Lin Yuan called Liu San up and asked, only to find that Liu San knew very little about this matter, Lin Yuan thought to himself: "This is not surprising, because things like banking and finance must be a little more esoteric to them, so they usually don't talk about these things." ”

Lin Yuan said to Shen Wanqing: "Now there is Li Jingfang left, and we may be able to find out some things about Daqing Bank in his place, but now that the sky is almost dawn, I will go again tomorrow, and you will go to the newspaper, the bank and Zhang's Industrial Company tomorrow to see the situation." ”

The next day, Lin Yuan went to Li Jingfang's residence, and on the way Lin Yuan thought to himself: "I might as well tell Li Jingfang about the ban on my banks in Wuhan, Guangzhou, and Shanghai, and then let him go to the Qing court, so that I can not only poke the matter up, but also keep myself out of the matter." ”

Lin Yuan made up his mind, came to Li Jingfang's mansion, and when he saw Li Jingfang's distressed appearance, he said, "Brother Li, I hope you will save me!" ”

When Li Jingfang heard Lin Yuan's words, he laughed and said, "Brother Lin, you are so powerful, foreigners are afraid of you, why do you want me to save you?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "Brother Li, can you know the decree of the saint and check my Northeast People's Bank?" ”

Li Jingfang said with a smile: "Of course, I know that the Holy Lord wants to establish the Daqing Bank, and I know that the People's Bank of the Northeast is strong, and it has acquired all the ticket numbers and money banks in only one month at the beginning of the establishment of the Northeast, so you want to turn your Northeast People's Bank into a part of the Daqing Bank." ”

Lin Yuan pretended to be surprised and said, "Is this true? ”

Li Jingfang nodded and said, "Of course it's true!" ”

Lin Yuan said: "However, the branches of my bank in Shanghai, Wuhan and Guangzhou have been banned one after another, and those officers and soldiers rushed into my bank like wolves, not only seized my deposits, but also wantonly beat and arrested my staff!" ”

Li Jingfang slapped the table after hearing this, and said angrily: "There is such a thing!" ”

Lin Yuan said: "I have the heart to inform the Holy Lord of this matter, but I am worried that Chao Zhongxiao will take the opportunity to slander and slander, so I still hope that Brother Li will help." ”

Li Jingfang smiled heartily and said, "No problem, it's my honor for Brother Lin Xian to let my brother help!" That's all I have to say! ”

Lin Yuan then asked, "Then I don't know what is the situation of this Daqing Bank?" Can there be foreigners' shares in it? ”

Li Jingfang replied: "Of course, the main shareholder here is the household department, which represents the Qing Dynasty, which holds 60 percent of the shares and contributes 6 million taels of silver, and the Bank of England of Great Britain holds 25 percent of the shares, and the bank contributes 2.5 million taels, and the remaining 15 percent is funded by the Yokohama Zhengjin Bank of Japan and a few private individuals. ”

Lin Yuan asked again: "Since it is called Daqing Bank, why do you want foreigners to hold shares?" ”

Li Jingfang replied: "Because foreigners have made a lot of efforts in the process of establishing a bank, the people in the imperial court, except for Sheng Xuanhuai, do not understand banking affairs, this Sheng Xuanhuai has a lot of criticism for you, saying that your Northeast People's Bank is not strong, and it is only by relying on your prestige, and foreigners have been running banks for five or six hundred years, so they turned to them for help, and it was the idea of foreigners to let the Daqing Bank issue paper money." ”

"That day, the saint held a banquet in the imperial garden, that is, to listen to the foreigners explain the bank's issuance of banknotes, and the foreigners said a lot of the benefits of issuing banknotes, and I didn't understand it, so I didn't remember it, but the saint seemed to understand, so he asked the bank to issue banknotes, and your bank was already issuing banknotes, so the saint asked your bank to take back the banknotes and only use the banknotes of the Daqing Bank."

Lin Yuan frowned, and thought to himself: "Since the Daqing Bank issues paper money and does not allow other banks to issue paper money, it shows that it already has the nature of a central bank, how can our central bank allow outsiders to interfere in the shares?" Now international trade is not too much, so the harm can not be revealed, and when international trade becomes more and more frequent in the future, foreigners will definitely make decisions in favor of their country on the number of banknotes issued, and then it will damage the interests of our people! ”

Lin Yuan was just about to speak, and Li Jingyi said: "Brother Lin Xian, I really don't understand the matter of this bank, you don't need to tell me anymore, I know that you are very busy, so I won't delay your time, so be busy with your go." ”

Lin Yuan said goodbye and returned home, just as Shen Wanqing also came back, and said to Lin Yuan: "The newspaper and the company are all normal, and the people from the Qing court in the bank are investigating the deposit accounts, their attitude is much better than that of Shanghai, Wuhan and Guangzhou, what about you?" How's the investigation going? ”

Lin Yuan said: "I have figured it out, the imperial court wants to establish the Daqing Bank, this bank is the central bank with the right to issue currency, and the shares of the household department account for the majority, and the shares of foreign banks also account for some." ”

Shen Wanqing said as soon as she heard this: "Although I don't know much about banks, I also know that our central bank should not let foreigners interfere with it, how can the Qing court be so confused?" What about allowing foreigners to own shares? ”

Lin Yuan said: "So we now have two major goals, first: to eliminate foreign shares in Daqing Bank; Second: Let our Northeast People's Bank become the central bank! ”

Shen Wanqing asked: "The first one I know what to do, as long as the Qing court's trust in foreign banks is dispelled, the Qing court will not allow them to buy shares, but what about the second one?" For the Qing court, our bank is a private bank, how can they make a private bank a central bank? ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "Today I heard a person's name in a conversation with Li Jingfang - Sheng Xuanhuai!" ”

Shen Wanqing asked, "Sheng Xuanhuai?" Who is he? What does it have to do with our plans? ”

Lin Yuan said: "He is an important person who helped our Northeast People's Bank become a central bank!" Shen Wanqing knew that she was going to pull out a lot of plans when she asked, so she didn't ask anymore, but said to Lin Yuan: "Then what are we going to do now?" Aren't you trying to dispel the Qing court's trust in foreign banks? Do you need me to write some manuscripts? ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "That method is too soft, I want to use some more extreme means!" ”

Shen Wanqing asked, "What are you going to do with more extreme measures?" ”

Lin Yuan whispered in Shen Wanqing's ear for a while, and Shen Wanqing screamed out when she heard it, and asked, "Is that okay?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Why not?" You just wait at home, and I'll go back. After Lin Yuan finished speaking, he came out of the house and went to the back garden to find Liu Yufeng.

Lin Yuan's mansion was originally a big official's, and the big official built a big garden in the house, but the big official later fell down, and the garden became barren, and when Lin Yuan moved in, he didn't have the time and energy to take care of this garden, so it was left empty, until Liu Yufeng led the personal guards to come, and this place was changed into a training ground.

When Lin Yuan came, Liu Yufeng was leading everyone to train for long-distance running, everyone was sweating profusely, Liu Yufeng saw Lin Yuan coming, so he blew a whistle, everyone stopped, Liu Yufeng ran to Lin Yuan, just about to salute, Lin Yuan waved his hand, and said: "No need to engage in the set of procedures for asking for instructions and reports, let the soldiers rest quickly, and follow me to carry out the task after two hours!" ”