The tycoons of the Shanghai Association of Banks hold an emergency meeting in a conference room in the old building of the Bank of China on the Bund. Zhang Jiaxuan, Zheng Tieru, Qian Xinzhi, Li Ming, Chen Guangfu, Wu Dingchang, Tan Lisun, and other Chinese commercial banking tycoons from Shanghai and Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions gathered together for urgent consultations on how to reply to the invitation sent by the Kuomintang through Du Yuesheng.

Naturally, these bankers also have ears and eyes, and they already know that the Kuomintang is going to send their uncle Song Ziwen to negotiate with them, which is the victory of the struggle of the banking association! However, before negotiating with Uncle Guo, there was a big trouble, and the trouble was the Kuomintang right-wing warlord Luo Yaoguo. Well, this is what Zhang Naiqi, the representative of the Young Zhuang faction in the Banking Association, called Luo Yaoguo.

"We cannot give in to the warlords of the right wing of the Kuomintang!" Zhang Naiqi waved his fist and said: "If the right to issue banknotes is handed away, what can those rightist warlords do except intimidate and issue banknotes indiscriminately?" Thought they could use the power of the Green Gang to intimidate us! Others are afraid of him, but I'm not afraid! Rather, I would like to ask him why they did not implement the three major propositions of the Prime Minister, why did they not unite with Russia and the Communist Party, and help the workers and peasants, but only knew how to borrow money from imperialism. Do you only know how to sign a secret treaty with imperialism? ”

United Russia, United Communist Party? Song Hanzhang and Zhang Gongquan (Zhang Jiaxuan) glanced at each other, and said in their hearts, "We know that you Zhang Naiqi is a leftist, but don't you always talk about the Russian Peace and Communist Party, okay? This is the Association of Banks! Not a workers' union! When we capitalists hear these two words, we are afraid!

Li Ming of Zhejiang Industrial Bank has long been accustomed to the style of his favorite general, he smiled and nodded at Zhang Naiqi, and said with a smile: "Good, good, good." Naiqi really has the strength of a gentleman, and with such a dignified and righteous spirit, it is enough to deter Xiaoxiao, so why don't we appoint Naiqi to meet the commander of the Kuomintang. ”

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At the same time as the Association of Banks held a meeting to discuss countermeasures, Luo Yaoguo was also meeting with Zhang Jingjiang, the "revolutionary saint", in Shanghai. Zhang Jingjiang sat quietly behind the desk in the mayor's office, with a faint smile on his face. Luo Yaoguo, commander-in-chief of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang garrison, sat opposite, his body straight, and a respectful posture.

"Mr. Jingjiang, the junior came to visit this time to learn from Mr. about the situation of Shanghai's banking industry and see if there is anything he can do to help." Luo Yaoguo smiled all over his face, looking humbly asking for advice.

For the disabled old-timer in front of him, no one dared to take the commander-in-chief's shelf. Hehe, in the Kuomintang, there are a lot of seniors, like Luo Yaoguo, the young master who is ambitious, always sees people three points shorter here, let's boil it slowly, and after those Huangpu people grow up, they can fill the seniors everywhere.

"Well, you're nice and know how to think about others." Zhang Jingjiang nodded with a smile: "It seems that the prime minister still knows people well, I was worried that you would arrest people indiscriminately as soon as you arrived in Shanghai, which would not solve the problem." ”

In fact, the national political axe of this time and space already has the power to station troops in the public concession! Because they have taken over the rights and interests of the Americans, but Luo Yaoguo does not intend to use this power against the tycoons in the banking industry. Because these people were all leaders in China's economic circles at that time, they were much more capable than Song Ziwen and Kong Xiangxilai, and if they could win over the Kuomintang to manage the economy, they would definitely be better than the uncles of the two countries.

Zhang Jingjiang said again: "We are smashing other people's jobs this time, and we can't make a financial trend, Ziwen always does things less carefully." At present, there are always more than 200 million banknotes issued by various banks in circulation, and if they all have to be cashed out all at once, I am afraid that it will be ......."

In fact, this problem is not that Song Ziwen did not consider it, but that he wanted to force these banks into a corner, and then take them over with the funds of the national political axe. Song Ziwen, a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia and Harvard, has a lot of socialist ideas in his head and is quite interested in the public economy.

"That's right!" Luo Yaoguo frowned. These things are not something that he, the commander-in-chief of the garrison, can ask about, and his task is to do things that are inconvenient for Song Ziwen. Thinking of this, Luo Yaoguo smiled slightly: "The younger generation knows what to do, but I still have to ask Mr. Jingjiang to say hello to friends in the financial world, and the national political axe welcomes them to continue to contribute to China's economy." ”

After saying goodbye to Zhang Jingjiang and leaving, Luo Yaoguo visited Huang Jinrong and Zhang Xiaolin one after another, and handed over Chiang Kai-shek's handwritten letter to Huang Jinrong. For these two more traditional leaders of the Green Gang, Luo Yaoguo has little interest, but he just doesn't want to make enemies in Shanghai.

Not long after returning to the Songhu Garrison Headquarters, Luo Yaoguo received a report from Dai Li, who inquired about the news at a first-class level, and inquired about some insider incidents in a short period of time.

It turns out that the background of this "fiat currency strike" incident is not simple. Among them, there are elements of China's national financial industry resisting the oppression of the Kuomintang rightists, as well as elements of imperialism and the national axe's struggle for control of China's currency.

At present, China's Huashang Bank can be divided into two systems, one is the financial capital of Jiangsu and Zhejiang with Shanghai as the center. The second is the Beiyang financial capital centered on Tianjin.

And the two are not incompatible, there is both competition and cooperation. Prior to the 1916 "Beijing Banknote Boom", China's banking sector was largely dominated by the Beiyang Political Axe, led by the Bank of China and the Bank of Communications. However, in the "Beijing banknote turmoil", the two lines of vitality did not have to introduce a large number of commercial stocks after that, so the control was gradually grasped by the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortiums, but the relationship between the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortiums and Beiyang was still broken.

The Beiyang financial industry, whether it is the China Huiye Bank, the Yanjing International Commercial Bank, or the official bank of the three eastern provinces, is behind them all called imperialism. As for the Kuomintang's attempt to control China's currency issuance power, I certainly do not want to see it. Therefore, the three forces in Beiyang are now standing behind the Shanghai Banking Association against the Kuomintang on this issue.

A consensus has been reached within the two banks that if the Kuomintang is really angry and uses force, the Bank of China and the Bank of Communications will withdraw from the south and completely take refuge in Fengzhang's side, and the large amount of capital in their hands will also become Fengzhang's help.

In addition to the people behind Beiyang, the "boycott of fiat currency" incident also involved Zhejiang forces, including the Zhejiang consortium and Xia Chao, the head snake in Zhejiang. The current chairman of the Zhejiang Provincial Political Axe still wields so much influence and soft power that the KMT does not dare to remove him outright as it did with Chen Tiaoyuan. This time, he stood behind Zhejiang Industrial Bank and supported them to rush to the front line of the boycott of fiat currency.

After reading the report sent by Dai Li, Luo Yaoguo was expressionless, and just asked softly: "Yunong, did Du Yuesheng help you get all this news?" ”

"Yes, these are all brought by Brother Yuesheng for us." Dai Li smiled slightly, and said: "The Bank Association has sent Zhang Naiqi from Zhejiang Industrial Bank as a representative, and he wants to come to negotiate with us, Fugong, do you think we want to talk to them first?" ”

"Zhang Naiqi?" Luo Yaoguo nodded: "Yunong, have you checked this person's background?" ”

"It's all clear, he is a native of Zhejiang, and it is said that his temper is stinky and hard. His elder brother Zhang Pei was a classmate of General Bai Jiansheng in Baoding III, and is now the director of the First Bureau of the Shanghai Municipal Police Department. His younger brother, Zhang Qiuyang, is a GCD member and is now also in Shanghai. And now Zhang Naiqi has also set up a "New Review" in Shanghai, endlessly singing against us, criticizing us for reading [***], saying that we are all rightists, violating the premier's three major policies, surrendering to imperialism, Fugong, should we ......" Speaking of this, Dai Li raised his head and looked at Luo Yaoguo with some expectation.

"It's tricky!" Luo Yaoguo sighed softly: "Beiyang, I said myself, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortiums, local powerful factions and GCD, hehe, these people are all looking for trouble for us from different angles. And Uncle Guo wants to wipe out all the bankers in Shanghai, and he doesn't leave a way out for others, isn't he afraid of forcing them to the Beiyang side? Fortunately, the prime minister is still alive, and our party is finally united. Oh, Yu Nong, you go and bring all his "New Review", and I will see what this big rightist is talking about? ”

"The Great Right?" Dai Li repeated these three words in confusion, but he didn't ask more, but replied respectfully: "Yes, the student will do it." ”