Chapter 440: Hope and Despair (Part II)
Dajin's assistant officials have arrived in Songjiang, and Cheng Quande, the governor of Jiangsu, is from Guozijian and has a very strong ability to do things. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ info Outside the Guan, he fought with the Tiele people, and once used his body to block the muzzle of the Tiele cannon, so that the Tiele people did not dare to fire artillery bombardment. He cooperated with Zhang Jizhi in Suzhou to implement the constitutional system, and made the Jiangsu Consultative Bureau impressive, and he was regarded as a capable official in the southeast. Using him to deal with the aftermath is also a very suitable person.
Coming in a boat with him was Cai Huang of Songjiang Province. These two people have always had a disagreement, and now the disagreement is even greater. Cai Huang returned to his original post, and relied on Zhao Guanhou to have the most strength, and after taking office, he fully supported Zhao Guanhou. But Cheng Quande is controlled everywhere. Whether it is Shantang's accounts or bank statements, he has no right to check them. There are foreigners' forces behind these two places, and he can't afford to move his official authority if he wants to.
Moreover, he had to be angry with the governor of Liangjiang, Zhang Renjun asked Zhengyuan to run the treasury and help to prevent the grain station, once Cheng Quande had to check the accounts, he would touch the interests of these two parts of the officialdom. The resistance from these two sides is not trivial, so that he has no ability to use his fists and feet.
The guest came and went, came and went, whether it was the governor of Jiangsu or the aftermath, no matter which identity, a large number of gentry were destined to follow his path and dredge the joints. Several money bank owners complained about difficulties while complaining intentionally or unintentionally
"Everyone is in the money business, and it is the responsibility of each other to watch over and help each other, and they should not speak ill of each other behind their backs. Can Women's Bank ...... It's really hard to say this, Yun Gong is a person who is anxious for justice and righteousness, but the third lady is studying abroad, learning some foreigners' Hu Feng, and acting too perversely. Anyone who deposits more than 10,000 taels in the Women's Bank is a so-called big customer, and there is a special box for hospitality, and the senior staff of the bank will contact everything. Those senior staff are all women, men and women are in the same secret room, it is difficult for outsiders to peep into the secret, and the reputation of my Songjiang money industry is afraid that it will be ruined in her hands. β
"Yes, everyone has their own means to do business, which is understandable. However, using this kind of side-door trick is inevitably offensive. Zhongcheng can't sit idly by and let it go. In addition, it is indispensable to deal with the government when it runs the Liangjiang Domain, guards the grain station, and prevents the grain station. As a woman, doing these errands, this ...... I'm afraid this is also a great obstacle to the official reputation of several adults. β
Cheng Quande only listened quietly and didn't express any opinions, and waited until everyone finished speaking, he asked: "On the way here, I heard a piece of news, I don't know if it's true or not, and I hope you can give me advice." I heard that Xu Shaozhen borrowed 300,000 yuan in cash from Zhengyuan with an envelope that he didn't know what to hold, and this is also a thing? β
"Yes, of course. The loan was very irregular, and a stall operator quit his job because of this, saying that if he did this business, the business would not last long. It's better to leave now than to roll up and leave. In my opinion, Xu Shaozhen is known as a Confucian general, full of poetry and books, and Miss Chen San is in love for the first time, and outsiders have no way of knowing what is hidden here. β
Cheng Dequan nodded, "Then trouble you, help me find this stall player, I have something to ask him." As for Zhengyuan Bank, I will naturally dispose of it, and Liegong just needs to rest assured, stabilize the market, and everything is negotiable. β
He was accompanied by two attachΓ©s in their thirties, one Lei Jixing and the other Yang Yizhi, both of whom had studied abroad. Cheng Quande's roots in Jiangsu are not deep, and the reason why he can take charge of the governor's customs defense mainly relies on the support of Mr. Zhang Si, who has been the champion, Zhang Jizhi. These two people are recommended by Zhang Jizhi and can be regarded as Cheng Quande's henchmen.
Lei Jixing said: "I admire Zhao Futai's legal skills, and I greatly admire him for his previous participation in changing the law and engaging in Dajin's new criminal and civil laws. But this Zhengyuan Bank doesn't seem to be doing well enough. How to turn a financial institution into a place where dirt and dirt are hidden? β
Cheng Quande shook his head and said, "Their words can't be trusted. It's nothing more than the emergence of a new thing, and these people refuse to accept it, and they don't want to admit that they are stubborn and old-fashioned, so they find ways to discredit it. In fact, it is difficult for outsiders to conclude whether this is the case or not. In my opinion, these are actually small sections, and the real big section is that this bank is opened in the concession. Behind it, there is the power of foreign businessmen, the ambition of foreigners, and the long-term desire to carve up China, which is needless to say. In addition to the sword-wielding soldiers, banks, money banks, foreign debts, and railways, which one of them was not made by foreigners, eating my flesh and blood, and sucking my anointed flesh? Opening a bank for the aftermath in the concession, isn't this sending meat up for foreigners to eat? β
Lei Yang and the two of them both nodded, and Yang Yi said: "Although the silver to save the city is a gamble, it cannot be counted as Zhao Guanhou's personal property." First of all, if he loses the bet, he will inevitably implicate the imperial court, and the imperial court will try to raise funds to make restitution, which is one of them. Daosheng Bank originally had official shares, and some of those silver should be the interest of my official funds, and he counted the official funds as his own silver without authorization, which is the second. Your Excellency is here to supervise the use of the funds at the behest of the imperial court, and it is unreasonable for him to refuse to let us interfere. I think the purpose of his bank is to make profits for himself, and the bank is opened in the concession, and he also borrows the power of foreigners to prevent us from interfering. β
Cheng Quande said: "What is more worrying than this is his campaign in the newspaper. Have you read the foreigner's report? The imperial court refused to provide relief, and the minister generously donated money. To say that the public funds for the rescue of the city are his personal private wealth, how ridiculous and not to mention it, just say that this is the intention, it is completely punishable. He used these silver taels as bait to compete for the hearts of the people of Songjiang, and gave Xu Shaozhen a big friendship to buy the military heart of the ninth town. The people's hearts and the army's hearts are as good as they can get, and I have to be wary of him. He is Yuan Weiting's right-hand man, and it is not a good thing that people's hearts fall into his hands. β
Lei Yang's officialdom knowledge cannot be compared to Cheng Quande, and when he said this, they were all shocked. They advocated the establishment of a constitution in Suzhou, set up a parliament, and hoped to establish a constitutional monarchy at an early date. The most feared person is the arbitrary intervention of the imperial court by force.
Because the Ninth Town has a large number of officers and soldiers, it is relatively open-minded, and it is a progressive arm, and it can be regarded as a team that Suzhou admires more. Because Yuan Weiting had betrayed the Restorationists before, he was inherently at odds with the Constitutionalists. If Zhao Guanhou takes control of the Ninth Town again, Suzhou may face extinction at any time.
Lei Jixing said: "What do you mean?" β
"Now is a good opportunity, the court is very suspicious of Zhao Guanhou, so we will make an article about the matter of the ninth town, and it is best to expel him from the southeast. In this way, our next action can be guaranteed. The so-called serious illness needs to use fierce medicine, and if they don't give the court some hardship, they will not understand the reason, and they will not cancel the imperial cabinet. There is no way to talk about the word constitutional. Before the imperial court approved the telegram, I first cut off the foreign aid of his bank, and within my jurisdiction, I did not let people deposit the money to Zhengyuan, nor did Zhengyuan go to my jurisdiction to lend money. β
"Please ask Mr. Zhang Si to transfer a sum of money to come over, and prepare that after Zhengyuan goes bankrupt, we will have money to save the market. Cheng can't let one or two wolf ambitions ruin the major affairs of the constitution, but he can't let the people of Songjiang suffer. Jixing, you ordered someone to prepare a car, let's go to Shantang to have a look, if Zhao Guanhou does good deeds just to earn fame and gain benefits, I think the situation in Shantang must be very bad. If that's the case, we have to take over, it's summer, it's easy to have epidemics, we have to think a little more for the people, we can't watch them suffer. β
In Zhengyuan Bank, due to the implementation of new rules and regulations, the original male employees have been reduced by more than half. In normal times, this is a very powerful means, as long as the guys are united, in the end, most of them are recognized by the owner. But now that there are more people and less work, Chen Lenghe is not worried about someone resigning at all, and he can recruit people to work as he goes, and the salary is thirty percent lower than in the past, and some people break their heads.
Not to mention the female workers, who have either fallen into the club or are about to enter it, and now have a serious job that they cannot want. For the rules and regulations, it can also be better observed.
The work of the bank, after the initial chaos, is now back to normal. Songjiang's rescue plan is being implemented step by step according to Chen Lenghe's plan. Outside the bank, the long queue of deposits proves the strength of this bank, making more and more people feel that this bank has a lot to do and can be trusted.
The work of rectifying debts has begun to see the eyebrow, and all of Zhengyuan's debts will be inherited by the banks, and the creditor's rights will also be inherited. Except for the part of the Sichuan Railway, the other arrears were returned one by one, and the arrears were also collected. The debts of several other banks can only be reorganized in the form of debt-for-equity swaps. The bank will pay part of the money, but most of it can only be regarded as an investment, otherwise it will have to accept the fate of losing all its money.
The more difficult problem now is the part of the Sichuan Railway, and the explanation given by the bank was Zhao Guanhou's idea. The depositor is Shi Dianzhang, and now he has been arrested, and the case is not yet over.
Assuming that the court wants to recover the stolen money in the future, and the bank has already cashed the money to the creditor, how to solve the urging from the court? It doesn't make sense to let Qianzhuang lose another share.
Relying on this reason, the people who came to negotiate in Sichuan slapped the table and smashed the bench, which had no effect. If you use force, you are obviously at a disadvantage, and you can only scold Chuanbai and say goodbye. If the conversation continued, Zhao Guanhou promised to give some arms and weapons to pay off the debts owed by Qian Zhuang.
Chen Lenghe stretched out on the chair and shook it, "I'm tired." These Sichuan people are really difficult to communicate, and no matter how much you talk to them, it is useless. β
Zhao Guanhou walked behind her and gently rubbed her shoulders and neck, "It's me, it's the same." Millions of silver are said to be no, and there is no explanation. This is an outcome that is unlikely to be acceptable to anyone. Sichuan is now a powder keg, and I don't know when, it will be blown up. So, whether it's doing business or lending money, don't have anything to do with them. If you want to go in and out, you don't have to worry, there are foreign soldiers here, and they don't dare to mess around. β
Chen Lenghe is already acceptable to her husband's warmth, but on the contrary, she will signal him where to add some strength and where to pay special attention. "I know I'll be careful. Crown, you say, when will they do it? β
"The bait is gone, and the fish will bite in this half day, and I think within three days there will be a division. When the time passes, they don't have a chance. β
Chen Lenghe bit his lower lip and asked after being silent for a long time, "Could it really be him?" I've fired so many people, but never thought of firing him, do you really think he's going to be a thief? Is it also the Ge Ming Party? β
"I don't know if he's a Ge Ming party, but if you're a thief, you probably can't run away. I hope it's not him, otherwise, you'll be sad. β
The Capet Concession, inside a single-family building, is filled with smoke. There were more than 20 people in the room, both strong and fierce-looking. There are also decent people in well-dressed and straight suits, cigarettes, pipes, hookahs, dry tobacco, and more than 20 old smoking guns have joined forces to make the room look like a Lingxiao Treasure Palace.
The owner of the western-style building is a comprador of a foreign firm in the concession, named Xiao Jiarui. He has a lot of connections in foreign companies, and the foreign gun medicine he raised, and even the raw materials for making fried eggs, are all purchased by him through his connections.
The businessman went to Zhengyuan Bank to borrow money, which was also a relationship between him. All of his own family property also exists in Zhengyuan, and this time he defeated Zhengyuan, and he also took all of his net worth. Regardless of success or failure, he will lose everything he has, but since he read those books and talked to Sun Dixiang in person, he has resolutely embarked on this path.
In the middle of the room, there was a blackboard, and Li David, who served as the action military division, was doing analysis in front of the blackboard.
Two of the three internal lines of the Ge Ming party in the bank have lost their role, and they quickly lost their jobs because of problems with lending or approval.
The last inner line, because it is relatively deeply hidden, is still very safe for the time being, and it can send out information on a fixed basis for the two economic warfare commanders, Li David and Meng Siyuan, to coordinate and arrange strategies. Judging from the information transmitted by him, less than a month after the establishment of the bank, more than 4 million money has been released, most of which was distributed to Shandong, which also proves that the purpose of the establishment of the bank is a tool used by Zhao Guanhou to make money.
This is basically consistent with Li David's analysis before, and he sneered: "I said a long time ago that the officials of Dajin will not have any intention of saving the country and the people, but this time, the fox's tail was exposed." He ran a bank and a good hall, in the final analysis, for himself, and then for the sake of hanging his life for this Dajin country, which should have perished a long time ago. We bring down this bank, not only to expose his ugly face, but also to make people lose their last illusions in the imperial court, stand up, and go on the right path. β
After calculation, David Li determined that Zhengyuan's capital chain had reached a very critical moment. Now, it's time to harvest.
He looked at Meng Siyuan beside him, "Brother Siyuan, the current general manager of the Zhengyuan branch, is the former sister-in-law." You two husband and wife are facing each other...... If you can't get over it, I can leave it to someone else to be in charge. β
Meng Siyuan shook his head and said: "It is precisely because we are husband and wife that this time, it should be me who will command, and I know Xiurong better than you." In the face of a similar crisis, I can also guess what method she will use to resolve it. Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles. If the first fire burns in the concession, they can borrow funds from the Capetian concession, or swap positions in the foreigner's bank, and in the end, the foreigner is likely to benefit. The first fire must be placed in the bank. I'm here to attract their attention, and you're in charge of the actions of the Shan Tang, and everyone is doing their job, uniting and cooperating, so that the tragedy of Guangzhou cannot be repeated again. β
"It's rare that Brother Siyuan can kill his relatives in righteousness, so it's better to be respectful than to obey his fate, and when Songjiang recovers in the future, Brother Siyuan will ask his sister-in-law for his guilt again, and if he wants to come, his sister-in-law will also forgive."
The Si Dike in Xiao Jiarui's hand poked on the ground and looked at everyone, "When Songjiang had a small knife meeting, the old man also experienced it. Those people conquered the county seat and did not dare to invade the concession, so that today's Shiliyangchang is prosperous, which is also a rare correct thing in what they do. We recovered China and expelled the Tartars in order to let the people live a good life. If you want to save the people and establish a country, you can't provoke foreigners. Because of the explosion of the Yankee steamer, some foreigners have expressed doubts about us, and we have to be cautious again and more cautious this time. If we let the foreigners treat us like the Taiping Army, we will not be able to succeed. So, remember my words, we are an uprising, not a riot, just to seize land, not to kill indiscriminately, those who violate orders, military law! β
"Obey the commander-in-chief's orders!"
The southern accent is northern, with various accents, and at the same time makes promises. Everyone knows that after today's incident, not even half of the people in the room will survive. But where the righteousness lies, there is no fear of death, when the group walked out of the small building, their eyes were full of desire for the upcoming good life, the fire in front of them was burning, they were willing to be Fei'e who put out the fire, in order to illuminate the whole world, burn themselves. (To be continued.) )