Sun Yuanqi suddenly thought of a rumor near rì.

Since the convening of the State Council, Tang Shaoyi has always taken it as his mission to reconcile the conflict between the League and the Beiyang system. In carrying out the policies formulated by Yuan Shikai, he would first consider the views of the League on this. If the alliance will resolve the opposition, he will go to the Grand Presidential Palace to ask Yuan Shikai for changes. Yuan Shikai was born in Qiu Ba and has always been arbitrary, and Tang Shaoyi was promoted by him and held a high position, according to reason, Tang Shaoyi should be grateful to Dai De and bow down to his orders, but now he is embarrassed by him everywhere, and he is inevitably annoyed in his heart.

A few years ago, Tang Shaoyi fought with Yuan Shikai because of something. Yuan Shikai began to wonder if Tang Shaoyi was blackmailing the alliance to respect himself, and was even ready to wear a pair of pants with the alliance, so he tried to persuade Tang Shaoyi to quit the alliance on the grounds of the party's prosperity. I don't know if I was angry, or I was straight to express my heart, Tang Shaoyi categorically refused: "I'd rather resign than sacrifice my party membership!" ”

Although this is a rumor, it is enough to see Tang Shaoyi's political leanings.

Sun Yuanqi asked: "Prime Minister Shaochuan, who do you think will oppose the loan conditions of the six bank groups, the Beiyang Army?" Or the Southern Revolutionary Army? ”..

Tang Shaoyi hesitated: "They should all be opposed, right?" ”

Sun Yuanqi said: "Who is more opposed? ”

Tang Shaoyi was stunned for a moment, and said for a long time: "It should be the Southern Revolutionary Army, right?" ”

Sun Yuanqi sighed slightly: "I also know that Nanjing's temporary situation ended in a hurry, leaving many deficits to be filled, so the alliance wants to take advantage of this disarmament and disbandment to embezzle part of the funds to fill the financial gap; On the other hand, in the face of strong military pressure from the Beiyang Army. In addition to worrying, the alliance also wants to reduce some troops and purchase some weapons by the way. In order to maintain the balance of power. That's why the League will strongly oppose the supervision of the use of funds and the demobilization of the army by the banks of the six countries, right?

"If Sun is not mistaken, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, the League will use the pretext of betraying China's sovereignty to lash out in the newspapers and resolutely oppose the aftermath of the loan of the bank group of the six countries, right? Actually, they are not against borrowing. It is only against the supervision of the six nations bank group on their use of money and the demobilization of the army. Right? ”

Tang Shaoyi was silent.

Sun Yuanqi continued: "Before the move to the north, the League hastily formulated the Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China, hoping to limit the powers of the president, the Senate, and the state ministers through strict procedural justice. in order to preserve the gains of the revolution. Unexpectedly, at present, the president is still strictly abiding by the "Provisional Covenant", but the League has ignored procedural justice and wantonly trampled on the law for the sake of petty profits. If the President amends the Provisional Statute at will, what will the League have to criticize it?

"Now the Beiyang system is strong and the alliance will be weak. It is human nature to sympathize with the weak. It's also a good thing. But sympathy is not the same as favoritism, and the best sympathy is to maintain strict objectivity and impartiality. Temporary favoritism may benefit the Alliance, but continued favoritism will only anger the Beiyang system, attract crazy retaliation, and ultimately harm the Alliance. Now that the State Council has not been established for a long time, it should set an example for future generations, rather than become a negative teaching material for the future, so we must persevere in it! ”

The Chinese nation, with the Han nationality as the main body, has always been known for its kindness. There has never been a lack of compassion, and sometimes it is even overflowing. But the black-and-white binary mindset is deeply ingrained in the minds of the people. As a result, compassion is not fully transformed into kindness, and sometimes it becomes a tool for aiding abuse. For example, the country's ethnic policy.

Originally, according to the Constitution, all ethnic groups in the country should be equal. However, some people are overflowing with compassion and feel that there are few ethnic minorities and they are weak; Historically bullied and discriminated against by the Han Chinese, they need to be compensated. As a result, a series of special policies have been formulated, such as giving ethnic minorities extra points in college entrance examinations, leniency in family planning, and "two less and one leniency" in the judiciary. Under the favoritism of these policies, the Han nationality, which is in the main body, is in a weak position. It is this sympathy, which leads to favoritism, that has become the main cause of strong Han nationalism and ethnic hatred.

Another example is the issue of giving up seats to the elderly, originally young people only helped the weak out of sympathy, but in some convenient places it turned into a rule of favoritism, and many elderly people also took the favoritism caused by this sympathy for granted, and even spoke ill of those who did not give up their seats, punched and kicked them. In the crowded bus like canned sardines, many elderly people who have just gotten on the bus completely ignore the crowd on the bus and say calmly: "I'll go find a seat in the back!" "The end result? Not only has it failed to foster a tradition of respecting the elderly, but it has led to resentment among young people towards the elderly.

Tang Shaoyi said for a long time: "The matter has come to this point, it is useless to say more." Tang came to visit today, just to ask the virtuous brother to help, and borrowed 3.5 million yuan from Bloomage Bank as a disarmament severance fee! ”

To be honest, since Sun Yuanqi knew the reason why the Alliance would refuse to borrow from the Six Nations Bank Group, he hated the Alliance in his heart, even if he had 3.5 million spare money in hand now, it was not rare to lend them it!

Seeing that Sun Yuanqi was silent, Tang Shaoyi added: "In addition to the annual interest rate of 5% for this loan, we will use the income and property of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway as a guarantee to ensure that Bloomage Bank will not bear any risks." ”

The Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway is about 200 kilometers long, from Běijīng Fengtai to Zhangjiakou in Hebei Province via Badaling, Juyongguan, Shacheng and Xuanhua, and was started in September 1905 and completed in 1909. It is the first railway in China that does not use foreign funds and personnel, built and put into operation by the Chinese themselves, and the railway transportation students of Jingshi University have made great contributions to it.

Because this railway was built by the Chinese themselves, the right of way is still in the hands of China, and it is also one of the few guarantees that the State Council can hold. But this railway is within the sphere of influence of the Beiyang system, and Yuan Shikai can take it back at any time, so for Sun Yuanqi, it is simply a pity to eat meat and abandon it.

Seeing that Sun Yuanqi still did not agree, Tang Shaoyi had no choice but to grit his teeth and say: "As long as you agree to borrow, the State Council promises to give Bloomage Bank the right to issue currency throughout China!" ”

In the later part of the Qing Dynasty, due to the ignorance of the importance of currency issuance rights, they adopted a laissez-faire policy and relied on Chinese and foreign businessmen to issue money, resulting in chaos in the Qing Dynasty banknotes and a mess in the financial market. After the Xinhai Revolution, the financial and financial affairs were even more chaotic, all kinds of currencies emerged in endlessly, only at that time there were more than 10 kinds of silver dollars in circulation, in addition to the Sun Datou of Bloomage Bank, there were also foreign banks of Benyang (that is, the head of Carlos III of Spain silver dollar), Zhanren (British British goddess standing like silver dollar), Eagle Yang (Mexican eagle catching snake national emblem silver dollar), etc., Guangdong, Hubei, Jiangnan, Anhui and other Longyang and Jilin coins, Dongsan Province coins, Fengtian coins, mint coins, Beiyang coins, Qing silver coins, etc.

It is precisely because of this confusion that Sun Yuanqi has a clear understanding of the so-called currency issuance right. In fact, the right to issue currency is an integral part of national sovereignty, and it is generally exercised by the state by granting special agencies, and then the currency issued by the special agencies can be circulated in accordance with the law in the country. If you want to really investigate it, Sun Datou issued by Bloomage Bank is like a child without a birth permit, it is a black account, and it is even considered illegal currency, and it cannot be circulated in China at all.

Sun Yuanqi asked after a moment: "Premier Shaochuan, let's not talk about whether we borrowed money from Bloomage Bank, but ask you about the refusal of the six countries banking group, does President Yuan Da know?" According to Chief Xiong Bingsan, the banking group of the six countries signed an agreement with President Yuan Da to enjoy the right of preferential borrowing. Don't let the bank group of the six countries lodge a stern protest to President Yuan Da, accusing the Republic of China of violating the agreement! ”

Tang Shaoyi said disapprerovitously: "The emergency borrowing to alleviate financial constraints originally belonged to the scope of the cabinet's authority, and President Yuan had already entrusted me with full authority to borrow before, so Tang naturally had the right to choose to borrow, so why should I inform President Yuan Da of everything?" The disarmament and severance are very important, and the loan needs to be handled as soon as possible, so Chief Baixi may wish to contact Bloomage Bank by telegram after a while and tell Tang the truth. If Bloomage Bank is interested, you can give me an answer within two days, otherwise Tang will have to find another home! ”

After speaking, Tang Shaoyi got up and said goodbye.

After sending Tang Shaoyi away, Sun Yuanqi came to Chen Xunen to discuss for a long time. It's a pity that neither of them understands finance, they don't know much about the right to issue money, and they can't say that they are ugly. In the end, Sun Yuanqi still sent a telegram to Lilith in Shanghai according to Tang Shaoyi's words, detailing the loan situation. Soon Lilith called back: "The matter is serious, I will arrive in Beijing as soon as possible." ”

Sun Yuanqi was a little puzzled: Tang Shaoyi only gave two days, and now there is no plane between Beijing and Shanghai, let alone a high-speed railway, how can he catch up? If you take a steamer, it will take at least one day or two nights to get to Tianjin, and the steamer only has a few voyages, so you can't take it at any time; If you take the train, it will take ten hours to take more than 300 kilometers of the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway alone, and when you go north to the capital along the Jinpu line, it is estimated that the daylily will be cold.

Quickly took another telegram to inquire, and Lilith called back with only two words: airplane.

It turned out that more than a month ago, after Sun Yuanqi's vigorous encouragement, Lilith finally decided to establish China Airlines, and actively purchased land in Shanghai, Nanjing, Jinan and other suburbs to pave the airport. After dozens of days of intense preparation, all the airports along the route from Shanghai to Běijīng were completed, and the plane arrived in Shanghai smoothly from Jingshi University in Běijīng. At this time, Tang Shaoyi came to Sun Yuanqi and prepared to borrow money from Bloomage Bank. Lilith immediately made a decision: she would be the first passenger to complete the first commercial flight of China Airlines, as a testament to the strong advantages and bright prospects of the aviation industry.

To say that Sun Yuanqi is not worried is a lie.

The world's first airline was founded on November 16, 1909 as Deutsche Airship AG. From the name it became known that the means of transport they used was a large balloon with propulsion and controls for airships, not airplanes. If you want to talk about airlines that use airplanes as a means of transportation, it is estimated that China Airlines is the first. Since it is the first one, there are inevitably many risks. Even if the aircraft technology gradually matures later, isn't it still the case that there are air crashes every once in a while?

Did you tell Lilith that aviation technology was not yet mature? Passenger service is not yet mature?

After thinking about it again and again, Sun Yuanqi said to himself: You must believe in science and technology! Believe in the inventions of the teachers and students of Jingshi University! (To be continued.) )

ps: This is the second update!!