Starting from the next day, local newspapers in Luanzhou published news about the joint military-civilian defense and the establishment of a consultation bureau. The news spread rapidly in the streets, alleys, villages, counties and towns. As early as the past few days,
, the helpers and tenants of the big families have heard about the joint military-civilian defense. They more or less mentioned it to the villagers and neighbors before and after tea, but after all, it was not complete news, and the common people did not know what it was.
Is it a good thing or a bad thing.
Nowadays, not only have newspapers published detailed introductions about the joint military-civilian defense, state and county government offices have also sent people to make announcements everywhere, gradually guiding the people to understand what is going on! Since large families have funded the establishment of civil defense camps, mobilization
The young people inside and outside the city participated in the joint defense in their spare time to ensure the security of various towns. When Chad heard this, it was really a good thing.
However, the common people have been oppressed by the bureaucrats and gentry for so many years. Instinctively, they always feel that the bureaucrats and gentry will never engage in loss-making business, so they are only afraid of using the slogan of military-civilian joint defense to impose exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes.
Because of this, although military-civilian joint defense has become a hotly discussed topic in Luanzhou, it has also caused concern among the people.
As for the preparation of the Consultative Council, it is a political game played by readers and capitalists. Ordinary people do not even know what the Consultative Council is, not to mention that they are not qualified to participate in elections.
However, for Yuan Su, he is not worried about the common people's suspicion of the military-civilian joint defense plan. Maybe there are some unfavorable situations in the early stage. When the truth comes out, it may have a certain counterproductive effect, which will be more conducive to recruitment.
Work.
What Yuan Su is most worried about now is that Baoding Army Officer Reserve College has sent an order to recall the trainee officers stationed abroad to return to school to complete the rest of their studies. After reading the official letter, he couldn't sleep the whole night.
, not only was a fierce ideological struggle going on in my heart, but I was also deeply analyzing the meaning of this matter.
He really didn't expect that the reply message accompanying Yuan Shikai contained such an official document, and his plan was suddenly disrupted. It is not difficult to imagine that if it was really a separate message from the Army Preparatory College, he would definitely not
Mixed with Yuan Shikai's reply, the probability of such a coincidence is too low, and the procedures are completely inconsistent. What's more, if the university really wants to recall the trainee officers stationed abroad, why not send a copy to Lin Boxen?
The only explanation is that this official telegram was sent out with Yuan Shikai's instruction, because Yuan Shikai wanted him to leave Luanzhou.
This matter can be understood from two aspects. Since Yuan Shikai recognized his nephew, there is absolutely no need to transfer him back for verification; in addition, Luanzhou is not an important town, it just has a railway line connecting Beijing.
In addition, Yuan Shikai should have known that he had participated in suppressing the Luanzhou Uprising, so he was definitely not worried that he would do something detrimental to the situation in Luanzhou.
To be honest, Yuan Su doesn't know what kind of person Yuan Shikai is. Although he has read relevant books, history has never agreed on Yuan Shikai's evaluation. He can now speculate on the reason why Yuan Shikai asked him to return to the military academy.
In addition to Yuan Shikai's concern for his own safety, he was also worried that he would do anything wrong under the banner of "Yuan Shikai's nephew".
Obviously the latter is more likely!
Of course, no matter what the real purpose is, the first thing Yuan Su is worried about now is whether to return or not.
It cannot be said that returning to the military academy will lead to no future. At any rate, Yuan Shikai recognized him as his nephew. Once he completes the rest of his studies at the military academy, nine out of ten people after successful graduation can directly enter the national center to find a good position. Compared with being a senior official in Luanzhou
A small staff officer will naturally have a lot of glory, and if he is lucky, he can become a big shot in charge of a town.
However, everything he had worked hard on in Luanzhou would be in vain. On the surface, these so-called operations seemed much weaker than the benefits he would bring after returning to the military academy, but if you think about it carefully, once you enter the fu
When you hold office, you not only have to be controlled by others, but you also have to face the political struggles of major military groups within Beiyang.
Even though he has the status of "Yuan Shikai's nephew", can he get to the point where he can stand shoulder to shoulder with Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Chen Huan and others before Yuan Shikai's death? It is obviously impossible. These big shots can win just by their qualifications.
He has completely defeated the "so-called nephews of Yuan Shikai", not to mention that each of them already holds real power.
Since Yuan Su was assassinated by the revolutionary party that night, he has reminded himself all the time that in the chaotic world of warlords, only by standing at the top of the food chain can he truly survive. He has worked hard during this period.
The purpose is nothing more than not wanting to be controlled by others, relying on others, and wanting real power, not a flashy title.
In fact, when he thought of this, he already had a preconceived idea in his mind.
However, if you really choose to refuse to obey the order and stay, how should you respond to Yuan Shikai?
Yuan Su couldn't think of a comprehensive solution for a while, but he should be able to delay it for a few days.
On January 5th, Yuan Su summoned all the gentry to gather at the Yamen of the state capital. Except for Zhang Juren, all the gentry who had met last time at Tingfeng Xiaozhu were absent. He formally announced the establishment of a civil defense committee.
All the gentry present were members of the committee, and the members of the committee publicly elected a chairman.
He explained to everyone: "The Civil Defense Committee is the highest command and supervision agency of the Luanzhou Civil Defense Armed Forces. All major public security matters must be decided by the Civil Defense Committee. As for the responsibilities of the chairman, he is mainly responsible for convening and organizing
Committee meetings, overseeing all committee decisions, and initiating decision-making motions.”
Most of the gentry present half-understood and half-understood these rules. They only felt that it would be beneficial to be a chairman committee member.
So in the subsequent public elections, almost everyone elected themselves to be the chairman.
Fortunately, Yuan Su had already considered this before the public election. He originally planned to vote by show of hands instead, so that the gentry would be embarrassed to vote for themselves. However, if this arrangement is really necessary, I am afraid that the people elected by then will not be able to vote.
He may not be convinced by the public. So he still decided to vote by secret ballot, but he voted for Wang Litong.
When the results were announced, Wang Liantong actually received four votes and became the person with the most votes. I am afraid that Wang Liantong himself did not expect such a result.
When the gentry who voted for themselves saw that the final winner was Wang Liantong, they immediately hesitated to question him. On the one hand, Wang Liantong was the chief of Luanzhou after all, and on the other hand, Wang Liantong was always respectful and kind.
The se attitude makes adults unable to remember hatred. Anyway, a character like Wang Litong who dares not offend anyone will definitely not be disadvantageous to him, so he is simply allowed to serve as the chairman.