Chapter 614: Restart the Currency War
"Your Majesty, the Red Revolution has broken out in the German Reich, and a group of Germans who believe in Bulvikism are rioting, hoping to have the support of the Reich. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
Zhang Peilun, who had just been promoted to the prime minister of the Chinese Imperial Cabinet, brought Tang Shaoyi, who was also the newly appointed minister of the Imperial Cabinet, to meet with him.
"It's true that you want help!"
Li Weiguo's gaze swept over the two of them, and said softly, and then continued to study the tears of Nuwa in his hand, frowning from time to time, wanting to understand the mystery.
Zhang Peilun and Tang Shaoyi glanced at each other and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
It was really guessed by Li Weiguo, although this group of German revolutionaries, although they knew that the Chinese Empire was the enemy of the German Empire, but in line with the principle that the enemy of the enemy is a friend, now that their power is weak, they want to use the Chinese Empire as a backer, knowing that the Chinese Empire is rich and has a strong military, so it is inevitable to ask for assistance.
"Your Majesty, this group of German revolutionaries did ask for economic and military assistance from the Imperial Court, but the minister thought that as long as they could disrupt the German Empire, it would be possible to give them appropriate assistance."
Zhang Peilun was the first to admit and explained.
Li Weiguo put down the tears of Nuwa in his hand and said to the two: "You can give them some assistance, but this group of rebellious Germans may not be credible, and they must be strictly supervised." ”
"Obey the order!"
Zhang Peilun happily accepted the order, but at this time he heard Tang Shaoyi say suddenly.
"Your Majesty, the minister suggested that the money for the aid should not be given directly to the yuan, but to them in the Deutsche mark. At present, the German Empire is trying to earn the renminbi as foreign exchange to ensure the smooth progress of its overseas trade. If this rebellion had been directed and staged by the Germans, the renminbi we had given them would have been secretly sent to the Reich Administration of Foreign Exchange, which would have helped them. ”
Li Weiguo nodded and said, "Your worries are not unreasonable, what do you think of Zhang Peilun?" ”
Zhang Peilun thought for a while, so he replied: "The minister thinks that Lord Tang's worries are also reasonable, but the empire does not have many Deutschmarks!" ”
Li Weiguo looked at Tang Shaoyi again, and the latter proposed: "The minister thinks that it can be replaced by counterfeit banknotes, and the minister heard that the empire has a special agency responsible for printing counterfeit banknotes, and the counterfeit banknotes produced are enough to confuse the real with fakes, in this case, why not make full use of it?" ”
After Tang Shaoyi finished speaking, Li Weiguo was suddenly a little embarrassed.
Although this kind of thing has long been an open secret in all countries in the world, it is another thing to know it and say it to his face, and Li Weiguo naturally will not admit that most of the counterfeit banknotes that are popular all over the world are his doing, especially in front of the people of the Chinese Empire, which he does not mention a word and does not admit to death.
It may be that Tang Shaoyi is a newcomer, so Li Weiguo did not blame him.
However, Zhang Peilun was dissatisfied: "At present, countries are very careful in cracking down on counterfeit banknotes, and in the past, counterfeit banknotes could be confused with 50% similarity, but now there is no more than 95% similarity, and it is difficult to pass." Especially in the German Empire, the production of the Deutsche Mark was already very exquisite, and the German Empire even warned the Germans to carefully identify every penny and crack down on counterfeit banknotes as long as they were found, so the cost of counterfeit banknotes made by the Reich is getting higher and higher, and the channel fees for smuggling illegal banknotes are getting higher and higher, and it is generally a loss-making business, so unless necessary, such as the outbreak of war, it will not easily restart the counterfeit banknote program. ”
Zhang Peilun is talking about the fact that as the manufacturing process of printed banknotes in various countries becomes more and more advanced (forced by the counterfeit banknotes of the Chinese Empire), its anti-counterfeiting ability will become stronger and stronger, and the cost of counterfeit banknotes printed by the Chinese Empire will become higher and higher.
At the same time, once counterfeit banknotes enter a certain country, they will face a huge risk of being hit, and special channels are needed to sell counterfeit banknotes, which also become very expensive because of the crackdown of various countries, and various costs add up, making the profits of counterfeit banknotes almost zero, or even losing money.
Unless a war breaks out, in order to defeat the opponent as soon as possible, the counterfeit money plan will be launched, even if it loses money, it will be invested on a large scale, the purpose is to harm the opponent's currency market, cause its prices to soar, and finally disrupt the enemy's rear economy, so as to achieve the goal of war.
Therefore, in peacetime, the Chinese Empire will not start the counterfeit-banknote plan, after all, the Chinese Empire is not short of money now, unlike when Li Weiguo first started out, he needed a lot of money.
However, Tang Shaoyi's meaning was not here, he explained: "The minister wants to directly use the counterfeit banknotes as real money!" ”
Counterfeit money for real money?
Li Weiguo and Zhang Peilun were both stunned, their faces full of puzzlement.
"Tell me what you think!"
Tang Shaoyi explained: "The minister proposed to issue the Deutsche Mark directly for the German Revolutionary Army, since the Reich could achieve up to 99% fidelity in counterfeiting the Deutsche Mark, and in the end only the currency issuance code of the Reichsbank was missing. So, why don't we just recognize the German Revolutionary Army as the legitimate government, and then issue them Deutsche marks openly, believing that the German Revolutionary Army will definitely be able to get a real coded copy of banknotes, and even if it can't get it, we can make a new code, and then the counterfeit money printed by the Reich will no longer be counterfeit, but regular money. ”
Zhang Peilun's eyes suddenly lit up, and he agreed and added: "This is indeed a problem!" Once the German Revolutionary Army had its own currency, it was only right for the Reich to import counterfeit money into Germany, and even promised to trade with cities controlled by the Revolutionary Military Government. If this was a trick of the German Reich, then they would have to bear the brunt of the massive entry of counterfeit money into the German market, and if not, the Reich would have been able to support the German Revolutionary Army with confidence. ”
Li Weiguo understood what the two of them meant, and he could not only directly aid the German Empire without taking the renminbi to prevent the German Empire from defrauding, but also test the truth of the German Revolutionary Army.
Thinking of this, Li Weiguo suddenly nodded and said, "Yes, then I will draw up a will and hand it over to the China S.H.I.E.L.D. Bureau to deal with and cooperate with your actions." ”
Tang Shaoyi said again: "Your Majesty, regarding the matter of the French Revolutionary Army, the empire no longer provides them with support?" ”
Li Weiguo nodded and said: "The intelligence department has received reliable information that the French Revolutionary Army has actually been completely controlled by the German military, and it has been a bureau set up by them from the beginning, with the purpose of obtaining a large amount of military equipment and economic aid from the empire. ”
Tang Shaoyi had just taken office, and he didn't know the inside story, no wonder Li Weiguo was suspicious of the German Revolutionary Army's riot this time, it turned out that there was a precedent, the French Revolutionary Army was planned by the German military from the beginning, but fortunately, the Chinese Empire found out in time, otherwise in the future, sending high-tech equipment to the French Revolutionary Army would eventually be equivalent to arming the German Imperial Army, and they would not give them RMB aid again.
"Hitler may be involved in the German Revolutionary Army, you must be careful not to let Hitler take advantage of all the efforts of the Reich."
Tang Shaoyi immediately said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the ministers will definitely watch them carefully!" ”
With Li Weiguo's approval, Zhang Peilun and Tang Shaoyi quickly left, and then held press conferences respectively.
Zhang Peilun, as the prime minister of the Chinese Empire, personally released the incident of the popular riots in the German Empire at the Imperial State Council, he told domestic and foreign journalists.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we, the Cabinet of the Chinese Empire, have just convened an emergency meeting to express our concern over the popular protests in Frankfurt, Nuremberg and other large cities in the German Empire, and we hope that the German Imperial Government will take this matter seriously, that the German people, like the people of the whole world, enjoy the most basic human rights protections, and that the German Imperial Government should not resort to violent means to suppress them, because the people of Frankfurt and Nuremberg are also suffering, This would not have happened had it not been for the endless large-scale and unnecessary military construction of the German Empire. ”
The interference of the cabinet of the Chinese Empire, Chi Guoguo, in the internal affairs of the German Empire, made governments all over the world instantly realize that it was obvious that the Chinese Empire was preparing to interfere in the internal affairs of the German Empire.
Such a provocation would inevitably make the German Empire even more dissatisfied and intensify the hostility between China and Germany.
All countries hope that the Chinese Empire and the German Empire will continue to be hostile forever, but they do not want the two countries to go to war in an all-out way, they really want the Chinese Empire to shut up, why should they care about the German Empire's own affairs, but the Chinese Empire is talking about human rights, and there is no reason for countries to oppose it.
When the Chancellor of the Imperial Cabinet of China personally interfered in the internal affairs of Germany, Wilhelm II, who was far away in Berlin, was also so angry that he blew his beard and glared.
"Damn the Chinese Empire, they are going to shit on the head of the German Empire, it is simply intolerable and unforgivable!"
In the face of Wilhelm II's shouting, the ministers of the German Empire were also indignant, but there was helplessness in them.
In this world where axioms are only within the range of cannons, and strength is justice, the Chinese Empire is the real world policeman and the world's highest court, which can not only uphold world justice, but also plant blame, and even refer to the deer as a horse, no country dares to raise objections.
"Your Majesty, please calm your anger! At present, it is really impossible to fight an international public opinion war with the Chinese Empire, and most countries in the world are unconditionally on the side of the Chinese Empire. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty, the riots in Frankfurt, Nuremberg, and Prague must be suppressed immediately, or they will cause even more serious trouble."
Hearing the persuasion of the ministers, Wilhelm II also knew that it was useless to shout here, it was better to solve the problem as soon as possible, so that the Chinese Empire had nothing to say.
"Order the gendarmerie to be dispatched immediately and suppress the riot!"
As soon as Wilhelm II finished speaking, Major General Delem, who was in charge of the intelligence work of the German Empire, as the head of the German Imperial State Secret Police (Gestapo for short), immediately stood up.
"Your Majesty, the Gestapo's recent investigation has found that the commanders of the riots in Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Prague and other cities all have Red Russian backgrounds, and intelligence shows that they were educated in the theory of the Bulvik revolution in St. Petersburg before this."
Deleme's words immediately aroused the alarm of Wilhelm II.
"What do you want to say? How did this matter get involved with Red Russia again? ”
Faced with Wilhelm II's questioning, Delem replied.
"Your Majesty, according to the Gestapo's investigation, the Bolvik Revolution led by Liening has begun to infiltrate the German Empire, and there are currently more than 10,000 Bolvik believers, who are making subtle changes to the empire under the leadership of the Bolvik headquarters. This time there was a simultaneous riot in several cities, and if only the gendarmerie had been dispatched, I am afraid that it would have failed, because our intelligence showed that these Bolvik revolutionaries were armed. ”
"What? How dare you be so bold! ”
Wilhelm II was suddenly furious, and the Red Russian revolutionaries developed in the territory of the German Empire, which was originally something he acquiesced to, in order to help Liening overthrow the Tsarist rule, but he did not expect that Liening, who had just seized power in Russia, had already begun to plan to seize the German Empire.
There was a kind of peasant-and-serpent irony that made Wilhelm II quite unhappy.
The Gestapo was a secret intelligence agency established by Hitler "during his lifetime", and with Hitla's unexpected "death", Wilhelm II transferred his "love" for Hitra to Delem, because Delem was the most important person in Hitla.
So, on the words of the Delem, Wilhelm II was convinced.
"Your Majesty, please send the army to suppress it! Not a single Red Russian element must be allowed to spoil the harmony of the German Empire! ”
"Approved, immediately send troops to clean up the riots in Frankfurt, Nuremberg and Prague! You, the Drame, are the overseers, and you must not be merciful to the damned betrayers! ”
Wilhelm II gritted his teeth and said, but it made Delem's heart bloom.
Just as Li Weiguo judged, this riot was secretly planned by Hitler, and Liening had nothing to do with it, because Liening was busy dealing with the bourgeois aristocracy in Russia, and even if he had the intention to rectify the German Empire, he would not be able to do anything now.
This incident was nothing more than Hitler's deliberate attempt to blame Red Russia for expanding the Gestapo's sphere of influence and influence, propping up the Delem to the throne, and gaining more power.
When the German people suppressed the riots, the army would leave the station, and the Deleem, as the overseer, could easily create charges against those disobedient German officers, so as to replace them with Hitler's henchmen and completely control the army.
Hitler had no intention of suppressing the riots quickly at all, but took advantage of the opportunity to constantly ask the military and government of the German Reich for money to enrich Hitler's own wallet.
But the plan can't keep up with the changes.
Hitler's calculations played well, but the people of the German Empire were indeed miserable, when the riots broke out, the German army sent troops to suppress them, but they could not suppress them for a long time, so that the rioting people felt that rebellion was not so difficult and dangerous, so more ordinary people joined, so that the rioting masses soon became rebels.
In order to facilitate control, Hitler set up the Rebel Command, which grew larger and larger, which on the one hand pleased Hitler, but on the other hand, it was also difficult to manage.
At the same time, Hitler originally planned to ask the Chinese Empire for equipment and money, but the Chinese Empire was shrewd and did not give RMB at all, but only provided the Deutsche Mark without a number, so that Hitler could find a way to get the code book of the Reichsbank himself.
Although he did not get the renminbi, he got the "counterfeit-banknotes", and Hitler easily obtained the coded copy of the Reichsbank, so the "counterfeit-banknotes" aided by the Chinese Empire were stamped and turned into real Deutschmark.
To a certain extent, this can be regarded as achieving Hitler's goal, at least tens of millions of German marks each time, which can allow Hitler to do more things, such as bribing officials and buying all kinds of materials needed for rebellion.
Hitler's strength was growing and snowballing, and at the same time, a large number of counterfeit banknotes made by the Chinese Empire soon entered the German Imperial market legally, causing the German Imperial currency to continue to depreciate and prices to skyrocket.
Normally, currency depreciation is good for exports, but unfortunately the Chinese Empire imposed an economic blockade on the German Empire, so that the currency depreciation did not help the economy of the German Empire in any way, but caused great harm.
In just three months, the German Empire was full of wars and the opposition government was established in Nuremberg, and Tang Shaoyi, Minister of the Imperial Court of China, quickly held a press conference to take the lead in recognizing the legitimacy of the opposition regime on behalf of the Chinese Empire and pouring salt in the wounds of the German Empire.
When Wilhelm II learned of this, the anger that had accumulated over months of suppressing the rebellion was unfavorable.
Poof!
Wilhelm II vomited three liters of blood and fell.