306 Impulse is the devil

Huang Xing raised his thick eyebrows, and his eyes suddenly became hot. He said, "What can you do to solve the financial crisis in Nanjing? This revolution was brought about by chance. We are not strong enough. The North has considerable force. We can't help but accommodate it, and we can't help but pull Yuan Shikai, and we can't rest assured of Yuan's political thoughts. If you can get a lot of military money, people will be more inclined to the provisional government. Li Liejun, Chen Qimei and others are backed by force. Although the situation in the southern provinces is very complicated and un unified, on the surface, they are all on the side of the revolution, and the issue of the Northern Expedition can be determined.

"Sir, your wisdom illuminates my way forward." Li Shangshi was a little moved and gave him a flattery. Although he is a layman, he can also feel how broad Mr. Huang Xing's mind is at this moment.

"It's easy for a nation to decline, but it's too difficult to rise." Huang Xing sighed with a wry smile, "Not only you, but also many comrades in the Alliance may not be able to understand me. In the face of such a difficult situation, all I can do is to contribute my strength in my lifetime. If there is a choice, of course I am willing to carry out the revolution to the end..."

Li wants to believe that money is not everything, but it is impossible without money. The consciousness of the revolutionary army in 1911 could not be as high as the Red Army, the Eighth Route Army and the People's Liberation Army. Without military service, the soldiers of the revolutionary army were still turbulent and set off riots in groups everywhere.

"The financial crisis of the Nanjing government, as I said before, is nothing more than imperialist interference in China's internal affairs and withholding China's customs tariffs, while the local military government is in its own, withholding and escorting the local tax revenue of the central government, making the newly established Nanjing Provisional Central Government facing a serious financial crisis, thus creating The widespread panic and chaos in the society directly threaten the survival of the interim government. Lixiang also sighed for a long time, "Since you know where the disease is, you can take the right medicine."

"I have also read the major newspapers in Shanghai about the battle and policy platform in Hubei. I found that you seem to be very good at supporting the army through war, because you are so rich that it makes people jealous. Finally talking to the topic, Huang Xing suddenly became interested. He couldn't wait to know how Marshal Li could alleviate a series of crises brought about by the financial embarrassment of the Nanjing government. After the war in Hubei, the two cities were burned into Xianyang, and the refugees became a disaster. However, after you took back Hankou, you immediately began to sort it out. There was no refugee on the street. I really want to know, how did you do it?

"It's not my own credit." Li wanted to wave his hand quickly and said with a smile, "It is the people of Hubei who work together to drive away the Beiyang Army and get through this cold winter. I don't have the ability alone. I have such a height because I stand on the shoulders of giants. The Beiyang Army is only 30,000, but more than half of the 30 million people in Hubei are mobilized by me for logistical support. There are hundreds of thousands of people's army participating in the war, and there are not many revolutionary soldiers leading the army, but they are all the most systematic training of the new army in the eighth town of Wuchang. They are the most outstanding soldiers! The generals are all Japanese non-commissioned officers or graduated from German army colleges. It's strange that such a strong foundation can't win. And sorting out the post-disaster reconstruction of Hubei is nothing more than a word of money.

"It is a very proud achievement to defeat the elite lion of the Beiyang Army with extremely weak troops that are not favored by the outside world, and quickly restore people's livelihood after the war. You don't need to be modest." Huang Xing said, "Speaking of which, what good way do you have to solve Nanjing's financial difficulties? Isn't it the same thing you played in Hankou?

"That's it! That's all I have." Li wanted to say modestly and frankly, "

"Ha ha... What's going on here is not as simple as yours in Hankou!" Huang Xing shook his head. He was a little unfavorable about Li Xiang's method.

"Listen to me first." Li thought that he would not be favored by Huang Xing before he said it, and he was also unhappy for a while.

"You said." Huang Xing nodded.

Li Xiang said calmly, "Reorganize Daqing Bank into Bank of China. After a shareholders' meeting of all shareholders, Daqing Bank Shanghai Branch has been changed into a financial institution of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China and intends to officially open for business. The only financial organ of the Manchu Qing government was changed to the only financial organ of the Republic of China. The bank is authorized by the interim government to continue to carry out currency issuance, handle treasury and other functions, and further expand its shares with financial resources. At the same time, the Bank of China should have the authority to collect national taxes. In order to unify the finance, the Shanghai Customs and Customs Department changed the tax to the Bank of China.

The earliest capitalist new banking institutions in China were set up by foreigners. In the 25th year of Qing Daoguang, Liru Bank of the United Kingdom opened branches in Hong Kong and Guangzhou at the same time, which was the earliest foreign bank in China. Since then, the number of foreign banks has gradually increased and is mostly concentrated in Shanghai. Stimulated by the invasion of foreign capitalist financial forces and the rise of China's capitalist economy, China's self-run new banks have also begun to appear. The first self-run new bank in China was the China Merchants Bank, which was opened in Shanghai on May 26, 2003. It was opened in a private name but was actually controlled by the Qing government. In the 30th year of Qing Guangxu, the Qing government established the Household Bank in Beijing, which was the first national bank in China. The bank has a constitution stipulating that its business items are: "specialized in collecting and depositing and releasing money, buying and selling waste gold and silver, exchanging and allocating public and private funds, accepting unexpiryed notes and collecting and depositing important items on behalf of others"; and has the rights to mint money, issuing banknotes, etc. In the 34th year of Qingguangxu, it was renamed Daqing Bank. This year, the Qing government established the Bank of Communications in Beijing in the form of joint government and business. In addition to handling financial business in transportation, postal, telecommunications, etc., the bank also participates in ordinary deposits, loan and exchange, discount, gold and silver trading and other businesses. In addition, local governments in various provinces have also set up a number of official bank and money bureaus, which are in the form of official supervision and business offices. In addition to general banking business, they also issue local banknotes. Among China's self-run banks, privately established banks have also appeared, such as Xincheng Bank in Shanghai, Siming Commercial Savings Bank, Xinyi Bank in Zhenjiang, Zhejiang Railway Industrial Bank in Hangzhou, etc. In the three years of the Qing Dynasty, there were about 30 self-run banks in China, but the capital was weak.

"Imperialist banks are the centers that control China's finance. Before the First Sino-Japanese War, there were eight foreign banks and 16 branches in China. From the 21st year of Guangxu to the third year of Xuantong, 13 banks and 85 branches were established in China. The role of imperialism in the Bank of China has also developed. It has become the command and execution agency of imperialist capital export. Economic activities such as borrowing, investment, savings and trade from imperialist countries to China are carried out through banks. The Bank of China, an imperialist country, controls China's finances with various privileges and strong capital. With the support of the temporary government to establish the Bank of China, I will gather the two lakes consortium and Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortium to regain the center of China's finance in one fell swoop.

Huang Xing listened and changed his face and said, "Then what?"

Li Xiang said slowly, "Lending a lot of debt, issuing public bonds, issuing military bonds and fundraising and other methods."

Huang Xing suddenly glanced at Li Xiang and said, "Have you ever thought that even if the Bank of China borrows foreign debt, it may be rejected by imperialism and there is no way to sue for a loan? You should know that imperialism has taken advantage of the revolution to seize the custody of China's customs duties and control Guan Yu in their hands.

Imperialism has always been hostile to the revolutionary movement of the Chinese people.

Clearing the General Tax Department of Customs and seizing China's customs custody is an important event for imperialism to take advantage of the Chinese revolution to expand its interests. After the Wuchang Uprising, the Wuhan revolutionary authorities did not immediately ask about the local customs. The first revolutionary regime to come into contact with customs issues and confront the customs authorities was the Hunan Military Government. It immediately asked Wei Kefei of the British Tax Department of Changsha Customs to take over the customs. On the one hand, Weikefei refused, and on the other hand, he asked for instructions from the General Tax Department of British Customs in Beijing. Anger Union is already planning a customs response to the revolution. On October 15, he has instructed the Hankou Tax Department not to "let the tax run into the treasury of the revolutionary party". On the 23rd, he told Hu Weide, the assistant minister of the tax department of the Qing government, that he should "take a certain approach to ensure that tariffs are not used for military expenses for the revolutionary party and to repay foreign debts." This sets out the basic principles for them to deal with tariffs at revolutionary ports. Based on this principle, Weikefei negotiated with the Hunan military government. At this time, the military government proposed to deposit tariff revenue in the government's Dahan Bank, which was temporarily frozen, and the military government and the tax department did not use it. This has taken a step back from the original position of taking over the customs, but Wei Kefei still does not accept it. He claimed that the banks of the revolutionary government were unreliable, and the military government had not been recognized by the powers. He hinted that if he did not listen to him, the customs staff would go on a collective strike. During this period, gunboats from imperialist countries continued to appear on the Changsha River, which actually played a role in intimidating the military government. In this case, the Hunan military government made concessions in just a few days in early November: the first step is to agree to deposit taxes in HSBC; the second step is to agree to store taxes in the name of the General Tax Department; the third step is to agree not to use it under the condition that the General Tax Department does not withdraw without authorization. In this way, it gave up the right to control and use the tax revenue of Changsha Customs, and handed over the custody of customs duties to the General Tax Department, and it also agreed that the tax revenue of Yuezhou Customs would also be handled accordingly. Changsha opened a precedent, and Anger Union and others decided to extend this method to other trade ports where revolutions are taking place. In particular, as soon as Shanghai turned to revolution, British Minister Zhu Erdian immediately ordered the British Consul General in Shanghai, stipulating that the "rebellious party government" should not touch customs revenue. When the officials of the British embassy and consulate and the Chinese customs officers coordinated with each other to deal with the Chinese revolution, the Chinese revolutionaries lacked unity and worked independently. The revolutionary authorities in different places have different attitudes towards customs and tariff issues, and their treatment methods are different from each other, but the results are roughly the same. In a short period of time, almost all of them have followed Changsha. In Guangzhou, Mei Lehe, the British Tax Department of Guangdong Customs, also won the right to issue tariffs for the General Taxation Department. The practice of the great powers made it difficult for revolutionaries to use tariffs, which was approved by the Qing government. On November 20, the Qing government announced in a note to Zhu Erdian that the customs revenue of various places where the revolution had broken out, the General Taxation Department of the Customs should be used to pay off foreign debts and Gengzi compensation. But imperialism is not satisfied with seizing tariffs in revolutionary areas. They want to wipe out all the tariffs of the country. On November 19, after consultation between Anglian and Zhu Erdian, they requested the Qing government to put all taxes, including all ports that have separated from the Qing government and are still under the control of the Qing government, under the management of the General Tax Department, in order to pay foreign debts and compensation. The Qing government did not dare to disobey and agreed on November 27. In this spirit, Anger Union quickly came up with four measures. On the one hand, all customs duties should be transferred to Shanghai HSBC and deposited under the account of the General Tax Department.

"Simple." Li wanted to sneer, "As long as the Nanjing government is tough, it can use force to recover China's tariffs, salt taxes, mainland taxes and other mortgages."

"The impulse is the devil." Huang Xing patted Li Xiang's hand. Tomorrow, Sun Wen will return from overseas, and he will be switified. Let's talk about this matter when he comes back?

"Sun Yat-sen will arrive tomorrow?" Li wanted to be very annoyed, but he finally heard a good news and nodded and said, "I'll ask!"