Respectfully

In the fourth year of the Republic of China, on November 1912, 11, the official banking of the six northern provinces officially began.

Zhan Changqing, the former director of the Finance Bureau, was transferred to the Foreign Relations Bureau of the Six Northern Provinces. Mrs. Lou's elder brother, Bai Baoqi, took over as the director of the Finance Bureau. Officials jointly handle the finances of the six northern provinces, organize official bank accounts, and formulate regulations.

All the letters of appointment were issued by Young Marshal Lou. After reading it, Marshal Lou didn't say much, just took out the marshal's seal from the drawer and handed it to Young Marshal Lou.

"From today onwards, this is yours." Marshal Lou opened the box containing the seal, and inside the box lay a tiger head seal that looked inconspicuous but represented the highest authority in the six northern provinces, "I This generation is old, and the world will belong to you young people in the future."

Marshal Lou put his knees together and saluted Marshal Lou, "Father, my son will never let you down!"

"Okay!" Lou Dashuai laughed twice, "This is my good son Lou Shengfeng!"

Bai Baoqi didn't want to take over the Finance Bureau at first. After all, he is Mrs. Lou's eldest brother, and it's hard to explain clearly the interests involved.But after a deep talk with Mrs. Lou, Bai Baoqi changed his mind.

Lou Xiao almost grew up in Bai's family, his way of doing things and personality are very different from Lou Shengfeng.Lou Shengfeng almost defeated the northern six provinces with his bare hands. The people under him obeyed him, respected him, and were loyal to him, but they might not give this loyalty to Lou Xiao completely.

Even though Young Marshal Lou is famous all over the country now, his talent and ability are not inferior to Marshal Lou, or even better, but he is still too young.

"That's why I asked elder brother for help." Mrs. Lou rarely spoke to her elder brother in a pleading tone, but for her son, she was willing.

"Qing Mei, taking over power by foreign relatives has always been a taboo for those in positions of power, you don't know that."

"I know." Mrs. Lou nodded, "It only takes five years, and I only ask my elder brother to help me for five years."

"Have you made up your mind?"

"Think it over." Mrs. Lou hugged Lou Ershao, looked at the sleeping baby in her arms, and said softly: "I know what kind of person Big Brother is. I also know what kind of person Lou Shengfeng and his subordinates are. I understand better about Xiao'er. Yan'er is also good, but like Xiao'er, he is too young. Others admire him, but they may not respect him. Do you see things that are one thing on the surface and another thing behind the back?"

Bai Baoqi was silent for a while, then sighed, "You specially wrote to invite me to come and see your little nephew, isn't that the idea from the beginning?"

"Brother Mingjian, I have no other choice. I really can't do it on my own."

"Does Xiao'er know?"

"I know." Mrs. Lou smiled, "Xiao'er took the initiative to mention this matter to me."

"is it?"

Bai Baoqi was noncommittal, but did not insist on leaving, and after talking with Mr. Lou and Mr. Lou respectively, he accepted the position of director of the finance bureau of the military government of the six northern provinces, and became colleagues with his other brother-in-law.

Once the news of the establishment of the official bank of the six northern provinces came out, it caused quite a stir throughout the country.

Today's Huaxia financial industry is almost completely controlled by foreign capital.In view of the problems left over from the former Qing Dynasty, tariffs have always been controlled by countries such as Britain and France, and the tax rate is extremely low. A large number of foreign goods flooded into China, and the impact and losses on national industries were immeasurable.It is not that the governments of the North and the South do not want to take back the sovereignty over tariffs. However, the country is poor and weak, the foreigners are arrogant, and the government is fighting for power and profit.

The armies of the six northern provinces successively defeated Russia and Japan, abolished the extraterritorial rights of Japan and Russia in the six northern provinces, redefined the border with Russia, and took back the operating rights of the South Manchuria Railway from Kuanchengzi to Dashiqiao. Encouraged, now they are starting to set up Huaxia's own bank, attracting more attention.

Li Jinyan did not expect Mrs. Lou's eldest brother to be appointed as the director of the Finance Bureau, and Ren Wuchu, who is currently the head of the official bank of the six northern provinces, has never heard of it.After asking Xiao Youde, I found out that both Bai Baoqi and Ren Wuchu had studied abroad. Bai Baoqi graduated from the University of Berlin, and Ren Wuchu received a bachelor's degree from the Business School of Columbia University in the United States. They ran into trouble while studying for a master's degree and were forcibly sent back to China.

"Trouble?" Li Jinyan pondered for a moment, then looked at the information in his hand, and immediately understood everything.

During the period from the end of the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century, the United States set off a wave of anti-Chinese on a large scale.From the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882 to the continuation of the Gary Act, the Chinese have been treated extremely unfairly in the United States.Because of this bill, many Chinese were forced to permanently separate from their families, or were forcibly repatriated. Instead of being able to obtain citizenship in the United States, they were often insulted, arrested, and beaten.

The Qing court at that time was cowardly and incompetent. Although it protested many times, it never dared to take retaliation.As a result, the U.S. government became even more unscrupulous, and Congress even passed a bill to extend the Chinese Exclusion Act indefinitely, which fundamentally violated the "spirit of founding" of the United States.

When Ren Wuchu was studying in the United States, just in time for the U.S. Congress to pass the bill, he and many Chinese students jointly called the then embassy of the Qing government in the United States, requesting the country to provide asylum to the citizens abroad, and protested against the U.S. government .

It is a pity that the rule of the Qing government was already in shambles at that time, and it was too busy to take care of itself. It had no heart to meet the citizens abroad. The US government even arrested Ren Wuchu and others for a series of crimes such as disturbing social order and forcibly repatriated them.

Ren Wuchu’s mentor at the time, an economics professor at Columbia University’s Business School, went out of his way to help Ren Wuchu stay in the United States to continue his studies. He even wrote a letter to the governor of New York State, explaining that Ren Wuchu was an excellent talent because he It is an extremely wrong decision to interrupt his academic career if he is not of the same race!

It is a pity that the wave of anti-Chinese was sweeping across the United States at that time, and the letter from the university professor was directly crushed and thrown into the trash can.

"So Mr. Ren has returned to China?"

"Yes."

Xiao Youde gave a detailed information about Ren Wuchu to Li Jinyan, "Mr. Ren started a business after returning to China, and also funded Zheng Huaien's revolution. The success of the Anqing Uprising was due to Ren Wuchu's contribution. He was the first leader of the southern government. Minister of the Ministry of Finance, your father also worked with him. It is a pity that there are strife within the southern government, and corruption and power struggles are common. Mr.’s friends went to invite him many times, saying that the military government officials behaved differently from the south, and seeing the young commander’s victory in foreign wars to promote our country’s prestige, he agreed to work in the Finance Bureau.”

"That is to say, the application for the establishment of the official bank account, as well as the previous affairs of the Finance Bureau, were actually written by Mr. Ren?"

"Yes." Xiao Youde nodded.

Seeing Xiao Youde nodding his head, Li Jinyan finally figured it out. He was still wondering before that Zhan Changqing, the director general of Zhan Changqing, jumped from the Ministry of Communications of the Northern Government to the Finance Bureau of the Six Northern Provinces. With the title of "Secretary of Finance" and the work of "Minister of Foreign Affairs", it is still easy to hold two positions.With such an idle financial director, the financial work of the military government of the six northern provinces has been arranged in an orderly manner. It turns out that there are experts in the financial bureau!

"Mr. Ren is not married yet?" Turning to the second page of the information, Li Jinyan found that Mr. Ren, who is nearly [-] years old, has a lot of money, his parents have died, and he is still unmarried.In future generations, this is a diamond turtle that can only be robbed of its head.It's not normal in this day and age.In his thirties, he was still single, and he was so clean that he looked like an ascetic monk. Either he had hidden diseases or other unspeakable secrets.

"This..." Xiao Youde was also a little uncertain, "It's not that no one has tried to match Mr. Ren, but it's a pity that they were all rejected. No one knows the specific reason."

"Is that so." Li Jinyan rubbed his chin, bachelorism?Or other reasons?But this is Ren Wuchu's own business, Li Jinyan is not gossiping enough to find out.But he was indeed interested in Ren Wuchu, maybe he should find a chance to meet him face to face.

"Master Yan, do you have any other orders?"

"No more, please trouble Mr. Xiao." Li Jinyan put away the information about Ren Wuchu, and took out a beautifully packaged box from the drawer with a smile, "This is a new product from a chemical factory. It has not been sold in the world. Mr. Xiao can Bringing it to the family members is just a little bit of my heart."

Xiao Youde took the box, and suddenly frowned. Judging from the appearance of the box, it was clearly catering to the preferences of young women.Apart from his two sons, he has no daughters, and his wife passed away in the early years of the Republic of China, but recently he took in a new concubine. Not many people know about this.

Master Yan's move, what exactly is it...

"Mr. Xiao, what's the matter with you?"

"No, it's nothing." Xiao Youde's shock was only for a moment, and the expression on his face did not change much. He thanked Li Jin and left with the excuse of something.

After the door was closed, Li Jinyan slowly put away the smile on his face. He didn't know if it was right for him to do so, but he was not Marshal Lou or Young Marshal Lou, and he wanted to make Xiao Youde and his men If people completely submit to him, they can't just be lenient, and they should be a little bit taboo.But is it really okay to do this... With a wry smile, he really isn't the material for conspiracy.

Li Jinyan was so engrossed in his thoughts that he didn't realize when Marshal Lou entered the room. It wasn't until he was picked up from the chair and hugged into his arms that he suddenly came back to his senses.

"What are you thinking?" Young Marshal Lou bit Li Jinyan's earlobe lightly.

Li Jinyan turned his head and looked into those dark eyes, "Young commander, I don't know if I did it right..."

After telling Marshal Lou exactly what happened just now, Li Jinyan immediately felt a lot more relaxed.

"Can't you trust Xiao Youde?"

"No." Li Jinyan frowned and scratched his head, "I just think it should be done."

"You can do whatever you want." A big white-gloved hand combed Li Jinyan's hair, gently pressing the top of his hair, "I'm here."

"En." Li Jinyan closed his eyes and leaned on Young Marshal Lou's shoulder, the epaulets would still touch him, but he didn't want to move at all.

Li Sanshao didn't realize at all how much he looked like a cat being groomed.

Perhaps pleased by Li Jinyan's appearance, Young Marshal Lou held up the back of Li Jinyan's neck and kissed his lips, not as eager and hot as in the past, but with a care-like care.

Li Jinyan's head became blurred, and he stretched out his arms to put his arms around Young Marshal Lou's shoulders, and took the initiative to deepen the kiss.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and Adjutant Ji's voice sounded outside the door: "Young Marshal, it's time for the meeting."

"A meeting?" Li Jinyan was still a little confused.

"En." Marshal Lou raised his head, brushed the back of Li Jinyan's mouth with the back of his hand, and his snow-white gloves were stained with wet marks, "There is no news about the official bank account, and the South-Manchurian Railway. There is no news about the Japanese compensation. People in the government are not united."

As soon as money was mentioned, Li Jinyan's mind immediately cleared up.

"Young Marshal, you said the Japanese plan to renege on their debts?"

"possible."

Li Jinyan's eyes narrowed, and he knew that those bastards were not good at all, and they could cheat on everything written in black and white, just like when they brazenly refused to acknowledge the Nanjing Massacre and tampered with textbooks. Things, they can't speak nicely, they have to be slapped and kicked, so that they can be honest!

"Young Marshal, what if the Japanese really want to renege on their debts?" Li Jinyan grabbed Marshal Lou's arm: "Fight them again?"

Young Marshal Lou didn't nod, but he didn't deny it either. Obviously, the military government couldn't reach a consensus because of this matter.Surprise was an important factor in being able to beat the Japanese all over their heads before. Now that the Japanese have taken precautions, it is not easy to achieve a big victory like before.Coupled with the coastal waters of Lushun, Dalian, Japanese warships can provide artillery support at any time, and the Japanese army stationed in North Korea has two divisions. It is not wise to start a war with the Japanese in the short term.

But let the Japanese renege on their debts, and no one is willing to swallow this breath.

"Young Marshal, I have an idea." Li Jinyan rolled his eyes, "British and French allied forces burned the Old Summer Palace, and the Eight-Power Allied Forces entered Beijing. What did they do?"

"grab?"

Young Marshal Lou hit the point with one word.Li Jinyan nodded with a smile.

"We can't grab the Japanese treasury, but there are many Japanese banks in the six northern provinces, especially the Nippon Gold Bank, which have a lot of money!"

"Rob the bank?"

"Hmm..." Li Jinyan suddenly had a strange feeling when he saw the young marshal Lou, who looked like an iron-blooded soldier, say the words "robbing a bank" in a serious manner, but he immediately suppressed him, "It's not a robbery, it's a temporary one." take over."

Robbery and takeover, although they do the same thing, can make a big fuss literally.

"If the Japanese don't pay compensation, we will take over their banks in the six northern provinces as collateral."

In fact, at present, the most "takeover value" of Japanese assets in China is the South Manchuria Railway Co., Ltd.This club has the background of the Japanese royal family, the emperor and several princes have shares in it, plus Japanese bureaucrats, chaebols and bankers, the total capital has reached more than [-] million yen.The exchange rate between the yen and the dollar is now two to one, and ten yen can be exchanged for one pound!It's a pity that the headquarters of the South Manchuria Railway Co., Ltd. is in Dalian, where the Japanese are still holding on to it, but it is possible to make plans for the branches in various places.

Isn't Young Marshal Lou in the process of setting up the official bank of the six northern provinces?After taking over these Japanese banks, there is no need to raise additional working capital.As for the deposits of Chinese people in Japanese banks, they can be kept in the official bank against the certificate of deposit, or they can be cashed directly, there is no problem.

Even if the Japanese protested, the military government of the six northern provinces would not pay any attention to it. Who let the Japanese renege on their debts, they are completely famous.

Li Jinyan said so, so and so, to Young Marshal Lou, who didn't say anything at the time, but on the second day after the meeting of the various ministries of the military government, Zhan Changqing, director of the Bureau of Foreign Relations of the Six Northern Provinces, gave the Japanese embassy in North Yada, the consul general of the six provinces, sent a letter stating that if the Japanese did not get the first payment of indemnity, they would have to take extraordinary measures.

When this letter was sent out, it was as if nothing had sunk into the sea. The Japanese were planning to renege on their debts to the end.Obviously, most sections of the Nanman Railway were lost, and the Anfeng Railway could not operate normally. The Japanese took a big breath.Since defeating the Qing Dynasty in the First Sino-Japanese War, in the eyes of the Japanese, Huaxia has become a fat sheep that allows them to cut flesh and drink blood. Now the role has changed. This sheep, which used to only bleat, suddenly used its sharp horns A hole was poked in them, and the wound was painful!Under such circumstances, it is by no means an easy task to get them to pay the compensation obediently.

"Since the Japanese are ignorant, let's grab it!"

Of course, the original words of Lou Shaoshuai are definitely not like this. In fact, he only said two words: "Do it."

Within two days, all Japanese banks in the six northern provinces were surrounded by heavily armed soldiers.The military government of the six northern provinces declared: Since Japan did not pay the first war indemnity within the time limit and violated the armistice agreement, the military government will temporarily take over these banks as an arrival until Japan is willing to pay!

"It's only natural to pay back the debt." Zhan Changqing said to the Japanese consul Yada who came to the door: "Since you are not willing to give the money, then we have to suffer a little bit and get some interest first. But please rest assured, once you pay the compensation When we arrive, we will withdraw our troops immediately and will not cause any loss to you."

Zhan Changqing smiled like a fox, and Yata almost spit out a mouthful of blood,

Won't cause any loss?When he didn't see the soldiers breaking open the vaults and moving money in boxes? !