After Zhang Jiangong led the Third Battalion of No. 79 Biao in despair, they boarded the train and left the customs. The situation in Luanzhou was completely in the hands of Yuan Su alone. From that afternoon, all the people staying in Luanzhou, including Chen Wennian,
The seventy-nine standard officers and soldiers knew that their future future and destiny depended on this "Yuan Shikai's nephew".
For Yuan Su, the most pressing issue at the moment is to establish the identity of this independent force. On the one hand, it must obtain official recognition, and at least it must have a documented establishment by the Zhili Provincial Government; on the other hand, it must establish the
Luanzhou’s popular foundation has been recognized by people from all walks of life in Luanzhou.
With these two identities, we can ensure the legitimacy of this force and be more confident when facing President Yuan's questioning.
In fact, in the past few days, Chen Wennian had already been conceiving the organizational framework after the revolution, which involved the future name of the army. In the evening of that day, he approached Yuan Su to discuss this matter.
This organizational framework first clearly stipulates the nature of the army, which belongs to the local defense force. In layman's terms, it is like the military training and patrol camps in the pre-Qing Dynasty. In addition, in terms of management, Chen Wennian suggested the direct integration of military and political affairs and the abolition of Luan
The state republican government, following the political system of the southern provinces, was re-established as a military government. Yuan Su was elected chairman of the Luanzhou military government, and Wang Litong was appointed minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs under the military government.
The military government's approach is obviously the most secure and convenient way. The former can legitimately obtain the source of military expenditures, and the latter can not only effectively arrange various orders, but also give this army a legal name as soon as possible. In addition,
It would be nice to have an explanation to the outside world.
If it were two months ago, without Chen Wennian proposing this framework, Yuan Su would have taken control of Luanzhou according to the method of integrating military and political affairs. It is a pity that they did not take over two months ago, but now that they have taken over, the situation is different.
It's different again.
It can only be said that Chen Wennian has been immersed in the affairs of the Seventy-nine Biao in the past few months and does not have a deep understanding of the situation in Luanzhou. You must know that Wang Li, a fourth-rank official, worked in Luanzhou for three or five years.
For many years, it is still necessary to act based on the expressions of the local gentry. Usually, only the gentry fawns over the "county prince", but it is unusual for the "county prince" to fawn over the gentry. This shows how complicated the situation in Luanzhou is.
What Yuan Su wants is not the integration of the military and the government, but the military's control of the political power. This can save more trouble and have a more decent view of the outside world. He is a foreigner who has just arrived in Luanzhou.
After such a drastic effort, the matter of leaving Twenty Towns has already spread to the capital. If the wealthy gentry of Luanzhou are dissatisfied and use their respective relationships to make this matter even bigger, the result will definitely be worse.
Keeping a "complete Luanzhou government" can preserve some dignity for both sides.
Not only that, judging from the current situation, he must win over the bureaucratic class in Luanzhou to his side in order to effectively contain and even control the gentry class in Luanzhou. Since he had promised Wang Litong to guarantee the status of the head of Luanzhou
The position of this puppet is left to Wang Litong. The bureaucracy headed by Wang Litong, coupled with the support of Zhang Juren and others, is enough to suppress other big gentry with different intentions.
Therefore, after listening to Chen Wenian's introduction, Yuan Su did not accept this part of the plan. He did not intend to tell Chen Wenian the real reason. He only said that many things have not been settled yet, and everything should be handled as low-key as possible without being too ostentatious. Jun
Government matters will be discussed later, and priority will be given to formulating the structure and name of the reorganized army.
Chen Wennian didn't think too much. Now that Yuan Su was the commander, he naturally had to learn to obey the arrangements.
Of course, Yuan Su also considered Chen Wenian's feelings, so he did not put on airs in front of Chen Wennian. On the contrary, he listened to the other party's suggestions with an open mind. As for Chen Wenian's organizational structure plan, except for the political part, he agreed with the rest of the arrangements.
Chen Wennian was handed over to Chen Wennian for further implementation.
After a short discussion, Yuan Su decided to tentatively name the unit "Luanzhou Security Regiment", appointed himself commander-in-chief of Luanzhou Security Regiment, and Chen Wenian as chief of staff of the Security Regiment. The establishment of the two battalions under his command did not change much.
, even if there are changes, they are only changes in titles. For example, the battalion management team is changed to battalion commander, the team is changed to company, the team officer is changed to company commander, etc.
The first battalion was transferred back to the city from Xiaokan Village and took over from the third battalion to be stationed in the Biaobu compound. The heavy machine guns, ammunition and other arms and supplies that had been hidden in the first battalion were also moved to the Biaobu compound with the first battalion.
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In addition to serving as the commander of the 1st Battalion, Zhao Shanhe also served as the security commander of Luanzhou City. Although on the surface it was just a false title, Yuan Su had other arrangements for this.
As for the camp area in Xiaokan Village, it was not withdrawn. A company of the First Battalion was left to continue to stay here. One was to ensure the continuation of the previous defense plan (Anshan Town and Shimen Town patrol missions), and the other was Yuan Su’s intention.
Develop Xiaokan Village into a militia gathering point, and thirdly, this camp will be used when expanding the army in the future.
The second battalion is still stationed in Mingcheng Town. He Qigong also has a part-time job, that is, the chief instructor of the security regiment. He is not only responsible for cultural education, but also will be responsible for the daily drills of the entire regiment after the scale and system are established.
All these reorganization tasks were completed within half a day. With a complete system in place, there was a basis for obtaining a formal status.
In the next few days, Yuan Su did not announce the news of the security team to the outside world, and did not even say hello to Wang Litong. After all, there are still many things that have not been implemented in this link, especially waiting for the news from Beijing.
Blame.
Although one or two days have passed, there is still no movement in Beijing. Yuan Su himself hopes that Beijing will forget about this matter, but he knows very well in his heart that no matter what Yuan Shikai's attitude is, this uncle will intervene in the matter anyway.
He had previously ignored the notice to return to Baoding, which must have made a note in Yuan Shikai's mind. Coupled with the current situation, it would inevitably attract his uncle's attention.
Once we can avoid the uncle's part, it won't be too late to publicize the news about the security group. At the moment, everything should be as low-key as possible.
On the evening of April 1, the Communications Office suddenly received a telegram from Baoding and submitted it to Yuan Su immediately.
Yuan Su's office has moved into the Biaobu Barracks, and he is currently preparing the speech for the first militia graduation ceremony tomorrow morning. Although holding a graduation ceremony for militia training is a bit too formal, in order to further win over the people, this format is
It is very necessary. After graduation, these militiamen are also ordinary "common people". Using the influence of these "common people", they can effectively pave the way for the public security corps in Luanzhou, thereby gaining recognition from the people of Luanzhou.
The clerk of the Communications Office delivered the telegram to the door of the office. Du Yu took the telegram and looked at it first, then hurried into the house and handed it to Yuan Su.
"My lord, my lord, with the telegram from Baoding, it seems that President Yuan... seems to want to punish us."
"What?" Yuan Su stopped the pen in his hand, raised his head and looked at Du Yu intently.
"Look, the telegram." Du Yu didn't say much and directly put the telegram in his hand in front of Yuan Su.
Yuan Su picked up the document and looked through it carefully, his face uncertain for a moment. This telegram was sent by Zhang Zhenfang, and according to Zhang Zhenfang's description, the matter did not seem serious, but he still saw some clues in the contents of the telegram.
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Since Zhang Zhenfang mentioned Cao Kun, this alone is enough to illustrate the seriousness of the problem.
He read the telegram carefully and repeatedly, roughly understanding what Beijing meant and what Zhang Zhenfang meant. This was really an elusive situation. Yuan Shikai ordered him to return to Beijing as soon as possible, while Zhang Zhenfang asked him to hurry up.
Send a message to admit your mistake and explain everything that needs to be explained clearly.
"This is really troublesome."
"Sir, what should we do? President Yuan said that if you don't return to Beijing, Cao Tongzhi will have to come to Luanzhou in person to take you back. This, this is a warning to you, sir." Du Yu hurriedly said
Said. After these few months of self-study and study in the camp school, his cultural level has improved significantly. That is why after reading this telegram, he quickly realized that something was wrong.
"Don't panic, there may not be any room for turning around." Yuan Su said calmly.
In fact, when he read the telegram for the first time, an idea had already flashed in his mind. The key to solving this matter was to make good use of his relationship with Zhang Zhenfang. In any case, he was Yuan Shikai's recent
Although Zhang Zhenfang was a recognized nephew, Zhang Zhenfang was not only a powerful governor of a province, but also a relative of Yuan Shikai for several generations. In terms of resources and qualifications, he was more convincing than himself.
More importantly, from these two correspondences with Zhang Zhenfang, he could clearly see that the other party cared for him. If he didn't ask Zhang Zhenfang to come forward for help at this time, who else could he ask for help?
He did not expect Zhang Zhenfang to stand up to protect himself without hesitation, he only needed Zhang Zhenfang to convey his explanation to Yuan Shikai on his behalf. Even if the result was still not ideal, at least he could still leave a way out.
In this telegram, Zhang Zhenfang mentioned Yuan Shikai's concern about "cooperating with foreigners".
Of course, this was just the wording that Zhang Yichen deliberately used to avoid suspicion when drafting the telegram. But even so, Yuan Su was sensitive to the fact that this was the key reason for Yuan Shikai's anger. Although he didn't know why Yuan Shikai was so dissatisfied with his cooperation with foreigners.
, but obviously I can’t care about that much at the moment, and I have to explain this matter clearly first no matter what.
He was very lucky. Fortunately, he had refused Poincaré's help. If foreigners had openly intervened in this matter, not only would they not be able to help, but they would also make Yuan Shikai even more annoyed. I'm afraid there would be no room for turning around at all.