The living room of the temporary government office in Liuzhou, Wang Zhenyu leaned casually on the sofa, looking at the four keys sitting in front of him on a rattan chair made from local products of Guangdong and Guangxi: Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, Huang Shaohong, and Huang Xuchu.

  This makes one sigh with emotion. These four young men in their early twenties are the famous Four Great Pillars of the New Gui System in history. All four of them have the potential to become great marshals, but unfortunately they encountered this irresponsible transmigrator Old Gui, causing them to exit the historical stage prematurely. As for the New Gui System, it's likely that unless he dies, it will be stillborn.

  Wang Zhenyu is spacing out again Time is passing minute by minute The atmosphere in the room has become very eerie

  Li Zongren is a man who doesn't have many ideas, so he naturally waits for the commander to speak; Bai Chongxi thinks too much, and in his eyes, even the commander's normal behavior becomes a mysterious move. He feels a bit uneasy, wondering if the commander is observing them.

  As for Huang Shaohong and Huang Xuchu, it's a feeling of being at a loss as to what this is all about. Two people who were under Lu Daoyi's command just a month ago. If you must say there's some connection, then Huang Shaohong does have a bit of a connection with the current Wang Daoyi. When he was in Nanjing, he could have become a member of the Xiangxi Army, but at that time, he was only 17 years old and foolishly took the silver dollars and ran back to Guangxi. Now, looking at his former senior becoming his superior, it's hard not to feel regret. He had endured for over two years and was only a regiment commander. If he hadn't left back then, he would have been at least a division commander by now. Yesterday, he was pulled closer to the Xiangxi Army by Bai Chongxi and became Bai's deputy officer. Unexpectedly, today he was summoned by Wang Daoyi. As an unknown small soldier, how could he be summoned? Is it possible that the general still remembers the past events in Nanjing and wants to mock him a bit?

  Compared to Huang Shaohong, Huang Xuchu was even more at a loss. He had no relationship with Wang Zhenyu whatsoever, and could only lower his head and wait for the general to speak up.

  Wang Zhenyu had no idea that the four people in front of him would have so many thoughts in such a short time. His mind was still thinking about how to develop Guangxi, and he couldn't clear his thoughts for a while. As for calling the four people over, it was just to see if these future leaders of the new Gui system had any good ideas. However, looking at their young faces, Wang Zhenyu suddenly felt that this approach was inappropriate. Ability requires practice and experience, not something that anyone is born with. But since they were already there, he might as well ask: "I invited you here mainly to ask about how to manage Guangxi's problems, because you are all from Guangxi after all. Benefiting one's hometown is something every Guangxi person should do. You don't need to be restrained. I've met Huang Shaohuang in Nanjing, and as for Huang Xu Chu, I've heard about your situation, so speak freely."

  Soldiers are indeed not inferior to those hypocritical politicians. If you ask them anything, they will tell you straight out if there's nothing unexpected. However, judging from their varied suggestions, it's clear that they still lack governing experience. The only thing they don't lack is probably work enthusiasm.

  Li Zongren's view is very direct and practical: "I think we can follow the example of the great marshal in western Hunan, where the policy of 'county people governing counties' has been implemented. Although this policy is relatively mature, there are still problems such as village tyrants in the promotion of this policy in western Hunan, but basically it is still within a controllable range and makes up for our lack of political cadres."

  Bai Chongxi didn't know why, but recently he and Li Zongren had been at odds with each other, their fraternal bond somewhat strained: "I dare not agree with what Big Brother De Lin said. In essence, Guangxi and Xiangxi are still different. The bandits in Xiangxi rely on trade to survive; if we block their trade routes, they have no choice but to surrender their arms. But the mountains of Guangxi are vast and boundless - how can we possibly blockade them all? To this day, I haven't been able to capture that scoundrel Shen Hongying. Forcing county people to govern counties may lead to the emergence of violent groups that override the law and local armed forces in the entire southwestern region of Guangxi. At that point, we will not be benefiting the people, but harming them instead."

  Bai Chongxi took a step forward and said to Wang Zhengu: "General, I think we can implement the military and political system in Guangxi. Our subordinates and I have studied this system, which should be able to maximize our military strength while maintaining local stability."

  Wang Zhenyu's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't show it. As someone from the future who had experienced authoritarianism, would he still be wary of military rule? The main issue was what Bai Chongxi had just said and what his subordinates were discussing. It seemed to be about forming small cliques. As a warlord, Wang Zhenyu's two biggest taboos for his subordinates were: one, being disloyal; and two, forming factions for personal gain. However, after being in power for so long, Wang Zhenyu had become adept at hiding his emotions. He calmly asked Bai Chongxi, "Tell me, what is this 'military rule' you speak of?"

  Bai Chongxi saw Wang Zhenyu's interest and was immediately delighted. The military and political system is actually a variant of the warlord system. According to this system, once the power of the army expands, Wang Zhenyu will inevitably only be able to grasp a few points but not the entire situation. At that time, these people will naturally be entrusted with controlling local civil administration. However, this is absolutely impossible in western Hunan, where the separation between military and politics is too thorough, and it's hard for anyone to intervene even a little bit.

  "The county-level officials of the military control zone are all appointed by the military, and all administrative orders are issued and executed in a military manner. A local militia or security force is established to maintain local law and order, and all materials are uniformly allocated and distributed through military management."

  Bai Chongxi became more and more excited as he spoke, while Wang Zhenyu's eyebrows furrowed involuntarily. This Bai Chongxi has ambitions, actually daring to try his hand at military dictatorship. He coldly said a sentence: "Hm, does anyone else have any other ideas?"

  This remark was like a basin of cold water poured over Bai Chongxi's head, and he could only shut his mouth in dismay, standing aside with an even deeper fear of Wang Zhenyu in his heart.

  Wang Zhenyu's gaze turned to Er Huang, who had not yet spoken.

  "Huang Shaokong proposed a compromise: 'The humble official's suggestion is not to implement the system uniformly throughout Guangxi. The social and folk customs of Guangxi, being a border province, are definitely different from those of inland provinces. Personally, I think it would be appropriate to implement the county magistrate system in areas such as Liuzhou and Wuzhou in northern Guangxi, but in areas near the French-Indochina border, implementing military officials seems more reasonable.'"

  Wang Zhenyu looked at Huang Shaohong in surprise, wondering if he and the chief designer were close brothers or something, starting to play a two-faced game so early. However, after listening carefully, although there was some reason to it, the essence was still nonsense.

  Huang Xuchu, the last speaker, thought for a long time and said: "The commander-in-chief uses troops to guarantee the fairness and solemnity of justice is the core content of Hunan's rule of law. This is what I learned personally yesterday evening. I think it may be more suitable in Guangxi to bundle multiple plans together for implementation."

  Wang Zhenyu's eyes lit up as soon as he heard this. He stood up and pointed at Huang Xu Chu: "You continue speaking."

  "It is my humble opinion that the most important thing is to maintain the authority of military and political orders. This requires us to gain the genuine support of various local forces, while also having a strong backing to maintain judicial institutions and local governments. Therefore, I believe that first, we should establish eight prefectures in Guangxi: Nanning, Liuzhou, Wuzhou, Qinzhou, Guilin, Hezhou, Baise, and Yulin."

  The second imitated the old system of Xiangxi County where the county was governed by the people, and at the same time, the prefecture set up an administrative office and a security brigade. All private militias of local despots were incorporated into the security brigade.

  At the same time, a garrison was established in each prefecture to coordinate the relationship between the garrison and local security brigades, as well as daily recruitment of new soldiers. At the same time, two divisions were established above the prefectures: the Guilin Divisional District was responsible for unified command of all military actions in the four prefectures of Liuzhou, Guilin, Wuzhou, and Hezhou under Guilin; the Nanning Divisional District was responsible for unified command of all military actions in the four prefectures of Nanning, Qinzhou, Bose, and Yulin under Nanning. These two divisional districts were directly subordinate to the Provincial Military Governor's Office.

  The fourth is about the establishment of Guangxi Development Company, I don't know much about economics so I won't speak nonsense.

  Wang Zhenyu stared blankly at the slender Huang Xuchu, a true prodigy. No wonder this son could govern Guangxi for 19 years and build it into a model province like Shanxi. The saying that genius exists is really true.

  Wang Zhenyu immediately clapped his hands and shouted: "Good good good"

  Three consecutive good results for Huang Xu are a great affirmation

  Wang Zhenyu then had people bring over Lu Rongting and other old Gui? generals, as well as the four Lius of Liuzhou and others from the First Division. There were also more than 30 key members of the National Socialist Party who had just arrived, all crowded into this small living room to discuss the future system of Guangxi.

  Lu Rongting, as the first surrendered general, was naturally one of the most active ones.

  The discussion continued until midnight and finally a rough plan was finalized. After Wang Zhenbang's collation and revision, the main content is as follows:

  First, the Guangxi Provincial Government was established with a single civil affairs chief appointed by the central government (Wang Zhenyu's preferred candidate was Wang Zhixiang, a fellow native of Hebei Province and an old friend from his days in Nanjing)

  Secondly, the Guilin North District and Guilin South District were established, with Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi serving as commanders of the two districts respectively.

  Thirdly, each county implements political reform and follows the example of Xiangxi to implement "people's rule at the county level". All local armed forces must either be incorporated into the security forces or disbanded on the spot.

  The fourth is to set up the 804 base in Liuzhou, the 805 base in Wuzhou, and the 806 base in Nanning. Together with the three bases in Xiangxi, they were merged into the Armed Mobilization Department. This department is responsible for coordinating local garrison troops and security forces, as well as recruiting and training new soldiers. The rank is that of a division commander. Song Haomin was promoted to Major General and became the head of the department.

  The Fifth Army established the Hunan-Guangxi United Army Headquarters, with Wang Zhenyu as the Commander-in-Chief and Tian Yingkui and Lu Rongting as Deputy Commanders (concurrently). Under it were set up the General Staff Department (with four departments: Organization, Operations, Training, and Inspection), the Military Supplies Department (with five departments: Weapons, Materials, Ordnance, Logistics, and Auditing), the Armed Mobilization Department, the Military Law Bureau (with departments such as Military Police and Discipline), and the Military Intelligence Bureau.