Chapter 280 opens through the Northeast (5).

The first thing that kicked off was not the march into Singapore, Mongolia, and Tibet, but the southern mouthpiece of the United Party, the Shanghai Minsheng Times, which devoted a large part of its article to reporting what happened to the local gentry in the house of Zhang Jian, a cabinet boss.

It is probably said that by chance, Comrade Zhang Jian, who was already a cabinet boss, discovered that the children of the family were insatiable, collected seventy percent of the land rent, and lent usury. Call home right away and start putting the house in order. The problem is that the whole process of rectification is not smooth, the Zhang family clan does not buy it at all, you are developed alone, you can't use the interests of the entire family to pave the way for yourself, right? The children of the Zhang family have all kinds of resistance and reluctance.

Under this premise, Zhang Jian took the opportunity of going south to participate in the National Federation of Industry and Commerce and returned to his hometown. After doing ideological work in many ways and facing many difficulties, he finally persuaded the whole family to return the rent overcollected since the Tenancy Act to the tenants.

This report blew Zhang Jian into the sky, and it received rave reviews for a while. However, this praise was soon extinguished by a basin of cold water, and an article in the "Republic of China Legal Daily" titled "People's Livelihood is Like Cooking" was "On the Relationship between Private Tenants and Tenants since the Tenant Act".

The report directly pointed out that since the introduction of the "Tenant Act", it has not been effectively implemented in the vast number of rural areas. Zhang Jian is the Minister of Finance of the Cabinet, and his family knows the law and violates the law, can it be that a simple rectification can be done thoroughly? Excuse me, whose problem is it that the law is not enforced? Is it the Cabinet? Or the Great President? Or is it an independent ** official? These questions are like a few sharp knives, and the knives are bloody. The report put the rural problem in front of the world nakedly, and pushed the phenomenon of the tenancy bill being ignored by the people to the table.

The report was immediately reprinted by major newspapers across the country, and the public opinion circles discussed the actual effect of the "Tenancy Act". A vigorous report was launched. In mid-January 1917, Zhejiang Business Daily reported the news of Tang Shouqian, vice minister of communications, who had killed his relatives in a righteous manner, and that a son of his family refused to implement the tenancy bill, secretly collected high land rents, and lent usury. In an interview with reporters, Minister Tang said that in the future, any application for road repair tolls. As long as a relative within five years of the five service has violated the "Tenancy Act" and cannot be corrected in time, the application will be dismissed.

At the National Conference of Industry and Commerce, Zhang Jian delivered a speech at the meeting: The country is unstable without agriculture, and there is no business without wealth. More than ninety percent of the country's population is in rural areas, and rural areas are unstable. The whole country will not be stable, and without a stable social environment, how can industry and commerce prosper? The Ministry of Finance will issue a policy that anyone who has violated the tenancy bill and cannot correct it within six months will be recorded. It will be handed over to the government's finance and taxation departments and major banks. Banks are not allowed to enjoy preferential policies for industry and commerce, banks are not allowed to lend, and the loans issued shall be recovered within a time limit.

Cheng Dequan, Vice Minister of the Interior, and Xiong Xiling, Vice Minister of Finance, wrote articles successively. Launched an initiative to denounce those who undermined the Tenancy Act. It is proposed that any act that violates the tenancy bill should be rectified within a time limit, otherwise it must be severely punished. They should be investigated for legal responsibility and disqualified from participating in and discussing state affairs. The national compulsory education qualifications of the children of his family, the qualifications for sending them to stay abroad, etc.

The Unionist Party has set off a wave of public opinion regarding the tenancy bill as the cornerstone of national stability, which no one expected. Quite simply, 11 out of 10 members of the United Party are big landlords and big capitalists. They jumped out of this question, and it really shattered the spectacle lenses.

Cabinet ministers and deputy ministers have appeared on the stage one after another, writing articles denouncing the behavior of undermining the law and undermining the stability of the Republic of China.

At the end of the month, the National Assembly finally passed a cabinet proposal to set up a national office for the inventory of tenant relations, headed by Premier Tang Hualong, Minister of the Interior Xu Shichang was specifically responsible, and with the cooperation of the judicial and clean government departments, the nationwide trend of checking tenant relations began. This inventory office has a lot of powers and has the power to mobilize garrisons when necessary.

After a heavy snowfall, the road became more difficult, and a large army was slowly moving forward on the trade route as far as Kyakhta. The biggest feature of this team is that there are many livestock, carts, and people.

Xu Shuzheng, who was riding on horseback, was the commander-in-chief of this operation, and immediately looked at the marching team stretching north, turned his head and said to Wang Tianzong, the deputy commander-in-chief beside him: "Is there any news about Ma Qi's first cavalry division?" ”

Wang Tianzong shook his head and said, "Not yet, the damn wind and snow have blocked our three-day trip, and Ma Qi's side is estimated to be enough to choke." The choice of the commander at the right time to send troops was a big test for the brothers. ”

Xu Shuzheng squinted his eyes and looked ahead, and said lightly: "The main purpose of supporting the commander may not be here. What is the purpose of training troops by attacking Kulun? It's not hard to guess. On the Lanzhou side, five cavalry divisions plus two B divisions entered Xinjiang and Xinjiang, which was much more difficult than ours. In this season, the road is a little more difficult, and it is good to get to the place. Tell the officers and men at all levels of the army that we are going to quell the rebellion, and this is a great expedition to recover the country, and it will surely go down in history. ”

After nearly a month of marching, Xu Shuzheng's face couldn't hide the tiredness, but he was in good spirits. I also admired the timing of Fang Jianxiong's grasp in my heart, and when Russia couldn't get away from Europe, it was the time to officially recover the great rivers and mountains.

Tata Tower, the sound of horses' hooves came from the front, and the herald turned over and dismounted, and saluted: "Report, General Ma Qi, the commander of the first cavalry division, reports, Kulun is two hundred miles away." ”

Hearing this news, Xu Shuzheng perked up, glanced at Wang Tianzong, who was also relieved, and asked with a smile: "What about Chen Yi?" ”

This Chen Yi is not Chen Yi, but the protector of the Republic of China in the capital of Kulun. Chen Yi, who didn't have many soldiers in his hands, could only grind with the Mongolian princes, and the effect was naturally needless to say. During the Xinhai period, the Mongolian aristocracy in Kulun and other places, led by the Living Buddha Jebtsundamba, with the support of Russia, engaged in so-called independence. Badma Dorzi is the prime minister of the puppet government, and the Republic of China has not recognized it.

In order to solve the logistics problem, he brought a lot of Jin merchants, Fang Jianxiong knew about this matter, opened his eyes and closed his eyes, and explained a task that must be completed.

"Chen Du's escort is already on the way, the division commander asks for instructions, and the next action instructions."

"Sue Sù Ma Qi and Ma Lin, surround Kulen, and do not let go of Jebtsundamba and Badma Dorji." This is the task assigned by Fang Dashuai, Xu Shuzheng was not very convinced before, the mentality of Fang Jianxiong has changed a lot over the years, basically he will not engage in this or that, and he will be his division commander with peace of mind. This time, when Fang Jianxiong explained the task, he said that if he took Kulun and completed the task, Xu Shuzheng was the deputy commander of the Lanzhou Military Region, commanding the garrison around Kulun.

This power is not small, but the unlucky brothers Ma Qi and Ma Lin, although they have the rank of cavalry division commander and major general, in fact, each division has only 6,000 people, and the equipment is also very average. This time he was brought to the grassland, and if he wanted to become the "King of Qinghai" as he did in history, then don't expect it.

On January 30, 1917, before the tide of public opinion in China about the "Tenancy Act" had ended, more than 40,000 Wehrmacht, who had marched hard for 20 days, drove unhindered to Kulen.

The two cavalry divisions that arrived in advance had already surrounded Kulen. Xu Shuzheng and Wang Tianzong rode side by side, and it was Chen Yi and the Ma brothers who came to greet them. "You have worked hard, the chaos has been lifted, and you have worked hard."

Chen Yi stepped forward and arched his hand: "Brother Zheng again, the Mongolian princes have not agreed to disarm yet." ”

After Xu Shuzheng heard hahaha and laughed three times, he said loudly: "Then let the cannon help them think." ”

Both infantry divisions are Class A, each with an artillery regiment and armed with 75-caliber mountain guns. Thanks to the fact that this mountain cannon is light enough, otherwise such a long road, this season's road, can toss people to death.

At the sound of the order, the two artillery regiments began to build positions, and according to reconnaissance, the defenders of the Kulen only had some old-fashioned artillery, and the range was very close, and it could not be hit for three thousand meters. Some cannons even fail to fire because of poor maintenance.

The location of the artillery positions was chosen arrogantly, outside the range of the defenders, within the sight of the telescope. Russian adviser Barenov, seeing the artillery of the squadron building a position and helpless, there were 5,000 defenders in the city, and they were a rabble. The Chinese even fought the German army in Europe, and the vast number of troops outside did not come as guests.

Barenov sighed, heard footsteps behind him, turned around and looked back, and a dozen muzzles were pointed at him.

"What are you going to do?" Barenov was used to being an old lady in Kulen, and he didn't get used to it.

The Prime Minister of the puppet government, Prince Badma Dorji, stepped forward and saluted: "I'm sorry Mr. Advisor, tens of thousands of troops have come to the imperial court, and we can't beat them at all." After saying that, with a wave of his hand, four strong men stepped forward, overturned Balenov, and tied a strong knot. Badma Dorzi's small eyes kept watching the process, and Barenov's scolding continued, as if he hadn't heard it.

A man dressed in Mongolian costume walked in front with a white flag, followed by four strong men carrying a man and a pole crossing, like carrying a pig. The mouths of the people on the bars were also blocked, and they kept whining.

Xu Shuzheng had been watching from behind, and he was happy when he saw this scene in the telescope, and said to Wang Tianzong: "Go, take a look." ”

"Honorable General, Badma Dorji greets you. And pay tribute to the king who came from afar! The man at the front was short, with a round belly, a lovely smile, and a pair of small eyes flashing uneasily behind the smile.

"Hehe, you're the prime minister of that government? What about your living Buddhas? Why don't you come out to greet Wang Shi? Xu Shuzheng took it as a matter of course, and stepped forward and asked with a smug smile.