Chapter 183: The Man Behind the Scenes
Sure enough, under the instigation of Wang Lin, the mastermind behind the scenes, the Ministry of Finance stopped all approval projects on the same day, and terminated all projects that had been approved but had not yet been allocated funds, and even turned the entire Ministry of Finance up and down, and everything of value was counted, and finally the money was used as the first batch of debt repayment funds, and in front of the eyes of many newspaper reporters, Li Yihe, Minister of Finance, personally returned to Hualong Group.
And Li Yihe also made it clear that the country will not watch an enterprise that has helped the country for more than ten years fall like this, and they will urgently raise funds and continue to return the funds owed to Hualong Group to help Hualong Group tide over this difficulty.
In the following month, the Ministry of Finance was even more resolute, recovering all the funds allocated by the Ministry of Finance from all over the country, and returning the money to the Hualong Group in two batches.
This repayment action has once again earned Wang Lin a good reputation in China, and it has gained a lot in front of those factory owners, seeing that the most powerful enterprise in the empire, Hualong Group, is about to face bankruptcy, which may also be an opportunity for them to rise. But these factory owners did not eagerly hope that the Hualong Group would fall, but wanted to see how the political axe treated their former benefactors.
Hualong Group is not only the idol and goal of these small enterprises in China, but also exists in their hearts like a myth. An enterprise that can help Wang Lin for decades free of charge, and help Wang Lin overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty and establish his own country, this is also a hero of the Chinese nation, so Hualong Group cannot fall in public or private.
As for the property that was seized from the Manchu treasury and the homes of officials, it was naturally guarded by the army, and without Wang Lin's orders, no one could touch the funds, and no one could mobilize them. Although, from a formal point of view, the entire army had to accept Sun Wen's moderation.
Looking at the actions of various media and newspapers in the outside world for Wang Lin's actions, all of them praised Wang Lin for being a noble person, etc., Sun Wen stood in the temporary office building of the central political axe in Nanjing, in the chairman's office, and scolded Wang Lin in his heart with a sharp pain in his head. Who in the world doesn't know that the Hainan Ministry of Finance can be said to have gold and silver? Even if Hualong Group encounters financial problems, it doesn't have to drain all the funds to repay debts at once, right?
At this time, the Ministry of Finance, which was in the hands of Sun Wen, was already heavily in debt, and it also had to bear the huge amount of 1 million Xinhua dollars repaid to Hualong Group every month. Sun Wen is not stupid, since Wang Lin told him before, this country can be handed over to him to manage, as long as Wang Lin can see the hope of the rise of the nation, Wang Lin will take the initiative to abdicate, and fully support the development of the republic.
Since that moment, Sun Wen began to be suspicious of Wang Lin's move, but he didn't know why Wang Lin did it. Now, everything is in front of Sun Wen, Sun Wen seems to have woken up from his sleep, as if he saw all the conspiracies, but he has suffered but can't say to anyone, Wang Lin has won the support of the people of the whole country by doing this, and even the landlords are slowly leaning towards Wang Lin's side, and the space for Sun Wen's activities has become smaller and smaller.
The comrades of the League who came with him asked Sun Wen to make them officials after learning that Sun Wen had become the first chairman of the Central Political Axe of the First Chinese Empire. For these comrades who came with him, although Sun Wen had the right to let them sit in the position of the number one in various places, Sun Wen did not dare to fool them, let alone imagine that the officials were as high as the blue sky.
Without money, how can Sun Wen support it? Even the most basic wages cannot be paid, and if they are allowed to take the position, the final result can only be to harm the people everywhere. At the moment, Sun Wen entered a dilemma, facing the questioning of the members of the alliance on the one hand, and the condemnation of conscience on the other.
"Chairman, what's wrong with you?" Huang Xing strode into Sun Wen's office, and when he saw Sun Wenzheng's sad face, he hurriedly asked.
"It's nothing, I'm thinking about giving the candidates for the ministers of each ministry first, and then handing it over to Wang Lin for approval." Sun Wen smiled bitterly.
"This Wang Lin is really, obviously he has delegated power to us, who do we want to appoint as officials, why do we have to go through his consent? How unreasonable! Huang Xing frowned with some dissatisfaction.
"Don't say that, Wang Lin is also the emperor at present, according to the rules, the appointment of senior state officials does require the emperor's consent, if we want to get rid of the current situation, then we have to do it well, let Wang Lin see our achievements, and let him take the initiative to abdicate." Sun Wen said sarcastically.
Now in China's situation, the whole alliance has fallen into happiness and full of illusions about the future, but Sun Wen has not yet been excited by this seemingly great news. How could Sun Wen not know Wang Lin's thoughts? Wang Lin attaches great importance to his reputation among the people, and what Wang Lin has said so far, except that what has been fulfilled is being cashed, and there is no point at all that has not been cashed.
Therefore, Sun Wen can believe in Wang Lin without reservation, and believe that Wang Lin can fulfill his promise to Sun Wen, but Sun Wen knows that Wang Lin will definitely set up countless obstacles for Sun Wen in this, and how easy is it to ask Wang Lin to abdicate? Sun Wen has no money in his hands and no army, so how can Sun Wen overcome these obstacles set by Wang Lin? At that time, it will not be that Wang Lin is cheating and unwilling to fulfill his promise, but that he has no ability to complete this task at all.
"Hey, it's not easy to say, we don't know what the situation is now, we can only submit the list as soon as possible and let Wang Lin approve it, and then see if Wang Lin really gives us all the rights, if he gives us all his strength on the surface, but secretly he still controls everything, this will be an opportunity for us to fight back against him." Huang Xing shook his head, what Sun Wen said he didn't think about, but it seemed to be a little too far away, so far away that Huang Xing felt that it was impossible.
Sun Wen nodded, now it can only be like this, the thousand obstacles set by Wang Lin, Sun Wen can only face them step by step, and if he takes a wrong step, the consequences will be unimaginable.
"Your Majesty, Sun Wen has sent a list of ministers of the new Central Political Axe, please approve it!"
Wang Lin took the list of new central political axe officials sent by Sun Wen, glanced at it and waved his hand to sign his name.
"Xiao Yang, let Tan Ren, Tang San, and Sa Zhenbing come to my office." After the approval, Wang Lin did not rush to return this document to Yang Zhiping, but first asked Yang Zhiping to call his right-hand man.
After Yang Zhiping answered, he hurried forward to find the three of them. From the time Wang Lin signed the document just now, Yang Zhiping somewhat understood what Wang Lin meant, the central political axe official, what an important thing this is? If a person does not choose well, it may cause immeasurable losses to the entire country, Wang Lin was not even willing to take a closer look, so he directly signed his name. This situation can only show one thing, Wang Lin doesn't care who Sun Wen arranges in these positions at all.
It didn't take long for Tan Ren, Tang San, and Sa Zhenbing to come to Wang Lin's office together, and saw Wang Lin sitting on the chair, leaning on the back of the chair leisurely, holding a roll cigarette in his hand and smoking it leisurely.
"Your Majesty!" Tan Ren, Tang San and Sa Zhenbing bowed their heads and shouted, the kneeling ceremony has been completely abolished here, of course, it started with these high-ranking officials.
"There are new Ministers of Defense, the Ministers of the Army and the Navy, as well as the Ministers of the various organs of the Central Political Axe!" Wang Lin opened his mouth casually, then pointed at Tang San and Sa Zhenbing, and continued to speak: "I'm honored to tell you two that you have been dismissed!" ”
"Your Majesty, the dismissal has long been expected by the ministers." Sa Zhenbing was a minister of the Qing Dynasty before, although he defected to Wang Lin, there are not so many royal rules, and it has gradually changed over the years, but since Wang Lin ascended the throne, Sa Zhenbing once again used some royal rules to talk to Wang Lin, Wang Lin did not refuse, what else Wang Lin can not care, but about the majesty of the royal family, Wang Lin has to care, because this is not only about the reputation of Wang Lin alone, but also about the reputation of the entire empire.
"Hehe, you're pretty open. In the future, the two of you will continue to stay here and continue to do your work, but the direction of your work will be changed, and you will hand over the command of the army, but you must control the thinking of the army, and for a period of time in the future, you must constantly remind all units that they must strictly abide by the instructions of the Ministry of Defense, and even if they want to release their weapons, all units must strictly abide by the orders and not disobey, otherwise we will settle accounts with them after we close the net. "The army is what Wang Lin started, and it is also a secret weapon for Wang Lin to completely defeat Sun Wen, Wang Lin does not want any problems in the army.
"Obey your orders!" Tang San learned from Sa Zhenbing's appearance and replied with Sa Zhenbing.
Regarding Wang Lin's instructions, they didn't want to question it, everyone has worked together for so many years, and they all know each other's ways of behaving, but the more Wang Lin indulges Sun Wen so much, the more they feel sad for Sun Wen.
"Minister Tan, your problem is a little difficult to handle." Wang Lin shook his head and said bitterly.
"Everything is subject to the emperor's arrangement." Tan Ren lowered his head, clasped his hands into fists in front of his chest, and replied.
(To be continued)