Chapter 268 267【Strategy】
In the living room, several men looked at me and you, but they couldn't think of any good way.
Xu Zhimo had been silent before, but at this moment he suddenly said passionately: "No matter what political struggle he has, we have the righteousness of the central government. As long as he takes the students to the customs and the Salt Bureau to make a fuss, and then jumps up the news and public opinion, they will not give money I have to give it too!"
Well, the poet is more naive.
"Your method will only be self-defeating. You will offend the foreigners and Yan Xishan, and it will be even more difficult to ask for money." Li Shizeng smiled helplessly. People mistake themselves."
Jiang Baili comforted: "Mr. Shi Zeng is dedicated to the public, I admire you."
Zhang Junmai analyzed: "The Nanjing government wants to use Mr. Shi Zeng as a gunman. If the money is obtained, then the money will belong to the central government in name and can be taken back at any time in the future. Moreover, after a hole is torn, The Nanjing side has even more excuses to control the customs and the Salt Administration. If Mr. Shi Zeng can’t ask for money, then the Nanjing side can also take this opportunity to criticize Yan Xishan for disregarding the overall situation and disrespecting the central government.”
"Song Ziwen's idea is a good one, and he won't suffer from both inside and outside." Zhou Hexuan laughed.
"I'm afraid it's not just Song Ziwen's idea," Zhang Junmai said, shaking his head. "As far as I know, after the Fifth Plenary Session of the Nationalist Party, they were busy politically cutting down the vassals. Taking back Tianjin Customs and Changlu Salt Bureau is only the first step."
Li Shizeng's eyes widened, and a look of horror appeared on his face. He knew about the political downsizing, but he never thought that he would become a tool for the central government to cut down the vassals.
"Political reduction of feudal vassals" is a strategy set by the Fifth Plenary Session of the National Party Central Committee, with the purpose of reducing the strength of local real power factions such as Yan Xishan, Li Zongren, and Feng Yuxiang. When dealing with Yan Xishan, the Nanjing side wanted to take over the Tianjin Customs and the Changlu Salt Administration under the pretext of unifying the national finance and taxation, and refused to recognize the public bonds issued by Shanxi, and withheld the military expenses of Yan Xishan's troops in Pingjin.
This is the fundamental reason for the outbreak of the Central Plains War in the future.
Not only Yan Xishan, but even Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi couldn't bear it. Under Chang Kaishen's pressing step by step, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi will fight Chang Kaishen in a "Jianggui War" early next year in order to preserve their own strength.
Chang Kaishen and Li Zongren were sworn brothers, and for the sake of profit, they turned their faces when they said they would.
And Li Shizeng, the "director of education" in the two northern provinces and cities, unintentionally became Chang Kaishen's vanguard in dealing with Yan Xishan.
Zhang Junmai continued: "Mr. Shi Zeng has only one way to go now, and that is to use the righteousness of the central government to break through the southern wall without turning back, and cooperate with the Nanjing government to offend Yan Xishan to death."
"Then I won't be able to stay in the north." Li Shi was dejected. His Beiping University area was in charge of the education work in Rehe, Hebei, Beiping, Tianjin and other areas, more than half of which belonged to Yan Xishan's territory.
He had just taken office, so he offended the local chief executive, purely for himself.
It’s impossible not to do this, because Li Shi was once an education official arranged by the central government, and he must stand on the side of the Nanjing government, otherwise his education funds will not be available.
The mouse drilled into the bellows and got angry at both ends.
Faced with this situation, Xu Zhimo could only be cynical: "These politicians are really hateful! In order to fight for power and profit, they don't even care about education."
Zhou Hexuan suddenly laughed and said, "I have an idea."
"What method?" Li Shizeng asked anxiously.
Zhou Hexuan said mysteriously: "Persuade Yan Xishan!"
"How could it be possible to convince him?" Jiang Baili couldn't believe it.
Zhang Junmai put it more directly: "Yan Xishan is notoriously picky, and Yan Laoxi's nickname is not for nothing. If you ask him to spend 300,000 yuan a month for education, it is tantamount to discussing with tigers to skin them. "
Li Shizeng also said: "Yes, if Yan Xishan is willing to pay, I don't have to work around in Nanjing."
"No, no, let me explain in detail." Zhou Hexuan spoke out his plan.
Li Shizeng was dumbfounded: "Is this going to work?"
Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "No matter whether it works or not, we must try it. We can't sit still and wait for death."
"Will it offend Nanjing?" Li Shi once asked.
"Nanjing will definitely be unhappy," Zhou Hexuan said, "so Mr. Shi Zeng can't come forward in person, and I can go quietly."
Zhou Hexuan helped to be a lobbyist. If someone knew about it, he would definitely anger those people in Nanjing. Li Shi once swore an oath: "I will never spread this matter to the outside world. If I violate my oath, I will be struck by lightning and die!"
"Please." Zhou Hexuan said.
Li Shi once said with emotion: "I should say this. I didn't expect Mingcheng to help me in the most critical moment."
Zhou Hexuan said: "Mr. Shi Zeng, I just don't want students to waste their time, but I don't agree with your education reform plan."
"Why? Shouldn't education be independent?" Li Shi once asked.
"National conditions," Zhou Hexuan said speechlessly, "Wang Anshi's reform is also dedicated to serving the country, but what will it look like in the end? Mr. Shi Zeng, your education reform plan is too unrealistic. There is no hope of success, but it will bring China Education is getting more and more chaotic."
Li Shizeng did not listen to persuasion. He said: "The chaos is only temporary. As long as you work hard, you will succeed one day. What I am doing now is a century-old cause."
Oh, what a stubborn ass this man is.
Li Shizeng stood up, bowed and bowed upright: "If you can persuade Yan Xishan to allocate funds, Mingcheng is the most important contributor to China's education reform. I thank you in advance."
"Don't," Zhou Hexuan hurriedly avoided, resolutely not being polite, "If you don't dare to be a hero, I'll just be a talkative lobbyist."
Li Shiceng cupped his fists and said, "I'm waiting for the good news!"
Li Shizeng led a group of education officials, and soon left Tianjin for Peiping to start the establishment of the Peking University District and the merging of schools. He convened a meeting of education circles and student representatives, and made a speech at the meeting, vowing that he had stable education funding.
Public opinion instantly turned to Li Shizeng, and major newspapers appealed to the students to stop making trouble and study in the school with peace of mind. The teachers are also very happy, they can finally pay their salary, and they all regard Li Shizeng as their parents.
Whether it is a teacher or a student, in fact, they are not demanding. The former only wants to get a salary, while the latter only wants to study. On the contrary, they don't care much about the shitty things about education reform.
However, even this most basic wish is difficult to realize.
Everyone was happy for a few days, and quickly recalled: Dean Li, where is the agreed money? Why has the salary been delayed?
There is no impenetrable wall in the world, and the teachers and students soon found out that they had been tricked. The old guy surnamed Li had no money at all!
Now it's not only the students who are making trouble, but even the teachers are marching in the streets to ask for their salaries.
The person Wang Zhaoming sent to Beiping to provoke troubles took advantage of the situation and instigated the students to come and be cruel. The students first stormed the University College (Department of Education), and when they failed to find the person in charge, they stormed the residences of Li Shizeng and Li Shuhua respectively, almost burning their houses down.
The national public opinion was in an uproar.
But at this moment, Zhou Hexuan was on his way to Shanxi, and he was about to rant again.