(1st Update)

On July 2, 1911, in the trial hall of the French Concession in Shanghai, the protracted trial of the "stock boom case" was still continuing, and on this day, a middle-aged man walked into the dock to be tried by Chinese and foreign countries. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

His name is Shi Dianzhang, who is the chief dispatcher of the Sichuan-Han Railway and the agent of the Shanghai office, and is accused of embezzling public funds from the Sichuan-Han Railway to invest in stocks, and then the stock market crashed, and millions of taels were not collected.

Shi Dianzhang confessed to his accusations, admitting that he was guilty of great sins and hoped to mend his ways.

After nearly four days of defense and trial, the results of the case were announced to the public, and Shi Dianzhang was convicted of embezzlement of public funds and sentenced to life imprisonment.

When the news came, the whole province shook in Sichuan, thousands of miles away.

The Sichuan-Han Railway was originally run by the government, and then changed to the official supervision and commercial office, and in 1907 it was changed to the business office of the accumulation of shares, the railway was more than 2,000 kilometers long, and it was planned to raise 55 million taels of shares from the society.

After the First Sino-Japanese War, the wisdom of the people of the country gradually opened, the whole country, suddenly the railway, the domestic construction of the railway climax, naturally affected the whole territory of Sichuan, and the people also know that the railway is good, now paying taxes is equal to a lifetime of dividends, plus Sichuan many farmers, this much-anticipated railway and their lives are closely related.

However, when the news of Shi Dianzhang reached Sichuan, the people of Sichuan were boiling, and they only then learned that the so-called Sichuan-Han Railway Company was just an empty shell, and the corruption situation was shocking.

By July 1911, the Sichuan-Han Railway had only been repaired for 98 miles, and the 10.69 million taels of shares accumulated from the blood of the Sichuan people were less than 170,000 taels left, and the more than 10 million taels of shares and silver were either misappropriated or squandered by corruption.

One to ten, ten to hundred, when they knew the truth, Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, and the three provinces shook at the same time!

In the three provinces through which the railway passed, more than 50 million people were involved, and many of the recruited workers suffered greatly, and in addition to the land taxes, even the wages for labor had not been paid for several months, and the project was stopped, and many rivets on the roadbed had begun to corrode and rust.

The unrest first broke out in Hunan, and more than 100 workers dared to ask the local government for explanations for their livelihoods, but the government ignored them on the grounds that it was a business dispute, and a fierce clash ensued, during which the patrol officers killed and injured more than 20 people, and convicted those who came to ask for wages for provocation, and the corpses were paraded through the streets.

As soon as this incident came out, it was like lighting a fuse, detonating tens of millions of people in the three provinces, and the Hunan Consultative Bureau asked Yu Chengge, the governor of Hunan Province, why he killed innocents indiscriminately, Yu Chengge naturally did not know the reason for the matter, and at the same time realized that the matter was very tricky, and immediately reported it to the central government.

In addition, the members of the Sichuan Togolese Association of Elders had many contacts with the revolutionary party, and the situation became more and more serious; early in the morning of 5 July, the Association gathered more than 4,000 people to go to the Yamen of the Sichuan Governor to ask for help from the government for his losses.

When Ye Kai learned the news, it was already July 6, and the cabinet members were urgently summoned by him to deal with the matter together.

At the cabinet meeting, Sheng Xuanhuai's statement was the most intense, and as soon as he came to him, he said, "Commercial office, commercial office, the most infuriating, in the construction of railways, it is really harmful and unbeneficial, and the railways should be completely nationalized, which is the long-term solution." ”

As far as the railway issue is concerned, Sheng Xuanhuai is undoubtedly the most vocal, he is the earliest minister of the Qing court to supervise the railway, and was the first to discover the disadvantages brought by the railway business, the railway is a major national infrastructure project, the cost is huge, and the return on capital is extremely long, far from the ordinary people can afford to consume, since 1909, the Qing court gradually realized the drawbacks, since then, the vigorous railway nationalization movement kicked off.

"King Liang, nationalizing the Sichuan-Han Railway is a great opportunity, and you must not let it go easily." In the end, Sheng Xuanhuai said so instigating to Ye Kai.

Of course, Ye Kai knows that the nationalization of railways is the general trend, but at the moment, it is not a question of "general trend" or "general trend", but to appease the anger of thousands of people.

"Sheng Gong, how much silver can the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications allocate for relief?"

As soon as Ye Kai said this, the entire cabinet resounded, and Zai Ze made a "rub" sound, pushed away the chair and stood up.

"Liangbi, what do you dare to do?!"

"If the Sichuan people are angry for a long time, they will cause trouble!" Ye Kaidao.

"Businessmen are extorting profits, why do you ask the government to pay!" Zai Ze snorted coldly and said.

"We are officials, not businessmen, if we are a businessman, we will compare, and the people will be trapped like fire and water, and we don't care about it, how is it different from profiteers?" Ye Kai is-for-tat.

Zai Ze almost roared and said, "Profiteers? Okay, you alone are the 'loyal ministers and good generals', and we are all the profiteers! Everyone in the world knows that Liangbi is the savior of the people, and the 'general king' who saves the suffering, I think you are selling your reputation and reputation, using the money of the court to win people's hearts for you personally, hum, others can't see it, I carry Zeshi to receive the emperor's favor, I can't ignore it! ”

The cabinet suddenly became lively.

After Zai Ze finished scolding, Ha Hanzhang and the others also suddenly stood up and sneered at each other, "What qualifications do you have to talk nonsense, criticize people's skins, but don't say human words, you are talking about people like you, as everyone knows, the position of the prime minister was given to you by the handsome!" ”

Zai Ze suddenly felt ashamed and humiliated, and replied sharply: "Dashuai, Dashuai, you only have Dashuai in your eyes, where do you put the cabinet?" Where do you put the regent? No wonder the regent wants to relieve you of your military power, it turns out that you have a bad heart! ”

With a "snap", Ye Kai slammed the table, and it was quiet on all sides.

"Sheng Gong, how much more silver can the Ministry of Posts and Communications squeeze out?" Ignoring the others, Ye Kai then asked Sheng Xuanhuai the same question.

"Last year, it cost several million taels to bail out the stock market, and the government treasury was only two million at most..."Sheng Xuanhuai said in a low voice.

Hearing this, Zai Ze sneered even more, "The Du branch will never allocate a penny!" Let me see, what can you do to me, the 'general king'? With that, he turned and left.

The cabinet suddenly fell silent, Ye Kai looked at everyone and sighed.

"It's all gone, I'm trying to figure out a way."

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The moon stars are scarce

Ye Kai sat in the courtyard, watching his shadow stretch slenderly, his eyes a little out of focus.

When you have the power to change everyone, you can feel the majesty of the mountains.

Ye Kai is no exception.

"It's been a long time since I've seen my master so worried."

Looking up, it was Han Cuier who came. (To be continued.) )