"Another Zheng, Zhang Cunyan has become a general trend, it is a matter of time before he stays in the Central Plains, people of our generation are destined to be eliminated, but you are still young and promising, this great change that has not been seen in three thousand years, if you can't leave a pen, you can also call yourself a manly man."

Duan Qirui said to Xu Shuzheng with a smile. He was able to jump out and shoot at Cao Kun first, in fact, he wanted to win a favor, even if he didn't come out, as the heir to his mantle, Xiao Xu could also make a difference.

Of course, Xu Shuzheng understood Lao Duan's thoughts, and was also very moved: "Zhiweng, in the past, I thought very highly of myself and didn't look up to the heroes of the world, but now in just a few years, Fengjun has undergone such changes, which is really shocking, and I don't know if I still have any use." ”

Duan Qirui smiled: "Another Zheng, if Zhang Shuyan is determined to be in the world, he will not let go of any talent, all you have to do is wait for the opportunity to come." ”

Although Lao Duan has been out of power for many years, his reputation is still there, and he took the lead in questioning, and others heard the news, and suddenly the voice of the re-election of the parliament became louder and louder, and the overseers of Shanxi, Gansu, Shaanxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan and other provinces have made their voices one after another, and the provincial parliaments have also come forward.

They pointed out that since the Republic of China, the electoral system has been more and more impacted, the regular re-election of the National Assembly and the provincial assemblies has been virtually non-existent, and there is a huge shortage of members, which is not enough to represent the will of the people at all, nor can it guarantee the rights of the people.

If we want to reverse the situation, we must redefine the rules, respect the will of the people, and hold parliamentary elections. Cao Kun didn't expect his actions to attract such a big movement, and he couldn't hold it anymore, so he could only find Wu Peifu to discuss.

"Let's talk about it. It's just Zhang Tinglan playing behind his back, some time ago, the Kuomintang was reorganized, and I felt that there were some problems, but now it seems that it is just Zhang Tinglan's trick of borrowing the corpse to resurrect the soul. He took control of the parliament, and then the whole country, and drove us out without blood. ”

When Cao Kun heard this, his head suddenly sweated: "Ziyu, Zhang Tinglan is a fierce tiger. With the prestige of defeating Japan, how many people have taken the initiative to act as his minions, waving the flag and shouting for him, and now it is menacing, and it is really difficult to deal with! ”

Wu Peifu's eyes also showed a hint of will. At the beginning, he and Zhang Tinglan had an agreement that Fengjun would not enter the customs. In fact, Wu Peifu also knows it. This is just a temporary agreement. He also wanted to use this time to reorganize the army and increase its strength. Then he will compete with the Feng army.

However, Fengjun's development speed far exceeded his expectations, and he was immediately caught off guard.

"Hey, I have long advocated following the example of the Feng army and implementing reforms. Realize that the cultivators have their land, and then concentrate on liliang, develop industry, and fight for sovereignty abroad. In less than five years, the country will inevitably make great changes. But now, in addition to Henan and other places, where are they who really implement my suggestions, the overseers in various places are just perfunctory, and even the princes in the court have many complaints, and the result is that it has reached the point where it is now, and it is really self-inflicted. ”

These words have also been held in Wu Peifu's heart for a long time, and since he discovered the gap with Fengjun, he has strongly advocated reform. However, it is easier said than done, and if you want to solve the rural problems, you have to wage war with the landlords, and if you want to develop industry, you have to confront the compradors.

It is extremely difficult to implement any measures, take Wu Peifu's base camp Henan as an example, he has more than 100,000 soldiers and is backed by the Gongxian Arsenal. With unprecedented intensity, the measures of clearing acres of land and rezoning land have been carried out, but the obstacles encountered have far exceeded imagination.

First, the landlords resisted with arms, and Wu Peifu could only use the army, and after these landlords saw that they couldn't defeat them, they went around asking for favors. Some people in Zuihou simply took their family property and ran to Beijing and Tianjin to find Cao Kun to cry. What's more, the family property was directly put in the name of the church and turned into foreign property.

As a result, diplomats from various countries frequently approached Wu Peifu and put pressure on him, making him anxious. Cao Kun is also aware of this, and he is one of the liliang who obstructs him.

When I heard it now, I was a little ashamed, so I could only say: "Ziyu, don't talk about the past anymore, burn your eyebrows, let's look at the front first, we should think of a way, how to deal with the current crisis." ”

Wu Peifu thought for a while and said: "The only way to do this is to use the procrastination trick, isn't the Washington meeting being held now, and our representatives are arguing on the basis of reason to safeguard sovereignty, so they demand that elections be held after the meeting." ”

When Cao Kun heard this, he also nodded: "Ziyu's method is good, I have already received the news that the United States supports us to take back Shandong, once we can win back the sovereignty of Shandong, this is also a diplomatic victory for us, and we will not be so passive." ”

……

At home and abroad, the situation is surging, and Zhang Tinglan also gathers his henchmen together every day, staring closely at the changes in the situation.

"Marshal, this so-called Washington Conference is aimed at limiting the fanatical naval arms race, and once an agreement is reached, doesn't it mean that the contradictions between the United States, Britain, and Japan will be eased, and then I am afraid that we will have to bear the pressure on Japan alone." Yang Yuting said with some concern.

"This is also a matter of no choice, the iron has to be hard, the great powers are unreliable, and we should expand the army again."

In the past few months, the Feng army has been recovering from the wounds of the war with Japan, replenishing its personnel, and intensifying training.

"Successive wars with Russia and Japan, two huge fronts have to be defended, we have to keep an eye on the Far East, we have to defend the Yalu River, it is true that the current strength is somewhat insufficient, it is just a large-scale expansion of the army, I am worried that the finances will not be able to bear it." Jiang Baili also expressed his worries.

"Because of this, I am ready to change my strategy and form a group of key divisions."

"Oh?" Yang Yuting said: "What kind of trick is this?" ”

"The core of a force consists of good middle and lower rank officers, as well as a considerable number of veterans. As long as you have these, a little mobilization will immediately pull out a strong team. We should focus on building a strong corps of officers, so that we can raise as few troops as possible in peacetime and quickly increase them in wartime. ”

"Well, that's a good idea!" Jiang Baili nodded: "In fact, many great powers are like this, the United States, Britain and other countries actually do not have many standing armies, and even Japan only has seventeen divisions. It's just that in the past, we didn't have enough officers, so we had to maintain our numerical superiority, but now that we have been tempered by the war, a large number of outstanding officers have grown up, and I think it is the right time to form a basic division. ”

Zhang Tinglan also said with a smile: "My idea is to draw a part of the officers from the main battle division, and then recruit a small number of elite soldiers with a high level of education, the number of a basic division is kept at about 4,000 people, and the training is carried out according to the standards of officers in peacetime. ”

"Dashuai, I also have an idea." Jiang Dengxuan said with a smile on the side: "In fact, the configuration of this basic division is basically equivalent to a reinforced regiment, we might as well take them as the main force in carrying out small and medium-sized military operations, and we must be able to act quickly, be in place quickly, and strike quickly." ”

Jiang Dengxuan's idea has taken another step forward, Zhang Tinglan is still only focusing on raising fewer soldiers, but Jiang Dengxuan has begun to pay attention to the use of troops. After all, many military operations do not require the dispatch of several divisions at once, and in peacetime border conflicts and small-scale rebellions, it is enough to dispatch small but elite troops, and large troops will delay things.

The Feng army now has more than a dozen main combat divisions in large-scale military operations, and special combat teams in small operations, but there is a lack of suitable troops in between.

This proposal just made up for the vacancy, and Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "Then do it, let's first set up three such troops, organize them into a rapid mobile brigade, and in wartime, we will quickly expand them into divisions as needed." ”

"To put it mildly, if you want this army to be really fast, I am afraid that the vehicles that need to be equipped will be indispensable, and the cost will be quite amazing, I am afraid it will not be much less than forming a real division."

"The money that should be spent, then we can't save it, and we can basically produce the vehicles ourselves, whether it is a jeep, a truck, or an armored car, all of them are our own, and it is also a nourishment for our enterprises, and this investment is still cost-effective."

Jiang Baili also nodded: "But I am a little worried, in the long run, our troops will use more and more motor vehicles, there are two things will become the biggest constraint, one is oil, the other is rubber, oil is easy to do, after all, we still have oil fields, as long as it is developed, it is enough, but rubber is a big trouble, the black soil is fertile, and rubber cannot be grown." ”

"Brother Baili is taking precautions, rubber is indeed a big trouble, there are a large number of rubber plantations in Nanyang, but all of them are controlled by the British and Dutch, and they will be stuck at a critical moment."

I have to admit that hundreds of years of colonial plundering by the white people have occupied some of the most haode places on Shijie, taking Nanyang as an example, it is a huge treasure trove of resources, and it is still on the lips of China, but it is impossible to speak.

"Dashuai, when it comes to Nanyang rubber, I think of a person, recently there are several overseas Chinese in Nanyang, who came to Mukden, the most famous of which is Chen Jiageng."

When Zhang Tinglan heard this name, a thought flashed in his mind, and he hurriedly asked: "Is that Chen Jiageng, who founded Xiamen University?" ”

"That's right, it's him." Chang Yinhuai said with a smile.

"It seems that the rubber problem will be solved by him!" Zhang Tinglan's mind gradually sketched a bold and crazy Jihua. (To be continued......)