On October 6, the twelfth year of the Republic of China, the investigators of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, surrounded by the coast guard, police and patriotic students, went to the General Administration of Customs to investigate, and those foreign employees involved in gambling had already fled. On the day of such a big incident, they all ran away, ran into the British Concession and the French Concession and hid.

Well, this is even more confirmed by the fact that Britain and France are behind the accusation of China Customs and wantonly misappropriate Chinese customs duties. While reporting to the world about the corruption and misappropriation of customs duties by foreign employees of Chinese Customs, the Chinese government also sent personnel to the headquarters of the League of Nations in Geneva to fight a lawsuit. Wei Chen, the Chinese ambassador in Germany, was the Chinese representative of China in the prosecution of Britain and France, and Wei Chen's group also understood that this was an excellent opportunity to regain the autonomy of China's customs, which China had lacked in a real sense of the word since the loss of China's customs autonomy in the late Qing Dynasty, and now it has finally been found. You foreigners are corrupt, this is your own exposed. Every time the Chinese government wants to regain tariff autonomy, all countries have used the corruption of Chinese employees as an excuse to have a huge impact on China and world trade, but now, it can be said that it is a naked slap in the face of the four countries.

The headquarters of the League of Nations in Geneva was also under pressure, on the one hand, the Chinese government's lawsuit, and on the other hand, the four banks warned the League of Nations not to meddle in this matter - the League of Nations is a bitch, and whoever has the money controls how she poses.

Later, Chairman Chiang did not know the essence of the League of Nations, so how could Wang Maoru not know that Wang Maoru had never thought of solving the problem through the League of Nations, and he used the media all over the world to smear the foreign employees of the Chinese Customs and the banks behind them, and prepared for his next step to forcibly recover the tariffs.

On October 9, the twelfth year of the Republic of China, when the Independent Commission Against Corruption of China inspected the customs accounts, it discovered a huge scandal in the customs, that is, the issue of interest on the customs duties deposited in the Bank of the Four Nations. According to the tariff interest rate 50% higher than the normal savings rate, it is calculated that the amount of Chinese customs duties lost in the banks of the four countries is as high as 4 million silver dollars every year.

On the occasion of the Double Tenth Festival on October 10, the 12th year of the Republic of China, Tang Shaoyi, the premier of the Chinese Provisional Government, announced that the Chinese government officially regained the autonomy of China's customs today due to the long-standing black gold transactions between the Bank of the Four Nations and the Chinese Customs and the corruption in the eyes. Chinese customs duties will return to the Ministry of Finance, and the money owed to the banks of the four countries in the Gengzi indemnity will be repaid annually by the Chinese Ministry of Finance in accordance with the provisions of the Gengzi Treaty.

The first thing that happened on the Double Tenth Day in the 12th year of the Republic of China was that the Chinese government regained the autonomy of China's customs in a forceful manner under the condition that the evidence was conclusive, and the situation of tariffs controlled by foreign countries for 23 years since 1900 was no longer there.

Immediately after the Chinese government regained the tariff autonomy of the Shanghai General Administration of Customs, it announced that the new director of the General Administration of Customs, which is subordinate to the Ministry of Finance, will be Zhang Yiwei, director of the General Administration of Anti-Smoking. Zhang Yiwei also received such a heavy responsibility for the first time, and he was immediately excited. Before Zhang Yiwei left, Wang Maoru only had three requirements for him: "First, the customs must not be greedy, and second. Third, the customs should be tough and listen to Beijing's command at any time in Shanghai, and do not make any small moves. ”

Zhang Yiwei said with a smile: "Generalissimo, please rest assured, you don't care if you are the generalissimo or the president, Ji Xiu will definitely only listen to you." ”

Immediately after Zhang Yiwei arrived in Shanghai, he appointed and administered the Chinese Customs. Subsequently, the accounts were audited, customs clearance was carried out, and the coast guard department cracked down on smuggling, especially drug smuggling, and a large number of smuggled goods and funds were seized. And Wang Maoru is also very supportive of Zhang Yiwei, and the rights given to him gradually increase. Subsequently, in order to increase the power of the customs in Zhang Yiwei's hands, Wang Maoru proposed to the State Council to increase the number of cities to be opened to the outside world, and the newly added cities to be opened were Vladivostok in Dongji Province, Yingkou County in Liaoning Province, Lianyun City in Jiangsu Province, Xiamen City in Fujian Province, Shantou City in Guangdong Province, and Haikou City in Guangdong Province. Six counties and cities have been added as open cities, and customs have been set up to increase the number of windows for Sino-foreign trade. So far. There are as many as 20 foreign trade ports in China, and the door to China's foreign trade has been opened, just waiting for the victory of the battle against the epidemic, China will usher in a new era of trade.

After the Chinese government reinstated tariffs in a tough way, countries complained. In particular, the banks of the four countries were still pointing fingers at the League of Nations at first, but now they have gone to the League of Nations to demand sanctions against China, believing that China's move is harmful to the recovery of the world economy. Wei Chen's group waited early in Geneva for the shameless representative of the Bank of the Four Nations, and immediately retorted: "I asked to see you but couldn't see him, and now he is pointing fingers at China's internal affairs, China is harming the world economy?" When will the center of the world economy be transferred from the United States to China? I have in my hand a copy of last year's customs trade form, which clearly states that last year's total customs trade in China was only 1/1000 of the total customs trade of the United States, and 1/600 of the president of Japan's customs trade. In my opinion, it is not the Chinese government that is causing damage to the world economy, but you banks of the four countries that are hindering the development of China's customs, right? You want to monopolize the autonomy of the customs, you want China to become your colony and monopoly distribution center, and you have to pat yourself on the back if you want to let the goods of other countries enter which country! It's shameless! ”

Wei Chen's group's words suddenly stunned the representatives of the banks of the four countries, and the representatives of the League of Nations were speechless, and the hard-line Wei Chen's group scolded: "If there is a lawsuit, we have to look at next year, if the trade volume after the recovery of China's customs next year is not as good as last year, it will be enough." If China's customs trade volume exceeds last year's, it proves that you are obstructing China's economic development, you are obstructing the entry of goods from other countries into China, and you are engaging in trade monopoly! He shouted to the delegates of the League of Nations: "Members of the Executive Committee of the League of Nations, we in China are willing to fight lawsuits, and we are willing to fight them, as long as the number is announced at the end of next year, you will know who is the devil and who is the insatiable merchant of Venice!" ”

At this time, Wang Maoru and Zhou Dezhong were drinking red wine and eating hot pot in the old mansion on Yanjing Avenue. After Zhou Dezhong was full of wine and food, he smiled and said, "Generalissimo, how can you reward me?" ”

"What reward do you want? Officer? Wang Maoru asked with a smile.

Zhou Dezhong's head shook like a rattle and said: "You can spare me, you don't know my character yet, you are contemptuous of me, so you can fight injustice, if I am an official, it will be too constrained." ”

Wang Maoru said: "What reward do you want?" ”

Zhou Dezhong knocked his head, seemed to be thinking hard, and suddenly smiled: "I want to play a bigger and more exciting game, okay?" ”

"How to play? What to play? ”

Zhou Dezhong said with a smile: "The name of this game is called, Play Dow Jones, Play America." ”

Wang Maoru said cautiously: "The United States is not fun, it is a paradise for adventurers all over the world. ”

Zhou Dezhong spread his hands and said: "That's why I'm going there to play, you don't think I'm a person who can sit still, right?" Generalissimo, this needs money, how much can you support me? ”

Wang Maoru thought about it, smiled and stretched out a finger, and said, "Guess." ”

"A million?"

"Guess again."

"Ten million?"

"Guess again."

"One hundred million!"

"Keep guessing."

Zhou Dezhong smiled bitterly: "Generalissimo, don't tease me, it won't be a dollar, right?" ”

Wang Maoru laughed and said: "Of course not, I will continue to support you, I will give you as much as you want, until you don't want to play anymore." ”

Zhou Dezhong opened his mouth wide and said, "Generalissimo, aren't you afraid that I will run away with the money?" ”

Wang Maoru said confidently: "You are a person, there is only one characteristic that others are far behind, that is, patriotism, you regard the country as more important than life, although you are full of cheating, but you never do anything sorry for the motherland." This is your nature, a nature that you can't overcome in your life. ”

Zhou Dezhong smiled, and then said loudly: "Yes, a person lives a lifetime, and there is always a reason for him to live." I'm a bastard, and I lack virtue and smoke, but I haven't done it in my life and will never do it, and I will never do it in the future, and my descendants of the Zhou family will never do it, is a traitor and traitor! ”

Wang Maoru nodded and said, "What a disciple of the Zhou family, I am waiting for the news of your triumph in the United States." ”