readx; readx; On July 20, 1907, Zhao Liangong, the governor of southern Xinjiang, arrived in Nanning, Guangxi. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 According to the plan drawn up by the General Staff, the governors of the provinces and the garrisons of the provinces set out from Nanning to receive the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan; The governor of Guangxi Province led the provincial government and the administrative officials of various cities and counties to Guilin under the protection of one national defense division, preparing to take over the power of Guangxi Province.

Zhao Liangong first ordered the 36th Division to be stationed in Nanning to prevent the Chinese Revolutionary Army from attacking Guangxi, and at the same time ordered the 36th Division to send one regiment to garrison the Guangxi border to close the connection with the French colonies.

Guangxi's frontier fortress is still built by Su Yuanchun when he served as the governor of Guangxi, first repaired the Zhennan Pass that was destroyed by the French army, and then repaired the water mouth, the flat and two passes, and built 165 forts and pillboxes, 109 passes, 66 checkpoints on the thousand-mile border line according to the terrain, constituting a huge and magnificent military defense system, there is "the crow can not fly, the mouse can not get in", these facilities are located in Beihai, Fangcheng, Dongxing, Ningming, Pingxiang, Longzhou, Daxin, Jingxi, Napo and other counties along the border areas, because they are mostly connected by the city wallTherefore, it has the reputation of "the small Great Wall of southern Xinjiang", and purchased more than 160 German Krupp 120mm giant guns, and the defense project is impregnable, so that although the French imperialist invaders are eyeing Guangxi, they dare not take a step beyond the thunder pool.

Zhang Renjun, the governor of Liangguang, and Zhang Mingqi, the governor of Guangxi, had been waiting for Zhao Lianggong's arrival in Nanning for a long time. After knowing Zhao Liangong's arrangement, Governor Zhang Mingqi said goodbye to Zhao Liangong and Zhang Renjun and returned to Guilin to handle the handover matters.

Zhang Renjun and Yuan Shikai are sworn brothers, and this meeting with Zhao Liangong was also on the instructions of Yuan Shikai, while assisting in the normal transfer of power in Guangxi, he asked for help in Guangdong Province to establish and train a new army in 1 town.

With the assistance of Zhang Renjun and Zhang Mingqi, it was easy to take over the political power of Guangxi Province, and the provincial government and local mayors and county magistrates quickly arrived in place and began to carry out their work.

In Guangxi, the two powerful local factions that support the army are Yin Long Jiguang of Youjiang Province in Guangxi and Lu Rongting, commander of the patrol battalion, and the two of them each have about 5,000 troops, accounting for two-thirds of Guangxi's total strength.

Guangxi provinces and cities are poor provinces, the annual financial income is only more than 4 million taels of silver, just the expenditure is more than 6 million taels of silver, the annual deficit of more than 2 million taels, all need the support of the Qing Dynasty branch branch, the local border army, patrol battalion treatment is not high, life is poor, after the Xia Empire threw out the garrison and mercenary treatment, it is easy to obtain the support of officers and soldiers, more than 15,000 officers and soldiers in Guangxi have been reorganized, after eliminating the old and weak, there are 7,500 people left. dudu1;

The army primary schools in Nanning and Guilin were merged to form the new Guangxi Army Academy, which was located in Guilin, and Lu Rongting, Long Jiguang, and others were all arranged to be trained in the army academy.

According to the bad habits of the Qing Dynasty at that time, Long Jiguang and Lu Rongting both regarded the army they led as their own private army, and they were really unwilling to be reorganized so easily by the Xia Empire, but both of them were ambitious people, and they felt that there might be greater development with the Xia Empire, and then there was the army that was afraid of the Xia Empire, there were only more than 15,000 people in Guangxi, and the Xia Empire was stationed in Guangxi with nearly 40,000 people, even if they had a few courages, they did not dare to resist; The senior officers were still like this, and the junior officers did not dare to resist.

The old army that had been eliminated was not dismissed, but the people who were in very poor physical condition and their families were transported to the Xia Empire to farm, and the remaining personnel were organized to set up a road repair team, which was divided into more than 10 sections, and first built the road from Fangchenggang to Nanning to Guilin, so as to ensure that these people had work to do and could get paid to support their families.

Zhang Renjun saw that the 36th Division of the Xia Empire stationed in Nanning was strong and strong, and he was extremely envious, feeling that this was a strong army, and thinking of Yuan Shikai's explanation, he proposed to Zhao Liangong that he hoped to help Guangdong Province train a new army.

At the same time, Wu Wenbin also sent a telegram under Yuan Shikai's repeated requests, saying that the relationship between Zhang Renjun and Yuan Shikai could be taken care of more and help Guangdong Province train a new army, so that the north and the south could echo each other when the time came, so as to facilitate a smooth transition of political power.

After Zhao Liangong asked Zhang Wei for instructions, he summoned Zhang Renjun and said to him: "Governor Zhang, now that you have seen it, you really can't distinguish personnel, so you can prepare funds first after you go back, and after the Southern Xinjiang Special Administrative Region has completed receiving and handling military and political affairs, I will send people to assist you in building a new army, how do you feel?" ”

"Then thank you, Governor Zhao." dudu2;

"Haha, Governor Zhang is polite, without your help, it would not be so easy to accept the military administration of Guangxi, besides, to establish a new army, as long as there is money, it is not difficult for us to train soldiers, the difficulty is to train officers, this will take a long time, after you go back, first build the military academy, we can use it immediately after arriving in Guangzhou, and at the same time build the military camp."

"Governor Zhao, now there are ready-made schools and barracks in Guangzhou, which can be used at any time, but there is a lack of instructors and knowledgeable people, and it is difficult to screen revolutionaries, which makes us very troubled."

"These things will be handled by the general office of the academy when the time comes."

Zhang Renjun took his leave and left Guangxi after receiving a definite answer.

The rest of the reception work is very smooth, Governor Zhang Mingqi's work ability is still very strong, and the foundation left behind is good, there are many educational institutions such as the police academy, the normal school, the political and legal school, the surveying and mapping school, and so on, although they are still very simple, and the teachers are not complete, but with these foundations, it will be much easier to expand again.

After receiving military and political powers, the next step was to carry out the work of eradicating bad habits throughout the province.

The disadvantage of Guangxi Province is that it is poor, and now with the funds of the Xia Empire, all the work is much easier, and under the temptation of money, all the people who remain in office cut off their long braids, adopt the hairstyle of the Xia Empire, and change into the clothes of the Xia Empire; The same is true for the army and police, if you want to get a high salary and get good treatment, you must obey the command of the Xia Empire, and cutting off the long braids is the first step. That is a soldier who doesn't care about any major affairs of the court, he can do whatever the boss says, as long as he can pay his salary on time and ensure that his wife and children do not starve, he is a good leader, and the Xia Empire has made up the previous arrears and promised future treatment, how can he not obey the command of the Xia Empire wholeheartedly? dudu3;

For the students of each school, the amount of subsidy has also been increased, the life has been improved, the clothes have been changed, the school building has been built, and now it is required to cut off the long braids, otherwise they will be dropped out of school, no one is willing to give up the current life, and the work of cutting the braids is going very smoothly.

As for the prohibition of foot binding and other requirements, counties have also begun to publicize, and the effect is not very obvious, which requires a long-term and subtle impact.

Yunnan Province, Guizhou Province and Sichuan Province are similar to Guangxi Province, they have long received orders from the Qing Dynasty court that they must do a good job of handover with the Xia Empire, besides, the officials of the Xia Empire are all leading the troops together, under the protection of the army, no one dares to make trouble, and all of them successfully take over the military and political power.

They all knew that the officials of the Xia Empire were not good, but the officers and soldiers of the Xia Empire were treated very well, so the governors, governors, and prefects all chose to return to the Qing Dynasty, while the army all chose to stay and receive the reorganization of the Xia Empire.

The construction of the Southern Xinjiang Special Economic Zone is mainly in the areas of transportation and the exploitation of mineral resources, and the top priority at the moment is to build roads, railways, and wharves; otherwise, it will be difficult to transport ore out even if it is excavated.

As long as there is capital and food, there is no shortage of people here, and after the funds and food of the Zaixia Empire gradually arrived, the entire Southern Xinjiang Special Economic Zone quickly became a large construction site, building roads, building schools, and building military camps everywhere; In accordance with Zhang Wei's request, railway exploration and planning personnel also entered the Southern Xinjiang Special Economic Zone to carry out line exploration, planning and design.

According to Zhao Liangong's request to the provincial garrisons, after stabilization, the first task of the army was to recruit local bandits and reorganize them into mercenaries, and some of the eliminated old armies also chose to join the mercenaries; With Du Shihui's previous experience, coupled with the fact that there were commanders in the patrol battalions in various provinces who had done bandits, with their help, the work of recruiting bandits in the four provinces was carried out very smoothly, and under the suppression of strong force, coupled with the yearning for good treatment, all the bandits did not resist.

By the end of 1907, all the southern Xinjiang Special Administrative Regions had been successfully taken over, the army had been reorganized, the bandits had accepted Zhao'an, and with the support of the Xia Empire's funds and the adjustment of tax policies, the entire southern Xinjiang provinces had undergone great changes, and the people's living standards had been greatly improved, at least there was no hunger. (To be continued.) )