In the afternoon of the same day, the entire Beijing division regained calm, the Beiyang generals returned to their respective barracks, and Yuan Naikuan also told Wang Yongan Zhang Xun's address, and then Wang Yongan sent Yuan Naikuan away. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info He knew that Yuan Naiwan came with Yuan Shikai's mission, but this time I am afraid that Yuan Shikai will be disappointed, Wang Yongan was not fooled by Yuan Shikai, but visited another father-in-law, Zhang Xun, in a dashing manner.

Zhang Xun lives in Lion Hutong, and the courtyard is very large, but this courtyard was not bought by Zhang Xun, but lent by Yuan Shikai to Zhang Xun's family to live. Zhang Xun is Yuan Shikai's old subordinate, and he has fought with Yuan Shikai for many years, and this friendship is still there. Moreover, Zhang Xun led the 5,000 pigtailed army to Yuan Shikai in desperation, and Yuan Shikai had to make a look of buying horse bones in public and private, and he couldn't be shabby Zhang Xun.

Yuan Shikai originally planned to split Zhang Xun's 5,000 pigtailed army, but the 5,000 soldiers and horses were all soldiers from Zhang Xun's hometown in Jiangxi, first, they didn't trust the northerners, and secondly, they didn't want to be with others, after all, the Beiyang Army now all cut their braids, and Zhang Xun's braid army still kept big braids. Therefore, Yuan Shikai played a trick and let Zhang Xun be an idle post in the Beijing Division, and let his 5,000 pigtailed soldiers be stationed in Shimen, and Zhang Xun's generals led the army to deter the Mongols.

Today's Mongolia is not quiet, and with the support of Russia, the living Buddhas of Mongolia have been clamoring for the establishment of a great Mongolian empire and the restoration of the glory of the Mongolian Empire. Zhang Xun's 5,000-strong pigtailed army lived in Shimen, which could be regarded as a deterrent to the Mongols, so that they would not always think about splitting.

Wang Yongan thought about it and didn't know what gift to prepare, but since ancient times, he didn't know what gift to give and could only give money, so Wang Yongan prepared 20,000 taels of silver and asked people to use boxes into four large boxes to carry it over, which was regarded as filling Zhang Xun's household needs. 20,000 taels of silver is enough for Zhang Xun to buy a four-in, four-out courtyard in Beijing, which is still purchased in the inner city, which is a lot of money. Therefore, Wang Yongan is very filial to this nominal father-in-law, and when he contacted that the two had fought before, Zhang Xun was very moved.

Zhang Xun accepted the living expenses of 20,000 taels of silver sent by Wang Yongan, after all, he needed money to support a large family, and the idle position he held in Beijing was only more than 100 taels of silver a month. Zhang Xun didn't do anything else in his spare time in Beijing, he specialized in giving birth to children, and now that he is old and strong, he actually accepted two more concubines, and four concubines were pregnant. Zhang Xun, who was old enough to have a son, was excited, Wang Yongan couldn't cry or laugh when he learned about this, and said that he was really strong holding his father-in-law.

After Wang Yongan took the junior to pay his respects, Zhang Xun helped him up and brought him to his seat, and asked with concern: "Do you know that this trip is dangerous?" ”

Wang Yongan couldn't react to Zhang Xun's attitude now, and hurriedly replied: "But this trip has a lot of benefits." ”

Zhang Xun shook his head and sighed, "You need to wait for a few years to recover." Although Zhang Xun is reckless but not stupid, he knows that Wang Yongan must have reaped enough benefits from Yuan Shikai, but if Wang Yongan's Northern Expedition is successful, he will definitely replace Yuan Shikai to occupy the Beijing Division, and Zhang Xun can even clamor for warlords all over the world to support Wang Yongan as emperor. It's a pity that Wang Yongan gave up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the country and the people, and also gave up being the emperor.

Wang Yongan smiled: "Fortunately, I am young." Then he asked, "Has my father-in-law been staying like this in Beijing all the time?" ”

Zhang Xun smiled bitterly: "Otherwise, what? ”

"Why don't you find an out-of-town errand?" Wang Yongan said, "Although it is a little hard in the field, it is better than living in Beijing with a big stone on your head." ”

Zhang Xun hurriedly asked: "Virtuous son-in-law, please give me a counselor, where should I go, Lao Yuan will let me go." ”

Wang Yongan thought for a while and said: "Yuan Shikai is afraid that you will regain control of military power, you must not think about military power, I know a good place to go, but I am afraid that you will not go." ”

"Where?"

"Kailuan Coal Mine." Wang Yongan said with a smile, "Now that Kailuan Coal Mine is divided into Luanzhou Company and Kaiping Company, they are competing with each other more and more fiercely, and both sides have suffered heavy losses. ”

Kailuan Coal Mine is the largest coal mine in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, with many railways, convenient transportation and very important geographical location. In 1877, Li Hongzhang sent Tang Tingshu to establish the Guandu Commercial Office to open the Luan Coal Mine, which has always supported the cause of the Beiyang system, and provided sufficient fuel for the Beijing and Tianjin gates, so that the Beijing and Tianjin areas were saved from freezing in winter. In 1892, Tang Tingshu died of illness and was succeeded by Zhang Yi. In 1900, the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded Beijing and signed the "Xinchou Treaty" to cede land and pay compensation, and the country's mines were also included in the compensation. Zhang Yi was afraid that the mine would be affected, and wanted to preserve the mine by means of a Sino-foreign joint venture, so he entrusted De Xuanlin to raise foreign shares. De Xuanlin then secretly colluded with Hoover (the 31st president of the United States), the agent of Merlin Company, to sell the mine to Merlin Company, and signed a total of 9 articles of sale and transfer of sub-contracts, and agreed to formally sign the contract after 6 months. Soon after, the sale of mining rights was denounced, and the Qing government strictly ordered it to be withdrawn. Zhang Yi went to the UK to file a lawsuit. Although the lawsuit was won, the British businessman ignored the judgment of the British court and insisted on refusing to return the mining rights on the basis of the sale and transfer contracts, and in fact the Chinese side had lost its sovereignty over the coal mine.

In 1907, the Qing government officials Zhou Xuexi, Lu Muzhai and others initiated the establishment of Luanzhou Mining Co., Ltd., which was originally used to suppress Kaiping Company with Luanzhou Company, and at the same time saw that Kaiping Company was very profitable. Since Luanzhou Company created a competitive trend with Kaiping Company, it has been several years before and after, and both sides have suffered serious losses.

Zhang Xun scratched his head and said: "But I don't know how to operate, Lao Zhang, I'm okay to fight, but it's useless to be blind and light the lamp in vain." ”

Wang Yongan smiled and said: "You don't have to do business, you just go to the central government, and another day your father-in-law will go to Premier Yuan and tell him that you have a way to solve the conflict between Luanzhou and Kaiping." ”

Zhang Xun hurriedly asked, "What can I do?" ”

Wang Yongan laughed and said: "Your solution is very simple, since the Kaiping Coal Mine and the Luanzhou Coal Mine are difficult to sustain since the homeopathic situation is heavy, it is better to merge." ”

"They'll listen to me?"

"As far as I know, because of the competition between the two coal mining companies, the price of coal is extremely low, and it is difficult for workers to pay their wages. Wang Yongan smiled evilly, "You are a person sent by the government, and the workers will inevitably hand you the lawsuit, and you will take the lawsuit to seal the two companies." These two companies are in serious arrears and are about to go out of business, so I wish you had shut them down. At this time, you ask the two companies to merge into the Kailuan Coal Mining Group as an official governor, so that the two sides will no longer compete with low coal prices, and both sides will have great benefits for each other. ”

Zhang Xun touched his beard and laughed with satisfaction: "This plan is very wonderful, this plan is very wonderful." ”