promoted, because the military generals in several provinces were all below General Zuo, and no matter how high they were, they would not be able to do so.

So I had to accept it.

After accepting the left rank given by Nanjing, Chen Jingyun was worried about the numbers of the two central divisions! Now that the number has been given, you can't return it, so let people see it. However, Chen Jingyun originally planned to train three divisions, but now there are only two central divisions, which is a bit troublesome.

Chen Jingyun pondered for several days before convening a military meeting at the headquarters, and even called back Ma Cheng and Lin Feitai in Zhejiang for this meeting, preparing to completely solve the problem of divisional establishment.

ps: The titles of General Left and General Right are a bit confused, and they are hereby corrected