More than 200 tons of silver were robbed in the Beijing-Tianjin area, and nearly 300 soldiers were killed, which was simply the greatest insult to Japan, whose self-esteem was inflated. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Since occupying the three northeastern provinces, the Japanese have regarded the whole of North China as their sphere of influence.

Umezu Mijiro, commander of the North China Garrison Army, had already issued a first-class combat readiness order to the garrison army, ready to prepare for combat at all times, and the Eighth Division in Rehe was also mobilized.

And this incident was also a devastating blow to Japanese businessmen in China.

Like Sakamoto Shinichi, many Japanese businessmen not only spent all their family property, but also borrowed a large amount of foreign debts from relatives and friends everywhere, and even wanted government loans, just to take advantage of this opportunity to make a big profit, but they did not expect to lose all their money.

Therefore, on the day when the news of the silver robbery broke, dozens of Japanese businessmen chose to hang themselves or disembowel.

"Chairman Song, the security of Beijing and Tianjin is too disappointing to the empire, 300 tons of silver were robbed, nearly 300 imperial soldiers were killed, Chairman Song must take full responsibility for this matter, and at the same time must compensate our merchants for the loss.

In addition, the empire will increase the strength of the garrison troops in North China to prevent the recurrence of such incidents and safeguard the safety of the lives and property of the Japanese Empire in overseas Chinese. ”

The silver has been snatched by the robbers, and in order to recover it, there is no such thing as secrecy. But even at this time, he did not forget to deliberately exaggerate the amount of silver lost.

Recently, there has been a lot of pressure to lose land, and this incident is even more serious than the last time more than 500 imperial soldiers were killed.

Moreover, Japan was repeatedly provoked by the Chinese in North China, which made the Japanese minister in Shanghai, Horiuchi Kanjo and the base camp, very dissatisfied with the loss of land, believing that it was no longer capable of safeguarding the interests of the Japanese Empire in China.

"On behalf of the government, I am very sympathetic to the tragic death of Japanese soldiers, but this is not a reason to blackmail us.

Obviously, these were all done by the bandits, and the government has no binding effect on them, and we have recently been preparing for a major encirclement and suppression of the bandits in the 29th Army defense area.

If we can recover the silver, we will return it to your country in a lot of money, and I can also send troops to assist your country in investigating the murderers, and even accept the consulate garrison to investigate the silver robbery in Hebei Province and the Beijing-Tianjin region.

However, the government will absolutely not accept the demand of expanding the strength of the troops stationed in North China, not only will the government not accept it, but it is also impossible for people from all walks of life in Peiping, such as industry and commerce, students, and ordinary people, to accept this rude demand. Song Zheyuan said with a frown.

It was impossible to compensate the Japanese for their losses, if it was only a hundred thousand silver dollars, in order to prevent the Japanese from making trouble in North China, he would have turned a blind eye and endured it.

But when he told him that he had been robbed of 300 tons of silver by bandits, Song Zheyuan wondered if he was crazy, and whether he knew how big a huge amount 300 tons of silver was.

Besides, he has never seen this silver, everything is said by Shitian himself, can it be that Shitian said that he lost 10 million taels of silver, and he will pay him 10 million taels of silver?

Now it's not the Manchu Dynasty, he, Song Zheyuan, is not the emperor of the Manchu Dynasty, he will give whatever the Japanese want, and even if it is the Manchu court, it has to fight a battle first, and then lose money after not winning.

"The carjacking case occurred in the Beijing-Tianjin area, Chairman Song has an unshirkable responsibility, and it is imperative to expand the garrison, and the imperial base camp has approved the request for additional troops in the North China garrison, and I have only come to inform Chairman Song, not to ask for Chairman Song's opinion.

In addition, nearly 300 imperial soldiers were broken, and the North China government must compensate the Japanese Empire with one million silver dollars, otherwise the empire will not rule out the possibility of sending troops. Okita said with a sneer.

The war of silver was only the beginning, and the reason why he did not propose to compensate for silver was because he did not want to cause a big war with China at this time.

One is that there is no need to do so, and after the passage of the Silver Act, the United States has found a way to control the economy of North China.

Second, if there is a major war with the 29th Army now, their plan to smuggle silver in China will be directly bankrupt.

Not only that, but the smuggling of silver by local Chinese merchants will also be greatly disrupted, and once the war between China and Japan starts, the Nationalist government can crack down on the merchants who smuggle silver without any scruples.

And all this is contrary to the plan of the Japanese government, their plan is to follow this silver turmoil, first separate the economy of North China, let the currency of North China directly linked to the Japanese currency, and then coerce Song Zheyuan to establish the North China Autonomous Government in the city, completely separating North China from the Republic of China.

In addition, as the international silver price continues to rise, it also drives the Chinese silver price. However, the international silver price has risen faster, and the gap between Chinese and foreign silver prices has widened.

The sharp rise in the price of silver dealt a fatal blow to China, which used silver as the standard currency, and plunged China, which had suffered from the excessively low price of silver, into the disaster of high silver prices, silver outflows, and deflation.

The outflow of silver and the increase in the price of silver have greatly raised the value of China's currency, seriously hindering the development of foreign trade. All this eventually led to the collapse of the national economy.

Reduced state tax revenues, an empty treasury, difficult expenditures, fiscal panic, and a deepening social crisis affected the ruling foundations of the Nationalist government in Nanjing, which the Japanese government most wanted to see.

Originally, in response to the above situation, the Nanjing Nationalist Government also took a series of emergency measures to stop the outflow of silver.

First, they formulated a silver export tariff and imposed an export balance tax to curb the outflow of a large amount of silver exports, and strive to recover the direct economic losses caused by silver exports. Second, it is strictly forbidden for illegal traders to smuggle silver for export. Through diplomatic channels, Desana demanded that the United States "no longer buy the world's raw silver".

These measures had a certain effect on the chaotic financial system, but silver smuggling ushered in a golden age.

In the process, Japan's smuggling to North China reached an outrageous level both in scale and quantity.

Under the obstruction of the Japanese army, the Chinese customs almost completely lost their ability to detect smuggling, and even later, the smuggling of silver in North China began to become open.

On the contrary, if the Japanese launched a war against China or attempted to annex North China, they would certainly be resisted by the people of the whole country.

This will inevitably cut off the Japanese government's attempt to use silver to control the financial affairs of the Republic of China, and unless Japan can completely occupy the Pingjin region, going to war now will only outweigh their losses.

However, the Japanese army in North China is only 10,000 troops stationed in Tun, and the Japanese army in Rehe is only 30,000, but there are quite a few Chinese troops in North China.

There are more than 90,000 people in the 29th Army alone, and there are more than 30,000 in the Security Army, which is four times that of the Japanese army, and the combat effectiveness of the 29th Army and the Security Army has been seen by Japan.

Once the war starts, it will be a protracted war, and now neither the Kwantung Army nor the base camp of Japan is ready for a full-scale war.

"As for the matter of compensating the soldiers of your country, out of the spirit of humane attention, we can discuss it, but one million silver dollars is absolutely impossible, if Mr. Oda insists on one million silver dollars, then we can only meet on the battlefield."

Listening to the words of the lost field, Song Zheyuan was extremely angry, and the strength of the North China garrison army expanded again, and it was their 29th Army that was directly affected.

At this time, he also offered him a compensation of one million silver dollars, and Song Zheyuan really wanted to shoot him with one shot.

It's not that he can't afford to pay a million silver dollars, but if this matter gets out, I'm afraid it will become an apology for his 29th Army to pay reparations to the Japanese.

If the silver was really robbed by the people of the 29th Army, it would be nothing, compared to hundreds of tons of silver.

But the key is that from beginning to end, their 29th Army only played the role of spectators, and Song Zheyuan was also the chairman of a province, how could he suffer such a big loss for no reason with nearly 100,000 male soldiers in his hands.

He originally thought that with his status as the consul of Beiping, he could make Song Zheyuan succumb, but he didn't expect Song Zheyuan to change his posture as a good old man in the past, but it made him touch his nose. Flicked his sleeves vigorously, lost Tian snorted coldly, and left Song Zheyuan's office.

"Hey, Brother Xunchen, I'm Song Zheyuan, you go and ask Commander Li to come to the headquarters immediately!"

Although he had just rejected the request of the Japanese, Song Zheyuan also felt very relieved in his heart, but it was difficult to guarantee that the Japanese would not be serious.

Although he didn't believe that the Japanese really lost so much as the Japanese said, even if it was only half, it would be one hundred and fifty tons of silver, equivalent to five million silver dollars.

With the virtue of a little devil, the probability of sending troops is not impossible, so Song Zheyuan plans to make adequate preparations in advance, even if he really fights with the Japanese, he can't fight an unprepared battle.

"Hello Chairman Song, I don't know what urgency Chairman Song has to do to see me in a hurry!"

Although it was a questioning tone, Li Han actually knew very well in his heart that the Japanese must have come to trouble Song Zheyuan again. However, Li Han didn't feel much guilt, even if he didn't do it, Pingjin was not easily taken by the Japanese in the end.

Moreover, by doing so, the Japanese pressed on Song Zheyuan step by step, but he was able to make Song Zheyuan always vigilant against the Japanese.

There is no doubt about the combat effectiveness of the 29th Army, if the country can resist the Japanese aggression wholeheartedly, it is impossible for the devils to occupy North China without fighting a general battle.