"I would like to thank Mr. Yuan in advance. Oh, in addition to this matter, I have another thing to inform Mr. Yuan. I just received a telegram from Tianjin this morning. Mr. Poincare
It is expected to arrive in Luanzhou by morning train on the 25th day of the first lunar month to discuss with us in detail the investment in mining."
"Twenty-fifth of the first lunar month? Didn't he say mid-March?" Yuan Su frowned and asked seriously.
Although after careful consideration, he decided to conduct preliminary cooperation with foreigners, the premise of all this was that he had established a foothold in Luanzhou. Before that, he planned to deal with the matter of Seventy-nine Biao's departure from Twenty Towns. If
If the guess is correct, Bei Jing will soon issue an order to transfer the twenty towns out of customs, and it will not exceed a month at the latest.
Now that foreigners appear at this juncture, it will not only mess up his overall plan, but will even add unwarranted influence to the separation of Seventy-nine Biao from Twenty Towns. If the main town, the provincial government and even Beijing know about it, he will
If you plan the seventy-nine goals and secretly collude with foreigners, this matter will definitely cause a big fuss. By then, I am afraid that all parties will focus their attention on this, and everything will not be easy to handle.
"Yes, the 25th day of the first lunar month is the 13th day of the third month in the Western calendar. The mid-month mentioned by Mr. Poincaré in the telegram is indeed the middle of the third month. Is it possible that Mr. Yuan has some inconvenience?" Wang Li looked at it at the same time.
Looking at Yuan Su's expression, he couldn't help but ask.
"Poincaré has even arranged the train, but I'm afraid I can't change the date of the meeting. It's not that there's any inconvenience, it's just that I've been busy with work recently, and I thought I would have some free time in a few months, but I didn't expect these foreigners to be really
Be positive." Yuan Su said with a deep expression and a slow tone.
He sighed secretly and thought depressedly: Today is really eventful!
Wang Litong also fell into silence for a while. He carefully considered Yuan Su's words, hoping to find some clues. He and Yuan Su were now on the same rope, and Yuan Su needed his own support to establish political roots in Luanzhou.
For the foundation, he also needs Yuan Su to protect his power position, so it can be said that one will be prosperous and one will suffer.
After a while, he said tentatively: "Master Yuan, you don't have to worry about the impact of these foreigners. Nowadays, we Chinese people are in awe of foreigners from top to bottom. Although this is not a good trend,
But who says someone has a strong ship and a powerful gun? In my opinion, Mr. Yuan can also use his relationship with foreigners to increase his status."
Yuan Su glanced at Wang Li subconsciously. Although he knew that this was a way, he was not happy because of it. It was not that he had never thought about it, but once he established such a relationship with a foreigner, he
Like other warlords, they will become a tool for foreigners to safeguard their interests in China, and they will also tolerate more shameless activities by foreigners.
The cooperation he envisioned in accepting foreigners to mine in Luanzhou was just a superficial benefit transaction, in which both parties were equal, and in some aspects the foreigners even had to act based on their own faces. This was
It is a simple thing. The more benefits you get from foreigners, the more rewards the foreigners will ask for. Once the benefits and rewards exceed the boundaries, the relationship between the two parties will deteriorate.
In order to achieve great things, of course he can make some concessions, but there is always a potential moral barrier deep in everyone's heart, just like the inner struggle when killing someone for the first time. Even if the other person is a very vicious gangster, he really has to muster the courage to use it.
Going under the knife is by no means an easy task.
"I don't want to talk about this matter for the time being. I'll wait until they arrive." Yuan Su took a slow breath and said seriously.
After sending Wang Litong away, Yuan Su found that the day had been very heavy. All kinds of pressures seemed to have passed the holidays, swarming from all directions and pressing on his heart. Fortunately, he could sort out the things at hand, otherwise
A messy situation will definitely not make you feel better.
For now, he has to worry about Zhang Juren's personal feelings, deal with the inexplicable power ambitions of the Luanzhou gentry, and at the same time think about the ultimate bottom line of cooperation with foreigners. In the face of these few things, regarding the graduation of the Army Preparatory College
You can now forget about the assessment.
However, on the afternoon of the next day, the Army Preparatory College quickly responded to Yuan Su's telegram.
The signature of the reply was still Hu Longxiang. After receiving the telegram, Yuan Su had to sigh that this senior Hu was really not an ordinary caring person. However, when he read the content of the reply, he was not in the same mood as when he received the telegram.
He was moved because Hu Longxiang decisively rejected his request, only saying that there was no such precedent in the school from beginning to end, and Luanzhou was not too far from Baoding, so he could return to the school within one day.
Although he was a little disappointed, Yuan Su had already prepared for all this. After all, he had been dealing with this matter with a lucky mentality from the beginning. Whether he could succeed or not could only be left to fate.
However, he did not shelve the matter completely. After hesitating for a while, he immediately sent another telegram.
This time the message was not meticulously crafted for several hours like yesterday, and contained only a few hundred words.
In the call back, he did not ask Hu Longxiang to make it easier for him. He only "requested" that Hu Longxiang could forward the policy proposition to Luanzhou on the day of the policy assessment, and he would try to answer the essay according to the policy proposition of the graduation examination.
, and send the strategy back to Baoding as soon as possible for review by the examiner.
He made a supplementary explanation at the end of the message. He did not expect that the school would take special care of his policy, and he did not even care whether there would be an examiner to review his policy. He only used this to express his respect for the school's years of cultivation. At the same time,
Also give yourself the comfort of having a beginning and an end.
On the surface, this seems to be a redundant matter, but Yuan Su hopes that through this move, he will let the school know that he is a sincere student, and at the same time, he can leave a mark in the teaching history of Army University.
It was just a matter of taking the time to write a paper. He didn't believe that he couldn't write a decent paper with his advanced thinking.
Also on the afternoon of the same day, Wang Litong followed Yuan Su's instructions yesterday and summoned officials of all sizes from the three counties and five towns of Luanzhou, as well as some familiar celebrities, landlords, squires, etc., to the Luanzhou Zhizhou Yamen
A large-scale conference was held. The reason why it is said to be large is that judging from the number of people present, it is indeed larger than the scene of the inauguration ceremony of the Consultative Bureau. After all, various counties and towns have different levels from chief officials to auxiliary officials.
Including masters, copywriters, yamen servants, etc., the total number of people is close to a hundred.
Yuan Su came to the prefecture government office on time to participate in this conference. Wang Liotong was naturally eager to announce his inauguration as the Chief of Civil Affairs of the Republic. Therefore, there was not much formality in this conference from beginning to end, except for Wang Liantong and Yuan Su.
After their respective brief speeches, they almost skipped the Q&A and private interview sessions with reporters.
After a very efficient prelude, Wang Litong officially announced the list of the various ministries of the Luanzhou Republican Party. There were six departments: the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Ministry of Transportation and the Ministry of Education, and five people were appointed.
A ministerial official, and he concurrently serves as the Minister of Civil Affairs as the Director-General of Civil Affairs of the Republic of Luanzhou.
Among the five appointed ministerial officials, two of them were Wang Litong's former subordinates, and the other three were all famous local gentry in Luanzhou. This shows that although many gentry did not like to see Wang Litong, they could
Wang Lantong still has to put in effort to win over these people.
After that, Wang Litong also held a swearing-in ceremony for officials at all levels of the Luanzhou Republican Party. All procedures were modeled on the inauguration ceremony during the Nanjing government. Everyone came on stage and said a few words: "Be loyal to your duties" and "Support the Republic."
"The oath. At the end of the ceremony, all the officials went on stage together and let the newspaper reporter take a group photo.
In Yuan Su's view, the establishment of the Luanzhou Republican Government means that the military government system will not be implemented in Luanzhou.
On the surface, it seems that it is not conducive to the development of Yuan Su's military regency, but in fact, all this is being implemented step by step according to his plan, because what he wants is not a military regency, but military power completely above politics. He
I don't want to have to discuss everything with the officials and gentry. Not only will my power be limited, but also many things will not develop in the expected direction due to the influence of these people.