Chapter 368: Wage Increase
These princes of the Eight Banners have gone through a period of inhuman destruction, and in order to take out all the assets from them, the Feng army has conducted a fatigue interrogation of these people, where have the nobles of the Eight Banners, who have always been pampered, received this kind of treatment, and they have not slept for days and nights, endlessly.
What's even worse is that many of the children of the Eight Banners smoke opium, and it is no problem if they don't eat or drink, but without opium, the sky simply falls, and after three or five days of torture, these people have opened their mouths one after another, and almost all the funds deposited in foreign banks have been vomited.
This is also the reason why Zhang Tinglan did not kill them all, if these people are killed, the foreigner's bank will never hand over the huge amount of deposits. Don't look at how Westerners preach the so-called spirit of contract, in fact, these people are the best at exploiting loopholes.
If the owners of the deposits are dead, they will naturally be able to swallow these funds, and it is difficult for Feng Jun to get the money out, even if these Eight Banner Princes are still alive now, when Feng Jun goes out to get money, he is frequently harassed. In the face of the blackmail of these foreigners, Zhang Tinglan took a tough attitude, and threatened these guys that if they dared to refuse to pay, they would immediately make the matter public and make their credit collapse.
The great powers have a large number of banks in China, and the voices of these banks are also very loud, but they all have a common problem, that is, the deposit reserve is seriously insufficient, there is no real money at all, in the eyes of these guys, the signboard of foreigners is enough, and the identity of the great powers is their credit, so they are engaged in the trick of empty gloves and white wolves in China.
Zhang Tinglan held the Fengtian Bank in his hand and knew these things very well, so when these guys wanted to cheat, Zhang Tinglan directly hit their fate, and in the face of Zhang Tinglan's threat, these people did not dare to ignore it. It's really not worth it to ruin your reputation for millions, tens of millions, so Feng Jun got all this money out.
Seeing that the accumulation of several lifetimes has fallen into the hands of Feng Jun, these children of the Eight Banners have completely despaired, they have been idle for several lifetimes, doing nothing serious, just pointing to the wealth of their family to live, and now that these properties have been deprived, they really can't think of any other way to live.
However, at this time, Feng Jun was quite generous. did not rush to kill, but each family gave some money, at least 10,000 oceans, if you can live, this 10,000 oceans can live very comfortably if you use it well. If you continue to squander, even if you give a million, it will be useless.
Therefore, those who committed less serious crimes also paid more happily to the princes of the Eight Banners. All received the money. was released, only a small number of diehards remained, and they continued to be squeezed, and the people in the Forbidden City were also dismissed, and the ordinary palace eunuchs were each given twenty pieces of ocean, allowing them to bring a little of their own clothes. And then they were all dismissed without a hitch.
In addition, such as Eunuch Liu, who carried the crime on his back, all of them had to be carefully tried and their family property was recovered. Concubine Zuihou Jin and more than a dozen other people, with the little emperor Puyi. There are also 100,000 oceans, step by step out of the Forbidden City.
The soldiers and reporters all let out heartfelt cheers as they watched the last emperor leave in disgrace, and the garbage of the old Zuihou was finally swept away, and the Forbidden City was no longer the exclusive preserve of the royal family, but became a museum of the Forbidden City, within the reach of all citizens.
Zhang Tinglan and Zhang Xueliang entered the Taihe Palace, and specially found the emperor's dragon robe, which anyone can wear, and then sat on the dragon chair to feel the imperial power that was invincible in the past. Most of the soldiers in the Feng army are still children of poor families, and this entry into the customs is an eye-opener, and now they can wear dragon robes and live an emperor's addiction, they are all happy.
The solemn and sacred Taihe Hall is full of laughter, the big guys are all unscrupulous, and those reporters are also taking pictures frequently, ready to choose the most laughing and publish it in the newspaper, after all, an era is over.
The expulsion of Pu Yi has raised the prestige of Fengjun to a new level, and all major newspapers are talking about this matter, and they are not hesitant to praise Zhang Tinglan, praising Fengjun as a real new-style army, completely cut off from the old feudal era, Zhang Tinglan is a young general, an idol of the times.
The newspaper was lively and lively, and the biggest benefit was that the number of young students who followed Fengjun to the customs outside the customs increased dramatically, and the total number exceeded 1,000.
arranged for these students to go north, and at the same time, Zhang Tinglan reported the situation of the Forbidden City to Lao Duan, and asked Duan Qirui to send someone to manage the Forbidden City.
In fact, Lao Duan was also both happy and a little dissatisfied with the expulsion of Pu Yi by the Feng army, happy that Pu Yi was driven away, and Beiyang could save a huge sum of four million dollars every year, but he was dissatisfied that the Feng army was arrogant and domineering, and he didn't take it into his eyes at all, and he was not notified in advance of such a big thing as the expulsion of Pu Yi.
Fortunately, these annoying Feng Jun are finally leaving, and Lao Duan is really a little scared, and he doesn't know what tricks these mustaches will toss again.
At the time of the handover of the Forbidden City, Zhang Tinglan had already ordered his subordinates to take away the main gold, silver and jewelry, and some valuable cultural relics were not let go, after all, the thieves did not go empty, and the Fengjun also had to get their own remuneration, and it was not safe to leave these things to Beiyang, maybe they would face the danger of theft after something.
A simple estimate shows that the treasures taken out of the Forbidden City are worth more than two million, and as for those cultural relics, there is no way to measure them, all of them are priceless treasures. In addition, about three million were knocked out from those eunuchs, and these eunuchs also stole a lot of palace treasures, all of which were chased back by the Feng army and fell into their own pockets.
Everything was almost dealt with, and Zhang Tinglan took his subordinates and left the capital with a huge income. Of course, there is one more person to deal with, that is the famous Kang Youwei, this Kang Sage has been extremely decadent since he was blackmailed, crying and laughing, as if he was crazy.
"Clumsy words, if you want me to say it, you will shoot Kang Youwei directly, anyway, this guy has a poor character, dirty behavior, and is one of the culprits of the restoration, let a person like him live, it is a waste of food. Why give him back to Liang Qichao and keep a dog's life? ”
"I also want to shoot him, not only Kang Youwei, but also that Zhang Xun, as well as the old bureaucrats who restored together, and also the army that harmed the people in Beiyang, these are the scum of the old era, if they are not cleaned up, this country will not be able to be reborn."
Zhang Tinglan sighed: "In the final analysis, our strength is weak, and we can't completely declare war with the old era, so we can only get as much wealth as possible, but after having this money, give us another five years, Fengtian will be able to have earth-shaking changes, and after ten years, we will dare to call the great powers." ”
"People often say that it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, so let's work hard for ten years to make the Feng army strong." Zhang Xueliang said: "Humble words, can you help me talk to my father, I am going to manage the Air Force." ”
"Han Qing, now the Fengjun's air force has not been officially established, and the danger of flying is very great, you better not mix with it!"
"Humble words, you don't know, that day I watched He Shilong and them flying in the air, and I was extremely envious at that time, maybe this is fate, I have been thinking about this matter these days, and I am sure to manage the Air Force well."
Zhang Tinglan saw that his attitude was firm, and he also smiled: "It's rare that the young marshal has this idea, I will definitely help!" ”
After leaving Beijing, Zhang Tinglan and they did not rush back to Fengtian, but first arrived in Tianjin, Zhang Tinglan first went to see the Dagu Shipyard, according to the agreement with Lao Duan, this shipyard is also Fengjun, and is now preparing to move to the outside of the Guan.
However, to relocate a shipyard, it is not a trivial matter, Fengtian has set aside a section of coastline in Jinxi City, reserved for shipyards, the so-called Jinxi City is the Huludao of later generations, and it is also one of the most Haode areas in the Northeast for the development of shipbuilding industry.
The entire three eastern provinces, the development of shipbuilding industry and navy liliang, the most conditions are Lushun and Dalian, but it is a pity that Luda is still controlled by the Japanese, Feng army can not get involved at all, this is also a piece of Zhang Tinglan's heart disease, as long as the control of the Dagu shipyard, it sounded the horn of the Feng army to develop the sea liliang, sooner or later to drive the Japanese out of the three eastern provinces, the South Manchurian railway, Luda port are all things that the Feng army must get their hands on!
Walking on the way to Dagu, Zhang Tinglan's thoughts have been constantly diverging, but after arriving at the Dagu factory, Zhang Tinglan was immediately a little disappointed, the entire Dagu factory did not have the prosperity that the shipyard should have, but was extremely depressed.
The factory is dilapidated, there are wild grass everywhere, and from a distance, you can see that the machines are also rusty, without a trace of life. After arriving at the front of the factory, there were only about 100 people waiting here, led by a man in his forties, who was none other than Wu Yulin, the director of the shipyard.
He once studied in Germany, proficient in shipbuilding and mechanical maintenance, is a rare naval talent, after taking charge of the Dagu Shipyard, he wanted to do a big job, but immediately faced the dilemma of a shortage of funds, the shipyard had to repeatedly advertise in the newspapers, undertake various projects, rely on his own money, maintain the operation of the factory, the hardships can be imagined.
Just a few days ago, Wu Yulin learned that the Dagu Shipyard had been assigned to the name of Fengjun and had become an industry in Fengtian.
Hearing that the Fengjun was going to send someone to inspect, Wu Yulin could only take the workers to greet him early. Zhang Tinglan also noticed these so-called workers, all of them were in rags, some of them were wearing thick torn cotton clothes, and they could no longer distinguish the colors at all, like beggars and wanderers.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the first time you meet, you will have to obey the command of Fengjun in the future, there is nothing to serve as a meeting gift, from today onwards, the wages of each worker will be doubled, and each person will be given a bonus of ten yuan!" (To be continued......)