Beiyang reactionaries

So Duan Xun immediately said: "Well. After the year of [-], the governors and governors of the provinces changed too frequently, which is not good for the stability of the place. I think it is the same as the president, the prime minister, and the members of Congress. The governor is also good. Whether it is the governor or the provincial governor, they should have their own term of office, and it is a very clear term of office. Unless there are special circumstances that need to mobilize their work, otherwise the term of office of the governors of each province and the governors of each province should be clarified. I think the whole country Next, starting from the President, the Prime Minister, Members of Parliament, provincial governors and governors, and even provincial councilors and county heads, the terms of office should be unified. Only when the terms of office of each agency are consistent, can they be connected every time they change, otherwise It's going to be messy."

The early days of the Republic of China were chaotic.

The governors of the provinces changed frequently, and so did the governors and governors of the provinces.Frequent substitutions make it difficult to carry out work in various places in an orderly manner.Of course, even when the president and the prime minister are frequently replaced, this is a very normal thing.

But as the political situation stabilizes, these things must be on the right track.Announcing such a measure just now is very beneficial to appease the governors and governors of the provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui.

"The prime minister said so."

Dai Kan nodded.

I also agree with Duan Xun's statement.

"For the stability of work, the unification of the tenure of government personnel, I think it is indeed necessary."

Wang Yongjiang followed to support.

Seeing the support of Dai Kan and Wang Yongjiang, Duan Xun said: "Then it's decided. Secretary-General Yang (Yang Yongtai), after the meeting, you will announce the cabinet's resolution on this aspect. Let everyone know that this year At the beginning of the year, the provincial governors and governors appointed by the cabinet meeting for the purpose of "dividing the army and the people" will not be adjusted at will. This can be regarded as appeasing the governors and governors of the three provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui."

"Yes."

As long as the governors and governors of the three provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui are appeased, as long as they do not support Lu Yongxiang, then Lu Yongxiang's strength will drop by half at once.It will be much easier to organize Lu Yongxiang.

"President Yan (Yan Huiqing)."

"Prime Minister."

"Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Shanghai regions have many interests from foreign powers. You have had a lot of contact with them recently. What do they mean?"

Ever since Duan Xun and Lu Yongxiang turned against each other, there are not one or two people who are anxious.Members of Congress in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui, local councilors, local wealthy businessmen, many local civic groups, and local newspapers are all in a hurry.

One by one, they appealed to the cabinet, appealed to Duan Xun, and hoped that there would be no war.

war?

Always a bad thing.

Therefore, many organizations in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui formed a petition group and went to Beijing to petition, hoping that Duan Xun could calmly handle the conflict with Lu Yongxiang.The voices criticizing Duan Xun also came one after another.

In fact, Duan Xun knows that knowing war is a bad thing.Once he and Lu Yongxiang fight, no matter what, it will definitely cause great trauma to the place.

Not to mention the impact on local business, the war will definitely be accompanied by civilian casualties.And as long as Lu Yongxiang's troops collapse, it will inevitably bring disaster.These routs will surely bring disaster to the place.Duan Xun knew all this.

But it is impossible for Duan Xun to stop encircling and suppressing Lu Yongxiang because of these factors.Because completing the unification of China's government and military orders is Duan Xun's biggest task.During this process, some people will be injured, and some families will even be destroyed.They will curse Duan Xun, but none of these can stop Duan Xun.

So for those petition groups, Duan Xun always dealt with them coldly.They can do whatever they like, as long as they go to the cabinet to petition, they will be sent to Lang Boyu, the director of the cabinet office, and Chen Bui, the cabinet spokesman, to deal with them.

And it's not just them.

Many other powers are also paying attention to this matter.During this period of time, Yan Huiqing also communicated with representatives of these great powers every day. There were consuls of the great powers, business representatives of the great powers, reporters of the great powers, and so on.

"Some business representatives mean that they hope we don't go to war. They are all worried that if there is a war, it will affect their business in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui. But more people mean that if we go to war with Lu Yongxiang, then the public bonds issued by Lu Yongxiang before, The money that Lu Yongxiang borrowed, the conditions that Lu Yongxiang promised, do we agree, will we not accept it."

Yan Huiqing immediately reported what happened in the past few days.

"What about it?"

"Lu Yongxiang served as the patrol envoy of the Yangtze River. In the past two years, in order to expand the army and attract many people, he borrowed a lot of money. Most of them were mortgaged by the salt tax in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui. However, the salt tax in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui in the past two years Taxes have been hit hard, so a lot of money is owed. Many foreign banks are worried that if Lu Yongxiang falls, whether our Beijing government will accept the account. According to current statistics, this part of the funds is about 7000 million or so.”

Jianghuai salt merchants have always been the leader of Chinese salt merchants.

From the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Jianghuai salt merchants were all rich and powerful.Many salt merchant families accumulated amazing wealth.During the Kangxi Dynasty, the Cheng family, a wealthy salt merchant in Jianghuai, already had a huge sum of tens of millions of taels.Even at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, when it comes to the rich in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui, the salt merchant families are all well-known.Many of the current financial tycoons in Shanghai are from salt merchant families.

However, in the past ten years, the business of Jianghuai salt merchants in China has been greatly impacted.

Not only was it impacted by foreign salt merchants, but also by domestic salt merchants.In particular, Fan Xudong's refined salt has been supported by Duan Xun's funds and policies.With the continuous improvement of Duan Xun's status, he has captured more than 60.00% of the Chinese salt market in the past six or seven years in China.The Jianghuai salt merchants are losing ground, and their share in the domestic market has fallen to the bottom in recent years.

Because Duan Xun supported the Sichuan Salt Group headed by Fan Xudong and suppressed Jianghuai salt merchants, all Jianghuai salt merchants supported Lu Yongxiang, and they were a very important financial group behind Lu Yongxiang.As their business has not been doing well in the past few years, this kind of support has dropped significantly.As a result, Lu Yongxiang owed more and more debts.Many banks are worried whether Duan Xun will recognize the money.

"7000?"

Duan Xun sneered.

Duan Xuncai didn't believe that so much money was spent on the army by Lu Yongxiang.With so much money deducted up and down, half of it can be spent on the army, which is already very good.

"Also, Lu Yongxiang gave up a lot of interests in the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui regions. Including the sale of the Xuzhou coal mining rights and the Huainan coal mining rights to Japan. There are also some road rights, especially the construction and operation of the railway from the mining area to the port. The rights were also mortgaged to Japan. In addition to Japan, the operating rights of many mines were handed over to the United Kingdom. What they mean is whether we recognize these treaties."

"What if you don't admit it?"

Duan Xun's face instantly became ugly.

Damn Lu Yongxiang!Damn little Japan!

When Duan Qirui was here, he originally wanted to mortgage the Xuzhou coal mine and get a loan from Japan.However, after the treaty was disclosed, Li Chun, then the governor of Jiangsu, tried his best to oppose it, so it failed.Xuzhou Coal Mine and Huainan Coal Mine are both coal mine bases with huge reserves.

Unexpectedly, they were all sold by Lu Yongxiang.

But Duan Xun quickly laughed out, what's so angry about it.Because speaking of it, what I sold to Japan was not one or two, including many piers along the Yangtze River, as well as the piers on the side of Zhanjiang, Guangdong, which were all sold to Japan by Duan Xun.Seriously speaking, I have no right to scold Lu Yongxiang.

Maybe when it comes to betraying the country, I am even better than Lu Yongxiang.

"Prime Minister, although they didn't say it clearly, the threat is very strong. If we deny it, then in order to protect the interests of all countries in the war, they will designate an area as a non-combat area and not allow our troops to pass through. I carefully I have seen that the areas they have designated are all important traffic arteries, including some railway lines and the Yangtze River route. Once we cannot pass these areas, it will be very disadvantageous to us and affect the marching speed of the troops. The most worrying thing Yes, they have designated a non-combat zone to protect Lu Yongxiang's troops, and the situation will become very complicated."

After Yan Huiqing finished speaking, the room was completely quiet.

great powers.

What is a great power, this is a great power.

On the land of China, it is so overbearing to demarcate non-combat areas anytime and anywhere.

"promise."

Duan Xun thought for a while and nodded with difficulty.

"Promise first and tell them that our Beijing government has recognized all the money owed by Lu Yongxiang. It is as much as it should be. Including the interest, we will pay as much. And in principle, we will pay whatever conditions Lu Yongxiang promised. Admit it. But this requires us to re-sign the contract. But also tell them that since I have given in. During the war between me and Lu Yongxiang, if anyone dares to block my troops, then don't blame me for being rude."

Duan Xun felt very humiliated.

damn it.

But at this stage, it is really not the time to offend these great powers.What China needs most at present is to quickly end the situation of warlord separatism and complete the unification of national government and military orders.

Only when the whole country is unified can Duan Xun have enough confidence to compete with the great powers.For this goal, Duan Xun could only swallow his anger first.

"Yes."

Yan Huiqing nodded.