New Warlords 1909

"So, what is the purpose of what we are doing now? Have you ever thought about it? When we mortgaged the assets of the Hua family and went to Shanghai, who would know where the future is? But I have no fear, Because I have a belief in my heart, even if I fail, I will have no regrets! For the ideals and beliefs in my heart, even if I am smashed to pieces, I will never regret it. This is not only my ideal, but also supports me to go to Faith today!"

"I have this belief, and I need you to understand my belief. I need a large number of comrades with the same belief to work together with me to build this belief. Now, of course, because of my family affection, I can Protect the big brother. But I will lose a large number of followers because of this, but I will lose everything we have worked hard to achieve today. Losing those people who trust us and support us. It is not terrible for me to become nothing, it is terrible Unfortunately, the belief I worked so hard to build will collapse!"

Hua Fei's voice echoed in the study for a long time. Although Hua Xin still couldn't understand Hua Fei's so-called belief, he felt Hua Fei's determination, a determination that seemed irreversible.

"Fourth brother, for the sake of the deceased father, can... can you spare... let brother... die!" Huaxin is still making the final effort, because according to the existing laws of the autonomous region, Huada's crime , may escape the death penalty.

Hua Fei remained silent, and to his own surprise, he was not making an emotional choice, but began to consider whether it would be better to keep Hua Zhong alive, or strictly follow the rules according to the law.

"Fourth brother, no matter what you say, he is also our eldest brother. I know your difficulties, but if possible... or... don't let our brothers be separated!"

The third elder brother Huayan was extremely reticent, but today, for the first time, he also uttered an extremely difficult plea.In the whole study room, the ticking sound of the Western clock is exciting.

After a long time, Hua Fei leaned on the chair and said slowly, "He is also my elder brother, and I don't want him...I don't want him to be separated from us!"

The biggest political news in the Autonomous Region at the beginning of 915 was probably the arrest of Hua Zhong, chief of the Police Department, and his trial by a temporary special court.Strictly speaking, there are still many unreasonable beginnings for the temporary special court within the legal framework of the autonomous region.But even Song Jiaoren and others who were responsible for the formulation did not know the purpose of repaying it, and kept silent.Even if some revolutionaries openly opposed it, the opposition was not in the slightest.

The details of the relevant trial are not shy about the outside world. Media reporters are not only allowed to enter the court trial scene, but all kinds of reports are not prohibited.Hua Zhong confessed to his crimes in court. Although the defense lawyer tried his best to exonerate him, Hua Zhong seemed very tired. He pleaded guilty on key issues and asked the temporary court to punish him.

The interim court adopts a jury model similar to that of the West, the difference is that the jurors in this court are all members of the National Investigation Committee, and the jurors have no power to judge.The trial process of the case was extremely smooth. Hua Zhong not only confessed a series of crimes during his tenure, but also handed over the bribes he accepted totaling 100 million Singapore dollars.

After the case was disclosed, not only did it not cause a huge shock among the people, but it caused infinite confusion and doubts.When many common people and citizens meet together, they will ask each other strangely, what exactly does Commander Hua want to do, and is there a conflict with his elder brother?Could it be that his elder brother was dismissed just because of the 100 million money?Or even imprisoned?This... This is too righteous to kill relatives!

After sorting out the case trial report, it was sent to Hua Fei. Hua Fei signed the verdict himself, revoked all of Hua Zhong's public positions, and was punished for multiple crimes such as dereliction of duty, bribery, negligent injury, and death. As a public police officer, knowing the law and breaking the law, the crime was aggravated, and Hua Zhong was sentenced to death.Considering his past achievements and his confession of guilt during the trial process, and complying with the relevant provisions for reducing sentences, the death sentence was changed to life imprisonment, which will take effect immediately.

Before the verdict was handed down, many people in the coalition cabinet government and even in the Ba'ath Party speculated that although the intention of the Commander's move was difficult to guess, it

Just lift it up, and the force of falling must be slight.It may be more of a meaning, expressing the commander's elusive message.But when Hua Zhong's death sentence was handed down, everyone's first reaction was stunned, and the second reaction was completely like a fool.Death sentence?How can it be?Did the commander become confused because of an illness?You know, that's the Commander's eldest brother!

Although the final death sentence was changed to life imprisonment, such a sentence and punishment can be regarded as the most serious punishment for a senior official since the establishment of the autonomous region.Countless officials of the autonomous region have been vigilant. Although most of them are not very clear about Hua Fei's intentions, they are no longer as indifferent to the relevant laws and regulations as they used to be.

On the second day after Hua Zhong's verdict was handed down, Hua Fei, dressed in plain clothes, personally led the Hua Xin Hua Yan brothers to the home of the woman who died because of Hua Yan, and pleaded guilty to their family.

This family can be regarded as a bit wealthy in the local area, but it is far from being a powerful person.After their daughter's mysterious death, they also learned that they might be inextricably related to the director of the Public Police Department.But what kind of department is the Public Police Department?Who is Hua Zhong?No matter how dissatisfied they are, how can they change this mysterious death without evidence?

So when the case about his daughter suddenly appeared in the newspaper, their family was as shocked as anyone outside.Especially when the details of the case were gradually revealed, the woman's mother cried all day long.When the verdict of the case was handed down, the family who had been extremely resentful over the woman's death could only sigh in addition to crying.After rejecting Hua Yan's marriage proposal at the beginning, their family was terrified.So even after the newspapers disclosed the relevant details, they dared not speak out. How could they have the energy to confront the Bo family with unrivaled prestige and power in the Autonomous Region?

Now, Hua Fei even led several brothers from the Hua family to personally come to plead guilty.

This kind of behavior, even if it is hypocritical, is enough to make people unable to bear any hatred anymore.

Following the final ruling of the Huazhong case, many other cases were implicated in the trial process of more than a dozen other cases. In the spring of 915, although the temperature was pleasant, the official circles in the autonomous region were experiencing a completely different severe cold.And those ordinary citizens also quickly felt that the temperament of the entire autonomous region, especially those who were officials, seemed to be quietly changing.

In conjunction with this official purge, the topic of belief and reform has been discussed enthusiastically in the newspapers.In May, Hua Fei, as the vice chairman of the autonomous region, passed a cabinet resolution and promulgated three bills.

First, all civilians and soldiers who have received the Honorary Citizen Medal, Distinguished Service Medal, Holy War Medal and other medals can, in accordance with the regulations, directly trust the cabinet government to discuss matters, supervise all government actions and report illegal behavior.

This regulation is equivalent to setting up a number of supervisory censors among the people in an instant, which not only provides a method and means of supervision, but also increases the significance and preciousness of the medal.It's just that these medal-winning people don't have any other special rights, and they can't interfere in local politics. What they have is only an indirect supervisory power.

The second is to expand the role of newspaper media in supervision by public opinion, expand journalists' interview rights and legal protection, and expand the role of public opinion supervision.However, in order to standardize this power of public opinion supervision and prevent the abuse of public opinion supervision power, the military temporarily does not open public opinion supervision to public newspapers.

Three, set up a change planning office, transfer some of the staff from the staff department to this office, and transfer the other part of the staff to the headquarters, and cancel the staff department, an independent organization similar to Huafei's staff.There is a staff office under the command, and the functions of the command and the change planning office are separated.Soldiers are not allowed to interfere in politics, but under the auspices of Hua Fei, the Change Planning Office has the right to lead and mobilize the military.

In addition, the Reform and Planning Office also has independent personnel appointment and removal powers, a second government supervision and investigation power other than the existing Integrity Supervision Department, and has the right to use a certain amount of finance without the approval of the parliament.

At the beginning of the establishment of this change planning office, it did not attract widespread attention. Of course, the functional rights of these offices were not voted by the parliament and recognized legally.But in fact, in the future development process, he has gradually become an independent authority above the cabinet government.By the time other parties noticed and protested, it was obviously too late.

It can be said that this office, except that it has no legislative power, gradually possesses all the rights that the coalition government has.As for the legislative power, under the control of the absolute majority of the Baath Party, it is also easy for the parliament to pass any bills.It's just that for some unknown reason, although this office has gradually become the de facto first authority, Hua Fei has never dissolved the coalition government or the parliament.Including the Department of Education, the Department of Industrial Development, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Conservancy, etc., they are still under the direct jurisdiction of the coalition government on the surface.

Some radical young people from various parties opposed the de facto power-saving behavior of the Reform Planning Office in a relatively violent form, believing that this was the first step to emulate Yuan Shikai and embark on a dictatorial monarchy.However, these youths who protested violently were deported for the crime of disrupting politics without mercy.

After this incident, some members of various parties withdrew from the parliament and left the autonomous region to show their dissatisfaction with Hua Fei.However, the main leaders, including the Democratic Party, responded silently and stayed.If Hua Fei is only for personal rights, he has many ways to do it, and they are simple and quick.There is no need to make these disturbances, and even almost sent his elder brother to the execution ground.

No matter how the outside world guesses, no matter how many versions of this matter gradually spread among the common people.And the embryonic form of the reform and planning office known as the first office, which was of pivotal significance in later history, was unexpectedly born in the trend of this era.

Just when Hua Fei was exhausted because of internal bureaucracy, the special envoy of Kaiser Wilhelm II, who had already rushed to the autonomous region, had been waiting for a long time to see Hua Fei.Similarly, the special representatives of Britain, France and other countries also asked to see Hua Fei many times but failed.If the news hadn't been reported in the newspapers one after another, they would have mistakenly thought that Hua Fei was avoiding it on purpose.

212 Secret Transaction

The Revolutionary Planning Office not only has Li Yue, Cao Yuan, and Mo Haiyu as former staff members, but also Shen Xian, Xu Fu, Zheng Da, and Liu Shiyuan as important personnel from the autonomous region or the military, as well as Zhang Nanxun, Zhao Nianxiang, Wei Zijing and Yang Keguan are technical leaders in the industrial field.And newcomers such as Xie Chuan, Zhang Feng, and Chang Dan entered the change planning office, and they were very eye-catching, which was extremely surprising.

This institution, which had no influence at the beginning and was born quietly, only realized that a new power center was being built after Hua Fei's personal order was signed here, including the Baath Party and other departments.It's just that this awakening, when they understood it, was already several months later.

The main task of the Change Planning Office is to study and get rid of the bad habits and disadvantages of the old political tradition, and strengthen the control of the main government departments and the supervision of other departments.In the office, there are not only Hua Fei’s original think tank members, but also Shen Xian from the publicity agency, Xu Fu and Zheng Da from the financial institution, Zhang Nanxun from the industrial technology department, and Xie Chuan, who is full of idealism and boundless passion. young people.At the same time, private capitalists such as Lu Bohong and Zhu Zhiyao were also absorbed as special consultants.Such a comprehensive organizational structure will not only be more perfect when formulating some policies, but also allow Hua Fei to get pertinent suggestions from many aspects.

Hua Fei decided to intensify his preference for government affairs without relaxing military sentiment.In order to strengthen the control of the government, reorganizing the cabinet will not only take time and effort, but may also cause major changes in the Land Affairs Bureau of the entire autonomous region.And through the means of changing the planning office, Hua Fei's orders can be issued quickly.With the constraints of the administrative law, the non-Baath Party officials below will never find excuses to delay the efficiency of their official duties, otherwise they will face punishment or dismissal.

In a sense, the Change Planning Office is more similar to the nature of Hua Feidi's private cabinet office. A series of reform bills and decrees drafted by them will be transferred to the Autonomous Cabinet or directly issued to various departments in the autonomous region after being reviewed and signed by Hua Feidi. department.With the assistance of a large number of professionals in this office, Hua Fei only needs to put forward an idea in many fields, and the planning office can quickly formulate detailed plans for Hua Fei's reference and selection.

The gradual growth of the Office of Change Planning slowly emptied the powers of the Autonomous Coalition Cabinet.When many people woke up, the leaders of the various parties in the coalition cabinet suddenly realized that they were almost excluded from the whole of The periphery of the center of political power in the Autonomous Region.However, Hua Fei never revoked this formal coalition cabinet. Later, the coalition cabinet could only gain their political influence by closely monitoring the governance behavior of the Office of Change and directly appealing to Hua Fei.Of course, there are also many revolutionaries who wholeheartedly pursued the democratic republic and left the autonomous region one after another after several failed struggles.

It is said that after Hua Zhong's verdict was handed down, Hua Fei and his two elder brothers went to the victim's house to make amends.After getting the family's forgiveness, Huaxin quickly rushed to Shanghai to deal with a large number of business affairs.However, Hua San stayed in Sanhe for five days before leaving. On the sixth day, Hua Fei and some personnel from the Change Planning Office and the National Defense Force Command rushed to Shanghai by train.

In the past few days, many officials who were temporarily imprisoned after Li Yue's criminal investigation have all ended their trials one after another.However, after the establishment of the Change Planning Office, the first thing to do was not to implement a series of reforms, nor to appoint personnel to quickly control the civil power of the autonomous region.Instead, everyone discusses and discusses together all day long, and prepares to draft a detailed discourse on revival and reform according to Hua Feidi's wishes.

Hua Fei asked a few questions, what is the goal and pursuit of the Baath Party?What are the beliefs and missions of Ba'athist members?The direction and process of national rejuvenation, the advantages and advantages that can be used, the disadvantages that are lacking and the challenges that cannot be avoided?The problem of unification and the rise of international status?What will the democratic change and even the new society bring to the general public? Who needs to be united for the prosperity and rise of the country, and who and which countries are our unavoidable enemies?

This series of questions is the most important. It can not only explain the reasons for Hua Fei's actions to all Ba'athists and other party members, but also a process of concretizing all the beliefs and pursuits of the Ba'ath Party.Some of these questions, let alone ordinary Baathists, even Hua Fei, could not give perfect answers.

Fortunately, Shen Xian and others have been hosting the Iron Blood Military News from the very beginning.The Grand National newspaper these propaganda work.In theory.Much stronger than Hua Fei.After an in-depth discussion.After learning about Hua Fei's core intentions and thoughts.An article is more than 3 words long.The article titled "The Fundamental Goal and Challenge of Revival and Transformation" was published extensively in the two major newspapers, Jagged Military Daily and Grand National Daily.The article not only answered and explained Hua Feidi's questions theoretically in detail.Also added, such as the status and significance of the general public in national revival.A dialectical discussion on whether the country is rich and the people are strong or the people are rich and the country is strong.It points out the huge challenges and difficulties that the autonomous region is facing at present.Describes in detail the employment standards of the autonomous region and the new political supervision system.

If you are a member of the Baath Party or a member of the government of the autonomous region.From this, you can see why Commander Hua suddenly set off a storm-like anti-corruption operation.If you are ordinary people.You will feel it.Hua Sing does not seem to be as rumored by the outside world.cronyism.Rumors that the entire autonomous region is the Huajiadi autonomous region and so on.You said that he didn't even cover up his own elder brother's crimes.Such a good official.Where else in the world can you find it.I am afraid that only Bao Zheng and Bao Qingtian from the previous dynasty can compare.

The initial commotion caused by the official action in the autonomous region this time was very loud.But after Hua Zhongdi's verdict was handed down.Many controversies have all died down.And as Shen Xian and the others threw out related articles one after another.More people are not starting to think about the issue of revival and rise again.It is trying to figure out the new environment.How to survive and even get promoted in the officialdom of the autonomous region.

After several months of accidents.The Kaiser's secret envoy finally met Hua Fei at the Baimashan military base in Shanghai.It is impossible to guess from people who do not leave the headquarters.After signing armistice negotiations with Japan.The Germans finally spared no expense.Win over Hua Fei to join the alliance camp.Make a formal covenant.

At this time, the battle in Europe was already very intense.After Britain, France and other countries mediated the war in Qingdao.Although not against China

What excessive demands are put forward by the governing district.But they deal with Hua Fei in Qingdao.Clearly dissatisfied.Because Hua Fei only disarmed their army.There were no restrictions or seizures of the activities and assets of the Germans in Qingdao.Even the German police in Qingdao City are still on patrol as usual.And as long as these Germans do not leave Qingdao privately.Do not return to the country to participate in the war.They can even apply to live, study and do business in the autonomous region.

Although Hua Fei's obvious pro-German behavior made Britain, France and other countries very dissatisfied, what made them most angry was that although Hua Fei verbally said to disarm the Germans and forbid the Germans to return to the war.However, according to the intelligence of British and French spies in China, there are fewer and fewer Germans in Qingdao.Originally, there were at least 3000 German soldiers, but now they have counted the Qingdao area, and there will not be more than [-].

Where have all these people gone?Apparently, they all sneaked back to Germany to join the war.Since the establishment of the autonomous region, the customs rights have been gradually taken back. In terms of customs anti-smuggling, you are so meticulous.Do you believe that these Germans smuggled out of the country under your negligence?

Therefore, in order to avoid adding fuel to the flames of Zheng Sheng's two countries, although the special envoys of the German emperor have been in Shanghai for several months, under the cover arranged by Hua Feidi, they have escaped the eyes and ears of all British and French spies and have been No trace of flaws was revealed.

The Germans are very straightforward, and the terms they offer are extremely generous, which is exciting.Before the European War, Germany had reached a loan aid construction agreement with Hua Fei, in which the monetary aid was a loan of one billion gold marks.This fund is not allocated at one time. According to the agreement, the Germans will use one billion gold marks in batches within five years in the form of cash and other materials to support the construction and development of the autonomous region.

After the outbreak of the European War, not only the aid of equipment and materials from the Germans quickly decreased, but also the cash aid was quickly interrupted.By the time World War I broke out, Hua Fei's autonomous region government had received less than [-] million gold marks from the Germans.However, only a few months later, the funds from the Germans began to flow to the autonomous region again.It's just that it was not for the loan agreement, but in exchange for material support from the autonomous region.

As an emerging power, Germany has many capitals that Huafei needs.Not only capital, but also technology, talents, machinery and equipment and so on.So the Germans also took a fancy to this point, and directly proposed that if Hua Fei was willing to lead other national defense forces to join the Allied camp and send troops to Europe.Then Germany will not only continue the previously interrupted loan assistance, but also this loan will not have to be repaid, and it will only be loaned to Huafei's National Defense Forces.The implication is that if Hua Fei's National Defense Force agrees to join the alliance camp, Germany will sponsor the National Defense Force nearly [-] million gold marks free of charge to meet the military needs of the European military.

And if Hua Fei agrees to send troops to Europe, then the Germans will provide all the excellent weapons and equipment of Hua Fei's three divisions free of charge, and open all military academies to Hua Fei's National Defense Forces to train Hua Fei's military command talents.

At the same time, Germany will send a large number of military designers and skilled workers to expand or build a comprehensive arsenal for Huafei.Transfer all the military technology that Hua Fei is interested in in Germany, and assist Hua Fei in producing all the weapons and equipment he needs in the autonomous region.

It can be said that the Germans spared no expense in order to win over Hua Fei.It was almost what Hua Fei wanted, and what the Germans could provide, they hardly kept any secrets.As long as Hua Fei is willing, the technical strength of the entire autonomous region will rise to several levels.With the digestion of time, these technologies will eventually become their own accumulation.The only thing that is lacking is the continuous training of the quantity and quality of skilled workers in the process of industrial development.