The First Warlord of the Republic of China

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The only thing about spn that makes Jiang Yu feel that there is a fly in the ointment is that the "Huaxia Central Bank" under the consortium has not yet obtained the power to print money across the country.

The planned gold standard has been delayed.

However, banknotes on the silver standard began to be issued.

If the "Huaxia Central Bank" can issue banknotes throughout the country, and can take back Chinese tariffs and establish tariff barriers, it can use the "credit card" system to provide large amounts of loans to ordinary people, thereby creating false prosperity.

Under false prosperity, railway construction will be even crazier. [

At the same time, the existence of tariff barriers can keep money from flowing out.At the same time, the establishment of a tax system that allows ordinary people to spend all their money has not yet been established.

In the view of Jiang Yu, a traveler, money and everything else are false, and how much war potential can be built is real. False prosperity is not necessarily bad, it just depends on who reaps the fruits of construction after the false prosperity is shattered.

Only by frenzied construction can a huge war potential be formed as quickly as possible.

To withdraw tariffs, establish a unified tax system, and obtain the right to print money nationwide, all must start from the central government.

After the Kuomintang rebellion was extinguished, the central presidential election also kicked off in late May.

On the day of the election, Yuan Shikai was a little nervous, because in the first two rounds of congressional elections, Yuan Shikai failed to get 23 votes. Although Li Yuanhong lagged behind him in the number of votes, who knows if there will be a moth in the future.

In the end, only members of the House of Representatives could vote. Among the votes of the House of Representatives, Yuan Shikai finally won the support of the overwhelming majority of votes and successfully served as the first president of the Republic of China.

Song Jiaoren served as the first Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

The first thing Yuan Shikai did after he took office was to give orders to respect Confucius, and the xxth generation heir of Confucius was treated with courtesy. Jiang Yu specifically called Yuan Shikai about this.

Respecting Kong Jiangyu does not object, which helps to improve the social atmosphere, but the Confucian dross castrated by the Manchu Qing cannot continue.

Respecting Confucius is just a slogan, but in the implementation of the specific education system, it is enough to add some Confucian essence.

The current education system established by Jiangyu in East China not only includes Confucianism, but also the essence of Taoism, Yinyangism, Mohism, and Legalism.

The meaning of respecting Confucius is only to make the folk customs more simple, which is to put it bluntly, quality education.

At the same time, Yuan Shikai's purpose was to resist the fierce attack of Western learning.

During the telephone conversation, Jiang Yu euphemistically warned Yuan Shikai not to overdo things, just enough is enough, and establishing a quality education system is the right way.

So Yuan Shikai's planned activities of offering sacrifices to Confucius came to an abrupt end, and instead ran to pay homage to Yanhuang.

Central legislative activities were also in full swing in the House of Representatives. First, Yuan Shikai issued arrest warrants for Sun Dapao, Huang Xing and others, and abolished the

In order to escape, the cage must be broken by force, but this is almost impossible.And those senators and congressmen themselves are controlled by factions in East China, so it is very difficult for him to win them over.

puppet!

This word appeared in Yuan Shikai's mind.

Fortunately, at this time, Jiang Yu was planning to boil the frogs in warm water, and Yuan Shikai still had a lot of real power. At least some of the interests of Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Group could be guaranteed.

The House of Representatives then enacted the Criminal Law of the Republic of China, the Public Security Law of the Republic of China, and the Taxation Law of the Republic of China. This was a relatively long process of compilation.

In the "Taxation Law", the collection method of personal income tax is stipulated, that is, workers who spend after receiving wages do not need to pay taxes.

The middle class and upper class with savings and assets need to pay taxes, and the greater the income, the higher the tax.

Workers spend their wages immediately, and the consortium controls most of the country's commercial activities, so the money will eventually flow into the consortium's pockets without causing any losses. At the same time, it can stimulate consumption and increase industrial production capacity.

In order to ensure the smooth implementation of tax collection, the Beiyang government, under Jiang Yu's manipulation, set up a 'tax police', which can investigate anyone's tax payment.

Whoever does not pay taxes, the tax police may come to the door to investigate at any time, and no approval is required.

It can be said that the tax police department has great power, and this department is controlled by the personnel appointed by Jiang Yu.

The establishment of this department was supported by Song Jiaoren.The establishment of this department is not a big deal, it can increase the central government's taxes, and Yuan Shikai has no big opinion.

And this year, under Jiang Yu's control, the Beiyang government passed a preferential support policy for 'new agriculture'.

The so-called new agriculture refers to the agricultural production model that uses large-scale mechanical farming. The reason for striving for this preferential policy is naturally that 'the investment in mechanical farming production is huge, but it can greatly improve production efficiency and requires the support of central policy'.

After the preferential policy was passed, the agricultural tax levied on the agricultural reclamation companies under the Jiangyu Consortium was greatly reduced to a negligible level.

It made sense, so Song Jiaoren sided with Jiang Yu. He submitted this policy to the House of Representatives for a vote. The new agricultural support policy passed the vote relatively smoothly.

This laid the foundation for Jiangyu's expansion in agriculture. Not all the recipients of this new agricultural support policy, only those agricultural reclamation companies controlled by Jiangyu.

Also from this year, "Minli Daily" was closed down, and Jiang Yu controlled almost all newspaper offices that reached a certain scale. Under his manipulation, public opinion began to call on the central government to learn from the experience and model of the "Lianghuai Administration" .

Yuan Shikai and Song Jiaoren attached great importance to the clamor of public opinion and the various remarkable achievements made by the Lianghuai Administration.

It also began to actively imitate the various systems and policies of the Lianghuai Administration in East China. [

In all parts of the country, public opinion has played an important role in official corruption. The Beiyang government will respond to public opinion accusing corrupt officials, either by dismissing them or being arrested by the Overwatch Council to hold them accountable.

Once the various newspaper offices received reports from the public, they would flock to investigate.

At the same time, the central government also began to vigorously ban smoking. Jiang Yu's smoking ban in East China has achieved great results. Basically, there is no opium in East China.

In the Northwest, the National Defense Forces enforced a ban on smoking, and fierce military-civilian conflicts often occurred. However, Jiang Yu was resolute in banning smoking. In the areas where opium was grown in the Northwest, all opium was destroyed.

The two major groups also began to attack warlords in other provinces. After Jiangxi, Fujian, and Guangdong fell into the hands of Jiang Yu, Yuan Shikai gave Tao Chengzhang the governor of the three southeastern provinces.

Cheng Dequan became the governor of Hunan, and a conspiracy against Li Yuanhong began.

At the beginning of June, Yuan Shikai repeatedly invited Li Yuanhong to go north in the name of discussing government affairs.Li Yuanhong kept complaining of illness, and finally Yuan Shikai sent Duan Qirui to Hunan to invite Li Yuanhong to go north face to face.

After meeting, Li Yuanhong, unable to complain of illness, had no choice but to agree to go north.

But as soon as Li Yuanhong went north, Cheng Dequan became the governor of Huguang on his heel, exercising the power of enforcing borders in Hubei and Hunan provinces.

At this time in China, only the three northeastern provinces, Sichuan, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan provinces were not included in the jurisdiction of the two major groups.

Sichuan's warlords, large and small, are not a concern, nor are Guangxi and Guizhou. Only Cai E in Yunnan and Zhang Zuolin in Northeast China are difficult to deal with.

In addition, the warlord Yan Xishan of Shanxi showed his stunt of dancing on eggs, swinging between the two major factions of Beiyang and East China. Yan Xishan strongly supported the expansion of the East China Group in Shanxi. While building a good relationship with Jiang Yu, he also hugged Yuan Shikai tightly. thigh.

In this way, Jiang Yu would not touch him in the first place, and Yuan Shikai would not touch him either.

Perhaps Yan Xishan will be China's longest-serving warlord.

How are the remaining provinces allocated?

At this time, the territory controlled by Jiang Yu has far exceeded that of the Beiyang Group, which owns Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Guangdong, as well as Shaanxi, Gansu, Suiyuan, Chahar, Outer Mongolia, and Xinjiang. , Qinghai-Tibet, a total of 15 provinces.

The Beiyang Group only owns Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, and Rehe, and controls the three northeastern provinces in name. In fact, Zhang Zuolin's beard is not familiar.

Zhang Zuolin was very ambitious, and he refused to accept the Japanese or Yuan Shikai. He wanted to be the king of the Northeast by himself, but Zhang Xiluan couldn't control this godson at all.

It is completely impossible for Jiang Yu's territory to let him spit it out again. It is already very good to spit out 40% of the local tax revenue.

Therefore, the provinces actually controlled by Beiyang plus the provinces controlled in name are 7. In terms of the number, the provinces controlled by Jiangyu are more than double that of Beiyang Group.

From the map, Jiang Yu basically controls most of China.

How to divide the rest of the land?

Jiang Yu is no longer fighting, and the rich Sichuan has been handed over to the Beiyang government, and the Beiyang Group has no interest in the impoverished southwest region.

Therefore, the southwest territory was assigned to Jiang Yu, while Yuan Shikai took Sichuan.

After a shady political spoils division, a campaign to eradicate the warlords was carried out in full swing with the cooperation of the two major groups.

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