Gu Weijun fell in love with Tang Shaoyi's daughter when he was in Shanghai, but what kind of identity Tang Shaoyi was, how could he fall in love with this hairy boy who couldn't become famous? The angry Gu Weijun wanted to commit suicide by jumping into the river, but fortunately Chai Dongliang and Shu Yexuan rescued him so that the talented man did not feed the fish and turtles in the Huangpu River.

The disheartened Gu Weijun had nothing to do in Shanghai, and Chai Dongliang barely picked up his spirits to come to Anhui after several invitations. As soon as he arrived in Anqing, he was appointed as a senior secretary by Chai Dongliang, and this time he was appointed as the director of the Political Department of the Anhui Army Non-commissioned Officer School.

And Tang Shaoyi became the prime minister of Yuan Shikai's cabinet, but after reaching the peak of his brilliant life, he was on pins and needles. According to the "Provisional Covenant Law", the political axe of the Republic of China should be a cabinet system, Tang Shaoyi is the general leader of the cabinet, and the power is above Yuan Shikai. The problem is that Tang Shaoyi has been Yuan Shikai's subordinate for 30 years, where does he have the courage to go toe-to-toe with Lao Yuan after years of accumulation?

What made him even more troubled was that the Yanjing political axe, like Sun Wen's Nanjing temporary political axe before, was empty, and the governors of all provinces withheld all the taxes and did not pay a penny to the central government. In addition to borrowing foreign money, Tang Shaoyi has nothing to do. At this time, Xiong Xiling, a talented man from Hunan, was appointed as the chief financial officer of the cabinet, and this Xiong genius was really eloquent, and he also understood that if there was no money to dismiss the more than 400,000 people's troops in the south, there would definitely be a large-scale mutiny, so he negotiated with the foreigners, and first asked the Bank of the Four Nations to advance 3 million pounds, equivalent to 12 million Chinese silver dollars, to dismantle the people's army under Huang Xing.

Unexpectedly, Huang Xing not only did not appreciate it, but sent a telegram to reprimand: "The advance charter not only supervises my country's finances, but also supervises my [***] team, which is tolerable and unbearable!" The army is the lifeblood of the country, how can foreigners be allowed to beak? Will Finance Minister Xiong forget the Sichuan Road Protection Movement, and will Egypt lose his country due to borrowing? My generation went to the soup for 20 years to rejuvenate the Republic of China, and the public sold the country with a mere 3 million advances, what is the purpose of this? But we have a breath of air, and we will never allow this treaty of betrayal???! ”

The words were righteous and awe-inspiring, and Xiong Xiling's seven orifices were smoky???? Lao Tzu worked hard to deal with foreigners, isn't it just to help you Huang Xing? What is your urgent need?

Xiong Xiling was furious, and made Huang Xing's telegram of urging money public, and then described the dilemma of the Southern People's Army about to mutiny due to lack of pay and his own grievances, and finally ridiculed Huang Xing for not understanding politics, saying that if Huang Xing was in charge, he would definitely bury the Republic of China???

There was a war of words on both sides, and the governors of all provinces pulled a partial fight to fight the Taiping boxing, and the public said that the public was reasonable, and the mother said that the mother-in-law was reasonable, and the head of the cabinet premier Tang Shaoyi was as big as a fight. The Provisional Senate also came to join in the excitement and summoned Tang Shaoyi to the Senate to explain the situation, and some young parliamentarians rose up and scolded Tang Shaoyi as the "prime minister of the dead country."

During the formation of the cabinet in Nanjing, Tang Shaoyi, in order to reconcile the contradictions between the north and the south, promised to let Wang Zhixiang, who was born in the Southern Revolutionary Party, serve as the governor of Zhili. At that time, Yuan Shikai did not express his position, which was regarded as acquiescence.

When Wang Zhixiang came to take office in a hurry, Yuan Shikai arranged his henchman to be the governor of Zhili, which made Tang Shao angry enough. Tang Shaoyi was sandwiched between the north and south sides and became a rat in the ventilation pipe, and both ends were angry.

In a fit of rage, Tang Shaoyi resigned as prime minister of the cabinet and left with his crown, and the first cabinet of the Republic of China announced its collapse just over three months after its establishment.

Gu Weijun has been doing well here in Chai Dongliang, and when he was just over 20 years old, he had already served as the senior secretary of the Governor's Mansion and the director of the Political Department of the Military Academy, and he had a bright future. Tang Shaoyi is already called Bo Xishan, and under the advantages of the other, he no longer opposes his daughter and Gu Weijun's relationship, but hopes to promote this marriage and have a relationship with Chai Dongliang, the only patrol envoy of the Republic of China.

Tang Shaoyi can see clearly, what constitutionalism and what Republic of China are bullshit, without the support of a gun, whoever is the prime minister of the cabinet has to finish playing!

The power of the Senate is unlimited, Yuan Shikai has a heavy army, and the prime minister of the cabinet is just an ornament, if he can win over Chai Dongliang, with the troops of Anhui and Jiangxi provinces, plus the political power that Tang Shaoyi has in the past 30 years, he may be able to make a comeback.

After Tang Shaoyi made up her mind, she instead hinted that her daughter would marry Gu Weijun as soon as possible, Tang Baoyi was naturally very happy, and ran directly to Anqing with the maid. Tang Shaoyi's envoy also came to Anqing and befriended Chai Dongliang.

Chai Dongliang really needs a group of influential old politicians to improve his power, and he saw through Tang Shaoyi's thoughts, and he also pushed the boat down the river, and he paid special attention to Gu Weijun. This is not because he is about to become Tang Shaoyi's women's boots, but Gu Weijun's own ability is indeed quite outstanding.

Chai Dongliang devoted himself to the establishment of the Anhui Army Noncommissioned Officer School to turn all middle- and lower-ranking officers into his nominal students, which is of incomparably great significance to the expansion of the army and the cultivation of centripetal force in the future. Therefore, we specially invited Barnes and Bruce from the United Kingdom who have experience in cultivating [***] people.

He also used the original Anhui Domain's Yamen as the site of the Anhui Army Noncommissioned Officer School, and allocated a special fund of 1 million to build this school, and the Anhui Revolutionary Army of the Hanfeng Type 1 rifle had already been allocated 3,000 units to the noncommissioned officer school before it was fully equipped, and other light and heavy weapons were also readily available. The school offered infantry, artillery, cavalry, engineers, baggage, special warfare, and other subjects, not only copying all the subjects of the foreign military academy, but also personally participating in the compilation of the textbooks Chai Dongliang based on the experience of later generations.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the enrollment began, Barnes and Gu Mazi choked on fire!

"Shaochuan, let's take a look." Chai Dongliang beckoned Gu Weijun to go to Nandaying together.

Fang Qingyu is like Chai Dongliang's shadow, without waiting to explain, he has already arranged for the guards to prepare the horses, Chai Dongliang and Gu Weijun turned over and got on the horses, Fang Qingyu led the guards to open the way in front, and there were several Gurkha guards behind him.

It was only ten miles from the Military Advisory Office to the Nanda Camp, and the road was also a flat, straight ash road that had just been repaired.

The entrance of the Nanda camp was crowded into a pimple, and I heard Barnes and Bruce from a distance with some strange Chinese, Gu Mazi and He Tianshou were also slapping the table, and the people around were constantly coaxing.

"Why don't you start fighting?"

"Who do you think can win?"

"That foreign devil's body is fat, definitely not good!"

"Not necessarily, the officer with a scar on his face has only one arm, and he suffers!"

"What are we betting on? I bet on the Chinese to win, and if I lose, I treat! ”

"Then you're done!"

Chai Dongliang saw the chaotic scene here, and rushed to the top door in anger, for this military school, he broke his heart, they actually have the leisure to talk nonsense here? A few of them quarreled, and the students who came to apply for the exam also watched from three floors to the outside, as if they were countrymen watching a big show.

What qualities are these! This is his own future officer?

Gu Mazi saw Chai Dongliang coming, like a child seeing his mother, and hurriedly said: "Dudu, this foreign devil wants to blow up his wings, so he has to accept those bastards!" I'm holding him back from coming to me, if it weren't for your face, I'd knock out his teeth! ”

Chai Dongliang glared at him and said, "Look at you, how do you know that they are bastards?" ”

He Tianshou squeezed over from the crowd and interjected: "Du Du, my old He has been in the green camp for more than ten years, the kind of scum that eats and loves to make trouble, I can see it at a glance, I don't believe you ask them personally, if I look away, you will pick out my eyes and step on them as a fish bubble!" ”

Barnes slapped the table and yelled, "Again, I declare that they are retired soldiers, not scum!" Camp Commander He, I hope you can respect your compatriots! ”

He Tianshou pouted and said: "Lao Tzu's life, only loyal ministers and filial sons, the kind of scum who is incapable of disturbing the people in war, Lao Tzu sees one and fights another!" ”

Chai Dongliang saw that the people around him were gathering more and more, and shouted: "Shut up for me!" Then he glanced at Fang Qingyu.

Fang Qingyu comprehended and led the guards to disperse the onlookers, and these people who watched the excitement remembered serious things and hurriedly lined up to apply. Military salaries and wages are the most important things, who will pay them when it comes to the excitement?

Chai Dongliang whispered to Barnes, "Let's talk to the side." ”

Barnes and Bruce followed him to the open space of the school field, and Chai Dongliang said with a smile: "The two of you don't know much about the situation in China, this kind of ruffian who has been in the military camp for a long time is really not suitable for being accepted into the military academy, and they will bring a bad atmosphere to the school." ”

Bruce shook his head and said, "My esteemed lord, why are you so unconfident in your fellow citizens?" Please be careful with your words and don't use impolite words like riffraff to belittle your fellow citizens! ”

Chai Dongliang explained with a smile: "These people's surnames are not good, and they don't have any combat effectiveness. ”

When he led his troops to fight Anqing, He Tianshou took more than a dozen cavalry and captured more than 1,000 green battalion soldiers, not to mention resisting, they didn't even have the courage to escape. But when these birds [***] harm the common people, they are more powerful than the other, and even the bandits are not as fierce as them.

Barnes shrugged his shoulders and said, "My esteemed lord, your opinion is absolutely wrong!" There are no soldiers with bad surnames, only incompetent officers??? The few people we fancy are physically stronger than ordinary people, and they are also very smart, they have worked in the army for a while, and their understanding of weapons and tactics is definitely stronger than that of ordinary people, and they are very suitable for training to become qualified non-commissioned officers. ”

Bruce interjected, "When we were in Weihaiwei before, all the soldiers we selected were retired green battalion soldiers from your country, and most of them were people you contemptuously called 'battalion bastards'. But they surprised the British Empire, can you refuse such a surprise? ”

Chai Dongliang was shocked, this kind of person who no one in China wants actually constitutes the "Huayong Battalion" that catches up with the Gurkha Army in combat effectiveness? If they can only fight, some bandits are not weak in combat, and what is even more valuable is that their military discipline is extremely strict, although as mercenaries of foreign races attacking the Qing political axe, in the eyes of the Chinese they are absolute Han annihilation, but they have achieved no crime against the people, let alone killing ordinary people. When they were in Weihaiwei, they had suppressed the Shandong Boxers who stormed the barracks, but they only carried out military orders, not wanton massacres.

Barnes said solemnly: "As the chief instructor of the military academy, I have the obligation to select the most suitable person for training, please believe in our work ethic!" ”

Bruce also emphasized: "Lord Governor, I hope you will warn those Chinese instructors not to despise their own compatriots, not to hurt the self-esteem of soldiers, an army composed of people without self-esteem must be sheep!" Only the proud lion can form the most powerful legion???? To hurt someone's self-esteem is to insult your own noble character! ”

Chai Dongliang was deeply shocked, his understanding of his compatriots was even inferior to the two foreigners in front of him!

As a person who has more than 100 years of knowledge than everyone in this era, Chai Dongliang also deeply believes that the quality of the ordinary Chinese people is not high, and under the rule of the Manchu court for many years of enslaving and foolishness, most of the people's moral standards are very low, and even the public toilet needs to be forced by patrol officers with batons before they are willing to go. Therefore, the Anhui Revolutionary Army has not abolished corporal punishment so far, beating military sticks and whipping is commonplace, and the ghosts who are often beaten in the camp cry wolf.

Although according to the regulations of the Anhui Revolutionary Army, those insulting punishments such as piercing the ears with arrows, parading the streets with hanging cards, and kneeling at the gate were banned, and the system of squad leaders washing the soldiers' feet and officers patrolling the night was also set up, but in his bones he only remembered the role of gathering the hearts of soldiers.

In a word, in the end, it's just power!

Chai Dongliang never thought that those most skinless and faceless battalion bastards would be an elite division with strict military discipline and strong combat effectiveness after being trained by the British for two years.

"Are you sure you can get rid of their gangsterism?" Chai Dongliang was still a little hesitant.

Barnes said categorically: "Three months, if you can't let them be reborn in three months, I won't take your salary as a copper plate!" ”

Bruce chimed in: "Me too! ”

Chai Dongliang made up his mind: "Okay, Chief Instructor Barnes is solely responsible for recruiting students, and I will issue a warrant, and no one is allowed to interfere with your decision??? The same is true for the recruitment of the Commercial Police Corps???? Three months, I hope that after three months, I can see satisfactory results! ”

The two of them stood upright at the same time, respectfully saluted, and said in unison: "I won't let you down!" Please issue a warrant immediately! ”

Chai Dongliang's heart was full of waves, if what they said was true, then the so-called low quality of Chinese is an outright lie!

The Huayong Battalion, which the British founded in Weihaiwei, was so strong in combat that even the Gurkha Regiment, which had no one in sight, had to admit it. According to Barnes and others, they recruited 1,200 soldiers who were considered to be the least virtuous and of the worst quality, and after only two years they were trained to be an elite division that shocked the entire Western world. The Germans recruited a group of local honest peasants in Qingdao, but it is a pity that when the Eight-Nation Coalition attacked Yanjing City, there was no war achievement at all except for leaving a number. Moreover, under the coercion of the local officials in Shandong who detained their relatives, they fled in large numbers, and less than one in ten actually accompanied the German army in the war.

Is it really the low quality of ordinary Chinese people? I'm afraid that the real low quality is those who look at people with their nostrils??? It also includes the Germans who despise the Chinese and Chai Dongliang himself, who has an innate prejudice against the Green Battalion!

Chai Dongliang was faintly happy in his heart, the so-called low quality of Chinese people is not suitable for constitutionalism and other, which is simply a means used by the superior to muddy the waters, the purpose is only to extend the rule of [***] that has lasted for more than 2,000 years for a few more years, so that they can enjoy the pleasure of scavenging the people's fat and people's ointment and being worshiped by thousands of foolish people for a few more years.

Until a hundred years later, aren't there still countless people saying that the Chinese are not suitable for Ming Cook and Constitutionalism? Everyone used the chaos in the early years of the Republic of China as evidence to prove the low quality of the Chinese. Chai Dongliang found himself figured out this problem, starting from the election of Sun Wen as the provisional president by the representatives of the 17 provinces, to the 800 arhats in the Senate, until the 38th year of the Republic of China.

In the more than 30 years of history of the Republic of China, which parliamentarian was elected by the people? A group of old bureaucrats turned into representatives of the people?

The so-called Senate meeting convened by the representatives of the 17 provinces was, to put it bluntly, a group of bandits robbed the spoils of the spoils held by the people of the whole country after beating away the old robber of the Manchu Qing Dynasty!

Whether it is Sun Wen and Huang Xing in the south or Yuan Shikai in the north, they all consider their own ideals and political opinions, who has considered how difficult the people's livelihood is? The temporary political axe in the south scraped three feet into the ground, 400,000 rebels poisoned the people of more than ten provinces, and the Yanjing political axe in the north was also exhausted, and the 40,000 living beings were just a feast on their table!

Parliamentarians who are not elected from among the people will certainly not be able to represent the people!

Immeasurable headless and immeasurable blood, pitifully buy a pseudo-republic!

This pseudo-republic did not start with Yuan Shikai's usurpation of power, but the tone was set on the first day of the establishment of the Republic of China!

Wait, let's see, if in three months these battalion bastards can be reborn and trained into qualified modern soldiers, then what reason is there to say that the Chinese are of low quality and cannot carry out constitutional government?

The history of the Chinese under the rule of [***], who are not obedient to the people but mobs, really should end!

Chai Dongliang was delighted, but also a little frustrated, he was taught a lesson by two foreign devils who came to China by trekking through mountains and rivers, and he was thrown to his grandmother's house!

"Shaochuan, you draw up a warrant for me, the chief instructor Major Bruce is fully responsible for the recruitment and training of the commercial police corps, and the recruitment and training of the Anhui Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy is under the full responsibility of the chief instructor Major Barnes??? The warrant is valid for three months, and during these three months, everyone can only learn their training methods and must not interfere with their work, otherwise military law will severely punish them! ”

Gu Mazi and He Tianshou said in unison with bitter faces: "Dudu, you really don't care?" You can't bear to watch these two foreign devils sit on our heads and and pee? ”

Chai Dongliang said with a cold face: "The two of you have been temporarily removed from your positions, study with the team, and if you haven't grown up in three months, take off your military uniform and go home to farm!" ”

(To be continued)