Chapter 148 General Shengjing (Pho)

The court wants Zengqi to return to Beijing to report, which is not only affected by him, but also the whole situation of Fengtian. Although Zengqi doesn't have much people and money on hand now, Fengtian's main defense is already relying on the third town under Zhao Dongyun and the Jinzhou patrol camp, but Zengqi is The highest military and political leader in Fengtian is generally equivalent to that of other provincial governors.

The feudal ministers of the Qing Dynasty can be roughly divided into several types. The first is the well-known governor, such as the governor of Zhili, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and the governor of Huguang. There are also big differences among the governors. For example, the governor of Zhili is also the minister of Beiyang and is the actual person in charge of various new policies in northern China and even the imperial court. The governor of Liangjiang is also the minister of Nanyang and other errands, and is also the leader of the southern provinces. As for the other governors, there is not much difference.

The second type is the governor that everyone is also familiar with, but the governor of each province is very different. If there is no governor under the jurisdiction of the governor above, then the power is not small, and he will generally serve as the admiral of the province. That is to say, he holds the power of the military and the people at the same time, which can be regarded as a reduced version of the governor. However, if there is a governor at the top, there is generally only a governor who will not serve as an admiral. In this way, the power is much smaller. It is okay with the governors of different provinces from the governor's office. At least the civil affairs power can be guaranteed, but if it is a governor of the same province or even the same city, it is basically in vain.

The above two are the so-called 'supervism', that is, what people often call the feudal minister of Xinjiang. However, there were several other feudal ministers in the Qing Dynasty, such as Jiangbei Admiral, General Shengjing, Heilongjiang General, General Jilin, etc., which were restructured by the governor of Caoyun. These official positions seemed to be only military affairs, but in fact, the above positions could manage local civil affairs and were one of the serious feudal ministers.

Among them, Admiral Jiangbei was established after 1905, and since its establishment, it has been controlled by the Beiyang faction until the death of the Qing Dynasty. The positions are all senior generals from the Hunan Army or Beiyang.

However, General Shengjing, General Heilongjiang and General Jilin do not belong to the strength of the Beiyang faction for the time being, because these positions have always been dominated by Manchu.

For Zhao Dongyun, a general who has climbed to the top in the Beiyang New Army, the next step is to go to serve as a servant, Shangshu or a feudal minister in the provinces.

Since Zhao Dongyun became the third town control, he has been planning his next promotion. Since the rumor of the establishment of Jianghuai Province at the end of last year, Zhao Dongyun's limited historical knowledge also remembers that Jianghuai Province is very short-lived and will not be abolished in a few months and then set up 'Jiang on this basis. Zhao Dongyun can't remember the detailed time of this matter, but he also knows that it should be around 1905. Therefore, his greatest expectation is to seek the position of 'Admiral Jiangbei' with the support of Yuan Shikai, because this position belongs to a nominal military position, and it is actually a senior military officer in China today. That is, Duan Qirui, Liu Yongqing and other people in Beiyang. Outsiders can't intervene at all. Only the competition within the Beiyang system is much less difficult for Zhao Dongyun.

In addition, the admiral of Jiangbei is nominally the position of military commander-in-chief. From the surface of history books, it came from the reform of the general of Huaiyang Town, but in fact, its predecessor was the governor of Jianghuai Province and the previous governor of Caoyun, so there is still some civil affairs power in Jiangbei. In this way, This Jiangbei Admiral also holds the power of the military and the people. To some extent, he is a reduced version of the governor, which is enough for Zhao Dongyun to play with.

At that time, it will be difficult to take office with the whole third town, but according to the tradition of serving as governor in the late Qing Dynasty, it should not be a big problem to bring only part of the strength of the third town, such as an association, and then bring your private soldier Jinzhou patrol battalion. At that time, after a few years of local search, you will be able to train the strength of two or three towns. In a few years, when the world is in chaos, several towns will be enough to take the lead.

If this road doesn't work, then Zhao Dongyun has also considered learning from Duan Qirui. When he takes the third town back to Zhili after the end of the Russo-Japanese War, he will not let go of the third town, and then also serve as the principal of several military schools in Beiyang, and then strive to become the commander of one or two large-scale exercises, so that he can almost get one. The title of the right servant of the Army Department has been added. Fortunately, it is estimated that there will be the title of Zuo Shilang. This road does not want to be promoted to a large official, but only wants to firmly hold the third town and support the Beiyang system.

is the same as what Duan Qirui and Wang Yingkai are doing now.

After five or six years of accumulation, he should be able to barely keep up with Feng Guozhang and other bigwigs in terms of prestige, and then wait for the Qing Dynasty to collapse Lao Yuan to take office and rely on the power and prestige he has accumulated in the Beiyang system for so many years. At that time, the power should not be as good as Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang. After Yuan Shikai dies, who dares to say that he has no chance to have a presidential addiction.

These two roads look ordinary and can even be regarded as a lack of **, but for Zhao Dongyun's superior position, these two roads are the easiest and most likely roads.

As for staying in Northeast development, to be honest, although Zhao Dongyun also thought about it, he did not expect much.

Why? Because the Northeast will establish a province in the future. Even if Zhao Dongyun holds the third town when the three eastern provinces are established, it will be difficult to become the governor of the three eastern provinces at the time of the establishment of the province. The candidates for the new governors should be transferred from other governors or simply send a minister to serve. As for the Beiyang system, except for Apart from Yuan Shikai and Xu Shichang, other qualifications are still a little short. Duan Qirui and Wang Yingkai dare not expect the position of governor of the three eastern provinces, let alone Zhao Dongyun, a younger generation.

As for taking the road of Zhigui to be one of the governors of Heilongjiang, Jilin or Fengtian after the establishment of the province, Zhao Dongyun is not very interested in this.

Because it was said before, the governor with the governor above him is actually very tragic. Not to mention the full control of the military, even civil affairs, finance and other powers may be taken away by the governor above.

If he was just a governor of Fengtian from a few years to 1911, and the third town and Jinzhou patrol camp in his hand were taken away, why should Zhao Dongyun fight with Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang?

It is not impossible to talk about the governor. For example, the governor of Shandong or the governor of Anhui are in a good position, but unfortunately no one will let him take the third town to take office!

That is to say, in the preparation of many previous plans, Zhao Dongyun actually did not consider staying in the northeast for a long time. This can be seen from his actions in Liaoxi, and at least it has been almost two years in Liaoxi, but he did not engage in industry and arsenals like other time travel predecessors in the local area. Ah and so on.

He even let his Jinzhou patrol battalion make all kinds of money in Liaoxi, and had no idea of establishing a base in Liaoxi. He even thought that once a conflict broke out with Japan and Russia, he could block it and immediately take the troops back to Zhili. As for who wanted to take it from the northeast.

However, Zengqi has been recalled by the imperial court to report on his duties, which makes Zhao Dongyun see hope, a hope to gain a foothold and establish a foundation in the northeast!

Zhao Dongyun was not an expert in modern history in his previous life. He knew that there was a province in Northeast China, and he also knew that the future governor of the three eastern provinces was Xu Shichang, Yuan Shikai's staff, but he did not specifically study the history of the late Qing Dynasty. Naturally, he did not know some small nodes of history, such as the court's call for Zengqi back. Beijing debriefed his duties, and even heard that Zeng Qi might be dismissed, so that Zhao Dongyun's historical understanding of the Northeast had been lacking for several years.

He had previously thought that Zengqi should serve on the eve of the establishment of the Northeast Province, but he did not expect that Zengqi would not even survive this year.

Once the position of General Shengjing is vacavated, it is an opportunity for Zhao Dongyun. The governor of Fengtian after the establishment of the province in 1907 is naturally worthless, but General Shengjing in 1905 is very valuable. Even if most of Fengtian is still in the hands of Japan and Russia, it cannot be denied that Shengjing The general is one of the more than a dozen feudal ministers of the Qing Dynasty.

And there is another advantage for Zhao Dongyun, that is, Japan and Russia are still fighting on the side. Now the focus of Fengtian and even the whole three eastern provinces is not on economic development or political reform. There is only one focus, that is, to avoid and prevent the Japanese and Russian armies from crossing the Liaohe River, so as to protect Liaoxi. Even the safety of Gyeonggi.

And who is in charge of the defense of Fengtian and even the whole three eastern provinces now?

Zhao Dongyun!

There are nearly 670,000 new and old armies in the three eastern provinces. Those messy old armies can be roughly ignored. In fact, the third town under Zhao Dongyun and the Jinzhou patrol camp are effective. Fengtian patrol battalion under Zeng Qi can barely fight bandits, but the standard is still very different from the new army. Far away.

That is to say, Fengtian's defense is now under the control of Zhao Dongyun. In the past, General Shengjing, General Zengqi, basically did nothing to do anything. Usually, it was only relief for refugees, and the military affairs, especially the defense of Liaoxi, was basically entrusted to Zhao Dongyun.

However, now that Zengqi has left, the court will either transfer others to be a nominal general of Shengjing, or simply appoint Zhao Dongyun as general Shengjing and let him be in charge of Fengtian defense.

And this is Zhao Dongyun's opportunity, even Beiyang!

For Zhao Dongyun, he can directly become one of more than a dozen feudal ministers in the Qing court, while for Beiyang and Yuan Shikai, he can completely penetrate his forces into the northeast and greatly expand the activity space of the Beiyang system.

It was almost rumored that Zeng Qi wanted to return to Beijing to report his duties. Yuan Shikai sent a private secret telegram to Zhao Dongyun, asking him to strictly control the situation in Liaoxi and send people to Beijing for activities.

What is the activity in Beijing?

To put it bluntly, it is to go to Beijing to bribe Prince Qing and other dignitaries in the court, which is related to the important position of Xinjiang. Even with Yuan Shikai's recommendation and the support of the whole Beiyang, the money that should be spent cannot be less. Otherwise, how can you let the dignitaries of the capital accumulate that wealth of the country?

After receiving Yuan Shikai's secret message implying that he had launched a bribery activity, Zhao Dongyun thought hard for a long time. He not only wanted to think about how to open the gap to fight for this position of General Shengjing, which was originally exclusive to the Manchu people, but also thought that once he fought for himself and even became the general Shengjing, he would have a follow-up situation. What is the impact?

There is no doubt that the Qing court will be more afraid of the soaring Beiyang factions, which may trigger the imperial court to weaken the overall nature of Yuan Shikai and the Beiyang factions. At the same time, Fengtian, which will also have some unpredictable changes to the current situation of the Russo-Japanese war.

And more importantly, is it a good thing or a bad thing for you to be the emperor?

The benefits are obvious. You can control Fengtian Province in a name and then expand the army and develop the local base to establish your own base camp.

The disadvantages are also obvious, and once I entered Fengtian, I was separated from the Beiyang system to some extent and became independent. Historically, although the three northeastern provinces still belonged to the direct line of the Beiyang, but after a few years, the three eastern provinces were basically independent. After the Republic of China, they developed into the Feng system, basically with Yuan Shikai has nothing to do with these four words as the direct line of Beiyang.

Without Yuan Shikai's big tree covering you, can you resist the pressure from the court and the local government?

And once the governor is established in the three eastern provinces in the future, if he can't seize the position of governor of the three eastern provinces, Xu Shichang will come over and be his superior, where will he go?

More importantly, this matter will disrupt all the previous arrangements of Zhao Dongyun. You should know that he is preparing for the position of Admiral of Jiangbei as soon as the end of the Russo-Japanese War. Once he gets the position, it almost represents the sea and sky.

However, now all arrangements have been disrupted to seek the position of General Shengjing, and it is difficult for Zhao Dongyun to predict the good or bad gains and losses.