In 1909, Emperor Xuantong succeeded to the throne, and Zaifeng, as the biological father of Emperor Xuantong, was named regent and began his three-year reign. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The past three years have undoubtedly been a period of political turmoil and acute social contradictions in the late Qing Dynasty.

By the time Zaifeng came to power, the contradictions within the ruling clique of the Qing court had tended to ease, and the preparatory constitutional movement in the late Qing Dynasty was gradually on the right track, promulgating the "Outline of the King James Constitution" and deciding on a nine-year preparatory period for the preparation of the constitution, and the constitutional movement in the late Qing Dynasty entered a new stage of development. However, Zaifeng's implementation of the policy of centralization of power gave rise to new internal contradictions, which made the already complicated political situation of the late Qing Dynasty even more turbulent.

Under the circumstances, it was necessary to strengthen the centralization of power and reduce local forces. However, after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement and the Gengzi Turmoil, local forces have become a difficult trend to fall. Because of his lack of experience in governing power, Zaifeng adopted some erroneous methods in the process of strengthening the centralization of power, which not only did not achieve the expected results, but intensified various contradictions, among which the "imperial cabinet" and the state-owned railways were the most important.

The "Imperial Cabinet" caused a large number of bureaucratic constitutionalists and bourgeois constitutionalists to abandon their illusions in the Qing court and instead support the bourgeois-democratic revolution.

In the final analysis, the problems caused by the railway state belong to the poor financial situation of the Qing government. In July 1910, the collapse of rubber stocks in the Shanghai stock market caused a heavy blow to Chinese industry and commerce in the rich Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, the Yangtze River valley, and the southeast coast, and the achievements of the New Deal in the late Qing Dynasty were destroyed. China lost a terrifying 45 million taels of silver, while the Qing government's disposable revenue at that time was only about 100 million taels. The outflow of such a huge amount of money made the Qing government's financial situation even worse. This led to the Qing government "nationalizing" the commercial railways and borrowing them from the foreign powers as collateral for the right of way. Objectively speaking, it is not unreasonable to nationalize the right of way. However, if you say that the railways run by other people will be nationalized, and you don't give people refunds, then what will the bureaucrats and gentry do who let people invest in the railways? In this way, it is no wonder that there are no problems.

Of course, Xiao Mubai doesn't have to worry about these problems, although the state-owned railway also has an impact on the railway invested by Huasheng Group, but not to mention that there is another Yuechengkun railway can be opened to traffic, just say that the Wuchang Uprising broke out a few months later, who cares whether the railway is state-owned or not? By that time it was not yet speaking with the barrel of a gun.

Of course, Xiao Mubai will not tell anyone that he also made a lot of money in that wave of rubber stocks last year, even if it is an act of digging the corners of the Qing Dynasty.

Seeing that the situation began to become more and more turbulent, Xiao Mubai, who was far away in Yunnan, also raced against time to start corresponding preparations. However, there is one problem that has caused him a headache, that is, the shortage of government cadres. You know, after the revolution, the more important thing is construction. Although the Communist Progressive Party has also trained a large number of government cadres in recent years, not to mention that the number is far from enough, even with the current experience of these young people, they can only be used as grassroots cadres.

When thinking of the Manchu bureaucrats he had come into contact with, Xiao Mubai's eyes couldn't help but light up, the Manchu government was indeed corrupt, but it was undeniable that there were indeed rare government talents in this huge bureaucratic system, but these people were finally buried by the times. For example, Wang Zhengya, Zhang Baocheng and others that Xiao Mubai once came into contact with, these people sympathize with the revolution, not to mention their ability, and if they can win it over, it is also a good way. After opening a train of thought, Xiao Mubai felt a lot more relaxed.

Because most of the league members in Yunnan have been absorbed by the Communist Party, there are still quite a few military cadres available to the Communist Party at present. After careful consideration, a flurry of orders was issued.

On this day, Li Gengen had just returned home from the lecture hall, and Ma Xiang came to the door.

"Yin Quan, do you want to lead the troops?" Ma Xiang looked at Li Gengen with a smile on his face and said.

"Don't make fun of me, I think when we went east to Japan to study military affairs, wasn't it just to lead the troops?" Li Gengen looked depressed.

"I'm just asking you if you want to go." Ma Xiang still had a smile on his face.

At this time, Li Gengen finally heard that something was wrong, could it be that this guy had a way to let himself serve in the new army? That's a good dare! Even if it's a pipe band, I'm happy to go!

"Uncle, do you have a way for me to serve in the New Army?" Li Gengen asked with a look of hope.

"No way."

"Then why are you telling me this?" Li Gengen was choked by the blow, and his full hope was dashed in an instant.

"You take a look at this first." Ignoring Li Gengen's glaring eyes, Ma Xiang stretched out a document.

Li Gengen took the document and looked at it, only to see that it read "Letter of Appointment to the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China." Li Gengen, who did not know why, opened the letter of appointment, only to see that it was written that "Comrade Li Genen is hereby appointed commander of the Second Infantry Division of the Chinese Revolutionary Army", but the name of Xiao Mubai was the signing of the appointment.

"Yin Quan? It's okay for you. Seeing the stunned Li Yuanyuan, Ma Xiang couldn't help but quip.

"Young uncle, what's going on? Our party still has secret troops? It's no wonder that Li Gengen was stunned, after all, he still knows too little about the strength of the Communist Party.

"Hehe, it's understandable that you don't know, in fact, I only found out by chance."

"Then why don't you tell me about it quickly." Li Gengen said impatiently.

"In fact, as early as four years ago, our party began to secretly train troops in the deep mountains of Quang Nam, and then successfully organized and trained three infantry divisions in the Panzhihua area and the Quang Nam area, all of which were equipped with Type 08 semi-automatic rifles designed and produced by ourselves, and all kinds of artillery were not counted. Among them, the 1st and 2nd Divisions were stationed in Quang Nam, and the 3rd Infantry Division was in Panzhihua. It was only in order to hide the eyes of the Qing court that the station was set up in a relatively remote mountain, so except for the high-level party members, many party members did not know about it. ”

"So, I'm now being appointed commander of this second division." Li Gengen's face was full of excitement.

"Well, yes. The letter of appointment is now in your hands. ”

"Haha, young uncle, thank you for the good news you brought me. I've decided, I'm going to treat you to dinner. Haha" Li Gengen, who has experienced a lot of ups and downs, is excited.

"Hehe, don't worry, I'll give you a brief introduction to the Second Infantry Division first."

"Okay, young uncle, I'll listen to you."

"The Second Infantry Division has a total of more than 10,000 officers and men. It has three infantry regiments, an artillery regiment under the division, an engineer battalion, a communications battalion, a reconnaissance battalion and a logistics division. The artillery regiment is organized into two 105 howitzer battalions with 24 guns and one 155 howitzer battalion with 12 guns. Each infantry regiment has three infantry battalions, each battalion has three infantry companies and one machine gun company, and the regiment has 12 guns in the 75 artillery battalion. As for the other battalions, companies, mortars, etc., you can count them yourself later. The entire division is armed with Type 08 semi-automatic rifles of our own production. ”

Listening to Ma Xiang's gushing introduction, Li Gengen opened his mouth widely, and the shock in his heart can be imagined. Where is this a division! It's almost comparable to the equipment of a Japanese division, and probably the artillery of the six towns of Beiyang adds up to this scale. I don't know what a semi-automatic rifle is, but it sounds like a powerful rifle, so it shouldn't be bad.

Seeing Li Gengen's stunned appearance, Ma Xiang couldn't help but say, "Yin Quan, come back to your senses." ”

"Uncle, how did you know this, it can't be another accident, right?" Li Gengen, who came back to his senses, asked suspiciously.

"Hey, that's not true. But the reason is also very simple, because I am your future partner, the political commissar of the 2nd Infantry Division. ”

Hearing the news, Li Gengen was stunned at first, and then he was happy. It's just that he doesn't understand what position the commissar is.

Seeing Li Gengen's puzzled look, Ma Xiana didn't know what he was thinking. So he explained: "The political commissar is the abbreviation of the political commissar, and the main feature is that he is the head of the army like the military commander, and he has the right to stop it on the spot if he finds that there is a serious violation of the policy and discipline." And personally grasp confidential communications. Of course, the most important point is to embody the party's absolute leadership over the army. Ma Xiang explained to Li Gengen leisurely.

Hearing Ma Xiang's explanation, Li Gengen understood. He had also heard the principle of the party commanding the gun, and it seemed that this was really not a joke.