"Well, these two news are good news. It seems that our autonomous region is indeed a Feng Shui treasure land, with inestimable strategic value. In this way, you ask the geological exploration team to draw a detailed distribution map of all minerals, mark the longitude and longitude, and hand it over to my confidential secretary Sha Ling to take charge of these things. I will talk about these things when I have time."

Chen Tianhua seemed quite interested in the second news.

However, the order he gave was the first mine detective, and he did not mention the second news, which made Liao Yunpeng confused and some monks were confused.

"I understand the Governor." Liao Yunpeng quickly promised.

The Coal and Guang Autonomous Region must have its own coal and steel enterprises. This is the most core energy source and there is no room for negotiation.

Because the power plant and power power system here are necessary for all military equipment and industrial and mining enterprises and institutions. Without electricity, everything will be very primitive and inefficient.

I just returned from Shanghai last night and I had no time to clean myself and rest.

It is midsummer now. When I woke up in the morning, I received a good call from Liao Yunpeng’s Divine Dao Dao. Now I feel my body is sticky and uncomfortable.

He took a shower in the large bathroom of his mansion, then put on his silk clothes and went to the restaurant to eat the breakfast prepared by the servants.

During this trip to Shanghai, he mainly visited Sheng Xuanhuai and Li Jingfang. They were both elders and partners in his career. Niutoushan Mining, Changniu Railway, etc., were their investments.

As the controlling shareholder of Fengzhong Enterprise, Chen Tianhua needs to keep in touch with them regularly.

However, this time, the situation he learned about Sheng Xuanhuai was very frustrated. He was only blamed for being busy with affairs in the autonomous region in recent years and neglecting the internal struggles of the court there.

This is a long story, it happened a few years ago.

Speaking of Sheng Xuanhuai, the father of modern industry, the largest official and businessman in the Qing Dynasty, was once so brilliant.

His best skills are profits, and he can also see his backer very clearly. How can he find a backer smart and reliable?

That is to create common interests and hide selfish interests.

He knew very well that only interests in this world are eternal.

After Li Hongzhang's death, Yuan Shikai took over all his positions, Governor of Zhili and Minister of Beiyang, with power both at home and abroad.

Sheng Xuanhuai lost a very important backer, his adoptive father and mentor.

Yuan Shikai took up the important position of Governor of Zhili and Minister of Beiyang, and was both happy and worried.

What is so happy is that he holds heavy power and has military power, and the Beiyang ministers are under the jurisdiction of the Beiyang New Army.

What I worry about is that he does not have reliable financial support.

The Qing Dynasty's treasury was empty, and the tax and silver taxes and silver were not enough for the only one year except for the Boxer Indemnity, so there was money to support the new army.

Any new army is a channel for self-raised funds from all over the country.

The people look at the world. The Hubei army has Zhang Zhidong’s wealthy local finance, while the Liangjiang Self-Strengthening Army is equally prosperous Jiangsu and Anhui’s local finances support.

The Zhejiang New Army is even more special. It is completely supported by the civil and commercial governments, and Chen Tianhua’s huge economic entity.

In contrast, the Beiyang Army, which had the largest number, seemed to be in short supply.

Li Hongzhang's Beiyang system used to rely on Sheng Xuanhuai.

Yuan Shikai did the same thing, and of course he targeted the two largest money trees in Sheng Xuanhuai's hands, the Steamship Merchants Bureau and the Telegraph General Administration.

In the 29th year of the Guangxu period, Sheng Xuanhuai's father passed away. According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, he had to worry for twenty-seven months, and he would resign from all official positions during this period.

For this reason, he first resigned from his post as the Left Minister of Works.

But Yuan Shikai did not give up. His intention to drink was not to drink. He asked Sheng Xuanhuai to resign from the position of Governor General of Telegraph and the General Administration of Steamships and Merchants Bureau through Prime Minister Ronglu of the Cabinet.

After a period of thinking, Sheng Xuanhuai believed that his small power would definitely not be as good as Yuan Shikai's Beiyang faction.

Since this is the case, the only way to maintain immediate benefits is to cooperate with Yuan Shikai, which is equivalent to seizing a new backer.

His idea was very clever. On the surface, the General Administration of Telegraph and the China Merchants Bank of China Merchants Bureau allowed the Beiyang Group to occupy it, and in private he wanted to retain the power of the executive director and the general committee to handle the work.

So, Sheng Xuanhuai warmly invited Yuan Shikai, asking Yuan Zhongtang to visit the south, inspect it first, and then discuss the delivery matters.

In the early spring of the 30th year of the Guangxu period, Yuan Shikai first returned to his hometown, Xinyang, Henan, and then went to Wuchang to visit Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang. After that, he went to Jiangning along the Yangtze River and visited Duan Fang, the governor of Liangjiang.

Finally, he went to Shanghai to meet Sheng Xuanhuai to discuss the delivery of the Electric and Wheel Second Bureau.

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Shipbuilding Merchants Corporation is a joint-stock company run by the official and privately run by the government. It was established on Yangjingbang Road in Shanghai in the first year of Guangxu. It mainly engages in passenger transport and canal transport, and later developed into real estate.

After 30 years of development, the current Shipbuilding Merchants Group has not only developed domestic business, but also developed international business.

The General Administration is located in Shanghai, while the Branch Administration is located in Qingdao, Yantai, Hankou, Tianjin, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Yokohama, Kobe, Luzon and other places.

On the surface, Sheng Xuanhuai sent out the Telegram General Administration, which had a lot of shares, and the Beiyang Division took advantage of the profits, which was considered a favor.

Yuan Shikai was cunning. When he was in Shanghai, he did not express his feelings, and verbally agreed, and became brothers with Sheng Xuanhuai.

Soon, Yuan Shikai sent his confidant Yang Shiqi as the governor, Xu Run took over the Steamship Merchants Bureau for the Council, and he himself served as the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, and took back the General Administration of Telecommunications back to the "state-owned".

Two years after the power was handed over, that is, at the beginning of the 32nd year of the Guangxu period, many shareholders reported to Sheng Xuanhuai that the managers of the Shipbuilding Merchants Group had changed their families and that the shareholders' power was not guaranteed, so he immediately asked Yang Shiqi to comment.

Soon, Yuan Shikai asked to issue an edict saying that the General Administration of Telecommunications and the China Merchants Bank of China Merchants Bank should be the official office, rejected the commercial office proposal, refused to recognize the original private business shares, and sent Wang Cunshan as the inspector to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the China Merchants Bank and reclaimed the state-owned.

At this point, the Beiyang Group headed by Yuan Shikai completely infringed on all the assets of the General Administration of Telegraph and the Steel Merchants Bureau in the name of the court.

This result made Chen Tianhua finally understand that the continuous expansion and equipment update of the Beiyang New Army over the past three years have actually benefited from the financial support of these two bureaus.

He was very upset. It was too late to get this exact inside story. Sheng Xuanhuai was also very regretful. He believed Yuan Shikai, a treacherous villain.

From Chen Tianhua's inner world, he did not want Yuan Shikai's Beiyang corps to become stronger, because they were the root cause of the domestic warlords' melee in the next twenty years.
Chapter completed!