Chapter 10 Radical Reform of the National Red Cross

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Three days later, the sky was overcast, like a rainstorm. Many fish in the South China Sea are vying to come out of the water and breathe fresh air. In the spring in the north, it rarely rains heavily, which makes the atmosphere in Beijing seem strange at that time. When Zhang Zuolin went to the presidential palace again to report the progress of Shi Meimei's case to Song Xiaofei, saying that the real godfather behind Shi Meimei had been found, Song Xiaofei was speechless. Zhang Zuolin looked puzzled and asked, "President, do you think there are still problems in this case?" To catch or not to catch? ”

Song Xiaofei said: "I'm hesitating. I read your report, it's already very detailed, and this time it's a great job. It's just that Liu Shengjiao is Liu Mingchuan's eldest son, Liu Mingchuan is not only my eldest brother, but also a veteran of the Huai Army, the founding general of the Republic, and worked hard to defend Taiwan and Ryukyu in his early years, he is over seventy years old, and I heard that his body has been weak recently. arrested Liu Shengjiao, I don't know if he can withstand this blow. ”

There was silence at the scene, and after half a sound, Zhang Zuolin said: "Otherwise, it will be announced that Shi Zejing is Shi Meimei's godfather, and the case will end here." In this way, there is an explanation for the common people. The common people are so confused, just join in the excitement and pass. ”

Song Xiaofei said: "Do you really think that the people are so fooled? The eyes of the masses are bright. It's just that they don't have the right to speak now, and they can only hold their breath in their stomachs. ”

Zhang Zuolin said: "Then what should we do? Please make it clear to the President. ”

Song Xiaofei said: "You go and verify the evidence of Liu Shengjiao's corruption again." As for Shi Meimei and her mother's chaotic and complicated relationship with Liu Shengjiao, it was his personal sexual hobby. Let's not delve into it. I went to talk to Liu Mingchuan's eldest brother, and it happened that he recently came to Beijing to participate in politics. Consultation meeting, let him have a mental preparation. ”

Zhang Zuolin nodded. Walking out of the presidential palace with heavy steps, he finally knew why a seemingly simple case of flaunting wealth had become so complicated. Liu Mingchuan is a founding general like him, and he is really not easy to mess with. Liu Shengjiao is such a cheat, but their family's military background is too prominent, and Liu Mingchuan is still one of the twenty-five members of the Baath Party. Beg. One of the committee members is not easy to touch his son. Although Liu Shengjiao is not a big tiger. But it's harder to fight than a big tiger.

Two days later, Song Xiaofei met Liu Mingchuan in the Ziguang Pavilion of the Presidential Palace, and Zhang Zuolin was also ordered to be present. The sun was shining nicely that day. Like a thin layer of fine yarn covering the nearby 10,000-year-old pine.

Seventy-year-old Liu Mingchuan's spirit is obviously not as good as before, the pockmarks on his face have lost their former luster, and he is a little unsteady when he walks, supported by his second son Liu Shengqiu. Walked into the attic.

The Purple Light Pavilion is on the west side of the Middle Sea. It is an important place for Song Xiaofei to meet foreign guests, it was built in the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty, and it was the place where Zhu Houxie ran horses and arrows in the Ming Dynasty, and it was called the platform. The platform is several zhang high in the small hall of the group top, with yellow tiles, four wings on the left and right, the building is slightly lower, and the tiles are all blue. The north and south perpendicular oblique corridors. Hanging down the steps, facing like a city wall. Afterward. Waste Taiwan to build the pavilion, to Chongzhen when the appearance has been very different, the pavilion is very high and open, the shade of the tree and the shadow of the pool, the verdant and verdant.

The purple light pavilion in 1905, generally the original appearance of Qianlong 25 years and Qianlong 41 years when rebuilding, the volume is magnificent and tall, the pavilion is seven rooms wide, the front hugging building is five rooms wide, it is a two-storey heavy eaves pavilion. There are more than 400 square meters of spacious platform in front of the pavilion, white stone railing, carved dragon pillar, forming an elegant, solemn closed courtyard.

Song Xiaofei and Liu Mingchuan exchanged a few words: "Brother, I haven't seen you for two years, and your body doesn't look as good as before." ”

Liu Ming said: "Yes, people, seventy years old, finally I still have to serve the old." The president seems to be in good spirits. ”

The two walked leisurely and arrived at the "dismount and die" monument in the middle of the Purple Light Pavilion. Song Xiaofei pointed to the inscription and said to Liu Ming: "Brother, do you remember the origin of this tablet?" ”

Liu Ming said: "Of course I remember. At that time, President Li Hongzhang told me that in the seventeenth year of Qianlong and the twenty-fourth year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, the two edicts were placed in the Ziguang Pavilion. ”

Song Xiaofei sighed: "My brother is right. Even the Manchu emperor knew that his descendants should be simple and simple, and they should not be flashy, or a little lazy. This is especially true for us today. In particular, since the Baath Party has been in power for a long time, we should warn our party members to guard against arrogance and rashness and maintain a fine work style. ”

Liu Ming said: "Yes, it should be so. ”

Song Xiaofei and Liu Mingchuan also mentioned that Li Hongzhang "slashed the horse with tears" and dealt with Li Fengbao's matter, Li Fengbao was dismissed for buying a warship in Germany in 1884 and accepting a bribe of 600,000 taels of silver. Liu Mingchuan heard that Song Xiaofei's tone was wrong, and asked, "Brother, how do I feel that you have something to say today?" If you have something to say, you might as well say it directly. ”

Song Xiaofei said: "I won't hide it from my brother, I brought you here today for Liu Shengjiao's business." I don't know how to talk to you about it. ”

So, Song Xiaofei asked Zhang Zuolin beside him to report his eldest son to Liu Mingchuan in detail. Liu Mingchuan listened, and didn't speak for a while, but it was obvious that his hands were shaking with anger, and painful tears flowed from the corners of his eyes.

After a long time, Liu Mingchuan slowly opened his mouth and said to Song Xiaofei: "The family is unfortunate, and this is a rebel." Thank you, President, for informing me in advance. The country has national laws, and the family has family rules, and I, Liu Mingchuan, have nothing to say. But you know, your sister-in-law Zhanru hasn't been in good health recently. I implore you not to deal with this matter publicly. I don't think I have such a son. ”

Song Xiaofei said: "The matter has come to this, and it has to be like this." You just tell Zhanru's sister-in-law that Sheng Jiao died in the line of duty. ”

Half a month later, after dealing with Liu Shengjiao, Song Xiaofei found Shen Dunhe, president of the Shanghai International Red Cross Society. Because after the Shi Meimei case, Zhang Zhujun in Guangzhou began to bombard the Shanghai International Red Cross Society, and the Shanghai International Red Cross Society encountered another credibility crisis that said that it was not big or small.

As mentioned earlier, this Ms. Zhang Jun has been exposed to Western studies since she was a child, and her thinking is very Westernized, often wearing a top hat, a men's suit, riding a roofless sedan chair, or a sliding rod, and crossing the streets.

At this time, Zhang Zhujun published an open letter "Letter from Zhang Zhujun to Shen Zhongli" in Shanghai's "Minli Daily" (Zhongli is the word of Shen Dunhe), launching a fierce attack on the Shanghai International Red Cross Society led by Shen Dunhe. The open letter said: "How many public sins can there be? The Red Cross of All Nations looted assets and tried to hide the assets of outsiders; The subsequent change also wants to cover up the capital of the government and the people of the country. "Accuse Shen Dunhe of embezzlement of charity funds.

Zhang's open letter also said that when Shen Dunhe organized the Shanghai International Red Cross Society, the Guangdong side "remitted 20,000 gold to the public office, and other countries and other provinces can be analogous, and the public has not reported once"; "If the public is still sympathetic, please report the amount of income and expenditure in the past eight years, otherwise you should repay the 20,000 gold donated by Wu Yue." Shen Dunhe was asked to disclose the financial expenses of the International Red Cross Society to prove his innocence, otherwise, she Zhang Zhujun would represent the Cantonese people to recover the "20,000 gold" donated to the International Red Cross Society.

When he arrived at the presidential palace, Shen Dunhe hurriedly explained to Song Xiaofei: "Since the establishment of the Shanghai Red Cross Society, the contemptible people have not handled any public funds. Contemptible people to handle charity, although raised more than 3 million yuan, did not taste the manager's money, the Red Cross financial calendar by the accounting director Shi Ziying observation and presiding, year by year accounts are in the "chief director copywriter and management of the money is also the audit director, the accounts at least once a month, the reason why the final settlement of the accounts has not been announced, Shi observation is rushing to make reimbursement, with the optimism of the deputy Chinese and foreign donors, after the completion of the announcement of the book. ”

Song Xiaofei nodded and said, "Previously, the Shanghai International Red Cross Society had always been led by Shi Meimei. The Red Cross Society and local Red Cross agencies have exposed many problems, such as opaque donation information, irregular financial management, and 'bureaucratization' tendencies. The easiest and most straightforward way to deal with a credibility crisis is to make every donation available for review. You still haven't announced the ins and outs of your donations, so that the good people can believe in you. The reputation of the Shanghai International Red Cross has reached such a unbearable state today, and you, the president, cannot escape the blame. ”

Shen Dunhe said: "The president was right in his criticism. After the contemptible people go back, they must rectify and announce the flow of the donations as soon as possible. ”

Song Xiaofei sighed and said, "Forget it, it's not your fault alone. At the beginning, I thought that China's non-governmental charities were underdeveloped, so I wanted the government to set an example of charity and make the Shanghai International Red Cross Society subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior. As president, I think it is better to resign, I already have the right person in mind to restore the trust of the Chinese people in the Red Cross Society of all nations. ”

Half a month later, Shen Dunhe, president of the Shanghai International Red Cross Society, resigned. At the same time, the Shanghai International Red Cross Society was renamed the "Red Cross Society of the Republic of China," separated from the leadership of the Ministry of the Interior, abolished the administrative ranks, and became a purely non-governmental organization. The gentle and virtuous wife of the president personally did charity, and her appeal was huge, and soon a trend of charity was set off in China.

After Xi Muqing arrived at the Red Cross, the first thing he did was to organize and publish the income and expenses of all Red Cross societies and establish a financial disclosure system. At the same time, Xi Muqing also urged members of Congress to enact the "Charity Law of the Republic of China" to encourage the development of non-governmental charities, and at the same time required all charities to disclose the income and whereabouts of the donations. Charity regulation has also been included in the scope of work of China's Independent Commission Against Corruption, and China's philanthropy has gradually entered the right track. (To be continued......) u