Chapter 17 Cronies?

"A piece of the pie?" Xu Shuzheng stopped and looked back at Chang Ruiqing: "What is the division?" ”

Chang Ruiqing's mind during this period of time was on the Model Battalion and the Red Brigade, and he simply threw the matter of participating in the war out of the clouds. Now looking at Xu Shuzheng, who was looking at him with inquiring eyes, he could only quickly turn his brain and hurriedly figure out a way.

"Gong Zheng, the students feel that the overseers, division commanders, and brigade commanders of the Beiyang system still support Zhi Lao. However, such support is not absolute obedience after all, and it is probably very difficult for them to support things that are harmful to themselves, such as the participating army this time. Naturally, these self-respecting feudal towns did not want a large number of strong troops completely controlled by the center. Unless it is this participating army that can also let them get a share of the profits, so that their strength will increase together with the strength of the central government, and there is the prestige of Boss Zhi there, they will naturally support participating in the war, and with their support, the president and Congress will probably not dare to oppose it anymore. ”

Xu Shuzheng nodded, although China has hung a sign of democratic constitutionalism at present, in fact, it is still the barrel of a gun that decides to do it, and the British and French powers are also well aware of this. Therefore, as long as Duan Zhilao's decision to enter the war is unanimously supported by the Beiyang Army, they should approve it, as long as there is the support of foreigners, the president and the Congress are not a matter at all, it is a big deal to launch a military coup d'état and overthrow the matter by force!

However, he was unwilling to let the military leaders of the Beiyang system come to join the war army and get a piece of the pie. Isn't this warring army used to suppress this lawless warlord? If they also grew stronger in the process of organizing and training the army to participate in the war, wouldn't the central government still be powerless to subdue these feudal towns? Thinking of this, his eyebrows gradually twisted again.

Chang Ruiqing looked at him embarrassed, smiled slightly, and said: "Gong Zheng, even if the participating army allows the feudal towns of the Beiyang system to get a piece of the pie, the benefits of stopping the payment of Geng and increasing tariffs are all central. And after the expansion of the military strength of those feudal towns, where will this military salary come from? It is not that they have to rely on subsidies from the central government, and part of their military salaries are in the hands of the central authorities, and their attitude towards the central authorities will naturally be much more submissive. ”

Xu Shuzheng is also an understanding person, as soon as he was reminded by Chang Ruiqing, he immediately understood the power of it, the soldiers are gathered by salary, whether it is the strength of the center or the private soldiers of the Beiyang Domain, don't they all have to rely on a lot of foreign money to maintain? As long as the central government has money and the feudal towns have no money, the feudal towns will have to listen to the central government! Besides, those overseers, division commanders, brigade commanders or something, are also big warlords coaxing small warlords, and they are all masters who have milk and are mothers! As long as the central government has money in its hands, it will not be difficult to buy them over.

He smiled at Chang Ruiqing and said, "Yaoru, you are really resourceful...... These days, the soldiers are also trained well, and they are still all-rounders in civil and military affairs! Very good, when the participating military office is completed this time, your model battalion will be expanded into a model regiment, which will be directly under the headquarters of the participating army, and you will be the commander of the model regiment! As he spoke, he patted Chang Ruiqing's arm, "In the future, you don't just care about training, the War Department should also move around more, they all know that you are my person, no one dares to stop you, just come to me directly if you have anything." ”

The meaning of this co-optation is already very clear, although Xu Shuzheng is a little arrogant, it seems that no one looks down on him in the Beiyang system. However, if he has real skills, he is still willing to take one or two, otherwise he would not be able to reach such a high position as he is now.

"Thank you Zheng Gong for cultivating." Chang Ruiqing still had a humble expression as always, he snapped upright, gave a military salute to Xu Shuzheng, and said loudly: "The student wishes that only the Zheng Stallion will be the first!" ”

Xu Shuzheng saw Chang Ruiqing's statement, nodded with satisfaction, and smiled: "Do a good job, your future future is indispensable." Okay, I won't delay your military training, my War Department also has a mess of things, so let's stop here today. By the way, I may have to go to Xuzhou in two days, you can come along, we haven't been back to our hometown for many years. After saying that, he nodded and smiled at Chang Ruiqing before turning around and leaving, and Chang Ruiqing sent the deputy army elder all the way to the gate of the Nanyuan military camp.

Looking at the Xu Daci long car gradually moving away, Chang Ruiqing's mouth couldn't help but have a smug smile on the corner. Although he doesn't have the heart to die for Beiyang, isn't he still holding Beiyang's job right now? With such a Xu Daci commander covered, at least in the 13th Division, no one dares to bully himself! This long conversation between himself and Xu Shuzheng, many people in the 13th Division look at it, and that Master Li may be able to know soon, right? The twenty percent of the military salary, and the vacancy of a company, is also time to make up for himself.

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After sending Xu Shuzheng away, Chang Ruiqing began to deal with a group of colleagues in the 13th Division of the Army with a smiling face like a spring breeze, and was dragged by them to participate in a banquet and poured a few pots of good wine. Although there are signs of soaring, it can't make people think that it is a villain, right? After the entertainment, when he returned to his model barracks, it was almost time to turn off the lights, but Chang Ruiqing did not plan to go to bed, but summoned his "Four King Kongs" to the battalion headquarters for a meeting to deploy the next stage of revolutionary work.

Didn't that Xu Shuzheng already say when he left that he was going to take Chang Ruiqing to Xuzhou? In this extraordinary period, Xu Shuzheng's trip to Xuzhou is certainly not possible to return to his hometown to visit relatives (Xu Shuzheng is from Xiao County). Chang Ruiqing estimated that this Deputy Commander Xu was going to do some behind-the-scenes deal with the Overseer Army, and on the one hand, he brought himself to entrap him, and on the other hand, he also wanted to let himself give advice for him, right? But I don't know when I'll be back, and the model camp is going to be arranged here.

After the "Four King Kongs" sat down separately, Chang Ruiqing first told Xu Shuzheng about coming to "inspect" from beginning to end, and then glanced at a few people with a smile and said: "Comrades, I estimate that Xu Shuzheng went to Xuzhou to negotiate with the Governor Corps, and I will also follow, I can't come back for ten days and half a month, so some things still have to be arranged." He paused, picked up the teapot on the table and poured himself a bowl of barley tea, took a sip, and then said: "The team has basically been straightened out, the quartermaster of the 13th Division has already greeted me just now, and the two percent of the salary owed to our model battalion will be made up next month, and our battalion will get ten percent of the salary in the future." There is also a lack of four companies, and it can be made up next month, company commander, I want to recommend Zhang Wenbai (Zhang Zhizhong) to serve, you don't have any opinions, right? ”

Chang Ruiqing saw that the "Four King Kongs" were all nodding frequently, and continued: "Since everyone has no opinion, let's make this decision first, and the other officers of the fourth company will also try their best to arrange Baoding students, and arrange the trainee officers of each company and platoon, and after the specific preparation is completed, you will discuss the list ......" Speaking of this, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he took a breath: "The affairs of the model battalion and the Iron Blood Comrades Association are easy to handle, but what really worries people is the Red Brigade, although the thirty brothers have been recruited." , but how to train and how to manage it all takes a lot of brains. Do you have any recommendations? ”

After all, the Red Brigade is a "revolutionary army" that cannot see the light, and it is indeed risky to train it together with the Model Battalion of the 13th Division in the Beiyang Army sequence. Fortunately, Beiyang is very careless in the management of the troops, and also acquiesces in the development of private forces in the ranks by military leaders of all sizes and secretly, so it is not without loopholes.

"The thirty people who were selected for the Red Brigade must no longer be able to train with the team, otherwise the secrets will be leaked sooner or later." The first to propose the establishment was Bai Chongxi, who was known as "Little Zhuge in history", and this little thing naturally did not bother him. He glanced at Chang Ruiqing, and continued: "I have built yì These thirty people can be trained in the name of the pistol platoon of the battalion headquarters, and it is best for one of the five of us to personally serve as the leader of this pistol platoon, responsible for daily training and management. ”

Chang Ruiqing smiled and nodded: "This method is good, and it is also in line with the practice of Beiyang...... Just call the pistol platoon, equip them with box guns, I will go to the quartermaster to be accommodating, with Xu Shuzheng's face, he should be able to get 30 short guns, as for the platoon commander of the pistol platoon, I think Wu Yuxun will take charge of it first. ”

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