Chapter Ninety-Two: A Pile of Bad Debts
Japan's Zhengjin Bank was an important institution for economic aggression, and it also set up a branch in Mukden to be responsible for plundering the rich products of the three eastern provinces and helping the Japanese government to carry out economic aggression. In the past, several runs on the bills were manipulated by Zhengjin Bank. This time, Taro Nomura, the person in charge of the bank, as always, paid close attention to the change of the ticket.
Dominating the Mukden financial market has always been Taro Nomura's dream, so as soon as he saw an opportunity, he was ready to do a big job, and at this time, Miki suddenly found him.
During this time, Miki's life was finally more comfortable, and through his efforts, Russia finally began to vigorously purchase Japanese arms, opened up the Russian market, and injected a trace of vitality into Japan's booming industry.
In particular, in order to offset the huge payment for goods, Britain and France provided Japan with a number of important military jishu, so that the Japanese went even more crazy. As a result, Miki became a hero of Japan, received domestic awards, and for a time, he was infinitely beautiful among the Japanese in Mukden.
Of course, they don't know that this project, which seems to have unlimited prospects, is destined to be a pie, the Japanese bought 8 million bank bonds in order to buy off Grand Duke Nicholas, and then buy the Russians, which will cost more, and when the Russian Revolution breaks out, they will cry.
"Mr. Miki, you are a busy man, why do you have time to come to me?"
"Nomura-kun, I want to discuss the issue of ticket issuance with you, I think there is a big conspiracy here!"
"Conspiracy? Are you saying that Duan Zhigui deliberately emptied the reserves, I think it was completely caused by stupidity! ”
Miki shook his head: "Mr. Nomura, of course I'm not talking about Duan Zhigui, who is as stupid as a pig, but Zhang Zuolin, the commander of the 27th Division. The people of China are usually scattered, but this demonstration was very fast and unusual, the organization was efficient, and there were no major accidents, so there must be a driving force behind the scenes! ”
Nomura listened to Miki's words expressionlessly, in fact, he and Miki are not all the way, and the chaebol they serve is not the same, and Nomura is a little disdainful of the pretentious Miki.
"Miki-kun, even if it's Zhang Zuolin's conspiracy, he just wants to take the opportunity to squeeze out Duan Zhigui, the infighting of the people in Zhina, for us, it is a good opportunity to completely defeat Fengpiao, and the era of the yen dominating Fengtian has come!"
"Nope! Nomura-kun, you can't be so optimistic, I think Zhang Zuolin has a deeper plan, and he offered to hand over the management of the Guanyin to the Shina merchant this time, which I think is a dangerous signal. Zhang Zuolin has realized the importance of the right to issue money and is trying to grasp this power. Once Zhang Zuolin controls the Guanyin, his troops will have endless financial resources, which will be even more difficult to control! ”
Nomura rolled his eyelids and smiled, "What advice does Miki-kun have?" ”
"It's very simple, I hope that Mr. Nomura can take the initiative to help Duan Zhigui keep his official silver number and prevent Zhang Zuolin's shili from becoming bigger. This is a dangerous person, he doesn't know about military affairs, and he understands economics better, at least he has economic wizards around him. From the very beginning of the North Market, to the Zongshe Party, and then to today's official silver number, Zhang Zuolin has taken the power of Fengtian into his hands step by step, if such a person masters Fengtian, it is definitely not a blessing for the empire. ”
It is often said that a long-term illness becomes a doctor, Miki has suffered several losses in a row, and has begun to face up to Lao Zhang, no longer as a local warlord, but a real opponent, but obviously Nomura has not yet realized this!
He sneered and said, "Miki-kun, this is completely your guess, even if Zhang Zuolin really understands the importance of the economy as you said, so what?" Does he still have the ability to compete with the powerful Zhengjin Bank for financial resources, it's just a joke, I can tell Miki-kun frankly, I am ready, I must take advantage of this opportunity to hit the ticket hard, and even take the official silver account of the person of the branch into my hands! ”
Nomura is full of confidence, in order to crack down on the ticket, Zhengjin Bank has maintained an amount of millions on the books, and now Zhang Tinglan has announced that he will suspend the exchange of the ticket for 20 days, Nomura can spread rumors everywhere, cause panic, and then use the black market to buy more tickets at a low price.
In fact, Zhang Tinglan's estimate is not bad at all, the Japanese are far more insidious and ruthless than imagined, and after Nomura got the news as soon as possible, he began to prepare.
"Nomura-kun, I hope you can think twice, Zhang Zuolin and his assistants have always paid attention to planning before acting, they are not sure enough, they will not take over the ticket, any rash action will bring serious failure!"
What Miki is worried about is that Nomura will be desperate to do empty tickets, eat a trench and grow wise, and Miki is very jealous of Zhang Zuolin after suffering a few dumb losses.
"Miki-kun, where is your courage to facilitate cooperation between the Empire and Russia?"
"Nomura-kun, if Zhang Zuolin has sufficient reserves, the run is useless. Even if you can't deal with the run, the official silver number is also officially controlled by the people, and it is not easy to get it in your hands. ”
Nomura snorted coldly: "Miki-kun, you should focus on your trade work, and you shouldn't meddle in financial matters." I can teach you a lesson, if Zhang Zuolin is well prepared, we will use a pile of blank paper in exchange for real money, and on this basis, we can issue more banknotes. If we can't cope with the run, it means that the people of China owe a huge amount of money to the empire. Do you know the nature of debt, debt is slave! ”
Borrowing between ordinary people may be for interest gain, but lending between countries is not so simple. Creditors often do not want the other party to repay the loan as soon as possible, just like Gengzi's indemnity, as long as it is not repaid one day, the foreign powers can use this as an excuse to control China's economic lifeline, especially international loans in later generations.
Nomura obviously also has this idea, as long as he has a large number of tickets, and the official silver account cannot be cashed, he can use the Japanese government's liliang to form a huge pressure on Mukden, and take the opportunity to meddle in the official silver number, it stands to reason that Nomura's plan is actually very thorough.
Japan has become one of the great powers, and it has too many advantages over the local government of Mukden. It can be said that if Zhang Tinglan does not prepare enough back-up, he will definitely be caught off guard by Zhengjin Bank.
At this time, Zhang Tinglan was discussing with Wang Yongjiang how to deal with it, Wang Yongjiang mentioned Daosheng Bank, Zhang Tinglan had a flash of thought in his mind, and finally had an idea.
"Mr. Iron Niche, we are actually drilling the tip of the horns, the reserve is not necessarily real money, as long as there is a stable value, such as the transportation line, the issuance of currency is to use foreign exchange as collateral."
"To put it mildly, you are right, but this method is very unsafe, and it is tantamount to voluntarily handing over the handle to the powers. And Mukden wants to use foreign currency as collateral, is there any other option besides yen? ”
After the Russo-Japanese War, Mukden was included in the scope of Japan's shili, and large-scale foreign borrowing certainly could not bypass Japan.
"It's true that it's gone, but it's very knowledgeable how we got the yen, so do we have to exchange it for something real? I don't think so, Russian bonds are also very sought after! ”
As soon as Wang Yongjiang heard this, a smile finally appeared on his face, and his train of thought suddenly opened, pointing at Zhang Tinglan with his hand, and said: "Humble words, you really have a delicate heart, but I'm afraid that in this way, Japan and Russia will be pitted!" ”
"They eat dogs, let's eat meat and drink soup, what's wrong!"
"It's good, it's good, but if you take it out rashly, the Japanese may be suspicious, and I have also thought of a way to fight poison with poison, I don't know if I am interested in listening to it!"
"Please make it clear!"
"Let's make our own fakes, print fake tickets, and if the Japanese dare to use the black market to absorb tickets, they will release these fake coins."
Wang Yongjiang and Zhang Tinglan looked at each other and smiled, and the two treacherous characters quickly formulated two sets of action plans, and held two hole cards in their hands. For coping with this crisis, Zhang Tinglan is finally full of confidence, if the little devil wants to play, the uncle will accompany you to have fun!
"Mr. Iron Niche, just inform Fred from the Russian side, as for the problem of fraud, we should take down the official silver number first and replace it with reliable personnel!"
Zhang Tinglan found Zhang Zuolin at random, Lao Zhang is also resolute, he immediately transferred a battalion of soldiers, and asked Yuan Jinkai to accompany Zhang Tinglan to the Guanyinhao.
Of course, it's not enough to just bring soldiers, after all, the things that come and go in the accounts are not something that these big-headed soldiers can figure out, Zhang Tinglan borrowed ten of the most haode account room gentlemen from Liu Shucheng and others, everyone played the abacus to a god, and he borrowed two foreigners from Fred, who are also responsible for the financial work of Daosheng Bank and have rich experience.
Zhang Tinglan, Wang Yongjiang, and Yuan Jinkai led the troops to Guanyinhao. After arriving, Zhang Tinglan immediately ordered the soldiers to take over the official silver account in an all-round way, control all the current accounts, and at the same time let the bookkeepers and two foreign experts carry out the inventory work.
It is not appropriate to directly use force and simply and rudely take over the official silver number, but Zhang Tinglan also knows that the virtue of Fengtian officials is almost no official and no greed, especially guarding such a cash cow as the official silver number, no one is clean.
"Zhang Shuyan, do you want to rebel? It is true that the general asked the Fengtian merchant to temporarily manage the official silver number, but he also has to come up with a charter, how can you be so messy! Wang Shuhan, who was in charge of the official silver number, rushed in when he saw the soldiers rushing in like a fierce look, and his face suddenly turned pale, after all, he was the number one person in the Fengtian financial system, and he still had a certain official authority.
"Director Wang, don't worry, I am also forced to do so, the blood and sweat of millions of ordinary people in Fengtian have been entrusted to us, we can't be cautious!"
"The money has been taken away by the general, what can I do!"
"Director Wang, the two of us are in the same circle, if it weren't for your problems, the official silver account would only have more than one million reserves, it's a joke!" Wang Yongjiang ruthlessly exposed Wang Shuhan's true face, Wang Shuhan's face suddenly turned pale, he also knew Wang Yongjiang's ability, and he was afraid that he would not be able to hide his own methods.
More than an hour passed, and the gentleman in charge of checking the accounts ran over with a large stack of account books, panting and said: "Zhang Shao, I have never seen such chaotic accounts, I simply treat bookkeeping as child's play, there are too many problems with the official bank!" ”
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