Beiyang reactionaries

"Let me fully understand the situation in China and not make radical mistakes."

Zhang Jiaao blurted out.

This sentence was the excuse Duan Xun made when he asked him to resign from the position of Bank of China president and asked him to investigate the Bureau of Statistics.Unexpectedly, when Zhang Jiaao repeated this sentence, Duan Xun laughed.

But he nodded his head and said, "You're right, that's what I mean."

Zhang Jiaao was puzzled.

When he was dismissed from his position as the president of the Bank of China, the charge was that he was not familiar with the situation in China.So in order to let myself understand the situation in China, I asked myself to investigate the Bureau of Statistics.

But isn't that just an excuse?

What the real reason is, no one knows.It's not because I offended too many powerful figures.Duan Xun first used himself to deal with these people and weaken their strength, and then he attacked Zhang Jiaao to appease them.

"Gongquan, do you really think that I transferred you to the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics because of pressure?"

Zhang Jiaao didn't speak.

Because he didn't know how to answer this sentence.He didn't expect Duan Xun to speak so directly.

Duan Xun said with a smile: "I was born in a war, and I fought from the southwest. Yes, because of the well-developed education in the Jiangnan area, there are many officials from Jiangnan in the government. You are also native of Jiangsu and born in Shanghai. But do you know what is the foundation of the regime in Chinese history? It is the army. As long as the army is in hand, I really don’t care about a little local power. If it really affects the regime and hinders the government’s plan, In fact, I don't mind killing people. I came out of the hail of bullets, and I'm used to seeing dead people. It's too common for us to kill some people."

What Duan Xun said was very simple.

And he said it with a smile, but Zhang Jiaao's face became very serious.Because he already understood Duan Xun's meaning, Duan Xun's calm words contained infinite murderous intent.Duan Xun's meaning is very simple. The basis for Duan Xun's ability to enter Beijing and control the political power is the army in Duan Xun's hands.

Duan Xun was born as a warlord, and he entered Beijing all the way by relying on the army.

Duan Xun's army is based on Duan Xun's officers in the western and southwestern regions of Henan, and actually has little connection with the Jiangnan region.That is to say, the big families in the Jiangnan area, no matter whether they are family heirs of poetry and books, or business families with wealth beyond rivals, Duan Xun is really ruthless and dares to strike.Just like the massacres and purges of the Jiangnan area in the Qing Dynasty.

Because the foundation of Duan Xun's rule is not in the Jiangnan area.If Duan Xun really cleans up the forces in Jiangnan, those meritorious deeds that followed Duan Xun would be wishing for that.

Because the big Jiangnan family collapsed, the political, economic, and military power vacuum they left behind can be filled by others.

Although the Jiangnan region is the place with the best economy and the most talented people, for people from warlord background like Duan Xun, the influence is not as great as imagined.

If they really want to kill, they really don't have much ability to resist.

At this time Zhang Jiaao thought of it.

Duan Xun not only used himself to rectify the finances, but also dealt a severe blow to the big business families in Jiangnan, swallowing up the assets of many families in Jiangnan for several lifetimes.It turned out that many of the wealthy families in the Jiangnan area were financial families, but during the Shanghai banking crisis, it can be said that they suffered heavy losses and went bankrupt countless times.Some time ago, they used the excuse of grain trading to shoot and confiscate the land and property of many Jiangnan landlords.

Not to mention that Duan Xun defeated Lu Yongxiang a few years ago and rectified Lu Yongxiang's forces, which also carried out some rectification of the forces in the Jiangnan area.Thinking of Zhang Jiaao in this way, it occurred to me that in the past few years, Duan Xun has indeed sorted out the Jiangnan area under various names.

Thinking of this, Zhang Jiaao instantly felt a little thirsty.

The more I think about it, the thirstier I become.

But he dared not drink the water ahead.Because Duan Xun's words had already made him think of a lot.The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. At first, he thought that he had done a good job in rectifying the finances.I didn't expect that compared with Duan Xun, this is nothing.Duan Xun has already sorted out the Jiangnan area in silence.

"Gongquan, how old are you this year?"

"36 is old."

"36 years old. You studied economics, and soon after returning to China, you took up a position in the Bank of China. Step by step, you finally became the president of the Bank of China. You have always been in the banking circle. Gongquan, 36 years old, you have 30 years left Time is in government agencies. But you have always been in the banking circle. In the financial circle, you have reached the highest position, that is, the governor of the Bank of China. Because the Bank of China is the highest financial regulatory department and policy-making department in China. Do you want to be in the Bank of China Will you stay in the position of governor for 30 years?"

Zhang Jiaao is a real young high-ranking official. At the age of 33, he served as the governor of the Bank of China and held the highest financial power in China.Zhang Jiaao looked up at Duan Xun.

There are still 30 years of official career.

Do you want to stay in the position of Bank of China governor for 30 years?

This is impossible.

Who can allow a person to stay in one department and one position for 30 years.If a person has been entrenched in a department or a place for many years, this is not allowed by any superior.

"Gongquan, if you continue to stay in the Bank of China, then you can only stop here in this life and wander around in this circle. I asked you to investigate the Statistics Bureau so that you can have a good understanding of all aspects of our country. The situation. Let you have an intuitive understanding of the various industries in our country. In this regard, you have done a good job in the past two years."

Duan Xun briefly explained why he asked Zhang Jiaao to investigate the Bureau of Statistics.Just a brief explanation of course.

"The establishment of household registration files and the census are very important this time. I am going to assign you a strong general. You know this person, the deputy director of the Shanghai Police Department, Yu Zhongying, who was previously the director of the Shanghai Narcotics Control Department. I am going to transfer him to Beijing. , to serve as your assistant to the director of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. Apart from being in charge of this census, you have more important things to do. I want you to make preparations."

"Yes."

"Then go prepare. By the way, Minister Tan (Tan Yankai) of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is an old man, so respect him more. There is also Deputy Minister Chen (Chen Tiaoyuan) of the Police Department, and he has a good relationship with him. Although you have been in the past two years You have matured a lot, but there are still many people who tell me that you are too noble in what you do. This time I have the opportunity to work with Minister Tan of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and learn from him how to deal with the relationship between various departments. "

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"In the past two years, our country's industrial construction, agricultural construction, and economic construction have made great progress. However, everyone should be very clear that the five-year plan we formulated at the end of 1923 has not been completed in the past two years. .This includes industrial plans, agricultural plans, and educational plans, and we haven’t completed the planned data.”

The cabinet meeting continued the next day.

Duan Xun spoke first.

At the meeting, Duan Xun, as the prime minister of the cabinet, first stated some of the contents to be discussed at this meeting.In fact, the content that needs to be discussed has a process before the meeting, and everyone has a general understanding of the content to be discussed.When Duan Xun said this, Liang Huankui, the Minister of Industry below, immediately said: "Prime Minister, it is the responsibility of our Ministry of Industry that we have not been able to complete the original industrial plan in the past two years. When we formulated the plan, we thought about the problem in a simpler way. We did not realize that Practical difficulties. It is me, the Minister of Industry, who is negligent.”

Since Liang Huankui went to Duan Xun, he completely cut off his own business.

Originally, Liang Huankui went to Sichuan to do business in Sichuan.Because he was in Hunan at that time, he was forced by warlords like Zhang Jingyao, and he couldn't do many businesses.

Too many taxes, too many apportionments.

When Liang Huankui's business was at its most brilliant, Changsha claimed that half of its fiscal revenue came from Liang Huankui's antimony mine, Liang Huankui's business.But that was the time when China fought the most wars.

Hunan's geographical location is very important, as the north-south traffic artery.The Beiyang army fought with the southern warlords, no matter how they fought, Hunan was one of the main battlefields, and a large number of troops would gather here.During the Revolution of 4000, the province that sent the most troops in the defense of Wuchang was the Hunan Army.Later, regardless of whether it was a war to protect the country or a war to protect the law, Hunan must be controlled.If the Beiyang army wants to defeat the southern warlords, it must control Hunan.And the southern warlords had to pass through Hunan if they wanted to make the Northern Expedition.But as long as there is a war, military spending is needed.Just like during the Dharma War, Lu Rongting supported [-] troops, and the military expenditure exceeded [-] million within a year.

Therefore, in order to raise military expenses, those local warlords can only raise taxes, and they can only apportion them to the wealthy businessmen and ask them to raise military salaries.

Liang Huankui was famous in Hunan at that time, how could those warlords let him go.This made Liang Huankui's company unable to continue.At that time, Duan Xun was "attracting investment" in Sichuan, giving them various preferential treatment.That's why Liang Huankui went to Chongqing to invest.

Originally, I wanted to be a big businessman.

But later, at Duan Xun's invitation, he re-entered politics and became Duan Xun's subordinate in charge of industry.The three Liang Huankui brothers were all engaged in politics in the industrial field, so Liang Huankui ended his own business and completed a public-private partnership between the factory and the government.He handed over all his antimony mines.Of course, the Liang family still owns some shares, but they no longer intervene in the company's operations.As the Minister of Industry until now, responsible for the national industrial development, he has aged a lot in the past two years.

Because too tired.

Developing industry in China, a country with little industrial foundation, is much more difficult than imagined, and various unthinkable problems are coming one after another.Liang Huankui, 55 years old, has mostly gray hair.

The industrial construction situation in the past two years is much worse than the previous plan.The degree of completion is only about 70.00% of the original plan.This made Liang Huankui really anxious.

"Minister Liang, don't review it first. Let's discuss why our plan has not been completed in the past two years. It is because the plan we made was too ambitious and completely divorced from reality. It is because we have problems in industrial construction. Liang Minister, you are the Minister of Industry, directly in charge of industrial construction, please tell me the specific situation."

"Yes."

Liang Huankui nodded.

Wearing glasses, he took out some materials and said, "Prime Minister, after the past two years, our Ministry of Industry has also summarized some problems. Let me start with the plan we made. When we made the plan, although we thought the problem was simpler , but it is not that the data cannot be completed. On the contrary, because this is the first time, everyone has great concerns. Therefore, we draw on the industrial development of European, American and Japanese countries and make our industrial plan. And according to these two Judging from the construction situation in [-], the Ministry of Industry still believes that our plan is not too high, on the contrary, it is very appropriate. It’s just that when we made the plan, we didn’t make a contingency plan or psychological preparation for the difficulties we faced. For example, our country lacks sufficient technical reserves, lacks sufficient technical personnel, lacks experience in industrial construction, etc. We have not fully considered these difficulties. That's why there have been some hectic situations in the past two years."