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The Qing court was extremely shocked by the defeat of the Fujian army and the suicide of Songshou, and the military department Shangshu Tieliang advocated the suppression in the discussion, but what to take to suppress it became the focus of the imperial cabinet's controversy.

This time, Songshou had Sun Daoren as the striker, and Sun Daoren's combat effectiveness in the tenth town of the provisional new army was not bad, but it was cleaned up by the Jianzhou security regiment.

Transferring other new troops to Fujian may not help anything, and if the six towns of Beiyang are transferred to Fujian to suppress them, what will happen to the defense of the north?

At present, the Praetorian Guard has not yet been trained, and the northwest of Fujian is a mountainous area, so the imperial cabinet cannot make up its mind for a while.

It didn't take long for the situation in Fujian to become clear, and the Jianzhou Security Corps did not take the opportunity to expand the incident, but guarded the northwest of Fujian and did not move.

In fact, Xia Jun has already formulated a plan to expand the army, as well as an expansion plan.

Another 3,500 men were recruited for this expansion, and together with the previous troops, it was organized into 12 battalions, of which 10 were infantry battalions, one logistics battalion, one engineer battalion, and one artillery company in training.

After the completion of the training of these 12 battalions, they will be stationed in various parts of Fujian.

The expansion plan was based on these 12 battalions, and the township autonomy was carried out throughout Fujian, so as to encircle the city, and Xia Jun had realized that the trend of history might have changed.

However, Xia Jun also has two sets of plans, since history has been changed, then on October 10, 1911, he will fire the first shot of the Xinhai Revolution! And he has already drafted the "Letter to the Chinese Compatriots" to be used at that time.

Next year, there will inevitably be a road protection movement, and then contact again, anyway, if it goes well, take the opportunity to grab the land, if it doesn't go well, make some efforts, and always kill the Manchu Qing.

Before the 12 battalions were completed, Xia Jun gave priority to the development of Funing Mansion and Yanping Mansion in eastern Mindong, where Funing Mansion had a port that could be used for smuggling in the future. Yanping Province also belongs to the northern Fujian range, the language is the same, and it is easy to do work.

Therefore, Xia Jun's expansion was not noticed by the Manchus, and at this time, the American diplomatic ambassador exerted pressure on the Qing court to solve the problem of northwestern Fujian as soon as possible.

The Yankees want a stable market.

Under pressure from the Americans, the Qing court's plan to use force to pacify northwest Fujian fell to naught, because once force was used, it would not be possible to calm the situation in the short term.

The Qing court, which had been frightened by the foreigners, had no choice but to appease Xia Jun, and the Manchu Qing sent a report to Jian'an through the radio to test Xia Jun's intentions.

In a telegram, the Manchus offered Xia Jun the official position of the commander of a town, but demanded that the autonomy of northwestern Fujian be abolished.

Xia Jun couldn't help laughing after reading the telegram, asking him to cancel his autonomy was a dream.

He didn't want the position of commander of the new army, out of the feelings of the indignant youth, Xia Jun rejected the official position promised by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, anyway, he could fight if he wanted to, or not, and the initiative was in his own hands.

It's just that it's better not to fight, Xia Jun's foundation is not stable for the time being, and he must have enough time to cultivate talents and henchmen, and once the war starts, the development of northwest Fujian will also be affected by the economy.

So Xia Jun asked the telegraph operator to call back and refuse.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty's appeasement was rejected, and Xia Jun discussed autonomy matters, and the two sides exchanged more than a dozen telegrams, and finally reached an agreement, Xia Jun will pay 5 million taels of taxes to the Qing government axe every year in the future, but it will be paid from the summer harvest next year.

The agreement reached between Xia Jun and the Manchu Qing is basically equal to nothing, and next year Xia Jun will directly and openly oppose the Qing Dynasty, and hand over a fart to them when the time comes.

After the summer harvest, there was no financial pressure on the security regiment, and at this time, 2 million mu of rice was planted with high-yield rice seeds, and the autumn harvest had an income of 4 million silver yuan, which was very sufficient for wages and military salaries.

After the war, the commercial operation in the northwest of Fujian also resumed rapidly, but the infrastructure construction in the northwest of Fujian did not stop for a moment.

However, Xia Jun had no time to increase infrastructure construction for a while, so he decided to get married this month and end his career as a bachelor, so he sent You Zhengbin to the Li family to discuss the marriage date.

On the other hand, Chen Xuanyu and Zhang Sigou were sent by Xia Jun to preside over the recruitment of troops, and this time the army should be expanded quickly, and strive to organize and train a force that can control Fujian before next year.

Among the 10 infantry battalions, the 01 battalion was renamed the guard battalion, which belonged to Xia Jun's personal troops, and 9 of the battalions will be transferred to areas outside northwest Fujian, and each battalion will be responsible for an area.

The main function of these battalions was to provide armed protection for the administration, and to cut off the government's control over the townships and towns while eliminating bandits.

The 01 battalion controlled by Xia Jun cannot be regarded as the main force, because this battalion will be used to sit inside, it is an infantry battalion equipped beyond the times, and there is an artillery company to assist.

Only those second-line troops should be called the main forces, and the militia trained in townships and towns should be regarded as second-line troops.

The role of the guard battalion is to protect Xia Jun's personal safety, and at the same time dispel anyone's non-trivial thoughts, there are three battalions of the guard battalion, the logistics battalion, and the engineer battalion, as well as the artillery company is in Xia Jun's hands, and the commanders of the other nine battalions can be deterred.

Which battalion dares to mess around, Xia Jun can immediately cut off the logistics and use the other battalions that the guard battalion has deterred to attack.

In fact, Xia Jun still has confidence in his subordinates, after all, after ideological education, Xia Jun has not treated anyone badly, and the security team is very loyal to him from top to bottom, and the top and bottom will not necessarily follow suit. The reason why he was directly in charge of the three battalions was just in case.

Now that the family business is getting bigger, it is difficult to ensure that the emptiness has caused some people to have some thoughts that they should not have.

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