When Wang Yingkai was sworn in as president in Beijing, Zhao Dongyun was also sworn in as vice president in Tangshan, and at the same time, Wang Yingkai nominated the former Qing military minister in Beijing, and Lu Chuanlin, one of the few Han ministers who can influence the situation in the country, as the first cabinet premier, and immediately won the parliamentary pass.

Subsequently, like many Beiyang military and political dignitaries, Lu Chuanlin, who had shaved off his braids, wore a Western-style dress, and then swore in as the first cabinet premier of the Republic of China, and immediately set about forming the first cabinet.

The list of the first cabinet was naturally set as early as the Tianjin talks, among which the chief of the War Department was Duan Qirui, and the deputy minister was Wang Shizhen, in addition to several more important positions, he had a close relationship with Zhao Dongyun, but he expressed his loyalty to Wang Yingkai, and Zhou Xuexi, who was on both sides of Zhao Dongyun and Wang Yingkai, served as the chief of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce; China's first police agency was founded, and Zhao Bingjun of the Tianjin Police served as the chief of the patrol department.

Tang Shaoyi, another important diplomat and financial official in Beiyang, was appointed as the Minister of Finance, and this person was able to become the vital Minister of Finance, in addition to his ability, it was also related to his neutrality in the Beiyang infighting, after all, the key position of the Ministry of Finance, whether it was Wang Yingkai or Zhao Dongyun, did not want to let the other party get involved, so they chose many neutral people.

This situation is not only reflected in the above Lu Chuanlin, Zhou Xuexi and Tang Shaoyi, in fact, most of the ministries and general offices of the first cabinet have similar situations, such as Lu Weixiang, Minister of Foreign Affairs, this person is a pure diplomat, in fact, this person is still in Europe, Zhang Zhidong of the Southern Federation has repeatedly invited him to serve as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Southern Federal Empire, but he has refused.

This time, Wang Yingkai, Zhao Dongyun and Lu Chuanlin launched a joint telegram, inviting him to return to China to serve as the government of the Northern Military Alliance, that is, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China.

In addition, there is also the Minister of Communications, this person is none other than Lin Shaonian, who was ordered by Cixi to win over Zhao Dongyun with the confusion of the King of Liao, this person is a certain Cheng dù is the royalist faction of the former Qing Dynasty, but the ideas of the political zhì family will definitely change, no, as soon as the Qing court falls, he can't wait to raise the name of the republic, plus this person has a lot to do with Lu Chuanlin, of course, more importantly, this person has nothing to do with Wang Yingkai and Wang Yingkai, so Lu Chuanlin recommended it, and they were approved.

In addition, the chief of the Navy is Liu Guanxiong, and as for Sa Zhenbing, another important member of the Navy, he has been recruited by Zhang Zhidong of the Southern Federation to become the Minister of the Navy of the Imperial Government of the Southern Federation, and he has also brought more than half of the current sea power of the Chinese Navy, and there are only a few warships in the Navy Department in the Northern Republican Government.

The above cabinet chiefs have several common characteristics, the first is that they are either important ministers of the former Qing Dynasty, or they are important foreign officials in the Beiyang system in the era of Yuan Shikai, and the second is that they have not completely fallen to either Zhao Dongyun or Wang Yingkai.

As for the civil officials under Wang Yingkai and Zhao Dongyun, none of them sat in the position of chief cabinet minister, such as Xu Shichang under Wang Yingkai, this time he was also pressed and could not enter the cabinet, and in the end, Wang Yingkai could only give him a direct governor to arrange him.

And many of Zhao Dongyun's civil officials and dignitaries have no way to blend into the cabinet, such as Xiong Xiling, who is famous for founding the Huludao Industrial Zone under him, and he didn't even get the position of deputy minister of industry and commerce, and others did not have similar opportunities.

But fortunately, the territory under Zhao Dongyun's hands is not small, and there are enough places to arrange them!

After the establishment of the cabinet, it was still in accordance with the previous Tianjin peace talks, and first changed a series of titles, such as the title of governor of the former Qing Dynasty could not be used anymore, and it was necessary to use a title that could reflect the republican nature, plus it was necessary to respect Chinese traditions, etc., so the two titles of "patrol envoy" and "governor" were created to replace the former governor and governor of Qingdao.

As a result, in the following series of central appointments, the official names of each person changed.

The Central Cabinet appointed Vice President Zhao Dongyun to concurrently serve as the 'Patrol Envoy of the Three Eastern Provinces' and to preside over the military and political affairs of the three northeastern provinces.

Duan Qirui was appointed as the Liangjiang Patrol Envoy, with full responsibility for the military and political affairs of the Liangjiang and three provinces.

Wang Shizhen was appointed as the patrol envoy of Huguang and Guangzhou, with full responsibility for the military and political affairs of Huguang and Guangzhou.

In addition to the appointments of the above four giants of Beiyang, there were also appointments of several second-echelon warlords within Beiyang, such as the appointment of Zhang Huaizhi as the governor of Shandong, Wang Ruxian as the governor of Henan, and Wu Fengling as the governor of Shanxi.

At the same time, there is also an empty name of the governor of Zhili, Xu Shichang!

Of course, as a central government that claimed to have the right to rule the whole of China and regarded the Imperial Government of the Southern Federation as a rebel, the Republican Government of the North also shamelessly appointed new envoys and governors of the southern provinces, such as Zhou Fu, who had been deprived of his post by the Imperial Government of the Southern Federation, as the Governor of Liangguang, and Jiang Gui, who had retreated to Shandong, as the Governor of Jiangbei, and so on.

I have to talk about it here, why was Zhou Fu ousted by Zhang Zhidong? You must know that he was the governor of Liangguang before, and he was also one of the main founders of the Southern Federal Empire, the reason is actually very simple, because he is Zhou Xuexi's father!

Zhou Xuexi is a core member of Beiyang, although his political views are different from Zhou Xuexi's, but Zhang Zhidong and Duanfang will rest assured that he has just established the Southern Federal Imperial Government, and he has ousted Zhou Fu from the position of governor of Liangguang.

But although he is Zhou Xuexi's father, the father and son have different political views, and he is also the main advocate of the Southern Federal Government, but he is not treated well by a few bigwigs in Beiyang, so he did not dare to return to Beijing, but like many military and political dignitaries who were ousted from power, he went to the Shanghai Concession as a public servant.

However, Beiyang was in line with the attitude of wooing Zhou Xuexi, and it was also to disgust Zhang Zhidong, so he simply brought out Zhou Fu, who lived in the Shanghai concession, and appointed him as the patrol envoy of the two Guangzhous.

It's just that these are all meaningless moves, just to show the outside world that the Beiyang Republic Government still declares sovereignty over the above areas, just like there is still a 'Fujian Provincial Government' in Taiwan in later generations!

The Beiyang Republic government moves frequently, and countless edicts from the cabinet are issued almost every day!

And it has to be said here that these edicts are not presidential edicts, but cabinet edicts, which means that these edicts were not issued by Wang Yingkai.

In fact, since the day Lu Chuanlin became the premier of the cabinet, Wang Yingkai has lost the central administrative power, and the territory he can manage is actually only directly under the province, and he can barely exert influence on Shandong and Henan, but he has absolutely no power to appoint the governor of a province or the inspection envoy of several provinces.

But then again, this cabinet of the republican government is only a superficial product of the withdrawal of the Beiyang generals, and it does not actually possess the national executive power except for a little false name.

For example, the three eastern provinces? Although he Lu Chuanlin is the prime minister of the cabinet, he can't control Zhao Dongyun's head, let alone the military and political affairs of the three eastern provinces!

It is precisely because of this that Wang Yingkai and Zhao Dongyun did not compete for the positions of the so-called president, prime minister, or even chief of the cabinet, because before the actual reunification of Beiyang, this republican government was used to see it, and it had no practical effect.

Therefore, although the outside world is frequently and extremely concerned about the actions of the northern republican government, for Zhao Dongyun, since the Tianjin talks are over, everything has been decided, and the next thing he needs to do is to implement the agreement he made with Wang Yingkai, Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen.

Standing on the square of Tangshan Railway Station, Zhao Dongyun looked at the city under his feet and took a deep breath: "One day, I will come back again!" ”

Immediately turned around, Li San beside him also hurriedly followed, and the casual military and political dignitaries also followed Zhao Dongyun to board the special train, and there were several military trains walking with Zhao Dongyun's special train.

Zhao Dongyun is going back to Fengtian, and a large number of the main forces he brought into the pass will also go back with him!

With the start of the train, Zhao Dongyun's mood was also a little chaotic, what happened during this time was one after another, almost breathless, and many things happened suddenly, and they were not expected in advance, for example, after entering the customs, the foreign intervention army that everyone was most worried about did not come, but Zhang Zhidong made a Southern Federal Government, which became a big problem for the Beiyang generals.

In the end, Zhao Dongyun, Wang Yingkai and others, who were originally preparing for a big war, were forced to put aside the infighting and began to gather forces to go south to suppress the Southern Federation.

In the past, Zhao Dongyun always liked to do well-planned things in order to gain the strategic initiative, but in the past two months, he felt that he was being led by the situation, and he could only see the moves, which was exhausting.

Fortunately, this wave of changes has finally been dealt with now, and in the future, at least before the Southern Federation is destroyed, the contradiction between himself and Wang Yingkai can be eased, and he can continue to implement his economic development and military expansion plan.

Jingshi, Wang Yingkai said: "Is he really gone?" ”

"It's true that he's gone, and his special train will leave for Mukden this morning!" Xu Shichang said: "Now that Zhao Dashuai has been out of the customs, should we also send some troops to the south, I heard that the troops of several other provinces in the south have been reinforced to Huguang and Liangjiang, relying only on the first army and the second army, I am afraid that it will not be able to do it!" ”

Wang Yingkai shook his head: "Don't worry, I know better than you about the abilities of Zhiquan and Pingqing, and with the strength under their hands now, they can't suffer a loss!" ”