Long Live Money in Anime Crossover

In short, Gao Hai used the announcement of losses to tell the world that all the banks in the entire Chinese Empire, except for the Royal Bank in Luoyang, were finished!

Everything you have in the bank has vanished; all the money you deposited has disappeared. The bank is gone, and so is your wealth.

The news started slowly spreading from Xingyang, but wherever it reached, the banks there were instantly surrounded. People who were already furious about the banks' closure were now almost blinded by deep-seated hatred, ready to drag out the bank executives and their backers and tear them apart.

After announcing all this, Gao Hai went on to announce policies.

To protect the economic and financial health of the Chinese Empire and to safeguard its long-term social stability, under the benevolence and compassion of the late Emperor and through the efforts of all central technical and engineering personnel, a new banknote, the Renminbi, is about to be issued. This entirely new design will again be issued from Luoyang and will feature the portrait of His Majesty the Emperor's daughter, Princess Jiang Lihua.

Anyone can exchange old banknotes for new ones, and anyone who has suffered losses due to a local bank can bring all the evidence they can to any Royal Bank for asset compensation and relief.

Furthermore, from the moment the new RMB banknotes... ahem, the Renminbi, are issued, any transactions based on the old banknotes will no longer be legal and protected by law or the Chinese Empire's government. From this moment forward, all foreign exchange settlements within the Chinese Empire must also be conducted using the Renminbi.

Finally, Gao Hai announced that the Royal Bank would open its first branch in Xingyang, and would handle all the aforementioned businesses. Banks anywhere else could also seek cooperation with the Royal Bank, but would need to be accredited by the Royal Bank.

Throughout the announcement, Gao Hai maintained a deadpan expression. Anyone who watched the news on television would have thought that Gao Hai was simply reading from a prepared script. As a result, the series of decrees did not seem to offer anything particularly surprising.

For ordinary people, their panicked hearts seemed to find a sense of security in an instant. They realized that paper money could be exchanged and that if they lost money at a local bank, they could apply for compensation from the central Royal Bank.

In contrast, local banks that made mistakes and lost money could only close down and have their doors blocked by people. The difference between the two is obvious, and the emperor's image of benevolence and righteousness was instantly established.

In many people's eyes, this is the emperor using his own wealth to fill the hole for the people who have suffered losses.

However, when it comes to the truly powerful and influential local figures, and those with vested interests, what they interpret from this series of messages is completely different.

There are so many profound meanings to be found in this series of changes. Those who have unearthed these meanings feel a chill run down their spines, as if a knife is held to their throats!

Author's Note:

This is the second update, and there will be another one shortly. I just received a generous donation from a wealthy person. I'll check how much I owe in the third update.

126 Swallowing Yanjing

The thirteen armies, totaling 300,000 troops, were all wiped out. Luoyang still had the strength to send troops to occupy Xingyang, and the occupied Xingyang was able to quickly restore its original urban functions.

The emperor accused all local powers of treason, revealing the predicament of local banking families whose money had vanished, thus legitimizing the old paper currency and issuing new one…

From this, those with discerning eyes have already discerned a central government with powerful military, ambitious ambitions, which has stripped local governments of the legitimacy of all wealth and is even beginning to win over the hearts and minds of the people!

what does that mean?

This means that the emperor, whom they used to regard as a puppet and who was kept as a pet in the Luoyang Military Region, has now shown his claws at them and has the power to match or even defeat them.

Not only that, the emperor also blocked all their escape routes.

Right now, these people only have two choices: either surrender to Luoyang, curry favor with Luoyang, and become Luoyang's pets, hoping that Luoyang will let them off the hook.

Otherwise, the only option is to raise an army in rebellion, a true rebellion, breaking away from the system, laws, and policies of the Chinese Empire. If they don't do that, the situation the Emperor has created is enough to destroy the foundation of any local power.

Money, resources, industry, commerce, and most troublesome of all, the will of the people.

The Chinese Empire's communications are currently in complete disarray, making it impossible for such information to spread quickly to begin with. In particular, local powers that have learned of this information are strictly forbidding anyone from disseminating it.

However, nothing stays secret forever. With Argo secretly sending people to infiltrate and utilizing his former informants, the news began to spread wildly throughout the Chinese Empire through word of mouth.

These issues alone were enough to give local authorities a major headache, but what happened next completely stunned them.

This time, someone appeared, someone no one expected.

Even Mo Mo was quite surprised when he first saw him and spoke to him, because Mo Mo did not expect that this guy had actually survived.

Qilu Military Region, head of the Kong family.

This old man who miraculously survived was almost the kind of person who stood motionless in the face of a barrage of rockets and was completely unharmed—a truly blessed individual.

However, although he was not directly injured by the explosion, he was still severely frightened, and the impact of the explosion caused him to hit his head, from which he took several days to recover.

After he awoke, he learned from others what had happened on the battlefield. Having understood everything and realized the strength of Luoyang, he decisively chose to surrender to Luoyang. This was not a mere pretense of self-preservation, but a complete surrender, a surrender, or even a transaction that could be described as selling himself into servitude.

The head of the Kong family even offered to contribute all of his and the Kong family's assets, including property, land, and accumulated wealth, to the emperor in exchange for the charge of treason against the Kong family.

He even stated that he was willing to use the prestige of the Confucius family to help the emperor stop the army in the Qilu Military Region, with the entire process monitored by officers in Luoyang. He assured that the people of Qilu and the Confucius family would never serve as officers, not even at the lowest level.

Knowing all this, the old emperor couldn't help but admire that every family that has survived for so long has its own way of life.

Compared to the Cao family of the Northeast Military Region, who held considerable military power, the Kong family of the Qilu Military Region, while possessing considerable military strength, did not merely rely on their own military might; adapting to the prevailing trend was also a crucial factor.

This is probably why the Confucius family, despite its rise and fall throughout history, has never truly disappeared.

After discussions among Mo Mo, the old emperor, and Gao Hai, they decided to accept the surrender of the Kong family head and the Kong family, since this meant they would get the Qilu Military Region for free.

Compared to Luoyang, the Qilu Military Region had a stronger foundation in terms of area, population, industry, and technology. With the Kong family as a pioneer, and the subsequent control of the Qilu Military Region, the central government truly had the confidence to conquer the world.

Moreover, as the first to surrender, the emperor naturally had to show his stance.

Firstly, the Confucian family's crime of treason could be pardoned by death, but they could not escape punishment.

The Kong family was stripped of all their positions and power in the state, and all their land, resources, and a considerable portion of their property were confiscated. However, as compensation, the less affected light industries were retained by the Kong family, and members of the Kong family would still have the right to take examinations to work in state organs in the future.

In short, the Kong family went from being a powerful and influential warlord family to being reduced to ordinary wealthy people. The only thing to be thankful for was that no one died, and no one in the family died. They could even return to Shandong to retire comfortably.

This outcome was completely unexpected by the Kong family. In his view, it was already quite generous. Originally, as the culprit, he had decided to offer his head to save the Kong family.

But now, the Kong family doesn't have to die; they've just suffered a massive loss of power and been stripped of all their authority.

However, for a large family, talent is the most important thing. With people, money can be earned, and official positions can be gradually earned back through hard work and promotion.

As long as the person is still alive and the family is still alive, everything is acceptable!

After learning all this, the head of the Kong family immediately swore an oath to serve the old emperor and to die for the prosperity of the Chinese empire. He even expressed his willingness to join the army, even if it meant working as a cook for the central army!

Mo Mo, possessing the Geass ability to make others reveal their true thoughts, naturally didn't believe the Kong family head's oath. However, after testing him with his Geass, Mo Mo knew that the Kong family head was indeed frightened.

According to the current idea of ​​the Kong family patriarch, it is to closely follow the steps of Luoyang and the old emperor, attacking east and west as directed without hesitation, and waiting for the situation to stabilize before slowly revitalizing the Kong family.

As for the future, things too far in the future, that was not something Mo Mo needed to consider, because the Kong family was planning a development path for decades to come, looking ahead to posterity. And when that time actually came, what would constrain the Kong family would be the system and military power of the newly established Chinese Empire.

Now that the Kong family is available, Mo Mo's next plan will be much easier.

The news that the Kong family had pledged allegiance to the emperor was naturally spread by Mo Mo, along with the outcome of the Kong family's punishment.

This naturally became another powerful blow against local forces.

At this point, the local authorities were certain that the 300,000-strong army had truly lost, and lost miserably. This time, the central government was serious; not only did it refuse to reason with the local authorities, it was also pushing them to the brink of despair.

Locally, there are only two options. One, as the Kong family has already demonstrated, is to give up 90% of your family's wealth to save your life. Whether you can make a comeback depends on your family's own abilities.

And another... the Yanjing Military Region has provided another example in less than a month.

After the Kong family surrendered, Mo Mo went directly to Shandong. Under the leadership of the Kong family patriarch, who wholeheartedly surrendered and fawned over them, he began to reorganize the Qilu Military Region.

Later, as various parts of the Chinese Empire gradually began to find ways to restore order to the chaos caused by the emperor's laws and decrees, the Imperial Guard suddenly set off from Xingyang and headed straight for the Yanjing Military Region.

The troops stationed at the border of the Qilu Military Region and the Yanjing Military Region also suddenly began to advance towards the Yanjing Military Region. The two forces attacked simultaneously and were unstoppable, directly assaulting Yanjing City.

Furthermore, the Shandong Military Region sided with Luoyang, which liberated the North Sea Fleet stationed in Qingdao. The navy has always been dominated by figures from the emperor's faction, so the North Sea Fleet split in two, with the main force directly heading to the Bohai Bay to bombard Dagu Port and support the operations against the Yanjing Military Region.

Under the combined attack of these three forces, the already small Yanjing Military Region fell instantly. The Li family, who controlled the Yanjing Military Region, resisted stubbornly. After the fall of Yanjing, all direct members were charged with treason, and the rest were also severely punished.

As for the Li family's assets in the Yanjing Military Region, they were all confiscated by Luoyang under just, legal, and popular reasons, and used as a basis for revitalizing the economy and normal business order of the Yanjing Military Region.

Within a month, the Shandong Military Region sided with Luoyang, and the Yanjing Military Region also became part of the central government's territory. The Luoyang, Yanjing, and Qilu Military Regions were now united, and the central government suddenly possessed a vast territory, controlling the core area of ​​the north.

Furthermore, the second part of the North Sea Fleet sailed south directly to bombard Shanghai, rescuing the East Sea Fleet trapped there. Meanwhile, the East Sea Fleet, which was under the control of the Jinling Military Region in Shanghai, seized the opportunity to mutiny, take control of the naval port, successfully resupply the fleet, and escape from the predicament.

After that, the two fleets joined forces and directly bombarded the Nanjing Military Region Army, which came to besiege the navy, letting the army idiots taste the might of the navy's cannons.

Although the navy in this world, due to the electric motor, has small ships and weak cannons, it is still capable of defeating lightly armored tanks on land.

After the East China Sea Fleet escaped its predicament, Luoyang directly ordered it to continue south to support the South China Sea Fleet, whose naval port was located in the Guangdong Military Region.

Faced with the threat of two fleets massacring all ports and coastal cities of the Guangdong Military Region, the powerful families in the Guangdong Military Region backed down and decided to release the prisoners. The naval personnel detained by the Guangdong Military Region were successfully released, and the South China Sea Fleet returned to the central command.

At this point, all three fleets belonging to the Emperor's naval forces had regained their combat effectiveness.

The naval battles were all major events that occurred in the second month following the Battle of Luoyang.

Compared to the bustling activity of the Chinese Imperial Navy, the area that occupied the center of the Qilu Military Region and the Yanjing Military Region seemed to quiet down for a moment, but everyone knew that they were consolidating the strength of the two military regions.

Having already bared their fangs and revealed their resolve, the old emperor and the central government would absolutely not let this go unpunished. Local forces also began actively preparing for war, maintaining stability in their own territories while preparing to fight the central government to the bitter end.

After all, not everyone has the determination of the patriarch Kong to give away all his wealth, and many local powers believe that their strength far surpasses that of the Yanjing Military Region, so they will not be so easily defeated.

In particular, the Liaodong Military Region has elected a new general and has completely declared its independence from the central government, vowing to fight against the central government to the end.

Author's Note:

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PS2: This is the third update, albeit belatedly. But that's not the point. The point is that I saw the generous donation from the tycoon. What did that make you think of?

That's right, kids, your friend Jking is in even more debt!

I missed ten chapters yesterday, and I didn't make up for it with three chapters today. I received two 10000-point rewards, my backstage donations have reached 100, and I've also collected 100 monthly tickets. Come on, friends, tell me, how many chapters do I owe?

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127 The end of July

The chaos was not limited to the Chinese Empire; the entire world underwent tremendous changes as a result of these transformations within the Chinese Empire.

First, there are the reactions from the two major powers, Britannia and Eu.

The virus created by Momo not only caused bloodshed in the Chinese Empire, but also spread to the whole world.

However, since the virus outside the Chinese Empire lacked the support of quantum servers, it naturally could not cause the same devastating effect as the Chinese Empire.

Moreover, Momo deliberately reduced the virus's destructive effects in other countries and regions, after all, Momo did not want to delay the history of the entire world by several decades.

To defeat the enemy, Momo only needs to improve himself. Momo has enough power and time to develop everything he wants to see. Once the grand plan is complete, no one will be able to stop the might of the Chinese Empire.

Momo was confident in this regard.

Therefore, the virus's impact on Britannia and the EU was largely limited to making computers unable to function properly; it did not damage system data, programs, or hardware. Its main effect was to create chaos in both countries, causing all networked computers to shut down for a period of time due to the outage.

I won't go into the specifics of the chaos it caused, but we can basically refer to everything that happened in the Chinese Empire. However, what surprised Momo a little was that, due to the different countries, the results of the chaos caused by the virus were not exactly the same.

Specifically, Britannia and the EU are significantly more reliant on computers than the Chinese Empire. Therefore, after the Momo virus caused a global computer shutdown, the chaos and losses in Britannia and the EU were more severe than in the Chinese Empire.

Therefore, although after more than half a month of research, some people finally realized the existence of this system-damaging little thing and began to use physical isolation methods to protect network security and develop programs to kill computer viruses, the damage and chaos caused by the virus took almost two months to disappear.

To use a popular phrase from Momo's previous life, the outbreak of the virus brought the entire global economy to a standstill, and it took two months to recover to normal levels. The world's GDP for those two months was essentially zero, and possibly even negative.