Beiyang reactionaries

Look at Tang Shizun, this is the real Mount Tai collapsed in front of him without changing his face.For Yan Huiqing, this event is definitely a great exercise.Let him go from being gentle and elegant when he was in management and education, to being invisible with swords and swords in diplomatic occasions, and now he is directly leading this kind of thing on the front line.

People were killed and people were hurt.

But looking at Tang Shizun, he doesn't take these things seriously at all.Isn't it just some punks?If they are not obedient, let them see what the army is fighting.

Put heavy machine guns and mortars on top, which desperate little gangster would dare to resist.

Tang Shizun's tranquility touched Yan Huiqing a lot.

"Where's the evidence?"

"It's all there. Yu Zhongying has captured Sanxin Company, the powerful subordinate of Huang Jinrong, the boss of the Green Gang. That person has been helping Huang Jinrong to transport opium and sell opium. He is very familiar with this aspect. And that person has already recruited all of them. We have all the evidence of Sanxin Company in our hands, including their partners. It’s just that we can’t intervene in the head office in the French Concession. And Xu Guoliang’s Jufeng Trade, we have all the related evidence. It's in our hands. But Xu Guoliang is currently in the French Concession, so it's not easy for us to do it."

"it is good."

Yan Huiqing finally let go of his heart.

Just as long as there is evidence.

"Mayor. Xu Guoliang and Huang Jinrong, Du Yuesheng, and Zhang Xiaolin from Sanxin Company are all in the French Concession. Unless we secretly send people in, we won't be able to catch them."

"That won't work."

Yan Huiqing shook his head.

Then he said: "We are aboveboard, we don't need to be sneaky. And we arrest people secretly, and we will be passive in diplomacy. I personally went to the Ministry of Industry in the French Concession and asked them to hand over Xu Guoliang, Huang Jinrong, Du Yuesheng, and Zhang Xiaolin."

367 Military Department

"Mayor Yan (Yan Huiqing) is good."

A sensation on the beach.

At the end of 1922, after Yan Huiqing came to Shanghai, the situation in Shanghai changed immediately.Military and police forces arrested people wantonly in Shanghai and mopped up an unknown number of opium merchants.

There have always been rumors that Shanghai's monthly opium income can feed three divisions.

One can imagine how rampant the opium trade in Shanghai was.Of course, this also has something to do with the mixed fish and dragons in Shanghai.There are great powers here, so Shanghai and Tianjin are the places with the most foreigners.There are foreign officials, foreign businessmen, and some foreign beggars.Anyway, there are many foreigners of all kinds.

Then there are a large number of old and young survivors of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, as well as a large number of generals and politicians from the Beiyang Army who went to the field, and the Southern Revolutionary Party.Those who have lost their political rights, former senior officials and generals, are mostly in the concession.Because they were all worried about reprisals from their former political opponents, they dared not go elsewhere, only dared to hide in those concessions.

Another is the Chinese businessman, the Chinese rich man.Because of Shanghai's economic status, countless rich Chinese do business in Shanghai.

In addition to these three parties, Shanghai is also the city with the most gangs in China.The Green Gang has been in Shanghai for so many years and has been developing in Shanghai since the end of the Qing Dynasty. I don't know how many members there are.

It is for this reason that it is easiest to trade opium in Shanghai.

The opium trade was rampant.

Therefore, this time Yan Huiqing carried out a big raid on the opium trade in Shanghai, which made the whole of Shanghai go crazy.

On December 1922, 12, the Shanghai Procuratorate officially issued arrest warrants for the leaders of opium merchants such as Xu Guoliang, Huang Jinrong, Du Yuesheng, and Zhang Xiaolin.

Not just them.

There are many people involved this time.

Xu Guoliang is a direct general, and his Jufeng trade is not only his own business, but also many direct generals who have already stepped down to participate in the shares.Tang Shizun knew a lot about Jufeng Trade and had a lot of evidence.

Because not only Xu Guoliang was alone, many generals under Li Chun who had already stepped down were involved in this opium trade.

And Sanxin Company.

Although it was the business of Huang Jinrong, Du Yuesheng, and Zhang Xiaolin, many bigwigs from the Youth Gang worked for Sanxin Company.Yu Zhongying has captured many heavyweights in Sanxin Company and knows Sanxin Company very well.

Therefore, in the arrest warrant issued by the Shanghai Procuratorate this time, in addition to the four of them, there are a lot of people involved in these two companies.There are 36 people who issued wanted warrants at one time.Moreover, the Shanghai Procuratorate announced that this is only the first batch of arrest lists, and more arrest warrants will be issued one after another.

They are all famous people in Shanghai.

Very sensational.

But most of these people are in the French Concession and the Public Settlement.

As the mayor of Shanghai, Yan Huiqing has contacted the French Concession and the Public Concession, asking them to hand over these people.However, the current negotiation situation is not very good.

The French Concession and the Public Concession refused to hand over these people, saying that the Shanghai Municipal Government has no right to demand these from them.

But Duan Xun was satisfied enough.

Yan Huiqing is a scholar who has been working in the education department and the foreign affairs department. When has he ever dealt with such a difficult matter.Although diplomatic work is also a sword, it also requires a battle of wits and strength.

But that kind of work was completely different from what it is now.

He is currently in Shanghai, where people die all the time.Every now and then, I collide face-to-face with powerful Shanghai factions and wrestle with them.When Yan Huiqing adapts to these and can deal with the political problems in Shanghai freely, he will be able to grow into a qualified political figure.

And the subsequent treatment was also very decisive.

Yan Huiqing used this as an excuse to clean up government agencies and the police system in Shanghai.Those of them have been in Shanghai for many years, and they are all top local power factions in Shanghai.It has a deep relationship with the Shanghai government and the Shanghai police agency.

The evidence is a handful.

This made Duan Xun more satisfied.

If Yan Huiqing only dealt with the affairs of Shanghai with a submissive, hello, my good attitude, then it would definitely be much easier.As long as we cooperate with local powerful factions, it is not difficult to govern Shanghai.

But this is not what Chen Yuhao wants.

What Chen Yuhao wants is a decisive Shanghai that officially brings Shanghai under the command of the cabinet.Rather than a Shanghai controlled by foreign powers and local power factions.

"However, this problem must always be solved. We can't control the affairs of foreigners in these concessions, but we can't even control the affairs of our own people. People in the French Concession and the Public Concession simply don't put us in the right place. in the eyes."

"Prime Minister, I think we should talk to these countries about this."

"Prime Minister Dai, tell me carefully."

Cabinet committee meeting.

Shanghai is currently attracting a lot of attention, so before the official meeting, everyone is also discussing the situation in Shanghai.Because everyone here knows that Yan Huiqing's trip to Shanghai was just an experience.

If Yan Huiqing can reorganize Shanghai in accordance with the intention of the cabinet.After completing the normalization of Shanghai's economy and rectifying those local forces in Shanghai, he will inevitably return to the cabinet in the future and assume more important positions.

"At present, the terms between our country and many great powers were signed decades ago. Including the terms of concessions. Therefore, I think we can form a special team in this area and talk to the great powers about the content of concessions. Some should belong to us We should fight for the benefits. Just like this time. These people are directly involved in the opium trade. If we have direct evidence on our side, they should hand over these people. But because we don’t have enough clauses in this regard, so That's why they rejected us."

"kindness."

Duan Xun nodded.

Then he said: "Prime Minister Dai, what do you think of Vice President Hu (Hu Weide) and President Wang (Supreme Court President Wang Chonghui) leading the negotiations?"