Years of the Republic of China 1913

After repeated persuasion, everyone was finally allowed to sit down first. Tang Shaoyi was the prime minister of the state, and his qualifications were relatively old. However, he was the prime minister of the state for only two months. The Wang Zhixiang incident resigned angrily, but it was actually caused by money.Tang Shaoyi was miserable in those days when she was the Prime Minister. Every day she was racking her brains for some money. In order to raise money to maintain the huge government expenditures, she was so worried that a lot of hair fell out of her head. In the end, she really couldn't stand it anymore. There is no other way to abandon the official position.And when he was the Prime Minister, he personally negotiated the large loan on behalf of the government and the consortium, so he explained the ins and outs of the large loan to everyone in detail, especially pointing out the current state of the country's finances. The clear numerical evidence, Liao Zhongkai and Fang Zida on the side have already produced some data as evidence, pointing out the importance and necessity of large loans, and also specifically explaining Song Jiaoren's embarrassment in it.

"So what? Is it possible to sell the country because of a few stinky money? Don't forget that the terms of the big loan stipulate that the government will use the Chinese salt tax, customs tax and all the expenses of the four provinces of Zhili, Shandong, Henan, and Jiangsu. The designated central government tax is used as a guarantee, and the group of banks of the five countries enjoys various priority rights, supervision rights, review rights, human rights, etc....Aren’t these blatant acts of treason?” Following Tang Shaoyi’s explanation, Zhang Ji et al. The person's face gradually softened, but Wang Zhengting disagreed and retorted solemnly.

Seeing the embarrassment on Song Jiaoren's face, Tang Shaoyi and others tried to dissuade him, but Fang Zida sighed secretly, stood up and asked Wang Zhengting first: "Cousin Confucianism, I heard that you graduated from Yale in the United States. Is it the law?"

"What does that have to do with what we're talking about now?"

"Hehe, it does matter, how can it not matter?" Fang Zida asked seriously: "Cousin Confucian is a talented student from Yale, a senior in the legal field, and he must be more proficient in legal matters than everyone present here. Let me ask you a question first. , use your professional knowledge to demonstrate whether the large loan in all the negotiation process, procedures and contracts conform to the existing legal provisions of the Republic of China?"

"You..." Wang Zhengting froze for a moment. Although he claimed that Yuan Shikai's borrowing was unconstitutional and illegal when he came, but if we really got to the bottom of it, the government's big borrowing was at best a side-ball, and there was nothing wrong with it.

"According to the current provisional agreement of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai..." Hesitating, Wang Zhengting was trying to find an excuse, but Fang Zida cut him off decisively: "Cousin Confucianism, don't need to say so much, I just need five words 'illegal' or 'Not illegal'!"

After Fang Zida took the army to his face, Wang Zhengting was so angry that his face turned livid. After hesitating for a long time, he finally squeezed out three words: "Not against the law!"

"That's it!" Fang Zida clapped his palms and smiled, then turned his gaze to the others, and said by name one by one: "Mr. Lin, I remember that you majored in electrical engineering? Brother Lian and Brother Youren both He was born in the imperial examination in the former Qing Dynasty, Mr. Shaochuan studied engineering, brother Zhongkai and brother Puquan both studied political economy, although there is the word economics in it, it is mainly about politics, isn’t it?”

Seeing everyone nodding slowly, Fang Zida said again: "Cousin Confucian explained clearly just now that the government's large borrowing is not illegal, let alone unconstitutional. Everyone understands this point. As a gentleman, can't you just open your eyes and deny that you are talking nonsense?" Not waiting for someone to refute, Fang Zida continued: "So from this point of view, the so-called illegal activities are totally groundless!"

"But Yuan Shikai betrayed the national interest!" Zhang Jifa was in a hurry, and interrupted and shouted.

"Wrong!" Fang Zida shouted louder than Zhang Ji: "Sell out the national interest? What is the country? What is the interest? If you only rely on the national salt tax, customs tax and other taxes in the clause as a guarantee, you have betrayed the national interest? This statement is absolutely wrong!" Standing up, Fang Zida looked around the crowd and said loudly: "Everyone has been abroad, has been abroad, and holds important positions in the country. Understand what international practice is! But whoever borrows money, whether it is private or national, does not need mortgages and guarantees? This is not only a common practice, but also allowed by the law. If anyone does not understand this point, you can consult cousin Confucianism , Cousin Confucianism will definitely have an answer with his major.”

Wang Zhengting was stunned when he heard this, he couldn't laugh or cry in his heart.This Fang Zhangming is really cunning, not to mention his own army just now, but now a lot of ramblings actually dragged himself into it, so that he who was originally asking the teacher for the crime became his side instead.

Seeing Wang Zhengting's embarrassed expression, Fang Zida was secretly happy in his heart, but his expression was still solemn: "It can be seen that there is no mortgage for the loan, and there is no guarantor. This is still a loan. To put it bluntly, there is no place to use the money. Come and directly donate money to charity? I don’t think there can be such a fool in this world with such a huge sum of money? As for the other traitorous behavior that you all pointed out, that is, the five-nation bank group enjoys various priority rights, supervision rights, Auditing rights, using human rights, etc., this reason is even more ridiculous. Dare I ask you, does anyone know what international accounting principles are?"

"International...accountant...return the principle?" Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. No one had heard of this term. Everyone knew about accounting, which is commonly known as accountant, but what does this have to do with international principles?

Seeing that these people were shocked by him, Fang Zida immediately started to teach everyone.Start with the meaning of accounting, then talk about the role and status of accounting in all aspects of the economic field, and then extend to international principles, assets, liabilities, receivables, payables, loans, expenditures, income, auditing, statistics , budget, financial supervision....One by one professional terms, a series of technical terms, the words are spit flying, clouded and foggy.The eyes of all the people present were staring at him, and they couldn't understand what it meant, but they all felt that what Fang Zida said seemed very powerful.

After talking endlessly for an hour, Fang Zida gave the final definition of this matter with the three conclusions of "no violation of the law, no violation of the constitution, and no betrayal of the country".

"Zhang Ming, today is really thanks to you."

"Hehe, I never thought that Cheng Ming would know so much about economics. I admire you! Admire me!"

Song Jiaoren finally breathed a sigh of relief after sending away those people whose thoughts were still in confusion. He was extremely grateful for Fang Zida's rescue today. Liao Zhongkai and the others admired Fang Zida's economic knowledge debate ability very much, and praised Fang Zida in unison.

"It's just some economic common sense. I've stayed abroad for a long time and I've done business myself. Go and inquire, or consult with a few professionals and you’ll understand.” Fang Zida waved his hand modestly after glancing at Yu Youren and Wu Zhonghua, who were still in a brain freeze and assimilating financial knowledge.

"Yes! It's a pity that no one thinks about it from that aspect." Song Jiaoren sighed.

Fang Zida nodded, and reminded seriously: "Revolution requires enthusiasm, but enthusiasm is not only the whole of revolution. Especially in this situation, stability must overwhelm everything. Brother Dunchu, the turmoil of the big loan issue must be suppressed immediately , No matter what method is used, the situation must first calm down as soon as possible. Only when it is stable can the next work continue. Once there is another disturbance in the north and south because of this matter, the consequences may be... "

"What Zhang Ming said is reasonable! It's not too late. Our first task is to gain the support of comrades in the party and calm the situation down." Liao Zhongkai agreed with both hands, although the few bigwigs who came today were temporarily shocked by Fang Zida When I left, I didn't raise any protests for the time being.It is not difficult to guarantee what they will think when they go back. In addition, the attitudes of other congressmen, party members, and military and political officials from the southern provinces are also the most important thing.