Even though there were tens of millions of affairs to deal with in a hurry, after arriving at Yin'an Palace, a report in Yu Huizu's hand made Yang Rui's previous spirit disappear without a trace when he was at Zhengyangmen Railway Station. The Yin'an Palace, which was originally as warm as spring, was as hot as dog days at this time, and beads of sweat the size of beans came out of his forehead, soaking his entire face.

"Why did you get this so late?" Yang Rui asked anxiously, and then asked, "How many pseudonyms are estimated?" ”

Yu Huizu didn't answer this, but looked at Zhang Kun who was standing beside him and Xie Zhangtai who was sitting opposite. Zhang Kun wanted to speak, but when he was restrained, his voice was dumb, so Xie Zhangtai's voice rang out. He said: "After the resumption of the concession, we have been negotiating with the foreigner bank about this matter, at first they were not willing to talk at all, they didn't want to talk, and then they ......" He glanced at Zhang Kun, not knowing whether he was laughing or crying, "Xingjian ordered the State Bank, as well as state-owned and private banks in various places to keep finding fault with HSBC, HSBC had to talk to us several times, and finally nodded a few days ago; HSBC nodded, and other banks had to agree, except for those in the United States, but they were also a matter of time. ”

After Xie Jintai finished saying this, he smiled bitterly, "Actually, you better deal with the affairs of Russia first." Gamiev thinks that we should withdraw from the steppe governorate immediately, because this is not the area we have discussed before, or ......"

Yang Rui's face was pale, he suddenly waved his hand to stop Xie Jintai, and at the same time turned his head to look at Zhang Kun, whose face was a little pale, and roared: "Who are they?!" ”

"Ahh Zhang Kun was taken aback, and then wanted to answer immediately. He didn't dare to answer, waiting to see Yang Rui staring at him. Cai said: "Yes...... There are quite a few of them. ”

"Who?" Yang Rui asked again, his head bowed. The eyes pick people up, like a man-eating beast.

"Which... Some ......," Zhang Kun had never seen Yang Rui like this, his Adam's apple twitched nervously, and he had to say under pressure: "Yes... There are Fei Ziyi, mayor of Shanghai Special City, Deng Wenhui, governor of Jiangsu Province, Lin Sichen, mayor of Wuhan Special City, and ......" Zhang Kun glanced at Yang Rui again and said with determination. "Lieutenant General Zhu Xiaoshan (Xuhe) and Colonel Shao Enshou ......; Rear Admiral Wen Shude of the General Staff Naval Office ......"

Every time Zhang Kun recited a name, Yang Rui's strength was like draining, and he was like this, and Yu Huizu and Xie Jintai, who were listening together, were also uncomfortable. Looking at the stammering Zhang Kun, Yu Huizu said angrily: "Don't read it, it's uncomfortable to listen to, you go out." After he said that, he looked at Yang Rui again and said, "From the first year of Shenwu to the present, there are names and surnames. There were 578 officials who opened accounts with the Concession Foreigners' Bank; Two hundred and thirty-eight of the names of their family members have been verified; Of these, 434 belong to the Revival Society, judging by their income and previously announced assets. The money in the foreigner's bank account cannot be their legitimate income.

After we reclaimed the concession, most of these accounts were not withdrawn, presumably because they believed in the creditworthiness of the foreigners' banks. thought that we couldn't find out what the Manchu Qing couldn't find; Others are more cunning and take the money away before we take over. The account was also closed. For example, Fei Ziyi, mayor of Shanghai, Deng Wenhui, governor of Jiangsu Province, Zhu Luhe, and Shao Enshou of the general queen, they are very smart. They also knew that we would definitely go to the bank to check the accounts, but they forgot that in just a few months, the bank's flow was destroyed at all, and the money they deposited every month, and the large sum of money that was withdrawn at one time were all recorded.

Among these people, the highest-ranking is Zhu Xiaoshan of the General Logistics Department, who is in charge of the logistics of the entire Fuxing Army, and it is very likely that he colluded with Fei Ziyi in Shanghai, Fei Ziyi collected the money, and he, as well as the group of officers under him, shared the accounts. However, his money is not as much as Fei Ziyi's, and the account shows that it is only more than 700,000, while Fei Ziyi has accounts in six banks, adding up to more than 2 million. ”

After Yu Huizu finished speaking, he looked at Yang Rui, who was weak, and said helplessly: "I have long suspected that those officials are not so clean, and now they don't show their feet because they are all their own people, they know how we will monitor officials, and there are concessions in various places, and we can't control them in the concessions." Before I took back the concession, I wondered if I wanted to check your ....... Ay! I thought about this thing and couldn't sleep or eat every day, so I finally asked Xingjian to investigate, and this is the result. It turned out that this kind of thing must not be soft, there are signs to be ruthlessly cut off, once the hands are soft, then there is no way to clean it up, and then we will really be the same as the Manchurians. ”

"I understand, I understand." Yang Rui didn't sweat anymore, but his brain was buzzing, as if he was sick. After he finished speaking, he suddenly said, "What else is going on?" ”

"Actually, how should the Russian side respond, should they talk to them first, or not talk about it, and then talk about it?" Xie Zhangtai asked.

"I'll talk about it." Yang Rui replied, touched his face and changed his words after speaking: "Let's talk about it first." After saying this, he suddenly stood up irritably, and finally said: "They can fight if they want to, and they can talk if they want to." ”

Yang Rui was obviously irritable and his thinking was extremely chaotic, Xie Zhangtai said: "Actually, don't you take a rest first......

"Not necessarily." Yang Rui reluctantly sat down, and he forced a smile: "A few hundred is nothing, I have seen tens of thousands." Go ahead, get the fucking hands on all those tricky things now. ”

Yang Rui sweared, both of them knew that he felt uncomfortable, especially Yu Huizu, when everyone started a business in Shanghai, they didn't treat money as money at all, because it was everyone's common cause, and the same was true for the students after that. But no one would have expected that there would be so many embezzlers in the former revolutionary heroes, why is this? Could it be that as the mayor of Shanghai Special City, Fei Yugui, power and money are not enough?

The three of them were silent for a while, and Xie Jintai, who knew that the situation on the Russian side was indeed urgent, coughed and said, "...... on the new Russian side."

"The Russians are bears, you have to give him a few knives, he will treat you as a real opponent, and any cowardice will give them an inch. For such opponents, we can only talk while fighting. "Yang Rui regained some composure and began to really think about the Russian war situation." The bottom line is still the same as before. At a certain distance from the Volga basin and the Trans-Siberian Railway, but such an important strategic point as the Ural Mountains east of the Volga could not be abandoned. A more specific map should be listed by Yang Zengxin, the governor of the Western Regions. ”

Xie Zhangtai recorded Yang Rui's explanation, and after finishing, he talked about another question. "There is a problem in the Governorate of the Steppes right now, except for the banks of the river, all the land suitable for cultivation is on the north side of the steppe, and we will get as much arable land as we push north," he said. The arable area of the whole area is more than 400 million mu, although it is not particularly fertile, it can be ......"

"The occupation of the Governorate of the Prairie is not for the sake of arricultural." Yang Rui shook his head, at this time, he only had to answer quickly to keep himself from thinking about the previous incident. "Don't be blinded by the plough. Even if there are only 40 million acres of arable land, it is enough to feed many immigrants. The most important thing about the Steppe Governorate is its geographical value, and its occupation means that we can control the whole of Central Asia; Then there are the railways, as well as the local copper mines, various metals, and oil and gas are very rich, which is the big head. If the Japanese want to plough the land, I don't mind giving them all the north, we just want the steppe desert in the middle. ”

"Okay, I see." Xie Jintai nodded. Feeling that Yang Rui was normal, he finally had a smile on his face, and he said again: "The Japanese ambassador has raised the issue of sending troops to Central Asia, and the American minister also has such an idea. However, the Japanese have a very big plan to send troops, and they want to send five divisions over at once, do you think this is too much......"

"Let's do what was agreed upon in the secret agreement before." Yang Rui said. "Before we and the Russians fought. Let the Japanese not send troops first, although not send troops. But you can divide these places from the map with them first. The principle is that we would rather suffer losses than drag them in. ”

"But for Central Asia. They wanted more Eastern Siberia, the Outer Northeast and the upper part of Mongolia. "Xie Zhangtai said." And they hope that we can divide the Northeast first, and then Central Asia. ”

"Except for the East Siberia region in the Northeast, we have no legal basis to say that it is our place, this is not Central Asia, and it is difficult to use national independence as an excuse. If Japan wants to occupy that place, we encourage but do not participate. Yang Rui said. The most important thing to deal with is that Japan will be tightly tied to us, and she will not be co-opted by the United States and Russia and become their allies. And our bottom line is that the Outer Northeast can only give up the southern part of Sakhalin Island, and the Central Asian side can only leave a road, and the other is not the key. ”

If you want Japan and Russia to have bad relations, it is best for the two countries to divide the Northeast, but Yang Rui is reluctant, so he can only give Central Asia and pull Japan into the pit by the way. However, the land of Central Asia is only one-fifth or less effective than that of the Outer Northeast. But the advantage is that if Japan wants to control this colony, it must cross Chinese mainland, and once China and Japan become hostile, no matter how big and good this place is, it will be lost. Yang Rui's abacus can be described as extremely fine, and Xie Jintai, who understands the key to this, said with a smile: "Then you have to give a large enough area." ”

"It's good to give 400,000 square kilometers, so that it will be larger than the current area of Japan, and it will be called Western Japan in the future." Yang Rui had already thought about this joint, but he hadn't communicated with Xie Jintai before.

"400,000 square kilometers?! The domestic press and the Inspectorate are about to blow up the sky, and when the time comes, people like Song Dunchu will be questioned again. Xie Jintai was taken aback, and Yu Huizu, who was recuperating his spirits, also opened his eyes.

"Don't care so much, I can't bear the wolf with my children, and there is absolutely no harm in introducing Japan into Central Asia. These lands are not ours in the first place, so what is there to feel sorry for. Don't look at what is lost, once Japan receives this gift, it will be tied to death by us for the rest of its life. Yang Rui said. Also, weren't those islands of the Germans in the Pacific Ocean occupied by the Japanese? You can promise them that these places we absolutely supported their annexation after the war; Besides, we have zoned so many places for Japan, they must have a gift in return, and you can show the navy those islands of the Germans, and choose a few valuable ones to ask Japan. ”

"Understood." Xie Jintai wiped a handful of sweat, which was equivalent to giving the country's east-west strategy, and he said again: "What about the people in the press and Song Dunchu?" Give up such a large piece, and they will definitely find fault. No, whatever we advocate now is what the Kuomintang opposes. ”

"What else can I do? There are so few of them, what can they say about foreign affairs? There is no need to worry about them questioning, as long as our representatives agree, their objections are invalid. After Yang Rui finished speaking, he said to himself: "Those guys in the Kuomintang are becoming more and more arrogant, and it seems that they have to find a way to rectify these people." ”

"It's done, don't mess around!" I heard that so many officials have accounts in the concession foreigner Yinhai. Yang Rui's face was already gray, and his last confession was so crazy. Xie Jintai, who had palpitations, was afraid that he would do something irrational at the moment.

"What I do will only be within the procedures set by law. Again. The Kuomintang is quite honest in occupying this pit, at least it was more honest before, if it really brings them down, and a new one is more powerful, there will be more trouble; If you just engage in a dictatorship for a while......" Yang Rui, who was frowning, thought for a while, and finally shook his head: "There will be more embezzlers in that way." ”

Yang Rui is very scary when he goes crazy, but he can limit the political struggle to the extent allowed by the law, whether it is Xie Zhangtai or Yu Huizu. They are all reassured about this, because this will not make the partisan struggle more intense and murderous and hateful. Even if he has conspiracies such as calculating Liang Qichao's master and apprentice and depleting the Beiyang 11th Army, these are all within the legal procedure, and it will pass with one eye and one eye closed.

"Well, I will meet with the Japanese ambassador in the afternoon as you wish, and convey these intentions to him." Xie Zhangtai said. "Then there are England and France. After the signing of the peace treaty between Germany and New Russia, Germany was constantly transferring troops to the Western Front, and the offensive was about to be launched. The Americans were already short of ships, and the Atlantic route was not safe. There weren't many troops at all, and many of the U.S. troops who arrived had to be trained to fight. It is said that French Prime Minister Clemenceau had a big quarrel with Pershing, the commander-in-chief of the US army, because the US military was always unable to train, and the two sides finally broke up unhappily. Taking into account the casualties of the Battle of Baledik. Both Britain and France asked us for more troops. ”

The Battle of Baledik finally followed the will of the French, and the result was that Duan Qirui's 11th Army was exhausted, which was an important task of participating in the European War. However, there were also many Baath soldiers who accompanied the 11th Army to the funeral - the battle between the Chinese and German armies for the strategic point of Baledik in the later part of the campaign. As well as the assault on St. Dizier and a number of small battles elsewhere, the expeditionary force has so far suffered more than ninety thousand casualties. The number of troops plummeted to 300,000.

300,000 is indeed a small number, but if you send more troops. Although it did not exceed the maximum amount of 500,000, the Spanish flu is coming soon, this plague that killed tens of millions of people, Yang Rui cannot guarantee that the military doctor can cure this flu, it is a virus is not an inflammation or something.

"It is possible to send troops, but not as quickly as before, and now the Germans in the Mediterranean have fewer submarines, but it does not mean that there are none. What if the troop carrier ran into a German submarine? Yang Rui said. At the same time, he wrote the words 'Spanish flu' on his notepad, which he wanted to follow up on immediately.

"But they were in a hurry." Xie Zhangtai said. "On the side of the Entente, even with the addition of the American troops who did not go to the battlefield, the coalition forces only have two hundred divisions; The German army, from 150 divisions last winter, has increased to 210 divisions during this time because of the withdrawal of the Eastern Front from the war, and in another month, it is estimated that there will be 225 divisions. In the past, on the Western Front, the Allied army had about 50 more divisions than the German army, but now the German army has more than 30 divisions more than the Allied army, and the French are now crazy. The Americans couldn't ask for it, so they had to beg us. We used to move troops so fast, but now we are suddenly so slow, Britain and France have to have an opinion. ”

"Then let's have a bitter plan." Yang Rui said, "The troop transport fleet has found the German submarine infestation area, and we can send troops slowly if there are dead people." ”

"You ......" Xie Jintai smiled bitterly, "Actually, that's our own people, you are so hard-hearted?" ”

"Hehe, you're kind-hearted. Then let's do it: the town ...... where Wu Luzhen came anyway, I forgot what division it was, and the original Manchu Ninth Town, these are not their own people, let them go. Yang Rui said.

"I agree!" Yu Huizu, who didn't speak, suddenly spoke up, "The United States' man-made ships will not be launched in large quantities until the end of the year at the earliest, and the transportation capacity will be eased by the middle of next year. ”

Yu Huizu is really a qualified God of Wealth, he said these three or three billion, Xie Zhangtai was silent. Yang Rui said: "The two divisions have an excuse to delay the transportation of troops, and if the German army attacks on a large scale at this time, Paris is very likely to be lost." Although we had suffered a lot of losses in some of the small battles we had fought with the Germans in Baledik and elsewhere, the goal of the continent had been achieved: the Germans had now not only applied the armoured assault attack -- they had been defeated by the British army's attack of more than 300 chariots last year, but they should have learned the tactics of armoured assault, and the two sides were finally evenly matched again.

Chong'an, don't feel sorry for Wu Luzhen's town and the ninth town, in order to teach the Germans armored defense and armored assault. The 1st Panzer Division was completely disabled, and the 2nd Division was slightly better. But not much better. Now the commander of the armored army, Wang Mingyu, has the heart to kill both Zhou Marrow and Guangting, which is an elite who has been cultivated for five or six years. It's such a scattered, meaningless consumption, who sees that it won't be heartbreaking? That's why I say that for the sake of this country, anyone can die, and it must be built on the bones of ours, of the enemy. ”

With these words in his mouth, Yang Rui finally recovered from the blow of the concession bank report, and he also had murderous intentions towards Fei Yugui and Zhu Luhe. Although the death of these two revolutionary veterans will alienate the first generation from him, if he does not do so, there will be more and more corrupt members and officials. Once corruption becomes mainstream, the entire Revival organization will rot within a decade. Compared with the construction of organizational culture and organizational discipline bit by bit, if the organization degenerates very quickly, if it is tolerated at the beginning, then it is really hopeless.

Diplomatic matters, financial matters, domestic affairs, and cabinet affairs, after these things were arranged, Chen Guangshou of the Ministry of Officials and Zhang Chengyue of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Xu Xilin of the Inspectorate was invited by Yang Rui.

Looking at the information provided by the household department, especially seeing the account amount of Fei Yugui and Zhu Luhe, Chen Guangshou's hands trembled a little, and he said, "Sir." Is this true? It's not a special forgery from foreigners, right? At the end of last year, when the concession was reclaimed, Ziyi and the people from the Ministry of Industry and Bureau of the concession had a falling out, and the foreigners ...... It is entirely possible for a foreigner to falsify a running bill. ”

"I also hope that things are really faked by foreigners." Yang Rui said. "But last year, when I passed by Shanghai, Ziyi came to see me. I suddenly found that the watch he was wearing didn't go for a second, do you think it is for Ziyi, who loves his watch like his life. Does this mean anything? ”

"I... I do not know. Chen Guangshou's forehead began to sweat, and Zhang Chengyue was also a little at a loss, only Xu Xilin said, "It must be that he temporarily changed the watch, and this piece stopped after a few laps because it was useless for a long time." Don't let Brother Cheng see the piece, I'm afraid it's a Western gold watch. If it were the most expensive Patek Philippe, 29 diamonds, it would sell for more than 30,000 pounds......"

"Don't talk nonsense without evidence!" Chen Guangshou turned his head and looked at Xu Xilin unhappily, thinking that he was sprinkling salt on the wound.

"Last year, someone, not just one person, reported that Fei Yugui, the mayor of Shanghai, had taken huge bribes when he renovated the 16-shop market in Shanghai, and of course he had taken bribes in other urban renewal projects. The Shanghai Inspectorate visited the Shanghai Sixteen Shops Market for this purpose, but unfortunately everyone was silent about it. Xu Xilin said. I judge that this is very likely to be a nest case, and there must be a lot of people involved in Shanghai officialdom. When did the household get the evidence from the foreigner bank? ”

"No more than three days." Yang Rui replied, he looked at Chen Guangshou and Zhang Chengyue after answering, and asked unexpectedly, "Do you have anything to do with this matter?" ”

"It's okay, sir." Zhang Chengyue had calmed down at this time, but Chen Guangshou next to him was trembling terribly, he was not afraid, he was just sad that Mr. Yu didn't believe in himself, fortunately Yang Rui didn't ask again, just said: "Let the two of you come because I believe in you." There are problems in the selection system and internal control system of the Ministry of Officials, Guangshou, you go back and review it carefully, and write a report on the five whys; Yin Ge, can you guarantee that the Shanghai Patrol Police Station is not implicated? ”

"Sir, I can't guarantee it." Zhang Chengyue is a calm person, he is the head of the patrol police in the country, but the source of the inspection in Shanghai is already very chaotic, and the five directions are miscellaneous, and the paper is drunk.

looked at Xu Xilin again, Xu Xilin immediately understood, and said, "If you want to uproot, then you have to be fast, accurate, and ruthless!" In my experience, the patrol police can't do such a big case, so it's best to transfer the tax police and the tax police in Zhejiang. ”

Although Shanghai is already a special city, the administrative relationship is still under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu, of course, Jiangsu Governor Deng Wenhui is also involved, from the city, to the province, and then to the general rear, this is not only a nest case in Shanghai, but a nest case in the whole country. Thinking of this, Yang Rui felt that his chest began to feel stuffy again, he endured the discomfort, and said: "Bosun, you make a plan for arresting, submit it before getting off work in the afternoon, and you take my airship to Shanghai in the evening, remember to catch the wrong one rather than let it go." (To be continued......)