Chapter Ninety-Six: Helpless Layout
Although Zhenhua has a small investment layout in Northeast China, it is only for the minerals in Northeast China to fill the demand of Shanghai, and has never thought of making a large investment layout in Northeast China during this time period, let alone in the distant inland city of Harbin.
Although this place is rich in mineral resources, but obviously not in line with the interests of Zhenhua's political system, Russia, Japan and the Manchu Qing three major forces compete in this place, no matter any one can easily crush Zhenhua's forces, and the transportation is inconvenient, the Middle East Railway is controlled by the Russians, and Zhenhua's transportation lifeline can be cut off at any time.
Chen Xuan is bigger than two, if the development of here, many domestic layouts will be greatly affected, serious may even shake the foundation of Zhenhua, but these industries can not be lost in vain, if Zhenhua will stop these factories and mines, then I don't know how many compatriots are unemployed, the economy is linked one by one, Zhenhua industry is suspended, the entire industrial chain will be affected, which means that all the previous efforts are in vain, I don't know how many people will die of hunger and cold.
Wu Liande, who is already familiar with Chen Xuan, is also strongly opposed to Chen Xuan's idea of giving up these industries, and now the forces of Zhenhua and Fuxing D have infiltrated all aspects of the ice city of Harbin, if Zhenhua and Fuxing D's people withdraw, Harbin will be in chaos every minute, I don't know how many people will go up the mountain and fall into the Kou, how many people will die in chaos.
Although the epidemic is under control, it does not mean that it has been eradicated, there will still be three or three infected people who can't hold on to death every day, so that the imperial court can send powerful officials to take over Harbin, this idea should not be counted on anymore, and now there are still many rich people running out.
Chen Xuan had no choice but to continue to take charge of Harbin's government affairs, fortunately, Mr. Cai Yuanpei also followed him to the Northeast, Chen Xuan threw the government affairs to him, and asked Du Xiao, who came with the ship, to assist Sun Hongye, who had recovered from illness, to expand the escort team, the officials of the imperial court ran away, and the generals and governors of the army also ran away, and the soldiers' food and salary were suddenly gone, and many soldiers had begun to smash and loot on the streets.
Chen Xuan asked Sun Hongye and others to recruit the Green Battalion and the New Army soldiers as much as possible, and at the same time sent a telegram to his old club, Zhang Renjun, the governor of Liangguang, Zhang Zhitai, telling him the situation in Harbin as it was, and asking for his help.
A group of Manchu Qing troops came to the governor's yamen, rewarded Cai Yuanpei as a scholar of law, temporarily acting as Harbin government affairs, the original Manchu court sent several officials to Harbin, but these officials either said that they were not sick, or refused to come to Harbin for various strange reasons, the Qing court was helpless, and heard that Cai Yuanpei was now presiding over the work of Harbin, so he casually rewarded a Jinshi background, and tossed it with him.
Cai Yuanpei and Chen Xuan were dumbfounded, looking at each other, and these angels hurriedly finished announcing the holy decree of the little emperor, and they didn't want red envelopes, they didn't want to stay for a second, they ran out of Harbin as if they were fleeing for their lives, and they didn't shoot the thick snow to break their horses' legs, which reflected the speed of a Manchurian cavalry.
Seeing that Cai Yuanpei was still in a daze holding the bright yellow holy decree, Chen Xuan couldn't help but smile bitterly:
"Senior brother, you can be regarded as a master, which is really gratifying! How many officials is this Jinshi from? ”
Cai Yuanpei's face turned blue, he glared at Chen Xuan fiercely, and then smiled bitterly.
"No, this is an honorary title, but this temporary government affairs are somewhat interesting, and we can handle the government affairs of Harbin City justifiably."
"Congratulations so much, the younger brother has been coming to the Northeast for some days, and the Shanghai side is not urging, Master Zhang Zhitai has also sent a few telegrams to ask the younger brother to preside over the finishing work of the Nanyang Industry Association, and the younger brother will ask the senior brother to resign in the next two days!"
"What! Do you want to go? There is no door, the Manchurians don't even want their ancestral land, and they have abandoned the common people, but we can't give up our compatriots, the court, hehe, I'll his mother! ”
Mr. Cai Yuanpei, who has always been gentle and elegant, couldn't help but burst into foul language, which shows how angry and corrupt he was, Chen Xuan couldn't help but think of the Xinhai Revolution in later generations, saying that the uprising was uprising, and there was basically no wave, and later Zhang Zuolin didn't know how to easily grasp the power of the three eastern provinces, which shows that the Qing court wanted to give up the Northeast not in a day or two.
Seeing that Chen Xuan wanted to leave, this good old gentleman was in a hurry, and one after another the big hat of national righteousness was violently buckled on Chen Xuan's head, quoting scriptures, talking about the people's clothing, food, housing and transportation from the territorial integrity of the country, as if Chen Xuan did not agree, he would become a sinner of the Chinese nation through and through.
Chen Xuan is angry and funny, in fact, he is just joking with Cai Yuanpei, can he really leave Cai Yuanpei and the people who are waiting to be fed and slip away, which also makes Chen Xuan see that Mr. Cai Yuanpei, who has always been elegant and rigorous, still has such a cute side.
Since it has been decided to stay and develop the Northeast, it is natural to sort out all the plans, and the most important thing in Harbin today is the official position, except for a small number of low-level officials who cannot leave for various reasons, the middle and high-level officials have already entered the customs and hugged their little wives to listen to the play.
After this epidemic, Wu Liande was also deeply disappointed in the Qing court, and originally wanted to serve his motherland when he returned from studying abroad, but after this incident, Dr. Wu Liande completely saw through the incompetence and cold-bloodedness of the Qing Dynasty, and decided not to return to the mainland under the persuasion of Cai Yuanpei and Chen Xuan, and stayed with everyone.
Cai Yuanpei and Chen Xuan called the high-level meeting of Fuxing D and Zhenhua in Harbin for a day, and now Cai Yuanpei is temporarily acting as governor, although it is temporary, but a provincial high-ranking official is also proper, as long as the Qing ** does not explicitly remove this position, Cai Yuanpei can perform government affairs in a righteous and bright manner.
In the end, it was decided to appoint Dr. Wu Liande as director of the provincial health bureau, Sun Hongye as the assistant commander of the provisional new army (equivalent to the post of brigade commander), Du Xiao as the director of the police bureau, the director of the Southeast Machinery Factory to Harbin as the director of the Ministry of Industry, Lu Jian, an engineer from the research center and an international student studying and telecommunications from the United Kingdom, as the director of the telecommunications bureau, Qian Xia as the director of the education bureau, Wang Jinquan, Chen Guangfu's deputy, as the director of the finance bureau, and Yang Yuquan, Kang Shengmin's deputy, as the director of the construction bureau and the director of the transportation bureau.
However, it is not easy for the Qing court to remove these temporary officials from their posts in the short term, because the northeast is full of bandits, and the officials sent may disappear when and where, and there are not necessarily high-ranking officials who are pampered and pampered to come to this iceberg and snow, and the Manchu officials are busy making money and suppressing the revolutionary uprisings that are smoking everywhere, and they are afraid that they will not have the energy to take care of this wild land of icebergs and snow.
The administrative organs of Harbin adhered to Zhenhua's vigorous and resolute style, and on the same day they took up their posts with a letter of appointment stamped with the governor's seal and Cai Yuanpei's flowers, and the soldiers of the green battalion and the new army in Harbin were already so hungry that their eyes were green, and it was naturally undesirable for someone to take over, and the reorganization was quickly completed under the shock of the escort team, and at the same time, some of the eliminated soldiers were sent to the factory, some to Du Xiao's police station, and some of those who smoked big cigarettes were directly handed over to the drug rehabilitation center under the jurisdiction of the police department.
The members of the escort team suddenly became middle and low-level officers according to their personal abilities and selections, and after Chen Xuan's approval, they all began to lead their soldiers to train, and the total number of people reorganized reached 3,850, which is already the size of a division.
Of course, not everyone is willing to give up the rights in their hands, a few battalion-level officers heard that they were going to deprive themselves of their military rights, and they bewitched hundreds of soldiers to run away, and they didn't know whether to go to someone or go up the mountain to be a beard, in the northeast of this era, being a bandit is not a shameful thing, I don't know how many bandits are waiting to kill people and set fire to be edicted, Chen Xuan has no energy to deal with these things, just run away, as long as you don't block yourself.
Today's Chen Xuan can be said to be anxious, the rich people in Harbin have all run, and it is impossible to attract investment, if it is not for the heavy snow to close the mountain railway capacity and insufficient, I don't know how many people still want to run to the Guannai, and it is impossible to transform and upgrade Harbin's industrial equipment for the time being, but the plan must be done, this disaster relief has already hurt Zhenhua's vitality, and now the development of Harbin is inseparable from money everywhere.
The money from selling arms in Chen Xuan's small treasury has long been consumed by this disaster relief, and Zhenhua's expansion plan is also in a state of suspension.
Chen Xuan also experienced the taste of no money for the first time after coming to this era, and the whole person's anxious hair was almost gray, and he still couldn't think of any good way, so he could only continue to make up things from east to west, ask for favors everywhere to find relationships, and also ask for Zhang Jian and Yu Qiaqing's heads, so that he could raise 800,000 oceans, not to mention the industrial layout, just the supply of various living materials made Chen Xuan anxious, and now Cai Yuanpei's governor Yamen's big treasury has long been looted by the fleeing officials. The officials of the entire yamen are still waiting for Chen Xuan to pay their salary!
As a result, all plans were confined to paper, which gave the new governor the opportunity to plan carefully, and the officials in the new government could only build a dojo and use the only resources to carry out their work. But although the hard work did not make any money, it finally gave the people of Harbin some courage to live.