The Republic of China: A Letter of Appointment Creates the Most Powerful Warlord

"Fifty thousand is not enough. It's too few. Fifty thousand people per province is about right."

Unexpectedly, Fang Yu was so rude and asked for a huge sum of 150,000 yuan.

You know, the entire Donglu Province has only 120,000 troops stationed there. Can he use 50,000 for a police system?

What? Are you going to open a community police station?

"Have you ever thought about how much resources it takes to support these 150,000 people?"

Zhang Ye felt that this guy was taking a big step and might get into trouble.

Fifteen thousand people, all the miscellaneous expenses added up every month, would cost several million. Can the three provinces of East Shandong afford this amount of money now?

"Marshal, since I dare to ask this, I must have a way to solve all their problems."

Fang Yu still insisted on his point of view. He believed that the three provinces together had a population of more than 100 million. If they only relied on a small number of law enforcement agencies, they would definitely not be able to fully cover and manage them.

Only by going deep into the grassroots and thoroughly implementing the policies and ideas of superiors can we truly guide the masses.

In addition, this practice is of great significance to population stability, and can indirectly promote local economic and cultural development.

In short, only through strict supervision, reaching out to the masses and effectively solving their problems can the entire society tend to be stable and the people can live a happy and beautiful life.

"Okay, since you insist on your opinion, I will give you 150,000 people!"

Seeing that he was so determined, Zhang Ye didn't say much.

He is just like that. Since he has delegated power to others, he will not interfere too much on key issues. He can make suggestions, but the final decision will still be made by Fang Yu.

Otherwise, if we have to make all the decisions ourselves, what is the point of decentralizing power?

Besides, Fang Yu has also worked his way up step by step, and he has his own development direction and ideas.

As a leader, he should give unwavering support at critical moments!

"By the way, there is one more thing that I think needs to be put on the agenda."

After discussing the personnel issues, Fang Yu continued to report on the next work arrangements.

"We now occupy three provinces. Shouldn't we take this opportunity to establish our own central bank and issue our own currency?"

"This will also help expand the economy and reduce external monetary shocks."

"Wait a minute."

Zhang Ye hesitated for a while, but ultimately did not agree to this plan.

The issuance of currency is indeed a great thing for those in power, as they can obtain huge profits through the right to mint coins.

But for ordinary people, this is undoubtedly a disguised way of plundering the people's wealth.

Especially for cities like them that find it difficult to form an economic closed loop, if they issue their own currency, it would be completely self-deception, just to take real money out of the pockets of ordinary people.

Today there’s a Zhang Datou, tomorrow there’s a Feng Datou, and the day after tomorrow there’s a Duan Datou!

What are the uses of these things?

If it cannot be used nationwide, it would be an outright fraud.

Ordinary people don't need to do anything every day, and just relying on mutual exchange for daily consumption will result in several layers of transaction fees.

If this continues, it will be like killing the chicken to get the eggs, and will ruin the reputation that you have worked so hard to build!

Besides, Zhang Ye is not short of money now. He has ordered people to build a professional reserve warehouse to deal with possible capital and currency hedging in the future.

His current idea is very simple. Apart from the materials that need to be exchanged on a daily basis, the remaining public opinion value can either be exchanged for gold or for food as logistical reserves.

In the days to come, whether it’s dollars or silver, only a very small portion should be left to cover expenses.

The rest can all be turned into gold, which is the hard currency and will always be recognized by people!

So, for him now, opening a bank is fine, but printing money is out of the question. It is too unethical, and it is not worth it to cause public dissatisfaction for that little bit of profit.

"Okay, then we'll continue to use the Yuan Datou as the main currency in circulation."

Seeing how persistent he was, Fang Yu understood the reason.

In fact, he himself does not want to issue his own currency so soon.

But as the highest political leader of the three provinces, there are some things that need to be said.

Whether to do it or not is the Marshal's business, but whether to say it or not is his business.

That’s what it means to do your job while you are in your position.

"There's another question. Recently, a lot of refugees have come from Zhili Province. I'm wondering if we should take this opportunity to allow them to settle down."

A week ago, the war broke out again. The Fengbei Army joined forces with the Feng faction to attack the Duan faction. The three parties deployed a total of more than 400,000 people to fight. The entire Tianjin, Beijing and its surrounding areas were all turned into battlefields.

Some people who were afraid of being involved in the war fled directly along Zhili Province and headed straight for Donglu Province.

As time went by, Zhang Ye's name gradually spread. Although some people from other provinces had doubts, at the critical moment, many people chose to take a gamble and run towards Donglu.

Their thinking was simple: even if they didn't get any preferential treatment, it was better than staying in Zhili Province and living in fear.

"Yes, we will not only accept these refugees, but we will also spread the word that any knowledgeable, ambitious, and promising young people will be warmly welcomed by our Independence Army."

Zhang Ye's eyes were filled with endless heroic spirit, and he made the promise very generously.

"As long as they come here, the government will take care of all the issues such as household registration, housing, and employment. We also welcome talents from all walks of life to settle down here. You can choose any of the three places, Donglu, Huishan, or Wuyue!"

"That's fine. We're currently short of teachers and educational talent. If we can attract a big shot in the Beijing education world, it would be totally worth it."

Fang Yu was also excited when he heard the news. Right now, everything in the three provinces of East Shandong was starting from scratch. Primary school, middle school, high school, and university, these educational tasks alone were enough to make him breathless.

The leader in charge of the education department would come to him to complain every now and then, and his message, both explicitly and implicitly, was that there was a shortage of people.

Regarding this issue, Zhang Ye also thought about exchanging a large amount from the system, but after careful consideration, he gave up the idea.

There is definitely no problem with the talents exchanged by the system, but the difficulty lies in that these people are elites copied from the 21st century, and their education methods are not applicable to the current era.

This is different from others. When you exchange for a gun, anyone can shoot it as long as they know where the trigger is.

However, education that is too advanced is not that simple.

If educational knowledge that is ahead of its time is promoted on a large scale, it will inevitably trigger a series of unstoppable chain reactions.

As time goes by, this practice is bound to bring devastating impact and damage to the current era!

Because this knowledge that is ahead of its time may disrupt important factors such as the existing social structure, economic system, and people's values, thereby causing the entire society to fall into chaos and instability.