Beiyang reactionaries

"Mr. Yang, don't leave in a hurry."

138 Department of Political Science 2

"Mr. Yang, don't leave in a hurry."

Seeing that Yang Yongtai was about to say goodbye, Duan Xun asked Yang Yongtai to stay.

"Mr. Yang, you are a smart person, why can't you see the development of the current situation. Lu Rongting is unlikely to achieve great things, and he will never get out of Guangdong and Guangxi in his life. He looks very good now, but it's just a mirror image. It will make everything he has now be in vain. Mr. Yang, you are talented, I have heard about it for a long time. If you stay with Lu Rongting, it will be difficult to display your talent at all, why don't you come and help me?"

Duan Xun invited Yang Yongtai directly.

What Duan Xun values ​​is not just Yang Yongtai, but a group of people represented by Yang Yongtai.That is the famous "Department of Political Science" in history.In fact, the so-called "Department of Political Science" cannot be regarded as a faction.Because they are not like political parties like the Kuomintang and TG, because they do not have their own real political ideas and organizations.It doesn't even look like factions like the CC Department and the Civil Engineering Department within the Kuomintang.Each of these factions has a central figure and will have its own way of organizing.

They can only be said to be a collection of scholars.

They are educated and capable, but they are all just scholars.If they want to display their ambitions, they can only rely on those powerful factions.From Yang Yongtai's life trajectory, we can see the sadness of this group of people in this era.

In order to display their ambitions, they can only keep changing clubs, and they can only keep relying on the strong.They hardly have any political opinions of their own, and they will follow whatever the opinions of the strong people they are attached to are.Therefore, the Department of Political Science is also hailed by many people as the group of people with the least political integrity.

But these people are not bad.

They're all technocrats.These people read a lot and have good management skills.The functioning of government agencies requires such people.Therefore, regardless of whether it was the Beiyang government period or Chiang Kai-shek, they all needed such people to manage government agencies.

For Duan Xun, these people are also very much needed.

As Duan Xun controlled more and more territory, Duan Xun needed more and more bureaucrats.

"General Duan, are you kidding me?"

"Mr. Yang, do you think I'm joking? Since you came to me, I believe you should know something about me. I, Duan Xun, made my fortune in western Henan, and I will soon control the three provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou. I will be As Premier Duan’s successor, I will definitely be Premier Duan’s successor. The current position of Premier Duan will be my position ten years later. I need the help of a great talent like Mr. Yang. Similarly, Mr. Yang also needs someone like me to help him. You are a stage to display your talents."

Now Duan Xun is always posing as Duan Qirui's successor.

Although this would offend some bigwigs from the Anhui Department, and Xu Shuzheng might even have opinions, Duan Xun is no longer afraid of them.Now Duan Xun has reached the point where he can compete with any big man in the Anhui Clan.

In fact, the faction within the Beiyang Army is not a strict faction.

This is true for the Zhili, Anhui and even the Feng.There is no clear boundary between them, and sometimes they are not happy, and it is very common to change clubs.The faction is not harmonious either.Duan Xun and Zhang Jingyao didn't have a good relationship with each other because they had a mess in Sichuan during the War of National Defense.Also on the top, Jin Yunpeng and Xu Shuzheng, who are also Duan Qirui's Four King Kong, are even more incompatible, and they will fight at every turn.

But with Duan Xun's strength, Duan Xun is no longer afraid of them.So in the southwest, they dare to call themselves Duan Qirui's successor and Duan Qirui's representative.

"Mr. Yang, think about it carefully. You are with Lu Rongting, what can he give you? Maybe he can give you the post of Governor of Guangdong Province, but do you think you can secure this position?"

"How does General Duan know?"

Yang Yongtai turned pale with shock.

Lu Rongting's promise to Yang Yongtai to be the governor of Guangdong Province is very secret.Originally, Yang Yongtai was a general under Sun Yat-sen, and Yang Yongtai also supported Sun Yat-sen very much.Therefore, Sun Yat-sen has privately appointed Yang Yongtai as the director of the military government's finance department.However, several other members of the "Political Society", including Li Gengen and Zhang Yaozeng, believed that Sun Yat-sen had no strength, so they all took refuge in Lu Rongting.They not only took refuge in Lu Rongting themselves, but also persuaded Yang Yongtai.Tell Yang Yongtai that Sun Yat-sen is just empty air, and there is no benefit in taking refuge in Sun Dapao.Instead, relying on a powerful faction like Lu Rongting can make great progress.

Lu Rongting also values ​​Yang Yongtai very much.

So secretly promised Yang Yongtai the post of governor of Guangdong Province.After Yang Yongtai decided to take refuge in Lu Rongting, he hesitated about Sun Yat-sen's appointment of him as the director of the Finance Department, and he still refused to take up the post.This made the Chinese Revolutionary Party very dissatisfied with Yang Yongtai.

But Lu Rongting's secret promise should be very secret, how could Duan Xun know.Yang Yongtai didn't think it was Duan Xun's blind cat who killed a mouse, so he said it casually.Looking at Duan Xun's half-smile, Yang Yongtai knew that Duan Xun knew what Lu Rongting had promised him.

How could this not surprise Yang Yongtai.

"Mr. Yang, there are no secrets in the world. Lu Rongting is a tour envoy to Guangdong and Guangxi. He is based in Guangdong and Guangxi. It has not been a day or two to confront Prime Minister Duan. It has not been a year or two for Lu Rongting to refuse to accept the discipline of the central government. It is not a year or two for Prime Minister Duan to punish him. One year and two years. I have been in Sichuan for two years. Mr. Yang would not think that I am in Sichuan, or that my eyes are only on Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. Lu Rongting is also my important target. How could I not guard against Lu Rongting. He I know everything I do."

"General Duan, where did you arrange someone?"

This was the only thing Yang Yongtai could think of in an instant.

Unless Duan Xun had planted someone on Lu Rongting's side, how could he know such a secret thing.Thinking of Yang Yongtai in this way, he felt cold sweat all over his body. Those who can know these are Lu Rongting's confidantes, all of them are Lu Rongting's most intimate direct descendants.But who is it who secretly took refuge in Duan Xun.

No matter who it was, Yang Yongtai was shocked.

Duan Xun's hand has already reached Lu Rongting's side, and Lu Rongting's every move is under Duan Xun's control.How could this not make Yang Yongtai frightened.

"Haha. Mr. Yang, it's good for everyone to know some things, why bother to say them?"

Yang Yongtai slowly calmed himself down.

Because Yang Yongtai felt that the negotiation was in Duan Xun's hands from the very beginning.Moreover, Duan Xun possessed too much information, and the two of them were not on the same level at all.In fact, how did Yang Yongtai know? Others don't know. Duan Xun is very clear about Yang Yongtai, Chiang Kai-shek's aide.I once read Yang Yongtai's historical materials specifically.Therefore, Lu Rongting promised to give Yang Yongtai the post of governor of Guangdong Province, and Duan Xun knew about it.

So I said it casually.But looking at Yang Yongtai's reaction, Duan Xun knew it was true.

Duan Xun was very happy to see that he had frightened Yang Yongtai, a wise man.If I don't give you a little bit of prestige, I really don't know the heights of the heavens and the earth.

"Mr. Yang, no matter what the result of this law protection war is, you will not naively think that you can secure the position of governor of Guangdong. Guangdong is the base camp of the revolution, and it is the base camp of Mr. Zhongshan and others who are making revolution. Even if they fail for a while, Mr. Zhongshan and the others can make a comeback. Mr. Zhongshan is indeed empty at present, which does not match his identity. But as long as he is willing, he can still mobilize tens of thousands of troops. Chen Jiongming, Deng Keng and their Cantonese army, Xu Chongzhi’s Fujian Army, Li Liejun’s Guangdong and Yunnan Army, these people are currently obeying Mr. Zhongshan’s orders. It’s really at the point of death, and there are not a few troops that Mr. Zhongshan can mobilize. Do you think that Mr. Zhongshan still has his subordinates? Will the Chinese Revolutionary Party allow you to sit safely in the position of Governor of Guangdong? Moreover, Mr. Yang has turned his back on the Chinese Revolutionary Party and turned to Lu Rongting, but he is the most despicable traitor among them. How about Mr. Zhongshan’s revolutionary methods? I think Mr. Yang It should be clearer than me. There is no shortage of dead men who dare to sacrifice in the Chinese Revolutionary Party. I heard that Mr. Yang and Mr. Keqiang (Huang Xing) are familiar, so I should know that Mr. Keqiang started their business by assassination. In Guangdong, you have to risk your life."

frighten?

Definitely not to scare.From the Tongmenghui to the Kuomintang, then to the Chinese Revolutionary Party, and finally to the Kuomintang, their methods were very drastic.After the founding of the Republic of China, assassinations became common, even worse than in the late Qing Dynasty.The politicians who died in political assassinations were not one or two, nor ten or eight, but dozens or hundreds.More than half of this is done by these revolutionary parties.

"Traitors" like Yang Yongtai are the people they hate the most.Taking some drastic measures is nothing new.

Yang Yongtai was silent as expected.

Yang Yongtai is resourceful, but he has been vacillating politically, and his character is not firm.Before he thought that Sun Yat-sen could succeed, so he joined the Chinese Revolutionary Party.But his friends persuaded him to join Lu Rongting, and he thought that Lu Rongting was really good.Now being so intimidated by Duan Xun, he felt that what Lu Rongting promised was really not easy to hold in his hands.

"Mr. Yang, come to me. I will give you a stage to display your talents to the fullest, and I will not let you get involved in this kind of factional struggle. Besides, what Lu Rongting gave you is just a promise, but what I give you is A real location."

"General Duan, what position do you plan to give me?"

Yang Yongtai was confused, so he asked Duan Xun directly.

"Mr. Yang, you should know that I have just been appointed as the border defense supervision office of the four provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Tibet. I have appointed Governor Dai Kan of Guizhou as the border defense committee of the four provinces. I hope that Mr. Yang will come and serve as the secretary of the border defense supervision office of our four provinces Help me to establish and improve the Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou-Tibet Frontier Supervision Office.”

Promising a job is of no use.

Duan Xun directly gave Yang Yongtai a position, similar to his own secretary's position, it should be said that the status is much higher than his own secretary's.After all, he is the secretary-general of the four provinces' frontier inspection agencies, a position with a very high gold content.If Duan Xun thinks highly of Yang Yongtai, he can even use his position as secretary-general to take over Dai Kan's position as the conference office.

Originally, this position was planned to be reserved for Deng Hanxiang.

But Deng Hanxiang was a soldier after all, and Duan Xun left him other positions.This position is given to technocrats and literati like Yang Yongtai.

"Mr. Yang, now I lack everything, but what I lack the most is talents, talents like you. As long as Mr. Yang recommends talents to me, I will use them according to their needs. Mr. Yang, Lu Rongting and I have different personalities. The future prospects will also be different. At most Lu Rongting only wants to be the overlord of the Southwest. In this law protection war, Lu Rongting at most wants to rule the three provinces of Hunan, Guangxi and Guangdong. He dare not even think about it. Because he has no strength and dare not I have this kind of ambition. But I am different, my goal will always be that position in Beijing, and I have been working hard for that position."

"For this war, I am more fully prepared than anyone else, even Premier Duan. I started raising funds and weapons and ammunition a few months before Zhang Xun's restoration, just for this war. I have been holding back, It's because the time has not come. When the time comes, I will definitely drive Lu Rongting out of Hunan. At that time, I will occupy half of Hunan, and no one can drive him away. Lu Rongting wants to rule Hunan, Guangxi and Guangdong, only in a dream And as long as Lu Rongting is defeated this time, it is hard to say whether Guangdong can keep its foundation. Mr. Yang, you will neither gain fame nor substantial benefits by staying with Lu Rongting, why must you follow him. "

"Come and help me. In this war, I will definitely eat a large area of ​​land, and I need a great talent like you, Mr. Yang, to come and help me digest these newly occupied places."

Duan Xun's words made Yang Yongtai fall into deep thought.

Take refuge in Duan Xun?

Originally, Yang Yongtai had never thought about this.Because at that time Yang Yongtai was only thinking of assisting Sun Yat-sen to complete the great cause of Dharma protection.But being lured by Lu Rongting, he took refuge in Lu Rongting.That's how people are. Once there is a counterattack, the burden on my heart will be much less.People only have psychological burdens when they fall for the first time. After one time, the rest will become a matter of course.Now that Yang Yongtai wants to change his court again, he doesn't have so much burden.It's just that Yang Yongtai is thinking about whether he can get more benefits from this change of court.