If the United Democratic Party completely controls the political situation in the southwest, these thirteen people will be the most powerful people. It will not be easy to squeeze into this circle first. First of all, they must be party members, which is of course nonsense. Secondly, they must have sufficient prestige and status.
, and it must be representative. Not just anyone can become an executive committee member.
As the news of the establishment of the political party spread, everyone was eagerly paying attention to who would get the throne. Qiao Yu did not keep everyone waiting for too long. The list of the thirteen executive committee members was quickly announced, including
After the list was released, the most eye-catching thing was the joining of Huang Xing and Liang Qichao. Both of them are very prestigious figures and even have considerable influence. This time they were able to succumb to others and become the United Democratic Party.
The executive committee is really a bit unexpected.
Except for these two, the rest are basically veterans of the southwest political arena. Originally, Feng Ru and Zhan Tianyou did not want to participate. They are engaged in technology, not politicians, but Qiao Yu considered that in order to improve technical staff
status, enhance the representativeness of the United Democratic Party, and also bring these two people in, so that the lineup of the executive committee will be relatively strong.
All walks of life in the southwest have also shown great interest in this political party led by the parade. People from all walks of life have joined in. The United Democratic Party has become more and more powerful. The number of party members has exceeded 120,000 within two months. This is still
Because of the restrictions, otherwise it would be able to expand faster. Many people do not really support the political ideas of the United Democratic Party. They are purely trying to cater to Qiao Yu. The charter of the United Democratic Party has clearly stated that this is a government-based organization.
If you join a political party with the goal of becoming an official, wouldn't it be possible to become an official?
Getting promoted and making a fortune is always the most attractive thing. If you can get into the discernment of the inspection envoy, you will be better promoted. Of course, Qiao Yu still strictly controls this situation. He must be a relatively outstanding talent in each industry.
Joining the United Democratic Party, but joining the party has become the most hotly discussed topic in the Southwest.
Even other forces such as Beiyang are extremely concerned about whether the emergence of political parties indicates that the Qiao Yu Group will seize power in the country and whether it will eventually replace Beiyang. These are questions that must be considered.
Despite the constant suspicion from the outside world, Southwest went its own way, expanding its army, preparing to join the army, recruiting party members, and forming grassroots party member organizations. It brought the power of the United Democratic Party deep into the grassroots, publicized its ideas, recruited party members, and expanded its influence.
"Chairman Qiao, the development momentum of unified democracy is very strong now. The number of party members exceeds 100,000. This scale is probably second to none in the country!"
Liang Qichao was very impressed when he learned about this situation. Originally, there was some disagreement between him and Qiao Yu because of Cai E's issue, but not long ago, Cai E sent him a telegram, suggesting that his teacher go to Sichuan to take a look.
Later, Cai E strongly supported Liang Qichao to join the United Democratic Party, hoping that the teacher could use this party to realize his political ideas.
It was with Cai E's persuasion that Liang Qichao joined the United Democratic Party. So far, it seems that Qiao Yu's means and influence are really great. He can make all walks of life in the southwest accept this party. This prestige is enough to make other princes far behind.
"Mr. Ren Gong, the combat effectiveness of a political party does not lie in the number of people. The key is to have political propositions that are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and to have strong organizational and mobilization capabilities. The current United Democratic Party can only be regarded as a nascent political party and is still far from maturity, let alone
It needs to be managed well!" Qiao Yu said: "I plan to hold a comprehensive election in the southwest in two years. That will be the time to test whether the United Democratic Party can really win the support of the people. We must make the southwest democratic party in these two years.
The people accepted and recognized the United Democratic Party and successfully took control of power.”….
"Two years is not short, but it is not long. It does require more efforts. Chairman Qiao, I heard that the chairman is planning to send some party members in the army to serve as political instructors to publicize advanced political ideas to the soldiers and solve the problem.
The various needs of military personnel!”
"That's right, now that we are preparing for one-party rule, we must strengthen control over the military, otherwise the foundation of our rule will be shaken!"
In troubled times, the army is the lifeblood, and there must be no mistakes. Now we have to send a large number of troops to fight in Europe. Once the First World War is over, these outstanding soldiers who have experienced the flames of the First World War will definitely be the main force of the Chinese army in the future, and also the forces of all parties.
At the core of his concern, Qiao Yu would never allow other people's crops to grow in his own land, so it became an inevitable choice to use the United Democratic Party to strengthen ideological education in the army.
Time flies, and 1916 gradually goes away. This year was a cruel year. The fighting on the Western Front in Europe was unprecedentedly cruel. There was the Battle of Jutland at sea, the Battle of Verdun and the Somme on land, and the Battle of Verdun and the Somme on land.
The frontline battlefield was also extremely cruel. Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire were basically crippled. Millions of casualties made these two empires, which were not already strong, completely show their fatigue.
Germany is also having a hard time, fighting on two fronts, without external supplements, and domestic food prices are changing day by day. If the German army's combat effectiveness was not weak, and the current tug-of-war is basically in foreign countries, Germany would have been unable to withstand it long ago.
The fight has reached this point, and both sides are thinking about ways to solve the current predicament. Britain and France have focused all their energy on the United States. Now only by bringing this most powerful industrial country into the Allied Powers can a final decision be made. In addition, China and Japan are also
We must try our best to win over each other and let these two countries provide more materials and manpower.
Although Britain and France were in embarrassment, there was still hope, but the Germans had no hope. They were trapped in the middle, and they could not hope to win other allies. Therefore, the Germans took the wrong approach and began to have thoughts on the regime of Tsarist Russia.
Well, although this giant with mud legs suffered heavy losses, it still has fighting power. As an old power, the tradition of bravery and fierce fighting is still very strong. Russia is still enough to crush Austria-Hungary. Speaking of which, Germany’s ability to choose allies is really bad.
No matter what, Austria-Hungary and even Tsarist Russia were unable to resist.
Germany finally found a good way. The leader of the Russian majority party was discovered by them. After having this good card, they are planning how to make the best use of this card and how to dismember Tsarist Russia.
At this juncture of the battle of wits and courage between the two sides, China's participating armies were basically trained properly. In six months, Sichuan expanded its army to a total of more than 210,000 people. Among them, a total of 13 divisions were sent to Europe, adding up to nearly 10 divisions.
With 60,000 troops, due to limited transportation capacity, four divisions of troops were first transported to Europe, and the remaining troops were sent to Europe one after another.
The 100,000 troops in Beiyang are almost fully trained. They are still inferior to Sichuan's army, but they can be considered a rare elite force. Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng put a lot of effort into it. This is also the case in Beiyang.
As the basis for his re-emergence, Duan Qirui spared no expense to strengthen the equipment of the participating armies. In addition to the five million pounds provided by Britain and France, the remaining Boxer Indemnity and the increased commercial taxes were all used to purchase weapons.
, the total price is close to 100 million silver dollars.
Duan Qirui purchased a total of 360 155mm howitzers, 400 105mm cannons, and other machine guns, submachine guns, mortars, and grenades.
Quite a few.
In addition, according to Xu Shuzheng's suggestion, Beiyang also established an air force with thirty aircraft and purchased twelve tanks. After a lot of trouble, Beiyang's equipment was completely updated, which was different from the previous Beiyang.
language.….
However, facing such a powerful Beiyang army, Qiao Yu did not have any fear. On the contrary, he hoped that Beiyang could purchase more weapons. At present, Beiyang and Southwest are competitors, and sooner or later they will have to fight for China's
There is a power struggle to decide who is the real master. If Beiyang relies entirely on the equipment of the Southwest, then this battle will not need to be fought at all. As long as the supply of weapons is cut off, Beiyang will be defeated without a fight.
The aggressive arms trade with Beiyang can also transfer all the capital accumulated by Beiyang to Sichuan, allowing these funds to enhance the strength of the Southwest. It can be said that as long as Beiyang continues to purchase weapons, they will be a tool for the Southwest to pursue interests, and there is no confrontation with the Southwest at all.
ability.
Duan Qirui is also aware of this hidden danger, so he has also reorganized some of the original arsenals. However, these arsenals have backward technology and low production capacity and cannot meet the needs at all. Of course, they can also buy from Japan, but the price in Japan is too high.
, and there are numerous additional items, making it even more difficult for Duan Qirui to accept.
Therefore, it can only be maintained like this for the time being. When Beiyang and Southwest China were almost ready, Li Yuanhong, the president of the Beiyang government, officially declared war on the Allies such as Germany and Austria-Hungary on behalf of China, and joined the Allied Powers to fight. This was the first time China had fought against the world since the old witch Cixi
After the declaration of war, it was the first time to formally declare war against a powerful country. Although the Chinese were well prepared, after the actual declaration of war, the people still couldn't stop discussing it.
Since the Southwest has promulgated the Information Office Management Regulations, there is not much noise, and the people also know that participating in the war can bring enough benefits, so there is not much opposition, while under the rule of Beiyang, there are all kinds of weird things.
In fact, most of these people are pro-Japanese forces, and the one who really opposes China's participation in the war is Japan.
In recent years, Japan has pointed to the east wind of World War I and exported goods on a large scale. Not only has it filled all the loopholes in the Russo-Japanese War, but it has also turned into a creditor country. Life is getting better and better. Therefore, the Japanese hope that the European War will continue.
If the war continues and the Chinese send troops, if the war ends early, wouldn't it threaten the Japanese jobs?
Moreover, the Japanese ambition to invade China has long been born. After the Chinese army enters Europe, its combat effectiveness will be greatly improved and will become an obstacle to Japan in the future. Therefore, Japan continues to mobilize their forces and try their best to hold back China.
However, both Southwest China and Beiyang firmly advocated participating in the war, and Britain and France were even more supportive. Therefore, China was still preparing to go to Europe to participate in the war.
Now Qiao Yu led the civil and military officials from the southwest to Chongqing Pier to personally deliver the first batch of formal troops to participate in the war. The commander-in-chief of the army that went to Europe to participate in the war this time was Jiang Baili. Qiao Yu also sent Shi Yi, Deng Xihou, Long Yun, and Liu Cunhou.
Four generals were assigned to Jiang Baili.
"Brother Baili, I've left everything to you. I don't need to explain anything more. After arriving in Europe, don't rush to join the war. Learn more from Lu Jianzhang and others. They have been fighting in Europe for half a year. They are also admirable.
I didn’t expect Lu Jianzhang and the others to be able to fight so well!”
"You don't need to tell me anymore, Jun. We will definitely cooperate and learn from Lu Jianzhang, and we will never embarrass the Chinese soldiers!"
After explaining to several other confidants, he pulled Jiang Baili aside: "Brother Baili, there is another enemy when we go to Europe this time, and that is epidemic diseases. Soldiers must take more isatis root to improve their immunity.
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