Years of the Republic of China 1913

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"He really said that?"

"Yes!"

"What kind of medicine is sold in Fang Zhangming's gourd?" Yuan Shikai has read countless people, but he couldn't understand Fang Zida, especially when Yang Du told him Fang Zida's three major suggestions. Isn't he from Song Jiaoren?

"Gengfu, what do you think?" Yuan Shikai asked, casting his gaze aside at Xia Shoutian.

"Xizi, do you think he's telling the truth or a lie?" Without answering directly, Xia Shoutian asked Yang Du instead.

Yang Du thought for a while, and said firmly: "There will be no fakes, I can say for sure!"

"Good! Good!" Xia Shoutian clapped his palms and laughed, turned around and saluted Yuan Shikai: "Congratulations to the President for getting another good general! It seems that Fang Zhangming has the intention to vote for the President."

"Oh, how do you say that?" Yuan Shikai asked back with narrowed eyes.

"Although Fang Zhangming is a kmt, if he hadn't been involved in Huang Keqiang's case by accident that day, there would be nothing later. The president should know?" Seeing Yuan Shikai nodding, Xia Shoutian smiled and said: "He has been in the West for a long time, and he returned home." In the final analysis, he is very different from ordinary party members. Since Fang Zhangming entered Beijing with Song Dunchu, he first advised the president on the aftermath of the big loan, and then persuaded everyone in Congress with his own efforts. Afterwards, he made friends with Xizi and me on purpose, and his intention was obvious. Then he went south and dealt with the rebellion of the Revolutionary Party relentlessly. He killed Lin Hu and others in the Eighth Division, which is enough to see his means Even though Chen Qimei's death was not directly caused by him, it is also inseparable. Now, he has proposed these three strategies to weaken the local government and stabilize the central government. Knowing that you are the President behind Baizi, he did not evade it, but talked about it As for Tan, it can be seen that he, Fang Zhang, has the heart to seek refuge with the President."

Yang Du nodded in agreement: "Gengfu is right, I think so too."

Yuan Shikai raised his head and laughed loudly for a moment: "So, Fang Zhangming wants to use Xizi's mouth to write a letter to the old man? To show his sincerity?"

"Exactly!"

Yang Du and Xia Shoutian nodded at the same time, and answered in unison.

"Well, this Fang Zhangming is a talented person with a chest full of ups and downs. Although the three strategies proposed are still insufficient, their intentions are good. In this way, Xizi and Gengfu, you might as well get closer to him on weekdays. If he is really If you have the idea of ​​relying on the old man, the old man will not treat him badly, such a talent can still be used."

"The president is wise!"

Yuan Shikai had a good idea. If Fang Zida could really rely on him, Beiyang would have a valuable talent.The three proposals he put forward, or the three viewpoints, touched Yuan Shikai's heart very much. Even when he thought about it, Fang Zida was completely standing in his position to make up his own ideas.

As the head of state, financial problems have troubled him for a long time, otherwise he would not have decided to borrow money from abroad.If it weren't for the support of the large loans to deal with the aftermath, the government would have gone bankrupt long ago, and it would be impossible for Beiyang under his banner to quell the rebellions in the provinces so quickly.Although the current finances can barely maintain, but when the borrowing is exhausted one day, how to restore the country's financial resources, Yuan Shikai is not at all troubled.

As for the second separation between the military and the civil administration, Yuan Shikai was a little entangled in his heart. As the leader of Beiyang, he was grasped by the military and civilians at the beginning, so he consolidated his power and then sat on the throne of the president.With his start, all factions in the Beiyang system have followed suit, so now there are quite a few powerful factions in the government, not to mention the governors of the southern provinces.

Although this method of military-government integration has advantages, its disadvantages are also obvious in the long run.Yuan Shikai was born in Beiyang, how could he not see it?It's just that as a big brother of Beiyang, he can't say some things, and he can't do some things, otherwise it will be difficult to lead the team if the people below are scattered.If Fang Zida could really do this, Yuan Shikai would of course agree with it. He wished it would be so, how could he allow others to sleep soundly on his side?Yuan Shikai is not Zhao Kuangyin, so he can't use a drink to release military power, but it doesn't mean that he won't use Fang Zida's knife to do things for him, so that he can firmly sit on the throne of the center.

Regarding the proposal of nationalizing the army, Yuan Shikai secretly applauded it.Nowadays, the Beiyang faction of the Republic of China is the dominant family, but the military forces of each faction are not weak, especially the military forces of the southern provinces.Taking this rebellion as an example, if the revolutionaries hadn’t taken control of the army, how could such a thing have happened? Thinking of Zhang Xun asking for a title and asking for military pay to blackmail the central government, Yuan Shikai wanted to get angry. The bastard makes trouble, he will be able to do more comfortably as a big president in the future, as for the nationalization of the army?In Yuan Shikai's view, as the great president, the Beiyang Army under his banner is a natural national army. Abolishing the local army and replacing it with the national army does not mean that his Beiyang forces will truly unify the whole country?

If Fang Zida knew what Yuan Shikai was thinking now, he would definitely be dumbfounded.Although his suggestion was not harmful to Yuan Shikai, it was actually considered from the perspective of the country.After all, Yuan Shikai is Yuan Shikai, and the feudal concept of the world is deeply rooted. Although he is now the president of the Republic of China, this old Yuan still thinks he is the emperor.

Louis XIV of France once said "I am the country", and the same is true of Yuan Shikai today.Fang Zida was aiming at the country's future and national reform, but Yuan Shikai misunderstood him as his personal consideration.But then again, this is not a bad thing, if Fang Zida understands what Yuan Shikai is thinking, maybe he will be glad that he made a mistake and got a bargain.

Within two days, Zhang Huchen also returned to Beijing. Of course, there were two celebrities "Jiang Zhiqing and He Yingqin" who arrived with him. The treatment of Chen Jiongming and others, but under Fang Zida's account, they were not sent to prison, but they were temporarily imprisoned in a place to wait for the interrogation.

The battle in the northwest continued. Bai Lang's "rebel army" swept across most of Shaanxi. Lu Jianzhang, who received the order to mobilize, rushed to the northwest without stopping. The scale of the battle, mutual winners and losers.

After Lu Jianzhang arrived at the front line, he mobilized a large army to carry out the encirclement and suppression. Bai Lang's army knew that they could not resist, so they decided to deal with it skillfully, and responded with a strategy of wandering. On October 26, one of Lu Jianzhang's regiments was so eager to make contributions that the lone army went deep and was beaten by Bai Lang. The ambush almost wiped out the whole army. After receiving the report of the ambush, Lu Jianzhang was shocked and angry, and immediately led his troops to rush to rescue the siege. Who would want to wait for him to arrive at the battlefield except for the thousands of corpses and dozens of numbers left on the battlefield? Apart from the remnants of the soldiers, Bai Lang had already led his troops to evacuate and disappeared without a trace.

This battle was the biggest loss for the Beiyang Army in the hands of Bai Lang, and Lu Jianzhang, known as the General of the Imperial Forest Army, was furious.When the news reached Beijing, the Ministry of the Army was shocked when they heard the news. Chief Duan Qirui immediately reported the situation to the Presidential Office and the Prime Minister's Office. No one thought that Bai Lang's bone was so difficult to crack, and even Lu Jianzhang was defeated.The central government's finances are not sufficient, but the current chaos in Bailang must be subsided, and no matter what, he cannot be allowed to become big again, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.

For this reason, Yuan Shikai and Song Jiaoren decided after discussion that the Ministry of the Army would send troops to support it, and the Bailang army must be wiped out.In this way, the central government managed to squeeze out millions of military expenditures, mobilized the first army and the second army from the south, and transferred troops from the north to the west. Together with the Lu Jianzhang Department in the northwest, they put together nearly 20 troops. The mighty momentum is pressing towards Shaanxi, trying to annihilate Bai Lang in one fell swoop.

It seemed that the war in the Northwest would not stop for a while, but the money in the treasury was decreasing day by day, making Song Jiaoren restless.On this day, he suddenly remembered what Fang Zida had said a while ago, and couldn't help but find him, intending to ask him how his plan was written.

"It's almost finished, but I still plan to think about some details." When he came to the Prime Minister's Office, Song Jiaoren immediately asked him when he saw him, and Fang Zida replied with a smile.

"I'll talk about the details later, let me see how many things I have written." Song Jiaoren said impatiently.

"Okay, I'll send someone to your house later." Fang Zida nodded, looking at Song Jiaoren's anxious expression, and asked, "What's wrong? Did something difficult happen?"

"Hey, it's not about money!" Song Jiaoren spread his hands with a sad face: "In the past few months, we have been tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall. I finally figured out that this year's money is barely enough, but I didn't expect that the south just flattened the northwest. There is a big mess, this is good, the cannon fires, the gold ten thousand taels, the money rushes out like running water! I am so worried!"

"There's no way around this. You don't need money to fight a war." Fang Zida comforted him, and at the same time he felt amused in his heart. Only then did he understand why Song Jiaoren was in such a hurry to find him for materials.Could it be that Song Jiaoren thought he was a god?I don't know how to touch stone into gold, even if there is a way to improve the economy, there is no immediate ability.However, Zida can understand Song Jiaoren's difficulties. It is not easy for him to be the prime minister. Once he has no money, he is afraid that all parties will swarm in with criticism.

No matter what, I still have to think about the solution. After thinking about it for a while while smoking, Fang Zida said: "Brother Dunchu, I have a way to improve the economy here, maybe I can try it."

"What way? Hurry up! Tell me!" Song Jiaoren was overjoyed and said hastily.

"Simple, two words!" Fang Zida took out an eagle coin from his pocket and slapped it on the table: "Coins!"