Fushan and Alder reported to the country Qiao Yu's request for reading the command, the Entente side is also a big head, their positioning of the Chinese [***] team is just cannon fodder, they value the Chinese obey orders, tireless characteristic, ready to use the Chinese as a colonial army, there are British and French as officers, the Chinese [***] team relies on these officers to command, in the eyes of the Entente only in this way can ensure basic combat effectiveness, otherwise the army commanded by the Chinese is a group of cowards, a group of lambs.

However, since Qiao Yu had insisted, if Britain and France refused, they would not be able to replenish their troops, and finally the British and French high-level thought about it repeatedly and decided to agree to this condition, but asked Sichuan to add another 100,000 laborers, and the number of laborers working in Europe should reach more than 400,000.

As soon as Qiao Yu saw that Britain and France agreed, he immediately began to order preparations for entering the war, and just when Qiao Yu was busy, the newly released president Li Yuanhong sent a telegram to Qiao Yu, asking Qiao Yu to support him.

After Lao Yuan was driven down, Li Yuanhong happily became the president, thinking that he could dominate the world and feel the scenery of the president, but soon Li Bodhisattva knew what was going on with his president, and now among the two most powerful forces in China, the Sichuan system is now fully infiltrating Yungui and Guizhou, and does not care about Yanjing's affairs at all, and Yanjing is still in the hands of the Beiyang family, to be precise, Duan Qirui is the family, as the prime minister, Duan Qirui firmly controls all the power in his own hands, took Li Yuanhong as a rubber stamp and nodded to the president.

The Bodhisattva still has three points of anger, and finally the contradiction between Li Yuanhong and Duan Qirui on the issue of participating in the war broke out, and the Entente has already obtained the support it needs in Sichuan, but Britain and France still hope to be able to pull the Beiyang political axe in, although Sichuan can provide more considerate services, but the remuneration is too high, almost shaking their colonial foundation in the Far East, so pulling Beiyang in, on the one hand, can get more benefits, and can restrain Qiao Yu, it is definitely a very good idea.

It was for this consideration that Zhu Erdian found the Beiyang political axe, promising that once Beiyang could send troops and laborers, he could reduce the Gengzi indemnity, and at the same time provide a loan of five million pounds, the British threw out such a big bait, and suddenly the whole Beiyang was moved, five million pounds is almost equivalent to 50 million taels of silver, which is undoubtedly a huge amount of money, and it can also exempt Gengzi from the indemnity.

This is definitely an amazing fortune, this war with Sichuan, Beiyang is also introspecting, they also see that Beiyang has been surpassed by Sichuan in armament, since the end of the Qing Dynasty, the reason why Beiyang has been able to become the first force in the world is because the Beiyang Army is well-equipped, which has brought strong combat effectiveness, which is also the foundation of Beiyang, and now it is surpassed by Sichuan, how can Beiyang be willing.

Therefore, obtaining this fund, and then using it to strengthen the army has become Duan Qirui's established policy, and Li Yuanhong also wants to get a piece of the pie, to cultivate some of his own lineage, to balance Duan Qirui, it is precisely because of this that the two sides have not seen the money, they began to eat dog, Yanjing City was made into a miasma, Li Yuanhong was alone after all, so he thought of Qiao Yu, a powerful foreign aid, so he sent a telegram to Qiao Yu and asked for support.

"Junzuo, this Li Bodhisattva is also interesting, doesn't he know how this president came to be, and he really wants to become a third force in addition to Beiyang and Sichuan, isn't this wishful thinking!"

"Brother Baili, people's ambition and status are related, the higher the status, the greater the ambition, when Li Yuanhong was the vice president, he must have thought that he could remove the adverb, but now he wants real power, and the people's hearts are not enough to swallow the elephant!"

"Junzuo, it's not bad if you support Li Yuanhong, at least you can make Beiyang busy!"

"No need, the European war is the best time, not only in Sichuan, but also in China, if you do it properly, it is best to get the country's tariff power, and then make a breakthrough on the issue of the concession, and the border issue can also open up a new situation, which is very beneficial to the country, we still mainly support the Beiyang forces, so that they will stabilize North China!"

Jiang Baili also nodded slightly when he heard this, this is where Qiao Yu is more convincing, although in the political struggle, it is life and death, but Qiao Yu can always stand taller, see farther, and put the interests of the country first.

"Brother Baili, what should be the name of this first batch of troops sent to Europe?"

Jiang Baili hurriedly took out a document and handed it to Qiao Yu: "Junzuo, the Beiyang side has not yet coordinated, and has not yet decided to declare war with Germany, so it is better for the first batch of troops to use the name of volunteers, the total number is about 50,000, the original captured bandit labor has basically completed the labor reform, and 15,000 people have been transferred from it, in addition, many Beiyang troops have been captured this time, and the best 10,000 people have been selected from them, and then 3,000 officers from the Sichuan army have been selected to join them as the backbone." ”

"This arrangement is good, but there is still a gap of more than 20,000 yuan, how are you going to arrange it, Brother Baili?"

"Junzuo Mingjian, this part of the gap will be handed over to Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, the total number of troops in the southwest has exceeded 150,000, of which the total number of Sichuan troops is about 70,000, and the number of the Yunnan army and the Guizhou army is too much, and the combat effectiveness is uneven, it must be rectified!"

Sending troops to fight abroad is a very good opportunity to eliminate dissent, Jiang Baili cooperated very well and pointed the finger at the Yunnan army, Qiao Yu's heart was very satisfied, in fact, if Sichuan is counted now, the total strength has exceeded 100,000, but this kind of thing Qiao Yu said that the Sichuan army is 70,000, which is 70,000, otherwise how to dismantle the Yunnan army and the Guizhou army.

"Junza, I have communicated with Zhang Bailin, the action of the Qianjun to dismantle the old and weak has begun, the plan is to reduce the 30,000 Qianjun to 12,000, all the main officers are sent to the border defense university to restudy, and 10,000 of the 18,000 people laid off are selected to participate in the army assisting Europe, but the Dian army has not moved, Cai Gong has no answer to the disarmament plan, and it seems that there are some unfavorable messages for Junza, saying that Junza is exchanging the lives of Chinese for the support of the great powers, You are the biggest lackey of the Great Powers in China! ”

Qiao Yu had long known that sending troops to Europe would definitely be criticized, but after really facing this kind of thing, he was still in a very uncomfortable mood.

"Brother Baili, why you are participating in the war you know better than me, this kind of message must be an idea, if it is the naïve words of a pedantic literati, it doesn't matter, if some people want to use this to force me, then don't blame me for turning my face and being ruthless, I don't believe whose ass is clean in this world!"

Seeing Qiao Yu's murderous spirit, Jiang Baili also smiled bitterly, it seems that this Lord Junzuo is an official and has a rising temper, but Jiang Baili also hates those who talk nonsense, and now the one that criticizes the most fiercely is the people of Sun Wen's family, and the other is launched by Liang Qichao, Liang Qichao's purpose should be to support Cai Yi, and Sun Wen's department still has his own shadow behind it, so he must pay strict attention.

Sichuan made huge profits in the First World War, and I know best in my heart that they will never want to see China's real reading power become stronger, and it is inevitable for their lackeys to come out and wave their flags and shout.

"Junzuo, Xu Shuzheng has arrived in Chengdu with the delegation from Beiyang, and wants to discuss with you how to participate in the war, is it time to meet him?"

"Naturally, I want to see, now everything is still inseparable from the cooperation of Beiyang!"

Soon Xu Shuzheng came to the Shuai Mansion, Qiao Yu was waiting for Xu Shuzheng in front of the guest room, the two of them had met for the second time, Xu Shuzheng looked radiant and confident this time.

"Qiao Shuai, Yanjing has reached an agreement on the issue of participating in the war, that is, to stand on the side of the Entente, but there are still some specific strategies to ask Qiao Shuai for support!"

"Youzheng, I promised you a long time ago, I will give my full support, this is the best time to take back China's sovereignty, you must not miss it!"

As soon as Xu Shuzheng heard Qiao Yu's statement, he had a bottom in his heart, and the two of them had finished sitting, Xu Shuzheng spoke first: "Qiao Shuai, now there is some misunderstanding between President Li Yuanhong and Premier Duan, and I also ask Qiao Shuai to mediate, now you are the only one in China who has this weight!" ”

Xu Shuzheng avoided the important and trivialized, only said that it was a misunderstanding, Qiao Yu did not break it, and smiled slightly: "The president is the head of state and should be respected, but Premier Duan has been in the center for a long time, and he is more aware of the world situation, I think Premier Duan should be more pragmatic, and the general affairs retreat is fine!" ”

Qiao Yu's words of retreat sound good, in fact, he supports Beiyang to treat Li Yuanhong as a rubber stamp, and Xu Shuzheng is naturally very satisfied.

"Qiao Shuai, I heard that Sichuan is preparing to send the first batch of troops to Europe?"

"Well, the first batch of troops entered Europe in the name of volunteers, and now preparations are underway, and the source of troops is mainly selected from bandits and captives, but I haven't figured out who to lead yet, I initially plan to let Lu Jianzhang serve as the commander-in-chief, and Long Jiguang is the deputy commander-in-chief, I am also ready to ask Vice Minister Xu for someone, that is, Zhang Xiaohuai, let him be the chief of staff, and jointly command this army, I don't know if it is done like this?"

As soon as Xu Shuzheng heard Qiao Yu's introduction, he secretly said in his heart that Qiao Yu was really cunning, Lu Jianzhang and Long Jiguang were both high-ranking officials at the level of the governor who were captured in the War to Protect the Country, and now that Shaanxi and Guangdong have changed leaders, these two people have become very embarrassed, if they can go abroad to fight, it will also be very attractive to them, and these two people are from Beiyang, and they can better command those prisoners, and they can also get the favor of Beiyang, killing multiple birds with one stone.

"Qiao Shuai, I think this arrangement is very appropriate, Premier Duan is also preparing to set up a war participation committee, which is mainly responsible for recruiting and training troops, after all, it is not a trivial matter to go to Europe thousands of miles away to participate in the war, and it must be carefully measured."