Chapter 235 Guangdong United Bank
At the end of May, Wu Shaoting returned to Guangzhou from Shanghai, and also brought back the Guangjin ship that was used to escort Yuan Shuxun to escape during the Guangzhou Uprising. After arriving in Xiamen, the Guangjin shipped Yuan Shuxun and others and immediately went north. In the past few months, he had been responding to the officers and soldiers of the Shanghai Naval Base and had almost been included in the sequence of the Shanghai Naval Base. During this period in Shanghai, Wu Shaoting happened to meet the captain of the Guangjin ship. The captain was from Guangdong and was eager to return to his hometown. Wu Shaoting also wanted to have another warship to consolidate Guangzhou's coastal defense, so he negotiated with the Shanghai Naval Command and the Governor's Office.
At the beginning, Shanghai was unwilling to let go of the "Guangjin" and everyone knew the value of the warship. For this reason, Wu Shaoting also got angry with the Navy Command and threw teacups twice in the Navy office. At the same time, he also encouraged the officers and soldiers of the "Guangjin" to take the initiative to fight for the return of Guangzhou.
The Governor's Office felt helpless about this matter, and in the end, he had to stand on Wu Shaoting's side due to the situation and asked the Navy Command to let it go. The Navy Command was the ** institution, which nominally complyed with the Governor's Office, but in fact it was a self-employed party. However, despite this, both sides had to compromise under pressure.
The National Congress was just a tourist attraction and got some political capital. He was very satisfied with this trip to the east. Even if he only met Cen Chunxuan, Sun Yat-sen, Wu Tingfang and others, it was very worth it. Before leaving, Song Jiaoren, Jiang Zhiqing and Guangdong representatives all went to the dock to see him off, which made Wu Shaoting feel a little proud.
In early June, the "Guangjin" and "Guangyu" arrived at Guangzhou Port. The Guangdong Revolutionary Government and the Military Department sent people to greet them. The scene was more grand than the scene before leaving in Shanghai, and there was no military band dispatched.
Back at the military headquarters, Wu Shaoting listened to the reports of Deng Keng, Li Jishen and He Fuguang. During the month of his departure, the military reorganization work in Guangdong Province was almost over, but the soldiers who were not included in the organization, military chiefs at all levels and police schools were still waiting for Wu Shaoting's personal instructions. Wu Shaoting was very satisfied with the handling of the three. He happened to be proud of his spring breeze in Shanghai, so he praised them with great silence.
When he was in Shanghai, Wu Shaoting carefully considered the personnel appointment of the newly compiled Third Division in his spare time, and had already made a draft. Now that he has a brief preparation, he can even implement it. But in general, this time he will be promoted to a group of middle and lower-level officers.
The newly formed third division has three infantry regiments and one artillery battalion. The infantry regiment sequence is the Seventh Regiment, the Eighth Regiment, and the Ninth Regiment. Sun Jizhi, the deputy commander of the First Regiment, was transferred to the Seventh Regiment, and was stationed in Yunfu. Su Gong replaced Sun Jizhi as the deputy commander of the First Regiment. Su Gong had a bad temper, and Wei Rucon was a famous figure. Su Gong would definitely not dare to act rashly in front of him.
Li Yaohan was the leader of the Eighth Regiment, and Xu Shaowen, deputy commander of the Second Regiment, was transferred to the deputy commander of the Eighth Regiment, and entered Jiangmen; Long Liangguang was replaced as deputy commander of the Second Regiment.
The Ninth Regiment could not find a suitable candidate for the time being, so Wu Shaoting had to transfer personnel from the General Staff. After consideration, he asked Xu Haiying to serve as the commander of the Ninth Regiment. The deputy commander was temporarily vacant and entered Zhaoqing. The battalion commander of the artillery battalion was temporarily promoted to Xu Guang as an intern battalion commander and temporarily stayed in the East School grounds.
The new Third Division Division was temporarily unable to be established, and Wu Shaoting really couldn't find someone suitable and trusted to serve as the division commander, so he had to be directly under the military headquarters.
In mid-June, officials of the Guangzhou Revolutionary Government collectively went north to Nanjing to work at the invitation of Sun Yat-sen. On the same day, the Nanjing Provisional Government officially appointed Wu Shaoting as the governor of Guangdong, and he was responsible for forming a new Guangdong military government.
On the afternoon of the day when Hu Hanmin boarded the boat north, Wu Shaoting ordered the closure of the magnificent government hall and the return of the government hall to the overseas Chinese businessmen who donated it. This move caused a heated discussion in Guangzhou, with praise and criticism, but soon forgotten. The new Governor's Office was set up at the former site of the Governor's Office of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the Guangzhou Senate still stayed in the former General's Office.
The new governor must form a new government team when he took office. Wu Shaoting changed the military department system to the military joint meeting system. He sat in the position of the governor, and of course he would not let anyone take over his old position. The military joint meeting had six chairmen, respectively, heads of the three divisions of the Revolutionary Guangdong Army, chief and deputy chief of staff of the General Staff, and deputy chief of staff of the Senate; several seats were attended by senior officers of the Division, regiment headquarters, and senior officers of the General Staff.
The joint meeting system is just a false situation, and military power can naturally be controlled by one person.
The new government imitated the cabinet division of the Provisional Government and temporarily planned to be eight departments.
The Minister of the Navy was elected by the Guangdong Navy Force, and Gao Guangzheng, the captain of the "Chu Tai", was elected as the minister, and Ren Guangyu, the captain of the "Guang Geng", was the deputy chief. The Minister of Education was Zhu Zhixin, who had never followed Hu Hanmin to Nanjing, and the deputy chief was Chen Shaobai; the Minister of Information Department Mo Jipeng and the deputy chief was Zou Lu; the Minister of Finance was still Li Yutang, and the deputy chief was Zhang Chao'an; the Minister of Commerce, Zhang Zhi, and the deputy chief was Xu Xueqiu; the Minister of Transportation was Xu Tingfang, the representative of the former bureaucrat, and the deputy chief was Zheng Zesheng; the Minister of Government was Li Wenben, the former county government, and the deputy chief was Zhao Qingxin, another county government; the Ministry of Justice was temporarily short.
In addition, Ma Jinchun was the director of the communications office of the military government, Li Jun, the former naval admiral, was the advisor of the Navy Department and the chief of the preparatory department of the Guangdong Naval Academy. Li Wenfan, the former deputy chief of the Officer Department and the consultant of the senior instructor of the Whampoa Military Academy. Tan Zhengqu, the former Speaker of the Military Joint Conference and the chief of the Preparatory Department of the Guangdong Police School.
Except for Ma Jinchun, Wu Shaoting, the other generals who surrendered due to the situation, did not fully trust them, but these people cannot be let go or killed. They are all people with certain prestige, and after they are let go, it will become a problem in their hearts. Killing them will inevitably cause dissatisfaction with many old subordinates. They simply arranged some idle but practical titles for them to let them use their remaining energy.
After Wu Shaoting was officially sworn in as the governor of the Guangdong military government, he promulgated a series of new policies, vigorously encouraging small and medium-sized enterprises, handicrafts and light industries; formulated agricultural social security policies, and by using excess government taxes as rural allowances every year, it did not offend landlords and bourgeoisie, and played a role in supporting middle- and lower-middle poor peasants. Balanced various taxes and expenditures, and appropriately invested funds to develop education and science and technology undertakings.
He announced that Zhang Shengting's company became a government enterprise, and in a manner similar to that of state-owned enterprises in the 21st century, it will create more fiscal revenue by controlling tobacco, salt, military industry, energy enterprises, etc. It can be predicted that the proportion of tax revenue of these enterprises will account for one-third of the total tax revenue in the next five years. The income of all government enterprises is strictly based on 28% of the total profits, and the government's 80% of the profits are included in fiscal revenue.
He will not let the people's central enterprises become tools for the people like the 21st century.
Although the new policy was only promulgated and did not immediately see the effect, through the effective propaganda of the Ministry of Information and the strong support of the bourgeoisie, Wu Shaoting quickly became a new hope for people from all walks of life in the province. It has to be said that as long as these policies can be implemented throughout the process, Guangdong's future will be bright. Especially the support of both rural and commercial industries is even of epoch-making significance. For five thousand years, farmers have finally seen the money they have returned. Even if they have not yet obtained it, they feel warm in their hearts. After all, the newly appointed governor is concerned about them.
On June 22, with Zhang Zhi and Li Yutang in the meeting room of the Governor's Office, Wu Shaoting invited the bosses and shareholders of several private bankers in Guangdong Province to meet with the meeting room. Wu Shaoting will invest in these bankers in the name of Zhang Shengting's company, and will definitely form the whole group to establish Guangdong United Bank. He knew that many of these bankers are century-old brands, not only strong, but also strong family honors, and will not change their names easily. At the meeting, he made it openly to the bosses that a unified and united official bank will inevitably appear in Guangdong. If the private bank refuses to reorganize, it means a bloody battle with the official bank, and both sides will suffer losses. The reason why he held this meeting was to find a win-win solution, to cooperate with the official business, avoid unnecessary bloody battles, and to go further.
After two days of discussion, the Yinzhuang bosses weighed their interests under the persuasion of Zhang Zhi, Li Yutang and others, and finally had to choose to win-win cooperation. They admired Wu Shaoting's way of consultation to obtain cooperation, which means that Wu Shaoting is not a warlord who uses public interest and is arbitrary warlord, but a leader who truly considers the development of Guangdong. It is a 5,000-year iron rule for the people not to fight with officials. If Wu Shaoting wants to deal with them, he is afraid that he can steal all the money from Yinzhuang by just a little bit of troops.
Chapter completed!