Beiyang reactionaries

Many people are paying attention to the development of the situation in Beijing, but Duan Xun himself did not pay that much attention except for issuing a statement in support of Duan Qirui. Instead, he put all his energy on the affairs of Sichuan and Yunnan.Because Duan Xun knew what was going to happen next.Now Duan Xun has to accumulate strength to deal with what will happen next.

"Fangchen (Han Linchun), how is the construction of the new factory going?"

Immediately there will be the restoration of Zhang Xun, the war to protect the law, and then the confrontation between the North and the South.At that time, I, the governor of Sichuan, will be at the forefront of the war again.Because of Sichuan's important position in the southwest province, and most of the local warlords who did not obey the Beiyang government were southwest warlords.Therefore, Sichuan is the most important province in the Civil War every time, and it is also the forefront province.Therefore, Duan Xun has to confirm whether the weapons and ammunition of his troops can keep up with the pace of war.

Although there were no major wars in the history of law protection wars, it is always the most correct thing to be prepared.And if there is a law protection war, Duan Xun also wants to use this war to expand his sphere of influence and continue to consolidate his strength.So after Li Yuanhong dismissed Duan Qirui, Duan Xun immediately talked to Han Linchun, director of the equipment department of the Sichuan Governor's Mansion.

"The machine is almost ready for debugging. Many British mechanical experts and Japanese experts have been invited, and it will be put into use this month. Judging from the current situation, there are not many problems."

"kindness."

Duan Xun nodded.Duan Xun has great ambitions, and his goal is directly aimed at the regime in Beijing.But Duan Xun knew that he had many advantages, but he also had many disadvantages.Although he was from the Beiyang Army and Duan Qirui's nephew and son-in-law, Duan Xun knew that he had very little qualifications and belonged to the rising star of the Beiyang Army.In terms of seniority, even among the rising stars of the Beiyang Army, they belong to the junior generation.Wu Peifu, Feng Yuxiang, and Sun Chuanfang all have far more seniority than Duan Xun.

Therefore, the internal connections in the Beiyang Army are poor and the prestige is low.Although it can rely on the support of the top of the Beiyang Army, especially Duan Qirui, to get a lot of benefits.But these are mainly nominal benefits, and many political resources of the Beiyang Army cannot be used.At present, there are many political figures attached to the Beiyang Army, and there are many capable and prestigious figures among them.But these people, Duan Xun, are useless.Those characters look down on juniors like Duan Xun.They are now attached to the various leaders of the Beiyang Army, hoping to play a role on a larger stage.

Therefore, Duan Xun can only work hard in this remote province in the southwest by himself.But if he wants to make a piece of the world, Duan Xun knows that the army is the most important thing.Because China is now in the era of warlords fighting, the most important thing for warlords is the army.China is now an agricultural country, an agricultural country through and through.

Don't look at the Qing Dynasty's Westernization Movement, which established many factories, but those factories alone are really not an industry. Even if it is doubled, or even ten times, China is still an agricultural country.When fighting in an agricultural country, the warlord who has a military factory is very powerful.It will be even more powerful if the troops can be self-sufficient in weapons and ammunition.

Therefore, Duan Xun also attaches great importance to his military factory.

In order to build the Sichuan military factory, Duan Xun invested a lot.Even after Han Linchun came to Sichuan, Duan Xun squeezed out a lot of money to build a new factory.Of course the machines are imported from Japan.

Duan Qirui's Anhui Clan has a very good relationship with the Japanese military and political circles. Duan Xun, as a general of the Anhui Clan, has nothing to do with the Japanese political and military circles.But Duan Xun can rely on the high-level relationship of the Anhui Department to catch up with Japan and import machines from Japan to build his own arsenal.As long as Duan Xun can afford the money.Not only imported machines from Japan, but also invited many experts in this field from Japan.

Although Duan Xun knew that Japan was ambitious, there would definitely be some spies among this group of military experts.But under the current situation, the European war is in full swing, and Duan Xun can only cooperate with Japan.

Now the new machines have been equipped to the factory.

As long as the new factory starts production, Duan Xun's Sichuan Armory will produce more than [-] rifles a year, reaching [-], which is one of the best among Chinese arsenals.Because in recent years, Hanyang Armory Factory and Jiangnan Manufacturing Factory have not increased their output at all due to limited investment.After asking about the new factory, Duan Xun continued: "Where is the ammunition reserve?"

"General, we don't have a lot of ammunition reserves. Although our ammunition production has increased a lot, during this period of time, the army has expanded, and training has been strengthened according to the general's order, and the number of live ammunition exercises for the troops is also relatively high, so ammunition consumption is very serious. The previous paragraph Time's actions in Yunnan also consumed a lot of ammunition. Now our ammunition reserves are able to cope with some small-scale wars."

Duan Xun frowned.

During this period of time, ammunition was indeed consumed more.Duan Xun's troops continue to expand, and Duan Xun attaches great importance to live ammunition training.The ammunition consumed by the troops in normal training is several times, ten times that of the previous Sichuan Army.In addition, the war in Yunnan consumed a large amount of ammunition.

In the era of hot weapons, ammunition is the most important thing.Without ammunition, the gun in hand is a fire stick.Now there are only two or three months left before the war of protecting the law, and it will take four or five months at most to actually fight.Duan Xun is infiltrating into Yunnan during this time, so he can't be too stingy with ammunition.After all, arms are the best thing to win over some military leaders in Yunnan.

"That's it. I'll allocate funds to you right away. You contact Japan and the nearest Hubei Hanyang Arsenal to buy batches of ammunition from them. You can buy as much as you can, and it must be shipped to Sichuan within four months. "

The reason why Duan Xun vigorously developed the Sichuan military factory is to be self-sufficient.It's a pity that self-sufficiency is so easy.Especially now that Duan Xun has [-] soldiers, coupled with the vigorous development of the police force in Sichuan, and the need to win over the military leaders in Yunnan, a Sichuan arsenal cannot be satisfied at all.

Now Sichuan is under construction everywhere, and there are many places that need money.Although Duan Xun didn't invest in any heavy industry, the money in his hand was still stretched.But to put it bluntly, Duan Xun is currently a warlord, what he has to do is to survive, and what he has to do is to expand his power.Rather delay some construction, but also must strengthen their own military strength.

There is going to be a war soon, so of course Duan Xun has to hoard ammunition.

"Yes."

"You are personally responsible for this matter. You should contact Japan and Hubei immediately, and I will solve the money problem for you as soon as possible."

109 Yunnan Dilemma

"Zhucun (Wang Jiuling), I cannot agree with your report."

Yuan Jiapu pushed Wang Jiuling's report directly in front of Wang Jiuling, and made a cold statement.Yuan Jiapu's personality is actually not so cold, but he was too tired during this time, and he was really exhausted, so his tone was not pleasant.He didn't even read Wang Jiuling's report at all, so he directly refused.

"The establishment of the Police Agency cannot continue to expand. Even the current establishment must be reduced. There is no surplus funds to allocate to the Police Agency."

"Director Yuan, it's not that I'm embarrassing you, but that there is an urgent need now."

Wang Jiuling also had a gloomy expression.

Instead of continuing to talk to Yuan Jiapu, he raised his head to Zhou Zhongyue in the middle, and said emphatically: "Governor, since Li Youxun served as the deputy director of our Yunnan Police Department and concurrently served as the director of the Yunnan Anti-smoking Bureau, he wantonly expanded the establishment of the Anti-smoking Bureau. Not only did he His unit in the Third Division of the Dian Army was organized into the No-Smoking Bureau, and he also aggressively poached the troops of the former First Division of the Dian Army. Even General Gu Pinzhen could not stop his men from defecting to Li Youxun. Now the Kunming No-Smoking Bureau under his command alone has The establishment of thousands of people, and the weapons and equipment can even be compared with the army. If you don’t suppress it, you will not know who is in charge of the Yunnan Police Department in the future. There are some things around Kunming that our police station can’t control. The sub-departments of the No-Smoking Bureau have begun to be established in the counties around Kunming, and the scale is far larger than our police station. The No-Smoking Bureau is said to be affiliated to our police department, but it is independent of our police department in terms of logistics and personnel. In this way How can I go down?"

Wang Jiuling was really suffering and couldn't tell.

Tang Jiyu served as the director of the Yunnan Police Department for many years. After Wang Jiuling took office, many people were dismissed. After all, there is one emperor and one courtier.Moreover, many people in the original Yunnan Police Department were involved in the opium trade. Deng Hanxiang watched closely, so those people had to be abolished.But after he rectified the police department, of course mainly the Kunming police station, he realized that the development of the Yunnan Anti-smoking Bureau was really too fast.

In Kunming, the combined establishment of Wang Jiuling's Police Department and the Kunming Police Department is not as large as that of the No-Smoking Bureau.Li Youxun has been able to be the direct descendant of Tang Jiyao and Tang Jiyu brothers for so many years, and his wrist and connections are unmatched by ordinary people.

After arriving in Kunming, he immediately summoned the old department.He has been in the army for many years. He has many classmates and subordinates in the army, and most of them are concentrated in the first division of Tang Jiyao's former Dian army and the third division of Tang Jiyu's original Dian army.Brothers Tang Jiyao and Tang Jiyu both withdrew from Kunming, but the former First Division of the Dian Army and the Third Division of the former Dian Army still had a lot of troops left in Kunming. Li Youxun immediately called a lot of people.In addition to convening the old troops, he also relied on his contacts to poach from other units of the Yunnan Army, and many people took refuge in Li Youxun.How long has it been since Li Youxun re-entered Yunnan, just over a month, and more than 400 people have already been called.The Bureau of No Smoking had become a behemoth in a short time.

Li Youxun made the establishment in the name of the director of the Yunnan Anti-smoking Bureau, and then reported it to the Sichuan-Yunnan Anti-smoking Supervision Office.As Secretary-General of the Sichuan-Yunnan Tobacco Supervision Bureau, Deng Hanxiang approved all of them, asking for money for money, and weapons for weapons.And because the Yunnan Anti-Smoking Bureau is already an establishment of the Yunnan Police Department, Li Youxun's Yunnan Anti-Smoking Bureau even functions as a police station around Kunming.Especially now that Wang Jiuling has just entered the police department, he has straightened out the personnel relationship between the Yunnan Police Department and the Kunming Police Department, and has not yet been able to control the local county town.However, Li Youxun relied on the relationship he had established with Tang Jiyao and Tang Jiyu for many years, and used the anti-smoking bureau to control those local county police stations.Li Youxun has a lot of money in his hands, and the local police stations are all relying on Li Youxun.Li Youxun's aggressiveness put more and more pressure on Wang Jiuling, the director of the Yunnan Police Department.

Therefore, Wang Jiuling hoped that the provincial government would support his work in the Police Department.But just after a report was published, Yuan Jiapu, director of the Yunnan Finance Department, pushed him back.

"Takemura, let me tell you."

Yuan Jiapu heard Wang Jiuling's words, and without waiting for Zhou Zhongyue to say anything, he replied directly: "You know how many departments are asking for money on my desk now. But do you know how much money I have now? Don't say yes." To increase your staff, I don't even know where to collect the government agency's office expenses next month. Our Lord Overseer calls me every day to ask for military expenses, but tell me, where can I get you money. This month The government expenditure is still mortgaged by my Yunnan salt tax, and then borrowed from Fudian Bank."

Yuan Jiapu sighed.

difficulty?

No one has difficulties, everyone has difficulties.

Before Tang Jiyao withdrew from Yunnan, he took away all the good things in the Kunming treasury, not to mention the money in it.After all, Luo Peijin tripped Tang Jiyao behind his back, so although he supported Gu Pinzhen to take over as the governor of Yunnan, he couldn't save face.Therefore, he turned a blind eye to Tang Jiyao's retreat with his troops, let go of a way, and did not besiege Tang Jiyao.It also caused Tang Jiyao to search for money smoothly and retreat to southern Yunnan calmly.So it was only after Zhou Zhongyue took over the provincial government that he discovered that Yunnan's finances had no money at all, and they were clinking poorly.Yuan Jiapu, the director of the Yunnan Finance Department, has been worrying about how to raise money since his first day in office.

Even the salaries of various departments of the current provincial government are difficult to pay, and the police department still wants to expand. This is no joke.Gu Pinzhen and his army are making troubles with Yuan Jiapu every day, asking Yuan Jiapu to pay for military expenses, but how can Yuan Jiapu get so much money.At this time, Yuan Jiapu even missed a few months ago when Tang Jiyao was around.Although the relationship with Tang Jiyao is not good, the political situation in Yunnan was considered stable when he was there, and the finances were not as embarrassing as they are now.

"Governor, no matter what, this problem must be solved. Otherwise, our police department will be led by Sichuan people. Now many police stations in counties around Kunming listen to him, Li Youxun, not me."

Wang Jiuling was very anxious.

After the expulsion of Tang Jiyao, Duan Xun's forces have begun to take root in Yunnan.Especially in northern Yunnan, because there is no Yunnan army, the armed forces currently maintaining northern Yunnan are all from Duan Xun's troops, mainly Li Weiru's Sixth Division of the Southwest Frontier Defense Army.Taking advantage of Gu Pinzhen's rectification of the Yunnan Army and Zhou Zhongyue's just taking over the provincial government, Duan Xun wantonly developed his influence in northern Yunnan.The government agencies and military forces in northern Yunnan are all under the control of Duan Xun.

Not only in northern Yunnan, but since Deng Hanxiang was in charge of the Sichuan-Yunnan Tobacco Supervision Department, with the support of Yu Enyang, he has also called the wind and rain in central Yunnan.Using the excuse of banning smoking, they wantonly develop their power.Of course, no matter whether it is northern Yunnan or central Yunnan, they rely on the strong strength of Sichuan behind them.Duan Xun paid money and guns behind his back to make them so powerful in Yunnan.

The same goes for Li Youxun.

Li Youxun was able to call up the old troops, was able to poach corners from the Yunnan army, and made many county police stations below obey, relying on the money and weapons in his hands.As a native of Yunnan, Wang Jiuling is very disturbed, fearing that Yunnan will be more and more influenced by Sichuan.

Li Youxun is too capable.

Don't look at many Yunnan people who cast aside Li Youxun, thinking that he is a rebellious boy.But Li Youxun has the ability to integrate various forces, and his influence in the police department is getting stronger and stronger.Using the money in hand and powerful strength, there is a tendency to overshadow Wang Jiuling in the police department.

Under such circumstances, how could Wang Jiuling not be in a hurry.But no matter how anxious Wang Jiuling was, it was useless, because Wang Jiuling had no money in his hands.If you don't have money, you can't expand the establishment of the police department. If you don't have people, you can't speak well.

If you have no money, how can the people under your hands work hard for you.

"I know you're in a hurry."

Zhou Zhongyue finally spoke.During this period of time, Zhou Zhongyue was exhausted from dealing with the affairs of the provincial government.All departments complained to Zhou Zhongyue, but what could Zhou Zhongyue do.So Zhou Zhongyue sighed and said: "This is not a problem that can be solved in a hurry. Director Yuan (Yuan Jiapu) has already made it very clear that we really don't have funds now."

"Governor, some can be saved, and some can't. If Li Youxun is allowed to develop the smoking ban like this, it will be a big deal."

Wang Jiuling was very anxious.