Chapter 743, Dialogue with Wu Peifu

At the afternoon government work meeting, Wu Shaoting mainly announced the reform plan for the provincial system of all provinces across the country, and was determined to end the political stage of the military government and implement the "preparatory constitutional" idea before the election. In the latest provincial plan, the position of military governor will be gradually cancelled in various provinces across the country, and the military affairs governor will be temporarily appointed. At the same time, the civil affairs chiefs of each province will be unified as "governor", emphasizing that the governor and military affairs governor have different powers at the same level, and gradually achieve the separation of military and political affairs.

In order to consolidate and improve the power of the governor, Wu Shaoting proposed a systematic project to clear the finances and put in great effort to regulate the fiscal system of provinces across the country. It stipulates that the fiscal power is under the jurisdiction of the governor, and the income of each province is subdivided into national taxation and local taxation, and gradually abolished the situation of military commanders interfering in civil affairs and monopolizing fiscal revenue.

In addition to improving the power of the governor, the military forces of each province will be decentralized. The military governor has the power to lead troops, and the reserves and military service belong to the headquarters of each district. Every year, the Ministry of National Defense will be responsible for the allocation of training after the recruitment is completed. The Ministry of National Defense will adopt the method of exchanging troops in each province. The recruits who complete the training may not be assigned to the original province for service. This move is not only to restrict the generals of each province to expand their troops privately, but more importantly, to allow the soldiers to adapt to the climate and environment of different regions, so as to prevent the soldiers from being unable to fight during the war because of the discomfort in the land and land.

The military pay, food, grass and materials of the army are all jointly borne by the central government and the provincial government. The provincial government supervises and argues the army, thereby declaring the military budgets of each province every year. The central government is responsible for reviewing the military budgets of each province and then regulating local troops through the budget.

This is just a means for Wu Shaoting to reduce military power in the first stage. After the National Defense Force completes its establishment, he will further suppress local armed forces and completely transform local armed forces into semi-reserve Republic Guards.

All the government ministers actively agreed with this reform plan. These bourgeois politicians were eager to complete centralization as soon as possible and eliminate the situation of separatist warlords in all local areas.

Afterwards, Wu Shaoting announced the list of candidates for acting military governors and governors of various provinces. In addition to the southern provinces that he has the ability to master, they are strictly implemented in accordance with the new reform plan, and they are still reserved for the forces in the north. The reform plan can be announced first, but they must always follow the steps when implementing it.

Basically, in the northern provinces that he could not directly control, the military governor and the governor were all along, such as the military governor Ni Sichong, the governor was Liu Daozhang, the subordinate of Ni Sichong during the military government period, and the governor was Jin Yunpeng, the governor was Zhang Huaizhi, the former military affairs officer of the Military Affairs Council. In this way, military power, administrative power, financial power and supervision power were still controlled by local forces, but there were nominal changes.

After the meeting, the list of acting military and political chiefs of each province was sent to the Senate in Dingjia Garden, which took effect after review by the Senate. This list of agents is limited to only before the general election. After the central government is officially established, the governors of each province will be elected by the Consular Office, and the word "agent" will be removed from the list at that time.

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On the morning of October 8, in the lounge of the East Conservatory of the Presidential Palace, Wu Peifu was wearing a khaki military uniform issued by the Ministry of National Defense, standing in front of the instrument mirror with a little awkward manner. He knew that this uniform was made of the materials and style of the Guangdong military troops. Although the texture was very good, he was used to the Beiyang Army outfit after all. He sighed secretly, pulled the hem of the military uniform hard, and then picked up the military cap and put it on.

Not long after, the attendant of the presidential residence came to the Dongchao Room to find Wu Peifu and told Wu Zhizheng that he was about to meet him, so he took Wu Peifu straight to the presidential residence. After the notice, Wu Shaoting met Wu Peifu in his private reception room.

As soon as they met, Wu Peifu leaned on his feet and gave Wu Shaoting a military salute in a regular manner.

Wu Shaoting stood up to greet him with a smile, shook hands with Wu Peifu enthusiastically, and said, "Brother Ziyu is really my best role model. He will never forget the etiquette of soldiers at any time or anywhere."

Wu Peifu said in a humble manner: "Wu Zhizheng's words are so serious, it's just a habit."

Wu Shaoting said: "Brother Ziyu, let's sit down. Today is your first day. I will arrange an office for you to use later. As for the candidate for the assistant of the staff, Brother Ziyu, you can look for someone from the Ministry of Interior."

After sitting down, Wu Peifu still had an expression of emotion. He was still fighting the south three months ago. Unexpectedly, today three months later was a different scene, which was really sad. Of course, he was quite resentful about Wu Shaoting's transfer to him as an adjutant of staff. He devoted himself to military affairs. Even Cao San Ge was promoted to Chief of Staff of the Army. He thought he could follow the army's career, but he did not expect that the result was so unexpected.

"Brother Ziyu," Wu Shaoting looked at Wu Peifu and said calmly, "You can see that you don't seem to be willing to sit in the office, right?"

Wu Peifu was stunned. Although he felt like he admitted this in his heart, his principles were very firm.

"Wu Zhizheng is not to be hiding. He has read some books of sages before. He luckily passed the provincial examination. If he had not been for the poor and cold family, he would never join the army. Whether it is civil or military positions, as long as he has a place to use his skills, he will definitely do his best."

Wu Shaoting couldn't help but smile when he heard Wu Peifuyan's insincere and stubborn words, and then said openly: "Brother Ziyu is really so arrogant. Don't worry, the reason why I transferred you to the General Office of the Consul is not to idle you or break down the power of your old Beiyang generals, but because I have some important things that you need to help me complete."

Wu Peifu frowned slightly. He didn't expect that Wu Shaoting had just met him for the first time and took some words from the table to the table to say it. He asked strangely: "What important thing does Wu Zhizheng have to be done after he came down?"

Wu Shaoting calmed down his face, sighed seriously, and said two words in an orderly manner: "North."

Wu Peifu's face changed suddenly. The simple word "North" has already explained a deeper meaning. It seems that Wu Shaoting's truth was completed in one go. Not only that, but perhaps there are even more surprising decisions.

Taking a breath slowly, Wu Shaoting continued, "You are from Beiyang, you are also a wise person. You know that it is not easy to be in power in China now. I believe that in the eyes of many people, I always compare Wu Shaoting to Yuan Xiangcheng's second place, and Brother Ziyu is a veteran. Why President Yuan was defeated? I don't need to say more about my personal reasons."

Wu Peifu was shocked. He had thought Wu Shaoting was a person who advocated republic and democracy before, but he didn't expect that after talking today, he realized that the other party was young but had already seen the current situation thoroughly. He sighed helplessly: It's really a talented person in the world. The president was defeated by no means unfairly...

"Don't you think Wu Zhizheng is overestimating these words?"

"Brother Ziyu, both your surname is Wu. I heard that Brother Ziyu worked in the Huai Army in the early years. My uncles and uncles from the same clan were both from the Qing Army, and you and I have a relationship. Furthermore, I know that Brother Ziyu is different from many old generals in Beiyang. If you have lived through the books of sages, you should know the righteousness of the country and the righteousness of the nation. Some slogans can be false, but some ideals cannot be false." Wu Shaoting said earnestly, his words and expressions showed a solemnity.

After hearing this, Wu Peifu was deeply touched. If you want to say the open and honest words in front of you may be suspected of being artificial. The tenth *** was Wu Shaoting's intentional convincing words. But the words just now were definitely not fraudulent. The other party said so explicitly, but I am afraid that even the old subordinates who had been following him for many years were not as good as that. He took a deep breath and looked back at Wu Shaoting's rise from the Guangzhou Uprising to the position of consul, there were indeed many hypocritical places, such as republic and democracy, which are just a cover to win people's hearts. But no matter how they were put on the cover, the bottom line of national interests and national interests are unshakable.

"We will stop some words even if Brother Ziyu doesn't understand them now, and they will understand them slowly in the future. You are a rare talent, and the country now needs talents like you. The civil war in China has finally stopped, and we must not let this national tragedy continue. Whether it is Beiyang or the Democratic Party, you and I are both Chinese." Wu Shaoting sighed.

"Wu Zhizheng said it well. As I said, it was finally over. Even if you still have to fight, you cannot be the Chinese. Wu Zhizheng asked that wherever Wu works, you must devote yourself to your work until you die." Wu Peifu said solemnly. Although he had some old customs in Beiyang in his bones, he also had a loyal and courageous character. When he was surrounded and captured by the Fujian army in Longquan and was escorted to Lishui for detention, the soldiers of the Fujian army had already said that it was Wu Shaoting who personally told him to treat Cao and Wu well.

Even if this matter is not mentioned, not long ago, Zhang Xun sneaked into Nanjing, and Wu Shaoting ordered Cao to be sent without any grudges. Wu went to Zhenjiang to organize a counterattack. During this period, Wu Peifu was kept in mind. In addition, at this moment, Wu Shaoting said some frank words without hesitation as soon as he met, which shows that the other party had already regarded him as his own person.
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