"This time, Yaoguo wants to understand the situation of Shanghai's banking industry. If there is any difficulty, I will tell the Prime Minister and Mr. Zhan. The Nationalist Government will always help solve the problem. Just don't miss the issuance of legal currency." Luo Yaoguo cut to the chase Explained his purpose.He, the commander-in-chief of Jiangsu and Zhejiang garrison, is actually helping Song Ziwen to make behind-the-scenes deals with those big names in the banking industry. If it doesn't work, then scare him.However, if it can be resolved peacefully, it is naturally the best choice to bring these banking giants under the banner of the Kuomintang, because although the Kuomintang will not go north for the time being, they really want the French currency to go north.

"That would be the best." Du Yuesheng still pretended to be a scholar and replied with a smile: "I am also willing to bridge the gap between the two sides, so that everyone can be satisfied and have something to eat." What does it mean to cut tofu with two sides Light?It is Du Yuesheng's way of life. Although he has decided to join the Kuomintang, he does not intend to do anything wrong. The gang of financial tycoons in Shanghai still have to protect him.

Hearing Du Yuesheng's words, Luo Yaoguo nodded in satisfaction and took the letter of appointment from Dai Li: "Boss Du, this is a wish from Chairman Jiang. From now on, we will be colleagues. I hope Boss Du will take care of you in the future."

After receiving the letter of appointment, Du Yuesheng's face was full of joy.This Major General Lao Shizi is of course an empty title, if it is changed to Huang Jinrong and Zhang Xiaolin, he would not care, but for Du Yuesheng who wants to become a celebrity with all his heart, this gift is exactly what he wants.In the future, who would dare to say that they are young and Dangerous?Hehe, he is now a major general of the National Revolutionary Army!

Chapter 0151 A little tricky

The tycoons of the Shanghai Association of Banks hold an emergency meeting in a conference room above the old Bank of China on the Bund.Huashang banking giants Zhang Jiaao, Zheng Tieru, Qian Xinzhi, Li Ming, Chen Guangfu, Wu Dingchang, Tan Lisun and others from Shanghai and Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions gathered together to conduct urgent consultations on how to respond to the invitation sent by the Kuomintang through Du Yuesheng.

These bankers naturally have eyes and ears. They already know that the Kuomintang will send Song Ziwen, the uncle of the country, to negotiate with them. This is the victory of the Bank Association's struggle!But before negotiating with Uncle Guo, there is a big trouble, the trouble is Luo Yaoguo, a rightist warlord of the Kuomintang.Uh, this is what Zhang Naiqi, the representative of the young faction in the Banking Association, called Luo Yaoguo.

"We can't give in to the rightist warlords of the Kuomintang!" Zhang Naiqi waved his fist and said, "If the right to issue money is handed over, what else can the rightist warlords do other than intimidate and issue money indiscriminately? They think they can use the power of the Green Gang to Threatening us! Others are afraid of him, but Zhang Naiqi is not afraid of him! I would like to ask him why they don’t implement the Prime Minister’s three propositions, why they don’t unite with Russia, the Communist Party, and support workers and peasants, but only borrow money from imperialism? You only know about signing secret treaties with imperialism?"

United Russia, United Communist Party?Song Hanzhang and Zhang Gongquan (Zhang Jiaao) looked at each other, and said to themselves that we know you Zhang Naiqi is a leftist, but you can stop talking about Russia and the Communist Party, okay?This is the Banking Guild!Not workers unions!We capitalists are terrified when we hear these two words!

Li Ming of Zhejiang Industrial Bank has long been accustomed to the style of his favorite general. He smiled and nodded at Zhang Naiqi, and said with a smile: "Okay, good, good. Naiqi really has the qualities of a gentleman. With such a dignified Righteousness is enough to scare Xiaoxiao, why don't we appoint Naiqi to meet that commander of the Kuomintang."

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While the Banking Association was meeting to discuss countermeasures, Luo Yaoguo was also visiting the "revolutionary sage" Zhang Jingjiang at the Shanghai Municipal Government.Zhang Jingjiang sat quietly behind the desk in the mayor's office, with a slight smile on his face.Luo Yaoguo, Commander-in-Chief of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Garrison, was sitting opposite, his body straight and respectful.

"Mr. Jingjiang, the purpose of this junior's visit is to learn more about the situation of the banking industry in Shanghai and see if there is anything we can do to help." Luo Yaoguo smiled all over his face and asked humbly for advice.

Facing this old man with a strong body and a strong will, no one dared to take the airs of the commander-in-chief.Hehe, that's how it is in the Kuomintang, there are a lot of seniors, a young wunderkind like Luo Yaoguo always sees people as short by three points, take it slowly, until those Huangpu people grow up, they will be able to act as seniors everywhere up.

"Well, you are very good, and you know how to consider others." Zhang Jingjiang nodded with a smile: "It seems that the Prime Minister knows people well, and I was worried that you would arrest people indiscriminately once you arrived in Shanghai. It won't solve the problem."

In fact, the National Government of this time and space already has the power to garrison troops in the International Settlement!Because they have taken over the rights and interests of the Americans, but Luo Yaoguo does not intend to use this power to deal with those tycoons in the banking industry.Because these people were the best in China's economic circles at that time, they were much more capable than Song Ziwen and Kong Xiangxi. If they could win over the Kuomintang to manage the economy, they would definitely be better than the uncles of the two countries.

Zhang Jingjiang said again: "This time we are smashing other people's jobs, and we might cause a financial storm. Ziwen always does things a little less carefully. Now there are always more than [-] million banknotes in circulation. If I have to honor it all at once, I'm afraid..."

In fact, this problem is not that Song Ziwen didn't think about it, but that he wanted to drive these banks into a corner, and then the national government would fund them to take them over.Song Ziwen, a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia and Harvard, has a lot of socialist ideas in his mind and is quite interested in the public economy.

"That's right!" Luo Yaoguo frowned.These things are not something that he, the commander in chief of the security, can interfere with. His task is to do things that are not convenient for Song Ziwen.Thinking of this, Luo Yaoguo smiled slightly: "This junior knows what to do, but I still have to ask Mr. Jingjiang to say hello to friends in the financial industry. The National Government welcomes them to continue to contribute to China's economy."

After bidding farewell to Zhang Jingjiang, Luo Yaoguo visited Huang Jinrong and Zhang Xiaolin one after another, and handed over Chiang Kai-shek's personal letter to Huang Jinrong.Luo Yaoguo was not very interested in these two more traditional youth gang leaders, he just didn't want to make enemies in Shanghai Bund.

Not long after returning to the Songhu Police Headquarters, Luo Yaoguo received a report from Dai Li. Dai Li's level of inquiring information was first-class, and he inquired about some insider events in a short period of time.

It turns out that the background of this "revocation of fiat currency" incident is not simple.Among them, there are not only elements of the Chinese national financial industry resisting the oppression of the Kuomintang rightists, but also factors of Japanese imperialism and the Nationalist government competing for control of China's currency.

Now China's Huashang Bank can be roughly divided into two systems, one is the Jiangsu and Zhejiang financial capital centered on Shanghai.The second is Beiyang financial capital centered on Tianjin.

And the two are not incompatible, there is both competition and cooperation.Before the "Beijing banknote craze" in 1916, China's banking industry was basically controlled by the Beiyang government, with the Bank of China and the Bank of Communications as the leaders.However, in the "Beijing Banknote Disturbance", the two lines that mattered a lot after that did not have to introduce a large number of commercial shares, so the control was gradually controlled by the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortium, but the relationship between the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortium and the Beiyang consortium was still tightly linked.

The Beiyang financial industry, whether it is the China Huiye Bank, Beijing Commercial Bank or the official banks of the three northeastern provinces, is behind Japanese imperialism.Of course, the Japanese do not want to see the national government's plot to control China's currency issuance rights.Therefore, the three factions of Beiyang are now standing behind the Shanghai Banking Association against the Kuomintang on this issue.

The Bank of China and the Bank of Communications have reached a consensus that if the Kuomintang really becomes angry and uses force, the Bank of China and the Bank of Communications will withdraw from the south and completely join Fengzhang, and the large amount of capital in their hands will also become Fengzhang's help .

In addition to the Japanese behind Beiyang and the others, this "rejection of legal currency" incident also involved forces from Zhejiang, including the Zhejiang Consortium and Zhejiang local snake Xia Chao.The current chairman of the Zhejiang provincial government still wields so much influence and soft power that the KMT dare not remove him outright, as it did with Chen Tiaoyuan.This time he stood behind the Zhejiang Industrial Bank and supported them in the front line of boycotting legal currency.

After reading the report sent by Dai Li, Luo Yaoguo remained expressionless, but asked softly, "Yunong, did Du Yuesheng get all this news for you?"

"Yes, Brother Yuesheng helped us get all these." Dai Li smiled slightly, and said again: "The Banking Association has sent Zhang Naiqi from Zhejiang Industrial Bank as a representative, and he wants to come to negotiate with us, Mr. Fu, look at us. Do you want to talk to them first?"

"Zhang Naiqi?" Luo Yaoguo nodded, "Yunong, have you checked this person's background?"

"It's all been checked. He is from Qingtian, Zhejiang. It is said that he has a bad temper. His elder brother Zhang Pei is from the third period of Baoding. He is a classmate with General Bai Jiansheng. He is now the chief of the first bureau of the Shanghai Police Department. His younger brother Zhang Qiuyang is a member of the Communist Party, and he is also in Shanghai now. And now Zhang Naiqi is still running a "New Review" in Shanghai, which endlessly sings against us, criticizes our dictatorship, says that we are all rightists, and violate the three major principles of the prime minister. Policy, surrender to imperialism, Fu Gong, shall we..." Having said this, Dai Li raised his head and looked at Luo Yaoguo expectantly.

"It's really tricky!" Luo Yaoguo sighed softly: "Beiyang, the Japanese, the Jiangsu-Zhejiang consortium, the local power faction, and the Communist Party, hehe, these people all trouble us from different angles. And Uncle Guo wants to take Shanghai Are you really afraid of forcing them to go to Beiyang? Fortunately, the prime minister is still there, and our party is finally united. Oh, Yunong, go Bring all his "New Review" and let me see what this big rightist is talking about?"

"Great rightist?" Dai Li repeated these three words in a daze, but he didn't ask any more questions, but replied respectfully: "Yes, the students will do it now."

Chapter 0152 The Intense Collision Between the Gentleman and the Rightist

Facing the threats from the rightists of the Kuomintang, Zhang Naiqi, who was upright, carried the bedclothes and washbasin towels, and drove to the gate of the Songhu Security Command with Du Yuesheng, the leader of the Qing Gang.Chen Cheng and Dai Li who were about to greet them were stunned.

It took a while for Chen Cheng to react, and squeezed out an awkward smile: "Welcome, welcome, Mr. Zhang, please come inside, please come inside, the chief is waiting for you in the headquarters."

Zhang Naiqi arched his hands and said with a smile: "Then I'll let you two lead the way. I'd like to see what your Commander-in-Chief Luo is going to do with my Qingtian Stone." Then he walked with Chen Cheng with a pile of prison supplies After entering the headquarters, Dai Li and Du Yuesheng followed with eye-to-eye and wry smiles.

In the conference room of the Songhu Security Command Headquarters, Luo Yaoguo was holding a copy of "New Review" and was reading it carefully. When he saw Chen Cheng and Zhang Naiqi coming in, he didn't stand up to greet him, but just nodded to them with a smile as a greeting. , and then continue reading.

Seeing Luo Yaoguo's arrogant attitude, Zhang Naiqi didn't want to be outdone, threw away the things in his hands, found a sofa by himself, and sat down carelessly, with a dignified look.Chen Cheng completed the mission by sending people there, so he saluted the military and turned to leave.

In this way, Luo Yaoguo and Zhang Naiqi were the only two left in the meeting room. After a while, orderlies brought tea.Besides, there was no movement, Luo Yaoguo read the book quietly, Zhang Naiqi closed his eyes and rested.

After being silent for a while, Luo Yaoguo said, "You are Mr. Zhang Naiqi?"

"Exactly." Zhang Naiqi asked back: "Are you General Luo Yaoguo?"

"Yes." Luo Yaoguo put down the "New Review" in his hand, and smiled: "I have read Mr.'s masterpiece, and there are some things I don't understand. I wonder if I can ask for advice in person?"

Zhang Naiqi was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that Luo Yaoguo was picking on his article. Thinking of this, Zhang Naiqi nodded and said, "General Luo, if you have anything to say, please say it."

"Mr. said that to save China's weak and bankrupt rural areas is only a way out of industrialization, from the collapse of semi-feudal rural areas to degeneration into industrialized rural areas. To realize the industrialization of rural areas, the only feasible road for China at present is the road of socialism. Only the countryside is industrialized under the system of state-owned farms and collective farms. It is necessary to change the small-scale peasant economy of private ownership of land into state-owned farms and collective farms of land. Read a paragraph.

Zhang Naiqi sneered, "The principle of people's livelihood in the Prime Minister's Three Principles of the People is socialism. It's just that you rightists don't want to admit it. Now the only way out for China is to realize socialism. Everything else is a dead end."

Luo Yaoguo shook his head: "Then what are you doing here today, sir? Is it to persuade us to turn our private land into a state-run one, or keep our private money printing machine?"

"I'm here..." Zhang Naiqi was startled when he heard this, not knowing how to answer.Yes, the private land system should be abolished and turned into state-owned farms.However, private banks and private money printing machines have to be retained. How can this be justified?

After a long time, Zhang Naiqi came back to his senses and said, "We can't hand over the right to issue banknotes because once the government has the right to issue banknotes without supervision, it will inevitably use the printing machine in its hands to issue banknotes indiscriminately to rob the people of their aspirations. , this is what you allow from our financial industry department."

"Oh, that's how it is." Luo Yaoguo nodded and said with a smile, "Since the government controls the right to issue money and will abuse it, how can you guarantee that the government will use the land properly after it controls it? Since the government will use the money printing machine to Robbery of the people, why can't the same be done with state land, state farms and collective farms?"

"That depends on who will lead the government." Zhang Naiqi replied without hesitation: "Only by truly implementing the Three People's Principles, a revolutionary government that unites Russia, the Communist Party, and supports farmers and workers can lead the country's finances well and complete rural development. Industrialization, like yours now, does not know how to carry out revolution but only knows to make some improvements, so what is the difference between this and the Beiyang government? Doesn’t the Beiyang government know this kind of improvement?”

Luo Yaoguo smiled: "Mr. Zhang, are you a Communist Party now?"

"Hmph, I'm not the Communist Party, but I agree with some of their propositions." Zhang Naiqi did not hide his pro-Communism, and today he brought all the supplies for imprisonment, just to fight against the rightists of the Kuomintang to the end.

Luo Yaoguo shook his head and said, "If you want to do something, don't put on a high air. Whether it's an official from the Kuomintang, the Communist Party, or Zhang Yushuai from Beiyang, I can arrange it for you. In fact, the Communist Party and they are now There is also a great lack of economic talents, and the place where you can really make a difference for them is in Yan'an, not Shanghai.

And take back your bedding, washbasin, etc. You clearly know that we dare not do anything to you, and you still bring such things.Our party is no better than the Communist Party, and there are no rules in the party. Mr. Haohao has a large group of veterans. If I really arrest you, the threshold of this headquarters will be broken by the intercessors before night.

Okay, now let’s talk about the demands of the capitalists from the Shanghai Association of Banks. We don’t want to kill them all.It's just that the right to issue banknotes cannot be controlled by private individuals, and the government has nothing to do with the excessive issuance of banknotes.If the right to issue money is in private hands, can you guarantee that they will not issue it indiscriminately?What's more, now foreign banks can also issue banknotes in our country. In the north, neither the banknotes of the Bank of China nor the banknotes of the Bank of Communications are as strong as the banknotes of the Yokohama Specie Bank of Japan! "

"We demand that the government stop forcing legal currency, stop using tariffs as collateral to borrow money from imperialism, and stop exploiting industry and commerce with high tax rates." Zhang Naiqi made three demands, and then said: "As long as the government agrees to these three demands, Our Banking Association is willing to work with the government to study the issue of improving China’s currency system.”

"Okay, I'll pass it on." Luo Yaoguo took a pen to record the requirements of the Banking Association one by one, and then asked Zhang Naiqi to sign for confirmation.

After completing this procedure, Luo Yaoguo smiled again: "How do you think about my suggestion of asking you to be an official? Now that the Overwatch Council is going to set up an accounting office, I can ask the overseer director Yu Ranweng (Yu right) Ren) recommends you to work there."

Want to win over yourself?How could Zhang Naiqi get on the Kuomintang's pirate ship?He sneered: "I will not work for your right-wing government. If it is an official of the Communist Party, I will think about it. Now they are the only real successors of the Prime Minister's Three People's Principles."

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