The First Warlord of the Republic of China

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spn "War is inseparable from money and food, does Mr. Yuan have money and food?" Sun Zhendong asked with a smile, Yuan Shikai's heart sank, obviously what he said reached his heart.

Sun Zhendong said again: "On the other hand, my family leader, after going abroad in Otosi year, established the Estee Lauder company in France, and made a profit of nearly 2000 million yuan that year. Later, he went to Germany with a huge sum of money to establish the 'Yuanhua Group'. Today, Yuanhua Group His assets have reached nearly [-] million silver dollars. And my marshal married the daughter of Yukos, a big German banker in Germany. Yukos’s assets have billions of silver dollars. Not long ago, my marshal’s father-in-law raised [-] million silver dollars He intends to come to China to invest, and Kaiser Wilhelm II directly asked the German state-owned KfW Bank to loan [-] million silver dollars to my family. And my family returned to China for two years and invested nearly [-] million silver dollars in the construction of Hangzhou Shipyard and Wuhu Iron and Steel. There are hundreds of factories, railways, and highways. If these factories are mortgaged to foreign banks, they can get at least [-] million silver dollars in loans. That is to say, if Mr. Yuan wants to fight, my marshal can mobilize one billion silver dollars at any time Funds, as long as there are enough people, my commander can at least pull up an army of several million. At that time, we will fight from Shandong to Beijing, then from Beijing to Xinjiang, and from Xinjiang to Guangzhou. It will not be difficult to unify the whole of China .Of course, Mr. Yuan, you can borrow from foreigners, but how much can you borrow? And how long will it take? Once foreigners see that you are in control of China, will they support you in this loss-making business?"

The more Yuan Shikai heard it, the more startled he became, and he frowned for a while and asked, "Why did your general have [-] million silver dollars to invest in the industry? Could it be that he deceived me?"

"Master Yuan, do you remember the rubber stock market disaster in the year of Gengxu?" Sun Zhendong couldn't help laughing, "It was that stock market disaster that caused a large number of banks to close down and wiped out tens of millions of public funds in the Qing Dynasty. Does Master Yuan know where the money went? ?”

"where?"[

"It was in the pocket of my boss. My boss listed more than 300 rubber companies on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and more than a dozen rubber companies in London, England. Before the stock market crash came, my boss had already let People dumped all the stocks, arbitrage 3000 million pounds in the UK, 6000 million silver dollars in Shanghai, a total of nearly [-] million silver dollars."

Yuan Shikai was stunned when he heard it, and it took him a long time to react. He smiled again and said, "What's the use of having money? At that time, if the officials want to fight, foreigners will impose an arms embargo. No matter how rich they are, they will not be able to buy arms. But this officer has ammunition."

"Your Majesty Yuan may not know that after returning to China, my family's commander-in-chief has built an arsenal in Huaiyin, with a daily output of 300 rifles, 50 heavy machine guns, 100 light machine guns, 100 submachine guns, 20 bullets, and 1 cannons. .And in Huaiyin, all kinds of machines can already be manufactured. Once a fight is started, my general can increase the output of arms by several times at any time."

Hearing such a terrifying munitions output, Yuan Shikai was stunned, his previous arrogance could not help but weakened a bit, and he asked in puzzlement, "Then why didn't you fight?"

"As the so-called cannon fires, gold is ten thousand taels. My family commander said that if we have money to fight wars, it is better to use it to develop industries. If we fight to the death, wouldn't the alliance supported by the Japanese take advantage of it? Wouldn't it make China weaker and make China weaker? The foreigners took advantage of it. Instead of two tigers fighting for food in the nest, and one will be killed and the other wounded, it is better to join forces and wipe out the warlords in various provinces in China first, and then fight the foreigners together."

"Then why are you attacking Shandong again this time?"

"The area where Shandong, Henan, and northern Jiangsu meet is the largest cotton producing area in China. My commander wants to attack Shandong because of cotton. As long as he controls the cotton producing areas, he can control China's textile industry. Military purposes are only second, and commercial purposes are secondary. That's the priority."

If Yuan Shikai was a time traveler, he would definitely yell at this time: Nima, you are cheating!

It turned out to be for cotton!It really scared the old man to death.

"Then how about a strong alliance?" Yuan Shikai was quite interested. In the current situation, it is obvious that a combination is the best. Indeed, as Sun Zhendong said, when two tigers fight, one will die and the other will be injured. It is better to force the alliance. Make the cake bigger so that both sides get a piece.

"If Mr. Yuan has enough ambition, my commander-in-chief can support Mr. Yuan as the president of the Republic of China, and even support Mr. Yuan as the emperor of China in the future. My commander-in-chief can provide Mr. Yuan with loans, arms, and provide Military guidance, but Mr. Yuan must ensure that our East China Chamber of Commerce can operate smoothly in all provinces of the country, and have preferential policies in terms of taxation, and allow our East China Chamber of Commerce to build railways, roads, and water conservancy throughout the country, and form business groups to protect commercial operations. Blackmail by hooligans and officials." Sun Zhendong set out the conditions.

Yuan Shikai pondered for a long time, then stared at Sun Zhendong and asked, "What official position does your commander-in-chief plan to take?"

"There is no need for the governor or the like. My commander-in-chief just wants to ask Mr. Yuan for a Yangtze River patrol envoy, who will be in charge of the Yangtze River shipping and anti-smuggling." Sun Zhendong made a very unbelievable condition for Yuan Shikai.

Yangtze River tour envoy!

Nima, this is completely an official position of soy sauce!

"Okay, then you can go and tell your commander-in-chief that I am willing to join forces with him to create a prosperous China." Yuan Shikai made a decisive decision at this time, especially when Sun Zhendong promised him just now, Jiang Yu He was even willing to support him as the emperor of China, which moved Yuan Shikai very much.

Several generations of the Yuan family could not live to be 60 years old, and they all fell off their saddles and died in Huangquan when they were less than sixty years old. Yuan Shikai obviously did not have the idea of ​​becoming emperor at this time, because he did not dare to think about it for the time being, but Sun Zhendong As soon as I mentioned it, I immediately outlined the prototype of an emperor's dream in my mind.

If ascended to the throne, can he live a lifetime with the spirit of an emperor?Can this escape the bad luck of Yuan's family's longevity?

And after some conversation, Yuan Shikai discovered that since Jiang Yu was so rich and able to make his own arms, he was only thinking about making money, which was really ambitious. [

If it was him, Yuan Shikai, he would have called all the way there long ago, and directly asked the emperor to sit down.

Great ambition!Love money is good!

What our old Yuan is most willing to give up is money, if you like money, I will give you money!You earn your money peacefully, and I play my politics peacefully, which is not a bad combination.

Yuan Shikai was indeed the most generous. In the past, Zhang Zhidong looked down on Yuan Shikai, who was born in the army, and asked him what is the way to be an official.

Yuan Shikai said with a smile: "Being an official is much easier than the imperial examination. I hold the silver in one hand and the butcher's knife in the other. Those who are obedient will be rewarded, and those who are disobedient will be given the knife."

When Yuan Shikai was resigned by the Qing government and returned to his hometown in Nanyang, Henan, a large number of Beiyang Army officers went to visit Yuan Shikai every year.

Every time Yuan Shikai sent a gold bar to the officers before they left.

Over time, even many revolutionaries came here admiringly. Yuan Shikai still gave them a gold bar and encouraged the revolutionaries to start a revolution in China.

It was through such means that Yuan Shikai still firmly controlled the Beiyang Army during the few years in his hometown.

Opportunities are for those who are prepared. If Yuan Shikai had been disheartened in the past and had just retired to his hometown, he would not have been able to go out after the outbreak of the Revolution of [-], nor would he have been able to save his political career again.

Facing Jiang Yu who is rising strongly now, Yuan Shikai also thinks in the same way, don’t you like money?I will let you make money, as long as you are obedient.

If you are disobedient, the old man can only swing the knife.

Of course, Yuan Shikai didn't dare to swing a knife at Jiang Yu for the time being, but Yuan Shikai was confident that as long as he consolidated his strength for a few years, he would have enough ability to make Jiang Yu eat his knife.

On March 3, Yuan Shikai and Jiang Yu simultaneously announced a nationwide telegram in Beijing and Wuhu respectively, and the two sides announced a peace negotiation.Jiang Yu supported Yuan Shikai's appointment as the first president of the Republic of China during the telegram, while Yuan Shikai telegraphed Jiang Yu as a tour envoy to the Yangtze River.

These two telegrams made the whole of China unable to understand.

Suddenly negotiated a peace after fighting?

And why did Jiang Yu, who won the battle, only get a Yangtze River patrol envoy?

Of course, Jiang Yu has his own plans. This Yangtze River patrol envoy seems to have no real power, but he has another way.

The second is coming!