~.-~ Volume 1 Turbulent Era Chapter 117 Going South Again

After Fang Zida arrived in Beijing, Song Jiaoren met with him immediately. Song Jiaoren did not mention a word about the assassination at Lishunde Hotel in Tianjin, but told Fang Zida about another matter.

"What? Are you asking me to serve as the Deputy Minister of Finance? Isn't Brother Zhong Kai the Deputy Minister of Finance now? It has only been more than half a year since he was transferred from the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry to the Deputy Minister of Finance." Fang Zida said in surprise.

Liao Zhongkai was transferred from the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry to the Ministry of Finance as the Deputy Minister of Finance six months ago. Speaking of this, Song Jiaoren really couldn't stand Liao Zhongkai, a "debt collector". God knows where he got so many reasons. Every time he ran away

Prime Minister's Office

Still holding on, he reached out and asked him for money, one hundred thousand today, two hundred thousand tomorrow. Although the government's fiscal revenue this year was much better than before, Song Jiaoren couldn't stand Liao Zhongkai's trouble.

His forehead felt swollen when he saw it.

In the end, Song Jiaoren, who was helpless, simply came to the bottom of the fire. Aren't you Liao Zhongkai a debt collector? He could simply send you to the Ministry of Finance to do it. Not to mention, since Liao Zhongkai became the Deputy Minister of Finance

Later, he suddenly changed from a debt collector to a miser. He kept a close eye on his money bag. Even if his old friends from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry came to ask for money, he would turn his back on them and refuse to recognize them. He had no legitimate reason to ask for money, and he didn't even have a way out.

"Zhang Ming, since the founding of the Central Bank, you have done a very good job in coin minting, investment promotion and other tasks, which has brought great help to the government's fiscal relief. It stands to reason that with your financial and economic abilities, you will be responsible for

The finance minister is more than enough, but you also know that the ministers-in-chief of various government ministries must be approved by Congress. Your qualifications are still a little bit junior, so I will temporarily let you serve as the deputy minister and wait until the next term to officially serve as the chief minister. Such an arrangement,

You don’t have any objections, do you?”

Fang Zida shook his head and said with a smile: "Brother Dunchu, this is not a matter of disagreement. I have no objection to being the deputy commander, but it squeezed out the position of brother Zhong Kai... He did a very good job in the position of deputy commander!"

Song Jiaoren waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about this. I have other arrangements with Zhong Kai."

Seeing that Song Jiaoren had made up his mind, Fang Zida hesitated for a moment but did not refuse, and immediately nodded and agreed.

Within three days, the government officially issued an order, and Fang Zida, the president of the Central Bank, was also appointed as the Deputy Minister of Finance. Another promotion of Fang Zida surprised most people but also took it for granted. Now the Central Bank almost controls many functions of the Ministry of Finance, and Fang Zida is

The president’s power is no less than that of a mere deputy finance minister.

In some respects, he can even be on an equal footing with the Chief of Finance. Under such circumstances, Song Jiaoren suddenly appointed Fang Zida and Deputy Minister of Finance. Firstly, it showed that Fang Zida was valued, and secondly, he also rectified Fang Zida's current embarrassing position and avoided it.

This is an abnormal situation where the central bank is larger than the Ministry of Finance in order to adjust the balance between various government departments.

Fang Zida is very familiar with taking over the work of the Ministry of Finance. Originally, his central bank took over part of the work of the Ministry of Finance. He did not encounter any difficulties after taking office and quickly got the work in order. And Liao Zhongkai came back after Fang Zida

slightly

He also returned to the capital two days later. After completing the handover with Fang Zida, he was transferred to the post of Secretary-General of the Prime Minister's Office. He was soon ordered by Song Jiaoren to go out of the capital for business. As for where he went and what he did,

Song Jiaoren didn't mention a word, and Fang Zida didn't know much about it either.

Because of Song Jiaoren's arrangements, Fang Zida's original plan to go south was temporarily postponed. It was already more than a month later after the work of the Ministry of Finance was completed. During this more than a month, the identity of the deceased in the Lishunde Hotel incident was finally

When the outside world came to know about it, there was an uproar from all walks of life and various rumors spread. The whole of China from north to south was talking about the strangeness of Hong Shuzu's death and speculating on who was behind the murderer.

But the strange thing is that despite the speculation and rumors from the outside world, all parties involved in the Huang Xing case avoided talking about it, as if they had reached some tacit agreement, which gave people a strange feeling.

After these days of delay, Yuan Sizhen's belly gradually became pregnant. Calculating the time, Fang Zida decided to go south in the next few days, otherwise if he delayed it any longer, he might not be able to catch up with the birth of the child.

"Zida, Yuan Liang is here." Yuan Sizhen shouted outside the study. Fang Zida quickly stood up and opened the locked door, and saw that the person standing at the door was none other than Zhou Yuanliang.

"It's Yuan Liang, you came really fast, come in." Fang Zida greeted with a smile.

"Sir, you'd better call me San'er. I feel so affectionate when you call me this." Zhou Yuanliang smiled sheepishly, turned around and saluted Yuan Sizhen who brought him over, and then entered the study.

In the past two years, Zhou Yuanliang has changed a lot. He is no longer the Zhou who used to work as a waiter in the hotel. Now he wears a well-fitting suit, his well-proportioned figure has grown slightly taller, and he is dressed like a

Although the successful comprador still looks plain, he always has a friendly smile on his face that makes him feel friendly.

"Haha, you still have to call him by your first name in front of others." Fang Zida patted him on the shoulder affectionately.

Even though Zhou Yuanliang was so low-key in front of Fang Zida, if the name San'er hadn't come from Fang Zida and Zhang Huchen, Zhou Yuanliang, who was usually smiling, would have turned his back on the person on the spot. In the past two years, Zhou Yuanliang's power has developed rapidly, not only in

His tentacles slowly extended to the capital, including Zhili, Jiangsu and other places, and he became Fang Zida's secretly right-hand man.

"Sir, why did you ask me to come today...?" Zhou Yuanliang thanked Fang Zida and then asked after bending down to carefully take the tea poured by Fang Zida.

When Fang Zida decided to use Zhou Yuanliang, he arranged a position for him in the statistics team within KMT. However, this was within the KMT party after all. With the current implementation of constitutionalism and the gradual expansion of Zhou Yuanliang's subordinates, it is no longer suitable for this kind of work.

The simple way. Before leaving Beijing, Fang Zida decided to adjust Zhou Yuanliang's work and make a series of arrangements.

"Yuanliang, I'm going to let you study at the Central Military Academy for a while. What do you think?"

"Sir, do you want me to become a soldier?" Zhou Yuanliang asked in surprise.

Seeing his uneasy look, Fang Zida smiled: "Of course not, I'm just going to study, and I'll still do your job after graduation. San'er, you are very smart and steady in your work, but what you lack is obvious.

, do you know what it is?”

Hearing Fang Zida call him San'er, the warm smile on Zhou Yuan's conscience suddenly became even bigger. He thought for a moment and replied hesitantly: "I haven't studied well."

"Yes! This is one aspect." Fang Zida nodded and said: "You can read and write, and you also know some foreign languages, but after all, you have not gone through systematic learning. This aspect is greatly lacking, and for organizational organization, intelligence, investigation, operations, etc.

As for the details of the work, you just rely on yourself

It’s only because of your intelligence that you managed to reach this point today. When it was small, it was just enough, but once it needs to be reused, it’s much worse. Don’t you feel that you are a little overwhelmed recently? So, San’er! I want you to go to the military academy and study hard.

Study, study, and only after you have mastered your studies can you do great things!"

Standing up, Zhou Yuanliang bowed to Fang Zida respectfully: "Sir, your cultivation of San'er will never be forgotten! I will follow your arrangements, sir."

"Okay! Okay!" Fang Zida pressed his palms and asked him to sit down first. He lit a cigar and took a puff, and then said: "Of course, when you go to the military academy, you are not just studying. You still have to keep an eye on things outside.

In addition, unless you leave the current organization, I will give you another task."

"Sir, please explain." Zhou Yuanliang replied quickly.

"After you go to the military academy, you have to pay attention to the cadets. However, all actions must be taken with caution. Remember! Be cautious!"

"Yes! Proceed with caution!" Zhou Yuanliang repeated Fang Zida's words, his expression extremely serious.

Nodding, Fang Zida added: "As for the current job, you can choose the right person to take over. Of course, you will still be in charge of the main part. You will delete the selection again later and let some that are not absolutely reliable become peripheral parts. How to do it specifically, how

Come on, think about how to set up the shelf yourself, and report it to me when the time comes."

"Yes!" Zhou Yuanliang agreed, feeling a little excited. Fang Zida was considering it so carefully, didn't it mean that he would make full use of him? In the past two years, he had meticulously done the work assigned to him by Fang Zida, wasn't he just waiting for this day?

Fang Zida then told Zhou Yuanliang that after he graduates from the military academy, he will be directly awarded a military position and arranged to serve in the General Staff. However, although this department belongs to the General Staff, it is not responsible to the Chief of General Staff, but directly to him. Fang Zida

Responsible, but the establishment of this organization borrowed the name of the General Staff.

After finishing speaking, Fang Zida took a document and showed it to Zhou Yuanliang. After he finished reading it, he struck a match and burned it.

"I'm going south soon. Keep an eye on the people here in Beijing, especially the people I just mentioned." Fang Zida finally explained, and Zhou Yuanliang nodded repeatedly, promising that there would be no problem.

Within a few days, Zhou Yuanliang was arranged to study at the Central Military Academy. He Yingqin had already enrolled half a month before him, but their subjects were different. He Yingqin focused on military and strategy, while Zhou Yuanliang focused on staff, intelligence and management.

.This is an arrangement specially made by Fang Zida. As for the Central Bank Guard Army that was promised to Yuan Keding, Yuan Keding has also obtained the establishment and will officially start to establish it after Fang Zida returns from the south.

On the afternoon when Zhou Yuanliang successfully entered the Central Military Academy, Fang Zida and his entourage boarded the southbound train and started heading south again.

Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province. This was Fang Zida’s first stop on his journey south. When the train slowly stopped at the station, exhaling thick smoke, Wang Xiaozhen, former deputy commander of the Eighth Army Division and current commander of the Fifteenth Division of the National Defense Forces, said early

I took the main officers of the 15th Division and waited eagerly on the platform.

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