Yuan Shikai is really good to Duan Zhigui's godson, and the full title of Duan Zhigui is: Fengtian Governor, General Zhen'an and Governor of the Military Affairs of the Three Eastern Provinces, plus Fengtian Patrol Envoy, which is equivalent to grasping the military and politics.

In the third year of the Republic of China, in order to weaken the local shili, Lao Yuan had abolished the title of governor, set up a general's mansion in Beijing, and used the name of the general to supervise the military affairs of various provinces. It's just that everyone is still used to becoming governors, and the old men of the former Qing Dynasty are even called governors, in short, they are almost the same.

Now the overseers of the provinces are all generals with martial arts names, only Duan Zhigui is the general of Zhen'an, which is different, and this time Duan Zhigui is not empty when he goes to Fengtian, but brings a guard regiment over. This guard regiment numbered nearly 4,000 and was an out-and-out reinforced regiment, equipped with all Japanese Type 30 rifles, and its combat effectiveness was even comparable to that of an ordinary brigade.

These all show the unusual identity of His Royal Highness Gan, Duan Zhigui himself is also very happy, after the arrival of the golden sword in Mukden, Fengtian Tianwu led by Zhang Zuolin all came out to greet him, and the ceremony was grand and lively to the extreme.

Including Zhang Tinglan, the senior generals of the 27th Division were also present, Duan Zhigui appeared in front of everyone in military uniform, he and Zhang Zuolin had seen it in Beijing, so he was very enthusiastic, took Zhang Zuolin's hand, and asked for warmth.

This time Duan Zhigui did not come empty-handed, when Lao Zhang entered Beijing, Yuan Shikai promised to provide Zhang Zuolin with 3,000 rifles to prepare for the establishment of an independent brigade, and this time Duan Zhigui sent these rifles to Lao Zhang's hands.

Zhang Zuolin's vision has now arrived, and he does not attach much importance to the thousands of rifles that are ordinary, especially the rifles sent by Beijing are all Japanese rifles, which are in conflict with the Russian-made rifles that are now mainly equipped by the Feng army. But how much this is also a piece of meat, and it can also be used to train the militia, so Zhang Zuolin also gladly accepted it and thanked Duan Zhigui for his kindness.

Zhang Tinglan didn't look at this kind of hypocritical entertainment, he set his eyes on Duan Zhigui's entourage, this highness was tightly behind these few guys in Taoist robes, and the soldiers with loaded guns and ammunition were incompatible, some of these Taoist priests were holding dust in their hands, some were carrying swords, some were holding gossip mirrors, all of them were fairy wind and bones, and they were demonic.

"Duan Zhigui believes in these fortune-telling Taoist priests the most, and he takes them with him when he goes there." Yuan Jinkai stood not far from Zhang Tinglan, and when he saw Zhang Tinglan stunned at these Taoist priests, he took the initiative to introduce: "The first one wearing a red gossip robe is called Tang Shenxian, it is said that he will perform hexagrams congenitally, even the president Yuan Shikai has looked for him, and the one with the sword on his back is called Sun Banxian, and his swordsmanship is superb, these two have seen it when they went to Beijing, and I don't know about the others." ”

Zhang Tinglan nodded while listening to the introduction, and rushed to this scene, this Duan Zhigui is a full straw bag. Lao Zhang took celebrities from all walks of life in Fengtian and welcomed Duan Zhigui into the Overseer's Mansion.

After arriving at the Overseer's Mansion, Duan Zhigui glanced at everyone with great ambition, and then said: "General Ben is favored by the president, and if he is promoted to the governor of Fengtian, he will swear allegiance to the president. I have two things to do this time, the first is to set up a petition group from all walks of life in Fengtian, and the second is to dedicate filial piety on behalf of Fengtian, and make more contributions to the early proclamation of the emperor by the president! ”

Duan Zhigui got straight to the point, and directly expressed his intention, he came to collect money for Yuan Shikai, and people from all walks of life in Fengtian's military and political circles suddenly felt a strong disgust in their hearts, and no one was willing to cut meat on themselves.

Duan Zhigui didn't notice everyone's thoughts, but continued: "If the world wants to be peaceful, there must be an emperor to call the shots, and only the president is qualified to sit on this throne. Now everyone is doing their best to support the president, and in the future, everyone will be able to be knighted from the dragon. If anyone prevaricates perfunctorily in this matter, General Ben will definitely not be polite! ”

Duan Zhigui saw that everyone didn't speak, but he was just suppressed by him, the general of Zhen'an, so he said triumphantly: "The financial aspect must set an example first, I think it is necessary to come up with at least one million." ”

"General, Fengtian's finances have been losing money year after year, and he has already owed more than 2 million yuan to the Bank of Shanghai and more than 6 million to the Bank of Japan. Coupled with some local arrears, the deficit of Fengtian's finances exceeds 10 million, and the annual interest alone has overwhelmed Fengtian, and it is really impossible to come up with money! ”

Wang Shuhan, director of the Fengtian Provincial Department of Finance, briefly explained the financial situation, and Fengtian's deficit has indeed reached an alarming level. In fact, the three eastern provinces are all rich in natural resources, and there should not have been such a big deficit, but the problem is that after the Russo-Japanese War, both countries extended their claws to Mukden, and the financial order was completely disrupted. The widespread use of currency issued by foreign banks, the seizure of wealth in large quantities, the chaos of local law and order, and the rampant use of thieves have naturally left the finances in dire straits.

In fact, this situation has long been clear to people of insight in Fengtian, especially Wang Yongjiang has made great efforts to conduct research and find a solution, but now he is only the director of the Finance Bureau, and his power is limited to the provincial capital of Fengtian, and there is Wang Shuhan, the head of the hall.

Moreover, Zhang Zuolin is just a division commander, and if he wants to support financial reform, his name is not justified and there are many difficulties, so Wang Yongjiang is only seeing more and talking less now, carefully finding out the situation and preparing for the future. Wang Yongjiang knew very well that Mukden's finances were even worse than Wang Shuhan said, and the Fengtian government borrowed more than 6 million yuan in loans from the Japanese.

These loans alone cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in interest every year, and Fengtian was no longer able to repay them, so on the contrary, he had to continue to expand the scale of the loans. If you can't exchange interest and want to take out a loan, you have to accept Japan's harsh conditions, and the Japanese will have a stronger control over Mukden's finances and finance.

In fact, this is an out-and-out dead knot, because if Mukden wants to get rid of the financial embarrassment, he must weaken Japan's influence, collect the taxes that should be collected, and promote his own currency. At present, they are trying to solve the temporary difficulties of property through loans, but they are more tightly controlled by Japan, and the solution of the financial crisis is even more distant.

Duan Zhigui, the newly appointed governor, has no interest in these matters, he only cares about Yuan Shikai's accession to the throne now, so in the face of Wang Shuhan's explanation, Duan Zhigui frowned, waved his hand and said: "You can't get a million in one province, you can't say anything, you are incompetent." Since the finance can't come up with the money, what about the Fengtianguan silver number, isn't that a place to print money, just take out a little bit, isn't it! ”

"General, the situation of the official silver is not optimistic!" Wang Shuhan was really reluctant to confront Duan Zhigui on his first day in office, but the actual situation in Fengtian was indeed too bad, and he couldn't come up with the money at all.

"At present, Fengtian has issued a total of more than 10 million yuan of tickets, but the reserves are seriously insufficient, only about one-tenth, and there will be signs of a run from time to time.

Duan Zhigui's face was also gloomy, he was bent on getting enough funds for his godfather to ascend the throne, where would he care about the life and death of Fengtian's finances, and when Yuan Shikai ascended the throne, he would pat his ass and leave, there are so many good positions waiting for him in Beijing, who wants to suffer outside the customs.

"Crying poor, is crying poor, the president wants to establish a thousand years of imperial industry, for the eternal peace of this country, you can't tighten your belts, think about a way, the Department of Finance, the official bank has no money, what are you still doing, should you be furnished?"

Duan Zhigui roared loudly, the sound shook the entire Governor's Mansion, and everyone present lowered their heads, learning from the old monk to settle down, no matter how you General Duan shouted, the big guy just didn't squeak, and he was all playing monkey show.

Zhang Zuolin watched coldly from the side, secretly proud in his heart, Duan Zhigui, an idiot, didn't understand the situation at all as soon as he came up, and he directly wanted money, and he offended all walks of life in Fengtian at once, and just created an opportunity for himself to win public opinion.

Lao Zhang stood up with a smile and said to Duan Zhigui: "General, you have been tired all the way, and you have just gotten off the train, and you are busy with fortifications, which is really too hard. I see you can take a break for a while, and let the big guy get ready. You can rest assured that there is no problem with the loyalty of the whole world to the president, and I will do my best to cooperate with your actions, you can rest assured! ”

As soon as Lao Zhang spoke, many people began to echo, saying that they would definitely find a way, and Duan Zhigui also knew that he couldn't force it too hard, so he didn't mention the matter of money anymore, and a welcome banquet broke up unhappily.

After Lao Zhang returned to his mansion, he immediately summoned his subordinates.

"Damn, Duan Zhigui, this bastard is really insatiable, he just arrived in Fengtian, and he wanted money, isn't this a rush! If this bastard doesn't get rid of us, we won't have a good life sooner or later. ”

Lao Zhang thought for a while, and said to Sun Liechen: "Sixth brother, you arrange to take out a thousand rifles that Duan Zhigui gave us today, oh no, it's two thousand, and send them to my eldest brother Feng, and tell him that Duan Zhigui is here to loot the land, let him think about it for the sake of Fengtian's father, and expel Duan Zhigui when necessary, and I, Zhang Zuolin, will definitely follow!" ”

Lao Zhang dislikes Duan Zhigui is true, but he also knows that this guy is Yuan Shikai's henchman, Lao Yuan did not step down for a day, that is the head of China, and he also represents the status of the central government, this kind of offending thing should be handed over to Feng Delin. It just so happened that they were talking about it in Shanhaiguan.

Now Lao Zhang gave the bulk of the 3,000 rifles to Feng Delin, which is also to show his respect. As soon as Lao Zhang finished arranging, Duan Zhigui sent an invitation, asking him to go to the Governor's Mansion for a while, and also specially instructed him to bring Zhang Tinglan over.

How shrewd Lao Zhang is, Duan Zhigui wants to find Zhang Tinglan, there is only one possibility, it is for money, after all, Zhang Tinglan has shown his ability to make money in Beijing, and this highness must be tempted.

When they arrived at the Governor's Mansion, they didn't say a few words, and Duan Zhigui really turned the conversation to the issue of money.

"Yuting, I think those officials in Fengtian, you are a smart person, and the others are elm heads, what an important thing for the president to call the emperor, they actually pushed back. I have heard that the nephew and Sir Jurcan have reached an agreement, and that a sum of 500,000 pounds has been sent, which is not a small amount of money. You take it out first, of course, you can rest assured, as long as the president becomes the emperor, your benefits will definitely be indispensable! ”

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