Chapter 709: Fiscal Collapse
After the reorganization of the Lu army and the transfer of a large number of unstable elements to Shandong by means of immigration, Shaanxi's society became slightly stable for a time. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info those who had the courage to make trouble left, and the rest were the kind people. No matter how the government squeezed it, they didn't dare to rise up and resist.
Before the Lu army returned to Shandong, in addition to immigration, another major thing was to bid for road repairs. In the form of government-owned and commercial offices, funds were raised from the private sector to repair the railway that originally led to Tongguan to Chang'an. A large number of workers have stable jobs, which also makes the market stable. As the banknotes became less and less valuable, the road gradually became unrepairable, and the situation that had been maintained with great difficulty collapsed again.
During the Chang'an Rebellion, Chen Fan set up for robbery and made a fortune, but he also had great grievances with the local gentry in the northwest. It took a lot of money to fight Yuan Hanyun to get this opportunity to oversee the army in Shaanxi.
The fact that he was robbed in Shaanxi and was able to serve as an overseer in this place demonstrated that the power of gold and silver treasures was far greater than that of axioms and common laws. Therefore, after Chen Fan took office, the first thing he thought about was to collect more current oceans and ensure that he had more and more magic weapons at hand.
A large part of the road payment paid in advance by the contractor was retained and deducted by him, and only the part of the bank in Siheng he did not dare to touch. If the railway is to be built, they will also make a fortune, so there is more and more sand in the meals of migrant workers, and the source of railway building materials is becoming more and more suspicious.
Chen was born in the military, so he naturally knew the importance of the army, and soon after taking office, he began to expand the army frantically. The conscripts used pistols and ropes to tie up a large number of young men from the countryside to join the army, and converted a large number of farmland into duck fields to supplement military salaries with the black goods trade.
Relying on the profits of black goods, Chen Fan befriended Shantang Hongmen, introduced people from the party into the army, and entrusted them to buy them to ensure that the party did not stand up and contradict him. He also let these underground elements enter the army and become their own minions, and then use the power of these underground party elements to suppress the workers. Relying on daggers and axes, he pushed the speed of the construction of the railway, made a few openings in the reporters who opposed him, and deterred all dissent. In today's Shaanxi, the laws of the common community are not as good as the rules of the court, and the law enforcers are not as influential as the township covenant.
Hongxian Emperor solicited public opinion, and Chen Yeru, like Zhang Zongyao, personally carried the saber and sat in charge of the scrutiny to ensure that the proposal of abolishing the Communist Party and reforming the imperial system was unanimously adopted. But by now, he had decided to change his mind.
The troops' salaries were all paid in banknotes, but the bills were becoming less and less valuable, and the salaries were declining sharply. Many villages have already formed a people's army and civilian regiment to confront Chen Fan's troops.
The Hongmen boss, Liu Jie, who is also Chen Fan's sworn brother, put another copy of the chicken feather reposted on Chen Fan's desk.
"This is coming down from the mountain, and it means that there are several dragon heads in the door. Let's Hongmen, oppose Jin Fuhan, and retire after success. But now Yuan has come out to be the emperor again, why? What qualifications does he have to be the emperor? His Yuan family is neither a dragon and a phoenix, nor has he ever been surnamed Zhao, why does he sit in that seat? Our brothers of Hongmen do not obey him. The big dragon head has words, 100,000 Hongmen disciples, do not share the world with Yuan thief. Brother in the army, please give me a word, what do you think? Do you continue to sell your life to the thief, or do you recognize the situation and take advantage of the situation? ”
Chen Fan knew that although the army was huge, his ability to control it was actually very limited. A large number of troops only recognize the leaders of the halls, but do not recognize the commanders in the army. If the power of the Hongmen Mountain Hall in Guanzhong is against him, I am afraid that this overseer will not be able to serve anymore. Without hesitation, he said:
"Brother, what you said is boring. Don't you know who I am? has always been righteous and doesn't care about official positions, isn't it anti-Yuan? I did it. Tell Siwa, let him take the guard brigade to Chang'an first, arrest all the people sent by the monkey head, and then seal the road bureau, let's power up and be independent! ”
He then remembered something and asked, "What about Siheng Bank?" It's very wide, do you want to let the soldiers ......?"
Liu Jie shook his head, "Don't mess around, Siheng is the industry of Zhao Guanhou in Shandong, you robbed him of his business, and carefully let him lead the troops to Guanzhong." Even the Orientals told him to be defeated, who beat him? Send a company of soldiers to protect the safety of Siheng's business, and whoever dares to rob and kill will not be forgiven! ”
The telegram of Shaanxi independence, however, was slightly later than the telegram of Sichuan independence. Chen Guan, the governor of Sichuan appointed by Yuan Weiting, preceded Chen Fan and issued an independent telegram. Of course, this obviously requires more courage. After all, Chen Fan has an army of 100,000 in his hands, Chen Guan has no troops at hand, and there is still a Beiyang army stationed in the territory, which may solve him at any time.
However, it is precisely because of the presence of the Dian army stationed in the territory that this telegram was issued with greater lethality. People can't help but speculate, whether the Zhengdian army has reached a tacit understanding with Chen Guan, and will turn a blind eye to his behavior?
When Zhao Guanhou got the telegram, Yuqing had completely admitted defeat, and the whole person was very depressed. Zhao Guanhou appeased her a few times, but she still locked herself in the room and cried. People's dreams are shattered, and it definitely takes a cycle to recover their mood, it is nothing more than that some people have the conditions to recover, and some people hinder their livelihood and other practical reasons, so they can only forcibly suppress this trauma in their hearts and not express it, and continue their lives.
Yuqing obviously belongs to the conditional part, Zhao Guanhou gave her a long vacation, and arranged for Cuiyu to accompany her to explain attentively. I only hope that Yuqing can quickly come out of the shadow of the failed gambling contract and realize that today's China can no longer accommodate a dragon chair.
Zhao Guanhou himself came to the villa and continued to serve Leng He, although Ah Jiu and Anne were there, but obviously with him by his side, Leng He's mood was obviously much better, and even his bad temper could be suppressed.
"Chen Er'an's telegram can be sent, and Wu Ziyu's strength is not small. The eldest brother is a kind person, although he is not satisfied with the monkey head, but he will not really rise up against the water. Only Wu Jingfu pulled this face, and when it came to anti-water, he did not hesitate. This Guan Gong is reincarnated, and he is only willing to be loyal to the boss, but he is not loyal to others. ”
Leng He said: "I just don't understand, the troops of the third division have superiority in strength and equipment, why should they rebel?" ”
"Although the Beiyang Army has an advantage in strength, the progress on the battlefield is not satisfactory, and the Sichuan People's Army has a tendency to fight more and more. Xiong Wu called on all the robes to rise up against Yuan, and the Beiyang Army went against it, and a large number of Sichuan people had been attracted to attack. What's worse is that Cai Feng seems to be rich. Before, he had no money in his hands, so his strength was weak, and it was difficult to pull the team. But now he seems to have a large amount of military salary in his hand, and all the robes have begun to praise him as a leader. Many of the officers in the brigades in Chen Guan's hands were Cai Feng's subordinates, and the old commander had a military salary, so many of them were willing to drag their guns and throw them over. The Beiyang Army, in turn, had only banknotes in its hands. Banknotes can't beat the ocean, and on the battlefield, Cai Feng is getting stronger and stronger. Although he had not yet lost the foundation of the Third Division, Wu Jingfu had to worry about the loss. ”
Zhao Guanhou picked up the second telegram again, "What's more, the situation in Hunan is also very dangerous now, and Cheng Songyun has a lot of influence in Hunan. This time, he went to Hunan to organize the people's army to fight against Yuan, and many local forces supported him. Plus a Zhang Zongyao...... Successfully made many neutrals join the anti-Yuan camp. If we fight like this, I think that the Beiyang soldiers in Hunan may not be the opponents of the Communist Army. Wu Jingfu was not only worried that the back road would be cut off and his food and salary would be interrupted, but he was also worried that he would lose his strength and not get a return. Therefore, this Sichuan independence is mostly the result of mutual consultation between him and the Communist Army. ”
"The economy, sure enough, the economy decides everything, the situation is chaotic to this point, the Yuan family is both betrayed, I think, the monetary system of this government will soon go bankrupt." Leng He frowned, "We have to think about the next way to deal with it." On the side of Shigege, you will definitely have to take care of it, but the financial problem is also very important......"
Zhao Guanhou nodded and said, "I know what you mean, I will accompany Gege in the next few days, but I will also have a meeting here, so I won't miss the business." You are not in good health, it is better to rest more, don't think too much, our baby is the most important. ”
Leng He looked at Anne, "My current situation is indeed not as good as usual, everything is up to you." After she finished speaking, she grabbed her husband's hand and put it on her abdomen, "You touch it, the little thing is moving again, I can feel it...... It's so cute. Annie, how about calling you mom when the child is born in the future? ”
Diannie, who was sitting with her, was close to the two of them, and her face turned crimson, after all, she was still an unmarried woman, even if she had an inhumane relationship with Chen Lenghe, but she was always a little embarrassed to see her close to her husband. Hearing Leng He mention her, it was as if she had been shot, and she jumped up violently, "I can't be a mother, and I don't plan to get married......." ”
Leng He smiled: "What do you mean by not planning to get married?" Really, godmother, not to give you my baby. You can see the way I am now, it's hard for me to help with the bank's affairs, how hard it is for you. This time the matter is no longer a problem that can be solved by the economy alone, you still have to ask your brother-in-law what to do, and everything is arranged by him. ”
Zhao Guanhou originally wanted to accompany Shigege in the afternoon and wait until the evening for a meeting, but he didn't want to just after noon, so Zou Xiurong ran into the villa in a hurry. Leng He had already gone to rest at this time, Zhao Guanhou was chatting with Anne, she didn't shy away from anything, and hurriedly said when she entered the door: "Fourth, don't take care of this now, you have to take care of the life and death of the people first." Liang Caishen is simply messing around, like him, there will definitely be a big mess. ”
"Second sister-in-law, don't panic, what's going on?"
"Our ears and eyes in the Ministry of Communications have just found out the news that Liang Caishen and Yuan Keyun are cooperating to implement demonetis scrapping across the country. It is said that now the rule of Hong Xian is lax, corruption is rampant, a large number of officials are full of private pockets, and the landlords and gentry hide their property and refuse to pay taxes. There are also people who exchange silver dollars to support Cai Feng. In order to crack down on these corrupt officials and the Cai Party, it was decided to completely abolish the banknet. It will not be long before an order will be issued that the banknotes issued by the two banks will be officially invalidated, the payment of passbook bonds will be terminated, and the existing banknotes will not be allowed to be exchanged for silver dollars, and then exchanged at a discount after the new banknotes are issued. Doesn't this make it clear that you want to grab money? ”
"It seems that Liang Caishen can't hold on." Zhao Guanhou snorted coldly: "The God of Wealth who prints money indiscriminately, when I see him, I can't spare him!" It seems that I have to deal with it, second sister-in-law, please help me call Aunt Jin and them, Ah Jiu, you call Jensen, we have a meeting with a few people who are in charge of money. Anne, I'll prepare coffee for you. I might have to stay up late today. ”
Seeing that he was confident, Diannie's heart was slightly calm, but she was afraid that he was good at military affairs and not good at economics, so she couldn't figure out the danger of this situation, so she didn't drink the coffee, but said: "Brother-in-law, you can't be too careless, we Zhengyuan also have a lot of savings in the two banks." Also, the debt owed to us ......"
"Drink coffee. Drink all your coffee and I'll tell you. Zhao Guanhou raised his cup, and Dianne had no choice but to finish the coffee. Zhao Guanhou waited for her to put down the cup before he smiled and stretched out his hand to comb the hair on her sideburns, "Look, they are all Zhengyuan's managers, how can they be so sloppy?" Go back and ask Ah Jiu to help you do your hair, Ah Jiu is a great hairstylist, and he will look good when he is done. Look at you, your eyes are so red, and the whole person is also very haggard, you must have not slept well for a few days. ”
Diane's fair face turned red, the coffee cup almost fell to the ground, she lowered her head and called out to her brother-in-law. But his eyes looked at Leng He.
"Alright, let's get down to business now. In order to fight, the emperor was ruthless, and the machine printed money at full power. Originally, our banknotes were exchanged for silver dollars on a one-to-one basis, but now, seven dollars can be exchanged for one silver dollar. This is still the best place, and the worse place has a lower exchange rate. Liang Caishen is poor, and he can't borrow foreign debts, so he can only close his doors. What's more, the imperial system is almost untenable. The situation is becoming more and more like Ge Ming of Emperor Sun at the beginning, the imperial system is not canceled, and the scene cannot be contained. But in order to be the emperor, Liang Caishen was in debt. I heard that the preparation department of the ceremony owes more than 10 million before and after, and if the imperial system is canceled and has not been paid off yet, this money will have to be paid out by him. Therefore, he must find a way to repay his account first, and most of the reserves in the two lines will be used by him to settle the accounts. ”
"Huh? So what to do? Anne said hurriedly: "The co-economic economy has just picked up a little, and it can't just be over." Besides, we are Zhengyuan ......" she said in a hurry, subconsciously grabbed Zhao Guanhou's arm, and suddenly realized that her behavior was not appropriate, and she retreated in fright.
Zhao Guanhou smiled instead: "I don't have an infectious disease, what are you doing so far away from me, sit here." Look at you, I'm afraid of being like this, and I don't have any calm at all. At this point, you might as well be cold. No matter how much money is left on the book, Leng He will always give people the feeling that she has endless banknotes, she has self-confidence, and only when depositors have self-confidence, can we talk to people about business. It's all like you, like a little rabbit, how dare people give us money? ”
Anne muttered in a low voice, "I'm not as good as Sister Leng He." ”
Zhao Guanhou had already continued: "Isn't it just the collapse of the two lines? Let's pour, I'll see how bold he Liang Caishen is, and dare to let me Zhengyuan eat the debt. No matter how bankrupt he is, he has to pay back a lot of our Zhengyuan's money, and he can't do it by a dime. In addition, the total ticket is invalid, and the two lines will inevitably be closed. And promised, pay for deposits with reckless bills, exchange banknotes. Of course, to deduct, ten percent of the deposit, only sixty percent, banknotes are also half of the exchange. If the depositor is willing to bear this loss, then take the deposit certificate and go to our bank to withdraw the money. ”
"Huh? No, no, we can't take this debt. Anne shook her hands and shook her head desperately. Ah Jiu couldn't help but laugh and said, "Sister Annie, you are also like this when you talk about business with others?" If that's the case, then Ah Jiu has to say more, it's really not okay for you to do this. You'll be bullied. When I was in Huile, I also knew that I had to keep a straight face and be a gentleman, and those old fighters would be willing to take you seriously. If you are so easy to bully, people will have to make inches. ”
Dianne also wondered that she could always keep moving forward and retreating freely when she talked about business with people in the bank. As soon as he met Zhao Guanhou, his breathing accelerated, his face was red, and his brain was empty. It must be because Sister Leng He is not there, it must be like this......
"It's not a debt, it's a debt rectification, when you Sister Leng He wakes up, you can ask her yourself."
"I didn't sleep at all." Leng He held the door with one hand, and the person was already standing at the entrance of the living room, looking at Anne with a smile, "You, you're really stupid, your brother-in-law obviously has a fixed opinion, you just listen to his arrangement." I guess your brother-in-law's next step is to take you to Beijing and have an interview with Liang Caishen. ”
"Interviews? I can't ......" Anne thought of going to Beijing with Zhao Guanhou, her heart was first ecstatic, but then, inexplicably panicked, what came to her mind was the things that should not be broken several times, and the scenes she saw. hurriedly said: "It's better for Sister Leng He, you go, or Ah Jiu will go." ”
Leng He shook his head and said, "The way I am now, I really can't stand this hardship." As for Ah Jiu...... She went to talk to Liang Caishen about the bank? Are you kidding! As the plenipotentiary representative of Zhengyuan, you will first go to conduct preliminary negotiations with Liang Caishen, and when you go to Beijing, everything will be up to your brother-in-law. So it was decided. Darling, go to Beijing to take care of Anne for me, and don't bully her. ”