Chapter 296: Currency Wars
In the cave, a meeting of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee is being held.
After circulating the message, Taizu said, "What do you think about it?" ”
The telegram was sent by the Soviet political axe, and the content of the telegram was first to protest fiercely against the disregard of the interests of the Soviet Union in Xinjiang Province, and then to demand that the Party Central Committee must force the Black God Army to change its policy and live in peace with the Soviet Union, and in particular, not to have any adverse impact on the revolutionary situation in Outer Mongolia.
The atmosphere in the house was relaxed.
Forced by reality, the position of the Soviet Union had to be maintained within the party, but at the top level, after countless bloody lessons, there was no market for Chongsu.
In fact, at the beginning, the most serious group in China that worships foreigners, especially in the spiritual realm, is [***].
During this period, China [***], on the whole, did not have the slightest self-confidence, everything was the head of the foreigners, and the words of the foreigners were the holy decree.
When the First National Congress was held, Chen Duxiu did not participate, but Chen Duxiu was elected secretary and became the earliest leader of China. Chen Duxiu, who was the president of a university in Guangdong at the time, was applying for a grant to build a school building, but Chen Duxiu thought that fighting for school funding was more important than "one big", so he did not go. Chen Duxiu's election as secretary was decided by Ma Lin, the representative of the Comintern.
Marin is Dutch, foreigner.
In fact, Chen Duxiu's mistakes were of course due to his own reasons, but the fundamental reason was still the Comintern, because Chen Duxiu's attitude was the attitude of the Comintern, and it was the foreigners who determined Chen Duxiu's attitude.
Chen Duxiu stepped down, and subsequently, the Russian Borodin took over the leadership and leading ideology of China, and Qu Qiubai became the leader.
Qu Qiubai was later thought to have made the mistake of left-leaning blind activism, but in fact, this was also because of the foreign representatives of the Comintern behind him.
These foreigners from foreign countries did not understand the reality and specific situation of China at all, and only proceeded from their theories, and guided China's affairs in a rigid manner, but as a result, they messed up again. Therefore, Qu Qiubai's resignation is tantamount to carrying the black pot for the blind command of foreigners. In fact, Qu Qiubai, like Chen Duxiu, is decided by foreign adults to go on and off the stage.
After Qu Qiubai, Stalin and Mifu took a fancy to Xiang Zhongfa, who was born as a worker, and insisted on electing Xiang Zhongfa as general secretary.
At that time, the Chinese [***] people, who had a serious foreign complex, also had no opinion on this.
Although Miff claims to be an expert on the [***] issue, like other foreign adults, he is still a blind command, so under the blind command of Miff, China [***] suffered another major defeat, and even Xiang Zhongfa, whom they fancied, eventually became a traitor.
After Xiang Zhongfa, the thirty-year-old Mifu put the twenty-seven-year-old Wang Ming in the position of general secretary, and later Wang Ming stayed in the Soviet Union for a while, and the leadership of China [***] was taken care of by the twenty-four-year-old Bogu.
This is a group of hairy guys who have only learned a little foreign book knowledge and seriously lack understanding of Chinese reality, but Bogu is still somewhat self-aware and knows that he is not good at military affairs, but he does not believe the Chinese themselves, so he hired a 31-year-old German Braun as a military adviser.
Braun is the famous Li De.
The reason why Taizu was finally able to determine his leading position in the party was of course due to countless bloody lessons, but also due to an accident.
The Comintern in Shanghai was broken by the Kuomintang, which made China lose contact with the Comintern, which made it possible for China to finally embark on the road of reading autonomy under the leadership of Taizu.
Originally, both China and China [***] still needed the Soviet Union, but due to the emergence of the Black God Army, the situation has changed radically and dramatically.
Now, there is no longer any need to make false relations with the Soviets, so all those in the party who still have foreign ideas must step aside and need to carry out ideological transformation.
"It's better to say than to sing, and it can't affect the revolutionary situation in Outer Mongolia? his grandma! Ren Bishi scolded.
Everyone laughed.
This telegram from the Soviet political axe has no human flavor at all, and it is no longer worth discussing, and after a pause, Ren Bishi said again: "Chairman, can they really give us the Northeast?" ”
Taizu was silent, and a faint green smoke rose between his fingers.
-- Chairman Jiang blocked his heart, it was too blocked, and his heart was almost shihua.
After pacifying Xinjiang Province, the Black God Army moved into Tibet again.
For many years, the British have been making trouble in Tibetan Province, and as soon as the Black God Army arrived, they killed two or three hundred British.
The British are more cowardly than old hairymen, and they have been killed so many people that they don't even dare to let out a fart.
The Black God Army said that if the British dared to pretend to be forced again, they would invade India and Southeast Asia by land and drive the British out completely.
Envy, envy, but this is still a trivial matter, what really makes Chairman Jiang feel blocked is the joint political axe.
Since the Black God Army began to consult all walks of life about the formation of a joint political axe, Beiping has become a place of national attention, and when the Black God Army released the wind, saying that it would do its best to increase the authority of local political axe autonomy, it immediately poked the hornet's nest, and all the hornets flocked to Beiping.
Subsequently, the news came one after another:
Civil war, from this moment on, will be a red line that no one can cross, and whoever provokes a civil war will be eliminated!
The Chinese do not fight the Chinese, and in the future, apart from dealing with criminals who split the country and provoke civil war, this will become an unshakable conviction in the hearts of every Chinese.
It turned out that Chiang Kai-shek was not qualified to lead China, he was not worthy to be the leader of China, and, for the time being, no one person or party could dominate China, so it was necessary to form a coalition government on an equal footing and establish the Federal Republic of China.
Autonomy, with the province as the unit of self-government.
…… Every message is blocked.
Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, Yu Hanmou from Guangzhou, Liu Xiang from Sichuan, Long Yun from Yunnan, and Cheng Qian from Wuhan have all gone to Beiping in person, and even in the provinces under the control of Chairman Chiang, many people are eager to make a move.
Of course, the most terrifying of these is Chairman Chiang and the core interest groups he represents.
At the official residence of the cemetery, Chiang Kai-shek summoned his core team He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, Zhang Qun, Chen Lifu, Chen Guofu, Dai Li, Gu Zhu and others to hold a meeting day and night to discuss how to deal with the current critical situation.
As the saying goes, the more the truth is debated, the clearer it becomes, but this truth is so helpless that everyone finds that they have no choice but to watch their power being ruthlessly compressed against the offensive of the Black God Army.
To start a war, that is to find death, not to mention the Black God Army and [***], that is, warlords from all walks of life, whether they are open or dark, will pounce on them together and bite them to death and share their interests.
Resist, no.
The autonomy of the provinces is too powerful, if they become outliers, they will be marginalized, and then gradually differentiated, and in the end, they can only have these places in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
There is no way, the Black God Army has created a general trend, and they can only follow the general trend and participate in it.
The replacement of the Republic of China by the Federal Republic of China, and the reduction of Chairman Chiang from the leader of a country to the head of a power bloc are already irreversible.
-- On 17 December 1938, representatives of all circles reached a basic consensus on the basic matters concerning the establishment of the Federal Republic of China, and on this day, the work of forming the Central Political Axe of the Federal Republic of China was officially launched.
The basic consensus is:
1. It was decided to convene the First National Congress of the Federal Republic of China on March 11, 1939.
2. Each province has a quota of 11 to 19 deputies to the National Congress, plus representatives from all walks of life and political parties, and the First National Congress of the Federal Republic of China has a total of 747 deputies.
Intensive consultations began.
The purpose of the current consultations is to build consensus on various aspects of the issue to the greatest extent possible, and whether or not it can be adopted depends on the results of the vote at the National Assembly.
The first consensus reached was that Beiping would be renamed Yanjing as the capital of the Federal Republic of China.
This consensus was easily reached, and apart from Chairman Chiang's dissatisfaction, most of the others thought that this was a proper obligation, not to mention that the Black God Army had enough means to manipulate these deputies, so it was okay for Chairman Chiang to be dissatisfied.
Second, the "March of the Volunteers" was designated as the national anthem of the Federal Republic of China, and the five-star red flag was designated as the national flag of the Federal Republic of China.
There is nothing to say about the "March of the Volunteers" as the national anthem of the Federal Republic of China, and the explanation given by the Black God Army for the five-star red flag is that the five stars represent the republic of the five ethnic groups proposed by the former Premier Sun Yat-sen, and the red represents the martyrs who sacrificed for the salvation of the country and the nation.
Although these are related to the national system, they are of little significance to many people, because they have limited relations with their vital interests, so they are insignificant.
After that, the negotiation stuff was terrible.
The first issue of consultation is the authority of the central government.
The authority of the central government axe and the authority of the local government axe are opposed, the authority of the central government axe is large, the power of the local government axe is small, and vice versa.
In this regard, the two sides of the contention are local powerful factions based on local areas and interest classes that are not based on local roots.
In this dispute, it is clear that the attitude of the Black God Army is crucial, and in the end, the Black God Army supports the local power faction, however, not comprehensive support, but conditional support.
The Black God Army supports the establishment of a virtual central government axe to maximize the power of local self-government, but in order to ensure that the autonomous provinces maintain the minimum bottom line, the Black God Army proposes some restrictions on surnames. For example, engaging in separatism, brazenly interfering with national interests, and so on, should be punished with the most severe punishment; For another example, if there is a major incident, such as starving more than 100 people to death, the military and political leaders in power must withdraw from the political axe system forever, and their children and grandchildren, within two generations, can also not enter the political axe system.
This latter article has made many people have a toothache, but there is no way to oppose it, because even within the provinces, there are a large number of people who agree with this very much.
These people who agree are not because of any sense of justice, they agree because most of their strength is relatively weak, if they have this, then their chances of being on the throne are naturally great.
Moreover, this is just one of them.
Once these articles are formally adopted, it will be too difficult for an autonomous province to do whatever it wants. Because if you move a position in the officialdom, the influence will be a large area, and the higher the position, the more people will be affected. Therefore, if it is really committed, it will definitely not be pressed by a few high-level officials after they have agreed on the conditions.
It is conceivable that as long as effective sanctions can be ensured, infighting in various provinces will inevitably emerge one after another in the future.
Absolutely, it's so amazing, it's just a stunner!
-- In the Chinese sky, there seems to be a smell of "money" wafting everywhere, and Yanjing is especially strong.
In the days leading up to the National Congress, there has been a fierce game going on: currency.
The currency issue is naturally extremely extreme, and in all respects, it is second only to the question of the competence of local self-government.
The provinces want to print their own money, but this is not realistic, so it is necessary to increase the weight of the provinces on the issue of currency. On this issue, the interests of the provinces are not separate, but united, and therefore have a great right to speak.
Now there are two currencies to choose from, one is the fiat currency issued by Nanjing Zheng Axe, and the other is the dragon and phoenix coin issued by the Black God Army.
Fiat currency and dragon and phoenix coins have their own advantages, the advantage of fiat currency is that it has been successfully issued and has been widely recognized, while the advantage of dragon and phoenix coins is that the credibility of the Black God Army.
The chaebols of Jiangsu and Zhejiang mobilized all the forces at their disposal to carry out all kinds of co-optation, bribery, and lobbying. In fact, it was not only the Jiangsu-Zhejiang chaebols that moved, but also the Americans and the British, who mobilized all the forces they could.
In the study, Han Lihong sat quietly on a chair with his waist straight, his eyes closed.
Lu Wenzhao just left.
The financial empire he established, Zhang Yueming was in charge of overseas, and Lu Wenzhao was in charge of China, and Lu Wenzhao had just reported to him about the large-scale activities of the chaebols in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Han Lihong was thinking about a currency war.
On 10 March 1933, the Nationalist Government reformed the monetary system, abolishing the two yuan and replacing it with the silver tael, and using the silver dollar in a unified manner, with the aim of establishing a silver standard system, but the Americans did not want China's currency to read power, so on 24 May 1934, the US Congress passed the "Silver Purchase Act" proposed by President Roosevelt.
After the passage of the Silver Purchase Act, silver soared from 25 cents an ounce to 70 cents, a threefold increase almost overnight.
The sharp rise in the price of silver has had two consequences for China.
First of all, it is tantamount to forcing China's currency to appreciate, so that the foreign goods sold at home are cheap, while the goods we export are expensive, which has dealt an extremely heavy blow to China's economy.
Second, it caused a rapid outflow of silver from China, with as much as 250 million silver flowing out in that year alone, which naturally caused a serious shortage of currency, resulting in a sharp drop in prices and a depression in all industries.
This is the first currency war launched by the United States against China, and the consequences of this currency war are far from over.
As a last resort, paper money must be issued to solve the problem of currency shortage, but at this time, the domestic silver deposit is no longer enough to support the issuance of currency, so, under the guidance of a group of returnee elites, Nanjing political axe turned to foreign people for help.
The returnee elite does have the ability, and they hit it off with the British, and the foreign adults who served laughed all the way haha.
Originally, the Nanjing political axe asked the British to ensure the stability of China's currency, which was tantamount to putting financial sovereignty in your hands. It's hard to find this kind of good thing with a lantern, but to this extent, whether it's a returnee elite or a foreign adult, it's not very satisfying. As a result, the Nanjing political axe shipped 25 million pounds worth of silver to London and sold it for sterling in Britain as a reserve, in the name of maintaining the stability of the fiat currency.
In this era, the British are already outdated, they can play with the Chinese, but the strong have their own strong hands, there are capable people behind the capable people, and when the time comes, the Americans will come and pick peaches.
In May 1936, the United States signed the "Sino-US Silver Agreement" with the representatives of the Kuomintang, stipulating that 50 million ounces of silver would be purchased from China at a price of 50 cents per ounce of silver in order to maintain the exchange rate of the legal tender.
As soon as this agreement is signed, it is equivalent to completely handing over the door of life to the Americans, as long as the Americans want to, it is a matter of minutes to mess up China's economy, and they can make you chaotic to whatever extent they want to mess up.
After the issuance of fiat currency, the economy immediately improved, which is also the origin of the so-called golden decade, but in fact, this so-called golden decade was finally mixed with US dollars, that is, borrowed money.
It is conceivable that the United States is not Lei Feng, and if it were not for the collapse of the national political axe without fattening, the word sheep shearing would have appeared decades earlier.
Currency wars, American ghost animals, Jiangsu-Zhejiang chaebols, merinos, Han Lihong's mouth showed a trace of eerie laugh lines.
Combined political axe, he feels that this thing is really getting better and better, although killing people is simple, but it is not too enjoyable, and it is really enjoyable to play death little by little.
The game has begun, the currency war, and he wants to return the Americans to a game.
-- Nanjing, Presidential Palace.
These words, not only Chairman Jiang is in a bad mood, but Song Meiling's mood is even worse. Women tend to be more persistent than men if they like power.
Song Meiling is such a woman.
From the wife of the powerful president to the wife of just one of the princes, this kind of gap is more difficult for Soong Meiling to bear than Chiang Kai-shek.
But it's still the same sentence, you have to endure it if you can't bear it.
When Song Meiling was in a disgusted mood, Song Ziwen and Kong Xiangxi came.
In the past few days, Song Meiling is most concerned about the issue of the storage and disposal of fiat currency, and when she saw the faces of Song Ziwen and Kong Xiangxi, her heart fluttered.
Song Meiling has always been calm, but the situation has changed too quickly and too much recently, and she has fallen from the throne of the president's wife, and she is now more concerned about economic interests, and her economic interests have a great relationship with fiat currency.
"What's wrong?" Without beckoning Song Ziwen and Kong Xiangxi to sit down, Song Meiling asked hurriedly.
Song Ziwen's face was ugly, and he handed a newspaper in his hand to Song Meiling.
After taking the newspaper, Song Meiling read it quickly. Looking at it, her hand holding the newspaper suddenly trembled slightly.
(To be continued)