Beiyang reactionaries

"General, you are..."

Chen Jintao turned pale with shock.

At present, the British are responsible for China's tariffs, and they are supervised by powerful countries such as Britain, the United States, France, and Japan.Because they all count on compensation and loans from customs duties, customs duties are firmly in the hands of these people.

Not only do they control these, but even the remaining Guan Yu after paying back the money is also controlled by them.

why?

very simple.The current China, especially the Beijing government, sounds orthodox, but in fact, life is very difficult.Because the power of the local military governors has been greatly increased, and no one listens to the Beijing government.

In name everyone respects the Beijing government, and in name everyone is subordinate to the Beijing government.Those local warlords also need to be recognized by the Beijing government.But in many matters, the Beijing government can't control these local warlords at all.These people support themselves one by one, and one by one withholds the tax revenue in the province, and whoever sends the money to the Beijing government.

Although the Beijing government has also set up national taxation bureaus in various provinces, they are simply no match for those local warlords.Those people from the Internal Revenue Service, if they dare to prick in the local area, the local warlords have plenty of ways to deal with them.If you have a good temper, you will hold a meeting to expel them. If you have a bad temper, you will send people to assassinate these people. If you have a bad temper, you will directly lead troops to kill them.Because although all provinces have national taxes, how dare they really collect taxes according to the tax rate.The local warlords give the Beijing government face, so the national tax can earn millions of dollars a year.If the local warlords don't give the Beijing government face, they can even embezzle the national tax.Unable to collect taxes from the local government, everyone knows how difficult the life of the Beijing government is.

Therefore, for the Beijing government, there are only two places where the money comes from.One is to keep borrowing money from foreign banks, and the other is the customs surplus in the hands of the great powers.Customs revenue is the bulk of the Beijing government's finances.

The big powers control Guanyu in order to control the Beijing government and China's political situation.

Under such circumstances, how could they hand over Guan Yu.And Guan Yu is the lifeblood of the Beijing government, how could they agree.Duan Xun wanted to rob Guanyu, not only offending the Beijing government, but also offending the foreign powers.

"Before the end of the year, I will definitely take back Guan Yu. I must take back this year's Guan Yu."

"General, have you thought about the consequences?"

Chen Jintao wanted to stop Duan Xun's adventure.

Duan Xun waved his hand and said: "Brother Lansheng, I don't do blind things. This student movement opened the beginning of nationalism in our country. I want to add fire here and stir up the customs problem. In the past two months The newspapers in Shanghai keep talking about the customs issue. Do you think it’s a random talk? I talked about it on purpose. I want people all over the country to know how the big powers exploit us through the customs and how they control our country through the customs. .I want to use the current domestic nationalist sentiment and domestic nationalist forces to oppress the diplomatic missions of various countries and make them have to make concessions."

"General..."

"Listen to me. I rely not only on domestic nationalist forces, but also on the current international situation. The Russian civil war is getting more and more fierce, and all countries in Europe, America and Japan want to extinguish the new Bolshevik regime in Russia. At this stage they They don’t have the energy to manage our domestic affairs, and they still count on us to support them. The customs incident at this time is also very unfavorable to them. I only want to close Yu, and this time I will definitely not violate their special rights to customs.”

Countries attach great importance to China's tariffs.

Because China has so many indemnities and arrears, most of which are repaid from tariffs.This is their interest.Duan Xun didn't want to fight for this thing in the past, because Duan Xun didn't have the strength to fight for this.

At best, Duan Xun can only fight for the control of Guan Yu.

And what Duan Xun wants is not the customs surplus of the whole country, what Duan Xun wants is only the customs customs surplus within his control.And Duan Xun believes that as long as he takes the lead, the warlords in other parts of China will probably come up together.

Duan Xun had already aimed at Guan Yu.

It's just that the former controller of the Beijing government was Duan Qirui, and it was not easy for Duan Xun to steal his money.Now that Duan Qirui is out of the field, Duan Xun is not polite.

"What's more, Britain, France, the United States, and Japan have their own conflicts. I am going to win over Japan. Anyway, we have a good relationship with Japan. As long as I get Guan Yu, I will not take any money, and I will use it all to pay off debts. And it will be used first to repay Japan's debts. If there is any remaining, then all of it will be used to buy Japanese things. I can ask Japan to send someone to supervise the use of Guanyu. As long as Japan agrees to take back my part of Guanyu. "

pro day.

Really pro-Japanese.

Duan Xun currently needs Japan.The European war is over, and European powers such as Britain and France want to return to the Far East.And the United States also began to want control of the Far East.During the European War in China, Japan, which had greatly increased its strength in the Far East, was of course unwilling.

It's a pity that Duan Qirui, Japan's largest agent in China, has stepped down, and Duan Xun and Zhang Zuolin are now cooperating with Japan the most.At this time, Duan Xun is willing to continue to move closer to Japan and continue to cooperate with Japan. Of course Japan will help.

Duan Xun made a lot of concessions.

Guan Yu took it back, and he would never use it elsewhere.All used to pay off debts, all used to buy Japanese things.In this way, this money has changed from the money that was originally jointly supervised by several powerful countries such as Britain, France, the United States and Japan to Japan's supervision.And all the benefits were taken away by Japan.

How could Japan not support it.

As long as there is a country supporting the diplomatic missions, Duan Xun is sure to win Guan Yu.

"And as long as Japan supports me to obtain the balance this time, then I will borrow from Japan again."

Not to mention other conditions for Japanese loans, the interest alone is very harsh.Just like Duan Xun borrowed 2000 million from Japan for the Chengdu-Chongqing Railway, Duan Xun will repay Japan about 800 million in ten years.

What kind of loan is this? It's completely usury.

But for Japan's support, Duan Xun is willing to continue to borrow money.

"With the support of Japan, the current international situation, and the climax of domestic nationalism, I am sure to take back Guan Yu. Brother Lansheng, I want to keep you today because I hope you can properly calculate the customs duties. , and the situation of the customs surplus. Then write a report from an economic point of view, the current customs problems. I will take back the customs surplus today, and I will negotiate with them on customs tariffs in two years. Therefore, I need the most comprehensive customs data, Including the current customs situation around the world. Use these as the basis for future negotiations.”

"General, is this really the case?"

"The arrow is on the string, and I have to send it. You also know my financial situation. If I can't get back the Guan Yu, my finances will collapse next year or the year after. The things I mortgaged to foreigners and banks belong to others. To At that time, I had no chance of turning over, and in this life and the next life, I would be nailed to the pillar of shame and be called a traitor. Therefore, I have no other way to go now, I must take back Guan Yu. Only by taking back Guan Yu, I Only then can the finances not collapse. This time, the negotiations with the diplomatic missions will be handed over to Brother Lan Sheng. How about it, Brother Lan Sheng, are you willing to accept this task?"

"Let me try."

Although Chen Jintao was frightened by Duan Xun's madness, he still nodded.

burn one's boats.

This idiom came to mind in Chen Jintao's mind.

Duan Xun saw Chen Jintao's nervous look and said with a smile: "When you're at the negotiating table, don't be shy. You have to remember that you are negotiating on my behalf. I even dared to bombard British warships. What is Guan Yu's point?" .These powerful countries have just gone through the European War, and now they have to deal with Russia. They have no time or strength to deal with me. So you can rest assured to negotiate boldly."

"it is good."

When Duan Xun finished talking about customs with Chen Jintao, he turned to Wang Yinchuan and said, "Brother Yuebo, I want you to go north."

242 Mongolia

"Brother Yuebo, I want you to go north."

"Go north?"

Wang Yinchuan raised his head and asked in doubt: "The general wants me to go to Beijing?"

"Do not."

Duan Xun stood up and said to Wang Yinchuan and Chen Jintao, "You two, this way."

Duan Xun led two people into another room, both of them were very surprised.Because this is the place where Duan Xun commanded the army during the war, because you can tell from the layout here that this is the military command post.But because of the end of the war recently, it was empty inside.

All departments of the Ministry of Military Affairs returned to their local offices.

Duan Xun came all the way to the map, and said to the two people: "Brother Yuebo, I want you to go here."

"Cullum."

Wang Yinchuan and Chen Jintao looked at each other in blank dismay.

Although Duan Xun took over the position of director of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Committee, he only took over this position.Outer Mongolia is currently almost a semi-independent state, an autonomous place.Even the Beijing government does not interfere much with the affairs of Outer Mongolia, and Duan Xun's hand is even less able to reach there.

What did Wang Yinchuan do there?

"It's Cullen. From now on, you two, you can't disclose every word I said after you go out. Because what I'm going to say next is a military secret. Once things are leaked, and any irreparable things happen, I will I can only let the two of you go to the military court once. Can the two of you do it?"