Zhao Dongyun did not get too involved in the financial struggle between the military and the government council, and although the military's expansion plan had his tacit approval or even support, he could not personally step down from the referee's seat to act as a player.

Of course, he will not let the military and the government completely break up and cause disputes within the Soviet system, so although he did not come forward, there are still people who act as peacemakers in this civil and military dispute.

In Xiong Xiling's mansion, today is the arrival of such a person, Yuan Jinkai, the first secretary of the Embassy Secretariat!

In the past few days, there have been more people who have come to see Xiong Xiling, some have come to support him, and some have persuaded him to focus on the overall situation, but since this is a political game, Xiong Xiling naturally has to resign as a complete set, so many times he refuses to see most people on the grounds that he is idle and does not see outsiders, and he still meets with some important people.

For example, this Yuan Jinkai!

Yuan Jinkai, Fengtian Liaoyang people, the former Qingxiu was born, Gengzi years after the organization of local group training in Fengtian, after 1903 to join Zhao Dongyun's account, although his qualifications are not as deep as Yang Debiao, Lin Yongquan and others, but also one of Zhao Dongyun's senior staff, in 1904 as Jinzhou police promotion, in 1905 transferred to the secretariat as a second secretary, in early 1906 promoted to the secretariat as a first secretary.

"Yuan Shumi, it's not that I don't understand the overall situation, but those people in the military department are too deceitful, one mouth is five million, and they also said that they will raise it within two months, if I approve it, the salaries of the government officials will not be paid next month!"

As mentioned earlier, the secretariat created by Zhao Dongyun is not just a secretarial institution, but an institution with the power to vote, and not only handles government affairs in the civilian system, but also military affairs.

In 1905, it was just an ordinary secretarial agency, but at the beginning of 1906, it already had great administrative power, and in 1907, the Government Council was established, and the Finance Bureau, the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and other institutions were included in the Government Council, but the Secretariat was directly under the jurisdiction of the Inspectorate and the Consultant Office, and the Secretariat had part of the power of the former Qing Dynasty's Military Aircraft Department and the Ming Dynasty's cabinet.

At the beginning of 1907, in the administrative system of the three eastern provinces, the three eastern provinces were the highest, and the inspection missions were under the jurisdiction of: the army headquarters of the three eastern provinces, the government affairs yuan, the secretariat, the advisory office, and the supervision office. For example, Zhao Chenbin, the chairman of the Fuyuan Machinery Factory, is a 'first-class consultant' in the advisory office, while Li Erjian of the Li family in Jinzhou is ' Second-class adviser', in addition to Duan Zhigui, one of the former Beiyang dignitaries who just came to Zhao Dongyun, this person has been more unlucky recently, before Yuan Shikai's death, he befriended Yixuan and other Manchu nobles in order to seek the position of governor of Heilongjiang, but as soon as Yuan Shikai died, when the republic was newly established, Wang Yingkai suppressed those officials who had close ties with the Manchu nobles.

Duan Zhigui didn't have a good relationship with Wang Yingkai, but this time he was naturally among the suppressions, so like many Beiyang people, he started to think that he would not keep his master here, and this huge Beiyang is not only your Wang Yingkai's family, there is also Zhao Dongyun in the east, and Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen in the south are not good.

After arriving in Shenyang, Zhao Dongyun was also kind of enticed, and he arranged a residence as soon as he came, and first put up the name of a 'first-class consultant' in the consultant's office, and then made another arrangement after he was integrated.

Compared with the nominal and nameless office of the consultant, the secretariat is a real real power organization, especially the twelve first-class secretaries in it, the daily work is not to carry a bag for Zhao Dongyun, those are the work of the second-class secretaries, the main responsibility of these first-class secretaries is still responsible for dealing with a large number of military and political affairs, the various reports submitted by the following departments are first interpreted, and then a reply is drawn up, and then forwarded to Zhao Dongyun for approval, and then these official documents will be forwarded by the secretariat to various departments for specific implementation.

Under the circumstance that Zhao Dongyun grabbed a lot of power and directly governed many departments of the Government Council and the Headquarters, although he firmly controlled the military regime, if there was no secretariat, Zhao Dongyun would not be able to handle so many official affairs.

This is similar to a weakened version of the cabinet, so don't look at the secretary in the office who still has the name of the first secretary and the second secretary, it seems that it is just a bag, but in the eyes of outsiders, they are already important members of the center, and they will even politely shout 'privy' if they give face.

Of course, this title can only be shouted in private, and no one will say this in public.

Xiong Xiling to be honest, he still looked down on Yuan Jinkai in his heart, if he hadn't caught up with the good time of the Secretariat's direct inspection of the embassy, and gave him the position of a central member who couldn't get up for a hundred years, but in his heart, he still had to give one face on the surface, plus this was a private occasion, so Xiong Xiling was generous and shouted Yuan Shumi.

Although Yuan Jinkai's talent cannot be compared with Xiong Xiling, Zhao E, Zhu Jiabao and others, he is also a person who has been in the Su family for many years, so although he saw Xiong Xiling's contempt for him, he didn't care.

It wasn't his own idea to come today, but he came because of Zhao Dongyun's hint!

"Third Brother Bing, you also know that now that our Eastern Province is striding forward, are you willing to stay where you are?" Yuan Jinkai said while drinking tea: "I also visited General Meng and General Xu last night, although their attitude is still relatively resolute, but they also said that if the Finance Bureau is willing to cooperate, they are also willing to compromise!" ”

Xiong Xiling looked up: "Oh, compromise? How much more do they want? ”

Yuan Jinkai said: "They said that the expansion of the army is imperative, but since the finances are tight, they said that they can do it gradually, first train an infantry association, and then gradually expand it into a division!" ”

Xiong Xiling didn't understand how the military expanded the army, and he was not interested, he said directly: "You just say how much money they want!" ”

"The first batch of 1 million in the first month, followed by 200,000 per month, so that the total amount is 2 million taels in half a year!"

Xiong Xiling heard that the funds were allocated in batches for half a year, and the four million taels asked for had also been reduced by half to two million, and he secretly said in his heart that it seemed that the military's turtles were still a little sincere, but he still said: "If it is half a year to raise two million, my Finance Bureau can barely raise it, but the first batch of one million is still too much, and the money given in the first month cannot exceed 500,000, and the rest will be paid in monthly installments!" ”

Xiong Xiling also explained: "In the first half of this year, our financial pressure was relatively large, and many of this year's taxes have not been collected, and this silver money will not be slightly relaxed until the second half of the year!" ”

"I think several generals in the military should be sympathetic to the hard work of their colleagues in the Finance Bureau!"

Under the hint of Zhao Dongyun, Yuan Jinkai coordinated in the middle, and finally suppressed this first civil and military dispute, and the military was forced to abandon the plan of building an infantry division in a short period of time, but accepted the plan of gradual expansion.

So it took another two days for Zhao Dongyun to officially approve Xiong Xiling's resignation letter, well, no!

So Xiong Xiling pretended to be not me, Xiong someone, who didn't love power, but the attitude that the country and the nation needed me, and ran back to work in the Finance Bureau.

However, after experiencing this incident, it also made Zhao Dongyun's favor towards Xiong Xiling decline slightly, although he understood Xiong Xiling's approach intellectually, he probably would play the trick of resignation and coercion, but emotionally he still felt unhappy.

However, there are not many people he can rely on in the financial system, although Zhao E, Zhou Ziqi, and Zhu Jiabao are all good, they can be regarded as foreign generals, you can let them develop local industry and commerce, but if you want them to play finance, their ability is still slightly lacking, as for the other civil officials under Zhao Dongyun, there are few people who can even be regarded as Westerners, and it is really not easy to find a person to preside over the financial work.

In contemporary China, there are really not many people who can provoke the work of a country's financial system, and those old-school bureaucrats in the pre-Qing era, including Zhao Erxun and Xu Shichang, who served as the secretary of the household transfer department, are actually unqualified, and they are not even Western-style officials, but can only be regarded as traditional administrative bureaucrats.

If it weren't for the factors of nationality and state, Zhao Dongyun would rather hire a real financial expert from London or Wall Street to be his director of the finance bureau with a high salary, rather than let the domestic bureaucrats take charge of the finance bureaus of the three eastern provinces.

Among many people in China, in fact, Zhou Xuexi and Tang Shaoyi are more qualified, but now Zhou Xuexi and Tang Shaoyi are both important members of the center, and now one is the chief of the finance department of the cabinet and the other is the director of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, so naturally they will not go to Shenyang to make him Zhao Dongyun the director of the finance bureau.

In this case, if Xiong Xiling doesn't do it, Zhao Dongyun really can't find a suitable person to manage the finances for a while, at most, let Zhao E or Zhou Ziqi or simply let Zhao Dongping go up, and if they go to manage the Finance Bureau in the past few months, it is a typical duck to be put on the shelf, don't expect them to be able to support it in the huge financial gap like Xiong Xiling before.

Don't look at the financial situation of the three eastern provinces in the past six months, Xiong Xiling shouts every day that there is no money, but it is undeniable that in the case of a financial gap of up to 10 million, Xiong Xiling can still maintain the finances of the three eastern provinces through various means and has not gone bankrupt so far, which is already an extremely superb financial ability, if it is replaced by several other officials in the financial and industrial and commercial systems of the Soviet Union, it is estimated that it will not be able to last for a month.

"Alas, no matter what time it is, talent is the most precious!" Looking at the spring rain outside, Zhao Dongyun sighed, and Yuan Jinkai behind him said: "Now we are indeed lacking in financial talents, but I heard that there are still several good abilities in the Finance Bureau and the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, don't worry!" ”

Zhao Dongyun smiled when he heard this, this has been the above for many years, and he has been a colleague with this Yuan Jinkai for many years, and a little mention of many words is to guess the meaning behind it, this Yuan Jinkai said that there are a few good abilities in the Finance Bureau and the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, which is clearly to recommend! ”