young marshal spring and autumn

As an important supplement to the Northeast New Deal, Zhang Hanqing's investment promotion plan has received a lot of attention, but few really dared to resolutely invest huge sums of money.What the Northeast needs most at present is to inject a large amount of capital (although the robbed gold is good, it is not a solution and cannot last for a long time), but the banking giants still have doubts about entering the Northeast.For facilities such as building railways, roads, ports, and airports in the future, it will take a long time to recover the cost.The Japanese are currently very powerful in Northeast China, and the Japanese chaebol control almost all industrial production. Whether it will cause industry competition and conflicts is a foreseeable problem.Coupled with the serious banditry during the Republic of China, it is still doubtful whether the Northeast United Provincial Autonomous Government can survive stably.Whether the Northeast New Deal could get the support of private capital (mainly from the north) of the Republic of China depends on the government's credibility and guarantee.

Where should I start to get the support of the bigwigs in the economic circle?

Yang Yuting, the former General Counselor of Zhang Zuolin Fengjun, was deposed and lived in seclusion in Tianjin for nearly 2 years due to the incident of privately raising soldiers. He thought that Zhang Zuolin would suffer from political difficulties because of his departure, and had been waiting for him to be reused.At this time, seeing the power of the Feng Clan is at its peak, Han Linchun, who is also a member of the non-commissioned officer faction with himself, was promoted to general and became the only official in the frontier.Guo Songling, whom I have always looked down upon, changed from major general to lieutenant general to general in just one year, and became the chief of staff of the North China Army General Command, which controlled the Fengjun outside the pass, and became a popular military and political figure with 4 divisions.And his usual title of General Counselor of the Fengjun was taken away by Jiang Baili, who had been out of breath for many years. His influence in the Northeast seemed to be gradually becoming flat, and he was very anxious.Finally, he let go of his arrogance and couldn't help but take the initiative to meet Zhang Hanqing. He would like to guide Zhang Hanqing to visit the leaders of the financial and industrial circles in the north with the relationship he met during his stay in Tianjin, so as to get promoted again.Zhang Hanqing knew Yang Zhineng well, and had long planned to use him. Of course, regardless of the past, he was happy to intercede for him.Zhang Zuolin also felt that he couldn't do without this "Zhuge" beside him, so he pushed the boat along the way and asked Yang Yuting to take the blame and make meritorious service, and do the things Zhang Hanqing told him well.

Yang Yuting, as if he had received an amnesty, worked hard for the young marshal. He recommended Zhang Hanqing to visit Zhou Xuexi.

Zhou Xuexi used to be the Minister of Finance in Yuan Shikai's cabinet and the general office of the Crafts Bureau. He is currently the manager of the Industrial Bank of China. He owns 15 enterprises under his name and is regarded as Gao Gui by the northern industry and commerce.The shining point of his life was becoming the famous "cement king" in early Republic of China.

In 1906, Zhou Xuexi prepared to establish "Qixin Cement Company". Due to the good quality of the products, the sales were very smooth.Qixin cement was quickly adopted by major construction projects across the country, such as the Huaihe Railway Bridge and the Yellow River Bridge on the Jinpu Railway, the Luohe Iron Bridge on the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway, the Weishui Iron Bridge on the Beining Railway, and Qingdao, Yantai, Xiamen, The sea dams and docks in Weihai and other places are all made of Continental cement produced by Qixin; Beijing Library, Fu Jen Catholic University, Yenching University, Continental Bank, Bank of Communications, Hebei Gymnasium, Shanghai General Post Office and other famous buildings at that time , are also built with Continental cement.After decades of ups and downs, most of these buildings are still intact, standing shoulder to shoulder with modern high-rises.In order to compete for the Chinese cement market, foreign businessmen, especially Japanese businessmen, launched a life-and-death competition with Qixin Company.Taking advantage of the high output and quality of Japanese cement, and the fact that it is the closest to China, Japanese businessmen shipped large quantities of cement to China for dumping.In order to squeeze the Qixin company, they desperately lowered the price.The selling price of their cement in Japan is 2 taels of silver per bag, and the freight to China is 97 taels of silver per bag, but they sell it at 2 taels of silver per bag, that is to say, every bag sold One bag will cost 5 taels of silver.This is a war without swords, blood, and shouts.Qixin Company also took timely countermeasures, reducing the original price of 3 taels per barrel to 2 taels, and reducing the price of bagged cement from 47 taels per pack to 2 taels.Because Zhou Xuexi attached great importance to the renewal and improvement of production equipment, the cement production of Qixin Company has been continuously improved in terms of output and quality, and the cost has been continuously reduced. That kind of suicide dumping ended up shooting itself in the foot.Qixin Company has monopolized China's cement market for 25 years, and its sales volume has reached more than 1% of the total cement sales volume in the country.The success of Qixin Company has won glory for the troubled Chinese national industry, and also won precious honor for the Chinese people in the world.

Although he had already heard the name of the young marshal, the name "one of the four sons of the Republic of China" was just a romantic reputation, and he didn't pay much attention to it.It's just that the victory of the "Anmeng Army" praised by the whole country last year gave him a little respect for this young man, not just because of the eldest son of the "Northeast King".

However, unlike the arrogant attitude of warlords in the past, Zhang Hanqing respected Zhou Xuexi very much. Before he was seated, he opened his mouth and said, "Mr. Zhou, Xueliang is taking the liberty to visit. I just ask Mr. Zhou's assistance to do a few important things that benefit the country and the people." Zhou Xuexi It is a shrewd ghost who is familiar with business and political circles. Instead of beating around the bush, it is much more effective to go straight.

Zhou Xuexi did his best to be the host and guest, and then he said cheerfully: "Zhou is just a businessman, and the young commander is in charge of the Northeast, but he wants the wind to win the wind, and the rain to win the rain. It is an old honor to be a guest in this humble house. As for assisting The so-called major event that benefits the country and the people is an exaggeration. If the young commander lacks military salary in the army, Zhou is not talented, and he also earned some furniture when he was young, so he can barely afford it with a donation of 50 to [-]."

Zhang Hanqing smiled and said: "What kind of person does Mr. Zhou think of Xueliang? Although Xueliang is short of money, he doesn't have the idea of ​​robbing his family. How can we ruin our hard-earned reputation with a mere 50 or [-]?"

Zhou Xuexi was worried, this young commander had a big appetite, and his words were high-sounding, it seemed that today he would never be able to please him.Half of his business is in Tianjin. At this time, the 28th Division of Fengjun advances northward to the Langfang-Xianghe-Baodi line. The northeast is bordered by the 16th Division of Rehe in Jixian County, and has completely controlled Tianjin and northeast Hebei. Two days ago, the Fengjun government clearly merged Tangshan and Qinhuangdao into the Rehe Special Zone to form Rehe Province.When the warlord was fighting, how many families were ruined!He laughed at the moment and said: "Feng Jun has never done anything wrong to the common people. Even though the old man is far away in Jinmen, he has heard about it. I don't know what the young commander needs the old man to do. He will definitely do his best."

Zhang Hanqing said: "With the strength of the autonomous coalition governments of various provinces in Northeast China, industry associations have been established in all walks of life, led by the government in order to realize the prosperity of the country through industry. Due to the limited financial resources of the government, the support of all parties is urgently needed. Whether private individuals or companies can be independent Or jointly set up factories and mines, the government will protect them. At present, the government is gradually releasing the control of light industry, agriculture, and processing and manufacturing, and encouraging hot money to join. For new or special industries, the government promises to exempt tax within 3 years and guarantee its continuous operation. Jinzhou, Fengtian, Fushun, Tieling, Changchun, Harbin and other cities have planned large-scale industrial zones, and the government is responsible for the land planning and the arrangement of transportation ancillary facilities. We are also planning to set up free commercial complexes in Tianjin and Qinhuangdao to make the inside and outside of the customs interoperable Yes or not. All of this requires the joint efforts of the northern industry. We hope to use Zhou Lao's influence to speed up this process."

Zhou Xuexi has also heard about the Northeast New Deal. He is also a loyal advocate and practitioner who is keen on saving the country through industry.In the early days of the Republic of China, the warlords fought for many years and stripped heavy taxes to fill the army. Road cards and deed taxes in various places were all kinds of selfish desires. It is deeply felt.Can the North East Inter-Provincial Government really encourage competition and industry growth as it claims?He has a little joy, but more doubts: the corruption of warlords has been deeply rooted. Even if the top level of the Northeast government has this idea, can the executive staff implement it completely from top to bottom?

Zhang Hanqing was confident about Zhou Xuexi's doubts. He said: "Of course the government will guarantee the legitimate interests of investors. Governments at all levels must go all out to satisfy the legitimate rights of investors. In case any legal rights are violated, independent courts and procuratorates in various places will There will be checks and balances on the government's improper behavior--By the way, the legislation, judiciary and administration of the Northeast Federal Autonomous Government are mutually independent and restricted. The Northeast People's Party also has a United Front Work Department responsible for communication between investors and all levels of government It can be said responsibly that the officials of the Northeast Inter-Provincial Autonomous Government are much better than those in other parts of China, and we are very strict in investigating and punishing government officials for corruption and bribery.

He changed the subject: "As for the security concerns of the outside world, the banditry in the Northeast has basically disappeared in major cities. Our land reform, which gave landless people free land, disbanded and stabilized most of the bandits. We are really determined to do it. The bandits are currently being driven to remote areas, and the bandit suppression operation is still going on. As for businessmen from other countries, we treat them equally, but we will never worship foreigners. All foreigners in the Northeast must abide by the laws of the Northeast United Province Autonomous Government. Violators will be severely punished. I just received a telegram and learned that two Japanese ronin insulted my Chinese in Fengtian yesterday and were shot dead on the spot by my local police. The Fengjun has reorganized 30 elites, which can completely guarantee safety.”

Under the introduction of Zhou Xuexi, a large number of industrialists from the Republic of China in the north gathered around the young marshal, such as Zhou Shutao, who was then the finance committee member and the representative of the national industrialists and businessmen in the north, and Fan Xudong, the industrialist who founded Tianjin Yongli, Jiuda, and Huanghai chemical companies. Zhang Zhenfang, manager and chairman of Supervisory Bank, and other important figures in the industrial and commercial circles.In just a few days, the Tianjin branch of the newly established Northeast Industrial and Commercial Bank of China has absorbed more than 4000 million yuan in deposits and shareholders' reserves; National bonds, this is unexpected and unbelievable by Zhang Hanqing and the senior officials of the Northeast United Province Autonomous Government.The amount of money is second, the key is to get this attitude.With a good start, as long as you continue to do it, you will not worry about not attracting Golden Phoenix.