Years of the Republic of China 1913

Yuanyuan hurried back to the headquarters of the Eighth Division. After reading the telegram, Fang Zida frowned. He couldn't tell what happened for a while. I have to look at the news from all over the place. The main reason for the outbreak of civil unrest It is because the local people are dissatisfied with what the government has done, and Jiangxi, Fujian, Sichuan and other places have experienced many wars in the past two years, coupled with continuous natural disasters, and the government's inadequate relief has sparked civil uprisings.

These are all superficial phenomena. Fang Zida, the president and deputy finance minister of Zhongyang Bank, does not think that Zhongyang is standing by in these areas regardless of the local life and death. On the contrary, since he became the president of Zhongyang Bank, he has only signed from him The amount of funds allocated for local disaster relief is not rare, especially after he became the deputy finance minister, he also specifically inquired about the situation of various funds allocated by the Ministry of Finance. All procedures are handled in strict accordance with the regulations. There will be some "drifting" but they are also disasters. Why didn't such things happen in other provinces that were more severely affected by disasters?

In addition, the provinces where the civil unrest broke out have always been the territory of the revolutionaries. After the second revolution, the revolutionaries were severely damaged in the country. From the political and absolute military point of view, they have lost the capital to directly confront the central government. However, the local troops Most of the warlords have excellent strength. In the current situation of the reorganization of the National Defense Forces, this kind of thing happened suddenly, which cannot but make people feel strange.

"Brother Baochang, what do you think about this matter?" Fang Zida asked Huang Kaiyuan. Although Huang Kaiyuan was far inferior to Wu Peifu in leading troops, he was still very sensitive about politics. It was far more appropriate to ask Huang Kaiyuan this question than Wu Peifu.

"Hmph!" Huang Kaiyuan snorted coldly, "Brother Zhang Ming. I wonder if you've heard of the Road Protection Movement?"

"The Road Protection Movement? Is it because of the uproar caused by Sheng Xingsun's attack in the Manchu Qing Dynasty three years ago?" Fang Zida thought for a moment and asked.

"Exactly!" Huang Kaiyuan nodded.Pointing at the telegram, he said with a sneer: "This incident seems to be a replica of that incident in the past. In order to protect the road, Hunan, Sichuan and other places were in a mess. In the end, all the charges were pinned on Sheng Xingsun and others. Sheng Xingsun and others were arrested. Denounce them as 'traitors'. But if you really want to talk about it, isn't it just a matter of profit? Maybe Zhang Ming doesn't know, but I was one of the parties back then, so can I not know what's wrong?"

"Oh, brother Baochang, can you tell me carefully, I was abroad back then. {I only heard about this but never knew the details." Fang Zida suddenly asked with great interest.

Nodding his head, Huang Kaiyuan began to talk about the ins and outs of the road protection movement.At that time, the Manchu Qing government implemented the railway state-owned policy under the suggestion and promotion of the Minister of Post and Communications Sheng Xuanhuai, and proposed to exchange state shares for commercial shares.If local stockholders need to withdraw their shares, the government can also carry out a plan for the redemption and return of shares.After all the railways are nationalized, the Qing government will use the railway management rights as collateral to borrow from consortiums from various countries. First, it can complete the redistribution of equity and let the state control the railway operations. Second, it can also use this loan to carry out civil share redemption plan, and alleviate the huge shortage of funds faced by Zhong Yang.

Speaking of it, this matter is just a purely commercial means, because no matter from the perspective of the concept or the equity replacement.All comply with the rules of business operation.But for local businessmen, they have a different opinion, because they have just obtained income from the railway, and suddenly the state came to this hand. They think that this is the government's attempt to deprive them of their right to operate the railway, which greatly damages their business Interests, immediately objected.

Hearing this, Fang Zida somewhat understood why Huang Kai said it was a matter of profit.Fang Zida is very clear about this situation. To put it bluntly, Zheng Fu's price tag is not high enough.And businessmen are unwilling to exchange equity for profit, and the situation is similar to that of municipal relocation in later generations. When the two parties cannot agree on the price, troubles arise.

Huang Kaiyuan went on to say that because the businessmen were unwilling to replace the equity, let alone sell the equity in their hands easily.Worried that it would be too weak to directly confront Zheng Fu against themselves, they began to use their brains.They sent people to spread rumors that the Qing government would confiscate the private shares of the railway without any compensation, and planned to sell the right of way to the foreign powers.At this time, it was the time when the Revolutionary Party went on to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty. When they heard the news, the Revolutionary Party didn't care whether it was true or not, and used the people's antipathy towards Western powers to fuel the incident. During the negotiations with the Baolu Comrade Association, rumors spread that Zhao Erfeng had secretly shot and killed the negotiators, and mobilized the army to round up people who opposed the state-owned railway policy.As a result, the whole situation changed suddenly. The instigated common people, militia groups and the new army destroyed the wires everywhere, set up roadblocks along the way, and cut off the communication between the government and the government.And under the organization of Long Mingjian, Wang Tianjie and others of the Tongmenghui, an armed riot was set off, Zhao Erfeng, governor of Sichuan, was captured and killed, and he declared "revolution".

It is extremely ironic that when the Governor Zhao Erfeng was beheaded by the Revolutionary Party, those "martyrs" such as the Chairman of the Advisory Bureau, the Deputy Speaker Pu Dianjun, Luo Lun, and the heads of the Baolu Comrade Association and Chuanlu Shareholders' Meeting who were rumored to have been killed by Zhao Erfeng "Swaggeringly appeared again without any damage.Of course, at this time, everyone pretended not to see it, as if the rumors mentioned before did not exist at all.

"History is a little girl, how she likes to dress up." Fang Zida suddenly remembered such a sentence, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"Brother Yi Baochang means that there are nine times out of ten that this matter is caused by someone behind the scenes?"

"That's for sure!" Huang Kaiyuan replied without even thinking about it: "So many people are making trouble together, and so many places are making trouble at the same time, it would be strange if no one inside is causing trouble. What kind of virtue are these military leaders and warlords?" I still don't know? Right now, the reorganization of the national defense force in central yang has been roughly completed, and the next step is to target the local army. Doesn't this mean digging their roots? It might be possible if there are a few troublemakers under the rule, but it's troublesome With such a big incident, could it be that all they hold are fire sticks? Humph! The old trick is repeated, and everyone in the world is taken for fools."

Fang Zida remained silent, secretly thinking about the veracity of Huang Kaiyuan's words.If Huang Kaiyuan's judgment was incorrect, how could these riots be so strange?Don't come early, don't come late, why come at this time.If things are really as Huang Kaiyuan judged, those people in the local area are really too courageous. Aren't they afraid of Zhong Yang's decisive move?Do you think that you can use this method to resist Zhong Yang just by relying on the so-called "public opinion" and means?

After such a big incident happened, Fang Zida could only stay in Nanjing temporarily, waiting for Zhong Yang's reaction to this matter before deciding on the follow-up plan.When the news of the local riots in several provinces reached Zhongyang, I heard that Song Jiaoren, who was the prime minister, was so angry that he dropped his glass at that time.Like Huang Kaiyuan's judgment, how could Song Jiaoren, as a member of the Revolutionary Party, fail to see the tricks in it?Playing big swords in front of Guan Gong, you simply treat him as an idiot?However, Song Jiaoren still has to consider the following public opinion. After all, he still wears the hat of the chairman of KMT. Relief, and at the same time ordered the Ministry of National Defense to send a message to the local troops in various places, asking them to cooperate with the local government to calm the situation down as soon as possible.

But Song Jiaoren's actions were not effective. On the contrary, because the local government did not receive the "hint" from the central government, or did not receive the official order from the Ministry of National Defense to cancel the reorganization of the local army, all the military leaders and warlords pretended to be Deaf and dumb, they claim to the outside world that the will of the people cannot be violated, their army is only for the sake of protecting the country and they cannot point their guns at their fathers and villagers, etc., all of them speak out righteously, and directly point the finger at Fu from a moral standpoint , secretly fueling the incident, there is a tendency that if you don't let go of your mouth, I will make more and more trouble.

At the same time, some literati who were bought and sold by these warlords also began to publicize the matter in various newspapers, using this as an excuse to shift all the responsibility to Zhong Yang, accusing Zhong Yang of disregarding people's livelihood and resorting to military force, thus stirring up civil uprisings. The danger is evident.

Fang Zida, who was in Nanjing, did not stand idly by. On the one hand, he sent a telegram to Zhong Yang, asking Yuan Shikai and Song Jiaoren to act decisively, and not let this matter go unchecked, lest the situation get out of hand.On the other hand, Fang Zida summoned his people to write articles to argue with each other in major newspapers, exposing the true faces of those people.For a while, the two sides were fighting with each other, and you came and went, and it was very lively.

From Zhong Yang's point of view, the matter should be negotiated, and the army should not be used as much as possible.Today, the politics of the Republic of China is open, and the power of news supervision is very strong. Of course, Song Jiaoren knows what the consequences of sending troops will be. He may be scolded as du cai at that time.Therefore, from the very beginning, Song Jiaoren planned to use political means to solve the problem, but the local government was determined to do so. Even though he had a lot of good things to say, and people swayed them, the reply from over there really made him angry. My lungs exploded.

One: cancel the reorganization plan of the National Defense Forces for the local army; two: central yang will allocate financial support to the local area, with an annual base of 800 million oceans, and additional funds must be allocated for disaster relief during disaster years; three: local finances will be collected and used by themselves, and central yang will not Interfering in local finances; 1000: Local officials who have separated the military from government and civil administration need to be recognized by the local government before they can take office; [-]: Zhong Yang must admit his mistakes in governance and allocate [-] million oceans to appease the people...

There were all kinds of things, nearly ten unreasonable demands were put forward there, and Song Jiaoren's eyes were burning with these demands. This was not only an early threat, but even du li.

"Come here!" With a slap on the table, Song Jiaoren shouted loudly: "Prepare the car! Go to the Ministry of National Defense!" (To be continued...) To be continued