Chapter 117: Stationed in Jiujiang
Although he did not dare to risk letting the army take a boat, Chen Xuan's marching route was still along the Yangtze River, and the army did not take a boat, and the food and materials could still go up the river in the name of merchant ships.
Chen Xuan began to march all the way to the armed army, recruit rebels, stabilize the local government and install people, because according to Han Xu's plan, he wanted to see if there was any opportunity in Jiangxi, so he invited Zhang Jian to also come, and used Zhang Jian's prestige to act in Jiangxi.
And the Nanyang investment fell into the hands of Yu Qiaqing, he was in charge of business, so it can be regarded as a professional counterpart, some of the administrative talents from Nanyang reinforcements stayed in Shanghai, some stayed in Zhejiang, some went to Fujian with Chen Jiageng, and more than 150 people came with Zhang Jian.
As soon as he arrived in Tongling, Zhang Jian had already caught up with Chen Xuan's army lightly, and Chen Xuan found that there were far more than the more than 100 people who came from Nanyang, and there were many talents recruited by Zhang Jian after knowing Chen Xuan's plan, and these talents were not inexperienced students from Nanyang, they were all enlightened officials of the former Qing Dynasty with governing experience, plus there were more than 400 students from Nanyang, and there were more than 100 young people of insight who wanted to join the army.
So Chen Xuan marched all the way, recruited rebels all the way, and constantly planted people in various government offices to incorporate the local army, and the elite was selected into Chen Xuan's direct team, and the rest were arranged as local garrisons after arranging military governors, and these local garrison officers naturally came out of the escort team.
People in Anhui know that this is a well-known instructor in the whole country, and many aspiring young people have come all the way to catch up with Chen Xuan's troops and ask to join the army; after selection, Chen Xuan also did not refuse, and opened a military academy with the army, and these knowledgeable young people and the low-level officers of Beiyang were trained, and those with excellent results were sent to the Pudong Army Academy for training.
So, when Chen Xuan was about to walk to Jiujiang, his troops had reached an astonishing 50,000 people, and all of them were young people, and there were many young intellectuals.
Han Xu did not follow the army, and after arranging with Zhang Jian, he took Zhang Jian's handwritten letter and took the lead in Jiangxi, visiting Zhang Jian's classmates and friends in Jiangxi, so Chen Xuan has not yet arrived, and there is already an undercurrent under the calm political situation in Jiangxi.
Arranged for his subordinates to settle down in Li Jinxu's promised to settle down, and Chen Xuan participated in the welcome banquet organized by the local gentry, Chen Xuan was surprised to find that some powerful people had already hinted in and out of words, and wanted to get closer to Chen Xuan, it seems that the people who can get to this point today are not fools, and understand the key to standing in line.
Now that Mr. Zhongshan has not returned to China, to put it unacceptably, Chen Xuan's current prestige is only afraid that he can go hand in hand with revolutionary fathers like Huang Xing, and Chen Xuan's high-spirited and unrivalled reinforcement of Wuchang has also won the favor of most people in China.
Under the introduction of Han Xu and Li Jinxu, Chen Xuan was naturally polite, neither humble nor arrogant, and dealt with these local powerhouses, and a welcome banquet ended in a friendly and harmonious atmosphere.
When Chen Xuan arrived in Jiujiang, it was already December 5, and the Beiyang Army had also stopped attacking after occupying Hankou and Hanyang, and Feng Guozhang, who was hated by the people of Hanyang, was replaced by Duan Qirui.
Yuan Shikai himself was no longer willing to fight, and Li Liejun's five-province coalition army in Wuchang was enough to hold Wuchang, the number of five-province coalition forces was huge, and Wuchang's finances had already been overwhelmed, so Huang Xing and Li Yuanhong sent a telegram to Chen Xuan again, asking Chen Xuan to temporarily stay in Jiujiang, and if the two armies fought again, they would ask Chen Xuan to go west, and expressed their apologies for this.
Chen Xuan is naturally also a good admonition, just stationed in Jiujiang, Li Jinxu's subordinates now have more than 30,000 people, after Chen Xuan helped him to complete the equipment, Chen Xuan's troops in Jiangxi have reached an astonishing 90,000 people.
Li Jinxu's main force was stationed in Nanchang, and Chen Xuan had an interface, so he was directly stationed in Jiujiang, and began round after round of reorganization and large-scale training, and the military school was also arranged to go to Lushan next to Poyang Lake.
As for political action, it was given to Zhang Jian and Han Xu with full authority, and for the situation in Jiangxi, Chen Xuan had an attitude of being fortunate and not sad, everything depends on their development, and he is not good at doing these anyway.
When he arrived in Lushan, Chen Xuan fell in love with this historical city at once, Poyang Lake is vast, and the scenery of Lushan is beautiful.
So Chen Xuan found a place to live by Poyang Lake, and Chen Xuan's current status involves every move of the Baath Party and Zhenhua, Chen Xuan can't go to other places because of the Wuchang matter, so the manor dedicated to Chen Xuan by the local gentry has become the political center of the Baath Party, and the high-level Baath Party leaders who have not served in the local area have gradually gathered here.
With the continuous increase of important personnel, Zhenhua simply bought a large piece of land here to build some villas for the Baath Party and Zhenhua's high-level living and deliberations, now the war is dense, the land is not valuable, and the local gentlemen are also secretly talking to Chen Xuan, so it didn't cost much to buy a lot of land.
The task of reorganizing the army has been assigned to Li Jinxu, Huang Xun, Feng Gu, Qi Liyuan, and Dong Jian, and after Chen Xuan and the General Staff Department made a plan, they issued the task, and this reorganization officially appointed Li Jinxu as commander of the Jiangxi Revolutionary Army, with a total strength of 35,000 troops, and some of them were transferred to be supplemented on the spot in Jiangxi.
Huang Xun, Feng Gu, Qi Liyuan, Dong Jian and the Independent Artillery Regiment were reorganized into the Northern Expeditionary Army, Chen Xuan served as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expeditionary Army, Huang Xun, Feng Gu and Qi Liyuan served as the commanders of the First, Second and Third Armies of the Northern Expeditionary Army respectively, and established the First Artillery Division of the Northern Expeditionary Army, with Dong Jian as the division commander, and the artillery division also trained artillery for the 123rd Army part-time, with a total of 65,000 people in the Northern Expeditionary Army.
In other words, the Baath Party's troops in Jiangxi alone are already as high as 100,000, and not counting the Jiangxi Army Academy, which is to be built in Lushan, plus most of Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu, and the eastern part of Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu, and the east, the Baath Party's army has reached more than 300,000 troops, and with the navy and the air base established in the northeast, all the expenses are calculated, and it is simply impossible to fight without the ocean of more than 3 million per month.
Chen Guangfu, who was in charge of finance, was already on the verge of collapse, and if it had not been for the seizures of this revolutionary uprising, the Baath Party would have been unable to uncover the pot a long time ago, but these seizures were not endless, and at the current rate, the forces of the Baath Party would have gone to the streets to beg for food in another half a year.
sent telegrams to Chen Xuan several times to complain, and later went directly to Lushan with Gu Weijun to tell Chen Xuan Chen about the benefits and disadvantages, and asked Chen Xuan not to expand the army for the time being, and try not to start a war, otherwise the Baath Party will be finished.
Chen Xuan naturally knew that the Baath Party's finances were overwhelmed, but could it be done without the army, so should he follow the old path of the League? And is the war to be expected? Chen Xuan can not start the war lightly, but he also has to ask Yuan Shikai if he agrees.
Chen Xuan was shocked to realize that the territory occupied by the Baath Party now seems to be in good form, but in fact it is dangerous, and if you don't pay attention to it, there is a danger that chickens and eggs will be beaten, and it seems that there must be a unified political system and economic system in the jurisdiction, and the Jiangnan Development Committee established in Suzhou before wants to meet once a year, which is really naïve and ridiculous.
So Chen Xuan sent a telegram to all committee members, asking them to finish handing over the work at hand, and they must rush to Lushan before December 15, and the Jiangnan Development Committee will become a permanent body to coordinate and manage the affairs in the jurisdiction.
Chen Xuan also first found Han Xu and Zhang Jian to suspend the political struggle in Jiangxi, and then gathered Gu Weijun, Du Yuesheng, Chen Guangfu and others for discussion, and everyone also agreed that the Jiangnan Development Committee must be a permanent department to sort out the problems in various localities and solve them.
In fact, on December 12, members of the Jiangnan Development Committee and high-ranking officials of the Baath Party who did not hold important positions in the local area also rushed to Lushan, and the first meeting of the Jiangnan Development Committee was held.
First of all, the first issue is to unify the fiscal system in the jurisdiction and restore taxes to support the finances, but the success of the revolution cannot be without the slightest change, and cutting most of the taxes is expected, otherwise why should the people support you?
However, cutting these taxes will inevitably lead to a sharp decline in fiscal revenue, and we must find a way to increase fiscal revenue. It's obviously not realistic, the big businessmen all go to other areas, so it's still a game!
"Is it possible to set up some industries and transfer them to the Ba'ath Party, and the profits earned will go to the Ba'ath Party?"
Zhao Xuechu suggested.
"State-owned enterprises?"
Chen Xuan's heart was shocked, how could he not have thought that state-owned enterprises themselves are not an integral part of a country's economy?
"State-owned enterprises, this statement is chic, but how to operate?"
Cheng Dequan doesn't know much about the economy, so he doesn't know much about it.
"Yes, it is a good way to set up state-owned enterprises, and many large projects are not something that one or a few large businesses can do, state-owned enterprises, that is, public-owned enterprises, belong to the Baath Party as a whole, and some of them seem to be today's official supervision and business management!"
"So what do state-owned enterprises do, and what if they don't make money?"
"It's impossible not to make money!"
Chen Xuan knows too well that state-owned enterprises basically have the nature of semi-monopoly or full monopoly, and if there are still losses under such good conditions, then the managers of the Baath Party should really find a piece of tofu and crash it to death, and the province will be embarrassed!