Beiyang reactionaries

The more the end of the year, the more things need to be dealt with.However, the Ministry of Finance of the Beijing government is now so poor that it cannot even provide tens of thousands or 10,000+.Needless to say, military pay, the education funds needed by so many Beijing government staff and so many schools in Beijing have not been met.

That's the big deal.

However, Duan Xun's aggressiveness is at most just a bad look, and it doesn't have much effect.As long as Cao Kun can control the situation in Beijing and ignore Duan Xun, then Zhou Ziqi's position as prime minister is still very stable.Even if he was reviled and forced into the palace, as long as Cao Kun supported him, it would not be a big problem.

But if Zhang Zuolin intervened, it would be different.

What is Zhang Zuolin going to do?

Could it be that Duan Xun and Zhang Zuolin have united?

That's the big deal.

"Brother, did we expel Jin Yunpeng because we didn't discuss it with him this time? He was a little dissatisfied and protested against us."

Cao Rui, the governor of Zhili, said very unhappy.

"Even so, he shouldn't tear down the stage like this."

Cao Kun was angry.

He said directly: "Right now Duan Degong (Duan Xun) is watching our jokes. Duan Degong hopes that our two families will fight, and he will make a profit. A bandit is a bandit, and he doesn't even understand this."

"Mr. Cao, there is something I have been worried about."

"what happened?"

Seeing that Gao Lingxuan was frowning all the time, Cao Kun asked Gao Lingcong immediately.Gao Lingxuan looked at Cao Rui, then at Cao Kun, and said in a low voice, "Mr. Cao, recently there is news that Liang Shiyi has left Hong Kong and headed north. I heard that after staying in Shanghai for a while, he will go north by boat. He can't be... ..."

"Governor Gao (Gao Lingyu), what do you mean, just say it."

Cao Rui and Gao Lingxuan had worked together in Zhili.

Cao Rui was the governor of Zhili, and Gao Lingyu was the governor of Zhili.Therefore, the two are familiar with each other.Moreover, Gao Lingzhen has always been attached to Cao Kun, and has a good relationship with the Cao brothers.In addition, Cao Rui is also Cao Kun's favorite younger brother, so he is not polite at all.Gao Lingxuan ignored Cao Rui, but stared at Cao Kun closely.

Cao Kun raised his eyelids and said, "Do you think he went to Fengtian?"

"Mr. Cao, that's what I'm worried about. Zhang Zuolin must be dissatisfied when we pushed Zhou Ziqi to be the prime minister this time, thinking that we didn't ask for his opinion. So I wonder if Zhang Zuolin wants to push Liang Shiyi to power. He will definitely continue to attack for this. The current Zhou Ziqi cabinet."

"How do you think we can solve it?"

"money."

Gao Lingxuan has only one character.

Then he sighed and said, "Mr. Cao, the current situation is actually very simple. Whoever can solve the financial problems of the Beijing government will be the candidate for the cabinet premier. If Zhou Ziqi can't solve the financial problems, then the result will be the same as Jin Yunpeng. It doesn't matter Whoever goes up to the position of prime minister in the cabinet, as long as he cannot solve the financial problem, he will fall down."

"kindness."

Cao Kun didn't know what to say at this time.

In fact, the problems of the Beijing government are really difficult to solve.At present, there is only one solution, and that is to unify the country and collect taxes from all over the country.As long as the Beijing government can collect taxes, then these fiscal problems are not a problem.The imperial court in the late Qing Dynasty was also troubled by financial problems, but it would definitely not be so embarrassing.Because the imperial court at that time was still able to collect taxes, there was still income.But the current Beijing government is not even as good as the late Qing Dynasty.

How can the Beijing government, which has no income, solve its financial problems.

"Cao Gong, as long as Zhou Ziqi is unable to raise funds in a short period of time, Zhou Ziqi's position as the prime minister of the cabinet will definitely not be secure. At that time, think about it, only one person can convince the world. Public opinion will blow him up and call on him to form a cabinet .”

"Liang God of Wealth."

"Yes."

If Zhou Ziqi can't solve the financial problems of the Beijing government, then Liang Shiyi will be expected.This is the role of fame. No one knows Liang Shiyi's reputation as the God of Wealth.Just like after the Revolution of [-], a provisional revolutionary government was established in Nanjing.

Not one or two want to be president.

But they all have problems of one kind or another when they are interim presidents.In the end, Sun Yat-sen could only be invited to return to China as the interim president.Because Sun Yat-sen has always been the leader of the revolutionary party.

The same is true now.

The biggest problem for the Beijing government is to solve the financial problem.Jin Yunpeng can't do it, and neither can Zhou Ziqi, so everyone can only pin their hopes on Liang Shiyi.Because Liang Shiyi is known as Liang God of Wealth, he was in charge of Yuan Shikai's finances back then.

Originally, when Jin Yunpeng's cabinet fell, public opinion unanimously believed that Liang Shiyi was the only candidate.

It was Cao Kun who forcibly pushed Zhou Ziqi up.

If Zhou Ziqi couldn't solve the problem, then even Cao Kun couldn't stop Liang Shiyi from entering the cabinet.After all, when public opinion agreed that Liang Shiyi was the most suitable candidate, if Cao Kun insisted, the pressure would come to Cao Kun.

"You mean that Zhang Zuolin will not give up until he achieves his goal. This time, he will definitely drag Zhou Ziqi down."

"Yes."

"This bandit."

Cao Kun poohed.

Damn bandits.

You were born as a bandit in the Northeast, so it is a fluke to be able to sneak into the sequence of the Beiyang Army, and you already have to thank God for his help.Now he still dares to dream of controlling the cabinet, the toad wants to eat swan meat.

"What to do now?"

"Duke Cao, there are two ways."

"Say."

"First, judging from the current situation, Zhou Ziqi's issuance of public bonds is not going well. It is very difficult to raise funds in Shanghai. I guess it is basically impossible. But if you want to borrow money from abroad, you don't have a few months. Negotiations can't be negotiated at all, even if it is estimated that it will take a month or two at the fastest. Now it is the end of the year, how can there be so much time for Zhou Ziqi. We can give Zhou Ziqi time, but Duan Xun and Zhang Zuolin will not give Zhou Ziqi time. Therefore, in order to solve the current problems of the Beijing government, Mr. Cao needs to lend a sum of money to the Beijing government.”

"How many?"

"At least 1000 million."

Gao Lingxuan gave the first solution.

The Beijing government really has no money, and delaying time is useless.Because there is no income at all, where to get money, money will not fall from the sky.No matter how procrastinating, no money means no money.There is only one way to tide over the difficulties.

That is Cao Kun helping the Beijing government.

Cao Kun has Zhili, Shandong, and Tianjin in his hands.Of course, Cao Kun is not well-off.Because Zhili is not a very wealthy province, its annual fiscal revenue is only around 2000 million.Shandong is not bad, but at present Shandong's rights and interests are occupied by Japan, and many profitable businesses and places are controlled by Japan.Annual financial income is also limited.

Only Tianjin, which is a cornucopia.

Although not as good as Shanghai, it is no less than Guangzhou.

If Cao Kun really wants to take out the money, it is not impossible.But when Cao Kun heard Gao Lingxuan say 1000 million, he immediately yelled: "No, no, absolutely not. Now the Beijing government owes a lot of debts, throwing 1000 million in is throwing it into a bottomless pit, and you can't even see the waves. cannot solve the current problem.”

Cao Kun nodded repeatedly.

Gao Lingyu felt a little disappointed.Cao Kun has small cleverness, but no great wisdom.The Beijing government is a big burden, especially in terms of economic poverty.But the Beijing government is also a huge political asset.It's a pity that since Cao Kun took control of Beijing, he only wanted to take advantage of it, but he didn't know how to take advantage of Beijing's political advantages.They only see the current predicament of the Beijing government, but not the benefits of the Beijing government.