Chapter 294 Reckoning (1) Extortion
In July 1895, under the mediation of the five powers, the Sino-Japanese War came to a temporary end. The Japanese army tossed and did not reap any benefits, and the remaining half of Goryeo control on the surface also quickly collapsed with the active participation of the Russians, and was in danger with the vigorous persecution of civilian defense forces.
The First Division of Yang Hao's New Army retired successfully, and withdrew from the Goryeo Peninsula one after another in accordance with the "Seoul Agreement" signed by other countries. In the end, countries were left with no more than two companies or 400 men in arms. However, there are no restrictions on the number of advisory panels and external instructors, as well as the number of businessmen entering and leaving the country.
In just one month after the agreement was signed, the Chinese business group led by the Yanhua Chamber of Commerce flocked in and stook land according to the property and mineral maps provided by Yang Hao. The development of resources, which occupy more than 70% of the entire peninsula, was quickly finalized.
The open-pit iron ore mine in Mosan, the magnesite in Hamgyong Province, the titanium ore in Sosan-ri near Pyongyang, the anthracite coal in the west coast, the Anju coal mine with a coal seam thickness of 2-5 meters, and a large number of gold, silver, copper, precious metals, tungsten, molybdenum, nickel, kaolin, graphite, etc., and even the abundant wood in the north.
Hundreds of factories and enterprises were being built almost simultaneously, and the workers Yang Hao had trained at the Laochao base for more than a year pulled them out one after another, filled them everywhere, and served as the technical backbone to support the shelves.
All of these industrial and commercial developments left a certain stake in the Northern Goryeo Dynasty, but the specific control was still carefully calculated by Yang Hao. The entire renovation plan that is about to be carried out will come from this.
This was complemented by the fact that a large number of civilians in North Goryeo began to move into the role of low-class workers, and at the same time, a large number of factories, enterprises, schools, hospitals, and so on were opened. It has also brought an unprecedented new wind to this backward nation.
Because there is a whole amount of support from top to bottom. It's incredible how fast the whole revolution is progressing. The people of Goryeo, who suddenly discovered that they could benefit from countless benefits, were even more grateful to Dade. Almost every household has to set up a tablet for Yang Hao .......
The business has reached such a point, not only within the Yanhua Chamber of Commerce, but also businessmen from all over the country have to give a thumbs up and praise "cow" when they mention Yang Hao! What a cow! Directly controlling the business of a country - even if it is only a population of more than 10 million and the territory of a province in China, this is still a large business that cannot be estimated! What's even more amazing is that he is desperately trying to get money out of other people's land, but the other party can't stop being grateful to Dade. Where does this make sense?
So in addition to the previous nicknames, Yang Hao gained the nickname of "contemporary LΓΌ Buwei". Although at this time, Yang Haixin's name as the business queen has also begun to be known all over the world, but the lords of the Great Qing Kingdom refuse to admit that a woman is better than them. So naturally, all the honors were attributed to Yang Hao.
And Yang Hao, Mr. "Lu Buwei", has no intention of squandering money at all. In mid-June, when he returned to Tianjin from Pyongyang, he immediately went to visit Wang Wenshao, the governor of Zhili.
Lord Wang actually doesn't like to see Yang Hao, as a minister who is among the best today, he usually doesn't look at a young man in his eyes. But who made today's Yang someone's strength sky-high. There is a fundamental interest in shaking the world. In order to prevent causing trouble to the imperial court, he could only pinch his nose to receive him. Other than that. He also had a selfish intention to see if he could rely on his own knowledge to persuade Yang Hao to continue to wander outside and serve as a vassal for the Qing Dynasty.
He didn't dare to think about it anymore if he regained it for his own use. Yang Haodu briefly controlled half of the Goryeo Kingdom and half of the Great Qing Kingdom's maritime frontiers, and he couldn't control his strength with such a big strength.
is still familiar with the Beiyang Yamen, but the people inside and outside have changed. And Yang Hao, who came to the door as a guest, also changed the modesty of waiting for the meeting in the past, and drove straight into it with a big grin, completely as if he was his own territory.
The guards inside and outside the yamen didn't dare to stretch out a finger to stop him, and watched him enter with a group of entourage doves occupying the magpie's nest, and he had to be served with good tea.
Wang Wenshao held his breath, and greeted Yang Hao hastily with a dark face, and asked impatiently: "Mr. Yang has done a great job overseas, and now he is in the Yamen of the Ministry of Headquarters, what do you have to say?!" β
What a good thing is nothing more than the decision of Yue Yu on behalf of the family to belong to a vassal state, leaving the Great Qing Kingdom aside, and losing face.
Yang Hao would not be angry with a sixty-five-year-old man, and said with a smile: "Yang has three things to do here. First, when the first town division of our new army comes back, we need to have a place to garrison. Whether to go to Lutai or the horse factory, or somewhere, please decide the court quickly. Second, since the fight against the Japanese invaders, my Yang family has contributed money and efforts, and has spent tens of millions of dollars before and after. This account will also be calculated today to see when it will be settled. Third, I, Yang Hao, led people to fight for the country outside, but there were many villains behind my back who instigated trouble and ordered the army to attack the concession territory; Li Bingheng, the governor of Shandong, sent people to attack my homeland. This has to be explained to me! β
When his words landed, the tea bowl in Wang Wenshao's hand trembled, and the bowl lid fell to the ground, and half of the hot tea spilled. There was a bang in his head: "The surname Yang is going to settle accounts after the autumn!" β
At the beginning, the emperor agreed to send troops to attack the concession, but he did not know about it in other places, but when he heard about it, he was greatly dissatisfied with the behavior of some people in the court, and he also folded the bullet and impeached him. It's just that Yang Hao didn't say anything later, and after a few months, everyone felt that this seemed to be fooled.
Who expected that Yang Hao would not bring it up until today!
In the past, maybe it would be over if you launched a substitute for the dead ghost, but today, Yang Hao's power is so strong, and the first strong army in the Far East is about to return to the division, if one is not handled well, how strict will the consequences be?
Wang Wenshao could almost imagine the scene of more than 10,000 proud soldiers and fierce generals who had survived the battle to go to the capital with guns and cannons to force them to make money! When the time comes, maybe the two palaces will have to be scared to go to the Rehe River to "patrol"!
Wang Wenshao scolded in his heart! scolded the group of trouble-making bastards, poked out such a big basket but didn't know how to clean it up. The second scolded Li Hongzhang for being an old puppet and threw this hot potato to himself to fight. Three scolded Yang Hao for being rebellious and didn't know how to advance or retreat. You are also a Chinese, and your family has so much money, and you should share it for the Qing Dynasty. The whole world is not the king's land!
But he didn't dare to say a word of these words, so he had to pretend to be calm and straight-faced, drank half a sip of tea without a taste, and pretended to ask casually when he turned his head to put the tea bowl: "Mr. Yang, these three questions, I'm afraid they are not within the jurisdiction of the ministry!" The new army is under the jurisdiction of the Military Affairs Office and the Minister of War and Military Aircraft. Besides, isn't the commander of your first town, Lord Li? β
The old guy raised the corner of his eye and gave Yang Hao a cold look with a little disdain. Li Jingfang is the first town chief, and his status and official position are barely good. You are a nameless and worthless overseas citizen, what are you fooling around?
Yang Hao can also be regarded as experienced, so he doesn't talk nonsense with such an old oilman in officialdom, nods and says: "Since Lord Wang doesn't care, we can drive wherever we live." β
When Wang Wenshao heard that he was ruthless, he panicked. As the governor of Zhili, the entire front of the Jingshi is under the jurisdiction of his royal department, and it is his trouble wherever the new army is stationed. I didn't care about playing tricks, so I hurriedly squeezed out an ugly smile and said: "Mr. Yang, don't worry, the headquarters will send someone to the capital to report immediately, and everything will be decided by the imperial court, how about it?" β
He had made up his mind to drag it out for a day. However, looking at today's matter, I am afraid that it will not work to fool the past, so I simply asked: "As for the matter of military salary, although it is not something that the headquarters can decide, but it can be referred to in detail first." But I don't know if Mr. Yang has a table of accounts? β
Yang Hao raised his hand, stood behind him with a blank face, and stepped forward like a man, handing over a form of dozens of pages with both hands.
This old boy seems to be calm, but he is actually scared. He never thought in his life that one day he would be able to talk so close to a first-class member of the imperial court, and he would not have to kowtow and kneel, and even his own side still had an advantage, and his heart had already jumped into the beat of the general's order, and his mind was dazed, and he didn't know why.
Zhou Jianhao, who saw that something was wrong with him, patted him on the shoulder hard, and whispered in his ear: "Don't embarrass Mr., cheer up!" β
Guan Zhongkuan was full of excitement, and his eyes finally had focus.
Wang Wenshao pretended not to care and picked up the thickened hard-shell cover with his fingernails, and first shrank the old eyes stimulated by a completely different table. He had never seen this form, but it seemed clear and clear, and the expenses were clear at a glance.
He flipped back at will, and the table made of dozens of pages of small characters was neatly shaped, which was simply printed, obviously the same shape as the books sold by Yang. Lord Wang was a little presbyopia, so he had to wear reading glasses from the Yang family to help.
Turning to the last page, he saw the summary price list. As soon as he saw the capitalization of the total number, his hands trembled again, he raised his head angrily, looked at Yang Hao with his eyes breathing fire, and shouted: "Mr. Yang, this is a mistake, right?!" You are only more than 10,000 people so far, and you dare to reimburse 40 million taels of military expenses?! What are you doing as a court?! β
To be precise, the total amount of military expenses reimbursed by Yang Hao was 41,635,788,23 yuan. There are zeros and integer numbers.
Yang Hao crossed Erlang's legs, gently swiped the bowl in his hand, and said indifferently: "This number is not exaggerated at all, it is the result of careful calculation by professional accountants." If you don't believe me, I have a cart of 12,000 detailed records of the various expenses in the war, and you can find someone to calculate it yourself. β
Without his orders, someone outside naturally moved in more than 40 large cardboard boxes, each weighing hundreds of catties, and at least tens of thousands of pages of forms and documents inside.
Not only Wang Wenshao, but his staff were sweating when they saw that spectacular scene! (To be continued......)
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