Chapter 60 Only Industrialization Can Save China

The process of conquering Shanxi went smoothly, like an armed march. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Originally, there were still people who held the idea that Shanxi was Shanxi of Shanxi people, but under the flank threat of the 20,000 troops of the Mongol town guards, the new army in Shanxi was like ice and snow under the scorching sun, and soon melted away without a trace.

The 30,000 troops from Hebei soon marched into Taiyuan and settled the surrounding areas. Although it will take a long time to completely calm down the whole of Shanxi, it is all low-intensity anti-bandit and law and order warfare and other operations.

Shanxi's new army was not strong in the first place, and after being attacked from both the Mongolian and Hebei directions, the local officials were very interested in handing over the military and political power. In charge of Shanxi was Xu Shichang, a senior official of the original Beiyang government.

After the annexation of the Beiyang Army, Chen Cheng's biggest gain was not the hundreds of thousands of troops, nor the well-trained artillery and communications and other technical arms, but the new officials trained by the Beiyang system for decades, especially those officials in the civil affairs system.

From the time of the Black Dragon Society, Chen Cheng and Lin Mengchu formulated a high-pressure rule. They simply smashed everything in the place by force, and then fabricated it in their own way. So, until now, there are still people who want to make a few big news stories from time to time.

When the territory is very small, it is not a problem to subdue the resistance below purely by force. But after the territory suddenly expanded tenfold or twenty times, the original method of ruling became a little inappropriate.

"Just slightly?"

"Of course, it's only a little," Chen Cheng dropped the drawings in his hand, "Our main task in the past few years is development. After the capture of Shanxi, our manpower has been used to the limit. Those people we promoted earlier, when the wealth of the people and the government is growing rapidly, many people can't help but reach out. ”

"But what does this have to do with us getting someone from Beiyang to govern Shanxi?" The girl said, "I've heard that many people have a lot of opinions about this. They said that they were bloody heroes, but they were picked by outsiders. ”

"........" Chen Cheng was speechless, "I showed you all this information, and I know it if you don't say it........ Well, what do you mean by that? ”

"I'm thinking, if this continues, in four or five years, we will have to have a big purge."

"That's why I've introduced a lot of contacts left by Beiyang." Chen Cheng said: "If you don't put a little pressure on these people, they will probably really have their tails up to the sky." ”

"Hmph, those people in Beiyang, although they have talent, but their greed is much more powerful than those on our side." The girl snorted coldly: "I don't think it will take a few months, and most of those people who came up will be killed." ”

"Well, I don't really want them to be honest," Chen Cheng explained, "as long as they can complete the tasks we have given them." Besides, don't we have a special anti-counterterrorism committee? It's just a matter of taking advantage of it, if it's really too out of line........"

"What happens if you do something too out of line?"

"That's naturally the killing of those who should be killed, and the killing of those who should be caught." Chen Cheng didn't hesitate, "What we are implementing now is an unlimited responsibility system, if something happens to a person, then his whole family, his recommenders, and his relatives and friends will be implicated." I think we are still very short of labor for mining and railroad construction. ”

"If we do, there will probably be a lot of armed insurrection, right?" The girl smiled and said, "Those guys have many relatives who used to be soldiers, and it is estimated that they can pull out hundreds of people casually." So what? ”

"It's up to you to do this," Chen Cheng said, "It's up to you to fight wars and suppress local rebellions." ”

"Very well," the girl nodded in satisfaction, "only if they jump out first, we will be able to kill the killer." Otherwise, the Beiyang system, which traverses the three worlds of military, political and business, will always be a big trouble. ”

"Well, the Beiyang system is now divided." Chen Cheng said: "The current Beiyang has been split into the direct line dominated by Feng Guozhang, who occupies Xuzhou, and the Anhui lineage, which is dominated by Duan Qirui, who occupies the two territories of Beijing and Tianjin........"

"Wait, why is it still a direct line, and the Anhui line is divided like this?" Lin Mengchu's eyes widened, "Now judging from the criticism they occupy, shouldn't it be better to change it?" Or are you tired of your own convenience, and you just put that name on someone else? ”

“......... It's for your own convenience," the young man said dissatisfiedly: "Hey, holding it is not convenient for me to look alone, but also for you to look pleasing to the eye." ”

"Okay." Lin Mengchu's figure had grown and began to become slim. Women developed earlier than men, and now she is about to catch up with Chen Cheng.

"So, why don't we take the opportunity to go south?" The girl pointed to the map hanging on the wall and said, "Take Henan first, then Hubei, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, ........."

"The idea is very good," Chen Cheng spread his hands, "The problem is, we don't have a navy. ”

"These places are all land, what does it have to do with whether there is a navy or not?"

"Without a navy, we would have to put enough troops on every territory near the sea. Without a navy, we would not dare to cross the Yangtze River easily. Chen Cheng said helplessly: "Even if our army can beat other forces, there are conditions." The support of the railway is needed, enough ammunition is needed........."

"In other words, if we don't have a strong enough navy, or where the railroad can't reach us, we can't expand easily, right?"

"Yes, if we can really build the railway to Kulen, we can go directly to the Russians in Siberia now. Of course, that will also have to be after the unification of the whole country. ”

"I always feel that your strategy is very problematic, but I can't tell what the problem is..........

"Well, of course, there is a problem." Chen Cheng nodded, "From the perspective of the old era, our strategy is to first make it difficult and then easy, and let the Yangguan Road go south along the coast, but instead go to the single-plank bridge of penance and internal strength." Probably many natives don't understand why we don't go into Henan, the most populous country, but instead come to seize Shanxi. ”

"Isn't it for the development of heavy industry?"

"yes, you know, I know. With enough steel, we can easily crush other powers, but in the eyes of the natives, we are afraid of the great powers. ”

"Probably not, we just beat up the foreign devil the year before last."

“....... In fact, we are afraid that we will be pushed away on the great plains of Hebei. Chen Cheng scratched his head, "On the territory we control, the location of the development industry is not Shanxi, but the area of Tangshan, Hebei." With resources and the advantages of shipping, the development will be much faster than that of Shanxi. ”

"Hmph, if we put the base over there, just drive a few battleships, and we'll just stare dryly."

"So, that's the problem. In this world, except for the Chinese, more precisely, except for the vast majority of Chinese, no one wants a country with almost unlimited manpower to embark on the process of industrialization. ”

"Think about it, even if it completes the most basic industrialization, China will be able to mobilize tens of millions of light infantry, which is enough to beat half the world." Chen Cheng said: "Therefore, I had to put the heavy industry base in Shanxi. (To be continued.) )