Beiyang reactionaries

really.

Sure enough, someone who can serve as an aide to Chiang Kai-shek and give him strategic decision-making of "politics first, military second" is not in vain.Duan Xun didn't think of anything these days, and Yang Yongtai helped Duan Xun solve it in a few strokes.

"Also, General. Don't you want to get back the customs clearance within the control area? In fact, this is not the most important thing. To be honest, there is only a little more money in the customs clearance. The most important thing is that the current Chinese customs There is a very serious problem with China's tariffs. The tax rate of 5.00% is one-fifth of the current world average customs tax rate, which is simply ridiculously low. Because of this low tax rate, China's import and export loses hundreds of millions of silver dollars every year. And the money was earned by foreign companies. Because of the extremely low tax rate, these foreign companies used low prices to take away China’s resources, and used low-priced industrial products to destroy China’s national industry and monopolize the domestic market. All the money we should have earned is what we should have earned. Therefore, we should start building momentum now, let the people of the whole country see the greedy faces of these powers in Europe, America and Japan, and let the people of the whole country know how much money we have lost in customs. Build momentum first, In this way, we will have a lot of benefits in negotiating with them in the future. If this is done well, it will be a big problem no less than the Qingdao problem."

look away.

There are really many ways to divert attention.The civil war, and the customs problem, used these things to attract the attention of the audience, and they could distract the affairs of the Paris Peace Conference.

Adding more targets and diverting the line of sight can prevent the spark from reaching Duan Xun.

"Moreover, General. At present, in the concessions of big cities in China, there are countless things that foreigners bully us Chinese. It's just that many people are used to it, so no one cares. Let's find some good pens and sort out those things. , Immediately, it is a matter that can make the people of the whole country angry."

pen.

The pen can save people, but it can also kill people.

For ordinary cases, a slight movement of the pen can turn into June Feixue's unjust case.No matter how tragic the matter is, if the pen shifts its focus, it will become a comedy.

This is the power of the pen.

Foreigners bullying Chinese?

too common.

Everyone is also surprised.But let those pens write it out, and those things can become a big event that shocked the whole country.

"good."

Yang Yongtai's method is indeed good.

If Yang Yongtai's method is followed, Duan Xun can really pick himself out.The fire of the May [-]th Movement could not reach Duan Xun's place.After all, compared to Duan Qirui, Duan Xun is still not enough weight.The first person those people wanted to kill was Duan Qirui.

At that time, public opinion will be too mixed, and they can only concentrate on attacking one target.It is impossible to attack Duan Xun on the basis of attacking Duan Qirui and the "New Transportation Department" under Duan Qirui's hands.

Once the attack force is dispersed, it is impossible to achieve good results.

"Then what about using public opinion?"

214 Public Opinion War 3

"Then what about using public opinion?"

Duan Xun is more and more interested.

Yang Yongtai is not bad.

In a few strokes, Duan Xun has basically been picked off from the future turmoil.So Duan Xun became more and more interested in Yang Yongtai's next suggestion.

"General, if the Paris Peace Conference fails, the people from all walks of life in China who have high hopes will be disappointed. As great as the hope is, so will the disappointment. The anger that will erupt at that time will definitely ignite the upsurge of nationalism in China."

Duan Xun knows the history, while Yang Yongtai analyzes it completely based on the current situation in China.

In recent years, the trend of nationalism in China has been increasing.When Duan Qirui was criticized in the past two years, the main content of the criticism was Duan Qirui's betrayal of sovereignty.This is another way to see that China's current nationalism is in the development stage.Otherwise, they wouldn't use this thing to criticize Duan Qirui.

After the end of the European War, all walks of life in China celebrated wildly.

Celebrating the Allied victory.

Of course, it is also to celebrate China becoming a victorious country.Since the beginning of the Opium War, China has been continuously defeated.Lost the war with the British, "lost" the war with the French, and lost the war with the Japanese.

Anyway, you lose everywhere.

When it came to the Eight-Power Allied Forces, China even lost to the Eight-Power Allied Forces.

Under such circumstances, China suddenly became a victorious country, which is definitely an important improvement for the hearts of the Chinese people.So much so that Duan Qirui, who was scolded by the public every day before, suddenly became a Chinese hero again during the period of victory in the European war.

Many people said that without Duan Qirui's strong promotion, how could China join the Allied Powers, how could it be possible to become a victorious country.Therefore, many people say that Duan Qirui is a hero.

In fact, how did they know that Duan Qirui was originally the most opposed to joining the Allied Powers.Li Yuanhong was the first to propose joining the Allies.Later, it was Japan who invited China to join the Allied Powers and offered support to Duan Qirui, so Duan Qirui changed his attitude and finally joined the Allied Powers.

History is so interesting.

A victorious country, China has become a victorious country.People from all walks of life in China believe that since China has also become a victorious country, as a victorious country, China should be able to recover many rights and interests.

Moreover, at this time, US President Wilson even put forward many attractive slogans.

So much so that everyone thinks that the Paris Peace Conference will be a stage for China to cleanse its shame.But under such expectations, when everyone knew that the rights and interests in Shandong were transferred to Japan, what would erupt at that time would be a volcano, an angry volcano.

He will translate into a more radical, more violent nationalism.

"General, the trend of history is mighty. Those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish. At this time, we must keep up with this trend. Not only must we keep up with this trend, we must also lead this trend."

"What should be done?"

"General, since the climax of nationalism is coming, then you must be the representative of nationalism, General. Of course, the powers of Europe, America and Japan are still strong. You can't let them think that we want to directly confront them, or tear our faces apart. We What needs to be done is to lead the public opinion and win the unanimous support of the people across the country without stimulating the bottom line of the European, American and Japanese powers."

"Brother Changqing, don't beat around the bush, just tell me what you should do."

Duan Xun understood what Yang Yongtai meant.

Duan Xun is not yet qualified to turn against the European, American and Japanese powers.But if you don't do something big, how can you become a representative of nationalism, how can you become a hero of the Chinese people.

So what is the thing that does not stimulate the powers of Europe, America and Japan, but can set off a climax of public opinion?

Duan Xun stared straight at Yang Yongtai.

"General, I heard recently that there are some foreign merchants smuggling opium."

"Smuggling opium?"

"Yes."

Duan Xun hated opium very much, and imposed very severe punishment on opium in the area under his control.However, things like smuggling opium are trivial matters. There are local anti-smoking departments and local police stations to take care of them. These are their affairs.

Duan Xun, a warlord with more than 20 troops, controls such a large territory, how can he have time to take care of such small things.Now Duan Xun can't even handle half of the government affairs himself, let alone opium smuggling.

"It's some merchants from France. French Indochina is also a good place to grow opium. Originally, my country used to grow more opium, which caused the domestic opium price to drop a lot. In particular, Yunnan used to be the province with the most opium in the south, so there is no How much opium came in from French Indochina. Because it entered our country, we couldn’t make much money. However, after the general banned smoking in the three provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and western Hunan, the price of domestic opium skyrocketed. Therefore, when some French businessmen came to Yunnan to do business , specially brought in some opium. Then cooperated with the opium merchants in Yunnan and Guangxi to send the opium out of Yunnan, into Guangxi, and finally sold to Guangdong.”

"How did their opium enter Yunnan?"

Duan Xun's smoking ban is very strict.

In the past on the Yangtze River, many foreign firms used cargo ships to transport opium.Duan Xun is not used to their problem, even the cargo ships of foreign merchants will be inspected from time to time.As long as the opium is found, Duan Xun will confiscate it no matter whose opium it is.Those foreign firms in the Yangtze River all know Duan Xun's habit, so they are all very honest.

But why did French merchants cooperate with opium merchants in Yunnan and Guangxi so easily to transport opium out?

"General, the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway is operated by France. We have no right to inspect the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway. Therefore, it is very easy for those French businessmen to use the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway to get opium in."