Zhou Yi did not live in the headquarters, but was called to his home by Wu Lie. Lao Wu was the eldest of the veterans of the Mengshan Army, but he started a family late, and it was not until after the reorganization of the Fifth Town that he was introduced to marry another beautiful little widow. The little widow, surnamed Liu, is the daughter-in-law of a blacksmith shop owner in Jinan Province with a four-year-old son. Wu Lie didn't think that women were dragging oil bottles, and they were very good to children. Lao Wu listened to Long Qian's persuasion, and after Huayuan moved to Jinan, he left the logistics department and went to the newly established maintenance plant to become the deputy director. But the old soldier was reluctant to take off his military uniform, so his military status was still retained. Long Qian personally promoted his rank, positioning himself at the regular camp level, but instead of leading the salary, he received the salary of the maintenance factory.

Wu Lie moved out of the barracks and rented two houses next to the repair shop. In Zhou Yi's opinion, it is a bit simple. But Lao Wu was in a good mood, and ordered his wife to set up a banquet, and pushed a cup with Zhou Yi to drink up.

"The commander has big rules, and there are restrictions on drinking. Now that I'm away from the logistics department, no one cares about drinking, at least five taels a night. Zhou Shao, don't be disgusted with my sourness, this is the best wine I can buy. ”

A sound of Zhou Shao made Zhou Yi's eyes immediately sour. I think that's what Wu Lie called him in Mengshanzhai at the beginning.

"Where, that's interesting." Zhou Yi raised his glass and drank it all, "Good wine, good wine!" ”

"Lord Zhou, my old man often talks about you. My craftsmanship is not good, don't be suspicious. Wu Lie's beautiful little daughter-in-law said with a Jinan accent.

"Sister-in-law's craftsmanship is quite good, really. Don't call me an adult, I and Brother Wu are brothers, and it's too much to call an adult. Zhou Yi felt a little guilty in his heart, Wu Lie married at the beginning. He received the post, but he only asked someone to bring a gift, and did not come in person.

"Of course a brother is a brother, but the adults are also real. I think that Zhou Shao was a talented man in Mengshanzhai at the beginning, and later Commander Long was in charge, and Zhou Shao was the second-in-command. Even now, the dignified co-ordinator is in charge of thousands of people. If you can come to our house, you can see my old soldiers. After a few glasses of wine, Wu Lie's face was full of red.

"Don't. Don't listen to your old family. I have a life-and-death friendship with him, don't be separated. Sister-in-law, you rest, enough dishes, enough. Zhou Yi tried not to look at Wu Lie's daughter-in-law's peach blossom face. Asked Wu Lie. "How. Now it's okay to get to the repair shop? ”

"The commander gave me the deputy director to take care of me, and I felt like a mirror in my heart. How many bowls of rice do I eat and still don't know what to do? But the commander asked me to take off my uniform. I am a member of the Mengshan Army in life, and I am a ghost of the Mengshan Army in death! In this life, I will follow the commander. Follow the Mengshan Army. ”

"Of course, the commander is a nostalgic person......"

"Zhou Shao, Lao Wu invited you here because I wanted to say a few words to you. If you don't pay attention to what you say, don't take it to heart for the sake of our years of affection. Wu Lie took a big sip of wine, "Zhou Shao, I know that Xiao Xia is too guilty this time, and no one can protect him!" Not even the commander! Why? 20,000 yuan! He can do it too! Now that our Mengshan military family has a great cause, plus the soldiers of Chief of Staff Ning, there are tens of thousands of horses up and down, if there is no rule, then it will be repaid! Xiao Xia is to blame him, and you are also to blame! You control him too loosely, trust him too much! He's not the commander of the dog's day, I'm sorry for you, and I'm sorry for the old brother who fought hard together! Don't intercede for him! Zhou Shao, when I heard this, I was startled, and ran to the commander to see if I could spare him a dog's life, and the commander said to me, no, it's your old soldier, and you're killed! I'm ashamed, I can't even hang my face. But when you think about it, is it easy to command? For the sake of our whole army, we have to suffer the anger of the imperial court! I heard that the new governor is no better than the original Lord Zhou, it is Yuan Shikai's turtle egg, who came to find the commander's stubble! We, the old men of the Mengshan Army, how can we make trouble for the commander again? Isn't that the reason? ”

Zhou Yi smiled bitterly, "Brother Wu, what you said is true." ”

"Xiao Xia is finished, no wonder the commander is ruthless. Others don't know the way, we still don't know the way? The commander is interesting enough for the old brothers. I always have us in my heart. After Xiao Xia's death, his wife and children, I am in charge of the old Wu! My military salary is not low, enough to spend. In the future, when his son grows up, he will still be a soldier of our Mengshan army. ”

Zhou Yi couldn't figure out whether Wu Lie's words were what he wanted to say or whether Long Qian confessed. He stayed at Wu Lie's house that night, and Wu Lie vacated his bedroom to Zhou Yi, but Zhou Yi stayed awake all night. I have been thinking in my heart, not for Xia Jiarong, but for myself. The Long Qian in Wu Lie's mouth is still the Long Qian of Mengshanzhai, but in fact he is no longer the same. Because of Zheng Cheng's matter, Zhou Yi always felt that there was a wall between him and Long Qian. Ask yourself, I have long accepted the fact that Long Qian is the master of the army, and I have no other ideas. also admits that if there is no Long Qian, Mengshanzhai will definitely not become Mengshan Army! But with the rise of Long Qian's status, with the rise of Situ Jun, Chen Chao, Fang Shengyuan and others, Long Qian is no longer the original Long Qian.

Tomorrow Long Qian wants to make a statement himself, what do you mean? Put the account of Xia Jiarong's execution on his head? As Xia's old boss, if he doesn't speak for him at the moment of his life and death, what do his subordinates think? But if you plead for Xia again, wouldn't you specifically slap Long Qian's face?

This damn Xia Jiarong, why is he so greedy? Zhou Yi tossed and turned, sleepless all night.

The next day's meeting did not disagree much about the handling of Xia Jiarong and the other three, and after Zhou Yi said that he should be severely punished, the fate of the three embezzlers was decided. It's just that Long Qian's suggestion to make Xia Jiarong do a circuit confession in various ministries before the execution is a bit cruel, Zhou Yi is Xia Jiarong's top boss, Zhou Yi doesn't plead, and the others don't say anything.

Will Xia Jiarong go to play the role of a clown? The answer is yes. Long Qian directly named him, if the tour speech is good, he can open up to his family, and read that he has made a small contribution to the group, and the army will support his family for him. If you don't want to show up or do something perfunctory, then don't blame the troops for being polite!

Xia Jiarong is a battalion-level officer, according to military regulations, there is no age limit for marrying a wife, he is already married, and he has a son under the age of one. The house has been raided, and I am an orphan, and his wife either takes her son back to her parents' house or finds another way to make a living. Xia's wife is from Zhengjiazhuang, and Xia Jiarong has such a thing, and Xia's wife dare not go back to her parents' house. Because the autonomy of the villagers in Fei County, especially in the areas of Zhengjiazhuang and Chenjiaya, put an end to her livelihood. For what? An important part of villagers' autonomy is to support the army and give preference to their subordinates, and those who serve as soldiers in the Mengshan Army or patrol battalion. Family members are exempt from all taxes and enjoy various preferential treatments, such as meat, rice, oil, cloth and other materials during major festivals such as the Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. However, deserters and traitors are deprived of their military family qualifications, and even despised or bullied by the villagers. It is conceivable that Xia's wife did not dare to go back to her parents' house at all, and if she wanted to survive smoothly, she had to rely on the army. As long as Xia Jiarong is not stupid, he will honestly follow the above arrangement and act as a negative instructor before being shot.

After it was decided that Xia Jiarong and the other three would be executed and all their property confiscated, Long Qian severely criticized the dereliction of duty of the 10th Association and the Logistics Office of the General Headquarters. It was announced that Long Qian, the commander of the Fifth Town, Zhou Yi, the 10th Co-ordinator, Feng Lun, the deputy co-commander and the 19th Standard Commander, Lan Xinzhi, the chief of staff, and Song Jinguo, the director of the logistics department of the headquarters, were demerited. Two months. The whole army was alerted. Long Qian pointed out. With the expansion of the army and the improvement of remuneration, all kinds of violations of discipline and even violations of the law have not decreased, but have increased. The chief officials of all ministries should take Xia Jiarong's case as a warning. A specialized education in discipline was conducted. Relearn the Mil-Laws Regulations. In the future, whenever there is a violation of discipline and law. Strictly follow the military regulations, no matter who it is, there are no exceptions!

"Don't be ashamed of your seniority. If the military achievements are high, they will be complacent. All of you here are high-ranking officers, the skeleton of our army, I put my words here, it is not easy for the Mengshan army to come to this step, and it is nothing to get to this step, the road ahead is longer and more difficult. Without strict discipline, our group would be doomed! Long Qian said sternly, "We want to create an era and find a bright future for the motherland that has suffered many disasters. Whoever can't keep up with me will be eliminated! It's not that I, Long Qian, don't miss the old feelings, but the situation doesn't allow it! This case was discovered and dealt with in a timely manner by the Judge Advocate General's Office, and should be commended, and the Judge Advocate General's Office was rewarded with 1,000 yuan. However, the Judge Advocate General's Office had committed a disciplinary offence in handling the case and had to deal with it. Cao Minzhong, the director of the Military Judge Advocate Supervision Division, was given a demerit and fined for three months! Merit is merit, and transgression is transgression, each of which is his own. That's it for the case, and a few things are announced below. ”

Zhou Yi breathed a sigh of relief. Long Qian said that the case is here, which means that there will be no further investigation. Zhou Yi has always been worried that the Xia case will involve Feng Lun, but now it seems that there is nothing to do.

"In view of the fact that Ning Shijun is in charge of patrolling the battalion, it is now announced that Ning Shijun will be removed from the post of chief of staff of the fifth town, and Situ Jun will take over as the chief of staff of the fifth town.

Situ Jun announced the adjustment of the headquarters organization, the addition of the equipment department, and the upgrading of the equipment section of the original logistics department to the equipment department, with Lian Shupeng as the director. The associations should increase the staffing of the Equipment Section accordingly in order to carry out its work.

The leadership of the Military Judge Advocate General was strengthened, and Zhang Ping was appointed deputy director of the Military Judge Advocate Advocate General's Office.

Zhou Yi understood Long Qian's intentions. Zhang Ping was Long Qian's adjutant, was injured in an ambush in Yizhou, and later went to the Suiying Military Academy, and stayed in the school as an instructor after graduation. is one of Long Qian's cronies. Now that Zhang Ping has been transferred to the Judge Advocate General's Office, he has actually strengthened his control over the Judge Advocate General's Office, which is hated and feared by the troops.

The third thing announced by Situ Jun was to upgrade the military academy to the Shandong Military Academy, "This matter has been reported to the Ministry of Garrison, and the provinces are preparing to build the Military Academy, and Shandong Province naturally cannot lag behind." The site of the school has not been adjusted after research, and it is still located in Yizhou. In the future, all officers and men who have not been trained in the military academy will not be promoted, and this is a new regulation. After the establishment of the Armed Forces Academy, it is necessary to expand the number of students in the school, and the teams directly under the headquarters and the various associations and standards will recommend the list of students to enter the military academy this autumn according to the quota issued. That's my report. ”

"Adjournment." Long Qian got up and left.

Xia Jiarong's case caused a strong shock in the Fifth Town and the patrol battalion, especially the officers and men of the patrol battalion, who thought that they would save their heads by doing so. Who knew that he was shot in public without mercy. Under the deliberate propaganda of the Judge Advocate General's Office, Xia Jiarong became a veteran of the Mengshan Army who followed Long Qian to conquer the south and the north, and this result caused a shock to the patrol battalion.

Yang Shixiang got the notice of the Fifth Town on the handling of Xia Jiarong's corruption case. Yang Shixiang, who had a deep understanding of Qing officialdom, did not believe that Long Qian could put an end to corruption. Embezzlement of military funds and empty salaries in the Green Camp and later the patrol battalion is a well-known thing, Yuan Shikai formed a new army of small stations, and put an end to eating empty salaries and drinking the blood of soldiers has surprised the imperial court. The Fifth Town was even more unusual, not only canceling the special expenses for senior officers, but also dealing with offending officers so harshly, it seemed that it was more incorruptible than Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army.

But Yang Shixiang doesn't see it that way. He believed that this was the result of a fierce factional struggle within the Mengshan Army. Long Qian's disposal of a few officers was just a knock on the mountain. It's good to have factions, the imperial court has never been afraid or even likes that there are factions below, and it is only a matter of worrying about it. So, on the matter of Mengshan Army's anti-corruption, Yang Shixiang handed over his second "report" to Yuan Shikai after coming to Shandong, and asked Luo Xiaocai to send it to Beijing in person by private message. In the letter, Yang Shixiang gave a detailed account of the current situation of Shandong's booming industry, asserting that Long Qian had a decisive influence on the political situation in Shandong, and that only by transferring the fifth town out of Shandong could Shandong be truly controlled by his own people.

Yang Shixiang and Yuan Shikai's conspiracy Long Qian did not know what to do, and after dealing with the corruption case, he focused his energy on the Shandong Investment Promotion Conference proposed and planned by Fang Shengyuan. (To be continued......)