Gradually recovering sovereignty such as tariffs, investing in the development of heavy industry, abolishing the levy and many exorbitant taxes...

This series of actions enabled the Kuomintang government to quickly establish its prestige, and Yan Shao himself received a lot of support at home and abroad, and his position became stable.

At the same time, the most heated discussions in China at the moment are the '75 Project', 'the first five-year plan' and so on...

Of course, this is true not only in Japan, but also in Japan, which is separated by the sea.

"It's hard to do..."Putting a newspaper he had just gotten by his side, Tou Shanman showed a rare look of frustration, a look he rarely showed. At the beginning, we thought that we could solve the threat of Yan Shao with the help of Beiyang or the Kuomintang, but who would have thought that it would instead create an excuse for him to unify China, and now we have come up with a 'five-year plan', and I am afraid that it will be more difficult to check and balance in the future..."

Indeed, Toushan originally planned to solve Yan Shao with the hands of the Kuomintang and Yuan Shikai, who would have thought that Yan Shao would solve Li Liejun in only half a month, and at this time, Yuan Shikai and other forces of the Kuomintang did not even complete the mobilization, and then Beiyang lost one after another in a series of battles. If you want to support the Kuomintang, let's make a profit when Beiyang and the National Socialist Party are fighting to the death, Beiyang was unexpectedly quickly killed, and it can be said that the initial assassination made Yan Shao and Elaline more or less injured, and the whole plan basically never succeeded...

Now, after facing the potential threat of the national government, Toyama Man deeply hated Gao Sencheng that their original assassination was unsuccessful—————— although at that time, the result of the assassination failure was better. Because then the achievements of Anhui during this period of time will easily be burned to ashes by the next war, and Anhui's iron factories and other industries will not be able to be obtained by either the Kuomintang or Beiyang, so it is the most in line with Japan's interests...

I heard Toushan Man say this. Ryohei Uchida also fell silent.

Although they always regard themselves as resourceful people on weekdays, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, even if they are a powerful resourceful person, it is useless if there is no card to play in their hands, and in the case that Japan is unlikely to send troops directly, Toyama Man and Uchida Ryohei They can be said to have no use even a card in their hands.

No way, in Yuan Shikai's wilderness. With the KMT almost expelled, Chinese mainland today has no strength to compete with Yan Shao, which means that even if they want to, they cannot find an opponent to support.

Of course. It is not without thought that they have tried to find some means to make the National Socialist Party kill each other. In a way, this is also the best solution at the moment, and although the National Socialist Party is very united now, it is not true that there is not even a single flaw, not to mention anything else. Yan Shao's suspicion of the Anhui faction and the friction between other factions within the Kuomintang and the Anhui faction are a card that can be exploited. And as long as this can be exploited, perhaps the National Socialist Party itself will collapse in the infighting.

The problem is that Yan Shao himself knows this, so the Special Affairs Bureau has been closely monitoring the internal situation of the National Socialist Party, and Katerina is obviously unlikely to betray Yan Shao, and at the same time, although the Anhui family is a little dissatisfied with Yan Shao, but they have never thought of changing the leader...

So this road is also equivalent to being completely cut off...

"Strange numbers..."After a moment of silence, Ryohei Uchida smiled bitterly. How did such a figure come out in China......... If this continues, the empire will have no chance to develop..."

"yes," Toushan nodded, thinking of a solution. It's just that no matter how much you think about it, you can't think of a way...

Assassination should be regarded as a more useful method. The problem is that after several assassinations, Yan Shao's guards are very tight, and ordinary methods have no chance of success.

Moreover, the Kuomintang has now been almost driven out by the Kuomintang and has little power in North China. It is almost impossible to use the Kuomintang as it did in Anhui, and if the Black Dragon will do it himself...

It is best to succeed, but if you fail......... That's not a small problem...

Perhaps because of the current situation, Tou Shanman said with some indignation. “……… If the empire can use force to defeat Yan Shao at this time, maybe things will take a turn for the better, but it's a pity that those bureaucrats and politicians only know that Lu Dao is worried about the reaction of the British and American powers, and they don't know when Lu Dao should seize the opportunity..."

Hearing his words, Ryohei Uchida fell silent again.

On February 5, 1904, it was Yamamoto Gonbei who gave the order for a naval sortie, which opened the Russo-Japanese War.

By the way, Gonbei Yamamoto was very messy when he was a child. Yamamoto Gonbei's nonsense is not limited to drinking and fighting, once when he went to a prostitution parlor in Shinagawa with other non-commissioned officers to drink flower wine, he fell in love with a chick. That night, Ensign Yamamoto found a few people to help, set up a ladder on the back wall of the prostitution hall, and stole the chick out of the prostitution parlor. And that chick is the later Yamamoto Gonbei wife Tsusawa Nobushiko.

If the Kuomintang's five-year plan only made the British and American powers feel a little threatened, then Japan's feelings were more direct. After all, if Japan wants to develop, China is a problem that it has to face.

If it was in the past, considering that the Qing court in the former Qing Dynasty had also implemented a series of plans to develop industry but all failed, perhaps the Japanese government would not be very worried about Yan Shao's series of plans, but this time...

It is important to know that Anhui has succeeded, and at this time, the crude steel output of Anhui's Xiangshan Iron Works has reached nearly 2 million tons, which is equivalent to more than four times the crude steel output of Japan. Thousands of cars are assembled and shipped to the United States, Europe and Japan every day in the car factory, and kilometers of railways are built every day in Anhui...

If this is allowed to continue, how can Japan have any room for survival?

But now we are in the period of 'Taisho Democrusi'. To put it simply, during the period of the Taisho Democracy Movement—————— the main goal of the Taisho Democracy Movement was to reduce the rights of the privileged strata such as the senators, the Privy Council, the House of Lords, and the military ministry, and to make political parties and parliaments the center of politics. Realize universal suffrage and women's right to participate in politics, and expand the scope of people's participation in politics.

The problem is that by doing so, it undoubtedly touches the interests of a large group of people. In December 1912, the military department abused its privileges and brought down the cabinet of the political friends association Saionji Konobi, and this move angered many people.

As the final result of appeasing the anger of the people, Yamamoto Gonbei came to power and succeeded the Saionji Gongwang.

(At that time, the Japanese system was somewhat strange, according to the active duty system of the Minister of War.) The Minister of the Army and Navy must be an active military officer with the rank of senior general or lieutenant general, and must be recommended by the military department to which he belongs. However, at that time, the Xiyuan Temple Gongwang and the army had a deep contradiction. Aritomo Yamaguchi refused to nominate a new Minister of War, and as a result, the Saionji Cabinet had to announce its downfall without a Minister of War ... ）

Yamamoto Gonbei was sympathetic to the Masatokai, and because he belonged to the second generation of politicians, he had little to do with the senators (Saigo Nomichi, who was close to him, had died long ago). It cannot be the direct target of the Constitutional Movement. It's easier to be accepted. Although the fact that he was a warlord of the Satsuma clan was difficult for the people to accept for breaking the tyranny politics, it was an important reason for the elders to agree that he would become prime minister.

At the same time, in order to stabilize the regime, Yamamoto Gonbei also reached an agreement with the Machitokai to which Saionji Konozomi belonged, and all cabinet members except the ministers of the army, navy, and foreign affairs were members of the Machiyokai.

At this time, Yamamoto Gonbei didn't even have time to stabilize the political situation, so how could he consider the use of force, not to mention that the members of the Political Friends Association in the cabinet would not agree to such a thing.

And as an admiral, Yamamoto also has to be calmer than Mitsuru Tatouyama and those guys in the army.

He knew very well that Japan would do something to China if there was no reason for it. Basically, you won't get any support. Moreover, with Japan's current strength, it may not be difficult to defeat the Kuomintang. But if you want to completely eliminate it, I'm afraid it's a little overwhelming...

And if we can't solve the problems of the national government at once, we will fall into passivity...

As for defeating the Nationalist government and letting Yan Shao step down? The reason why the Kuomintang government can launch such a huge development plan now is entirely because of Yan Shao's financial resources behind it, this person does not die, even if he is defeated, what is the use?

And this is one of the reasons why Toyama will scold the current government for being a coward, because when Toyama Mitsumi came to the door in the hope of getting rid of it before becoming a great enemy in China, the attitude of the Yamamoto cabinet was to refuse...

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Just when Toyama Mitsuru and Uchida Ryohei were speechless, someone suddenly walked in outside.

"Your Excellency, this is the news that has just come back from China...", bowing his head deeply, the person who came handed the telegram in his hand to Tou Shanman.

A little puzzled, but Touyamaman still opened the telegram, but when he read the contents, Touyamaman's face became even more ugly than before.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Toyama like this, Ryohei Uchida felt a little strange.

However, Toyama did not answer Ryohei Uchida's question, but directly handed him the telegram...

After receiving the telegram from Touyamaman's hand, Ryohei Uchida had just looked at it, and his face became as ugly as Touyamaman...

"This is..."

The message on Telegram was simple and concise ...

About two hours ago, Yushi Bank just announced that it would allocate 300 million silver dollars to support the development of China's private industry. As long as the applicant meets the qualifications, he can apply for a loan from the provincial branches of Yushi Bank to start an industry with an interest rate of 5% per annum, which is the same as the loan of Yushi Group to the national government...

(There is a set of data, the interest rate of the first bank in China, the Commercial Bank, was 8%, and it is said that the interest rate of the lenders at that time was the same, and the interest rate of the Sino-Russian Daosheng Bank on China's "Hama-Hei Railway Advance" in 1916 was also 7%, so it should not be high...) ）

The amount of this loan is very wide, and the specific look is not anything else, but the qualifications of the applicant, as long as the applicant's qualifications are enough (mainly for whether the background is innocent, etc., preferably a local famous person), as for the industry founded after applying for the loan...

From the most basic paper mills, oil mills, distilleries, sugar mills, matches......... to the more backbone of cotton textile, spinning, mining and even shipping, shipbuilding, metallurgy, aircraft, chemical industry, etc.

How to say it, according to Yan Shao, it is...

"I can afford to pay for these 300 million!"

So much for...

The oil fields of Tampico (in accordance with the laws of Mexico. Underground resources are not taxed, at least in this period, and oil is undoubtedly an underground resource). There is also Yushi Group itself, in addition to the fact that there is no personal income tax in this era, Yan Shao's annual income is about 700 million to 800 million (silver dollars), if you count the principal and interest that the national government has to repay every year, the annual income will be close to one billion, and 300 million is indeed not a lot for him...

In fact, if it weren't for the fear of being too much, Yan Shao even planned to increase this number to 500 million. It's just that Elino persuaded her after the last moment. As long as Yan Shao is happy, she still doesn't care about these two or three hundred million, not to mention that money is not as important to them as it used to be now.

Her reason for doing so is simple. Although China's coastal factories and enterprises were not uncommon at this time, such things were still rare in the mainland, as can be seen from the fact that Wuhu only had its first cotton textile factory in 1916.

It is indeed a good idea to support the development of private industry through loans. But if the support is too strong. If you make the whole country full of industries, I'm afraid things will go bad...

After all, doing business is not a simple matter, just like Zhang Jian, the reason why he succeeded at the beginning was because he picked the right place and the right route, of course, the failure was also because of this, but what about other people? It's hard to say...

If a large number of projects are launched in such a hurry, a large number of industries will emerge. It won't be long before all these industries will go out of business, and I am afraid that it will hit the hearts of the Chinese people to invest in the industry.

Exactly. If you can make money by running an industry, then there will not be so many industries in China that have closed down during the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. In the end, at this time, China's business environment was still too poor, tariffs were not in their hands, and they had to face the dumping of goods by foreign powers. They have to face the government's harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, especially centigold, etc...

If the goods run far enough, the centigold alone is enough to make the cost of the goods two or three times or even three or four times, how can this compete with the goods of foreigners?

Although the situation is slightly better, the government has promised to completely abolish the centigold by March next year, and some tariffs have been withdrawn, but it does not mean that you can make money by building a factory.

Be cautious, it's a good thing for anyone...

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During the Anhui period, China Construction Bank and Yushi Bank had already started projects in this area, and now they have only expanded their scale dozens of times. Therefore, the branches in various places are also handy.

The news had only just come out, and within a few days of its arrival, a large number of gentry had already come to the door to apply for loans.

Naturally, there are also people who want to fish in troubled waters to cheat money, but at this time, Yan Shao's request for 'fame and innocence' played a role.

First of all, if you have a clean background, the security is higher, and the fame...

Usually famous people will cherish feathers, especially the Chinese in the old period, and if you choose this kind of person, the possibility of problems will be much lower.

In just a few days, the amount of projects applied for across the country has reached more than 27 million yuan, and more than 100 projects have been applied. And behind these people, there are many people who are seriously considering it and discussing it with their best friends...

Plan and then act...

As soon as the news came out, they chattered and ran past, either they had this idea from the past, or they were hot-headed for a while—————— usually the latter is more likely...

And only those who have seriously considered it are likely to succeed...

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After the news of the loan independent private industry came out, the outside world spoke highly of it, believing that it was a "commendable move" and that "if it can be successful, China's economy will be greatly developed".

Domestically, it is believed that this is another fact that Yan Shao has made for the development of the country, but he has a lot of complaints about the matter of asking for interest...

Not surprisingly, after thousands of years of tradition, many people see national leaders like presidents as emperors. What is an emperor? The emperor is the master of the country, everything of the state is his, and naturally, his things are also of the state ...

Yan Shao, as the master of this country, lent money to the country and paid interest, in the eyes of many people, it became a loan to the country with the state's money, and then interest or something—————— the problem is that Yan Shao's money is indeed earned back by himself...

But in general, there are still more people who appreciate it.

At least on the way north, after hearing the news, Yan Shao's image in Cai Ye's heart was much higher than in the past.

"Three hundred million...", Cai Ye began to look forward to the meeting with Yan Shao.

As for the matter of interest, Cai Yi didn't feel anything, after all, such a large amount of borrowing, if you don't want interest, it will be a little troublesome.

"But it can be seen that the '75 Project' is indeed true..."Thinking so, Cai Ye touched his chin slightly. And the projects in the '75 plan' are basically related to heavy industry, but not the slightest touch on light industry, originally I was a little strange about what was going on, it seems that this piece was deliberately not touched by the national government, specifically reserved for private capital to operate, if this is the case..."

Thinking of this, Cai Ye once again thought a lot higher about Yan Shao. (To be continued......)