Yuan Su knew very well that Wang Huaiqing was a serious hidden danger, so even though he asked Wang Huaiqing to return to his house and tidy things up until midnight, he still insisted that Wang Huaiqing leave Changli County immediately.
Dozens of members of the Wang family, yesterday they were celebrating Wang Huaiqing's promotion, and the family was prosperous, but today they were deserted and the whole family moved. Several concubines came back crying to death, clamoring for Wang Huaiqing to hurry up and send a telegram.
Tianjin gave Xu Shichang, asking Xu Shichang to mediate the matter.
Everyone in the Wang family knew very well that Wang Huaiqing's success was inseparable from Xu Shichang's care and promotion in Beijing, which could be said to be Xu Shichang's only reliance in the military. Unfortunately, after the Qing emperor abdicated, Xu Shichang refused Yuan Shikai's invitation to serve as Secretary of State.
He has been living in seclusion in Tianjin for a while.
Wang Huaiqing, however, had no intention of paying attention to these concubines. Could it be that Xu Shichang was currently living at home, and Yuan Su had the power to bully others and force him to leave. Even if he had the King of Heaven as his backer, he would have to leave now.
More than a dozen carriages were packed in large and small boxes. It was not until twelve o'clock in the night that the important luggage was packed. Although there were still some large items that could not be moved, Wang Huaiqing no longer had too many worries and just settled in this way.
Ready to hit the road.
Yuan Su appointed Guo Wenyuan to lead thirty soldiers to escort Wang Huaiqing out of the city. He told Guo Wenyuan to only send the Wang family to Shanhaiguan, and then take the train directly back to Luanzhou to report. He had budgeted the expenses along the way in advance, starting from Changli County
The county government paid a sum of money to Guo Wenyuan.
When Wang Huaiqing left the city overnight, Yuan Su did not go to see him off, and none of the officers from the patrol camp went. Even the loyal Yu Jifang was imprisoned in the headquarters camp with no way to escape. How much was in Wang Huaiqing's heart?
It was a bit desolate, but thinking about the good days ahead, this desolation gradually faded away.
Since the evening, Yuan Su has been staying in the main camp of the patrol battalion headquarters. Except for the two battalion commanders of Kuizi Camp and Zuoying who are still detained in Luanzhou, all the other patrol camp commanders are accompanying him.
Until the situation in Changli County is completely stabilized, he will not allow these camp management belts to leave for the time being. He will only ask the adjutants of these camp management belts to return to the headquarters camp to convey the news of the flag change, and to maintain peace and security in Luanzhou starting tomorrow.
The group system is synchronized and prepared in advance.
Throughout the night, Yuan Su and the camp leaders were mainly dealing with three things.
The first is to confirm all the jurisdictions of the Tongyong Town Patrol Camp on the map. From today on, these jurisdictions will be under his own management, and the officials previously appointed privately by Wang Huaiqing will be invalidated. In addition, the officials of each county and town within the jurisdiction must be given
The government sent a notice that all government orders from now on will be sent to Luanzhou for his handling.
Regarding the future garrison of troops from various departments in the jurisdiction, a special meeting will be held in the next few days to discuss, and try to prevent all troops from being entrenched in one place in Changli County.
The second is to count all the public supplies in the patrol camp, and Yuan Su will personally arrange for the logistics chief to be responsible for the overall dispatch. In order to eliminate the concerns of the officers of each battalion, he also solemnly promised everyone that all the existing supplies in the patrol camp will be used for
I will never use part of the expenses of the patrol camp as a public benefit for my own benefit, or send it to the Luanzhou Security Corps for confiscation.
The third is a preliminary discussion on the reorganization and reorganization of the patrol battalion, so as to understand the opinions of each battalion management first, and then arrange detailed discussions. Yuan Su naturally wants to complete the reorganization of the patrol battalion as soon as possible, and through the reorganization, the patrol battalion will be able to
Integrate with the Luanzhou Security Corps more quickly, and at the same time, you can further control the command of the patrol battalion.
Everyone discussed it for four or five hours, and it was only after early morning that a certain result was reached.
The first two things were not difficult. They just required some manpower and took some time to count the materials, but in the end they were calculated in detail. As for the rectification and restructuring of the patrol battalion, it caused sensitive reactions from several battalion management leaders.
, they were afraid that Yuan Su would take the opportunity to weaken his military power, or break up and reorganize each other, so that the old ministry would be separated, his trusted followers would be separated, and their own power would be greatly reduced.
Therefore, several battalion management leaders were very conservative on this issue. The purpose was to hope that Yuan Su could maintain the status quo of the patrol battalion, and at least ensure that the establishment remained unchanged even if it had to be restructured.
Yuan Su didn't intend to discuss the reason immediately, he just wanted to test the bottom line of several business management leaders.
From the beginning to the end, he had no intention of suppressing these non-direct troops by splitting up the battalions. He had not yet established a solid foundation in Luanzhou, so how could he force the officers of the patrol battalion who had just surrendered at this time? For him,
, we still need to try our best to appease these people now, and then slowly make adjustments in the future.
Although each battalion will not be split up, for the sake of insurance, we still have to keep an extra hand.
Yuan Su decided to station the six battalions of the patrol battalion in various counties within the jurisdiction to prevent these battalions from gathering together and forming a threat. As long as these six battalions work independently, even if some individuals cannot think of rebelling for a while, Luanzhou
The security regiment can still handle it easily. What he is worried about is nothing more than the six battalions being connected in series.
Regarding the reasons for transferring all the battalions out of Changli County, he will issue an order that from now on, half of the public logistics supplies of each battalion will be borne by the local government of the defense area. The reason why as long as the local government bears half of the logistics supply is that
Reducing the pressure on local governments will, secondly, give each business administration an opportunity to line their own pockets, and thirdly, there will be no need to worry too much about each business camp colluding with the local government and becoming bigger step by step.
The military pay and some important materials of the army must be controlled by Yuan Su himself. Only in this way can the army below accept the command honestly.
The meeting lasted until midnight. Several camp management leaders had been tied up all day yesterday and were already exhausted.
Yuan Su did not continue the discussion. After saying a few words of encouragement, he asked the battalion management to rest in the preparatory dormitory of the headquarters camp. After everyone dispersed, he called for Zhao Shanhe, He Qigong, and Sun Desheng.
The three of them told them some things they should pay attention to tonight. After all, the situation has just begun to emerge, and it cannot be said to be a sure thing yet. Naturally, they still need to be more vigilant.
"Old Zhao, thank you for your hard work this time. You have been busy all day. You will go to rest later. You may be more focused tomorrow." After the explanation, Yuan Su said to Zhao Shanhe with a sigh.
"Master Yuan, you are so troubled. I, Zhao Shanhe, am just doing some hard work. I will be on duty in the camp tonight, and there will be absolutely no trouble, Master Yuan. Don't worry," Zhao Shanhe said, puffing up his chest.
"Look what you said, Master Sun is still here. Since Master Sun has made up his mind to stand with us, he should treat it as one of his own. Tonight, Master Lao Sun will take care of the situation in the camp and the city.
Let Old Zhao take a breath first." Yuan Su said very intimately, and after speaking, he looked at Sun Desheng with trusting eyes.
"Master Yuan, I think highly of you. This is my honor. Please rest assured, Master Yuan, I have my grandson here tonight, and I will never let anything happen in Changli County again." Sun Desheng said excitedly.
"Okay, Old Sun is very loyal. Oh, by the way, after tonight and tomorrow, Old Sun, you can take people to the prince's house to tidy it up. I will do what I said. From now on, this house will belong to you. Wang Huaiqing didn't take it with him.
Everything you take away will belong to you." Yuan Su simply did not call him "Master Sun" and directly changed it to the more familiar "Old Sun".
"Master Yuan is so polite, I am so frightened..." Sun Desheng has never been treated with such enthusiasm by Wang Huaiqing in these years. At this moment, his heart was filled with fire, and he believed from the bottom of his heart that he had made the most correct choice in his life. From now on,
You must do your best to serve Yuan Su.
"Old Sun, you have done me a big favor this time. Not to mention a house, I guarantee there will be more benefits in the future. We brothers will share the blessings." Yuan Su said righteously and solemnly, these words were not only for
Sun Desheng said this alone, but also to Zhao Shanhe and He Qigong.
Except for He Qigong's expression, Zhao Shanhe and Sun Desheng both had varying degrees of gratitude on their faces.
Sun Desheng truly realized Yuan Su's special care for him. When they were in the small hall before, Yuan Su's price offered to other camp management leaders was only 8,000 yuan, but last night he paid no less than 30,000 yuan. Although
These 30,000 will be distributed to other officers, but in the end more than half will end up in the pocket of the battalion commander himself.
It was this small detail that made him feel the difference between him and other patrol camp leaders. Now Yuan Su specially asked him to meet with Zhao Shanhe, He Qigong and others. It can be imagined that he has truly integrated himself into it.
It falls into the category of direct relatives and close confidants.
"Master Yuan has shown me great kindness, and I must repay it with my life. Old Sun will say nothing. From now on, whenever Master Yuan drives me, Old Sun will be the vanguard." Sun Desheng said very solemnly.
"Okay, with Lao Sun's words, I feel at ease." Yuan Su said with a cheerful smile.
After explaining some trivial matters, Yuan Su ended the meeting. Zhao Shanhe went back to his room to rest first, while Sun Desheng went to arrange the patrol work for tonight. However, when He Qigong was about to leave, Yuan Su asked him to stay alone.
"Brother Ke, you have at least two things to tell me." After He Qigong sat down again, Yuan Su said with a smile.
"Master Yuan, what do you mean?" He Qigong asked calmly.
"When I was speaking on the review stage earlier, someone suddenly shouted loudly below. I thought that even if the soldiers in the patrol camp didn't like Wang Huaiqing, no one would dare to be the leader. So the person who took the lead in shouting must be a regular
It was arranged by others." Yuan Su said calmly.
"I have to admire you, Mr. Yuan is indeed very observant." He Qigong showed a smile at the corner of his mouth, and his smile also revealed a sense of pride.
"The big camp is full of people from the second camp. I think this must be arranged by you, Brother Ke!" Yuan Su said.
"I'm just trying my best. Now Master Yuan has made such a big move all of a sudden. If this matter can't be resolved as soon as possible, I'm afraid there will be endless troubles." He Qigong said with a serious expression.
"I understand. In any case, this matter needs Brother Ke's secret help. I know Brother Ke, you are not a vain person, but there are some things that I still need to mention more or less. As long as this
If this matter can be successfully concluded, we must rely on Brother Zhongke in the future. Brothers who followed from Seventy-nine Biao, I, Yuan Su, will never forget your contribution." Yuan Su said in a solemn tone.
"Master Yuan is too polite. We should get through this disaster first." He Qigong said with a smile. After a pause, he took the initiative to ask Yuan Su, "Master Yuan just said that I have at least two things to say. First,
One thing has been said, I wonder what Mr. Yuan meant by the second thing?"
"Since I asked Brother Ke to say at least two things, you should know the second thing, Brother Ke. But it doesn't matter, I just want to hear Brother Ke's views on the current situation of the security corps." Yuan Subu said.
He said animatedly.
He Qigong did not rush to reply, but nodded slightly. At this moment, he found that Yuan Su really had a good eye for things. Ever since the first and second battalions announced that they would stay in Luanzhou, he had a lot of opinions on the entire situation in Luanzhou.
, but I never found a chance to have a good talk with Yuan Su about this matter.
Now that Yuan Su has pointedly exposed this matter, combined with the previous revelation that he arranged for people to shout and boo, I can only say that he underestimated Yuan Su, a "dandy kid", and underestimated him for too long.
He took a breath slowly, adjusted his expression, and said with a little worry: "Master Yuan knows things like a god, and he is telling the truth. I have some concerns about the fact that I am leaving Twenty Town and becoming independent this time."
Think about it. In any case, this matter is too big, and any mistake will definitely lead to disaster. Although the first battalion and the second battalion are stationed in Luanzhou, the dust is still unsolved to this day, and accidents happen one after another. It shows that I was worried at the beginning.
reason."
Yuan Su nodded thoughtfully. Although he knew that He Qigong's words had no new ideas, the important thing was that he had foresight, which showed that the other party was a far-sighted person.
After a pause, He Qigong continued: "Yesterday at noon, Mr. Yuan rushed to Mingcheng Town alone to meet with me to discuss how to deal with Tongyong's takeover of Luanzhou. In fact, from the plan Mr. Yuan explained, I had already guessed it.
Master Yuan’s intention. As the saying goes, if you don’t do anything and never stop, risking death and living later, Master Yuan intends to give it a go and get rid of Wang Huaiqing, a thorn in his side, and take the opportunity to return the patrol revenue to his subordinates.”
Yuan Su smiled and said: "Brother Ke, you are indeed a smart person."
After receiving the telegram from the provincial government at noon yesterday, he rode out of the Biaobu compound alone, just to find Wang Liantong, He Qigong and others to explain his plan. However, whether it was Wang Liantong or He Qigong,
Even Zhao Shanhe, Chen Wenian, Guo Wenyuan and others later did not elaborate on the real purpose of this operation.
Now it seems that among these people, only He Qigong has guessed the meaning behind the plan.
He Qigong continued: "Previously, Mr. Yuan only had two battalions with less than 500 troops, and no one would take him seriously. This is why Mr. Yuan hoped to keep a low profile from the beginning to establish his own company. However, this
The matter did not go smoothly. After all, the president was provoked. It seems that it was because of the relationship between Mr. Yuan and the president that the trivial matter turned into a big one. Now, it is no longer possible to keep a low profile and muddle through, so Mr. Yuan simply took advantage of the turmoil to make this big thing a big deal.
Make it bigger."
Yuan Su nodded with a pleased smile. He did not marvel at He Qigong's vision and foresight. Instead, he was as excited as if he had met a confidant. It must be said that as a cultural person, He Qigong really showed that he was different from other idiots.
Talent.
"The strength of two battalions is not enough. However, once the nearly 4,000 troops of the Tongyong Town Patrol Battalion are recruited, it can be compared with the establishment of a town. Whether it is the President or the Zhili Provincial Government, I am afraid they will all
I am very impressed with Mr. Yuan. However, if this matter succeeds, Mr. Yuan will be able to stand up and gain a firm foothold. If this matter does not succeed, I am afraid that Mr. Yuan will be doomed." When speaking of the last paragraph, He Qiqi's tone was strong.
From weak to strong, his face looked very solemn.
Yuan Su had to admit that He Qigong had guessed all his plans. Just as He Qigong said, he originally wanted to keep a low profile and hide away, but unfortunately it backfired, so now he can only do the opposite and strive to control with strength.
One party has great power. Now that he has achieved this, he must face a major game next. If his uncle Yuan Shikai really recognizes him, then this matter will be in the past; otherwise, he will become the number one threat to Kinki Zhili
, it won’t be long before Cao Kun will send his troops north.
If the situation comes to a real end, there is no need to fight this battle at all. Neither the Luanzhou Security Regiment nor the patrol battalion will ever confront the Beiyang Army with real swords and guns. By then, he will have no way out, or he will be arrested.
Beijing, or flee to the south.
However, if he dares to do this, he must be certain.
Although Zhili Kinki is an important place, first of all, he has a certain relationship with Yuan Shikai, and secondly, after Wang Huaiqing was driven away by him, someone had to clean up the mess in Tongyong Town. What's more, once civil strife broke out in Zhili, it would have a negative impact on the newly established Beiyang
It would look very bad for the government.
"Brother Ke, what a good idea. What you have guessed is not wrong at all. If it succeeds, my banner, Yuan Su, will be stable. If it doesn't succeed, it will really be doomed. So, brother Ke, do you think I can succeed?"
Yuan Su asked with a half-smile.
"I can't say anything with certainty. Now that I'm on Master Yuan's boat, I hope that Master Yuan will succeed no matter whether it succeeds or not." He Qigong sighed and said.
"We'll see. It won't help no matter how worried you are now." Yuan Su said deeply.