Beiyang reactionaries

But soon there will be a law protection war, and it is estimated that the military expenditure will not be too small.No matter what the reform is, Duan Xun cannot affect military operations.Although Duan Xun didn't want to admit it, but Duan Xun's military expenditure also occupies a very large scale.

Duan Xun was worried that the reform of the Lijin Bureau would affect Sichuan's finances.

"Governor, you must be subject to chaos. You can't procrastinate because of short-term chaos. And although our Lijin income in Sichuan is not low, it is not to the point where it can affect fiscal revenue. On the contrary, the existence of the Lijin Bureau, Seriously affect normal economic activities. And as long as the Lijin Bureau exists, it is impossible for us to unify the finances of Sichuan. If the local government has the Lijin Bureau, then they will not lack money in their hands. It is necessary to separate the jurisdiction of the Lijin Bureau from the local government. Complete separation, the local government cannot control the Lijin Bureau, and only then can the local government's financial power be completely cut off, and the provincial government's power can be increased."

Wang Yongjiang analyzed Duan Xun from various aspects and analyzed the urgency of the reform of the Lijin Bureau.

Duan Xun thought for a while, nodded slowly, and said: "Okay. The Lijin Bureau will be incorporated into the Tax Bureau, and the Tax Bureau will be separated from the Finance Department. But regardless of whether it is the Finance Department or the Tax Bureau, professional knowledge is required. talents. Therefore, we must strengthen the training of staff.”

Since the Lijin Bureau is definitely going to reform, it is always better to reform early than late.

In fact, among Wang Yongjiang's various reasons, there is only one that impresses Duan Xun the most, and that is to strengthen his rule over Sichuan.With the existence of the Likin Bureau, the local government can have many ways to withhold likin income.However, as long as the power of the Lijin Bureau is withdrawn upwards and the local government's finances are cut off, they must rely on the allocation and support of the provincial government.In this way, you can greatly increase your control over the government agencies below.

"Yes."

"The reform of the Lijin Bureau, the candidates for the director of the tax bureau, etc., go back and think about it carefully. Come up with a specific plan at the next provincial government meeting."

"Yes."

"General."

While Duan Xun was talking with Wang Yongjiang, Sun Zhen walked in.

"how?"

"Governor Yang is outside."

"Let him in now."

Governor Yang, in the current Sichuan Governor Yang is talking about Yang Wei.Sun Zhen went out to spread the message, and soon saw Yang Wei walking in quickly.To Duan Xun: "General, something big has happened in Beijing."

"what happened?"

"Li Huangpi (Li Yuanhong) dismissed Prime Minister Duan as Prime Minister."

"When did this happen?"

"Three hours ago."

"Playing the piano randomly."

Both Yang Wei and Wang Yongjiang looked very surprised, but Duan Xun was very calm.Because Duan Xun knew about this a long time ago, but he didn't know when it would happen.Duan Xun just felt ridiculous at this time.

Seeing these in history books is just a record.

But actually experiencing this era, Duan Xun felt amused.Li Yuanhong didn't know what was going on, but he actually dismissed Duan Qirui from the post of prime minister.How can Duan Qirui be dismissed as a short-term president if he wants to.

"Is it because of the loan from Japan?"

"Yes."

Just a few days ago, British newspapers reported that Duan Qirui and the Japanese government borrowed [-] million.When this thing exploded, it dealt a big blow to Duan Qirui.Because Duan Qirui has always patted his chest to ensure that there is no insider trading between himself and Japan.His claim to participate in the European War is completely out of public interest and has nothing to do with Japan.But at this time, it was revealed that Duan Qirui had an insider transaction with Japan, which was a blow to Duan Qirui's reputation.

At present, Duan Qirui's political integrity is widely questioned.

One is that Duan Qirui used the "citizen group" to smash the Congress, leading to the collective resignation of the cabinet chiefs, making Duan Qirui a polished commander.One is the revelation of insider trading with Japan.This caused Duan Qirui, who had a good reputation, to be criticized a lot.

But even so, Li Yuanhong couldn't dismiss Duan Qirui.

"Where's Prime Minister Duan?"

"Already left Beijing."

"According to the 'Interim Agreement', the president has no right to remove the prime minister. Brother Xinye (Yang Wei), you quickly issue a statement condemning the president in my name. You must firmly support Premier Duan and condemn the president. It is a hegemonic act to remove the Prime Minister in violation of the 'Interim Agreement'."

Duan Xun reacted very quickly at this time.

Don't look at Duan Qirui as if he left Beijing disheartened now, but Duan Xun knows what's going on behind him better than anyone else.In more than a month, Duan Qirui will re-enter Beijing as the hero of "rebuilding the republic", and then take power.If you don't flatter at this time, when will you flatter.Before the other warlords of the Beiyang Army reacted, he had to express his loyalty to Duan Qirui first.

In this way, when Duan Qirui is in power, he will definitely not lose his own benefits.

"There is also a telegram to Prime Minister Duan asking for instructions on the next step."

"Yes."

Yang Wei is a smart man.

After Duan Xun's series of arrangements, Yang Wei understood what Duan Xun meant.After finishing the arrangement, Duan Xun smiled slightly and said, "The days of stability seem to be coming to an end again."

108 storm 2

stunned.

Li Yuanhong's dismissal of Duan Qirui stunned all the people in China who paid attention to the "controversy between government and court" and everyone couldn't believe it.Because no one thought that such a thing would happen.In the previous contest, Li Yuanhong was at an absolute disadvantage. Facing Duan Qirui's aggressive posture, he had no way to do anything, and was forced by Duan Qirui to retreat step by step.Even if the "citizen group" incident happened, the chief of the cabinet resigned collectively, making Duan Qirui an empty prime minister, which severely damaged Duan Qirui's political reputation.But Duan Qirui still has the upper hand in the "contest between government and courtyard".

Because Duan Qirui inherited Yuan Shikai's Beiyang heritage, he is a real powerful faction.The two sides competed, although Li Yuanhong held the name of the President, but Duan Qirui was the Prime Minister.In the "temporary agreement", under the cabinet system, the prime minister is the decision-maker of the government, and Duan Qirui is nominally more powerful than Li Yuanhong.And not to mention the nominal things, the real strength gap between the two sides is too great, and Li Yuanhong's real strength is completely incomparable with Duan Qirui's.Li Yuanhong's rise in Hubei was able to rise in the political arena of the Republic of China thanks to the integration of Hubei forces after the Wuchang Uprising.However, Li Yuanhong's direct descendants were cleaned up by the Beiyang Army as early as when Yuan Shikai was there.Therefore, Duan Qirui relied on his strong strength and the provincial governors who entered Beijing to firmly suppress Li Yuanhong, forcing Li Yuanhong to be helpless.

But all of a sudden?

Suddenly Li Yuanhong dismissed Duan Qirui from his position as Prime Minister.

Uproar.

Although Li Yuanhong had an excuse, saying that Duan Qirui, as Prime Minister of the State, had done shady insider transactions with Japan, so Duan Qirui was removed from the position of Prime Minister of the State.But such an excuse still cannot stop the uproar of national public opinion.

After Li Yuanhong dismissed him as prime minister, Duan Qirui left Beijing in a fit of anger.Duan Qirui was not afraid of Li Yuanhong, and even looked down on Li Yuanhong.When Xu Shuzheng was in Beijing, he looked down on Li Yuanhong in everything, and was arrogant and domineering in front of Li Yuanhong, and Duan Qirui had thoughts behind him.Duan Qirui always didn't give Li Yuanhong face, and looked down on Li Yuanhong everywhere, which made Duan Qirui's direct subordinates also look down on Li Yuanhong, and ignored Li Yuanhong no matter what they did.

Duan Qirui was very angry when he was dismissed from the position of prime minister by someone who looked down on him like this.Even Yuan Shikai was not so disrespectful to Duan Qirui back then, and he dismissed Duan Qirui when he said Duan Qirui was dismissed.In order to let Duan Qirui leave the central government, Yuan Shikai had been preparing for several years, and it took more than a year just to start.It was step by step to slowly let Duan Qirui leave Beijing.And it wasn't that Duan Qirui was dismissed from his post at that time, it was just that Duan Qirui was allowed to cultivate and gave Duan Qirui enough face.

But what are you, Li Yuanhong?

He even directly dismissed himself as the Prime Minister of the State.

So Duan Qirui went to Tianjin, and directly expressed his disapproval of Li Yuanhong's dismissal.Because according to the "provisional agreement", the prime minister is the real power.Under the cabinet system, the real leader of the government is the prime minister, and the president is just a show.Therefore, the president does not have the power to remove the prime minister.

When Duan Qirui came to Tianjin, he set up a State Council in Tianjin to confront the presidential palace in Beijing.At this time, Duan Xun was the first to issue a statement in Chengdu, rejecting Li Yuanhong's dismissal of Duan Qirui, and condemning Li Yuanhong's illegal behavior of wantonly trampling on the "temporary contract".Then he expressed his disapproval of Li Yuanhong's leadership of the Beijing government, and expressed his acceptance of the leadership of Duan Qirui in Tianjin, in order to support Duan Qirui.The warlords of the Beiyang Army reacted very quickly one by one. After Duan Xun made a statement, they followed up with similar statements.

Even the governors of some provinces directly stated that if Li Yuanhong insisted on deposing Duan Qirui, they would choose independence.

recall?

joke.Even when Yuan Shikai asked Duan Qirui to leave the central organization, he failed to cut off Duan Qirui's wings, and Duan Qirui's direct descendants still cheered for him.During the War to Protect the Nation, Duan Qirui's direct army all acted on Duan Qirui's face.Even when the War to Protect the Country reached its climax and Yuan Shikai was in the most difficult time, he could only invite Duan Qirui to come out again to help him stabilize the situation.What's the use of Li Yuanhong dismissing Duan Qirui.

Those Beiyang army warlords are all under the command of Duan Qirui in Tianjin, who will listen to your orders from Li Yuanhong.They all sent telegrams to Duan Qirui in Tianjin and obeyed Duan Qirui's orders. Is it great that you, Li Yuanhong, are the president?

Especially the northern provinces.

That is the territory of the Beiyang Army. The governors of the provinces here are all the governors of the Beiyang Army, and they are all people who support Duan Qirui.Even in Beijing, the strength supporting Duan Qirui far exceeds that of Li Yuanhong.Including the Ministry of the Army, after Li Yuanhong dismissed Duan Qirui, all the generals in it followed Duan Qirui to Tianjin.