The European branch of the Iron and Blood Investigation Bureau revealed the situation of the British and French troops to the German army, and the chief of the general staff of the German high command, Moltke Jr., was puzzled after learning the news, so he instructed the German military intelligence department to investigate, and soon got the exact news two days later, the original news was true, Moltke was shocked, if according to his plan two days ago, let the main force of the Western Front move eastward, then the 1st and 2nd armies on the right flank of the main force of the Western Front will be greatly threatened, because the British and French troops have an absolute advantage in terms of strength, This is not something that can be compensated for in terms of the army's combat effectiveness and tactical literacy, but fortunately, we know the deployment and strength of the British and French forces in time.

Moltke Jr. immediately ordered the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Armies to immediately stop their advance, ignoring the British and French troops fleeing eastward, but to carry out a far-reaching and roundabout outflanking Paris to the southwest according to the original plan, and cooperate with the left flank to complete the encirclement of all the French armies. At the same time, he ordered the First Army to move to the northeast, because according to reliable information, the French army that had been routed on the northwestern border had been reorganized into the 6th Army under the organization of the French high-brass, and this French force was flank and rear of the main German army on the Western Front, and if left unresolved, it would pose a great threat to the right flank.

On August 22, the German First Army, which was ordered to go northwest, quickly moved north under the command of Commander Clark, and soon encountered the newly formed 6th Army of the French border route, and the commander of the French Sixth Army, Mao Laoli, never expected that the German army would turn around again (dealing with his newly formed and unreorganized Sixth Group, he was attacked by Clark before he had time to deploy defense, and the French 6th Army was defeated on the spot. The more than 200,000 people who had been concentrated were again routed on all fronts, and Clark immediately reported to the German high command. and asked for instructions, and the German General Staff ordered Clark to divide and encircle the French army in northwestern France as quickly as possible. After completely resolving the rout of the French army in northwestern France, and then moving south to join the main forces of the Western Front, Moltke Jr. ordered the Second Army to quickly advance in the direction of Paris.

On August 24, the German Second Army on the Western Front had reached 15 kilometers north of Paris, and the people of Paris were immediately panicked. When the Supreme Commander of the French Army, Xia Fei, who was appointed to command, learned that the newly formed 6th Army had been defeated again, he knew that his hard-planned plan for a counterattack against the German army had failed, and the German 3rd, 4th, and 5th armies turned to the southwest, and he had to build a retreat from the French authorities to abandon Paris and retreat to Bordeaux, and Paris became the front line for a time.

Chauffeur concentrated the Anglo-French forces northeast of Paris south of the Marne, while in the north of the Paris area, there were few troops at all. Once the German army crosses the Seine River to capture Paris, then the French government that has just withdrawn to Bordeaux will face a great threat, and the loss of Paris will make the British and French troops who have just been chased to the northeast of Paris and south of the Marne River fall into a situation of encirclement, because the German army has swung the death-like sickle from the northwest to Paris according to the original plan, which is like a door that has been pushed open, and the British and French troops will be sealed between the door and the wall in the direction of arc movement, and the door is the main force of the right wing of the German army on the Western Front. The wall was the main force of the German left flank that was moving south from Verdun. Xia Fei had to dispatch the Fifth Army to Paris quickly, but the time was too tight and it was too late. The Central and Entente positions were in Paris and along the Marne, with more than two million troops amassed on both sides. A massive campaign is about to begin.

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Huaguo Jingshi, Presidential Palace.

Xiao Zhenlei held a regular meeting today as usual and listened to the summary of news from all quarters and the analysis of his staff. Everything that should have been done to the German side has been done, and as for how the German army did in the end, it is not something he can control.

Today, Xiao Zhenlei only listened to some news summaries and the analysis of his staff about the war in Europe, so he didn't ask any more questions. Today's topic is another matter, he said: "Two days ago, Finance Minister Tan Hue Cho proposed the preparation for the establishment of the National Bank. After your analysis, I think it is also feasible, and it is also a problem that must be solved at this stage, after the establishment of the national bank is completed, there will be a series of work to be done, of course, this is a later story, now we temporarily solve the current problem, the formation of the national bank must be supported by the people, what do you think should be done to let the people know and support it? ”

Tang Shaoyi, the staff member in charge of civil affairs, stood up, he had no position in the government, but was hired by Xiao Zhenlei to be responsible for providing Xiao Zhenlei with civil advice, analysis, and advice.

Tang Shaoyi said: "President, the people are divided into two levels, the first is the ordinary people, the vast majority of the country are ordinary people, although the number of this part of the people is large, but the economic resources occupied are only a few, and too scattered, as long as we control it well, there will be basically no problems, we can use newspapers and broadcasts to carry out large-scale, large-scale propaganda in advance, so that these people realize the benefits of the establishment of the National Bank, I believe that only if we publicize it in place, these people will support, and after the establishment of the National Bank, It's all a matter of course. The second is the wealthy class, especially the bankers, the bosses and shareholders of the bankers, and the capitalists, who are small in number, but occupy the majority of economic resources. Moreover, after the establishment of the State Bank, it is inevitable to carry out a series of rectifications of the existing financial industry, which will certainly violate the interests of certain people, especially those capitalists in the financial industry. We believe that as long as the central government appeases some of the largest financiers in the country, it will be fine, and as for the money banks and small ticket numbers in various places, the local governments will do the work, let them do the work of those financial capitalists in their jurisdictions within a time limit, so that the financial and economic reform can be completed smoothly, and it is also very important that we should not take drastic measures when doing the work of persuasion, so as not to cause social unrest! ”

Xiao Zhenlei took a puff of cigarette, thought for a while and asked: "If some people refuse to cooperate with the government at all levels when they are working on these capitalists in the financial industry, what will happen to the stubborn resistance of one of them?" ”

Chen Huizu, who was in charge of the economy, stood up and said: "President, this is easy to do, if someone blindly resists and refuses to cooperate with the government's reform policy, governments at all levels can concentrate financial resources to suppress those banks, banks, and ticket numbers that refuse to cooperate, and at the same time, they can also impose administrative sanctions."

Xiao Zhenlei listened to Chen Huizu's words and immediately understood, he was very clear about this aspect, you must know that in the later generations, a businessman will not be able to do the government no matter what, just the units come every day to check the health situation, fire protection measures, tax payment, business license, etc., you can't stand it, just find a little reason to let you suspend business for rectification, if you don't cooperate, you will forcibly pull the gate and put a seal, so that you don't have to play!

After thinking about it for a while, Xiao Zhenlei nodded and said: "Okay, that's it, but I emphasize one point, when sending documents to governments at all levels, they must pay attention to their attitudes in the text, pay attention to methods and strategies in doing things, and can't be brutal, can't cause social turmoil, where there is a problem, where the chief official of the government will step down, and if this thing is not done well, he will also step down, and this matter can also be used to test the work ability of government officials in various places!" In addition, Guangpu, who are the capitalists in the financial industry in China today? ”

Chen Huizu said: "President, the financial resources are relatively abundant, the scale of money and ticket numbers and the number of seals are larger, including the Qiao family in Qi County, Shanxi Province, the Qu family in Qi County, the Li family in Hefei, Anhui, the Sheng family in Jiangyin, the Zhang family in Chaoshan, Guangdong, and the Zhou family in Shanghai, which are relatively large, and there are some medium!" ”

These families are basically the giants of the financial industry left over from the pre-Qing Dynasty, and they are basically very well-established, and people like Zhu Baosan, Yu Qiaqing and others are still too far behind these families to be compared at all.

Xiao Zhenlei said to the secretary Xiao Gao: "Arrange it, send invitations to these people, and I will invite you to dinner!" ”

"Yes, President!"

The president invited guests to dinner, this is still a very fresh and extremely glorious thing, when the invitation card is sent down, the bigwigs in the financial circles around the country laughed silly when they received the invitations, which was equivalent to a banquet from the emperor in the former Qing Dynasty, so these bigwigs in the financial circles hurriedly packed their luggage and rushed to Beijing.

At this time, the propaganda agencies of government departments began to act, and the propaganda departments convened a meeting of the heads of the major media to request cooperation with the government to carry out large-scale propaganda on the establishment of the national bank, the standardization and rectification of the financial industry, and the reform of the currency system, so that the people can have a psychological process of acceptance from hearing to understanding, and then to acceptance, so that the people have a psychological process of acceptance, so that there will be no problems, and if there are any problems, they can also be found and solved in time.

The bigwigs in the financial circles from all over the country came to Beijing in a hurry, but since they participated in Xiao Zhenlei's banquet, they were like frosted eggplants, and it turned out that Xiao Zhenlei invited them not really to invite them to dinner and talk about feelings, but to drink their blood and eat their meat.

However, Xiao Zhenlei also explained at the banquet that it is only necessary to rectify the financial industry, not to deprive them of their property, and that the state will integrate their money banks, ticket numbers, and banks, and after evaluating their assets, convert them into shares of the newly established bank according to the amount of assets, and select capable people from among them to preside over the operation, and these people will enjoy dividends as shareholders, and the state will also participate in them, so as to regulate and control the national economy and finance. (To be continued......) R1292