On January 30, the Anti-Smuggling Division of the Ministry of Finance was stationed.

Although Kong Xiangxi arranged two exclusive offices for Han Lin in the Ministry of Finance, he basically did not go there, which is equivalent to a liaison office.

He set up a station for the anti-smuggling department in one of his properties in Niujiaotuo, which was originally a riverside freight yard warehouse, which was remodeled and renovated and used for rent.

Since the office space of the anti-smuggling department occupies his property, the Ministry of Finance wants to give him rent, don't give it in vain, Han Lin naturally will not refuse.

"Boss, the Shanghai Intelligence Station sent a telegram that the Military Command Bureau and the Secret Service Headquarters had started a war, and today at No. 7 Zhilanfang, Kaizier Road, he shot and killed Ji Xiangqing, the sales director of the Shanghai branch of the China Savings Bank, which caused Zhou Gaohai's anger and ordered Li Shiqun to retaliate against the Shanghai City of the Military Control Bureau." Li Peiyue said.

"The bloody slaughter brought about by the financial war began like this!" Han Lin took the message and glanced at it twice, and said with a somewhat solemn expression.

"According to you, this is a very serious matter, and it will have serious consequences?" Jin Minjie asked curiously.

"If you want to know the seriousness of the matter, you have to understand what kind of currency the Central Reserve Bonds are, and what effect will the Central Reserve Bonds have on the fiat currency of our Shancheng government after they are issued, and why the Japanese Counterfeit will issue the Central Reserve Bonds, I will give you a brief explanation." Han Lin said.

The battle between the secret service headquarters and the military command in Shanghai originated from the central reserve bank of the Wang puppet government, and the Shancheng government knew very well that this was a conspiracy of the Japanese puppet to obtain the right to issue currency in the occupied area and crack down on the circulation of legal tender.

Although Zhou Gaohai also made preparations, acquired gold, silver and dollars, and borrowed yen as a reserve for the issuance of currency, but compared with the huge amount of money issued, it is simply a drop in the bucket, to put it bluntly, this is the white wolf in the empty gloves, and this kind of banknote is similar to waste paper.

In the final analysis, the Japanese puppets wanted to destroy the credit and status of the fiat currency through financial means, hit the financial foundation of the Shancheng government, arbitrage the purchase of war materials, and transfer the huge expenses of the war to the heads of the common people, which was a huge disaster.

Citizens and major banks, including foreign banks, refused to accept waste paper such as the China Reserve Bonds, and Li Shiqun's secret service headquarters began to use the secret forces to forcibly push forward, threatening the major banks and businessmen in Shanghai to accept the use of the China Reserve Bonds.

Not only that, but the Wang puppet government promulgated the "Regulations on the Punishment of the Crime of Destroying New Currency," stipulating that all "central" taxes, such as customs duties, salt taxes, and unified taxes, should only be collected from the "Central Reserve Coupons," and that the military expenditures of the Japanese army and the funds for the purchase of materials by Japanese businessmen should be paid with the Central Reserve Coupons, and other measures were compulsorily implemented.

After the Shancheng government got the news, it naturally did not allow the purpose of the Japanese counterfeit to be achieved, and if the fiat currency could not be circulated in the occupied areas, it would further depreciate and greatly reduce its purchasing power, which would make the already difficult financial situation worse.

The Military Command Bureau was ordered to launch an operation against the Shanghai branch of the China Reserve Bank of Wang's puppet government, but in this way, it was the bank staff who suffered, and they would face the bloody killing of the No. 76 agent.

"Boss, since the harm of the Central Reserve Bonds is so great, and the Shancheng government has ordered measures to be taken, does the Shanghai Intelligence Station of our Secret Service need to participate in the war?" Peng Jiacui asked.

"Participating in the war must be a war, but Ji Xiangqing's killing is just a fuse, this matter is not as simple as imagined, it will last for a while, first let the army behave in Shanghai, and our actions will be postponed, send a telegram to Xu Yinzheng, and ask him to pay close attention to the actions of the agent headquarters and report to me at any time!" Han Lin said.

"Can we win this particular battle?" Kim Minjie asked.

"If you can't win, the general environment you are facing does not allow it, this is sabotage within the scope of the occupied area, the agent is not afraid of the retaliation of the agent, what should the bank staff do? This is called a rat trap, the spies have killed all the bank staff, can the Yamashiro government's bank in the concession continue to operate? Han Lin said.

"Will the concession support the Yamashiro government's move?" Kim Minjie asked.

"Japan through the Wang puppet government to issue the reserve bonds, their purpose is not difficult to understand, the British and American countries behind the public concession, naturally support the Yamashiro government to boycott the reserve bonds, they will also use practical actions to show their attitude, but the problem is that Britain and the United States themselves are not willing to openly tear their faces with Japan, want to buy time to prepare for war, in the face of the Japanese step by step, the shameless and bloody methods of the secret service headquarters, can not help much at all, there is a sentence you have to remember, the history of the public concession has entered the countdown." Han Lin said

On 8 February, Curie, the personal representative of US President Roosevelt, came to Shancheng, and after meeting President Chiang, he went to the office of the underground party in Shancheng to meet with the chief.

Curie made it clear that the US Government was strongly opposed to the military action taken by the Yamashiro government against the underground party during the War of Resistance Against Japan, that the $50 million aid from the equalization fund had been suspended by the government, and that the discussion on whether or not the "Lend-Lease Act" would apply to China would not be included in the discussion for the time being, and that the two sides would wait for the two sides to return to unity and confront Japan on the right track.

If he still insisted on his own approach, the US government's aid would be in vain, and the Soviet Union's less and less military aid would also be terminated, and the British government's announcement that it would consider closing the Yunnan-Burma Highway, the unanimous isolation of the entire anti-fascist front, the strong condemnation and criticism of overseas Chinese, and the anger and protests of the people at home, the situation of the Shancheng government suddenly became dangerous.

What's more, the reaction of the Japanese army after this incident was simply outrageous, and it actually exchanged fire with the army of the Shancheng government in southern Henan.

Through the second division of the chamberlain, the secret service submitted a dynamic intelligence on the top level of the underground party in Yanzhou, which aroused the great attention of President Jiang, and it clearly recorded the attitude of the underground party towards the matter and the measures taken after the incident, which has a high reference value.

President Jiang suddenly remembered that in the work report of the secret service that Han Lin gave him, he mentioned the matter of sending sleepers to Yanzhou, but he forgot about it, because the Military Command Bureau and the Central Command Bureau were doing such things, and none of them succeeded.

Huangshan Mansion Director Chen's Office.

"Han Lin, the information you sent to Yanzhou is of high value, and the commission specially asked me to ask, what is the current situation?" Chen Yanji asked with a smile.

Of course, he knew that Han Lin sent people to lurk in Yanzhou, because Han Lin said that this was his "proud work", and he must know what he should know.

"Director of the report, this is a pair of young people carefully selected by me in the special training class in Qiancheng, both of them are college students in Shancheng, such an identity is the most popular with the underground party, the two of them are in Shaanxi Province, I use the channel of Haili Salt Industry Company, take the opportunity to do salt trading with Yanzhou, let the two pretend to be husband and wife, salt procurement personnel, enter Yanzhou in a grand manner."

"Yanzhou's financial situation is very difficult, salt is a very important economic pillar, more contact, more familiarity, by the underground party developed into a formal party member, in Yanzhou has its own residence, the situation is relatively smooth."

"The man's name is Gao Shiming, and on the surface he is a purchaser of the Chang'an branch of the salt company, and secretly he is a member of the financial department of the government of the underground party border region, and he is also under the command of the intelligence department."

"The woman's name is Lu Hongyu, and because she is a senior intellectual, she does writing work in the high-level military commission office in Yanzhou, although the time is still short and she can't get in touch with the core secrets, but the sources are relatively wide." Han Lin said.

(End of chapter)