Beiyang reactionaries

Duan Xun's promise is to change their costumes within half a year.

Whoever is obedient, then change their troops first.The relationship between Hu Jingyi and Duan Xun is currently the best, so Duan Xun is the first to equip Hu Jingyi's troops. If other troops want weapons, they will line up slowly.

The Japanese used arms to win over powerful factions in the country, and Duan Xun also used arms to control and win over the Shaanxi army.

But even if only half of the army can get these weapons, it is already a very good thing for Hu Jingyi.

Half of the weapons of Duan Xun's troops were produced by the Sichuan Arsenal itself.In terms of quality and power, they are not as good as foreign weapons.But Duan Xun's troops have a very good thing.

That is logistics unification.

In order to unify the logistics, Duan Xun's Sichuan arsenal has the same ammunition mode as the Japanese weapons.

This actually has many advantages for the army.

Hu Jingyi's previous troops had weapons from various sources in a mess, and even the bullets used by those weapons were not universal.This is the most difficult thing for the troops.Therefore, accepting Duan Xun's weapons this time, Hu Jingyi eliminated all those weapons with messy specifications.

"You and I have known each other for more than half a year."

"Seven months."

Hu Jingyi replied immediately.

The two met for the first time in Xi'an, and after testing each other, they reached a cooperation agreement.During this period of time, the cooperation between the two is still very good.Relying on Hu Jingyi's support, Duan Xun's control over the Shaanxi Army is getting deeper and deeper.And by virtue of Hu Jingyi's cooperation with Duan Xun, he not only escaped from being imprisoned, but also drove away Chen Shufan, and greatly increased the strength of his First Division of the Shaanxi Army.

In the current Shaanxi military system, Hu Jingyi's influence is very important.

Hu Jingyi not only controls the First Division of the Shaanxi Army, but even Fan Zhongxiu's First Mixed Brigade of the Shaanxi Army is the only leader of Hu Jingyi's lead.In a place like Shaanxi, if there are more than 1 troops, then it is already a small prince.

"From the first time we met, I knew that Mr. Hu is a person who does big things. I have two things to discuss with Mr. Hu today. I don't know if Mr. Hu dares to listen."

"General Duan, please speak."

Hu Jingyi also thought a lot during this time.

indecisive.

Like Guo Xiren and the others, Hu Jingyi also believed that the advantages of Duan Xun's coming to Shaanxi definitely outweighed the disadvantages.Compared with Zhang Fenghui, Lu Jianzhang, and Chen Shufan before him, Duan Xun is a real person who does things.

After coming to Shaanxi, everything I did was for the good of Shaanxi.

Banning smoking, suppressing bandits, improving military discipline, investing in education, building railways, and building water conservancy projects are all for the development of Shaanxi.Although more of the reason is that Duan Xun wants to control Shaanxi and buy the hearts of the people in Shaanxi.But even if the purpose is this, the things done during this process are all good and beneficial to Shaanxi.Therefore, Hu Jingyi is not very opposed to Duan Xun's serving as the governor of Shaanxi, but rather supports it.

But the support belongs to the support, and it is only to let Duan Xun serve as the governor of Shaanxi.If Hu Jingyi wanted to become Duan Xun's general, Hu Jingyi had a lot of hesitation.

Natural resistance.

Hu Jingyi began to participate in the revolution in the late Qing Dynasty, and fought against the Beiyang Army in Tongguan.Later, the opponents in the War to Protect the Country and the War to Protect the Law were also the Beiyang Army, so there was a natural resistance to the Beiyang Army.Especially Duan Xun, who is also a relative of Duan Qirui and a major general of the Anhui Clan, this identity made Hu Jingyi feel a lot of resistance in his heart.

This is not a rational idea, but a very emotional rejection.

Therefore, Duan Xun signaled Hu Jingyi several times, hoping that Hu Jingyi could lead the Shaanxi army to completely rely on himself.But Hu Jingyi laughed and changed the topic several times.So Hu Jingyi was worried that Duan Xun was repeating the old saying.

"The first thing I'm worried about is Mongolia and Xinjiang."

Duan Xun spread out a relatively crude map.

When you go to a place, you have to think about the things of the place.When Duan Xun was in Sichuan, he only had to consider Tibet when it came to border issues.As long as we ensure the stability of Tibet, then we have fulfilled our duty.

After arriving in Shaanxi, it is inevitable to consider the Russian issue.

This is true of Mongolia and Xinjiang.

"After the Revolution of [-], because of the sharp decline in central authority, the control over local areas also declined a lot. As for the border areas, the state was basically out of reach. These factors led to Uliasutai (Outer Mongolia), Xinjiang, and Tibet. Started to fight for independence, started to want to separate from China. There is a relationship between Russia and the United Kingdom, because they are behind it. If we can’t control these places for a long time, they will gradually alienate China and separate from China. It eventually became an independent force. So when I was in Sichuan, I risked offending the British and also put down the Tibetan rebellion. Because I knew that once Tibet became independent, it would affect Qinghai, Sichuan-Tibet border areas, and even Xinjiang. will be affected.”

Hu Jingyi didn't expect that Duan Xun suddenly started talking about border issues.But the frontier issue is a big deal, so Hu Jingyi still listened to Duan Xun very seriously.

"At present, Uliasutai is already in a semi-independent state. If it is left alone, it will directly affect the Inner Mongolia region and the stability of the Northwest. Therefore, we must prepare in advance for the Mongolian issue. Wait until something really happens there. Question, if we try to find a solution, it will be too late. Master Hu, so I plan to set up a force to be stationed in Yulin to deter the Mongolian banners, and also to prevent what happens to Uliasutai. What do you think? "

"Yulin has been an important military town since ancient times, and it is indeed the best place to deter the Mongolian banners."

Hu Jingyi nodded.

Although I don't know what Duan Xun is looking for today, but I support Duan Xun's idea.If you want to deter Mongolia, sending troops to Yulin is indeed the best way.Since ancient times, Yulin has been a bridgehead when the government has attacked grassland forces.It's just that in the past few years, because of the chaos in Shaanxi, the main job of deterring Mongolia has been handed over to Jing Yuexiu, the guardian of northern Shaanxi.

Jing Yuexiu's troops were stationed in the Yan'an and Yulin areas.

However, northern Shaanxi where Jing Yuexiu was stationed was very poor. Although Jing Yuexiu himself was a local tyrant here, he didn't have much income at all.If it weren't for the salt in Yulin, Jing Yuexiu could earn some money from the salt in Yulin.Otherwise, it would be difficult to maintain the annual income even for one's own troops, let alone any development.Therefore, Jing Yuexiu's army is only three to four thousand people, and it is impossible to effectively interfere with Mongolian affairs.

If Duan Xun took action and stationed thousands of troops in Yulin, the effect would be very good.Although Mongolia is jumping, Mongolia itself does not have much strength.Thousands of regular troops deter them, plus other troops stationed in Chahar and Rehe areas, there is more than enough defense against Mongolia.

"In addition to this problem, the biggest headache for me now is the customs problem. Now foreigners control the customs. The tariff rate they set decades ago is 5.00%, but they have not changed it until now. Not only that, they It is stipulated that when foreign things enter China, as long as they pay a 5.00% tariff, then after entering China, the Chinese government has no power to collect taxes again.”

The customs issue is the most troublesome thing for Duan Xun.

The British are just too much.Now the world's Shanghai tariff rate is generally above 20.00%, and some of the higher tax rates are above 50.00%.And when everyone's economy is not good, the lowest tax rate on the customs side will soon be 30.00%, 60.00%, and even some important industries will become [-]%, [-]%.Because at that time trade protection advocates will rise.

But what about China?

The customs tax rate is 5.00%.

Although China is weak and economically poor, China is a big country with a large area and a large population.The population of China is the sum of the population of Europe, and China is a country rich in products.Therefore, although China is not an industrial country and does not export any industrial products, its annual import and export is still very amazing.

With such a huge import and export trade, China's customs revenue should be an astonishing amount.

But what about the reality?

less.

Because the British, including those other European and American powers, they stipulated that China's customs tax rate is 5.00%.This has reduced China's customs revenue by a large amount in import and export trade.

Not only that, they also forced China to sign the treaty.Those foreign goods that enter China through customs, China does not allow taxation again.However, China's domestically produced goods are taxed from the process of manufacturing, intermediate transportation, and sales.Moreover, in order to fight wars in these years, the various domestic tax rates are ridiculously high.Since it is impossible to collect taxes on foreign goods, they can only collect taxes on domestic goods for the sake of money.

In this way, the price of foreign goods is even more advantageous than that of China's own products, and it is also much cheaper.The quality of Chinese products is not as good as that of others, and the price is still higher than that of others. Under such circumstances, how can China's domestic industry survive.

So Duan Xun gets angry every time customs is mentioned.

With Hu Jingyi at the side, he really couldn't keep up with Duan Xun's rhythm.I was still talking about the frontier issue just now, so how did this involve the issue of customs.But Hu Jingyi didn't interrupt, and continued to listen to Duan Xun.

"So I am going to use five years to take back the control of the customs from the diplomatic missions of various countries. Even if I can't take the control of all the customs in China, at least I have to take the control of the customs in the area under my control. Next. If it is not possible, they cannot be allowed to set the customs tariff rate at will. China's tariff rate must be increased, at least to 15.00%. As long as this is the case, our country's customs revenue will increase several times , our country's finances will not be as embarrassing as it is now."

Duan Xun spoke calmly, but Hu Jingyi was taken aback.

It has long been known that Duan Xun is so bold that he even dared to bombard British warships.Unexpectedly, Duan Xun was more radical than imagined.Although Shaanxi is an inland province, and Hu Jingyi is only an army general, he didn't pay attention to the customs.

But Hu Jingyi also knew some common sense things.At present, the customs are controlled by the powerful countries such as Europe, America and Japan.

They worry that China has no money to repay the debt, so they control China's customs.Then most of the annual customs revenue is taken away by them to pay off debts.The rest of the money goes to the Beijing government.