When Xu Shichang received the battle report from the front, he couldn't help but smile.
Du Lisan, the cancer that has been entrenched in the central Liaoning region, was finally beheaded.
‘Zhu Chuanwen’ did not disappoint him!
On the other side, Tang Shaoyi couldn't help but feel curious when she saw her boss with a happy face.
Tang Shaoyi, a native of Guangdong Province, studied in Shanghai since childhood. During the Tongzhi period, he became the third batch of young children to study in the United States. He returned to China during the Guangxu period, and in the following six years he rose to the top.
It was not until the restructuring of the three eastern provinces that Tang Shaoyi was promoted again. He was supervised by the National Railway Corporation and promoted to governor of Fengtian, becoming an important minister with real power.
When Xu Shichang succeeded him, he understood very well that the Northeast region had actually become a point of contention between Japan and Russia. If he wanted to change the chaos in the Northeast, he must equalize the power of various countries, open commercial ports widely, and implement opening up.
Therefore, he wanted to use the power of Western powers such as Britain and the United States to check and balance Japan and Russia, and achieve the goal of "using barbarians to control barbarians."
Tang Shaoyi not only had the experience of studying in the United States, but was also very familiar with railways. Such talents were exactly what Xu Shichang needed.
On the one hand, he hopes to use Tang Shaoyi to contact the United States; on the other hand, he wants Tang Shaoyi to take charge of the railway planning work in the Northeast region and promote the economic prosperity of the Northeast region.
Tang Shaoyi's performance did not disappoint Xu Shichang. After inspecting the situation in the Northeast, he proposed a new plan. He planned to build a railway artery from Xinminjing Fakumen, to Taonan, and finally to Qiqihar.
Once the new French railway is successfully built, it will be able to run through the Northeast and compete with Russia's Middle East Railway and Japan's South Manchuria Railway.
Of course, the Qing government definitely did not have the money to build such a long railway. No, to be precise, even if the court had money, it would not allocate funds.
There are two reasons for this. One is because it costs too much and the Qing government was not willing to spend so much money. The other is because the New France Railway is a new route parallel to the South Manchuria Railway.
The purpose of building this railway was to resist Japanese expansion in the Northeast.
The Japanese side has long been eyeing the three eastern provinces. How could they not see this? Therefore, if the Qing government built the Xinfa Railway on its own, the Japanese side would definitely block it in every possible way.
In order to avoid such a situation, Tang Shaoyi planned to join the Latin American team. Using his connections while studying abroad, he contacted the American Consul General in Fengtian, David Dade, to join the team.
In fact, the United States has long wanted to intervene in the situation in the three northeastern provinces and turn it into another product dumping ground.
The man is affectionate and the concubine is interested, and the two parties can just hit it off. According to Steide, this plan will definitely be approved.
But what is regrettable is that the day before yesterday, Sidde sent a message that the beautiful country is encountering an extremely serious economic crisis.
As the main body of the investment plan, the Harriman family, which started with the railroad, was also deeply involved in this crisis and was unable to raise funds for the new law plan.
Therefore, this plan had to be temporarily shelved.
Tang Shaoyi came to the Governor's Mansion today precisely to discuss with Xu Shichang how to solve the current dilemma and restart the new law plan.
The United States suddenly changed its mind and caught them off guard. Both of them looked sad.
However, just after the telegram was delivered, Xu Shichang's worries turned into joy. Therefore, Tang Shaoyi was very curious and secretly guessed, could Master Xu have found a solution?
Thinking of this, Tang Shaoyi couldn't help but said with confusion.
"grown ups?"
Xu Shichang flicked the letter paper and said with a smile: "Haha, Shaochuan (Tang Shaoyi's name), a telegram came from the front. Du Lisan was beheaded, and he was captured alive. He is now on his way to Fengtian."
Hearing the news, Tang Shaoyi also had a smile on her face. This was good news.
"But what did Zhu Chuanwen do?"
"That's right." Xu Shichang glanced at the letter and nodded with satisfaction: "I didn't expect that this little guy could complete this task so quickly."
Du Lisan had been running rampant in the Northeast for nearly ten years, and had defeated several encirclement and suppression campaigns. Xu Shichang had already prepared for a long-term battle, but who would have thought that the "little guy" named Zhu Chuanwen actually gave him such a big surprise.
Tang Shaoyi echoed: "This person does have some abilities."
Xu Shichang heard this and said curiously: "Oh? Shaochuan, have you also heard of this person?"
"I've heard a little about it." Tang Shaoyi nodded slightly and stroked his beard and said: "This man is very strict in running the army, and his troops have done nothing wrong with the local people. Not only that, this man is also keen on building schools. In a few years, he has built
More than a dozen primary and secondary classrooms of various types.”
“Although this person comes from a rough background, he is quite knowledgeable in being able to shout the slogan of ‘rejuvenating the country through education’.”
Xu Shichang nodded with deep understanding. Although he was born in the Imperial Academy, he did not know anything about military matters. In the early years, he had assisted Yuan Datou in training at the small station.
At that time, his duty was to help Yuan Datou establish the New Army Staff Office. In addition, he would also handle military affairs on behalf of Yuan Datou when he was out.
As the first counselor under Yuan Datou, he made outstanding contributions to the military training at the small station. Therefore, he still has a lot of experience in military training.
It was precisely because he understood the difficulty of training troops that Xu Shichang knew just how difficult it was to train an army that would not do anything wrong to the common people.
"Shaochuan, it seems that you still admire this person quite a lot?"
"Yes." Tang Shaoyi nodded first, and then sighed: "Easier said than done, protecting the environment and the people, just a few words, how many people can really do this?"
Speaking of this, Tang Shaoyi couldn't help but think of the chaos in the Northeast. If the people below could be like "Zhu Chuanwen", they wouldn't be so worried.
Xu Shichang nodded to show his approval. In fact, he also admired this young man. Unfortunately, this man had no background.
However, in his opinion, this is nothing. Just like what Mr. Ding'an said in his poem, "I urge God to be brave and send talents in any way." Real talents are worthy of special promotion!
This time, Xu Shichang's original reward was to give the other party a promotion. There happened to be a vacancy for the commander of the Fengtian Qianlu Patrol Battalion. With his ability, he thought he would be qualified for the job.
However, this was his previous plan. Now he is not only preparing to promote Li Jie, but he is also preparing to give Li Jie a background and let him go to the Army Lecture Hall of the Three Eastern Provinces for further study.
After graduation, this person will have a real background, and he will go further in his career in the future.
Of course, Xu Shichang did this just casually, and he had no intention of taking Li Jie under his command. After all, the status gap between the two parties was too great.