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Chapter 86: Oligarchy in East China and Beiyang

The talks between Xia Jun and Yuan Shikai began soon. During the conversation, Yuan Shikai kept complaining that he had no money and said that if he did not collect salt tax, he might not even be able to pay back the loan.

Naturally, Xia Jun did not allow the central government to collect the salt tax. Xia Jun said to Yuan Shikai: "Central fiscal issues, I suggest that the president reduce expenses, especially punish corruption. As long as corruption is punished, taxes will naturally rise." Baidu Tieba Xiaoyi beats the hand

"Chairman Xia doesn't know anything! I also want to punish corruption, but the problem is that I have no way to start!" Yuan Shikai said lazyly.

If he wants him to punish corruption, wouldn’t he want to fall?

His group of subordinates were bought by money. The so-called wealth and people in the world will take over you. This is what Yuan Shikai believes in.

His treasure is holding money in one hand and a knife in the other.

Those who are obedient will be rewarded, while those who are disobedient will eat the knife.

However, Yuan Shikai's tricks failed all of Xia Jun.

Money? Xia Jun is not short of money. He is richer than Yuan Shikai. Yuan Shikai's little money cannot buy him at all. Knife? If Yuan Shikai has a knife, then Xia Jun's gun is in his hand.

"In addition! Now all provinces do not pay taxes to the central government, and the central government's finances are really difficult to maintain." Yuan Shikai said.

"It turns out that the president collects salt tax because local taxes are not paid. This is not difficult. Even though the president takes action against the local governors, our East China Autonomous Government has always remained politically neutral." Xia Jun said inadvertently.

When Yuan Shikai heard this, he asked quickly: "Be serious about this?"

"Of course, but... Xia Jun pondered, Yuan Shikai looked at it and said, "Everything is easy to discuss."

"The inclusion of the entire Anhui province in the management of our East China Autonomous Government is in the interests of the Anhui people, so Ni Sichong must withdraw from Anhui. In addition, our East China Autonomous Government must have the power to reorganize drugs across the country. The president probably doesn't know! The Japanese are selling drugs in our China, and we grow drugs in large quantities ourselves, so the people will become weaker." Xia Jun said his conditions.

Yuan Shikai thought he had finished speaking, but he didn't expect Xia Jun to continue saying: "In addition, the tax revenue of enterprises in our East China Autonomous Government in other provinces should not be higher than that of gills. At the same time, the President must open up investments in various provinces, and must not set up checkpoints in various provinces to charge commodity tolls."

"This..." Yuan Shikai was a little hesitant after hearing these conditions. If he really agreed to these conditions, then the East China Autonomous Government would be stronger.

However, the problem is that if you do not agree to these conditions, the Beiyang Zhengdui will not be beneficial.

Suddenly, Yuan Shikai realized that this kid meant that this meeting was to divide the world with the central government, which was obviously beneficial to both sides.

"Also, the President must sign this agreement." Xia Jun took out a document and handed it to Yuan Shikai.

This is a document called the "East China Provisional Treaty". The agreement has conditions, which are basically irrelevant to politics, that is, they do not involve any presidential years, what power the president has, and they do not involve any distinction between republics.

What it involves is that the agricultural tax levied by the central government and the local government shall not be higher than 15%. In addition, there are more than a dozen commercial items, all of which are convenient for Xia Jun to invest in other provinces. Of course, theoretically, the central government and other provinces can enjoy such convenience in investing in the five autonomous provinces of East China.

At the same time, the East China Autonomous Government will have the power to gather drugs and suppress bandits across the country.

The soldiers of the central and local governments cannot rob, the people, or drug trafficking, etc. The military police brigade is mainly formed by the East China Autonomous Political Department. The central and various provinces cooperate to form a joint military police brigade. If any soldiers violate it, the military police can be punished.

In addition, led by the East China Autonomous Political Consultative Office, the central government and all provinces have sent people to form a national joint supervisory office, responsible for supervising the corruption of officials, and corrupt officials can be dealt with in accordance with the "Sinutes" set by the East China Autonomous Political Consultative Office.

Yuan Shikai looked at it and sucked the air conditioner. If he signed this contract, wouldn’t he have been taken to Lingchi by the East China Autonomous Government?

He naturally knew that the punishment for corrupt officials had reached the level of the early Ming Dynasty, even more so.

The newspapers say that this kid is Zhu Yuanzhang the second.

It seems that this kid's hatred for corrupt officials has reached a certain level.

Yuan Shikai turned his eyes and pointed to the article of the Joint Supervision Office and said, "I'm afraid this is inappropriate! I'm willing to go to the country, but other provinces are not willing to sign."

"If the president signs, it doesn't matter whether or not the other provinces sign or not. After all, the president can do whatever he wants. And if they don't sign, they can beat them until they sign. Isn't the president worried about not being able to collect the money? This is a good excuse." Xia Jun smiled and then said to Yuan Shikai in a low voice: "Don't worry, Mr. Yuan, we will give the central government time to adjust. However, Mr. Yuan has to have snacks. China cannot be managed by a group of corrupt officials. After the adjustment time, that's another matter. Besides, I will sing a black face and you will sing a black face."

The threatening meaning in Xia Jun's words was obvious, but it calmed Yuan Shikai's heart again.

"As long as the President signs this agreement, our East China Autonomous Government will provide 5 million quintals of grain to the Central Government every year, and we can also sell better arms to the Central Government. In addition, no matter how the Central Government deals with the provinces, except Shanxi and Guangdong, everything is as good as the President, and we will definitely remain neutral." Seeing that Yuan Shikai did not speak, Xia Jun threw out a worthless bait and repeatedly promised the previous conditions.

"Let me think about it." Yuan Shikai touched his forehead, looked down at the "East China Temporary Agreement". Baidu Tieba Xiaoyi hit his hand

This is a spoils-sharing conference, and the condition is that Xia Jun does not hinder Yuan Shikai from eliminating separatist areas of various provinces, and at the same time, it will provide 500,000 tons of grain to the central government every year and can sell it to the central government for stronger arms.

However, Shanxi and Guangdong belong to the sphere of influence of the five East China Autonomous Provinces, so the central government cannot move Shanxi and Guangdong. At the same time, Yuan Shikai must let Ni Si evacuate from northern Anhui and give Xia Jun the right to collect drugs and remaining bandits in the country. At the same time, led by the East China Autonomous Political Administration, a joint military police brigade and a joint supervisory authority are formed to investigate and punish violations in both military and political aspects.

Such as drug control and bandit suppression are trivial matters, and you can agree without thinking. Only the military police and the Supervisory Office made Yuan Shikai’s brain-wrenching.

"The President should sign it! Maintaining the good military and political system is beneficial to our entire China. Would the President not want to see a more orderly China? If this is the case, I don't think the people will support such a president." Xia Jun took out a cigarette and lit it for himself, and said slowly to Yuan Shikai, with the words full of threat.

At this time, the East China Autonomous Government had absolute force, which could influence who would become president. When Yuan Shikai heard this, he immediately said, "You can sign it, but you can't let it go."

Yuan Shikai also wanted to bargain, and Xia Jun shook his head and said, "If the president is so stingy, it is better not to sign anything. You should know that the president signed this peace agreement and calculate it with the local subject. The president can have 18 provinces. The five provinces of the East China Autonomous Government, plus two provinces in the sphere of influence, are only seven."

Yuan Shikai really wants to say that we will change our seats and sit in a different position.

Xia Jun's seven provinces were richer than the eighteen provinces he could have.

But it is indeed unreasonable on the surface, and the wealth of the three autonomous provinces in East China is also managed by others.

"Okay, let's sign the sticky note!" Yuan Shikai thought for a while and agreed. It was obvious that both sides were sharing the world. If they didn't divide it with him, he wouldn't even get anything.

There are benefits to both parties.

This is oligarchy.

The two major oligarchs will divide up limited resources and exclude other participants, so that both sides will benefit.

The talks were almost over. It was originally a five-day talk, but after only two days of talk, the two sides reached a consensus.

Someone leaked the news. When he learned that Xia Jun and Yuan Shikai were in Xuzhou, a large number of reporters came to Xuzhou to report on the talks.

Xia Jun announced the content of the "East China Provisional Agreement" in front of the reporters. The Central Government Office had signed the agreement on it, and then waited for the representatives of each province to sign it.

Once the content of this "East China Provisional Agreement" was reported, it quickly caused heated discussion.

The public opinion generally recognizes this agreement, which mainly restricts drugs, bandits, corruption, military discipline, trade in various provinces, and agricultural tax ceilings.

No one questioned whether the establishment of the military police brigade and the Supervisory Office was led by the East China Autonomous Government, because the East China Army had the best military discipline and the East China Autonomous Government had the cleanest administration. Therefore, China could not find a force that was more qualified to lead the construction of these two institutions than the East China Autonomous Government.

But some people pointed out the limitations of this agreement. This agreement basically does not stipulate how the state system will go, how many years the president can hold a new election, and so on.

This was regarded by the Hangzhou newspaper industry as one of the concessions of the Chairman. With the conditions of changing the national system at will, the Chairman changed the power of drug reorganization, bandit suppression, rectification of military discipline, and embezzlement.

The newspaper industry is indeed right. The main reason why Yuan Shikai signed this contract was because there was no political content in the contract. Baidu Tieba Xiaoyi hit it by hand

This means that once the "East China Provisional Agreement" is adopted, the "Nanjing Provisional Agreement" will not take effect. In politics, the "East China Provisional Agreement" has no regulations, just like you cannot urinate or defecate anywhere, but you can walk in the desert without toilets, so there can be toilets everywhere, and Yuan Shikai can change the national system at will without restrictions.

Naturally, no matter how Xia Jun changed his national system, when he really wanted to be emperor, someone would naturally jump out to deal with Yuan Datou. If he didn't become emperor, Xia Jun would naturally do whatever he wanted.

Anyway, he set the maximum tax limit and controlled the military discipline and corruption investigation and punishment power in his own hands, so he could protect his compatriots in other provinces from being arbitrarily oppressed and the interests of the people can be protected to a certain extent.

At the same time, this agreement can also create a good business environment. In addition, he has the power to supervise officials. Whoever dares to have a bad mind on the businessmen in the East China Autonomous Political Department can directly arrest people, and the arrest is justified.

At this time, the East China Autonomous Political Administration held a public trial of those war criminals.

The first person to be tried was Zhang Xun. First of all, he was accused by the prosecutor of restoration. The evidence was that he had a braid himself. Of course, this could not be determined to be his restoration. After all, there are still many old and young people in the Qing court who have braided them in China today. But the problem is that Zhang Xun also asked all his officers and soldiers to keep braided them.

Therefore, the prosecutor believes that this is an act of restoration.

At the same time, the prosecutor accused Zhang Xun of entanglement and plundering and presented many terrible photos, which were taken after the sweeping of the Braids.

Zhang Xun refused to plead guilty in the military court, but this could not change his destiny.

When the presiding judge pronounced the verdict, Zhang Xun was found guilty of restoration, as well as crimes of robbery, robbery, and crimes.

There is no evidence to convict Zhang Xun of the crime, but his robbery was equivalent to robbing and robbing. Besides, his subordinates were robbing there, how could he not be involved as the leader?

"Since Zhang Xun's crimes have exceeded the bottom line that law firms such as "Military" and "Prisonment" can measure, it constitutes a crime against humanity, so it is sentenced to death and will not be executed publicly." The presiding judge said that the reason for the crime against humanity is the highlight.

The East China Military Court had never sentenced Ling Chi to death before. In addition, Zhang Xun was the one who tried this time, so a suitable reason must be given. So in order to complete the disposal efforts issued by Xia Jun, the Ministry of Justice gave Zhang Xun a crime against humanity.

Hearing the trial, Zhang Xun roared in court. He was soon pushed to the ground by the police and dragged it down.

Lingchi, sentenced by the East China Autonomous Political Administration, was executed without public execution, after all, the scene was very bloody.

Zhang Xun was very disgusting. He was a Han man himself, but his heart was extremely distorted, and he regarded the Qing Dynasty as the master worthy of his desperate loyalty.

But Zhang Xun was not promoted by the Qing Dynasty, he was also from Xiaozhan's military training.

Logically speaking, it was Yuan Shikai who promoted him.

But he was desperately loyal to the alien race of the Qing Dynasty, which made people confused. Therefore, newspapers were discussing this strange phenomenon fiercely. Why did Zhang Xun, as a Han Chinese, want to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty? What caused his slavery? Baidu Tieba Xiaoyi hit him

Xia Jun read the debates in various newspapers and expressed his opinion in the Fuxing newspaper: "Because Zhang Xun was an orphan and raised by his fellow villagers, he lacked love since childhood. He could buy him with a little favor. In addition, the ideological propaganda of the Changlun Dynasty in the old society, Zhang Xun found the wrong place to support him. However, he did not know the reason for becoming an orphan. In fact, it was the darkness of the Qing Dynasty's Mansion that created the miserable situation in his childhood."

Xia Jun's view was widely recognized. If you carefully study Zhang Xun's life experience, you will find that he has indeed lacked love since childhood, that is, lack of warmth, which will inevitably lead to his inner loneliness. Coupled with the thoughts of the monarch and ministers in the old society, the Qing court promoted him to an official position, so Zhang Xun felt very warm in his heart. Moreover, Zhang Xun had no place to give his thoughts, so the Qing Dynasty became his existence.

After an in-depth analysis, you will find that Zhang Xun is a person who knows how to repay kindness, but his thoughts are very ignorant and he also repays kindness and wrongly repays the object.

After Zhang Xun, it was Feng Guozhang.

The East China Military Court did not make things difficult for Feng Guozhang. Although he listed his series of crimes, the most important thing was the crime of arson in Xiakou.

When asked if Feng Guozhang was guilty, Feng Guozhang bowed his head and pleaded guilty.

However, the military court considered that it was a special period in history and had a good attitude to admit guilt, so it reduced the criminal responsibility and sentenced Feng Guozhang to five years in prison and five years of political rights.

Then the officers in the Braids Army were tried in court. These soldiers in the Braids Army would be tried one by one and would face different crimes.

However, it is certain that most of the cruelty of the Braids Army will be sentenced to death and sentenced, but a group of people may be released.

As for Feng Guozhang's Second Army, it is different from Zhang Xun's Braided Army. The alien officers and soldiers in the Second Army have been pulled to be shot.
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