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Chapter 798: Drawing fire from the bottom of the cauldron

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    As government bills were continually vetoed by the Kuomintang-controlled Congress, Zhang Zuolin, who was becoming increasingly impatient, showed the gangster spirit of the old Northeastern Army.  He telegraphed the top leaders of the party, government and military stationed in various provinces of the Kuomintang to "be more vigilant and make proper arrangements to completely eliminate opposition forces in various places with a single order, and will not hesitate to use force to do this."

    According to his temper, this Congress will also be dissolved and "re-election in accordance with the law" will be required.

    However, Zhang Hanqing did not want the rare political situation to be affected by this. He tried his best to stop his father and humbly expressed to the outside world that "the People's Party and the People's Government are willing to listen to the voices of members of the parliament and make China's democratic process more and more perfect."

    Of course, in private, he instructed the Central Investigation Department: "Efforts to keep an eye on every move of members of the Kuomintang and other forces, and discover any evidence that can be impeached."

    According to the "National Assembly Election Law" and the "National Assembly Organic Law", members of the National Assembly should independently exercise legislative power and are not allowed to accept donations from any political group. Of course, this kind of thing is unavoidable in any era, but as the ruling party, the People's Party  Have sufficient and legitimate sources of funds and are not afraid of investigation.

    In order to fundamentally cut off the source of funds for the opposition faction, Zhang Hanqing used legal means: teaming up with the Bank of China, Industry and Commerce, Taxation, Customs, Finance, Communications and other ministries to investigate and eliminate the financial system that the opposition relied on for support.

    On the other hand, the idea of ??using "movement" to deal with a group of people also popped up in his mind from time to time, although deep down in his heart he still preferred to use political and economic means rather than bloodshed to start a new revolution.

    Of course, by imitating Stalin¡¯s ongoing ¡°Great Purge¡± in the north and the ¡°Three Antis¡±, ¡°Five Antis¡± and even the ¡°Cultural Revolution¡± in later generations, not only can all the opposition be eliminated once and for all, but it can also be easily established in China  Erase the big party the Kuomintang.  However, these practices that were severely criticized by later generations basically only stayed in the mind and were not put into practice at all.

    However, these ideas of his were still mentioned as a joke from time to time when meeting with senior counselors.

    Braving the drizzle in the south of the Yangtze River, Soong Meiling returned to Shanghai in the name of honoring her father.  At the Song family, Soong Meiling met her father's old friends and business partners of the Song family, as well as her eldest brother-in-law Kong Xiangxi, who later became famous in the political arena of the Republic of China.

    Businessmen have a keen sense of smell, and it is their instinct to pursue profits and avoid losses.  Since the rainy season, there have been rumors in Shanghai that the central government wants to eliminate the financial supply chain of the opposition factions.  The first person to express concern about this was the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Consortium.

    As one of the distinctive political and economic groups that was active in the political arena of the Republic of China for decades and later evolved into a collusion between government and businessmen, the role of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Consortium in promoting the Kuomintang¡¯s status in the official history cannot be underestimated.

    Sun Yat-sen was able to fight against the Beiyang government, and Chiang Kai-shek was able to finally defeat all factions and become the president of the Kuomintang from behind. This was inseparable from the strong support of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortium.  Even the four major families of Chiang, Song, Kong, and Chen that were finally formed evolved on the basis of this group.

    Of course, the current Jiangsu-Zhejiang Consortium is far from being the political force it was in history, but its efforts to influence politics through economics are already underway.

    Because of the strength of the Fengcian and People's Army factions, the Jiangsu-Zhejiang consortium has not been able to openly back the Kuomintang. Sometimes it even tries to add glory to the People's Party on the scene. But in essence, this consortium represents China's private capitalists and the national capital emphasized by the People's Party.  The direction of the doctrine is incompatible.

    Although the People¡¯s Party has also introduced many policies and measures to encourage private capital and private capitalism, the tilt of such policies has never been as good as theirs.

    On the contrary, the Kuomintang, due to its status as a participating political party, has no ability to obtain financial support from the state. In order to win over this important private force, it has made many promises to important economic pillars such as the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Consortium, and its leverage is far beyond what the People's Party can do.  given.

    Concerns about Zhang Hanqing's thunderous actions in Shanghai, as well as the pressure from the People's Government's strong economic and political strength, made these forces cling more tightly to the thighs of the Kuomintang. Of course, this Kuomintang refers to Mrs. Sun Soong Ching Ling.  The Song family represented by Sister Nai and the Kong family represented by Sister Nai.

    Soong Ching Ling occupies the moral high ground, and her elder sister Soong Ailing, especially her eldest brother-in-law Kong Xiangxi, is their political and economic spokesperson.

    Kong Xiangxi, who claims to be the 75th generation descendant of Confucius, was skilled in business and trade in his youth and had certain assets in his hometown of Taigu, Shanxi.  After returning from studying abroad, he devoted himself to founding Mingxian School and achieved certain results in advocating new education and cultivating talents, but he did not forget his pursuit of "revitalizing industry" to make a fortune.

    In 1912, Kong observed from life that kerosene had become a necessity for residents to burn lamps for lighting at night.Xiangxi expressed his admiration.  Although she is gentle and gentle, she is not inferior to women and rarely makes small moves in major matters.  It was she who took the initiative to show up when the young marshal was dealing with the "May 30th Massacre", thereby attracting the attention of the powerful prince, and successfully joined the young marshal's close associates, taking on important secretarial work and working with him.  Leave many legends behind.

    Relying on this inexplicable relationship, in Shanghai, both the black and white parties showed mercy, and the business of the Kong and Song families became much smoother.

    Now, at the critical juncture of life and death, the third lady's return to Shanghai at night must not be as simple as "sacrifice to her father" as she said to the outside world.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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