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While talking about poetry and lyrics, the time came to 1923.
With Zhang Hanqing¡¯s efforts, the newly established Soviet Union and the Republic of China formally established diplomatic relations, and the two countries sent ambassadors to each other. Privately speaking, before this, batches of arms that were unnecessary in the Soviet era were transported into the Fengcian territory via the Siberian Railway via Xinjiang, Mongolia, and Heilongjiang.
Because the Soviet Union has decided to enter a period of economic construction, it is very urgent for them that the artillery of little significance can be exchanged for urgently needed food and other items.
By the end of last year, in addition to meeting the configuration of all 23 division-affiliated artillery regiments, the major arsenals of the Fengtian clique had also exchanged 300 75mm light howitzers from the Soviet Union. Although something of this caliber is considered light among the Soviet Red Army, it is still quite rare in China, and it can hit farther than mountain artillery.
The Tianjin Automobile Factory has also produced large-scale vehicles. In addition to selling most of them to major factories and mines in the Northeast, Zhang Hanqing ordered the allocation of 1,000 trucks and 300 howitzers to form 5 artillery regiments, respectively equipped with the 27th, 28th, and 28th Fengjun Artillery Regiments. The 29th Division and the artillery regiments of the 1st and 4th Divisions of the People's Army were re-equipped, thus giving the five elite divisions of the Fengtian clique initial mechanization capabilities and getting rid of the history of horseback artillery.
The Lanzhou Arsenal was already in the process of expansion. After acquiring five production lines for Soviet howitzers, it actually had a greater production capacity than the Shenyang Arsenal: because it produces Fengjun armaments in an all-round way, the Shenyang Arsenal is not like Lanzhou, which can produce everything from nothing. There is no burden to directly launch the howitzer. Instead, it fully retains the production lines for mountain artillery, mortars, and machine guns, and adds four howitzer production lines.
In any case, together with a production line taken over by the Hankou Arsenal, the Feng Faction has the ability to produce 600 such howitzers per year, plus the annual output of 510 mountain cannons, its advantages over other factions have a tendency to expand sharply.
The direct line clearly felt the pressure. They have also continued to expand on the basis of the previous eight divisions and six mixed brigades of nearly 150,000 people, which has further tightened the arms production of their Gongxian arsenal.
However, due to financial constraints, they were unable to obtain financial support from the central government - the Fengcian faction controlled the central government, and through the tax-sharing system, only the tax revenue left for each locality to barely operate, and the rest was used to develop the economy. What the Zhili can collect is only the traditional income from Hebei and Henan provinces and the Beijing-Hankow Railway, as well as parts of Shandong close to the capital.
With a small territory and insufficient economic size, it is naturally at a disadvantage in armed confrontation.
Because the firepower is not enough to compete with the Feng Clan - the Zhili Clan army is equipped with a total of 7 artillery regiments and 7 artillery battalions, barely reaching 40% of the Feng Clan, and it does not have more powerful howitzers.
Wu Peifu decided to increase the production of artillery, but where did the money come from?
The impoverished land in Zhiyu and other places can no longer be plundered for any more financial resources, otherwise the local people themselves will ruin the base camp where the Zhili clique relies on without the need for Feng Xi to take action. The industrial foundation of these two places is weak. Agriculture has a huge population and a small amount of arable land. For a while, it is impossible to rely on agriculture. The only thing that can collect money is the main railway line-Beijing-Hankou Railway.
The Beijing-Hankow Railway runs through the three provinces of Hebei, Henan and Hubei. It is the lifeline of transportation connecting North China and Central China. It has important economic, political and military significance. The operating income of the Beijing-Hankow Railway was one of the main sources of military pay for warlord Wu Peifu.
Hubei was lost, and the southern section of the Beijing-Hankow Railway changed hands. Wu Peifu's income dropped sharply, not to mention the cost of expanding the army. In this case, if you want to significantly increase your income, you cannot increase revenue, you can only reduce expenditure.
Therefore, as soon as the New Year passed, Wu Peifu ordered the entire line to reduce the income of Beijing-Hankow Railway employees, and ignored the public's opinions on the "8-hour work system, protection of child labor" - in order to express his "love for the people", he also Solemnly accepted the "Draft Labor Law" proposed by Hu Shi and others.
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????But the wages are still going to be lowered. Are we really considered to be the working class or are they as easy to fool as before? Compared with the nourishing life of the workers in the Fengtian territory, when I look at myself, I feel that I am in heaven and on earth.
After various parties and groups voiced their opposition, some progressive elements, including activists who may be leaning towards the People's Party, are preparing to convene the Beijing-Hankou Railway Federation of Trade Unions in Zhengzhou to use the power of the group to say "no" to Wu Peifu!
This plays into Zhang Hanqing¡¯s hands. If he doesn¡¯t make good use of it, he won¡¯t be the Zhang Hanqing who takes advantage of every opportunity.
As soon as February passed, nearly 300 people including representatives of railway unions along the line, representatives of the Hanyeping Federation of Trade Unions, more than 30 trade unions in Wuhan, and student representatives from Beijing, Wuhan and other places gathered in Zhengzhou to demand that the direct government cancel the tax increase. The command.
Wu Peifu dispatched a large number of armed policemen to enforce martial law throughout the city of Zhengzhou, and ordered a ban on convening the inaugural meeting of the Beijing-Hankow Railway Federation of Trade Unions. However, the workers' representatives attending the meeting, regardless of life and death, broke through the heavy siege of the military and police.Shouting slogans such as "Long live the Beijing-Hankow Railway Federation of Trade Unions" and "Long live the victory of the working class", a meeting was held at the Puyuan Theater in Zhengzhou to announce the establishment of the Beijing-Hankow Railway Federation of Trade Unions.
On that day, heavily armed military police surrounded the venue, forcibly dissolved the meeting, destroyed the Federation of Trade Unions and the Zhengzhou Branch, and drove away the representatives.
That night, the Executive Committee of the Beijing-Hankou Railway Federation of Trade Unions held a secret meeting and decided to move the temporary general office of the Federation of Trade Unions to the Hankou River Bank and decided to hold a general strike on the entire railway from February 4.
On February 4, more than 20,000 workers across the railway went on strike, and the 1,200-kilometer railway was suddenly paralyzed.
How can this happen? ! This is not only a traffic problem, but also a major event that directly affects life and death! The interests of countries such as Britain and the United States in China have been greatly damaged. The British and American consulates in Beijing and Wuhan sent personnel to conduct intensive negotiations non-stop with Wu Peifu and the government in central China, mainly Xia Shoukang, the governor of Hubei Province, hoping to conclude the case as soon as possible.
This general strike was extraordinary in history - it was the culmination of the first labor movement led by the Communist Party of China. As a result, with the support of imperialism, Wu Peifu mobilized more than 20,000 military and policemen along the Beijing-Hankow Railway. The suppression of striking workers resulted in the February 7th tragedy that shocked China and the world. 52 workers died and more than 300 were injured.
In the end, the strike ended with the Federation of Trade Unions¡¯ final compromise, which was considered a failure. Of course, the significance of progress in this process aside, the so-called "growth" achieved through human life is not a beautiful thing worth writing about, at least Zhang Hanqing doesn't like it.
Fortunately, Zhang Hanqing¡¯s time travel finally incited a trace of historical progress. Compared with previous tragedies, this general strike has changed slightly due to the People's Army stationed in Hubei - Hubei is the territory of the People's Party. At least Wu Peifu cannot enter Wuhan and kill people randomly, and the Federation of Trade Unions is also in Hankou | Very moisturizing.
Under the leadership of the People's Party and the support of the People's Army, the railway line in Hubei was in full swing, while the strike boom in Henan, Hebei, and Beijing sections was suppressed by the Zhili Party. Wu Peifu, who was increasingly angry, could not regret it. After moving to the southern section, they launched more ferocious revenge on the workers under their control.
??This triggered an even larger outpouring of support. In Beijing, student waves flocked to the Presidential Palace one after another, demanding that President Li Yuanhong "come forward" to control the already bloody scene.
But how can the students know that the "President" of Lebanon, who looks up to everyone, has the slightest objection to Wu Peifu, one of the two pillars of the immediate line? In other words, even if he wanted to object, Wu Peifu had to listen to him!
Seeing that the government was unable to effectively restrain Wu Peifu, some people thought of the Fengxian, which was also a pillar. Isn't the young marshal in Beijing? Asking him to come forward, Wu Peifu should restrain himself, right? Didn't you see that the young marshal made a hasty march, and the team of a hundred people was stunned to stop Xiao Yaonan's intention to get involved in Hubei?
Now that the Fengxuan is bigger, doesn¡¯t his weight become heavier?
It¡¯s not just students who think this way, even Yu Yifan, who is very close to Zhang Hanqing, also thinks so. Yu Yifan, who had already "got" a good job in the Ministry of Finance, also rushed into the Marshal's Mansion and got angry at Zhang Hanqing: "Can't you just take care of things on Jinghan Road?"
This little girl is really rebellious. For some reason, she has rarely called herself "little uncle" in the past few years. She always calls herself "you you" and sometimes even omits "you", of course in private. She is a young marshal, a leader of the People's Army and the People's Party, but the word "you" has never been mentioned in her mouth, yet Zhang Hanqing still does this.
She is also very cute when she is angry, with her little mouth slightly pouting, making people want to kiss her. But thinking that she had grown up and become a big girl, Zhang Hanqing secretly swallowed his saliva and tried not to let himself think about this.
However, after finally leaving Yu Yifan's mouth and catching a glimpse of her undulating chest, Zhang Hanqing couldn't help but want to look away - if he didn't need to maintain his tall image as an "elder".
The little girl is developing extremely well!
He secretly swallowed another mouthful of saliva and said in a serious tone: "Yifan, do you think things are so simple?"
Yu Yifan curled his lips: "What's not simple? You have so many troops, even if you suppress him, you can crush him to death. If you don't take action, isn't it just to discredit Wu Peifu so that you can take the opportunity to clean up the mess! Do you think I don't know?" "
Her word "pressure" almost made Zhang Hanqing's thoughts wander again. Considering that the target was Wu Peifu, he still took back his bad taste. But Yu Yifan still cleverly said what he was thinking: "Eh? Is this little girl too smart, or is my political trick so superficial that even she can see it?"
Needless to say, Zhang Hanqing had the moral intention to defeat Wu Peifu. As the Feng clique became more and more powerful, his idea also changed from peacefully ruling Beijing between Zhili and Fengzhi to overthrowing the Zhili clique's dominance. To be honest, the current Zhi clique is no longer worthy of being on an equal footing with the Feng clique. Being able to rule the world on his own, Zhang Hanqing will not insist on showing generosity.
But as the Sun Yat-sen clique in the south was overthrown, the Zhili clique wisely chose "peace is the most important" and began to advocate the peaceful reunification of China. Britain, the United States, Japan and other countries are also unwilling to see the Feng system eventually unify China, and hope to maintain the coexistence of various princes in China, so they are also calling for peace. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)To be honest, the direct line of ?? was no longer worthy of being on an equal footing with the Feng line. Zhang Hanqing would not insist on showing generosity if he could dominate the world by himself.
But as the Sun Yat-sen clique in the south was overthrown, the Zhili clique wisely chose "peace is the most important" and began to advocate the peaceful reunification of China. Britain, the United States, Japan and other countries are also unwilling to see the Feng system eventually unify China, and hope to maintain the coexistence of various princes in China, so they are also calling for peace. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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