Fengxian Jiangshan

Everyone in the world knows Cai E's achievements in defending the country against Yuan, but many people ignore that Tang Jiyao was the actual commander of the Yunnan Army at that time and the real leader of the war to protect the country.But speaking of Tang Jiyao, there was nothing remarkable after that. He was completely involved in the melee of warlords, contending with Beiyang and fighting against Sichuan warlords.

The Southwest, especially Sichuan, suffered from the war, and this person can hardly be blamed, especially Tang Jiyao's strategy of harming Sichuan and replenishing Yunnan, which aroused the resentment of Sichuan people.However, Tang Jiyao didn't realize it at all, he was still ambitious and would not give up any chance to expand his strength.

Tang Jiyao felt a strong threat when the National Defense Army entered Sichuan this time. As the saying goes, the three provinces in the Southwest were originally one.

This is absolutely intolerable to Tang Jiyao, who claims to be the king of Yunnan, or even the king of Southwest China. Therefore, he wants to fish in troubled waters and take advantage of the chaos to occupy the land in southern Sichuan, so that he has the capital to advance and retreat.

The Fushun area in southern Sichuan is a well-known well salt production area. Every year, millions or tens of millions of funds can be obtained from the salt tax alone. With this money, nothing can be done!

Tang Jiyao had this wishful thinking. Others were afraid of Zhang Tinglan, but he might not be afraid. Yuan Shikai's Beiyang was also so powerful back then, but Tang Jiyao still won the war of protecting the country with a province.Tang Jiyao never forgot this glorious history, and wanted to copy it.

However, he obviously made a wrong calculation. The people of Sichuan have suffered greatly from the Yunnan Army, after the Yunnan Army entered Sichuan.Immediately aroused strong dissatisfaction among Sichuan residents, representatives from all walks of life came forward one after another, calling for the expulsion of the Yunnan Army.Some people even cried blood and begged, hoping that the central government could stop Tang Jiyao's actions.

This request was naturally sent to Zhang Tinglan, and Zhang Tinglan immediately held a military and political meeting overnight.Discuss countermeasures.Sun Anhu was the first to speak: "Vice President, this is a godsend opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to kill Tang Jiyao, so that both Yunnan and Guizhou provinces will also fall under our control, and the problem in the Southwest will be completely solved."

Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "It is true that Tang Jiyao must be dealt with, but do you have any good ideas?"

Sun Anhu immediately said: "Although the Yunnan army is brave, it is poorly equipped and financially weak. It is not our opponent at all. As long as we transfer two divisions to the southwest, we will surely be able to wipe out the southwest."

"No." Yang Yuting immediately waved his hand and said, "If we just relied on military strength, we would have solved the Southwest long ago. This kind of thing has to be settled economically and socially, with the smallest price. It is right to pacify the Southwest. And Shu The road is difficult, and Yunnan and Guizhou are far away from the emperor. If we only rely on the army, how long it will take to fight and how much wealth will be consumed, it may affect our development plan, which has violated our original intention."

Jiang Baili also said: "Attacking the city is the bottom, and attacking the heart is the top. It is easy to deal with the warlords, but it is difficult to clean up the people's hearts. If you can't clean up the people's hearts, it will be difficult to bring the Southwest into the country's control."

Speaking of which.Jiang Baili looked at the cabinet premier Tang Shaoyi, and said with a smile: "Prime Minister, if you want to clean up the hearts of the people, it is a matter of real money. I wonder how much the cabinet can give?"

Upon hearing this, Tang Shaoyi smiled wryly and said: "Chief of Staff, the financial funds have basically been invested in construction. However, there is a batch of national defense bonds recently, a total of 3000 million yuan, which may be temporarily embezzled. As for national defense, Nanyang Chinese businessmen have returned There are a lot of investments, and a large amount of foreign capital is injected, and it may be possible to issue more currency.”

Zhang Tinglan waved his hand hastily: "No, not long after the financial unification, this year's currency has been overissued. According to estimates, the inflation rate will even reach 12.00%, and no more money can be issued."

Tang Shaoyi also had a miserable face: "Zhuoyan, if the money is not distributed, the finances will be a bit difficult right now."

You can't do anything without money, no matter how big your family business is, if there is not enough money, everyone present will be a little dumbfounded.At this time, Yang Yuting said: "Vice President, unification of the country is the general trend. No matter how much it costs, it is worth it. I see if I can issue a unified bond and borrow some money."

"Ling Ge, don't bother, guard the land of abundance, if you still can't change the money, it will be a failure." Zhang Tinglan thought for a long time, and finally came up with a plan.

"Everyone, Sichuan is not a poor place. It is rich in products and resources. If you take out any item, you can get a lot of money. Pig bristles, tung oil, well salt, raw silk, ores, all of which are urgently needed by us. Bring them to the world. They can also be sold at a good price, and I am going to use the five-year commodity franchise as collateral to borrow from companies and banks, and I will borrow 5000 million, absolutely no problem."

When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up. This idea is indeed good. If they can borrow money, the troubles will be much less.But Tang Shaoyi frowned again: "Humble words, it's okay to borrow money, but we have not controlled Sichuan, and we wantonly sold Sichuan's resources, I'm afraid it will arouse the resentment of Sichuan people!"

"How can this be considered a betrayal!" Jiang Dengxuan hurriedly said: "Bristle is a strategic resource, and the country should manage it in a unified way. Salt is also something related to people's livelihood. Isn't the salt administration already under the control of the National Salt Industry Corporation? Only the Southwest has not yet." It is a matter of course to include them and take back these rights."

"Of course it's true, but it's hard to say whether the common people will understand it, especially if the place is unstable. Someone with a heart will instigate it again, saying that the central government's entry into Sichuan is to seek Sichuan's resources, so it is not clear."

Tang Shaoyi also told the truth. The "government" has not yet controlled Sichuan, so we must be careful in any action. Everyone is focusing on Zhang Tinglan. Since he proposed this method, he should probably have an idea to solve it.

Facing everyone's expectant eyes, Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "I have no good solution, but if I want to get something first, it's not just to benefit the people. I plan to carry out three new policies in Sichuan. Regarding the issue of taxation, within three years in Sichuan, all taxes will be exempted, only business tax, industrial and commercial tax, and stamp duty will be kept to maintain the operation of the "government". The Sichuan-Han Railway Operation Company was established to absorb capital from all walks of life in Sichuan and share the fruits of railway development.”[

After saying these three items, Tang Shaoyi was the first to applaud. The three items completely hit the point. The warlords have been widely criticized for their levies and levies.As for the price of salt, it's a little pitiful. As the saying goes, those who are all over the place are not silkworm farmers.Although Sichuan is a well salt producing area, and salt merchants make huge profits every year, the salt price is not lower than other places.

Moreover, the salt merchants' control over the salt has reached a perverted level. When the workers carried the brine for cooking salt, they had to be shirtless, just to prevent their clothes from getting brine, so that they could take it back to cook the salt.For most ordinary people, after a year of hard work, the little income they accumulate is barely enough to buy some salt.

After Zhang Tinglan entered the Customs, he thoroughly controlled the excessively high salt price, especially the Changlu Salt Field’s output was getting higher and higher, and high-quality and cheap sea salt flooded the market. Basically, a catty of salt only cost about one dime, which is basically equivalent to that at the beginning. About one-eighth of the price of salt.

This drop is astonishing, but in fact, there is still more room for reduction in the price of salt. The cost of drying salt in seawater is almost negligible per catty, and it is only a penny or two plus shipping, but it can be sold for a dime. , It is already full of huge profits, which can also be seen from the greed of salt merchants in the past.

Tax cuts and lower salt prices are definitely the best way to calm people's hearts. As for the operation of Chuanhan Road, it is to share the benefits with the industrial and commercial people in Sichuan and win over as many supporters as possible.

Of course, wooing is not a condition, everyone is needed, such as salt merchants and other fat cats that need to be eliminated, Zhang Tinglan will never let go, and must snatch the benefits from them and give back to the people.

After some discussions, the strategy for dealing with the Southwest was finally determined.First of all, the "government" issued a statement severely condemning Tang Jiyao's invasion of Sichuan, and asked him to withdraw from Sichuan immediately and concentrate on border defense.

At the same time, the "government" announced a set of new policy plans, announcing a substantial tax cut. In the past three years in Sichuan, farmers basically did not have to pay taxes. Sell ​​it at a low price to relieve the suffering of the people.

These measures to benefit the people, after the hype of the newspapers, immediately caused a "trend". For the people, firewood, rice, oil and salt are still the most important things. People, as long as they can live better, there is no problem.

The central "government" can take care of the interests of the people in this way, and everyone in Sichuan is extremely excited, and the people's expectations for the "government" are suddenly high.

However, the common people don’t know that there will be no pie in the sky. Zhang Tinglan will make a large profit and must get it back from other sources. Sichuan’s special product monopoly rights have been mortgaged, and a total of 300 million loans have been obtained. With this money, there is hope for the pacification of the Southwest.

"Fucheng, this is a telegram from Chang Yinhuai."

Liu Xiang's confidant, Pan Wenhua, sent a telegram to Liu Xiang. Liu Xiang looked at it carefully, and immediately frowned.In the telegram, Chang Yinhuai didn't blame Liu Xiang for anything, but just told him that the Sichuan Army needs to be reorganized, and if he is willing, he will become the commander of the second division.He also said that the Yunnan army has entered Sichuan and caused trouble for the people, so the Sichuan army should go south to expel Tang Jiyao.

"Chang Yinhuai, what does this mean, you want to recruit us?"

"Fucheng, it seems that you are right. I heard that Tian Donggua and Crystal Monkey have both accepted the reorganization and become the leaders of the first division."

Liu Xiang let out a long sigh, hugged his head, and sat motionless on the chair. At this moment, someone ran in again and delivered a leaflet to Liu Xiang.

"Commander, this is an open letter written by the famous scholar Zhang Lan to the Sichuan Army."

Liu Xiang glanced at it, and saw that it said: "The trend of the times, the vast soup, if you follow it, you will live, and if you go against it, you will perish..."

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