Chapter 32 Huaihai Province
Humans are the most unscrupulous animals. In the past, as long as Zhang Huiban mentioned the matter of raising funds, all celebrities rushed to raise money like a dog, but now it is different. Zhang Huiban still doesn't know if he will continue to stay in Linyi City this month. Liu Jingxiao has already spoken. Who dares to raise a penny of military pay for Zhang Ke? After he entered Linyi City, he chopped his head.
Besides, the situation today is very obvious. What Zhang Ke has done in Shandong in recent years can be said to be a grudge against the heavens and people. Not to mention anything else, these celebrities are usually looking at each other coldly. In order to promote personnel, Zhang Ke has replaced all the county magistrates he chose to be replaced by the county magistrates he chose, and they have a big fight with the Senate of the local people in Shandong.
But Liu Jingxiao was deeply admired by the people, and officials and gentry felt that Liu Jingxiao's army had strict military disciplines, and did not arrest his husband or Latin, and had fair business transactions. Compared with Zhang Ke's troops, there were one in the sky and one underground. Now even the county magistrate appointed by Zhang Ke ran to Liu Jingxiao to complain about Zhang Ke's various illegalities. So since Zhang Ke was an outdated dog, what should he do?
Zhang Ke also wanted to come and kill the chicken for the monkey to see and take a few people to test the knife, but Liu Jingxiao was even more tough: "If there is a certain person who is responsible for the damage, Liu will never let it go!"
Although he didn't name it, everyone knows who he is referring to. Zhang Ke usually complained that his residence is so lively that he can't be idle for a moment. Now, some people have already considered setting up a net to catch sparrows in front of Zhang Ke's house. As for the generals who usually say, "I'm handsome and really win my heart." At this time, they suddenly made a collective speech and didn't even give up!
Now Liu Jingxiao does have the capital to win in one battle. When Zhang Ke's troops saw that the limelight was wrong, they wanted to send them to the battlefield. Many people had transformed themselves and went up the mountain to have fun! His troops were originally a family of officials and bandits, but at this time, many people felt that it was better to go up the mountain to do business and do happiness.
As for the more than a dozen counties in southern Shandong, most of them have now cast Liu Jingxiao. Some have simply forcibly disarmed the troops stationed in the local area. The territory that Zhang Ke can control is just around Linyi, and the rest of the troops are stationed in several major towns. Even in these large towns, it is not safe. The soldiers honestly took out their wallets to buy things, and they dared not lose a penny.
In addition, Li Dingyuan's voyage from Haizhou also sent people to find Liu Jingxiao. After the meeting, both sides made a statement: "It is the most urgent thing to establish Huaihai Province!"
Huaihai Province? This is an interesting thing. Since the founding of the Republic, it has always had the idea of Huaihai Province. It is roughly the idea that Xuzhou is the center of the city, and a new province is set up in the Huaihai area. However, the Huaihai Province that Li Dingyuan wanted to design is very different.
The control area of Li Dingyuan's voyage is relatively limited, only in Haizhou, but the garrison in Haizhou is the first-class in the world. It produces millions of dans of salt every year, which means that you are not greedy or take possession. Be a good person. Drawing a two-corner triangle from each load of salt is enough for the troops to eat and drink.
What's more, there are many Huatou stationed in Haizhou. The people who control Huaiyan salt are not from Jiangsu province, but Anhui merchants. These Anhui people don't know how much money they can earn in a year. They take care of Li Dingyuan, who is nominally "protecting salt", in every way. Brigade Commander Li doesn't have to speak up. They have already brought it up on their own initiative. You must know that as long as Li Dingyuan jammed you a little, the profit of hundreds of thousands will be gone.
Li Dingyuan was comfortable, but Jiangsu was not happy. Jiangsu and Zhejiang were always the hometown of fish and rice, and Jiangsu was better than Zhejiang in general. Especially the tax cards near Shanghai, the annual income was several million yuan. It was also called paradise on earth. Feng Li was the most comfortable as a supervisor in Jiangsu, but he was greedy for fame and jumped into the fire pit of Beijing City.
However, Jiangsu has racked his mind to take back the territory of Haizhou. Several governors estimated that Haizhou produces more than 3 million dan, and each dan is 3 million dan, and each dan is 3 million dan! Moreover, since the Republic, the salt tax has been heavy, and a dan can be collected as much as three or four yuan per dan. I don’t know how much it can be reaped in a year. The so-called people are not satisfied. Although they are not short of money, they feel really uncomfortable because others have robbed so much money.
However, salt tax is the central taxation and one of the lifebloods of the central government. The collateral used by the central government to issue public bonds is the most used salt in Haizhou. Although Li Dingyuan and Anhui merchants have made enough money, they still have several million yuan in the bag of the central government. Duan Tiemin used Haizhou's three-year salt tax as a guarantee for the funds for this southern conquest.
Therefore, the central government's response to Jiangsu was: "Salt tax is always the central government, and there is no need to worry about it!" Of course, Duan Tiemin also proposed that there is no problem to return Haizhou. As long as Jiangsu pays off the amount of money owed by Jing over the years, the central government will immediately return Haizhou. Feng Li can only laugh and cry about this condition. Since the Republic of China, Jiangsu Jingjing has been pitifully small, which is probably an astronomical figure. He has reached as many as 100 million yuan in office. If he really wants to pay off the money owed by Feng, he might as well go back to his hometown to farm.
But this is not a solution. Li Dingyuan was thinking of a solution once and for all. The idea of Huaihai Province was most suitable for Li Dingyuan's taste, but he temporarily thought about whether he would dare to think about whether he would dare to do it. After all, Huaihai Province has been controlled to the front line of Xuzhou. If he really wanted to do this, he would definitely want to lead troops to attack.
However, it is too shabby to establish Huaihai Province near Haizhou. This territory is not as good as a special area. He can only use the excuse of reclaiming near Haizhou and ask that the land be subject to the jurisdiction of the State Council. But now, his Haizhou is against Jiangsu Province, and Liu Jingxiao's Lunan is also Wang Ziqi's on-the-trade meal. Although Haizhou and Lunan are a little shabby, it is still no problem to build a small province. The two hit it off and immediately published such a telegram.
Of course, the establishment of official positions in Huaihai Province by Liu Jingxiao and Li Dingyuan is also a world-renowned news. There is neither a governor nor a provincial capital, but two roads with equal status, one is Haizhou Road and the other is Lunan Road, and each has a guard commander.
Wang Ziqi changed his face as soon as he received the telegram. He used to hope that Liu Jingxiao and Zhang Ke would fight, but now he quickly explained to Liu Jingxiao that he had no malice towards him, and also publicly called out: "The war in the southern battle is urgent, and it is time for the heroes like Zhang Ke to make contributions in front of the formation... I hope to set off soon..."
One thousand people will rely on you! Ten thousand people will rely on you! As long as you don’t mention the three words “Huaihai Province”, if you really want to establish Huaihai Province, more than a dozen counties in southern Shandong will not expect. Although southern Shandong is not under our jurisdiction now, it is still okay to scrape out some silver.
When Zhang Ke saw Wang Ziqi changing his face, he knew that Lu Nan could not stay there, so he could only send a representative out for negotiation. Liu Jingxiao offered very harsh conditions. When Zhang Ke saw Liu Jingxiao's handwritten letter, his face turned pale, and his whole body shook violently. Finally, he grabbed the letter paper and tore it in half, and shouted: "This is not a negotiation condition, this is let us give us a submission form!"
The cadres under his command just thought that Zhang Ke had the determination to resist to the end, but after thinking about it, Zhang Wishu finally said to the negotiator: "Go out and talk to Liu Jingxiao and ask him to make some more concessions!"
Liu Jingxiao only made a little concession. After Zhang Kejun left the country, the one-time subsidy in southern Shandong increased from 50,000 yuan to 150,000 yuan, and another monthly subsidy of 1,000 yuan was not changed, and the rest of the conditions were not changed, but they just made some rhetoric in the text.
As for other conditions, it is indeed similar to surrender. Zhang Ke's troops gathered from now on and left Shandong in batches. If there is any violation of military discipline, Liu Jingxiao's troops will send people to deal with it. All materials and equipment in the area controlled by Zhang Ke in southern Shandong are not allowed to be damaged. If there is any loss, Liu Jingxiao will deduct the subsidy. Zhang Ke is not allowed to raise funds during this period and is not allowed to forcefully take away personnel. However, as compensation, Shandong Nan raised 20,000 yuan in excretion fee before the departure. The most severe condition is that Zhang Ke's troops, except for Zhang Ke's own property, all the materials they carried must be inspected by Liu Jingxiao's troops before they can be taken away.
These conditions are indeed harsh, but in fact they are surrendering unconditionally. Especially the officers and wives under his command are calculated by fighting. If Liu Jingxiao did this, wasn’t it because their wife was separated? Although most of the wife was robbed by force.
During this period, Zhang Ke's army was very disciplined. It can be said that the military discipline was stricter. Because the news came, it said that as long as you peek at the girl taking a bath, Liu Jingxiao would want Zhang Ke to eunuch. As long as you force yourself to buy half a cent of supplies, Liu Jingxiao would want Zhang Ke to shoot people. Now these bandits are so honest that they can't be more honest.
As a result, after leaving the country, Zhang Ke's troops were only more than 15,000, and they also included seven or eight hundred family members. Fortunately, Zhang Ke had plundered them over the years and was quite wealthy. The troops could still be maintained, so he had to continue to advance south and prepare for the southern expedition.
Since Zhang Ke has left, the most popular person in Linyi City is Liu Jingxiao, and he has been in constant contact with each other. Although everyone can't take a picture of Teacher Liu's butt, he can still take a picture of him.
The banquet was endless, and the banquet was constantly being invited back, and Liu Jingxiao was also floating. Liu Jingxiao finally found a free time and grabbed a few newspapers in the room to watch, but couldn't help laughing.
This is the newspapers that have been around for several days, and the headlines are related to Liu Jingxiao, respectively:
"Now, the 17th Division troops landed in Rizhao. The division commander is the greedy Liu, who is lustful and greedy..."
"The evil Liu tribe has done many evil things, and the people have complained a lot..."
"Liu Jingxiao, a miscellaneous army, led his troops to march towards Lunan..."
"Team Liu and Zhang Ke of the 17th Division are in negotiations..."
"Welcome General Liu Jingxiao to Linfen..."
"General Liu Jingxiao, who is most respected by the people and loves the people as much as his son, enters Linfen today..."
Moreover, all these news came from one person and was published in a newspaper. He was having fun when a figure jumped in and called softly: "Jingxiao!"
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