No money, Zhuang Jihua showed a sly smile on the corner of his mouth, but he was silent. Song Ziwen, who had been paying attention to him, said, "What? Cultural Revolution Got an Idea? ”

"The idea is there, but it's ......." Zhuang Jihua suddenly hesitated a little, this idea is a bit damaged, and it is more likely to be attacked by some people.

"Oh, you talk about it first." Song Ziwen was a little funny, he didn't find an idea, but he opened his mouth to come, but he pretended to be mysterious.

"Okay, but let's say it first, if you use it, you can't reveal that I said it." Zhuang Jihua first explained the conditions, Song Ziwen's surname came up, nodded without hesitation, and Chen Gongbo also nodded with curiosity.

"There are several ways to expand financial resources, the first is to sell lottery tickets, it is called building lottery tickets, the denomination is not too large, it is advisable to pay a dime, once a week, part of the income is used to win the lottery and pay employee salaries, and the other is used for construction." This is actually gambling in disguise, with the political axe in charge. However, gambling was prevalent in Guangdong, and it was strictly forbidden in the era of Chen Jiongming, and after Chen Jiongming defeated the Dongjiang River, Sun Yat-sen was forced to reopen it because of the need for military spending.

"The second is the introduction of foreign capital, you can set up a joint venture company, part of the political axe investment, insufficient by foreign capital or private capital investment; The third gambling is legalized, gambling is not good, but now there is no way to prohibit it, in this case, it is simply opened, gambling licenses are issued, and at the same time it is stipulated that part of the profits of gambling stalls must be used to buy public bonds issued by the political axe. ”

Except for the second article, how can the other two reveal a little evil spirit, Chen Gongbo said that this Zhuang Jihua really dares to think, no wonder he has to declare that he is not allowed to say that he said it, but Song Ziwen does not think it is a bad idea, let go of gambling, he also has this idea, but he didn't expect Zhuang Jihua to go further, and actually thought of selling lottery tickets by the political axe. The lottery is not a new game, someone in the Qing Dynasty has done it, but there is no political axe to do it, which wants to let those righteous gentlemen know that he will not be scolded to death.

"Cultural Revolution, you really dare to think that this is going to let Zou Haibin (that is, Zou Lu) and those people know that they will not poke you in the back and scold you." Chen Gongbo shook his head and said that he was not optimistic.

"I think it's a good idea, gambling is completely legal, and lotteries are available in that country, so what's all the fuss." Song Ziwen retorted.

"Hehe, it is again to use despicable means to serve noble purposes." Chen Gongbo laughed, Zhuang Jihua couldn't help but shrink his neck, looking a little embarrassed.

Song Ziwen laughed loudly, Zhuang Jihua smiled bitterly, he didn't expect this word to spread out, even Chen Gongbo and Song Ziwen knew it very well.

However, Zhuang Jihua's words made Song Ziwen completely abandon his original views and strengthen his confidence in taking over Guangxi in an all-round way. In the talks that began between the two sides after Li Zongren's meeting the next day, Song Ziwen put forward a proposal to take over Guangxi in an all-round way, and Guangxi did not have much opinion on this proposal, but the two sides had great differences on the specific plan.

"The central government's jurisdiction over local governments is embodied in politics, personnel, and finance; If, according to the opinions of the three, the personnel are basically unchanged, there is no doubt that the jurisdiction of the central government will be weakened. Li Zongren demanded that no changes be made to the existing personnel, at least no major changes. Chen Gongbo was resolutely opposed, believing that the immobility of personnel could not reflect the jurisdiction of the central authorities at all.

"Guangxi has just been reunified, the situation is not very stable, and excessive personnel changes will cause fluctuations in local people's hearts." Li Zongren didn't look anxious, and his voice was very calm.

"Well, this is to be considered, the personnel change at the grassroots level can be gradual, and the provincial level can be considered first." Chen Gongbo also made concessions.

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The dispute between the two sides of the budget was also fierce, and Song Ziwen stressed that Guangxi must first make a budget, and the central government should allocate funds according to the budget and after a comprehensive balance. Li Zongren did not understand the budget at all, and they proposed the amount of appropriation based on Guangxi's previous financial expenditures.

This makes it difficult for Song Ziwen to accept, he is promoting the implementation of the financial budget in the central government, requiring that the budget be allocated every year, before that, the base camp and the national political axe did not have a financial budget, basically how much to spend as much as they came in, especially the army generals, as long as they heard that the Ministry of Finance had money, they came to ask for it, whether it was Sun Yat-sen or Wang Jingwei Hu Han, the random surname of the people was also very large; Song Ziwen deeply hated this kind of unplanned finance, and resolutely demanded that next year's budget be allocated according to the budget, and he could not ask for it at will.

In order to achieve this goal, he has made a preliminary estimate of Guangdong's fiscal expenditures this year, and now with Guangxi, almost all the work in the early stage will be redone. However, Li Zongren had no plan and did not consider the financial difficulties of the central authorities, but just insisted on it, which made him very angry, but he was angry, but he also understood that these soldiers did not understand the important surnames of the financial budget, so he patiently explained to them what the financial budget is, why the financial budget should be made, and how to make the financial budget.

Song Ziwen is like a teacher in a financial and accounting school, patiently and meticulously teaching the three giants of the Gui family, but they still seem to understand whether they understand or not, and the three of them are like old cows protecting calves, suspecting that Song Ziwen will treat Guangxi badly.

Just when Song Ziwen's emotions began to get excited, Zhuang Jihua interjected, and he told the Big Three that the financial budget is like a battle plan, and before the war, they always look at how many troops they have and calculate how much strength the enemy has; Look at the terrain, analyze the enemy's situation, and then allocate troops, more in that place, less in that place, how many reserves to remain, etc.; It's the same with budgeting, first look at how much money you might have, and then look at those places where you need money, those that must be given immediately, and those that can be slowed down. When Zhuang Jihua said this, the Big Three understood that this was the same as the principle of war.

The most undisputed thing between the two sides was party affairs, and the three giants accepted almost all of Chen Gongbo's opinions, and the negotiations on that day were the smoothest.

Next, regarding military power, Zhuang Jihua came out, but nominally Chen Gongbor was the main talker, but soon Li Zongren found out that their actual opponent was Zhuang Jihua.

"Most of Guangdong's armed forces have been reorganized in accordance with the Soviet Russian way, so Guangxi should also be reorganized, modeled after Soviet Russia, that is, the three-three system should be reorganized, and party representatives should also be added."

"We have no opinion on the reorganization according to the Soviet system, but we hope to keep 40,000 to 50,000 numbers." Bai Chongxi made their request.

"Forty thousand! No, no," before Zhuang Jihua could speak, Song Ziwen shouted: "The monthly military salary expenditure will reach 400,000, and the annual military salary will be 5 million, which is absolutely not good." ”

Bai Chongxi raised his eyebrows and immediately retorted: "Now we only have two Guangzhous, and it is still very early to unify the whole country, and the retention of 40,000 people is for the needs of the Northern Expedition." Look at how many Beiyang warlords there are, Feng is at least 500,000, Sun Chuanfang has 300,000, and Wu Peifu is no less than 300,000. The number of troops in the two Guangxi provinces is only 1450,000. ”

Zhuang Jihua said in his heart who are you scarring, so he smiled slightly and said: "General Bai is very attentive to the north, but the intelligence is not very accurate, Wu Peifu is about 200,000, Sun Chuanfang is about 200,000 to 250,000, and the strongest Feng is only 300,000 to 350,000; The total strength is about 800,000. However, it is not a simple numerical comparison that determines the outcome of the war, if it is just the number, wouldn't your army have been wiped out by Shen Hongying or Tang Jiyao. ”

Then Li Zongren said: "Our problem is that we have to fight a war and build at the same time, so military spending accounts for a relatively large proportion of fiscal expenditure, which is allowed, but there must still be a degree, after which it will lead to financial bankruptcy, and then the factor that determines the outcome of the war will become finance." ”

Finance determines the outcome of a war, and Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi must not accept this argument, and I am afraid that most soldiers at this time did not realize this. However, Song Ziwen realized it, and he was also surprised, because he didn't expect Zhuang Jihua to have this understanding of finance.

However, at this time, Zhuang Jihua really realized the sensitivity of the soldiers to the army at this time, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, Huang Shaohong's consciousness was already very high in his opinion, and he gave Guangxi both hands to the central government, but when it came to the army, he behaved extremely tenacious.

In order to ease the atmosphere, Li Zongren instructed Huang Shaohong to hold a cocktail party, which was attended not only by Song Ziwen and his party, but also by representatives from various provinces. In addition to Tang Jiyao in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Hunan, which advocate the autonomy of the other provinces, sent representatives to congratulate them. For this reception, Zhuang Jihua is welcome, and his mission is also to observe the relationship between Hunan and Guizhou.

In the past few days, Zhuang Jihua has successfully won the respect of the Big Three, so when introducing representatives from various places to the central government, Zhuang Jihua was also fortunate to be among them, and when Li Zongren introduced Hunan representative Ye Qi to Zhuang Jihua, Zhuang Jihua was very enthusiastic, but Ye Qi was very cold.

During the Sun Yat-sen era, Hunan became the battlefield of the northern and southern armies, and later contained the Hunan rebel Cheng Qian, and the Hunan army led by Tan Yankai is still one of the main forces of the Guangdong army.

After this set of cumbersome procedures was completed, Ye Qi quietly said to Li Zongren: "Duke De, what do you mean by this?" ”

Li Zongren knew the meaning of Ye Qi's words. Ye Qi is his classmates Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, and Huang Shaohong Guangxi Army Primary School, although they are at different levels, they are also familiar with each other, this time he was ordered by Zhao Hengti to contact Guangxi, Zhao Hengti gave him three missions: one is to strive for political consistency between Hunan and Guangxi, and establish cooperation between the two provinces; Second, if the Gui army intends to go east to Guangdong, the Hunan army is willing to assist, ensure that it will not occupy an inch of land in Guangdong, and return to Hunan after eliminating Tan Yankai and Cheng Qian; Third, if the above two items cannot be achieved, then strive for the neutrality of the Gui army and do not help each other between Hunan and Guangdong.

However, after Ye Qi arrived in Nanning, he conveyed the meaning of Governor Zhao to Li Zongren, but Li Zongren neither agreed nor refused, but just asked people to accompany him to play in Nanning, but he was busy with the army, and two weeks later he suddenly invited him to come to Wuzhou, he did not get a reply and it was inconvenient to go back, so he came to Wuzhou together, and when he arrived in Wuzhou, he knew that Li Zongren was talking about reunification with the Guangdong political axe, which made him very angry, and he was promoted and once said that he wanted to go back, or Huang Shaohong pulled him, Huang Shaohong said to him that since he had come, it was better to see the demeanor of today's Guangdong characters, But Ye Qi said that he didn't want to say anything, and today he heard that the wine party would be attended by Guangdong representatives, and he didn't want to come, but Bai Chongxi resolutely pulled him here.

"Don't you keep saying how bad Guangdong is now? Today I will introduce you to a few of today's Guangdong Junjie, I can tell you, these people have all drunk foreign ink, you have to behave better, don't let people see you as a turtle. Li Zongren said with a smile.

(To be continued)