"Cheng Shen, I've seen the president, I've seen Yu Shuai!" Cheng Shen was slightly very excited and saluted Xu Shichang and Qin Yu.

"You don't have to be polite, this time you can pacify Henan, you have a lot of credit, so Yuchen recommended you." Xu Shichang stroked his beard and smiled.

"It's all up to Yu Shuai's good scheduling, the Central Army is brave and good at fighting, and it is ashamed to say that the Shen Command Department has not yet arrived in Zhengzhou, and the Central Army has overcome it." Cheng Shen said sincerely, there is no doubt that the central army in his mouth is the Feng army, and after seeing the combat power of the Feng army, Cheng Shen feels more and more that he has chosen how wise he was in advance.

"There are a total of 50,000 or 60,000 local armies in Henan, and there are still dozens of patrol battalions left over from the Qing Dynasty and will have time to be reorganized in the future. During the Central Army's capture of Luoyang, Ding Xiangling also raised troops to respond, and its strength will also defeat you, do you know that the commander of the Henan First Division did not choose Ding Xiangling this time, but chose you? Qin Yu asked.

"I don't understand my humble duties, and I ask Yu Shuai to release me." Cheng Shen was also puzzled by Qin Yu's choice.

"Because you have made meritorious contributions in Shangqiu before, and Ding Xiangling's governance of the Yuxi swordsmen is rampant, the people's livelihood is not quiet, Ding Xiangling is also a corrupt and perverted law, although the central government has declined in recent years, and the local government is not subject to the central dispatch, but which people have done practical things, which people have not done, the central government has an account here, and you will lead the position of the commander of the Henan First Division in the future, do a good job, and next year grant the official number of the Central Army of the Henan First Division, fully change clothes, leave the locality, and directly return to the central government, and you don't have to take yourself as a local miscellaneous card. If you don't do it well, you just give up this position. Let someone else come. ”

Qin Yu said half-wooing, half-threatening, "As for Ding Xiangling, if it weren't for the suitability of the central government this time, the central government would have punished him afterwards, and this time it would be considered meritorious to stabilize the situation in Henan." It is enough to take an ordinary position, and all other local armies must be abolished. ”

"Thank you President for your appreciation, thank you Yu Shuai for his promotion, Cheng Shen will obey the orders of the central government, do his best to maintain the stability of the situation in Henan, protect the territory and the people, and quell the bandits." Cheng Shen stood tall and said that he was arranged by Zhao Kui to suppress bandits in eastern Henan two years ago, which was originally a chore. Unexpectedly, at this time, it was the primary reason for his promotion. At the same time, Cheng Shen was also quite grateful to Qin Yu for agreeing with his hard work in suppressing bandits in the past two years. The position obtained by one's own ability is obviously more able to straighten a person's spine than the rudder of the rudder.

"Well, when you go back to Henan, someone from the Military Affairs Department of the War Department will go to Henan with you and bring your salary for this month, and you go down first." Qin Yu nodded and said.

Cheng Shen gave a military salute on the ground. Then what was very different from the apprehension when he came was that he left the presidential palace in high spirits, since the old governor Zhang Xiyuan was broken down by Zhao Qi. I have been in Henan for a few years, and now I have finally come to my end.

"Now Henan, Shanxi, Zhili, Shaanxi, Hubei. Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and other provinces have sent telegrams to the central authorities, saying that they are willing to obey the central government's dispatch and escort tax into Beijing, and that they will give full support to the central authorities in promoting the independence of the customs. Since the death of the great president, it is rare for the Republic of China to reappear in such a good situation, all thanks to you Yuchen. After Cheng Shen left, Xu Shichang said with a smile.

"The promotion of these things is also indispensable for the president to coordinate in the middle." Qin Yu said modestly, "Today, there is one more thing that will trouble the president." ”

"Yuchen, it's okay for you to say it, with your and my current friendship, there is nothing that can't be said directly." Xu Shichang said with displeasure.

"Regarding the integration of the various parts of the Republic of China, since the President Yuan Da of that year, the local forces have risen, the central army stationed in the provinces has gradually broken away from the control of the central government, and the local arsenals have also resumed the trend of starting work under the operation of the provincial superintendent, and now the Guangdong Arsenal has made more than 700 rifles of the 68 type and five shots, 400,000 smokeless bullets, and 180,000 black medicine bullets every month. Six machine guns. ”

"The Jinling Arsenal imitated the Makqin heavy machine gun in the fourth year of the Republic of China, with an annual output of 16 pieces, 8-inch Bai Liangning pistols, 13 seven-life mid-mountain guns, and more than 5 million rounds of various bullets."

"Among the various places, especially the Hanyang Arsenal. Since last year, Yan Xishan in Shanxi Province has begun to set up a copper yuan bureau to raise funds for the military industry. Although the central authorities have made it clear that local provinces are not allowed to buy arms from foreign powers without permission, in recent years there have been signs of various localities building up military industries without permission, and once they become self-sufficient in guns, guns, and ammunition, they may become a great danger to the country and must be banned. In addition, in order to cut off the financial resources of various localities, it is necessary to explicitly order all provinces not to distribute military tickets and mint copper dollars in any name without permission. Monetary rights should also be vested in the central government in order to expand the central government's financial resources and achieve the purpose of limiting the power of the local military. ”

"Well, Guangdong is too far away, and it is the base camp of the Southern Army, we can't control it now, and the Jinling Arsenal has not added machinery in time for several years. The Han soldiers were temporarily under Wang Zhanyuan's possession. With the entry of the Central Army, the Texas Arsenal will soon be incorporated under the rule of the Central Government. Gong County is now also under the control of the central military. Only Shanxi, but Yan Xishan is cautious, in recent years, the governance of Jin Province is also in good order, Shanxi is poor, but the stability of the situation is rare in the Republic of China, although there is a small time to start a military industry, it is difficult to hide its contribution to governing Jin, just cancel its military construction, Yuchen, what do you think? Xu Shichang said.

"Well, Shanxi can be called a model for all provinces in the Republic of China in the fields of construction and education, and Yan Xishan has made great contributions. The president can praise him, and as for the abolition of the military industry, he should not be harshly criticized. Qin Yu nodded in agreement, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Anwei, which province is not fifty or sixty thousand troops, at this time, several forces in Shaanxi, the army is gathered nearly 100,000, not to mention Sichuan, large and small princes.

Only in Shanxi at this time, although Yan Xishan also suppressed dissidents and promoted cronies within the army, it only developed to the size of four mixed brigades, less than 20,000 people. On the other hand, since he took charge of Shanxi, he has invested a lot in education, roads, water conservancy and other aspects. If it weren't for the fact that these aspects consumed a lot of money, Jingxishan would not have imposed a large amount of harsh taxes on Shanxi. It is not too difficult to raise an army of 40,000 or 50,000 in Shanxi Province.

Xu Shichang nodded again and again when he heard this, although Qin Yu was still generally more northeastern, for example, the arsenal just now, Xu Shichang heard that Qin Yu's arsenal in Changchun was so grand that it even overshadowed Gongxian several times. All the military industrial enterprises of the Republic of China together are not as good as the Northeast. Qin Yu didn't mention that although he had selfish intentions, he could generally maintain fairness. For example, for the treatment of Hunan and Henan, as well as Shanxi's high pick-up, gently put down.

Finally a reasonable person, compared with the previous stamping machine, Xu Shichang felt that some of the things he said now could also be counted, and Qin Yu would not use that kind of domineering posture when discussing government affairs, and he could maintain a minimum of respect for an elder, relatively speaking. It's been a pleasure to work with him.

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"Ladies and gentlemen, the empire's previous policy in China suffered a heavy failure, and the empire suffered heavy losses, although a huge loan was paid, but a large amount of investment in China has not been implemented, judging from the current attitude of the rulers in Beijing, the empire's loan may be irreparable." The new Prime Minister Hara Kei, who has not been in office for a long time, said in a heavy tone, as the new prime minister. Regarding the Nishihara loan led by the previous Terauchi cabinet, of course, Hara Kei doesn't mind stepping on two feet in the well again.

There were not many people present at the meeting. But they were all big figures who could influence Japanese policy at this time, the governor of the Navy, Yuzaburo Kato, the chief of the General Staff Headquarters, Yusaku Uehara, and Sai Tengmi Nishihara.

"Now that the powerful faction in the northeastern part of China has taken charge of the power in Beijing and is vigorously promoting the autonomy of the customs in China, the imperial consul in China, Kohata Yukichi, has sent a telegram. Qin Yu sent troops to assist the empire in occupying the Russian Far East on the condition that the empire support the independence of the Chinese customs, what do you think? ”

"It is not easy for the customs autonomy of China, except for the empire. Britain and France are probably the biggest stumbling blocks in China, and the United States is relatively easy to talk about, even if the empire agrees, as long as Britain and France are secretly made to increase their resistance to it, China will not be able to meet the conditions. After all, in the treaties signed in the past, the great powers all have the most favored nation treatment, and if one of the so many powers does not agree, the tariff autonomy of China will also be nullified. Yusaku Uehara, chief of the General Staff Headquarters, spoke first, "But the Russian Far East is the future strategy of the empire, and there is no room for mistakes, the empire has invested more than 70,000 troops and consumed nearly 300 million yen, which is especially insufficient, the Russian Far East is too big, and there are only two ways in front of the empire at the moment, one is to obtain the support of the northeast of China, and the other is to choose to continue to increase troops." ”

"Another option was to withdraw and occupy Sakhalin and Vladivostok east of Russia. The Reich has wasted too much energy in Russia to continue to throw its limited forces into this quagmire. ”

Even if it succeeds in gaining a firm foothold in the Russian Far East, the benefits obtained by the Navy Ministry are not large, not to mention that a large amount of funds have been occupied for the successive increase in troops in the Russian Far East, and even affected the construction plan of the 88th Fleet of the Navy Department. This is not the first time that Japan has been fighting for land and sea for a long time. An unsuccessful plan cost 300 million yen, and if this money were given to the navy, it would have to build several large battleships, and it would be better to not be able to do it now.

"And the northeast of China has always been a big trouble for the empire, once it completes its tariff independence, it will have at least more than 100 million more income per year, and this number will rise rapidly, and now Qin Yu has become the actual controller of the Beijing regime, he gets this money, do you know how much loss it will bring to the empire?"

"Qin Yu's losses to the empire are great, but with Qin Yu's means, he can not hesitate to fight a big battle with the empire in Boli. For the greater benefit of the customs, are you sure that Qin Yu will not threaten with force? Qin Yu's attitude was tough, how should the empire respond? Yusaku Uehara snorted coldly, "Do you want the tired army of the empire that has just retreated from the Russian Far East to fight the Northeast Army of China again?" Or do you think that the Northeast Army of China is easier to deal with than those miscellaneous armies of Red Russia? ”

"Ahem!" Yuan Jing coughed dryly, but he didn't expect that this had just begun, and the sea and land departments were already fighting for each other, and he, the prime minister, was not allowed to mediate.

"The predicament facing the empire at the moment is as follows. First, the empire faced the problem of insufficient forces in the Russian Far East. Second, Qin Yu is in charge of Beijing and wants to use tariffs to independently complete the expansion of its strength. ”

"The pros and cons of both points are well understood, but either one is dangerous. Both of them have a point, so now we're going to come up with a compromise. ”

"What's the compromise?" Yuzaburo Kato asked unhappily.

"I think that the territory of the Russian Far East is too extensive and sparsely populated, even if it is occupied, it will be difficult to really take it for itself for a while, and turn it into the help of the empire, and at the same time, the United States is already extremely dissatisfied with the empire's large-scale deployment of troops to Siberia, and the strategy of the future empire is to be friendly with Britain and the United States to avoid being excluded in the world, so it is necessary to shrink its forces and retreat its forces out of Siberia, and only retain a part of the area where the Russians are relatively concentrated, on the one hand, to relieve the pressure on the American side. On the other hand, after the territory of occupation is reduced, it will be much easier to deal with the harassment of the other side in order to exterminate the Red Russian guerrillas. ”

Yuan Jing paused for a moment and said, "Agreeing to the independence of the Chinese tariff, the benefits of the Chinese are too great, and if it is not forced by the form, it will not be able to meet the requirements of the Chinese state." On the Belarusian side, Kolchak was already bound to be defeated, and under the instigation of the empire, Seminov was defeated by Red Russia and would inevitably rush into China and Mongolia. When the time came, Seminov was ordered to attack Red Russia from Outer Mongolia and continue to insist on its power in the Far East, but Red Russia categorically refused to allow it, and if Red Russia marched into Outer Mongolia, it would violate the sovereignty of China. At that time, if the empire could secretly agitate, Qin Yu would have to fight with Red Russia and consume the strength of both sides in order to maximize the interests of the empire. ”

"Use Seminov to introduce Red Russia into Outer Mongolia, and then let China stand in front of Red Russia?" Uehara Yusaku's eyes flashed, if he could really make the Northeast and the Red Russian army explode into war, it would undoubtedly be more cost-effective than asking the Northeast Army to help suppress the guerrillas.

"Qin Yu is scheming, how can he be fooled?" Kato Yuzaburo frowned and said, if you can weaken the strength of the branch, it is nothing to join forces with the staff headquarters, after all, when the external threat is too great, the internal contradiction can be postponed and resolved.

"Outer Mongolia is a natural barrier between the northeast of China and Red Russia, once lost, the army of Red Russia can threaten any province in the northeast at any time, with Qin Yu's strength, and can still fight with the empire in Boli at any cost, how to be willing to be threatened by Red Russia, not to mention, Outer Mongolia is still the territory of the Republic of China." Uehara Yusaku smiled, this compromise method is really good, as long as it can be implemented smoothly, the Northeast Army of China will attract the firepower of Red Russia, and the situation of the Japanese Army in the Far East will undoubtedly be much better. (To be continued......)