"Well, take a look at this list." Long Qian took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Chen Chao, "I'll announce it later." ”

"Finally took it out," Chen Chao took out his glasses from his pocket and put them on, and began to study this crucial list.

There was a noisy voice in the courtyard, and Ouyang Zhong came in to report, "Mr. Fan Cai and Mr. Lu Baozhang are here, can you see them?" ”

"Oh, I guess they'll be back. Then please. Long Qian stood up and greeted the door.

Cai Yuanpei, president of Shandong Normal University, has asked to see him for the second time, and was blocked by Ouyang Zhong for the first time, but this time he called Zhang Shizhao, the chief writer of "Lu Bao", to visit together...... This seemed to be within Long Qian's expectations, Chen Chao put away the list that he had just glanced at, and Cai and Zhang had already entered the room, "Mr. Cai, Mr. Zhang, please take a seat." The two of you are distinguished guests, so Chen will not bother you. ”

"Mr. Chen, please stay." Cai Yuanpei hurriedly said, "Today, I will meet General Long in person, Mr. Chen is here, it is not good." ”

"Ha Luha, I guess the two of you are here to dissuade Long from sending troops, right?" Long Qian smiled.

The thin and slender Zhang Shizhao paused, "How do you know this?" ”

"Mr. Zhang scolded Long in Lu Bao, and Long is not blind." Long Qian sank his face, "Let's make a long story short, do you think Long Qian is willing to send troops south?" ”

Yesterday's "Lu Bao" bypassed the press censorship and published an article signed by Zhang Shizhao, scolding Long Qian for being an eagle dog of the imperial court and calling on the officers and men of the Fifth Town to resist the chaos and not to act for the tiger.

Listening to Long Qian's words, Zhang Shizhao seemed to have forgotten that he scolded the general in front of him yesterday. He was born bold, regardless of the dark clouds on Long Qian's face, he said happily, "I can't imagine that you have already seen it, isn't what Zhang said wrong?" If you don't want to send troops, it's better to have no. After thinking about it, "As long as you don't send troops, Zhang is willing to issue another issue and apologize to you." ”

"Lu Bao's extra account is worthless." Long Qian said sarcastically.

"You, are you going to send troops?" Zhang Shizhao thought of the busy scene of soldiers and horses outside the city of Jinan. "It seems that you are still determined to be the eagle dog of the Qing court!"

Cai Yuanpei did not approve of Zhang Shizhao's behavior of insulting Long Qian outside the issue. Hurriedly raised his hand to stop Zhang Shizhao, "General Long, Cai has been invited to Shandong to preside over the affairs of Normal University for two years. In the past two years, I have witnessed the various measures of the general Zhilu, and I am full of admiration. I don't know how many times I have said it to my friends. If there are two more Shandong provinces in our country. Two more generals Long Qian. Why worry about the country's prosperity? However, the general's call to go south this time was a perverse act. A repugnant move! Cai Yuanpei saw Chen Shu, who was holding a teapot and opened his mouth wide in surprise, and Chen Chao with a gloomy face, "Madame, don't blame Cai for being speechless, it is precisely because of General Long's consistent behavior that Cai is unscrupulous." The Qing court has exhausted its strength, and those with a little vision can see it clearly. The general has always advocated that the army is the force to defend the country, and the duty is not inside, why is it so unclear about right and wrong? Since the general is unwilling to be a quick move for his relatives and enemies, what are the difficulties, you might as well tell it, although Yuan Pei is a scholar and has no power to restrain the chicken, he still has a mouth and a pen, and he is willing to wave the flag and shout for the general......"

Zhang Shizhao has a clear anti-Qing stance, and Cai Yuanpei is one of the founders of the Guangfu Society, the largest anti-Qing organization in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Long Qian knew that his decision to send troops south would inevitably be opposed by these two.

"Mr. Cai, Mr. Zhang, please be seated. Since you have come to the contempt house in person, then listen to Long Qian's words patiently. Long Qian took the teapot in Chen Shu's hand and poured tea for the two of them, "Long Qian has four points that are unclear, please Mr. Cai to solve his doubts." He deliberately ignored Zhang Shizhao, "First, does Mr. Cai think that if the fifth town does not send troops, the Hunan and Jiangxi riots can be successful?" And then swept the country to subvert the Manchu Qing? Second, if the Manchus collapsed and the Manchus fell, who would come forward to form a government? Is it the party of Hunan and Jiangxi? What is the nature of the government? Further, can the people of Hunan and Jiangxi have the prestige of commanding the whole country? If not, will there be a collapse of the center, and the whole country will fall into a long-term civil strife? Third, and most importantly, why does Mr. Cai think that Long will follow your advice and raise troops against the Qing Dynasty? How did you know that Long's subordinates would follow Long to rebel desperately? In a Chinese history, there are countless rebels, and how many people have succeeded? Is there a tenth? What is the fate of those losers, can Mr. Cai tell me? At the last point, the whole country knows that the Queen Mother Jian Balong is in the grass, and she is in charge of the military of a province in the first year, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the sky is high and the earth is thick. Shandong is the Shandong of the Qing Dynasty, and the fifth town is the fifth town of the Qing Army, so you are not afraid that Long will treat you for a crime of rebellion? ”

"This ......" Cai and Zhang didn't seem to think of the four that Long Qian said, Zhang Shizhao was young and quick-mouthed, "You won't arrest us." ”

"For what?"

"Although you encouraged the government to set up a press censorship. But he understands how to do things, and rarely punishes him without teaching. It is even rarer to establish education and care for the people's well-being today. Anti-Qing is the will of the people, the trend of the times, I don't believe that General Long will go against the grain and be scolded by the ages......"

"Take care of the things before you die, and don't think about the name after death. Where can Long manage things for so long! Mr. Zhang can't help but look down on Long! Long Qian snorted coldly, "Since it comes to news censorship, "Lu Bao" has violated our province's "Press Censorship Regulations" without authorization. ”

"If General Long wants to take revenge on Zhang, then it will be good for Zhang, why should he implicate "Lu Bao"?" Zhang Shizhao didn't want the "Lu Bao" he created to be implicated.

"Is "Outside" in your personal name or in the name of "Lu Bao"?" Long Qian asked.

Zhang Shizhao regretted it, and in a hurry, he only cared about bypassing the news censorship, and forgot to remove the masthead of "Lu Bao"; "General Long......" Zhang Shizhao came to Shandong for more than two years, and knew very well that the actual control of Shandong's military and political affairs was in the hands of Long Qian, and Long Qian governed Lu by basically taking the road of the rule of law. But if you follow the rules, you will be fine. Although Lu Bao could not openly publish anti-Qing articles, it advocated constitutionalism. commented on the lack of government and government, and even treacherous and stabbed, as long as the facts are clear, he has never been punished. Because of the sharp style of "Lu Bao", the number of subscriptions has been rising steadily in the past two years, and it has surpassed the government-run "Shandong News" and become the newspaper with the largest circulation in Shandong.

"General Long," Cai Yuanpei interrupted Zhang Shizhao again. "Xingyan (Zhang Shizhao's character) went out to insult the general. There is indeed something wrong, Cai has already blamed him. But in his heart, he was afraid that the general would lose his fame, and hoped that the general would be young and vigorous when he remembered that he was strict. Thank me for my understanding. Although the general was born in a reckless manner. But the war coalition forces. Quelling bandits, running industry, and promoting education. Even in the name of autonomy to improve the rural maladministration, its merits benefited the whole province of Shandong, and history should record the great achievements of the generals in governing Lu. However, the general was ordered by the Qing court to send troops south to quell the rebellion, which was a great disappointment......"

"I'm sorry. The four points proposed by Long just now have not yet been answered by Mr. Xiao Min. Long Qian looked at his watch, there were too many things, and he didn't want to talk too much about useless things with these two cultural celebrities.

"This ......" Cai Yuanpei has been thinking about the four things that Long Qian said, and it is really difficult to answer. The first asked whether Xiang and Jiangxi could succeed, and he thought it was difficult. Even if the fifth town does not send troops, it will be enough to pacify it by relying on the Hunan and Jiangxi official army. What's more, behind the fifth town, there is an even more huge Beiyang? The second one made him even more frightened, if two years ago, he would have justifiably proposed Sun Wen, Huang Xing and others to form the central government, but now he is a little unspeakable. In the past few years, the revolutionary party has made trouble, except for inciting the people to oppose the Qing Dynasty, it has not done a few real things, let alone controlled even a single target army. Do you want a powerful faction like Long Qian, who has made great achievements in both the military and the government, to be loyal to the revolutionary party that has no soldiers and no money? Other provinces? Don't even think about it. As for the issue of the civil war, I didn't think about it. Thinking of this, Cai Yuanpei felt that he was too naïve. The third one is even more direct to the hearts of the people, Long Qian is not one of those people at the bottom of the society who only starts up with enthusiasm, how can he not think about what to do if he fails? Not to mention his subordinates. is the fourth article, just like Zhang Xingyan said, with his understanding of Long Qian in the past two years, this person will definitely not take himself to invite merit, take a literati who uses his mouth to oppose the Qing Dynasty, and what great merit is for a commander who holds the authority of the army to shake a province? "The general is far-reaching, and Cai is difficult to answer at a certain time......"

He also heard the news that the Fifth Town was assembled and preparing to go south, and then he knew that the Hunan and Jiangxi areas were rashly moved, and he didn't know who planned this armed rebellion against the Qing Dynasty. Immediately came up with the idea of stopping Long Qian from sending troops. But Long Qian's four questions have a deep meaning and point to the hearts of the people, but they can't find a reason to convince Long Qian for a while. In the past ten years, the anti-Qing righteous people have continued to raise uprisings in the south, but most of them died before they could be launched, and the rest failed in a single blow, which is really suffocating. With the elite of the fifth town, the rebel army was extremely difficult to resist, so they came to the door twice in a row, intending to persuade Long Qian to conform to the people's will, and even raise troops to respond to the south, overthrowing the Manchu Qing and establishing a republic.

Long Qian didn't wait for Cai Yuanpei to straighten out his thoughts, "Mr. Cai, your political opinions, Long Qian is clear. Don't say anything that instigates Long Qian to raise troops against the Qing Dynasty, that will not end well. Moreover, in the situation of Hunan and Jiangxi, Long Qian will not go, and someone will go. When the time comes, the end may be even worse. The four points mentioned by Long Qian also hope that Mr. Cai will think deeply. Mr. Cai is a great talent, and in the past two years, he has established Shandong Normal University, which is a great cause of cultivating talents for the country, which is much more important than what Long Qian did. Long Qian believes that the reason why the country is weak is that the people's education level is too low. Every time a student is cultivated by a normal university, it ignites a fire of civilization in the dark. Long Qian also believed that construction was far more difficult than revolution. It is not easy to overthrow an old regime, and it is ten times more difficult to transform the backward economy and even the hearts and minds of the people! Both of them are rare talents, and they hope to do more construction and talk less about the controversy of doctrines. Long Qian is gone, and it may be difficult to return to Shandong. It is not easy for Shandong to have this situation, so cherish it. After Long Qian left, he hoped that the two of them would not publicly say anything that would be intolerable to the imperial court, and it would be regarded as a sacrifice for the country. Long Qian can guarantee that for those who do things, they can open up the net and be forgiving, they are all descendants of Yan and Huang, and Long Qian is unwilling to do things that are painful and painful. The intention of the two of them is clear, and what should be said has been said, Long Qian's military affairs are in a hurry, and he is entangled in everything, so he will not accompany the two. The two of them sat widely, and Shu Long couldn't accompany each other. Mr. Yuezhi, please talk to the two distinguished guests. ”

Zhang Shizhao and Cai Yuanpei did incite Long Qian to oppose the Qing Dynasty, but Long Qian blocked the words before they could speak. "Well, well. I hope the general will remember today's words. Cai Yuanpei got up, Long Qian clasped his fists and saluted, and went out.

Long Qian really has something, and he needs to preside over a very important meeting, that is, about the personnel arrangements of the army. I wanted to ask for Chen Chao's opinion, but Cai Yuanpei and Zhang Shizhao's sudden visit delayed the time, and Long Qian decided not to wait. Coming out of the house, Long Qian took Ouyang Zhong straight to the conference room and informed the officers attending the meeting that they were already waiting there. As soon as Long Qian arrived. Get straight to the point. The personnel adjustment plan was immediately announced.

In addition to the generals of the Fifth Town, officers above the commander of the patrol corps also attended the meeting.

Since he decided to lead the troops south, Long Qian's most troubled thing was about the allocation of the left-behind personnel in Shandong. And the arrangement of the army is the most critical. As long as the imperial court does not use troops in Shandong. There are the remaining troops of the Fifth Town and the patrol force that has been basically reorganized. It is enough to deter Shandong from deviating from the track it has set.

Ning Shijun, Wang Mingyuan, and Feng Guozhu are all reliable, Wang, Ning, and Feng have their own strengths, and the military king and Feng are all better than Ning. Politically, Ning is far better than the king and the seal. Considering that since Shandong left, the political problems are far greater than the military problems, and Ning Shijun has been in charge of the patrol army for the past two years, and there are too many disadvantages in changing generals in battle, so Long Qian decided to take Ning Shijun as the leader to sit in Shandong, and Wang Mingyuan and Feng Guozhu all went out with him. But only one Zhang Yulin (then chief of staff of the patrol army) seemed to be insufficient, and Long Qian had to leave a few more people to assist Ning Shijun.

After thinking about it, Long Qian decided to transfer Ye Yanbing to be Ning Shijun's military assistant. Four infantry battalions, one artillery battalion and one cavalry battalion were drawn from the Fifth Town, and at the same time, they were incorporated into the patrol force to enrich its strength and strengthen the transformation and control of the patrol force. At present, the four infantry targets of the Fifth Town are all four battalions, and one battalion is drawn from each of them.

If there is no war, these troops are enough.

The reason why Wang Mingyuan or Feng Guozhu were not left was because the qualifications and prestige of these two people were not weaker than Ning, and Long Qian was worried that there would be a struggle for power. Ye Yanbing is much more obedient, and he has always thought that Ye Yanbing is difficult to take charge of himself, but this time in the Zhangde Autumn Exercise, Ye Yanbing's performance is remarkable, which has changed Long Qian's opinion of him to a certain extent. As for loyalty, let alone consider, in-laws are also an important factor, since he married Chen Xian, he has been completely tied to himself.

In addition to the military generals, Long Qian also left his logistics butler Song Jinguo, intelligence chief Jiang Yun, and the increasingly formal military academy in Shandong. Song Jinguo was not only in charge of the financial power of Mengshan Army, but also in charge of the connection with the industrial group and Jinyuan Bank, and the burden was extremely heavy. Jiang Yun stayed, shouldering the important mission of liaising with the main forces outside the customs and south, and he couldn't leave. Moreover, the burden of monitoring Shandong's military and political affairs must be borne by Jiang Yun himself. As for the Wubei Academy, because Situ Jun went south with him and could no longer take care of the affairs of the Wubei Academy, Long Qian dismissed Situ Jun as the vice principal of the Wubei Academy, and Qu Hongxiang served as the vice principal in charge of school affairs. The position of principal is still held by Long Qian.

After Long Qian talked about the arrangements of Ye Yanbing, Song Jinguo, Qu Hongxiang and Jiang Yun, he continued to add, "Wang Zhifeng was promoted to the deputy director of the intelligence department, and he temporarily acted as the director when he went on the expedition. Lian Shupeng acted as the director of logistics. After Ye Yanbing stayed in Shandong, Du Sanli took over as the 19th standard commander. In order to strengthen the strength of the Shandong troops, the patrol army must be reorganized as necessary, and we will first carry out the establishment of a new town according to the establishment of the town, regardless of whether the imperial court approves the establishment of a new town. The original establishment of three regiments was expanded to four regiments, and from now on, the Shandong troops were integrated into the Shandong Column, with Ning Shijun as commander, Ye Yanbing as deputy commander, and Zhang Yulin as chief of staff. The column temporarily has jurisdiction over two brigades, and the commander of the first brigade is concurrently served by Ye Yanbing, with jurisdiction over the first and second regiments; The commander of the 2nd Brigade is Wu Nian, the deputy commander of the 20th Standard, and has jurisdiction over the 4th and 5th Regiments. The allocation of officers in each regiment and in each department of the headquarters will be announced by Commander Ning. Oh, pay attention to the external use of the title of the patrol force. The main adjustment arrangement is like this," Long Qian's tone changed sharply, and there was an air of slaughter in his tone, "Whether it is going south with the main force or staying in Shandong, it is for the great cause of the Mengshan Army." The officers who were not involved in the transfer today will return to the unit immediately after the meeting and make all preparations for the transfer. If the post adjustment is involved, the transfer shall be done within two days, and the report shall be made to the new post. This transfer is a major turning point in the fate of our army, and all officers must heighten their vigilance, strictly guard secrets, and strictly carry out orders! Self-down, family members all stay in Shandong. As you can see, the reason why we want to choose some officers to stay is to firmly hold this base area that we have worked so hard to build. Therefore, there is nothing to worry about when the family stays. In a word, Shandong, we still have to come back! When I finish my words, I would like to ask Commander Ning to read out the relevant appointments of the Shandong Column. ”

Long Qian made a gesture and asked Ning Shijun to come to the stage and read the order. (To be continued......)