So far, the Jiangbei Army still uses the name of the imperial court on the surface, but in fact it has its own number in private, which are the newly formed Jiangbei First Brigade to the Sixth Brigade, and Wang Yongan needs to readjust the personnel and number of the unit this time, disrupting the previous post, so as to avoid factionalization and small collectivization of his subordinates. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Wang Yongtai did not support Wang Yongan for taking such a lot of pains, and thought that doing so would bring instability to the army's morale, but Wang Yongan persuaded him: "The current instability is for the sake of future stability, in the Jiangbei Army, there can only be one collective, that is, the Jiangbei faction that is loyal to you and me, and there must be no other factions." Wang Yongtai smiled bitterly and said I support everything you do, and I will not interfere with everything in the army, so he went home to retreat.

Subsequently, Wang Yongan re-announced the personnel appointment, and the officers and men of the Overseas Chinese Protector Army were entrusted with important tasks and entered the new Jiangbei Army brigade, although some people were very dissenting, but under Wang Yongan's strong position, they still accepted new colleagues and new bosses.

The first brigade of the newly formed Jiangbei Army, brigade commander Li Zuzhi, chief of staff Li Shirui, troops stationed in Xuzhou;

The second brigade of the new Jiangbei Army, brigade commander Liu Hui, chief of staff Jiang Yanxing, troops stationed in Huaibei;

The third brigade of the newly formed Jiangbei Army, brigade commander Chen Jian, chief of staff Jin Yuqing, troops stationed in Yangzhou;

The new Fourth Brigade of the Jiangbei Army, Brigade Commander Fan Wentai, Chief of Staff Shen Shanglian, and the troops were stationed in Taizhou;

The Fifth Brigade of the newly formed Jiangbei Army, with brigade commander Fang Xianwu and chief of staff Huang Zhan, the troops stationed in Yangzhou;

The Sixth Brigade of the newly formed Jiangbei Army, Brigade Commander Gong Xuewen, Chief of Staff Wang Zhi, and the troops were stationed in Fengyang Mansion;

The newly formed Jiangbei Army Garrison Brigade, brigade commander Shao Yongqin, chief of staff Gan Yulong, and the troops were stationed in Yangzhou.

The new Jiangbei Army has 13,000 people per brigade, including 11,000 combatants, 2,000 non-combatants and new barracks, and a total of 91,000 people in the six brigades of the new Jiangbei Army plus the garrison brigade, plus the police force and patrol battalion, the total number is as high as 110,000, which can be said to be only 80,000 fewer than the number of the Beiyang Army in the same period, but there is a lot of difference in weaponry and combat effectiveness, and the two cannot be compared at all. Therefore, the Jiangbei Army has only been able to influence the overall situation, but it cannot determine the overall situation, and Wang Yongan is also fully aware of his own status, so he honestly trains his troops.

The Jiangbei Army Headquarters is still the six major divisions, but the personnel arrangements are relatively relaxed, with Feng Heng, chief of the general staff, Li Yao, adjutant general, Xiao Xiangshan, chief of military affairs, Han Linchun, chief of armaments, Luo Yinxian, chief of logistics, Wei Daofeng, chief of military justice, and other section chiefs appointed.

However, there are also some objections to personnel arrangements, such as Fan Wentai being appointed as the commander of the Fourth Brigade, and Shao Yongqin being appointed as the commander of the Garrison Brigade. However, Wang Yongan's requirements for arranging personnel are not ability and qualifications, but the degree of loyalty, Fan Wentai and Shao Yongqin expressed a loyal attitude towards Wang Yongan, among these two troops, Fan Wentai's Fourth Brigade is stationed in Taizhou, and Yangzhou is a horn, while Shao Yongqin's garrison brigade protects the safety of Yangzhou, so naturally a loyal person is needed, and there is no other choice than these two.

Wang Yongan's Jiangbei Protector Army made the yamen also crowded, many people wanted to ask for officials, but they were turned away, and some people even spent money to buy officials, Wang Yongan sneered and was about to refuse. Wei Wenkang immediately stopped him and said: "It's nothing to buy and sell officials, the entire Qing Kingdom is like this, you don't want money, others want money, after this money is given to you, you can still build an army, and if you give it to others, you can only harm the people." ”

Wang Yongan thought about this is also the truth, so he gave Wei Wenkang the dirty work of buying and selling officials, and the old Wei classmate was very fond of doing this kind of business to take advantage of the opportunity to make money, and he knew the severity, so he arranged the official positions of these transactions in the edge of the Jiangbei Army's sphere of influence -- the central Anhui region.

A group of people who bought and sold official positions and went to Anhui, one can imagine what they will do, and one can imagine what bad influence they will bring to Anhui. However, these influences are what Wang Yongan lacks most at this stage, a perfect excuse.

A few days later, Wei Wenkang ran to Wang Yongan with a smile and said, "Lord Protector, guess how much money we got for selling officials this time?" ”

"Don't sell it, say, how much did you get?" Wang Yongan asked.

Wei Wenkang said: "There are a total of thirty-six official positions, the highest is 40,000 taels of silver, and the lowest is 5,000 taels of silver, and a total of 700,000 taels of silver have been sold. ”

Wang Yongan almost fell to the ground, glaring and shouting, "Seven hundred thousand taels of silver? ”

"What about this fraction...... And the subordinates gave it up. Wei Wenkang took the account book, Wang Yongan glanced at it, the total attack was actually 30,000 taels of silver, this old boy was greedy for 30,000 taels of silver, he smiled slightly, lowered the account book back and said, "Burn it." ”

"Understood." Wei Wenkang smiled, "If you defeat southern Anhui and southern Jiangsu, I estimate that you can sell it for seven million taels!" That place in Jiangnan is the richest place. ”

"Fart!" Wang Yongan said angrily, "This kind of lack of virtue can be done once, but we can't do it again, we are forced to do this in order to seize Anhui, kill people with the knife of the revolutionary party, and then kill the revolutionary party with our knife, you really think that I am addicted to selling officials." ”

"It's a pity that it's a money-making opportunity." Wei Wenkang said regretfully.

After the reorganization was completed, Wang Yongan briefly inspected the troops, and then sent the 1st Brigade to Xuzhou for garrison, the 4th Brigade for Taizhou for garrison, and the 6th Brigade for Fengyang Mansion for garrison. Before the army set off, Wang Yongan specially summoned Gong Xuewen, commander of the Sixth Brigade, and Wang Zhi, chief of staff, and told them: "The governor of Fengyang Mansion almost killed my second brother a year and a half ago, and this revenge cannot be avenged. ”

"Huh?" Both of them were dumbfounded, and privately executed the court officials, which is a big crime.

Wang Yongan smiled disdainfully: "It's okay, I'll take care of anything happens, you just need to say that you are soldiers, and everything is under command." If anyone wants to arrest you, they have to get past me. ”

The two took the order and left, and Wang Yongan understood a matter of his heart.

At this time, Yuan Shikai's telegram came again to urge him to take up his post, and Wang Yongan immediately asked Feng Heng, the chief of staff, where the tall and strong army was now, and Feng Heng said: "I have just arrived in Shou County." ”

"It's too late, let them immediately break the city and kill people in the name of the revolutionary party." Wang Yongan said.

"Yes." Feng Heng said.

After arranging the big and small things in the army, Wang Yongan felt tired, and then found that he had returned to Yangzhou for seven days, but he did not go home, nor did he visit his son Xiaotian, and he was really a dereliction of duty as a father, so he hurriedly asked his soldiers to buy some pastries and toys, and returned home while it was still dark.