Beiyang reactionaries

"President Wang, I bring you such a large income, do I..."

"No."

Duan Xun just got up, Wang Yongjiang immediately shook his head.

Then he said resolutely: "Prime Minister, you should know how big this year's fiscal deficit is. With Japanese loans, the Japanese still don't allow us to do this, and they don't allow us to do that. They are so restrictive that they can't make up for the financial hole. And the Prime Minister , a loan of 800 million yen, although Japan has made a lot of concessions in terms of interest, but the annual interest is tens of millions. It is easy for you, Prime Minister, to make various plans, but those plans need money, and the Ministry of Finance has no money at all. I can’t get it out. Recently, our Ministry of Finance issued [-] million short-term bonds, but it was cold in Shanghai, and we couldn’t even raise this amount of money.”

Wang Yongjiang's attitude is obvious.

No money, no life.

Wang Yongjiang knew that Duan Xun wanted to increase military spending.However, as the chief financial officer, Wang Yongjiang firmly opposed it.Because Wang Yongjiang had no money in his hands, he couldn't get the money Duan Xun needed.

Duan Xun smiled bitterly.

Originally thought that confiscating so much property of the royal family would allow Wang Yongjiang to make a concession.

But Wang Yongjiang still has that attitude.

"Prime Minister, our finances are still very dangerous now. The deficit is so serious and the annual loan interest is so high. The military expenditure cannot increase like this."

"President Wang, why do I want to do this?"

Duan Xun shook his head.

Looking at Zhang Lan and Wang Yongjiang, he said: "If you want, I even hope that there will be no wars and no armies in this world. But is this possible? Will Zhang Zuolin agree? Will Lu Yongxiang agree? Will the great powers agree? So Chief Wang, military expenditure It cannot be reduced."

"Hey--"

Both Zhang Lan and Wang Yongjiang sighed.

Duan Xun is good at everything and is willing to listen to many opinions.But on the issue of military expenditure, Duan Xun was always unwilling to make concessions.Now that the finances are so difficult, in fact, as long as Duan Xun is willing to cut military expenditures a little, then the Beijing government's finances will definitely be very healthy.

After all, the revenue of the Beijing government has increased rapidly.

"President Wang, let me tell you another piece of good news. Will you change your mind?"

"Prime Minister, tell me."

"Right now, the Ministry of Justice is holding a press conference to answer the conclusion on the 'restoration case'. The clan involved in the restoration case should be brought to justice according to the law. But because this is a past history, it is only punished with confiscation of property."

Wang Yongjiang was surprised at first, but soon became excited.

The clan is rich.

If it is possible to confiscate the assets of the clan, it will be of great benefit to the Beijing government's finances.It can greatly ease the Beijing government's fiscal deficit.Although this kind of house raid does not actually help China's economic development, it is a huge supplement to the current financial situation.

"Okay, great."

"President Wang?"

"Prime Minister, it still doesn't work. I think most of the property of the clan should be fixed assets, and it is impossible to turn it into cash in a short time. The finance still can't provide extra money."

"never mind."

Duan Xun smiled wryly and could only wave his hands.

With Wang Yongjiang's stubborn temper, if he disagreed, he would not agree.But Duan Xun didn't want to force Wang Yongjiang, because Wang Yongjiang had grayed his hair because of financial problems.Duan Xun has been the god of wealth all these years.

"President Wang, your Ministry of Finance hastened to arrange a group of elite soldiers and generals to follow the police department and start receiving the property of the clan in various places."

"Yes."

331 corruption case

Chickens and dogs jump.

In August 1921, it was a hell of a ride.

On August 8th, Chinese history completely ended the imperial title, and the last emperor Xuantong Puyi was expelled from the Forbidden City, which really ended the history of the Qing Dynasty.Immediately afterwards, the Beijing government issued a statement to establish the Forbidden City Management Committee and appointed Li Shizeng as the director of the Forbidden City Management Committee, including organizing and managing the Jehol Palace.After finishing everything in the Forbidden City, the Forbidden City will be open to everyone.The news is astounding.

There are also many criticisms.

Many Manchu clans, including those old and young, jumped up and down to criticize Duan Xun.He not only criticized Duan Xun for breaking promises and breaking the contract, but also said that Duan Xun opened the Forbidden City for people to visit, which is simply unforgivable.Even if the Manchu Qing Dynasty perishes, these people are still the upper class of this society because of their wealth and connections.These people still have many ways to deal with public opinion.Many newspapers got involved and began to criticize Duan Xun's decision to open the Forbidden City and Jehol Palace.But they haven't been active for long, and the results of the "restoration case" investigation by the Ministry of Justice came out.

On August 1921, 8, the eighth day after Puyi left the Forbidden City, many of the clansmen, elders and children who jumped up and down were on the list of the Ministry of Justice.They were all involved in the "Zhang Xun Restoration Case" that year.

The mastermind, the accomplice, the final list.

There are some accomplices, and the Ministry of Justice has not released their list.The meaning of the Ministry of Justice is very simple, both the principal offender and the accomplice must be investigated, but the coercion is ignored.

Whether it is Dong Kang or Weng Jingtang, they are all playing with the law.

They investigated the "restoration case", which really investigated a lot of problems.Moreover, these problems can be found in the law and can be explained by the law.

No one can run.

Those literati made a lot of remarks in the newspapers, but if they were serious, they were all outsiders.They like to discuss issues from the perspective of morality and ethics, but Dong Kang and Weng Jingtang both talk about the law.

Find their problems from the legal level.

Shocked the whole country.

Many clans and some of the elders and children involved scolded Duan Xun while trying to dispose of their property and run away, but how could they catch up.Because most of their properties are fixed assets, in fact, most of them are houses and land.Duan Xun didn't keep an eye on them for a day or two, and he knew more about their property than they did.Before they had time to dispose of their property, the police on the government side had already started to seize their property with the seal issued by the Attorney General's Office.

Thunderbolt.

Don't give them a chance to react at all.

many.

There are so many properties of these clans.The variety of properties, arable land, assets is amazing.Of course, those clans were afraid that Duan Xun would arrest them, so they all ran into the concessions one by one, especially the Tianjin concession.But many of them were in Qingdao before, so they have the most assets in Qingdao.However, under Duan Xun's surprise attack, a large amount of their property in Qingdao could not be transferred out.

In two and a half months, Duan Xun has begun to take over the administrative power of Qingdao from Japan.

So where to run.

In just ten days, Duan Xun confiscated more than [-] houses from those clans, many of which were big houses, and nearly [-] million mu of various types of cultivated land.Including their shares in various factories in the Gyeonggi area, they were directly confiscated by Duan Xun.

A lot of money.

There are a large number of mines in the Gyeonggi area, and many of the shares in them belong to these clans.Don't look at the demise of the Qing Dynasty, but these clans are still living very well by relying on their large assets and their relationship with the veterans of the Beiyang Army.

There are shares in various factories.

Duan Xun didn't let any of them go, and took them all back.

Only Zhang Xun was missed.