Volume 4 The Battle of Unification Chapter 613 Meddling in the Ministry of Finance
Subsequently, in order to calm the morale of the army, especially the belligerent spirit of the young officers, Wang Maoru promised that China would be unified within three years, that all the troops would be kept on high alert, and that if an order was issued, they could immediately rush from the northernmost province of Nurgan Province to the most difficult province of Guangdong, and all military factories would work overtime to ensure that they were fully armed. The staff of the General Staff must not slacken and immediately simulate the formulation of a plan for national reunification, as well as what measures our defense forces will take in the event of an invasion by Japan, Russia, Britain and France, and encourage junior and middle-ranking officers in the army to report to the military academy. In the end, Jiang Fangzhen proposed a proposal, if he wanted to compete for the army, he would first unify all military academies, and the five military academies in the Northeast and the seven military academies in the Central Plains might be unified. It is better to seize power from the War Department, so that the Wehrmacht can truly become the army of the country. The current national defense force only occupies the name of the central government, and the so-called central army, only Wang Maoru is the chief of the army, and the national defense force is the army of the country.
After the policy was decided, Wang Maoru took Yang Du and other staff members from Changchun to return to the central government in Beijing, and it can be said that now he has one foot on the lever of the central government, and he can deliberately pry the direction of the central government. This made him immediately feel strange, especially the use of means to cut Wu Peifu, which made him taste another kind of pleasure besides force, that is, the fun brought by the struggle for power. But even though he tasted the joy of power, he didn't get too involved in the central government, and he was not enough to be the prime minister and president, after all, he was not old enough and seniority to sit in that position without being attacked. He needs a bull's-eye, and putting Jin Yunpeng and Xu Shichang on the bull's-eye is also a strategy for him. Wang Maoru used force to ensure that the now weak Anhui system would not fall apart, inhibiting the growth of the local government. Let everyone go back to the rules of the game, and he will make the rules of the game. Take control of this game in the palm of your hand.
As Wang Maoru stepped into the central government, it was inevitable to touch the country's financial system, and China's biggest problem was the problem of money bags, but Wang Maoru was unwilling to fill the country's hole with his own money bags. The country's foreign debts are so large that successive governments have only relied on demolishing the east wall to make up for the west wall to repay their debts, especially the dependence on Japanese finance has reached the point that in Shandong and the area north of the Yangtze River in Zhili, the yen can be used instead of the ocean. In order to avoid Japan's control of China's finances, Wang Maoru immediately ordered the control of Zhili and Shandong finance. But this touches the bottom line of the Anhui system, the Ministry of Finance is the biggest bottom line of the Anhui system, and the Anhui system relies on the two pillars of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Communications.
When Wang Maoru was competing for the Ministry of Education of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before, Duan Qirui expressed his support, but the Ministry of Finance would never let go. Duan Qirui immediately found Jin Yunpeng, as Jin Yunpeng's teacher, Duan Qirui's thin noodles had to give a few points, Jin Yunpeng was in a dilemma. On one side is his own teacher. The boss of the Anhui system, on the one hand, is the aggressiveness of Wang Maoru, a cutting-edge political force.
At this stall, an interesting thing happened, Wu Peifu, who was exempted from the Two Lakes Parade, impeached the Anfu Congress, and at the same time impeached Duan Qirui for causing disaster to the country and the people, listing Duan Qirui's eight major crimes. They are poor soldiers, greedy for beauty, stubborn, stiff-minded, and have no way to teach...... One of the most important things. It is also one thing that makes Wang Maoru cry and laugh, that is, Wu Peifu threw out the farce of Duan Qirui's third and fifth aunts, because Duan Qirui was in Beijing for a long time and was no longer there, and his apartment was empty and lonely, and he was cold, so he stole people outside, and even the family could not be managed well. How to govern the world. A person who cuckolds at home will surely cuckold the country in the future. All of a sudden, the voice of the green hat consultant filled the north and south of the river, Duan Qirui was furious, his nose was crooked again, and he hurriedly ran back to Tianjin to check, it didn't matter if he checked, his third and fifth aunts really brought her a green hat. The two are young and beautiful, and they often go in and out of various social places, and their lovers are all over Tianjin, and there are constant scandals, but others dare not say it to him.
Duan Qirui fell ill in a fit of rage, and the Anhui family lost its core, especially the congressmen led by Wang Yitang, discussing what we should do in the future? However, the speaker of the House of Representatives, Wang Yitang, seemed to feel that he was the number one person, and shouted how could General Shangwu dare to touch us, he needed us, and he had to beg us. Only Liu Enge, deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, expressed concern, saying that this person is playing cards like a wild fan, and we must be careful in everything and not predict that we will hit a wall.
On the other side, Wang Maoru immediately went to the Prime Minister's Office and said to Jin Yunpeng: "Brother Yiqing, can you solve the problem of military spending for the army?" If this money is not in our hands, we will not be able to solve the military expenses in one day, and if we cannot solve the military expenses, when will the country be reunified? ”
Jin Yunpeng understood that he had something to say, and at the same time, he, the prime minister, had to repeatedly ask the Minister of Finance Li Sihao because of the money bag problem, but the Anhui system was indeed in difficulty, and there was really nothing to make money except for making money by the railway. Even if Liang Shiyi, the god of wealth of the old transportation department, is the god of wealth, at most he can raise more funds from abroad, which is completely different from the direct control of large factories by the army under the jurisdiction of the National Defense Forces, and the large state-owned factories in Beiyang are all money-losing goods. Of course, the political instability in Beiyang is also another reason why large state-owned factories continue to lose money
Because, no one knew that they would be exempted after a few years of work, so naturally everyone only cared about making money, not making money. Wang Maoru means to unite with Jin Yunpeng and do something to the Anhui system, and Jin Yunpeng is also happy to be a favor.
So Jin Yunpeng sighed: "Does Xiusheng have any good candidates to recommend?" ”
"I have a talent, surnamed Fang, named Hongxin, and the word Cheng, who serves as the economic secretary general of the five northeastern provinces, and now the rapid and vigorous growth of the northeast economy depends on this person's work." Wang Maoru said with a smile, "This person is a business comprador and knows the best way to make money, because he has an American background and has close contacts with American businessmen, Britain, France and the United States should support China's proposition more." ”
Jin Yunpeng said: "If you are promoted too quickly, you may be criticized, how about serving as the deputy chief of finance first?" and the Parliament shall not approve the selection of the Deputy Governor. ”
"Zenya." Wang Maoru said with great joy.
Jin Yunpeng said again: "I introspect myself, I feel that the army chief and the prime minister are at the same time, and I can't help but be powerless, if you reform the national defense force, if you are the commander-in-chief, I will give way to you." ”
Jin Yunpeng's humility made Wang Maoru's heart ape, but at the same time, he also felt deeply uneasy, now he was already sharp, if he really took over Jin Yunpeng's War Department, it would be a little too ostentatious, thought for a while and said: "Don't be in a hurry at this time, Brother Yiqing can take care of more." ”
However, from the bottom of his heart, Wang Maoru is very much looking forward to the position of army chief, after all, the deputy minister of the army is the deputy chief, how can the name of the chief be good.
After Wang Maoru and Jin Yunpeng reached a mutual support agreement, Jin Yunpeng immediately proposed to President Xu Shichang to remove Li Sihao, the chief financial minister who could not revive the economy, and replace him with Vice Minister Pan Fu. Li Sihao's appointment as the chief financial officer is only because the former chief financial officer Gong Xinzhan and Jin Yunpeng had a bad relationship and was dismissed, so Li Sihao has always been the acting chief financial officer, and has not officially served as the general secretary, and there is no need to go through the parliament, Xu Shichang accepted the bill to remove Li Sihao, and Pan Fu served as the acting chief financial officer. Fang Hongxin and Fang Cheng, secretary general of finance of the Northeast Special Military Committee, were promoted to deputy chief of finance of the Beiyang government.
Pan Fu is a person who understands the rules, and at the same time he also knows his ability, and he also knows that at this time, his position as the chief financial officer is just a pretense, a ladder, and he knows that he will be kicked down sooner or later. In order to prevent himself from having even a way back in the future, Pan Fu immediately took refuge in Wang Maoru, and ran to Wang Mao's old mansion Pubeile Mansion overnight to express his loyalty, saying that he would definitely cooperate with Fang Hongxin to carry out financial reforms. It happened that Fang Hongxin was also there, and seeing that he was so knowledgeable, Wang Maoru invited him to eat hot pot together and talk about economic affairs.
This Pan Fu didn't dare to say anything, but just listened to the conversation of the three of them, including Wang Maoru, Zhang Hongyang, and Fang Hongxin. Wang Maoru saw that he was silent, so he said: "Brother Xinhang, you have been in the central government for a long time, and I don't know what you think about the financial direction of the country today?" ”
Pan Fu hurriedly said: "I am in the central government, and I have long heard about the ideals of the Northeast finance and the prosperity of the people, but the central finance is in a mess. ”
Wang Maoru laughed and said: "Brother Xinhang, being overly modest is pride, you are too modest." ”
Pan Fu sighed and said: "To tell the truth, my country's finances are really on the verge of bankruptcy, and if it weren't for the support of the customs over the years, my country would have gone bankrupt a long time ago." Seven years before the Republic of China, China's customs surplus had to pay Geng indemnity before it was returned to the central government, but this phenomenon has gradually improved since the seventh year of the Republic of China, because there is no need to compensate Russia, Germany and Austria Geng indemnity. Russia, Germany, and France were the three countries with the most reparations, and after the end of the European War, all countries lowered the total amount of reparations to show that China was rewarded for participating in the European War. Now the countries that need to be returned are France, Britain, the United States, Japan, Italy, Belgium, Greece, Portugal and other countries Geng indemnity, but the total amount of reparations has been reduced to half of the original, and the national finances are gradually improving. This is thanks to Xiushuai, the benefits of your troops going out to Europe. ”
Wang Maoru smiled modestly: "At most, I have helped Italy in Europe." ”
Pan Fu immediately said: "But for this reason, Italy has exempted 90% of the Geng indemnity, and my country needs to pay Italy 1.8 million yuan every year, and this part has now become 180,000 oceans." However, now that the European war is over, the currencies of various European countries have depreciated, especially the French franc has depreciated to one-fortieth of the original, and France has applied to change the part of the French compensation to US dollars. ”
Even though Zhang Hongyang is young and vigorous in the end of his temper in Cantonese, he slapped the table with wide eyes and said angrily: "Top your lungs!" I'm messing with his mother! French is not a thing! Fang Hongxin was happy, shook his head and said, "You really ate chili peppers." Wang Maoru patted Zhang Hongyang's shoulder and motioned for him to sit down. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the Biquge www.biquge.info (0000) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )