153 Borrowing

Li wanted to send Sun Yat-sen and others out of the study and smiled at Li Xiping and Zeng Gao, "You are not here to ask if I have read your report, are you? If there is anything, say it quickly.

Zeng Gao said calmly, "Huang Xing was worried because of Nanjing's disarmament and officially proposed to resign from Nanjing's left-behind position, which has different attitudes within the League. The steady faction believes that Huang Xing's resignation can make "the arbitrary of the former alliance, the supporters of the military self-defense of the military government, and the those who fight for power and goods of the evil soldiers are also released." The radicals criticized Huang's resignation as a blame for the idea of retreating. They said, "Staying behind is not the time to be afraid of peace." "If you have to resign, it is the so-called twilight, easy to start, and difficult to achieve." Chen Qimei, Fan Guangqi, Tan Renfeng and others were also aware of the danger of Huang Xing's request for resignation and complete abandonment of military power, and tried to save it.

Li Xiping continued: "Chen Qimei rushed from Shanghai to Nanjing to persuade Huang to stay in office and step up activities to control Jiangsu. Under his auspices, Liu Chenglie, a revolutionary from Suzhou, and others organized a "washing meeting" to prepare for the vanguard to launch a disaster and overthrow Cheng Dequan, the governor of Jiangsu, who was a constitutionalist.

Li Xiang listened to it while smoking a cigar, and then played the ashes. Then he said, "Chen Qimei is a person who does great things, and she is a little responsible. Without Chen Qimei's unscrupulous means, Shanghai can't be the territory of the Alliance. Of course, except for Tao Chengzhang's imperfect handling, it is an exception... After the establishment of the Nanjing Provisional Government, the two governors of Suzhou, the Jiangsu Province, and the neighboring Shanghai, coexisted. Cheng De, supported by the constitutional party, made every effort to restore the old system of the Qing Dynasty and put Shanghai under the jurisdiction of the governor of Jiangsu. However, due to Shanghai's special status and its contribution in the process of restoration, Chen Qimei's status as the governor of the Shanghai army is difficult to shake for a while. Chen Qimei had also been holding her breath for a long time and was about to destroy Cheng Dequan. The two sides have already begun to fight indis and out, which seems to be quite fierce.

"Yes. The information obtained by the Ministry of Social Affairs said that the Suzhou Alliance was ready to drive away Cheng Dequan and make Chen Qimei the governor of Jiangsu. Li Xiping said, "Chen Qimei is related to the alliance organization in Suzhou. In the Suzhou Alliance, Liu Chenglie is the main brain, including the backbones Kuai Jitang, Zhai Zuotong, Cheng Hong, Xu Guohua, Wu Kangshou, Zhu Baocheng, etc. They are all active people who plan to brew the Suzhou Uprising and respond to the revolution. When the allied forces conquered Nanjing, Zhu Baocheng, Wu Kangshou, Cheng Hong and others all joined the Hong Chengdian troops of the Shanghai Army. After conquering Nanjing, Zhu Baocheng was appointed as the captain of the 2nd Wing of the Shanghai Army Pioneers. Wu Kangshou was the commander of the 1st Battalion of Zhu Baocheng's Department, and Cheng Hong was also an officer of the department. At the end of 1911, Zhu Baocheng was transferred back to Suzhou and expanded into a "pioneer regiment". This vanguard regiment, nominally belongs to the Jiangsu military government, but in fact, it is the force of Chen Qimei, the governor of the Shanghai army. In order to facilitate the activities of Kuai Ji Tang and Kuai Zuo Tong in Suzhou, Chen Qimei specially appointed Kuai Ji Tang as the special liaison officer of the Shanghai Military Governor's Office, and Kuai Zuo Tong was appointed by the Shanghai "RePU Association" to organize the Suzhou Branch. Chen Qimei used the vanguard regiments mastered by Liu Chenglie, Kuai Ji Tang, Kuai Zuotong and Zhu Baocheng to unite the 45 and 46 bids of the original new army stationed in Suzhou, and prepared to launch a mutiny and drive Cheng Dequan out of power when the conditions were ripe.

"It was a good plan, but it's a pity." Li wanted to sigh.

Li Xiping stared at Li and thought, "Why is it a pity?"

Li wanted to sneer and said, "I know all about this plan here. Doesn't Yuan Shikai know in Beijing? If Yuan Shikai knows, it means that Cheng Dequan knows it.

"Yuan Shikai's spy may also not know." Li Xiping's heart sank. He knew that this possibility was minimal, but he refused to bring it out on his face, because he said, "It's better to send someone to remind Chen Qimei that the opportunity leaked. There is no possibility of success, and there can't be no unnecessary sacrifices."

Li wanted to "um" while listening.

Zeng coughed gently and cleared his throat and said, "It's the right thing to remind Chen Qimei. The key is the disarmament of Nanjing. After Yuan Shikai finishes cutting Nanjing, it's time for the southern provinces.

"Yes." Li Xiping said, "It's better to stand up Huang Xing at this time."

"Huang Xing can't afford to help him. Like Sun Yat-sen, it's too ideal. Li thought.

"If you can't help it, you have to help it. Yuan Shikai will free his hands to deal with us when he cleans up Huang Xing." Li Xiping said.

Li Xiang smiled and said, "Isn't it just disarmament? Although I haven't read your plan, I think I will definitely cut some.

The reorganization of the army is a real problem that needs to be faced urgently for Ezhou. Although Li Xiang claims to have nearly 300,000 armed personnel and territory in five provinces, it is less than one-third of the company with guns in his hands. As for their combat effectiveness, their combat effectiveness is even more uneven. What Li wants is a capable armed force and a more combative team. He needs a purer, more loyal army, and obey his personal will. Even if Yuan Shikai does not order the reorganization, Li Xiang will reorganize by himself. The plan written by Li Xiping and Zeng Gao has been sent to his desk.

Li Xiang said again, "We should not only disarm, but also take the initiative to cater to Yuan Shikai's political ambitions and raise the issue of military-civilianism to him."

Wuchang itself is general affairs and civil affairs, which is divided into two paths, which is different from the military and political practices of the governors and the prime ministers of each province.

"Why don't you wait for the central government's military spending before disarming?" Zeng Gao said, "Tang Shaoyi promised to allocate 1.5 million yuan in severance pay. I heard that he had already negotiated with the four-nation banking group, but the conditions were a little harsh."

"This is sent to Beijing as an additional condition for disarmament," Li Xiang immediately praised Zeng Gao's cleverty with a look of praise. Don't send money in vain.

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Beijing. Shikoku Hotel.

Tang Shaoyi and Xiong Xiling bowed and apologized to the representatives of the bank group of the four countries, and Chen said, "If you borrow money, there is no collateral, and there is no loss in the four countries. If you don't have time to take care of it, you can't help but take the liberty..."

Tang Shaoyi turned to Huabi Bank to discuss borrowing 2 million pounds because the borrowing conditions of the four-nation bank group were too harsh. Belgium is a small country and does not have much financial resources, but it is greedy for interest, so it lends this money to the Bank of Russia and the Anglo-French banks other than the four-nation banking group, and agreed to pay at a discount of 70% to 5% interest, and use the profit of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway as collateral. The four-nation banking group knew the details as soon as they checked, and the minister of the four countries immediately sent a note to Yuan Shikai, saying that Premier Tang had violated the priority of borrowing promised by President Yuan to the four-nation banking group and asked for an explanation. President Yuan was forced by the great powers, and Premier Tang had to apologize.

The British, German and French envoys ignored it first. After repeated persuasion by the American envoys, they did not care about the past. They only made three requests: (1) Make another date and publicly apologize to the four-nation banking groups. ( 2) The budget must be sent to all countries for the record. ( 3) Japan and Russia cannot join the loan group, and China cannot secretly borrow money from Japan and Russia.

Prime Minister Tang was forced to agree one by one. The ministers of various countries asked for the return of the borrowed money, and Premier Tang also agreed.

Premier Tang said, "At present, China's financial difficulties, please ask the bank group to pay 35 million taels in advance within six weeks, and 10 million taels per month in the future. By October, a total of 77 million taels will be paid as soon as the big loan is established."

"In the past, it was only said to borrow 15 million taels, but now it costs so much. It must be decided by the board of directors of the domestic banking groups." The bank group also said: "You should make a detailed budget table for the purpose of each loan, the income of collateral salt and tea, and the actual income of the improved income increase before you can propose payment. At the same time, the bank regiment sent members to supervise the finance, supervise the use, and supervise the demobilization of the army.

These harsh conditions of the four-nation banking group have long been rumored. Foreign newspapers have repeatedly exposed that Tang Shaoyi has borrowed money for this reason, but now, Tang Shaoyi has no choice.

The bank group asked again, "What on earth is this money for?"

Premier Tang said without thinking: "Nanjing 2.3 million, Wuchang 1.5 million, Shanghai 500,000, the rest for Beijing."

"What is Nanjing and other places used for?"

Premier Tang said as a matter of course: "Naturally, it is to dismiss the army."

"How many troops have been demobilized? How much do you need? How much can you save every month in the future?

Premier Tang couldn't answer a series of questions from the bank group.

The foreigners are very cautious and used to making accurate budgets. Now I am surprised to see that Premier Tang has not been able to elaborate on the budget.

"Chinese money is used to be reckless. It's so unrestricted that I don't even know how to use it. It's not easy to do. Unless the use of the money is supervised by us, there is no need to talk about it.

Premier Tang did not agree. Xiong Xiling, who should have come with him at this time, came out. Xiong Xiling, the chief financial director, is from Phoenix, Hunan Province. He is known as Xiong Phoenix and is very talented. After repeatedly debating and consulting with foreigners, a compromise plan was finally formed: each side sends auditors. Every time money is needed, the Ministry of Finance first prepares a list, submits it to the auditor for verification, and then withdraws it from the bank after checking the correctness. In this way, the bank group promised to pay three million taels in advance.

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Nanjing, stay in the house.

Welcome Jiang Zuobin's banquet to break up, leaving Huang Xing and Jiang Zuobin in the lounge.

Jiang Zuobin said with a sad face, "When I came here, I heard that Tang Shaoyi and Xiong Xiling were negotiating with foreign bank groups about the Advance Charter to get a advance, but this kind of conditions for begging for loans are harsh... Everyone knows that the delay of outsiders and want to fake economic interference is not for the purpose of their political interference. It's been a day or two!"

Huang Xing's face was distorted angrily, and he sent a public telegram against the loan everywhere: "Jiang Lai Ning, heard that the advance payment contract signed by the bank group and President Xiong on the 17th has been signed, and the temporary advance charter for monitoring expenditure is very frightening... Such a charter is uniquely supervised by bandits and directly supervise the army. The army is the lifeblood of national defense, and now it allows outsiders to interfere here, just waiting to die. In the past 20 years, all the lofty people in the world have gone through fire and water, smashed their bodies and bones. Once the hard-earned Republic of China was broken from the advance of four million yuan, our generation still had a breath, and our heart was still not dead, and we vowed not to admit it. Xiong Xiling has a heavy responsibility. He dares to break the law and arbitrary, sign the contract first, and brazenly ignores it. This can be tolerated. Who can't stand it! Hearing that the charter has been submitted to the Senate for approval, I prayed and refuted, and ordered to break the contract... That is, the troops directly under the jurisdiction of this country have been in arrears and are in danger. They are not willing to accept the loan of this subjugated country and extermination, in order to quench their thirst... This is the survival of this relationship, that is, begging for quick electricity to resist, ordering them to break the contract, and there is no prayer."

Huang Xing told the central government and the provinces: "... Now the matter of borrowing is getting more and more strange. It is called consultation, which is really willing to fool. Finance, military and government are supervised, national power is lost, and life follows. Therefore, those who see this advance contract and monitoring expenditure regulations are not heartbroken are not human. ......”