Chapter 648: Economic Warfare (I)

In the early morning sun, the city woke up.

There were more and more people and cars on the streets. Many of these vehicles belong to official vehicles, and it is already half past seven, and the political officials are rushing to their respective offices, and since it is a centralized office, most of them are destined for the same thing, and many vehicles eventually converge, making some sections of the road appear very busy.

Due to the government's support for the domestic automobile industry and bicycle industry, horse-drawn carriages are now very rare in the official vehicles, most of them are sedans and bicycles, and most of the cars running on this East Chang'an Avenue are mostly domestic cars, and the rest are bicycles.

Just as these cars and bicycles were rushing to the government office area, an inconspicuous domestic car drove out of the government office area unhurriedly, and there were two passengers in the car, one was Xiong Xiling, the chief financial officer, and the other was Liang Shiyi, the general office of the Salt Industry Bank, who rushed to the presidential palace to meet the president.

It was the time of the war, and there were more military and police patrolling the streets. The atmosphere was a little solemn, and ordinary Xiaoxiao really didn't dare to cause trouble, and because of this, Xiong Xiling and Liang Shiyi didn't bring a guard when they traveled, but the driver of the car and the secretary who was sitting in the co-pilot seat were carrying pistols, which was not a lot of security measures.

The political office area is not very far from the presidential palace, but in a few minutes, Xiong Xiling and Liang Shiyi rushed to the presidential palace, and their cars were directly led to the front of the commander's hall by the adjutant of the 'attendant' room, and then the two were arranged to wait in the reception room, and were told that the president was busy for most of the night last night, had just gotten up, and was now eating.

Xiong Xiling and Liang Shiyi sat in the reception room and waited for the president to summon them, and took advantage of this time to take out the documents from their respective briefcases to see if they were complete.

While the two were sorting out the documents, the adjutant led another person into the reception room, although he was not a political worker, but he was also an old acquaintance of the two, who was none other than Zou Tingbi, a famous banker and the owner of the China United Financial Bank.

"You two arrived really early."

"Mr. Zou is not too late to arrive."

When the two sides met, they didn't say hello too much, said hello, and sat down, Xiong Xiling and Liang Shiyi continued to be busy with the work at hand. And Zou Tingbi also seriously instructed the attaché to take out the documents in the briefcase and sort them out, but the two sides didn't talk much.

This can also be understood, on the one hand, they really need to sort out their respective documents, on the other hand, the two sides really do not deal with each other very much, although Zou Tingbi's China United Finance Bank is a joint venture bank controlled by 'private' people, but that bank actually usurped the role of the central bank, and Liang Shiyi's Yanye Bank, although it is nominally a central bank, but in terms of financial power, it is still inferior to the China United Financial Bank. Therefore, Liang Shiyi and Zou Tingbi have some contradictions, and as Liang Shiyi's boss, Xiong Xiling, the chief financial officer, is also not used to Zou Tingbi, a private financial expert.

There are so many documents, and they are quickly sorted out, Xiong Xiling and Liang Shiyi still haven't talked to Zou Tingbi, and Zou Tingbi is also very interested, after putting the documents back in the briefcase, he took out a newly published newspaper from the briefcase, read it with relish, and didn't look at the two officials on the other side at all. With the support of the president, and the president's brother-in-law is also serving as his follower, Boss Zou is naturally a little fearless.

As soon as these two senior officers entered the reception room, they pulled two 'attendants' adjutant to sit in the corner to play bridge, Xiong Xiling and Liang Shiyi simply ran over to watch the battle, but the two soon found that they couldn't understand what cards these soldiers were playing.

"'Katori', 'Aki', 'Ibuki', 'Tsuku' and 'Wave', who has the ability to eat it?"

"'King Kong', 'Kurama', 'Kashima', 'Satsuma', eat!"

"No, 'King Kong' and 'Satsuma' have sunk."

"Since they weren't eliminated when the shuffle was just now, at least they haven't sunk in this game."

"Okay, next time we shuffle the cards, weed them out, and add two more German ones to come in."

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After looking at it for a while, Xiong Xiling and Liang Shiyi finally came back to their senses, it turned out that these soldiers were using the warships of the great powers as signs, for the layman, this kind of bridge was indeed very strange, and it was not clear what they relied on to decide the victory.

For the layman, Cai Ye and Zhang Xiaozhun didn't mind introducing Xiong Xiling and Liang Shiyi to tactics and tactics while playing cards, but before these two financial experts could 'figure out' the conversion relationship between the warship's torpedo tube and the power of the ship's gun, Qin Sihu rushed to the reception room.

"Chief Xiong, General Liang, the president is waiting for you two in the office, come with me, and Mr. Zou, the president has specially ordered, please come with me."

As soon as Qin Sihu said this, Xiong Xiling and Liang Shiyi picked up their briefcases and left, and Zou Tingbi hurriedly followed.

Entered the president's office. After the salute, several people sat down on the sofa.

Zhao Bei was also very simple, picked up a few battle reports from his desk and 'handed them over' to a few people.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you were all in the city yesterday, you must already know the contents of the battle report, this is a more detailed battle report, it is the reconnaissance intelligence brought back by the air force reconnaissance plane yesterday afternoon, according to the information we have so far mastered, we can say with certainty that China has won the first round of this Sino-Japanese war, and the army has shown its courage and confidence to the people, and now, it is your turn to show the people the belief in victory and the courage to defeat the enemy. Some time ago, I sent someone to inform you and asked you to prepare the materials for economic warfare, so many days have passed, and you are all financial experts, and you must have completed these materials, so now, please take out the materials. ”

Xiong Xiling and Liang Shiyi hurriedly took out the documents from their briefcases, and then looked at Zou Tingbi, who was sitting opposite. Seeing that he had also taken out the papers, he was also looking at them.

"It is not surprising that in this economic war against Japan, Yanye Bank and China United Financial Bank are fighting together, and from now on, you are comrades-in-arms who are fighting side by side. I know that you have had friction in the past, but now that the enemy is present, you must put aside your prejudices, unite sincerely, and fight for the rejuvenation of China. Fight for the people. ”

Zhao Bei's words surprised both Xiong Xiling and Liang Shiyi, and the president did not reveal the news at all in advance, but judging from Zou Tingbi's reaction, he seemed to know in advance that Yanye Bank would fight side by side with China United Financial Bank.

"The Ministry of Finance believes that at present, the best way to deal with Japan's economy is to prohibit domestic businessmen from importing and selling Japanese manufactured goods, and closing down the factories and mines set up by Japanese companies in China is also an important means, but in this way, a large number of workers will lose their jobs, and the center must come up with corresponding relief measures, and the Ministry of Finance suggests that it is best to confiscate the factories and mines set up by these Japanese companies in China, so as to crack down on the power of Japanese capital. Moreover, the production and operation of these enterprises can continue to be maintained, and the workers will not lose their jobs. It is a common international practice to confiscate the property of an enemy country during a war, but in view of the actual situation in our country, the Ministry of Finance believes that it should be done with caution.

In addition, the Ministry of Finance also believes that selling a large number of international bonds issued by the Japanese government to the international market in a short period of time is also an effective means of hitting the Japanese economy, and now that the news of the defeat of the Japanese Navy has come out, the holders of Japanese government bonds in various countries are worried that Japan will be completely defeated in this war, and their confidence in Japanese government bonds will be shaken. Either raise the interest rate or lower the issuance price, either way, it will make Japan's government even more financially miserable. We have consulted with the German Business Association on the method of selling Japanese bonds, and the Germans are willing to cooperate in the secret transfer of their bearer Japanese bonds to the Salt Industry Bank, but the bonds are still being sold at the current price, which the Ministry of Finance cannot decide. It still needs to be instructed by the president. ”

Xiong Xiling spoke on behalf of the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Finance's economic warfare measures were in order, and because of the fear of opposition from other countries, especially Britain and France, the Ministry of Finance did not dare to talk too much, and finally kicked the ball to the president.

Compared with bureaucrats and politicians, Zou Tingbi, a non-governmental financial expert, does not have so many concerns.

"President Junjian. Zou has been engaged in the banking industry for many years, and is well aware of the huge profits and shady insiders of the banks of various countries in China, and the establishment of branches by these foreign banks in China is to rely on the privileges of the great powers in China; compared with the money banks and banks opened by Chinese businessmen, foreign banks do not have to accept the supervision of the central government, nor do they have to worry about being affected by the "waves" of the international situation, so foreign banks completely beat all Chinese banks in the competition, even if they are not supported by the central government, they cannot compete with foreign banks.

Compared with the banks of the West, the banks set up by Japan in China are even more rampant in absorbing the deposits of Chinese people, and they do not hesitate to 'lure' them with usurious interest rates; many people are ignorant and deposit their hard-earned money in the Bank of Japan for rentier, and the Bank of Japan can then use the money to lend money to Chinese businessmen and can make astonishing profits from this entry and exit without much 'spending' fee, and most of the Japanese banks in China have been set up in foreign concessions, and the central whip is beyond the reach of the central whip and can only let it go.

In Zou's view, a blow to the Japanese economy is better than a blow to the Japanese banking industry, and the beginning of the crackdown on Japan's local banking industry is to crack down on Japanese banking business in China, because most of the Japanese banks set up in China are held by Japanese banks or provide guarantees for deposits, and as long as there is a run on these Japanese banks in China, Zou believes that it will not be long before Japan's domestic banking industry will also suffer a heavy blow.

If the central government agrees, Zou is willing to come forward to organize a run, as long as the Chinese banks and banks in various places join forces, once the run frenzy is launched, those people who do not know what is going on will naturally go to the Bank of Japan to withdraw deposits, and so it will snowball until the Bank of Japan closes its doors, and once the Japanese Bank in China closes down, the credit of the Japanese financial industry will naturally plummet, and if the Japanese bankers do not want the Bank of China to fail, they must go from within Japan. Pumping out large amounts of cash to subsidize banks in China could also deal a blow to the Japanese economy and directly cause a cash shortage in Japan. ”

After Zou Tingbi finished speaking, everyone in the office fell silent.

His economic warfare strategy can no longer be described as "ruthless," it is called "viciousness," and if it is not "manipulated," it will be a business of "killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 of oneself."

Zhao Bei even had some doubts about whether this Boss Zou planned to take this opportunity to let his Zhonglian Bank dominate the rivers and lakes.