Chapter 24 Those who can be greedy are good comrades

"Listen, listen to everything," although Yuan Shikai is a little dark, a little short, and a little fat, but because he has been in the top position for a long time, he is very magnificent, "Don't think that when we enter Beijing City, it will be amazing." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoYou know, those people in the west have beaten the foreigners away. ”

"In the end, they didn't obediently give up the city of Beijing." Someone below said unconvinced, "If they are really that strong, how can they spit out the meat that was swallowed in their stomachs again?" ”

When Yuan Shikai heard this, his eyebrows were upside down, and he said sharply: "Which one is speaking below?" If you want to talk about it, stand up and talk to everyone! Don't chew your tongue underneath!"

"You all say that the Black Dragon Society is just a bunch of boxers, so well, don't we just fight with others in Hebei? You've all seen the outcome. Do any of you think you can fight better than Huafu? ”

Duan Qirui glanced at Feng Guozhang with a face on the other side without a trace, and he didn't know what thoughts were turning in his heart, but there was a serious expression on his face.

Yuan Shikai's anger subsided a little, and he nodded to Feng Guozhang and said, "Huafu, you come and talk to them and tell them that it's okay to take it lightly." ”

Feng Guozhang stood up and looked at the crowd below, there were those who gloated and those who were eager to try, he sneered in his heart, then picked up the baton, pointed to the map and said: "A month ago, our department heard that Anping Town was attacked by bandits, so we led the army to rescue it. After repelling the bandits, our army asked to enter the town for resupply ......."

At this point, someone laughed below. They are all people who lead soldiers, and who doesn't know who. This is obviously a desire to grab land, and it sounds so good.

Feng Guozhang remained silent and continued: "......... After clashes with the defenders of Anping Town, we exercised restraint and forbearance. While the two sides were negotiating, the enemy's 79th Regiment attacked from the flank, and our army rushed to the battle, which was slightly disadvantaged, so a strategic shift was temporarily carried out. ”

After Yuan Shikai finished speaking, he said a lot of things in a big way. It means that now that there is a great enemy, Beiyang colleagues must maintain kindness and friendship, so as to keep everyone's glory and wealth.

Beiyang is actually a combination of an army and a squire, and the generals and officers at all levels below, including Yuan Shikai himself, are all big landowners. They possessed vast lands in the countryside, and countless sharecroppers worked for them. Then they sent their sons and nephews into the army to maintain their rule by force.

Beiyang's style is in the same vein as the Hunan Army and the Huai Army, although he has opened some factories and created a police system or something, but his basic plate is still these, and it has not changed. Because of this characteristic, they and the Black Dragon Society of the remnants of the boxers are in a situation where they are in a state of disagreement. Although everyone has made a lot of money in trading recently, the boxers in Handan have made more money, so how can they swallow this breath?

For example, the Black Dragon Society's practice of cracking down on Haoqiang and then distributing the land to the poor people was, in their eyes, a heinous crime. However, it is precisely this behavior that makes the cohesion of the Black Dragon Society's side much higher than that of their Beiyang.

It is precisely because of this realization that Yuan Shikai held this kind of meeting, wanting to unify the understanding first and smooth out the internal relationship before he could use troops externally.

Yuan Shikai said some words of encouragement, and finally threw out a big pie. “..... In order to cope with this situation and reverse our unfavorable situation, we have decided to reform the military system through consultations among the ministers. The town, co-ordinate system will be changed to a division-brigade system, and the size of the army will be expanded. After the original six towns were changed to six divisions, the establishment of eight to sixteen divisions was added. ”

The generals below were originally drowsy when they listened, but now they are all awake with a spirit. In the Beiyang Army, where there is a model for soldiers, the size of a person's power is not determined by his official position, but by the number of troops he can control and the combat effectiveness of the army. But in any case, the more troops under your command, the stronger the combat effectiveness will definitely be.

Why are Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang so good? It's because the people under them are the best at fighting. And these two people have the most junior brothers, and others obey the two of them, so they can become the two biggest mountains under Yuan Shikai.

Now when I heard that so many new armies were going to be formed, everyone was gearing up to get a big piece of the cake. At the very least, it's good to draw a few more cannons. Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang had already received the news in advance, so the two of them could still remain calm. But Xu Shichang has just returned from Handan, and he has been busy with economic and diplomatic matters recently, so it is the first time he has heard of such a plan.

He couldn't help but shout, "Comfort Pavilion, there's not much money in the treasury!" ”

In fact, Beiyang's financial situation is much better now than in other history, at least they don't have to pay Gengzi indemnity. Moreover, in order to curb the expansion of the power of Handan, the British made great efforts to arm the Beiyang government. It not only recognized the legitimacy of the Beiyang government to inherit the Qing government, but also provided a large amount of low-interest loans.

Well, this low interest rate is relative to the hellish thing of nine out of thirteen. The British are not philanthropists after all, and every expense they spend is demanding a return. What they provided to the Beiyang government was a loan of up to 10 million pounds, and part of this money was to be used to buy British arms and pay the salaries of instructors.

The British also ambitiously pitched warships to the nascent Beiyang government, saying that they could help them build a second fleet in Asia. Of course, instructors, fleet commanders, etc., all have to be British. Yuan Shikai was originally quite moved, but when he thought about it, Nima, isn't this equivalent to spending money to form a detachment for the British in Asia?

Even if you're British, you can't fool us like that, don't you? Yuan Shikai, who is planning to implement Yuan Datou, doesn't want to be a wronged leader.

The more he thought about it, the more angry Yuan Shikai became, and hooked up with Japan, Germany and the United States. In the process, an American named Bradley came into his sights. This American, Barriday, apparently has the heart of a true internationalist, helping Beiyang and governments to build bridges, finalizing many projects, and at the same time recovering from them.

Someone stabbed this situation up, and Yuan Shikai was very happy after reading the small report. He is afraid of the kind of people who are not greedy for money and lustful, such as the two in Handan City. As long as you love money, you can be greedy for a thousand and greedy for two thousand are good comrades. Be vigilant against those who can be greedy for a thousand and eight hundred, and be vigilant for those who are not greedy at all.......... Such a person either wants to make a big news, or is a potential reprieve and should be arrested and sent to Qincheng. is a good comrade (to be continued.) )