As he ate, Xiong Xi became closer and closer to Liu Jingxiao, and he kept saying "Teacher Commander, Commander". Liu Jingxiao saw that he was very erotic and talked very vigorously, and was very nervous, and he felt very happy.

At this time, Secretary Xiong suddenly asked: "Teacher, I dare to ask, is our army now the Zhili or the Hubei division?"

"This..." Liu Jingxiao couldn't help but hesitate and couldn't speak.

Since the Republic, although there is no fact of democracy, there is freedom of speech. In the former Jinshi teahouse, it was posted: "Don't talk about national affairs." Now you can publicly accuse the President and Prime Minister in newspapers. The worst result is that the newspaper has been suspended for half a month.

In fact, there was an old man in Beijing who founded a newspaper that specifically cursed people, thinking that he was the way to make money. This man liked to collect gold and stone, but there was not much ocean in his pocket, so he specially founded this newspaper as the way to make money. Whenever the president, the Prime Minister and the ministers of the Congress performed their duties, he would definitely curse in the newspaper, swearing the three generations of his ancestors and scolding them with shame.

People are picking on the bones in the eggs. Although they scold them very much, there are not many false statements. You sealed the newspaper office, and they changed their name and released them again. Do you want to arrest people? That's not true. Freedom of the press has been repeatedly affirmed from the founding father to Mu Tiehan. The law stipulates that "the people have freedom of speech". Even if you are the president and prime minister, you can only go to court to sue. However, a lawsuit often takes several years, and maybe the Supreme Court will be rejected. People have scolded them in the newspapers many times.

It is very simple to think that people don’t scold them. If they spend money, they will turn to others to scold them as soon as they collect money. Any old government official who has served as a minister must give money to this man before taking office, so as not to be scolded as soon as they take office. This time, President Feng did not understand the rules when he entered Beijing, but he was shaken out all his actions in Jiangsu. The new owner of the White House quickly sent someone to send money.

Because of this, Xiong Xi dared to openly talk about the disputes between the palaces and courts in the restaurant without anyone paying attention to this issue, but Liu Jingxiao dared not speak out. There are ears in the walls, and it will inevitably lead to endless troubles when it comes to outsiders. Moreover, Liu Jingxiao also has his own difficulties. He said to Xiong Xi: "Secretary Xiong, I will tell you the truth too... Let's say this, I am half of the Hubei clan. There are many cadres under my command, but now they are on the same line as the direct clan. This is really difficult..."

Xiong Xi listened to Liu Jingxiao's words and advised: "Please choose the good between the two and do it. Nowadays, it is better to be close to Premier Duan..."

Upon hearing this, Liu Jingxiao and Guo Junqing both stopped chopsticks and asked, "Why is this?"

Xiong Xi asked: "Please ask the commander, how many divisional forces are there in the Direct Division? How many divisional forces are there in the E Division?"

Liu Jingxiao suddenly realized, and he took a look for a while and said, "If you count the mixed brigade, the direct division is only the strength of the tenth division."

The meaning in his words is very obvious. Although the direct army is capable of conquering troops, its real strength is only ten divisions. The strength of the Hubei clan is not included in the mixed brigade. There are more than fifteen "department" numbers alone, which does not include a bunch of mixed brigades and independent brigades. They are absolutely dominant in terms of strength comparison, so he has the idea of ​​returning to the Hubei clan.

Xiong Xi said another secret story at this time, and he said: "When I was in the Presidential Palace, I had many contacts with the people of the State Council, and Secretary-General Ding was very close to me, so I heard that the Prime Minister had always had the intention of unifying the whole country by force..."

This is a well-known secret. Since the era of Mu Tiehan, the unification of force has been the established national policy of the north. It was only because of financial reasons. Duan Tiemin is naturally no exception. His promotion of direct cooperation between Hubei and Hubei was actually for the cause of the Southern Expedition.

Liu Jingxiao remembered something at this time. When Wang Bincheng negotiated with the Fengtian clique, Sun Tingyu finally said: "Tell Premier Duan, if the war in the south starts, the Fengtian army will freely launch a division of troops, and there is no need for the central government to launch a slight move..."

If the Fengtian faction thought about diverting the pressure from both sides of the direct and Hubei, it would definitely support the Northern Army's southern expedition. With this catalyst, Duan Tiemin would probably only want to achieve a situation of unification of the north and the south in his own hands, and his intention to fight the southern expedition would probably be even more intense.

Xiong Xi's words surprised Liu Jingxiao: "The president means to negotiate first. If the negotiation fails, it will not be too late to fight in the south. I can't wait for Prime Minister Duan for that long, because he has the intention to borrow Zhao Yun?"

So he immediately asked, "Is this Zhao Yun? Who is it?"

Xiong Xi said: "The public statement is Cao Ming and Cao's inspection envoy, but in fact everyone knows that Premier Duan is a standard military academy, so how can he respect Cao's inspection envoy who is a hawker? His ideal candidate is Chen Yunjie. I heard that Premier Duan wants Cao Ming to be the commander-in-chief of the Southern Expedition and Deputy Chen Yunjie. After conquering the south, Cao Ming will be the inspector of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Chen Yunjie will be the governor of Guangdong..."

Then he talked about the personnel arrangements drawn up by Duan Tiemin. Liu Jingxiao was very smart and understood why the Wuhan front line and the two sides were in a confrontation, but they could maintain a situation of no war and disagreement.

The two sides were calling for messages on the surface, but in fact they were negotiating secretly. When the two sides agreed, their lives would be difficult at that time. Chen Yunjie might join forces with the Hubei army to stab him in the back.

Although Cao Ming is the head of the Zhi army, it is unpredictable. At present, the Zhi army is blocked in southern Hubei and cannot return to his hometown in Zhili. If he turns to fight with the Hubei army, he will be all under the Hubei army. There are only two Zhi army troops, one is the first division and one brigade brought to Beijing by President Feng to "defend bandits", and the other is the Zhi army that guards Daming, Baoding. However, the Zhi army aided Hubei and the troops left behind in the hometown are almost playing the empty city plan, so if the war begins, the Zhi army will have no chance of winning.

However, Duan Tiemin promised to make great profits and let Zhijun take the lead in the Nanzheng battle, which was the best for him, and for Cao Ming, it was also a good thing.

Liu Jingxiao couldn't help but frown and said, "What do Premier Duan thinks of me..."

Xiong Xi thought for a long time before saying, "I'm afraid the impression is very bad... I heard from Secretary General Ding that the Prime Minister had very objections to the division commander's opposition to the central government in Langfang. He wanted to send troops to pacify several times, but it was only a situation where direct and Hubei cooperation was needed, so he did not send troops..."

Xiong Xi continued: "Teacher Commander, you quit Sichuan and refuse to take office as an envoy in Sichuan... I don't know what happened... But for the Prime Minister, that's a great disrespect..."

Then he analyzed it again and said, "In the eyes of Premier Duan, he is the leader of the northern soldiers. No matter how big your mistake is, you belong to the Northern Army lineage... Your territory is the territory of the Northern Army, and your strength is the strength of the Northern Army... Only the division commander is in Sichuan for one day, the Northern Army has a flag in the middle of Sichuan. He bribed the Sichuan officers' soldiers and was ready to lead the army into Sichuan at any time... But the division commander withdrew from Sichuan, which was just the opposite of the Prime Minister's psychology... The division commander returned the guns of the Sichuan army. In the eyes of Premier Duan, this was another serious crime. In his eyes, the division commander's capital is the capital of the northern soldiers, and he did not allow his orders and managed to support the enemy without authorization... Isn't this the Prime Minister's prejudice?"

Xiong Xi's analysis was very conscientious. Liu Jingxiao listened very carefully. After he finished speaking, Liu Jingxiao smiled lightly: "Now I think about it, the Prime Minister hates me to the core and must have borrowed my head to establish his authority. But I have some soldiers at hand now, so I don't dare to show my power..."

Xiong Xi quickly flattered Liu Jingxiao: "The teacher is brilliant...the teacher is brilliant..."

Liu Jingxiao smiled softly again and said, "So, from your perspective, how can this be cured?"

Xiong Xi quickly stood up, took two steps back, bowed to Liu Jingxiao and said, "Teacher, Xiong Xi is willing to relieve his worries..."

Liu Jingxiao smiled and said, "Secretary Xiong, please come to Beijing for me and clear me in front of the Prime Minister..."

The thing Xu Zhen talked to Liu Jingxiao about was also related to business. It turned out that he wanted to go to Sichuan with some high-profit materials, but someone needed to take care of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. I would like to ask Liu Jingxiao to help me with a small favor. The reward will be better at that time.

Liu Jingxiao is also a gentleman who loves money as much as his life. The two hit it off and reached an agreement immediately. However, Liu Jingxiao brought his family and Xu Zhen could not lead him into the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, which is a very regrettable thing.

These days, Liu Jingxiao accompanied his wife to go shopping and bought sandalwood for five or seven cents for her, which moved the little nun very much.

The rest of the time I went to visit the newly appointed Hubei side's inviting people. Unfortunately, Xu Youzheng was not in Wuhan, and only the new governor Wu Xinguang met Liu Jingxiao. Wu was quite enthusiastic about Liu Jingxiao's visit. He also pulled out a batch of arms from the Hanyang Arsenal for him, and asked Liu Jingxiao to pat his chest and said, "Absolutely obey the orders of Wu!"

But no matter how he looked at this Wu Governor, he looked useless. The only reason why he could become a military governor was probably because he was Duan Tiemin's brother-in-law, a noble relative, and not a war general. This is Liu Jingxiao's opinion.

The whole province of Hubei has been in peace these days, and even the telegram war has not been fought. However, Hunan failed to aid Hubei and a civil war broke out.

On that day, Liu Jingxiao was talking to his wife in the hotel, when someone suddenly broke in. After a closer look, it turned out that it was Xiong Xi who was sent to Beijing to walk in the inside line. He waved a letter in his hand, and a very long and powerful character written by the letter was revealed under the corner of the letter. Liu Jingxiao stood up and said, "Do you bring Premier Duan's handwritten letter?"
Chapter completed!