"Come back!"

In the courtyard, seeing that the child wanted to run away, a young woman in her early 30s hurriedly stepped forward and hugged him back. At the same time, one hand covered his mouth, and the other hand kept slapping on his ass...

Walking out of the back room, the child's father saw this scene and instead of dissuading him, he whispered to the side. "Harder, harder, give him a lesson...", he walked to the door, and looked through the crack in the door, outside the door, a group of soldiers in various military uniforms were walking by the door.

The mother raised her hand and hit the child's buttocks desperately, and the child would definitely cry, but because the mother covered his mouth with one hand, the soldiers outside the door did not hear the movement in the courtyard.

Seeing that the soldiers outside had finally left, the father was also relieved.

After signaling his wife to hold the child in the house, the father closed the door and pointed at the child's nose and scolded. "How many times have I told you, don't go outside, ah, how many times have I said it, why don't you listen!!"

Seeing his father's angry look, the boy, who wanted to cry, was suddenly frightened.

It's just that when he saw that his father wanted to do it, the mother who was beating the child desperately just now stepped forward to stop her.

"Okay, master, don't be angry, I've already taught you a lesson just now..." After speaking, he gave the child a look, and the child was also quite clever, and immediately turned around and ran into the house.

Seeing this scene, the husband was still a little angry, but under the persuasion of his wife, he no longer thought about going in and beating the child, but walked to the chair on the side and sat down. I poured myself a glass of water, drank two sips, and sighed after a while. "When is this day going to be the end..."

Just some time ago. The abdication of the Qing family, many people may be happy with this news, but this is not the case in Nanjing. The reason is also very simple, because there are more than 200,000 angry soldiers hoarded in the current city of Nanjing.

Many of the soldiers gathered in Nanjing now came for the Northern Expedition, and more than 200,000 soldiers gathered when they came and went. Although most of these soldiers did not participate in the battle for the liberation of Nanjing. But they have all been restored to the heroes, and as soldiers, it is obviously a natural thing for them to ask for money.

It's a pity. Some time ago, some people hoped that Sun Yat-sen would allocate 200,000 yuan for military salaries, but when Hu Hanmin rushed to the treasury of the Ministry of Finance with Sun Yat-sen's approval slip, he found that there was only 10 yuan left in the treasury. Just this 10 yuan is still before Tao Chengzhang was killed. Chen Qimei sent it from Shanghai—————— Chen Qimei sent a total of 2,000 yuan from Shanghai at that time.

20 yuan, against more than 200,000 revolutionary troops, no matter how you think about it, it is impossible.

According to the estimation of Zhang Jian, Minister of Industry, if you want to meet the needs of the provisional government, you will need at least more than 100 million silver dollars. Such a large amount of money is obviously not taken out by the provisional government that has exhausted its financial resources, let alone the provisional government, even if Yuan Shikai wants to come up with 100 million silver dollars, I am afraid that he will also borrow money.

Now the people's army in the city. There are many who originally came with the crowd, and the military discipline was lax. I don't know what a revolution is. They came to Nanjing just to make a living, and now that the provisional government can't even pay their military salaries, how can they not make trouble? A few days ago, there were already a lot of people's troops making trouble, if it weren't for the first army and several other troops, these people's troops might even mutiny, and because of this relationship, the people in the city almost didn't dare to go out, for fear that they would encounter some trouble after encountering those soldiers...

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Outside the presidential palace of the Provisional Government, many soldiers of the First Army were patrolling back and forth with guns.

In recent times, there have been too many soldiers to come to the door to ask for money, and many soldiers who can't get pay at the War Department simply run to the presidential palace, and in addition, most of these soldiers have poor military discipline and can do anything, so the soldiers stationed outside the presidential palace have serious faces, and even their guns are full of bullets.

Many people may not know that Nanjing's presidential palace has a history of more than 600 years. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, it was the residence of the Marquis of Guide and the palace of the Han Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, it was the Jiangning Weaving Administration, the Jiangnan Governor's Office, and the Liangjiang Governor's Office. When Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty went down to the south of the Yangtze River, they all used it as a "palace". In March 1853, the Taiping army occupied Nanjing, and the capital was Tianjing, where Hong Xiuquan built the large-scale Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Heavenly Dynasty Palace (Tianwang Palace). After the Qing army broke through Nanjing, they burned down the palace buildings and rebuilt the Liangjiang Governor's Office in the ninth year of Tongzhi (1870). Lin Zexu, Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Liu Kunyi, Shen Baozhen, Zuo Zongtang, Zhang Zhidong, Duanfang, etc. all served as governors of Liangjiang, and it can be said that except for Duanfang's fame, all of them are real ministers, and even Duanfang himself is by no means an ordinary Manchu official.

After the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution in October 1911, Sun Yat-sen was sworn in as the provisional president of the Republic of China on January 1, 1912, and it became the presidential palace of the provisional government. After Yuan Shikai became president, it should be named, but the status is still important, and a few decades later, it has re-become the presidential palace —————— the presidential palace of the national government...

In the presidential palace, you can see a lot of people walking around, but their faces are not very good-looking.

It is not surprising, after all, there are almost more than 200,000 angry soldiers in Nanjing now, and if this problem cannot be solved, the consequences will be worrying...

In the president's office, Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing, Song Jiaoren and several other people were talking about raising money...

"Now the military stamps issued by the military government are basically not recognized on the market, and we really can't do anything about it..." Chen Jintao took out a green banknote and smiled bitterly to everyone.

Chen Jintao was holding a 5 yuan banknote, which was printed with the words "Republic of China military banknote" and "paid with the ticket, the central financial guarantee, five yuan, only recognize the ticket but not the person, hold this as a photo" and "the first auspicious day of the first year of the Republic of China", the center of the banknote is white blank, the four sides are green patterns, and two traditional Chinese characters in the two corners of the banknote. With the two Arabic numerals 5 in the two corners directly below, the entire banknote is very shabby, and basically cannot be compared with the banknotes of later generations.

By the way. There are shadows and strokes on these 4 words in the Republic of China, plus the banknotes are a little small, the characters are still traditional, and the Chinese characters and the national characters are basically two black dots from a distance—————— even if the eyes are better, it is almost like this, fortunately, as long as there are words in front and behind the Chinese characters, you can guess the approximate meaning...

Leaving aside for the moment the credibility of the Provisional Government, just look at the crudeness of the military ticket. It became a matter of course that the people of Nanjing City did not buy it.

In addition to this 5 yuan banknote, there is also a 1 yuan banknote, which is basically the same. It's just that the color of the pattern has changed to orange-red, and the military banknotes of the Republic of China have also become the Nanjing military banknotes of the Republic of China, and there are also the words of the Nanjing General Silver Dollar and the words exchanged three months later, but there is basically no difference.

Then again. Will the Provisional Government still exist after three months?

"Except for military tickets. Is there any other way? Seeing Chen Jintao complaining there, Huang Xing said helplessly.

He is the Minister of the Army, and the people below naturally seek him first. If that's it, it's okay, but many of the people who come to ask for money are his acquaintances, and he is a good-looking person, and now this position is like pins and needles for him...

Chen Jintao is the Minister of Finance of the Provisional Government, in other words, he is equivalent to the God of Wealth of the Provisional Government, so his words are also the most weighty on this topic.

Just looking at the hopeful gaze of everyone. Chen Jintao smiled bitterly, what good can he do in this situation now? The last can only be said. "The most practical way to do it now. Even if you borrow money, this is the only way to solve the current problem..."

"Borrow money..."Hearing this method, Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing glanced at each other.

Of course, they didn't think about this idea, but when they contacted foreign banks, they were not willing to lend them money at all.

"Isn't there still that Yan Shao?" Seeing that Sun Yat-sen and they were all silent, Chen Jintao hurriedly spoke. "That's a rich man, if he can support him, at least he can alleviate the current difficulties..."

Even Chen Jintao has heard of Yan Shao's name, no way, the industry is too well-known—————— Chen Jintao once served as the director of the budget of the Daqing Bank Supervision and Degree Branch, the director of the Bureau of Statistics, the director of the Printing and Casting Bureau and the chairman of the Currency Reform Committee, otherwise Sun Yat-sen would not have made him the Minister of Finance.

In Chen Jintao's view, as long as Yan Shao is willing to support a little, he can help the provisional government tide over the difficulties.

Song Jiaoren on the side smiled bitterly. "We have sent a telegram, but there has been no reply from Anhui..."

"Then it seems that I can only wait for a reply..."Chen Jintao was also a little helpless.

Just as they were talking, there was a knock on the door outside, and then Hu Hanmin, who was now Sun Yat-sen's secretary, walked in from outside, still holding a telegram in his hand.

"Secretary Hu, why is your face so ugly?" Catching a glimpse of Hu Hanmin's face, Bai Wenwei, who was sitting on the side, said strangely. "Isn't there any bad news..."

Hearing Bai Wenwei's question, although Hu Hanmin's face was ugly, he still reluctantly replied. "Did Anhui reply?"

"Oh? What did you say..."Hearing the reply from Anhui, Sun Yat-sen and the others immediately looked over, but after seeing Hu Hanmin's face, a trace of foreboding rose in their hearts.

However, this time Hu Hanmin did not answer, but handed the telegram to Sun Yat-sen.

After taking the telegram and reading it, Sun Yat-sen's face suddenly became ugly.

Seeing that Sun Yat-sen's face also became ugly, Huang Xing, Song Jiaoren and others hurriedly stood up from their seats. "Yat-sen, what is written on it?" Walking to Sun Yat-sen's side, Huang Xing asked with some curiosity.

Sun Yat-sen did not answer Huang Xing's question, but just handed him the telegram in his hand.

After receiving the telegram and looking down, Huang Xing's face also became a little ugly.

The content of the telegram was very simple, Yan Shao did not object to the fact that the provisional government wanted to borrow money, but simply raised a few questions. First of all, when will the money be returned after it has been lent out? How to return it, secondly, now that the Qing family has abdicated, even the Senate is preparing to move to Beijing, in other words, the current Nanjing Provisional Government will not be dissolved in a short time, and at that time Yan Shao should ask for money from Nanjing. Or should you ask Beijing for money?

The last question, and the most important one...

If it was to ask Yuan Shikai for money, would Yuan Shikai give it?

“…… Since the recovery of Anqing. The military government reduced or exempted more than 30 miscellaneous taxes so that the people could enjoy the fruits of the recovery, but the military government's finances were also in trouble. If there is no written guarantee from Yuan Gong, please forgive Shao for not being able to use the meager financial resources of Anhui Province for the use of the central government. ”

These words are reasonable, and Yan Shao is not unhelpful. But first of all, you have a written guarantee provided by Yuan Shikai. After all, everyone knows very well that it will not be long before the Nanjing government will disappear, and by that time there will be no written guarantee. Where does Yan Shao ask for money?

If you don't even know who to ask for money...... Now that the military government has exempted more than 30 miscellaneous taxes, and the revenue has already dropped a lot, it is only then that the central government is paying for it...... You can't waste taxpayers' money, can you?

However, looking at these words, Sun Yat-sen and Chen Jintao trembled with anger...

Anhui has no money, how can they not know the way. So many tax reliefs. There are so many more projects, and if you really count them carefully, I am afraid that the deficit of the junta will be many times more than the revenue.

As for asking Yuan Shikai to give a written guarantee? This kind of thing is impossible to think about with your knees.

Sun Yat-sen and the others did not plan to use the money in the treasury of the Anhui military government, but planned to let Yan Shao lend it privately, as for how to return it later...... That's for later...

Probably like the military ticket that was cashed in 3 months, but who should be cashed after 3 months, and whether the person who found it will be cashed, this is not something that Sun Yat-sen needs to consider.

However, on the telegram, Yan Shao did not say a word about this matter. Just prevaricate them with some high-sounding words, and the meaning of rejection jumps on the page...

"Everyone knows that Yan Shao is worth a lot of money. Not to mention one or two million, even one or two million is not a big amount for him, and now it is so stingy to borrow some money from him..."Slapping the table, Bai Wenwei, who was standing next to him, said angrily.

Seeing Bai Wenwei so angry, Huang Xing frowned, but didn't say anything.

Many people in the alliance know that Bai Wenwei has opinions on Yan Shao, and it is not surprising, after all, among the members of the Anhui alliance now, Bai Wenwei's qualifications are the oldest, plus he is now the commander of the first army of the Republic of China, General Zuo has increased the rank of general, as long as he can return to Anhui, the governor of Anhui is almost in his hands, but now a Yan Shao has appeared, snatching the position of the governor of Anhui from his hands, and it is natural that he will be angry with Yan Shao.

"I can't say that, after all, what Yan Shao said also has some truth, looking for someone to borrow money, you can't even explain the time of return, how to return it..."Huang Xingzhi remembered that when he was in Anhui, Yan Shao gave him warm hospitality, so he also helped Yan Shao say a few words, but his face was always a little ugly.

Seeing that everyone's faces were a little ugly, Chen Jintao interjected on the side. "So what now? Send a telegram to Yuan Shikai and ask for a written guarantee? ”

"Even if you ask, it's useless..."Sun Yat-sen shook his head. Yuan Shikai can't wait to let us fend for ourselves, how can he possibly help us sign such a thing..."

Indeed, there are now more than 200,000 civilian troops gathered in Nanjing, although they are all rabble, but just looking at the numbers, it is still a big threat to Yuan Shikai. Now that there is finally an opportunity to solve this problem, how could Yuan Shikai stand up and help Sun Yat-sen and them?

"I have a solution..."Just when Sun Yat-sen and the others were upset, Bai Wenwei, whose emotions calmed down a little, said. Didn't more than a dozen members of the League be killed in Wuhu many years ago? Now there are at least 200,000 people's troops in Nanjing, and we can use this as an excuse to go south, Yan Shao's industries in Dangtu and Wuhu can make a profit of at least 10 million yuan a year, but the troops in these two places are only one brigade, and it is almost impossible to resist the people's army.

Hearing Bai Wenwei's proposal, Sun Yat-sen's expressions moved, but before they could say anything, Song Jiaoren on the side had already said angrily. "No, let's not mention that those dozen or so people may not have been killed by Yan Shao, now that we are at the time of the peace talks between the north and the south, we do this kind of thing for our own selfish interests, what is the difference between us and Yuan Shikai? What will the world think of us? ”

Huang Xing also echoed on the side, Huang Xing has the best face, Huang Xing, who was in Anqing, had just left Wuchang, and it was the most faceless time, but he was warmly received by Yan Shao in Anqing, and he sent thousands of guns before leaving, so Huang Xing's impression of Yan Shao can be said to be excellent, and he opposed this kind of thing.

Song Jiaoren didn't forget it, but Bai Wenwei couldn't help but listen to Huang Xing's words, so Bai Wenwei lowered his head after seeing that Huang Xing was also opposed.

It's just that while lowering his head, Bai Wenwei's eyes are constantly turning, and from time to time two cold rays of light will radiate from it, making people know that he hasn't actually given up this idea...

However, Yan Shao, who was far away in Anqing at this time, did not know this, for him, the matter in Nanjing was certainly worth noting, but now the most important thing is to clean up those local scum.

After the establishment of the military government, he reduced or exempted more than 30 miscellaneous taxes so that the common people could feel the benefits of recovery, but not to let those officials and local gentry reap the benefits... (To be continued......)