The military's force field is very important, and although the military is ultimately a small extension, in many cases, military means can often determine the direction of politics.

As a politician who came out of the military circles of the late Qing Dynasty, Li Yuanhong was well aware of the importance of military power, and it was the uprising of the New Army and the rebellion of the Beiyang Army that overthrew the Manchu Dynasty, and now, as the president, Li Yuanhong is also facing a "coup d'état" that is likely to be determined by the position of the military. "This coup d'état may not necessarily be violent, but it will not succeed without violence as a foundation, and this is an important reason why Le Yuanhong followed the advice of his staff to send IDF troops from other places to Gyeonggi.

Although Li Yuanhong very much wants to grasp the military power, the problem is that he has offended the military, on the surface, he can manage military affairs through the Ministry of National Defense controlled by civilian officials, but in fact, it is actually the General Staff that really dominates the current National Defense Forces, and Lan Tianwei, as the head of the General Staff, actually determines the position of the military.

Lan Tianwei was picked up by Zhao Bei, Li Yuanhong knew this very well, and because of this, when Lan Tianwei sat on the Taishi chair beside him. Li Yuanhong felt uncomfortable, and at this moment, Zhao Bei suddenly used the field troops of the National Defense Army to make a big fuss about entering Beijing, and Li Yuanhong was even more concubine.

Rao Hanxiang was also stammering over there, and Li Yuanhong was also very dissatisfied with the president's chief of staff, so he took the opportunity of Zhao Bei questioning Rao Hanhua to find a step for himself and walked down.

"Forgetting the monk is not thoughtful, this matter is indeed a little unsafe, but now the people in the Gyeonggi area are panicking. In order to appease the people and parliamentarians, they had no choice but to do this, and the number of troops from other places who entered Beijing one after another was actually not large, and now there are only more than 10,000 people arriving in Beijing. The transfer of troops into Beijing will be suspended, and troops from other places who have already arrived can also begin to retreat after the situation stabilizes. Li Yuanhong said this, on the one hand, to find a step for himself, and on the other hand, to stabilize Zhao Bei, after all, he also knew his current strength, relying on the more than 10,000 foreign troops that had been scraped together, and in any case, he was not the opponent of tens of thousands of Gyeonggi garrison troops. Now, the Gyeonggi garrison is still in the hands of the General Staff, and although the civilian official sent the chief of defense to sit in the general staff, in the face of a group of military bigwigs who are grouped internally, the chief of defense is now in the role of a foil, and he cannot command the General Staff at all, let alone command the Gyeonggi garrison.

Seeing Li Yuanhong's statement like this, Zhao Bei's expression softened a little, nodded, and said: "What Song Qing said is extremely true, no matter what, you can't transfer foreign troops into Beijing now, otherwise." As for the troops that have been transferred to Beijing, there is no need to rush to withdraw, and it is better to wait until the situation is completely stable before retreating. The day before yesterday, in front of the petitioning representatives, Song Qing had promised that he would give an official reply to the people on the matter of the petition within five days, and now it has been two days. Is there still a decision on the part of Congress to hold a plenary session for a hearing the day after tomorrow? ”

"On the Capitol side, I don't know. However, I have carefully read the petition of the people, and I think that the demands made in it are reasonable, but in the end, how to reply depends on the opinions of the staff team, and I am not too shallow to promise anything, after all, this country is not my dynasty, but the country of all the people. You can't deliberately hurt the interests of another part of the people in order to take care of some people, Zhenhua also said that this country is a country of the poor, but it is also a country of the rich

Li Yuanhong said the truth, and it was also methodical, but the meaning of prevarication was too obvious, and Zhao Bei's face sank again.

"Song Qing, there are some problems with your last few words. Yes, this country is a country of all citizens, whether poor or rich, as long as they have nationality, they are all citizens of this country and have civil rights, but the problem is that the poor are struggling in the predicament, struggling on the line of life and death, and perhaps only need to find a small amount of money from the pockets of the rich to save the lives and families of many poor people, which is exactly what the government of a modern country should do, this is not the "equal wealth" as the ancients said, but a set of wealth redistribution system established under modern laws. I have also read the national petition submitted to the government, and I know the content of the main thing, the main thing is that the poor want the government to increase the demand for relief, and the demand for expanding the scope of voter selection, these demands are not excessive, the latter only needs to change the law, while the former can be adjusted by the government to increase the government's finances, and use the fiscal policy tilt to give more relief to the poor people, only in this way can the people be united and social divisions avoided

"Yes, yes. What Zhenhua said is extreme, extreme

Li Yuanhong could only nod again and again, Zhao Bei's position on the side of the majority of the people was already very clear, and the reason for any refutation at this time was that it was boring for himself, and Li Yuanhong really didn't want to be here. Arguing with Zhao Bei on the issue, he also believed that with his own eloquence, he would not be able to argue with Zhao Bei no matter what, so he simply said perfunctory, no matter what, first mix up the past few days, and wait for those veterans who entered Beijing to retreat, and then talk about the next move.

Originally, Li Yuanhong and Rao Hanxiang just came here to sit, but they didn't want Zhao Bei to take advantage of this opportunity to play, and they almost couldn't get off the stage, so the interest in this conversation really couldn't be raised.

Seeing that the time was almost up, and the bottom of Li Yuanhong and the people standing behind him was almost touched, Zhao Bei stood up and personally sent Li Yuanhong and Rao Hanxiang out of the East Chamber, and instructed Qin Sihu to lead them to pay homage to Mr. Han, and then Zhao Bei turned around and walked into the East Chamber, at this time, in addition to Zhao Bei and Lan Tianwei, there was also a Meiyongjiang in the house.

Wang Yongjiang is still the chief financial officer of the government of the Republic of China, and Li Yuanhong originally wanted to oust him from power, but because of Zhao Bei's support behind him, Wang Yongjiang was not ousted from power in the end, and now he is still the chief steward of the Republic of China, and all important fiscal policies are formulated by him, and he is also quite busy in this period of economic crisis. Wang Yongjiang arrived at the mansion first, and originally talked to Zhao Bei in the East Chamber, but later Li Yuanhong arrived with Rao Hanxiang, so he sat with the guests, and it was not until Li Yuanhong left the East Chamber with Rao Hanxiang that he was able to continue the topic just now.

This topic is naturally about the current state finances. Due to the impact of the economic crisis, the current finances are very tight, all aspects of the expenditure are very huge, coupled with the astonishing financial deficit, now Wang Yongjiang is about to become an ant on a hot pot, looking for money everywhere, staring everywhere at the way to make money, the day before yesterday Zhao Bei suddenly threw out the proposal of inheritance tax in the Congress, Wang Yongjiang's thinking immediately became active, as a financial expert, he had not fought a similar idea of "robbing the rich and helping the poor" before, but because of too much resistance, he never dared to publicly put forward such a proposition, otherwise, a "red" hat is worn, and Zhao Bei put forward this proposal, which obviously helped the Ministry of Finance a lot.

The last two years. The Ministry of Finance has been investigating the tax evasion of businessmen, and has launched several "campaigns" to send a large number of underworld figures to prison in the name of "evading national taxes", and it is in these clean-up operations that the Ministry of Finance realizes that the chaebol is the key to solving the current national financial predicament, but because most of them are protected by politicians, the Ministry of Finance has never dared to touch the chaebol, at most catch some small fish and shrimp.

But now the situation seems to be a little different, and Zhao Bei actually proposed to declare war on the chaebol. The inheritance tax plan, which undoubtedly gave Wang Yongjiang confidence, what kind of person Zhao Bei is, Wang Yongjiang knows very well that this military and political strongman will never talk empty words, he will definitely do what he says, even if he needs to assassinate political enemies, Zhao Bei will definitely do it, this is the biggest difference between him and ordinary politicians, Wang Yongjiang decided to stand firmly on Zhao Bei's side.

"The commander-in-chief is right, social wealth is a piece of cake, and the law is the knife that cuts the cake. Whoever is pinching this knife in his hand, who gets the biggest cake, and among them, the tax law is the key to the key, this knife should be pinched in the hands of the fair, but now, the Li Yuanhong government is not fair, their ass is crooked, as long as the ass sits crooked, this brain will naturally follow crooked, as for when it will be crooked, it depends on the results of the next presidential election, this election, on behalf of the Ministry of Finance, resolutely stand on the side of the commander-in-chief. ”

Wang Yongjiang didn't care about the blue sky sitting opposite. Speaking is this direct. However, he obviously did not realize that Zhao Bei was actually ready for both, if the competitor did not move, then Zhao Bei would use peaceful means to achieve the goal, but if the competitor was ruthless, then don't blame the "Far East madman, with the way of others to govern their bodies."

"Chief Wang, your words are very sincere. I thank you for your support for me, and thank you for your support for the people, this country, after all, needs a fair leader, I ask myself is still fair, so I am full of confidence in winning the next presidential election, because I believe in the people, they may be deceived for a while, but as long as the truth is presented to them, they will definitely make the right choice. ”

Zhao Bei said this sincerely, and at the same time he also appreciated Wang Yongjiang's position very much, he really didn't look away back then, Wang Yongjiang is a smart person, and he can see the general political trend very clearly, so he wisely firmed up his position.

made his position clear, and Wang Yongjiang's words were almost finished, so he also took his leave and left the East Chamber, so that there were only two people left in the house, Zhao Bei and Lan Tianwei, and the guards guarding the door immediately closed the door and did not allow anyone to approach.

"Xiuhao, we are our own people, I will get straight to the point with you. The current situation seems to be calm, but in fact there is an undercurrent surging, and the political situation may change drastically at any time, and your General Staff, as the soul of the National Defense Force, must deal with it calmly, neither recklessly nor cautiously, after all, the current world is not very calm, and the country cannot be chaotic, let alone handed over to a gang of chaebols. ”

Zhao Bei said half of this, but Lan Tianwei suddenly became enlightened, and immediately understood what Zhao Bei meant, so he made a commitment on behalf of the General Staff.

"Please rest assured, the commander-in-chief, as long as there are a few of us, the General Staff will not be in chaos, and no matter how big the wind and waves are, the Wehrmacht will be able to block them."

This is not only a promise, but also a guarantee from the military, and Zhao Bei still trusts Lan Tianwei very much. (To be continued.)