Under the auspices of Zhang Yi, the two circles of Chinese civil and political circles have been discussing the future development of the country for seven consecutive days, and the entire national government and government have been fully operational. [Ran^Text^Library] []. [774] [buy]. [com], latest chapter access:.

At this time, Zhang Yi once again felt the lack of talents, not to mention the lack of manpower in the central government, now the prefectures and counties below the provinces below are still under the rule of the original management system, the huge and bloated bureaucracy, people are floating in things, like this, it is not easy to make the provinces of Guannai as rapid development like Fengtian!

Zhang Yi looked at the stacks of official documents, and he also had a headache, this is still a large number of official documents that have been handed to Xu Huaijin and Tang Shaoyi, if it weren't for the conscientious and diligent work of the two people, I'm afraid that the current situation is even more serious!

The most terrible thing is that Shandong is still suffering from disasters, last year due to the war 'chaos', Shandong's harvest was not very good, this year due to the drought, Shandong's grain production has been greatly reduced, the people's lives are even more difficult, the people are complaining of hardship, and the government's recitals are handed to Zhang Yi one after another.

At this time, Tang Shaoyi and Zhang Jian sat opposite Zhang Yi, and the two were called to the presidential palace together, along with Xu Hanlin, Minister of Civil Affairs, and Liu Guangdi, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry.

Zhang Yi frowned and said: "Let's talk about it, now the agricultural shortage in Shandong Province is menacing, Shandong Governor Sun Baoqi's telegrams are one after another, we don't come up with an idea, I'm afraid that the situation in Shandong is worrying." ”

Xu Hanlin said in a deep voice: "President, I think that the top priority is to quickly mobilize a large amount of food to help the victims, as long as there is enough food, this hurdle can still be passed?" ”

Zhang Yi said unhappily: "Minister Xu, what you said lightly, the entire Shandong now has a population of nearly 40 million, and the people affected by the disaster have exceeded 20 million. Where do we have so much grain stock in our capital now? Moreover, even if there is such food, I am afraid that it can only be urgent, and what about the next six months? ”

Zhang Jian replied: "President, no matter what, we still have to do to help the victims, otherwise, if the victims make trouble, we will not think about stability, we have just achieved the rule of Shandong, the foundation is very not solid, once we encounter a large-scale 'riot', 'chaos' or riots, we will definitely give up all our efforts." ”

Zhang Yi snorted, his eyes looked at Tang Shaoyi, at this time, the prime minister had to come up with a suggestion of his own.

Tang Shaoyi pondered: "Jianzhi, our grain inventory is indeed not much, but the people still have a large amount of grain, now the only feasible way is to buy a large amount of grain, and then urgently transport it to Shandong, we can contact Qiao Zhiyong in Shanxi again, their Jin merchants' caravans are all over the country, in a short period of time, it is still possible to transfer grain, it turns out that when we were in Fengtian, didn't we also use this method?" At that time, millions of people poured into the border every year, didn't we handle it very well? ”

Zhang Yi sighed and said, "Shaochuan, this time, that time." It turned out that we did not have such a sharp contradiction with the Qing court, and a large number of materials could be transferred from the south of the Yangtze River to outside the customs, but now, we were at loggerheads with the Qing court, and now the Shandong disaster, do you think that Yuan Shikai will let us get through this pass happily, needless to say, now the entire Huai River has been blocked, even if it is by the means of the Jin merchants, it is difficult to transfer the grain from the south to the north. ”

Everyone was shocked, but this link was ignored.

Zhang Jian's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said hurriedly: "President, we still have Taiwan, the grain from the south can't be transported, we can transport grain from Taiwan!" ”

Everyone suddenly woke up, yes, everyone knows that there is a lot of food in the south of the Yangtze River, but they ignore Taiwan, Taiwan's climate is humid and warm, and there are two or three crops of rice every year.

Zhang Yi also moved in his heart and said: "Ji Zhi, you will send a telegram to the old man to see how much grain Taiwan can 'pump' to the north, but there are few Taiwanese people, and I am afraid that the food is also very limited." ”

Zhang Jian laughed and said: "President, you don't know this, two months ago, Mr. Shi also sent me a telegram, asking if we need a large amount of grain outside the customs, last year Taiwan was ripe, the grain backlog is very strong, and now there is definitely not a small amount of grain there!" ”

Zhang Yi looked happy and said: "Since this is the case, then mobilize quickly to the south, transport grain from Taiwan to Shandong, financially allocate one million silver dollars for the purchase of grain, inform Zixiang, let him lead the fleet to escort along the way, we can't make a mistake!" ”

Zhang Yi paused, and then said: "Send a telegram to Sun Baoqi, asking him to purchase grain from the local Fuhuan 'gate' in Shandong, and if anyone disobeys the order and does not 'pay', he will be arrested on the spot and all his family property will be confiscated!" ordered Tang Yonglin, the governor of Zhili, to raise grain in various prefectures and counties in Zhili and prepare to support Shandong; Also, the most important thing is that the construction of water conservancy projects and the construction of Qingdao and Yantai ports in Shandong should be started immediately, and the work for relief should not be allowed to the peasants at this time, and they must find a job for them. ”

Zhang Jian looked excited and said, "Okay, I'll go down to plan electricity!" ”

Tang Shaoyi's face was worried, and said: "Jianzhi, now that our government has just been established, Shandong Province is still in use Most of the officials of the original Qing court, the officials of the Qing court don't need me to say, you should also know that corruption and bribery, or filling the 'private' pockets is commonplace, but you should be careful not to let these relief grains go into the pockets of those corrupt officials." ”

Zhang Yi said with a smile on his face: "Don't worry, Shaochuan, indeed, these officials are only afraid that not much is good, but now that the country has made a decision, they have not yet 'touched' the temper of our people, lend them a gut, and they don't dare to 'mess up', don't forget, the two of us didn't know how many heads we cut off in Mukden back then, and the reputation of our Hades has long been spread throughout the Guannei, and they dare to hit the muzzle of the gun at this time?" Even Sun Baoqi, he doesn't have the guts! ”

Tang Shaoyi persuaded: "Jianzhi, let's be more careful, it's still ......"

Zhang Yi waved his hand and said: "Shaochuan, don't we have enough things in our hands now, all aspects of the matter are enough for us to be busy, as for these things, when the time comes, we naturally have the means to deal with them, now, let's take care of other things first." ”

Tang Shaoyi opened his mouth, the words behind him still didn't come out after all, he has really been busy with everyone recently, since Jianzhi has considered it, then let him go, there is not much 'chaos' in comparison.