Saxophoen is hysterically cheering under sultry laser lights, and Yang Yinpu on the dance floor is drowning in a waltz. At this time, he is no longer a fourth-grade official of the imperial court, and he is not a scary red official robe, but like a European and American gentleman dancing, wearing a black bow tie and a white wing-collar shirt, he hugs a modern girl and dances to the waltz melody. The smooth dance floor, the corners of women's skirts, men's shirts, delicate heels, and the smell of alcohol, perfume, and smoke all made him feel like he was back in the United States when he was studying abroad......

Looking at Yang Yinpu's dancing Zhenghuan, Cheng Wanli, who also had experience in the United States, sighed loudly to Bao Junjian beside him in the music: "I can't think of it...... There are also such places in Shanghai, and you can't find them anywhere in Beijing except for the eastern suburbs! ”

"What's not in Shanghai?!" Bao Junjian, who was holding a cocktail, looked at a woman in a modern green dress, and the gentleman's reserve was mixed with a man's desire. He didn't care about Cheng Wanli's sigh, and his attention was all on the woman, only when the woman was blocked by the marble colonnade, he turned around and said, "In addition to Dahua, Licha, Black Cat, as well as the Hippodrome, Santa Aina, Metropolis ......, these are all high-end dance halls in Shanghai, and there are many other general dance halls, it is said that there are more than 80 dance halls in Shanghai, nearly 1,000 dancers, some popular dancers are comparable to famous prostitutes, and the monthly income ......is thousands of yuan."

"So many?!" Cheng Wanli was taken aback, but this made Bao Junjian wonder if he was surprised because of thousands of dancers or thousands of yuan per month, but fortunately, he then said: "There are so many dance halls, why doesn't the Ministry of Rites ban them?" ”

"Shanghai Beach Ten Mile Ocean, Flower World, and Scholar's Brothel are not checked. Where to check the ballroom? Besides, Shanghai is a special city, and whether it is checked or not is all in the city council. The capital can't manage this place at all. "Bao Junjian is a native of Nantong, a doctor of Columbia. Because of the regret of marriage, he had to beg for a living in Shanghai alone, and with the help of foreigners, he finally achieved the position of secretary general of the municipal government, and he was extremely familiar with the things in Shanghai.

"This is the reason why newspaper news can't be stopped," Bao Junjian once again explained the reason why Fuyuan Li's business news appeared in the newspaper, "Originally, the newspaper was supposed to be placed on the front page, but it finally gave the city government face and put it on the second and third pages." You don't know, on the beach in Shanghai. Journalists, lawyers, and national security officers, these three kinds of people are the most difficult to mess with......"

As soon as he said that he was the worst to provoke, as soon as the glass door of the dance hall opened, a young official in a green robe rushed in despite the obstruction of the white-clothed waiter.

"When things went wrong, Gao Yi called and said that the banks were determined to go to court. Tomorrow morning, I will go to Dali Temple in Shanghai to deliver the ...... "The person who came is a close confidant of Bao Junjian, the secretary of the municipal government, because he had an explanation before, so when he got the news, they came to the dance hall to find it, and only to find someone to hit the Majestic Hotel."

"Lawsuit?!" Bao Junjian's brows furrowed. Cheng Wanli on the side was also a little uneasy. "Who's out there?"

"It was the general office of those banks who went to Gao Yi Law Firm, and at that time, Barrister Ding didn't know the reason, thinking it was someone else. instigated these people to go to court, and finally learned the truth. Only then did I know that I was suing my own people...... "The secretary explained the reason.

Ding Rong is the sister-in-law of Xie Hongcheng, a national member of the Shanghai YMCA, a student of the famous missionary Timothy Lee, and a member of the Literature Society. In the thirtieth year of Guangxu (1904), it was Timothy Lee who suggested that he go to England to study law. He graduated from the University of Manchester and was admitted to the Bar. Not to mention the relationship between Timothy Lee's British Baptist Church and the Presbyterian Church in the United States, it is the line of the YMCA, and the American students are closely related to him.

Bao Junjian, who listened to the report of his cronies, thought hard, and at the end of a song on the dance floor, the gentleman-like woman of Yang Yinpu, who was dancing with a dancing girl, thanked him before walking to Bao Junjian's position. As soon as he sat down, Cheng Wanli elaborated on what had just happened in his ear. When Yang Yinpu was about to discuss with Bao Junjian, Bao Junjian said: "Let's open a room and rest, I am familiar with the boss here, and I gave a VIP card last time......

"Since Ding Feizhang instigated these banks to file lawsuits, can't he withdraw this case?" Because of the independence of the judiciary, Yang Yinpu stayed away from the Tingwei Mansion, and, unlike France, Germany and Japan, the model was basically modeled after the Anglo-American legal system, where there were no administrative courts. In other words, once a civil sues an official, the official does not become the defendant in the capacity of the government, but a private person as the defendant, and the consequences of the judgment are completely borne by themselves. Instead of favoritism, the government will try to shift all the blame onto the accused officials. Because of this, those officials who want to be officials are most afraid of getting into trouble, because if a bad black hat is not guaranteed, they will go to jail.

"Brother Shihu, I think this matter ......" Bao Junjian pondered, and finally said: "It's better to be private, those business licenses are still handed over to me, and I will call the general offices of these banks early tomorrow morning and ask them to withdraw the lawsuit......

"No way!" Yang Yinpu saw that Bao Junjian, who had been muttering for a long time, actually came up with this idea, and his face tightened. "What is the majesty of doing this kind of household? Moreover, this afternoon alone, Zhengjin has run on nearly 10 million yen, and tomorrow morning he will send a business license to the bank, so isn't that encouraging them to run on the yen again? Let's tell you the truth, the gold reserves of Zhengjin Bank are very limited now, and if there is another 10 million runs, the gold will be exhausted, and then the consequences will be unimaginable......"

"If you can't suppress it, you can't suppress it, Zhengjin Bank is also a big bank, so it won't close down and go bankrupt because of this." Baojun is in Shanghai, and he doesn't understand why Yang Yinpu is doing this, and it's hard to ask him why he wants to protect Zhengjin Bank.

......Seeing that Yang Yinpu did not object, Cheng Wanli began to talk about the original situation, "The United States has always been very resistant to the signing of an alliance treaty between China and Japan, and Yang Jingcheng's so-called American threat theory is also based on this." In particular, after the Sino-Japanese alliance, the US government was very worried that this alliance would become the main cause of the war, and it must be known that the cause of the war in Europe was the German-Austrian alliance, and it was precisely because of the German-Austrian alliance that the Franco-Russian alliance and the subsequent European war. So, now we think the same as them. That is to find a way to dissolve the Sino-Japanese alliance! ”

"Dissolution of the Sino-Japanese Alliance...... "Bao Junjian is not a fool, and the Sino-Japanese alliance was strongly promoted by Yang Rui. For this reason, he did not hesitate to allocate half of the North Court to Japan, which was said to compensate for the loss of Japan's rights and interests in Northeast China and Korea, but in fact it was a means to win over Japan. Thinking that the dissolution of the Sino-Japanese alliance was against Yang Rui's foreign policy, and then thinking that Yang Rui was still vaguely controlling the political situation, Bao Junjian took a long breath and said, "Is this possible?" Not to mention Japan, will Yang Jingcheng sit idly by? ”

"At this time, there was an international faction in Japan in power, and they did not want an alliance between China and Japan from the beginning. This time, when the Japanese bonds were due, we were supposed to be asked to borrow. The State Bank was also ready to lend them money, but Zhang Xingjian proposed that China, Japan and North Korea should set up an Asian bank to prepare for the discovery of the Asian dollar in the future, which is no longer within the scope of the Sino-Japanese alliance, which is basically a Sino-Japanese alliance. Cheng Wanli said, "Once Japan really agrees to these conditions, then a war between us and Britain and the United States will be inevitable -- the struggle for hegemony is to a large extent a struggle for currency power, and Britain and the United States will definitely suppress the emergence of a strong Asian dollar." ”

"And what does this have to do with a run on the yen?" The more Bao Junjian listened, the more shocked he became. The hairs on his back stood on end.

Now Japan's Hamaguchi cabinet has rejected Zhang's proposal, and they have instead found bonds in Europe, but unfortunately, the yen was valued 10 percent higher when it returned to the gold standard. This is easy to be run by speculators, and if the yen cannot survive this run, then the Hamaguchi cabinet will collapse. Japan's economy will collapse because it cannot return to the gold standard, and then they will have to turn to China. Eventually, it went to the Sino-Japanese Union. Yang Yinpu, who spoke this time, was extremely worried about the Sino-Japanese alliance. It was his voice that became hoarse because of his depression.

"Mr. Kuomin is willing to bear the infamy of the ages, and he also wants to realize a democratic republic, and I cannot sabotage the return of the yen to the gold standard for the sake of personal humiliation. If we do not do this and allow China and Japan to join forces, then China and Japan will certainly confront the United States in the next ten years or so, and with the strength of American industry, the results of the war will speak for themselves. Speaking of this, Yang Yinpu suddenly turned to look at Bao Junjian: "Jixing, we must not become a second Germany!" We must not let the Sino-Japanese alliance go on according to Yang Jingcheng's plan! Once this happens, the country will never be recovered! ”

Looking at Yang Yinpu, who shoulders the future of China, Bao Junjian felt solemn by him, but righteousness is righteousness, and the problems in front of him still have to be dealt with, he beat his head for a while and still shook his head and said: "Shihu, although I am the secretary general of the municipal government, but the government has never been able to control Dali Temple, tomorrow Ding Feizhang will go to Dali Temple to file a complaint, this no one can stop the ......"

"Couldn't Ding Feizhang change his mind?" Cheng Wanli asked, "If he can persuade everyone not to sue, the matter will be over." ”

"How is this possible?" Bao Junjian shook his head even more, "Fei Zhang is a well-known barrister in Shanghai, since he has already taken over the bank's case, how can he suddenly regret it?" Besides, there are countless lawyers in Shanghai, all of whom hope that a case will become famous, and if Fei Zhang pushes this case, the general offices of those banks will definitely have to find other lawyers. Even if they don't, the lawyer who heard about it will come to their door. "It's not a way to think about it, Bao Junjian had to look at Yang Yinpu, "Shihu, Dali Temple really wants to open a trial, can the household department win?" ”

"It's not a question of whether the trial will be held or not, but a matter of the case not being able to go to court!" Yang Yinpu said in a deep voice: "Once the case becomes big, I am most afraid that the impact will be exaggerated, and when the time comes, the yen will definitely not be able to hold on to it - the Bank of Japan's gold reserves are only 1.6 billion yen, although it has borrowed 100 million pounds, but now it is only 40 million pounds, and now the world economy is in turmoil, once the pound collapses, they will definitely not be able to hold on." ”

"Jixing, you have been in the city government for so long, you don't know what weaknesses these bank offices have?" Cheng Wanli interjected: "With the weakness of these people, won't you be able to turn big things into small things?" ”

"Even if there is a weakness, only Mayor Yu knows." Baojun said, "But he is the head of the Ningbo businessmen, and his position has always been pro-Fuxinghui, and he complained a lot about the last time he sealed the blessing of Yuanli." ”

"What is Yu Qiaqing's weakness?" Yang Yinpu, who was silent, spoke up again, and immediately scared Bao Junjian's face green.

"Stone... Brother Lake, you... You are ......" Bao Junjian stammered, although he relied on the recommendation of the director of the Ministry of Industry to get to where he is today, but Yu Qiaqing has always appreciated him, and he has never cared about his repentance, and now Yang Yinpu wants him to sell the master, he can't do this thing.

"Jixing, what I mean is very simple, is to find a way to suppress this matter. If Yu Qiaqing is disobedient, it will make him obedient. Yang Yinpu's face was full of righteousness, "No matter who it is, as long as they dare to go against the central government, they will not end well." Besides, there are not many foreigners in the Shanghai Listing Council, so how can they not speak from the standpoint of Britain and the United States......"

Yang Yinpu did not know anything about Shanghai, and even though there were many foreigners in the Shanghai Listed Council, all of these people's family businesses were in Shanghai -- many of them were just sailors and speculators when they came to Shanghai, and it was in Shanghai that they made a fortune. Originally, these people were worried that the Chinese government would squeeze themselves out after recovering the concessions, but after the domestic political situation changed several times, the Beijing government finally decided that Shanghai would be completely autonomous, and the municipal government would be fully managed by the city council composed of the former Ministry of Industry and Bureau, and the mayor would be elected by the city council, and Beijing would not interfere in this. This is tantamount to saying that Shanghai is no different from the late Qing Dynasty, and that the city council can even enact Shanghai's exclusive laws as long as it is not unconstitutional.

Under the management of the Shanghai Listing Council, Shanghai is becoming more and more prosperous day by day, although foreigners cannot become Chinese citizens because of blood relations, but where the interests lie, the political stance of foreign parliamentarians has always been pro-China. Hoping that they will stand on the side of the central government is basically the same as hoping that the sows will go up the tree, even if they are foreign pigs.

- When Bao Junjian was still thinking about how to put himself in, Cheng Wanli on the side saw that his face was changing, and said: "Jixing, benevolence and morality are just things that the decadent feudal forces fool people, since you were able to fearlessly get rid of the shackles of feudal marriage and pursue your own love, then you can also get rid of these so-called benevolence and morality now, so as to ...... the future of the country and the nation."

"I'm sorry, I can't do that!" Bao Junjian finally shook his head after being entangled, "Mayor Yu has always treated me well, and he is also very square, it is almost impossible to find his handle." And the foreign directors and members of the city council, they only recognize their own interests, and any action that violates their own interests is unbearable for them. For example, last year's vote of the Eurasian Canal Inspectorate was clearly pushed by Yang Jingcheng -- he was the one who approved Shanghai's complete autonomy, but in order not to pay for it and not to be robbed of Shanghai's foreign trade business by Beiting, these people all voted against it. I still mean before, the run on the yen can only be slowed down, and if you really want to run on one, you will revoke the business license of one family, and the matter will only get bigger and bigger. ”

"There is only so much gold in Zhengjin Bank, once the gold is used up, you can only pay foreign exchange, and when you see that there is no gold in the bank, speculators will be even more rampant, and this thing can only be run on one and revoke one!" Yang Yinpu glared at Bao Junjian, seeing that he didn't dare to look at him, his voice became louder and louder, and his hands were waving, and he finally asked: "Jixing, haven't you forgotten your original oath?" ”

"Shihu, everyone was just an ignorant student at the beginning, how could the jokes at that time be taken seriously?" Despite the hot face, Bao Junjian still said something in front of the piercing gaze, which made Yang Yinpu and Cheng Wanli's faces suddenly turn into pork liver. (To be continued.) )

PS: Check the information Lao Fan obsessive-compulsive disorder, don't check the pen and don't write, I wanted to forget it today, but let's write some.