Chapter 70: Financial Disaster (II)

In Jinan, Sun Baoqi, who was discussing with his subordinates in the official office, had a blank face, and since he took office as the acting governor of Shandong, the local people have not stopped making trouble. Not a month was born. The Shandong New Army, as the main armed force, is even more unbearable. The imperial court asked for a town to be compiled, and Shandong claimed to have compiled a mixed association, but in fact only one standard was compiled. Everything else is replaced by a patrol battalion, just a different name.

It can be said that this is a mess left by his predecessor, but Sun Baoqi can only pinch his nose and recognize it. The predecessor's successor must be followed, this is the practice of officialdom, and the rules cannot be broken.

If you rot it, you can only let it continue to rot, and it's not a matter of a day or two anyway. This place in Shandong has always been Yuan Shikai's territory, and the military chapter 70 financial disaster (II) and the place were all officials promoted by Yuan Shikai back then. As Yuan Shikai's brother, Sun Baoqi served as the governor of Shandong.

On March 15, Sun Baoqi, who was in financial difficulty, also made a note to determine the currency system, and entered the list of two types of singular standard currency, silver coins of the fourth class, copper coins of the fifth class and paper money.

Sun Baoqi has not stayed abroad in vain, and he knows what the money is fast. Since Yuan Shikai set up the Mint Bureau in the new policy, all provinces are ready to move on to see the benefits. They all want to make their own money!

Since ancient times, the people of Shandong have been fierce, and the horses are rampant. This is not reported by Zhu Huaizhi of Laiyang County, Shandong, and the local people resisted the new policy, among which Qu Shiwen, the president of the Lianzhuang Association, was the most prominent, and gathered a lot of people, begging the governor to send troops to suppress it.

In fact, Zhu Huaizhi used the new deal as an excuse to increase a lot of miscellaneous donations, and the people could not bear it, and they had the meaning of gathering and carrying it. Zhu Jiabao was discussing with his staff about this matter, and Menzi came to report: "Someone outside the door claims to be Fang Jianxiong, a student of the governor, and he is waiting with more than ten subordinates. ”

When Sun Baoqi heard this, he immediately raised his eyebrows, stood up and said: "Fuguo is here, and the matter of Laiyang will be discussed tomorrow!" After speaking, he didn't wait for the others, and strode towards the door.

When I arrived at the gate of Chapter 70 Financial Disaster (II), I saw a young man standing solemnly in front of the door, remembering that he was sending a silver ticket and a house, I couldn't help but feel warm in my heart, and said loudly: "Help the country, for the teacher is here!" ”

When Fang Jianxiong heard the prestige, he immediately stepped through the door, knelt down three steps away, and said, "Students can't serve in front of the teacher, so I'm here to ask for sin!" ”

"Hurry up, what's the crime of helping the country?" Sun Baoqi strode forward and stretched out his hand to help. Fang Jianxiong refused: "Wait for the students to make a big gift and get up again!" ”

As he spoke, he kowtowed respectfully three times, Sun Baoqi saw him clasp the ground, only to feel a hot current surging in his eyes, Sun Baoqi, who had been solemn in the past, raised his hand to help Fang Jianxiong, and said in a nasal voice: "Helping the country up, the teacher didn't do anything for you, but let you spend a lot of money, I feel ashamed when I think about it!" ”

Fang Jianxiong got up and said with a smile: "Teacher, I'm going to be ashamed to kill Jianxiong, you returned to China thousands of miles away, and I didn't pick it up." I didn't meet in time, what is a little silver? Without your golden signboard to support students, where would students be in today's situation? ”

Sun Baoqi laughed heartily, took Fang Jianxiong's hand and walked in, and introduced this as his student Fang Jianxiong when he met people, and he did not hesitate to praise words, in short, he said it in a good way.

When he arrived at the back house, Fang Jianxiong stopped and said: "There are female dependents in the back house, I'm afraid it's not appropriate!" Sun Baoqi said with a smile: "Although you and I are teachers and students, our love is no less than that of our sons and nephews, how can we not enter the back house?" Sun Baoqi's words are not an exaggeration, at least he treats Fang Jianxiong as his own family.

The daughter of the Sun family came out to meet, and the lady of the main house was in her hometown, and she was the acting governor of Shandong in October last year, and she brought a more favored aunt when she was up. This woman has a good appearance, and her walk is unsteady, and she should be wrapped in her feet. Fang Jianxiong called himself a teacher, and he didn't dare to face this woman who was only in her twenties.

Sun Baoqi set up a family banquet and called two cronies to accompany Fang Jianxiong.

After some narration, Fang Jianxiong mentioned his errand of leading the four battalions of the patrol battalion, and Sun Baoqi said: "The new army cannot be sustained, so I asked the imperial court to increase the number of patrol battalions with 20 battalions to balance the new army." The imperial court has approved the excerpt, and it is not difficult to recruit Shandong soldiers, but there is a lack of available officers. ”

Fang Jianxiong's heart moved when he heard this, but he said with a smile on his face: "This is not difficult, right?" There is a martial arts hall in Shandong, and those with excellent grades are selected to enter the camp. No matter how bad it is, now that the students are also on the errand of the chief instructor of the New Army Teaching Team, the teacher can choose to send the students to Wuhu to study with the German instructors for a period of time. ”

When Sun Baoqi heard this, he smiled slightly and said, "Fuguo, you have to hold this gun in your own hands to rest assured, right?" ”

Fang Jianxiong said suddenly: "I understand, the teacher has not been in office for a long time, and there is a shortage of people around him." However, the student made it clear in the letter many times that there was an old mother in Wuhu and he did not dare to leave. The Anhui New Army Association unified its posts, and the students all pushed it. ”

Sun Baoqi sighed and said: "Helping the country is filial piety, and being a teacher knows it!" I'm afraid it's difficult for you to come to Shandong, but your teaching team has so many students, you can send some with excellent grades to come. As a teacher, you are not greedy, forty is enough! ”

Fang Jianxiong was ecstatic in his heart, but he said with an embarrassed look on his face: "It's not impossible, it's just that I want to inform Zhu Futai!" Sun Baoqi laughed and said: "I knew you would say that, you kid, you are kind!" Beware of losses! Zhu Jiabao is ruthless, I really don't feel at ease when you are under him. ”

Fang Heizhai secretly screamed ashamed, and said in his heart, Teacher, I actually have your 20 patrol battalions in mind.

"Okay, I'll take a telegram and ask the German instructors to select forty people to come to Jinan! However, the soldiers of this patrol battalion are all locals! Fang Jianxiong expressed his concern, and Sun Baoqi said lightly: "It's okay, your forty people, all of them are battalion officers and deputy battalion officers." The following duties are enough to appease the locals. ”

Fang Jianxiong showed a reassuring expression at this time, and Sun Baoqi said again: "I heard that you have a close relationship with the Bundesbank, and you can buy cheap arms, and if it is convenient, you can purchase arms for two artillery battalions, four horse battalions, and fourteen infantry battalions." ”

This is a big deal, but Fang Jianxiong still has to make a gesture. smiled and humbly said: "The things that the teacher explained, naturally try his best to do it well." However, I can only introduce this matter, and I cannot participate in it. lest the teachers gossip up and down. ”

Sun Baoqi nodded slightly when he heard this, and when he was about to speak, Fang Jianxiong said again: "The nose of a foreigner is better than that of a dog, this is rude and the foreign bank is the governor of the three provinces, and he followed the student to Jinan with a dead face, and I sent him to live in the hotel." ”

Sun Baoqi was pleasantly surprised: "Coming in time just to solve the urgent need of being a teacher." However, the profits of this arms trade are huge, and it is better to hand it over to others to make money, than to support the country to make money. Gossip or something, whatever he does. "Sun Baoqi has Yixuan as a backing, and some gossip is really not in his eyes. As long as the arms Fang Jianxiong got are cheap and easy to use, are you afraid of others gossiping?

The topic of conversation between the two turned to the railway, and Sun Baoqi said: "It's good to build the railway, it's very profitable here." He is planning to borrow 8 million taels of public debt to build the Jiaoyi Railway. It is almost ready, and the imperial court will be able to approve it within the year. ”

Sun Baoqi has a good official reputation, and he did some things during his time in Shandong, and he was quite outstanding among the late Qing Dynasty officials. The diplomats of the Republic of China, such as Gu Weijun, Tang Zaifu, Chen Zheng, and Wang Jizeng, were not his subordinates, but his subordinates.

Fang Jianxiong carefully reported what he did in Wuhu, of course, everything that could be said, and nothing that could be said was not said. As for the source of the huge amount of wealth, Fang Jianxiong explained it on the grounds of patents in Germany and arms reselling. Li Muyan, the master of Shaoxing, who was able to sit at the same table, finally waited for the opportunity to speak.

"So that Lord Sun knows that the firearms of the new army and patrol battalions in Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Anhui and other provinces are all contacted by me."

Sun Baoqi is also from Zhejiang, and the two staff members are also from Shaoxing. Fang Jianxiong was very uncomfortable listening to it, but the atmosphere was very good.

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After staying in Shandong for more than ten days, Fang Jianxiong received a call from Zhu Xiufeng in Wuhu, saying that the people of Nanling County were making trouble and besieging the county office, and Zhu Jiabao asked Fang Jianxiong to quickly send troops to suppress it.

Fang Jianxiong had no choice but to rush back, but fortunately, there was Jinpu Road, and the train went directly to Pukou, and then returned to Wuhu without mentioning. Victor stayed in Jinan to handle the arms purchase.

Fang Jianxiong returned to Wuhu and immediately mobilized two battalions to patrol the battalion. The cause of the incident was the rise in the price of rice, the situation of banning rice in Nanling County, the merchants boycotted the market to protest, and thousands of farmers who had no way to survive rose up to destroy the chamber of commerce and make a big fuss at the county office.

There is a patrol battalion in Nanling, but the equipment is all guns, broadswords, and spears, and the combat effectiveness is very bad. The county order fled from the county government in fright because of the people's troubles.

When Fang Jianxiong arrived outside the county seat, he first sent someone to inform the people who were making trouble in the county town to disperse immediately, otherwise the army would enter the city and be crushed, and the blood would flow like a river! The leader of the troublemakers stood on the city wall and saw that the two patrol battalions were equipped with fast guns, and there were even cannons. The frightened fled from the county seat overnight, and the people had no leader, so they immediately scattered as birds and beasts. Some of the ruffians who took advantage of the fire to rob were arrested.

Fang Jianxiong led the troops into the county seat, first issued a notice to calm the people, and then convened a meeting of the local gentry. The merchant gentry of Nanling County made a request to let Fang Jianxiong send troops to arrest Chen San, the leader of the crowd to make trouble. And sent troops to help them to get back the rice that had been robbed.

Fang Jianxiong naturally couldn't agree to this request, but instead refuted the Shang gentry, and the civil turmoil in Nanling was caused by their endless greed. He also telegraphed to Zhu Jiabao that the patrol battalion in Nanling County was rotten, and there was not a single new-style fast gun, so how could local stability be maintained? He also said that the local gentry boycotted the market for personal gain, causing disturbances among the people who had no food and clothing. Nanling Zhixian ran away and couldn't fulfill his responsibilities.

Zhu Jiabao called back and said that Fang Jianxiong could choose someone to lead the Nanling patrol battalion to maintain local stability, and quickly capture and kill the troublemakers who were the leader, so as to set an example! And said that Shangjuan dismissed Nanling Zhi County.

After receiving the call, Fang Jianxiong replied that the Nanling Rebellion had subsided for several days, and the matter was caused by businessmen, and it was feared that the incident would happen again if the people who gathered to make trouble were captured. It is better to stop there, leave a patrol battalion to maintain the place, and wait for the reconstruction of the local patrol battalion in Nanling to be rebuilt.

Zhu Jiabao didn't want to cause more trouble, so he called back and said that he could do it cheaply.

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