Volume XI Chapter 47 The Nest Case
Even though there were tens of millions of affairs to deal with, after arriving at Yin'an Hall, a report in Yu Huizu's hand made Yang Rui's previous vigor disappear without a trace when he was at Zhengyangmen Railway Station. Yin'an Hall, which was originally as warm as spring, was as hot as the sky, and sweat beads as big as beans appeared on his forehead, soaking his whole face.
"Why did you get this so late?" Yang Rui asked anxiously, and then asked again, "How many pseudonyms are there?"
Yu Huizu did not answer this, but looked at Zhang Kun standing beside him and Xie Zhangtai sitting opposite him. Zhang Kun wanted to speak, but he was restrained and he was hoarse when he spoke, so Xie Zhangtai's voice rang out. He said, "After taking back the concession, we have been negotiating with foreign banks. At first, they were unwilling to do so at all, and they didn't want to talk, and then..." He glanced at Zhang Kun, not knowing whether he was laughing or crying, "Xingjian ordered the State Bank, and the state-owned and private banks in various places to keep making trouble for HSBC. HSBC had to talk to us several times, and finally nodded a few days ago; HSBC nodded, and other banks had to agree, except for those in the United States, but they were also a matter of time."
After Xie Zhangtai said this, he smiled bitterly, "It's true, you should deal with the matters in Russia first. Gamiyev thinks we should withdraw from the grassland governor's area immediately, because this is not the area we have discussed before, or..."
Yang Rui's face turned pale. He suddenly waved his hand to stop Xie Zhangtai. At the same time, he turned his head to look at Zhang Kun, who was a little pale, and roared: "Who are there?"
"Ah" Zhang Kun was startled, and then wanted to answer immediately, but he didn't dare to answer. When he saw Yang Rui staring at him, he said, "There are... many people."
"Who?" Yang Rui asked again, his head lowered and his eyes were raising people, like a man-eating beast.
"What.........," Zhang Kun had never seen Yang Rui like this before. His Adam's apple twitched nervously, and under pressure, he had to say: "There are...the mayor of Shanghai Special City Fei Ziyi, the governor of Jiangsu Province Deng Wenhui, and the mayor of Wuhan Special City Lin Sichen. And..." Zhang Kun looked at Yang Rui again and determined, "The General Secretary Zhu Xiaoshanlu and Lieutenant General Colonel Shao Enshou...; and Major General Wen Shude from the General Secretary's Navy Office..."
Every time Zhang Kun recites a name, Yang Rui's strength would be as if he had taken away all of it. He was like this. Yu Huizu and Xie Zhangtai who were listening together were not feeling well. Looking at Zhang Kun who was stuttering, Yu Huizu said angrily: "Stop reading it, it's uncomfortable to hear it, you go out." After saying that, he looked at Yang Rui and said: "From the first year of Shenwu to the present, there are 578 officials with names and surnames who have opened accounts in the foreign bank in the concession; 238 people who used their family names to verify; among these people, 434 were affiliated with the Revival Society, and judged based on the income of these people and the previously announced property. The money in the foreign bank account cannot be their legal income.
After we took back the concession, most of these accounts were not taken away. It was probably because they believed in the credibility of foreign banks and thought that we could not find anything that could not be found in the Manchu Bank; some of them were more cunning, and they took away the money before we took over, and the accounts were also closed. For example, the Shanghai Mayor Fei Ziyi, Jiangsu Province Governor General Deng Wenhui, Zhu Lu and Shao Enshou, were very smart and knew that we would definitely go to the bank to check the accounts, but they forgot that in just a few months, the bank's statements were simply destroyed. The money they deposited in every month and the large amount of money they took away at one time were all kept records.
Among these people, the highest-ranking one is Zhu Xiaoshan from the General Logistics Department. He is in charge of the logistics of the entire Fuxing Army. He is likely to have colluded with Fei Ziyi from Shanghai. Fei Ziyi collected the money, and he and the officers under his command shared the accounts. However, his money is not as high as Fei Ziyi. The account shows that it is only more than 700,000, and Fei Ziyi's six banks have accounts, which adds up to more than 2 million."
After Yu Huizu said that, looking at the weak Yang Rui, he said helplessly: "I have long suspected that those officials are not that clean. Now I don't show my strength because they are all our own people. They know how we will monitor the officials, and there are concessions in various places, and we can't control them in the concessions. Before taking back the concessions, I thought, whether to check you... Hey, I thought that I couldn't sleep or eat every day, so I finally asked Xingjian to check it out. The result was that. This was the case. You must not be lenient in this matter. If there are signs, you have to make up your mind to cut it off. Once you are lenient, you will not be able to deal with it in the future. At that time, we will be no different from a whole person."
"I understand, I understand." Yang Rui no longer sweated, but his mind was buzzing, as if he was sick. After he finished speaking, he suddenly said, "What else is there?"
"It turns out that how does Russia respond? Should we talk to them first, or not, and then fight?" Xie Zhangtai asked.
"Let's talk about it after you fight." Yang Rui replied, touched his face and changed his words, "Let's talk first." After saying this, he suddenly stood up irritably and finally said, "They will fight if they want, and talk if they want."
Yang Rui was obviously irritable and confused, and Xie Zhangtai said, "It's done, why don't you take a break first..."
"No need." Yang Rui forced himself to sit down. He smiled and said, "Hundreds are nothing, I have seen tens of thousands of them. Let's talk about it, let's deal with all the tricky things now."
Yang Ruiyu was swearing, and both of them knew that he was feeling bad, especially Yu Huizu. When everyone started a business in Shanghai, they never regarded money as money at all, because it was everyone's common cause, and so did the students later. But no one expected that there were so many corruption victims in the past revolutionary heroes. Why? As the mayor of the Shanghai Special Market, Fei Yugui, is power and money not enough?
The three of them were silent for a while, and Xie Zhangtai, who knew that the situation was indeed urgent in Russia, coughed and said, "The New Russia..."
"The Russians are bears. You must give him a few blows before they will treat you as a real opponent. Any timidity and weakness will make them more and more aggressive. For such opponents, we can only fight and talk." Yang Rui regained his calmness and began to truly think about the situation in Russia. "The bottom line is still the previous one, and it is kept at a certain distance from the Volga River Basin and the Siberian Railway, but important strategic areas such as the Ural Mountain east of the Volga River cannot be given up. The more specific map should be listed by Yang Zengxin, the governor of the Western Regions."
Xie Zhangtai recorded Yang Rui's explanation, and after finishing, he talked about another problem. He said, "The grassland Governor's area now has a problem. Except for both sides of the river. All land suitable for farming is located in the north of the grassland. As much as we advance to the north, we will get as much arable land. The entire area of the entire area exceeds 400 million mu, although it is not particularly fertile. But..."
"Occupying the Governor's Area of Grassland is not to get arable land." Yang Rui shook his head. At this time, he could only answer quickly and not let himself think about the previous thing. "Don't be confused by the land. Even if there are only 40 million acres of arable land, it is enough to feed many immigrants. The most important thing about the Governor's Area of Grassland is its geographical value. Occupying this place means we can control the entire Central Asia; and the railways, as well as various metals in the local copper ore, and oil and natural gas are very rich, which is the big end. If the Japanese want to arable land, I don't mind giving them the north side, we only need the grassland desert in the middle."
"Okay, I understand." Xie Zhangtai nodded, feeling that Yang Rui was normal. He finally had a smile on his face. He said again: "The Japanese ambassador has raised the issue of sending troops to Central Asia, and the American minister also has such an idea. However, the Japanese plan to send troops is very big, and they want to send five divisions here at once. Do you see if there are too many..."
"It's better to do as agreed upon in the previous secret agreement." Yang Rui said. "Before we fight with the Russians, let the Japanese not send troops first. Although they don't send troops, they can divide these places with them from the map first. The principle is that we would rather suffer losses than drag them in."
"But for Central Asia, they want East and West Siberia, that is, the place above Northeast and Mongolia." Xie Zhangtai said. "There are also hopes that we can divide the Northeast first and then Central Asia."
"Except for the East and West Siberia regions in the northeast, we have no legal basis to say that it is our place. This is not Central Asia, and it is difficult to use ethnic ** as an excuse. If Japan wants to occupy that place, we encourage but do not participate." Yang Rui said. "The most important purpose of handling is that Japan must be closely tied to us. She will not be attracted by the United States and Russia and become their ally. And our bottom line is that the outside Northeast region can only leave the southern part of Sakhalin Island, and leave a road in Central Asia, and the rest is not the key."
If Japan and Russia want to get a feud, it is best for the two countries to divide the Northeast, but Yang Rui couldn't bear it. He could only give Central Asia and bring Japan into the trap. However, compared with the outside Northeast, the land in Central Asia is only one-fifth or even less effective. But the advantage is that if Japan wants to control this colony, it must cross mainland China. Once China and Japan have feud, no matter how big or good the place is, it will be lost. Yang Rui's abacus is extremely good. Xie Zhangtai, who understands the key here, smiled and said, "Then you have to give a large enough area."
"Give it 400,000 square kilometers, which is larger than the existing area of Japan. It will be called Western Japan in the future." Yang Rui had already thought of this joint, but he had not communicated with Xie Zhangtai before.
"400,000 square kilometers? The domestic newspaper industry and the Reporter Academy are going to be in full swing. Then people like Song Dunchu will question them again." Xie Zhangtai was surprised, and Yu Huizu, who was recuperating, also opened his eyes.
"Don't worry about so many things, I can't bear to let my children go to trap the wolf. It's definitely good and no harm to introduce Japan into Central Asia. These places are not ours, so what's wrong with you? Don't see what you lost. Once Japan receives this gift, it will be tied to us for the rest of its life." Yang Rui said. "In addition, weren't the Germans occupied by the Japanese in the Pacific? You can promise them that we will definitely support their annexation after the war; in addition, we have classified so many places to give Japan, and they will always have a gift. Let the navy see the islands of the Germans and choose a few valuable ones to ask Japan."
"I understand." Xie Zhangtai wiped his sweat. This was equivalent to setting the country's strategy. He said again: "What should I do with the newspaper industry and Song Dunchu? If you give up such a big piece, they will definitely find fault. No, what we advocate now is what the Kuomintang opposes."
"What else can I do? There are so few people in them, what can I say in foreign affairs? Don't worry about their questioning. As long as our representatives agree, their opposition will be invalid." Yang Rui said to himself after saying that, "Those guys from the Kuomintang are becoming more and more arrogant. It seems that they need to find a way to fix these people."
"It's true, don't do it randomly." After hearing that so many officials have accounts in the concession's foreigners Yinhai, Yang Rui's face was already dark, and his last confession was so crazy, Xie Zhangtai, who was still scared, was afraid that he would do something irrational.
"What I do will only be within the procedures limited by the law. Besides, the Kuomintang is quite honest in taking this pit. At least it was more honest before. If they were really destroyed, there would be more trouble if they came up with a new one. If they just started a more powerful one, it would be more trouble. Just do dictatorship for a while..." Yang Rui, who frowned, thought for a while, finally shook his head: "There will be more corruption offenders."
It's scary to get crazy, but he can limit political struggles to the limit allowed by law. Whether it is Xie Zhangtai or Yu Huizu, he is more at ease with this, because this will not make the party struggles worse and worse, and the more he kills, the more he becomes more and more hatred. Even if he has plotted against Liang Qichao's master and disciple to consume all the Beiyang 11th Army, these are all within legal procedures. Turning a blind eye will pass.
"Okay, I'll meet with the Japanese ambassador in the afternoon as you wish and tell him these words." Xie Zhangtai said. "Then is Britain and France. After signing a peace agreement with New Russia on the eastern front, they were constantly dispatching troops to the western front, and the attack was about to be launched. The Americans were short of ships, and the Atlantic route was unsafe, so there were not many troops at all. Moreover, many of the US troops arrived still had to train and could not fight. It is said that French Prime Minister Krimson made a big fuss with the US commander-in-chief Pershing because the US military was always unable to train on the battlefield. The two sides finally parted in disagreement. Considering the casualties of the Battle of Baldic, both Britain and France asked us to increase their troops."
The Battle of Baledik was ultimately in line with the French's wishes, and the result was that Duan Qirui's 11th Army was consumed, which was considered an important task to participate in the European war. However, many of the Revival Army soldiers who were buried with the 11th Army also fought for the strategic point of Baledik in the late battle between the German armies, as well as the attack on Saint Dizier and some small battles in other places. So far, the Expeditionary Force suffered a total of more than 90,000 casualties, and its strength suddenly dropped to 300,000.
Three hundred thousand people are indeed a little short, but if the number of troops is sent, although it does not exceed 500,000, the Spanish flu is coming soon, and this plague that has killed tens of millions of people. Yang Rui cannot guarantee that the military doctor can cure the flu, but the virus is not something like inflammation.
"You can send troops, but it cannot be as fast as before. Although there are fewer submarines in the Mediterranean, it is not that there are no one. What if the troop carrier encounters a German submarine?" Yang Rui said. At the same time, he wrote down the words Spanish flu on his notepad, which is something he wants to follow up immediately.
"But they were very urgent," Xie Zhangtai said. "Even the Allies, even if the US troops did not go to the battlefield, the coalition forces had only 200 divisions; while the Germans, from 150 divisions last winter, withdrew from the war on the Eastern Front, has increased to 210 divisions during this period. In another month, it is estimated that there will be 225 divisions. In the past, the Western Front always had about fifty divisions more than the Germans, but now there are more than 30 divisions more than the Germans. The French are now crazy. The Americans cannot ask for help, so they have to ask us. We used to transport troops so quickly, but now they are suddenly so slow. Britain and France have to have opinions."
"Then let's have a tough plan." Yang Rui said, "The troops transport fleet has found the right area for German submarines to break into. If the people die, we can send troops slowly."
"You..." Xie Zhangtai smiled bitterly, "It's true, that's our own people, are you so hard-hearted?"
"Haha, you are kind-hearted. Then do this: Wu Luzhen came to the town anyway... I forgot which division it was, and the original ninth town of the Qing Dynasty. These are not people of our own, so let them do it." Yang Rui said.
"I agree." Yu Huizu, who did not speak, suddenly spoke, "American man-made ships will not be launched in large quantities at the end of the year at the earliest, and their capacity will be alleviated in the middle of next year. If the war can be delayed until August next year, the shipping revenue can increase by at least 33 billion."
Yu Huizu was really a qualified God of Wealth. After he said the 330 million yuan, Xie Zhangtai was silent. Yang Rui said: "The two divisions were given an excuse to delay the transport of troops. If the German army launched a large-scale attack at this time, Paris was likely to be lost. We had some small battles with the German army in Baldic before. Although there were a lot of losses, the goal of Zhouzhi was achieved: the German army not only applied armored assault attacks. Last year, the British army concentrated more than 300 tanks and attacked them, but they should have learned armored assault tactics. The two sides finally got evenly matched again.
Chong'an, don't feel sorry for Wu Luzhen's ninth town. In order to teach the Germans armored defense and armored assault, the 1st armored division was destroyed, and the 2nd division was slightly better, but it was not much better. Now, the commander of the armored army, Wang Mingyu, killed Zhouzhi Guangting, and both of them had the hearts of the elite. This was a five or six years of cultivation. It was so dispersed and meaninglessly consumed. Who wouldn't be heartbroken when he saw it? So I said that for this country, anyone can sacrifice it. It must be built up by the bones of our enemies."
With these words in his mouth, Yang Rui finally came back to his senses from the attack of the bank report in the Concession, and also became murderous about Fei Yugui, Zhu Lu and the two. Although the deaths of these two revolutionary elders would alienate the first period from him, if they did not do so, there would be more and more members and officials to embezzle. Once corruption becomes mainstream, in less than ten years, the entire organization would rot. Compared with the little bit of organizational culture and organizational discipline construction, if the organization falls, it would be very fast. If it was tolerated at the beginning, it would be really helpless in the future.
After the arrangements of diplomacy, finance, domestic affairs, cabinet affairs, and these things were arranged, Zhang Chengyue of Chen Guangshou and Minsheng Department of the Ministry of Personnel, and Xu Xilin of the Inspectorate were invited by Yang Rui.
Looking at the information provided by the Ministry of Revenue, especially seeing the account amount of Fei Yugui, Zhu Lu and the two, Chen Guangshou's hands were trembling, and he said, "Sir, is this true? It's not something foreigners made particularly forged? When the concession was recycled at the end of last year, the people from the Concession Bureau of Ziyi and the Concession Department had a quarrel. Foreigners... it is entirely possible for foreigners to forge a bill of transactions."
"I also hope that things are really faked by foreigners." Yang Rui said, "But last year when I passed by Shanghai, when Ziyi came to see me, I suddenly found that the watch he was wearing didn't leave for a second. Do you think this means to Ziyi, who loves watches as much as her life?"
"I...I don't know." Chen Guangshou's forehead began to sweat, and Zhang Chengyue was also a little at a loss. Only Xu Xilin said, "That must be that he changed the watch temporarily. This one was useless for a long time and stopped after walking for a few laps. The one that Brother Jingcheng saw was probably Western gold watch. If it was the most expensive Patek Philippe, twenty-nine diamonds, the price would be more than 30,000 pounds..."
"Don't talk nonsense without evidence." Chen Guangshou turned his head and looked at Xu Xilin unhappily, feeling that he was sprinkling salt on the wound.
"Last year, someone reported that Shanghai mayor Fei Yugui received huge bribes when he was renovating the Shanghai Shiliupu Market, and of course he also reported that he had bribed him on other urban renovation projects. The Shanghai Inspectorate had visited the Shanghai Shiliupu Market for this purpose, but unfortunately everyone kept silent about it." Xu Xilin said. "I judge that this is very likely a case. There must be many people involved in the Shanghai officialdom. As a result, when did the Ministry of Revenue obtain evidence from foreign banks?"
"No more than three days." Yang Rui replied. After answering, he looked at Chen Guangshou and Zhang Chengyue and asked unexpectedly, "Do you have anything to do with this matter?"
"It doesn't matter, sir." Zhang Chengyue had calmed down at this time, but Chen Guangshou next to him was trembling violently. He was not afraid, he was just sad that Mr. Yu did not believe in himself. Fortunately, Yang Rui did not ask again, but said, "I asked you two to come because I believe you. There are problems with the selection system and internal monitoring system of the Ministry of Personnel. Guangshou, go back and review it carefully and write a report on five reasons. Yinge, can you guarantee that the Shanghai Patrol Police Station is not implicated?"
"Sir, I can't guarantee it." Zhang Chengyue is a calm person. He is the head of the patrol police in the country. However, the source of the inspection in Shanghai is already very chaotic, and there are miscellaneous places where the five sides are confused. If you want to say that the local inspection is absolutely reliable, it would be better to say that the eight great alleys are full of virgins.
Looking at Xu Xilin again, Xu Xilin immediately understood and said, "If you want to uproot, you must be quick, accurate and ruthless. With my experience, the patrol officer cannot do such a big case. It is best to transfer the tax police and transfer the tax police from Zhejiang."
Chapter completed!