Beiyang reactionaries

damn it.

Duan Xun is currently most worried about Cao Kun.Because Duan Xun's biggest enemy has now become Cao Kun.After all, Cao Kun controls places like Zhili, Shandong, Tianjin, Chahar, and Rehe.

At present, Cao Kun has about 20 troops and controls the Gyeonggi area. He is Duan Xun's biggest opponent.

The same is true for Cao Kun.As Cao Kun took control of Beijing, Duan Xun, who suddenly emerged and became powerful, became the person Cao Kun had to deal with.If Duan Xun cannot be eliminated, then Cao Kun's authority in Beijing cannot be guaranteed.

How could Cao Kun let Duan Xun do such a small move.All public opinion will definitely be mobilized to attack Duan Xun.

"Ha ha."

Yang Wei laughed beside him and said, "General, Cao Kun may not have time to argue with the general."

"Oh?"

"General, think about it. As long as we intercept the customs clearance of our side this time, the local warlords across the country will follow suit. For the Beijing government, the customs revenue is a big one, so why not for those local warlords. General, let me give you an example. Yunnan Mengzi Customs is not a big customs for import and export, but the tariffs of Mengzi Customs exceed Yunnan’s fiscal revenue. Even if it is the customs surplus of Mengzi Customs, it still has Yunnan’s fiscal revenue Half of that. Other customs with very frequent import and export trade, such as Guangzhou Customs, have tens of millions of customs clearance a year alone. This is such a huge sum of money, how can those local warlords let it go. At that time, the whole country will Set off a movement to carve up Guanyu."

"Yes."

Duan Xun nodded.

Indeed it is.

Today's Chinese warlords are jealous of anyone who looks at tariffs.If it weren't for the fact that tariffs are controlled by foreign powers, local warlords would have no share at all, and everyone can't wait to take a bite.Because China's tariffs are still very high.

Regardless of the fact that China is only an agricultural country, and the country is also poor and weak.But who made China have a large population, abundant resources, and amazing imports and exports.

Under the tariff rate of only 5.00%, the tariff income is also amazing.Even if the indemnities and loans from the great powers are paid off, the remaining balance is still a large amount for everyone.

At present, the annual fiscal revenue of most provinces in China is only so much, and very few can exceed 2000 million.Zhili, Hubei, and Zhejiang, which do not include Tianjin, are relatively powerful provinces in China, and their annual fiscal revenue is only around 2000 million.

In other poor provinces, the annual fiscal revenue is about 1000 million.Even the poorer provinces only have a few million annual fiscal revenues.

But what about Guan Yu?

Even the customs surplus, where the import and export trade is not very developed, has several million a year.Those developed places, such as Chongqing, Guangzhou, and Hankou, have tens of millions of Guanyu a year.Shanghai and Tianjin are even more powerful.

want both.

It's just that no one dares to offend foreigners, so no one dares to be the first bird.Now Duan Xun is willing to be the first bird, as long as Duan Xun succeeds in taking down Guan Yu in the province he controls, then other warlords will immediately rush to him.After all, that is a lot of money, which can instantly increase the strength of those warlords.

Definitely.

"General, think about it. Because the Beijing government can't collect taxes from the local government, their main income comes from Guanyu. Once Guanyu is divided up by the provincial governors, what will the Beijing government eat and drink? If it is divided up by the provincial governors Yu, the revenue of the Beijing government will be directly reduced by [-]% to [-]%. The Beijing government is already poor. If it loses this part of the income, the Beijing government will immediately fall into a financial crisis. Without money, they can only leave Yuan Gongbao (Yuan Shikai) The old way with Duan Hefei (Duan Qirui) can only be to borrow money from others. General, as long as it is borrowing money, there is no clean one. Cao Kun was a headache to clean up the situation at that time. Where would he have time to fight with the general? Even when the time comes, he still hopes that the general will be merciful and don't label him as a traitor like he did when he criticized Duan Hefei."

"That's right, that's right."

Duan Xun nodded repeatedly.

Yang Wei was right.After he opened a gap in the customs tariff, warlords from all over the country would swarm him, and Cao Kun would be in a huge crisis at that time.

Because there is no tax revenue, the Beijing government really has nothing to pay for it.The Beijing government would quickly fall into financial crisis.Not to mention anything else, so many troops under the Ministry of Army of the Beijing government need tens of millions of military pay every year.If your Ministry of War can't pay the troops, why should you command those troops.

Cao Kun will have more headaches than Duan Xun at that time, so there is nothing to do with Duan Xun.

"As for the English?"

Yang Wei smiled and said: "The British will not cause trouble for us, but the Japanese. There will inevitably be a fierce battle between Britain and Japan, we just have to take a good look at it. And the British are not qualified to fight with the Japanese." We talk about this matter because the UK has such an independent wharf at the Yangtze River port. It will not benefit everyone if we break the topic.”

"kindness."

Duan Xun thought for a while and said: "That's right. Damn little Japan, his appetite is getting bigger and bigger now. I don't know what these turtle sons want next time. Brother Xun Ruo (Dai Kan)."

"General."

"For the negotiation with Japan, you have to urge them behind the scenes. The issue of the control of Han Yeping Company and the issue of Guan Yu must be answered as soon as possible. Within two months, there must be an answer. I Use these things to cover up the fact that we gave Japan an independent dock."

"it is good."

…………

Although Japan is greedy, they still keep their promises, and they take money to do things.Duan Xun and Tsuruta Tatsuya secretly reached an agreement, and Duan Xun opened up several piers in the name of running a naval academy.These piers are nominally affiliated with the Naval Academy.

However, Duan Xun gave one of the docks to the Japanese warships under the pretext of participating in the teaching.Duan Xun did not participate in the construction of the wharf, nor did he participate in the management of the wharf, and the Japanese Navy was fully responsible for it.

In fact, it gave the Japanese Navy a military base along the Yangtze River.

Not only Japanese warships can dock, but Japanese marines can also be stationed there.Not only did he give the Japanese navy a pier, Duan Xun also granted thousands of acres of land around the pier to the Japanese navy.

It can be said that Duan Xun completely obeyed the requirements of the Japanese Navy.The Japanese side also reacted very quickly. The Japanese businessman has agreed to transfer the control of Hanyeping Company to Duan Xun, as long as Duan Xun admits that Hanyeping Company owes the Japanese businessman 200 million yuan in debt and agrees to continue selling it to Japan at a low price. Merchants have 60 tons of iron ore and 40 tons of coal every year, so there is no problem.

The general direction is fine.

Now there are a few small problems left.Wang Yitang and the Japanese businessmen finalized the final details and handed over the financial matters.As long as all these are confirmed, Han Yeping Company will officially return to Duan Xun's control.

"Ji Fu (Yang Boqian)."

"General."

"I have given you a very important task this time. Let me tell you that we have reached a preliminary agreement with the Japanese businessman. The control of Hanyeping Company will be handed over to us."

"General, is this true?"

Yang Boqian was overjoyed.

Hanyeping Company is not an ordinary steel company. It is a steel factory that carries the dream of many people of insight in China to strengthen the country.When the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway was built, [-]% to [-]% of the rails of the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway were provided by Hanyeping Company.

This is a very exciting thing.

It was the pride of the nation at that time.

It is a pity that Han Yeping Company finally fell into the hands of Japanese businessmen, which has always been the regret of many Chinese who place high hopes on Han Yeping Company.Unexpectedly, Duan Xun was able to take over the control of Han Yeping Company.

This is definitely something to celebrate.

"Don't be too happy. I assumed the company's 200 million debts for Han Yeping Company, and I also promised to sell low-priced iron ore and coal mines to Japanese companies every year."

"So much? General, it's very uneconomical from an economic point of view. Hanyeping Company is not worth that much money at all. With so much money, we can completely build another Hanyeping Company."

Yang Boqian also studied economics.

As long as you do a little calculation, you can understand that this is not cost-effective economically.How is Han Yeping Company worth so much money?Don't say it's not worth so much money, now Hanyeping Company is losing money every day.

"Correct."

Duan Xun nodded and said: "This is a political battle. It suffers a bit economically, but there are many political benefits. Moreover, it may not necessarily lose money economically. The problem of Hanyeping Company lies in the management. As long as it runs well, it will still be It can make money. Especially now that I have a large number of railway construction plans, Hanyeping can provide us with the steel rails we need.”

Han Yeping Company has many problems.