Years of the Republic of China 1913

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In a few days it will be the New Year, most government departments are on holiday, and even the Prime Minister's Office is not as busy as usual. Song Jiaoren, who has been busy for half a year, finally has a rare time to rest.

Similarly, this is Fang Zida's first new year after returning to China. Feeling the festive atmosphere getting closer and closer, Fang Zida couldn't help but sigh with emotion, but on the afternoon before the New Year's Eve, Fang Zida did not stay at home to prepare for the New Year's Eve safely , but went to visit Song Jiaoren with a wooden box.

"Shang Ming, you didn't come here to give me a gift?" Song Jiaoren, who was entertaining friends in the living room, was very happy to see Fang Zida coming, but he couldn't help frowning slightly when he saw the wooden box in his hand head.

Fang Zida laughed, and stuffed the wooden box into Song Jiaoren's arms with both hands: "That's right, it's a gift, take a good look, this is a great gift! No antique or treasure can compare to this thing. The happiness was sent to you in advance, and said, how can you thank me as the Prime Minister?"

Song Jiaoren was taken aback for a moment, and immediately laughed too. Since Fang Zida said so, how could he not guess what was in the box?Quickly greeted everyone to come and see.

The two were dumbfounded, and others stared at each other without understanding what was going on. Only Liao Zhongkai and Tang Shaoyi, who knew a little bit, seemed to have thought of something, and quickly surrounded them.

Slowly opening the wooden box, the silver light shone suddenly, and there were exquisitely crafted coins of small size inside.

"Is this the newly minted coin?"

"Yes, the sample that was just delivered this afternoon, how is it? It's not bad?" Fang Zida asked with a smile.

Carefully taking out one and looking at it carefully under the light, Tang Shaoyi couldn't help admiring: "It's beautiful, it's really beautiful! It's been three years since the Republic of China, and the country finally has its own currency! Cheng Ming, you've done a great job!"

Everyone poked their heads over to look carefully, their mouths were full of clicks, full of admiration.Indeed, as Tang Shaoyi said, this batch of coins is really beautiful, one by one placed in a wooden box padded with red velvet, arranged in three rows from big to small, it looks particularly exquisite and eye-catching.

This batch of silver dollars and coins took Fang Zida a lot of thought, supervised the whole process from design to processing, and managed to cast a batch before the Spring Festival, and sent them to the capital as soon as possible.

On the front of the coin is the head portrait of Yuan Shikai, the head of state, in military uniform. The year of casting is marked on it. Below the head is the logo of the Central Bank of the Republic of China. It is cast with complex patterns and patterns, and the silver light is shining, which makes people love it at the first sight.

Among them, the maximum value of the silver coin is one yuan, followed by three auxiliary silver coins of five jiao, two jiao, and one jiao. The weight and size of the auxiliary silver coins are reduced accordingly according to the currency value. The pattern is also slightly different from the one-yuan silver coin to distinguish it.

The next thing is cent coins, which are divided into five cents, two cents, and one cent. Different from round and corner silver coins, cent coins are made of silver-nickel alloy technology. Although they are not as silvery as silver coins, they are still cast. Extraordinarily exquisite and compact.As for the last row of the box, there are three kinds of auxiliary milli coins. The milli coins are mainly made of copper and nickel, with cents as the currency value, and the size is equal to cent coins. They are used to directly replace various copper coins popular in the market.It can be said that these coins will be the main currency of China for a long time,

Holding the silver coin and tapping it lightly, the buzzing echo was long and clear. Song Jiaoren smiled and nodded repeatedly, and couldn't help asking: "This silver content is very high! Ming Ming, how much silver does this one yuan contain? How is your central bank exchange prepared?"

"A one-yuan silver coin is 26 grams, cast with a ratio of silver and nine copper, that is, containing 23.4 grams of pure silver, and the rest of the silver coins are reduced accordingly based on the one-yuan coin, because it is cast by a mechanism, and the error is extremely small. As for its value, the Central Bank A plan has been made for this, and a standard exchange rate will be issued at that time. After the official release, whether it is private silver or the current copper, or various foreign silver coins, etc., can be directly exchanged at the bank according to the exchange table. At the same time, foreign exchange systems with Western countries will also be introduced accordingly, and the details will be known in the next year."

Fang Zida was very satisfied with Song Jiaoren's answer. He nodded with a smile, playing with silver coins in his hand, and asked casually, "Have you informed the President of this good news?"

"Two batches of samples have been sent, and Sizhen is going back to her mother's house today, so let her take the other batch." Fang Zida replied with a smile.

"Hehe, Zhang Ming is right at both ends!" Wu Jinglian joked with a smile on the side: "You son-in-law who rides a dragon quickly should accompany the bride more, and the husband and wife go to the presidential palace to announce the good news. They are all from our own family, so if you come here in such a hurry, aren't you afraid that your old father-in-law will blame you?"

What happened to Wu Jinglian?What was originally a joyful incident made him say it so eccentrically, which became especially unpleasant. For a while, everyone was a little embarrassed.

Tang Shaoyi chattered in a hurry, explaining to Fang Zida that there is an old rule in Xiangcheng of the Yuan family. The new son-in-law is not allowed to visit the house until the 25th of the twelfth lunar month. He must wait until the second day of the Lunar New Year to visit. Fang Zida did this because he was guarding the Yuan family. rules.

Everyone suddenly realized, nodding their heads in agreement. As for whether the Yuan family really had this rule, no one pursued it. At least Fang Zida himself knew that he had never heard of this rule.

"Damn, can I offend you?" I was very depressed. This Wu Jinglian and I have no normal contact. Except for the few meetings, the two sides have no intersection at all. What's going on?

He was sullen until Wu Jinglian and the others left. Tang Shaoyi, who knew Fang Zida's thoughts, quietly pulled him aside, and told him with a smile that Wu Jinglian had always been romantic by nature, and at the same time he was narrow-minded and good-looking. He once competed for fans for drinking flower wine. He even got into a fight with a certain congressman on the spot, chasing and kicking a jealous congressman out of the yard for 50 taels of silver, which almost caused a big incident.Since Fang Zida married Yuan Sizhen, Wu Jinglian felt that Fang Zida was not pleasing to the eye no matter how he looked at it. To put it bluntly, he was jealous.

There is another thing that Fang Zida never knew, until today he learned from Tang Shaoyi that Wu Jinglian's ancestor was very famous, and his ancestor was Wu Sangui. He didn't learn other skills of his ancestor Wu Sangui, but he did learn the temper of becoming a confidante in anger. This is quite ten, which has long been an anecdote among acquaintances.

After listening, Fang Zida burst out laughing and shook his head.

The outsiders had almost left, Fang Zida, Tang Shaoyi and others went straight into Song Jiaoren's study.Since Fang Zida will be going south after the festival, everyone has to exchange opinions and make arrangements for many things.

What Fang Zida is most concerned about is the enactment of the laws of the Congress. There is no law to follow, and everything can't be done.Regarding this, Song Jiaoren reassured Fang Zida that he, the Prime Minister of the State, was also very concerned about legal matters, and would definitely keep an eye on the Congress to come up with drafts of laws as soon as possible.However, Fang Zida’s concern is slightly different from that of Fang Zida. Song Jiaoren is worried about the restructuring of the national defense force. As the prime minister, he certainly supports the construction of the national army, but the situation in the south is different from that in the north. Revolutionary party forces, but some people in the revolutionary party still hold a lot of power. I am afraid that the restructuring of the National Defense Forces and the separation of military and government will not be so easy.

"The key is not down there, it's on the side of brother Dunchu and President Yuan." Fang Zida said with confidence, "Pain is inevitable, just like a person's illness, early illness is cured early, although taking medicine and surgery is more painful, but after all it is cured People are also healthy. If you don’t deal with it because of certain concerns and let it go, the situation will be out of control in the future!”

"I don't know." Song Jiaoren paused, and then sighed, "Yixian is making troubles in Japan again. I'm worried that if the Revolutionary Party makes trouble again, I'm afraid it will be..."

Raising his eyebrows, Fang Zida hurriedly asked: "What's the specific situation? Why don't I know?"

Liao Zhongkai said with a wry smile: "This news has just come in, and it was caused by the law. Yixian learned that the Congress is legislating and intends to replace the current provisional contract with a formal constitution. He thinks it is illegal for the central government and calls The exit slogan claims to protect the law."

"Guardian? Who is he fooling?" Fang Zida sneered dismissively and said, "The provisional contract is just an excess. Has the country always used this kind of thing to govern the country? Legislation is proposed by the government, approved by the president, and approved by the Congress, no matter how it is It’s all in line with legal procedures, so what law does Sun Wen use as an excuse to protect? Legislation without his consent is illegal? Who does he think he is? Could it be that he is the one who makes the law?”

"Hey... this Sun Yat-sen, really..." Song Jiaoren shook his head and sighed. He hated and was angry with this old friend. The headache doesn't stop.

To be honest, after Song Jiaoren took over as the Prime Minister and the two houses of the National Assembly were operating normally, people of insight all over the country saw the hope of success in constitutionalism.Moreover, these days, Yuan Shikai, as the great president, has also shown an attitude of cooperating with the Congress and the prime minister. Coupled with the failure of the second revolution and the increase in the prestige of the central government, many people have abandoned Sun Wen's set and turned to KMT or other party identities and the central government cooperate with each other to build the country together.

However, Sun Wen still has many followers. These politically extreme revolutionaries hold the concept of non-white and black, not only hostile to the central government, but also regard KMT as a running dog of Beiyang.Most of these people are far away overseas, neither Yuan Shikai nor Song Jiaoren can do anything about them, and they also have to bear the trouble they jump out from time to time, if they are not careful, they will bite them, which is worse than catching bugs Hate.