Director Li Hongzhang put a tea tray in front of him, and he brewed kung fu tea calmly, and time accumulated calmness in him. Whether the tea is brewed well or not is the same thing, and that calm and steady demeanor makes Li Hongzhang show his demeanor between his gestures.

"When I saw Your Majesty, Your Majesty also made me kung fu tea indiscriminately, and when the two of us talked and laughed, we both thought this kung fu tea was good, but we had to practice to do it." Wash the cup, pour out one bubble, and hand the second bubble to the few people sitting around the table, Li Hongzhang said in a tone without fireworks.

can be entertained by His Majesty Wei Ze personally making tea, and dare to tell the truth to comment that His Majesty Wei Ze's tea-making skills are not good. At this time, Kim Ok-kyun, a hot newcomer in Goryeo, showed respect on his face. Several lower-ranking officials around Jin Yujun already had some panic on their faces. A Celestial Empire Lord like Li Hongzhang personally made tea for them, which was already the ultimate of Corporal Lixian. As for Li Hongzhang's words, these people didn't dare to answer a word.

Gu Dahe, who accompanied Li Hongzhang to meet Jin Yujun, didn't feel anything. There is a clear demand in the Liberation Party that if it is not a special situation, high-ranking people should take the initiative to pour water and tea for everyone, so as to embody the "unity and comradeship." Wei Ze poured tea for Li Hongzhang, which was only a requirement of the system, and did not involve the issue of status.

Although Kung Fu tea has a high and low technique, what is more important is the quality of water and tea leaves. Li Hongzhang's tea was drunk in Jin Yujun's mouth, and it felt acceptable. Jin Yujun didn't come to drink tea specifically, he put down the teacup and immediately said, "This tea is good." Director Lee, I don't know why you didn't agree to issue Korean currency in your bank. ”

As soon as Gu Dahe heard this, he came to the spirit that the decision of the Chinese banks in Goryeo not to issue usury currency was a decision made by the party committee after discussion. After Gu Dahe told the ridiculous and reckless behavior of the Koreans, no one thought that it was necessary for the Bank of China to wade into the troubled waters of the "Korean Won". Gu Dahe was not in charge of foreign affairs, and he looked at Li Hongzhang with his mouth closed.

Li Hongzhang poured tea into the dried teacups as if nothing happened, put down the teapot, and said with a smile: "Xiaojin, you just don't understand my country's hard work when you say this. ”

"What is the painstaking of the kingdom?" Jin Yujun was a little weak by this big hat.

"Currency is gold and silver that has changed its appearance, how can the gold and silver of one country be in the hands of other countries. Goryeo is a subject country of the Min Dynasty, but the Min Dynasty is benevolent, so it naturally does not want to go down to the fields. We believe that Goryeo can do a good job of currency issuance, and in that case, we will intervene. When the people of Korea saw that the currency of Korea had come out of our Chinese banks, they must have felt that our China had benefited a lot from it. It's better to avoid suspicion in these things. Li Hongzhang's tone was sincere, but he did not lose the dignity of the kingdom. Gu Dahe praised Li Hongzhang's sincerity in his heart. China was sincerely unwilling to take responsibility for Goryeo's currency.

After listening to Li Hongzhang's words, Jin Yujun smiled and said: "Lord Li is too worried, I will order all localities to issue documents to inform the people of Goryeo that my country has entrusted your bank to help issue banknotes." ”

"Xiaojin, it's not appropriate to do this." Li Hongzhang waved his hand, "Let's help issue banknotes, it's better for Goryeo to build a bank by himself." If the business is simple, Goryeo himself will be able to get started quickly. We are all officials, if we don't give benefits to the below, if we don't even give the people below a bite to eat, we won't be able to mix in the officialdom. ”

Hearing Li Hongzhang simply put the fundamental truth of officialdom on the table and said it clearly, Jin Yujun really felt a little moved. Lord Li Hongzhang has already said what he has said in his heart, and he is benevolent to Jin Yu from all angles. But Jin Yujun is not ready to give up, the rules in the officialdom are indeed to share some benefits with everyone, but Jin Yujun has recently felt that the situation is that those who stand by and watch when issuing currency make full use of their official positions and status at this time, and want to take away the benefits of issuing currency.

Compared with this kind of officialdom exchanges, Li Hongzhang's experience is better than Jin Yujun's, I don't know how much. No matter how Jin Yujun described "how much benefit it would be if China intervened in this matter", Director Li calmly adhered to the principle, "China, as a superior country, does not look down on this benefit, let alone has no intention of mixing it."

Jin Yujun was young after all, and he first lost his patience under the pain of cutting flesh with such a blunt knife, and he said outrageously: "Lord Li, if Shangguo does not intervene at this time, he will miss the opportunity to increase his influence on Goryeo!" ”

Gu Dahe still felt that this was reliable, but he didn't expect Li Hongzhang to change his face immediately, "Jin Yujun! Li Hongzhang sighed, "Goryeo is a vassal of China, and China's influence on Goryeo can be said to determine the fate of Goryeo with one word." Why do you have to meddle in Goryeo to have an impact. As a Goryeo official, you should be loyal to Goryeo. What the Min Dynasty wanted to see was that Goryeo officials were loyal to the Goryeo royal court, and what they wanted to see was Goryeo stability. Where did you come up with the words. ”

After finishing speaking, Li Hongzhang got up and said, "Send off!" Then he walked away with his hands behind his back, leaving Jin Yujun and his entourage in the living room. Gu Dahe didn't expect the situation to change so suddenly, he looked at the stunned Koreans, and then also got up and said to the staff: "Send these friends out." After speaking, Gu Dahe followed Li Hongzhang and left.

The two returned to Li Hongzhang's office, and Gu Dahe saw Li Hongzhang breathe a sigh of relief, sit down and take out a cigarette from the cigarette case. He hurriedly stepped forward to help Li Hongzhang light the fire. Li Hongzhang also gave one to Gu Dahe, and between the two swallowing clouds and spitting fog, Gu Dahe asked, "Old Li, why are you losing your temper?" ”

Li Hongzhang didn't show any anger at this time, he replied with a smile: "Xiao Gu, for such a villain, you have to wait for him to get carried away. If we make him think that we are the same people as him, he will definitely fight to the death. We have to set the rules before they can be honest. ”

Gu Dahe personally observed an officialdom struggle, which made him feel suddenly enlightened. When he was the vice president of the bank in China, Gu Dahe just failed to set the rules, blindly compromised when he shouldn't compromise, made blind concessions that shouldn't make concessions, and didn't insist on what he should insist on, so he was dragged into the debt quagmire by the local administration step by step.

Thinking about it again, Gu Dahe felt that he had a stern attitude when he was chatting, which was not the same thing as Li Hongzhang's cordiality and warmth when chatting. When it was time to stop drinking loudly, Gu Dahe softened and looked forward and backward. So the local people took advantage of the situation and dragged the Gu Dahe River into the water step by step.

"So what do we do next?" Gu Dahe asked Li Hongzhang.

This attitude of sincere respect makes Li Hongzhang feel very cool in his heart, since he has been pressed on Li Hongzhang's head from the strict, and the young wave of vigorous and vigorous tigers has shown his ability, Li Hongzhang hopes to be able to reverse this situation. Now Gu Dahe finally admires Li Hongzhang, which is very beneficial for Li Hongzhang to get more dominance.

"Next, we will do it according to the arrangement of the party committee. In any case, we must not allow the Korean banknotes to establish an official exchange rate with our renminbi. Li Hongzhang cleverly turned the knowledge he gained from Gu Dahe into his point of view.

As a financial professional, he is well aware of the huge difference between Goryeo's banknotes and the renminbi. Forcibly equate two completely different things, and then wait for China to suffer.

"But are we trying to figure out a new bank, or turn a bank into a bank that handles Korean currency? Kotani, what do you think? Li Hongzhang continued.

Gu Dahe frowned and thought for a while, and unconsciously smoked another cigarette handed over by Li Hongzhang before he said, "It's still a new one." Goryeo is doing this now, and if it can't handle Korean banknotes, it can't be justified. Many Koreans have come to our bank and asked to deposit money. We really refuse to make deposits, and the Korean currency is just afraid that it will not survive. But this kind of thing still has to be talked to the Koreans, this kind of thing, Director Li, you are good at it. ”

Li Hongzhang was waiting for this sentence, and he patted Gu Dahe on the shoulder kindly, "Xiao Gu, you are an expert in such things, and you need to come out first." I want to help, but I have to make everyone stand for it. I popped out on my own, how can I do it if everyone is not convinced. ”

"Director Li, I think you can do it. I'm here to tell the comrades. Gu Dahe heard that what Li Hongzhang said was reasonable, and immediately came out to express his position.

The meeting was more lively than the last time, with several new party members joining the meeting. Organizational discipline is emphasized, don't say what you can't say, and don't ask what you can't ask. The meeting began. The members of the party committee first heard about the current situation in Goryeo, including Li Hongzhang, who refused the request of the Goryeo people without hesitation.

Yuan Weiting spoke, "Do we want to use Korean currency to pay employees?" ”

Looking at everyone's surprised eyes, Yuan Weiting added, "Some Korean employees have discussed this matter in private, and I think we should ask." ”

Gu Dahe immediately retorted: "It's not suitable." So there is a question of exchange rate. We are now in a position not to set an exchange rate for them. Goryeo's banknotes are only afraid that they will soon depreciate. At that time, if the Koreans wanted us to give money at the old exchange rate, we would definitely lose money. ”

Yuan Weiting was slightly stunned, but he was also quite free and easy, laughing at himself, Yuan Weiting said: "If there is really a Goryeo employee who wants to send Goryeo money, I will let him get out." ”

These words caused a burst of laughter, Yan Fu didn't laugh, he said seriously: "The Gaoli employees we hire, this time I will make it clear that our system is consistent." We will never change because of the change in Goryeo. This needs to be publicized first. ”

"Good! I set it up immediately after the meeting. With Yan Fu relieving the siege, Yuan Weiting immediately put away his smile and replied.

Li Hongzhang looked at the performance of these people, and sighed in his heart: They are all group spirits!

The meeting continued, and Gu Dahe proposed the creation of a new bank to operate a usurious currency. The party committee was a little puzzled by this, and the one who was least optimistic about the currency of Goryeo was Gu Dahe. Gu Dahe explained, "There are two possibilities after the indiscriminate issuance of Korean banknotes, one is to scrap the banknotes, and the other is to grit your teeth and continue to do it." I don't think it is possible to completely let the Korean banknotes really be dumped. Our renminbi is also paper money, and if the Korean people completely lose their minds to paper money, our renminbi will definitely be affected. Moreover, since the Goryeo people say that the renminbi will not fall, they will not feel that the Goryeo banknotes have to fall. We can't do this kind of thing. ”

They asked a lot of questions, and finally the party committee voted to agree to do so. Under Gu Dahe's recommendation, Li Hongzhang also took over the responsibility of liaising with the Goryeo royal court.

This work must be held accountable to the party committee, and Li Hongzhang is certainly not happy. However, he has a solid position of his own, and he is temporarily content with the status quo. It's been a long time, Li Hongzhang comforted himself.