At any formal reception, the guests have their own small circle in groups of three or five, and if no one invites them, they will not be inserted into the middle of the others. The same is true in the banquet hall of the Presidential Palace at this moment, don't look at Yang Qiu and Li Yuanhong standing side by side, talking and laughing, and acting approachable, but the people gathered around him are all members of the cabinet, even Yang Du knows his identity and only up his ears and chats with Song Ziqing and others in a group, and will not easily step into that circle.

He knows it well. No matter how rumors are rumored by the outside world that Li Yuanhong and Tang Shaoyi are puppets, if there are really no two people in the way, I'm afraid Yang Qiu himself will not be able to handle so many complicated internal and external affairs. Even if he has outstanding ability and can do it, he is not as unscrupulous as he is now, slowly polishing the country according to his thoughts, and handing over the headache of maintaining domestic balance in the aftermath to Chapter 352 Hou Yi to the two old foxes.

Indeed, not being in the presidency always feels like one step away. However, the system set by the Republic of China is the parliamentary system, which means that the real power lies in the Congress, and even the presidential palace must be controlled by the Congress. At the beginning, Yuan Shikai was constrained in the face of the Congress, so he knew that it was a good thing and could not implement it. Yang Qiu can't get around it, unless he completely overthrows the national system, but he has another way to get an absolute majority as the leader of the National Democratic Socialist Party, the largest party that occupies the dominant position in the Congress!

Through Chen Guofu and Dai Jitao, young people who are becoming more and more handy in party building, he can easily implement his own ideas. What's more, among the members of the Ninth Executive Committee of the National Congress of the National Society, Li Yuanhong, Tang Shaoyi, Tan Yanhong, Lu Rongting, etc. are either the core of the government that holds the right to speak, or they are members of one party, and they have all been subdued by Yang Qiu, and in the end, they even have absolute vested interests!

But while he is using interests to connect politics, he obviously has not stopped, and still uses every opportunity to swallow power.

The earliest eight southwestern provinces were already the hardcore of the national community, and after the three slaps let Li Liejun go to guard the frontier, he then inserted Sichuan Luolun to Jiangxi. After the Northern Expedition, the four provinces of Henan, Hebei, Shaanxi, and Shanxi took the stage with a group of young Guoshe people such as Murong Han to carry out the land reform of Houyi in Chapter 352, which not only stabilized the foundation of the Guoshe in the Central Plains, but also took the opportunity to lay the unshakable status of the Guoshe in the Central Plains in one fell swoop after the land reform. The ordinary people who got the land there regarded Yang Qiu as immortal heaven as much as the southwest!

The four provinces of Gansu, Ningxia, Suiyuan and Chahar in the northwest sent Shi Xiaolou and Wu Peifu. The fact that the Northwest Army was carrying out land reform and national farm projects over there, and that it was also purging a small number of traitorous foreigners in the name of suppressing bandits was just because of the geographical remoteness and the deliberate blockade that was obscured! Who instructed these? Shi Xiaolou is silent among many officers of the National Defense Army, but he can become the first commander of the military region is not the place where the 4th Division killed tens of thousands of bandits in Sichuan in one fell swoop! So far, the people of Sichuan regard the 4th Division as their own soldiers! The people don't know about these things, but they don't know that the Ma family and the rebels over there have been bloodied. Otherwise, why did the Northwest Army not be transferred at such a tense moment in the Sino-Japanese War, but instead sent an additional reserve division, and also mobilized enough materials and food for three divisions to last for a year?

It can be said that most of the eighteen provinces in Guannai have been controlled by this young man, and in this case, even Li Yuanhong and Tang Shaoyi have to weigh if they want to turn their faces.

Originally, there was hope for the other factions. That is the Northeast, where political power is weak.

Xing'an, Longjiang, Hejiang, Nenjiang, Songjiang, Liaoyuan, Jilin, Andong, Fengtian, Rehe (the Republic of China followed the Manchu Qing Dynasty to divide the 10 northeastern provinces) The ten provinces were originally virgin land, the people were fierce and simple-minded, no matter the domestic faction was eyeing and salivating, but now a sentence of military management! There is no doubt that Commander Yang and the National Society are already over there, and other forces must first pass the army if they want to enter, but after this battle, Yang Qiu, whose position is already extremely stable, will give them an opening?

Don't be delusional!

Power, military power, and external pressure. Directly put more than half of the country into your pocket! He can see that Yang Qiu is simply holding the country's righteousness, and then engaging in another set of things, using war and military power to directly suppress the country's thoughts. When that set of industrial and commercial means allows the Northeast to develop, will the wealthy Northeast be willing to run with others? At that time, he could even completely bypass Congress and do what he wanted!

This kind of means Yuan Shikai, Beiyang and the Kuomintang were not unjustly defeated at all!

So the atmosphere that had just eased up in that circle became tense again, but Yang Du didn't care about this tension at all. Not to mention the 10 northeastern provinces, even Shandong, where Cai Jimin sits, can already be declared to belong to this young man, and all the struggles are pale. There are only two things he can't figure out, when will Yang Qiu lift that veil and enter the country? It's the upcoming general election. Or wait? The second point is what exactly he is going to do! Most of the territory is in the pocket, and no one can shake the momentum! Do you want the whole world to be the king's land?

Thinking of this, Yang Du's eyelids jumped a few times.

Yang Qiu didn't seem to see Yang Du, who was a few steps closer and left quickly, and said with a smile: "In order to keep the land of Longxing, the Manchu Qing Dynasty let the customs not be developed. Since we have established a new Republic of China, we cannot ignore the desolation of this land, and the fundamental purpose of the Republican "people" is to make the country and the people rich.

Looking at it now, the demobilization of the Northeast is vast and sparsely populated, and immigration is a must. My idea is to emigrate 10 million people from Henan, Shandong and other Central Plains areas in ten years.! If there is sufficient labor, the Northeast will be able to enter rapid development, but the premise must be to ensure absolute security for the next 20 years!

It's not easy to do that. Because the Northeast is seriously plagued by banditry. The people were fierce, the business withered, and the disasters of war in the past 20 years have seriously damaged the local system. Everyone ignores the laws and regulations! The ancestors have said that there is no square circle without rules, so I think we should first establish the authority of the central government and the legal system over there! In addition, the "Japan" must have a grudge after this retreat, and the next time they come again, they will be well prepared, they are entrenched in North Korea to watch the north, and Russia is only temporarily powerless, but the idea of wanting to go south is not only a day or two! Under internal and external pressure, the first generation drew up rules and regulations with military management, which could not only protect the construction of workers and peasants, but also ensure that once there was a change, they could quickly mobilize, and even if the worst two-front attack appeared, they could hold out until the main force arrived in the Guannai. ”

Even the ancestors moved out! Can you be more shameless?

Several cabinet members of other factions were full of complaints, but they couldn't exchange Yang Qiu's change. "My idea is to gradually increase to 23 infantry divisions in five years on the basis of the current 23 infantry divisions (1-18 divisions, 121 divisions, 101-104 divisions), 3 ** brigades (16, 17, 18** brigades) and 1 marine regiment, and expand the marine regiment into a brigade. This would ensure five standing infantry divisions in the north-west and five in the north-east. The Central Guard Division was stationed in Nanjing, Beijing, Wuchang and Zhengzhou, and cooperated with the rest of the troops to escort the great development in the past five years. ”

Including a few ** brigades, that is, more than 29 infantry divisions, and the regular army alone is more than 500,000! And that's not even counting the direct obedience to him. The 21 national guard brigades controlled by Xiao Anguo, Fan Liangshan and others. Although the guard is only light infantry, with a small brigade system of two regiments, between the police and the army, it is also fifty or sixty thousand soldiers with weapons!

Looking at Yang Qiu, who had set the tone for the future army and the Northeast by talking to himself, Wu Tingfang and Cai Yuanpei, the last bigwigs of the Kuomintang, looked at each other and smiled bitterly in their hearts. The northeast and northwest are gone, the fifth division and several southwest-based infantry divisions built later when the southwest fighting is the most fierce, the third division is stationed in Shanghai to deter the southeast, and Shandong is definitely "not peaceful" or how to transfer Cai Jimin over.

Where is this republic? It's clearly a dictatorship! But when you open your mouth, it is the republican "people" lord, and the people are prosperous together. Put on a nice coat. Moreover, at this moment, there is no force in the country that can contain him, if anyone dares to stand up and refute the blame, let alone the military and the ordinary people in the southwest and the Central Plains who have benefited from the reform of the national society, I am afraid that those tens of millions of students and radical young people who regard him as an idol will spray you to death with saliva.

Ay! Now I can only go with the flow, I just hope that this young man will not go back for selfish desires.

Yang Qiu's eyes began to turn from the war back to China, and used the post-war control to give a hard blow to those who still had ideas in the country. But for others. The war continues, and at least until the country is completely at peace.

On the Jinghan Line, the galloping American locomotive dragged its long body to the north, and behind the windows were ordinary faces that were anxious or closed to recuperate, and the carriage was noisy and lively. Only the last ninth carriage was somewhat eeriely silent.

To ordinary people and even ordinary officials, the NSA is still unknown. Only a few people know that this mysterious institution founded by Yang Qiu has become his important eyes and ears, quietly influencing the country's domestic and foreign policies along with the Military Intelligence Bureau under the General Staff of the National Defense Forces.

At this time, Colonel Fang Rui, director of the National Security Bureau, was sitting in the carriage at the moment. Unlike other high-ranking people, he only carried two black briefcases with him. One was carried by himself, the other was carried by his henchmen, and no one knew that there was a bomb hidden in the bag at all times.

Looking at Wu Rui, who was sitting opposite and had just secretly sent a few dead Korean soldiers back to Japan, he asked, "What is the current situation in Japan?" ”

"There are a bunch of ** in the ass, but the lead is pinched by the big guys." Wu Rui lit a cigarette and described the domestic situation in Japan in two sentences. Glancing at the sculptural bag man sitting in the back, he spat out a smoke ring and continued, "When I come back. The radicals have not stopped protesting. However, judging from the news sent back by Lushun. If it weren't for Youpeng and a few military bigwigs in Shan County, those discouraged soldiers would probably have broken out into more violent conflicts. So now there are rumors. In order to prevent accidents, the War Department has prepared to withdraw most of the troops to North Korea first to suppress the riots, so that they can vent their anger and dissatisfaction in North Korea before returning home. ”

"Not a bad idea." Fang Rui snorted coldly.

"It's a good idea, but North Korea suffers. Jin Jiu has already sent telegrams three or four times asking for more support, saying that he can't stop so many red-eyed Japanese soldiers. ”

North Korea is very important, and Kim Jiu's ** army is the key to future intervention on the peninsula. So Fang Rui immediately nodded: "I will contact the commander-in-chief to get proper support from the Northeast Theater, but you tell him to be ready to withdraw to the mountainous area." ”

"I know that. That fat golden man is not stupid, and he has probably been thinking about how to take over Sinuiju from us. ”

"Think beautifully!" Fang Rui sneered and asked, "By the way, have you found the matter of selecting the person in charge of the buffer zone of Ping'an Dao?" ”

Speaking of this, Wu Rui poured bitter water: "I said the director, commander, where is the selection of talents?" It's a scourge at all! You don't know, in order to find someone like this, my puppies almost broke their legs, or else. ”

"Don't be poor, the funds are not less than yours! Have you chosen someone? Fang Rui interrupted this guy bluntly.

"A man named Zhang Zongchang, who came from a poor family and worked as a beggar, later learned to speak fluent Russian and colluded with local soldiers to dominate Vladivostok, and even Maozi gave him three points. This person is unscrupulous and ruthless in his behavior, and he doesn't dare to say anything else, but he definitely has a hand in harming people. ”

"After all the Japanese troops are evacuated, the commander will go to Lushun to inspect, you bring him to meet, if you can, let him out to plague North Korea for a few years and see if he can train it." Fang Rui finished speaking lightly, and took out a document from his bag that never left: "Tomorrow morning, Kato Takaaki will arrive in Yokohama, once the matter is completed, the internal political situation in Japan will definitely shake violently, and your task is to pay close attention to the movements of the poor parties in North Korea and Russia." ”

"Give you half an hour, burn it on the spot after reading it!" He added.

Wu Rui knew that the matter was critical, so he immediately extinguished the cigarette butt and took the document, and there were two big characters on the cover.

Hou Yi !!!