1928: The rise of giant merchants

February 5, the 19th year of the Republic of China (1930).

Fifty-seven generals of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Group Armies jointly sent a telegram urging Chiang to step down. They also elected Yan Xishan as the commander-in-chief of the army, navy and air force of the Republic of China, and Feng Yuxiang and Li Zongren as deputy commanders-in-chief. They used force to attack the principal.

In the afternoon of the same day, Yan, Feng, and Li took up their posts as commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief of the Republic of China's army, navy, and air force in Taiyuan, Tongguan, and Guiping respectively. They sent a message to the whole country to officially start a war with the principal and regain the south.

Now the principal is completely blown away. I haven't brought up you rebel warlords in the name of great unification. How about you jump out and attack yourself on the basis of so-called righteousness?

The Jinling Nationalist Government immediately ordered the arrest of Yan Xishan and actively prepared for war. That night, the Jinling Standing Committee decided to permanently expel Yan from the party.

At this point, a civil war that affected China throughout the 1930s was finally about to begin.

Jin Yan and Ning Jiang will actually start a war in mid-May.

The organizational system and combat strategy of the anti-Chiang coalition were: (1) Yan Xishan was appointed commander-in-chief of the Army, Navy and Air Force of the Republic of China, Feng Yuxiang and Li Zongren were deputy commanders-in-chief, and Liu Ji was the chief of general staff.

(2) The Gui Army was the first front army, commanded by Li Zongren, and sent troops to Xiang Province to march towards Qijiang City.

(3) The Northwest Army's Second Front Army, commanded by Feng Yuxiang, is responsible for the Longhai and Pinghan-Han routes in Henan Province, and attacks Xuzhou and Jiangcheng separately.

(4) The Jin Army is the Third Front Army, commanded by Yan Xishan. It is responsible for the combat missions on the Jinpu and Jiaoji routes in Shandong Province. It joins the Second Front Army to attack Xuzhou, and then marches south along the Jinpu Line to Jinling.

(5) Shi Yousan is the fourth front army, attacking Jining and Yanzhou with the main force, and the first force will coordinate with the third front army to attack the capital of Lu Province.

(6) Zhang Hanqing was informally appointed as deputy commander-in-chief of the Army, Navy and Air Force (and the Northern Army was designated as the Fifth Front Army), and actively strived to jointly fight against Chiang Kai-shek. Liu Wenhui from Sichuan Province has been designated as the Sixth Front Army, and He Jian from Hunan Province has been designated as the Seventh Front Army.

In order to encourage the generals of the non-directly affiliated troops, Shi Yousan was appointed as the person in charge of Lu Province, Wan Xuancai as the person in charge of Yu Province, Sun Dianying as the person in charge of Hui Province, and Fan Zhongxiu was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Front Army.

The anti-Chiang coalition was so powerful that it gathered almost all the warlords who had previously shared the results of the Second Northern Expedition with the principal. This shows that the principal was indeed unpopular at home at this time. Not only was he unable to deal with internal party strife, but he was also notorious externally.

Ye Luo remembered that when the war started, this coalition army actually had a huge advantage, and the National Revolutionary Army was defeated steadily. For a time, he thought that the principal would be defeated and go out.

Unfortunately, as he said to Zhang Hanqing, Wang and Yan Xishan are really just a mob, just like the joint anti-Dong army raised by Yuan Shao during the Three Kingdoms period. They seem to be so powerful that there is no one else in the world. In fact, in the end The overwhelming defeat became a big joke in the history books.

In the end, it was Liu Caosun and Liu Caosun who were not famous at that time.

Zhang Hanqing kept Ye Luo's words in mind and just waited and watched without participating, waiting for the results of their battle.

On the other hand, Yan Laoxi began to apportion military expenditures in Jin Province, forcing many businessmen in the province to raise military expenditures and salaries for him. Those who disobeyed the order were directly shot.

This is the Republic of China. As soon as the war starts, no one can take it easy.

Although the civil affairs construction in Jin Province has been very good, primary education has been popularized, and various factories have been established, the financial situation of the Jin army is actually very bad, because Yan Laoxi controls six pieces of land in the north, and the stalls are huge. , military expenditures were huge, many newly occupied provinces were extremely poor, and the Jin army, whether direct lineage or miscellaneous, was seriously short of pay.

In this war, the first thing Yan Laoxi's generals did was to send a telegram to their boss to complain. How could they fight without money and food? The brothers were starving to death.

Yan Laoxi had no choice but to raise military expenses by himself. Some of the Jin army's miscellaneous troops were so poor that each soldier could only be allocated 5 rounds of bullets. What the hell?

Once the war begins, after all five bullets have been fired, is it really possible to carry a sword and fight them with flesh and blood?

The Jin banknotes issued by Yan Laoxi were also used internally in Shanxi Province. Now that war was about to start, the Shanxi banknotes depreciated sharply, which immediately triggered inflation and soared prices. Yan Laoxi had to issue military coupons in the provincial capital, and then asked the people to borrow money and grain. No, they had to sell their sons and daughters in order to make a living, and their land was annexed by the rich, making their lives even poorer.

This battle has become like this before it even started. How can we win?

Ye Luo, who was well aware of this situation, was not optimistic about them from the beginning and asked Zhang Hanqing not to get involved, but he generously allowed them to invest in his new business.

There is no other reason.

Your ocean has indeed gone into my pocket. Of course I will also do business to pay you back and give you dividends, provided that you are still you after this battle.

In the past, in Tianjin City, each of these people was more generous than the last, generous in spending, and bold in buying shares. Now, they are all tightening their belts and are miserable.

However, a shameless guy like Yan Laoxi called Ye Luo directly, hoping to advance part of the profits for emergencies.

"General Yan, I'm afraid your military expenditures should be calculated in units of hundreds of millions." Ye Luo asked him with a smile, "The money you invested in me, even if you can make a hundred times the profit, is only hundreds of millions of dollars, but we are not How can you make a hundredfold profit from selling cigarettes, right? You want an advance, brother, I'll give you a few million dollars, it's okay, hundreds of millions."

"Oh, Aluo, brother, I'm really anxious. You also know our situation. We can't even see if millions of dollars are spread out!" Yan Laoxi was really anxious, but he also knew that Ye Luo was in name only It's under the principal's control. It's okay to give him a few million in the name of official business. If the amount is too much, it would be strange if the principal is not in a hurry.

But there was nothing he could do.

We can't let those miscellaneous troops just go up like this, right?

"In this case, in business, General Yan, since you really want to borrow money, then we will do business." Ye Luo said with a smile, "There are many ore factories, railways, military supplies factories, etc. in Jin Province. If you are in these industries, If you are willing to mortgage YB Bank to me, I can transfer some US dollars from the United States and lend it to you."

"American money?" Yan Laoxi didn't understand YB Bank, he only understood U.S. dollars and Americans. Previously, he had just wanted to mortgage the Tongcheng and Cangshi railways to Japan and the United States, and wanted to borrow 20 million oceans. But he was rejected by both countries. After all, both parties were leaning towards the principal. Now that he heard that he could make money from the United States, he immediately said, "As long as you can lend me money, everything is easy to negotiate."

"Okay, I'll send someone to send a telegram to General Yan's secretary shortly. According to the content of the contract, I can get money for you from abroad."

Ye Luo answered with a smile.

This business is a guaranteed profit without loss.

Anyway, once Yan Laoxi is defeated, everything in Jin Province will be taken over by the principal. It is better to benefit yourself than to benefit the principal.

Of course, he also needs a very powerful notary to prevent the principal from not recognizing the contract and letting himself lose the money in vain.

"Okay, okay, good luck, A Luo, you are my brother, hehe!" Yan Laoxi hung up the phone and smiled happily.

Ye Luo is well-known as the God of Wealth. If he opens his mouth, he can at least get a guarantee of 10 million yuan. .

Yan Laoxi was so pleased that he immediately sent someone to ask the secretary to keep an eye on the telegraph machine. He would agree to anything coming to the beach later.

After hanging up the phone, Ye Luo began to think about what he wanted to steal from Yan Laoxi.

Suddenly, an idea came to me.

The Customs and Salt Administration in Tianjin have always been under the jurisdiction of the British. Because of this chaotic war, Yan Xishan even wanted to intercept the customs and salt taxes to use as military expenses. The tax director Bell was so angry that he directly intercepted the taxes and deposited them overseas. In the bank.

Tax seems to be a good thing. (End of chapter)