Lao Yuan has long been brewing a solution to the southwest. Cai E is a fierce tiger and must be transferred to the central government to make Lao Yuan feel at ease. At the same time, the Yunnan Army must not control two provinces at the same time, no matter how weak that province is, because
This has exceeded the country's bottom line and become an independent kingdom in disguise. Therefore, Tang Jiyao must also return to Yunnan. This move has been decided by Yuan long ago.
Lao Yuan is still undecided on how to deal with Qiao Yu. Qiao Yu is different from Cai E in that he has a deeper foundation. At the same time, there are many conflicts between Qiao Yu and Sun Huang, and they are at odds with the Yunnan Army. Keeping him in the southwest can contain him.
These two forces, and the situation in the southwest border is complicated, and there must be someone available to guard it. Therefore, Qiao Yu cannot be simply transferred away. After thinking about it, Lao Yuan took advantage of this opportunity to evacuate Qiao Yu under Chen Huan's reminder.
For this reason, Lao Yuan came up with the title of patrol envoy. This was the first patrol envoy in the history of the Republic of China. After obtaining this title, Qiao Yu could legitimately control the two provincial-level administrative regions of Sichuan and Sichuan Special Economic Zone.
, but if you want to obtain this title, you must hand over the power of civil affairs in Sichuan and hand over the chief of civil affairs to Chen Huan, and Lao Yuan will then extend his administrative power deep into the southwest.
This big move was also carefully considered by Lao Yuan, and he threw it out at this juncture. In fact, Lao Yuan was still confident enough to make the two powerful figures in the southwest compromise. Now that the Republic of China was founded, people were determined, and they would never dare to risk the world.
No, and the conditions offered by Lao Yuan in exchange were quite generous. In addition, there was the Sichuan Rebellion as an opportunity, and there was huge public pressure, so I was not afraid that they would disagree.
Soon all major newspapers in China began to cover the rebellion in Sichuan. At the same time, Lao Yuan also gave a speech to defend the country's sovereignty to the death and never allow secession to occur. Just when the whole country was shouting for a fight, Lao Yuan
First, the appointment of Qiao Yu was thrown out.
Qiao Yu, the governor of Sichuan, was appointed as the patrol envoy to Sichuan and the commander-in-chief of the Sichuan rebel forces. He was promoted to general. At this time, there were not many generals. There were only Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Li Yuanhong, Huang Xing, Yinchang, etc.
He was just a man. Qiao Yu was originally the governor of Sichuan, and his military rank was lieutenant general plus general. Now he has become a genuine general. At the same time, he has also become the first patrol envoy in the world. It is not a small shock.
Many elderly people in Beiyang couldn't stand it. Why did Qiao Yu, a young late-born descendant, get such a high honor there? Therefore, many people felt very unsatisfied, and many people even started to make trouble with Lao Yuan.
However, the parties concerned were not at ease at all. The patrol envoy had a good name and the generals were rare. However, Lao Yuan did not give Chen Huan to him without conditions. Originally, Qiao Yu was in charge of Sichuan's military and political power, but now he is
How can we give up administrative power without heartache?
However, he also strongly advocated quelling the chaos. If he refused at this time, he would make the world think of him. After thinking about it again and again, Qiao Yu decided to ask his father for advice. Only his father had enough experience to see through Lao Yuan's plan, so Qiao Yu
Ask dad for advice.
Qiao Guangyuan listened quietly to Qiao Yu complaining in front of him, and the old man smiled slightly: "Shun Qing, I am happy for you. Old Yuan asked you to be the patrol envoy on the Sichuan border, and you were also responsible for suppressing the rebellion. It means that Old Yuan is still
Without completely treating you as a threat, you can continue to stay in Sichuan with this arrangement, but I'm afraid Cai E won't be able to hold the position of governor of Yunnan!"
When Qiao Yu heard that there was someone more unlucky than himself, he immediately became more energetic: "Dad, will Old Yuan use this opportunity to attack Cai E? Aren't Old Yuan afraid that Yunnan will be unstable when the coach is changed before the battle?"
Qiao Guangyuan shook his head: "Since you are in charge of quelling the rebellion, removing Cai E is not a coaching change. Besides, the Sichuan rebellion seems very serious, but Zhao Erfeng was able to quell the rebellion back then, and it is not much different now. As long as
As long as they don't restrain each other, Cai E is based in Yunnan. He first plotted against Sichuan, and then moved into Guizhou. Now he is trying his best to fight and wants to enter Sichuan. He talks nicely, but it is just to expand his power. Old Yuan
I will never give him this chance, I will just wait to be punished!”….
Qiao Yu nodded, what Cai E did was indeed a bit excessive, but he shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "Dad, you haven't given me a clear path yet, but Chen Huan is going to Sichuan, what should I do?"
"Shun Qing, you are still too impatient. I said that your greatest advantage is your youth, why don't you know how to grasp it? I will give you two words now, one is to wait and the other is to endure. Think about it for yourself!
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"Dad, I understand what you are saying, but isn't my child unwilling to see Sichuan fall into Chen Huan's hands?"
"What are you talking about? You have a large group of civil servants and generals under your command, and you are afraid that a little Chen Huan can turn the world upside down. Giving him some benefits is also giving Lao Yuan face. If he doesn't know what to do,
, you still can’t deal with him, how did you become the patrol envoy?"
Qiao Yu immediately realized that Chen Huan was here to make a fool of himself, but now the main power in Sichuan is controlled by Sichuan's large and small industrial groups, especially with the establishment of Sichuan Investment Bank, Sichuan's industrial
The group gradually took the prototype of a consortium, and no one except itself could control this power, not even Yuan Shikai, let alone Chen Huan.
It's true that he can cause trouble for himself, but he can't touch his own foundation. Thinking of this, Qiao Yu's mood improved a lot: "Thank you dad for the tip. I'm going to send troops to Sichuan. I won't be with you anymore.
I hope you will always take care of yourself!"
"It's you who should take care of yourself. It's a cold place beside the river. You must not make any mistakes!"
"Don't worry, you don't need me to charge into battle, it's very safe!"
After Qiao Yu figured it out, he hurriedly summoned his civil and military personnel, "Everyone, this time I have decided to personally lead the entire Sichuan First Division, the First Brigade of the Second Division, plus a cavalry regiment, a baggage regiment, and a
The engineer battalion, two medical brigades, and a total of 20,000 people will conquer Sichuan. They are bound to succeed in the first battle and completely quell the rebellion in Sichuan. At the same time, they will also start to reform the land and implement the separation of church and state to completely pacify Tibet!"
Everyone thought that Qiao Yu would only send a partial army into Sichuan, but they did not expect that Qiao Yu would go out in person and lead so many troops. Everyone was a little surprised.
Zhu Qinglan first raised a question: "Captain, it is very cold in Tibet. As the saying goes, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. It is better to lead troops into the Sichuan with humble positions. Moreover, five thousand troops are enough, so there is no need to lead too many troops!"
Wang Dongcheng also spoke at this time: "What the chief of staff said makes sense. Lao Yuan has no good intentions this time and sent Chen Huan into Sichuan just to seize it. You are still in charge in Chengdu!"
Qiao Yu shook his head slightly, "Lao Yuan has clearly asked me to lead the troops this time, and also given me the title of commander-in-chief. I can't do it if I don't go. In addition, going to Sichuan this time is not just about fighting, but more importantly.
Reforming the local area and completely stabilizing this land is not only beneficial to the country, but also to us in Sichuan. If rebellions occur every day in Sichuan, we will not be able to carry out construction with peace of mind. However, Chen Huan does have to take precautions.
It depends on everyone working together, I don’t believe that Chen Huan and Sun Houhou are capable of causing trouble in the Heavenly Palace?”
Qiao Yu's words were very domineering. Chen Huan wanted to evade him, but he didn't know who was evading whom. When everyone saw that Qiao Yu had made up his mind, they stopped trying to persuade him and instead discussed the specific plan to enter Tibet.