Years of the Republic of China 1913

Fang Zida has been in a good mood these past few days. One is that Lao Yuan moved out of the small courtyard after being persuaded last time. Although he can't handle state affairs normally as before, at least he has resumed contact with the outside world.The reason why Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor was mainly the bewitchment by Yuan Keding and others, coupled with the fact that he had been cultivating behind closed doors and lost contact with the outside world. After a long time, his mentality changed after hearing too many good words, and he came up with further ideas.

Having said that, Yuan Shikai is not an ordinary person after all, at least not to the point of ignorance. Yuan Keding's tricks can be hidden for a while but not forever. Although the history books say that Yuan Shikai died in despair amidst scolding and fear, anyone with a brain can understand that if a strong man like Yuan Shikai really meant it, he would have to go all the way to the dark for the sake of face, just like at the beginning Li Zicheng, Wu Sangui and his ilk had to experience the addiction of being an emperor before they died, and after they died, the flood would be overwhelming.What's more, when Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor, he was named "Hongxian". Many scholars in later generations believed that Yuan Shikai actually supported constitutionalism. , was undoubtedly the biggest mistake in his life, and because of this step, he was nailed to the pillar of shame in history.

Two, the good news was brought to him by Jiang Zhiqing. Jiang Zhiqing lived up to expectations and "spent" a huge 8500 million yuan in a short period of time, and bought a large amount of money for Fang Zida from Japan and other countries. supplies and important industrial machinery.Although Jiang Zhiqing himself benefited greatly from this "money spending" operation.Almost got rich overnight.However, compared with Fang Zida's gains, Jiang Zhiqing's gains only accounted for a very small part, and because of this operation, he trained a group of elite special personnel for Zhong Yang Bank and the Ministry of Finance. Fang Zida was very satisfied with the results .

Jiang Zhiqing's move was good at the beginning, but as the amount of money invested in the Japanese currency has increased, the exchange rate of the Japanese currency has changed internationally in the past few months, and a large number of yuan currency has circulated in the market , the ri yuan began to fall continuously.And it caused great turmoil in the industrial and commercial circles, and at the same time attracted the great attention of the Japanese government.But at this time, Fang Zida had already called a halt to the action in time, sealed up and destroyed the last batch of ri yuan that had not been spent in time.In addition, Jiang Zhiqing's actions have been extremely secretive from the beginning, without leaving any clues. The Japanese government has been investigating for a long time, but so far has not found out who is behind the trick.

"Good job." In the office of Zhongyang Bank, Fang Zida closed the document in his hand and put it in the safe.This document is Jiang Zhiqing's final report on the "spending money" operation. With the sealing of this document, it means that this operation has completely ended.

Back at his seat, Fang Zida had an extra check in his hand, and he put the check in front of Jiang Zhiqing with a smile.

"President. This..." The series of zeros on the check made Jiang Zhiqing's eyes shine even after handling such a huge amount of ri in the past few months.

"This is a reward for the successful completion of your actions." Fang Zida laughed.

"No, absolutely not!" Jiang Zhiqing hastily declined: "The president has already given Zhiqing a lot, and I will decide not to take any more money."

"Accept, the ratio is the ratio, and this bonus is the bonus, Ruiyuan, you have worked hard these days, and there are more important tasks for you." Fang Zida smiled and shook his head, signaling Jiang Zhiqing that you are welcome.

"Then... good. Thank you, President, for your cultivation." Jiang Zhiqing hesitated for a moment and accepted the check, watching him put the check into his pocket without changing his face, Fang Zida nodded secretly, this is the person who does great things, not for nothing sad.Not for wealth.

"I don't know what else the president needs Zhiqing to do?" Accepting the check, Jiang Zhiqing put his hands on his lap.Sitting upright, he asked with a hint of expectation.

Fang Zida took a puff of cigarette, stood up and said: "After the release of the ri yuan, the exchange rate of the ri yuan has continued to decline in recent months, and the exchange rate with my country's ocean has dropped by six points this month alone. The decline, and now the Japanese yuan has depreciated by about 24%. Now the Japanese government is in a state of distress, and people in Japan are even more panicked. This is all thanks to the Ruiyuan!"

"President Miao Zan, without the president's ingenious plan, how can Zhiqing's contribution be made?"

"Hehe, a plan is a plan, and an action is an action. No matter how good the plan is, without Ruiyuan's strategizing, how could there be such a result? You deserve this praise." Fang Zida smiled, and said: "Now Ri himself Like a frightened bird, they searched for the source of the matter everywhere, but unfortunately they couldn't figure out who was behind it. Also because of the sharp drop in the Japanese yuan, the Japanese industry and commerce have been hit hard, and according to the sources of the Central Bank, now Britain, France, Germany, Russia, the United States and other countries are all extremely concerned about the sharp fall of the Japanese yuan and have begun to intervene in it."

"What!" Jiang Zhiqing heard this news for the first time, and immediately said nervously: "Could it be that these great powers are going to help the Japanese to find out the truth?"

"Hahaha!" Fang Zida laughed suddenly, shaking his head and said: "How is this possible? Now that the European war is in full swing, and the two camps are fighting each other, how can they care about Japan? Although the only United States has not participated in it for the time being, it can borrow We are so busy doing business with our country in the wake of the European war, it is too late to make money."

"Then..." Jiang Zhiqing couldn't turn his head around all of a sudden, and couldn't figure it out.

Although Jiang Zhiqing is talented in politics and has a rough knowledge of military affairs, he is a layman after all when it comes to economics. Seeing that he is confused, Fang Zida smiled and solved the mystery: "These big powers did not intervene to help Japan, on the contrary, wants to take this opportunity to make a fortune in the Japanese market."

"What else?" Jiang Zhiqing was taken aback, and asked strangely, "Aren't Britain and Japan allies? They would do such a treacherous thing?"

"Where do these countries come from talking about allies? One day is an ally and tomorrow may be an enemy. In other words, today is an enemy and tomorrow may be as good as wearing a pair of pants. The European War has been fought for almost two years now Well, the losses among countries are huge, and now Japan's economy is in turmoil. It is the calculation of all countries to take this opportunity to recover some losses from the small Japan itself. Especially the United States, a commercial country. Which one is not a financier and a banker? Seeing the future? I am even more keen on this matter, it seems that they will not give up easily unless they squeeze some oil from the bones of the Japanese this time."

Jiang Zhiqing suddenly realized, and at the same time cursed in his heart that these foreign devils are really nothing, all of them are sanctimonious, and what they do is even more ruthless than himself, this is simply a life-threatening situation!

"President, do you want us to keep our tails between our legs and never interfere in this matter?" Jiang Zhiqing asked.

"On the contrary!" Fang Zida laughed and said, "Why didn't you intervene in such a good thing? If we don't do anything, it's not clear that we are telling Ri himself that we did the previous thing?"

"High! It's really high!" Jiang Zhiqing's mind flashed, and he immediately gave a thumbs up.I was so impressed.At this moment, he finally understood what Fang Zida said about the other mission. It turned out that he followed the big powers to take advantage of the fire.

Fang Zida confessed to Jiang Zhiqing.Using the private banks acquired and newly built a while ago as a channel, follow the big powers and go to Japan to disrupt the situation appropriately.He doesn't expect much profit from this mission, it's just a purely non-governmental financial means, and even a little loss doesn't matter.The key is to use this task to cover up the "spending money" action, and use this matter to learn the methods of the Western financial circles, so as to train a group of financial talents who can be used to great effect.

This task was much easier than last time, Jiang Zhiqing agreed after listening.Before leaving, Zida explained some points and steps to pay attention to, asking him to proceed cautiously and try to be as steady as possible.

Jiang Zhiqing listened to the order and left, just as Fang Zida was about to return to the Ministry of Finance.Unexpectedly, an unexpected guest came suddenly.

The visitor had a red face and white teeth. He was wearing a long gown and holding a folding fan. He had smeared a few taels of hair oil on his head.Take a closer look, isn't this Li Yanqing, Cao Kun's favorite man?Fang Zida wondered why this person came to Beijing suddenly.

"Vice Chief Fang, President Fang, my younger brother came here without warning, so I'm taking the liberty..." As soon as he entered the door.Li Yanqing clasped his hands to apologize, Fang Zida greeted him from behind the table with a laugh, and quickly said that Deputy Supervisor Li and other guests are rare guests who can't even be invited, he is very happy to be able to visit, how could he blame him.

"President Fang. No wonder my commander-in-chief kept praising you as a real man after returning home last time. Li is just a mediocre guy. How did you get such praise from President Fang?" Li Yanqing folded his fan and half covered his jade face, smiling brightly like a peach blossom, For a manly man, his eyes would shine brightly on the spot, but in Fang Zida's eyes, goosebumps were about to appear on his body, so he quickly took the opportunity of giving up his seat and serving tea to distance himself from him.

"Deputy Supervisor Li, when did Marshal Cao come to the capital?" Fang Zida asked after the tea was served.

"President Fang, you can just call me Xiao Lizi. It's not the first time we've met, so why should we be so strange?" Li Yanqing smiled.

Fang Zida was chilled for a while, he laughed and asked again, Li Yanqing finally said: "Our commander is still in the south, this time I was ordered by the commander to let me go to Beijing alone."

"Oh, could it be that Marshal Cao asked Brother Li to entrust him with something? Hehe, I'm not an outsider. Brother Li, no matter what you say, as long as I, Fang Zida, can help, I will never stand idly by."

"Okay!" Li Yanqing clapped his hands and looked at Fang Zida with a much deeper smile. He immediately told Fang Zida that Cao Kun was short of military pay and materials for training the army. Cao Kun hopes that Fang Zida can help, whether it can be solved in advance.

Fang Zida laughed and nodded after hearing this, and said on the spot that there was no problem. He would ask someone to handle this matter after he went to the Ministry of Finance, and the funds would be transferred to the account of the third division within three days.

"My little brother thanked President Fang on behalf of Marshal Cao." Li Yanqing didn't expect that the matter would be resolved so easily. As a deputy supervisor, he would get money when he spent money. Hua, quickly stood up and thanked Fang Zida.

"You're welcome. Didn't Brother Li say that we are all our own people?" Fang Zida held back his nausea and took Li Yanqing's hand and patted it lightly to show his kindness.

"That's, that's..." Li Yanqing had a good impression of Fang Zida in his heart, rolled his eyes, leaned closer to Fang Zida and said softly: "President Fang, since you are not outsiders, I have a message that President Fang knows, But don't spread it!" (To be continued...)

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