There is always a continuous light rain in Anqing this autumn, from the early autumn to the late autumn, the rain is not heavy but it is always sunny, which makes people feel a little depressed for no reason.

Tang Hualong's good mood was not affected in the slightest, holding a Luzon cigar on Erlang's legs, and humming a little song in his mouth. The service staff of the Military Advisory Office in a suit and leather shoes poured hot tea for him, and Tang Hualong took off his top hat to thank him. The accustomed surname took out the red envelope, and the waiter refused with a smile.

As the governor of the capital, Chai Dongliang abolished the inherited practice of serving the chief and guests by his own soldiers, and instead recruited service personnel from the society to do these chores. Of course, these things in the army are still done by the orderlies, but most of the military advisory offices are civilian administrators, and using a few more ordinary people can reduce the flavor of military management, and it seems to be a lot more harmonious.

Chai Dongliang was wearing a set of dark gray suits and brown three-joint leather boots, dressed quite energetically, he walked out of the inner hall, hugged his fists with a smile and said: "Let Tang Yi wait for a long time, forgive your sins." ”

Tang Hualong stood up and clasped his fists and saluted: "The governor is busy with official business, Tang has only waited for a moment, it is not in the way, it is not in the way." ”

Tang Hualong sent his henchmen to infiltrate the three towns of Wuhan in makeup, secretly contacted the councilors of the Hubei Consultative Bureau and the local garrison, and at the same time wrote letters to the leaders of other states and counties in Hubei, asking them to cooperate with the actions of the Jianghuai Army and pacify the local people. Tang Hualong was the chairman of the Hubei Ziyi Bureau at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and was also regarded as one of the leaders of the constitutionalist faction throughout the country, and his reputation in Hubei was much greater than that of Li Yuanhong, who was only a new army commander during the Xinhai Revolution. Hubei and Anhui are neighboring provinces, and Anhui's construction achievements and the guarantee of people's livelihood have long made the people of Hubei envious, especially the big killer of land reform, and those landless displaced people and tenants are even more singing and dancing to welcome the Jianghuai army. Croppers dream of having their own one-third of an acre, which will be passed on to future generations.

The easiest and most effective way to get the most support in China, a country where more than 95 percent of the population is agricultural, and where land annexation is extremely serious, is land reform, but it is also the most difficult to succeed. There are only two kinds of land reform, one is a moderate redemption policy, which requires a huge amount of capital investment, and the second is the rude expropriation of the land of the landlords and rich peasants, which is much easier, as long as there is a ruthless heart to kill, it can be done, but the consequence is to cause moral degradation.

People have constant property and perseverance, and their families have a lot of money, but they are not in danger, and they still will not have a sense of security. The insecure person intensifies his desire to plunder wealth and power, everything that makes him feel safe, which in turn increases the insecurity of the whole society??? As a result, morality has sunk, the country has become a naked jungle, and the law of the jungle has become the only law of survival.

Everyone knows that land reform can harvest the hearts of the people, but before the reunification of the country, it is difficult for all provinces to do this, like Chai Dongliang with land bonds and industrial stocks to redeem, this road is paved with gold and silver, the provinces are difficult to raise soldiers, where is the silver to carry out land reform? If the landlords and kulaks were directly robbed of their land and distributed to the poor, it would force the local councillors and local officials to rebel, and even more likely to force the army officers into rebellion.

Hubei is the thoroughfare of nine provinces, Hankou was called the "Chicago of the East" at the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were quite a lot of wealthy merchants, and these wealthy and powerful rich people also raised their hands in favor of the Jianghuai army entering Hubei, who did not know that Anhui and Jiangxi abolished the evil government decree that the goods flowed smoothly, and rewarded industry and commerce, so that the merchants made a lot of money.

Chai Dongliang's reform measures took care of all aspects, trying to balance the interests of all strata as much as possible, except for corrupt officials and corrupt officials, almost no one did not welcome it. In fact, if you want to make all levels of society profitable, the way is very simple, the first is to develop the economy, as long as the economy has made great progress, even if it is called Huazi to beg for food, it can be easier than before, and the second is to take care of the relative fairness of the society, so that the whole people can enjoy the fruits of social progress to varying degrees, which will produce a cycle of good surnames.

Chai Dongliang abolished the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes in Anhui and Jiangxi, and it seems that the tax revenue has been affected, but it has attracted a large number of merchants to invest in opening stores and factories, and the transaction volume of goods has shown an explosive growth, and the actual total tax revenue has increased more than three times compared with two years ago. Chai Dongliang has invested huge sums of money in general and vocational education, but when these children grow up, their ability to create wealth will be ten times greater than that of their illiterate parents, who worked in the soil.

In Chai Dongliang's memory, developed countries in the 21st century expelled illegal immigrants all day long, but they took care of the children born to those illegal immigrants in every possible way, because these countries all understand a truth: if these children do not receive a good education, they will not have the ability to create wealth in the future, and they will become a burden on society like their parents, and the social security system of developed countries will collapse.

In this world, there is no investment that has a more lucrative return on investment than education, because people who lack a good education are most likely to slide to the bottom of society, and are more likely to hate society, and such people are most likely to become destroyers of social order and have a counterproductive effect on the accumulation of social wealth. Either invest money in education, raise a few more teachers and build more schools, or invest money in powerful institutions, raise a few more policemen and build more prisons??? With fewer schools, there is a natural need for more prisons!

This is a simple truth that is almost universally known in the 21st century, but it is a pity that in many countries and regions, it cannot be done for various reasons. Many brain-dead countries would rather spend money on prisons than schools, and Chai Dongliang really can't understand what a stupid way of thinking.

The Military Advisory Office threw out a huge amount of money to transport a large amount of foreign rice and foreign surface from the Yangtze River to help the people of Jiangsu after the military disaster, and at the same time brought steel bars, cement and other building materials from Wuhu to rebuild the devastated city of Nanjing, which had been bombarded by artillery fire. Chai Dongliang dreamed of occupying the thoroughfare of the nine provinces, but he didn't want the continuous war to destroy the three towns of Wuhan. Tang Hualong patted his chest and assured that as long as the Jianghuai army put on a posture of attacking Wuhan, someone would naturally come forward to kill Duan Zhigui, and as long as Duan Zhigui died, the leaderless 6,000 Beiyang Army would be in chaos without a fight, and the Hubei army of 50,000 people in four divisions would fight back, and maybe the Jianghuai Army would be able to take the three towns of Wuhan without bloodshed.

The two talked very happily, Chai Dongliang arranged a wine and dinner, the two chatted while eating, and after three rounds of wine, Tang Hualong suddenly said: "Dudu, someone sent me a message, saying that Yuan Shikai is going to do something to Mongolia and Manchuria!" ”

Chai Dongliang said disapprerovingly: "The expected thing, we beat Jiangsu and Hubei, and pulled out two teeth from Yuan Shikai's tiger's mouth, it is strange that he does not retaliate." ”

Tang Hualong held the wine glass, and was a little surprised to see his expression as usual: "The governor can't wait to ignore it!" ”

Chai Dongliang picked up a prawn ball, put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly, and waited until he swallowed it into his stomach before he said with a smile: "Speaker Tang is probably more familiar with the situation in Yanjing than me, right?" Zhang Xun is dead, Feng Guozhang and Lei Zhenchun are trapped in Hunan and take care of themselves, Duan Zhigui is the turtle in the urn, Cao Kun and Duan Qirui have their own system, Beiyang has been separated from Germany, which army can Yuan Shikai mobilize to fight my Manchuria? Even if he can mobilize troops and horses, who can command Ruo Ding, and make all the factions in Beiyang obey him? ”

Chai Dongliang told the truth, when Zhang Xun attacked Nanjing, Feng Guozhang and Lei Zhenchun were playing soy sauce next to him, but the symbolic surname released two shots to scare the birds in Nanjing.

Tang Hualong Zhengse said: "At this time, Yuan Shikai has just gotten more than 10 million pounds from the aftermath of the big loan, if the Beiyang generals dare not obey the order, Yuan Shikai can cut off their financial resources, they dare not disobey the order, as for the unified command you said, it is the death hole of Beiyang, but I heard that the general who commanded the army this time is not equal to the leisure???

Chai Dongliang smiled: "Oh? Is it Duan Qirui? I'm afraid that he is the only one who has this prestige, and he can make the Beiyang generals reluctantly obey orders! ”

Tang Hualong shook his head and said, "No, it's Wang Shizhen." ”

Chai Dongliang sneered: "Beiyang Dragon King Shizhen? Didn't he stop asking about the world a long time ago? I'm afraid that this loyal minister of the Manchu Qing Dynasty will not serve Yuan Shikai as a dog and horse, right? Besides, if he doesn't personally lead the troops for a long time, the Beiyang generals will be perfunctory to him at most, and they won't really obey orders. ”

Tang Hualong didn't expect that Chai Dongliang had been living in Anqing all the time, but he had a lot of treasures for the characters in Beiyang.

"Governor, this time it is nominally Wang Shizhen who commands the troops, but the actual command is someone else."

"Who?"

"Cai Songpo!"

Chai Dongliang was first surprised: "Cai Yi? Then a knowing smile appeared on his face: "Speaker Tang, didn't you send someone to ask General Cai Yi if the medicine we sent is easy to use?" ”

Tang Hualong also smiled slyly, picked up the wine glass and poured himself a drink. Chai Dongliang suddenly realized that this old guy was not nervous because of the imminent war between Manchu and Mongolia, but to remind himself not to forget his credit for contacting Liang Qichao and Cai Yi.

"Speaker Tang made an extraordinary move, and there are Liang Zhuoru and Cai Songpo in Beijing to help, what can Yuan Shikai endure me? I salute Speaker Soup! ”

The sedan chair was carried by people, Chai Dongliang lost no time in touting Tang Hualong, which made him a little fluttery, and after the two drank two more cups, Tang Hualong put down the cup and said: "Governor, I heard that Lin Quanzhu, the minister of this book, has been very active in Yanjing recently. ”

Chai Dongliang put down his chopsticks and said, "I also heard that Inu Yangyi and Tou Shan Man are also very active in Shanghai??? Xiao said, after all, it is my Chinese henchman! ”

(To be continued)