Back to the Republic of China as a commander

At this time, a section chief rushed in at a trot: "Director, something is wrong..."

At this point, Lei Zhenchun stretched out his hand and interrupted: "There are too many bad things, you don't need to report the funeral, just talk about the specific things, I'll wait."

The section chief was stunned for a moment, then took a breath and said, "Dongjiaomin Lane, the Japanese barracks were blown up, and the Japanese were killed all over the place."

"What? Why didn't you say it earlier?" Lei Zhenchun jumped up as if he had been stabbed in the butt. If he said that his old nest was taken away, Lao Yuan might be merciful and let him go.But if Mr. Yang suffers a loss, then there is no luck at all, and he will definitely be thrown out as a scapegoat. Isn't that what happened in the Gengzi Kingdom Change, even a noble like a prince cannot escape.Thinking of this, Lei Zhenchun broke out in sweat again, he rushed out after dripping Luo Zu's blood, suddenly he turned his head to look at Luo Zu's body, spit and said something very demoralizing: " What the hell are you doing to provoke those lunatics from the Iron Blood Salvation Council?"

Yuan Shikai leaned weakly on the chair in Zhongnanhai Jurentang, looking at Lei Zhenchun and Wu Binghu standing in front of him with their heads bowed, he didn't know what to say anymore.Just now, the missions of the six countries have made the most solemn representations to themselves, demanding that the Chinese government severely punish the perpetrators and give an explanation to the dead and injured Japanese. A total of 23 Japanese were killed and more than 40 were injured.

Although Lao Yuan wished that a few more people would die, it would not be worthwhile if the Japanese made a fuss about this matter and provoked a war.Therefore, Lao Yuan could be said to be extremely polite to the ministers of the six countries, and this gang of overlords could not afford to offend them.

Fortunately, the British were thinking of balance, so the British Minister Zhu Erdian directly represented the British Empire government and vetoed the Japanese request to send troops to China to protect the overseas Chinese.It is only supported by Japan's demands for compensation and arrest of the murderer, and it is still limited.

After a long time, Yuan Shikai shrunk his mind. It seemed that this Lei Zhenchun was really only suitable for leading troops, and he really couldn't handle this spy job.The Military, Political and Law Enforcement Department still has to rely on people like Lu Jianzhang to play well. Thinking of this, Yuan Shikai said: "Zhenchun, you have been with me for many years. This time the matter is indeed a bit big. You should go home and rest for a while. , Waiting for new news from Shaanxi and Henan, we are making arrangements for you."

Lei Zhenchun finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, Lao Yuan still left a way for himself and did not take the blame on himself, he naturally said in fear and fear: "Thank you for the kindness of the president not to kill, it is really incompetent in the department, let him down The trust and love of the President."

Yuan Shikai shook his head: "You, I will still use it in the future, just don't let me down next time."

Lei Zhenchun doesn't study much, once he heard this, don't you want an uncle?Could it be that his betrayal offended the President? He was puzzled and asked to have his uncle imprisoned when he returned home. This is considered to have completed the so-called not to have an uncle.These are things for later. . .

Regarding Wu Binghu, Yuan Shikai became strict: "Master Wu, if I remember correctly, the original police in the capital plus the original infantry yamen, you have more than [-] people under your command." Bar."

Seeing that the President was still willing to criticize himself, Wu Binghu, who had been worried about fifteen buckets of water, immediately felt relieved and quickly said yes.

"Then I'm wondering, where did the rebellious party get so many weapons and explosives? How did they do this under the nose of you, the chief of police, Yuan is very curious about this !” Yuan Shikai asked sharply.

Wu Binghu was so frightened that he knelt down again according to the rules of the former Qing Dynasty: "This is a subordinate who is incompetent, please punish the President."

Yuan Shikai snorted: "Beijing is at the foot of the emperor, the most benevolent area. If your police department can't even control this forty-nine city, then how can I, the great president, dare to stay here?"

Cold sweat broke out on Wu Binghu's forehead. Yuan Shikai's aura was so strong that he almost couldn't help but kowtow to beg for death.

Seeing Wu Binghu like this, Lao Yuan also felt very boring, so he could only scold him: "Why don't you check it soon?"

When Wu Binghu heard this, he rushed out like a rat with his head in his arms, seeing this scene, Yuan Shikai could only shake his head secretly, the situation was a bit chaotic, but he hoped he could still control it. . .

April 4st is April Fool's Day. Of course, China is not happy to celebrate such a festival, but on this day, Prime Minister Xiong Xiling, who prides himself on his cabinet of talents, announced the resignation of the cabinet in the face of internal and external difficulties. Sun Baoqi's cabinet was announced the next day. .The result of this adjustment is that the Progressive Party, which was originally attached to Yuan Shikai’s Beiyang Group, began to separate from Lao Yuan, and the domestic political situation became more complicated. As for the original largest opposition party, the Chinese Revolutionary Party, it also appeared three months earlier than in history. .

On April 1914, 4, with the support of so-called Japanese friends, Sun Yat-sen issued an announcement announcing the establishment of the Chinese Revolutionary Party.The Chinese Revolutionary Party set up its headquarters in Tokyo and elected Sun Yat-sen (a native of Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province) as its prime minister.Huang Xing (a native of Changsha City, Hunan Province) was originally proposed to be the assistant director. Because Huang opposed signing a contract and fingerprinting, and had differences with Sun Yat-sen in terms of strategy, he refused to join the party and emptied his position.The headquarters consists of five departments of general affairs, party affairs, military affairs, politics, and finance. It is composed of Chen Qimei (from Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province), Ju Zheng (from Wuxue City, Hubei Province), Xu Chongzhi (from Guangzhou, Guangdong Province), and Hu Hanmin (from Panyu, Guangdong Province) ), and Zhang Jingjiang (from Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province) served as ministers.It has a total of 2 branches, most of which are built in overseas ports, and only eighteen in domestic provinces.Its branches are all overseas.There are more than ten thousand party members.The purpose of the Chinese Revolutionary Party is to realize civil rights and people's livelihood, to overthrow Yuan Shikai's imperial government, and to build a complete Republic of China.

For this news, Wang Zhenyu could only sneer. He knew the history of the Chinese Revolutionary Party very well.Don't look at the famous name, in fact, it has only done two major things in its two years:

The first major event was the assassination of Guangdong Governor Long Jiguang and Zheng Rucheng of the Navy. Zheng Rucheng was eventually killed by the assassins sent by Chen Qimei Wang Xiaofeng and Wang Mingshan; and Guangdong Governor Long Jiguang was like Xiaoqiang, who could not be killed no matter what.However, killing Zheng Rucheng was not for nothing, and Yuan Shikai took revenge and killed Chen Qimei, so this first thing cannot be regarded as a success.

However, the second major event was very successful. On October 1915, 10, Sun Yat-sen successfully married Soong Ching Ling, creating a national mother for China.However, Wang Zhenyu has appeared in this life, and I don't know if Soong Ching Ling can still be the mother of the country that makes the entire Kuomintang a headache!

The war to protect the country that led to Yuan Shikai's downfall was completely in the hands of the Progressive Party and Cai E. From the beginning to the end, Sun Yat-sen only sent a few telegrams.Even the territory of Guangdong was taken from Long Jiguang with the help of Lu Rongting. Of course, this is also inevitable. Sun Yat-sen did not form an armed force that is absolutely loyal to him from the beginning to the end (later the Whampoa Military Academy was established, and the party and army came out. He passed away), which meant that he could only be a cannon.

These are not important. What is important is that on May 1914, 5, Yuan Shikai issued an order to establish the Zhengshitang, Xu Shichang was appointed as the first Secretary of State of the Zhengshitang, and the post of Prime Minister was cancelled.The political affairs hall has a secretary of state, one left and one deputy, seven councilors, five directors of each bureau, and one director. The political affairs hall is directly responsible to the President of the Republic of China.

On May 5, Yuan Shikai issued an order that he regretted to death, promoted Wang Longzhong, the patrol envoy of Hunan and Guangxi, to the councilor of the Political Affairs Hall (Cai E was also appointed to this post), and awarded the rank of General Yaowu of the General's Mansion Army.Wang Zhenyu was transferred to be the patrol envoy of Hunan and Guangxi and concurrently served as the military affairs supervisor of Guangxi, and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general and general.However, Lao Yuan is Lao Yuan after all. Although he is not clear about the situation of the Wang family's uncles and nephews, he still has a backup, that is, he transferred Ma Jizeng's Army Sixth Division to Li County, a financially important place in Hunan. Come and protect Hubei.Since people had to bow their heads under the eaves, Wang Zhenyu could only obediently order Li County to be handed over, but Changde was still in his own hands.

This old Yuan's loss was not in vain. After Ma Jizeng took over Changde with his troops, Lao Yuan immediately gave him the title of patrol envoy. Now Wang Zhenyu's title of marshal can be regarded as well deserved.You must know that the first-level warlord can only be called a commander, and only the first-level patrol envoy can use the title of commander-in-chief. . .

Chapter 195 Wild Geese Flying South ([-])

After staying in Beijing for six full months, Wang Zhenyu was finally able to leave, and the miserable Cai E continued to be left in Beijing by Lao Yuan after being consulted in Rongsheng Zhengshitang.After all, in Lao Yuan's eyes, Cai E's power is far greater than that of Wang Zhenyu. Of course, if Lao Yuan knew that Wang Zhenyu's men were already marching towards the small one hundred thousand, he would probably send someone to hunt down Wang Zhenyu immediately.

It's a pity that the old Yuan who lives in Beijing doesn't know this, so Wang Zhenyu can now swagger, take the Beijing-Puzhou Railway south to Nanjing, and after seeing his sworn brothers Liu Hongsheng and Du Yuesheng, he will take the passenger ship of Yuanjiang Shipping and return to Anjiang leisurely.

Liu Hongsheng and Du Yuesheng came to Nanjing Xiaguan Wharf in disguise. After all, they are different from the past. With Wang Zhenyu's support, these two are now one of the most important people in Shanghai.Among them, Liu Hongsheng monopolized the coal and electricity business in Shanghai, and also controlled part of the banking business.Not long ago, he became the youngest Hua Dong in the history of the Shanghai Ministry of Industry, and Du Yuesheng is not bad. Although he is still a student of Huang Jinrong, he has long become the most powerful gangster in Shanghai by virtue of his opium and arms business. Tycoon, almost two-thirds of the gangsters who live in Shanghai live in Boss Du's place. With such a strong momentum, Huang Jinrong is already ready to return the post of apprenticeship and become a brother with Du Yuesheng with a different surname.

Both Liu Hongsheng and Du Yuesheng belonged to the kind of masters who drink water and never forget the well digger, so naturally they came immediately without delay in their request for a meeting with Wang Zhenyu.

And Wang Zhenyu hasn't seen these two big brothers for almost two years, and he is somewhat excited in his heart, meeting is like a bear hug.

Liu Hongsheng joked: "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it. In just two years, the third brother actually became our patrol envoy of the Republic of China. It's amazing, amazing."

Du Yuesheng also joked: "People say that I, Du Yuesheng, is a character. In my opinion, the only character in this world is our third brother, and all the others are supporting portraits."

Wang Zhenyu laughed quickly and said, "The two elder brothers are going to flatter and kill the younger brother. The younger brother clearly remembers the vow two years ago. No matter whether we are rich or poor in the future, we are brothers who will live and die together."

As soon as Wang Zhenyu's words came out, Du Yuesheng and Liu Hongsheng finally let go of their rough and uneasy hearts. They were worried that the third brother was not the same as before, and that he would no longer have any brotherhood with him.But at this sight, both of them secretly rejoiced that they had made a good brother who was loyal and affectionate.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while and talking about the brotherhood, everyone's topic turned to business.

Du Yuesheng was the first to report, and he said with a happy face: "Third brother, second brother, I am all thanks to you. This business is getting more and more prosperous every year, and now all the smoke and soil from Yunnan and Guizhou are in our hands. After you took over Li County last year, even half of Sichuan’s opium came from our way. This year, because President Yuan Da ordered to ban opium cultivation in Zhili last year, not only did the price of opium rise, but also our tobacco I entered the northern market through Lushun. It’s only May now. Guess how much your second brother I have earned? It’s a full 5 million. If this continues, it will definitely break 5000 million this year. The goods themselves are deducted. Cost, the dividends paid to you at the end of this year will definitely not be less than 5000 million."

Seeing Du Yuesheng's happy look, Wang Zhenyu was also happy for a while, but he still told Du Yuesheng righteously: "Second brother, we have no choice. If we want to develop places, we can't do without original funds. But the central government is also poor now. It doesn’t cost half a dime, so I had to make such a bad plan, third brother. Even if we don’t get involved, the opium in Yunguichuan will still be sold, so it’s better for us to do this business. But second brother, this Tobacco soil is a harmful thing after all, so no matter what, you only need to supply goods, don’t go to open a tobacco shop, this can be regarded as less evil.”

When Du Yuesheng heard this, he also felt reasonable. He rubbed his hands and said: "Just a word, I have been watching the people below, and they are pretty obedient recently. By the way, third brother, the arms business has not been easy recently. I heard from foreigners that the situation in Europe is tight, and large quantities of weapons have been banned from being shipped out. Now the only things you can get are some old weapons from the British and French colonies.”

Wang Zhenyu's cooperation with Du Yuesheng is mainly on the two items of smoke and firearms. Wang Zhenyu is very clear about the others and does not mix them.This is also what moved Du Yuesheng the most. His third brother really has nothing to say about money.

Wang Zhenyu was also aware of the shortage of ammunition, and calculated that in two months, Europe would start a world war due to the assassination of the crown prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.Anjiang has selected personnel to study in Europe since July last year. They send a group of more than 7 people every six months. Among these people are the special agents of the Military Intelligence Department. On the one hand, they go to Europe to learn the most advanced communication technology. On the one hand, it is responsible for carrying out intelligence collection work on European countries.Although I am currently in Nanjing and haven't received any relevant reports, I can guess how far the arms race in Europe has reached.

If I want to grasp the rise of China, this European war is an opportunity for me.In fact, even at this time, China can only be said to be weak, not poor.Wang Zhenyu clearly remembered that according to the statistics of later generations, in 1820, China's economic aggregate accounted for one-third of the world; The amount still accounts for about [-]% of the world; when new China was founded, this value was [-]%, and then it was only [-]% by the end of the Cultural Revolution.Then why do the big powers dare to bully a wealthy China?Wang Zhenyu has his own conclusion about this. When rich, the system is backward, corruption is rampant, military equipment is lax, technical talents are not paid attention to, everything is regarded as official standards, and the people are eccentric. This kind of wealth is still weak in nature.If you have to show off your wealth, it is equivalent to a fat pig showing how fat its meat is to others, and it is tantamount to telling others that it can be killed.Therefore, I must not let China go down the old path of history. I must end the civil strife as soon as possible, complete reunification, and use various means to rely on the economic aggregate that accounts for [-]% of the world to make the whole of China rise here in the east of the world. Let the tragedies of future generations never happen again, the Chinese are not inferior people, why should we self-castrate, why should we sell our goods cheaply in exchange for a pile of useless foreign debts, why should our descendants eat poisonous food, why should we Why should our sky be full of smog, no, it will never be allowed, Wang Zhenyu secretly made up his mind.

After venting his inner dissatisfaction, Wang Zhenyu suddenly thought of a problem. Luxembourg's national relocation plan has reached that stage. When he was in Beijing, he really ignored this matter.You must know that the equipment, technology, and talents you need to develop heavy industry at this stage can all be counted on this European steel giant. . .

Liu Hongsheng's business is much more than Du Yuesheng's: "Wenzheng, not only Shanghai, but the coal in the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces come from me, and I am no longer the agent of Kaiping Coal. The coal from Pingxiang is also going here. The annual profit is about ** million. Although it is not as much as Yuesheng's smoke and soil, it is better than the long stream of water. You don't know, because the smoke and soil income is too rich, already Many people are very jealous of the second brother's business. Yuesheng, it's not that the elder brother is talking about you. There have been too many fires and bloodshed in Shanghai recently. The Ministry of Industry is very dissatisfied. You have to find a way to clean up the situation. , and also pay attention to your own safety.”

Wang Zhenyu knew what was going on as soon as he heard it, he looked at Du Yuesheng and said: "Second brother, you listen to me on this matter, after returning to Shanghai, invite these bosses who want to get involved in the tobacco business, have a meal, and then tell They, everyone can do this business together. Anyway, the source of goods is in your hands, and you give them a profit of 2000 to [-] million a year. Those who are obedient will still have it next year, and those who are not obedient will be gone next year. There are benefits, and they So I won't miss you here, but miss each other. What do you think?"

Du Yuesheng clapped his palms and laughed loudly: "It's amazing, it's amazing, what the old man said, that's it, that's it, I'll do it when I go back, don't tell me, I've eliminated several opponents at once during these days, But I feel a little nervous in my heart, if this gangster doesn't kill people, he won't kill people, otherwise he will be the one who will die one day."

Seeing that Du Yuesheng understood the key points, Wang Zhenyu looked at Liu Hongsheng again: "Brother, how are things in the industry and banking going? How is the progress?"

"Relying on the relationship of the Germans, the Hongsheng Power under my name has basically monopolized the power supply market of the entire concession, and the annual profit of this area alone is 400 million. But the industry and banks are not so smooth. Those in Ningbo The people in the gang control these two things very tightly. Especially the banking industry, Yuesheng and I paid homage to Mr. Yu's wharf several times before we were allowed to open a corporate bank like the one we have now, without the right to issue currency."

"Ningbo Gang?" Wang Zhenyu interrupted Liu Hongsheng unconsciously: "Brother, are you talking about the Jiangsu and Zhejiang chaebols?"

Liu Hongsheng was stunned for a moment, looked at Du Yuesheng, saw that Du Yuesheng was also shaking his head, and then said: "In Shanghai, the people who hold a group like Mr. Yu and the others are called the Ningbo Gang, and they are not all from Ningbo. Qian Xinzhi is not from Ningbo. But it is true that they, including Lin Kanghou and Li Fusun, are all from Jiangsu and Zhejiang.”

Wang Zhenyu blushed suddenly, and then remembered that the so-called Jiangsu and Zhejiang chaebols were academic terms made up by later generations to emphasize the darkness of this era, just like the four big families.The Ningbo Gang is the Ningbo Gang. It seems that when I go to Shanghai in the future, I should pay attention to the relationship with them. The strength of these big capitalists should not be underestimated.If I want to lead China to rise again, I must unite the forces that can be united, and suppress or even eliminate all counterproductive things.

It's a pity that I have to rush back to Anjiang as soon as possible this time, otherwise I have to visit these Ningbo gangs. . .

Chapter 196 Plan ahead

"Brother, what about the industry? Are they also very good?" Wang Zhenyu still turned his thoughts back. Industry is what he cares about most right now. After all, the half-dead industry that was originally doing it will soon become the most profitable industry. industry.So even though Liu Hongsheng was very unhappy, Wang Zhenyu still pressured him to engage in industrial activities, and even paid for it. In the second half of 1913, half of the smoke and soil bonus was allocated by Wang Zhenyu to the construction and development of industrial projects of Hongsheng Company. That's a full 1000 million.In contrast, the financial support for the China Enterprise Bank project is a bit insufficient. It is entirely operated by Liu Hongsheng's own capital, and what Wang Zhenyu provides is only business support.

Liu Hongsheng said angrily: "Matches, cement, and plush textiles are the only three that have been established so far. I don't know what you Wenzheng think. You insist on setting the production capacity so high, and the market is not that big at all. And as far as I know, the Xiangxi Development Company managed by your father-in-law, Wenzheng, has also built a cement plant and a match factory in Anjiang. Among them, the Jingzhou and Anjiang cement plants have a maximum production capacity of about 200 million tons, and they have now been completed. 80.00% of the construction. The production capacity of the yarn factory built by the Rong brothers in Anjiang has automatically doubled the production capacity of cotton yarn in our country. There are so many products that cannot be sold at all. Now they are all in the warehouse. I just Forget it, the goods that our Hongsheng company has suppressed are worth almost 300 million, and I feel a lot of pressure now, can you reduce the production?"

Wang Zhenyu shook his head lightly: "Brother, you really have to trust me once in this matter. No matter how much you sell, you must keep pushing. And according to my estimation, this product will be sold out within a year at most. And the price is twice as high as the current market price, so don't worry, brother, I know it well. If your funds are at risk of breaking the chain, you can just withdraw them from my account at Belgian Bank. Don't be afraid, everything is with me!"

Liu Hongsheng had no choice but to sigh and said, "Wenzheng, this is not following the rules of doing business. Anyway, big brother believes in you, just listen to you."