Beiyang reactionaries

This is Zhou Ziqi's move, and Zhang Hu is a member of the new transportation department.Although several bigwigs in the new transportation department were ruined and scolded and hid one by one, it doesn't mean that the new transportation department has no strength.

On the contrary, the new transportation department has strength in the current Bank of China and China Bank of Communications.

Zhou Ziqi's old transportation department was very strong, but that was when Yuan Shikai was alive a few years ago.A few years later, Zhou Ziqi also knows that now that he wants to raise funds, it is very good to win over the new transportation department.

Therefore, Zhang Hu was appointed as the chief financial officer.

At this point, a new cabinet supported by Cao Kun appeared.

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"Master Gao, I am waiting too long."

Shanghai.

On October 1919, 10, Zhou Ziqi officially became the prime minister of the cabinet.At the same time, representatives of Zhou Ziqi have appeared in Shanghai.Because Zhou Ziqi knew very well why Jin Yunpeng's cabinet fell, and why Cao Kun supported him as the prime minister of the cabinet.

money.

Cao Kun wants only one thing, and that is money.

Cao Kun currently only controls Zhili, Shandong, Chahar, Suiyuan, and Rehe, but the army already has 20 people.If only relying on these few places to support so many troops, Cao Kun would be unable to do what he wanted.

Cao Kun managed to control the Beijing government, of course he hoped to get benefits from the Beijing government.

But the current situation is not to say that it will not benefit, and even the Beijing government has become a burden.If the Beijing government cannot solve the financial crisis by itself, then Cao Kun must help the Beijing government solve the financial crisis.

Otherwise, it is useless to control the Beijing government by yourself.

But how Cao Kun could solve the financial crisis, he couldn't lend money to the Beijing government by himself.So Cao Kun had to find a prime minister who could help him solve the financial crisis.

So Zhou Ziqi got the support of Cao Kun.

Zhou Ziqi understands that under the current circumstances, there is only one way for him to continue serving as the prime minister of the cabinet, and that is to raise money.The current Beijing government has reached the point where it cannot continue to operate at all, because the staff of the Beijing government have not been paid properly for three months.

The army is not scary.

Because despite the aggressiveness of the army now, in fact, those people have not reached the point where they cannot survive.Cao Kun wouldn't really let them have nothing.Although Cao Kun's current military expansion is too serious and he is seriously short of funds, he can always control his own army.These troops made trouble before, which was instigated by Cao Kun behind the scenes.As long as Cao Kun supports Zhou Ziqi, these troops will immediately calm down.

In fact, the most terrifying thing is the government agency.

Zhou Ziqi needs to raise funds quickly, let the government agencies get through this year first, and then figure out a way.

So Zhou Ziqi's representative has come to Shanghai.There is only one way that Zhou Ziqi can think of first, and that is to issue public bonds like Jin Yunpeng.Jin Yunpeng has no connections and does not know how to issue public bonds.

The domestic financial circle doesn't trust him either.

It was impossible to buy his bonds.

But Zhou Ziqi is different.After all, Zhou Ziqi was a big boss in the old transportation department, and he had worked in this circle for many years.Zhou Ziqi is very familiar with the situation in Shanghai's financial circle, so he sent someone to contact them first.Let them buy some government bonds for Zhou Ziqi's sake.At least 2000 million public bonds must be sold to resolve the current situation.

"Pei Gong, you are too polite."

Zhou Ziqi's representative is Gao Enhong, who graduated from the University of Cambridge in the late Qing Dynasty.It should be said that most of the bosses in the old transportation department graduated from British and American universities, either from American universities or British universities.

All of them are highly educated.There are not a few masters and doctors.

In comparison, many of the new Department of Transportation graduated from Japanese schools.

So their styles of doing things are different.When the former Department of Transportation borrowed money, it mostly borrowed money from banks headed by the UK, and the relationship with the UK side was relatively good.Although they also borrowed money from Japan, from the background, they belonged more to the Anglo-American faction.If it hadn't been for the outbreak of the First World War and Britain's inability to take care of the Far East, Yuan Shikai's government should have been pro-British and American.But the United Kingdom shrunk its power, so Yuan Shikai turned to Japan in desperation and began to be pro-Japanese.

The new transportation department is completely pro-Japanese.

This time Zhou Ziqi became interim prime minister, many people in the old transportation department were angry.He believed that Zhou Ziqi was betraying the old Department of Communications, mainly because he believed that he had betrayed the leader of the Department of Communications, Liang Shiyi.

The old transportation department is not a party, but a political faction composed of a group of bureaucrats.

They don't have a political ideology, or any other kind of gang model.It mainly depends on the region (mostly Guangdong and Guangxi people headed by Liang Shiyi), classmates (mostly British and American students), and colleagues (most of them were promoted by Liang Shiyi in the late Qing Dynasty).

Therefore, most of the cadres in the old transportation department were from Guangdong and Guangxi, as well as British and American students, and Liang Shiyi's old department.

Since Jin Yunpeng's cabinet was unstable, the old transportation department has become active.They used their influence to deliberately trip Jin Yunpeng's cabinet, because they all expected Liang Shiyi to enter Beijing and restore the glory of the old transportation department.However, Zhou Ziqi, the former leader of the transportation department in Beijing and the chief financial officer, has always expressed his position that he is not in a hurry to let Liang Shiyi enter Beijing.Let's observe the changes in the situation for a period of time first.

However, Zhou Ziqi suddenly issued a statement stating that Jin Yunpeng failed to issue public bonds, which directly led to the complete downfall of Jin Yunpeng's cabinet.Now he is serving as the interim prime minister again, and smart people understand what's going on.

Therefore, many officials in the old transportation department did not heed Zhou Ziqi's call.

Even Ye Gongchuo, the former chief of transportation, did the same.

It is believed that Zhou Ziqi used the old transportation department to stumbling Jin Yunpeng's cabinet everywhere, and finally drove Jin Yunpeng away.But the result was not that Liang Shiyi, whom everyone had hoped for, became the cabinet premier, but himself became the cabinet premier.

Therefore, many people did not enter Zhou Ziqi's cabinet.

Zhou Ziqi was also very helpless when he saw that many people were disobedient.The position of Prime Minister is close at hand, Zhou Ziqi can't help being tempted.So Zhou Ziqi chose Gao Enhong, a fellow from Shandong and a member of the old transportation department, as his representative to carry out activities in Shanghai.

The first person Gao Enhong found was Zhu Baosan.

Zhu Baosan was 30 years older than Gao Enhong, so Gao Enhong gave Zhu Baosan enough face.

"Master Gao, please drink tea."

In the past, the former Department of Transportation was in charge of China's financial circles, and of course I also knew Zhu Baosan, a bigwig in Shanghai's financial circles and business circles.Although Gao Enhong had no contact with Zhu Baosan before, his name was like a thunderbolt.Zhu Baosan had also heard of Gao Enhong, who was 30 years younger than himself, and knew that he was a senior member of the old transportation department.

Xu Shichang just appointed Zhou Ziqi as the prime minister of the cabinet, so the news of Zhou Ziqi's becoming the prime minister of the cabinet has not yet spread to Shanghai, and Zhu Baosan is still unclear about this matter.However, Jin Yunpeng's cabinet has been unstable during this period, and the news that the old transportation department will take over Beijing is already full of storms.Everyone is swearing that the current situation in Beijing can only be solved by the old traffic department, and only by Liang Shiyi, the great god of wealth.

Therefore, although the old transportation department has lost power for a long time, Zhu Baosan did not dare to treat Gao Enhong lightly.

But not close either.

Very normal.

Talk about this, talk about that, anyway, Zhu Baosan is not in a hurry.

But Gao Enhong was in a hurry.Seeing Zhu Baosan chatting with him, he talked about everything, except what he wanted to talk about most.Gao Eunhong is a professional talent and is very good in many aspects.In the former Department of Transportation, Gao Enhong was famous for his vigorous and resolute and professional ability.Likewise his character was considered the most unsuitable in political circles.

Because of his quick temper, he is not very tactful.

But it is precisely because of his strong ability and the courage to take on things, so Liang Shiyi, Zhou Ziqi, the old transportation department bosses, and even Yuan Shikai and Duan Qirui have a high opinion of Gao Enhong.If there are any difficulties that cannot be resolved, they will be handed over to Gao Enhong to deal with them.Even those later scholars, such as Cai Yuanpei and Hu Shi, spoke highly of Gao Enhong.

Seeing Zhu Baosan chatting endlessly, he doesn't look like a 70-year-old man at all, full of energy.So Gao Enhong couldn't bear it, and said directly: "Pei Gong (Zhu Baosan), this time I am here to represent the new cabinet premier Zhou Ziqi who is about to take office."

"Oh? Mr. Zhou is going to be the Prime Minister of the Cabinet? This is a good thing. Mr. Zhou was a capable minister in the late Qing Dynasty. He helped Yuan Gongbao solve many financial problems. The emergence of new enterprises and new schools in the northern region, China's modern economic system, Mr. Zhou Great contribution."

Not Liang Shiyi?Is it Zhou Ziqi?

Zhu Baosan was slightly surprised.

But he didn't show it at all, he praised Zhou Ziqi all the time.