Beiyang reactionaries

261 Difficult 2

"Brother Zhufu, I hope you can give me some advice."

Gao Enhong was tired.

He traveled around Shanghai for several days, and met frequently with bigwigs in Shanghai's financial circles and business circles, but none of them had much interest in Zhou Ziqi's public debt.

After they met Gao Enhong, everyone's attitude was very good.When these people met Gao Enhong, they were as hospitable as meeting an old friend.In fact, although Gao Enhong was an officer in the old transportation department, he didn't have much contact with people in Shanghai's financial circle.Many people only heard of their names and had no contact with them.This is the first time I have met with so many bigwigs from the financial and business circles in Shanghai.

But they have a very good attitude, and each of them is hospitable.But as long as Gao Enhong talked about the purchase of government bonds, he would push everything away.There are all kinds of excuses.

The meaning is the same.

That is, it is impossible to buy government bonds of the Beijing government.

This made Gao Enhong very angry.

When was the financing of the old transportation department so difficult?At that time, I don't know how many people rushed to cooperate with the old transportation department, rushed to bribe the senior officials of the old transportation department, and rushed to hope to get the support of the old transportation department.

But now.

Gao Enhong knew a little bit.That is, Jin Yunpeng fell because he had no money, and Cao Kun supported Zhou Ziqi as Prime Minister, hoping that Zhou Ziqi would raise money for the Beijing government.However, inside the old Department of Communications, they were very dissatisfied with Zhou Ziqi's cooperating with Cao Kun to become the Prime Minister.

Everyone stays out of it.

Gao Enhong had no choice.Because Gao Enhong and Zhou Ziqi are from Shandong, Zhou Ziqi has helped Gao Enhong many times before.That's why Gao Enhong came out to help.This time Gao Enhong came out of the mountain, but he was criticized by many former officials in the transportation department, who believed that Gao Enhong was ungrateful and forgot Liang Shiyi's help to him in order to cling to Zhou Ziqi who became the Prime Minister of the State.

Came to Shanghai with such infamy, but the situation was very bad.

Zhou Ziqi hopes to borrow 3000 million in Shanghai.

But looking at the current situation, even a few million is very difficult. 3000 million is simply an astronomical figure.Especially if you look at the attitudes of these bigwigs in Shanghai's financial circle and business circles, it is very difficult to have a few million.

That's the Beijing government.

After all, it is the central government.It is not a joke that the issuance of public bonds cannot afford even a few million.And for Zhou Ziqi, a well-known financial manager, it was also a huge blow to his reputation.

Many people will think that Zhou Ziqi is nothing more than that.Before, everyone was counting on you, Zhou Ziqi, to turn the tide, but there was nothing you could do.This is not only for Zhou Ziqi now, but it will never be possible for Zhou Ziqi to make a comeback in the future.

So after running around for a few days, Gao Enhong really had no choice but to come to find his old classmate Qiu Jinyuan.

Qiu family.

It is the family of the rich in Nanxun, Huzhou, and the top businessman among the Huzhou merchants. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, their family's property was nearly [-] million.In the early years, he studied in the UK with Gao Enhong, and after returning to China, he took over some of his own business, and is now considered a well-known businessman.

"Brother Ding'an, there is no solution to this problem."

"Brother Zhufu, you are..."

"I also heard about it recently. You have been in frequent contact with people in Shanghai's financial circle and business circles, and you want them to buy government bonds issued by the Beijing government. Have you been rejected?"

"These people have a good attitude, but they just don't talk about the topic."

Gao Enhong frowned.

too tired.

With Shanghai's current economic strength, with the strength of Shanghai's financial circle and industry and commerce, 3000 million is not a big amount.Some important chambers of commerce have very strong financial strength.

A few chambers of commerce and a few banks came forward, and 3000 million came out easily.

This is not bragging.

The country's financial tycoons and industrial and commercial tycoons all gathered in Shanghai.China's development is very unbalanced. Regardless of whether it is a well-known foreign firm, a foreign businessman, or a rich man in China, if you don't settle in Shanghai, you will be left behind.No matter where you make money, you must at least leave a contact point in Shanghai.Because Shanghai is China's current financial center and economic center.

Gao Enhong also heard about it these days.

Duan Xun, the new border supervisor, issued 6000 million public bonds in Shanghai, which were swallowed up by Shanghai's financial circle and business circles.But why is it so difficult for my own 3000 million.

"Brother An Ding, you are still angry about book business. Then let me ask you first, the Beijing government's finances are almost collapsed. What fiscal revenue does the Beijing government have now? How do you ensure that the 3000 million government bonds of the Beijing government will not become waste paper? How do you guarantee that The Beijing government can afford the money. Don’t stand on the side of the Beijing government, if you run a bank or run a company, will you buy the government bonds of the Beijing government?”

Hearing Qiu Jinyuan's words, Gao Enhong was silent.

Gao Enhong is a technocrat, a very good technocrat.He sees clearly the current problems of the Beijing government.In fact, the biggest problem for the Beijing government at present is that it has no income.

In recent years, the Beijing government has said that it has two heavy incomes.

One is the national tax, especially the salt tax and tea tax. These taxes are the big ones.When Yuan Shikai was here, the national taxes in various places mainly collected these big taxes.Although at that time the warlords had begun to resist the central government and did not want to pay taxes to the central government.But they are all done in private and will not directly confront the Beijing government.Because they are still afraid of Yuan Shikai.

Therefore, at that time, the national tax of the Beijing government was still quite a lot, tens of millions a year.

The other one is tariffs.

That is Guan Yu.As far as the Beijing government is concerned, Guan Yu's income is about the same as the national tax.In this way, the Beijing government has tens of millions of income every year.Otherwise, Yuan Shikai would not be able to support so many troops.

But even so, Yuan Shikai was short of money.

It’s just that at that time, no matter what, there was income, so the Beijing government issued public bonds, and everyone still had some trust.But what is the situation now?The Beijing government receives almost no revenue.

After Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor, the War to Protect the Nation broke out. After the following disputes between the courts, the restoration of Zhang Xun, the Law Protection War, and the Zhiwan War, the national tax was basically zero.The local warlords completely withhold national tax revenue and do not pay taxes to the Beijing government at all.Guan Yu had just been carved up by local warlords.Starting from the Anhui warlords headed by Duan Xun, Jiangsu Governor Li Chun, Jiangxi Governor Chen Guangyuan, Northeast Tour Envoy Zhang Zuolin, Guangdong and Guangxi Tour Envoy Lu Rongting, Cantonese Army Chen Jiongming, they have also begun to sign new contracts with diplomatic missions to carve up Guan Yu.

There is no national tax, no tariffs, and the current annual revenue of the Beijing government is less than [-] million yuan.Even the financial revenue is not as much as that of poor provinces like Yunnan and Guizhou under Duan Xun's hands.Such fiscal revenue is not even enough for normal government operations.

Who can believe that he is issuing public bonds now.

From the perspective of the economic situation alone, the government bonds issued by the Beijing government are not credible.Gao Enhong is an expert in this field, of course he understands what Qiu Jinyuan means.

"Hey--"

Gao Enhong sighed.

But he still said: "How can we say that we are the Beijing government, the dignified central government. The cards we can play are better than that of Duan Xun, the supervisor of the border defense. The situation is not optimistic if Mr. Xie is the Prime Minister this time. .”

Yes.

The Beijing government is very poor, and now it has even cut off its income.But no matter what, this is the Beijing government, the central government, and there are plenty of bargaining chips.There are still a lot of cards that can be played.Is it really not worth the money?

"Brother An Ding, you are making too much sense. General Duan is known as the leader of the thirteen provinces. He controls nine provinces and controls the finances of these provinces. The annual fiscal revenue is already more than that of the Beijing government. And recently even Guan Yu was taken down. Now, how many times the annual fiscal revenue will be that of the Beijing government. Nowhere can the Beijing government compare. With the current economic strength of General Duan, not to mention the issuance of 6000 million public bonds, even if he issues [-] million public bonds, the national financial You may not know that, in the current Shanghai financial circle, General Duan’s government bonds are no different from cash, and are highly sought after.”

"But it shouldn't."

There are all these reasons.

But it doesn't mean that none of these people are interested.Gao Enhong asked suspiciously: "Brother Zhufu, how can you say that this is the Beijing government, and there is General Cao Kun, the patrol envoy of Zhiluyu behind it. Is it true that no one wants to join them?"

Issue public bonds.

In addition to economic behavior, there are other meanings behind it.