Fengxian Jiangshan

While talking, Chang Yinhuai suddenly ran over, came directly in front of the two, and said anxiously: "The Kaiser has abdicated, and the war is over!" The Germans couldn't hold on anymore, and countless commentators were staring at Germany, wanting to see how the empire ended. The facts are always unexpected. On October 424, 1918, the German Navy Commander The Ministry ordered the German High Seas Fleet in the port of Kiel to go to sea to fight the British army, and if it failed, it would "sink with honor".

The 8 sailors in the port of Kiel, weary of war, refused to weigh anchor and put their warships out of fire.Although resistance by the sailors forced the German naval authorities to withdraw their orders, the sailors were persecuted and hundreds were arrested.

The pent-up anger of the soldiers finally broke out, and on November 11, the sailors took to the streets of Kiel to demonstrate against the naval authorities and demand the release of those arrested.The demonstrations then developed into an armed uprising. The sailors disarmed the officers, quickly occupied strategic locations, and took control of the entire city.

Workers responded with an armed uprising and established a majority government.By the evening of the 4th, Kiel and nearby suburbs were occupied by rebels. On the 5th, the city of Kiel went on general strike to support the sailors' uprising. The sailors' uprising in the port of Kiel became a signal of the outbreak of the November Revolution in Germany, and the revolution spread rapidly across the country.As of November 11, armed uprisings had taken place in almost all major German cities, established majority party organizations, and held most of Germany in their hands.

Known as the November Revolution, this uprising not only scared away Kaiser Wilhelm II, but also the Entente.The majority party in Russia has already made them burnt out, and now Germany has this kind of problem again. If the majority party controls Germany, it will be a doomsday for the entire Western world.

The Entente bloc also immediately abandoned the war.They don’t want to persecute the Germans anymore, and the original Junker aristocratic group in Germany is also extremely afraid of the majority party. They quickly formed a new republic government, took charge of the power of Germany, and decided to sit at the negotiating table with the Allied Powers.Accept the fate of failure.

The two sides fought a bloody battle for more than four years, and it ended in such a dramatic situation, which greatly exceeded the estimates of all political commentators, and the whole world was shaken, even China in the Far East was no exception.After all, China is a member of the Allied Powers, an out-and-out victorious country.Including the Beiyang government, they all feel that this is a rare and good opportunity to recover the lost power and realize the turnaround of salted fish.

When the news reached Fengtian, Lao Zhang was also alarmed, and he summoned all the civil and military officials under him.They also specially asked Chang Yinhuai to invite Zhang Tinglan and Wang Yongjiang. Wang Yongjiang is Zhang Zuolin's big money manager, and Zhang Tinglan is the number one think tank, and he knows the international situation best. Lao Zhang rushed to let them go, but also wanted to do something.

On the way, Wang Yongjiang asked: "Zhuoyan, the war is over. What do you think we should do?"

"Mr. Minyuan, we know what the big powers say. Don't expect to treat China equally. Those unrealistic ideas are of little value. The most realistic thing is to go to Europe to buy industrial equipment and talents. Germany and Austria-Hungary The empire is finished. The two countries have very strong military strength and a lot of talents. If we can get some, we will be able to develop. In addition, Britain and France are also seriously damaged. Let's find a way, take the opportunity to get some technology, and make the Once we have these things in our hands, after another three to five years of development, our foundation will be stabilized."

Hearing Zhang Tinglan's idea.Wang Yongjiang nodded: "Zhuoyan, although I don't know much about international affairs, I am familiar with the three eastern provinces. It really takes a while to settle down and practice internal strength, but in my opinion, our commander seems to have something else. Got an idea!"

Wang Yongjiang sighed slightly. As the leader of the Fengjun, Zhang Zuolin was competent most of the time, but there was only one thing, which was his ambition. Especially in the recent period, the strength of the Fengjun has expanded, and Lao Zhang himself has also begun to expand. Everyone in Fengjun realized it, and Wang Yongjiang was also a little worried.

Chang Yinhuai led them to the Tiger Hall, where many people had already gathered, including Wu Junsheng, Zhang Jinghui, Zhang Haipeng, Kan Chaoxi and others. In addition, Sun Liechen just came back from Rehe and arrived at the Tiger Hall. Zhang Zuolin was blushing Sitting in the middle, seeing Zhang Tinglan and Wang Yongjiang arrived, he said with a smile: "Minyuan and Zhuoyan have arrived, I just have a telegram for you, take it and have a look!"

Wang Yongjiang took it over and saw that it was Duan Qirui who sent it. The main content of the letter was to ask Zhang Zuolin to send a representative to discuss how to deal with the problem of the war. There were two main tasks. Rights, the other is the issue of interfering in the Russian Civil War. Now that the Allied Powers have sent troops, the Beiyang government does not want to fall behind.

Fengjun's prestige is very high. In terms of strength, he can already compete with Beiyang, and he sent troops to Hailanpao early. Both of these problems cannot do without the participation of Fengjun.

Wang Yongjiang and Zhang Tinglan read the telegrams, and then returned them to Zhang Zuolin. Zhang Zuolin glanced at the crowd, and said, "Everyone, the old Duan is going to take back the rights of Germany and also wants to send troops to Russia. What do you think? Can we take advantage of this opportunity to cause a little trouble for Lao Duan and make him lose his prestige?"

Yuan Jinkai on the side suddenly smiled and said: "Commander, I think this is a good opportunity. The big powers will never give up the benefits to the Beiyang government easily. We might as well raise the conditions. The old Duan will definitely not be able to complete it. He will be reviled by the country, see if he still has the face to continue to be the prime minister?"

After Yuan Jinkai finished speaking, Wu Junsheng also said with a smile: "Commander, people who are familiar with the situation in Japan have revealed to me that the Japanese want to occupy Shandong permanently this time, and they are unwilling to return it to China, and Beiyang wants to use this opportunity. Going back to Shandong, if Lao Duan has no way to take back Shandong, we will mobilize all kinds of forces to pull Lao Duan down, and if Lao Duan succeeds by chance, he will also have a grudge against the Japanese, and we can take the opportunity to replace him, no matter what, we will not lose money."

Wu Junsheng showed a smug smile while talking, and it seemed that Zhizhu was in his hands, but Zhang Tinglan thumped in his heart. He never thought that the veterans of Fengjun would have such a wishful thinking, and he was suddenly disappointed To the extreme.

Zhang Tinglan felt more indignation about the Shandong issue, dissatisfaction with the great powers, and desire for power. Zhang Tinglan was eager to improve his industrial strength with all his strength.Strengthen your armaments so you can take back power from the great powers.But these old-school figures are not. They think this is an opportunity to keep the old Duan from stepping down, and they want to fight against Duan Qirui.

In fact, this is also the fundamental difference between people like Zhang Tinglan and Wu Junsheng. Zhang Tinglan looks at issues more from a national perspective.But Wu Junsheng and others are more concerned with Feng Jun and their own small calculations.Emphasis on internal fighting, light on external fighting, the pattern is different, and the results obtained are different.

Moreover, Zhang Tinglan also caught a trace of important information from Wu Junsheng's words. Old Wu had communicated with Japan and knew that Japan was not going to return Shandong.This is not a trivial matter. What Zhang Tinglan hates the most is the collusion between Fengjun's top brass and Japan. Now that Lao Wu has this sign, how can Zhang Tinglan be happy.

What worries Zhang Tinglan even more is whether there is any conspiracy involved. After all, as long as the Japanese are involved, nothing good will happen.Zhang Tinglan was already a little nervous.

At this time, Lao Zhang's eyes fell on Zhang Tinglan, and he said with a smile, "Zhuoyan, what do you think?"

When asked about himself, Zhang Tinglan had to answer. After thinking for a while, he said, "Marshal, the two things Duan Qirui raised are urgent matters. If you can provide some help, I will try my best to help Lao Duan and take back some of the country's sovereignty. It can also boost the morale of the people. If you use this as a means to attack the old Duan, I am afraid it will make people think that Fengjun is ignorant of the general situation and disregarding the overall situation, which is not beautiful."

"Zhuoyan, those who achieve big things don't care about small things. If you want to do big things, you can't care about small reputations." Wu Junsheng said from the side: "We want to bring down the old Duan. It is also to let the commander-in-chief rule the Central Plains. When we control the Once the government is in power, there are more things that can be done, and it is also a great thing for the people of the world.”

Old Wu wanted to continue, but Zhang Zuolin waved his hand to stop him.He smiled and asked, "Zhuoyan, besides assisting and supporting Lao Duan, what else are you going to do?"

"Commander, the defeat of Germany will inevitably lead to hardship for the people, the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the outflow of all kinds of talents. This is a rare opportunity for the rainbow. I think we should do our best to buy the bottom in Europe, get more technology and talents, and build up sea and air forces. , we should strengthen our defenses in border areas, improve both coastal defense and border defense, and make the Northeast as solid as gold."

"What Zhuo Yan said is also reasonable. You should be in charge of these two things for the time being. Especially when you go to Europe to buy machinery and equipment, you must arrange professional manpower. Zhuo Yan will take full responsibility for you. Other government affairs will be temporarily handed over to others."

Hearing Lao Zhang's words, although Zhang Tinglan's face didn't change much, but his heart was already a little turbulent. It seemed that Zhang Zuolin wanted to distract himself and not let himself interfere in this matter.

It is obvious that Lao Zhang no longer listens to what he says. In fact, it is right to think about it. How can a dignified tour envoy of the three eastern provinces, a generation of heroes, completely obey the proposition of a junior, especially after Feng Jun has a certain strength in his hands, Lao Zhang Definitely have an idea.

Zhang Tinglan was also a little lonely, not arguing about anything, but he was still thinking about it in his mind, he had to think about what was going on in front of him, and see what to do, which was in the best interest of Feng Jun.

Of course, the most important thing right now is how to buy Germany. Zhang Tinglan quickly found Kuang Rongguang, Xia Han and others, and the main figures in the industrial circles of the three eastern provinces were gathered together.

"Everyone, the war in Europe is over. This is our best chance. I am going to set up a special procurement group. The task is to go to Europe to get the technical equipment we urgently need, and then make every effort to recruit all kinds of talents."

"Zhuoyan, we have been waiting for this day!" Kuang Rongguang said with a smile: "I think there are two things that must be clarified, what we lack and what we can get from Europe."

"That's right, Mr. Kuang got the point right away." Xia Han said from the side: "Chemical industry, metallurgy, machinery manufacturing, medicine, automobile, shipbuilding, etc. are all industries that we urgently need to fill. I suggest that all the three eastern provinces The factories all unite to form a purchasing group, write down all the technical difficulties they face, whether it is a lack of people or equipment, and then we will go to Europe to purchase with a purpose."

Zhang Tinglan nodded: "This proposal is very good. For the time being, we will divide the military industry and civilian industry into two parts, make a list separately, and then go to purchase. In addition, we must be forward-looking. Some key technological breakthroughs may have just appeared. If it is not taken seriously, we have to take the opportunity to get it back, and it is best to dig out talents to China together."

Kuang Rongguang said with a smile: "According to Zhuo Yan, we will make preparations immediately, but I also want to ask Zhuo Yan to explain to me that such a large-scale operation will cost a lot of money. What are you doing?" How much are you going to pay?"

Zhang Tinglan stretched out his hand and shook it with a smile: "Five hundred million, Mr. Kuang, do you think it's enough?"

Although these people have all seen Zhang Tinglan's generosity, they paid [-] million at once, which is simply an astronomical figure. They all opened their mouths wide open, for fear that something might go wrong with their ears.

"Zhuoyan, are you sure you can come up with so much money?"

"Mr. Kuang, this is actually just the first batch of investment. If we can contact the German government, the investment will increase!"

Chapter 425 Departure

The annual fiscal revenue of the Beiyang government is only 8000 to 500 million. After more than two years of rapid development in the three northeastern provinces, the fiscal revenue has just exceeded 700 million, which is not much different from Beiyang, but Fengjun has too many places to spend money. Still carrying a deficit of about [-] million.

Zhang Tinglan now took out [-] million yuan in an instant in order to buy the bottom of Germany, and it was an early investment, which really surprised everyone. Could this man turn stone into gold, and can easily conjure up so much money? ?

And from Zhang Tinglan's point of view, [-] million is just the beginning, and there will be more investment in the future. Where did the money come from? It's really hard to understand!

Although everyone knows that Zhang Tinglan seized the princes of the Eight Banners in the Beijing and Tianjin area and got a lot of money, but the money is the common property of Fengjun after all, can Lao Zhang agree to hand it all over to Zhang Tinglan?It was obviously a joke. During this period of time, Fengjun had a lot of hidden expenditures to expand its military strength. In addition, the Jifeng Railway is also under construction. These are big money burners. No matter how you calculate it, Zhang Tinglan will not make so much money.

They don't know, it doesn't mean that Zhang Tinglan is talking nonsense, he does have so much money, and the 5 million yuan is just put on the table for these business delegations to use, Zhang Tinglan still holds a secret fund in his hand, Used to purchase more cutting-edge technology.These technologies are not willing to be sold to China by Western countries. Zhang Tinglan is ready to use money to open the way. The world is as black as crows, and ** is not unique in the West. It is also possible to take advantage of it. It depends on whether you are willing to spend money. money.

Zhang Tinglan still holds two secret sources of funds, one is drug income, and the other is counterfeit money. Fengjun controlled the sales of Rehe opium back then, and Zhang Tinglan made these opium into morphine, which is more dependent. Sold to Japan and Russia.

In addition, a lot of morphine was bought in Europe and the United States in the name of medicine.During the First World War, in order to ensure the high morale of the soldiers, the various belligerent countries also let the soldiers take drugs.The people suffering from the war have also become extremely empty and need to fill it with drugs. Naturally, Zhang Tinglan went to the end and bought the morphine to Britain, France and other countries.

Back then, the British used opium to knock on the door of China, but now the laws of nature have reincarnated, and more powerful drugs from China are also flooding the UK.For two years, on drugs.Zhang Tinglan made a huge profit of at least 1 million yuan. Most of the money was stored in a secret overseas account, and it was also prepared for the bottom-hunting operation.

In addition to drugs, printing fake dollars is also an important windfall income, and printing counterfeit money is nothing new.The governments of various countries have done it, and the largest scale is probably Germany in World War II.Hitler printed huge amounts of British pounds that could be mistaken for real ones.It even contributed to the US dollar replacing the pound as the world currency.

Zhang Tinglan took control of the mint very early on, and printing counterfeit money was also put on the daily routine. After much calculation, Zhang Tinglan chose to print Japanese yen, not because Zhang Tinglan hated the Japanese.I just want to cheat them, but it is easier to imitate the yen.

The currencies of other countries have a variety of anti-counterfeiting methods, which cannot be produced with Fengtian's ability.The main anti-counterfeiting means of the yen is paper. The Japanese believe that the three-summer tree that prints the yen is unique to Japan. The printed paper and pen have a special luster that others cannot imitate at all, so they relax other anti-counterfeiting means.

This is the typical mentality of an island country. China has a vast land and abundant resources, and it also has three cedar trees, which are produced in Anhui. Zhang Tinglan secretly circled a large forest and has sufficient raw materials in his hands.

After continuous research by the masters of the Mint, a fake Japanese yen was successfully imitated. In the first year, 5000 million yen was printed, and this year it printed 2 million yuan.

In this era, Japan and China had close ties, and the Japanese sent a large number of spies to China. Zhang Tinglan could also take advantage of this openness to place people in Japan. These holiday dollars flowed to Japan and also to the world.

In addition to these two secret sources of income, Zhang Tinglan sold land along the Middle East Road, shorted the ruble and Russian bonds, and supported the military operations of the United States and Japan to intervene in Russia. Fengjun sold a large amount of war materials.

With these lucrative projects, Zhang Tinglan can bluntly say that he can come up with 5 million yuan based on his own strength alone.Of course, he will not disclose these secrets to the public, so he just smiled and said to the people present: "Although there is a lot of money, I hope everyone will think carefully about how to spend it. After all, our foundation is still too weak." , Even a penny must be broken in half. Really useful things are worth how much money you spend, and useless things can’t be wasted. And I can tell you clearly that Fengjun will send secret personnel to supervise Every member of the purchasing group who finds that you have embezzled and wasted the money can directly deal with it according to the military law and shoot it on the spot, there is no mercy!"

Zhang Tinglan's words were full of murderous intent, and everyone present also felt a strong murderous intent. The young man in front of him did what he said, and he held the military, political and business power in his hands, so he could easily crush anyone to death. Offended Zhang Tinglan is even more terrifying than offending Zhang Zuolin, they all have a score in their hearts.