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Last year, the Yellow River burst and flooded nine provinces, tens of millions of people were affected, and the government of the Republic of China also actively organized disaster relief, but later generations counted how much money they spent, each province only allocated tens of thousands of silver dollars, and how much grain, clothing, silver and work relief were distributed to each affected people, and the main force of disaster relief at that time was actually rich businessmen and celebrities from all over the country, which also shows that the financial difficulties of the central government of the Republic of China and the decline of local political power.

The main reason is that the government of the Republic of China is too poor, in 1913 the famous aftermath of the big loan, the Republic of China government to Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Japan five countries of the bank group to borrow, after a long period of negotiations, finally agreed to borrow 25 million pounds, the loan is also earmarked, deducting the repayment of the due Gengzi indemnity and various foreign debts, the dismissal of the provincial army, offset the government administrative expenses, but in the end, only 7.6 million pounds remaining, and the repayment of principal and interest is as high as 67.89 million pounds.

The borrowing is guaranteed by China's salt tax, customs duty and central government taxes designated by the four provinces of Zhili, Shandong, Henan and Jiangsu. The special conditions are: in the future, it is not allowed to borrow from other countries without the permission of the banking syndicate; Foreigners participate in the collection of salt tax, and Chinese and foreign auditors are set up in the audit office, and all receipts for loans must be reviewed by Chinese and foreign auditors together, and can only be withdrawn after signing; The Chinese government has set up a salt administration in Beijing, and Chinese and foreign personnel are jointly responsible for the collection and storage of salt revenue: the appointment and dismissal of personnel shall be decided by the Huayang General Office and the General Office of the Association; After the salt in the salt area is taxed, it can only be released after being signed by the manager and associate of Huayang; The salt proceeds shall be deposited in the designated bank, and shall not be withdrawn without the voucher signed by the general office and the conference office.

Yuan Shikai agreed to such harsh conditions, and it can be seen that the government was having a hard time at that time, and he had no friendship with Yuan Shikai, so he could only rely on money to impress him, and this Liang Shiyi was the best middleman.

"Lord Liang, you also know that I now have some careers in the United States, and now I have also opened a maritime trade route between the United States and the Republic of China, and there is an exchange between the United States and the Republic of China, and this business requires access to the sea, so I think I hope to be able to find a position in a certain place, not only to manage the place, but also to take care of the industry, and to develop the Huafu Association to help the people, I hope that Lord Liang will guide you on how to do this."

Listening to Guo Yu's words, Liang Shiyi showed a casual smile, "Brother, I don't know if you have a table." ”

Guo Yu was stunned for a moment, and replied casually, "I am Hanyang." ”

"Hanyang, Han is the meaning of the vast, mostly refers to the sea, Yang is the meaning of the sun, the meaning of the word is the sun rising from the sea, good word."

Guo Yu didn't know that the name he gave had this meaning, it was popular to change his name back then, and his parents spent money to find a fortune teller to give him a name, and wanted to change his name, but at that time, he graduated from college, and his ID card, household registration book, and graduation certificate are all his current names, and it is too troublesome to change, so he has not changed it, and now Liang Shiyi suddenly asked about his table words, Guo Yu did not have any table words, and directly said the name.

"Brother Hanyang, you and I are also acquaintances, I will call you brother, you will call me Brother Liang, how about it." Liang Shiyi pointed at the two and said.

"This is naturally good, I have climbed high." Guo Yu replied with a smile on his face.

"Brother Hanyang, the state affairs are difficult, now His Majesty has just ascended the throne, and all the people have returned to their hearts, but there are so many people who don't know the current affairs, and they have to go against His Majesty, Cai Yi and Tang Jiyao in Yunnan, Sun Cannon in the south and those Kuomintang people make trouble, the country wants to use troops everywhere, the country's construction, education, army, and people's livelihood all need money, don't look at me as a bank prime minister, but I, the prime minister, is indeed the prime minister who owes money, you look at these documents and account books on the table, there is no income for only expenditure, I worry about money every day. Liang Shiyi also served as Yuan Shikai's secretary, and he was also in charge of finance, and he was a busy generalist, so he naturally managed the country's finances.

Liang Shiyi knew that Guo Yu was rich, he had calculated an account for Guo Yu, based on the scope and number of people in Guo Yu's current Huafu Association, Guo Yu's monthly expenditure should be about 70,000 or 80,000 silver dollars, and this year is 900,000 nearly one million silver dollars, if Guo Yu does not have a huge family foundation, it is impossible to support such a large industry, and now the Huafu Association, some people have guns, don't the country know, they were given a "China Charity Relief Federation" title, but they were not equipped with guns, but now no one dares to move, Why, because Huafu will have no money and still tie his hands, so many people can't afford to raise anyone except Guo Yu, Guo Yu is rich, but his people and money are abroad, and others can't catch it, and now he takes the initiative to send it to the door, wanting to find a position in China, which is in the heart of Liang Shiyi.

Guo Yu originally planned to open the way with money, since they want money, it will be easy to do, if you want money, I will ask for officials, if you dare to ask for more, I will dare to open my mouth.

"I am making profits in foreign countries, but also for the development of the country, the people live in peace, since the country is in trouble, my brother naturally can't sit idly by, I am willing to take out 5 million US dollars and deposit it in the Bank of Communications, Brother Liang, what do you think."

Liang Shiyi was overjoyed, "Brother Hanyang, is this true?" ”

"Naturally, it's just a matter of my brother, and I asked my brother to help." Guo Yu looked at Liang Shiyi with a smile.

Liang Shiyi happily rubbed his hands, 5 million US dollars, that is, 10 million silver dollars, and this money is real cash, now the Republic of China has an annual deficit of nearly 50 million silver dollars, making ends meet, in order to increase the finance, Yuan Shikai has personally taken charge of finance, set up a number of overt taxes, has caused dissatisfaction among the local and the people, and now sees that there are tens of millions of silver dollars in the account, Liang Shiyi is naturally happy, although it is deposited in the Bank of Communications, but into his own bank, it is not just to spend it himself.

Thinking of this, Liang Shiyi stood up and said to Guo Yu, "Brother Hanyang, I'll go see Your Majesty now, and ask Brother Hanyang to go back and wait for good news." ”

Guo Yu stood up and said goodbye to Liang Shiyi, and went back to the headquarters of the Huafu Association.

Liang Shiyi did not delay, and directly took the car into Yuan Shikai's Xinhua Mansion, which was the former presidential palace.

Liang Shiyi is Yuan Shikai's hardcore confidant, naturally no one stopped him, he was anxious, and walked quickly to the door of Yuan Shikai's office room.

"Does Your Majesty work in the house?" Liang Shiyi asked the guards guarding the door, and the guards all knew Liang Shiyi, so naturally they didn't dare to slack off, and one of them hurriedly replied: "Minister Liang, Your Majesty is working inside, but it seems that he is in a bad mood." ”

Of course, Yuan Shikai was in a bad mood, and finally became the Hongxian Emperor, but some of the governors everywhere rebelled, some declared their independence, and the rest were either watching or silent, everyone had their own ideas, and the most worrying thing for him was the financial pressure, government expenditures required money, troops needed money, and wars required money, so many troops in the country had to spend more than 10 million silver dollars every month, but these troops were still in the hands of the governors, and he felt that his emperor was a hundred times more tired than when he was the king of Joseon, What makes him even more worried is the foreigner, who is full of tears when he talks about it.

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