"I resolutely disagree with these conditions, how can he Guo Yu He De be a provincial overseer, we from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, after decades of ups and downs in the sea, to achieve the current position, he is a yellow-mouthed child is only a year or two of hard work, with some tricks, he wants to be the overseer of Jiangsu Province, I really don't know what to say." Feng Guozhang was losing his temper in Li Yuanhong's office, and the roof of the room was shaking with the sound of the sound, and a little dust was falling.

"Huafu, don't get too excited, aren't we discussing." Li Yuanhong, the Bodhisattva Li, persuaded Feng Guozhang with a smile on his face. But Duan Qirui bowed his head and drank tea on the side, looking pensive.

The three people who are doing it have their own thoughts, Feng Guozhang is of course a resolute opponent, after all, Jiangsu is his own nest, and now the nest is forcibly occupied, how can he still have the face to lead the direct line, this is a matter of face and strength, without Jiangsu Province, then the direct line is only left in the three provinces of Zhili, Jiangxi, and Hubei, and the strength is directly lost by a quarter.

And after Duan Qirui heard that Guo Yu was ready to give up Zhejiang, Zhejiang would fall into the hands of the Anhui system again, and the Anhui system would have Anhui, Shandong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shaanxi and other provinces, and its own strength would be consolidated, while the direct strength would be weakened, which was also one of the main reasons why Duan Qirui could accept it.

And Li Yuanhong is mainly thinking about the issue of taxation, he is now the president, to consider the shape of the country, it is difficult to move an inch without money, he now understands how difficult it is for Yuan Shikai to do when he is in this position, the government of the Republic of China is poor, it is really poor, the finances have always been in deficit, and all kinds of applications for money fly like snowflakes every day, and put them on the desk of Li Yuanhong, the president, and he only has a headache now.

The southern provinces are still in the hands of Sun Dacang and others, and there is no need to collect taxes at all, and the direct Anhui system is in the hands of these two people in front of them, which occupies seven or eight provinces, and the three eastern provinces are in the hands of the Feng department, and like Xinjiang, Tibet, Ningxia, Qinghai, Rehe, Chahar, Suiyuan, Chuanbian and other special areas, the land is sparsely populated and bandits are rampant, and it is a poor place. This makes himself how to play this big president.

If Guo Yu really pays taxes, even if it is only according to the average level, then the central government can earn an extra 12 million oceans every year, which is much better than no revenue at all. Nowadays, there are many tax items in the Republic of China, and there are thousands of taxes on the whole, and the people have been overwhelmed, coupled with poor local management, and many officials have privately exploited the people, and the people are already miserable, since Guo Yu himself said such a number, it doesn't matter how he does Li Yuanhong, the president, if he continues to be a good person and can't bear to exploit the people, he can also pay this money himself.

Feng Guozhang was still there and said loudly: "I am going to go back to Jiangsu and gather troops to crusade against Guo Yu, Zhiquan, you let the War Department give an order, let Zhejiang and Anhui provinces send troops, and cooperate with me to send troops from Hebei, I don't believe that Guo Yu has three heads and six arms, and can resist my hundreds of thousands of troops." After speaking, he gasped again before calming down and looking at Duan Qirui.

Duan Qirui couldn't drink tea anymore, so he had to raise his head and say: "Huafu, why be so angry, at this time Guo Yu has already occupied the entire territory of Jiangsu, although he only has forty or fifty thousand soldiers in his hands, but according to the report, the Huafu Army has powerful artillery, and it is also an organized artillery unit, and even a chariot unit, all the troops have trucks to travel, and it is not a problem to travel hundreds of miles a day, even if you send an army, do you think you can defeat him, can you catch up with other people's trucks with the two feet of our soldiers of the Republic of China Army troops." ”

"I know you're not happy to lose Jiangsu, but we are all veterans who have fought for decades, it's not that we can't afford to lose, now Guo Yu has softened, we occupy the name of righteousness, he naturally doesn't dare to mess around, but if you really force him, do you think that the current army of the Republic of China can compete with him, I don't want soldiers to die in vain." Duan Qirui said a few words half-softly and half-hard.

Feng Guozhang heard Duan Qirui's meaning, that is, to become a king and defeat a villain, since you can't beat others, admit defeat, why bother entanglement, I don't want to let the Anhui system of Zhejiang and Anhui also get involved, so as to give Guo Yu a reason to continue attacking. Duan Qirui's words made Feng Guozhang feel depressed in his heart. Li Yuanhong had to persuade on the side: "Next month will be elected, you will be the vice president of the Republic of China at that time, and you will inevitably go to the capital to handle official business. ”

Seeing that Li Yuanhong didn't support him, Feng Guozhang was now alone, and he really didn't have the confidence to beat Guo Yu, so he had to sit down and drink tea. Duan Qirui saw that Feng Guozhang didn't speak, turned his head to Li Yuanhong and said: "In the telegram sent by Fifth Brother Bu, the matter of the Bank of Communications has been mentioned, in fact, you and I know in my heart what the original money Guo Yu was used for, but now this Bank of Communications is really rotten to the root, originally Liang Shiyi was the prime minister of the Bank of Communications, turned the Bank of Communications into Yuan Gong's money bag, and kept printing Bank of Communications banknotes, but printing banknotes must comply with financial rules, if there is no gold and silver and other precious metals to support, it is like a piece of waste paper, However, I asked Ren Fengbao, the acting prime minister of the Bank of Communications, to take stock of the vault and found that there was only a small amount of gold and silver in the vault. ”

Listening to Duan Qirui's words, Li Yuanhong was also shocked, now that he has taken over the power of the Republic of China, there are naturally many places to use money, but if this is the case in the banks below, the first thing he faces is not the benefits brought by the right, but directly takes over a mess, if there is a bank run, the consequences will be unimaginable, and there will inevitably be a big mess, and it may affect the banking industry of the entire Republic of China at that time.

Li Yuanhong thought of this and hurriedly asked: "It's really clear, how much is the difference?" ”

"It's not a matter of how much, it's a question of how much, basically five to ten times more banknotes have been issued, which is also an astronomical amount, and if it happens, it will affect the people of the whole country, and even affect the stability of the army and the provinces." Duan Qirui said.

Duan Qirui's words really shocked Li Yuanhong, shook his head a little dizzy, and hurriedly asked, "How is the government going to deal with it next." ”

Duan Qirui looked at the president of Li Da, and now he has something to ask the government how to deal with it, and he will shirk his responsibility, "Later, we also took stock of other banks, although there is also the phenomenon of printing more banknotes, but the situation is not as strict as the Bank of Communications, so now we have to focus on solving the Bank of Communications, now the government holds forty percent of the shares of the Bank of Communications, sixty percent of the private shares, and the total share capital is worth 10 million oceans, and now the Bank of Communications has precious metals such as gold and silver worth 8 million yuan." ”

Hearing this, Li Yuanhong felt that this number was a lot, 8 million was not a small number, but after listening to Duan Qirui's words, he really frowned.

"But we compared the amount of banknotes issued over the years, and now the statistics have reached 40 million yuan, and the estimate that there is no way to count in the later period is about 10 million yuan. This is far more than the amount required for the issuance of paper money, which means that if those people want to exchange it for gold and silver, basically less than one in five will get their hands on it, and eighty percent of people will only have a pile of waste paper in their hands. Duan Qirui also frowned and said these words.

"Then let's stop exchanging huàn and let those banknotes continue to circulate like this in the market." Li Yuanhong said his understanding, but this is simply the practice of a financial layman, Duan Qirui can only shake his head and say, "This is impossible, because this is not in line with the bank's rules, and it will only directly cause panic." ”

These people are not economic experts, so it's okay for them to intrigue, but it's really embarrassing for them to talk about such a professional question.

"What about bankruptcy?" Feng Guozhang asked.

"The result is the same." Duan Qirui, the prime minister who has asked economic experts, has no way to solve it, and can he expect these two people to say anything.

"And how does the government plan to resolve the matter?" Li Yuanhong asked again.

"Originally, there was no way, but after I saw Guo Yu's request, I thought of a solution, but I don't know if Guo Yu is willing to accept it." Duan Qirui's tone of voice was a little hesitant.

"Let's talk about it first, and if there is anything wrong, we will discuss it later." Li Yuanhong was also in a hurry.

"We hope that Guo Yu can accept the Bank of Communications, his deposit of 5 million US dollars is 10 million oceans, which is just worth the total share capital of the Bank of Communications, and directly give him the entire bank." Duan Qirui said.

Feng Guozhang looked at Duan Qirui with disbelief when he heard this, this is the method you Duan Zhiquan came up with, Guo Yu is not a fool, how can he agree to such a condition, isn't this a loss of 40 million yuan in vain.

"Zhiquan doesn't think Guo Yu is so foolish." Because Duan Qirui didn't support himself beating Guo Yu just now, he was still a little angry in his heart, so he ridiculed Duan Qirui here.

"It's man-made, how can we know the result if we don't do it, in case Guo Hanyang agrees, we can also give him some other benefits, such as Shanghai's treaty port tax was originally under the direct jurisdiction of the central government, and he can be allowed to collect it for a period of time in the future, which can be regarded as repayment, or compensation in other aspects, it depends on what conditions he proposes." Duan Qirui said that he dared to want Guo Yu to accept the Bank of Communications, just because Guo Yu was too rich, and if he exchanged other interests, it was estimated that Guo Yu would really be able to agree.

"Zhiquan, you are responsible for this matter, as far as you can contact Guo Yu, I will issue an order in the name of the president to appoint Guo Yu as the overseer and governor of Jiangsu Province. It was agreed that he would establish a special economic zone in Jiangsu, and that Guo Yu could appoint all officials in Jiangsu Province at will, provided that he paid taxes on time. Then there's the matter of the Bank of Communications, you have to try to let him take over, it's a mess and a bomb, we all know that Guo Yu is rich, let him think of a way, if it's not too harsh requirements, you can promise him. Shanghai has now been actually controlled by him, so the tariffs at the Shanghai port will be handled according to what you said, but a part of it must be paid every year, after all, the central government has no money, and it is still waiting for the money to be rescued. Li Yuanhong also went to the doctor because of his illness, and put this treasure on Guo Yu, hoping that Guo Yu could solve the big problem of the current Republic of China government. R1152