Shanghai, Hongkou. Consulate General of Japan in Shanghai.

The new Consul General Shigemitsu Aoi is like an ant on a hot pot at this moment, sweating profusely in a hurry, and he can't sit or stand in his office. And in his office, which is not very spacious, it is crowded with a large number of financial elites who are stomping their feet in Japan and shaking around. However, these elites who used to be leisurely and always have a hint of humility and smile are now all angry. A mouthful of "eight grids" is scolding with jumping feet. He also shouted that he, the consul general, should come forward to put pressure on the Chinese. There was also the dispatch of Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai to the Shanghai Stock Exchange to "maintain order"

"The people of Hachigana are despicable and shameless, they are openly robbing the wealth of the Great Japanese Empire, where is our invincible Imperial Army, and now we are going to let these people taste the taste of bayonets," Baron Hisayo Iwasaki, who was always a polite gentleman in plain life, was most angry at this time. Probably their Mitsubishi chaebol invested the most in this gamble, right? This one is almost bankrupt.

Yuki Toyotaro, who represents the Fuji chaebol, also shouted: "Mr. Consul, you hurry up and can't hesitate anymore, as long as the after-hours settlement is completed, there will be no money we brought to Shanghai, there is a lot of hard-earned money belonging to the people, and it can't be snatched away by the people like this......

Chongguang Kui looked embarrassed, but he couldn't stop sighing, and only after a long time did he say: "The lords of the rank are ...... right now. It's not three years ago, and the garrison of our Imperial Japanese Army in Shanghai has long since been withdrawn, and ...... Haven't you noticed these days that this Hongkou is now being maintained by the Chinese police? ”

Skinny as a monkey, Mitsui Bank's chief executive officer, Narihiro Ikeda, was the most attentive of all, and on his first day in Shanghai, he noticed an unusual scene in the Hongkou Japanese Concession, but out of reserve and politeness, he did not ask Shigemitsu Aoi. Moreover, in this speculation, the Mitsui chaebol also contributed relatively little money, so at this time he still maintained a little basic calm, but asked with a gloomy face: "Chongguang-kun, then please tell me, what happened to this Shanghai Japanese Concession?" ”

"Shanghai Japanese Concession?" Chongguang Aoi smiled bitterly: "Shanghai has never had a Japanese concession, this Hongkou is just the 'Shanghai International Public Concession', which was unofficially incorporated into the management of the public concession after crossing the border to build roads in the ninth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, and last year during the Second Russo-Japanese War, the public concession authorities returned this place to the Shanghai Municipal Government in China, and the marines stationed in Hongkou were also transferred to Vladivostok to fight, and did not send troops to replace them. Therefore, the Imperial Army stationed in Shanghai that you want to use does not exist at all. ”

"What" Iwasaki Kuya felt that it was dark in front of him, and he almost fainted. Those people in the military department are too bastards, they didn't actually send troops to Shanghai, uh, it seems that there are no imperial warships in the Huangpu River, how can this be good? Can we only let the Chinese legally rob the last penny in their pockets?

"The only way now is to sue the Shanghai Stock Exchange with the 'Shanghai Public Concession Provisional Court and Court of Appeal' in the concession and ask them to ...... Compensate you for all your losses. Chongguang Aoi thought about it for a long time, and finally came up with such a solution that was not a solution.

"Sue them?" This Iwasaki Kuya looked straight at Shigemitsu Aoi with his eyes: "This...... Does it work? ”

This problem is actually clear, if the twelve-inch and fourteen-inch cannons placed in the four major fortresses of Wusongkou, Chongming Island, Jinshanwei, and Zhoushan do not work, then the prosecution may still work. Otherwise, it's just a matter of attitude.

Chongguang Kui spread his hands, and a trace of murderous aura slipped on his gloomy face: "That's all we can do now, and the rest depends on how the country responds." Is it to negotiate with the Beijing government, or to go to war directly......"

……

Chen Jiongming, Pan Fu and others, who were in charge of the overall situation in the Tianjin Stock Exchange, were probably the last people to know what was happening in Shanghai. Originally, the news from Shanghai should have been reported to Tianjin by Zhang Zongxiang, president of the Bank of Communications, through a radio station set up in the Shanghai HSBC building. However, for a whole afternoon, there was no news from Shanghai...... It must be normal, right? Doesn't that mean no news is good news?

Pan Fu frowned, and glanced up at the trading seat opposite. It is now empty, including the owners of the Bank of China, the China International Commercial Bank, the Bank of Zhejiang, the Siming Bank and the Pacific Trading Company, and they have not been seen since the market opened this afternoon.

"Naiqi, do you really want to get involved? This fiat currency, I think it will fall, not to mention eight yuan (against the dollar), even ten yuan and fifteen yuan are possible."

It was Chen Jiongming who spoke, and the big man was the most proud at the moment, sitting cross-legged on a sofa that had been temporarily moved to the trading floor. Holding a glass in one hand and a Cuban cigar in the other, a victorious smile on his face. Well, it should be a victory, and the enemy has fled, whether it is Sun Yat-sen or the bank managers on the other side, it seems that they have fled now.

Zhang Junzi stood behind Big Guy Chen, and just shook his head: "Zhong G thinks this is speculation, so they don't participate." They are bent on saving the country and the people, and they are really not for money."

Chen Jiongming also looked admiring, and said with a smile: "Zhong G is a true gentleman, hehe, unlike Sun Dacang, a hypocrite, who flees in panic every time he sees something wrong." ”

Zhang Naiqi frowned: "Sun Da...... The president ran away again? ”

Chen Jiongming snorted: "What kind of president?" Isn't an abstinence from his post enough to impeach him? When have you seen a runaway president since the Republic of China? It was so shameless that this face was thrown into the world, and even the Beijing legation was inexplicably surprised. I'm afraid that we are meeting to discuss countermeasures. ”

Zhang Naiqi was stunned when he heard this, and took a deep breath. The current situation is changing too fast, the Kuomintang's economy has just collapsed, and the central power will soon be unable to be maintained. If Sun Yat-sen's president is not guaranteed...... Who will be the successor? Could it be that Zhang Zuolin is going to be president? I don't know what the Chinese G side will say?

“…… Fiat currencies skyrocketed...... Now the latest news is that the Japanese chaebol and the Bank of Communications have lost in bond speculation and suffered heavy losses, and they are estimated to be bankrupt."

At this moment, a "yellow vest" of the Tianjin Stock Exchange hurriedly rushed into the trading hall, and before anyone arrived, they had already loudly reported the latest telegram received. This "yellow vest" was dressed in a neat Western-style dress, but the hard collar of the white shirt had already been torn open for him, and his hair was messy, so he just rushed straight in, shouting as he rushed.

There was a sound of gasping in the hall, and several traders immediately jumped up, and the chairs made a ping-pong sound.

"What the hell is going on? How could the Japanese possibly lose"

I don't know who shouted that, and everyone immediately quieted down, holding their breath, and looking at the "yellow vest" who came to report the news with suspicious eyes. Seriously, this guy looks so suspicious that at first glance he is pretending to be a dog agent of the Kuomintang......

A certain "dog spy" also saw the unkind gaze cast by everyone, and hurriedly panted and explained: "It's true, this is true, the Kuomintang used public bond futures to set a trap for the Japanese in Shanghai, so that the Japanese lost a lot of money, and even the Bank of Communications was folded in. ”

……

Inside the palace of Shuncheng County, Beijing.

In the study, the father and son of the Zhang family looked at each other silently. Yang Yuting was sitting on the side and pulling an abacus, and the room was quiet, only the sound of "let's click, let's click". However, this sound sounded to Zhang Zuolin more harsh and terrifying than the sound of guns and cannons on the battlefield

Eventually, the sound of the abacus finally stopped. Immediately followed by Yang Yuting's long sigh: "Handsome...... Our losses...... Alas......"

"Say, I can stand it" Zhang Zuolin's voice was obviously a little hoarse, and the whole person was paralyzed in a Taishi chair, and his eyes looked straight at Yang Yuting.

Listening to Veteran Zhang's tired voice, Yang Yuting's heart was sour, and tears almost fell. He couldn't figure out how the Japanese had lost so much? Those Japanese chaebols all seem to be masters who are no matter how shrewd they are, and they have enough capital in their hands, and they have a strong navy and army as their backing, so how can they lose

As soon as the Japanese lost on the Shanghai side, the good situation in the north immediately collapsed. The Beiyang chaebol seems to be in a catastrophe, and the Bank of Communications under their control used 500 million fiat currency to gamble in Shanghai this time, which is naturally a way out of business, and the end of the North Fourth Bank is also over, they are all commercial banks, and this time they borrowed tens of millions of fiat currency from the four major foreign-funded banks of HSBC, Macquarie, Youli, and Citigroup to sell. As soon as the news came from Shanghai, foreign banks immediately entered the market to sweep the goods, and the closing price was three yuan, five cents and five cents, and a loss of 20 or 30 million yuan. And the official bank of the three eastern provinces and the border industry bank of the Feng Department are also ......

Yang Yuting shook his head and took a deep breath: "Our official bank of the three eastern provinces and the border industry bank have a total loss of 35 million legal dollars this time, almost 278 million silver dollars."

Hearing this number, Veteran Zhang sighed softly: "Hehe...... Finally, I can still breathe, and it looks like a big disaster. ”

"Father, I'm afraid this matter is not so easy to pass." Zhang Xueliang's slightly trembling voice sounded: "Starting tomorrow, I'm afraid it's our turn to be squeezed." We lost so much money, if the news gets out, the depositors of the bank are not in a hurry? ”

Zhang Zuolin's eyes widened, just looking at his son. Zhang Xueliang's face was almost black: "Father, this time our financial plate in the north will collapse if it doesn't work." As soon as the financial sector collapses, the economy will needless to say. I'm afraid that the Kuomintang will be able to clean us up without fighting, and now the only thing that can save the scene is the silver dollar coupon. ”

“…… We don't care what happens to Shandong in Anhui, but our territory in the northeast is still related to the financial plates of Chahar, Zhili, and Beijing, and the only way to maintain this plate is to clear the fiat currency and replace it with our silver dollar coupons. We must immediately implement currency reform, announce a ban on the circulation of fiat currency in the north, and at the same time force the exchange of fiat currency in all banks on our territory into silver dollar coupons. In addition, silver dollar coupons are also used to repay the arrears of foreign banks, and all foreign exchange obtained from the sale of fiat currency is converted into silver dollars and silver as a guarantee for the issuance of silver dollar coupons. As for...... The Bank of Communications and the North Fourth Bank must not be allowed to fail. At least the branches above the northern turf cannot fall. We'd better send someone to take them over immediately, turn them all into government-run banks under the military government, and use the government's credibility to stabilize the financial market first. ”

"But this dollar coupon doesn't belong to our family." Yang Yuting hesitated again and again but shook his head: "Why don't we find the Japanese?" ”

A trace of contempt flashed on Zhang Xueliang's face, and he sneered: "The Japanese have lost the most this time, but I am afraid that it will be difficult for the mud bodhisattva to cross the river." ”

Yang Yuting just shook his head incessantly: "The Japanese are willing to give up?" I think this thing is a bit hanging, maybe there will be a war."

……

Wuhan, East Lake Moshan, Sun Yat-sen's official residence.

In the living room, Sun Yat-sen, the president who had just arrived in Wuhan, was summoning the "ministers" at this time. President Sun sat on the big sofa in the living room with a red face. The "five bigwigs" of the Kuomintang, Hu Hanmin, Chiang Kai-shek, Xu Chongzhi, Luo Yiqun, and Liao Zhongkai, sat respectfully and respectfully opposite him in a row like five primary school students. Behind them, there were also a bunch of members of the Central Standing Committee and the Central Executive Committee, all of whom bowed their heads and lowered their hands, and they didn't dare to come out.

Sun Yat-sen looked at everyone with a smile, and his face, which was slightly ruddy in the past, was almost about to shine now: "All comrades have performed very well in this fiat currency crisis, and the big guys can unite sincerely and tide over the difficulties together, and finally let the Japanese suffer the consequences." I just received a long-distance call from Luo Fuwen from Shanghai, and this time we have a total profit of 1.5 billion or 600 million fiat currency. Moreover, the plate of fiat currency in the Shanghai concession is also stable at three yuan and five cents, which is only five cents worse than the official price of the foreign exchange control bureau. It looks like this time the level has passed, not bad, not bad. ”

His tone in front of him was brisk, almost like he was about to laugh, but later, his tone was dull again: "However, in the face of this crisis, there are also some comrades in our party who are not strong-willed, do not know how to focus on the overall situation, and are just playing their own small calculations. Hehe, these people also promise themselves to be loyal party members on weekdays, it turns out that the catastrophe is the touchstone, it seems that our party discipline is still too lax, and my Sun Wen is too generous, right? What do you think would happen if something like this happened in GCD? ”

President Sun Da babbled a lot, and a few of the "ministers" below were silent. It seems that some people really annoyed Sun Yat-sen, and maybe Sun Yat-sen wanted to take advantage of this to grasp some of the sideways power tighter.

Seeing that the people below were extremely deferential, Sun Yat-sen nodded with satisfaction and stretched out his finger to Liao Zhongkai: "Comrade Zhongkai has been unwell recently, and he feels that the post of vice chairman of the Kuomintang is heavy and incompetent. Therefore, he asked me to resign, wanting to concentrate on doing a good job in Henan's land reform and winning the hearts and minds of the people in the Central Plains for our party. I thought twice and decided to accede to his request. Therefore, Comrade Zhong Kai was dismissed from the posts of vice chairman of the Kuomintang, vice chairman of the Nationalist Government, member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang, and member of the Central Military Commission, and the Land Reform Committee was established, and Comrade Zhong Kai was appointed chairman to concentrate on land reform. Comrade Zhong Kai's vice chairman of the Kuomintang was succeeded by Luo Fuwen, and this time he has made great contributions to our party, and he should be rewarded for his meritorious deeds. Xu Ruwei was succeeded as vice chairman of the Nationalist Government, and Luo Fuwen was succeeded as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission and chief of the General Staff of Xu Ruwei. Song Ziwen was by-elected to the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee and concurrently served as Vice President of the Executive Yuan. Kong Yongzhi was rewarded with 1 million fiat currency and transferred to the mayor of Wuhan. Sun Ke, the former mayor of Wuhan, took over as Minister of Armaments and ...... He was elected as a member of the Military Commission in a by-election. The governor of the central bank is Pei Zuyi, the former governor of the Bank of China, and Li Ming, the director of the foreign exchange control bureau. ”

This is a personnel earthquake, and after listening to Sun Yat-sen's personnel arrangements, the people below automatically started to think. For a while, he forgot to answer Sun Yat-sen's question. Seeing that it is about to be cold, the face of the president is about to be clouded. Luo Yiqun, an honest man, was the first to react from the shock, and hurriedly stood up and replied: "The president is wise, and the land reform led by Comrade Zhong Kai will inevitably realize our party's idea of equal land rights. In this way, the realization of the Three People's Principles is just around the corner, and our Executive Yuan will certainly fully cooperate with Comrade Zhong Kai and the Land Reform Commission. ”

"I also agree with Comrade Yichen (Luo Yiqun)......"

Chiang Kai-shek also calculated the gains and losses at this time, and then stood up and answered. In this personnel earthquake, the biggest benefit is not to mention the uncle and nephew of the Luo family. There are two big guys in the family, but the tree is big and the wind is also popular, and the firepower of the left and right factions is estimated to be blasted towards them in the future. As for his own faction, Song Ziwen became a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee, and Kong Xiangxi became the mayor of Wuhan, which is not a loss. In addition, it is Sun Dagongzi, who actually succeeded Luo Yaoguo as the Minister of Armaments, which seems very unusual

Seeing that Chiang Kai-shek also expressed his attitude, Hu Hanmin, Xu Chongzhi and others did not dare to hesitate anymore and rose up one after another to express their support.

"Well, that's good." Sun Yat-sen smiled slightly: "This time we have offended the Japanese to the point of going home, and if there will be a war, I will prepare to take command in Wuhan and return to Beijing when the matter is over." ”。

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