-
Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading
Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in oicq.net -> Historic -> Hero of 1911 Text Chapter 648 The sweep begins
Previous page Return to Catalog Next page
- Against the background of neat military formations and torrents of steel, 38-year-old Yang Qiu took the oath of succession in the Capitol Building as the second official president of the Republic of China.
The next few weeks are busy, with the new prime minister, the finalization of the cabinet list, congressional review, etc. Even the traffic pressure in Beijing has increased several times. A few days later, Yang Qiu officially appointed Wang Zhengting as his first prime minister, Hu Weide as speaker of the National Assembly, Wang Zhaoming as deputy speaker, and Huang Yuansheng as independent justice.
Immediately afterwards, the new Prime Minister Wang Zhengting also submitted the final cabinet list to the Presidential Palace and Congress.
Foreign Minister Gu Weijun (Deputy Foreign Minister Shi Zhaoji), Defense Minister Song Ziqing, Chief of General Staff Yue Peng, Justice Minister Murong Han, Education Minister Cai Yuanpei, Civil Affairs Minister Zhang Wenjing, Finance Minister Xu Xiujun, Central Bank Governor Bei Zuyi, Industry and Commerce Minister Yan Xishan, Posts and Telecommunications Minister Yang Du, Minister of Transportation Cai Gongshi, Minister of Agriculture Dong Yongwei, Minister of Water Resources Liao Zhongkai, and Minister of Health Zheng Yuxiu.
Judging from the list, there are still many old faces, which shows that Yang Qiu doesn¡¯t want to start a war as soon as he takes the stage. The most unexpected thing outside of the Democratic Party is that Zhang Wenjing, who had already submitted his resignation, was eventually retained as Minister of Civil Affairs. Xu Xiujun took over the Ministry of Finance, and Bei Zuyi, who had made great achievements, took over as the Governor of the Central Bank. The biggest highlight is the emergence of the first female minister in the history of the Republic of China, Minister of Health Zheng Yuxiu.
Zheng Yuxiu can be said to be a legendary woman. Sun Yat-sen, who she once followed, was also the number one female assassin within the Democratic Party. However, Yang Qiuhe's national society rose up in the southwest and engaged in industry and technology. In just a few years, he defeated Japan, participated in the European War and defeated Germany, and established his country's status at the Paris Peace Conference. She was deeply shocked by his deeds. She understood that it was not enough to be passionate about saving the country and the people, so after returning from studying abroad, she resolutely published a newspaper article to publicly quit the Democratic Party and join the National Socialist Party. Later, she joined Mrs. Pedder's Feminist Activity Center and used what she learned to help many sisters and compatriots win lawsuits. Finally, she met Miao Luo, who was also invited by Mrs. Peide to participate in feminist activities, and eventually slowly entered the core of the national society.
In addition to ministers, Yang Qiu also made adjustments to the army and some important departments.
Xiao Anguo resigned from all positions due to his promotion to general, and Lieutenant General An Guoliang, the leader of the National Defense Forces cavalry who became famous in the First World War in Xiaocangshan and the former commander of the 121st Mixed Division, took over as the commander of the National Guard. The army commander was also succeeded by Qin Zhangshu. Chief of Staff Zhang Xiaozhun, deputy chief of staff and theater commander are Zhang Tingfu, Shi Xiaolou, Jiang Zuobin, Wu Peifu, Xu Shuzheng, Yin Changheng, Li Liejun and Zhang Zuolin, a total of eight people. Air Force Commander Xue Muhua, Chief of Staff Yu Lei. The navy has undergone major changes. Cheng Biguang was promoted to admiral and became the Minister of the Navy. The commander of the First Fleet (Beiyang Fleet) was taken over by Chen Shaokuan, one of the Five Tigers of the Navy. Wang Guangxiong was also promoted to the admiral and became the Deputy Minister of the Navy. Zhang Cai, the former chief of staff of the Nanyang Fleet, became the commander of the Second Fleet (Nanyang Fleet), and Bingwen became the deputy commander and chief of staff.
Director of the Strategic Intelligence Bureau Chen Haohui, Director of the National Security Bureau Wu Rui, Deputy Director Dai Yunong, Director of the Military Intelligence Bureau Xiao Jinyun, and former Director of the National Security Bureau Fang Rui were appointed as Directors of the Northwest Military Management Bureau. The President of the National Defense University is still Jiang Fangzhen, and the Chief of Police is Chen Huan. Take over.
The National Socialist Party's executive committee has also undergone great changes. After several old executive members resigned one after another, Xu Xiujun, Cai Gongshi, Zheng Yuxiu and others became the new executive committee through public elections at the National Party Congress. Bei Zuyi was qualified as a replacement. At the same time, Chen Guofu became the new secretary of the National Socialist Party and secretary-general of the Presidential Office, and Yang Qiu continued to serve as party chairman.
The new government still needs time to adjust, and Yang Qiu did not immediately start sorting out domestic economic problems. He was waiting for the country to withdraw from the democratic movement and the wave of private capital mergers to end, so he used this time to meet with Motolov and Yegorov who came to attend the ceremony, and held secret consultations on the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the Soviet Union for the first time.
Although the new weapons presented during the military parade were limited, the neat phalanx of the National Defense Forces still left a deep impression on the appearance of various countries, so when Yang Qiu formally raised the possibility of establishing diplomatic relations. Moscow began to seriously consider establishing diplomatic relations with China.
After finishing these things, Yang Qiu went to Henan to inspect the disaster situation. It should be said that 1930 was really not a good year. After the Yellow River burst its banks in early May, causing nearly 3 million people to be affected, floods broke out in the Huaihe River in early June, damaging the crops of hundreds of thousands of farmers in the two Huaihe River areas. Just as the National Emergency Office of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture were actively allocating food for disaster relief, another severe drought occurred in Northeast China. There has been no rain in the Liaohe area for several months, and the rivers have dried up. Even the military has been ordered to dispatch pumps and generators, dig deep wells, and join in the intense drought relief operation.
Yang Qiu did not expect that the disaster would be so serious, so he had to postpone his visit to the United States and let Yan Xishan lead the team to organize a domestic business delegation to visit the United States first.
In this regard, Hoover, who was eager to use his visit to reopen Sino-US trade and save the economy, was helpless. He had to temporarily put exports to the Soviet Union first. He hoped to use the relationship he had built in the past to actively expand exports to the Soviet Union to save the economy. downward momentum.
It¡¯s summer, and the air over the United States is filled with a putrid smell., the common carcasses of pigs and cows on the Hudson River remind people that the country is suffering from an unprecedented Great Depression. The impact on agriculture has been beyond description. When farmers found that their hard-earned output could not recoup their costs, they simply slaughtered pigs and cattle and threw them into the river. Milk was dumped, and wheat and corn rotted on the ground. They don¡¯t harvest because they can¡¯t afford gasoline to run the combine harvester.
Agriculture is abandoned, companies are bankrupt, machines are at a standstill, and shipping is at a standstill. The East Coast is full of machinery and equipment waiting to be sold. Ship owners are holding on to every buyer, and even many ships on the slipway that should have been delivered have been forced to stop work. As major importing countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, and France have adopted trade protection policies, the United States, like a giant stuck in the mud, can only watch its huge body sink into the quagmire and watch the plague continue to expand. More and more companies are joining the ranks of bankruptcies, workers have lost the jobs they depend on for a living, and soup kitchens are crowded every day. Even ordinary jobs will trigger hundreds or even thousands of people to rob them, and some people even appear to be working as firefighters. It is ridiculous that a member of staff deliberately set fires.
As more and more companies join the ranks of bankruptcies, survival has become the only option. Banks have labeled large amounts of mortgages as cheap in order to recover loans, but who is willing to buy machines? Even Ford is running low.
"Look. This is a masterpiece! With 15,000 tons, a bulk truck can even fit into a train, and it can transport 6,000 tons of cargo at a time. It has only been launched for 3 years and only costs 2 million US dollars."
¡°Look at mine, it¡¯s 20,000 tons, it¡¯s been in the water for 2 years, and for 2.5 million you can drive away right away.¡±
"900,000! 10,000 tons."
"Buy it from me. My sailors can sail the boat to St. Petersburg for free."
In Newport Harbor on the Chesapeake Bay, hundreds of seagoing ships are clustered together. In this wave of economic crisis, the shipping industry is one of the industries hardest hit. Without exports, there would be no shipping. The embarrassment of not being able to get back even the fuel money after a trip to the UK made the shipowners wish they could scuttle the fleet! To sell these vessels as early as possible. Shipping owners and brokers all went to this city with the most developed shipbuilding industry, gradually forming the largest second-hand ship market in North America.
When everyone watched the ship rusting, the arrival of the Soviet purchasers immediately aroused the strongest welcome. They were surrounded by brokers and private shipowners as soon as they got off the car.
The civil war severely damaged the shipping industry left over from the Tsarist era. The vast majority of shipowners immigrated with their ships before the founding of the Soviet Union. As a result, there were not even a few decent 10,000-ton ships in the country, and shipping was almost completely eliminated. Shipping companies in other countries have monopolies. This was intolerable to Stalin, but the domestic shipbuilding industry had been unable to recover and could not build large ships by itself, so it was ready to purchase shipyards and second-hand cargo ships.
Originally, Kuibyshev wanted to negotiate to package the fleets of major shipping companies such as White Star as a whole. But these fleets are backed by super consortiums, and it is impossible for them to be dismantled and sold. In the end, Konitsev, the shipping minister in the delegation, could only come here to prepare to buy some of the ones in better condition first and buy them back for emergencies.
Konitsev and several officials were overwhelmed by the huge fleet of ships for sale, wishing they could pack them all up and take them back. But it is impossible to buy them all. Because the Soviet Union lacked sufficient hard currency and foreign exchange, and its gold reserves were extremely limited and must be used in other important industries first, they could only select some ships in better condition.
The 15,000-ton ship was selected only three years after it was launched, but Konitsev is a shrewd guy. Pretending not to care, he stammered in broken English and raised his finger: "1.5 million."
"No, no, this is a good ship, it must cost 2 million."
"1.5 million is the highest price, otherwise I can buy other ones." Konitsev looked through the ship roster slyly, deliberately pointing to several other ships with several officials. This made the American shipowner very anxious, and he quickly looked at the accompanying American officials.
U.S. officials are also helpless. The Soviets are not as stupid as everyone thinks. Most of the purchases are for important steel and other industries, and most of them invite American consortiums to invest in the Soviet Union, and the prices for such ordinary purchases are kept very low. So they had no choice but to shrug their shoulders and express their helplessness.
Seeing this, the shipowner knew that he could not raise the price, but he was unwilling to sell it at such a low price. You must know that this boat cost a total of 3.2 million US dollars when it was purchased. Just as everyone was in a stalemate over the price, another group of people slowly walked into the trading floor.
"1.8 million, if I can check it, I want it."
When Konitsev was about to put more pressure on him to win over his favorite 10,000-ton ship, a voice suddenly came from behind. Everyone immediately turned around and saw several Americans walking into the shipping market hall surrounded by a large group of Chinese businessmen. Konitsev looked unkind and wanted to know where the holy god was actually snatching his prey from the tiger's mouth, but the other party didn't even look at him and continued to check the ship profile on the wall and the roster.
"1.3 million? The ship is 4 years old,"?Yes, if there is nothing wrong with the inspection, I will take it. "
"for an 8,000-ton ship that is two years old, 1.1 million is a bit high, 700,000."
"These three cruise shipsare too old."
"This shipand this ship, this shipI want them all."
While everyone was stunned, these Chinese businessmen were flipping through the list of ships for sale while whispering to a few people who looked like their subordinates. In less than two hours, they bought all the 57 10,000-ton ships in the best condition on the list. ! The generosity of the offer is simply unimaginable! The eyes of American brokers and shipowners instantly turned green.
What a big spender!
Only Konitsev was so angry that veins popped out on his forehead. This was the ship he had chosen. He quickly protested to the American officials: "I want to protest, these ships were my first choice."
The accompanying American officials were also curious about where these people came from. They turned around and chatted with the accompanying Chinese businessmen for a while before they suddenly realized that these people were representatives of the Chinese Shipping Company, and the leader was the famous Wuzhou Shipping Company. General manager of the company!
?? Wuzhou Shipping Company is quite famous. A few years ago, it opened routes to China, Europe and the United States, as well as routes to South America and Africa. It is said that their major shareholder is the Chinese President who just came to power! Does this meanthe long-awaited Chinese have finally arrived? !
The news spread throughout the market in an instant, and even many people who had nothing to do with it came to watch the fun. Facing the belated arrival of the big spenders, the accompanying American officials simply left Konitsev and others aside and introduced the remaining ships with great enthusiasm. Konitsev, who has been going well for several months and can buy almost anything he wants, was shaking all over. He pointed at the leading Chinese businessman and shouted: "This is impossible, this is a fraud! 57 ships need 41.3 million US dollars!" It¡¯s impossible to close the deal at all.¡±
"Can't close the deal? Humph!" The Chinese businessman leading the team glared at Konitsev with contempt, and several of his subordinates immediately came forward carrying large black suitcases. When the box was opened, everyone gasped!
money! It's all money! Colorful and neat bundles of dollars are stacked neatly! "This is a deposit. After the inspection is correct, we will pay half of the price, and you need to sail the ship to Shanghai to pick up the remaining half."
The sound like a siren echoed in the market. Everyone seemed to have seen a monster. They couldn't even believe it. "Jesus! Jack, pinch me hard, is this true?"
"Ah, damn it, who told you to use your strength?"
"Is this true? I can't believe they spent $41.3 million in just a few hours!"
"$41.3 million! Quick, send the news back, the Chinese are starting a big purchase!"
"The super order finally appeared!"
"Mine, buy mine, I have the best boat here."
"And mine, I am a representative of Newport Shipyard. It is on the dock and it only takes 3 weeks to launch and deliver 4 new seagoing ships"
¡°¡¡.¡±
Konitsev and the Soviet representatives were forgotten by everyone in an instant. Every broker and ship owner rushed over. A moment later, reporters from all over the city surrounded the ship market.
Soon, several huge headlines appeared in all newspapers that made the entire United States excited!
"The Chinese are coming! ¡·.
"The first order, US$41.3 million! ¡·.
PS: Sorry, there was a little accident.
Yesterday morning, I accompanied my daughter to take the grade exam. In the afternoon, when I was preparing to code, an accident occurred. A glass of water fell on the laptop keyboard and the other one was taken away by my wife, so I could only smell the mushy smell and feel silly.
The newly purchased notebooks will be delivered in the afternoon, and I can finally type at home again - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
- Previous pageCatalogNext page