Chapter 174: One Hundred Secrets

(1st Update)

degree branch, conference room.

Ye Kai, Zai Ze, Dai Hongci, and Sheng Xuanhuai sat together, although they all knew each other, but no one spoke first after sitting quietly for a long time, until the tea on the table was already cold, and no one cared about drinking, and the quiet room was filled with an abnormal atmosphere.

Ye Kai doesn't have to guess to know where this anomaly comes from, the trouble in front of him is the Information Administration, less than a month after the establishment of the Information Administration, it has already made the government a chicken, and after the bill and decree were vetoed blankly, the biggest evil consequence is that the government's operation has fallen into a semi-paralyzed situation. Originally, it was just a decoration, but it evolved into a super roadblock, and I am afraid that no one thought of this before, even Ye Kai greatly underestimated the energy and turbulence of the Yuan.

The most angry in this is Zai Ze, as the secretary of the branch of the central government, he is in charge of the central financial power, and it seems to be a high power, but because of this, he has also become the head of the department with the most fierce contradiction with the Information Administration, and the financial decree has been repeatedly rejected, which directly leads to the policy of returning the financial power to the central government that he has been trying to promote, or dies halfway, or simply denies it entirely, and those members of parliament veto the decree with the rhetoric of the central government bullying the local government at every turn, which makes Zai Zeton, who is sitting outside the courtyard and waiting, feel faceless, Not only that, but what's worse is that the governors in those places are waiting for his reply, don't you want to take it back to the central government, why did you get half of it and suddenly there was no news, and the urging calls were also sent to the degree branch one after another, which made Zai Ze hold back his belly.

In the questioning session, they replied to the commissioner of the branch like this, "It is the exclusive power of the Congress to approve the budget, and now the Congress has not been established, and it will be decided to wait until nine years later, when the Congress convenes, the case is dismissed." Hearing the news, Zai Ze was simply angry, the reform is at the moment, how can he wait, let alone nine years, he can't wait for a moment, in desperation, Zai Ze had to find Pu Lun, who was sick at home, to discuss, who would have thought that the latter would actually support the parliamentarian, a fierce quarrel broke out between the two, and finally broke up unhappily.

The same situation also happened in the Ministry of Posts and Communications and the Ministry of Commerce, of course, after adding the Ministry of Studies, the Ministry of Officials, and several departments with real power in the imperial court not long ago, they were basically alive together, and the officialdom was almost full of complaints about the tyranny of the Senior Administration.

"If the Senior Administration Yuan is allowed to go on like this, the branch will simply close its doors, and the government will not be able to open for a few days."

Jae Ze took a long breath and took a drink from the teacup on the table, the cold tea was swallowed along with the crushed tea leaves, and the bitter taste spread from his mouth to his stomach.

Zai Ze looked at each other, and the room was filled with sighs.

"I have also heard about the situation in the Senate, although I was not personally present, but I heard from my minister's right attendant, Lord Shen, that in the Senate, the deliberations of the legislators are often disorderly, and once someone takes the lead, they will attack them en masse, and the oppression of administrative officials is endless, and it is difficult for him to be the speaker, which has to be guarded against." Dai Hongci went on to say that he and Vice Speaker Shen Jiaben were both senior heads of the Ministry of Law, and it was inevitable that the two would mention some troubles when they met.

"It's not just disorder, it's chaos." Sheng Xuanhuai also sighed.

"Lord Eliang, aren't you the vice president of the Information Administration, so you don't care about it?" Zai Ze tilted his head and suddenly asked.

"Even Lord Shen can't do anything, and my nominal vice president is even more useless." Ye Kai shook his head and said, "Let Lunbeizi, the president, convene the parliamentarians to reconcile, maybe you can try." ”

"Pu Lun?"

As soon as he heard Pu Lun's name, Zai Ze suddenly became angry, "He Pu Lun didn't know where he learned this, he thought he had gone to Europe and the United States, so he opened his mouth and closed his mouth about constitutionalism, so that he was my minister of the Qing Dynasty, we are all dirt buns who don't understand constitutionalism, and it is a joke to expect him." ”

On the issue of fiscal reform, Zai Ze and Pu Lun, members of the imperial family, had a very unpleasant quarrel, and the contradictions between the two became deeper and deeper.

Ye Kai's expression was a little solemn, the problems brought by the Senior Administration Yuan were far beyond his expectations, and it could even be said to be extremely severe, although his vision stood at the highest place of everyone, but the power of one person, how to manipulate everyone's thoughts.

Shaking his head secretly, Ye Kai continued: "Adults don't have to be pessimistic, the Senior Administration Yuan is not open all the time, let's use the procrastination trick, and wait until the three-month session is over, what should be done about the affairs of various departments." ”

Ye Kai proposed a countermeasure, but as soon as his voice fell, Zai Ze couldn't help it.

"Drag? Fiscal power involves the pulse of the country, how to delay? All provinces and localities are waiting to ask the central government for money, and the central government is also thinking about taking taxes from all provinces and localities. ”

Zai Ze said anxiously, "Let's take the matter at hand, Hunan is financially restrained, and it is necessary to issue a special 1.2 million taels of public bonds, report to me today, Lord Liang, what are you talking about?" ”

"It does"

Listening to Zai Ze's complaints, Ye Kai also felt helpless.

"Hunan Public Bonds"

Suddenly, Ye Kai's eyes widened, and he thought of something at first glance.

"Duke Ze, who is the governor of Hunan?"

Ye Kai asked quickly, almost startling Zai Ze.

"Xiangfu Yang Wending."

Hearing this, Ye Kai immediately frowned, according to his understanding, the date of Hunan Governor Yang Wending's issuance of 1.2 million taels of public bonds should be in August and September, and it will not occur during the meeting period of the Senior Administration Yuan, why is it suddenly more than five months in advance?

"Lady Liang, what's the matter?" Seeing that Ye Kai's mood was a little abnormal, Zai Ze and the other two all looked at him.

"How did Ze Gong approve it?" Ye Kai didn't say anything else, and asked directly.

Looking at this situation, Zai Ze also wondered, but he didn't know what the reason was, so he had to answer: "In recent years, Hunan has suffered from disasters and famines, and the finances have been tight for many years, and it is impossible to make ends meet. ”

In Zai Ze's view, this was one of the results of the return of financial power to the central government, and besides, the issuance of public bonds was not a new thing in the late Qing Dynasty, and Zai Ze had no reason to disagree.

"Oh no, Zegong!"

Ye Kai stood up all of a sudden, and slammed his fist on his left hand, "When did this happen?" ”

"This Morning"

Zai Ze replied tremblingly, confused.

"Please cancel this approval immediately!" Ye Kai said urgently.

"This, this"

Zai Ze looked left and right, and Dai Hongci and Sheng Xuanhuai didn't know what Ye Kai meant.

"Ryū-sama, why is that?"

"If you don't cancel it, I'm afraid it will cause a big disaster!"

Ye Kai said in an almost commanding tone, and the three of them all looked embarrassed.

"The news of Hunan's issuance of public bonds has been issued to the whole province, and it is waiting to be used over there, besides, it is now over, and there are no officials in charge of the government office, how can this be canceled?"

After a long delay, Zai Ze finished explaining, "It will be tomorrow at the earliest." ”

Hearing this, Ye Kai's face immediately became gloomy.

It's too late

"Please Zegong must do his best to cancel this order, Liangbi has an urgent matter, so he will leave first."

After speaking, Ye Kai left in a hurry, leaving the three people in the room with a look of horror

"Master, let's go home, or where are we going?"

"Go to the Military Advisory Office!"

Leaving a sentence, Ye Kai waited for the car, and the carriage galloped south.

Thundered

The loud noise broke through the sky, and the aftermath was lingering, knowing that a white light flashed into the car, Ye Kai reacted from his contemplation.

The wind is blowing!

Flipping the car window, Ye Kai looked into the distance, the sky was gloomy, the clouds were thick, although not a drop of rain had fallen, but the signs were self-evident.

"Chun'er, hurry up!"

The wind is loud, will this be the prelude to the storm?

Ye Kai needs to race against time! (To be continued.) )