"Master, you have to call the shots for us, those people have been bullied to the doorstep, you have to take care of it!"

Meng Enyuan's manager cried and complained to him, and when Lao Meng looked at his manager, he also frowned: "What does this smell like on you?" ”

"Back to the old man, the villain asked Diao Min to throw rotten eggs, these damn students are not throwing me, they are slapping your old face, you must be the villain."

"Got it, get out of here, who can stand the smell of you." Gao Shifu on the side pinched his nose and waved his hand, telling the manager to get out of here quickly, he turned his head and said to Meng Enyuan: "Uncle, take a look, these students just kick their noses in the face and give them a shame, as long as you give an order, I will take people out and arrest them all." ”

"Shut up!" Meng Enyuan snorted suddenly: "If you hadn't messed with me, would this kind of thing happen now, I don't know how to converge, you want my life, which is a relative, you are a mortal enemy." ”

Meng Enyuan snapped and slapped the table hard, shaking the tea bowl on it, obviously the old guy was terrified and angry to the extreme.

The current situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for him, students and businessmen march every day, the newspapers are full of reports, and now even the housekeeper has been thrown rotten eggs, but I am afraid that the family of the Shuai Mansion will not dare to go out in the future.

It is simply majestic to go on like this, how can you have the face to stay in Jilin, Gao Shiwei shouted and shouted on the side, Meng En was far from thinking about it, but the current situation did not allow him to do this at all.

After walking a few laps on the ground, he then pointed at Gao Shiwei's head with his hand and reprimanded loudly: "You sober me up, those students can't threaten us for the time being, the most troublesome is Zhang Zuolin from Fengtian and Duan Qirui from Beijing." And the inner ghost on the ground! ”

Meng Enyuan has a wide network of contacts in Beiyang, and he has been informed that Guo Zongxi, the envoy of the patrol, has united with some officials who are dissatisfied with him, and jointly signed a letter, listing a total of eight crimes, including deducting military salaries, perverting the law for bribes, conniving at his subordinates, advocating the imperial system, colluding with Japan, and so on. Each of these lists a great deal of evidence.

Guo Zongxi directly asked Duan Qirui to withdraw Meng Enyuan and save the people of Jilin who were in dire straits, and after this thing was sent out, Lao Zhang also made a speech in Fengtian. accusing Meng Enyuan of being lax and infringing on Fengtian's commercial interests. demanded the removal of the initiator, Gao Shifu. At the same time, Meng Enyuan apologized to the business circles of the two provinces, and at the same time promised that such a thing would not happen again.

Originally, with Meng Enyuan's connections, he wouldn't care about this, but now the situation is different, although everyone hasn't mentioned Japan, everyone knows it. Meng Enyuan acted only at the instigation of Japan, so what is the relationship between Meng Enyuan and Japan is worth considering.

Not long ago, Fang Wendong rebelled. Nearly disrupted the whole of Mukden, and since then, the Beiyang government has been extremely disgusted with the collusion between the local shili and the great powers, especially Japan. If Japan uses Meng Enyuan again and instigates any action, the degree of harm will definitely be higher than Fang Wendong.

Even if Duan Qirui knew that Meng Enyuan would not do this kind of thing, Duan Qirui could not condone this phenomenon, this is the difference between being in the central government and looking at the problem, he must focus on the overall situation, otherwise other local powerful factions and foreign powers will collude, and the whole country will be in chaos.

It is precisely because of this that Duan Qirui also became dissatisfied with Meng Enyuan, so that all kinds of joint forces were superimposed, making Meng Enyuan stumble, and he didn't know what to do.

"Uncle, Guo Zongxi eats inside and out, he dares to sue you for his black state, he just doesn't want to live anymore, I'll go and arrest him now, and see what he dares to say."

"Guo Zongxi is not worried, he dared to come forward, and he was also instigated by Feng Zhang behind his back." Wu Tai'an also interjected on the side: "Dashuai, the most important thing now is Feng Zhang and Lao Duan, Zhang Zuolin has force, Lao Duan has the name of righteousness in his hands, if they all have the heart to let you step down, it will be troublesome." ”

Wu Tai'an said what Meng Enyuan was most worried about, that is, once Lao Duan gave Shang Fang's sword to Zhang Zuolin, Lao Zhang would be able to take him down directly with the powerful Feng army, and at that time, there would be no room for maneuver at all.

"Old Wu, can you tell me what you can do?"

"Dashuai, as the so-called one thing descends one thing, if you want to suppress the flying and domineering Fengzhang, you must have a more powerful liliang."

"You mean the Japanese?" Meng Enyuan asked in a deep voice.

"That's right, we are helping the Japanese this time, but we got into such a big trouble, shouldn't the Japanese be responsible, shouldn't they help?"

Meng Enyuan nodded, the current situation is indeed very bad, and the only ones who can save him are the Japanese.

"Wuru, what do the Japanese say, can they help?"

When Gao Shifu heard this, his face also showed a trace of embarrassment, and he reluctantly said: "These little devils are too unreasonable, I went to ask, that Lin Cunzheng said that the responsibility is ours, if it wasn't for my soldiers to let the convoy and reporters go, the situation would not get out of control, so they let us solve it ourselves!" ”

"What?" Meng Enyuan immediately raised his eyebrows, and his anger rushed straight to his head, he grabbed the teacup on the table, and fell to the ground with a snap, the teacup was shattered, he was still angry, and scolded: "What a Japanese devil with no conscience, if it weren't for them Zhang Luo, would we go to detain the convoy, as for falling into this step of the field, the result was wrong, their grandsons ran upside down, this is unloading the mill and killing the donkey!" ”

Meng Enyuan finished scolding the Japanese, and he was still angry, so he scolded Gao Shifu again.

"What about your usual arrogance, why don't you dare to use it on the Japanese, they let you do something, provoke the basket, and pat your ass to let them go? I can see through you, it's just a nest, why don't you have the ability to outsiders? ”

Gao Shiwei also knew that he was at a loss, and now that he was scolded, he didn't dare to fight back, so he could only listen with his head down. Wu Tai'an, who was on the side, saw that Meng Enyuan was almost scolded, and said: "Dashuai, I think that if you want to solve the trouble, you have to find the Japanese, otherwise no one will be able to suppress Feng Zhang, let's go find them again." ”

Meng Enyuan thought about it carefully, and he had to admit that Wu Tai'an's method was still the safest. As long as Zhang Zuolin can be suppressed, all the troubles will be gone, and those troublesome students can be solved in minutes and seconds, as for Guo Zongxi, Lao Meng has been operating in Jilin for so long, and this confidence is still there.

"Wuru, if you get into trouble, you can solve it, go and find that Lin Cunzheng now, if it doesn't work. Just contact Kihachiro Okura directly and ask them to come forward and speak for us. ”

Gao Shiwei had no choice but to nod in agreement, and hurriedly left the Shuai Mansion, Meng Enyuan and Wu Tai'an could only wait quietly for the news.

In fact, this time the tide of overthrowing Meng can blow so violently. It's not just Lao Zhang's instigation, after all, Zhang Zuolin was only the commander of the 27th Division half a year ago. It can't affect Jilin at all.

Meng Enyuan has been in Jilin for many years. However, he is exactly the same as most Beiyang bureaucrats, he is insatiable, he does not know how to cherish the people's power at all, and he does not know how to develop the economy, and Jilin under his control is the most fertile black soil area, and it is not a problem to feed tens of millions of people. As a result, there are still famines among three or four million people from time to time, which shows that Meng Enyuan's ability to do civil affairs is inferior.

And that's not all, Meng Enyuan also appoints private individuals, as long as he is related to his relatives. can be reused, these guys don't do anything serious at all, they only know how to eat and take cards everywhere, extort money, and are worse than those bureaucrats in the former Qing Dynasty.

As a result, people's livelihood withered, business was difficult, and Meng Enyuan also made a fatal mistake, that is, the indiscriminate issuance of paper money and financial collapse.

Zhang Zuolin's ability to sit firmly on the throne of Fengtian and gain respect from all parties is not Lao Zhang's civil affairs measures, after all, some things cannot be effective in a short period of time. The most popular thing is that it has stabilized the financial sector, and the Bank of Mukden is functioning normally, and it can even suppress the banks of Japan, and the value of the Bukden currency is stable and strong, which is really important for business transactions.

In the past, if you want to do business with other regions, you must first exchange currency, Chinese and foreign currencies, silver dollars and paper money have a big gap, and the value of the currency is constantly fluctuating violently, which not only delays time, but also brings huge risks, it is likely to be a profitable business, just because of the fluctuation of the currency value, it will suffer losses.

And every time it is exchanged, it has to be exploited, and the merchants complain bitterly. Now the value of the ticket is stable, recognized by all parties, and it can be used directly wherever it goes, which greatly accelerates the speed of commodity flow and reduces costs and risks. Moreover, when you do business with foreign businessmen, you can avoid the exchange rate trap of foreigners, and the benefits are too many.

With this, Lao Zhang can get the full support of the Fengtian business community, and now with the improvement of Fengtian's economic strength, the ticket is beyond the provincial boundary, at least the north of the hot river is in use, Jilin also has a large number of tickets, good money drives out bad money, which is also an inevitable trend.

The situation is very clear, that is, under Meng Enyuan's rule, the people are not happy, and the people have endured to the extreme, and the difference is just a spark. This time, Gao Shiwei colluded with the Japanese to give Jilin the most haode venting channel, which is why such a huge momentum was formed.

Not only students, but also businessmen and citizens also participated, there were tens of thousands of marches in Jilin and Changchun, and there was also a trend of resistance to donations and taxes in the local area, and even the peasants were not stable, and Meng Enyuan was also overwhelmed.

Just when Meng Enyuan was worried, his nephew Gao Shiwei finally ran back, and as soon as he entered the door, he said: "Uncle, the Japanese have given assurances, they say that as long as you give Fengtian daoqian, and then give a little symbolic compensation, they will come forward to keep your position." ”

After Meng Enyuan heard this, his eyes suddenly widened, what kind of identity do you have, can you give a reckless guy like Zhang Zuolin, isn't this a slap in the face!

"I don't agree, you tell the Japanese, if they don't help, I'll tell the Japanese, in short, they instigated everything, break the jar and break it, see who is more afraid."

"Dashuai, you can't be rash." Wu Tai'an hurriedly persuaded: "I think this condition is not bad, give Zhang Zuolin a step, it is also a step for us, if you keep going like this, it will have too much impact on your prestige!" ”

Meng Enyuan barely suppressed his anger, and he was constantly calculating in his heart, Wu Tai'an's words were still very pertinent, the eldest husband could bend and stretch, and when he got through this crisis, he would find Zhang Zuolin to settle accounts.

At this time, suddenly his subordinates ran over in a panic, and when they arrived in front of Meng Enyuan, they panted and said: "Dashuai, things are not good, the people from the Chamber of Commerce have just announced that they are going to give up the auspicious ticket and switch to the settlement with the ticket, and they still said......"

"Say what?" When Meng Enyuan asked this, he was already in charge, the currency of a province is the lifeblood of a warlord, if he loses this power, how can he exploit the people, and how can he pay the army, this time it happened to poke Meng Enyuan's lungs, so he couldn't help but be angry.

His subordinates trembled and said: "Dashuai, they say that you are in collusion with the Japanese and can no longer protect the interests of the merchants, so before you deal with this incident, they must use the ticket instead, unless you can publicly daoqian and punish the culprit." ”

"What a ruthless little man Zhang, he dares to play this hand for Lao Tzu, if Lao Tzu is afraid of you, I will not be surnamed Meng!" Meng Enyuan turned his head and said to Gao Shifu: "Wuru, you transfer troops immediately, let's fight with Feng Zhang!" (To be continued......)