Xu Shichang and Guo Yu sat in the tea house of Yuguan Garden and drank tea, a young girl was waiting, the two sat on the table, looking at the rockery in the courtyard, Xu Shichang said: "These days, the virtuous nephew took me to see the economy and people's livelihood of Suzhou, and the old man is deeply touched, if every magistrate can govern the place like Hanyang and seek well-being for the local people, then there is still any civil unrest in this Republic of China, the people are rich, the country is strong, and the country is strong and afraid of those powers who come from thousands of miles, in the final analysis, it is still corrupt officials and misguided countries." Being able to say such things from the mouth of such an old man who has been an official all his life and is in a high position shows that there is indeed a big problem in the current officialdom of the Republic of China.

The current Republic of China is still dominated by military personnel managing the locality, but in history, there is a military government that can manage the local area well, and the task of the military is to fight, and you let these decisive soldiers manage the army and the people at the same time, these people will definitely bring the warlord habit when managing the place, and the warlord habit will not be able to achieve real fairness and justice, and even some people will be angry, and the two sentences are not pleasing to the ear and pull out the collapse of the matter, can this be good?

"The little nephew was originally from a background in economics and management, and he still has some experience in how to manage, but this military position was reluctantly done later." In the contact between the two for a few days, Guo Yu regarded himself as a son and nephew, and finally the two called Uncle Cheng's nephew, and both of them were close to each other and naturally hit it off.

"But your Huafu Army has been a mixed brigade of two integrated divisions of the Republic of China in a month, and the speed is so fast and powerful that it is rare in the world, and now it is rumored that the soldiers of the Huafu Army can be ten with one, and their combat power is extraordinary, and your weapons are the most advanced and powerful in the Republic of China now, and the military discipline is also the best. In the end, Xu Shichang asked Guo Yu in a mocking tone.

Guo Yu was proud in his heart, but it was not easy to express himself on the surface, "Uncle Xu, my opponent is not in China. ”

Xu Shichang glanced at Guo Yu deeply: "Hanyang, you have great ambitions, and he will definitely travel thousands of miles one day." You also know the purpose of my visit, the government of the Republic of China wants you to abolish independence and achieve reunification of the government of the Republic of China, and this is what I want to see, what do you think about this matter? ”

Guo Yu naturally knew Xu Shichang's intentions, and he had already made up his mind about this matter, and then said: "The establishment of a special economic zone or independence is not my original intention, you also know the cause of this, I was also forced to have no choice but to fight back, you also know that I think that the people naturally do not want the country to split, if the Republic of China government can agree to me a few conditions, I will immediately announce the cancellation of independence and support the central government." ”

A few days ago, Lu Rongting and others telegraphed Li Yuanhong: First, the president should be the successor, not acting for power, second, support the law of the Republic of China, and third, restore the Congress. Fourth, organize a new cabinet. Cai Yi telegraphed Li Yuanhong to restore the Old Testament law, convene the old parliament, reorganize the formal cabinet, hold a military meeting, and punish the remnants of the imperial system.

These are the conditions put forward by the provincial overseers, and Guo Yu's matter is estimated to be the last one to punish the remnants of the imperial system, and classify him as a remnant. Guo Yu also put forward conditions now, but he doesn't have those people who have the conditions for the righteousness of the country, and the Congress doesn't care about his affairs, he will only mention about himself.

"First, now that the entire Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang are in my hands, I have asked myself to be the overseer of Jiangsu for self-protection, and I can withdraw the troops from Zhejiang. The second is that I still want to establish a special economic zone, and I am responsible for the economic policies and officials here, and the central government must not interfere, but the necessary tax burden will still be handed over by Jiangsu, and I promise that it will not be lower than the average amount paid by other provinces. The third is that the Bank of Communications of the Republic of China still owes me 5 million US dollars, and now that the Bank of Communications is in the hands of the central government, please return the money to Guo Yu. "As for the matter of the army, Guo Yu didn't mention it, and there is no need to mention it, because there are few provincial governors who have established armies and reported to the government of the Republic of China, as long as you raise it, the government of the Republic of China really can't control it.

"If the central government of the Republic of China can agree to these conditions, I will immediately send a message to the whole country to support the unified leadership of the government of the Republic of China." After saying this, Guo Yu picked up the teacup on the table and gently took a sip of the Nanjing Yuhua tea that was brewed at the right time.

"What about Shanghai?" Xu Shichang asked.

"Shanghai belongs to Jiangsu, so it is naturally under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu." This shows that Guo Yu is not prepared to return Shanghai to the jurisdiction of the Republic of China government.

After listening to Guo Yu's words, Xu Shichang calculated in his heart that Guo Yu invited himself to be the overseer of Jiangsu, and now that he has actually occupied Jiangsu, it is not impossible for the central government to appoint him as the overseer, because there are many things in the Republic of China that have laid down the territory and changed the overseer. Liu Xianshi declared the independence of Guizhou on January 27, 1916, and appointed himself as the governor, overseer and governor. Lu Rongting drove away Long Jiguang and appointed himself as the overseer of Guangdong, and then sent troops into Hunan to occupy Changsha. Even Cai Ye was a self-reliant overseer in Yunnan back then.

As for Article 2, the requirement for the establishment of a special economic zone, Xu Shichang could not see through the special features of this special economic zone, speaking of which, the provincial overseers have as much power as the emperor of the soil on their own territory, although the central government has great power over personnel transfers at all levels, but if the provincial overseers do not cooperate, it is very difficult for the central government to implement, and as for what economic policy is not up to the overseers and the provincial governors, it is not up to the overseers and the provincial governors to have the final say. If Jiangsu can pay taxes as usual, this condition is not difficult to understand. And Guo Yu thinks that the smallest condition makes Xu Shichang scratch his head a little, 5 million US dollars, this is not a small number, now the finances of the Republic of China government are like mesh, there are big holes everywhere, and they have long been in Yin to eat and eat all the food and fish, how can there be spare money to repay Guo Yu's debts, and it is a huge amount of 5 million US dollars.

As for the matter in Shanghai, Xu Shichang just asked casually, and he also knew that it was very difficult to make Guo Yu vomit out the meat in his mouth, so he didn't think about it deeply.

And Guo Yu put forward these conditions after careful consideration in advance, he wants Jiangsu to give up Zhejiang, just to not offend the Anhui system, if Guo Yu occupies the Anhui system of Zhejiang and does not return, it will offend the two major forces of the direct Anhui system at the same time, it is estimated that this matter can not be good, but only occupy Jiangsu, it is estimated that Duan Qirui will no longer target himself because he gave up Zhejiang, and he only faces the direct line led by Feng Guozhang, and the pressure will be much less.

As for the issue of the special economic zone, it is nothing more than to strengthen its own voice in Jiangsu, the central government of the province is planting nails in Jiangsu, and it will take a lot of effort to pull out the nails when the time comes.

As for the money thing, it's just disgusting to the government of the Republic of China, you have no reason to pick up my official, send troops to beat me, it's so difficult that I can't disgust you, as soon as his child's temper attacked, he urged others to repay the money, in fact, he used this money to buy officials at the time, this matter is known to many people, but he has bank procedures, and it is legal to ask for money, but it's just a little unauthentic to do so, Guo Yu doesn't care about these, and he has to pull you together if he is unhappy.

Guo Yu and Xu Shichang did not talk in depth, after all, Xu Shichang is just a peacemaker and a messenger, as for whether Guo Yu's conditions are not within the scope of his worries, Guo Yu took Xu Shichang to watch a Kunqu opera performed by Bai Qiuju in the evening, which made the old man like it very much.

On the second day of the conversation between the two, Xu Shichang did not go out under the pretext of resting, and he was ready to send a telegram to Duan Qirui today on the conditions proposed by Guo Yu, so as to solve the matter as much as possible.

"Holly, do you see if the government will agree to these articles proposed by Guo Yu." At breakfast, Xu Shichang chatted with his secretary Wang Rui about Guo Yu's conditions for the government.

"My lord, although the conditions proposed by Guo Yu are a bit harsh, it is estimated that they are also within the scope of the government's tolerance, and it is estimated that the government will reply soon." Wang Rui said.

"Oh, tell me what you think?" Xu Shichang asked.

"This Guo Yu's first article should be the simplest, there are many such things in the Republic of China, so the government should agree, it is nothing more than Feng Guozhang is unhappy, but according to the news revealed, he will be elected vice president this year, and he will always go to the capital to serve, and now he has also fought with Guo Yu, and he really can't beat others, so he can only pinch his nose and admit it. And Guo Yu gave up Zhejiang, which is very powerful, he must not offend Lord Duan Qirui and the Anhui family, and he knows not to make enemies on all sides, it seems that this Guo Yu is also a person with a strategy in his chest. ”

"I guess the government will agree to the conditions of the special economic zone in the second article, and now the central government is very weak in controlling the local government, and it doesn't care about Guo Yu's requirements, and he also took the initiative to pay taxes, which is already very rare. As for Article 3, although it is somewhat difficult, there are solutions to it. Wang Rui said, looking at Xu Shichang here.

Hearing this, Xu Shichang became interested, and he could also think of the first two items that the government would probably agree, but the third clause was that the government did not come up with what to pay off. "Tell me, what's the solution?"

"Although the Bank of Communications is one of the four major banks in the Republic of China, but in essence, the Bank of Communications is a private bank, a joint venture joint-stock enterprise, but in the second year of the Republic of China, President Yuan gave him the right to mint money, and later sent officials of the Republic of China to manage, so as to raise money from it to cope with the government's use, but this cannot change its essence, he is a private enterprise. As for the private sector, it is much easier to do, and the government can not pay back the money, and let the enterprises pay back the money themselves. Wang Rui said.

"Where does the Bank of Communications have money now, there must be more debts than deposits." Xu Shichang said.

"Then let the Bank of Communications decide its own future, whether to declare bankruptcy or transfer shares, it's okay." Wang Rui said this, smiled slightly and looked at his own adult.

Xu Shichang only understands now, it turned out to be such a method, then the government is estimated to be able to accept it, the Bank of Communications because of his brother Yuan Shikai's unreasonable, very bad, now it is definitely an insolvent and dilapidated enterprise, if Guo Yu wants to give it to him, don't go bankrupt, Guo Yu can't say anything about this, then even if these three conditions are all passed, his errand can be successfully completed, but he is a little sorry for his newly recognized nephew Guo Yu, accidentally made him lose $5 million, but this guy is too rich, and it is estimated that Guo Yu doesn't care.

Xu Shichang sent a telegram to Duan Qirui about the conditions proposed by Guo Yu, and added his own opinions on these articles, including Wang Rui's bank handling method, and this telegram was in Duan Qirui's hands, which caused a dispute. R1152