Standing in the shadows, Li Zicheng silently thought to himself that China could no longer withstand any turmoil. Now, the only thing he could do was to control everything within an acceptable range...

Fengtian suburbs

The playground of the Fengtian Corps of the Internal Affairs Force was filled with neatly assembled officers and soldiers. Li Zimin, wearing a major's military uniform, looked at the dark crowd of officers and soldiers in the playground. Everyone looked solemn and excited, and the soldiers loaded their rifles.

The machine gunners held their knives and carried their machine guns. After the early mobilization, all the officers and soldiers now looked eager to try.

Li Zimin slowly glanced at the playground and said loudly:

"All units! Start taking action!"

Li Zimin, who had a straight face and a serious expression, waved his hand, and hundreds of officers and soldiers immediately lined up and poured out of the barracks!

Although it is in Fengtian, there is surprisingly no gunfire here, and there is no confusion like that that occurs in other areas. Only soldiers in large groups poured onto the roads leading to key units in Fengtian. Officers ran in front and shouted orders.

The soldiers kept pace.

Compared with the capital, Fengtian's winter nights are a bit colder, so there are few pedestrians on the streets. At this time, the quiet night streets of Fengtian are filled with the sound of soldiers' neat footsteps and the sounds of weapons and ammunition boxes colliding.

, soldiers walked quickly under the street lights.

The police patrolling at night were disarmed by the soldiers and stared dumbfounded at the actions of the officers and soldiers of the internal affairs force. Some citizens who were still awake heard the footsteps and opened their windows, and saw the black people surging on the streets.

crowd.

The officers and soldiers of the Fengtian Provincial Internal Affairs Corps who set out from outside quickly appeared in front of the Fengtian Provincial Government Building and the Provincial Assembly in cars after some troops stationed in the city opened the city gate. When the police on duty nearby reported to their superiors in a daze,

, the order received was to cooperate with their actions!

Cooperate with the internal affairs troops!

This made the police in Fengtian City somewhat confused. Only then did they remember that the new director of the General Administration came from the Central Committee. Obviously, he was from the Central Committee, so how could he not order his subordinates to cooperate with the actions of the internal affairs forces.

The policemen watched blankly as the officers and soldiers of the Internal Affairs Force surged forward. Some people shouted at them loudly.

"We are all children of poor families. Let's act together! Overthrow the corrupt and authoritarian warlords and end the country's current chaotic situation. Support the Prime Minister to lead this country!"

Many police officers, either out of approval, sympathy, or obedience to orders, joined this torrent. When officers and soldiers of the Internal Affairs Force controlled a series of key locations such as government agencies, official banks, and electric power companies, no one

Resistance occurred. There was no confrontation, no firing.

There were only officers and soldiers of the police and internal affairs forces cooperating with each other. The officers and soldiers who launched the mutiny acted quickly. While each unit controlled the key points, the attacking force headed by the general search battalion pounced on General Fengtian's commander Zhang Zuolin.

In front of the mansion, the guards guarding there were not under the jurisdiction of the police station, nor the internal affairs forces, but the Fengjun, Zhang Zuolin's elite confidants.

When the guards outside the door saw the soldiers rushing towards them with shining swords, they shouted at them to stop! Then the first gunshot broke out!

The next moment, fierce gunfire echoed over the city. The four heavy machine guns loaded on the truck by the attacking troops immediately suppressed the guards in front of the commander's mansion. The fierce gunfire shocked the entire city, and also alarmed the people who had just arrived.

Zhang Zuolin sleeping.

"What the fuck! What's going on?"

Listening to the fierce gunshots coming from the Sixth Department of the Shuai Mansion, Zhang Zuolin instinctively picked up the guy from the bedside and cursed while getting dressed. Then the door was knocked open.

"Commander, Marshal, the internal affairs troops have rebelled!"

"What!"

Wearing a coat, Zhang Zuolin, with a pale face, was about to walk out of the bedroom when he heard several explosions. The attacking troops not only brought heavy machine guns, but also cannons. The gunners directly blasted open the wall of the commander's mansion.

At the same time, the officers and soldiers of the attack force's search battalion used explosives to blow open part of the wall. The officers and soldiers of the internal affairs force carrying submachine guns instantly poured into the courtyard of the commander's mansion. Their helmets reflected a white light under the moonlight, heading straight towards the back house.

Come pouring in!

"Commander, I can't stop you!"

"Have you contacted the troops outside the city?"

"The electricity and phone lines have been cut off. Assistant Commander..."

Listening to the report from his subordinates, Zhang Zuolin squeezed the handle of the pistol tightly with both hands. Listening to the gunshots getting closer and closer, he knew that all of this had probably been carefully prepared by State Secretary Li. No wonder, no wonder he wanted to attack.

Fengtian dispatched troops. Why are they wary of Japan? What... they are all just to seize his power in Fengtian!

"Commander, how about we escape to the Japanese concession and then ask the Japanese to send troops..."

Before Yang Yuting could finish speaking, Zhang Zuolin glared at him.

"Grandma is a bear, Li Zhiyuan is unjust, we cannot be treated as traitors!"

Being a traitor... Zhang Zuolin had never thought about it, but the Japanese were defeated by Li Zhiyuan in Shandong two years ago. Even if they surrendered to the Japanese, how could Japan send troops to help him regain his power?

Besides... being a traitor is really an insult to our ancestors!

"Li Zhiyuan..."

As he murmured this name, Zhang Zuolin's face was filled with a wry smile. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and his heart suddenly became angry.

"Someone is coming..."

When giving the order, he looked in the direction of Beijing, with a slight glint in his slightly closed eyes.

"Li Zhiyuan! Li Zhiyuan!"

In Taiyuan City, there was also a person who kept chanting this name. The sound of gunshots and explosions in his ears was heard by Yan Xishan. After the national revolution was greatly weakened and everyone in the Tongmenghui was expelled from the rear place, he still used

General Tongwu was the only Kuomintang general in Shanxi, a province adjacent to Zhili. Hearing the sound of gunfire in his ears, his face was full of embarrassment.

In any case, before today, Yan Xishan had never thought that Li Zhiyuan would launch a military rebellion, and what was even more unexpected to him was that he would launch a mutiny in Taiyuan.

"General, what should we do now?"

Listening to the gunshots that were getting louder and louder, Zhu Guangguang looked at Yan Xishan nervously. Everyone was still holding the "inspector meeting" before, but who would have thought that the inspector meeting would be interrupted by the mutiny.

Now that the troops are outside the city and have lost contact, how can these people in the general's mansion stop the powerful internal affairs troops?

However, Yan Xishan did not answer Zhu Conguang's question. Instead, he picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip of tea.

"Lansun, I'm afraid that Taiyuan is not the only place where the wind will blow tonight!"

After slowly calming down, Yan Xishan thought a lot in the previous half hour. With Li Zhiyuan's mind, he would never just attack him in Taiyuan, let alone Yuan Shikai's order. If he is right,

The current situation in Taiyuan City is probably still a battle between Li Zhiyuan and Yuan Shikai.

When Bodhisattvas fight, little gods suffer!

While smiling bitterly, Yan Xishan's brows furrowed into a frown. This world...

"Everyone,"

At this time, Yan Xishan turned towards the subordinate staff in the hall who had been summoned by him to hold the "inspector meeting", and said with a fist in his arms.

"Baichuan invites you here today. It was originally to convene a meeting of school inspectors, but I never thought that we would encounter such chaos. It seems that the central government has misunderstood Baichuan. Although the central government has made mistakes, my local officials cannot resist the central government.

In order to avoid hurting innocent people, Baichuan should go out to collect his guilt."

As soon as Yan Xishan said these words, everyone was shocked. People tried to dissuade him, but Yan Xishan waved his hands and said.

"Everyone needs to know that China's poverty and weakness originate from the Manchu Qing Dynasty and are rooted in education. If education does not flourish, China will never be strong. China's rejuvenation must begin with education. Shanxi is located in a remote area, and education has not been available since ancient times.

Xing. The future of Shanxi also lies in education..."

Although gunshots continued to echo in the night sky, Yan Xishan continued to talk about "the way of education" in his lobby. In fact, among all provinces in the country, Shanxi Province has always been the most educated since the implementation of the education law.

One of the provinces that worked hard. When implementing compulsory education, it was not possible to build new school buildings in various places during the school running process. Therefore, many places occupied the original public buildings such as Confucius Temple, Tutu Temple, Guandi Temple, and Longwang Temple as school buildings.

The occupation of the Confucius Temple will inevitably be opposed by the elders from all over the country, and the occupation of other temples will also be opposed by the faithful men and women.

In order to solve this problem, various localities have tried their best, and finally Shanxi Province came up with a solution. Yan Xishan first lobbied the provincial council with eloquent words, and then received the "authorization" of the provincial council, and then directly sent troops to the office.

"Forced education". In order to make the establishment of the school smoother, he directly asked the officers to run the school. He gave his brigade commanders, regimental commanders, battalion commanders, company commanders and even platoon commanders a hard target: each person assigned a number of villages, and in

Build the school within two years. After completion, directly serve as the principal of the school.

At the same time, it is supplemented by certain compulsory punishment measures - "Any school-age children and out-of-school children under the age of 18 who do not enroll in school without any reason shall be identified by the district chiefs and deputy villagers and petitioned to the county governor for approval, and their parents shall be punished with l~

A fine of 5 yuan will be imposed. This fine will be increased by 1 yuan for each age of a school-age child starting from the age of 10. Anyone who intentionally damages or obstructs school affairs and refuses to pay an appropriate amount of the local government-funded school funds shall be fined an equivalent amount by the governor.

The fine shall be limited to a maximum of 30 yuan.”

The two approaches complement each other. In just half a year, more than 3,000 new schools were built in Shanxi, and nearly 150,000 more children were enrolled. In view of this, the central government has repeatedly commended Shanxi Province for promoting education. In recognition of "Shanxi's promotion of education"

"For the merits of compulsory education", after the Ministry of Education applied, the Ministry of Finance specially issued a special bonus of up to one million yuan to him to build Taiyuan University to encourage him to continue to promote education. In order to help him establish Taiyuan University, Dehua

The university has also sent as many as a dozen professors to it. It can be said that Shanxi Province has enjoyed both fame and fortune in promoting compulsory education.

It can be said that at least before today, Yan Xishan had the reputation of "Education General", and Li Zhiyuan himself mentioned Yan Xishan at an education conference. For Yan Xishan, he not only saw that running education can open up

More importantly, Shanxi Minzhi can also obtain funds from the central government in exchange for political capital for himself.

The "Inspector's Meeting" that was being held previously was just to prepare for the province's education work in the coming year. The more important agenda at the meeting was the allocation of funds, because for every additional primary and secondary school student in the school,

The central finance ministry will subsidize it, and if there are more than 100,000 students in a province, the subsidy will also increase accordingly. Although it is directly returned from the central tax, it is definitely profitable for local governments to run education

thing.

As for Shanxi, this advanced province in education in the country, it has received a bonus of 500,000 yuan and the support of 13 centrally invested factories. Although the funds need to be used for education, among the 13 centrally invested factories,

However, it can quickly turn Shanxi from an agricultural province into an "industrial powerhouse" at once. Although the factory is owned by the central government, in the final analysis, the factory is built on the territory of Shanxi Province.

It was precisely after seeing the benefits that Yan Xishan thought about continuing to work hard to obtain some funds and investment from the central government for local construction and "subsidize local education with industry" in the coming year. Just as he was ambitiously preparing for this.

At this time, who would have thought that this mutiny would happen.
To be continued...