It turned out that there was a journalist Chen Tangshao, who was eloquent in the State Council, who was given a false title of the State Council Senate because of his eloquence. He was very similar to Duan Tiemin and often went in and out of the State Council.

Xiong Xi discovered this inside line when he was in Beijing and was very nervous with him. After arriving in Beijing, Xiong Xi remained silent and interacted with Chen Tangshao as usual, but he didn't tell the reason. On the third day, Tang Shao accidentally told him a piece of news: At present, the government and the court were in peace, and Premier Duan was also worried and wanted to establish a good relationship with the court, but he was troubled and had no idea. Xiong Xi took the opportunity to explain the origin, promised the profit, and offered him a secret plan.

Tang Shao ran to see Premier Duan and said, "The Prime Minister has been frowning these days. Is it because of the mismatch between the government and the court?"

Duan glared at him and asked, "How did you know?", but sat down and said dejectedly, "What else can I do if I know? The great cause of the Southern Expedition is about to begin... Alas!"

Tang Shao took the opportunity to show Duan: "There is a habit of using one's own people in the mansion, and the prime minister doesn't know that it is! Isn't it easy to get closer to the opinions of a few direct people?"

"Didn't I use many direct cadres?" Duan Tiemin cited several direct officers' names in succession, but Chen Shaotang shook his head and looked disapproving: "The status of these people is too low..."

Duan thought for a while and finally came up with someone, and couldn't help but say hatefully: "It's Liu Jingxiao who hasn't used it yet!"

He did not call Teacher Liu or Jing Xiao, but called him directly, which contained the hostility that this person could be killed and could not be forgiven. It is no wonder that although Liu Jingxiao was a cadre of the Hubei clan, he now went to the Zhizhong clan to play against the Hubei clan all day long, and now he betrayed the interests of the north. Liu Jingxiaocheng is the Qianqiu sinner in the eyes of Premier Duan.

Chen Shaotang pretended to be very surprised and said, "Is this person? It's too bad, it's really bad! The Prime Minister should think of another one." But he said to himself, "Does the Prime Minister want to imitate Feng Yongchi's story? The solution is indeed a good idea, but unfortunately, Liu Jingxiao is too unavailable!"

The stubborn Duan completely fell into his maze formation. It was really Xiong Xi's trick and he pretended to use Chen Tangshao. The next day, Duan decided to send a handwritten letter to welcome Liu Jingxiao to the important matters in Beijing. Xiong Xi took advantage of the opportunity and transformed from a representative of Liu Jingxiao into Duan's representative.

Then, the central government officially issued Liu Jingxiao as: "Commander-in-chief of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, commander of the western Hubei garrison and commander of the first division of the Republic's Hubei Army." These two positions were privately granted by Chen Yunjie and have not been confirmed by the central government. Now the central government uses the title "Liu Jingxiao".

Duan Tiemin also means to make Liu Jingxiao a meritorious person. Now he is stationed in Yichang. At that time, Premier Duan sends troops to Sichuan, and Liu Jingxiao will be his vanguard.

However, Liu Jingxiao's official rank was just a colonel. He served as the "Commander-in-Chief" and "Guardian Envoy" with the rank of colonel. This is also a strange phenomenon since the Republic. It is not that Premier Duan is stingy. In fact, it was the day when Liu Jingxiao arrived in Beijing that he published him as the general of the General's Mansion and was promoted to lieutenant general. As for Liu Jingxiao's general title, well-informed people outside said: "General Hengwei!"

Not to mention that Liu Jingxiao became Duan Tiemin's vanguard, even Chen Yunjie became someone else's vanguard. Nan Yaoxiao, the "acting governor of Hubei", took over the position of the Southern Hubei garrison envoy. Although the positions of the envoy Cao Zheng and Deputy Envoy Chen have not yet moved, the territory of southern Hubei has been considered to be the Zhijun.

Everyone saw a civil war in Hunan, and the Northern Army had a great chance to take advantage of the situation.

Of course, if you want to make a barking dog, you also need to throw a few pieces of meat and bones. Premier Duan announced that the Southern Expedition Army was reorganized into the Third Brigade of the First Division. The 1st Division and 1st Brigade collected after entering Hubei also recognized the number. The Hubei Southern Direct Army will provide military pay with local military funds, and the treasury will be supplemented by the treasury.

At the same time, the Zhi army troops left behind in Daming, Baoding were allowed to be reorganized into three independent brigades, that is, the Zhi army's troops in Daming, and their strength expanded several times.

After the two sides reached an agreement, Duan Tiemin publicly stated: "Straight supervision will never change people." After Cao Ming received this promise, he was about to take a car south. Wang Bin, the city brigade who had been threatening Wuhan behind his back, was also preparing to move south. As soon as Cao Ming arrived, Wang Bin moved his troops to southern Hubei.

Liu Jingxiao and Wanyan Yuzhuo did not have the chance to meet this righteous brother. They have been in Wuhan for almost half a month, and now they are also going back to Yichang.

With the new Secretary Xiong, Liu Jingxiao took his wife and a group of relevant personnel to board the boat along the river.

This time he brought both Wang Lie and Bai Siwen back to Yichang. The Prime Minister urged him to enter Beijing as soon as possible in his personal letter, but the large-scale drill scheduled by Liu Jingxiao was still not completed.

If this major event is not resolved, Liu Jingxiao has no intention of going north, but after the drill, Bai Siwen and Wang Lie have to re-arrange the arrangements, after all, they are both old people during the Dingbian Army period.

The ship Liu Jingxiao was riding in was from the Shen family. After the crew and sailors of the Shen family knew that he was Shen Xianqiao's husband, they all praised him. After all, whether this bowl of rice can be eaten may depend on Liu Jingxiao's words.

On this day, Liu Jingxiao took Xu Rubing to run around the boat when she was free. Everyone he met nodded and bowed. He was walking between the cabins and saw a small room that seemed to be quarreling inside, and there seemed to be some arguments inside. The quarrel was very fierce.

Liu Jingxiao didn't want to be too much, but the boat also had one of him, Mr. Liu, so she opened the door and said, "Don't make noise, everyone, give me a face!"

At this time, Liu Jingxiao found that there were 7 or 8 people gathered inside, including officers, wealthy businessmen, and gentlemen. They set up a table of bargaining chips, and everyone was betting on the cards there.

When a wealthy businessman saw Liu Jingxiao coming in, he hurriedly walked over and grabbed Liu Jingxiao's hand and said, "Sir, please give justice to the host..."

At this time, everyone in the room looked at Xu Rubing behind Liu Jingxiao, and his eyes were straightened. Liu Jingxiao asked quickly, "What's the matter?"

A shabby officer in the crowd said loudly: "This gentleman lost a lot of money to me, and I was sorry, so I wanted to collect fewer chips... Unexpectedly, Mr. Li said that I couldn't afford to look down on him, so he had a dispute..."

The wealthy businessman immediately refuted: "The casino is like a battlefield, how can I regret it? Commander Xia, you are lucky these days, and everyone sees it! The victory or defeat is common, but today you confiscate my money from Mr. Li, and in the future, you will ask me to be a job at the gambling table!"

Liu Jingxiao glanced at the officer. The officer was over 40 years old and had the rank of colonel, but his clothes were very shabby. After looking closely, it was not the Hubei military uniform, but the Hunan Army uniform that was similar to the southwest. However, although this spirit was in adversity, he was in good spirits and did not talk much. He couldn't help but nod to him: "Everyone is friends, why bother to hurt this friendship... Besides, the common things about victory and defeat, Commander Xia should put away the chips first! Maybe you may not be as good as you are now..."

Several gambling friends also came up to persuade them. The two finally made up as before. Liu Jingxiao was about to say goodbye, but the rich businessman named Li saw that Liu Jingxiao was dressed in gorgeous clothes and was obviously a wealthy person. The woman beside him was even more beautiful and charming, and she had a noble temperament. She was definitely not a common person. She said loudly: "Sir, why not come and play with her?"

Liu Jingxiao had quit gambling for many years. He and a few classmates were gambling in his room, but Yan Aoshuang came with a picket team and not only checked the gambling payment, but also clamped Liu Jingxiao's ear to give a school-wide motto, which made Liu Jingxiao lose all his face.

That's not all. Liu Jingxiao was also imprisoned for three days in prison, and practiced one thousand meters of cross-country once a week. After such a difficult experience, Liu finally realized it and decided to quit gambling. He finally did not commit it again.

So when Liu Jingxiao heard the invitation from the wealthy businessman, she immediately waved her hand and said, "I know nothing about gambling skills, so please give me some advice!"

This rich businessman named Li didn't want Liu Jingxiao to participate in the gambling, but just wanted to have a friendship. Seeing that Liu Jingxiao is not old, she has an extraordinary demeanor, and is wearing the general's uniform, she is obviously of high reputation and power. Everyone is doing some business in the two lakes and can take care of each other, so everyone kept Liu Jingxiao: "It doesn't matter if you don't play, just come in and sit down! Everyone knows you!"

Seeing that these people were also from wealthy and were very beneficial to know each other, Liu Jingxiao took Xu Rubing down and asked, "I haven't asked for the name of the surname Zun!"

Everyone reported their names one by one, and the down-and-out officer introduced himself: "Xia Gang!"

Liu Jingxiao blinked and asked, "E Legion? Xia Gang?"

Xia Gang nodded. Liu Jingxiao was also familiar with the Hubei army. This was his old opponent. When Liu Jingxiao fought in the Yanglou Army, the first time Liu Jingxiao encountered was Xia Gang's Hubei army. This Hubei army was composed of the Hubei army stranded in Hunan. In the battle, Liu Jingxiao took a lot of advantages. Later, Murong Xuehai captured three mountains in a row, greatly slashing the morale of the Hunan army, and the target was the Hubei army.

From then on, hundreds of officers and soldiers who were captured by Zhou Zaizhi's regiment were also added to the Hubei regiment. Therefore, when he heard this, Liu Jingxiao smiled: "I have long admired my name! I am Liu Jingxiao!"

Xia Gang was stunned at first, then quickly stood up and said, "Xia Gang has long admired the reputation of Commander Liu! It is a must to meet on the battlefield. Please don't be surprised by Commander Liu!"

When the gentry and businessmen on the side heard that the commander Liu Jingxiao, who was guarding Yichang, was quickly bowing and urging to show their affection.

Now, transporting Sichuan salt from Sichuan to Lianghu is the most profitable business, and Liu Jingxiao has the final say in the matter of transporting salt.
Chapter completed!