The First Warlord of the Republic of China

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"This bastard's Li Yuanhong made the group's agricultural preferential policies not come down yet. I'm so mad." Jiang Yuanchuan was very angry, and kept complaining to his son during the meal.

Jiang Yuanchuan is in charge of agricultural assets. He has more than a dozen agricultural reclamation companies and dozens of other companies in food processing and breeding.

These companies form a large group named 'Fengliang Group', which is the existence of a giant in China's agricultural field, comparable to others.

For this giant, the central government has always had preferential policies to support the group's agricultural reform of the land, popularization of agricultural machinery, and so on. [

Without the preferential policies from the central government, the consortium would suffer some losses in agriculture.

After all, the cost of agricultural mechanization is relatively high. Although there are benefits, they are not short-term, but long-term benefits. Therefore, it takes long-term production to see benefits, so it has always been supported by national preferential policies.

"Father, there's nothing to be angry about. If you don't like him, we'll pull him down in a few days." Jiang Yu said lightly, while serving food for the eldest and second daughters.

"Daddy, is Li Yuanhong the bearded man?" Jiang Wanjing asked Jiang Yu while listening to the adults.

"Yeah!" Jiang Yu touched her little head. The eldest daughter, Jiang Wanjing, is over six years old. She has a lively temper, but she is very cute.

"Grandpa told you, that bearded man is bad, don't learn from him in the future." Jiang Yuanchuan taught his granddaughter with a funny expression, which made Jiang Wanjing giggle.

"That Li Yuanhong was in a mess when he first came up. I want to pull him down quickly, but he is the acting president, so I'm afraid it won't be so easy!" Jiang Yuanchuan said hesitantly.

"As an old bureaucrat, once he is in power, he is definitely not so clean. As long as he grasps the handle and mobilizes public opinion at will, he can be kicked down." Jiang Yu was very calm, and he said to Jiang Yuanchuan: "And the boy I recently heard that Li Yuanhong is in contact with Shanxi merchants and intends to become the spokesperson of Shanxi merchants."

"Shanxi merchants, as the number one merchant gang in China for hundreds of years, should not be underestimated even if they have declined a bit now." Jiang Yuanchuan nodded.

"It is true that there is still some strength, especially after the outbreak of the European War. Many Shanxi merchants have made a fortune again. As an official businessman, they can't change their shit, and it is normal to contact Li Yuanhong." Jiang Yu laughed.

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Disputes above the temple always hide more complicated things, which in the final analysis are interests.

At present, the Chinese economy is monopolized by the consortium of warlords and oligarchs in Jiangyu, and a group of ethnic businessmen act as younger brothers to help.Shanxi merchants have really had a hard time these years.

First, the rise of rubber stocks caused the bank to close down, and then the railway stocks rose again, and another batch of banks collapsed. Then the state introduced financial policies, and the warlord and oligarchic consortium monopolized the financial industry.Qianzhuang completely withdrew from the stage of history.

When Shanxi Merchants Banks prospered, they spread all over the country, but after several twists and turns, most of them went bankrupt, many became insolvent, and their property was confiscated.

The two stock market crashes caused Shanxi merchants to decline rapidly.

In addition, the consortium has been adopting monopoly measures in the industry, and even has a foot in retail and other industries. For Shanxi merchants, there are not many big projects that can make money before.

Since the export surge in 15, Shanxi merchants have recovered again.There is great potential to revive its prestige.

The Shanxi merchants who were going to do a big job to regroup found that their official connections had been severely damaged at this time, and the central government did not have a spokesperson who could reach the level. [

Before Yuan Shikai refused to enter, Shanxi merchants could do nothing.

Now that Li Yuanhong came to power, those Shanxi merchants became eager again.

At this time, Shanxi merchants urgently need to find a political spokesperson.To compete with the East China Chamber of Commerce.

Based on the connections of Shanxi Merchants, I have already learned that a behemoth has appeared in China's financial and industrial fields at this time, but the organization of Shanxi Merchants is not as strict as that of the East China Chamber of Commerce, and I still only see an outline of the warlord oligarch consortium in Jiangyu .More importantly, I saw the existence of the East China Chamber of Commerce.

There are also Shanxi merchants who want to join the East China Chamber of Commerce, but they have succeeded.

The East China Chamber of Commerce, a business faction, had previously obtained huge political resources.The scale has become a behemoth monopolizing various fields in China.

Shanxi merchants are also very enthusiastic. If they can also obtain political resources, they can fight against the East China Chamber of Commerce, not to mention replacing the East China Chamber of Commerce, at least they can stick to it in Shanxi and other places.

On the other hand, Li Yuanhong's coming to power also caused Jiangyu and the East China Chamber of Commerce to lose their most important political spokespersons. Li Yuanhong has not yet reached the point where Jiangyu can actively win over, and Li Yuanhong did not take the initiative to approach the consortium because he could not see the situation clearly.

Instead, they quickly hooked up with Shanxi merchants.

Those Shanxi merchants gave Li Yuanhong a sum of money, and Li Yuanhong simply accepted it.

As president, no one checks his financial situation.

Moreover, people gave gifts because they didn't ask him to do anything. In the old officialdom, this kind of filial piety was completely acceptable.

As a result, Li Yuanhong and Shanxi merchants quickly colluded together.

Businessmen are all like this, even Jiangyu's consortium is like this. They all have to rely on political power to expand, and the essence of the two sides is different.

The only difference is that members of consortiums and chambers of commerce can restrain their desires. The idea is to manage national wealth instead of squandering national wealth.

Those Shanxi merchants are different. They can spend money as they like when they have money.However, Shanxi merchants also have an advantage, that is, they are more frugal than traditional Huizhou merchants.

The traditional Anhui merchants were extremely extravagant, which stagnated their development, and Shanxi merchants were more frugal, which was also one of the reasons for their expansion.

But in general, Shanxi merchants at this time were just regarded as a flock of sheep in China.

When the sheep are fat, they must be slaughtered.

And that wolf is Jiang Yu's consortium of warlords and oligarchs.

The biggest difference between the warlord oligarchy consortium and Shanxi merchants is that Jiang Yu controls the force.

on force! [

The claws of Shanxi merchants can't reach the military circle at all, and the military circle is under Jiang Yu's control.If necessary, when encircling Shanxi merchants by conventional means, they can also be physically eliminated, just like the Junkers consortium did against the Rothschild consortium.

Therefore, Jiang Yu was very calm and pretended not to see the actions of the Shanxi merchants.

The season for slaughtering sheep has not yet come, let the sheep graze quickly!

Li Yuanhong, the spokesperson of Shanxi Merchants, soon got a compromise from the cabinet. The cabinet agreed to some of Li Yuanhong's personnel appointments, and at the same time handed over the preferential policies needed by the consortium to Li Yuanhong to sign.

Li Yuanhong knew it was a political deal.Seeing that the situation had opened up, Li Yuanhong readily passed those preferential policies.

For a while Li Yuanhong was in the limelight. Although the cabinet and the National Congress still restrained him, Li Yuanhong seemed to be the new number one leader of China.

As for Jiang Yu, he was ignored.

Li Yuanhong still didn't dare to move Jiang Yu.But Jiang Yu doesn't seem to care about central politics either.Therefore, Li Yuanhong didn't take it to heart.

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The Indonesian Chinese uprising did not affect China's exports to the Allies. In order to win the war, the Allies could only continue to import materials from China.

It's a seller's market, not a buyer's market.

Enter 1916.Germany's limited submarine warfare was even more brutal. Throughout 1915, China exported [-] submarines to Germany.

The number of submarines in Germany has exceeded [-].

The wolf pack tactics adopted by these submarines often challenge the escort fleet, so there are also many losses.Otherwise, there would be more than three hundred German submarines.

However, the record is very amazing. The tonnage of the sunk warships far exceeded the tonnage of the sunk submarines, and a large number of merchant ships were also sunk.

In the first quarter of 1916, Germany sank more than 200 million tons of merchant ships, and American exports to Europe were severely affected.

By the second quarter, the number of merchant ships on the Atlantic was significantly reduced. Germany sank only 120 million tons of merchant ships in this quarter.

The captains and sailors on those British merchant ships call the Atlantic the Dead Atlantic!

Absolute danger looms.

Moreover, German submarines are becoming more and more advanced, and China's submarine technology has been shared with Germany without reservation, and Germany also has its own innovations in submarines.These technologies are shared with the Chinese Navy.

The U.S. exports were hindered, and the Allied countries had no choice but to increase imports from China. This year, China's export volume grew more rapidly, and China's foreign exports began to exceed that of the United States.

China also earned a lot of gold by exporting submarines to Germany.

At the same time, China is also exporting materials to the allies.Transport planes and merchant ships are constantly transporting supplies to the Arabian Peninsula. The Allied Powers endured it and launched the Battle of Gallipoli.

It was Winston Churchill, Lord of the Navy, who advocated this landing.

Churchill said in the cabinet report: "China has opened up trade routes with the Allies, which has created a huge loophole in the containment of the Allies. If we do not close this loophole, the Allies will get more combat materials. At the same time, this will also make China has obtained a hand that threatens the Allies. As long as we cut off this trade route, not only can China lose this hand, but also allow them to only export materials to the Allies, and at the same time open up Russia's sea traffic. "

Churchill had proposed this plan in the early days of the war.

However, at that time, Russia's materials were exported to China, and the Allies were not very concerned.

But it's different now.

It is no longer enough not to pay attention to it, because China holds this card in its hand and is reckless in Asia. After dealing with France, it crushed Britain's testicles.

This also made Britain see China's strong desire to expand abroad.

This has seriously threatened the British colonies.

Now Burma and India are directly under the threat of China, but the British dare not show off anymore. If China is really forced to the allies, the end of this war will be far away.

This is a war that the British have to continue, although they have fallen into the quagmire of war.

Therefore, this time to cut off the trade route between China and the allies, we cannot directly attack the Arabian Peninsula occupied by China, and we can only deal with Turkey first.

Churchill obviously knew this too, so he didn't mention anything about attacking the Arabian Peninsula, but chose the Gallipoli Peninsula as the landing site.

"It's a good plan. With the strength of the Ottoman Turkey, we should be able to beat them very quickly."

"Yes, Ottoman Turkey is one of the weakest countries in the Allies."

The British cabinet is generally optimistic, and Churchill's landing plan was quickly approved.

This plan posed a serious threat to China's trade in exports to the Allies. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote, monthly tickets, your support is my biggest motivation.)