The Republic of China: A Letter of Appointment Creates the Most Powerful Warlord

"For things like this, just turn a blind eye. Why bother to argue with him?"

Li Yuanliang, however, had an indifferent expression and said with a smile.

"Besides, this might be what the higher-ups are trying to do. They want to establish this kid as an honest official so he can continue to rise. You have to understand, times have changed. These days, there are too many public intellectuals, and everything they do is about appearances."

"Then, let them develop?"

The secretary was still a little dissatisfied and always felt that this was not a good thing.

After all these twists and turns, Zhang Ye's reputation is at its peak, but life is not so easy for the grassroots units like them. Not only do they have to endure the abuse of the people, but they also have to be vigilant and prevent a wave of riots.

"If the higher-ups don't give us the green light, we shouldn't get involved. They have a legitimate license to issue products, so we can't do anything about it."

Li Yuanliang said casually, then continued reading the newspaper.

Seeing that his leader had fallen into the trap, the secretary did not dare to say anything more and could only leave the room in disappointment.

Little did they know that the same situation was spreading wildly throughout the entire Donglu Province.

Today, Shuguang Newspaper has flourished throughout Donglu Province, with a daily circulation of no less than one million copies, far exceeding Zhang Ye's previous estimates.

These newspapers spread across the country not only bring him a huge amount of public support, but also earn him hundreds of thousands of profit dividends every month.

It is also for this reason that Shuguang Newspaper has been able to operate until now without being shut down.

After all, the entire Duan faction, from top to bottom, including the Beijing headquarters and the leadership of the Donglu government, receives a lot of dividends every month. This thing is a cash cow, and even if there are some minor problems, those people are reluctant to cut it off.

Who can resist money these days? Besides, Zhang Ye is generous and distributes dividends on time every month, all settled in the form of big yellow croaker.

That thing is so golden and shiny, and they give away a whole box at a time. Anyone who sees it will be dazzled.

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"Today's meeting is nothing major, just a few reforms."

In Zhang Ye's office at the Jingshan County Government Office, a dozen officers and generals sat next to a huge sand table.

At that time, Zhang Ye, who was about to complete a gorgeous turn, looked at everyone with high spirits, his words were full of indescribable heroism, and he laughed softly.

"First, implement the regiment-to-brigade system. All fifteen current combat regiments will be restructured!"

"Among them, the 3rd, 4th, 6th, 10th, and 12th Regiments will be reorganized into the 1st Mixed Brigade, with Chang Rui as the brigade commander!"

"The 2nd, 5th, 7th, 13th, and 14th Regiments will be reorganized into the Mechanized Armored Brigade, with Fu Yuan as the brigade commander!"

"The 1st, 8th, 9th, 11th, and 15th Regiments will be reorganized into a heavy artillery brigade, with He Wei as brigade commander!"

"The above are only the changes in important positions. As for the arrangements for the rest of the personnel, someone will inform you after the meeting!"

Zhang Ye flipped through the documents in front of him. After announcing the reconstruction of the troops, he turned his gaze to Lu Shan and continued.

"From today on, the Army Headquarters will be established, and I will temporarily serve as the Commander-in-Chief. All military action orders must be signed by me before they can be executed!"

"If anyone dares to act without permission, they will be killed without mercy!"

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief!"

Upon hearing this, everyone stood up and responded.

His voice was resonant and majestic, and he really had the demeanor of a fierce general on the battlefield.

Four months passed in a flash, and Zhang Ye did not waste a minute. During these days, on the one hand, he arranged personnel to conduct in-depth investigations into the situations of various factions, and on the other hand, he went all out to develop his own arsenal.

Thanks to the dissemination and promotion of the newspaper, the public opinion value he controlled showed an explosive growth trend, soaring all the way. At the peak, he could even obtain nearly three million public opinion values ​​every day!

With enough funds in hand, I no longer feel panicked.

Since the second month after the newspaper opened, Zhang Ye has been constantly exchanging troops to expand his combat power.

Today, fifteen powerful combat regiments and an elite force of more than 30,000 people have appeared before the people.

Moreover, this young man is ruthless when he takes action. Once he has money, the first thing he thinks of is to exchange the S-class arsenal and invest it in the production of various advanced armored vehicles, tanks and other weapons and equipment.

If he hadn't been worried about causing too much unrest and suppressing productivity, he could have formed at least three powerful armored brigades by now!

blah blah blah...

While everyone was in the meeting, a middle-aged man walked quickly into the office, holding a telegram that had just been sent back.

"Commander-in-Chief, it's just as you expected. Old Feng is gone."

"When did this happen!?"

Zhang Ye's expression became extremely serious as he took the telegram and glanced at it.

On the evening of December 25th, the seventh year of the Republic of China, at three in the morning, the leader of the Feng clique died of illness in his official residence in Beijing!

"It's a year early, this is not a good thing..."

Zhang Ye held the telegram with only a few numbers in his hand, and a deep sadness appeared in his eyes.

He was not sad because of Lao Feng's death, but the current situation would become more turbulent because of his death.

"Who is in charge of the Feng faction now?"

"Currently, Cao Xin is in charge. He has considerable prestige in the military, and he should be the one to take charge of the Feng Clan in the future."

The middle-aged man hunched over and reported that he was the head of the intelligence department, named Zhou Liyuan, and had just taken over last month.

"Early this morning, the Feng faction headquarters sent a message, activating two combat regiments to reinforce Canglan City's border defense. At the same time, they ordered the 103rd Regiment under the 7th Division on our left to approach Fushui!"

"The Seventh Division? Mo Tianhua's old unit. This is hitting me right in the head."

Zhang Ye gave a playful smile and studied the current situation carefully.

If he chose to remain silent at this moment and continued to pretend to be ignorant, then the war between the Feng and Duan factions might be delayed for a while, but it would ultimately be unavoidable, and a fierce battle would break out sooner or later.

Since this war will be fought sooner or later, we might as well seize this opportunity, take the initiative, start the war first, catch the enemy by surprise, disrupt their deployment, and mess up the situation first.

Otherwise, if the Duan faction found out that he had secretly recruited 30,000 troops, the Donglu Province would definitely strengthen its defenses and set up layers of checkpoints, forcing him to go to the battlefield.

By that time, you will be shooting yourself in the foot and you will have no choice but to take action.