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This qualification also has to be bought with money. Yuan Shikai is supposed to borrow money for the big aftermath loan, but in reality?It was foreigners who forced Yuan Shikai to borrow money. This is the real history, and it is absolutely shameless and obscene.

From today's point of view, there is a very funny relationship in this big aftermath loan.

First, Yuan Shikai couldn't get tax money, so he had no money.

Second, the foreigners asked Yuan Shikai to accept unequal conditions to borrow money from himself.

Third, Yuan Shikai was unwilling to take out the loan forced on him. After all, he was not a worker and peasant cadre who graduated from primary school, and he still had basic common sense.

Fourth, foreigners say that if you don't borrow, I won't pay you taxes.

Fifth, Yuan Shikai couldn't get the taxes and still had no money.

In history, the last big loan for aftermath was negotiated in 1913. The final result of the negotiation is very harsh in any era: the total loan is 2500 million pounds (2.5 million silver dollars), the annual interest is 5%, and the term is 47 9; the bond was sold at a 6% discount, and it was paid in August 2100th. After deducting a 760% commission, the net income was 6789 million pounds.The designated purpose of the loan, after deducting the repayment of due boxer indemnities and various foreign debts, the demobilization of provincial troops, and offsetting government administrative expenses, left only [-] million pounds, while the due repayment of principal and interest reached [-] million pounds.The loan is guaranteed by China's salt tax, customs tax and central government taxes designated by the four provinces of Zhili, Shandong, Henan and Jiangsu.

At the same time, there are also a bunch of special clauses attached: in the future, without the permission of the bank syndicate, no borrowing from other countries is allowed; The Chinese government established a Salt Affairs Administration in Beijing, which is headed by a member of the China General Office and a member of the Foreigners Association Office; each salt-producing area has an audit branch office with a Chinese manager and a foreigner. Each of the associate managers is jointly responsible for the collection and storage of salt revenue: the appointment and dismissal of personnel is decided jointly by the Huayang General Office and the Association Office; after the salt tax is paid in the salt area, it must be signed by the Huayang Manager and the Associate Association before release; Salt affairs deposits are deposited in designated banks, and cannot be withdrawn unless there is a certificate signed by the General Office and the Association Office.

Such conditions have gone beyond the scope of normal commercial loans, and are completely new unequal defeat treaties.

In fact, Yuan Shikai is not a fool, nor does he want to be a traitor.Seeing these terms, he was confused, so he chose to borrow money from other companies secretly, including Belgian Bank.

It is said that Xiong Xiling, the then Chief Financial Officer, came up with a solution to the problem. Why did you, Yuan Yuan, have to pay taxes? Isn’t it because you have no money?If you have money, are you still in a hurry to ask for this tax?Don't be in a hurry to ask for this tax, do you still care whether the great powers admit it or not?

That's right, so Lao Yuan immediately asked Xiong Xiling to go to Belgian Bank to discuss a loan.

Chapter 102

On August 1912, 8, Wang Zhenyu returned to Hongjiang, where he was stationed, after a half-month trip to Phoenix.

Chief of Staff Yang Wangui, who was in charge of daily affairs at home, came out with a large number of people to greet him. Wang Zhenyu didn't like such a big ostentation, so he said a few words to Yang Wangui.This wronged Yang Wangui to death. Since Song Xianfu and Hao Bing were transferred to the security forces, Yang Wangui became very cautious. He didn't want to be alienated by Wang Zhenyu when the overall situation was good.There was no arrangement at all to greet him this time, the gentry came spontaneously when they heard that the guardian envoy had returned.Of course, the purpose is not simple. The establishment of the Guarding Mission has not yet started, and officials from many departments have not been appointed. Everyone hopes to work for Wang Zhenyu, so as to occupy a place in the future political structure.

Although he was wronged, Yang Wangui still reported honestly: "My lord, your father-in-law Ye Zuwen came to Hongjiang yesterday, and he brought dozens of people with him, and there were some foreigners in there. I asked about it, and there are people from the mainland here." , there are Germans, as well as Lu people, I have arranged their board and lodging."

The father-in-law is here, ah, it seems that the matter of investment promotion this time has eyebrows, Wang Zhenyu suddenly regained his spirits, and he suddenly said politely to Yang Wangui: "Old Yang, don't call me an adult in the future, you are different from others, He has been by my side from the very beginning, so he should be called a brother."

Yang Wangui was immediately overwhelmed, and Wang Zhenyu told Song Haomin to invite his father-in-law and others to his study. . .

Back in the study, Wang Zhenyu looked at the documents and requests for instructions that had been backlogged for half a month. Some of them were not important, and Yang Wangui and Ma Xicheng had already given instructions on their behalf.There are:

Funds for the construction of military officer schools, involving the construction of campuses and the recruitment of teachers;

The recruitment plan for military cadets, Wan Yaohuang's first batch of recruitment plans is mainly for Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Guizhou provinces;

The reports of the county governments on education investment have generally begun to implement the plan of one county, one primary school and one middle school. The plan of setting up a girls' high school in the prefectural city has been approved and allocated by the county councils. A huge sum of money to ensure the development of free education; the plan to build a health school here in Anjiang, and so on.

These Wang Zhenyu looked at ten lines at a glance, took a rough look, and then threw them aside.He picked up another material, and the title attracted him deeply, "Jingzhou Model Town Construction Report".The author of the report is Chen Shao, the person in charge of the Jingzhou commercial town construction pilot project.

Wang Zhenyu took the tea handed over by Zhu Cihan, took a sip, and looked at it seriously.

This model commercial town is Kenshan Pass in Jingzhou, which is in the same place as the cement factory.Relying on policy support and funds, Chen Shao successfully built a junior primary school (grades one to three), a health center, and a security police station in this town.At the same time, some cement has been approved from the cement factory that has already started partial production, and a relatively large-scale free trade market has been built to meet the transactions of daily necessities for nearby residents.The shops in the town have also been planned and managed in a unified manner, and the town chamber of commerce has been established at the same time.Recently, preparations have been made to hand over the management of the town to the chairman of the chamber of commerce.

Wang Zhenyu nodded in satisfaction. He didn't intend to make the town beautiful and prosperous. What he wanted was a transit point and a radiation point to change the phenomenon that the county had been stuck for thousands of years.

At the same time, strengthen their control over the local area through commercial towns, bring village forces into the scope of management, and at the same time increase the professional cost of bandits. Of course, in the end, it is necessary to promote the prosperity of commercial routes.

Before he had time to think too much, Song Haomin came in and said, "General, Ye Weng and the others are here."

Wang Zhenyu nodded. Although he became the guardian envoy, Wang Zhenyu didn't want others to address him as an adult. He had publicly ordered the people around him to call him general.Anyway, besides Tian Yingzhao, he is the only general in Xiangxi at present.

"Wenzheng, you are getting better and better. I have only been away for less than a month, and you have taken down the eight counties of Jishou." Ye Zuwen started to praise his son-in-law as soon as he entered the door, obviously to the friends behind him of.

Wang Zhenyu watched several foreigners of different heights come in, and was also a little curious. It wasn't that he had never seen foreigners before, but he was curious about what method his father-in-law used to lure these foreigners to a remote place like Xiangxi.

Ye Zuwen took his time and began to introduce the people who followed him to his son-in-law one by one.

He first pointed to a small but shrewd foreigner and said, "This is Mr. Frankie, the business representative of the Belgian National Bank."

Wang Zhenyu shook hands with this smiling Mr. Frankie very generously.

Ye Zuwen pointed to a tall foreigner who met the standards of the Nordics of later generations, and said, "This is Mr. Hans, the manager of the Hankou Company of the German Empire Lihe Yangxing Company."

The last foreigner of medium build was a bit older. It was said that he was Felix, consul of Luxembourg in Hankou and commercial charge d'affaires of Albert Steel and Equipment Company.

Wang Zhenyu was dizzy for a while, Luxembourg is indeed a pocket country, and one person can have multiple identities.

As for the next three Chinese, they have a lot of background. These are the three experts who are said to be very knowledgeable in finance recommended by Wang Zhenyu's elder brother Liu Hongsheng.

Chen Huizu, named Guangfu, 31 years old, was born in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province. He entered the Business School of the University of Pennsylvania in the United States and returned to China after graduation in 1909.He first showed his talent in organizing the Nanyang Persuasion Association, and was appointed as the general manager of the Bank of Jiangsu by Cheng Dequan, the governor of Jiangsu.Because his reform ideas could not be realized, he resigned resolutely.Currently unemployed at home, but Wang Zhenyu knows this person, after all, is the founder of Shanghai Commercial Bank, China Morgan who led the Jiangsu-Zhejiang consortium together with Boss Yu in the 30s and [-]s.Unexpectedly, he would give up his good life in Shanghai and come to Xiangxi, a place that doesn't shit. What kind of tricks did Liu Hongsheng use as a sworn brother?

With Chen Guangfu, the big crocodile, at the front.

The appearance of Zhang Jiaao, Zhang Gongquan and Song Hanzhang in the back is nothing surprising. Wang Zhenyu is even a little suspicious that the three cadres of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Consortium that influenced the political trend of the Republic of China have come to him. The Jiangsu-Zhejiang Consortium can still develop into a giant like the future ?

These three really came to work sincerely, and the process was not as complicated as Wang Zhenyu thought.At the very beginning, Ye Zuwen planned to open a bank, but was vetoed by Wang Zhenyu. Wang Zhenyu's plan was to start a shipping company first.But Liu Hongsheng has already begun to pay attention to talents in this field for Ye Zuwen. Don't look at these three people who are well-known in the financial industry of the Republic of China, but they were not very important in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.The well-known Chen Guangfu has been a jobless vagrant since he resigned from Cheng Dequan. The people who admired them on the Internet had not yet reached their positions; all three of them knew Liu Hongsheng. After receiving Ye Zuwen's letter about the development of Xiangxi, Liu Hongsheng boasted about the value of the Xiangxi Development.Moreover, he promised his third younger brother that the three of them would have shares. This promise finally made the three ambitious young bankers choose to give up Shanghai, which was highly competitive, and made up their minds to enter Xiangxi.

But Wang Zhenyu has to wait until later, because the father-in-law Ye Zuwen is already explaining to Wang Zhenyu why three foreigners appear here.

History has come to August 1912. The army under the name of the Nanjing Left-behind Mansion was basically abolished. However, Yuan Shikai’s big loan for aftermath was still not successfully completed because of the foreigner lion’s open mouth and the continuous increase in conditions.In the eyes of many people in later generations, it would be incomprehensible. Yuan Shikai didn't know how to borrow it from someone else. Why did he have to borrow from these five companies?

If it weren't for Yuan Shikai's taking kickbacks, he had to ask the five-nation banking group (the United States has withdrawn) to borrow money. It is really shameless and shameless enough for the five-nation banking group.And the source of their shamelessness and shamelessness comes from the support of their country's embassy in China. What is this support?Haha, if you, Yuan Shikai, don’t ask for a syndicated loan from the Bank of Five Nations, then we won’t recognize your government as the legal government of China.Ridiculous no, history is so real.In the eyes of future generations, if you don't admit it, you don't admit it. Who cares that you admit it.The Chinese people at that time were really rare, at least Yuan Shikai had to be rare.Because these damn foreign devils don’t recognize the legitimacy of your government for a day, then you won’t get a penny of the two major tax revenues in the central government (note, not China) at that time, salt tax and customs tax.

why?This is the result of the empress dowager's brave declaration of war against the eight great powers, after Xin Chou's defeat.This so-called China's greatest leadership core shouted the slogan of measuring China's material resources and uniting the hearts of all countries.

As a result, the first paragraph of the "Xin Chou Treaty" was written in black and white: the Qing government paid 11 million taels of silver to various countries (4.5 countries in total), and it was paid off in 39 years, with an annual interest of 4%. The total principal and interest was 982 taels 238 taels), secured by customs duties, regular duties and salt taxes.

The actual operation of this guarantee is that although these taxes are still yours, they are collected by the foreign adults on your behalf.