"I'm not a qualified politician!"

Li Han sighed with emotion, looking up at the sky with his hands behind his back, his eyes a little empty. Li Donglai, the intelligence chief who had not appeared for a long time, had just returned from Hunan, quietly behind him, lowered his head but did not answer the conversation!

After the negotiations between the north and the south, many people in the west were very dissatisfied with his actions of taking the initiative to retreat under the good situation during the negotiations with the central government and handing over the upper hand to Yuan Shikai. There is no need to say anything within the military government. The interest class in the western region and even many military generals were particularly indignant. Li Han could also understand that the destruction of seven divisions in the central and western regions in this battle confirmed the cruelty of the war. According to statistics gradually sent back by various front-line divisions, in the past three months, more than 17,000 people in the west were killed in battle, missing or captured nearly 2,000 soldiers, and more than 24,000 soldiers were injured. A total of 1,754 tons of ammunition were consumed, including 70,000 shells and 4.5 million bullets. During the war, the western army damaged and lost more than 15,400 rifles, 34 machine guns, 37 artillery pieces, and 6 aircraft. The losses were heavy!

At such a price, most of the Anhui, Jiangxi and Hunan who have already mastered the entire territory are still held in the hands of others, but they gave up their advantages to the northern government.

How could Li Han not know that Yuan Shikai is unreliable, but who can understand what he is thinking? The First World War is coming soon. This country and the Far East must not be divided before the First World War. Even if it is just to maintain the unity of the situation, at least under a government, it will make the evil wolf and polar bear lying around the Republic of China scrupulously. Li Han rose too fast, so that he is more than a little worse than Yuan Shikai in terms of foundation and connections, especially the relationship with the great powers.

.The Republic of China is a bit ugly now. If it weren’t for the mutual restraint between Britain and France, no one would have been willing to take over the Far East for one person and become a colony for a long time. When it comes to dealing with foreigners to maintain the status of the Republic of China, Li Han was undoubtedly more than the old fox Yuan Shikai in terms of means, and he did not swallow the power of the Republic of China. So for the time being, Yuan Shikai would not be in power to maintain the superficial peaceful reunification of the Republic of China. Who would be in power? The Kuomintang and the Democratic Party?

Although they are better at democracy, who can guarantee that they can do better? In this era, the Republic of China, it is not something that can be saved by this group of young and young politicians who have not yet developed world concepts and international political concepts. The most fundamental problem is that neither the Kuomintang nor the Democratic Party, their members are time travelers, they cannot see the context of historical development, nor can they seize the initiative in history. Li Han did not deny that Song Jiaoren imitated the American "separation of powers" and Sun Yat-sen's "Three Powers" must be implemented in this country, and it may not be able to gradually lead the country to civilization and prosperity. But the problem is that this is not just China's own problem, it must be put into the international context. If the decision makers of this country cannot see the future, the imminent World War I, and the jackal ambitions of Japan, Tsarist Russia and the subsequent Soviet Russia, they will never be able to realize their ideals of governing the country.

As for the short-sighted governors in the local area, Li Han never took this group of warlords who only made up messes and splits seriously!

This is an era where the strong prey on the weak, and ideals alone cannot lead this country to prosperity.

Therefore, Li Han must compete with others for the leadership of this country, and there are many setbacks and compromises on this road. Now, under the equality of power, it is also a step that must be taken to actively show weakness to Yuan Shikai and maintain the general unification of the Republic of China. There are nearly 100,000 troops in the north, among which Yuan Shikai's direct lineage still has tens of thousands of people. This is an era of military strongman. Just like Yuan Shikai is afraid of the troops in his hands, Li Han is also very afraid of the troops in Yuan Shikai's hands. So even if you know that Yuan Shikai will continue to control the central government, you will definitely be like this

The previous implementation of "reducing the vassal states" harmed his interests. But on the other hand, Li Han could also use his hands to complete some layouts, such as suppressing the Kuomintang and all other so-called democratic parties. If he still cannot control the Republic of China, democracy will be more poisonous to this country in the next few decades. For his reputation and this country, he also needs Yuan Shikai, the executioner who is covered in the blood of the party, to continue to "incite" to suppress the development momentum of democratic parties, and pave the way for various militarized arrangements he implemented after he successfully settled in the central government!

Therefore, under the current circumstances, it is OK to weaken Yuan Shikai, but Li Han cannot and does not have the strength to defeat him. It is better to continue to stand up high and treat him as a target to attract firepower. As long as Yuan Shikai occupy the central power, most of the attention of the opposition in the opposition will be concentrated on Yuan Shikai, and he will be able to concentrate on developing his own power.

In this era, China cannot be saved by a revolution that overthrew the imperial system, so there was a "second revolution" after the Xinhai Revolution, and this was the beginning of the revolution and the beginning of the war, which has been proved by history. What Li Han had to do was to develop and strengthen himself as soon as possible until he could sweep away all forces against him in the country that could take over the central government, and then lead the country to exchange for the greatest victory at the lowest price, avoiding taking so many detours like in history and getting on the right track as soon as possible.

As for the fundamental dispute between the party members and Yuan Shikai - whether the "presidential system" or the "cabinet system", it is not a problem at all. In the final analysis, strength is everything. With strength, the cabinet can become a rubber stamp in the hands of military strongmen. Without strength, even the emperor will become a puppet in the hands of powerful factions. On this point, Li Han asked himself that he saw more thoroughly than the party members, because in history, Yuan Shikai was a person who valued strength and despised the system. The system could not restrict this military strongman. The only thing that could restrict him was a military existence that was stronger than him.

Huang Yanpei's praise in the newspaper Li Han has seen it, and the newspaper was neatly folded and placed in the drawer. He deserved that praise, at least Li Han himself believed it. The Republic of China has experienced two major wars less than two years after its establishment. The state and the state are not established. Even because these warlords have not completed formal unified land orders, avoiding the opportunity of the great powers, especially Japan and Russia, taking the opportunity to interfere in the affairs of the Republic of China. Judging from the news in the newspaper, Europe's "Bosnia crisis" is gradually eased, and the signing of the "Bucharest Treaty"

The greedy Balkan power of Bulgaria was officially announced to be defeated by its own greed and interference from the great powers. The biggest profiter of the First Balkan War was tragically divided by his original allies and enemies Serbia, Romania, Negoro and Turkey. Through two Balkan wars, the Serbian Kingdom of Yugoslavia was like a thorn plunging into Austria, almost doubled its territory. In August and September 1913, through his relationship with Karl, the future Austro-Hungarian Empire, Li Han

Hearing some rumors, Austria secretly suggested to its allies to take some measures to suppress Serbia. However, Italy refused to take action, and Germany refused to have something to do with Li Han. Because he allowed Germany and Austria to gain much more benefits in the Far East than other colonies could, especially after coming to the forefront, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which was dispersed too much energy in the Balkans and ignored the interests of the Republic of China, and gained the main influence on Li Han and his forces. In the past two years, Germany has gained almost all benefits from the Far East.

It was only slightly worse than his other colonies around the world, which undoubtedly made Germany pay more attention to its interests in the Far East than the Adou Austro-Hungarian Empire, which could not be helped. Therefore, because the two newly built strategic cruisers of Germany were about to travel to the Far East to join the Far East Fleet at the end of the year, at this critical moment, they did not want to have a stalemate with Britain, because all kinds of information showed that their forces in the Far East were under the direct threat of Britain and its allies. Once war started, they were likely to lose the Far East China, which became increasingly important in the German colonial system, at the first time.

It won't take long for the European powers to temporarily pull their feet out of the Balkan quagmire. Although he knew that a war was about to happen, Li Han obviously did not want to cause any butterfly effect at this time. This is definitely not a good thing for him. Only by establishing a central government that can take charge of foreign affairs as soon as possible can the great powers give the illusion that "the situation has stabilized" and dispel the ambition of some countries to take advantage of the situation.

Of course, temporary compromise does not mean that he will watch Yuan Shikai suppress him and use him to eliminate dissident forces, while the upcoming "Constitutional Committee" will help him complete many things.

...

These are the commander-in-chief's wishful thinking, but some can be said, while others cannot be said.

Li Han moved his eyes from the sky and said to Li Dong: "Donglai, you have done a good job in Hunan. Thank you for your hard work this time. I want you to stay outside for a few months!"

After the north-south armistice, the Qian army began to withdraw from Hunan. At present, Chenzhou Prefecture, Yuanzhou Prefecture, Jingzhou Zhili Prefecture, Huangzhou Zhili Office and other places have been taken back by the Hunan army one after another. This is the credit of his intelligence chief. In private, he personally came forward to meet with the leader of the Qian army on behalf of the military government. Li Han promised not to hold the Guizhou Army responsible for the previous attack on Hunan and support him in the position of Yunnan Governor. At the same time, in order to build momentum for him, the two sides also performed a peace talk show. Tang Jiyao personally sent someone to join the King of Dian to negotiate. Wang Bailing had long received instructions from the military government. After sending the news of the peace talks back to Wuchang, Li Han nodded in agreement. Nearly 10,000 troops retreated from Yunnan to Sichuan and rebuilt the defense line.

"Sir, Sichuan's affairs are a dereliction of duty!" Li Donglai lowered his head.

"Forget it, the Intelligence Department has been around for so long, and has been hidden in the secret. There are many dislikes within the military government, which has brought a lot of inconvenience to your work. I just have some ideas about the Intelligence Department. I will take this opportunity to improve it together and let you stand on the table by the way!"

Li Donglai was stunned and hesitated for a moment, "Will it be easy to attract attention when standing on the table? Will our work be more difficult in the future?"

Li Han has been thinking about this for a long time, and he is not anxious or slow down: "The existence of the Intelligence Department is not a secret to the outside world now. Except for ordinary people, the slightly larger forces in the north and south should be heard now. Will there be fewer domestic attention to us after this battle? Since we can't hide it, it can still be deterred if we put it on the surface!"

Seeing that the head of the intelligence chief was a little moved, he continued: "Of course, this is just my own idea. The military government will recently implement a new police rank system and will establish a police bureau in charge of ten provinces under the Ministry of Justice. In the future, your Special Police Department (the department of the Intelligence Department openly) will be temporarily renamed to the "Western Security and Defense Administration" and will be included in the "Police Administration" name. It will be responsible for protecting the senior military government, collecting information from foreign spies, handling spies, controlling certain alien acts, destroying assassinations and spying from foreign forces, etc. Of course, this

It is just to introduce it to attract the attention of other forces on the surface. You only need to have a name on the "Security and Defense Administration". I will find someone else to be responsible for the rest of the operations. You bring the backbone of the Intelligence Department to set up a new department for me and hang it under my secretariat. I will only accept direct command from me. I have also thought of the name, and it is called the "Land and Resources Investigation Bureau". In name, it is responsible for coordinated investigation and collect specific data on minerals, aquatic products, mountains, forest areas, rivers and other fields in the ten provinces under the control of the military government!"

All kinds of historical experiences tell Li Han that there is only one intelligence agency that will inevitably breed various disadvantages over time. Therefore, considering the intelligence experience of various countries in later generations, he decided to separate some of the functions of the Intelligence Department, such as the investigation of senior generals within the military government, the control of spies in the province, the counter-attack of foreign assassinations, etc. He would not allow the army to form his own intelligence agency like the United States. The difference between the two cultures determines that this history has a long history and many capable people emerge.

Conspirators have been in endless countries, once soldiers and others mastered the intelligence agency like him, how much trouble it would cause to this chaotic country. Therefore, this "Land and Resources Investigation Bureau" is actually his military intelligence agency, which masters intelligence spy, assassination, and bribery from various forces across the country. At the same time, it also takes into account many overseas branches to whitewash the counterfeit banknotes imitated by the military government, collect first-hand military intelligence from Europe and the United States, win over, assassinate scientists from European and American countries, etc.

Li Donglai didn't dare to look at his gaze, but nodded and responded softly. He was a smart person, so he naturally knew how powerful he had. In the past, even generals from various troops and divisions could assassinate anyone at any time under the supervision of the Intelligence Department. Although these were created by Li Han at the beginning to prevent the expansion of his power from being too fast and causing too many speculators to get into the army, after all, his power is indeed too great now, and it has reached the point where the young strong man in front of him is afraid!
Chapter completed!