The few days in mid-November were arguably the most obvious period of time for the southern revolutionaries, and although the front line in Hubei was still grim and the three towns of Wuhan were about to fall, the situation in Nanjing was improved by the turmoil in Shandong.

With the formation of the Southern Coalition Army, the rebel armies of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other departments began to have a unified command, and it was no longer a mess of each with its own management as a few days ago. Xu Shaozhen, commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, was the original commander of the Ninth Town, a veritable senior professional officer, and his command level was not just a half-baked like Huang Xing.

even sent an order to Ma Cheng, the first brigade of the National Army, who had just arrived in Wenzhou!

According to the agreement reached by Chen Jingyun and several other southern governors to form a coalition army, the first brigade of the national army was included in the command of the coalition army, but because the first brigade was still too far away from Nanjing, it was estimated that it would be more than half a month later for the first brigade to rush to Nanjing, Jiangsu Province to participate in the war, so there would be nothing to do with the first brigade for a while.

After Ma Cheng received Xu Shaozhen's order to march, he first sent a telegram to Chen Jingyun, asking for instructions. Chen Jingyun looked at the map for most of the day, and he was also hesitant in his heart, saying from the bottom of his heart that he was unwilling to send troops to Nanjing to fight with Beiyang, which had no other benefit except for the loss of his own strength, but on the other hand, if he could not win Nanjing, the north-south peace talks would probably come to naught.

Nanjing's political significance is far greater than its actual significance.

So he still gave Ma Cheng an order to continue going north, but he specifically instructed Ma Cheng to be cautious and cautious, and go slowly!

Chen Jingyun has made up his mind to pay attention, if the battle of Nanjing is smooth sailing, he will not go to the troubled water, the reason is very simple, the future Nanjing political axe is a mess, he Chen Jingyun will not get any practical benefits in Fuzhou, and if he goes, he may not even swallow the troops. If the Southern Coalition Army encounters stubborn resistance and can't take Nanjing in a short time, then he Chen Jingyun can't stay out of it, after all, the overall situation in the south still has to be taken into account, and there is no foundation for the North-South peace talks, and there will be no future development of him Chen Jingyun.

However, in order to ensure that the First Brigade would not be annexed and reorganized by others, he still issued a clear order to Ma Cheng, asking him to report the military situation every time and return immediately in case of special circumstances.

"Governor, since Brigade Commander Ma is already in Wenzhou, do you see if it is the same as the Chaozhou side, and the Wenzhou side is also included!" Anwarin has been rectifying Fujian's tax system recently, and he is also a little addicted.

Chen Jingyun shook his head: "Wenzhou and Chaozhou are different!" ”

Although he had troops stationed in both Chaozhou and Wenzhou, Chaozhou basically killed the original military and political dignitaries because of Yuan Fang, and then re-established the military and political axe branch, in other words, Chaozhou was under the control of the national army, so although it was still under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou in name, it had been under the jurisdiction of Chen Jingyun in practice. But Wenzhou is different, because Zhejiang was recovered earlier, and Wenzhou also announced the recovery in a timely manner, the formation of the military and political axe branch, Ma Cheng arrived in Wenzhou and did not have the opportunity to change the military and political axe people like Yuan Fang, so far Fujian is only stationed in Wenzhou, but has no jurisdiction over political axe affairs, to really include Wenzhou into their sphere of influence, you have to take your time.

Anwarin was a little disappointed when he heard it, to be honest, he didn't know much about politics and military affairs, he used to be a gentry, doing business, managing finances, etc., but if he talked about politics and military affairs, he would be blind. I think that since the first brigade has already arrived in Wenzhou, why doesn't Wenzhou belong to Fujian?

He doesn't understand!

But it doesn't matter, Chen Jingyun didn't want him to understand, he just needs An Hualin to manage the finances well.

"Now that the situation in Zhejiang and Jiangsu is unstable, we can't act too publicly, and some things can't be rushed!" Chen Jingyun casually explained a few words and asked, "It's okay on the financial side now!" ”

When An Hualin heard Chen Jingyun ask about finance, he immediately showed a straight face and said: "Back to the governor, now the military and political axe finances are running well, and the tax reform in various places is underway, and it is expected that the basic restructuring will be completed within a month, and the reform of the whole province is expected to be completed within three months!" ”

"Good! It's a lot of work, you have to worry a lot! Chen Jingyun knows that tax reform is not so easy, and there have been many violent rebellions so far, and if it were not for the strong suppression of the military power in his hands, it would not have been carried out at all.

An Hualin said: "It's nothing here, they all rely on the garrisons in various places to do things, otherwise the local officials and local tax collectors below will not honestly hand over the right to collect taxes!" ”

"Don't worry, those little nights won't make the climate!" Chen Jingyun showed a sneer when he said! It is obvious that the tax reform carried out by the military and political axes has hurt the interests of many people, especially the local officials and tax collectors below, these people are relying on tax collection to fill their own pockets, and now the Ministry of Finance has concentrated all the tax collection powers, and even explicitly ordered the local political axe not to collect taxes on its own, and the local political axe funds are all allocated by the Ministry of Finance, which is not to cut off the livelihood of the majority of people!

This kind of reform, which can even be said to be very drastic, will not be implemented at all if it is placed in a peaceful era, but now this will not be a peaceful era, and Chen Jingyun is not a civilian official who is afraid of local rebellion, but a warlord with tens of thousands of troops in his hands.

This one-size-fits-all management method is very rough, and there are even many times when the innocent are wronged, but in the current turbulent situation, any intolerance for others is cruelty to oneself. Through this method of violent governance, Chen Jingyun was able to control the whole province of Fujian in a short period of time, while looking at the other provinces in the south, they were basically still in a state of fragmentation, and the military and political axes of various localities established themselves as kings, withheld tax revenues, and so on. Even Zheng Zuyin and others, who have always advocated parliamentary politics, did not oppose Chen Jingyun's violent methods, and even slightly agreed with them in their hearts. Because fundamentally speaking, the fundamental purpose of tax reform is to control taxes in the hands of the provincial military and political axes, so as to avoid the possibility of local political axes getting involved, in other words, this is an important means of centralizing power, as the chief of the military and political axes, Zheng Zuyin, is welcome to strengthen the authority of the military and political axes.

Under these circumstances, Anwarim's tax reform was successfully implemented.

"Although the restructuring is smooth, but now the financial situation is still very difficult, the next batch of ordnance will arrive in Fuzhou in half a month, and there will be no money left in the treasury of the Ministry of Finance after the ordnance money is delivered!" Anwarin still has no solution to the current financial predicament.

Chen Jingyun frowned and said, "I told you some time ago, how about the use of Guan Yu and Yanzheng loans, do you have eyebrows?" ”

Anwarin said: "I have visited the ministers of several countries for this matter, but the situation is not very clear, the United States and France have clearly stated that they lack confidence in the repayment guarantee of our provincial political axe, and the British side and I Otto? Consul Jones talked about it, although he didn't say it explicitly, but he could still hear that the loan was okay, but he asked to supervise the use of the loan, and asked us to guarantee that it could not be used for military purposes, but only for the recovery and rehabilitation of the aftermath, as for Germany, I have not yet contacted their real power figures, but it is estimated that the situation is not very optimistic! ”

Chen Jingyun was also in a very bad mood after hearing this, the United States and France were not interested, so they didn't say it, the British were able to take out loans and even limited the use of the money, Niang Xipi, he took out Guan Yu and Yanzheng to borrow at this critical juncture in order to expand the army, not to engage in post-war infrastructure and the like.

In fact, it is already very good that the British can have such a reaction, because at the moment for the Great Powers. A weak but unified China would allow them to earn enough benefits in China, and the Manchus would be in their interests in China based on such conditions. So now the British-led powers have begun to intervene diplomatically in the war against China, and have already proposed to provide the necessary economic and military assistance to the Manchu government.

In addition to this reason, it also has a lot to do with Yuan Shikai's personal factors. As Li Hongzhang's successor, Yuan Shikai not only has great prestige in Beiyang, but also a strong Chinese leader in the eyes of the Western powers, and is the only person to maintain China's stability. In the Shandong Reading Incident a few days ago, Shandong's liberation threatened Germany's interests in Qingdao and the Jiaozhou Railway, which greatly reduced Germany's favor toward the revolutionaries, and not only killed a large number of revolutionaries, but also forbade the revolutionaries from approaching within 100 miles of the Jiaozhou Railway.

When the Lihe Foreign Bank delivered a small batch of old ordnance to Chen Jingyun, the military aid led by the German political axe was already one step ahead of the British, and a large number of Austrian and German sophisticated ordnance had already been sent to the north.

It can be said that so far, although the Western powers have declared neutrality in China's civil war on the surface, they have actually favored the Qing court, but this is an exception!

Even the most ignorant people know that the headquarters of the League is in Yueben, and the funds of the League, as well as the guns and ammunition of the uprising, basically come from Yueben, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Yueben single-handedly provoked the Chinese revolution. From another point of view, it is said that he was a hero of the Chinese revolution, of course, this statement is unacceptable to many people.

It is said that Ben supported the Chinese revolution, not for the sake of China's republic, but because he wanted to mess up the situation in China, and it was in his best interest to fish in troubled waters while a divided China was to do so.

History has proven that supporting the revolution of the League was the wisest decision it had made since the Russo-Russian War! After Xinhai, China was torn apart, and the warlords fought for decades, not to mention the development of industry in these decades, not even as good as the end of the Qing Dynasty.

It was for this reason that the consul in Fuzhou formally requested to meet Chen Jingyun.

And the first thing he said when he met him: "My country is willing to provide a loan to the general!" ”――

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