On June 7, 4th year of the Republic of China, a new order from the Beijing Police Department, from dawn, all houses along the way will be hung with national flags. //www.//All houses along the street are no longer allowed to stay with relatives and friends, and every household must have a cross-link chain; all vendors at Zhengyangmen and Tianqiao will be driven away.

The reason is very simple. The new Prime Minister will go to the Parliament to be sworn in in 5 days!

For China, this is a big event, almost no less than the change of dynasty in 1912.

The Republic of China is about to celebrate her fourth birthday, and Yuan Shikai's comeback is about to be the fourth anniversary. When the curse of "revising the law" and "specializing the dictatorship" gradually became far away from his ears, he breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to look back at the past four years calmly. He was in trouble with internal and external affairs, and he didn't care about the war. Now, it seems to be gentle, and it's time to look back.

There were so many things, and when the internal and external difficulties were first resolved, Li Zicheng - thinking of him, Yuan Shikai's eyes once again appeared in front of him, and when he thought of the concessions he had made, he couldn't help but shake his head.

On some issues, Li Zicheng's concessions were far beyond his imagination. On the issue of the Army and Navy Department, Li Zicheng did not make any attempt, but on the issue of sending troops, he also supported and even agreed to send all the Jiangsu Army. It was his generousness that forced Yuan Shikai to make concessions on the issue of the Ministry of Justice, or in other words, Yuan Shikai willingly made this concession.

But when the whole person was completely calmed down, Yuan Shikai found that he still felt a little uneasy in his heart. This uneasiness was caused by Li Zicheng's calmness. His calmness may make people sigh, but it cannot help but make people wonder whether there will be any conspiracy hidden behind it.

What kind of conspiracy would it be?

In Juren Hall, sitting opposite Yuan Shikai was his eldest son Yuan Keding. Both the father and son were silent. In contrast, Yuan Shikai's brows were locked tighter.

After the State Council’s organizational regulations, the country was filled with joy for a while. People from all walks of life continued to publish articles in newspapers, happy to see that the “Coalition Government” was established and Li Zicheng was in charge of the country’s power.

"Human hearts, human hearts!"

Thinking of people's expectations for Li Zicheng, Yuan Shikai suddenly felt that he was too lonely. He thought of Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Wang Shizhen, and the civil servants and military generals who were pulled up by him since he was a child to train troops, and finally Li Zicheng.

"No one can share my worries and sorrows."

Thinking of those people's selfishness, Wang Shizhen is the only one among them, which is reliable, but what's the use of him? The generals he promoted all had the idea of ​​leaving private soldiers. It's not a surprise that Yuan Shikai became the president today by training the Beiyang Army into private soldiers.

Who knew that other people did not have such a mind, and it was precisely because of this worry that he agreed to send troops to Europe and "regain" military power through unified central supplies. If he wanted to achieve this goal, he had to get the support of Li Zicheng, who is now the "largest warlord" in China.

But that person Li Zicheng... was too impressed and was so impressed that outsiders could not reach it. He seemed to be very simple, very selfless, but Yuan Shikai knew that if Li Zicheng was really so selfless, he was afraid he would not be able to become today's situation. If the play he was acting could be hidden from him, then this person...

Thinking of Li Zicheng's nominal "swedding brother", Yuan Shikai's mind appeared in his mind. Yuan Keding came. The two of them made a difference. Jian Zhen was very different, but no matter what, it was his son, so he sent someone to call his son in front of him. Because he had no strategy yet, he called his son. When his son came, Yuan Shikai, who had originally wanted to give his son some explanation, suddenly became silent.

Yuan Keding was in a different mood with his son. He was worried about what he told his father that he wanted to have a good relationship with Li Zicheng. In his opinion, Li Zicheng was simply the one who came out to seize power. Naturally, he had to be fine with that kind of person. As for what his father said, he should be friendly with him to make him relax and use it for his own use, he not only did not care about it but thought about it.

"Reversely, be angry, a few crows are making noise on the branches, which will not affect the lush branches and leaves of the towering trees!"

Yuan Keding thought far and thoughtful.

"Sure enough, one day, I came to Zhongnanhai and had a quarrel with my father. At worst, I could start killing and use my sword. I don't believe that your soldiers have gone to Europe, how big can you make a wave."

Recently, when Yuan Shikai and Li Zicheng were discussing the distribution of power of the State Council there, Yuan Keding concentrated on seizing military power for his father, hoping to build a Yuan family's imperial guards and protect the Yuan family's country.

Yuan Keding was ambitious. In fact, since he learned that the presidential election law was revised under the instructions of his father, he has increased his ambitions. The law stipulates that a new president must be elected among the three candidates proposed by the former president. His father is the president, and one day his father can no longer do it, and he has the right to nominate. Not to mention three, even if one is mentioned, it must be Yuan Keding. So he regarded himself as the "Crown Prince".

"Today I will help me conquer the world, and tomorrow will be my world!"

He deeply understood my good intentions. As for the so-called "the prime minister is the first heir to the president", in Yuan Keding's view, it was just a means of his father's confusion of the world. Those methods have been used by those emperors in history.

Sometimes when the father and son sat opposite each other, Yuan Keding understood everything from his father's low mood and spoke before his father asked:

"Uncle, you don't have to worry about what's happening right now. As I think, if the matter is resolved, Pepsi will be settled."

Yuan Shikai, who looked at his son, wanted to teach his son some ways of dealing with people, for a moment forgot his original intention. But now, his son seemed to know, and asked first, but he was vague. He glared at his son and asked:

"What's the matter solved? Pepsi has settled?"

"It's still the old saying, "Strong and weak branches, grab the army."

Yuan Shikai turned his back and said nothing. He knew that when his son came back from Germany in his early years, German Emperor William II repeated what he had said to the regent of the Qing Dynasty to Yuan Keding, hoping that the Yuan father and son would also capture an army that could control the fate of China and was equivalent to a "trunk". In that way, he would not be afraid of the scattered troops with branches and leaves causing trouble. Yuan Keding gave his father two specific opinions, one was to welcome Wang Shizhen to Beijing and preside over the army on behalf of Duan, and the other was to set up an office in the Presidential Palace to lead the Grand Marshal of the Army and Navy, which was the highest military institution in the country and controlled by the President. Although Yuan Shikai accepted it, he could not make up his mind to seize Duan Qirui's military power. However, it was not that he could not make up his mind, but that Duan Qirui was hesitant because Duan Qirui was full of students all over the world. This hesitation was tight, and Duan Qirui took over the first army.

For Yuan Shikai, who is seeking stability, there is only one way to deal with these soldiers in the army, that is, to send their troops to Europe. Now that Li Zicheng agrees, Duan Qirui is missing. As long as he lets go, within two years, the military power will be reintroduced to the central government, which is the hands of Yuan Shikai.

But Yuan Keding didn't know what his father was thinking. Seeing that his father had been practicing the new army for more than half a year, but there was no movement, he thought that his father's sense of "forcedness" was not firm, and he put forward the old words again.

Yuan Shikai was silent for a long time and said:

"Isn't it being implemented gradually? How can such a big thing be achieved overnight?"

Yes, Yuan Shikai has been doing articles on military issues in the past few years, and he did a lot of work: he first agreed to establish a commander office in the Presidential Office, and asked his son to go to Zhengding to drag Laila to invite Wang Tuzhen back to Beijing, and appointed him as generals, and sent him to the commander office. The Chief of the Army Duan Qirui, the Chief of the Navy Liu Guanxiong, and the Chief of Staff Li Yuanhong were also clerks. Soon, he ordered the change of the governors of each province to be generals to weaken local military power.

However, not only did Wang Shizhen lack the courage to manage the army and could not bear the heavy trust of Yuan, but Duan Qirui also gradually restrained himself. Because the "Jiaoao Incident" set off an anti-Japanese anger across the country, Duan Qirui took the opportunity to form the First Army on the grounds of national defense. After the Battle of Lanshan, the First Army became the strongest army of the Central Army. As for the newly established army formed by the generals in the incident, the troops that had never seen blood could not defeat the blood that had seen. This is the most untrue problem in the hearts of the Yuan father and son today.

Looking at his thoughtful father, Yuan Keding said:

"Our uncle's attitude of seeking stability is certainly good. But until today, the army has not improved, and the situation is so bad. What should I do?"

Yuan Shikai sighed and said with disappointment:

"I don't know, the old people in the small station have a growing selfish heart, and most of them are in a downturn. Feng Huafu got up at 12 o'clock every day, Duan Zhiquan always doesn't care about the affairs of the Ministry. What is the Beiyang school like? In the early days, Xizi asked me to transfer Cai Songpo to my side. I transferred him to Beijing and also asked him to be the clerk of the office, but..."

Yuan Keding understood that his father wanted to use Cai E, but he felt that Cai E was not his own and could not rest assured of him. Cai E had been in Beijing for a few years, but he did not have real power to give him.

- Yuan Keding knows his father as well as his father knows him. He knows that he always dreams of power, especially military power; he is afraid of losing power, especially military power, and even more afraid that others will take over military power.

During the transition from the interim president to the official president, Yuan Shikai established a model regiment head in the same way that the Qing Dynasty established the imperial guards. On the one hand, this regiment used second and third-rate figures in the Beiyang faction to preside over the work, and on the other hand, he selected the middle and lower-level officers who were most loyal to him as soldiers, so as to gradually expand from this regiment to establish a Yuan family army that exceeded the Beiyang faction to achieve the expected effect of strengthening the centralization of the Yuan family.

The model regiment really played its role during the "Jiaoao Incident". At that time, the generals of various provinces were unwilling to support Jiangsu because they were selfish and unwilling to support these people. In addition to disappointment, he was able to make up his mind to use the US Huai River loan to train the "new army", but his new army was called the "Border Defense Force" to show that it intends to "strengthen border defense."

When the border defense army was formed, it was expanded based on a model regiment. It can be said that the current border defense army is Yuan Shikai's "Imperial Guard". His officers and soldiers have good knowledge, training, discipline, and even height, and their appearance are also the latest weapons and equipment. This border defense army has trained from the first two divisions to the current four divisions of 100,000, which can be said to be Yuan Shikai's greatest support now.

"We still have to run the model group well."

With the successful experience of the border guards, Yuan Keding was very confident when speaking:

"Uncle, didn't you say you wanted to expand the border guards again? We must hurry up and expand the army."

Yuan Shikai nodded and saw his father nodding, Yuan Keding added.

"The most urgent task now is to start the second phase of the model regiment, and it must be larger than the first phase of the model regiment. Now the difference between the border guards' officers is nearly 1,000. We have to wait until the second phase is completed and more officers need to be trained. In this way, the border guards can form at least four more divisions. If they continue to do this phase one phase, they can train at least 600,000 border guards in less than three years!"

Listening to Yuan Keding saying this, Yuan Shikai sighed in his heart. His son always thinks everything too simply. If everything is as simple as he said, then it will be easy to do. How can we practice soldiers and soldiers? Rely on money. If there is no money, how much does it cost to train 600,000 new troops?

Although he was a little dissatisfied, Yuan Shikai didn't say anything. As long as his son understood what was the most important thing, he could not do without guns. He was as innocent as Song Jiaoren and as thoughtful as Li Zhiyuan, but he didn't see this clearly. Perhaps Li Zhiyuan could see it clearly, but he still had to hand over the military power.

"The Second Phase Model Officer Regiment!"

In the Ying Guesthouse, he looked at Xiao Xiao who came to the capital with him. He was the "Servant Officer" recommended by Han Wu. If nothing unexpected happens, once the time is right, he will serve as the "Chief of the Internal Affairs Force". It can be said that he will be the foundation for his future position in the central government and handed him the secret documents he had just obtained, Li Zicheng added.

"Our president is about to establish a second phase of the officer model regiment!"

In fact, in the past few years, especially after the "Republic of China Rebellion", Yuan Shikai's way of weakening local warlords was to use various excuses to invite local warlords to Beijing, establish a general's office, and raise them with high officials and generous salaries to eliminate future troubles. After dealing with external threats, Yuan Shikai began to turn his attention to the Beiyang Army beside him. After years of reorganization and expansion, the total strength of the Beiyang Army has reached 1.2 million, and this huge military force is divided into dozens of generals. I know that the fact that those troops have almost become "private troops" of those generals made Yuan Shikai feel deeply uneasy.

After the "Republic of China's rebellion", Yuan Shikai was afraid that his general Wei Da would not be able to get rid of it and became a personal force. This became the main force, Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui. Duan Qirui had been pursuing military education in the Beiyang Army. All the officers of the Beiyang Army were Duan Qirui's students. Duan Qirui and Yuan Shikai had a guess about him. Feng Guozhang, because Feng Guozhang was good with the powerful and popular person in the Qing Dynasty, Yuan Shikai also had suspicion of him. He gradually realized that Duan Qirui had some great achievements and was too great to lose his tail. Yuan Shikai seemed to see his former self in Duan Qirui, so he began to try to weaken Duan Qirui's power. The establishment of the Command Office was to limit the military of the Beiyang master headed by Duan Qirui.

In addition to limiting the military power of several Beiyang bosses headed by Duan Qirui, Yuan Shikai also quickly formed a model army of officers who completed the Beiyang Army, selected elite military forces from various Beiyang units and were well-equipped. At the same time, the most important purpose of this unit after its establishment was to be loyal to the head of state and not join the party. Yuan Shikai hoped to rebuild a military force that was completely loyal to him in addition to the Beiyang Army.

"Brand this model regiment, by himself as the leader of the regiment and Chen Guangyuan as the deputy regiment commander, President Yuan successfully captured at least part of the military power. When forming this army, his son Yuan Keding's team was deeply embedded. It can be said that the model regiment was Yuan Shikai's "Imperial Guard" to some extent. The model regiment was established in September last year, then expanded in October, and officially formed a border defense force in November. Now, four divisions have been organized. Although it has been a little hasty, it is still the Yuan family squad. If nothing unexpected happens, after the second model regiment is organized, by next year, the president will have no less than 300,000 troops in his hands!"

Although he said 300,000, Li Zicheng knew very well that if an agreement to send troops to Europe was reached before the end of the year and the border guards were reorganized into the war army, by then, not to mention 300,000, it would not be impossible to train a million-dollar army.

"If it is expected, the scale of the second-stage model officer regiment will be far greater than the first stage. The expansion of the scale will lead to different from the first stage. In addition to the middle and lower-level officers and students from Baoding Military Academy, we may also recruit a group of knowledgeable young people from the society to enrich the grassroots level. In this way, our opportunity will come!"

Looking at Xiao Xiao with a smile, Li Zicheng took out a document. The document was a list of officials and assistants from the Ministry of Internal Affairs prepared by Han Wu for himself. There were nearly 3,000 people. Although there were 3,000 people, all of the three thousand were young officers or young soldiers carefully selected from the 200,000 Jiangsu Army. If needed, relying on this team, a military force of no less than 150,000 people can be pulled up within half a year.

"Xinren, this time, you have to give up!"

"gentlemen……"

Looking at the document, Xiao Xiao immediately understood the husband's intention. He wanted to take the opportunity to put his "his own people" into the model group.

"Tian Ren has prepared three thousand people for me. This time, I will draw eight hundred people away. How about it?"

"gentlemen,"

He frowned slightly. Although he had no objection to the transfer of personnel to the model group, Xiao Xiao still had other concerns.

"They are not from the CSKA. If they join the Model Corps, will they be suppressed? If this happens, it may not be worth the loss!"

Personal experience in serving in the CSKA made Xiao Xiao extremely disgusted with "suppressing different things", and he also knew that this was the tradition of the CSKA.
Chapter completed!