In the past few days, generals from all over the country have entered Beijing one after another to prepare to accept military ranks, but Wang Yongan is going to leave Beijing to quell the rebellion in Sichuan, and it seems that Yuan Shikai is still a little jealous of him. After all, Yuan Shikai dealt with others by first tricking into the Beijing Division, and then imprisoned them, but he couldn't do this only with Wang Yongan, because Wang Yongan and his local government in Jiangbei had become an important system, and rashly attacked the Jiangbei system - the Beiyang system had no confidence in defeating the Jiangbei army, so Yuan Shikai could only slowly dismember and dismember them.

Yuan Shikai also knew that the dismemberment of the Jiangbei system could not be rushed, and the more urgent it was, the more the Jiangbei system would be united, so it was the safest way to send Wang Yongan to the Sichuanbian area. When the dragons of the Jiangbei system in the Beijing division were leaderless, Yuan Shikai slowly divided and plotted, gradually suppressed, and finally completely digested the behemoth of the Jiangbei system.

Wang Yongan and the people of the Jiangbei family naturally knew that Yuan Shikai's intentions were sinister, so when Wang Yongan left Beijing, they convened a gathering of the old Jiangbei department to discuss how to deal with the impermanence of the world next.

Wang Yongan advised: "After this, the Jiangbei system may become more and more difficult, everyone needs to be a man with their tails between their legs, if it is not appropriate, they should give up their fame and wait for a good opportunity." If you are not comfortable as an official in Beijing, you can come to Chuanbian and start again, at least there is no one on your head to make a fortune. ”

Everyone laughed, this is a truth, Wang Yongan naturally needs some people to help in Sichuan, and if everyone is uncomfortable in Beijing, it's a big deal to go to Sichuanbian Wang Yongan, let's start all over again, rather for the head of the chicken than the tail of the phoenix.

With Wang Yongan's assurance, everyone was much more relieved, and another thing that made Wang Yongan uncomfortable but could not accept it was the acquisition of China Industrial Bank by Siguo Bank. Under the suppression of the Four Nations Bank, the survival space of the China Industrial Bank became smaller and smaller, and Wang Yongan was forced to accept the acquisition conditions put forward by the Four Nations Bank, and his shares were reduced to 30 percent, Zhang Jian's shares were reduced to 10 percent, and the shares of other Jiangbei dignitaries were also reduced to 9 percent, and the Four Nations Bank owned 51 percent of the shares, becoming the largest shareholder of the China Industrial Bank.

Wang Yongan, who originally controlled 51 percent of the Zhonghua Industrial Bank, has now reduced his holdings to 30 percent, sold 21 percent of his shares, and earned $50 million, or about 70 million taels of silver, from the Bank of the Four Nations. However, the money was still deposited in the China Industrial Bank as a savings fund, and the annual interest reached 4 million taels of silver, which was fully enough to support three army divisions.

Yuan Shikai miscalculated again, he ignored the power of finance.

Although Wang Yongan is happy with 50 million US dollars, he would rather not sell the shares of the Industrial Bank of China, preferring it to be in his own hands, because the system of the Industrial Bank of China is very close to the modern banking system, which shows that as long as the Bank survives, it will become a financial giant affecting China in the future.

Unfortunately, Wang Yongan and Zhang Jian could no longer support it, and the Beiyang government had decided to support Li Jingchu's Bank of Communications as the country's legal bank, and began printing paper money and minting silver dollars to reunify China's finances. If Li Jingchu can cooperate with the China Industrial Bank to negotiate the printing rights of Chinese currency, Wang Yongan is not worried that there will be any problems with the China Industrial Bank.

However, the Beiyang government resolutely did not allow the Chinese currency to interfere with the country's finances, and was ready to ban the Chinese currency, so that the Chinese currency would become a piece of waste paper, and the China Industrial Bank would immediately close down.

Yu Qiaqing, general manager of the Industrial Bank of China, sent a telegram to Wang Yongan, saying: "The defeat of the Industrial Bank of China is the most important shot in the war between the Beiyang system and the Jiangbei system. ”

After many considerations, Wang Yongan finally accepted the acquisition contract of the Four Nations Bank, and from then on, the Industrial Bank of China became a subsidiary bank of the Four Nations Bank. And Wang Yongan also added 50 million US dollars, becoming the richest man in China, not one of them.

Since the Industrial Bank of China was already a branch of the Bank, the Bank reconvened its shareholders' meeting and selected an American to serve as the general manager and CEO of the Bank, and the former general manager Yu Qiaqing resigned. The bank's new plan was to become the largest local bank in China, and to that end, it began to expand its business extensively, especially the issuance of banknotes, because with the financial behemoth of the Bank of Four countries as a guarantee, the banknotes of the banknotes of the bank of China have once again strengthened.

The central government can declare local banknotes to become waste paper, but they dare not declare the banknotes issued by the banks of the four countries to become a piece of waste paper, after all, there are four countries to support it, and Yuan Shikai is not so bold to offend the four super empires. At this time, Yuan Shikai regretted that if he had chosen to cooperate with the Industrial Bank of China, instead of refusing to cooperate with the Industrial Bank of China in order to defeat the temporary interest of the Jiangbei Department, he would not have provoked the financial giant of the Bank of the Four Nations.

The Industrial Bank of China was reborn with the support of the Bank of Four Nations, and in the Chinese currency area, all other banknotes were discarded, even the banknotes that the Beiyang government intended to print. Li Jingchu, president of the Bank of Communications, proposed to Yuan Shikai that if the Chinese currency issued by the Industrial Bank of China is allowed to develop, China's economy will inevitably be controlled by the banks of the four countries in the future, and he also asked the president to intervene, and the right to print currency is the most important symbol of national sovereignty, and if a country's currency printing power is controlled by foreign banks, it means that the country is only a colony and not a truly independent country.

As a result, Yuan Shikai began negotiations with the banks of the four countries to negotiate the banning of Chinese currency, and the financial dispute between Beiyang and the banks of the four countries, Wang Yongan did not care at first.

With the development of the Industrial Bank of China, Wang Yongan has more and more money in his pocket, which is a good thing for Wang Yongan, but at this time, Lu Zhengxiang found Wang Yongan and proposed that Wang Yongan could help the central government in the negotiations between the central government and the Four Nations Bank, and explained in detail the damage of the dragon coin to the central finances, Wang Yongan thought about it for a long time before saying: "I understand what you mean, let me stab the Four Nations Bank in the back, isn't it?" But what do I get? ”

Lu Zhengxiang smiled bitterly: "If you can't get anything, you will offend the banks of the four countries, but the country will unify finance, which is beneficial to the country, please consider it." If you think about your own interests, if you intend to make China a colony, you can help the Four Nations Bank; If you want China to become a real country, please help us. ”

"In other words, the lifeblood of the central government is now in my hands?" Wang Yongan smiled playfully, laughing so much that Lu Zhengxiang shuddered, and was forced to nod.