Beiyang reactionaries

Only then did Duan Xun understand.

In the early years, when Duan Xun was in Sichuan, and later when he was stationed in Wuchang as a border defense supervisor, he had cooperated with those Chinese and overseas Chinese.Especially the rich Chinese and overseas Chinese from Nanyang.

They invest a lot in the country.

But for so many years, there has not been a policy that really targets their investment.The government still continues the policy that Duan Xun invested in them back then.

"What do you think?"

"Prime Minister, the Chinese and overseas Chinese have the same roots as us, and have always actively supported the development of the country. In the late Qing Dynasty, many Chinese and overseas Chinese supported a large amount of funds to support the domestic revolution that overthrew the Qing Dynasty. Many of them even went bankrupt to support the domestic revolution, made a great contribution to the Revolution of [-]."

Dai Kan spoke.

The evaluation of overseas Chinese is very high.

During the Revolution of [-], or the previous revolutions, Sun Yat-sen and the League’s main funds came from the support of overseas Chinese.Without their funding, the League would simply not have enough money to sustain it.

Although Duan Xun was born in the Beiyang Army, he has not received support from these Chinese and overseas Chinese.But at present, after all, it is the prime minister of the cabinet of the Republic of China, and the contributions made by overseas Chinese in the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty must be recognized.

"After the Revolution of 400, these Chinese and overseas Chinese even contributed money and efforts to help the domestic economic development. They also donated large sums of money to the development of domestic education. Mr. Tan Kah Kee contributed [-] million silver dollars to found Xiamen University, which is almost his All assets. Xiamen University is currently the most well-known university in the southeast region. There are countless examples of this. At present, there are hundreds of schools in Fujian, all of which were donated by overseas Chinese in Nanyang.”

"kindness."

Most of the current overseas Chinese were in China when they were young.Later, in order to make money, I went to the United States and Southeast Asia.Many of them went to the United States and Southeast Asia in the late Qing Dynasty and suffered a lot.

Therefore, they all have a strong sense of family and country.

They want the country to be strong and not let them be bullied outside.

"And Prime Minister, many of them still have Chinese nationality and should be citizens of the Republic of China. Therefore, for them, I think some policies should be introduced quickly."

"should."

Duan Xun nodded.

Whether it is based on past friendship or future layout, it is necessary to strengthen the relationship with Chinese and overseas Chinese.From the present point of view, Chinese and overseas Chinese are rich, and they should be vigorously called on to return to China to invest.

What is most lacking in China at present.

money.

Why did Duan Xun allow British businessmen and American businessmen to invest in the country.It is for their money, hoping to activate the Chinese market.Overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese have many powerful rich men.

Letting them invest more in the country is of great benefit to the Chinese economy.

And then there's the political aspect.

For Duan Xun to increase China's influence, it is a very good way to use these overseas Chinese.Cooperating with them can rapidly expand China's influence in many aspects.

Say nothing else.

At present, more than 90.00% of the world's natural rubber is controlled by rich Chinese and Nanyang Chinese.As long as Chinese and overseas Chinese wealthy in China and Southeast Asia cooperate, they will completely monopolize the supply of natural rubber in the world.

Including products such as tung oil and bristles, the cooperation between Chinese and overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia directly monopolizes the world market.These are the bargaining chips when negotiating.

"I see it this way. Let's set up a special Chinese and Overseas Chinese Committee and hold a Chinese and Overseas Chinese Conference. Let's talk openly and see how we can cooperate. Let them also put forward their opinions and opinions, and then the government will discuss it. President Jiang (Jiang Hong) meet)."

"Prime Minister."

"Go back and draw up carefully to see who is the most suitable person to be the head of the Overseas Chinese Committee. This person should preferably have an overseas background and be familiar with these overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese."

"Yes."

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On September 1924, 9, under pressure from all sides, London finally decided to make concessions to China.Because the United Kingdom cannot watch the rapid expansion of American power and become the hegemon of the Far East.

Britain, in particular, cannot watch China fall fully into the arms of the United States.

Of course, in addition to this reason, there is another reason that the United Kingdom and the United States are currently competing for control of the world currency.Because the current international trade situation is not good, Britain decided to suppress the United States.Signed trade agreements between Britain and British colonies and dependent states in the British sphere of influence, to the exclusion of the United States.

Want to use this to suppress US trade.

The situation is still going well, and there is a lot of pressure on the United States.But the United States suddenly cooperated with China and began to open up new battlefields in Asia.This is intolerable to Britain.

Therefore, Britain ended its arrogance, and China and Britain signed the "Sino-British Beijing Treaty Supplementary Agreement" in London.

Britain announced the abandonment of their concessions in China and the end of consular jurisdiction.On the Chinese side, it announced the protection of British property in the original concession and the safety of the lives and property of British citizens in the original concession.

So far, the seven-month concession negotiations have officially come to an end.

China and Britain announced that before December 1924, 12, that is, before 31 passed, Britain would revoke all concessions in China and return the administrative power of the concessions to China.

Of course, in order to sign this contract, China also made a step forward.

Same as America.

Open cities of the same size as commercial cities, and give equal treatment to British merchants and British goods.Moreover, the Chinese government once again promised that it will calm domestic sentiments and will not let public opinion always focus on the UK, let alone incite public opinion to "anti-British".

With the signing of this agreement, more than half of the historical issues left over between China and the UK have been resolved.As for the remaining Hong Kong issue, China has not mentioned it.

Because Hong Kong is a relatively important stronghold for the United Kingdom in the Far East.

Duan Xun is unwilling to completely turn against Britain, so the Hong Kong issue will be pushed aside first.After China's strength increases again, it will discuss this issue with the United Kingdom.

"Is their company insolvent?"

"No. Mayor Wu, you should know that most of my country's textile enterprises went bankrupt in the late Qing Dynasty. Therefore, the Chinese textile market in the following decades was ruled by British and Japanese merchants. After the outbreak of the European War, British merchants all Withdrawal, the funds returned to the UK. Therefore, more than half of China’s textile market is ruled by Japanese businessmen, and Japanese businessmen are thriving in the Chinese textile market. The textile factories opened by Japanese businessmen in China are all very powerful. Although in the past year they They've been hit hard, but not insolvent. But they're in a tough situation."

Beijing is signing various cooperation agreements with various countries, and wants to quickly open up the diplomatic situation.

All local governments are also showing their magical powers, and they are all considering how to develop the local economy.With the stability of China's political situation, China's government affairs system also began to improve slowly.

Including the promotion system for government officials is also slowly improving.It is no longer the time of the Revolution of [-], when promotions were chaotic.At that time, it was very common for people in their twenties to become army commanders or local governors.But as the political situation stabilizes, such things will not happen.

There are steps and assessments for the promotion of officials.

The inspection of local officials also gradually became more specific.Including security, for example, there are still some bandits in some places, and the security situation is still very serious.Such a situation is very unfavorable to the performance assessment of local governments, and their scores will be severely lowered in the assessment.

Therefore, there is no need for vigorous bandit suppression work at the national level, and the local governments themselves will formulate bandit suppression plans.In order to cope with the assessment by the central government, local officials are also working hard to do the following work for their own political future.

The same is true in Shanghai.

Shanghai has experienced too many things.

The bank turmoil at the beginning of the year has finally stabilized now.But Shanghai, as the city with the best economy in China at present, has the most complicated situation.

There are foreign businessmen, comprador businessmen, retired politicians and generals, numerous government-controlled companies, national capitalists, and gang forces.