Seeing that Fu Xiuming and Li Liang were still talking about the whole army over there, although Yan Shao didn't say anything on the surface, his mouth was actually full of bitterness, because he didn't have quite Beiyang's finances, so bad that it would be so bad.

Of course, this is not to say that he can't get the financial situation of Beiyang, at least this special bureau can still do it. Especially in the later stages of the war, those people in Beiyang were simply rushing to send intelligence to the Special Affairs Bureau.

The problem is that at that time, everyone knew that Beiyang's finances relied on loans from foreign powers, so naturally no one cared about how much Beiyang's monthly income was, at least Yan Shao.

It's just that although Yan Shao had thought that the situation in Beiyang might be very bad, he didn't expect it to be so bad—————— originally before he came, Yan Shao also planned to expand the army to 60 divisions, and it did not include the troops of the warlords in various places, but completely belonged to the new government or Yan Shao...

But now...

Just like Li Liang said, 33 divisions is already the limit, and it must be coordinated with the local authorities, because these 33 divisions are the number of the new government and the local miscellaneous armies, not just the new government.

However, it is precisely because of this that the financial pressure on the new government is relatively small.

How to say it...

If you count the three provinces of Fujian, Hunan and Guangdong, which have not yet been taken, and count Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia as one at the same time, then the provinces directly controlled by Yan Shao will reach 12 provinces after including the three eastern provinces, of course, there are 12 provinces that are not in his hands—————— if Xinjiang, Tibet and Qinghai are included...

If you say that each of these 12 provinces has only one division number. Then Yan Shao's new government will only need to be responsible for the funding of 21 divisions.

According to the calculation of 2.5 million yuan per year for each division, the military salary required by the 21 divisions for a year is about 52.5 million yuan, and the income of the 12 provinces of Yanshao should be more than 100 million yuan a year. After deducting the expenses required for the operation of the government, the surplus can be used to develop education and industry, and if the situation in these twelve provinces can be stabilized, the fiscal revenue may be able to increase some—————— at this time, in addition to the situation in Anhui and Zhili, which is not bad, the others are very chaotic, and even affect many problems...

In fact, when Fu Xiuming asked whether they wanted to take Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Yan Shao himself also calculated in his heart, after all, these two provinces are quite rich, and if they can be taken down, it will be of great help to the finances of the new government. After all, no matter how small the financial revenue of these two provinces is, it is impossible not to even have two hundred and five, and it is enough to raise a division, but after the last time, he still shook his head and vetoed it.

The reason is simple. Even if Xinjiang, Tibet and Qinghai are excluded. At this time, there are still 9 provinces that are no longer in Yan Shao's hands, and if Zhejiang and Fujian are deducted, there are still 7 provinces.

Some time ago, Yan Shao and Beiyang fought for both sides, although after absorbing the remnants of Beiyang's strength, Yan Shao's troops have been much more than the original, but after all, they still need to take a rest.

And at this time, it is already July, and it is about to enter August, and when the rest is over, I am afraid that winter will also come. Yan Shao can't always use troops in winter, and by the beginning of spring next year, it won't be long before the outbreak of World War I in history.

As long as Yan Shao can't solve the problem before the outbreak of World War I. We will have to face the problem of a two-sided war, so that the current favorable situation will turn into an unfavorable.

Although it is not yet certain that the Sarajevo incident will happen next year, this incident is so big that even Yan Shao does not dare to bet...

Therefore, Yan Shao can only use some milder means, instead of relying on his own strength to go straight...

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After talking to Li Liang, Fu Xiuming and others also had to face the fact that the current financial capacity of the Guoshe government is simply not enough to support more troops, and 33 divisions is already the limit of the Guoshe government, and there are still 12 divisions in these 33 divisions that are given to others, which means that Fu Xiuming and Feng Guozhang can only have 21 divisions at most...

Don't talk about Fu Xiuming in this regard, even Feng Guozhang and they have something wrong in their hearts.

You must know that when Lu Dao was in 12 years, Beiyang had 12 divisions plus 16 mixed brigades, which was converted to almost 20 divisions. Who would have thought that now there are five more provinces than before, but there is only one more division in the army...

Naturally, they also knew that the current establishment was different from the original, after all, the new establishment of the National Social Army had more than 18,500 men in each division, while the previous establishment was only 12,000.

Although they are all divisions, the ten new infantry divisions are 60,000 more than the ten old infantry divisions, which is almost equivalent to five old infantry divisions, but even so, Feng Guozhang and their hearts are still a little uncomfortable...

It's just that even if it's uncomfortable, there's no way, who called them to surrender the army, and they don't have much say on this issue, not to mention that they still have to hold back their strength to exert their strength on another key issue.

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In addition to military spending and other issues, Fu Xiuming and the others also discussed issues such as the distribution of numbers. Feng Guozhang and several Beiyang generals can no longer remain silent on this issue, after all, this is related to Beiyang's interests, and Fu Xiuming and they are constantly fighting for more numbers...

"At present, there are 11 divisions in the National Socialist Army, and when the situation in Henan and the south is stabilized, these troops will be replenished to reach the number of the new military system, including the original 9 infantry divisions, 1 division and ......... Another division..."Glancing at the faces of Feng Guozhang and several others, Fu Xiuming used another wording to avoid irritating them.

However, when talking about the 'other division', Feng Guozhang's face still became ugly, because that division was Lu Chuan's division. If it weren't for Lu Chuan surrendering to the enemy in front of the battle, Feng Guozhang would not have been defeated so badly. Beiyang is unlikely to fall into this kind of predicament, and now that they hear Lu Chuan's division, Feng Guozhang's face will naturally not look good...

"That is, on the basis of the already 11 infantry divisions. We only have 10 divisions left, and in addition to the nearly 40,000 prisoners of the former Beiyang Army in Henan, there are also more than 90,000 troops in the Northeast, Zhili, and those who are rushing back from Outer Mongolia.

"So. Now there are only three divisions left..."

After listening to Fu Xiuming's words, Feng Guozhang pondered for a while and then spoke. "Although the soldiers on our side suffered a lot of casualties this time, the casualties of the officers were not very large. If there are not enough slots......... I'm afraid that a large number of officers will be unemployed, and many officers from the Baoding Military Academy will graduate this year, so the positions of these three divisions are counted, but only the original seven divisions..."

Despite some hesitation, Feng Guozhang spoke up on this issue. Because even if you have surrendered. They still need to consider the interests of their own faction, and this is precisely the reason why Yan Shao brought them in...

It's just that now the situation of the Beiyang Department or the original Beiyang Department is a little embarrassing, as the general of the defeated army, Feng Guozhang of the three divisions does not want to fight, he just wants to keep the existing seven divisions...

After this campaign, I don't know how many generals of the Kuomintang Army have made military achievements, some of them should have been promoted from regiment commander to brigade commander, and some should have been promoted from brigade commander to division commander. You can't give these people some proper housing, can you?

Of course, Fu Xiuming and the others took the idea of those divisions in Beiyang.

Although these divisions are all from the former Beiyang. But it is precisely because of this that it has combat effectiveness, and it can be pulled out for others to show as long as it goes through a little training. It's just that after the news came out, Feng Guozhang and the other Beiyang generals couldn't sit still, after all, if these troops were eaten...

Then they and their men will have to drink the northwest wind...

"Seven divisions......... I don't understand what Vice Minister Feng means, you must know that now we are all the country's army, and the issue of the reorganization of the army should be arranged by the state in a unified manner......... Do you want to continue to be a warlord? Glancing at Yan Shao, seeing that Yan Shao didn't mean anything, a general of the National Social Army sneered.

Although they both want to show harmony in front of Yan Shao, everyone knows that there is a strong contradiction between Beiyang and Guoshe, even if Beiyang is now a member of the Guoshe government, but after all, it is impossible to ease the contradiction between the two sides so quickly.

What's more, no one side is likely to give in to this conflict of interests, and it is naturally impossible for the attitude to become soft...

Hearing what the general said, some people around Feng Guozhang also stood up and argued. Soon the two sides quarreled, but because of the relationship between Yan Shao sitting next to him, they didn't quarrel too much...

On the other hand, although Yan Shao seemed to be outside the gods, he actually had some plans of his own in his heart, but he didn't speak for the time being, but planned to wait for them to come up with a result...

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The two sides argued for more than an hour, and finally barely separated the winner.

In the final analysis, Beiyang is a vulnerable group after all, and there is no Yan Shao to help, and Li Liang and the others have little room for intervention on the part of the government, so Feng Guozhang and others quickly fell into disadvantage. In the final number, the Beiyang family can only occupy five, or only five people on the Beiyang side can hold the position of division commander, and the original division commander is afraid that he can only be demoted to the brigade commander...

Although Feng Guozhang was unwilling to do this, they could only accept it, there was no way, who told them to be defeated? People had to bow their heads under the eaves, and that's the case now...

It's just that just when Feng Guozhang and the others were about to accept the reality, Yan Shao, who had never spoken, said lightly on the side. “…… You said that a few divisions should be stationed in Fujian and other provinces, and it would be better to recruit and organize them in situ? ”

Hearing Yan Shao's words, Fu Xiuming and the others, who originally wanted to celebrate the victory, suddenly turned stiff, while Feng Guozhang's face became much more lively...

"The situation in Outer Mongolia is relatively special, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong......... Jiangxi already has its own troops in these four provinces, so Jiangxi will forget it. The other three provinces can't do the same, after all, we still have to take into account the local sentiment..."

From the very beginning, Yan Shao didn't think that it would be a good thing for a certain faction to occupy the vast majority, and this was the case with the navy. The same goes for the Army.

You must know that according to the plan of the Ministry of National Defense, there are only 33 divisions in the country, and Anhui Province alone has obtained the number of 9 infantry divisions, which is already a very serious problem, as for the remaining divisions...

If the Anhui system is allowed to get 5 more divisions, then the infantry divisions that the Anhui system can master will reach 14. Yan Shao started in Anhui, so it is naturally impossible not to be biased towards the Anhui system. But an officer from a province is in charge of nearly half of the country's troops, which Yan Shao cannot tolerate no matter what...

Therefore, it has become inevitable to find a way to disperse the strength of the Anhui system, and Beiyang is one of the forces introduced by Yan Shao. But only such a force is obviously not enough, so Hunan, Fujian and Guangdong are also the targets of Yan Shao's introduction.

The formation of a party is unavoidable in any dynasty, and considering the current dominant position of the Anhui family. Yan Shao is not afraid that he will not form a party. I'm afraid that there are not enough parties and the strength is not enough to contain the Anhui faction...

Since Yan Shao has spoken, Fu Xiuming and they have nothing to do, it is not good to directly say to Yan Shao that he doesn't care about the attitude of the three provinces, and it is okay to give us the quotas of the three provinces or something, although there are also a few generals who argued, but there are only 2 numbers that fell into the hands of Fu Xiuming and them in the end, and from a certain point of view, this is also Yan Shao's appeasement to them...

After all, Yan Shao started in Anhui. The Anhui system is equivalent to his own family, if Yan Shao has just taken the position, he will turn against the Anhui family. Although with Yan Shao's prestige in Anhui and other places and the existence of the Special Affairs Bureau, there is no need to worry about some people in the Anhui family being unfavorable to him, but that is not a wise thing after all...

And seeing Fu Xiuming and them deflated, the people in Beiyang also became a lot happier...

Of course, Feng Guozhang also understood something in their hearts...

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Although he got the quota of two divisions, it was much worse than the original idea of many Anhui generals, so when he left Yan Shao's manor, many people, including Fu Xiuming, did not look very good...

"What's the matter, is the Governor on the lookout for us?" On the way to Beijing, one of the generals finally couldn't bear it.

"Why, you just found out?" The other general said with some surprise, saying that, but it could be seen from his expression that his heart was not very calm.

"But...... There's no reason..."Hearing his companion's words, the previous general was puzzled.

At this time, another general smiled helplessly. "It's no wonder that the governor will be like this, we are really too anxious, there are 33 divisions in the country, and we from Anhui account for 9, and we have to account for another 5, all of which add up to 14, and our province alone accounts for almost half, how can the governor not be careful..."

"But it doesn't make sense," continued the first general. We and the governor are both from Anhui, the more power we have, the more stable the governor's position will be? ”

Although Yan Shao is not from Anhui, it can be said that everyone in Anhui knows it, but because of the things he did in Anhui, few people regard him as an outsider, at least there is absolutely no one in the army, because if anyone has this tendency, as long as he is known by the Special Affairs Bureau, although he will not do anything, but it is absolute to invite the army, so the generals of the army are very loyal to Yan Shao—————— at least on the surface...

However, hearing his words, the general in front continued to say helplessly. "After all, he has to consider the overall situation..."

On the other side, seeing his subordinates complaining there, Fu Xiuming also smiled bitterly.

He is also from Anhui, how can he not be inclined to his own people? This is also the reason why he has been helping a few Anhui generals to speak just now, but he never thought that when he and others were wary of Yan Shao establishing a 'one-man country', Yan Shao was wary of almost all Anhui people...

"What a surprise..."

Thinking like this, Fu Xiuming himself was helpless.

It's just that he can't say anything about this matter, since he can guard against Yan Shao establishing a one-person country, then why can't Yan Shao be wary of the excessive power of the Anhui family? After all, there isn't much difference between the two per se...

Fortunately, they still have some gains after the end, which is somewhat comforting...

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It is impossible for Yan Shao not to know the thoughts of those people who have left outside, but he has no choice, after all, the power of the Anhui system is too great, and some restrictions must be made.

Of course, this does not mean that we have to take the Anhui system, but we just have to find a way to limit it to prevent the strength of the Anhui system from becoming uncontainable.

Now they are indeed loyal to Yan Shao, but who dares to guarantee that they will be loyal to Yan Shao for the rest of their lives? In history, wasn't Yuan Shikai sold by his subordinates Feng Guozhang and others?

Of course, that's what happened, but if you can let the Anhui system do it without noticing, it would be the best. It's just that no matter what Yan Shao does, in the end, the Anhui family will find that Yan Shao is watching out for them, since this is the case, it's better to simply come...

As long as we are faster and bring in other forces to join the new government as soon as possible, this problem can be solved. And his performance is so obvious, it can also let Feng Guozhang and them find out their own intentions, so that they can take the initiative to get closer to Yan Shao...

Yan Shao didn't mind that the Anhui faction had the greatest strength in the new government, but he definitely couldn't be stronger than the other forces combined, which was the only thing Yan Shao couldn't tolerate...

However, the attitude of the Anhui system is something to be considered after all, so now Yan Shao also needs to do something to divert the attention of the world, including the Anhui system...

“…… Honey, you're ready to do it..."

After returning to the room, Yan Shao whispered to Katarina.

Looking at him, despite being undressed, Caterina nodded in understanding.

On the second day, while the north and south of the country were discussing tariffs and garrisons, a series of demonstrations suddenly appeared in various places. The purpose of the march was mainly to protest against the privileges enjoyed by the Great Powers in terms of tariffs and so on, and Japan, because of its attitude, became the main target of the protest... (To be continued......)