Chapter 385: Cleaning Up Heaven and Earth Again (Subscription Requested)
In short, all the beggars who were caught could not return to the city of Guangzhou, which was regarded as good governance, and the people of Guangzhou praised it for a long time.
Originally, the beggar shop was mainly composed of beggars, but in fact, the beggar shop was a first-class and wealthy guild in the city of Guangzhou, and there were many rich lords from the head of the line to the major leaders, and the property of these people was naturally confiscated by the military government to subsidize the family, but no one had any opinion on this kind of treatment.
It's just that Li Xian and Wang Jiuxuan counted and found that the property confiscated from the beggar shop alone was more than 500,000 taels of gold and silver and other cash, and the rest of the jewelry, houses, shops, and land deeds were of higher value, so they couldn't help but smile and felt that this business was doing very well.
However, some people from big families in Guangzhou City were vigilant, feeling that Wang Jiuxuan had been tolerant of beggars many times before, and he simply wanted to dig a pit and wait for others to jump down, and then confiscate the beggars' property.
When the beggars were destroyed and the atmosphere in the city of Guangzhou was renewed, no one dared to take the lead in opposing Wang Jiuxuan's work of cleaning the ditches, so he finally let him do it, clean up the silt deposited for hundreds of years, and return Guangzhou to a prosperous world, and received a lot of praise.
Immediately afterward, Wang Jiuxuan issued another order prohibiting anyone in the city from smoking opium, and even ordered the closure of any service that dared to provide opium.
Many of the wealthy people in Guangzhou like to smoke opium, and it is still the norm for casinos, Qinglou and other places to provide opium, even when Lin Zexu presided over the smoking ban, it was not completely banned, and some people have been secretly smuggling opium after the Chinese Guangfu Army took power.
The backlash against this order was huge, if it weren't for Wang Jiuxuan's previous efforts to build up a lot of prestige by cleaning up the beggars, I'm afraid that someone would have taken to the streets to oppose it on the spot.
What's more worrying, most of the casinos and green buildings in Guangzhou are industries run by members of the Heaven and Earth Society, which is a business that suppresses their own people, and many people feel that Wang Jiuxuan is a little unkind.
The Heaven and Earth Society originally had an extremely good relationship with the Sanyuan Temple, and Qin Rigang, the great master-level master of the Heaven and Earth Society, had been following the Sanyuan Concept closely, from the Corpse Soldier Rebellion to the later Battle of Sanyuanli, and finally the battle to occupy Guangzhou, Qin Rigang and his disciples were there.
However, things need to be carefully analyzed.
The Heaven and Earth Society is seriously divided, there are a large number of branch organizations, Qin Rigang is an important leader of the Guangzhou Heaven and Earth Society, yes, but it is by no means the largest leader, it can only be regarded as the leader of a large branch, there are four or five strengths similar to his strength, and the number of personnel and the level of assets are not worse than Qin Rigang.
At the beginning, the Sanyuan Concept was in difficulty, and Qin Rigang and his subordinates fought desperately, and other Tiandihui organizations were watching, even before and after the occupation of Guangzhou, they did not help, until the Huaxia Army took Guangzhou and did not jump out, claiming to be an important ally, grabbing territory and pulling people, and not giving any substantial help to the Huaxia Army, which can be regarded as a typical example of only taking advantage of the situation and not working.
This time, Wang Jiuxuan was very determined to ban smoking, and he also offered the name "Li Xian", a big name of Wang Bang, and asked the military department in the name of the Executive Yuan to take action, bring heavy troops into Guangzhou City, seize all entertainment venues that provide big smoke, strictly prohibit their trading, and arrest those who commit crimes against the wind.
After experiencing the beggar's deeds, everyone knows that Li Xian is the most unsympathetic, and once he does it, he will be overwhelmed by Mount Tai, and he will not give people any chance to resist, so he will panic.
Several leaders of the Heaven and Earth Society discussed for a while, and felt that Qin Rigang was still his own person, so he could entrust it, so he visited Qin Rigang with a heavy gift, and asked Qin Rigang to take advantage of the fact that he was also a member of the Heaven and Earth Society, pull the brothers along, intercede with Li Xian and Wang Jiuxuan, and open up the net.
Qin Rigang patted his chest and agreed, and sure enough, he mentioned this matter when the military government's high-level deliberations were at the top level, saying that Tiandihui would make a great contribution to the revolution, and he wanted the military government to open up the net and charter Tiandihui to operate big cigarettes.
Wang Jiuxuan didn't say a word, but Li Xian jumped out, accusing the Heaven and Earth Society of not doing anything about eating, and the smoking ban was not negotiable, and loudly accused Qin Rigang of having no principles, which finally annoyed Qin Rigang and fought with Li Xian on the spot.
Li Xian's martial arts have been advancing day by day during this time, but after all, he is only at the second-order level, and he is still a little worse than the fourth-order great master Qin Rigang, and he actually suffered a little dark loss after a fight.
This time it really caused a big incident, Wang Jiuxuan didn't see it well, and immediately let several great grandmaster-level masters of the Sanyuan Temple work together to suppress Qin Rigang and put him under house arrest.
The people of the Heaven and Earth Congregation were waiting for news at home, and when they waited for such news, they couldn't help but lose color for a while.
Li Xian was originally a little at odds with Qin Rigang, but this time he was really angry, and he made a heavy move, and wantonly seized all kinds of industries belonging to the Heaven and Earth Society, even some places that did not operate big tobacco were also banned.
The high-level leaders of the Heaven and Earth Society joined forces to oppose it, and a few of them were short-tempered and even organized people to resist the law by force, but they didn't expect that this Li Xian was not particularly powerful in fighting alone, once he used the troops, he was really superb, and directly led a special combat team composed of a large number of martial artists to carry out a surprise attack, and even arrested more than ninety percent of the masters and upper-level figures of the Heaven and Earth Society.
The Heaven and Earth Society has always been regarded as the natural ally of the Huaxia Liberation Army, and this kind of infighting together has surprised many smart people in Guangzhou City and is at a loss.
Just when everyone thought that the conflict between the Heaven and Earth Society and the Huaxia Army was inevitable, Qin Rigang, who had been under house arrest for many days, was released by Wang Jiuxuan, and then presided over the affairs of the Heaven and Earth Society.
At this time, almost all the upper echelons of the Tiandihui organization were seized by Li Xian, and they were locked up in a certain stronghold in the blessed land to study and work day and night, and the operation of the entire Tiandihui was paralyzed, and the most worrying thing was that the industry was sealed, and many low-level personnel reached the point where they couldn't eat.
After Qin Rigang got out of the customs, he relied on his own fame to integrate the Heaven and Earth Society, and paid for the members of the low-level gang by himself, and won a lot of gratitude and admiration.
After all, Qin Rigang is a person who understands, and pointed out to everyone that the Huaxia Army is strong in force, and hard fighting is by no means the best policy, and it should be based on Huairou.
Under the encouragement of Qin Rigang, the various halls of the Tiandihui were gradually integrated, and an agreement was signed with the military government headed by Li Xian, that is, from now on, the Tiandihui will no longer operate big tobacco, and even help the junta to ban smoking, and as a condition, the junta will do all kinds of support for the industries operated by the Tiandihui.
One of the most important is the establishment of a free entertainment zone, that is, the original free trade zone Shilipo side of the division to the use of the Tiandihui, where the Tiandihui can establish a special entertainment area, operating green buildings and casinos, etc., while the casinos in the city will be gradually reduced.
Li Xian and Wang Jiuxuan have always felt that there are too many green buildings and casinos in Guangzhou, and they always want to ban them gradually.