Chapter 363: Reform Causes Trouble
After Tie Liang left, a group of soldiers burst into laughter, but Yuan Shikai was worried. To tell the truth, he didn't want to offend Tie Liang, this guy was a capable official, had some ability, and often shouted fanatical Manchu nationalist slogans, and his reputation among the Manchus was growing.
Xu Shichang also shook his head secretly at this time, the contradiction between the two sides was not public, but now it was directly slapped in the face. However, after thinking about it, the interests of the two sides are not on the same line, and they are in a relationship of competing for power and profit. Anyway, these people can't offend Tie Liang, and Tie Liang won't let him go. Instead of this, it is better to add some blockage to Tieliang. In a word, knowing that you are not doing well, I am also satisfied.
More than ten days later, Yuan Shikai went to the capital to visit Rong Lu with the plan for the establishment of the fourth town, hoping that the fourth town could be established as much as possible. may be for the reason of compensation, after all, handing over the first town to Tie Liang silently is indeed a bit of a mischief to kill donkeys for Yuan Shikai. And Rong Lu, Yuan Shikai's superior, also knows that his approach with the imperial court is not authentic, and he himself actually values Yuan Shikai a lot, so he also hopes to give him some compensation.
The Cheng army of the fourth town was approved, Yuan Shikai returned to the station, and it happened that Rong Lu was also going to inspect the training of the new army, so he went to the small station with Yuan Shikai and his party. The two talked and laughed all the way, and they were a little smug. Originally, Rong Lu is now increasingly valued by Lafayette, and most of the Qing court are satisfied with the training of the new army, except for Prince Alcohol, who is still participating in the border negotiations between East Russia and Russia in the northeast. Of course, the main thing is that Galeries Lafayette is satisfied, so no one else dares to say anything if they have an opinion. And Yuan Shikai has the official document for the establishment of the fourth town, so that he has more military power in his hands. Even if this town has not yet been seen, it is a rare happy event recently, isn't it?
The road is no longer far away in the middle of talking and laughing, Yuan Shikai reported to Rong Lu about his recent work perceptions, loyalty to the imperial court, and his vision for his future career while walking. Rong Lu also linked his beautiful imagination of unblocked official roads with Yuan Shikai, and the meaning is also very simple, I eat meat, you drink soup, we are one person to achieve the Tao, and you follow the chicken dog to heaven. Of course Yuan Shikai was happy to hear this, as long as he could ascend to heaven, what about being a chicken dog?
However, the reality is always crueler than the ideal......
As soon as the group arrived at the small station, they listened to the nearby residents talking noisily about something, and later Yuan Shikai sent someone to inquire and found out that the first town and the other two towns actually had a big fight. It is said that except for the fact that the gun was not used, everything that could be used was used. The circumstances of the casualties are still unknown, but Rong Lu and Yuan Shikai don't need to think about it to know, and the severity of the matter is probably beyond their imagination. If it is not solved well, not only Yuan Shikai will lose his head, but even Rong Lu, who is a Shangguan, will lose his official position.
"Get out of the way!"
At this time, Yuan Shikai didn't care about anything else, and after saying hello to Rong Lu, he hurried to the new army camp with people. Fortunately, Yuan Shikai has been in the army for many years, and he has seen the bigger military chaos in North Korea and Vietnam before, so he knows that he must make a decision immediately. With a wave of his hand, the guards immediately understood what he meant, and all their guns were raised, aiming at the chaotic crowd. They were all Mauser rifles imported from Germany. This gun is a design introduced by Germany from the Northeast Autonomous Region Dashang Arsenal, and its prototype is the later Mauser 1898, with a slight modification of himself.
"Fuck me!" Yuan Shikai roared, and when he saw that no one was taking care of him, he pulled out a pistol from his waist, and there were three shots in the air.
The soldiers were naturally very sensitive to the sound of gunshots, and everyone was startled, and they all froze in place, looking in the direction where the shots were fired. Most people still wonder in their hearts, secretly screaming that it is broken! Where did this second goods come from, and they still moved the real guys? But at first glance, it was Yuan Shikai, the assistant minister of military training, and everyone suddenly realized. However, Lao Yuan's face is like a purple eggplant, and the officers who have a good relationship with Yuan Shikai on weekdays don't dare to speak now.
The only thing to be thankful for in this military rebellion is that neither side moved their guns, in fact, it was not that they did not want to move, but that the guns were strictly controlled and placed in the armory, and those who trespassed into the armory were like rebellion. In order to increase the persuasiveness, Yuan Shikai also set up several Makqin heavy machine guns purchased from the northeast. This alone has made everyone who has seen the power of this gun lose the courage to challenge this place.
The rules for the use of firearms in the Forces nouvelles were strict, and even if the guns were fired into the hands of soldiers, they were not fired, or the number of bullets was limited, unless there was any real action or live-fire training. So in most cases, the Forces nouvelles soldiers are training with fake guns.
Although the small station is near Tianjin, it is not very far from the capital. The so-called six towns of Beiyang Gyeonggi were all nominally modern armies, and the Qing court also understood that if these people had bad intentions, the capital would basically be undefended for them. In order to reassure the Qing court, Yuan Shikai set up such strict regulations on the use of firearms. But even so, the Qing court was still not at ease, otherwise it would not have released Tieliang to seize the military power of the first town.
Seeing that everyone was honest, Yuan Shikai waved his hand, and the two sides of the fight were obediently divided into two sides under the suppression of the muskets of the guards. It is said that the fight between the first town and the other two towns is not actually attended by all the people. Because the new barracks were divided into several parts, each town had its own station. The place where the fighting took place was the headquarters of the New Army, that is, where Yuan Shikai worked on weekdays.
At a cursory glance, there were at least 300 people in the venue. Although it seems that the proportion is not high compared to the size of the new army, it is still a few hundred people after all!
Seeing that the two sides had ceased fighting, Tie Liang turned out of nowhere. With black eyes and blue eyes, coupled with a bloody fat face, Yuan Shikai frowned when he saw it.
"Lord Yuan! You want to do justice to our brothers in the First Town! ”
Before his words landed, Wang Shizhen and Feng Guozhang also ran out of the crowd, and they didn't know how many beatings they had been beaten when they saw them.
"My lord, Mo Xin Tieliang's blood spews people!" The two said in unison.
"What the hell is going on?"
It was not Yuan Shikai who spoke, but Rong Lu who followed behind. When the barracks was the most chaotic, he hid outside and didn't come in, for fear that Yuan Shikai would not be able to control it well and implicate himself. But now that the military rebellion has subsided, he, the official, naturally wants to come out to uphold justice.
In fact, the matter this time is very simple, Tie Liang, Wang Shizhen and Feng Guozhang got together to discuss some reform matters of the new army. However, an officer in the second town, when he gave his opinion, mentioned the word improvement several times. Speaking of which, Tie Liang is cautious, or the experience of studying in the Northeast has given him too much stimulation. It is no wonder that in the more than ten years of autonomy in the Northeast, although there are still some people with braids, there are very few people who open their mouths and keep their mouths shut. After all, after years of education in the autonomous region, to let everyone go back to be slaves to the Qing court is also going against the wheel of history, and they are basically unwilling. Therefore, Tie Liang has been looked down upon in the Northeast, which has also developed his sensitive character. And the word improvement, how to listen to it, how to ask for his iron good life. In addition, the contradictions between the two sides intensified a while ago, and what was supposed to be an ordinary military meeting turned into a brawl later.
Not to mention that Yuan Shikai couldn't think of this kind of thing, even Rong Lu felt ridiculous when he heard it.