Qiao Yu also felt full helplessness about the efficiency of Beiyang, as early as after the outbreak of the February Revolution in Russia, Qiao Yu suggested that Duan Qirui prepare and send troops immediately after the October Revolution, but it has been more than a year, Beiyang only took Outer Mongolia into his hands, and the situation in the Northeast still did not make any progress, but it became a mess, it was really helpless Qiao Yu.

Yang Du sighed and said: "Qiao Shuai, there was still hope for recovering all the power of the Middle East Road as soon as possible, but the slow speed of Beiyang's dispatch of troops made Yue himself take the lead, and Yue Ben asked to hand over the jurisdiction of the northern section of the Middle East Road to Yue Ben on the grounds that they had special interests in the Northeast, or change it to China and Russia to jointly run it, and after I got involved, the Russian side also hardened up and decided to refuse the Chinese side to take over the East Road, so the stalemate continued!" ”

The Middle East Road was originally a section of the Trans-Siberian Railway built by Russia in China, with Harbin as the center, from Manchuria in the west, to Suifenhe in the east, and then the Russians built a branch line, starting from Harbin through Changchun to Lushun Dalian, the whole railway formed a huge T-shape, and the three eastern provinces were all under control, but this railway was built not long after, the Russo-Russian War broke out, and the book grabbed a section of the southbound branch line from Lushun to Changchun, which was later the famous South Manchurian Railway.

The three eastern provinces around the Middle East Road are also divided into two parts by Russia, Fengtian is all controlled by Russia, Heilongjiang is controlled by Russia, and Jilin is divided into two halves, Qiao Yu hopes that Duan Qirui can first get the part in the hands of Russia, and then wait for the opportunity to cross the Heilongjiang River and reclaim the Outer Northeast, just now the powers are carrying out armed intervention in Russia, which is a golden opportunity, but Beiyang is too slow, so that he himself saw the opportunity, and insisted on asking China to hand over all the Middle East Road to Yueben, Moreover, China's military supplies were not allowed to go through the South Manchurian Railway, and with such a-stirring stick, the Beiyang advance plan was completely shelved.

"Beiyang is misleading, China's largest land neighbor is Russia, and it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in front of us, but we can't quickly solve Russia and strive for the strategic initiative, I'm afraid that there will be no such opportunity in the future!" Qiao Yu is also deeply suspicious of Beiyang's execution ability, Xu Shuzheng's ability is good, and now Outer Mongolia has been completely stabilized, and the combat power of the 100,000 border guards under his command is not weak, but except for Xiao Xu, Duan Qirui has no available people.

"Qiao Shuai, isn't Beiyang incompetent, isn't it your chance, now the Russian civil war is still going on, although the white army has shown fatigue, but it can still be maintained for a while, if Qiao Shuai can command the army to recover his homeland at this time, it is bound to increase his prestige, and it is not easy to directly replace Beiyang!"

"Mr. Huizi, you don't need to fool me, I know very well how many families the Sichuan system has now, the existing troops can hold the seven provinces is already very good, and there are still hundreds of thousands of laborers on the road who have not returned, plus all the reforms have just been rolled out, land reform, abolition of slavery, financial reform, all of which are of great importance, I really don't have the extra energy to interfere in the affairs of the north now!"

Qiao Yu is not wrong, although there is a big trouble in Paris, which has great benefits for boosting the morale of the people, but the disadvantages are also very obvious, Britain and France obviously sanctioned the southwest, some of the payments are still in arrears, and the machine has also been detained, obviously Britain and France are ready to give this little warlord who slapped them in the face a good look.

In addition, the reform has just been rolled out, and everything will take time, although Qiao Yu has the heart now, but he has not replaced the power of Beiyang, after all, replacing Beiyang is not as simple as defeating Beiyang's army, but also to implement reforms, establish an administrative system, and involve all aspects of things, Qiao Yu really has no energy, and if he eats Beiyang now, he will definitely kill the Sichuan system.

"Qiao Shuai, do you know where Yang admires you the most?"

"Mr. Huizi might as well say it directly, right?"

"Haha, even you, Qiao Shunqing, are sober-minded, and you are not fluttering when you have made achievements, and you are not presumptuous when you encounter difficulties, and being able to correctly understand your own strength is more important than anything else!"

"Mr. Huizi has won the award, and he can only be regarded as a middle-aged person, but there are some things that I think about too much, and I see too much, and the illusion can't fool me!"

"Qiao Shuai, in fact, I have to give you a message this time, Duan Zhiquan is exhausted now, Beiyang can't control it, the affairs of the three eastern provinces can't be solved for a long time, Shandong has become like this again, he has already retreated, and wants Qiao Shuai to take his place, Duan Zhiquan has already said that Beiyang will be replaced by the Sichuan system sooner or later, and the surname Suo can still save some face by taking the initiative to hand over power, and when the two sides really go to war, there will be nothing left!"

Qiao Yu was really surprised when he heard that Duan Qirui was ready to take the initiative to give up power, is this true, or is Duan Qirui testing himself, throughout Duan Qirui's life, he still cares about power very much, can he hand over power casually?

"Isn't Mr. Wanzi making fun of me?"

"Qiao Shuai, how dare I, if I offend Beiyang, I will not necessarily die, but if I offend Qiao Shunqing, there will really be no good end, Sun Wendu let you be sentenced, do I dare to deceive you, Duan Qirui is really in a difficult situation now, if it weren't for the fact that the southwest now provides him with a lot of money, food and ordnance, he would have been unable to stand it, and those arrogant generals under him are not obedient, and those foreigners dare not bully you, and they dare not bully Duan Zhiquan, but Duan Ruiqi is not without conditions, he hopes that you can keep Beiyang's status, don't treat the old man of Beiyang badly! ”

Qiao Yu thought about it slightly, if it was really as Yang Du said, Duan Qirui wanted to retreat bravely, and he could take over the power smoothly, this is not a bad thing, after all, it is also a good thing for the people to avoid a civil war.

"Mr. Huizi, Duan Zhizhi has this idea, that is a promotion to me, but now China is still inseparable from him, I have a suggestion, you can promote Zhang Zuolin as the patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces and concurrently serve as the commander of the Northeast Frontier, let him command the 27th Division, 28th Division, 29th Division, and the main troops of the three eastern provinces, form the Northeast Frontier Army, take back the power of the Middle East Road, and then wait for the opportunity to cross Heilongjiang!"

Zhang Zuolin? Yang Du still knows something about this person, in his impression, Zhang Zuolin is a very shrewd and powerful little warlord, born as a bandit, with a ruthless style and a very accurate vision, but can he be competent for such an important task, how can he be valued by Qiao Yu, could it be that Zhang Zuolin has already made contact with Qiao Yu, one of these two is in the southwest, and the other is in the northeast, but the world is in the north, Qiao Yu's hand is stretched long enough!

Yang Du's score for Qiao Yu in his heart was much higher, "Qiao Shuai, can one Zhang Zuolin solve the problem of the Northeast?" ”

"Mr. Huizi, don't worry, as far as I know, Zhang Zuolin is a capable person, and he also has a patriotic heart, and his ability is second to none among all the generals in the Northeast, and I have a way to make Yue himself give up interfering in the Middle East Road!"

Let Ben let go? This is not a joke, Qiao Yu actually has so much energy, now the relationship between Qiao Yu and Yue Ben is not good, and he can still listen to Qiao Yu obediently, isn't this a joke? However, looking at Qiao Yu's confident appearance, Yang Du was not sure whether to believe him or not for a while.

At this moment, the secretary suddenly sent in a piece of information and handed it to Qiao Yu, Qiao Yu glanced at it, his face changed, and then he returned to normal, "Mr. Huizi, trouble is here again, let's talk about it later!" ”

Yang Du saw that Qiao Yu had something to do, so he had to leave, after Qiao Yu sent Yang Du away, his brows were furrowed, the abolition of slavery accompanied by land reform has also begun, the first of which is Yunnan, there are many ethnic minorities in Yunnan, and these ethnic groups are basically half in China, half are abroad, and the same is true of Tusi's jurisdiction, they are sandwiched between China and the British and French colonial forces, and if they want to survive, they need to be at both ends, so the ownership of their jurisdiction is not clear.

Formally taking into account this difficulty, Luo Changbi first implemented land reform in Yunnan Han landlord settlements, political axes took out a large amount of money, ransomed land, and then supported them, Yunnan has always been regarded as the land of miasma in the Central Plains, but to be honest, Yunnan is not barren, there are various resources buried underground, with the gradual improvement of the southwest railway network, various resources in Yunnan have been developed, many landlords who have accepted land reform have given up the land and began to operate mines, with the support of the political axe, mining is the easiest to make money.

In addition, other landlords also began to plant tobacco extensively in large farms, and the tobacco of Yunnan was famous all over the country in later generations, and the geographical climate of Yunnan was indeed suitable for planting tobacco, and the tobacco industry was also profitable, so after the land reform, opium was completely eradicated, and tobacco was planted, and the people of Yunnan finally had the possibility of getting rid of poverty.

Ethnic minority areas that did not implement land reform also began to be less repulsive to such reforms, and Luo Changqi took advantage of the situation to make a condition, promising to buy the land owned by the Tusi at 30% higher than the market price, but an important premise was to ask the Tusi to hand over their hereditary privileges as well, and at the same time abolish their personal control over the serfs.

Luo Changbi skillfully merged the abolition of slavery and land reform, on the one hand, real money, on the other hand, hereditary power, how to choose is indeed very difficult, but the border guards in the southwest have entered all parts of Yunnan, these Tusi are very sober, and now they have agreed, they can get a lot of money, and they can also get the support of the political axe, or can they be a rich man, if they don't agree, are these armies they can compete with?

This time, the troops sent by the Central Plains Imperial Court are different from the past, they are all heroic and fierce, and they can feel a murderous aura from afar, this is definitely a hundred battles of elite soldiers, and the equipment in their hands is even more sophisticated, countless machine guns, cannons thicker than people's waists, there are planes in the sky, and there are huge armored vehicles on the ground.

The smarter Tusi all knew that this time the Central Plains Imperial Court was playing true, and their determination was unprecedented, not that they could compete, so they obediently handed over the power, and at the same time got a share of the redemption funds they deserved.

However, not everyone is so obedient, and six Tusi, including Lima, Menggen, Quanyao, Mubang, Dashan, and Mengyang, who are close to the Sino-Burmese border, have led their subordinates to flee to Myanmar with more than 100,000 people, and more and more people have fled to Myanmar with them.

Luo Changqi is the chief official of Yunnan, and now that a large number of people in Yunnan have fled, the pressure on his shoulders has also increased, and a large number of people have fled abroad, which will inevitably cause international disputes, and the British will also take the opportunity to smear China's land reform, so Qiao Yu had to be cautious after getting the report.

(To be continued)