"Your Majesty, you are back. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info "Wang Shizhen looked at Wang Sirui with a resentful face, during this time, Wang Shizhen was almost besieged to death, but as the prime minister of the empire, he could only endure it at this time, otherwise, what else could he do?

After Wang Sirui dropped a sentence like this, he took Wang Lin's quiet micro-service for a private visit, and all the big and small affairs were left to Wang Shizhen to deal with.

It's okay to talk about some things that are within the scope of responsibility, but what about some things that are outside the scope of responsibility? Wang Shizhen didn't dare to make decisions for Wang Sirui privately about these things, and if he didn't do it, he would die.

Although Wang Sirui is relatively generous, he is not too serious in front of the officials, and he does not let them feel the feeling of being accompanied by a king like a tiger. But the more this is the case, the more powerful the restraint on this group of officials, everyone is a smart person, sometimes, Wang Sirui doesn't say it, it doesn't mean that everyone doesn't know in their hearts, and with Wang Sirui's character, when he opens his mouth, it will be a big problem.

In one, regardless of the question of Wang Sirui being the king for the time being, it was his private visit to Weifu, which was simply decided as soon as his brain was hot, and he didn't have any preparation in advance, this time fortunately there was no accident, in case something happened, wouldn't the country be in chaos?

The Chinese Empire has finally just made some improvements, and once the dragons are leaderless, the consequences are unimaginable.

Thinking of this, Wang Shizhen couldn't help but shudder, and secretly decided that no matter what, after going back, he must order to speed up the progress of selecting concubines, and select twenty suitable concubines as much as possible within a month.

"Isn't there you people in the Empire? Besides, I didn't go out to enjoy the mountains and rivers, and I still had a deep feeling during this private visit to Weifu. Wang Sirui said a little embarrassed, in fact, he also felt that this private visit to his micro-service was indeed a little unreliable.

It wasn't until he came back that Wang Sirui knew that the emperors on TV liked to have a private visit to Weifu when they were fine, that was nonsense, the country has so many things waiting for them to deal with every day, how can they have time to go to Weifu for private visits?

Now is not the afterlife, planes are flying all over the sky, even if you have to go to the farthest place, two days at most is enough, and there is not much official business after you come back.

"Your Majesty, in the future, you must not say hello again and go to Weifu for a private visit, we old guys will be driven crazy. And a lot of things have happened this month, each of which needs you to make a decision, if you don't come back, things can only be delayed, and the foreigners have opinions now. Wang Shizhen muttered quietly?

"Oh? What's going on? Let's hear it. Wang Sirui asked with interest.

"There are two main things, the first is that we have reached an agreement in negotiations with the Japanese, and the final total amount of compensation has been set at 210 million taels of silver, which will be transferred to us by Citibank of the United States, HSBC Bank of England, Deutsche Bank of Germany, and Crédit Agricole CIB of France, and each bank will pay us five thousand and two million taels of silver within six months, which can also be paid in dollars or pounds, marks and francs.

It is said that it was the joint pressure of the four countries to force the Japanese side to use the customs as collateral before the banks of the four countries agreed to lend to them.

Another thing is about the Imperial Bank, President Qiao has recently felt unwell, and the doctors have advised President Qiao to stop all work and recuperate, although President Qiao is a little reluctant, but in the past half a month, President Qiao even needs to be carried to work in the bank, and the accompanying doctor will not leave for a moment, so I want to implore His Majesty to order President Qiao to return to his hometown, after all, his body is still important. Wang Shizhen said two major events that have happened recently.

And these two things can be regarded as a big thing, Wang Shizhen followed to talk and give some advice, but he still didn't dare to let him make the decision.

210 million taels of silver, which is slightly lower than Wang Sirui's expectations, and even everyone knows that if they can deduct more from the Japanese, then they can build a few more factories, and the hard power of the empire will be stronger.

But the Japanese obviously can't take out so much money, a little bit of payment, this is not an insurance method, besides, now the Chinese Empire is most lacking is money, if you can get ten taels of silver immediately, and a year later get twelve taels of silver, then the Chinese Empire will undoubtedly choose the first option, because after taking the silver, the benefits they can create after a year will far exceed twelve taels of silver.

And Qiao Zhiyong refused to resign because of physical reasons, but he couldn't let go of the currency reform that the empire was planning.

Qiao Zhiyong was engaged in such a light thing as silver tickets in his early years, and he achieved good results, and now Wang Sirui has handed over the task of currency reform of the entire empire to him, how can Qiao Zhiyong give up easily?

"We only need silver, it's useless to ask for those foreign exchange now, besides, you go and tell the foreigner that within two months, the first 100 million taels of silver must be handed over to us." Wang Sirui nodded, delivery within half a year is actually equivalent to immediate delivery.

After all, 200 million silver is not a small amount, and they also need time to raise it, and it is reasonable to give a deadline of half a year, but now there are places everywhere in China that need money, and Wang Sirui can't afford to wait.

"Your Majesty, the representatives of the four countries have consulted with me, and they mean that if we are willing to use this indemnity to develop our domestic industry, they will give us the greatest preferential treatment." Wang Shizhen said.

"Hehe, can we use our compensation money to help them boost domestic demand? They have a good hand in their calculations. Wang Sirui smiled, I have to say that the calculation of the four countries is really not bad at all.

That is, they took Japan's customs, and left the loan in their country, which directly stimulated the domestic demand of various countries. Although it was also a good option for the Chinese Empire to be able to get industrial equipment at the most favorable price, it was impossible for the Empire to spend all its money on industry right now.

Especially after this private visit to Weifu, a more serious problem than the development of industry has been exposed in front of Wang Sirui's eyes.

Besides, industrial equipment, didn't the empire take out a loan with the four countries to buy a batch of equipment? That batch of equipment hasn't been delivered yet, and now it's going to buy it?

To put it mildly, in the past few years since the establishment of the empire, the industrial equipment purchased from the United States and other countries, although it is not very perfect, but in terms of production capacity, I am afraid that it has already surpassed France, it is precisely because of the huge territory of the empire and a large number of industrial facilities are scattered throughout the country, so it creates a false impression that the imperial industry is still very weak.

And when the batch of equipment purchased with the loan comes back, the industrial capacity of the empire can theoretically surpass Britain and Germany in an instant, and it only takes a few years to digest it to truly surpass.

The only thing that the empire lacks now is real high-end talents, which has caused the current situation, even if the empire has an industrial machine, but it still cannot produce industrial equipment with quality comparable to that of foreign countries.

These industrial facilities, only if they can be manufactured by themselves, then they can be regarded as a real power. And now, Wang Sirui positions the empire as a second-rate industrial pseudo-power.

Don't ask why the positioning is so low, only when the positioning is low, can he be stimulated to develop with all his strength.

But obviously, since the Great Powers have made this request, if the Empire satisfies them a little bit, I am afraid that they will not be so easily handed over this indemnity.

"In this way, the plan of handing over 100 million taels of silver within two months will remain unchanged, and this money will be of great use, and the remaining 100 million yuan can be used to buy industrial equipment in various countries. But remember, if you don't see the money for two months, the rest of the money won't be left for them. After thinking about it again, Wang Sirui changed his previous mind.

Although 100 million taels of silver may not be enough, if you save a little, you can basically use it for a period of time.

The road of education has a long way to go!

"Okay, I'm going to send a note to the representatives today to inform them of the situation." Wang Shizhen nodded, although he didn't know what Wang Sirui was going to do with this money, but since Wang Sirui had spoken, he would stay.

Of course, as for the fact that various domestic departments have quarreled over the distribution of this money, Wang Shizhen naturally did not tell Wang Sirui. Because he had a hunch that no one seemed to be able to get the money.

"President Qiao is also old now, it is indeed time to enjoy the blessings, does the receiver of the Imperial Bank have a plan?" Wang Sirui continued to ask.

In my memory, Qiao Zhiyong seems to have passed away in the past few years, and Qiao Zhiyong, who is now eighty-six years old, is still working hard at work, even Wang Sirui, who is also faintly distressed.

Nima's age should be a good time in the future to rely on the old and sell the old, who hasn't worked day and night?

"The minister thought that Yan Weifan could take over the post of president of the Imperial Bank, this person followed President Qiao in his early years, and he was President Qiao's right-hand man at the beginning of the establishment of the Imperial Bank, and he knew the operation of the bank well, and the monetary reform was also Yan Weifan's specific operation, and now he is in charge of the Imperial Bank, which is undoubtedly the best choice." Wang Shizhen said.

Wang Sirui secretly thought about it, Yan Weifan's ability is indeed there, and his character is okay, at least in Wang Sirui's opinion, he has no evil deeds to follow, and his qualifications are enough, and he is one of the founders of the Imperial Bank.

"In this way, you go and talk to Qiao Lao, I'll go over and meet him in the evening, and take another time, you go and talk to Yan Weifan." (To be continued.) )