Flipping through the stacks of telegrams from everywhere, Yang Rui suddenly understood why the Manchu Qing Dynasty had to surrender after the Weihaiwei Beiyang Fleet was completely destroyed, and now he had an army in his hand that was stronger than the Japanese and the people were so panicked. This thought flashed through his mind, and the telegram was hastily flipped over by him and thrown aside, and what we need to do now is to immediately adjust the deployment, balance the forces inside and outside the pass, and prevent the formation of a situation in which Pei Shoutong said: 'There are soldiers outside the customs but no ammunition, and there are ammunition but no troops inside the customs.'"

Thinking about this problem, Yang Rui walked around the courtyard of the headquarters and turned back to the war room, at this time, only a few people from the General Staff were calculating and making plans, and the staff officers of the Northeast Theater were all gone. Looking at Leo, who was standing on the side and was a little bored, Yang Rui sat down next to him and asked directly: "In your opinion, what will Japan do?" ”

"Aren't they falling into our pockets step by step?" Leo felt that Yang Rui was also a little uneasy, "Before they enter the pocket, it is good to maintain the status quo, which is why I insist on canceling the battle plan of the two divisions of the 7th Army." Yang, there will be no problem with the military, the real problem will be with the government. ”

"The government?" Yang Rui hesitated, his brain was probably stupid by cigarette smoke, and it took a while to react: "Yes, it is indeed the government." ”

The news that the Huludao military port was attacked by Japanese naval submarines and that the Japanese navy shelled Huludao that night became the headlines of the major concession newspapers the next day, especially the Japanese naval shelling, which made people realize that the entire Bohai Sea had lost the protection of submarines. On the same day that these two pieces of news were reported, the banks in Beijing and Tianjin were in a hurry. In addition, the number of people leaving the city to the south increased suddenly, and some rumors of China's imminent defeat and the imminent collapse of the Revival government circulated among some leading figures. In addition, some officials who had taken refuge from the Manchu Qing Dynasty frequently entered the concession...... One qiē and one qiē are all smart people who want to stop losses and make profits before defeat.

In the panic of speculation from the outside world. On the second day, the Information Office of the Prime Minister's Office frankly said that Huludao had suffered serious losses, and that it would take three to four months for the military port to restockpile oil and restore it. This news has long been known to Chinese and foreign reporters, and the government's generous admission at this time did not cause any sensation, but the second batch of mobilization orders publicly released by the General Staff Department made the Chinese reporters feel a little at ease.

According to the order of the General Staff Headquarters, from now on, a total of 250,000 peasant soldiers from the six provinces of Guannai, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, and Jiangsu will report to the local county peasant associations, and these peasant soldiers will rush to Gyeonggi within 10 days and be organized into an army. At the same time, the 8th Army, which had rushed to the outside of the Guan. In addition, with the addition of the 2nd Army stationed in Beijing, the troops in the Gyeonggi area will have more than three regular armies, 10 regular divisions, 120,000 troops, plus 250,000 peasant soldiers, and the entire North China Theater will have 370,000 troops.

400,000 in Kannai. After the transfer of the 8th Army outside the Guanwai, there were only 7 corps and 20 divisions, plus 20 reserve divisions assembled in the entire northeast. There were 480,000 men in total, and the sum of the two was 830,000, plus 130,000 men from the four armies and 11 divisions stationed in the southern provinces and northwest. There are more than 15,000 cavalry divisions stationed in Mongolia, and the entire country's existing 1 million troops have basically been exhausted. If the Bohai Sea holds the right to control the sea. Then this mobile 830,000 troops was enough to sweep away 600,000 Japanese troops, but unfortunately because the Japanese army could land at will. It will be difficult for your own army to take advantage of its strength advantage, and it is very likely that it will be defeated by the Japanese army one by one.

Judging from the information gathered, Japan and North Korea transported three divisions and regiments and more than 50,000 troops to the Luda area within seven days, and then because of the addition of foreign ships, more troops were exported to the northeast, and it is expected that in early February, 200,000 Japanese troops will be transported to the northeast, and the Japanese army in the entire northeast will have 23 divisions and 410,000 troops.

These 23 divisions were all regular Japanese divisions, and only the 6th and 10th divisions were not transferred because they had to be stationed on the mainland and beware of the United States. According to the plan of the General Staff, if these 23 divisions are defeated or encircled, the purpose of the war will be half achieved, but with Yang Rui's intervention, the net in the northeast will need to be closed in at least six months, because according to history, it will not be until the beginning of August of the Gregorian calendar that Europe will start a full-scale war. This means that the defenders in the northeast or north China must withstand the Japanese attack for six months, and without the use of gas masks, the north wind continues to blow in January and February, and the defense line may be barely stabilized, but after the weather eases and the wind direction reverses, gas masks must be used to hold the position.

All the Fuxing Army trusted Yang Rui, Yang Rui said that he would keep it until the seventh lunar month, then all the officers and soldiers would keep it until the seventh month of the lunar calendar, Yang Rui said that the gas mask could be used, so the army began to use it. The military side is very solid, but the real turmoil is in the government and others. After the Lantern Festival, the National Assembly convened on the day of the urgent questioning of Yang Rui, although he once again said that the Kuomintang parliamentarians were speechless, but when he left, most of the members of the National Assembly looked heavy, and when the war was declared, everyone was excited for a while.

Despite the concerns of the members of the National Assembly, the people of Gyeonggi quickly settled down with the arrival of troops from all over the country. But this is only the surface, unlike the peasant soldiers outside the Guan, after all, the peasant soldiers in the Guanai only have two years of training experience, and many of them barely reach three months of training, and they have not experienced any war. Therefore, when the troops arrived, they trained a group, and the entire Gyeonggi area was turned into a barracks, and the company and regiment were constantly trained in tactics and the sound of guns and cannons was incessant. More than ten days later, these troops, dressed in new uniforms and wearing steel helmets, looked like they were in trouble, but if you look closely at the various rifles in the hands of the soldiers of each division, it is easy to see that they are just a motley army.

It doesn't matter if the miscellaneous cards are not miscellaneous cards, as long as these people are soldiers and soldiers, they can always make people feel at ease, at least they rushed from Shanghai by train for two days, and Yu Qiaqing, the prime minister of the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce, sees it this way. After the founding of the new dynasty, Ningbo businessmen had a tendency to become officials and businessmen by virtue of their previous relationship with the Fuxing Society. However, Yang Rui and the Ministry of Industry have been setting up state-owned enterprises, and their exposure is still limited. Their main benefit was that most of the business plans were accepted by the Ministry of Works, and a large amount of money was loaned. Then everybody became an industrialist.

Despite this, the foundation of these people is still compradors, whether they hook up with the court on the one hand, and foreigners on the other, or completely lean on the foreigners or the court, this is always a problem, after all, it is a recognized fact that the prime minister of the dynasty is not liked by foreigners, and it is best that the two ends of the two sides can be left and right, and if not, it is always necessary to choose a side. Before. Seeing that the imperial court was so quick to stabilize the whole country, rectify the finances and taxes, and the government advocated the encouragement of industry, many compradors flocked to it; But now, the imperial court hastily started a war against Japan, and carelessly lost Jingzhou, and soon after the war began, the control of the sea was lost, and the Japanese navy could roam freely in the Bohai Sea, and the offensive on the first day of the Lunar New Year was in vain. The Japanese newspaper even said that the revival army was about to collapse in the face ......of chlorine bombs, and so on, many compradors began to return to the concession and the foreigners eyebrows, in order not to be cut by the imperial court after the defeat of the war. What's more, he also wants to take this opportunity to dig out a few pieces of meat from the imperial court.

"Actually, this bond raising is not going well. Looking at the situation a few days ago, it would be good to be able to sell 20 million taels. "Sit in the Silver Temple. Yu Qiaqing's heart suddenly beat wildly. It must be known that although this Yin'an Hall is simple, it is the center of gravity of the whole of China. The orders issued here are carried out throughout the country, and the appointment and dismissal of officials are also decided here, and playing tricks in this place really makes him a little frightened.

Looking at Yu Qiaqing, who was drinking tea, Yang Rui didn't answer, only smiled: "I heard that the Shanghai Stock Exchange fell sharply after it opened, as long as it is the stock of the Northeast company, the stock price will fall to the bottom?" ”

"Well, ahem... Cough... cough..."Yu Qiaqing, who was disguised as drinking tea, was choked for a while, and coughed several times before saying, "Yes!" The Japanese have greatly increased their troops in Northeast China, and those who bought the shares of the Northeast Company are panicking, and as soon as the market opens a few days ago, they are all selling orders, and they can't stop it. You also know that the exchange only provides a land, and those who open an account really can't control what they want to buy and what they want to sell. ”

Seeing that Yu Qiaqing was a little nervous, Yang Rui suddenly smiled easily: "I'm just talking, after all, the stock price is a market behavior, and people want to sell and buy, so they can't force it with a gun." Besides, the exchange is still within the concession, so we just want to do what we want, and we can't do it. I'm just wondering, in this situation, why isn't the market optimistic about the government? Even if the Huludao submarine is completely scrapped, it does not mean that the Japanese will be able to go ashore. The day before yesterday, they were still thinking about landing in Jinzhou, and as soon as the 9th Army opened fire, little Japan retreated. So, I'm thinking, this is someone deliberately singing about the government. Ade, isn't that so? ”

"This ......" Yu Qiaqing was stunned by Yang Rui's direct question, and only after a half repercussion did he say: "Actually, the British and the Japanese are allies, and now it is fortunate that there is no war against us, and it is inevitable to do something in the money industry." Moreover, HSBC has always been the leader of the banks in Shanghai, and the account department sells bonds in the UK, and instead of HSBC, it looks for HSBC's nemesis, Macquarie Bank, which makes HSBC's general manager, Mr. Sturb, very annoyed......

Macquarie Bank is actually the Standard Chartered Bank of later generations, it is the least British-funded bank in China, originally with its special background in China is in charge of the money industry, but HSBC with Rothschild background has come from behind, through the support of Guò Sassoon and Jardine Matheson Bank soon suppressed Macquarie Bank, and the British Foreign Office is also extremely supportive of HSBC's expansion, after the founding of the four countries of the bank group loans, the British Foreign Office clearly opposed the McQuarie Bank from it.

However, Yang Rui did not buy the group of banks of the four countries, and insisted on signing a bond sales contract with Macquarie Bank, and then sold bonds in London. It's just that he ruined the good thing that the HSBC-Sassoon-Rothschild family wanted to control China's finances, and the Rothschilds also ruined the good thing that he wanted to issue bonds in London, and the financial relationship between China and the United States was also threatened.

In the contest at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Chinese government and HSBC were both defeated, although Yang Rui played the trick of ruling the country with raze, not to say that he wanted to oppose foreign banks, but to oppose those foreign banks whose demands were too excessive and wanted to put their hands into the government, but the current government and HSBC, Sassoon, Jardine Matheson, and even the Rothschild family were married. This boycott of war bonds is the result of the entire HSBC using its financial influence to retaliate against the last failure. However, Yang Rui is not worried about this. Bankers are cheaper, as long as they don't mean to offend the Jews. Liang Zi always reveals the past one day.

Thinking about all kinds of things in the financial world, Yang Rui looked at Yu Qiaqing and said, "What do those businessmen in Shanghai say?" How many bonds they bought. Don't sue me, they don't have as many bonds as farmers buy. ”

Yang Rui finally talked about bonds, and Yu Qiaqing smiled bitterly: "But the last time you were at the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce, you were bent on going to war, and you didn't care about their intentions at all, and now you want them to buy bonds, it's difficult!" ”

"What's so hard?" Yang Rui deliberately pretended not to know. In fact, he knew that the compradors in Shanghai were not in favor of war, and it was not their own reason that they did not approve of war, but that their masters, the British, did not want war. "Bonds are not apportionments, nor are they the results of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. As soon as there is interest on this thing, the principal will be repaid when it matures. I think Zhu Zhiyao and those people bought a lot, I heard that he took out all the treasures in his family and sold them, and all the money he got bought bonds. ”

Seeing that Yang Rui was pretending to be a little stupid, Yu Qiaqing said: "That's Zhu Xiaobraid's shipyard is supported by the government, and the shipbuilding industry is also supported by the government, if the government collapses, who will give him a loan?" Who ordered him to build a ship? As long as it is an industry, or it is mainly an industry. Including me! Yu Qiaqing pointed to his nose when he said this, "They all support you, as long as you have money left, you can use it to buy bonds, but there are really few such people." Shanghai Light Industrial Park. You've also seen it, the factories inside are smaller than ever, and the owners are all from old tracks. These people don't have money, and those who have money don't invest in any industry. Relying on buying and selling foreign goods and local goods, he made a lot of money. These people don't pay for bonds. It's a matter of how many bonds you want to sell. ”

"And how are they going to buy bonds?" Yang Rui asked with a smile.

"How do you buy it?" Yu Qiaqing thought about it after hearing this, and suddenly stretched out two fingers and said: "First, the revival army won a big victory, and Japan was defeated, but it is impossible to look at the situation now; Then you attach the shares of the National Bank to the bonds, and you can tie as many shares of the National Bank as you buy, so that they will buy a large amount of bonds. ”

When Yu Qiaqing said the first article, Yang Rui laughed out loud, when Yu Qiaqing said that the bonds were tied to the shares of the National Bank, then he laughed even harder, the National Bank will become the central bank in the future, and the central bank is controlled by those compradors, isn't that equivalent to being controlled by those foreign banks of HSBC. When the United States was founded, the First Bank and the Second Bank went to war for something, and now they sell some war bonds, and those people want to participate in the central bank and wash their sleep.

After many years of communication, Yu Qiaqing knew that Yang Rui was an understanding person, and said embarrassedly in his laughter: "Actually, those people in Shanghai are no better than those overseas Chinese who think about glorifying their ancestors with some silver." is overseas Chinese, those who are really rich, they don't think about a title, a house, or the trick of the Ministry of Rites, just to deceive those mud legs who have earned some money and have nowhere to put it. Those businessmen and compradors in Shanghai have been soaking with foreigners for decades, and they have never seen any dioramas, and if you don't come up with something real, they don't see rabbits and eagles. If you want me to say, if the government is in trouble with military spending, it would be better to let go in some places. ”

"Let them dream!" Yang Rui laughed and suddenly became stern. "I don't like to buy bonds, and if the revival army wins, I don't want to sell bonds."

Yang Rui said this, Yu Qiaqing immediately knew that his stubborn temper had been committed again, if he had still had to persuade before, now that Yang Ruigui is the prime minister, he can only say euphemistically: "It has been done, now that the Japanese are increasing their troops, the outside world is ...... No, the newspapers in the concession all said that one Oriental soldier could fight three Chinese, and their chlorine shells, as long as one dozen, the green was cloudy, and the revival army immediately had to retreat, is this battle easy to fight? ”

"Is that really what the newspapers in the concession say?" Yang Rui heard these news for the first time. This suddenly reminded him of the historical fact that a devil asked three people to deal with it when he resisted Japan in later generations.

"That's what the declarations, the newspapers, and the English-language newspapers say." Yu Qiaqing said. "We don't know how to fight a war, and what the foreigners say, everyone thinks it is."

"We have suffered a lot of losses and suffered a lot of chlorine gas shells, but we will always think of a solution, now it is a north wind day, our troops are in the north, the Japanese are in the south, they fight chlorine gas cannons is just a threat, it is really going to fight too much, and when the wind blows, it will be their own disaster." Yang Rui said silently: "Ade." You came to Beijing this time to sue me that the bonds could not be sold. Has the stock price plummeted? ”

"Ah......" Yu Qiaqing was a little stunned when he heard this, he came here to see the preparations for war in the Gyeonggi area. Many Ningbo businessmen have invested in industry, but the comprador business has not been lost, like him, the business of the ABN AMRO is still doing, if China loses the Sino-Japanese war, then the match factory can be kept, and if not, it is not impossible to go back to the old bank. "I... I just went to Beijing to take a look, and then there is the Ministry of Household and Industry who wants to go for a walk, and now China and Japan are at odds. Because of the face of the great powers, the Japanese did not dare to blockade foreign trade and trade, but if the Japanese really blockade that day, the domestic industry would surely flourish, and it would be a good thing to take this opportunity to run more industries. ”

After chatting with Yu Qiaqing a few more words, Yang Rui sent him away, and in the afternoon, Liu Boyuan of the National Security Bureau and Zhang Kun of the National Bank were summoned by him. What we are talking about is the matter of Shanghai bonds.

"There are three main types of people in Shanghai: compradors, big landlords in the provinces, and Manchu bureaucrats who were cleared out by us or fled to the concessions when we took a big uprising. These people are always trying to make some mess out. However, we have strict local surveillance, and those who are idle and do evil will either become patrol officers or be completely suppressed. It's really hard to make a fuss. Liu Boyuan said, "This time the boycott of government war bonds was led by Xi Ligong of the Xi family. After Xi Zhengfu's death, he took over as the comprador of HSBC as his eldest son. Becoming the head of the Dongting Mountain Gang, most of the foreign-funded banks in Shanghai are relatives, in-laws, and protégés of the Xi family, and this time the boycott of bonds should be the meaning of the British, who have long thought that the current government will collapse. ”

"Sir, this may be what the British mean, but the more important thing is that the Xi family itself is dissatisfied with the government." Zhang Kun added on the side, "Daqing Bank originally had a lot of shares in the Xi family, but when it was reorganized into the National Bank, these shares were all liquidated. The Sino-Japanese war in which the government is in financial difficulties, and this is an opportunity to boycott bonds to knock us on so that we can completely compromise them. ”

"Many of these shares of the Xi family are also owned by HSBC and other banks." Liu Boyuan, China's biggest intelligence spy, added. "Some of the funds are even from Yokohama Zhengjin Bank, and the comprador of Zhengjin Bank is Ye Mingzhai, who is the son-in-law of Xi Zhengfu's younger brother. In fact, the buttocks of Ningbo businessmen are not clean, Ye Ziheng, comprador of the Bank of Taiwan, is Ye Chengxin's fourth son, he became a Japanese citizen in his early years, and he opened his mouth and closed his mouth to Japan, and he forgot his ancestors at all; There is also Yu Qiaqing, whose Dutch bank has an extremely close relationship with the Rothschild family in the world, and is the second HSBC at all.

Sir, these foreign compradors will only take government loans under the pretense of industrial schemes, and when they really want to contribute, they all hide in the concession area, as if they have nothing to do with themselves. The biggest difference between China and Japan is that Japan has no compradors, while China has compradors everywhere. If these people are not removed, it will be difficult for the country to be revived and the nation to prosper. ”

When Liu Boyuan spoke, he was excited, his hands were dancing, and his mouth was frothing, even if he was far away, Yang Rui's face still splashed his saliva, but Yang Rui was unmoved, he looked at this familiar and steady student strangely, he had never acted like this in his memory. Seeing Mr. like this, Liu Boyuan explained: "Sir, since the start of the war, these people have tried their best to make war money, relying on hiding in the concession, hoarding, reselling, smuggling, and tax evasion, as long as they have money, they will do anything. If it weren't for the ability of the comrades of the IRS, the country would have been in chaos a long time ago. ”

Liu Boyuan was filled with righteous indignation, taking charge of the Security Bureau is actually an extremely nerve-stimulating thing, so many dark deeds have been reported, but the government cannot eradicate them one by one for various reasons, which really makes him angry. Now that there is a war between China and Japan, the fortunes of the country are gambling here, if they really lose, not to mention that the revival will collapse, even the country and the nation will never recover. How can it not be infuriating that those compradors do not think for the country, do not think for the nation, but only for their own selfishness, and only for their own short-term selfishness, not for long-term gains.

After Liu Boyuan finished speaking, only the sound of a Western-style table clock remained in the study, and the Security Bureau knew a lot of secrets, but it did not know about the government's strategy. In silence, Yang Rui glanced at Zhang Kun, who was unmoved, and said lightly: "Bear with me, it's not the time to shuffle the cards." (To be continued......)