ebookland Chapter 710: Going to the Mayor's House as a Guest
Chapter 710: Going to the Mayor's House as a Guest
After giving Song Xulong some advice, Li Shaoyi no longer cared about what happened next. If he had to handle everything himself, what would these guys do?
Li Shaoyi is not the kind of person who does everything himself. Since I've called you here and will pay you monthly, I'll help you with some of the troublesome things, and you'll have to take care of the rest by yourselves.
I'll give you some time, and if you can sort things out, then the position will still be yours. But if you don't have that ability, then I'm sorry, there are plenty of people queuing behind you, and we can make adjustments at any time.
It was already noon of the next day, and Li Shaoyi was at Mayor Yuan's house. Because his whereabouts had to be kept secret, he could not go out to eat.
"He's truly majestic and handsome. If I weren't already engaged to Miss Yu, I'd definitely be the matchmaker. My cousin from my mother's side is also very beautiful..."
Mrs. Yuan looked at Li Shaoyi with a smile on her face. She never expected that such a powerful person would come to her house for lunch without anyone noticing.
Mrs. Yuan was about forty years old and looked wealthy. She really liked the rare things that Li Shaoyi sent her, especially the domestically produced camera made in China, which could not be bought even with money.
Li Shaoyi could only smile awkwardly when asked about matchmaking for him. In this era, as long as you were powerful and wanted to marry concubines, let alone seven or eight, even seventy or eighty, or even three palaces, six courtyards, and seventy-two concubines, that was just a matter of a word. It all depended on whether you could afford it and protect them.
"Alright, alright, you should go back and fix your stuff. Brother Li and I have some other things to discuss."
Mayor Yuan frowned as he looked at the pile of gifts next to him. These things were very valuable. The camera alone cost more than two thousand dollars, which was almost the price of a second-hand car. As for the other things, they were also in short supply on the market.
"You guys talk, I'll go to the kitchen and make you some soup. But you can't drink this wine, you've already drunk a lot."
It can be seen that Mrs. Yuan has real feelings for Mayor Yuan. Even if she has received so many gifts, she can't continue to drink the wine.
"Your sister-in-law is my biological sister who was raised as a child bride in my hometown. Unfortunately, my original wife was not so lucky and left after finding someone else. My father-in-law saw that I was still a talented person, so he married my younger sister to me..."
Mayor Yuan said somewhat helplessly that this wife was good in every way except that she was a little greedy for money.
"Don't mention that. What do you think people make a living for these days? Isn't it dollars and US dollars? Apart from these things, everything else is useless. My sister-in-law is already quite good. Otherwise, if you stayed in the position of mayor of Peking, you would have earned thousands of dollars a day."
What Li Shaoyi said was the truth. Although the military affairs in Peiping fell under the jurisdiction of the 29th Army, all government and civilian affairs were under the command of Mayor Yuan. As long as he wanted to arrange certain people, it would be very easy. Of course, if all of it was converted into money, he might have to use trucks to transport it.
For Mayor Yuan, it is not easy to ensure his integrity over the years. Looking at the current observation of the National Government, Li Shaoyi finally understands that the ocean paves the way and is invincible. As for other things, let's put them aside for now.
Of course, there are also a group of people like Mayor Yuan who stick to their beliefs, but the number of these people is really too small, and they are also excluded by others in the officialdom.
"That's not true. Take your 72nd Army, for example. I've met quite a few officers in Peking during this time, and they're quite self-disciplined. Back then, some of your heroes were corrupt, and you wanted to execute them. I thought you were being too ruthless. Now it seems your decision was the right one. Otherwise, the whole army would have been corrupted sooner or later."
Mayor Yuan suddenly remembered what happened before. When Li Shaoyi was fighting in the north, several officers put money into their own pockets. They were undoubtedly brave in fighting on the battlefield, but Li Shaoyi had already said that even combat heroes could not embezzle. As long as someone's fingernails became longer and blacker, there was only one result for these people, and that was to drag them out and shoot them.
Under such a high-pressure policy, coupled with the supervision of Li Shaoyi's instructors scattered across various units, the situation in the 72nd Army was still very good. Of course, it was impossible to eliminate all corruption, but every case discovered would be dealt with. No matter how high your rank was or how great your achievements were, as long as you made a mistake, the Military Court would come to your door quickly, which still ensured the integrity of the 72nd Army.
"I know very well how much pain corruption can bring to an army, so from the beginning, I didn't give those combat heroes any face. I can support their families and do what they haven't done, but if you make a mistake, you have to bear the consequences."
Thinking of the combat heroes who were executed, Li Shaoyi felt very sad, but a short pain is worse than a long one.
If nothing had been done at that time, these people would have become even more unscrupulous, and in the end Li Shaoyi would probably not have been able to stop.
"Let's not talk about this for now. I came back secretly not to discuss corruption or integrity with you. You know I was tricked by Jinling this time, so my army had no choice but to retreat. But I found another way. My security commander is not very smart, so I have to ask you to cover for me."
Li Shaoyi said that he didn't care about Song Xulong's affairs and let him handle everything on his own, but considering that these matters involved various government offices and were quite difficult, he still hoped that Mayor Yuan could assist him.
"Don't worry, I will definitely do the things you told me to do first. No matter whether it is the Central Army or the 29th Army, they can't bring peace to North China and Peking."
Mayor Yuan saw this very clearly. Although the 29th Army had been giving interviews and conducting exercises in the surrounding areas in the past two days, Mayor Yuan had long known that the 29th Army had secretly reached many agreements with the Japanese. Although it was not a comprehensive compromise, it was not far from it.
If North China and Beijing want to rely on them, forget it!