Er Yulin stayed in a hotel in Nancheng, Beijing, Wang Yongjiang touched the place for the Sichuan site according to the porter, and when he found Tang Yulin, the man nicknamed "Erhu" was eating wine in the restaurant with a group of companions, and he was already half drunk, but he knew Wang Yongjiang and remembered the task assigned by Zhang Zuoshuang, so he didn't say a word, said goodbye to his companions, pulled Wang Yongjiang back to the guest room, took out a letter from a suitcase, and handed it to Wang Yongjiang?

Wang Yongjiang took the letter, first glanced at the envelope and looked up, and saw that the handwriting was Zhang Zuoshuang's own handwriting, this green forest character is not highly educated, and this word is written very casually, fortunately, Wang Yongjiang didn't mind, opened the envelope, took out the letter board, and read it carefully.

Zhang Zuoshuang knew Wang Yongjiang's character, so he didn't have much politeness in the letter, first a few words of greetings, and then he got straight to the point, telling him the purpose of sending Tang Yulin to meet Wang Yongjiang, not for anything else, but for the battle between the Beiyang Consortium and the Hannagan Consortium Coal Syndicate.

Although Zhang Zuoshuang did not say it explicitly in the letter, Wang Yongjiang can also judge from the content of the letter that now, this former green forest figure in the three eastern provinces has taken refuge in the southeast consortium and is ready to follow the southeast consortium to make a big profit in this coal syndicate war.

Zhang Zuoshuang said in the letter that he wanted to inquire about this matter himself, but Wang Yongjiang scoffed at this, he knew very well that standing next to Zhang Zuoshuang must be a big man in the Southeast Consortium, and it may even be Zhang Han himself, on the surface, Zhang Zuoshuang was asking Wang Yongjiang for inside information, but in fact it was the Southeast Consortium that was engaged in insider speculation.

To tell the truth, Wang Yongjiang is very disgusted by this kind of insider speculation, and he also knows that the president himself also hates this kind of collusion by official recommendation very much, but the background of the members of the United Front government is quite complicated, including old politicians from the former Qing Dynasty and political tumblers in the Beiyang clique, and under this background, it is impossible to completely eliminate this kind of insider trading between politicians and businessmen.

However, Wang Yongjiang does not have to make it difficult for this now, the reason is very simple, he himself did not directly participate in the battle of coal Xinqiangjia, and he does not know what the central government and the president have in mind, so he can tell the truth.

"Erhu, don't hide it, about the battle of coal Xinqiang, I don't know what the idea of the center and the president is fighting, I only know that the Beiyang Consortium's posture of sharpening knives has attracted great attention from the Ministry of Finance, and has drafted a report and handed it over to the president for his attention, maybe it won't be long before the president will give a clear opinion, but now, the center's policy is indeed undecided."

Wang Yongjiang explained to Tang Yulin first, but considering that this person was a rough man and was also half drunk at this time, he wrote a reply letter later, and after sealing it, "Ding asked Tang Yulin to take it back and hand it to Zhang Zuoshuang, and then declined the other party's invitation to the banquet and hurried back to the apartment."

After returning to the apartment, Wang Yongjiang walked around the courtyard, repeatedly pondering the matter of the coal syndicate, he is a person who studies the economy, of course he knows this, what "syndicate" means, he also knows very well, if there is a "syndicate" and "cartel trustas" in the industrial sector of a country, it often means that the country's industry has begun to transition from decentralized to centralized, from inefficient to efficient, which is good for the national economy, but at the same time it is also bad. Is China ready for the era of Xinqijia or the Trust?

Originally, during this period of time, Wang Yongjiang's mind was mainly focused on the rectification and takeover of Russian-funded financial institutions in the three eastern provinces, but now, the handwritten letter from Zhang Zuoshuang brought by Tang Yulin diverted his attention, and the business war between the Beiyang Consortium and the Hannagen Consortium to unify the coal industry in the two provinces has long entered the field of vision of the Ministry of Finance, and Wang Yongjiang has not been distracted by this because he is busy rectifying the affairs of Russian-funded financial institutions, so he does not know what the president's attitude is towards this. This matter may be asked Xiong Xiling, but after careful consideration, Wang Yongjiang finally decided to ask the president, he has the president's special business card, and he can go directly to the chamber of waiters, as for whether the president can see him at that time, it depends on whether the president's schedule is full.

Wang Yongjiang thought of doing it, and immediately rushed to the presidential palace, went to the chamber to name himself, and asked to meet the president immediately, to some of his flattery, when he learned that it was him, President Zhao Lihai ordered the adjutant to lead Wang Yongjiang to the commander's hall to meet him.

Wang Yongjiang quickly followed the adjutant of the chamber to the commander-in-chief's hall, and at this time, the president was receiving several army officers who came from Outer Mongolia, among which Xu Shuzheng's position and rank were the highest, and there was no need to think deeply, it must be to commend them for their military exploits in entering Kulun, just as the Nanyang War was going on, an elite unit of the Chinese National Defense Force also flew across Guanshan, and defeated the rebel forces of the princes of Outer Mongolia in one fell swoop with lightning speed, and killed the princes and monk leaders who presided over the rebellion. The situation in the steppes has stabilized.

Wang Yongjiang did not dare to spy on the military situation, so he had to wait patiently in the lounge, and it was not until Xu Shuzheng left with the officers that he rushed to the president's office with the adjutant.

"Hate Yuan, when did you return to Beijing? The sorting out of Russian-funded financial institutions in the three eastern provinces is quite smooth, right? ”

Seeing Wang Yongjiang, Zhao Bei was very polite, after all, the foundation of this central government lies in finance and finance, and the foundation of finance and finance lies in the order of eight talents and two talents, order, Zhao Bei can be guaranteed with the power of the year, and the car is in Daizhou, so he can only be a corporal of Lixian.

"I just took the train back to Beijing this afternoon, things are going very smoothly in the three eastern provinces, and now the Russian civil war is not over, and there is a run on depositors in the Russian-funded banks, at this time, no Russian-funded bank dares to confront the Ministry of Finance, and now, the exercise of paper money in Russian-funded banks has been completely controlled by the Ministry of Finance, and the Russian paper ruble has also completely withdrawn from the financial market of the three eastern provinces. Although the U.S. consortium has complained about this, it has the support of the central government, and the Treasury Department can fully cope with it. ”

"That's good, that's good. You only returned to Beijing this afternoon, you don't have a good rest, are you in such a hurry to come to me, is there something urgent? Zhao Bei asked.

Wang Yongjiang hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Actually, the humble position is for the matter of the Jinyi Coal Syndicate. The president must have read the report of the Ministry of Finance some time ago, but I wonder what the president thinks about this matter? In the president's view, is it better for the Beiyang Consortium to control the coal syndicate, or for the Hannagan consortium to control the coal syndicate? ”

After listening to Wang Yongjiang's explanation, Zhao Bei smiled faintly and said, "It turns out that you are here for this matter." Okay, let's talk about it now. In your opinion, will these conglomerates such as Xinqianga, cartels, and trusts be more beneficial or disadvantageous to the national economy? ”

Wang Yongjiang hesitated, and after pondering for a while, he shook his head.

"It's not good to say that you are lowly. I would also like to hear the president's opinion. ”

"Hah! You can't say it, how can I say it well? However, according to my previous experience in ordering arms from German fire cartels, these international conglomerates are able to maximize the profits of industrial products, and you must accept it if you do not accept it. Otherwise, you can't buy the arms you want at all, for example, if you want to buy a German rifle, then it is better to buy Wu directly through the arms company in China, if you go directly to Germany to buy from the arsenal, the price is higher than buying in a foreign company, why is this? This is the staggering profit brought by the Kuiduan, and the so-called syndicates, cartels, and trusts are typical representatives of monopolistic industrial enterprises. ”

"Businessmen run businesses, with profit as their only pursuit, but they are also blameless."

Wang Yongjiang nodded and made a deferential expression.

But if Zhao Bei continues to speak, he may not be able to say anything, after all, he is not an economic expert, and he may be able to rely on the vision of the times to guide the general direction of the national economic exhibition, but if it is specific to the strategic planning of a certain industry, it may not be as good as Wang Yongjiang, a soil expert. However, one thing is certain, Zhao Bei knows that in later generations, many industrial countries have enacted laws such as the "Antitrust Law" and the "Anti-Corruption Law" to restrict the combination of such large enterprises and even multinational enterprises, and this alone is enough to prove that these syndicates, cartels, and trusts have a rather negative impact and hinder the development of the national economy.

Therefore, Zhao Bei is actually very concerned about the battle between the Beiyang Consortium and the Hannagan Consortium in this coal syndicate, who controls the coal monopoly in the Jinyi area, Zhao Bei does not care, what he cares about is this catty. If you take into account the greedy pursuit of profits by the Xinqijia organization, then, once the coal syndicate is formed, perhaps the price of coal in the north will soar, and thus involve the overall situation, coal is the main source of power for industry, and the fluctuation of coal prices directly affects the cost of all industrial products. However, considering the cost of transportation, this coal syndicate will still have an advantage in price.

Of course, Zhao Bei can use the power in his hands to stop this syndicate battle, but he still decided to wait and see, after all, he has squeezed the interests of many people politically, and now, if those people are not allowed to make money, then the current political calm in the country may end immediately, and this is not what Zhao Bei wants to see now.

Fortunately, this Jinyi Coal Syndicate is only a regional base-breaking organization, and it is impossible to affect the price of butterfly charcoal in the country, so Zhao Bei is still in the posture of "let the wind and waves rise, sit firmly in the Diaoyutai", if the Beiyang Consortium or the Hannagan Consortium really have the ambition and strength to try to control the price of coal in the country, then, maybe not waiting for them to do it, Zhao Bei has already made a good move to beat them first.

In fact, such as this kind of butterfly charcoal syndicate and other business complexes, now there have been a lot of similar organizations in China, the banking industry, imitation weaving industry as a representative, especially the imitation weaving industry, not only monopolize the regional sales market, but also cut off the raw material supply market, on the one hand, it is a prison, on the other hand, it is amazing profits, no wonder coal merchants are also a little eager to try.

This kind of joint enterprise is the so-called "broken capital", and its power is enough to influence the economic direction of a country, and even determine the political layout of a country, and now, in this continent? In the world, the politics of almost all powerful countries were affected by this monopoly capital.

Zhao Bei hoped that he would be able to control this monopoly capital, not be controlled by this monopoly capital, although this task was very difficult, no less than a real war, but Zhao Bei still planned to give it a try.

Zhao Bei also knew very well that this war had just begun.