Chapter 17 Section 1
In early spring and March of 1913, with the turbulent and uneasy situation in the country, Yuan Shikai's troops, who had already entered Sichuan at any time, had to make peace with Sichuan because the situation in Liangjiang and Shanghai was unstable. They agreed to appoint Lin Sheng as the governor of Sichuan and Xie Ping as the governor of Guizhou. They had to recognize his leadership and allocate 100,000 oceans to appease Lin Sheng and Xie Ping, and at the same time asked the troops to send a unit to assist in the defense.
On March 20, Song Jiaoren was assassinated at the Shanghai Railway Station and was seriously injured. The man died of Yuan Shikai's murder due to superstition of parliamentary elections. There was evidence that his master was Yuan Shikai's confidant, and the Prime Minister of the Cabinet Zhao Bingyun. But at that time, the entire Kuomintang was shrouded in the air of compromise. He just adopted the method of "waiting for the law to resolve the problem". At this time, Sun Yat-sen was a revolutionary who dared to confront the reactionary forces. The murder of Song Jiaoren immediately began to wake up. He advocated organizing troops immediately to denounce Yuan Shikai. Huang Xing and other leaders did not actively agree with this proposal.
It turned out that as early as August 1912, the Tongmenghui was reorganized into the Kuomintang, with Sun Yat-sen as the leader, but the actual leader was Song Jiaoren. When he formed the Kuomintang, he also brought in the Unified Republican Party and several other small political groups, which were all composed of old bureaucrats and politicians and constitutional figures.
Because he was in the revolutionary craze at that time, Yuan Shikai felt the need to win over prestigious revolutionary leaders like Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing to decorate his appearance. In late August, he personally invited Sun Yat-sen to Peking to wait for the guests and discuss the national plan. At the same time, he used money to buy all those who could be bought, Wang Jingwei, Huang Xing's right-hand assistant Liu Kuiyi, Yan Xishan from Shanxi, Zhang Fengyu from Shaanxi and others.
Although many of the power factions in power in each province have nominal relationship with the Tongmenghui and the Kuomintang, their rule is no different from the old warlords and old bureaucrats. Secondly, Yuan Shikai's large loans from various powers were established, Yuan Shikai had financial support, and obtained support from the imperialist predecessors, and made certain military arrangements.
Lin Sheng was wearing a dark gray top, standing anxiously in front of the big map, carefully considering the national situation, and muttering to himself from time to time. At this time, Xie Ping and Song Jin stepped into the room with a slight smile. "What are our Grand Commander muttering in our hearts again? Is there a good show again? You can't forget me this time!" Xie Ping quipped and asked.
"It's better for our political commissar to do a good job. I, the commander, benefited from you!" After saying that, the three of them laughed.
Lin Sheng said as he walked back to the table and sat down, "Director Song, your government departments should also strengthen the information on the current national situation. You should not rely entirely on the military. You should also set up intelligence agencies, whether external or internal. I think it is necessary."
"Yes! I've said it a long time ago, but he always said that the government is responsible for managing local affairs?" Xie Ping got into the topic and took the opportunity to make fun of Song Jin.
"You two leaders, you know that the government departments are now in a tight position, and the relevant intelligence departments do not have suitable candidates in this regard. At the same time, the government's finances have become short of money, and all aspects are asking for money!" Song Jin said with a bitter smile.
"Yes! What about the 100,000 oceans that Yuan Shikai rewarded us? Has it arrived, I see it all for your government. The army will be in a difficult situation for the time being!"
"I haven't arrived yet, I guess I can arrive in Sichuan in just a few days."
"Well! Today, there are only three of us. Some of them are inconvenient to say in crowded places. Some comrades can't figure out and see through us. This aspect requires you two to do more work!" Lin Sheng took out a cigarette and handed it to the two: "The next step, Yuan Shikai will definitely dispatch his army to Liangjiang and Shanghai to try to control the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River. With the strength that Sun Yat-sen can call for, it cannot resist Yuan Shikai's strength. We must develop industry as soon as possible within three years, especially to expand the speed of military production. Three years! Three years! I wonder if it is the same as in history!"
Xie Ping was confused and confused whenever Lin Sheng said what was the intention, and looked at the two sitting in surprise, but he didn't know where to ask.
Lin Sheng stood up, patted Song Jin on the shoulder with a smile and said, "It's better to know some things. We don't want to hide anything from you! Is the investigation results of the entire area of personnel and industry and commerce?"
"Oh! I'm coming out. Today I'm mainly reporting to you," Song Jin took out the documents in a panic and read them. "We have conducted investigations on cities in the two provinces due to time and manpower restrictions. The remote rural areas and western Sichuan are not under the control of our army.
The total population is about 16.8 million, and the urban population is only 6.17 million. In terms of industry, before the liberation, it mainly consisted of mining, textile and light industry. In just over a year after the liberation, our army had developed and established a complete heavy industry system of all walks of life, but the scale was relatively small. Compared with Western industrial countries, the output is low, the energy consumption is large, the quality is poor, and the human resources are seriously wasted, and all of them are concentrated in the front lines of Chengdu, Sichuan and Xinjin.
Based on relevant personnel and referring to the experience of Western countries, relevant government departments have given several suggestions on military production for the next step of planning. First, concentrate all financial resources to give priority to building a large coal mine, iron ore and steel plant within this year; second, build the road from Chengdu to Panzhihua; third, expand the arsenal from Shuangliu and Chengdu.
In terms of economy, we actively reduce taxes for doing business, attract foreign funds and wealthy landlords and bureaucrats to invest in factories. At the same time, sales or transfers, cooperation, scientific inventions, new production processes and production methods are invented. The government has set prices and capital to recycle land, allocate the amount of land according to the heads of the people, pay 70% of the harvest in the first year, and then decrease by 5% per year. When it decreases to 20%, it will not decrease, and the land belongs to it. At the same time, privately owned land shall not exceed 30 acres."
Song Jin said that he was already dry and paused, and picked up the tea on the table to moisten his throat. "I think, these things are still a blessing, President Song will be troubled by himself!" Lin Sheng kept listening to Song Jin's report patiently. Seeing that his report was getting more and more detailed, he was afraid that he would say endlessly, so he took this opportunity to say: "You government departments will discuss the specific matters, and there is no need to ask for instructions in everything." Seeing Lin Sheng like this, Song Jin had to say: "Okay, when the formal plan comes out, ask someone to sort out and compile the key points into a text for Commander Lin!" After saying that, he stood up and prepared to say goodbye. He knew that Xie Ping had something to discuss with Lin Sheng alone.
Lin Sheng personally sent Song Jin out of the gate, and after returning, he closed the door. He said with a serious expression: "What do you think about the situation in the Northeast?"
"They have secretly set off to Sichuan. Those who know the situation are Guo Songling himself and our man Liao Yuan. A month ago, I had secretly ordered Liao Yuan to send someone to escort Sichuan, and I guess it's almost time to Chengdu."
"Well! After coming, I immediately sent someone to isolate them. I don't want to be in trouble now," Lin Sheng said worriedly.
"Don't worry, I will definitely do this. There is one thing I want to tell you. There are 34 people and three scientists here, except for Liao Yuan in the northeast, Gu Hao took people to study abroad, and Tian Xiaojun in Peking. Do you think you want to bring everyone together? Let's discuss this matter. You know, I may be back through this matter!" Xie Ping deliberately lowered his excited and excited tone.
Lin Sheng did not answer. He just came to the big map of the motherland and sighed a long time ago and said, "Okay! Then you are responsible for convening it! It is better to convene it in the name of General Political Science and Technology. People from the Northeast will be notified immediately no matter what time it is."
Xie Ping could not have imagined that because of his own topic, Lin Sheng lost the intention to continue talking. He couldn't help but think that Lin Sheng really wanted to use a once-in-a-lifetime plan to unify the country, break the frustrated one's door and gently push the door.
Chapter completed!