The next day, as soon as Yan Xishan's power was released, it was like a basin of cold water suddenly poured into a hot oil pot, and the entire Taiyuan, no, it should be that the whole Shanxi immediately became panicked, Yan Xishan was finished, the Jin Suijun was also finished, and the Jin banknotes were completely hopeless, and the price comparison between the Jin banknotes and the ocean also plummeted to 35:1 all of a sudden, and there was a tendency to continue to fall.

At this time, the depreciation of Jin banknotes in remote areas such as northern Shanxi, although there is still some gap with Taiyuan and other places, there is a slight lag, but the difference is very small, although there are still some profits, but there are no more bold businessmen who dare to accept Jin banknotes, including silver trumpets, merchants, families, and even public officials, market people, and farmers, in short, all people have a thought, that is, to exchange the Jin banknotes in their hands as soon as possible, so as not to become the same as waste paper in the end.

Not only in Taiyuan City, and the surrounding areas want to exchange the Jin banknotes in their hands, want to rush to the Northern Investment and Development Bank to exchange, that is, the remote Jinbei area, and even the merchants and ordinary people in the Yanbei area and Jinnan area where Datong is located, also rushed to Taiyuan in groups to exchange, for a time Taiyuan City was crowded, everywhere was holding Jin banknotes, looking anxious flow of people.

However, at this time, the Northern Investment and Development Bank also completely stopped exchanging Jin banknotes. The bank clerk told everyone with a heavy look that although Commander-in-Chief Song was sympathetic to the people's feelings, he had personally filled in millions of oceans during this time, and he had done his best. Now, if you want to exchange, you can only find a way to find a provincial political axe.

If you want to exchange the Jin banknotes in your hand, there is no bank or silver number to go to, and you want to exchange some goods, even if you don't need them at all, there is no merchant willing to sell, and the anxious and helpless crowd gathers in the small square in front of the Northern Investment and Development Bank, refusing to disperse for a long time, looking at the Jin banknotes that used to be money in their hands, and want to cry without tears.

The suspension of the exchange of the Northern Investment and Development Bank has had a great impact on people's emotions, especially the psychological defense line of the people at the bottom who have the largest number of people in Taiyuan City and the surrounding farmers has completely collapsed.

These people have very little money left in their hands, and many people have worked hard to accumulate for a few years and only have dozens or hundreds of Jin banknotes, which are all accumulated by them in blood and sweat, thrift, and every penny, and the depreciation of the Jin banknotes in the previous period, they are not willing to exchange them, because they still fantasize that one day the Jin banknotes can restore their original value.

However, now that Yan Xishan had gone into the wilderness, their last hope was ruthlessly shattered.

Now, the Shanxi Provincial Bank, the bank that issued the Jin banknotes, has itself refused to exchange them, and even the Northern Investment and Development Bank, the only bank that has helped the people solve their problems, has stopped exchanging. It can only be explained that the Jin banknote has been completely finished, and there is only one result waiting for it, that is, it will become waste paper.

The entire Taiyuan City, whether it was a locals or a foreigner, was immersed in an extremely depressed state of resentment, like a volcano that had been suppressed for a long time, it had accumulated a lot of energy, and as long as there was a little vibration, it would cause their fury to erupt. Shang Zhen naturally knew about this dangerous situation, but he had no way at all, he could only pray silently in his heart that nothing would happen to cause a civil uprising.

However, I was afraid of something, and an astonishing news began to spread quietly from nowhere.

Yan Xishan not only used his army to fight recklessly, and for his own selfish interests, he indiscriminately issued 148 million Jin banknotes with 300 reserves, but also swept away 12 million yuan from the Shanxi Provincial Bank, of which 1 million yuan was given to officials of Shanxi Province and 5 million yuan was given to generals at all levels of the Jin Sui Army, and he himself ran to Dalian in the northeast with the remaining 6 million yuan and lived a free life.

The news spread so fast that it was beyond everyone's imagination, because all large and medium-sized cities in Shanxi, and even some important villages and towns had telephones, Yan Xishan took 12 million yuan, and it spread all over all large and medium-sized cities in Shanxi almost overnight. Yan Xishan not only issued Jin money indiscriminately, cleverly seized the wealth of the people of Shanxi, and even blatantly "robbed", even went into the wilderness, and did not let go of Shanxi, but also openly took the hard-earned money of 1,200 Shanxi people!

Early the next morning, many people gathered in the streets and alleys of Taiyuan to discuss this matter angrily, these people first gathered together in groups of three or five to discuss, and soon several groups of people gathered together, these people gathered more and more, first talked about each other angrily, and soon developed to curse loudly, not only cursing Yan Xishan, but also cursing Shanxi officials and generals at all levels of the Jin Sui Army, I don't know who remembered Shang Zhen's exchange of the ocean, people's anger soon spread to Shang Zhen and Shanxi officials.

Someone in the crowd suggested that just venting so angrily would not solve the problem, and that the provincial government should be asked for an explanation.

But who are you going to? Yan Xishan, the culprit of the indiscriminate issuance of Jin banknotes, has run to Dalian with the money?

In the face of people's questions, someone in the crowd shouted: "The monk can't run the temple if he runs, this Jin banknote is issued by the Shanxi Provincial Political Axe, Yan Xishan, the old monk, ran away, but the Shanxi Provincial Political Axe is still there, and Shang Zhen, the new monk who took over, is also there, let's all look for Shang Zhen, if he doesn't give us Shanxi people an explanation, let him close the temple." ”

"That's right! Well said, let's go find Shang Zhen and go! Someone in the crowd echoed.

As soon as someone proposed, the angry crowd immediately responded in droves, and they shouted to their friends as they walked, and the group of people gathered more and more on the way to the provincial political axe, and by the time they reached the provincial political axe, there were thousands of people gathered.

Some people took the lead in shouting slogans, demanding that the provincial political axe restore the value of the Jin banknotes, and strongly asked the provincial chairman Shang Zhen to reply.

Shang Zhen, who was standing in front of the window, looked at the crowd outside with a blue face and said nothing. It's not that he doesn't want to take care of it, it's that he really can't manage it.

To restore the value of the Jin banknotes, jokes, don't say that he can't do it, even the wealthy Zhang Xueliang can't, who will throw a lot of money into this "bottomless pit" in vain?

As for asking him to go out, it is even more impossible, if he can solve their requirements when he goes out, it is fine, but if he can't solve it, it will add fuel to the fire, and at this time, only cold treatment is the best way.

Several directors who came to his office and waited for Shang Zhen to come up with an idea, seeing that Shang Zhen had no intention of going out, they were at a loss for a while, and the director of the political department urged Tingyou to see that it was not a way to go on like this, so he picked up the phone and called Kong Wei, the director of the police department who had not come to the provincial government for a long time, and before he could say the first half of the sentence, he was stopped by Shang Zhen.

Last time, he was put on a position by this Kong Wei, which made Shang Zhen suffer a loss, Kong Wei had obviously thrown himself into Song Zhewu's arms, at this time, if Kong Wei brought the police to disperse these petitioning people, it would have to cause even greater trouble.

Moreover, Shang Zhen is almost certain that Kong Wei is waiting for his call, and even Kong Wei and Song Zhewu are still looking forward to seeing his jokes! Because, no matter how much chaos it causes, this account will definitely be counted on his head Shang Zhen.

Sure enough, these petitioners made a fuss for a long time, and when they saw that no one paid attention to them, they gradually dispersed.

Soon after the petitioners in front of the provincial government axe dispersed, the phone calls from officials from all over Shanxi came one after another, all of which reported the local turmoil, and Shang Zhen did not answer any of these calls, but only urged Tingyou to tell them that they must appease the local people so as not to escalate the situation.

But these county mayors from other places are not stupid, this matter of solving the Jin money is none of their business, it is all the provincial political axe should be in charge, and the people everywhere are not really looking for them to solve the problem, but just asking them to report the situation to Shang Zhen, if they are indifferent, it will definitely cause greater chaos, and if they don't do it, their black yarn hat will be gone.

Therefore, they were not willing to sit in their respective offices and wait, and they repeatedly assured the local people that they would go to Taiyuan immediately to reflect the people's public opinion to the provincial chairman Shang Zhen.

After these county mayors came to Taiyuan, they were all reprimanded by Shang Zhen, but most of these people didn't care, because most of them came to deal with errands, as for whether Shang Zhen could solve the problem, it didn't matter to them, they just had to go back and tell Shang Zhen's attitude truthfully to the people who petitioned, and it would be over, which had nothing to do with them, and the people were not satisfied, so they scolded Shang Zhen.

However, just when they were about to go home, Zhao Pilian personally invited them one by one to the Taiyuan Hotel near Xiaodongmen.

During the banquet for them, Zhao Pilian first thanked them for the people of Shanxi, and then said that Commander-in-Chief Song Zhewu was dedicated to the people and was deeply disturbed by the suffering of the people of Shanxi caused by the depreciation of the Jin banknote, and he wanted to help the people of Shanxi solve this problem, but now is not the time, please ask these parents and officials to stay in the Taiyuan Hotel for a while longer, and Commander-in-Chief Song will discuss a proper solution with everyone.

In the surrounding areas of Taiyuan controlled by Song Zhewu, as well as these local officials in the northern Jin region, as well as the representatives of Suiyuan, they had already had a rough idea in their hearts, because when they came, the local Fourth Route Army garrison not only strongly approved of their coming to Taiyuan, but also provided a lot of convenience, that is, those who had cars provided cars, and those who did not have cars provided horses, and they also sent special personnel to escort them all the way to Taiyuan.

said that it was an escort, but it was more like an escort, as if they were afraid that they would run away halfway and not go to Taiyuan. Zhao Pilian said this now, and most of these people understood what Song Zhewu meant.

The local officials in Shanxi from Datong and Jinnan, although they were very suspicious of Song Zhewu, a native of other provinces, cared about the suffering of the people in Shanxi, but Zhao Pilian came forward to provide them with good food and drink, and they were not easy to go back, so they all lived in the Taiyuan Hotel with a wait-and-see attitude.

Because a few days ago, Song Zhewu's independent resistance to the siege of the Jin Sui Army and the Northwest Army caused an uproar in various places, and reporters from major newspapers rushed to Taiyuan in droves, and many of these reporters also stayed in Taiyuan hotels, and these officials just provided them with sufficient interview subjects......

(To be continued)