Just when the three people were frightened, there was another cry of soldiers, and someone was heard saying: "Brothers, don't rush in. This is the station of the Southern Envoy, not a place to run wild!"
"What the hell, why don't we envoys to the south? I know Master Yuan is our backbone. If he goes south, we will have no one to care about him. We won't be able to eat or wear clothes by then, so we might as well rebel now!"
During the shouting, many soldiers rushed into the house. Cai Yuanpei and the other three knew that when a scholar meets a soldier, there is no reason to make sense. They can argue with Lao Yuan, but they can't deal with Uncle Qiu Ba, who is not afraid of anything.
He really lost his temper and hurriedly blocked the door with a chair, jumped out of the back window, then jumped over the low wall in the backyard and escaped from the hotel.
When the three people arrived on the street, they found that the street was not peaceful. There were rioters everywhere and shouting. Hu Hanmin looked at Cai Yuanpei and Wang Jingwei and asked in a low voice: "Where should we go?
There are rioters everywhere!”
"Let's go to Yuan Shikai's house. I think there is no safer place in Beijing than there!" Cai Yuanpei said this. Wang Jingwei secretly cheered, and the three of them went straight to Lao Yuan's house. The three of them met again in a panic.
Arrived at Yuan Shikai.
Lao Yuan saw the three people apologizing one after another: "Three envoys, I have not been strict in my discipline. These bastards are also lawless. They just went around looting and disturbed you. It is my fault, and I will definitely strengthen my discipline!"
"Mr. Yuan, this is Beijing, the most benign place. How can there be such chaos? Why don't you suppress it?"
"The best place? It won't be the best place soon. People's minds change, and I really have no choice!"
Cai Yuanpei and the other three were silent. It seemed that Lao Yuan was not going to take office in the south at all, so he wanted to communicate with Nanjing first. The three of them left one after another, and there was a smile on Lao Yuan's lips. He still wanted to talk to Nanjing with his meager moral skills.
Lao Yuan Dou is really overestimating his abilities, but as an old-fashioned person, he will never understand that the most important thing in constitutional government is rules. The dignity of the law is above all else. When both sides fight against each other, they inadvertently throw away the most precious rules.
On the other hand, the Republic of China was completely destroyed in this process.
Cai Yuanpei had no choice but to report the situation to Nanjing, and the Senate in Nanjing fell into a quarrel again. Some people agreed that Lao Yuan should take office in Nanjing, some advocated Beijing, and some said that if Lao Yuan did not come to the south, it would be better to let Li Yuanhong become the president. In short
It's such a chaotic mess with no clue.
The Senate in Nanjing was in chaos, but the Sichuan Provincial Assembly was extremely solemn at this time. One hundred and forty-three members gathered together. Today, Qiao Yu will make a government budget report in the assembly for the first time, and it must be approved by the assembly.
, finally took effect and became a bill.
At the end of the Wanqing Dynasty, he had begun to learn from the West to prepare financial revenue and expenditure plans, but it was obviously not as formal as those from Sichuan at this time, so all the members had a sacred feeling. When the Senate in Nanjing was still arguing over the issue of establishing the capital,
, the Sichuan Provincial Council is planning the well-being of the people of Sichuan in the next year. Doing different things will naturally have different moods.
Even Qiao Yu regarded this official appearance as very important. He specially chose a gray robe, which looked very chic and solemn. Qiao Yu rarely took a closer look in front of the full-length mirror, which made Lu Wanqing laugh continuously.
"Captain Qiao, you are not a new daughter-in-law. Looking in the mirror like this, is it possible that there are still beauties in the council worth hooking up with?"
"My dear Miss Lu, why can't you think of something good? This is the first time I have gone to the parliament to make a financial budget. At best, a bunch of congressmen are watching closely, at worst, thousands of people from Sichuan
Thousands of people are watching, and if I make a mistake, it will be a huge disgrace!”….
"Don't worry, there won't be any problems. The groom is not as particular as you!"
Lu Wanqing suddenly stood up, took out a small sandalwood box from her pocket, and walked to Qiao Yu: "Captain Qiao, the only problem you have is that you look tender-faced. Those congressmen are almost thirty years old.
There are people in their 60s and 70s. Without the age advantage, it would be easy for them to be overwhelmed!"
"Thank you, Miss Lu, do you have any ideas?"
Lu Wanqing opened the wooden box and saw a pair of gold tortoise shell glasses inside. Lu Wanqing picked up the glasses and put them on Qiao Yu gently. As expected, with the decoration of the glasses, Qiao Yu suddenly looked more elegant, and
He also seemed a lot more mature and steady.
"Miss Lu, I can't thank you enough for your trouble!" After saying that, Qiao Yu put his arms around the beautiful woman's shoulders, kissed her forehead gently, and then turned around and left, leaving only a stunned Lu Wanqing. When did she get killed?
This damn guy has been so frivolous, but the look of him wearing the glasses he chose is indeed more and more attractive.
"Members of Congress, the Manchu Emperor abdicated and the Republic of China was reborn. Although various systems are still not perfect, from today onwards the Republic of China must work hard to learn from the Western powers and change the functions of our government. All the princes here are no longer aloof.
Officials are representatives of the people, and government officials are no longer parents who oppress the people. They are just public servants who serve everyone. If the people are dissatisfied, they will be kicked out at any time.
How can we change our functions, serve the people, and satisfy the people? In my opinion, the first step is financial reform. In the past, most dynasties took money from the people, requiring the people to support everyone from the emperor to ordinary officials.
, the royal families of all dynasties would occupy huge financial expenditures and become the biggest vampires in society. The Manchus also needed the common people to support the Manchus, which took this oppression to the extreme. After entering the Republic of China, our finances not only maintained the basic functions of the government
In addition to operating, everything must be taken from the people and used for the people. The government no longer just absorbs the people's fat and oil, but uses the collected wealth to serve the people and serve the society!"
Since Qiao Yu came to power, he has advocated the use of vernacular in government work. The government is not an academic institution, and there is no need to show off literary talent. The most important task is to make everyone understand. Therefore, his speeches are as straightforward as possible, and everyone
All the congressmen and some reporters heard it clearly. They knew very well that this was Qiao Yu's general plan for the future governance strategy. Everyone was thinking, can the positions between the officials and the people be switched so that the people are at the top?
There are question marks in everyone's mind, and they are more concerned about the allocation of specific financial funds.
"Gentlemen, Sichuan's fiscal revenue in fiscal year 1912 is expected to reach 32,745,020 taels, which is nearly 7 million taels lower than in the Xuantong three years, mainly due to the abolition of
Due to the reduction of lijin, most of the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the reduction of land taxes, among this part of the revenue, 10.9 million taels will be handed over to the central government, and the rest will be used by Sichuan."
Everyone was sighing when they heard this. They thought that Qiao Yu would drastically reduce taxes and taxes, and Sichuan's income would be high if it could reach more than 20 million taels, at least a half of that of the former Qing Dynasty. However, they never expected that it would only reduce
It seems that after the abolition of Lijin, commerce and trade became more prosperous, and the increase in commercial taxes did indeed contribute a lot to the finances!
"The income is not small, but the expenditures are also large. The military and police's salary expenditure will reach 6 million taels, and the salary and office expenses of public employees will be around 2.7 million taels. At the same time, in order to support education and promote basic education,
The construction of Sichuan University will cost a total of 6.8 million taels!"
When these congressmen heard this, they were immediately surprised. There is something really different about this young governor. Others wanted to invest all their money in the military. This governor actually directly allowed education funds to exceed military expenditures. It is really heart-breaking.