On April 12th, 1916, Yuan Shikai officially appointed Duan Rui to reorganize the cabinet in the capital. Several provinces in the south, including eastern Guangdong, western Guangdong, southern Yunnan, western Sichuan, and so on, declared their independence and broke away from Beiyang's control. Yuan Shikai was also in a terrible state. There was no other way. He could not even regret the matter of claiming the throne back then.
In the capital, the presidential palace was heavily guarded. There were three layers of open and hidden sentries guarding the huge presidential palace. After all, Yuan Shikai was the leader of Beiyang. As long as he was not dead, Beiyang would not be in chaos. Moreover, the Beiyang Army was still the strongest fighting force in this era. No matter how happy the Southern Revolutionary Party and the warlords were, it was useless.
Moreover, only Yuan Shikai could obtain the support of the superpowers. Whether it was Sun Never Sets, Gaul, or Yingjiang, if they had to choose a representative, there was only one choice, and that was Yuan Shikai. The others were obviously not qualified!
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"President, a telegram just came from Fengtian!”
Yuan Shikai was looking at all kinds of bad news from the south and felt very uncomfortable. The damn revolutionary party was determined to go against him.
Fortunately, the candidates for the military governor of the northern provinces were very supportive of him. For example, Zhang Yuting of Fengtian was indeed a character who could judge the situation. The last time he came to the capital, Yuan Shikai had already sent someone to investigate. That kid was extremely greedy.
Fengtian Province's position was extremely important to Beiyang. It was very close to the capital. Therefore, this position had always been Yuan Shikai's confidant. However, this time, it was obvious that a new person would be appointed.
" President, Zhang Yuting has done a good job in Fengtian. Most importantly, he is greedy. As long as a person has a request, we can control him. Moreover, we have already promised him a few days ago. Most importantly, in Fengtian Province, there are only Zhang Yuting's 27th Division and Feng Delin's 28th Division..."
Yuan Shikai seemed to have thought of something and waved his hand. He had heard Duan Zhigui complain about Feng Delin many times. Forget it, Zhang Yuting would be the Fengtian Military Governor. It would be easier to control him.
"Zhigui, in the name of Beiyang, we will officially appoint the commander of the 27th Division, Zhang Yuting, as the Fengtian Military Governor!!”
"As for the other positions in Fengtian Province, Zhang Yuting will be in charge of them and will be handed over to the cabinet for approval!!”
After saying that, Yuan Shikai picked up his phone. He still had to go to the embassy in Sun Never Sets in the afternoon. It was about a military loan. The Southern Revolutionary Party was in turmoil, so the Northern Army had to make preparations!
At the same time, in Fengtian City, the marshal's manor.
Zhang Yuting was naturally in a good mood. This appointment letter was equivalent to announcing that from today onwards, he would be the military governor of Fengtian. As for Feng Delin wanting to take this position from him, it was probably impossible.
"Yuting, after taking Fengtian City, our 27th Division will be able to expand our army. Damn it, we only have two brigades. It's not enough to guard Fengtian City. The Japanese infantry brigade stationed at Huanggutun train station has been conducting some military exercises these few days. I'm thinking that my 53rd Brigade should go over too.!”
As the brigade commander of the 53rd Brigade, Tang Yulin's eyes were also vicious. There were too many Fusang people in Fengtian City. There were Japanese shops everywhere on the streets and alleys. He felt annoyed when he heard the bird language.
"Nonsense, that Huanggutun train station is an area of agreement. If we really cause trouble, it will be an international conflict.!”
Zhang Yuting also spoke up to stop him. This batch of German armaments and firearms could be considered a deal he had made with Xu Youzheng, the commander of the Northern Army. As long as Zhang Yuting was the military governor, Zhang Yuting would fully support Duan Rui as the cabinet minister, and Duan Rui would be Xu Youzheng's teacher.
There were a total of 50 Maxim heavy machine guns and nearly 200,000 rounds of ammunition. Of course, for an industrial country like Germany, they produced hundreds of millions of rounds of ammunition of various calibers every year.。
Bullets might be a rare item in the Dragon Country, but to an industrial country at the level of a superpower, they were extremely cheap. As long as there were raw materials, the production line could produce them crazily.
Damn it, this was Fengtian's own land, but it was controlled by the Japanese. Moreover, the Japanese could station troops at the railway station and stay in the northwest of Fengtian City. In other words, any action from Fengtian to the capital would be known by the Japanese, unless they did not use the railway.
The importance of the railway in this era was much greater than Zhang Hanze had imagined…
Zhang Yuting also knew that Fusang was the biggest enemy in Fengtian City and Fengtian Province.
In Yingkou, almost as soon as the Beiyang envoy arrived in Fengtian, Zhang Han also received the news. The information on his father's side was basically shared with Yingkou. On the one hand, it was because of Zhang Hanze's ability, and on the other hand, it was so that Zhang Hanze could formulate a plan.
Now, before the rise of the Feng army, Zhang Yuting had to hold on to Yuan Shikai and maintain close ties with the capital. If necessary, he could even make sacrifices.
" I originally thought that I would have to wait until June. I didn't expect that Father would be appointed as the Fengtian Military Governor in April. The situation in the south has indeed put pressure on Yuan Shikai. At this time, he needs the support of more provinces in the north!”
Fengtian Province was the province with the largest population outside the Great Wall. It had more than ten million people under its jurisdiction, which was equivalent to one-third of the population outside the Great Wall. At the same time, it had a huge trade with Fusang. For example, the soybeans in the northeast produced a trade tax of millions to tens of millions every year. This money was sent to the capital every year.
Now that his father controlled Fengtian Province, he was like the warlords in the south. At the moment, he had to build a good relationship with Beiyang. Otherwise, before his father's foundation was stable, the position of Military Governor was very likely to fall to someone else.
"If Feng Delin can be used well, it will be very beneficial to Fengtian. However, I'm afraid that he will always be resentful about the Fengtian Military Governor!”
Zhang Han muttered to himself. In Fengtian, his father had also specially found a few famous teachers to gather almost all the second-generation soldiers of the 27th and 28th divisions for lessons. Even if there was a gap between Feng Delin and his father, Feng Delin was willing to make concessions when it came to the children's education.
A man who was able to become the King of the Northeast still had the means and temperament. However, Zhang Hanze's appearance would speed up this process.
On the 15th of April, Zhang Han had been waiting for the first batch of military uniforms. There were a total of 5,000 sets of German military uniforms. What he needed to do now was to deliver these military uniforms.
The entire Continent War was in full swing. The demand for military uniforms, quilts, and medical cotton was even greater. Yingjiang took advantage of the Continent War to crazily do business with the foreign powers and ate a large amount of war wealth.
It seemed that he needed to personally make a trip to the Yu Chamber of Commerce. In the entire Northeast, Yu Wendou's Yu Chamber of Commerce was probably the only one who had such a way to transport large-scale military uniforms to the Continent.
Zhang Han also immediately sent a message to his father. Yu Wendou and his father were friends who had gone through life and death. If it weren't for Yu Wendou's help all these years, the 27th Division would have been unable to continue.
Back then, his father had saved Yu Wendou's life.
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