Chapter 280: Navigating the Northeast (5) Opening

The first thing that kicked off was not the march into New Zealand, Mongolia, and Tibet, but the southern mouthpiece of the United Party, the Shanghai Minsheng Times. The newspaper devoted a large space to reporting what happened to the local gentry in Jiangsu at the home of Zhang Jian, the boss of the cabinet.

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What it roughly says is that by chance, Comrade Zhang Jian, who was already a big boss in the cabinet, discovered that the family members were greedy, collecting 70% of the land rent, and lending money at usury. He immediately called his family and started to rectify the family rules. The problem was that the entire rectification process did not go smoothly.

If it doesn't go well, the Zhang family won't buy it at all. If you are prosperous alone, you can't use the interests of the entire family to pave the way for yourself? The children of the Zhang family have all kinds of resistance and reluctance.

Under this premise, Zhang Jian took the opportunity to go south to attend the National Federation of Industry and Commerce Conference and returned to his hometown. He did a lot of ideological work, and after many difficulties, he finally persuaded the entire family to return the overcharged rent since the Tenancy Act to the tenants.

This report blew Zhang Jian to the sky, and received rave reviews for a while. However, this praise was soon poured out by a basin of cold water. An article in the "Legal Daily of the Republic of China", "People's Livelihood Is Like Cooking", was subtitled "Negotiating Rent"

Private Tenancy Relations since the Tenancy Act."

The report directly pointed out that since the Tenancy Act was passed, it has not been effectively implemented in the vast rural areas. Why is this? Zhang Jian is the cabinet minister of finance, and his family members know the law and violate the law. Is it possible that a simple rectification can be done?

Is it completely settled? Excuse me, if the legal provisions are not implemented, whose problem is it? Is it the cabinet? Or the president? Or the government officials? These problems are like several sharp knives, knives and knives.

Bloody. This report laid bare the rural issues in front of the world and brought to the table the phenomenon of the Tenancy Act being ignored among the people.

The report was immediately reprinted by major newspapers across the country. The public opinion community launched a vigorous report on the actual effects of the Tenancy Act. In mid-January 1917, the Zhejiang Commercial Daily reported that Tang Shouqian, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Transport, had exterminated his relatives out of righteousness.

According to the news, a son of his family refused to implement the Tenancy Act, secretly collected land rent, and made loan sharks. He was discovered by Minister Tang during his visit to relatives, and was personally sent to the judicial department. Minister Tang said in an interview with reporters that any amendments in the future

Applications for road tolls. As long as a relative within five days has violated the "Tenancy Act" and cannot be corrected in a timely manner, the application will be rejected.

At the National Conference of Industry and Commerce, Zhang Jian spoke at the meeting: The country will not be stable without agriculture, and it will not be rich without business. More than 90% of the country's population is in rural areas. The countryside is unstable. The entire country will not be stable. Without a stable social environment, how can industry and commerce prosper?

?The Ministry of Finance will issue a policy. Anyone or any relative who violates the Tenancy Act and fails to correct it within six months will be recorded and handed over to the government's finance and taxation department and major banks. They will not be able to enjoy preferential industrial and commercial policies. Banks will not be allowed to

Loan, the time limit for the loan to be recovered.

Cheng Dequan, Vice Minister of the Interior, and Xiong Xiling, Vice Minister of Finance, have successively written articles and launched an initiative to condemn those who undermined the Tenancy Act. They proposed that any behavior that undermines the Tenancy Act should be rectified within a time limit, otherwise they must be severely punished and their legal responsibilities should be investigated and cancelled.

His qualifications to participate in political affairs, his family’s children’s national compulsory education qualifications, his qualifications to be recommended to study abroad, etc.

The Fine Gael Party set off a wave of public opinion that regards the Tenancy Act as the cornerstone of national stability. This is something that no one thought of. It is very simple. Eleven out of ten people in the Fine Gael Party are big landowners and big capitalists. They

When this issue comes up, my glasses are shattered.

Cabinet ministers and deputy ministers appeared on stage one after another and wrote articles denounced the actions that undermined the law and undermined the stability of the Republic of China.

At the end of the noisy period, Congress finally passed a cabinet proposal to establish a national tenant inspection office, headed by Prime Minister Tang Hualong, with the Minister of the Interior Xu Shichang in charge, and the judiciary and anti-corruption departments cooperating to carry out nationwide inspections of tenants.

The trend of guanxi began. This inventory office has great power and has the power to mobilize the garrison when necessary.

After a heavy snowfall, the road became more difficult. On this trade road as far as Kyaktu, a huge army was slowly moving forward. The biggest feature of this team was that there were many livestock and many large vehicles.

There are many civilians.

Xu Shuzheng, who was riding on horseback, was the commander-in-chief of this operation. He immediately stopped on the roadside, looked at the marching team stretching north, turned to the deputy commander-in-chief Wang Tianzong beside him and said: "Is there any news about Ma Qi's First Cavalry Division?

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Wang Tianzong shook his head and said: "Not yet, the damn wind and snow have blocked our trip for three days, and it's probably going to be tough over there in Maqi. Fushuai chose this time to send troops, which is a big test for the brothers."

Xu Shuzheng squinted his eyes and looked ahead, and said calmly: "The main purpose of supporting the commander may not be here. What is the purpose of using the attack on Kulun to train troops? It is not difficult to guess. Over in Lanzhou, there are five cavalry divisions plus two B divisions.

Entering Xinjiang is much more difficult than it is for us. In this season, sending troops will be a little more difficult on the road, but it will be fine when we get to the place. Tell the officers and soldiers at all levels in the army that we are going to counter the rebellion. This is a great expedition to regain the country. We must

His name will go down in history.”

After nearly a month of marching, Xu Shuzheng couldn't hide his tiredness on his face, but he was in good spirits. In his heart, he admired Fang Jianxiong for seizing this opportunity. It was the time for Russia to officially regain the great rivers and mountains when it was unable to escape from Europe.

Ta Ta Ta Ta, the sound of horse hooves came from the front. The orderly soldier turned over and dismounted and saluted: "Report, General Ma Qi, commander of the first cavalry division, reported that Cullen is two hundred miles away."

Hearing the news, Xu Shuzheng perked up, glanced at Wang Tianzong, who was also relieved, and asked with a smile: "Where is Chen Yi?"

This Chen Yi is not the other Chen Yi, but the envoy of the Republic of China in the capital of Kulun. Chen Yi, who did not have many soldiers in his hands, could only talk to the Mongolian princes, and the effect was needless to say. During the 1911 year, the Mongolian nobles in Kulun and other places

The leader of the Living Buddha Jebtsundamba, with the support of Russia, carried out the so-called rebellion. Badmadolji was the prime minister of the puppet government, which was never recognized by the Republic of China.

This time, Xu Shuzheng came up with some tricks. In order to solve the logistics problem, he brought a lot of Shanxi merchants with him. Fang Jianxiong knew about this, so he turned a blind eye and told him a task that must be completed.

"Envoy Chen Du is already on the way. Please ask the division commander for instructions on the next step."

"Tell Ma Qi and Ma Lin to surround Kulun and not let go of Jebzundamba and Badma Dorji." This is the task given by Marshal Fang. Xu Shuzheng was not very convinced before, but Fang Jianxiong's mentality has changed over the years.

It has changed a lot. Basically, he will not do this or that, and he can be his division commander with peace of mind. This time when Fang Jianxiong handed over the task, he said that he would capture Kulun and complete the task. Xu Shuzheng is the deputy commander of the Lanzhou Military Region, commanding the troops stationed around Kulun.

This power is not small. The unlucky ones are the brothers Ma Qi and Ma Lin. Although they have the rank of cavalry division commander and major general, each division actually only has 6,000 people and the equipment is very average. This time they were brought to the grassland, and again

If you want to become the "King of Qinghai" like in history, don't expect it.

On January 30, 1917, when the public uproar caused by the Tenancy Act in China had not yet ended, more than 40,000 people from the National Defense Forces, who had marched arduously for 20 days, marched to Cullen without any hindrance.

The two cavalry divisions that arrived earlier have already surrounded Kulun. Xu Shuzheng and Wang Tianzong rode side by side, and those who came to greet them were Chen Yi and the Ma brothers. "Thank you for your hard work. The chaos has been lifted. You all have contributed greatly to your hard work."

Chen Yi stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Brother Zheng, the Mongolian princes haven't agreed to surrender their weapons yet."

After hearing this, Xu Shuzheng laughed three times and said loudly: "Then let Cannon come and help them think."

The two infantry divisions are both Type A divisions, each belonging to an artillery regiment, equipped with a 75-caliber mountain cannon. Thanks to the lightness of this mountain cannon, otherwise such a long road and the road in this season would be a torment to death.

With an order, the two artillery regiments began to build positions. According to the investigation, the Cullen defenders only had some old-fashioned artillery, which had a very short range and could not hit three thousand meters. Some of the artillery even stopped firing due to poor maintenance.

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The location of the artillery positions was very arrogant. They were outside the range of the defenders and within the sight of the telescope. Russian consultant Balenov witnessed the artillery of the Chinese ** squadron building positions and was helpless. There were 5,000 defenders in the city.

And they are just a mob. The Chinese have even attacked the Germans in Europe. The huge army outside does not look like they are just guests.

Balenov sighed, heard footsteps behind him, turned around and looked back, and saw a dozen guns pointed at him.

"What are you going to do?" Balenov was used to being an old man in Kulun, so he didn't get used to it.

The Prime Minister of the puppet government, Prince Badmadorji, stepped forward and bowed, saying, "I'm sorry, Mr. Advisor, the imperial court has tens of thousands of troops, and we can't defeat them at all." After saying this, he waved his hand, and four strong men came forward.

In front of him, Balenov was overthrown and tied up tightly. Badmadolzi kept watching this process with his small eyes. Balenov kept scolding him, but he seemed not to have heard him.

A man in Mongolian clothing walked in the front with a white flag, followed by four strong men carrying a person with a pole across it, as if carrying a pig. The mouth of the person on the pole was also gagged.

, it keeps whining.

Xu Shuzheng had been watching from behind. When he saw this scene through the telescope, he became happy and said to Wang Tianzong: "Let's go and have a look."

"Distinguished General, Badma Dorji greets you. And pays tribute to the King who has come from afar!" The man walking in the front is short, with a round belly, a nice smile, and a pair of small eyes smiling.

There was an uneasy flicker from behind.
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