Beiyang reactionaries

"I, Duan Xun, formally take over the post of border defense supervisor here today."

"Swipe brush-"

"Wipe, wipe—"

If there is no army to stop them, these reporters would like to come in front of Duan Xun and take pictures of Duan Xun.Because Duan Xun is really too young.At present, the giants in Chinese politics, starting from Xu Shichang, Jin Yunpeng, Cao Kun, and Zhang Zuolin, down to the more well-known warlords Li Chun, Lu Yongxiang, Ni Sichong, Lu Rongting, and even Chen Jiongming and Xu Chongzhi from the Sun Yat-sen Revolutionary Party, none of them Duan Xun is young.

31 is old.

Duan Xun is only 31 years old, but he is already a warlord who controls one-third of China's territory.And after Duan Qirui stepped down, Duan Xun has become the de facto leader of the Anhui faction.

That's why many people think that Duan Xun is the one who can unify China in the future.Seeing Duan Xun at such a close distance now, these reporters are of course crazy.

"Today is my inauguration ceremony. I am here, in front of everyone, and I am willing to make the following promises. If I fail to fulfill the following promises, I will automatically announce my resignation when witnessed by everyone present."

Although the current audio equipment, or loudspeakers, speakers cannot be compared with later.But in such occasions it is still sufficient.

For this inauguration ceremony, Jiang Hongyu, governor of Hubei Province, who came to Wuchang a month earlier, and Wan Xuancai, head of the army, made a lot of efforts.These equipments are imported from abroad and are currently the most advanced equipment.

"First, I, Duan Xun, made a promise here. In the next two years, the main task of the border guards under our Border Guard Supervision Office is to suppress bandits. At present, there are many routs and bandits in various places, which seriously affect the safety of people's lives and properties. Within two years, I promise that within two years, the provinces under the Border Supervision Administration will completely end the current phenomenon of bandits. Later, the Border Supervision Administration will announce a series of regulations for suppressing bandits, including the gun management regulations of each province. If the two After two years, I have not been able to solve the current banditry in the provinces. If the banditry is still as serious as it is now, then I will choose to go out of the field and never return to politics.”

"Whoa whoa-"

With the downfall of Duan Qirui, Duan Xun began to appear in front of everyone as a representative of the Anhui faction, or as an independent force.That being the case, Duan Xun will use a brand new look to appear in front of everyone.

In other words, Duan Xun needs to come up with his own policy agenda.

But if it is too general, or too imaginary, Duan Xun will shoot it directly.For example, Duan Xun will not talk about things like adhering to the republic, supporting democracy, supporting freedom, and some general goals, even impossible goals.Things like the free compulsory education that Sun Yat-sen said in Nanjing in the year of [-] seem to be admirable, but Duan Xun will not talk about such impossible things.These things are too empty, and Sun Yat-sen and his revolutionary party have said too many such things.

Although everyone liked to listen to it at the beginning, after so many years and years of domestic melee, everyone got tired of listening to it.Since the founding of the Republic of China, there have been countless such words, but no one has really practiced them.Therefore, Duan Xun is going to come up with a fresh opportunity to let the people of the whole country know himself intuitively.It is very intuitive to know what Duan Xun's policy agenda is.

Therefore, Duan Xun is not playing with fiction, what he said is real.

straightforward.

Debut with a different kind of inaugural address.Directly in front of so many reporters, as well as celebrities from the political, military, and business circles, make your own pledge.He didn't say anything about the policy program that people couldn't understand, but picked some of the most important things to promise them.

"Second, I promise that within two years, the provinces under the jurisdiction of the Border Defense Supervision Administration will complete the unification of tax rates, complete the reform of taxation, and complete the unification of taxation. I will gradually announce all taxation aspects in the next six months. There will be no ambiguity in completing the unification of tax rates in these provinces. In the future, all taxes in these provinces will mainly follow the tax standards I announced. The only department that has the right to collect taxes in all provinces is the tax bureau, and all other departments, including Local governments do not have the power to collect taxes privately. If some places want to introduce new taxes, they must obtain the consent of the Border Inspection Office. And the tax collection can only be handed over to the local tax bureau.”

tax.

This is currently the most complex in China.

Not to mention that each province has different taxation standards, even each road (city), each county has different taxation standards.This is extremely detrimental to China's business development.

The circulation of goods is very difficult.

Duan Xun wants to solve this problem in a place under his control.

"Third, I promise that in the next five years, the provinces under my jurisdiction will build [-] primary schools, [-] secondary schools, and [-] technical schools of various industries. All universities should focus on building [-] first-class universities in the country. I promise here that no matter how difficult the financial situation is, I will not misappropriate education funds."

"Fourth, I promise that within the next eight years, I will build the Longhai Railway from Baoji, Shaanxi to Kaifeng, Henan, the Hubei and Hunan sections of the Guangdong-Han Railway, and the Chengdu-Chongqing Railway from Chengdu, Sichuan to Chongqing. , the Baocheng Railway from Baoji, Shaanxi to Chengdu, Sichuan, the Yugui Railway from Chongqing, Sichuan to Guilin, Guangxi, the Xianggui Railway from Hengyang, Hunan to Nanning, Guangxi, and the Xuzhou, Sichuan to Kunming, Yunnan will be built Xukun Railway. In the next eight years, I will build [-] kilometers of railway.”

"Fifth, I promise that in the next ten years, within the provinces under my jurisdiction, every county will have a formal court and an independent prosecutor system. Regularize the current judicial system, formalize China's public security system."

"Sixth, I promise that if I serve as the supervisor of the border defense and the director of the Mongolia-Tibetan Committee, I will not allow our border areas to become independent, and will not allow the border areas to separate from our country."

"These six points are my promise to everyone at the inauguration ceremony today, and my promise to the people of the whole country. If I break my promise, if I fail to fulfill my promise, I will announce my resignation at that time , to leave the political arena. Everyone here, the people of the whole country can supervise me and spur me.”

"Ugh-"

"Wow—"

Many of the people who came today were prominent figures.There are even representatives of Beijing President Xu Shichang, State Premier Jin Yunpeng, Zhiluyu Tour Envoy Cao Kun, and Northeast Province Tour Envoy Zhang Zuolin.Of course, the representative of Duan Qirui, who has already stepped down, was there, and representatives of the warlords from various places also came to the scene.

Regardless of whether they like Duan Xun or not, Duan Xun has already begun to influence China's political situation.Therefore, even on the surface, they have to send representatives to attend the inauguration ceremony of Duan Xun's border supervisor.

In addition to them, there are many reporters, many well-known figures in the national newspaper industry have come here.In addition to them, there are also many big names in the Chinese business world who are in charge of the wind and rain.

Because Duan Xun is no longer that southwest warlord.

Instead, he has become a great warlord who can control the situation in the whole country.Duan Xun's every move can affect the political situation of the country, the military situation of the country, and the economy of the country.

So everybody came.

They originally thought that Duan Xun made some formulaic inaugural speech.But Duan Xun completely subverted everyone's imagination, one after another was all about specific things.Duan Xun's commitment includes many aspects, but each of them is closely related to daily life.

And the promises are not empty, but real.

No fuzzy ones.

For example, when building a railway, he mentioned the specific railway line and quantified the length of the railway that needs to be built.The investment in education is also to directly say the number, how many schools to build, and so on.It is very different and surprised everyone.

"General Duan, General Duan."

"General Duan."

After everyone was a little surprised, the reporters soon became overwhelmed.More than half a year ago, Sun Yat-sen announced his "industrial plan" in his country-building strategy, which shocked the world and was ridiculed by many people as crazy.

Now Duan Xun is doing the same thing.

So many reporters raised their hands to ask questions.

Duan Xun nodded to Bai Jianwu below, and Bai Jianwu immediately pointed to a reporter.After he stood up, he said directly: "General Duan, how do you know if you have completed what you said? For example, if you said that you built three thousand elementary schools, how do you know if it is true? Is it you?" To fool everyone."

Duan Xun smiled on it.

Now these reporters are still very courageous.This does not give Duan Xun face, no wonder so many journalists were assassinated during the Republic of China.Everyone really thinks that these warlords holding guns are easy to talk about.

I really annoy these warlords with my guns, whoever you are.

"That's a good question from this reporter. Then I'll give you another guarantee. Starting next year, in December every year, our border inspection agency will publish in the newspaper the names and dates of all the schools established during the year. , location. Reporters who have questions at that time can check them one by one according to the published list. If there is any intentional exaggeration and concealment, you can directly contact me, and you can directly publish it in the newspaper. Including our achievements in suppressing bandits , I welcome all journalists to monitor our railway construction progress.”

"General Duan, I heard that the Yugui Railway, which is currently under construction, was handed over to Overseas Chinese Industrial Company for construction, and they were given 40 years of operating rights."

"Yes."

Duan Xun did not deny it at all.

He said directly: "Traffic is a major factor that restricts the development of our country, and the most important thing to develop transportation is to develop railways. However, the construction of railways requires a lot of funds, such as the Guangdong-Han Railway and the Longhai Railway that run through the country from east to west and from north to south. The railway has been delayed again and again. What is the reason? The reason is that the government has no money. The government cannot spend so much money. But China must develop the railway. We cannot stop developing the railway because the government lacks funds. Therefore It is a very good way to absorb private capital to build railways, and it is also a must for the development of railways in China. Overseas Chinese Industrial Company is willing to invest in the construction of Yugui Railway, and I cannot let them build this railway for nothing. So we will give Overseas Chinese Industrial Company 40 If anyone here wants to invest in the railway, then I welcome it. Our border inspection agency will soon issue details on how private capital invests in the construction of the railway. The next one."

At this time, a young reporter in his thirties stood up and said, "General Duan, we heard that the Chengdu-Chongqing Railway that the general built in Sichuan was borrowed from Japan for 2000 million yuan, and the Sichuan Iron and Steel Plant was built with a loan of 3000 million yuan from Japan." loan."

"Wow—"

When the reporter asked a question, many people immediately whispered.Since Duan Qirui and Japan are getting closer and closer, coupled with the events of the Paris Peace Conference, anti-Japanese sentiment in China is very high.It can even be said to be ridiculously high.

If everyone was condemning Duan Qirui in the past, it was because Duan Qirui was at the top, at the front, helping the warlords of the Anhui clique to block the condemnation of others.So now that Duan Qirui is out of the field, these Anhui warlords will have to face public opinion alone.