Chapter 246: The Lord of One Side

The roe deer scooped the fish, and the pheasant flew into the rice pot. This sentence is often used to describe the abundance of the Great Northern Wilderness, of course, this phenomenon has almost disappeared in later generations, but at this time, Zhang Tinglan dared to say with great confidence that this is true, and the richness of the three eastern provinces is far from being comparable to other places.

In particular, it has not been developed for a long time, it is sparsely populated, and many animals do not know how to be afraid of people, and they can catch pheasants like pulling turnips. The abundant products and thick black soil have a fatal attraction for immigrants in Kannai.

Originally, Zhang Tinglan mainly tried to immigrate a large number of people, but now that his father is in charge of the overall situation of Jilin, the development of Jilin is equivalent to his own family's affairs, Zhang Tinglan naturally has to be more attentive, he proposed his own idea to Lao Zhang, to immigrate to Jilin within half a year, 500,000.

Let the total population of Jilin reach 4 million, and with these populations as a foundation, it will not be difficult to support 20,000 soldiers. Zhang Tinglan was also not prepared to put all the immigrants on the land, and a considerable part of them were to be sent to the cities, engaged in industry and commerce, and industry and the city were complementary to each other.

The vast majority of factories should be located near large cities with convenient transportation, of course, a large factory can also give birth to a city, Zhang Tinglan has begun to plan industrial development, a large number of labor is indispensable.

"In a humble way, I have no objection to immigrating to Jilin, but I can't forget Fengtian and Heilongjiang, the three eastern provinces all need immigrants, and a bowl of water must be leveled."

"Dashuai, I have estimated that if the three eastern provinces attract 1.5 million immigrants every year, the immigrants will reach 15 million within ten years, and people will live and reproduce, and in ten years, the population of the Northeast will exceed 30 million, which will definitely not be a problem. In fact, it is almost 500,000 per province! ”

In fact, in the original history, Zhang Zuolin and his son also attached great importance to the work of immigration, and at the time of the 918 Incident, the population of Northeast China had reached more than 30 million, which was basically the same as the speed estimated by Zhang Tinglan.

"Dashuai, how about we formulate a general charter for immigrants in the three provinces, and then each province fine-tunes it according to its own situation?"

"That's a good idea. It's just a bit of a misnomer. Lao Zhang sighed heavily, and then said: "Premier Duan has been appointed to our position, and it is a little inconvenient for me, the Fengtian Overseer, to manage the three provinces. ”

After Xu Lanzhou and Gao Shiwei launched a rebellion, there was a vacuum of power in Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces. When Lao Zhang asked Zhang Zuoxiang to temporarily supervise the army in Jilin, he also made a request to the Beiyang government. Let them implement the appointment.

In addition, Lao Zhang also gave Duan Qirui a message through some people. Give Lao Zhang a step higher and become the patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces, so that Lao Zhang can manage the three provinces justifiably. However, Lao Duan stuck this appointment, not only did he not give Zhang Zuolin the title of the patrol envoy, but Zhang Zuoxiang's position was also depressed.

Lao Duan only gave Zhang Zuoxiang the title of supervising the aftermath and asked him to temporarily manage Jilin's military affairs. Of course, Lao Duan also knew that the situation in the three eastern provinces was too chaotic, and he didn't send another overseer to add to the chaos, Zhang Zuoxiang's power was actually similar to that of the overseer, just doing things. It's true that some of the names are not right.

The governor of Jilin is still Guo Zongxi, he has long cooperated with Zhang Zuoxiang's father and son, and they have a tacit understanding with each other, and the real trouble is Heilongjiang. The Feng army originally sent troops under the banner of supporting Zhu Qinglan, so after defeating Xu Lanzhou, Zhu Qinglan was still the overseer of Heilongjiang, and the governor fell on Bi Guifang's head.

Wu Junsheng only got the title of a military assistant, nominally his power is not as big as Zhang Zuoxiang's aftermath supervision, Lao Wu is also very dissatisfied, the situation in Heilongjiang is similar to before the war, and it has returned to the situation of the game between all parties, but the original Shili The most powerful Xu Lanzhou has fallen, and has been replaced by a shili bigger Wu Junsheng.

Because Lao Zhang did not have the title of patrol envoy, it was not easy to make unified appointments to officials in the three eastern provinces, and many government affairs could not be implemented, so Zhang Zuolin was also very depressed.

"Dashuai, you don't have to worry, whether Duan Qirui admits it or not, you are the master of the three eastern provinces, it doesn't matter what your status is, the important thing is that the Feng army is up and down, and tens of thousands of guns are under your command!"

When Zhang Zuolin heard this, his heart was also warm, who kissed and who was sparse, he saw it very clearly!

"Dashuai, Duan Qirui can press the reputation, we can completely bypass him and unify the three eastern provinces together."

"Oh?" Lao Zhang's eyes were also bright, he didn't know how to completely control the three eastern provinces, the stumbling blocks in the Beiyang, the pressure of the Japanese did not disappear, and the most urgent thing was to unify and all Liliang.

"Tell me quickly, what is the solution?"

"Dashuai, I suggest starting with financial power, after the war, Jilin's economic system almost collapsed, so let my father make a statement on behalf of Jilin, merge Jilin's official bank account into Fengtian Bank, unify the currencies of the two provinces, and abolish auspicious bills. Then Heilongjiang is following up, I think Zhu Qinglan is a smart person, he will be willing to hand over power, after the unification of the monetary policies of the three provinces, and then let Mr. Min Yuan take the lead in unifying the financial policies of the three provinces, so that the financial power will be completely unified. ”

It seems that only the later European Union foolishly launched the euro and unified the currency, but the result was no unified finance, which caused the later debt crisis.

"After the unification of financial power, don't you still bear the title of commander-in-chief of the three eastern provinces to suppress bandits, you might as well set up a headquarters and ask the military leaders of the three provinces to participate together, the qualified ones are nothing more than Wu Junsheng Uncle Wu, my father, plus a Zhu Qinglan, Uncle Wu and my father are your sworn brothers, as close as brothers, and Zhu Qinglan has received your favor, where will he oppose you, and you can also command the three eastern provinces in the name of a command director, so that the military power is also unified!"

After Zhang Tinglan put forward his own suggestion, Lao Zhang thought about it carefully, and immediately smiled, this method is indeed good, as long as the gun and money bag are firmly held in his hand, the three eastern provinces will actually fall into his own hands, and no one can snatch it away.

Thinking of this, Lao Zhang was still a little moved, when he first met Bao Guiqing, he proposed to unify the currency, but Bao Guiqing repeatedly prevaricated, in fact, everyone knows that giving up the power of currency issuance is equivalent to cutting meat, but Zhang Zuoxiang and Zhang Tinglan can take the initiative to raise this matter, which shows loyalty.

Lao Zhang even regretted it a little, he directly supported Zhang Zuoxiang and let his army enter Jilin, and there would be no trouble later, it seems that at a critical time, these old brothers are reliable!

Zhang Zuolin was full of emotion, but he ignored the ghost thoughts of the little fox in front of him, the unified currency did weaken the local power of Jilin, but don't forget that Fengtian Bank is still in Zhang Tinglan's hands, this power has not escaped from Zhang Tinglan's palm, but it has been moved from the left hand to the right hand.

By the way, he also turned back the monetary power of Heilongjiang, and Zhang Tinglan is also an out-and-out winner. As for the establishment of the Bandit Suppression Headquarters, Zhang Tinglan has deeper thoughts, he actually wants to change the paternalistic style of the Fengjun and turn it into a committee system.

In the original history, after Lao Zhang served as a patrol envoy, he was a veritable master of the three eastern provinces, and he could do everything arbitrarily. However, once the so-called anti-bandit headquarters was established in accordance with Zhang Tinglan's method, the consent of all members must be sought for all major and minor matters.

If the differences are too great, it is natural to vote to decide, the minority obeys the majority, the current territory of the Feng army is limited, and the personnel who can squeeze into this command are also limited, which has little impact on Lao Zhang's power, but in the long run, the territory of the Feng army is getting bigger and bigger, and the scale of the headquarters will inevitably expand.

Of course, this name will change, and it will become a military council, a military affairs committee, in short, but no matter how it changes, as long as the principle of voting and decision-making can be guaranteed, and the minority obeys the majority, the Fengjun will change from a patriarchal system to a collective leadership system, and Lao Zhang should not want to act arbitrarily, and the strategic mistake of blindly entering the customs by the Fengjun in history can be avoided.

If Lao Zhang knew Zhang Tinglan's deep-seated thoughts, he was afraid that Lao Zhang would not spare him, but fortunately, an old-school figure like Zhang Zuolin, although he was quick-witted, he didn't see through such a deep calculation, so he gladly accepted Zhang Tinglan's suggestion.

The power of the three eastern provinces immediately underwent a new reshuffle, and due to the war, the currencies of Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces were seriously devalued, and the common people complained that if they could be exchanged for a strong currency ticket, it would be something that everyone could not ask for.

The Chamber of Commerce in Jilin took the lead in agreeing that all commercial and trade transactions between each other should be settled by bills, and then Zhang Zuoxiang announced that the Jilin Guanyin Account would be merged into the Fengtian Bank and become the Jilin Branch of the Fengtian Bank, which was fully responsible for the currency exchange business.

With Zhang Zuoxiang as an example, Zhu Qinglan of Heilongjiang is not easy to resist, after all, without Lao Zhang, where can he return to Heilongjiang, so he can only follow up with pain, and the official bank number of Heilongjiang has also become a branch of Fengtian Bank, and the currencies of the three provinces are completely unified.

The market for Fengtian was doubled at once, and with the three provinces as the backing, the Fengtian Bank also grew rapidly, and the banks of the great powers also had sufficient confidence.

After the unification of the currency, Wang Yongjiang also invited Guo Zongxi and Bi Guifang to ask the three provinces to unify the fiscal policy, Bi Guifang still wanted to oppose it, but Guo Zongxi had already sided with Wang Yongjiang, they joined forces to force the palace, Bi Guifang could only reluctantly compromise.

After successfully obtaining the financial power, Lao Zhang summoned the military leaders of the three provinces in the name of chasing and suppressing the remnants of the bandits in Jilin and Heilongjiang, and set up the so-called anti-bandit headquarters.

In fact, this headquarters is no different from the meeting of the Tiger Hall, but there is only one more Zhu Qinglan, but the name has completely changed, and Lao Zhang can smoothly give orders to the three eastern provinces and become a well-deserved master of the party. At the same time, Zhang Tinglan also got everything she wanted, with enough stages, the next step is to invest and develop! (To be continued......)