Chapter 112: A Small Gift

Fengtian has been tossed upside down during this time, and the whole of China is also surging, and Lao Yuan's imperial industry has reached a critical moment. Relying on the Preparatory Committee and the petition group to jump up and down, the so-called public opinion was successfully created, and Lao Yuan also "reluctantly" summoned representatives from various provinces to gather in Beijing to prepare for a vote on the issue of national system.

Coincidentally, there was a carjacking case at this time, and the Japanese pressed over violently, and Lao Yuan suddenly felt dangerous, and he didn't have the heart to vote, so he contacted the ministers of various countries every day to seek support, and finally things eased down.

Although there was no settlement agreement with the Japanese, but there would be no war, Lao Yuan's subordinates urged Lao Yuan to vote as soon as possible, and soon the provincial representatives unanimously agreed to the constitutional monarchy, and the local officials also jointly supported it, and Lao Yuan's dream of being the emperor was finally opened.

Yuan Shikai's mind is not completely confused, he understands very well the truth of falling short for Shanjiu, the sooner he is about to succeed, the more he can't relax, especially to stabilize the powerful factions in various places.

A few days ago, Zhang Zuolin and Consul General Fengtian reached a cooperation agreement under which Fengtian would export grain to Japan at a 10% discount to help Japan stabilize grain prices. Regardless of how much discord there was before, but after all, he didn't tear his face, Lao Zhang exported grain to Japan at this time, which can be regarded as releasing enough goodwill to the Japanese.

The opinion of this little warlord in Japan is also much better, thinking that he can still be co-opted, so there is no obstacle to set up, and Lao Zhang will become the new capital of Mukden.

However, Lao Yuan was unwilling to withdraw his hands from outside the Guan, and after some consideration, he decided to appoint Duan Zhigui as the patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces to manage the military affairs of the three provinces. In this way, His Royal Highness Duan is still Lao Zhang's top boss, and after Zhang Zuolin was appointed, he suddenly jumped like thunder. Yuan's big head, isn't this a play!

"Han Qing, I have a different opinion, everything is justified, the seventh master turned out to be the division commander, and meddling in things outside the army is overstepping his authority. Now he is the governor, and he can justifiably manage the military and political affairs of Fengtian, although Duan Zhigui is a patrol envoy, he can be treated as if he does not exist. Anyway, Fengtian has already returned to Zhang Dashuai, and His Royal Highness Duan can only stand aside a long time ago! ”

"That's right. Brother Tinglan, now my father is a veritable Zhang Dashuai, then I am a young handsome! ”

"That's right, the real Zhang Shaoshuai, who dares to say no. I'm going to pump him! Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "Han Qing, I suggest that you hurry up and order a set of military uniforms for the generals." Wear it out. is definitely a young general with a magnificent weapon. ”

"Brother Tinglan, don't laugh, in fact, I always feel that there is no difference between Zhang Shaoshuai and Gao Yanei in the commentary, they all rely on the prestige of Lao Tzu, and the manly husband wants to fight the world by himself!"

It seems that this Young Marshal Zhang is quite ambitious! It is best to continue to be enthusiastic like this, so as not to ruin the foundation of the three eastern provinces.

Don't worry about what you say. From this moment on, Lao Zhang has become the master of Fengtian, and the real princes of one side are definitely something worth celebrating. Zhang Tinglan simply cleaned up and went to the Marshal's Mansion with Zhang Xueliang.

At this time, the Shuai Mansion was already full of lights, and it was very lively, and all the old brothers under Lao Zhang gathered to congratulate Zhang Zuolin on his ascension. Everyone has a smile on their faces, as the so-called bird flies away with Luan Feng, and now Zhang Zuolin is developed, which proves that everyone's vision was not wrong at the beginning.

With Lao Zhang's future, Sun Liechen, Zhang Jinghui, Tang Yulin, Yuan Jinkai and others sat on both sides of the tiger hall, compared with the past, the biggest difference was that on Zhang Zuolin's hand, there was a short and fat middle-aged man, who was Wang Yongjiang.

As soon as Zhang Tinglan entered the door of the Tiger Hall, he noticed Wang Yongjiang, judging from the seat, Wang Yongjiang is definitely the protagonist of today, and it seems that the chief manager of the Fengjun is also about to officially appear. At this moment, Zhang Zuoxiang and Yang Yuting also rushed over, Yang Yuting was mainly focusing on the training of the heavy artillery battalion, and Zhang Zuoxiang was recruiting sharpshooters.

It was Zhang Tinglan's idea to form a sniper unit, and Zhang Zuoxiang also knew that his son valued this matter, and he was more familiar with the sharpshooters in the Feng army, so he took the initiative to search for manpower. The heavy artillery unit and the snipers are the secret weapons of the Feng army, so the training sites are arranged outside the city, and they come here.

"Everyone is here, Lao Yuan appointed me as General Shengwu to supervise the military affairs of Fengtian, from today onwards, Fengtian is the territory of our buddies. It is precisely because of this that we should also move our minds to govern Fengtian well, so that the fathers and villagers can live a good life. For one term of office, for the benefit of one party, everyone talks about their opinions, what are you going to do! ”

After Lao Zhang asked this, everyone present was a little dumbfounded, if it is said that leading troops to fight, they are experts, and if it is said that governing the place, it is absolutely helpless. Of course, Zhang Tinglan and Yang Yuting have ideas in their hearts, but both of them are ghosts and clever, and it is obvious that Lao Zhang wants to give Wang Yongjiang a chance to perform today, so he should not talk too much.

Lao Zhang looked around, saw that no one was talking, then turned to Wang Yongjiang, and said with a smile: "Minyuan, you give a class to the big guy and talk about your ideas!" ”

Wang Yongjiang nodded slightly, because of Zhang Tinglan's matchmaking, Wang Yongjiang and Zhang Zuolin had several contacts, and now the affairs of the official silver account are basically handled by Wang Yongjiang, everything is in order, showing strong management ability.

Lao Zhang also asked Wang Yongjiang several times for advice on the idea of governing Fengtian, Wang Yongjiang talked eloquently, without reservation, Zhang Zuolin was also deeply inspired, and had the idea of using Wang Yongjiang.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Wang Mou will first talk about the overall situation of Fengtian, which currently has a total population of 8 million and sits on both sides of the Liao River. The fertile soil is thousands of miles away, and the products are abundant. However, every year there is a huge deficit in the finances, the income cannot make ends meet, the public order is chaotic, the financial turmoil, the people do not have enough to eat, thieves are rampant everywhere, and the people's livelihood is withered. I think these things boil down to one word, that is, poverty, and if you want to cure the poor disease of Mukden, you must make drastic financial management! ”

Wang Yongjiang's views coincide with Zhang Tinglan, don't look at Zhang Tinglan's toss during this time, but the effect is limited, he only let Lao Zhang have a little more money, and the business of Fengjun Provincial City has made great development, and public order has also improved. But other areas have not yet been affected, and Mukden still wears the hat of poverty and backwardness.

"Since ancient times, there have been two ways to manage money, one is open source and the other is to throttle. I believe that at present, we should focus on open source, supplemented by throttling, and the so-called open source is to expand new financial resources. This new source of income was divided into two kinds: the first was the peasants' taxes, and I suggested that the land should be cleared at once and all the land hidden by the landlords should be investigated. Let them all pay taxes. The second is industrial and commercial taxation, which is also the largest growth potential in Fengtian in the future. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Yongjiang's eyes inadvertently swept over Zhang Tinglan, after being in contact for so long, Wang Yongjiang is also very clear about some of Zhang Tinglan's secrets. Take the North Market as an example, how much tax revenue has flowed into Zhang Tinglan's pocket. Wang Yongjiang has an account in his heart. It turned out to be to elevate Zhang Xiluan and Duan Zhigui. Now that it is Zhang Zuolin's turn to take charge of Fengtian, these rules must be changed, and the tax power of the North Market will be handed over to the Fengtian government.

This is undoubtedly cutting meat, but Zhang Tinglan has been prepared for a long time, he has planned the North Market single-handedly, and has already taken the most profitable land in his hands. Then he took control of finance, both of which were inconspicuous and surprisingly profitable, and Zhang Tinglan had long since become less concerned about taxes. It's a good opportunity to hand it over now.

Seeing Zhang Tinglan's light and breezy appearance, Wang Yongjiang also secretly admired that this young man was really not simple, and he was able to be pampered and not shocked, which was really terrifying. Wang Yongjiang continued: "Land is dead, what can be harvested is limited after all, and the development of industry and commerce is huge, which is the main source of wealth in the future, so it must be carefully cared for. First of all, it is necessary to rectify the rule of officials, avoid arbitrary extortion and extortion by officials, and also deal with hooligans and scoundrels, as well as soldiers and ruffians! ”

Speaking of the word ruffian, Wang Yongjiang paused deliberately, and the hearts of everyone present also moved. Zhang Tinglan has long rectified public security, but Zhang Tinglan has no ability to deal with the tumor of soldiers, so he just restricts it to the greatest extent.

The first time Wang Yongjiang spoke in front of everyone, he raised the issue of the ruffians, which was tantamount to slapping everyone present in the face, they were the leaders of the ruffians, especially Tang Yulin and Zhang Jinghui, the soldiers under the two of them had the most problems.

The rectification of the soldiers and ruffians is undoubtedly where they opened the knife, even Sun Liechen's face is not very good, Fengjun was originally born as bandits, military discipline is lax, many soldiers play the role of gangster bosses, extortion everywhere, this is also an important income of Fengjun, although it is unreasonable, but it has existed for many years, if it is really cut off, everyone is uncomfortable.

"Let me say a few words about the ruffian." Zhang Zuolin saw that the atmosphere was not right, and took the initiative to take over the conversation: "In the past, we had no money in our hands, and we couldn't let the brothers starve to death, so I would turn a blind eye to some extra money." Now that the funds in hand are sufficient, everyone is not short of food and drink, and the military salary is not in arrears, if there is any more trouble, it will not be appropriate! ”

Since Wang Yongjiang raised the question of soldiers, Zhang Tinglan has been peeking at Zhang Zuolin's expression. It stands to reason that Zhang Zuolin has just taken power, and he should not mention such a sensitive topic, but Lao Zhang did the opposite, there must be an article in it.

"Yuting, it's not easy for the brothers to fight desperately, I don't think there are so many restrictions, let everyone have a little freedom!" Zhang Jinghui spoke first.

How do you know that Zhang Zuolin shook his head: "There are no rules, you can't make a circle, during this time I am formulating a pension standard, in the future, if the brothers are injured or even killed in battle, they must give their families enough pensions, so that the brothers have no worries." I Lao Zhang has done this step, they also have to be worthy of this money, if anyone dares to ignore military discipline and wantonly disturb the place, I will not be polite! ”

Zhang Zuolin did not hesitate to stand on Wang Yongjiang's side, which made the atmosphere in the Tiger Hall a little depressed, and Wang Yongjiang then talked about a lot of development opinions, but everyone didn't have the heart to listen.

finally broke up the meeting, and they all walked out dejectedly, but Zhang Tinglan took a few steps and stopped Sun Liechen.

"Sixth master, the first few days I asked a friend in Beijing to help contact me, he helped me buy a batch of Jiutian tribute glue, specifically to treat lack of qi and blood, I heard that Xianrui sister is weak, just to make up for her, in addition to I asked for a few dietary therapy prescriptions, I don't know if it works?" (To be continued......)