If the Unification Ming Cook Party completely controls the political situation in the southwest, these thirteen people will be the most powerful figures, and it will not be easy to squeeze into this circle first, first of all, they must be party members, which is of course nonsense, and secondly, they must have enough prestige and status, and they must also have the surname of a representative, not everyone can become an executive committee.

As the news of the establishment of the political party spread, everyone was eagerly concerned about whose hands the throne would be, Qiao Yu did not let everyone wait too long, and the list of thirteen executive committee members was soon announced, including Qiao Yu, Huang Xing, Zhang Taiyan, Zhang Lan, Luo Changqiu, Yu Peilun, Yang Shukan, Zhang Bailin, Ren Kecheng, Liang Qichao, Feng Ru, Zhan Tianyou, Jiang Baili.

After this list was released, the most eye-catching thing was the joining of Huang Xing and Liang Qichao, these two are both highly prestigious, and even have their own considerable power.

In addition to these two, the rest are basically veterans of the southwest political arena, Feng Ru and Zhan Tianyou didn't want to participate, they are engaged in technology, not politicians, but Qiao Yu considered that in order to improve the status of technical personnel and enhance the representative surnames of the unified Mingzhu Party, he also pulled these two in, so that the lineup of the executive committee members is relatively strong.

People from all walks of life in the southwest have also shown great interest in the leading political party of this tour, people from all walks of life have joined it, the momentum of the unified Mingzhu Party is getting stronger and stronger, the number of party members has exceeded 120,000 within two months, this is still the reason for the restriction, otherwise it can expand faster, many people do not really support the political proposition of the unified Mingzhu Party, purely to cater to Qiao Yu, the constitution of the Unified Mingzhu Party has been written very clearly, this is a political party for the purpose of governance, if you join it, Isn't that expected to become an official?

Promotion and wealth are always the most attractive content, and if you can enter the eyes of the patrol envoy, you will be able to be better promoted, of course, Qiao Yu is still strictly controlled by this situation, and it must be relatively outstanding talents in various industries to be able to enter the Unified Mingzhu Party, but joining the party has also become the most hotly discussed topic in the southwest.

Even other forces such as Beiyang are extremely concerned, whether the emergence of a political party marks that Qiao Yu Group wants to seize power in the country, and whether it wants to eventually replace Beiyang, these are all questions that cannot but be considered.

The outside world is full of suspicions, but the southwest is going its own way, expanding the army, preparing to participate in the war, recruiting party members, forming grassroots party member organizations, and deepening the power of the unified Ming boiling party into the grassroots level, propagating ideas, absorbing party members, and expanding influence.

"Chairman Qiao, now the development momentum of the unified Ming Cook is very violent, and the number of party members exceeds 100,000, which is probably second to none in the country!"

Liang Qichao was also very impressed after knowing this situation, originally there was a little disagreement between him and Qiao Yu because of Cai Yi's problem, but not long ago Cai Yi sent him a telegram, suggesting that his teacher go to Sichuan to have a look, and then Cai Yi strongly supported Liang Qichao to participate in the unified Mingzhu Party, hoping that the teacher could use this political party to realize his political ideas.

It was with Cai Yi's persuasion that Liang Qichao joined the Unified Mingzhu Party, and so far it seems that Qiao Yu's means and influence are really very, and he can make all walks of life in the southwest accept this party, and this prestige is enough to make other princes look away.

"Mr. Ren Gong, the combat effectiveness of a political party does not lie in the number of people, the key is to have a political proposition that is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and to have a strong ability to organize and mobilize. Qiao Yu said: "I plan to hold a comprehensive election in the southwest in two years, and then it will be the time to test whether the unified Mingzhu Party can really get the support of the people, and we must let the people in the southwest accept and recognize the unified Mingzhu Party in these two years and smoothly achieve control of power." ”

"Two years is not a short time, but it is not a long time, and it does require a lot of hard work. Chairman Qiao, I heard that the chairman is planning to send some party members in the army to serve as political instructors to propagate advanced political ideas to the military and solve the various needs of the military personnel! ”

"That's right, since we are ready to rule in one party, we must strengthen our control over the military, otherwise the foundation of our ruling power will be shaken!"

In the troubled times, the army is the lifeblood, absolutely can not have a bad pool, now to send a large number of troops to Europe to fight, once the end of the First World War, these excellent soldiers who have experienced the beacon fire of the First World War are definitely the main force of the [***] team in the future, and it is also the core of the attention of all forces, Qiao Yu will never allow his own land to grow other people's crops, so the use of the unified Ming Cook Party to strengthen the ideological education of the army has become an inevitable choice.

Time flies, 1916 gradually faded away, this year was a cruel year, the European Western Front fought unprecedentedly cruel, there was the Battle of Teran on the sea, the Battle of Verdun and the Somme on land, the Eastern Front battlefield was also extremely cruel, Russia and Austria-Hungary were basically disabled, millions of casualties made these two empires with a weak foundation completely show fatigue.

Germany is also not comfortable, fighting on two fronts, there is no outside supplement, domestic grain prices are the same every day, if it were not for the German army's combat effectiveness is not weak, the current tug-of-war is basically in foreign countries, Germany would have been unable to hold on.

At this point, both sides are thinking of ways to solve the current dilemma, Britain and France have put all their energy on the United States, and now only by pulling the most powerful industrial country into the side of the Entente can the final word be made, and in addition, China and the other country will also try their best to win over these two countries to provide more materials and manpower.

Although Britain and France are embarrassed, there is still hope, but the Germans have no hope, they are trapped in the middle, and don't expect to be able to bring in other allies, so the Germans went sideways and began to think about the regime of Tsarist Russia, although this mud-legged giant suffered heavy losses, but still has combat effectiveness, as an old power, the tradition of being brave and ruthless is still very strong, Russia is still enough to smash Austria-Hungary, speaking of Germany's ability to choose allies is really not good, Austria-Hungary even Tsarist Russia has no way to resist.

The Germans had finally found a good solution, and the leaders of the majority party in Russia had discovered it, and now that they had this good card, they were planning how to make the most of it, how to dismember Tsarist Russia.

At the juncture of the battle of wits and courage between the two sides, the Chinese troops participating in the war were basically properly trained, and Sichuan expanded its army by more than 210,000 troops in six months, of which 13 divisions were to be sent to Europe, adding up to nearly 160,000 troops.

The 100,000 troops of Beiyang are almost properly trained, which is still worse than the army in Sichuan, but it is also a rare elite, pouring a lot of effort into Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng, which is also the basis for the re-emergence of Beiyang, Duan Qirui spared no expense to strengthen the equipment of the participating army, in addition to the five million pounds provided by Britain and France, there is also the remaining Gengzi indemnity, as well as the increased commercial tax revenue are all used to purchase weapons, the total price is close to 100 million silver dollars.

Duan Qirui purchased a total of 360 155-mm howitzers, 400 105-mm cannons, and a lot of other machine guns, submachine guns, mortars, and grenadiers.

In addition, according to Xu Shuzheng's suggestion, Beiyang also set up an air force with 30 aircraft, and also purchased 12 tanks.

However, in the face of such a strong Beiyang army, Qiao Yu did not have any fear, on the contrary, he also hoped that Beiyang could purchase more weapons, at present, Beiyang and Southwest are competitors, sooner or later they will have to fight for China's power, decide who is the real master, if Beiyang completely relies on the equipment of the Southwest, then this battle will not have to be fought at all, as long as the supply of weapons is cut off, Beiyang will be defeated without a fight.

It can be said that as long as Beiyang continues to buy weapons, they will be a tool for the southwest to seek interests, and they will not have the ability to confront the southwest at all.

Duan Qirui is also aware of this hidden danger, so he will also rectify some of the original arsenals, but these arsenals are backward in technology and have very low production capacity, which cannot meet the needs at all, of course, you can also buy from the book, but the price of the book is too high, and there are many additional items, which makes Duan Qirui even more difficult to accept.

Therefore, for the time being, it can only be maintained in this way, when Beiyang and Southwest are almost ready, Beiyang political axe president Li Yuanhong officially declared war on behalf of China to Germany and Austria-Hungary and other allied countries, joining the Entente to fight, this is the first time that China has officially declared war on a strong country since Cixi old demon declared war on the world, although the Chinese have long been prepared, but after the real declaration of war, it still makes the people unable to stop discussing.

Since the southwest has promulgated the management measures of the information department, there are not many noises, and the people also know that participating in the war can be exchanged for sufficient benefits, so there is not much opposition, and under the rule of Beiyang, there are all kinds of strange words, in fact, most of these people are pro-forces, and it is the people who really oppose China's participation in the war.

In recent years, Yue Ben pointed to the east wind of World War I and exported commodities on a large scale, not only filling all the loopholes of the Russo-Russian War, but also becoming a creditor country, and Yu Zi is getting better and better, so Yue himself hopes that the European war can continue to be fought, and if the Chinese send troops, if the war ends early, it will not threaten Yu himself's rice bowl.

Moreover, his ambition to invade China has long been generated, and after the Chinese [***] team enters Europe, it will certainly greatly improve its combat effectiveness and become an obstacle to the future, so it is said that the company continues to mobilize their forces and try their best to drag China's hind legs, but the southwest and the north are firmly advocating to participate in the war, and Britain and France are even more supportive, so China is still ready to go to Europe to participate in the war.

Now Qiao Yu led the civil and military officers in the southwest to the Yucheng wharf to personally send the first batch of official troops to participate in the war, and the commander-in-chief of the army who went to Europe to participate in the war this time was Jiang Baili, Qiao Yu also sent Shi Yi, Deng Xihou, Long Yun, Liu Cunhou, these four generals to Jiang Baili.

"Brother Baili, everything is handed over to you, and I don't need to explain more, after arriving in Europe, don't rush to participate in the war first, learn more from Lu Jianzhang and others, they have been fighting in Europe for half a year, and it is admirable to say, I didn't expect Lu Jianzhang and them to be able to fight so well!"

"Junzuo doesn't need to be instructed, we will definitely cooperate with each other, learn more from Lu Jianzhang, and never embarrass the Chinese [***] people!"

After explaining to several other henchmen, he pulled Jiang Baili aside: "Brother Baili, there is another enemy in Europe this time, that is, the epidemic surname disease, and the soldiers must be allowed to take more banlan root to improve their immunity." ”

(To be continued)