After the founding of the Republic of China, party politics became popular, and various factions in the country set up political parties one after another, and even Yuan Shikai supported and manipulated many parties such as republic, democracy, and reunification behind the scenes.

On more than one occasion, Wang Mo also thought about establishing a political party to prepare for the eventual takeover of national power, but for various reasons, he did not implement it.

However, at this time, Wang Mo didn't care much, and replied: "Whether to establish a political party or not, you can just look at it, father, it doesn't matter." ”

Wang Haoshan was stunned when he heard this, he thought that his son might agree with it and make a plan, and he also thought that his son would strongly oppose it, and advised him to veto this suggestion, but he didn't think that it would be the attitude of "it doesn't matter".

"Mo'er, what do you call that? It doesn't matter what it is, the formation of a political party is a major issue related to the integration of the various factions in the south. Don't think that by sweeping away the power of the Kuomintang, we will completely control the southern provinces. At present, the local forces in the provinces are just afraid of the armed forces of our Sichuan army, and they are temporarily dormant and wait and see. Wang Haoshan rebuked with an unhappy expression.

Wang Mo was very surprised, he didn't expect his father, a big boss, to be able to say such a high-level thing, it seems that after he let go of military power, he couldn't get by and live a messy life for more than a year when he devoted himself to government affairs.

"Father, don't be angry yet." Wang Mo got up, picked up the teapot and added tea to the teacup in front of Wang Haoshan, explaining: "Our top priority now is to prepare our forces for war and resist the Beiyang Army. Our troops have been fighting for many days, and it is the most tired and weak time, Yuan Shikai will not fail to see this, maybe the Beiyang Army will soon go south. ”

Before the end of the Battle of Qingdao, Yuan Shikai may still be afraid of being infamous as a traitor. Don't dare to wave the army south. But now that the war is over and Qingdao has been recovered, the Wang family no longer has the righteous name of fighting for the country as a shield, and Yuan Shikai only needs to let the central government in Beijing find an excuse to send troops south.

Because of this, Wang Mo would leave the 1st Division of the Sichuan Army in Shandong to maintain the deterrence of the Beiyang Army. They also quickly moved south to begin the reorganization of the military and police forces in the southern provinces.

Hearing this explanation, Wang Haoshan's face softened slightly, and he said: "Arming the war is naturally a top priority, but it is also urgent to integrate the local forces of the southern provinces, otherwise after the war with Beiyang, there may be someone behind the scenes." I think that the establishment of a political party is very conducive to the unification and reorganization of the provincial governments. ”

It can be heard from these words that Wang Haoshan is inclined to establish a political party in his heart.

Wang Mo smiled helplessly: "Father." It's not that the child is arrogant, and it's not to pour cold water on you, but it's really to say that leading troops to fight, we are very good. If we can engage in party politics, then we are complete laymen. ”

Don't think that party politics can play with everyone, even an old fox like Yuan Shikai has been blinded by those people in the Kuomintang, not to mention Wang Haoshan, a big boss.

In this regard, Wang Mo really has no hope and confidence in himself. In the end, he is just a big soldier, and he is still far from playing with those politicians. Don't talk about him. I am afraid that even if the mayors and governors of later generations come to this era, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not be crippled by the elites engaged in party politics such as Sun Wen and Song Jiaoren.

Although Sun Wen has already fled east to Japan, if the Wang family really engages in party politics, Sun Wen will most likely be overjoyed to make a comeback with the Chinese Revolutionary Party he had just established in Japan.

Wang Haoshan frowned and said, "What about the layman, if you don't know it, you can learn!" I had relinquished military power. Dealing with government affairs, don't you know nothing, don't you still get started slowly? ”

"Father, it's not a wise thing to do. The army is our foundation. As for political parties, they are just icing on the cake, and whether they are formed or not has nothing to do with the overall situation. Wang Mo explained again.

To be honest, even after defeating Beiyang and unifying the whole of China in the future, Wang Mo is not ready to engage in party politics. Not only because he can't play party politics, but also because he doesn't want to involve too much time and energy because of the political party, what he needs is absolute control in order to better lead the Chinese nation to complete the rejuvenation!

"Then according to your opinion, there is no need for this political party to be formed?" Wang Haoshan said with a frown.

Wang Mo smiled slightly and replied: "I still say the same thing, it doesn't matter whether to form a political party or not. If my father wanted to try it, of course he could. As for the integration and control of the southern provinces, I think it will not be difficult to do so as long as we firmly grasp the two things. ”

"What two?" Wang Haoshan asked.

Wang Mo stretched out his right index finger and said, "First, military power!" Then he stretched out his right middle finger and said, "Second, financial power!" ”

There is no doubt that military power is naturally a top priority. The Wang family itself is a warlord who relied on military power, and Wang Haoshan certainly understands the importance of military power. As long as the military power is in hand, the local forces in the southern provinces will definitely not be able to jump up to it, no matter how much they have thoughts and thoughts.

As for financial power, only by firmly grasping financial power can we avoid the constraints of the provincial governments and local forces, and take full control of the overall situation.

Wang Haoshan said very approvingly: "This is reasonable, military power and financial power are indeed firmly in our hands. Only in this way will we be able to gradually integrate the southern provinces. ”

"Father, the ancients said that governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh. Nor should you be in a hurry to integrate the southern provinces, lest you provoke uncontrollable unrest. I will reorganize and train the military and police forces in the provinces as soon as possible, and you will start to replace our men in the key positions in the finance and taxation departments. As for the rest, for the time being, the status quo will be maintained, and stability will be the priority. Wang Mo suggested.

After thinking about it again and again, Wang Haoshan finally nodded and said: "That's fine, first rectify the military and police forces and finance and taxation departments of the southern provinces, stabilize the overall situation, so as not to be taken advantage of by Beiyang." I hope that Yuan Shikai will not send troops too soon, and he can leave us time to prepare for battle. ”

"I hope so." Wang Mo's expression was solemn, in fact, he didn't have any hope for this. If he were Yuan Shikai, he would definitely not let go of this great opportunity to move his army south

Beijing, the outskirts of Beiyang 3rd Division Barracks.

Different from the routine drills in the past, today's tens of thousands of officers and men of the Third Division of the Beiyang Army gathered at the Colonel, not to accept drills and training reviews, but to watch the establishment of a brand-new unit of the Beiyang Army.

Not only the officers and soldiers of the Third Beiyang Division are here. The officers of the other departments of the Beiyang Army, as long as they have certain ranks, positions and connections, all rushed here.

Of course, Yuan Shikai, the founder and head of the Beiyang Army and the current president of the Republic of China, also appeared in the university in military uniform, accompanied by a large number of senior Beiyang military and political officials.

Most of the core executives of Beiyang have appeared here. It can be seen that the top and bottom of Beiyang attach great importance to this newly established unit.

At this time, a Beiyang officer trotted all the way to Yuan Shikai's side, stood up and saluted and reported: "President, everything is ready, please instruct!" ”

Yuan Shikai waved his hand and ordered: "Then start the test flight, pay attention to safety!" ”

"Yes!" The Beiyang officer stood up and saluted again, and Ling Ran answered.

"Your Excellency, don't worry, my planes produced in the British Empire. It is the most advanced aircraft in the world, and there are absolutely no problems with safety! A white man standing next to Yuan Shikai interjected, but it was the British Minister Plenipotentiary to China, Zhu Erdian.

That's right, the brand-new unit that the Beiyang Army is going to set up today is the flying group, and all a hundred aircraft were sold by Britain to the Beiyang Army.

Ever since Wang Mo used the Battle of Qingdao to force the British to return de facto control of Chinese customs, the British understood that ultranationalists like Wang Mo were a great threat to the interests of the British Empire in China.

Although the British could not directly send troops to the Far East because of the European war. However, it still sacrificed the old routine used by the colonists and increased support for Beiyang. So as to suppress and even eliminate the royal forces in the south.

In order to eliminate Wang Mo, a warlord who repeatedly provoked and offended the British Empire, the British took great pains to sell 80 bombers, 10 reconnaissance planes and 10 trainer planes to the Beiyang Army in one go, and the British consortium even took the initiative to provide loans to Beiyang at low interest rates.

With the strong support of the United Kingdom, Yuan Shikai was not as happy as outsiders imagined, but his mind became heavier and heavier.

"Your Excellency, Minister. I don't know how the batch of planes sold by your country compares with those bombers of Wang Mo's flying group? Yuan Shikai asked Zhu Erdian.

Zhu Erdian said confidently: "Your Excellency, rest assured, these Opas bombers are the active aircraft of the Royal Air Force of the British Empire, and they are definitely the latest bombers in the world. The Opas bomber was further upgraded by the British Empire based on the research of the bomber purchased from Wang Mo, and it is far superior to the bombers of Wang Mo's flying group in terms of flight performance, range and bomb load! ”

Britain is now the most industrially developed country in the world. It is not strange to have this arms research and development ability, Yuan Shikai's solemn expression on his face was a little relaxed, nodded and said: "That's good, if this batch of planes can't compare to the bomber group under Wang Mo, then the establishment of this flight group is meaningless." ”

While the two were talking, the hum of aircraft engines suddenly sounded on the makeshift runway on the school grounds.

With a loud humming sound, the propellers of the aircraft preparing for the test flight began to rotate rapidly, rolling up gusts of wind, and for a while the dust was flying.

The flagbearer next to the runway keeps waving the blue flag to signal that the planes on the runway can start gliding and taking off.

Immediately, the plane began to move slowly, gradually increasing its speed, then pulling higher and higher, and finally flying into the blue sky.

"Good!"

"Beautiful!"

The tens of thousands of Beiyang officers and soldiers present cheered loudly, since Wang Mo's Blue Eagle Flying Brigade came out, they knew the powerful power of the plane, and now they finally have the plane, of course they are very happy.

It was originally a scene of cheering and celebration, and Yuan Shikai and other high-level officials in Beiyang were also smiling, but the crowd didn't know who was overexcited, and shouted: "It's okay now, we also have bombers in Beiyang!" If there were any more fighters that could fight in the sky, then we really wouldn't have to be afraid of anything! (To be continued......)