"The matter of participating in the war still has to be managed by the central political axe, since Premier Duan wants to set up such a committee, then it will be arranged by Premier Duan, and the southwest side can send a liaison officer!"

Qiao Yu is very familiar with Beiyang's ability to do things, although he has reached an agreement on sending troops to Europe this time, but there are more troublesome things about how to send troops, and Qiao Yu has no heart to mix more, so it is enough to communicate with each other at once, and he doesn't want to fight for any right to speak, after all, the interests of Qiao Yu and the Entente countries are more closely entangled, so Qiao Yu can't be left alone.

"Qiao Shuai, the Entente side promised to provide five million pounds to help China train its troops to participate in the war, what should be done with this money, does Qiao Shuai have any ideas?"

"Then it will naturally be distributed according to the number of troops sent by the provinces, and there is no other opinion in the southwest!"

When Xu Shuzheng heard Qiao Yu say this, he also had a wry smile on his face: "Qiao Shuai, although the provinces support sending troops to Europe, they are not willing to really send troops, so Premier Duan is ready to recruit soldiers from all over the country and retrain them, instead of using the existing army!" ”

"Vice Chief Xu, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to do this!" Jiang Baili hurriedly asked: "Re-recruiting soldiers, training will take at least six months to complete, and then you have to go to Europe, and then carry out adaptation training, so that you can't participate in the war for a year and a half, I'm afraid it's too slow, and if you re-recruit the army, then will all this money be left to Premier Duan, I'm afraid it's unfair!" ”

Jiang Baili pointed to the core of the problem, it took too long to retrain the army, and once the army was retrained, wouldn't it mean that this army was all in the hands of Duan Qirui, so that the Anhui system would really sit big!

"Mr. Jiang, there is no way to retrain the army, all provinces have the mission of guarding the locality, and it is easy to mobilize the army, and some of the habits of the old army are not suitable for participating in Europe, so the training of the new army has become inevitable, as for the funds handed over to the participating troops by the Entente, how can it be Premier Duan!"

Jiang Baili said in a deep voice: "The participating army fell into the hands of Premier Duan, and the money belonged to the participating army, isn't it that Premier Duan wants to swallow it alone, or what!" ”

Jiang Baili was also angry, Duan Qirui was too greedy, he wanted to swallow it all, Qiao Yu didn't have any accidents on the side, now the big and small forces in the world are unwilling to transfer their own troops into Europe to fight, I am afraid that Lao Duan will take the opportunity to eradicate dissidents, and if he does not send troops, he can only re-recruit soldiers, then this military money will naturally fall into Duan Qirui's hands.

This is Lao Duan's wishful thinking, but if you want the plan to succeed, you need Qiao Yu's cooperation, otherwise with Sichuan's important surname among the Entente countries, this fund will definitely be invalidated, so Xu Shuzheng was sent to discuss with Qiao Yu, which is also one of Xu Shuzheng's main missions.

"Brother Baili, it is not impossible for Premier Duan to train the new army, this fund will be handed over to Premier Duan, I believe that Premier Duan will distribute it reasonably, but I hope that the southwest will retain the right to continue to send volunteers to Europe!"

Xu Shuzheng was very happy when he heard that Qiao Yu promised to let Duan Qirui be the master, but as soon as he heard that Qiao Yu was going to continue to send volunteers, he understood that Qiao Yu was going to go it alone, and he would continue to send troops to Europe in the future, obviously the southwest would not be restrained by Duan Qirui, but this also seemed to be good, as long as Qiao Yu didn't make trouble, Duan Qirui didn't expect Qiao Yu to be really obedient.

"Qiao Shuai, as a southwest patrol envoy, you naturally have your freedom, and you are the first to cooperate with the Entente, so you can make your own decisions about small things!"

"Well, then I thank Vice Minister Xu for your understanding, but I still have one more thing to worry about Vice Minister Xu, that is, the bureaucratic system in the southwest is chaotic and needs to be readjusted, first, there needs to be a regional-level local political axe to oversee the affairs of the three provinces and one district, and second, there are governors in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, and my patrol makes it in name only, I hope Premier Duan can solve it as soon as possible!"

As the so-called name is not right, the words are not good, since Qiao Yu has become the southwest patrol envoy, there must be a corresponding bureaucratic system to help him manage the entire southwest, and not limited to one province, now among the three southwest provinces, Yungui has a set of systems, this situation is absolutely not good, it is necessary to establish a joint political axe higher than the three provinces, so as to be able to manage smoothly, in addition, Yungui still sets up a governor, which will undoubtedly affect the unity of military power, these must be adjusted.

Originally, Cai Yi was the counterweight to Qiao Yu, and now in exchange, it is also appropriate to take Cai Yi down, Xu Shuzheng thought about it slightly, even if Beiyang does not agree to this change, Qiao Yu can still do this through Li Yuanhong, at that time, Beiyang will be even more passive, it is better to give Qiao Yu this name now to gain his support and favor.

"Qiao Shuai, all the affairs in the southwest are handled by you, since you have this idea, the prime minister will naturally agree!"

The two sides discussed some details again, Xu Shuzheng left in a hurry, Jiang Baili didn't look good on the side, "Junzuo, five million pounds is not a small amount, if it is handed over to Beiyang, I am afraid that the brothers below will not agree, and we will definitely continue to send troops, won't we all have to bear it ourselves when the time comes!" ”

Qiao Yu suddenly laughed and said, "Brother Baili, if Duan Qirui can't get this five million pounds, it will be sent to us, do you believe it or not?" ”

Jiang Baili was also a little confused, "Junzuo, what clever plan do you have that you can't do?" ”

"Brother Jiang, this money is still in the hands of the Entente, and when the time comes, it will be enough for Britain and France to stipulate that most of this money can only be used to buy military supplies!"

Before Qiao Yu's words fell, Jiang Baili immediately figured it out, and said with a smile: "Junzuo is really smart, now the Entente has bought enough arms to provide to the [***] team, if you want to get the arms, you have to come to the southwest, when the time comes, Lao Duan Bai is busy, and he has to send the money to you honestly, and now they still think that they have to plan, they are really being played by the big handsome and don't know it!" ”

"It's not a joke, in the industrial age, whoever controls the production of commodities occupies an advantageous position, Beiyang is still an agricultural society, as long as he relies on industrial advantages, he can shatter any of his calculations!"

Qiao Yu is very clear about the power of economic power, how many poor and weak countries in the future generations will give away all their resources in exchange for some rags, and finally owe debts that will never be repaid, waiting for those developed countries to give alms to live, this is the importance of industry, agricultural countries can never compete with industrial countries.

The same is true for the current China, Duan Qirui wants to train the army, it is inseparable from weapons and military supplies, and these have to rely on Sichuan to provide, so Duan Qirui is like a monkey, how can he not toss, after the southwest reached an agreement with Lao Duan, China joined the side of the Entente, and it has become inevitable to invest in the European war.

At this time, the Chinese press and academic circles seemed to be crazy, and all kinds of newspapers were working at full speed, scolding Qiao Yu and Duan Qirui for being lackeys of the great powers, bloody butchers, and using the good surnames of the Chinese people to please the great powers, Qin Hui in the world, and Liu Mengyan in the living.

"Shunqing, have you read the newspapers in the past few days?" Lu Wanqing frowned, looking a little angry, Qiao Yu didn't care, all his thoughts were on the baby in his arms, this is Qiao Yu's eldest son Qiao Luan, since Lu Wanqing gave birth to this little baby, the Qiao family has never broken the sound of laughter, Old Man Qiao and Mrs. Bai can't wait to take their grandson in their mouths, for fear that the little guy will be wronged.

Qiao Luan is only half a year old now, and he can't speak, but the little guy has inherited the excellent genes of his parents, his eyebrows are clear, his little face is red and fluttering, how to look at it, whenever Qiao Yu holds him, the little guy always laughs, and now the little guy is trying to stretch out his little hand and keep scratching Qiao Yu's face.

"Wanqing, haven't you also been a reporter, you should know about this industry, with a stroke of the pen, you can't do any dirty things!"

"I'm the same as them, how come these people don't even have any professional ethics, they talk without any investigation, and they are wanton, Shunqing, you must definitely take care of it, you can't let them talk nonsense!"

"Baby son, see your mother angry, if you dare to be naughty in the future, let your mother beat your ass!" Qiao Luan didn't seem to understand anything, just blindly smirked, his two small eyes had narrowed into a small slit, and only his long eyelashes flickered uncontrollably.

"Shunqing, I'll talk to you about business, people's words are terrifying, and they will be ruined!"

At this moment, the secretary came to the garden and walked quickly to Qiao Yu: "Junzuo, a few professors in the Sichuan Courtyard are going to make trouble for you when you go to teach, and they have to say a lot of things that are not good, and many students are encouraged by them!" ”

Qiao Yu's brows furrowed when he heard this, he had long paid attention to the dissatisfaction in the society, but he didn't expect that the Sichuan University he had spent a lot of money to establish also had this kind of person, it was really hateful, Qiao Yu gently sent his son to Lu Wanqing's hands.

"Baby son, someone wants to challenge your father's authority, what do you say!" The little guy naturally didn't understand, but he didn't want to leave his father's arms, and kept waving his little fists.

Qiao Yu laughed when he saw it: "Did my daughter-in-law see it, but my son turned to me and told his father to teach those people a lesson with his fists!" ”

Lu Wanqing hugged Qiao Luan, who was dancing with teeth and claws, and glared at Qiao Yu, "Shunqing, don't be hot-headed, those university professors are famous, influential, and scolding people, they are even more vicious, you better not go to class, use your subordinates to deal with them!" ”

"Thank you daughter-in-law for your concern, but you don't have to worry about it, I have always looked at the history of the literati, and none of the contemporary literati can become saints and sages, the reason is that the literati are actually boneless, they are all famous, timid, obscene and greedy for money, as long as they catch their lives, they don't need to be afraid at all."