Chapter 17 The Demons Dance
Liu Jingxiao seemed to have returned to that era with endless passion and dreams. Others may look at Liu Jingxiao's current position and respectfully called him "Teacher Liu", but Yan Aoshuang is different. For her, no matter when, Liu Jingxiao will always be just a good student of him.
So Yan Aoshuang locked Liu Jingxiao's sleepy ears and forced him to go out for morning exercises. In the cold wind, Liu Jingxiao vaguely found his shadow back then.
There is a poem by Master Li Houzhu not saying: "The carved railings and jade bricks should still be there, but the red faces are changed." However, in Liu Jingxiao's eyes, the entire Vermilion Bird has not changed at all, and it seems that there is no difference from when he left.
It is the experience of Liu Jingxiao's life in Zhuque for so many years. Now that he has become an official and has a higher position, Liu Jingxiao has also lost a little bit of motivation. He has a beautiful wife and concubine, a high-ranking official, a rich and generous soldier, and more than ten thousand private money. Everything that ordinary people cannot see is that Liu Jingxiao did at the age of 24...
As the saying goes, power makes people corrupt, but it only takes one day to wipe out an army. Only in this environment can Liu Jingxiao calm down and think about the gains and losses in the past two years. He seems to have returned to that time and saw that innocent and infatuated boy.
But he can never go back to the past, just as Guo Junqing said: "You are now in charge of more than 10,000 mouths to eat..." He can never go back, and Liu Jingxiao could only stand by the poplar tree, with the figures of the juniors from the next few classes, retrieving the little bit of sustenance.
The juniors were very polite to Liu Jingxiao, and with anticipation, he called him enthusiastically: "Senior Liu!"
Of course there is a reason. Now Zhuque graduates are really difficult to find a job. Zhuque has been suppressed by students from Baoding Military Academy. No one can serve as a senior high school leader. Generally speaking, it is because he cannot be promoted at the position of the battalion company commander. He will be a lifelong life. He will be a idle position such as staff officer, deputy chief, and finally he will be idle.
No one in the court should rebel. Rebellion requires power and power, let alone joining the army, which has formed a vicious cycle. In the past six or seven years, the most proud of the cadres who came out of Zhuque was only Guangdong as the deputy battalion commander.
However, senior Liu Jingxiao, who was last year, took a group of classmates to the northeast to work hard. The Mobei was invincible and defeated Rouran and attacked Linxi. Later, he returned to Hubei and opposed Premier Duan in Langfang, which gave great hope in the eyes of his juniors.
As expected, Senior Liu was Senior Liu. A regiment was expanded into a division when he arrived in Hubei. Later, he fought with the Hunan Army for eight days in Yanglou Division, without any disadvantage. He also broke more than 100,000 Sichuan bandits in Yichang. He can be said to be the most popular young officer this year. In just over two years, he has been promoted from the bottom to the division commander, and it is also a Central Division! There are only more than 20 Central Divisions in the country!
The rank of colonel is also dazzling! Although it is really strange to be the commander of the Central Division with the rank of colonel, which is really a strange story in China (the commanders of each Central Division are lieutenant generals, and there are even higher-level commanders), Senior Liu is now very favored, and it is estimated that the time for promotion to lieutenant general will not be long, so the junior sister is counting on Liu Jingxiao.
No matter how close you are, you can't kiss your own people. They all came from the same school. They were much more friendly. When they went to the 17th Division, they naturally had a long-term prospect, but they were ten thousand times better than going to a miscellaneous unit! I didn't see the seniors who went to Northeast China with Liu Jingxiao, the highest one was the chief of staff of the division. There were also a bunch of regiment commanders, battalion commanders, company commanders, and platoon commanders at the same level, and even more could not count them with both hands and feet.
It was the last senior Sima Hong and the others who had just arrived at the 17th Division for a few months. Although they had not caught up with the battle of Yanglou Division, the few who made military achievements in Sichuan and Hubei were now the deputy company commanders, and countless platoon leaders and sergeants were even more so. Go to the 17th Division! This was the unanimous idea in the Zhuque school.
Liu Jingxiao is also very welcome. Now he has five regiment commanders. The second regiment expanded by the cavalry battalion is his own direct troops. He likes it no matter how he looks at it. The other three regiment commanders, Han Xinhai is not qualified enough, Li Heyi is not capable enough, Xiao Rulang also relies on himself, Meng Dingguo promoted himself, and Liu Jingxiao is still a little worried about these three regiments. Although some cadres from Zhuque were installed, they are not as safe as the second regiment when used.
Building these three regiments into their own basic direct troops is Liu Jingxiao’s dream, and it is still reliable for his own alumni from Zhuque. Therefore, Liu Jingxiao promised: "All those who come to the 17th Division will be given priority!"
In addition, veteran cadres also need to be gilded. Although the camp school is now training cadres and they still use the "Hubei Branch of the Zhuque Army Officer's School", it is a crash course after all, so Liu Jingxiao is also preparing to pick out some excellent cadres to recommend to Zhuque to study. Yan Aoshuang agreed very happily about this proposal.
Yan Aoshuang was happy about the growth of the two students. No matter what conditions Liu Jingxiao asked, she was willing to agree. Last night, Liu Jingxiao officially mentioned Guo Junqing's marriage to her. Yan Aoshuang asked Guo Junqing's opinions and agreed.
However, he and Guo Junqing were with each other day. Although they had secret feelings for each other, they always maintained a relationship of friendship and selflessness. Guo Junqing even maintained a virginity, which was indeed a miracle.
Yan Aoshuang also knew this very well. These two good students respected themselves, and she herself didn't know how long this special relationship could last...
But even this joyful time didn't last long. On the third day after Liu Jingxiao returned to school, Ding Quanwei came to find Liu Jingxiao again, and was still very polite.
Liu Jingxiao also had a good impression of the former secretary-general of the government. After asking, he found out that Ding Quanwei was still coming to Liu Jingxiao to declare war on Cape's divorce.
Unlike Duan Tiemin's pro-war proposition, the attitude of the governors of each province is mostly against participating in the war. Now a very strange phenomenon has appeared. The governors seem to have become President Feng's fellow travelers, saying: "Don't declare war on Cape!"
However, during the Hubei-Feng War, the leadership of Shandong Governor Wang Ziqi was restored.
To put it bluntly, it is a military supervisory union that takes collective strikes as a matter of work. More than ten of their military supervisors said in a telegram against the declaration of war: "Not to be stable, there is no way to resist foreign countries... If you insist on doing your own thing, you can only give up your duty of public security..."
To put it bluntly, it is a threat to Duan Tiemin. Usually, a general in charge of a military officer who resigned, and it is difficult for Duan's cabinet to suppress it. Moreover, so many military officers are listed on the power supply. In addition, there are also many inspectors, guards, and guards. Duan Tiemin was furious even if he wanted to be a dragon.
Liu Jingxiao was originally an indecisive declaration of war. When he heard that so many people opposed it, he said: "It seems that such a person is against it. This declaration of war will never happen..."
He was inspired by Ding Quanwu, so he turned to the declaration of war faction. His will was not firm. Ding Quanwu was afraid that he would say this, so he hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Don't be afraid...Don't be afraid! So many governors are not really opposed to declaration of war. You have your name on it..."
When Liu Jingxiao saw that the electricity was on, it was right! He was indeed listed among them and immediately understood what Ding Quanwu said was correct.
Since the Republic, there has been a bad habit, which is that Latin has been brave in powering up the power. The stronger the momentum, the more people are signing the message. He couldn't help but say: "Wang Ziqi is really not a thing, he dares to oppose the Prime Minister..."
This has greatly wronged Wang Ziqi. In fact, this is not Wang Ziqi. The leader of the current army is not Wang Ziqi, but Zhang Ke from the newly formed second division of the Central Army.
This brother Zhang Kezhang, who had not fired a single shot with the Feng army in the Hubei-Feng War and fought fiercely with Wang Ziqi's troops, is now the most popular person in the army.
His troops were also a bunch of monsters. His position was "the office of the Bandit Suppression Association of the Four Provinces and the commander of the Lunan Town", but people ridiculed him for not the Bandit Suppression Association, but the Bandit Suppression Association. He included all the bandits from the Four Provinces under his account and took them into his own strength.
However, although this army that does not distinguish between soldiers and bandits, although the military discipline is very poor, it is not true that these soldiers from bandits are all like tigers and wolves, and they will rush and fight as soon as they enter the battle.
What's more, his troops were organized into six regiments of two brigades, and were accompanied by artillery regiments, cavalry regiments, engineering regiments, supplementary regiments, field supplementary regiments, division-affiliated regiments, second independent regiments, baggage regiments, guardian battalions and other names. The total number was as high as 25,000 people, and his voice had always been very high.
The so-called barking dog has bones to chew, not to mention that he barks very hard, he is the one who attacks Congress the most, he is also the one who attacks President Feng the most, and he is also the one who scolds Premier Duan for being worthless.
One of the important reasons why Feng Li was successfully elected as president was that Zhang Ke, this lord, was desperately attacking Feng, and even said that "it is better to choose Feng than to choose the enemy"! OK! This is really a stroke from the sky. Congress is suffering from this lord's interference in Congress. The more he opposes, the more Congress insists on choosing him. With Zhang Ke's strong assistance, President Feng was out of the cage.
When the resurgence of the Supervisor Army was restored, Feng Li later instructed him, but Feng no longer controlled the group of demons. Zhang Huiban had the greatest voice, so he naturally invisibly controlled the Supervisor Army.
Nowadays, the Zhanghui Office is stationed in Xuzhou, and for a time, the crowds of Chinese people gathered. Zhang Ke was the only leader of the northern soldiers. Feng Duan and the others retreated to the nominal leader, which made Nanjing, known as the place of gold and pink in the Six Dynasties, feel dim.
Now everyone calls Zhang Ke not "Zhang Huiban" or "General Zhang", but instead calls him "I am the general" to show respect. Jiangsu is the territory of President Feng, and the successor General Tian Zhiming looked gloomy because of this. After listening to the complaints of his old subordinates, Feng Li tried his best to think of a reason to expel him: "Xuzhou is the jurisdiction of Jiangsu, please go back to your own jurisdiction!"
However, Zhang Ke's reply was so angry that Feng Li and Tian Naoki were so angry that he said: "Jiangsu is also one of the four provinces in East China. I am also the Bandit Suppression Association of the Four Provinces in East China. Jiangsu is also within his own sphere of influence..."
In the end, Tian Zhiming also took the method of strike and sent a telegram to General Duan Nei to resign. Of course, it was not a real resignation, but a cabinet to overwhelm the arrogant Zhang Dashen.
But in the end, Zhang Ke and Zhang still stayed in Nanjing and refused to leave. He was so majestic! This time he tried hard to join forces with many people to criticize the declaration of war, but there are many secrets in it. Among the names, some are those who are informed after the incident, some advocate declaration of war, and some are those who echo.
When the power was issued, representatives from Jiangxi, Hubei and Jiangsu provinces all said something like "I want to ask for the superiors". Without Zhang Huishang, Zhang Dashen spoke. Anhui Governor Hu Jieru had already started to jump: "You dare not represent, let me represent them!" He immediately picked up the pen to sign on behalf of others.
Therefore, although the power is so loud and the aura is so high, after Ding Quanwu's analysis, Liu Jingxiao felt that the declaration of war may not be a chance to pass, and immediately strengthened his position on declaring war.
Ding Quanwei analyzed the psychology of these supervisors very thoroughly, and was afraid that the Duan Cabinet took the opportunity of declaring war to get rid of his hat. Not only did he pay for the money to send troops, but he led his troops thousands of miles away from the West. However, the old chicken coop at home had been taken over by others, so he became a fellow president, while the Prime Minister Duan, who was a soldier in the north, turned into a lonely goose.
Ding Quanwu and Liu Jingxiao immediately sent a telegram, proposing to declare war, and the old trick of signing was naturally not exempted. At the same time, it was stated that after the declaration of war, all expenses were responsible for the central government, and all the troops to go out were drawn from the central government's direct troops, and secretly cleared to the supervisory army, saying that each province would never need to use one bullet or another.
Hearing that there was no need to send troops and money on his own, the governor immediately made a big turn of 180 degrees, and all the loyal and righteous people who became loyal and righteous countries in Gongcheng were patted on their chests and shouted: "I wish to drive the long car and sweep 30,000 miles away!"
It just made Liu Jingxiao suffer because he had too many telegrams listed, and sometimes he advocated declaring war and sometimes opposed neutrality. Some people scolded him for being right and wrong yesterday and sent him a lot of letters. However, Liu Jingxiao is now thick-skinned, and he can't break it with a thirty-two-pound cannon, let alone a few pieces of thin paper.
However, the governor's army was very powerful and as the respect of Premier Duan, he had to clear the governor's army, let alone ordinary people! In particular, Zhang Ke's arrogance was extremely high. After a few days, the governor's army gathered in Xuzhou again and officially elected Zhang Ke as the leader: "Whenever important matters are encountered, General Zhang can be listed as the leader, and then notify the provinces... Anyone who is wronged by the country and the people will be jointly condemned... This group has no choice but to use troops to publicly recommend the leader as the commander-in-chief... If all parties undermine the unification or unreasonable demands from the government, this group will be publicly hostile..."
The Governor's Army, a group called "demons dance in the history of the Republic, once again began to influence the direction of history. Zhang Ke's arrogance became higher and higher, and he began to be proud. Not to mention that Premier Duan is not in his current situation, President Feng is not in his current situation, and naturally the Southwest is not in his current situation. His personal opinion must be the opinions of the group. Not to mention that no other Governor's opinions were sought beforehand, or that a Governor's telegram was late afterwards, he shouted that Governor was not righteous enough and violated the dignity of his leader.
One day, he used the name of several governors to issue a proposal to determine Confucianism as a national religion (at that time, many people misled their children with the Four Books and Five Classics. The Ministry of Education repeatedly demanded the abolition of reading the scriptures, but Zhang Ke did the opposite). The governors of various provinces urgently issued a telephone call saying, "What Zhang Shuai said really won my heart... Only my general's leader is the leader." In the praises, he found that there was no one from Taiwan's second fleet, Xiao Dixi, and he couldn't help but slapped the table: "What Xiao Diji?"
Someone had already told Xiao Diji that he quickly called and apologized, saying that it was because his secretary was incompetent and delayed the time for sending the telegram. He was really sorry. Later, for a while, the call for the vacant vice president was extremely high, and among the candidates, Zhang Ke admired Xu Juren the most, so he asked the provinces to support Xu Juren. As a result, Commander Xiao quickly called back: "I think it's better to support me than support Juren!" However, after sending the message, Xiao Diji sneered: "Look at how many times you are going to be?"
The governors of various provinces seemed to have become something in his hands, and often spoke in a coquettish telegram saying: "We will never have to hold any meetings or go through any voting and signature procedures. I dare to bother Zhang Shuai to be determined to preside over the leadership. We all obey..."
Of course this is just a superficial phenomenon. The governors of all provinces are people with eyes on their heads. They would not really support a rude man. They just took the opportunity to cause trouble. The so-called "devils danced around" by the governors is no longer appropriate.
But this is a later story. Let's not mention it for now. Let's talk about the issue of participating in the war. Liu Jingxiao can be said to be a key player of the E-sect in the war. He spared no effort. Premier Duan saw his hard work and wanted to immediately advance his military rank. However, due to the procedural issues, it was impossible to handle it in just a month. Finally, he awarded Liu Jingxiao a third-class Baoguang Jiahe seal, which was then awarded by President Feng to Liu Jingxiao.
Liu Jingxiao praised Premier Duan's kindness, but as soon as he came home, he immediately gave the big ribbon, Baoguang Jiahe Zhang to Yan Aolin and said, "This thing will be handled by the teacher..."
He really looked down on these third-class Dashang Baoguang Jiahezhang. With his military achievements, he defeated the Hunan Army at Tingsi Bridge and broke into the Sichuan thief at Nanjin Pass. Although he could not get the first-class Dashang Baoguang Jiahezhang, he would still be able to get the second-class Dashang Baoguang Jiahezhang. Unexpectedly, he actually got the insulting third-class Dashang Baoguang Jiahezhang.
Yan Aoshuang immediately used this third-class Baoguang Jiahe seal as one of the prizes for outstanding students. The students were cheering and thanked Senior Liu very much.
However, no matter how unsatisfied Liu Jingxiao was, she had to stand on the banner of Premier Duan to promote the passage of the case of breaking up the war. Duan Tiemin handed over the declaration of war to Feng Li several times, and Feng Li returned the original text, and the president did not stamp it. This would not have legal effect on the case of breaking up the war to Cape.
In fact, Feng did not oppose the case of declining the war, but Duan's claim. Due to the Cold War between the government and the court, he now has a perverted mentality. Anyone who Duan opposes, he will definitely support it, and Duan's support, he will definitely oppose it. The so-called act of impulse is nothing more than that. The Chinese like this kind of unreasonable objection. There is also an article by a commentator on the outside declaration. He said: "To be honest, I agree with the declaration of war, but Duan's cabinet presides over the declaration of war, so I will definitely oppose it to the end..."
On this day, Duan brought many people into the mansion to meet Feng, including Duan's Xingan general Liu Jingxiao. Duan said as soon as he met: "Please publicly disagree with the reason for declaring war..."
Feng said hesitantly: "I don't care. I don't mean to violate public opinion."
But Liang Rengong, who belongs to the Progressive Society, was present. The Liang Rengong, who claimed to be the authority of public opinion, immediately stood up and said, "Public opinion? I am also a member of the public opinion. It is not necessarily that public opinion is opposed to declaring war..."
Feng couldn't speak for a moment, looked around and wanted to find a helper. Finally, he found the Chief of Staff Duan Shizhen, and said, "Shizhen and I have the same idea!"
Duan Shizhen's Huang Lao's technique has reached its peak. He has never been willing to say a tough word, he has never been willing to offend someone, he has never been responsible, but because Feng's words have been forced to the point where there is no way out, he can only barely say two clearer words: "The Cape Army is the strongest... What if they come to Beijing City, what should I do?"
As a result, the day ended again without any results. Liu Jingxiao talked about everything he saw and heard with Yan Aoshuang. Yan Aoshuang was not surprised. After she laughed with Guo Junqing, she said, "Duan Shizhen, this old slippery man, don't believe his words..."
During this period, Liu Jingxiao was Duan Tiemin's general during the day, and when he came back at night, he was tired of Yan Aoshuang. Guo Junqing couldn't stand it and advised him to take care of his health. However, Liu Jingxiao said to Guo Junqing: "I will accompany you like this after marriage..." This made the beauty angry and gently beat Liu Jingxiao with a beautiful face, making Liu Jingxiao not know where she was.
The next day, Premier Duan brought Liu Jingxiao and his group to the Presidential Palace again, holding a consultation on the Parliament to pass the case of declaring war on Cape and asked the President to stamp it. However, President Feng still had the same old tone: "This problem is too big, please make a long-term plan..."
Duan Ban looked and said nothing. Xu Youzheng suddenly jumped up from the chair, walked to the window, and waved his fist suddenly, and with a loud bang, breaking the glass window.
Seeing this, Feng didn't say a word, and his face was expressionless. He immediately stamped the seal, and the declaration of war was sent to Congress that day.
Liu Jingxiao also knew that she should go back to Yichang. He asked Yan Aoshuang to walk with him, but Yan Aoshuang still had her calm attitude towards things: "Go! I miss you!"
Liu Jingxiao also knew that Yan Aoshuang had this kind of temperament. She always looked at everything indifferently, but she loved them the most. She couldn't let go of these juniors and sisters, so she could only take the opportunity to lean in Yan Aoshuang's arms and burst into tears.
Chapter completed!