Chapter 801: It's hard to ride a tiger
"Big brother, what do you mean by that? If you want to resign, why don't I resign with you, let's retire to the forest together and have a peaceful birthday. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info is not a person inside and out, and I'm not interested in being a person. But right now, Shandong is openly in rebellion, and our army's first battle is unfavorable, isn't your resignation at this time to fuel the rebels' momentum? Folded our own prestige. Even if you have an opinion about me, you have no opinion on Ju Weng, right? Or is the eldest brother so unconfident in our army, worried that the Lu army will be held accountable one day? ”
Wang Shizhen shook his head and said: "I can't talk about you and Ju Weng, and I won't worry about Lu Jun." Everyone is an old Beiyang person, who has any hatred for whom? However, it is not good for me to do this official again. I am a native of Zhili, and Cao Zhao are both fellow villagers, and I am also the leader of the Governor Army, and I still have a traitorous hat on my head. Many of the legislators who fled Beijing also had the slips I had written. The War Department has refused to allow me to participate in military planning, so what is the use of me, the chief of staff, except for pretending to go to work every day and getting paid? This kind of false official, I have been in Qianjin for a long time, now...... Don't want to do it anymore. Although I am not a rich family, life is not a problem, you can't watch my old friend starve to death, just let me be idle, right? ”
Duan Zhiquan knew that this must have been a mess caused by Xu Youzheng. After the Zhilu Province made its own control, it began to lay off the staff of Hebei and Shandong provinces in the Zhengfu and replaced them with Anhui people. But the problem is that because of geographical reasons, it is inevitable that a large number of Hebei people will serve in the department.
The hasty layoffs have greatly weakened the administrative capacity of the government, and many departments have been almost paralyzed. Nowadays, there are many employees in the department, even young people who have just graduated. However, for the sake of operational needs, this part of the situation is not easy to investigate, and it is too ugly to get Wang Shizhen on his head.
He hurriedly said: "Big brother, this must be someone below who made a mistake." The younger brother has never suspected the eldest brother of anything, you will go back to the War Department, the younger brother called later, I will see who dares not to let the eldest brother take care of things. ”
"No, even if you let me take care of it, I'm afraid I won't be able to manage it. How can I have the ability to command this kind of big battle, and if something goes wrong when the time comes, wouldn't it be a crime of being a spy in the Lu army? Forget it, people are self-aware, I don't have such a big ability, just give up the seat and hand it over to a capable person. Besides, even if I don't talk about the matter of power and public opinion, I can't bear it. ”
He pointed to the outside, "Zhiquan, victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and the victory or defeat of one or two battles does not explain anything." But you should go outside and listen to it. You know the situation in the capital now. Merchants go on strike, students dominate classes, and workers dominate. The entire capital city was almost paralyzed, and even if Tie Shan used the army to maintain order, it would be nothing more than to make those people dare not go to the streets, but there was no way to make the market prosperous. The best place in the capital has always been a gold cave for drunken gold fans, but now that it is good, how far has the depression been? The price of rice in the grain bank has risen three times a day, and the banknotes issued by the China-Qatar cooperative bank are depreciating every day. In my family, I also received many petitions from my fathers and elders, hoping that I could play a role in stopping the civil war. I knew that I didn't have such a great ability, so I had to stop being an official. Zhiquan, listen to my advice, your reputation has never been bad, but don't be the second Yuan Weiting. Article 21, the Golden Franc case, is a loss of power and humiliation of the country, and our generation must not act recklessly......"
Duan Zhiquan's face was hot when he was said, and he was also having mixed feelings in his heart. With Wu Zixin's identification, it is no longer possible to rely on fooling around these things. Fuso's 21 articles can be emulated from Shandong's Prussian loans, and they will not be recognized after they are completed. However, the Golden Franc loan incident was a foregone conclusion, and although the Anhui system received a large amount of money, the state suffered even greater losses. After the incident became big, even in the system, there were many people who were dissatisfied. The seizure of the two lines of the Communist Party and the Diplomatic Union made him stand on the opposite side of the people.
In fact, Shandong is not very clean, but the standard of judging right and wrong by ordinary people is more based on their own gains and losses, rather than justice. How Zhengyuan transfers the assets of the two lines and absorbs flesh and blood from the two lines does not make much sense to the people.
What ordinary people are concerned about is whether their deposits in the two banks can be guaranteed, and whether the banknotes issued by the two banks can be circulated in the economic field. Can I continue to use cheap and easy-to-use Lu goods, and buy the grain provided by Shandong? As for who did what in the two industries, what does it have to do with the impact of reckless marketing on people's livelihood? From the beginning of the exchange of Lu Bills for the Communist Party, Shandong has gained an excellent reputation among the people while ensuring its interests. Now, this sowing is at the time of the harvest.
Compared with Shandong, the credibility of the government is much worse than that of Shandong. On the contrary, on the part of the government, whether it is the seizure of Shandong's assets or the abolition of the reckless ticket, it has been met with resistance from the people and the positive circles. The republic is not a militaristic country, and the government has always had little control, so it is not easy to really want to implement a policy.
Although the Sino-Qatar cooperative bank is also issuing banknotes, whether it is credit or ability, it is not enough to fight against the two major banks. Even with Duan Zhiquan's ability, it can be seen that Wang and Chen Lenghe cannot be compared at all. The front line needs funds, but the only way they can think of it is to issue more banknotes, which is the same as the Hongxian era, when the CCP paid military salaries to the front line indiscriminately.
Drink poison to quench thirst. It is conceivable that if this continues, the tickets issued by the Bank of China will soon be abandoned by the people. In order to deal with the unified public bonds issued by the Zhilu coalition army, the assets of Shandong were used as collateral, and it was thought that they could become sought-after goods. I don't want to be given a cold shoulder as soon as it is issued, and no one in the financial and financial circles cares about it, and apart from forced apportionment, it is actually a public bond that cannot be sold for a dime.
As a bureaucrat in the pre-Jin era, Duan Zhiquan did not attach much importance to the war of public opinion, and in his opinion, no matter what he said, in the end, he had to rely on strength to decide the victory. However, after being at a disadvantage in the war of public opinion, he had to admit that the taste that Qianfu was referring to was not comfortable at all.
The National Assembly has existed in name only, and many members of the Anfu Club have publicly turned against the water, stating that they will make a clear line with the Anfu Department and will no longer attend the Congress. When the Congress convenes, there is not even a quorum, and the meeting cannot be held at all. The end result of the paralysis of the National Assembly is that the General Liaison has truly realized the dictatorship of the cadres, the voting of the members has become an ornament, and all affairs are decided by the General Lieutenant. However, the hero who single-handedly created the republic is now a judge in Congress, which is obviously not what he wants.
To solve Shandong's problem and unify the world, the ultimate goal is to build a strong country like a strong country. But judging from the current situation, the direction of things is exactly the opposite of what he thinks. Although the victory or defeat of the war between the Gonghe and the Zhilu coalition forces is uncertain, the overlord strike in the capital has affected normal social life.
The dominance of dung workers, railway workers, and industrial and commercial workers in the capital completely paralyzed the functions of a city. The sewers in Sosato are clogged due to lack of maintenance, and the house of the head of the cabinet is the same as the smell of excrement, and the smokers want to gag. Fresh vegetables and fruits are becoming more and more difficult to buy, the prices of the capital are expensive, the best place is full of thieves, and the dissatisfaction of the people is increasing, and the common people do not seem to support this just war.
Since the funds were prioritized for the military, the salaries of the government employees were either in arrears or offset by a unified public debt. This led to great dissatisfaction among the staff of the government, and they almost made a few troubles with the government. In the Anfu Club, Shengge was suspended, and all the facilities of the club were used to entertain the generals of the border guards. Even in the Anfu department, the cabinet members who are still loyal to Duan have a lot of dissatisfaction.
Many of them have large deposits in Siheng or two banks, and their deposits cannot be withdrawn after a day of seizure and investigation. Coupled with the township party or family connections, these people never stopped talking to Duan Zhiquan, hoping that he would lift the blockade order and stop the investigation of several banks.
In fact, if you want to check it now, it's not very easy to check. The case of transferring assets by two banks has already involved several dignitaries in the Anhui family. They have clearly benefited from these transactions and have contributed to the facilitation of these acts. If you continue to check, you will have to check yourself.
The chaos in the capital is ostensibly spontaneous by students and workers, but in fact, the situation can be so big, and there are bigwigs behind it to instruct and protect the law. And these behind-the-scenes messengers, and even some of them, are important members of the Anfu Department.
Everyone's attitude has been clear: they don't want to fight.
Not only do the common people not want to fight, but there are also a large number of peace-holding people in the Anfu system. Although they didn't dare to say these words clearly because they were afraid of Xu Youzheng, they occasionally revealed the meaning and made their thoughts very clear.
The order to confiscate Shandong's industries was only carried out in the capital, even in Duan Zhiquan's hometown of Anhui, this decree was not implemented. Shandong is like a big tree, its roots and local forces are intertwined in one place, and if you want to move them, you have to bring up countless soils, which is too expensive.
Wang Shizhen said: "Zhiquan, you are a smart person, you don't need me to say a lot of things, you know it yourself." We don't consider the victory or defeat on the battlefield, but only say that in the capital, the Anhui members of the National Assembly voted against the case of declaring war on Lu, and it is self-evident that the people's hearts are back. Although people cannot be resurrected after death, it may not be difficult to recover when covered with water. As long as you make a decision now, you may be able to redeem it. ”
Of course, Duan Zhiquan understood that the meaning of the other party's words was to give up Xu Youzheng in exchange for Shandong's understanding. As long as the two sides reconcile, whether it is economic pressure or public grievances, they can be calmed down. But...... Thinking of the current comparison of forces and the situation on the battlefield, who can take the initiative to admit defeat when a good hand is played?
Economic problems can be solved by military means. As long as the Zhilu coalition is won, all the problems will not be a problem.
He took a deep breath and said, "Big brother, I also know that the people are resistant to going to war with Shandong. However, if this cancer is not removed, our country will not be what it will be. The economy of all provinces is exhausted by Shandong, and if we don't get rid of this source, how can the country develop? Believe me, in just 96 hours, we will be able to occupy Baoding, and in three months, we will be able to solve the Shandong problem. In just three months, all problems will be solved and everything will be fine! ”