Zhang Meng's Datang Bank became the biggest beneficiary of the French financial war, defeating the Ross family and inflicting heavy losses on it, becoming a veritable number one international financial predator, a move that immediately stimulated the capitalist powers.

The chaebols of Britain, the United States, Germany, Italy, and Japan have called on their respective countries to quickly abandon the gold standard in order to expand foreign trade exports and offset the impact of France's abolition of the gold standard and the crazy depreciation of the franc on the Shijie economy in the past few months.

As we all know, currency depreciation will inevitably bring about foreign trade export stimulus, and the crazy depreciation of the franc will stimulate the export of French products, which obviously further suppresses the export volume of countries that have suffered from foreign trade shrinkage due to the shijie economic crisis.

As the number one gold standard country, Britain's every move was watched by other gold standard countries.

Originally, MacDonald was firmly opposed to abandoning the gold standard and devaluing the pound because he didn't want Zhang Meng to steal money from Britain anymore. Zhang Meng borrowed one billion pounds from the United Kingdom, and if the pound is depreciated at this time, then Zhang Meng will undoubtedly earn hundreds of millions of pounds in vain. Originally, MacDonald was envious and jealous of Zhang Meng's previous circle of tens of billions of dollars in the United States and France, and let Zhang Meng make cheap money from Britain at this time, it would not only be incapable of him, the British Prime Minister, but also a shame for the British Empire.

"At least wait until Zhang Meng pays us back!"

Macdonald insisted on waiting for Zhang Meng to repay the money, but according to the contract, it would take several years, obviously facing the impact of the crazy depreciation of the franc, if the pound did not depreciate, then in terms of exports, it was obvious that the British would suffer the loss of the French.

"No, I can't. This matter cannot be delayed any longer, compared to the little bit that Zhang Meng gets, the empire will lose more. ”

Stanley again stood up against MacDonald. This time it was not just about demolishing MacDonald's position, but about Stanley's real weighing of the pros and cons and the right choice given the huge future losses of the entire British economy.

"If it weren't for the fact that you kept underestimating Zhang Meng's liliang and trickery, how could we have become so passive?"

Macdonald saw that Stanley jumped out against him again, and suddenly it was difficult to control his emotions.

It's just that Stanley's skin is thicker than the city walls, and he doesn't mind MacDonald's emotions at all, but avoids the important and light. Avoid talking about Zhang Meng's problem, but bluntly say that the United States also intends to devalue the dollar, if Britain does not do it sooner. I'm afraid there will be more to lose.

The Downing Street Council generally agreed with Stanley, and they were all worried about the current desire to devalue their currencies, so Zhang Meng's question was no longer so important, and MacDonald's strategic intention to counterbalance Zhang Meng's restrictions on the development of the Tang Empire was once again in vain.

"The pound must depreciate. Otherwise, the economy of the British Empire would have suffered a heavy blow. ”

But the gold standard was fundamental to the British Empire. The abandonment of the gold standard was undoubtedly a loss of face for the British Empire. ”

Some of the British senators are desperate to save face and oppose the depreciation of the pound, but only a minority, and most of them support the attitude of the depreciation of the pound to stimulate exports and alleviate the economic crisis in the United Kingdom.

"We can depreciate the pound appropriately, and we can still be linked to gold, so that the gold standard will still be maintained, but the pound will depreciate appropriately against gold."

Ultimately. The Downing Street Council has made a balancing act of devaluing the pound appropriately. Devalue the pound by 33% instead of the previous 50%.

The depreciation of the pound was carried out quietly, because the MacDonald government quietly used a large-scale printing of cheap pounds to cash out gold in other gold standard countries, which could make up for the disaster brought by the depreciation of Britain to the British people to a certain extent.

At the same time, MacDonald focused on Jihua's ransacking of the Tang Empire in order to retaliate against Zhang Meng and balance the envy and jealousy in his heart.

However, the Britons knew what shit they wanted to pull as soon as they pouted their butts. The news of the quiet depreciation of the pound reached Zhang Meng's ears as soon as possible.

"Your Highness, since the British have quietly devalued the pound, should we also depreciate the Tang Yuan accordingly, otherwise we will be looted by the pound."

Zeng Guochang, the new prime minister of the cabinet, hurriedly met Zhang Meng for instructions, he was one of the talents recommended by Tang Shaoyi to Zhang Meng, graduated from the Department of Economics of the University of Munich, his father was the former Qing Counselor in Munich, the family was honest, no party affiliation, after the Homeland Security Bureau investigated him clearly, Zhang Meng appointed him as the prime minister of the Tang Empire.

Zhang Meng nodded, only he looted and robbed other people's shares, how could he have a reason to suffer a loss.

"Our Tang Yuan is not yet an international currency, but for the sake of completeness, it is still necessary to ban the export of gold, and the Tang Yuan will immediately depreciate by at least 50%, and we must not let foreigners take advantage of it."

Zeng Guochang immediately received the order, and then he took out a booklet and handed it to Zhang Meng.

"Your Highness, this is the reform opinions that Weichen has listed in the past few months based on a comprehensive investigation of all walks of life in the Tang Empire, and I also ask Your Highness to make a holy judgment."

"Yes." Zhang Meng was a little curious, what kind of ability this Zeng Guochang had, so he took it and opened it.

At this time, the Tang Empire was implementing the Jihua economic system, and the various industries and commerce originating from the Tang Empire were still in their infancy, coupled with the international economic recession, most industrial products could not be exported to earn foreign exchange.

Zeng Guochang very much agrees with Zhang Meng's implementation of the jihua economic system in the Tang Empire, but Zhang Meng can only make various jihua economic decisions at the macro level, such as setting a five-year development jihua for the Tang Empire, what kind of goals to accomplish, etc., but in the actual implementation process, Zhang Meng can not be meticulous in all aspects.

The appearance of Zeng Guochang just made up for Zhang Meng's shortcomings in this regard, he obviously understood the relevant policies and means of the Soviet Union's Jihua economic system, so he gave very pertinent opinions and suggestions on the planning and development of all walks of life in the Tang Empire, which Zhang Meng greatly appreciated.

Zhang Meng can see that Zeng Guochang has carefully formulated a series of economic development jihua, but these jihua are mostly based on development in a peaceful environment, which is not in line with the international tensions in the next decade or so.

"Very good! It's just that there is too little time for us to develop peacefully in the future, five or six years at most for a period of relative peace. After that, Shijie will inevitably be in chaos, and the Second Shijie War will break out. Therefore, you should attach importance to the idea of the development of the First Army. Otherwise, even if we achieve brilliant economic success, we can only make wedding dresses for others. ”

Zeng Guochang knew Zhang Meng before he came to Datang, and he knew that Zhang Meng was a legend, and he was as wise as a torch, and he was a master who never suffered losses. Therefore, Zeng Guochang attaches great importance to Zhang Meng's words. Especially in the past few months, Zhang Meng has circled tens of billions of dollars worth of gold in France and shipped it back to China. Zeng Guochang admired it even more.

Zeng Guochang also knew that the founding time of the Tang Dynasty was too short, and the European and American powers would definitely be eyeing each other, so Zhang Mengyan and the development policy of the Tang Dynasty should be the first army he agreed. It's just that. He couldn't see that the Second Shijie War would break out, and the form of the Tang Dynasty would be even more severe.

"Your Highness, can you give Weichen some clarification, there seems to be no sign of this second shijie war."

Zhang Meng smiled. said: "This is just my inference for the time being. You don't have to worry too much. Speaking of Japan right now, do you think they will make us live and develop? ”

Zeng Guochang saw that Zhang Meng no longer mentioned the Second Shijie War, and did not ask deeply, but answered his question: "The Japanese Navy has been severely damaged by the Imperial Navy, and there is no hope of recovering for three or five years. ”

Zhang Meng shook his head and said, "This is just a superficial phenomenon, our intelligence department has already found out that the Japanese Navy has obtained a huge amount of financial allocation, and it will take less than two or three years. A more powerful combined fleet would appear, and that would be the real battle to the death between Tang and Japan. ”

Zeng Guochang said in surprise: "The aircraft carrier battle group of the Imperial Navy is extremely powerful. There should be no suspense in defeating the Japanese Combined Fleet. ”

Zhang Meng smiled bitterly and said, "Do you know why we were able to hit the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet this time? ”

Zeng Guochang said: "Of course, the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Navy is strong!" ”

Zhang Meng waved his hand and said: "Strong combat effectiveness is only one of the factors, the real factor is that we win in tactical thinking." We were going to meet the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy with an aircraft carrier battle group, and the Japanese and the navies of all Shijie countries did not pay attention to naval aviation, so we won. However, after this war, all countries will inevitably attach importance to aircraft carrier tactics, especially the Japanese Navy, which has suffered a big loss, and they will inevitably build aircraft carriers on a large scale, and in the next naval Armageddon, both sides will have aircraft carrier battle groups, and victory or defeat will become an uncertain factor. ”

Zeng Guochang suddenly realized that he didn't understand military affairs, let alone the future aircraft carrier battle at sea, and the only thing he had was confidence.

"I believe that the Empire, under the wise leadership of His Highness, will definitely win the next war."

"What's the use of me alone? There are many talents like Guochang who can reproduce the glory of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Panic!"

Zhang Meng hahadaxiao, Zeng Guochang also felt Zhang Meng's majesty under the thirst for talent, and only in this way can the leader make the country strong. Thinking of the glory of the Tang Dynasty, Zeng Guochang's heart suddenly surged with enthusiasm, and he was determined to make a great achievement.

The Tang Empire immediately announced a ban on gold exchange, and the Tang Yuan depreciated by 50% against gold in response to the depreciation of the pound and the franc, and the gold standard of the Tang Empire was effectively abolished.

MacDonald strongly criticized the behavior of the Tang Empire at a press conference on the same day as irresponsible, only he knew in his heart that this time he failed to rectify Zhang Meng, and Britain vainly tried to quietly devalue the pound to loot the wealth of the Tang Empire.

In response to the accusations of the British, the spokesman of the Tang Empire said that this was to comply with international practice, on the grounds that the franc had depreciated, and the pound and the dollar were depreciating.

In this regard, experts and scholars in the field of international finance clearly see that all this is controlled by an invisible hand, and this invisible hand used to be the number one international financial predator Ross family, and now it has become Zhang Meng and his Datang Bank.

People can't help but sigh that this Zhang Meng has hooked up with Lady Luck, otherwise how could he have been able to accumulate tens of billions of dollars in just a few years.

The Tang Empire publicly announced the depreciation of the Tang Yuan, and the British also knew that their sneaky behavior could not be concealed, and in order to prevent speculators from speculating on the pound, the British government was forced to announce a 33% depreciation of the pound.

Immediately afterwards, most of the capitalist powers announced the depreciation of their currencies, and for a time the whole shijie set off a wave of currency depreciation, and all countries wanted to use currency depreciation to earn the foreign exchange profit difference of other countries, so an invisible currency war began. (To be continued......)