Chapter 97 The storm is coming (Part 1)

After Xiao Yimin and Yang Shukan had a heart-warming night talk, he handed Yang Shukan over to Zhang Lan, the Democratic Party chairman who had just returned from Beijing. The latest chapter of the Holy Temple.com

Zhang Lan and Yang Shukan were old friends, and no matter what they talked about, there was no problem of quarrel. Moreover, there are many internal conflicts among the Kuomintang and their strength was greatly damaged. No matter how much they talked about, they could only focus on party affairs cooperation. If they wanted to cooperate in other aspects, they also depend on whether they could afford capital.

The Sichuan local forces, who have suffered repeated losses over the years and have gradually returned to reality, are no longer touching slogans or a few valuable letters of appointment. So a week later, Yang Shukan could only leave reluctantly.

In June, Yuan Shikai, who borrowed huge sums of money from four countries, began a series of preparations for restoration, resulting in constant uprisings across the country. The European envoys in China whose interests in China were damaged seized the opportunity and stepped up pressure on the Yuan Shikai government, all wanting to earn more privileges and interests for their own country.

The Chairman of the Mission and British Ambassador to China, Jurden, publicly announced:

If the Beijing government does not sign the "Simora contract between China and Britain and Tibet" and completely resolve the ** problem, the UK will no longer give the Beijing government preferential treatment in the fields of credit, trade and other cooperation. The latest chapter of the Church.com

The Yuan Shikai government has a great headache about this.

The "China-British-Tibet Simora Contract" is a treason agreement that no one dares to sign. The Qing Dynasty did not give up its sovereignty. If it was lost in Yuan Shikai's hands, he would be immediately overwhelmed by all walks of life across the country. The situation in the country that had just stabilized would inevitably be chaotic again.

What's more, the British strongly demanded the cancellation of the Sichuan Border Defense Army and all the Central ** team stationed in the Kangzang area. If you really want to agree with the British, you don't know what uncontrollable things will be done by the commander-in-chief of the border army in Sichuan who is easy-going on the outside and tough on the inside.

Next, the negotiations on multiple loan business were unilaterally stopped by European powers. The "Bank of China" vigorously promoted by Yuan Shikai's government was boycotted in nearly half of the provinces across the country. The reason is very simple:

Everyone doubts whether the "Bank of China" under the control of the militant Yuan Shikai has credit? Does the banknotes issued have sufficient gold and silver reserves? Moreover, the Bank of China has taken over the issuance of 25 million yuan of government bonds from Yuan Shikai's government and is desperately promoting it all over the country. But at this time, who dares to buy government bonds without credit guarantees?

Among all the boycott calls, Sichuan's voice is the loudest.

Sichuan's local forces, which have formed their own political parties and have received widespread attention from China and foreign countries, are becoming increasingly powerful. The banking trade unions and industrial and commercial trade unions under their control are united unprecedentedly on this issue. They not only boycotted the "Bank of China" to set up branches in Chengdu and Chongqing, but also established the "Sichuan Hundred Bank" covering various counties in Sichuan. While vigorously carrying out storage and credit business, they are collaborating with Americans to establish telegraph companies. The Sichuan branch of Liansheng Xuanhuai family, the long-standing "China Commercial Bank" under the Liansheng Xuanhuai family, was also ruthlessly excluded by Sichuan local forces in all aspects. .com

What Yuan Shikai's government cannot tolerate is that under the instigation of local political forces, all sectors of Sichuan refused to use all banknotes issued by the Bank of China. In addition to the highly qualified silver dollars and copper and silver auxiliary coins issued this year, the entire Sichuan circulation market only uses silver coins and copper coins manufactured by the Copper Yuan Bureau of the Sichuan Provincial Government; secondly, the "Sichuan Baiye Bank" has signed cooperation agreements with the three famous banks in the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States to vigorously develop settlement business and gradually penetrate into import and export business. I am afraid that they will issue their own banknotes in the next step.

Once the local forces in Sichuan complete their own financial system construction, the Yuan Shikai government will completely lose its financial control and tax collection. Not only will it not be able to obtain tens of millions of generous taxes per year, but it will also allow the local forces in Sichuan to develop and grow rapidly, completely control the positions of governments at all levels in Sichuan, establish a strong and well-equipped army, form a de facto country in the country, and then affect various western provinces and even all parts of the country.

In late June, British Ambassador to China Jurden sent a note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, declaring that "the hidden realm must be three hundred miles away from Lhasa. If China does not formally sign the treaty, the UK will sign a separate contract with ** and assist ** to resist China's invasion."

This severe warning from the British government prompted Yuan Shikai and his staff to quickly come up with a series of plans. After secretly meeting with British Ambassador Juerdian and obtaining limited understanding, Yuan Shikai began to attack the military and political circles of Sichuan.

On June 30, the Beijing Central Government issued an order to formally abolish the governors of various provinces, establish the General's Office in Beijing, and set up the titles of generals, stationed in various provinces to supervise military affairs.

Sichuan Governor Hu Jingyi became Sichuan Governor and was named General Chengwu by Yuan Shikai. He also had the title of general and was fully responsible for supervising Sichuan military affairs.

A few days later, a series of telegrams from Yuan Shikai were sent to Chengdu again.

Hu Jingyi immediately summoned Zhou Jun, commander of the First Army of the Sichuan Army and commander of the First Division, Peng Guanglie, commander of the Second Division, Sun Zhaoluan, commander of the Third Division, commander of the Fourth Division, and commander of the Fifth Division, Wang Jian, commander of the Fifth Division, and Wang Lingji, commander of Yuan Shikai, to read Yuan Shikai's commendation order and order of promotion. Five Sichuan Army commanders were promoted to lieutenant generals at the same time, and their treatment and power responsibilities were on par with the commander-in-chief of the border army. Zhou Jun, commander of the First Division of the Sichuan Army, was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Chongqing, and ordered his troops to evacuate Yichang immediately and return to Chongqing to garrison.

The commander-in-chief of the border army, Xiao Yimin, seemed to have been intentionally forgotten by Yuan Shikai. He was not mentioned in a series of telegrams issued in succession. The generals of the Sichuan Army seemed to realize something. After asking the governor Hu Jingyi that he did not receive any reply, they kept silent.

Immediately afterwards, the Senate of the Beijing Central Government passed a resolution to classify the Xichuan areas such as Kangding, Yanjing, and Luding as the "Sichuan Border Special Zone", and once again appointed Zhang Yi, who had already returned to Beijing to enjoy his fortune, as the "Sichuan Border Inspector", take over the troops stationed in various parts of the Sichuan Border, and fully ruled on civil and border affairs.

Once this resolution was published, it immediately attracted high attention from both the military and political circles, especially the institutions in Europe and the United States in China. Many keen military and political officials immediately realized:

The Sichuan-Border Special Zone is likely to be outside Sichuan since then, and General Xiao Yimin, commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Border Defense Army, may be undermined by the Beijing government. Combined with Yuan Shikai's series of commendations and analysis of Sichuan military generals, General Xiao Yimin gradually lost control of the Sichuan military.

What puzzled everyone was that Xiao Yimin did not respond at all this time. Xiao Yimin was surprised to choose to remain silent about a series of resolutions and orders from the Yuan Shikai government. It seemed that all this had nothing to do with him. Instead, he was keen on publishing current political comments in major newspapers in the UK, Germany, the United States and Sichuan.

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