Go back to the past and be a schoolboy

Chapter 133 Letter from Beijing
"Xiao Wan, you just said Mr. Cai is here? Where is he?"

After discussing the arrangement of relief supplies and other related matters, Cheng Nuo declined the other party's invitation, took a rickshaw by himself, and went back to the hotel directly.

As soon as he entered the lobby of the hotel with his front foot, before he could withdraw his back foot from the door, he saw Wan Laiming anxiously dangling in the rest area of ​​the lobby.

As soon as the other party saw Cheng Nuo's figure, he immediately came up to him.

"Brother Cheng, you are back. Cai Gong has been waiting for you here for a long time. It seems that I am in a hurry to find you."

"What are you talking about? Where are you now?" Cheng Nuo asked as he took off his coat and put it on his arm.

"I didn't say anything about the specifics, but I was very anxious on my face. I kept asking about you after seeing me. It's not easy for me to inquire about your adults, so I didn't ask, and invited him into our private room first. Now Second Brother Jiang is with you over there." Wan Laiming took the initiative to carry the things over and described the scene just now.

"Then why don't you go over here? You're alone here. When you're old, you have to straighten your spine. You always look like a hunched body. Some things have to be slowly involved. Escape is not the way." Cheng Nuo rested his left hand on the other side. On the spine, he supported his shoulders with his right hand to straighten his board: "Hold your chest up, by the way, that's it, this is a bit masculine!"

Wan Laiming's body was stiff, his arms were like wooden sticks, he was holding something straight, he didn't dare to move, his face was about to smile, but it turned out to be like crying.

"Brother Cheng, it's not that I don't travel, but Mr. Cai is not only a teacher, but also the principal. Although he always smiles when he sees people, I always feel that he has a certain energy about him, especially those eyes, which are bigger than my father's." I'm always scary, I don't dare to breathe out, I really can't bear it, so I hurried out to get some air, so I can welcome you."

Originally, he wanted to continue explaining a few words, but perhaps hearing the commotion here, the door of the private room that Cheng Nuo rented suddenly opened, and two people walked out slowly from inside.

Thinking of the previous events, Jiang Jiangzuo felt that his face was dull, how could he really ask someone to bake sweet potatoes for him, and said with a sneer: "So it's this, I ate a lot recently, it's heartburning, and it hurts to see it. "

The reason why I asked that question just now is that apart from not being full at Yu Qiaqing's house and wanting to eat a piece of baked sweet potato to fill my stomach, I was also worried about the previous "Sweet Potato" brand soap. I couldn't finish washing my hands before eating it. To die.

Cheng Nuo was silent for a moment, and asked, "Aside from this, is there no other way for the public?"

Cai Yuanpei took off his glasses, picked up the handkerchief he carried with him, and wiped it slowly: "I came here just to be a microphone. As for Zhiyuan, I fully respect your opinion. But I still want to add one more thing, Bing San (Xiong Xiling) is an old friend of mine, and he made a promise to me this time.

But even so, it is no different from a drop in the bucket for the catastrophe that ravaged the entire North China.Autumn and winter are coming soon after the disaster, and the victims will not be able to survive the severe cold. Winter relief and disaster relief are urgently needed. The winter clothes alone require several million yuan in funds. It is reasonable for them to think of us. "

"It's money for roasting sweet potatoes. If you don't want to go in after a while, you can buy food outside."

However, due to the impact of the flood in Zhili, the price of materials remains high, and it will take more time to re-mobilize, which makes the materials you raise more precious. "

"Ding is Ding, Mao is Mao. Let's return one yard to one yard. I don't know about your situation? By the way, there are a few pieces of tea cakes in the thing I brought. They are gifts. You just take two pieces. When you want to drink, you can pry a little by yourself, and put as much as you want, and don't waste it.

From then on, he began to do his best, persist in charitable relief and charitable education, and help the suffering people living at the bottom of society.

Cai Yuanpei looked at Jiang Jiangzuo beside him, and Cheng Nuo who was not far away, and immediately understood that there was some ulterior secret between the two of them, but whoever could keep something hidden in his heart didn't continue to stay in this place. Too much entanglement on the topic.

Taking a closer look, it wasn't Cai Yuanpei and Jiang Jiangzuo who were looking at this side with a smile.

Cheng Nuo took the telegram and replied before he had time to read it: "This is a good thing. Compared with our personal strength, the government can do too much. Coordinating supplies, mobilizing troops, etc. are better than fighting alone." Be strong."

Then again, Liang Qichao is now the chief financial officer, and his buttocks have not been hot for two days, so he caught up with such a trip.It is estimated that I am exhausted now, no wonder I will resign at the end of the year, and I have no interest in politics since then.

"It's okay, it's okay, this one is pretty good, and I have to make you go through it again, it's really troublesome." After taking the roasted sweet potato, Cheng Nuo immediately took a big mouthful, and it was satisfying to eat it. .

Jiang Jiangzuo turned his head over, glanced at the telegram, and made it clear: "He is interested in our supplies and wants to hand them over to the public for management. It is purely free and cheap, and it is difficult to find with a lantern. "

"At present, floods are raging in Zhili, heavy rain continues, and millions of compatriots are affected. The public attaches great importance to this catastrophe. President Feng Guozhang has held a meeting to discuss disaster relief and decided to allocate 30 taels of silver for disaster relief."

Cheng Nuo shook his head and stated his point of view: "The government has hundreds of thousands of funds at every turn, and millions of funds. Our supplies are nothing in front of others. One more is not much, and one less is not much."

"Alright, with the steamship company, disaster relief will become easier. Zhiyuan, you continue to talk about it." The transportation matter has troubled him these days, but now that it has been resolved, Jiang Jiangzuo smiled happily.

Cai Yuanpei took out a telegram document from the document bag he carried with him and handed it over.

Jiang Jiangzuo had never known about this company before, but when he heard about it for the first time, he was confused, so he interjected: "Zhiyuan, this company..."

In the process of disaster relief, corruption will be severely cracked down, and limited materials will be distributed to the extremely poor and sub-poor farmers who are most severely affected by the disaster, so as to help them tide over the difficulties and survive. "

Historically, although Jiang Guangtou was not as good as Yan Laoxi in terms of industrial development, his overall strength surpassed that of the comprador class in these places, and the tariffs generated by the import and export of commodity materials have grown step by step.

Jiang Jiangzuo blurted out: "So we are going to do disaster relief independently?"

Wan Laiming didn't know why, so he smiled foolishly: "I bought it. If Brother Cheng wants to eat our baked goods, I'll borrow the hotel kitchen later and make a fresh one."

"Independent but not independent." Under the dubious eyes of the two, Cheng Nuo said word by word: "The road from Shanghai to Tianjin will be completed by Mr. Yu Qiaqing's Sanbei Port Company..."

Later, he successively served as the chief financial officer and the governor of Rehe, and all the way to the position of state affairs/prime minister. Unfortunately, when he reached the peak of power, he was forced to resign because of the treasure robbery case in the Jehol palace, and gradually retreated from the power vortex until In 1917, when Cheng Nuo is currently in, he only started to show his face to the world again in the form of charity.

Because he lived in the poor and backward mountainous area of ​​western Hunan since he was a child, he had a good understanding of the sufferings of the people very early. Xiong Xiling also handled disaster relief in the early days, but it was limited to this area of ​​western Hunan. The scope and degree of the disaster were not enough for him. Feel shocked.

"Brother Cheng, this... I have money."

Cai Yuanpei hesitated for a moment, and replied: "The Ministry of Finance also borrowed 70 taels from the banks of seven countries including HSBC and Citigroup with the balance of the salt tax as a guarantee, and at the same time, the income from Duolun Er, Shandong, and Shanxi Changguan was used as a guarantee. , Borrowing 10 million yen from 500 Japanese banks.

Then the three entered the room together and closed the door again.

When I return to Beijing, I must first find out the truth, try to find out the tone, and try to resign here, and then join the Academy of Social Sciences under the Academy of Sciences.

Cheng Nuo patted Jiang Jiangzuo on the shoulder to express comfort: "As long as the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta regions have independent tariffs, the government will still have room to spare. As for the actual effect in the future... Forget it, let's talk about the current matter first."

"It doesn't matter what the cards are. I'm content to be able to do animations with Brother Cheng all the time." Wan Laiming was relieved, and habitually crossed his waist again, but when he thought that Cheng Nuo was still by his side, he quickly shrugged his shoulders Get old.

Seeing this slightly funny look, Cheng Nuo really couldn't laugh or cry, he patted the other person's head helplessly, and changed the topic: "I saw you chewing something when you came in just now, what are you eating?"

"Using tariffs and salt taxes to mortgage loans is really drinking poison to quench your thirst." Jiang Jiangzuo also sighed, his eyes dull: "With the current economic situation of the public, it is difficult to repay the loan in a short time. If things go on like this, we will China's tariff autonomy will be completely handed over to foreigners and will be slaughtered by others.
When such natural disasters happen again, what else do we have to use as collateral?When is the first time to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall. "

Cheng Nuo naturally had respect for such a rare philanthropist, and he didn't take a negative attitude when he first came up.

Just imagine that I can easily earn money in my hands, why bother to gnaw at the hard bones of industry, especially heavy industry, because the cost is high and the effect is slow.As for the sluggish development of domestic industry, the dumping of foreign goods, and the people's constant struggle for life and death, these are trivial matters, and they will not prevent people from drinking coffee in the slightest.

While Cheng Nuo was reading the telegram, Cai Yuanpei nodded and continued: "Being close to the capital, there are fewer goblins and goblins than before. In order to strengthen the disaster relief efforts, the President also specially ordered people who also suffered from floods to live in seclusion in Tianjin." Former Premier Xiong Xiling supervised the overall disaster relief work.

"Accordingly, he is an official, and I am a citizen. There should be no interference in disaster relief. Now that he sent such an ambiguous telegram, there is something in his words, which is not as simple as it seems on the surface!"

But at the end, Cheng Nuo found that there was something wrong with the taste. He read the telegram twice, and finally tasted the flavor behind the words: "Mr. Cai, this telegram... I don't think it's very good."

While talking, Wan Laiming broke the baked sweet potato in half, put the one he bit into in his hand, and handed it to Cheng Nuo intact.

"Is this what you're talking about?" Wan Laiming put the things on the coffee table, and took out the things from the paper bag on the other side, which was still steaming: "Baked sweet potatoes, it tastes very delicious. It was hot just now, but now it's hot." It's just right to eat."

As the fourth Prime Minister of the Beiyang Government, Xiong Xiling was a well-known politician, educator, industrialist and philanthropist during the Republic of China.Born in the Imperial Academy of the Qing Dynasty, he was dismissed when he participated in the Reform Movement of [-] when he was young. He followed Zhang Jian and Liang Qichao to support Yuan Datou during the Wuchang uprising, and began to slowly approach the power center of the Beiyang government.

"As long as you have a lot of tricks, it's good to come out for a while." Cheng Nuo smiled and cursed, while patting the other person's back: "Okay, don't be like a wooden man, it's too ugly to stick around, if you have time Teach me your gymnastics, practice your spirit well, and in the future you will all be the faces of our Academy of Sciences."

Jiang Jiangzuo also took the opportunity to add insult to injury, jokingly said: "Yes, Mr. Cai, you have to talk about him, he has done a lot of this, look at the gloss on his mouth, I don't know what he just ate gone."

Looking at the delicious sweet potatoes, Cheng Nuo hesitated: "Xiao Wan, did you buy these sweet potatoes or bake them yourself?"

"If you think so, I'm relieved." Cheng Nuo nodded again, and changed the topic again: "When I arrive in Tianjin, I plan to join forces with the teachers and students of Peking University, let them participate, and greatly inspire their patriotism."

Without letting the other party finish speaking, Cheng Nuo interrupted him directly, nodded earnestly and said, "Lifu, I understand what you mean, but the matter of disaster relief is more important right now, and I will talk to you about the ship when I have time later, he It's also what I just negotiated, and I haven't had time to tell you."

Cai Yuanpei sighed, and said bitterly: "You all know the situation of the public. The restoration of Yuan Xiangcheng cost 6000 million national currency, and the national treasury is already weak. In this disaster, the government is stretched. This disaster relief can allocate 30 taels Silver is already quite difficult.

"Forget it, you two settle your own affairs, and I won't get involved." Cai Yuanpei shook his head with a smile, and turned half of his body sideways: "People outside have a lot of chatter, so let's go in and talk if you have anything to say."

Cheng Nuo brightened the skin of the sweet potato, and said angrily, "Here, Lifu, your favorite sweet potato. I bought it last time and I'm still eating it. How about I bake it for you? It's quite delicious."

At this time, he was in Tianjin and witnessed the plight of the victims, especially those orphaned children who had lost their parents and homes. It was only then that his heart was shaken and he realized the suffering of the poor society.

Cheng Nuo looked at the telegram and said, "I see that there are measures such as the unified distribution of disaster relief funds, the construction of public housing, the flattening of food prices, and contact with social forces. If this combination of punches continues, the disaster relief effect will definitely be good."

And he is directly responsible to the president, mobilizing the power of the whole country to supervise the disaster relief work. "

Especially Cai Yuanpei, with his hands folded naturally in front of his body, he smiled and said: "Zhiyuan, what good things are you hiding? When I was in Beijing, I often came to my place to drink tea, and the stock was all messed up by you." Eight, now that there are good things, it’s not okay to eat alone.”

Cheng Nuo squeezed the baked sweet potato into his mouth in two mouthfuls. He still wasn't satisfied after eating, so he took out some change and stuffed it into the opponent's hand.

Cai Yuanpei's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he said with a smile: "Zhiyuan, you didn't intend to 'kidnap' Peking University for the sake of dealing with the government, right? If you really want to do this, it would be unreasonable."

Cheng Nuo explained with a smile: "Of course not. The so-called 'independent' means that we are responsible for disaster relief. As for 'non-independent', we cooperate with the academic circles in Beijing and Tianjin to participate in disaster relief activities.

Let these students walk out of the school and know why they study. "

　Sorry, the number of updates has dropped a lot during the Chinese New Year period. When the author finishes the two days of work, he will definitely increase the number of updates. Please bear with us.

　　
　
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