Li Jingfang smiled unnaturally and said, "First of all, I naturally came to visit Baixi. No pop-up window update fast //"

"And next?" Sun Yuan said.

Li Jingfang looked at Li Jingchu, and then said with a solemn face: "A month ago, according to the Shangshu of Sheng Xingsun (Sheng Xuanhuai) of the Ministry of Posts and Communications, the imperial court relieved Liang Yansun (Liang Shiyi) of the envoy of the director of the General Administration of Railway and the assistant of the Bank of Communications. Do you know this, Baixi? ”

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the General Administration of Railways was a subordinate department of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, and the director was only a petty official of four or five grades. Not to mention that Sun Yuanqi didn't know about this, he didn't even know who Liang Yansun was.

Sun Yuanqi shook his head: "The nephew is seriously injured, and he has been recuperating at home behind closed doors recently, I really don't know that there is such a thing." Why did Xingsun Shangshu remove Liang Yansun from his position? ”

Li Jingchu said indignantly: "In the compromise, it is said that Liang Yansun controls the General Administration of Railways, but in fact, it is just Sheng Xuanhuai's personal vendetta!" In the thirty-second year of Guangxu (1906), Sheng Xuanhuai, who was then the secretary of the Ministry of Posts and Communications, was begging for rest due to illness, and the imperial court appointed Tang Shaochuan (Tang Shaoyi) as the Minister of Railway Supervision and Supervision, responsible for the restructuring. Tang Shaochuan took Liang Yansun as the chief copywriter to clean up the redundant personnel in the former railway company. Many of these redundant members are from the Sheng Xuan Nostalgia Department, so the two have a grudge. At the end of last year, Tang Shaochuan resigned, Sheng Xuanhuai continued to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Posts and Communications, took over railway affairs, remembered the old hatred, and then killed Liang Yansun, and dismissed Liang Yansun from all positions in the name of dictatorship. ”

Li Jingfang added: "Liang Yansun is from Yuan Xiangcheng, so the imperial court is also optimistic about this matter." ”

Yuan Shikai made a fortune by training troops in small stations, and he had a gang of Qiu Ba. It's okay to fight, but it's not their forte to give advice and intrigue. Before and after the Xinhai Revolution, Yuan Shikai's assistants in the political, economic, and cultural fields were mainly Zhao Bingjun, Yang Shiqi, Liang Shiyi and others. Liang Shiyi is particularly good at engaging in economics and scheming. - Of course, there is also Yang Du in history. It's just that he is now eating under Sun Yuanqi.

Sun Yuan nodded from the starting point, and finally understood the ins and outs of the matter: "Then what does Liang Yansun have to do with the two uncles?" ”

Li Jingchu's face was a little unpleasant: "Baixi, you shouldn't be unfamiliar with the rubber stock boom that broke out in the middle of last year, right?" ”

"It's no stranger." Speaking of which, Sun Yuanqi has a share of the credit for lifting the lid!

Li Jingchu said: "After the outbreak of the rubber stock boom, Shanghai's large and small money banks have collapsed countless times, and our Yishanyuan has also suffered a heavy blow——"

"The source of righteousness is the property of my uncle's family?" Surprised, Sun Yuanqi interrupted Li Jingchu's narration very rudely.

Yi Shanyuan was the first money bank to create a foreign exchange business. The strength is very strong, there are 27 branches in the country, and there are as many as 36 money banks that are closely in contact, and the status is similar to today's China Merchants Bank. It has a huge market share in the financial market, and its influence can be imagined.

Li Jingchu replied: "It can't be regarded as our Li family's industry, our Li family is just the majority shareholder of Yishanyuan." ”

Sun Yuanqi couldn't help but gasp: I'll go! Just now, he also said, "My family Wenzhong Gong fought in the south and the north, and the battlefield was tiring for many years, and nothing else has been handed down." It's just that there are a lot of good gold sore medicines", just this source of righteousness and goodness, I'm afraid it's worth millions of taels of silver, right?

Li Jingchu saw that Sun Yuanqi no longer asked questions, and continued: "Fortunately, Cai Naihuang of Shanghai Dao advocated actively saving the city. 3.5 million taels of emergency loans from major foreign banks, plus 3 million taels from Shanghai Official Bank. It is stored in Yuanfengrun and Yishanyuan, which initially maintains the stability of Shanghai's market. Who wants to just over a month. Because of the officialdom, Cheng Dequan, the governor of Jiangsu, and others wrote to attack Cai Daotai, saying that he used public interests and cunning in the process of bailing out the city, and deliberately intimidated the imperial court, and demanded that Shanghai Dao pay 1.9 million taels of official silver within a time limit. Cai Daotai was forced to have no choice but to withdraw some of the official money from the two banks, and then Yuan Fengrun announced that he would close down and clean up. ”

"Righteous Shan Yuan escaped?" Sun Yuanqi had already devoted himself to the epidemic prevention affairs in the Northeast at that time, and he didn't know much about the follow-up.

"How can it be so easy to dodge a catastrophe?" Li Jingchu smiled bitterly: "Because I am still the prime minister of the Bank of Communications, I borrowed 2.87 million taels from the Bank of Communications with the Li family's property as collateral; and urgently transferred funds from branches across the country to make up for the shortfall after the transfer of official funds, so that the source of righteousness and goodness could be temporarily preserved. Moreover, after the collapse of Yuanfengrun, the Du branch ordered Daqing Bank to urgently transfer 1 million taels of silver to Shanghai to maintain financial stability; Later, the government came to the rescue again, presided over by Zhang Qianli (Zhang Renjun), the governor of Liangjiang, and borrowed 3 million taels from HSBC, Crédit Agricole and Dehua Bank as a guarantee from Jiangsu Yanli. At that time, I thought that Shanghai had returned to calm, and Yishanyuan should have escaped the catastrophe, right? Now it seems that it is just a matter of surviving! ”

Sun Yuanqi said curiously: "What happened after that?" ”

Li Jingchu said with a bitter face: "That's what we said just now, Sheng Xuanhuai dismissed Liang Yansun from his position as deputy director of the Bank of Communications. Although I am named as the Prime Minister of the Bank of Communications, in fact, the public and private affairs are complicated, and Liang Yansun has always been in charge of the Bank of Communications. The reason why Liang Yansun's dismissal came naturally this time was because Sheng Xuanhuai had already negotiated with the people in the center, Sheng Xuanhuai could take advantage of this to avenge the revenge of the year, and the imperial court could also take the opportunity to purge Yuan Xiangcheng of the forces planted in the Bank of Communications, and then cut off his financial resources. ”

Sun Yuanqi asked suspiciously: "Could it be that the two uncles want me to be promoted to be the assistant of the Bank of Communications?" ”

Li Jingchu shook his head: "It's useless, since the center has already made up its mind, it will be difficult to change, and it will not let an irrelevant person serve as the assistant of the Bank of Communications." Now they are not only purging the people associated with Yuan Xiangcheng in the Bank of Communications, but they are also preparing to further check the bank's accounts. In this way, the source of righteousness and goodness will inevitably suffer from the fish in the pond. ”

Sun Yuanqi originally wanted to ask, "Didn't you borrow money from the Bank of Communications with the Li family's property as collateral?" Why is there a pond fish disaster? Before the words came out, his head turned around: Bank of Communications is a state-owned bank, and Li Jingchu is the prime minister of Bank of Communications, he said that this vase is worth 200,000 taels of silver, do the employees below dare to raise the bar with the CEO? Anyway, it's public money, and it's not your own!

Now the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has come down to check the accounts, although the intended target is Liang Shiyi, not him Li Jingchu. But if Li Jingchu is found to have a problem, it is also a grass and a rabbit - the two are not delayed, and they are just the end of the pot. So Li Jingchu was scared and wanted to repay the 2.87 million taels of mortgage loans.

Sun Yuanqi pondered for a moment before asking, "Is it difficult for Yishanyuan to return the money from the Bank of Communications?" If so, how big is the gap? ”

Li Jingchu smiled sadly: "As the saying goes, a chef who starves to death is five hundred catties." Although Yishanyuan is not as good as before, it is not difficult to return the money from the Bank of Communications. The key is what to do after returning? Baixi, you should know that the reason why the money bank is profitable is because the loan interest is higher than the deposit interest, and all the depositors' money is lent out to earn the difference. The borrower borrows cash and leaves behind mortgages such as real estate, stocks, and fields, which will not be realized for a while. However, depositors must pay cash every time they come to withdraw it. So, there wasn't much cash at the counter. If we repay the money from the Bank of Communications in one go, it will result in the counter not having enough cash to pay the depositors. When the news spreads, there will inevitably be a frenzied run. Once there is a run, our source of righteousness and goodness is not far from death! ”

Sun Yuanqi said after a little calculation in his heart: "The two uncles also know that the nephew's family is not wealthy, and he has worked hard in the academic world and officialdom over the years, and most of the money he has earned has been invested in the school, although there is still a slight balance, which is not much. Since the two uncles' capital turnover is inconvenient now, the nephew does not dare to hide his secrets, and is willing to give 50,000 taels to Yishanyuan for emergency relief. ”

In terms of purchasing power, one tael of silver at the end of the Qing Dynasty was about 200 yuan today. A certain relative who is beating around the bush comes to the door and shouts for help, and you open your mouth to give him 10 million, is it interesting enough?

"Thank you Baixi for your kindness!" Having said that, Li Jingchu didn't have the slightest joy on his face, "Actually, our Li family can make up by ourselves, and we can also come up with more than 100,000 taels of silver." This money is undoubtedly a huge amount of money for ordinary people, but for Yishanyuan, it is tantamount to a drop in the bucket. ”

Listening to Li Jingchu's words, Sun Yuanqi was very unhappy in his heart: What do you mean by this? Relatives who can't beat you take the initiative to lend you 50,000 taels, is it still less? You don't want to think about it, there are six brothers in your Li family in Hefei, and only two of them are above the governor (Li Hanzhang and Li Hongzhang), and the rest are either rich or expensive; Among the uncles and brothers, there are also some people who have become governors (Li Jingxi) and squires (Li Jingfang, Li Jingmai), why don't you go to them, but ask me, a little squire, to borrow money? My money didn't fall from the sky!

At that moment, Sun Yuanqi was a little unkind: "Uncle, although 50,000 taels is a drop in the bucket, but the Li family in Hefei has many relatives, and my distant nephew has 50,000 taels, and I want to come to other people's homes not to be outdone, right?" Accumulating soil into a mountain and accumulating a lot is also very impressive! ”

Li Jingfang hurriedly played a round on the side: "Baixi, your Uncle Zhongheng has been anxious about the source of righteousness and goodness recently, and it is inevitable that there will be some inappropriateness in what he says and does, so don't take it to heart." ”

Li Jingchu also said a little sneeringly: "Baixi, I didn't mean that......"

Sun Yuanqi didn't care about himself, and waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, that's what I said." ”

For a while, both sides were in no mood to speak, and the scene began to become a little dull. Seeing that the time was passing minute by minute, the sun was gradually setting in the west, and it was impossible for the two brothers to stay in the hospital room all the time. In the end, Li Jingchu stood up and bowed slightly to Sun Yuanqi: "Baixi, Li Mou came here this time to implore you to come forward and borrow 2 million taels from banks in Europe and the United States to save the source of righteousness!" ”

"How much? How much?! Sun Yuanqi ignored his injuries and suddenly sat up on the hospital bed, "2 million taels? ”

Surprised, Sun Yuanqi actually remembered the classic lines in "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance":

Bastard, do you treat this place as a good hall? Want 300,000 taels? No need to talk!

Three-pillar incense? Hmph, don't say that my brother doesn't take care of you, I will definitely write a couplet for you in your mourning hall, one writes that death is more than innocent, and one writes death is not a pity! You've made your choice! (To be continued.) )