After the establishment of the Military Commission, Long Qian vigorously promoted a series of work before the founding of the People's Republic of China.

On October 16, after a long talk with Wang Shizhen, who had returned to Beijing, Long Qian appointed Wang Shizhen as vice mayor of Beijing in the name of the Military Commission. This is the first case in which a high-ranking official of the Beiyang system has officially held a government office. In exchange, Wang Shizhen's proposal to allow key members of the Manchu court to return to Beijing was approved by Long Qian. After the study of the secretariat, the original Prince Gong's Mansion was allocated to settle the members of the Qing Dynasty. It was agreed that the amount of 600,000 silver dollars per year would be used as the "maintenance fee" for the clearance. However, the Military Commission immediately made five regulations on the return of the Qing family to Beijing: 1. Do not contact the news media for the time being; 2. The Beijing Garrison is responsible for safety; 3. The original palace maids and eunuchs freely choose to leave or stay, and the dismissed personnel may be given a resettlement fee by the government, and the cost of the remaining personnel shall be included in the resettlement fee for the Qing family, and the government shall not pay the fee separately; 4. Arrangements for members of the royal family who are willing to work for the new regime; 5. The members of the Qing family strictly implemented the promise of the abdication statement and did not do anything against the new regime.

Due to the extremely hard life of the Qing family in Baoding, a large number of palace maids fled and urgently needed to be resettled, Wang Shizhen went to Baoding to negotiate with the Qing family according to the main points of the conversation with Long Qian. Wang Shizhen estimated that the number of bannermen in Beijing was about 200,000, and the monthly fee was two stones, and the monthly demand was 400,000 taels of silver. But this request was flatly rejected by Long Qian, and the banner people had to fend for themselves, and the new government would neither discriminate against them, let alone raise them.

On the same day, the Central Military Commission appointed Song Jiaoren as deputy director of the Propaganda Bureau of the Central Military Commission, and Duan Qirui as deputy director of the Political Affairs Bureau. Tan Renfeng is the chief of civil affairs of Hunan.

As an active member of the political reform in the late Qing Dynasty, Yang Du was enthusiastic about the constitutional movement. He was recruited by the Propaganda Bureau as Deputy Director of the Second Preparation Division, which was tasked with drafting the draft constitution.

On the same day, Long Qian listened to Cao Minzhong's report on the current situation of the Youth Army Federation on behalf of the General Political Department. At present, the development and operation of the joint organization of the Southern Army and the Shandong Army and the Youth Army are relatively good, while the Northern Army is slightly worse. The Southern Army has the highest proportion of members of the Youth Army Federation, about 7%, the Shandong Army 6%, and the Northern Army less than 3%. Moreover, the proportions of the various forces are not nearly the same. Among them, the 1st and 6th divisions are the highest. Among the members of the Youth Army Federation. Ordinary soldiers make up about 45 per cent of its members, and 43 per cent of officers at the company and platoon levels. The members are mainly concentrated in the lower classes.

Long Qian was basically satisfied with the current situation of the Youth Army Federation. The General Political Department was instructed to devote energy to reorganizing and developing the organization, to revise its constitution, and to include allegiance to the country. In terms of organizational building. In particular, it is necessary to increase the proportion of officers and men at the grassroots level. Efforts should be made to increase the proportion of members of the Youth Army Federation among ordinary soldiers to more than 20 percent. It is necessary to regulate the operation of the organization and to formulate and improve the necessary regulations, such as the payment of membership dues. to reflect the concept of organization. As for rights, members of the Youth Army Federation are given priority in promotion under the same conditions, and priority is given to sending them to military academies for further study. It is necessary to appropriately allocate funds from military expenditures for the activities of the organization, such as subscribing to books and newspapers, and give it strong support. It is necessary to ensure that every branch subscribes to a newspaper in the army, so that the soldiers can understand and grasp the major affairs of the state. Speaking of newspapers, Long Qian instructed the Propaganda Bureau of the General Political Department to immediately organize the publication of the "National Defense Army Daily" with the "Mengshan Army Newsletter" as the team, which will serve as the army's newspaper and provide free reading for officers and men. The predecessor of the "Mengshan Army Newsletter" was the "Fifth Town Newsletter", and after the rebellion against the Qing Dynasty, the name was changed to the "Mengshan Army Newsletter", which is now a weekly newspaper and sometimes reprinted. However, Long Qian instructed that it should be changed to a daily newspaper, and in particular, the propaganda of patriotism among officers and men should be strengthened.

Long Qian specifically instructed the General Political Department to set up a medal for the Youth Army Federation, and to count and report the list of members of the Youth Army Federation for meritorious service since the anti-Qing uprising, so as to determine the recipients. The Order of the Youth Army is divided into at least three grades, which can be set to gold, silver and bronze. The Gold Medal is awarded to only a very small number of members who have made great contributions, especially those who have fallen in battle. The specific measures shall be formulated by the General Administration with reference to the existing system of medals and medals.

Cao Minzhong recorded Long Qian's instructions in detail. Originally, the Youth Army Federation was a small organization within the army with loyalty to Long Qian as its program, but it was questioned by a small number of senior officers, including Situ Jun. But more senior officers are members of it, but generally do not participate in its activities. Now it seems that Long Qian is going to expand and further formalize the organization. If it is clearly stipulated that the members of the Youth Army Federation have the right of priority promotion, more officers and soldiers will be induced to join this organization.

On October 17, Long Qian formally appointed Xu Gongzhi as the head of the Beijing Police Department, and the Beijing Police Department, which was formed by about 500 officers and soldiers of the 83rd and 84th regiments of the 28th Brigade and the former Beijing patrol police, was formally established and took over Beijing's public security. The reason why the members of the two regiments were selected to be reappointed as public security police officers was that the two regiments recruited a large number of new recruits after entering Beijing, and the children of Beijing residents accounted for the majority.

On the same day, Situ Jun, chief of the general staff of the Mengshan Army, led the General Staff organs into Beijing and took up the post of director of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Central Military Commission.

At 11 o'clock in the morning of the 18th, Long Qian held a ceremony for awarding senior generals at the Qinzheng Hall on the south bank of the Zhonghai Sea, and awarded Lu Shan, Wang Mingyuan, Ning Shijun, Situ Jun, Feng Guozhu, and Ye Yanbing six first-class medals of excellence and a bonus of 100,000 silver oceans. Twenty-nine generals, including Shi Dashou, Song Jinguo, Fan Deping, Wu Nian, Deng Qinghua, Lan Xinzhi, Hu Zongyu, Lian Shupeng, Zhang Yulin, Zheng Shuangqing, Jiang Yiliu, Cao Minzhong, Qu Hongxiang, Xiong Xun, Cheng Erhu, Jiang Cunxian, Xu Gongzhi, Han Ziying, Gong Kaichen, Zhang Zhenming, Ding Xiaofu, Shang Fengchun, Jiang Yun, Liang Huada, Chi Chunxian, Wang Zhifeng, Du Sanli, Tian Shubang and Jin Ruigong, were awarded the second-class Medal of Excellence and rewarded Yinyang with 50,000 yuan. In recognition of their meritorious achievements in the creation and expansion of the Mengshan Army.

Because Wang Mingyuan, Feng Guozhu, Song Jinguo, Lan Xinzhi, Wu Nian and others were still in the field, Long Qian only made an announcement.

The six people who won the first-class Medal of Excellence are indeed veterans of the Mengshan Army, except for Situ Jun, their qualifications and positions are the deepest and highest since the establishment of the Mengshan Army, Ning Shijun is Long Qian's earliest chief of staff, and Lu Shan, Wang Mingyuan, Feng Guozhu, and Ye Yanbing are the earliest company commanders. With Situ Jun's contributions to previous campaigns and battles, the regularization of the army, and military education after joining the Mengshan Army, everyone has nothing to say about receiving the highest level of medal.

The generals present invariably remembered two people: Zhou Yi and Feng Lun. If it weren't for Xinning, the situation would be completely different. Zhou Yi is undoubtedly the winner of the highest medal, and Feng Lun's qualifications are enough, but his position is lower. Perhaps the number of people who received the highest medal was not six, but eight.

Fortunately, the change in Xinning did not implicate more people. Many of the generals who were honored in the Qinzheng Hall were Zhou Yi's direct subordinates, but Long Qian obviously didn't care about this. Especially the generals of the Northern Army. Since the winter of 1903, they have left the main force to go into the world alone, and their original affiliation has been very weak.

This list is a big appearance of the core team of Mengshan Army. The foundation for the later implementation of the rank system was laid. Countless people have analyzed this list and found that it is precisely the Northern Army system that left the main force early to create a situation outside the customs that has the greatest advantage. Among the 29 generals who have been awarded the Order of Merit of the Second Class, 10 are from the Northern Military System, and if Tian Shubang, who has been in charge of intelligence operations outside the customs for a long time, is included, there are as many as 11 people. And Long Qian's southern army was only 11 people. The Shandong army is the least, only 3 people, and the rest such as Song Jinguo, Wang Zhifeng, Jiang Yun, Cao Minzhong, etc., should be counted as headquarters officers and do not belong to any system. Taking into account the fact that the strength of the three armies of the three sides of the Mengshan Army in the opening battle was approximately equal. illustrates a problem. When determining the list of awards, Long Qian considered more seniority than position and military exploits. Otherwise, Zhang Zhenming, Gong Kaichen, Xu Gongzhi, Chi Chunxian, Jin Ruigong and others should not have received the Medal of Excellence. Their contribution to the founding of the country is not as good as that of Xue Xiaocai and Gao Huzi, the two brigade commanders who made great contributions in the bloody battle of Texas.

This list also shows the factional divisions of the Mengshan Army, a military group. The Northern Army, which had grown independently and strongly, had become a system of its own, which was enough to compete with the Southern Army, which regarded itself as the orthodox Mengshan Army. Calculating the announced plan for the reorganization of the army, the strength of the Northern Army is even more staggering. The Shandong Army, which made great contributions in the battle for the founding of the country, was at an absolute disadvantage. Of course, the generals of the Northern Army obeyed Long Qian's leadership. Because Long Qian is the founder of this army. But when Long Qian left. There is no one in the center to restrain the system. After the establishment of the Republic, many changes occurred. Traced back to the Qinzheng Palace, the source was found.

After the ceremony, Long Qian addressed his generals.

"Generals," Long Qian looked solemn. "The medal symbolizes honor, and the bonus is a reward for everyone who has followed me Long Qian in the south and north for ten years, and you deserve it. Especially the robes of the Northern Army and the Southern Army, who left their wives and children, fathers and elders, and fought bloodily for our group and our country, I Long Qian thank you, and I thank you on behalf of New China!

At this solemn moment, we should not forget the countless comrades-in-arms who sacrificed their lives for the founding of New China. In the list of the Order of Excellence of the Second Class, there should be two more people, they are the two brigade commanders Sheng Guang and Duan Baochang who died in Jinzhou and Dezhou, they are real heroes, let us always remember their heroic names. They also had a share of the medals and bonuses, which were subsequently awarded to their families by the General Political Department.

Today's award ceremony is only awarded to generals with official military ranks. In fact, a large number of civilian personnel should also be awarded, and I discussed it with Fang Shengyuan and others, but they insisted on refusing to accept it, believing that they were just doing logistics for everyone. However, we should be clear that without their strategic planning, we would not have been able to win successive battles and achieve today's victory. For those who have made meritorious contributions to the civil service, I will formulate a separate policy to give them honorary and material rewards, and they are also meritorious heroes of the state and should also be rewarded!

At the moment when New China is about to be founded, I will award you with honors, but I also want to remind you that honor only represents the past, not your future. Moreover, the country has been created in a grass-roots manner, and there are many enemies on the surface and hidden, who do not want to see the birth of the new China established by the Mengshan Army, and they are hiding in the shadows to plot to subvert our new regime and subvert and even eliminate our glorious army.

Generals, it has been ten years since the founding of the Mengshan Army, and it has gone through a arduous and glorious course, but there is still a long road ahead, and the battle is even harder and greater. I want you to keep your honor firmly in mind, lead good soldiers, fight a good battle, and defend and build our new China. I also want you to maintain the vigor and desperate spirit of the war years to strive for greater victories and greater glory!

Generals, the Mengshan Army has become history, and the Mengshan Army has become the National Defense Army. The armed forces will be further expanded and regularized, equipped with more advanced weapons, and will study, study, and master more advanced strategies and tactics. We also need to implement a military rank system to be in line with the world. In a word, we still have a heavy task ahead of us. I don't want anyone to be left behind and left behind by the times. Please remember that.

Finally, I would like to say that the country was built by you, and you need to defend it. As long as those of us maintain the strength of the whole army in Mengshan and maintain the spirit of unity and struggle during the war years, no one will be our opponent, and we will be invincible! ”

Subsequently, Lu Shan swore an oath on behalf of the decorated generals: be loyal to the country, be loyal to the supreme commander, and fight to the end to defend the newborn republic!

Situ, who is generally reluctant to speak, spoke: In view of the country's grass-roots creation. It's hard. The armed forces should be expanded and reorganized. I will not receive the bounty I received, and I am willing to donate it to support the construction of the army.

Situ Jun took the lead, and Lu Shan, Ning Shijun and others immediately responded, saying that in addition to honor. No monetary rewards.

Long Qian expressed his gratitude for this. "You deserve the bonus. Most of you are married. And parents and elders also need to be supported, and there are many places to spend money. But it is also true that the country is in financial difficulties. Let's do it according to the old rules and deposit it into your account. It can be withdrawn at any time. ”

On 19 October, accompanied by Fan Deping, Long Qian went to Fengtai to inspect the Independent Cavalry Brigade of the Northern Military Region, and according to the Mengshan Army Meritorious Service Regulations and the list submitted by the Northern Army Headquarters, Long Qian awarded 123 officers and soldiers below Jiang Cunxian the Hero and Meritorious Service Medals of different ranks. And took a group photo with the main officers of the cavalry brigade.

On 20 October, Fan Deping, deputy commander and chief of staff of the Northern Military Region, led the reorganized cavalry brigade to leave Beijing and go north to Xuanhua to garrison. In the next step, the cavalry brigade will go out of Suiyuan to reorganize the local armed forces, reorganize the troops, and prepare for the march into Outer Mongolia.

On October 21, the headquarters of the CDR was established in Beijing. Hong Yuecheng became the chairman of the CDL and announced the CDD's program. On the evening of the same day, Long Qian had dinner with Hong Yuecheng, Fang Shengyuan, Cao Minzhong, Jiang Yun, and others at his residence. At the meeting, Long Qian talked about his instructions to Chen Chao, who had already returned to Shandong, to form a new party. It was made clear that since the National Assembly is the organ that supervises and restricts the government on behalf of the people, and that the only way to do so is to assert power in the form of a partisan party, that there cannot be only one CDK in the Congress, and that the affairs of the state cannot be controlled only by the CDL, which represents the interests of the gentry and businessmen. To this end, Long Qian instructed the Propaganda Bureau led by Hong Yuecheng to draft provisional regulations on political parties as soon as possible to lay the foundation for the opening of the National Assembly.

Cao Minzhong and Jiang Yun did not speak at the small-scale forum. However, Fang Shengyuan and Hong Yuecheng coincidentally questioned the supreme power structure of the state designed by Long Qian, among which Fang Shengyuan was the most intense.

"Dashuai, I recently read an article by Zheng Xiaoxu published in the Beijing Daily, which raised serious doubts about the republican system, 'democracy is ownerless, and republic is discord', which sounds harsh, but I think it makes sense. The East is different from the West, and China is not Greece. The democratic republic and culture in the West are much deeper than ours, and they will succeed in building a republic, and we are only suitable for one person to have the final say. 'Only one person rules the world, not one person under the world' is our ideal political system. Just as the marshal said, political parties are political groups that represent the interests of a certain stratum, and if dozens of political parties appear in China and they are arguing and shouting in the Congress all day long, the government will not want to do anything! It is okay for Nanshao to create the CDL under the guidance of the commander, and it is okay for Mr. Yue Zhi to set up a new party to represent the interests of the workers and peasants. Moreover, there is a need to tighten control over political parties. I think that in the current situation, it is best for the handsome to have the final say. Otherwise, it is a chaotic country and a misguided country. ”

Hong Yuecheng agreed, adding, "The marshal's proposal to return the government to the people may be because you grew up in the United States, but our national conditions really can't have dozens of political parties come out." We can't even hand over the power to Congress! If that's the case, I'm afraid the army won't agree in the first place. ”

Long Qian smiled, "So I would like to express my appreciation for Sun Wen's trilogy of 'Military Administration, Discipline Administration, and Constitutional Government'." This is also the basis for me to go step by step, first using the Military Commission as a substitute for the executive power. However, it is absolutely a mistake to pin the future of the country on the wise and virtuous ministers, and our history has long proved this. Let me tell you the truth, it is not my ideal to establish the Mengshan Army, nor is it my ultimate ideal to lead the Mengshan Army to seize the world, but it is my ideal and highest goal to establish a political structure that is free from the law of historical cycles. If I don't make this move, none of us will have a chance to come out. The great drama we have staged is nothing but the repetition of countless dynasties, and the death of people is an inevitable result. Gentlemen, people change, including me. Without strong external oversight, our regime quickly corrupts. The 10-year development history of the Mengshan Army is glorious, and everyone has basically made concerted efforts. As you have also seen, the Northern Army has been isolated from the pass for a long time, and has not separated from the center. For what? Because we all have a belief that we will seize the world, overthrow the rotten rule of the Manchus, and establish our own country. In this process, someone supervised us, not the military justice system led by Cao Minzhong, but the enemy! Gentlemen, the enemy is the best overseer, they keep us from making mistakes, from corrupting. Because if you make a mistake by corruption, you will be finished, and you will die without a place to bury! The state is established, the open enemy is eliminated, everything is up to us, we have become the government, who will supervise us? Populace? In what form does the people monitor us? The villagers of Zhengjiazhuang are dissatisfied with us, thinking that we are ungrateful, whether they criticize or complain, how can we hear it? Officials are corrupt and corrupt, how can we see it? Rely on Cao Minzhong? How many hands does Cao Minzhong have? How many heads? What if Cao Minzhong himself becomes bad? Who dares to say that Cao Minzhong will not be bad? I don't think even he can guarantee it. What to do? How can we continue the regime that we have worked so hard to build and satisfy the people? Only by establishing a corresponding system. Min Zhong and Jiang Yun are people who have experienced the whole army in Mengshan, and everyone was not suitable for me to establish a lot of complicated military regulations at the beginning, and they were also full of complaints. However, without the establishment of those systems and the establishment of a military law supervision system, our Mengshan Army would not be able to get to where it is today. Congress must be established, and it must be given oversight because it represents the people. A sound, strong Congress is not only a mantra on the heads of our people, but also a talisman for us! I understand and basically agree with the concerns of the two of you just now. The establishment of a parliament is far more difficult than the formation of a government! It may take a relatively long process, but you must think carefully about this issue, think about the dead knot in the history of our nation, and think about the cyclical law that cannot be avoided in our history! I dare say that if the system of decentralization and supervision envisaged by us succeeds, you, and I, will be destined to be remembered in history as a positive image and admired by future generations. ”

When Cao Minzhong listened to Long Qian's lecture, he was pondering Long Qian's words about strengthening the construction of the Youth Army Federation the day before yesterday, and felt that many mysteries were gradually solved, and he had a better understanding of Long Qian's strategy for founding the country and governing the army.

In the early morning of 22 October, Wang Mingyuan, commander of the Southeast Military Region, sent a telegram to the headquarters and reported two events: First, the First Division had returned west to Wuchang, and Feng Guozhu would first go to Beijing to receive the task of advancing to the northwest. The second is that Minister Qiu Jin, who entered Shanghai after persuading Zhejiang to settle peacefully, sent back news that she had met with Sun Wen and other core figures of the Kuomintang and expounded the principle of the Mengshan Army for the peaceful settlement of the Republic of China issue. But the KMT center is hotly debated, and she is still working hard. In order to promote the success of Minister Qiu Jin's peace talks, and for Minister Qiu Jin's personal safety, it is recommended that the troops of the 3rd and 6th Divisions temporarily stop in place to wait for the situation to change.

The telegram from the Southeast Military Region was sent to the headquarters at about 5 o'clock in the morning, and the staff officer on duty did not dare to slack off, and immediately reported to General Chief Situ, who was living in the General Staff Headquarters, and Situ Jun immediately walked to Haiyan Hall to wake up Long Qian, who had not yet gotten up.

"Well, Mingyuan is right. Agree to his request to suspend the offensive. Recharge. After reading the telegram, Long Qian said to Situ Jun, "It is estimated that Mingyuan has just received the news." I think it's hard to turn this around the corner of the Kuomintang. By the way, Guozhu is coming back, is it asking Wu Nian to come back too? Let's discuss the issue of the advance in the northwest. Before that, the General Staff had to come up with a general opinion. ”

"There's already a preliminary plan." Situ Jun replied.

"Well, ask Feng Guozhu, when will he arrive? I can't sleep. Long Qian rubbed his face with his hands, "You still have to arrange for the Ninth Division to go north, you can go with me to the several troops of the Ninth Division." This parting, I'm afraid I will see you again in a few years. (To be continued......)