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Chapter 662: Boiling Frogs in Warm Water (Part 2)

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    At the beginning of the year, the National Revolutionary Army mutinied due to lack of pay. Duan Qirui, in power, was informed by Zhang Hanqing and instead ordered Zhang Zhijiang and Sun Yue to restrain Zhang Zhijiang and Sun Yue on the grounds that "the revolutionary army ignored the overall situation of peaceful reunification and intended to destroy the hard-won stability."  Army, don't cause trouble.  He said angrily: "The national finances are hard-won. Now that the political situation is generally unified, it is no longer appropriate to retain so many troops. If your ministry insists on paying, I can only solve the problem by reducing the number of troops!"

    Sun Yue did not dare to challenge Zhang Hanqing, but he dared to angrily ask Duan Qirui: "Why can Fengjun get sufficient protection?"

    Duan Qirui said calmly: "Fengjun's military expenditures do not come from the Ministry of Finance. If Marshal Gu Niantong was not of the revolutionary lineage and entrusted the Ministry of Finance to do everything possible to meet the needs, your army would have been out of food long ago!"

    Nowadays, the political and economic center of Northeast China is gradually shifting to the central government. The real power of the central government is in the hands of the former "general office" directors in Northeast China. Basically, there are two systems with the committees: the committee takes the name, and the general office takes it seriously.  The thing that exists - right.  Even the departments in each province under the Fengxian dynasty report their work to the corresponding "general department". What the committee can control is their status.

    Soon after, Zhang Hanqing forcibly annexed the committee and formed ministries on the pretext that the coexistence of the committee and the "general offices" was a waste of administrative resources, euphemistically calling it "one team, two systems."

    He doesn¡¯t even want the last fig leaf!

    But there are few opponents.  They are well aware of the strength of the Feng family.  Even the operation of the central government requires other people to pay for it, so when it comes to military expenditures, we can only rely on others.

    Zhang Hanqing¡¯s strategy of boiling a frog in warm water is really too much to struggle with!

    The Kuomintang did want to provide relief, but Zhang Hanqing implemented military control in the name of Shanghai's initial surrender and controlled the flow of funds in Shanghai.  Besides, all the major banks in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region are already in the hands of Feng Xi, so it is not easy to mobilize so much cash.

    Having no choice but to do so, Sun and Zhang approached Pan Fu, Zhang Zuolin¡¯s important assistant and chairman of the Financial and Economic Committee, demanding the same treatment as the People¡¯s Army.  Pan Fu had received instructions from the young commander that as the country was undergoing vigorous construction and funds were tight, it was appropriate to unify military orders and reduce the number of the National Revolutionary Army at this time.

    The National Defense Commission has already cut off the supply of equipment to the National Revolutionary Army, making the two of them rootless.

    As a last resort, Sun Yue proposed that the country should disband the army and asked for severance pay.  Only then did Pan Fu "squeeze" 2 million yuan, and under the supervision of the National Defense Committee, he demobilized all more than 30,000 people from the Second Army of the National Revolutionary Army, while Sun Yue assumed the post of National Defense Committee member in name only and began to live a political life.  The "secluded" life on the Internet.

    With Sun Yue as an example, Zhang Zhijiang also felt bad.  After Zhang Zuolin took control of Beijing, Feng Yuxiang transferred his main force to Baoding. The station was bordering Yan Xishan's Jin army. He went to Shanxi to hold talks with Yan Xishan in the name of negotiating the station of border guards between Shanxi and Zhizhi.

    Although Yan Xishan had both sides during the warlord era, he tried to protect himself by going up and down.  However, with the disintegration of the Zhili clique and the loss of power of the National Revolutionary Army, it is inevitable to feel a sense of loss.

    Under the pressure of Zhang Hanqing's "unified military and political orders", he hesitated again and again, weighed the pros and cons, and felt that the People's Army seemed to have every attempt to defeat it, so he prepared to join forces with Feng Yuxiang, Li Zongren of Guangxi, the four giants of the Sichuan Army and the governors of Yunnan and Guizhou, and  The center resisted.  Feng Yuxiang's arrival was exactly what he wanted.

    As worthy of being a wealthy Shanxi governor, Yan Xishan gave away 200,000 silver dollars as military pay, which was enough to maintain the operation of Feng's army for several months.  But the cunning Yan Xishan also had a hand. He later used clever means to strangle Feng Jun's neck with economic means, and bribed some of his senior officers. For example, in official history, there are three friends who defected on the battlefield.  , Han Fuqu and his ilk.

    Without Feng Yuxiang, Zhang Zhijiang could not completely control this team, which made some generals of the National Army start to flirt with each other.  In the end, Zhang Zhijiang and Yan Xishan became brothers.

    The approach of Yan and Feng Xi made Zhang Hanqing suddenly vigilant.  Historically, it was these two people, together with Li Zongren of Guangxi, who jointly launched the massive "Central Plains War", which pushed China's great unification situation brought about by the "Northeast Changing Flag" to fragmentation. The country's vitality was seriously damaged, and Japan was in vain.  I picked up a big bargain and was able to boldly carry out the "September 18th Movement"!

    Although the People's Army had a large number of soldiers, they did not dare to push him too far and pushed him into the arms of his opponents, so he had no choice but to resume his military expenditures.  Although the country is nominally unified and the armies of all parties are restrained by the "National Defense Committee", it is even more difficult for Zhang Hanqing to join Feng Yuxiang's team.

    He has always called for the unification of military power, but in this troubled world where a gun is king, which warlord is willing to hand over his greatest guarantee??Someone else?

    No matter what, how can you allow others to sleep soundly next to the couch?  There are Feng and Yan Bu on the side, and there are powerful local factions such as Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Yunnan outside. They must also be prepared for the Kuomintang to make waves unexpectedly.  During this period, it is no exaggeration to describe Zhang Hanqing¡¯s feelings as trembling and walking on thin ice.

    When the situation at home and abroad turns in an extremely favorable direction for Zhang Hanqing, Zhang Hanqing's determination to seek unification by force from local warlords will never change.  However, the southwestern provinces are far away and vast, and are destined to be a protracted war. Before using troops against them, the problems in the rear must be solved.

    The army of the non-Fengcian faction is encroaching, and the political consolidation is also strengthening.  Following the "co-operation" of various committees and ministries, candidates for ministers of various cabinet ministries have also emerged.

    Of the 27 ministries and commissions of the central government, the Fengzhi faction has undoubtedly won the majority, but they are basically entity units.  Among the remaining quotas, great sincerity has been shown: 8 people from other factions have entered the new cabinet, which has made the outside world's voices questioning the dictatorship of the Feng faction much quieter.

    Sun Yat-sen volunteered and fulfilled his wish to serve as the chairman of the Transportation Committee, which gave comfort to the Kuomintang.  Needless to say, the importance of railways to China's economic development. For the first time, the Kuomintang looked down on the entire country from a national perspective, which was of extraordinary significance.

    Some socially influential people have held important positions: Ma Yinchu was appointed Minister of Education, Kuomintang member Lin Xiang was appointed Minister of Justice, Liang Qichao was appointed Minister of Culture, and Hu Shi was appointed Minister of Labor and Social Security.

    Gu Weijun, who is already a member of the People¡¯s Party, will be appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs without any doubt;

    Xiong Xiling, who is enthusiastic about public welfare, took office as the Minister of Civil Affairs. This is the happiest thing for him in many years.  In the past, he used his fame and face to collect charity funds from all walks of life, but now the government allocates relief funds for him to spend. The gap between the two began when the People's Party led China.  So on many matters, he also used his reputation to give the People's Party a platform.

    Allowing people outside the party to enter the government and hold such important positions is either due to the need for united front work at this stage or because there are so many positions at once and there is a lack of corresponding senior cadres in the People's Party.

    "The government should only appoint people based on merit rather than close relatives. "There is no party within the party and imperial ideas; there are no factions outside the party and there are all kinds of strange things." If everything is given to the Fengcian clique and the People's Party, what is the difference between it and the new warlords?  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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