Chapter 277: The National Government
When Wang Zhenyu returned to the negotiation site, a list of personnel drafted by the representatives of the two sides had already been placed on the desks of the nine committee members. According to this list, the future national government will have one vice chairman and three vice chairmen, and the specific positions of these four positions have not been decided, but the four candidates have been determined, that is, Huang Xing, Sun Wen, Wang Zhenyu, and Zhang Taiyan.
Wang Zhenyu thought about it, crossed out his name, and put the name of his uncle Wang Longzhong on it.
If everyone can determine it, then the negotiations will be basically successful, and the rest will belong to the category of sharing the spoils.
Hu Hanmin was the first to stand up and speak: "Ladies and gentlemen, the chairman of the Nationalist Government is the first responsible person in the nine southern provinces and regions of China, and no one is allowed to hold it unless he is famous. Among the four, only Sun Wengong is a well-deserved revolutionary leader at home and abroad, so Sun Wengong cannot take on this important responsibility......"
Sun Wen wanted to be the leader as early as Wang Zhenyu expected, but he didn't plan to fulfill it, the reason is very simple, this kid has a righteous reputation, so it would be great if he played with empty gloves and white wolves. Maybe this big warlord is the first to be cleaned up, assassination, rebellion, infighting, there are many ways. Therefore, there are two arrangements for Sun Wen and Wang Zhenyu, one is to be the leader of the New Party, and the other is to be the speaker of the National Assembly, anyway, it is impossible to be the chairman of the National Government.
However, Wang Zhenyu was not in a hurry to rise up to oppose it, and Zhou Hui and the others had already figured out the thoughts of the deputies, and sure enough, Zhang Taiyan, who represented the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Restoration Meeting, was the first to stand up and express his opposition.
"What Cousin Zhan said is true, Sun Wengong is indeed a recognized revolutionary leader at home and abroad. But revolution is one thing, construction is another. I have no personal grudges against Brother Sun Wen, but in my heart, Sun Wengong's talents are not suitable for this position, and we saw this during the Second Revolution. If it weren't for Sun Wengong's stubbornness and disobedience to people's words that day, how could hundreds of thousands of revolutionary liliang be buried in the hands of Yuan thieves in vain? And if the thief Yuan didn't lose the containment of the south, how could he dare to claim the emperor later? As Cousin Zhan said, the chairman of the Nationalist Government is actually the first person in the south, and such an important position is related to the well-being of hundreds of millions of people, so it is natural that it should be given to rational people. Therefore, Zhang did not agree with Sun Wengong's proposal to serve as chairman. Zhang Taiyan is an anxious man, and he also knows that he can't be the chairman of this post without military support, so he is straightforward and mercilessly opposes Sun Yat-sen's appointment to the position, and gambles that even Wang Zhenyu does not support Sun Yat-sen to take the position.
Subsequently, the committee members expressed their positions one after another, and what was surprising was that on the side of the revolutionary party, Chen Jiongming did not support Sun Wen, and he strongly advocated Huang Xing to take the post of chairman. And Zhang Jingjiang, who has always supported Sun Yat-sen, did not know that Weishenme chose to abstain.
It seems that Zhou Bin's intelligence is really right, for the sake of the position, the revolutionary party has been divided into two factions, Sun and Huang, Wang Zhenyu secretly remembered the latest report of the Investigation Department that he saw in the morning.
It was the turn of the youngest person at the scene to speak, Wang Zhenyu smiled lightly in the face of everyone's nervous faces: "Everyone should know about the merger of the Kuomintang Socialist Party and the Revolutionary Party, we will form a new party, and the post of leader of the new party I want to think about it, it must be Mr. Sun." Therefore, I think that in order to avoid suspicion, it is reasonable for Brother Jing Cun to hand over the post of chairman of the National Government to Keqiang Gong. What do you think? ”
This is basically finalized, although Sun Yat-sen is a little disappointed, but the identity of the future leader of the ruling party still makes him much easier.
So the future chairman of the national government is Huang Xing, although he emphasized that he was not in good health and was unwilling to take office, but he could not withstand everyone's push, so he was reluctant to make it difficult.
And Zhu Anzhi's vice chairman is Wang Longzhong, this position is a bit similar to the vice president, if the president does not die, there is basically nothing to do, so Zhang Taiyan and Sun Wen, who are not clear about Huang Xing's physical condition, are not interested in this position, and it is better for them to hang the name of vice chairman.
The next position to be agreed on is also important, but it is also the least controversial, Wang Zhenyu as chairman of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government.
According to the results of the negotiations between the two sides, the armed forces of the south were unified and reorganized into the army of the Nationalist Government, and the name was changed from the Tigers Youth Army to the National Youth Army, referred to as the Youth Army.
The armed forces originally subordinate to the Chinese Revolutionary Party were reorganized into three divisions and incorporated into the Youth Army, and all the divisions were directly controlled by the General Staff Headquarters under the Military Commission, and the armed forces were not allowed to interfere in local civil affairs, apportionment and taxation without special authorization from the Nationalist Government, and the power to appoint and dismiss officers below the regimental level was also subordinate to the General Staff Headquarters, and the Military Commission directly appointed and dismissed officers above the regimental level. In this way, it will be very difficult to privatize and warlordize the army.
The list of members of the Standing Committee of the Military Commission has also been basically finalized, and it is only waiting for the establishment of the Nationalist Government, which will be nominated by Wang Zhenyu, and then submitted to the National Assembly for deliberation and appointment.
The next thing is the selection of the Supreme Court, according to the results of the negotiations, the Supreme Court will set up a lifelong ** official, and the post of lifelong ** official will be held by Wu Tingfang.
Next is the post of president of the National Government, according to the agreement, the first step in the organizational structure of the entire national government is to set up the Government Affairs Yuan, the Supervision Yuan and the Examination Yuan. Among them, the Government Council is equivalent to the State Council of the Beiyang Government, so the position of the President of the Government Council is very crucial, which has become the focus of contention among all parties. After some debate, on the basis of Wang Zhenyu's compromise, the Government Council finally set up a president, a vice president, and three political councilors (in charge of finance, diplomacy, transportation, culture and sports). The nomination of all departmental ministers will be considered by the six-member Council of the Council, with the President having one vote to two votes. The results of the deliberations shall be submitted to the President of the National Government for approval, and the President of the Government Council shall sign and appoint them.
In the end, it was Hu Hanmin who won the first president of the Nationalist Government, which was seen as a major concession by Wang Zhenyu. The vice president is Zhou Zhiyun, and the four political councilors are Ye Zuwen, Wang Zhengting, Liao Zhongkai, and Cai Yuanpei.
On the issue of the National Assembly, Wang Zhenyu finally realized that he really lacked enough political talents, and after thinking about it again and again, he felt that he still threw the plate of the National Assembly to Zhang Taiyan and Sun Wen to toss, so he nominated Zhang Taiyan as the first speaker of the National Assembly, and Wang Jingwei and Zhang Jingjiang as vice speakers.
As for Chen Jiongming, Wang Zhenyu strongly advocated that he be the president of the Supervision Yuan, because although this person is a *** in history, he is a rare clean official and upright. It would be appropriate for him to be in charge of the government's future anti-corruption efforts. As for Wang Zhenyu of the Examination Institute, he doesn't care, the main body hasn't gotten up yet, and this department doesn't know where it should exist?
Next is some agreements under the table, Wang Zhenyu put forward several of his own requirements:
The first is the concept of special administrative regions, the so-called special administrative regions are in fact military administrative regions, and all non-civil affairs in this region are handled by the Military Commission, and the national government only has nominal management power, and basically has no right to intervene.
The second is the China Development Corporation, which involves a wide range of industries and fields, and the ownership of a company with very strong capital has also been transferred to the Military Commission, and the Nationalist Government only has the power to levy taxes, not even the power to supervise.
The third is the bank, with Zhang Taiyan's mediation, Wang Zhenyu finally chose to reconcile with the Ningbo Gang. In accordance with the agreement between the two sides, five major state-owned commercial banks were established, among which the Xiangxi Commercial Development Bank, the China Development and Construction Bank, and the National China Merchants Bank were directly subordinate units of the Military Commission. Together with the soon-to-be-established Nanjing Guangfu Bank, and the Shanghai Siming Bank, which is dominated by the Ningbo Gang, they jointly obtained the right to issue Chinese currency. And this is the biggest concession that Wang Zhenyu thinks he makes, whoever controls finance will control the country, which is the view that Wang Zhenyu agrees with the most. Therefore, he must firmly grasp the situation through the development head office and the three major banks, so that even if he accidentally misses the field that day, he still has a chance to start again!
The fourth is the issue of local government, which Wang Zhenyu has no room for compromise. The provincial government establishes the post of provincial governor, who is solely responsible for civil affairs, and the army does not interfere, and the provincial governor is nominated by the national government and appointed by both the National Assembly and the provincial assemblies. Strictly speaking, this military region is not a combat unit, but a logistics unit, and its work is mainly responsible for coordinating the relationship between the local government and the local garrisons, and is responsible for recruiting new soldiers, mobilizing the people, managing the reserves, collecting supplies, and conducting special military operations in case of emergency. Together with the provincial government, they will have supervisory and command functions over the provincial security corps. Their rank is half a level lower than that of the Armed Mobilization Department, but they are also directly subordinate to the General Staff. Each provincial military district is allowed to have two combat units, a mixed infantry brigade (two infantry regiments plus an artillery battalion) and a training regiment. The commander of the provincial military district was given the rank of major general and the rank of full division. Lieutenant generals of the rank of deputy are allowed in special circumstances. In Wuhan, Nanjing, Shanghai, Changsha and other provincial capital-level cities, garrison headquarters should also be set up, and brigade-level units should be located in general garrison areas.
Considering that there was a lot to gain from the Nationalist Government, all parties finally accepted these four conditions of Wang Zhenyu.
On April 25, the fifth year of the Republic of China (1916 AD), the delegates to the plenary session moved from Shanghai to the residence of the Nanjing Military Management Committee, which was about to be designated as the seat of the Nationalist Government. A series of political agreements were signed, which basically represented the birth of the national government. According to everyone's agreement, from May 1 of the fifth year of the Republic of China to May 1 of the 10th year of the Republic of China, these five years are the period of supervision of the National Government. In fact, at this time, all parties to the agreement think so in their hearts, God knows if this agreement can be fulfilled, and one day at a time.