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When the news of the destruction of the Jinan branch of the Yokohama Shojin Bank reached Japan, it caused an uproar*. None of the factions in China, especially the powerful factions in the north, seem to be aware of the seriousness of the problem. Their biggest concern at the moment is how to deal with the aftermath of the financial crisis, or how many silver dollar coupons should be printed to fill the shortfall, and at the same time convince the people that these silver dollar coupons can really be exchanged for silver dollars.

The plane from Zhou E, the boss of the Chinese G, landed at Beijing's Nanyuan Airport at noon on 21 March, and was immediately picked up by Zhang Xueliang, who was waiting there, into the palace of Shuncheng County in a car. Zhang Zuolin, Chen Jiongming, Pan Fu, Yang Yuting and other leading figures in the north all stood at the gate of the palace in person and respectfully welcomed Zhou Elai into the glass flower hall in the back garden of the palace. A table of wine has been set up, full of delicacies from the mountains and seas.

"Mr. Zhou, Zhang Yushuai, our banquet is a celebration banquet, to celebrate the Feng Department, the Central G, and our Zhi Gong Party, the three parties have successfully expelled the Kuomintang's fiat currency from the north, and the next step is to consider how to use the silver dollar bills issued by the 'United Reserve Bank of China' to occupy the northern banknote market."

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Chen Jiongming, chairman of the Zhi Gong Party and representative of the Anhui Department, picked up his wine glass and stood up. A serious celebration of victory doesn't look like drunken talk......

Zhou Elai naturally knew the whole truth of the matter from the secret telegram that Mao Zemin and Zhang Naiqi sent to Yan'an. I also know that the people in front of me are almost all "proletarians". At this time, after listening to Chen Jiongming's words, his two thick eyebrows gradually twisted together, and he guessed the other party's true intentions with a little calculation in his heart. They must be trying to fill the hole for themselves with the silver dollar coupons that have not yet been officially issued, but they are ...... There is also a guarantee of the credibility of China G, and if something goes wrong, there will be incalculable losses to the party's cause

"Mr. Zhou, we have raised a total of about 40 million silver dollars by selling fiat currency this time, and we can issue 120 million silver dollar coupons according to the number of triples. I don't know...... What does Mr. Zhou think? Zhang Zuolin smiled all over his face, and eloquently explained the plan discussed in advance between the Feng Department and the Zhi Gong Party. He glanced at Zhou Elai, saw that the other party did not react, and said with a smile: "Of course, your party has also made great contributions in this struggle to expel fiat currency, so I discussed it with Brother Jingcun, and I think that 10 million yuan should be proposed from this 120 million silver dollar coupons to your party to be responsible for issuance, I don't know what Mr. Zhou thinks?" ”

Sure enough, he didn't guess wrong, Zhou Elai looked serious. In fact, when he was in Yan'an, he and Mao ZD and others had carefully analyzed the current situation. The most crucial issue now is not to let the Feng faction collapse, because it is now a third of the world, and Sun Yat-sen and the Kuomintang are too strong. If the Feng system collapses because of the financial crisis, they are afraid that their territory will have to go to the Kuomintang, so that the situation of China G may be ...... It's just that this time is also a good opportunity for the development of China G.

"Yu Shuai." Zhou Elai's expression was calm, and he just looked at Zhang Zuolin calmly: "Can you guarantee that if you get more than 100 million silver dollar coupons, you can save the financial collapse in the north?" If the common people don't believe in our silver dollar bills, just as they don't believe in fiat currency, then what can you do about it? ”

"Mr. Zhou, the situation you said is impossible to happen." Taking over this topic was Pan Fu, the chief butler of the Feng Department: "In fact, the current financial situation in the north is very favorable to our implementation of silver dollar coupons. First of all, because the fiat currency was announced to implement foreign exchange controls, it was automatically withdrawn. Second, the Bank of Korea and the Yokohama Zhengjin Bank, which were run by the Japanese, also suffered heavy losses in the public bond speculation in Shanghai, and the 'golden bills' they issued have now lost their credibility. Thirdly, the banknotes issued by the banks of the North have now been discredited, and no one will believe them anymore. Above... It was decided that the silver dollar was the only banknote that the people of the north could choose at present, if they still wanted to use or hold the banknote...... Silver dollar coupons are the only option. ”

Zhou Elai remained silent: "But if they (referring to the Kuomintang) also adopt the same method to run on the silver dollar bills, do you have any way to deal with it?" We only have a third of the reserves. ”

"Mr. Zhou, please rest assured, one-third of the reserve is enough to deal with the situation." Zheng Tieru, general manager of the United Reserve Bank of China, smiled and replied for Pan Fu: "At present, I am afraid that there is no paper money in the world that has reserves as high as one-third, right?" Even the dollar and the pound can't do it. We have enough reserves to cover any eventuality. ”

"But in this fiat currency crisis, the Kuomintang's reserves also seem to be ......," Zhou Elai hesitated for a moment and asked again.

Zheng Tieru smiled coldly: "The Kuomintang does have a lot of foreign exchange reserves in its hands, but they have more foreign trade deficits and foreign debts, and they need to use these foreign exchange to continue to import machinery and equipment from abroad to develop heavy industry." Therefore, we are reluctant to take out foreign exchange to open exchange, our foreign trade in the north is surplus, soybeans, coal, iron ore will be exchanged for a large amount of foreign exchange every year, and there is no foreign debt, and it does not rely on foreign investment. Therefore, I am not afraid of others to run on it...... In addition, there is the fact that most of their banks are private. This time, it was the private Bank of Communications that acted as the main force in the run, and the big banks ran on their own currency, hehe, this kind of thing has only been encountered by the Kuomintang in the world. ”

Pan Fu added: "We plan to use this opportunity for the United Reserve Bank of China to come forward to secure all the branches of the five banks on our territory, including Communications, Yanye, Jincheng, Zhongnan and Mainland." In this way, in the north, we will be the five major banks in the north, namely, the official bank of the three eastern provinces, the border industry bank, the Beiyang Industrial Bank of Anhui, the Chinese Soviet Bank of your party, and the United Reserve Bank of China. These banks are all in our hands, and naturally it is impossible to run on our own silver dollar bills. At the same time, we must prohibit fiat currency and all currency issued by commercial banks from circulating on our territory. Be sure to turn the dollar coupon into the only banknote"

"Is it time to take over the five banks and issue silver dollar bills again?" Zhou E came to lock his eyebrows and found a problem again. These Feng and Anhui systems do not seem to be inferior to the Kuomintang at all

Pan Fu smiled a little embarrassedly: "This will also have one-third of the reserves, and the gold, silver, and foreign exchange in the inventory of the five banks together are equivalent to at least more than 30 million silver dollars, and there is no problem in issuing 100 million silver dollar coupons." ”

"Ninety million plus 100 million, 20 million plus 100 million, that's 310 million, is there really no problem?" Zhou Elai counted his fingers, and his heart was surprised and delighted. Surprisingly, the number of silver dollar coupons issued seems to be too large, and the joy is that if there are really so many silver dollar coupons on the market...... Needless to say, China G also has tens of millions of more banknotes out of thin air. The construction of this base area will be able to speed up soon.

"Mr. Zhou, please rest assured, these 310 million will definitely be digestible on the market, and there will be no problem." Zheng Tieru smiled and hit the package ticket.

Zhou Elai nodded slightly, was silent for a moment, stretched out three fingers, and said with a smile: "You want to issue 220 million silver dollar coupons all of a sudden, and only give 10 million to my party, doesn't seem reasonable?" Our party should get at least 30 million"

"Thirty million" Zhang Zuolin took a deep breath, his face slightly blue.

Mr. Zhou...... That's 30 million is a lot. Pan Fu shook his head in embarrassment: "No matter how you say it, your party has never made reserves." We give 10 million is already ......"

Zhou Elai said coldly: "If there is no party, you will not be able to issue a penny of silver dollar coupons, and your territory will not be able to be kept like the army." Only our party joined...... The Kuomintang will not run on silver dollar bills, and it will not dare to manipulate you casually. So we're asking for 30 million, which isn't much."

As soon as these words came out, there was silence in the room.

In the end, Zhang Zuolin slapped the table and picked up the wine glass: "Thirty million is thirty million, and it will be regarded as my friend who made your Zhongg." For the sake of our tripartite cooperation is happy, do it"

……

Wuhan, General Staff of the National ** Army.

Although Luo Yaoguo is a new official today, he did not engage in any superfluous ceremonies. It's not because you want to pretend to be incorruptible, but you really don't have this mind. A war was imminent, and according to the report of the Korean Independence Army under the control of the Military Intelligence Bureau, the 2nd, 5th, and 6th divisions on the Japanese side had already begun to mobilize, and they would reach full strength in three days at most. It seems that the Japanese, who have been pitted by Luo Yaoguo, still decided to resort to force

In the office of the chief of the general staff, Luo Yaoguo, Zhu Peide, Bai Chongxi, Li Zongren, He Yingqin, An Sihua and other six people sat around the desk, and a huge military map of North China was spread out on the desk. The cities of Tianjin and Qingdao on the map are surrounded by lines drawn in red pencils. Around Shandong Province, several symbols representing divisional units were drawn with blue pencils, and the numbers of the first division, the fourth division, the fifth division, the sixth division, and the eighteenth division were marked on the side of the symbols. On the opposite side of these infantry divisions of the National ** Army, the Seventh Division, the Eighth Division, the Ninth Division, and the Tenth Division of the Central Committee are also marked with ordinary black pencils.

"The Japanese have only mobilized three divisions, and it seems that their goal is not our territory." Luo Yaoguo tapped lightly on the map on the table with his hand and analyzed:

"Sendai 2nd Division, Hiroshima 5th Division, Kumamoto 6th Division. Hehe, although they are all the most powerful units in the Japanese army, these are not enough to knock on our impregnable southeast coastal defense line...... As for Guangdong, it is even more unlikely. Their target should be Shandong, the Beijing-Tianjin region, or Mukden. What do you think? ”

"Fengtian" Zhu Peide exclaimed: "There is the old nest of the Feng department, wasn't the Feng department raised by the Japanese?" They will ......"

"What about those who are raised?" A wry smile appeared at the corner of Luo Yaoguo's mouth: "You must know that those Japanese devils have not been thinking about Manchuria for a day or two, didn't they cut the Liaodong Peninsula from us at the time of the First Sino-Japanese War?" As a result, due to Russian, French, and German intervention, the Manchu government spent 30 million taels of silver to redeem it? ”

For Luo Yaoguo's words, there is probably no one in the room who believes it, after all, China is now moving towards rejuvenation step by step. If the Japanese really want to come to seize Northeast China, they will instead urge the people of the whole country to rally around President Sun Da and fight the Japanese together, which is not something that an island country like Japan with a barren land can afford.

"My opinion is that it is more likely to attack Beijing from Tianjin." Bai Chongxi stretched out his finger and poked Tianjin on the map: "The Japanese have a concession here, and there is also a 'Tianjin garrison army', there is no danger to defend all the way from Tianjin to Beijing, and Beijing is our capital." Moreover, the Beijing-Tianjin region is also a place where wealth is concentrated, and it is easy for them to plunder wealth to fill the shortfall. It's just that...... The Beijing-Tianjin area is also the defense area of the Feng system, and if Japan were to attack, how would the Feng system react? ”

"The Feng Department will hand over the Zhili Beijing and Tianjin to us or Zhong G, and then surrender the insurance." Luo Yaoguo blurted out without thinking too much. Feng can't even defend his own fundamental place in history, let alone Beijing and Tianjin? Besides, with their combat effectiveness, it would be a death to support them on the Beijing-Tianjin Plain, so it is better to leave early and hand over the battlefield to the Red Army or the National ** Army with strong combat effectiveness.

"Of course, it is also possible in Shandong, Qingdao is in their hands, attack Jinan from Qingdao, and then meet our army in Shandong." Bai Chongxi paused for a moment, twisted his eyebrows, and sighed: "The whole of North China seems to be a situation where there is no country but no defense, and there are portals everywhere, and the main force of the Feng system is now in the south of Zhili to confront us, four of the five divisions of the Anhui system are located at the junction of Shandong, Henan and Jiangsu, and one division is in Jinan. If the Japanese do call, they will have a lot of fun. ”

"Ten points of strength are seven or eight points on internal friction, and there is not necessarily a point to the outside world, isn't this the case with this fiat currency crisis? They're always trying to bring us down."

It was Li Zongren, the historical Gui boss, who said this, but now he is the No. 2 person in the Guangxi faction who is attached to the Luo family's uncle and nephew. Now he is the head of the Operations Department of the General Staff, and compared with Bai Chongxi's deputy chief of the General Staff, the member of the Military Commission is a head shorter. Well, it's another victim of a "big butterfly", but he doesn't know it yet, and he regards Luo Yaoguo as a good person......

"Now the question is not where are the Japanese going to fight? It's that we can't do anything, we can only wait for the Japanese to finish their wilderness and then go on a counterattack. If only our army could enter Shandong, Zhili, and Manchuria in advance. Not much, one division each is enough. At present, our division's equipment and training are not weaker than the Japanese army, but there is still a lack of senior officers, but we have German military advisers to help. Let Guderian and Rommel each be in charge of a division, and I will also take a division to keep it until our reinforcements arrive. ”

Luo Yaoguo's number one henchman, An Sihua, slowly said his thoughts, but after speaking, his tone became deeper and deeper: "But can these warlords agree to our army entering?" I don't think they will agree, they are much more careful to guard against us than against the Japanese, but if we wait until the Japanese take Beijing, Mukden or Jinan. If we go to counterattack again, it will be difficult, even if we can fight back, I am afraid that it will be in ruins, and the people will not know how many people will die."

The room was silent, and only the sound of Luo Yaoguo's fingers unconsciously tapping on the table could be heard.

"If we can't get in, is it possible to change to another unit that can fight?"

"Replace it with whom? The Red Army of the Central G or the Youth Army of the Al-Shabaab? An Sihua furrowed his eyebrows and looked up at Luo Yaoguo.

Luo Yaoguo hesitated for a moment and sighed: "The Youth Army is too far away, it is estimated that it will be too late." Let China G send a Red Army to be stationed between Beijing and Tianjin, and now they are allies with the Feng Department, they should be able to agree, right? ”

"What about Shandong? Who will be stationed there? An Sihua thought about it and asked.

Luo Yaoguo smiled: "How about the Third Division of the Central Army?" Wu Peifu's old troops. The 3rd and 4th Divisions should be able to support our reinforcements until they arrive, right? ”

"The Third Division of the Central Army, I think it can work." A hint of respect flashed on An Sihua's face: "This division fought against the Soviet Red Army in the third offensive and defensive battle of Zhalainor, and it performed well and had some combat effectiveness. It's just that...... The armament was a little worse, and the Red Army was the same, the equipment was not good. If you really want to go head-to-head with the Japanese, you have to rearm yourself. ”

Luo Yaoguo smiled slightly: "I know this, let the family work hard, naturally give some benefits, but it can't give too much." We can't play with our planes, tanks, and heavy artillery? It was some machine rifles, mortars, infantry guns, etc., and it didn't cost much. Furthermore...... You can also make some deals with them and earn them back. ”

At this time, He Yingqin, who had not spoken since the beginning of the meeting, suddenly reminded: "Do you want to take this opportunity to transfer Feng Yuxiang out of Guanzhong?" His army of hundreds of thousands has always been fed by us at our expense, and this time it is time for them to do their part. ”

Luo Yaoguo just nodded silently, and then moved his gaze to Guanzhong and Hanzhong, which are currently blocked between the territory of the Kuomintang and the Youth Army, and the "Xinhai Railway" will also pass through there, in addition to a "Baocheng Railway" is also under construction. Moreover, in the plan to carve up the Soviet Union that he discussed with Hitler, it seemed that the Guanzhong was to send troops from Xinjiang as a transportation artery for the future westward expansion, and it must not be in the hands of unreliable forces. Now is a good opportunity, regardless of the thirty-seven twenty-one, let's transfer Feng Yuxiang's army out first, and then see if there is no territory arrangement after this battle.