Chapter 20 Back to Shanghai Building New Army (2)

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  Xu Shaowen came back to his senses, he let out a faint sigh, then asked his deputy: "Chen Lingshen, do you have any money on you?"

  Deputy officer Chen Lingxian, with a honest look on his face, hastily pulled out over ten dollars from the pocket of his military uniform and counted them before saying: "Sir, I have fourteen dollars here."

  Li Zhenning also found it strange, but didn't ask much. He took out a few dollars and some military coupons from his own pocket and said, "I have some here too, Wen Yuan, you can take them first if you need them."

  Xu Shaowen didn't have much courtesy for Li Zhenning, he took the money from Li Zhenning and stuffed it into Chen Lingsheng's hand, then instructed him: "Chen Lingsheng, you take this money to that woman who is picking up vegetable leaves and fruits. I'll return your 14 dollars doubled later." In order not to let Chen Lingsheng mistake the person, he specifically pointed at Su Yuanni.

  "Yes." Chen Ling took her orders and left.

  Chen Ling first arrived at the fruit and vegetable market, found Su Wanyu, and said: "Miss, my superior has something for me to give you."

  Su Wan'er's life had become much more difficult over the past few months, and she had lost two or three sizes. Her slender arms seemed to have only a layer of skin left, and her cheeks were deeply sunken. She saw a military officer standing in front of her and couldn't help but jump in fright, with terror filling her eyes.

  "Who is your superior?" she asked tremulously.

  "My superior is the Shanghai Garrison Commander," Chen Lingxian didn't say much, although he was a straightforward person, he also knew what to say and when. He took out some money and handed it over to Su Wan'er's hand, saying, "This money is from my superior for you."

  "No, I don't want it." Su Wan'er hastily declined, but Chen Lingshen had already turned and walked away.

  Su Wan'er followed the direction Chen Ling had gone and saw on the square in front of the train station, a team of soldiers were welcoming someone, but that person had already walked into the car, she didn't see anything.

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  Two days later, Li Wanqi, Li Zhenning's father, gave a large villa near the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau to Xu Shao as the Dujun Mansion. Li Wanqi also personally arranged for the decoration of the Dujun Mansion. This large villa was twice as big as the Li family villa, and the garden in front of it alone had an area of 2,000 square meters. The villa was divided into two parts: a four-story main building in the front, separated by a small rear garden, connected to a second three-story small Western-style house.

  Xu Shaowen decided to use the main building as the Commander's Office, and the small Western-style house behind it as his own official residence. Li Zhenning was very casual in his daily life, if he wanted to go home and live there, he would go home and live there; if he wanted to stay in the official residence, he would stay in the official residence.

  The first floor of the Garrison Command has two guard rooms that can accommodate thirty soldiers. Basic departments such as the telegraph room and the consultation office are also located on this floor. The second floor is the Propaganda Department, Logistics Office, Finance Department, and Archives Room, with several rooms left for officer offices and restrooms. The third floor is the Secretariat, Military Officer's Office, and Civilian Office. The fourth floor is the Garrison Commander's office, as well as the Garrison Staff Office, Senior Officer's Office, and various Consultant Offices.

  Although Li Wanqi had arranged the military governor's office very thoroughly, for Xu Shaowen, he and Li Zhenning only brought two deputy officers and four guards from Beijing, and there were no other subordinates. Subordinates must be dispatched by the Shanghai Garrison Command to provide some human resources assistance.

  Zheng Rucheng saw the last sentence of Yuan Shikai's special approval in Xu Shaowen and Li Zhenning's letter of appointment, so he knew that Xu and Li were not coming to Shanghai to divide his power. Since this was the case, he had no grudges against Xu and Li, and would still have to rely on the big figures behind them in the future, so he cooperated very well in the arrangement of troops and personnel. He arranged for the first battalion of the military police camp to temporarily take charge of the security of the governor's mansion, and also expressed his attitude towards Xu Shaowen, saying that some resources from the garrison command could be mobilized at will.

  Xu Shao-wen knew that Zheng Ru-cheng held two positions, Shanghai Garrison Commander and Shanghai Security Command, with many overlapping departments, so he didn't stand on ceremony. He transferred half of the secretaries from the Security Command to his office, brought in several new officers who had just graduated from the Military Academy, assigned them to the Martial Law Office, and even recruited a few telegraph operators from the Shanghai Telegraph Bureau.

  Xu Shaowen again consulted with Zheng Rucheng, planning to transfer the entire third battalion of the military police camp under his command. Firstly, the Military Governor's Office internally needed guards; secondly, they also needed some old soldiers to train new recruits; and thirdly, they needed to fill up the propaganda department of the Military Governor's Office. For this, he assured Zheng Rucheng that he would make arrangements with the concession area, so if there were any more trouble in the future, the gangs within the concession area could be called upon to resolve it directly.

  Zheng Rucheng thought about it and didn't want to refuse Xu Shaowen, and in his eyes, the third battalion had always been a useless battalion, specializing in doing some tasks for the concession police. He had long wanted to withdraw them. So he readily agreed and even volunteered to help the Military Governor's Office build several barracks in the former Dahua Garden free of charge to accommodate the accommodation of more than 200 people from the third battalion.

  The third battalion of the military police, Guan Dai Haoguang, was quite depressed. Two months ago, he was Xu Shaowen's superior, and two months later, Xu Shaowen became his superior, and also the highest superior.

  Two days later, the Military Governor's Office finally began to operate with difficulty. Xu Shao-wen still had a batch of military officers under his command, such as Chen Ling-xian, Hao Jiguang, and Zheng Ziming, who was Hao's deputy officer. There were also several new military officers in the Military Affairs Bureau and several experienced military officers in the Secretariat. Of course, at present, he could only consider Chen Ling-xian, an honest man, as a trusted aide. The military officers in the Secretariat could only be used for official business and could not be treated as confidants for the time being.

  Xu Shao-wen promoted the four guards who followed him from Beijing to be the guards of the Military Governor's Office. That evening, he had the guards inform Li Zhen-ning, Chen Ling-xian, Hao Jia-guang and all the new military officers in the Wu Guan Chu that only the Secretary-General was called from the Secretariat to attend the first meeting of the Military Governor's Office at the Staff Headquarters conference room.

  Within ten minutes, everyone who received the notice arrived at the staff headquarters conference room. Although they were mostly still unfamiliar with each other, everyone was very serious about this meeting of the Military Affairs Bureau and all sat solemnly in their seats. As soon as Xu Shaowen and Li Zhenning entered the conference room, these officers immediately stood up to salute them, showing such perfect decorum that even Xu Shaowen felt somewhat unaccustomed to it.

  Xu Shaowen was the supervisor, naturally the highest official in the supervisor's office, while Li Zening was the second-in-command, so it was only natural that Xu Shaowen sat in the chief seat.

  "Please sit down," said Xu Shaowen, sitting down himself with a very casual tone, "From now on, we are all brothers who have gone through thick and thin together. I hope everyone can get along harmoniously."

  All the officers sat down, although there were many young people on the scene who were older than Xu Shaowen, but no one dared to disobey him. After all, Xu Shaowen had an intimidating presence in terms of background and momentum, making them feel like a qualified leader.

  "I and Li Du were specially appointed by the President to come to Shanghai to supervise the new army. In the past few days, the affairs of the Military Supervision Office have been settled, and it's time to discuss the matter of recruiting and training soldiers." Xu Shao-wen's tone had a kind of official aura, which he himself might not even be aware of. Once someone sits in a certain position, they will unconsciously get used to the atmosphere of that position. "However, before the meeting, I think it's necessary to make some adjustments within the Military Supervision Office."

  All the officers were in high spirits, and since the establishment of the Shanghai Garrison Command, many department heads had not been confirmed, so it was inevitable that some people would secretly look forward to it. Although the Shanghai Garrison Command is different from a provincial garrison command, it is after all a local military and political organ, and now everyone is new faces, anyone can be temporarily promoted and appointed, which can affect their lifelong career prospects.

  "The Military Command has been formally established, and the heads of several departments under its jurisdiction have not yet been determined. As the saying goes, 'a group of dragons cannot be without a leader.' Before we discuss the formation of the new army, I will temporarily assign some tasks to each of you," Xu Shaowen said, looking at everyone before taking out a draft document from the file folder he had brought with him.

  "He addressed the contents of the document to those present, saying: 'In order to streamline our internal organization and improve our efficiency in serving the public, I have decided to assign the telegraph office, archives office, clerical office, and propaganda department directly under the Secretary's Office. The guard room and logistics department will be directly responsible to the Military Officer's Office, which will report to the Governor's Staff Office. The Finance Department will remain an independent department, reporting directly to the Governor's Office along with the various advisors. The Secretary's Office will report to the Governor's Office.'"

  Xu Shaowen's allocation indeed gave the complex departments a clear logic, and also clearly explained the level of each department. Although the secretariat managed the most departments, they were all some clerical work functions, to a certain extent it also showed that Xu Shaowen himself wanted to directly control military power, while letting Li Zhenning be in charge of administrative work.

  "Colonel Chen Sen, you have always been the deputy director of the Secretariat in the Garrison Command. Now, I will still appoint you as the Director of the Secretariat in my Inspectorate." Xu Shaowen said to a man in his thirties.

  Chen Sen immediately straightened up and solemnly said to Xu Shao Wen: "Chen Sen will definitely not disappoint Director Xu."

  "At present, many necessary personnel in the Military Affairs Bureau have not yet been fully assembled. Secretary Chen, you follow up on this matter and handle it. Please write a report as soon as possible and submit it to Director Li," Xu Shaowen instructed Chen Sen to sit down and then assigned him tasks, "In addition, regarding the selection of location and construction of the new barracks, Secretary Chen, please arrange for someone to work out the location and budget first. I emphasize that the new barracks must be built well, money is not a problem."

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