The British could collect intelligence through the Lin'an Daily to grasp the movements of the imperial officers and soldiers? Pan Shiming couldn't help but be stunned. He just didn't expect this level. Once he was prompted, he immediately realized that there was indeed this possibility. After he hesitating, he said embarrassedly: "I'll ask the shopkeeper to give me some advice on how to prevent it."

"This is not something that can be explained clearly in just a few words." Yi Zhizu took a sip of tea and said slowly: "As the saying goes, there is a specialty in the profession. How to prevent the newspaper from causing information leakage inadvertently? I will arrange for someone to explain in detail to you, and arrange to go to the newspaper office to be responsible for the review."

After hearing this, Pan Shiming sighed relieved and said, "It's still the boss who is considerate."

Yi Zhizu smiled. It was not his thoughtful thoughts, but Ren An thoughtful thoughts. It was Ren An who found that the newspaper leaked military information. That boy was worthy of being from the Jinyi family. He has extremely high talent in collecting intelligence and developing intelligence networks. Ren An is now responsible for the intelligence system in Jiangnan.

"We will never be tired of deceitful wars. This sentence is most appropriate for intelligence warfare." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "Since newspapers can leak information, we can also use newspapers to spread false information."

"Fake news?" Pan Shiming blurted out: "Didn't the big shopkeeper say that the life of the truth is the life of the newspaper."

"How can you stick to it in extraordinary times?" Yi Zhizu looked at him and said, "If a lie can win a war, and it is a war of foreign invasions, will you hesitate?"

Pan Shiming slowly shook his head and said, "Let me listen to the shopkeeper."

"I hope you can understand that newspapers are just a tool." Yi Zhizu said in a deep voice: "In peacetime, newspapers are media tools for the public to understand society and the outside world to understand major events, and are propaganda tools for guiding public opinion. During the war, newspapers' public opinion guidance and positive propaganda must occupy a major position.

In other words, during the war, the main task of the newspaper was to serve the war, use the newspaper to spread false information, promote the soldiers who fought against the British, promote the court's determination to resist the British, criticize and criticize the traitor who is short-sighted and forget about righteousness, truly reflect the numerous crimes committed by the British, truly reflect the miserable life of the people in the enemy's war zone, and praise the unyielding resistance struggle of the people in the enemy's occupied areas."

After hearing these words, Pan Shiming immediately realized why Yi Zhizu asked him to travel to Shanghai during the chaos of war. It was obvious that this was extremely dissatisfied with the recent Lin'an Daily. He hesitated a little, and then he said: "The British and British riots have caused trouble in the southeast coast twice. The court has an unshirkable responsibility to criticize the weak coastal defense, the weak navy, and local civil and military officials."

"I know." Yi Zhizu reached out to interrupt his words and said: "Publishing these articles is awesome and will help the Lin'an Daily to quickly open up the situation. However, this is not conducive to fighting the British, and it will easily cause readers to feel pessimistic. It will also put the newspaper in danger. Zhejiang Governor Liu Yunke can tolerate it, but other officials may not tolerate it. If nothing unexpected happens, the court will soon send an imperial envoy to Hangzhou to preside over military affairs."

Pan Shiming stopped talking and nodded and said, "I understand, Lin'an Daily has been revised according to the requirements of the shopkeeper."

"Just understand." Yi Zhizuji said first: "I'm afraid you can't turn, so I specially asked you to travel to Shanghai, not only Lin'an Daily, but also Xiguan Daily."

"What about Jiangning Daily?"

Yi Zhizu said slowly: "There is no need for Jiangning Daily. Wars must be reported, but don't occupy a prominent position. After all, the war did not spread to Liangjiang. Let's wait until the British attacked Liangjiang."

Pan Shiming pondered and said, "The attack on the British coast will be difficult for the two rivers to survive."

"Looking at the attitude of Yingyi, I am afraid that I will not come to Liangjiang for a while, so Brother Cheng doesn't need to worry." Yi Zhizu said and said, "The journey is exhausted, Brother Zecheng will rest for a while and live in the Daoya. The yard has been arranged for you. I will call Shikuan tonight. Let's have a good drink to treat you."

"Our drinking capacity is no match for the shopkeeper." Pan Shiming said, and stood up and bowed to say goodbye.

Yi Zhizu, the yard where Pan Shiming had been sent out of the study, stopped and took the other party away. He ordered Li Wang, who was guarding the door, to say, "Please Yan Shikuan and Xue Lianggui."

After stepping into the study yard, Xue Lianggui was a little excited. He was the second shopkeeper of the Yuanqi Hangzhou Branch that had just opened the list. He was originally the fourth shopkeeper of the "Hengtai Money House" one of the six major banks in Xiguan. After being merged into Yuanqi Bank, he was arranged to Hangzhou. In a flash, he was promoted from the fourth shopkeeper of the small "Hengtai Money House" to the second shopkeeper of the Yuanqi Hangzhou Branch today.

The Yuanqi shopkeeper who unified the Guangzhou money industry back then, Yi Zhizu, who was still under twenty, has now become a court official and a serious fourth-rank master of Taotai. Yuanqi is not only a large bank that unified the Guangdong money industry, but also opened many factories. Now he has reached Jiangnan.

He originally admired the shopkeeper Yi Quezumi, but now he is in awe. To be honest, he didn't dare to think about what Yuan Qi would eventually become?

Seeing that he didn't say anything all the way, Yan Shikuan, who was walking with him, reminded: "I'll meet later, call the shopkeeper, don't call him lord, just bow and greet him."

Xue Lianggui nodded and said, "Thank you, Shopkeeper Yan, for giving it."

When the two entered the room, they saw Yi Zhizui stand up to greet him. Xue Lianggui hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Xue Lianggui, the second shopkeeper of Hangzhou Branch, has met the big shopkeeper."

Yi Zhizu looked at him and saw that he looked smart and capable, and smiled and said, "The shopkeepers and shopkeepers of Hangzhou Branch are all my personal orders."

Upon hearing this, Xue Lianggui hurriedly said, "I would like to thank the shopkeeper for appreciating the grace of promotion."

Yi Zhizu waved his hand and said, "Sit." After he finished his greeting, he continued, "Hangzhou branch is actually the head office of a province. The court does not allow Yuan Qi to monopolize the money industry in Jiangnan. The prefectures and counties only allow one city and one number. Your life is probably not easy. Zhejiang's money houses may join forces to suppress the run. You must be as cautious as you walk on thin ice, be cautious everywhere. The semicolon will be temporarily opened to the level of the government, and step by step, don't be like we are in Guangdong."

Xue Lianggui bowed slightly and said, "I must remember the words of the shopkeeper."

After slowly sucking a cigar, Yi Zhizu said casually: "Is Hangzhou a little messy right now?"

"Yes." Xue Lianggui said: "The British have already reached Cixi and Yuyao, only about 200 miles away from Hangzhou. The people in Hangzhou were panic and chaotic, the market was depressed, and seven or eight out of ten shops in the city closed down."

"Where is the money house?"

"The money shop is even more serious. Shops in other industries are closed down, while money shops are run and bankrupt." Xue Lianggui knew what he wanted to ask, and hesitated a little, and then said with a hint: "The bankruptcy of money shops in Hangzhou is much more than that in Guangzhou back then, but we only recruited more than 300 shopkeepers."

More than three hundred? Yi Zhizu was a little surprised. There were hundreds of money shops in Hangzhou, so he only recruited more than three hundred people. He instantly realized, "Someone is fighting for it?"

"Yes." Xue Lianggui said: "The subordinates investigated in detail. There are two other banks that are recruiting bankrupt bank shop owners and staff, one is Dongting Xi family and the other is She County Cao family. We cannot recruit them in the name of Yuan Qi."

Cao Family in She County? Yi Zhizuo pondered and said: "Hui Shang in She County? I remember Cao Zhenyong seemed to be from She County?"

"The shopkeeper remembers it well." Xue Lianggui hurriedly said: "The former Chief Military Minister, Lord Cao, is indeed from She County, and we also doubt it."

Two major business groups suddenly jumped out to compete for Hangzhou's money industry. It seems that Yuanqi's success has made many people jealous. They all saw that this time is the best opportunity to unify Hangzhou's money industry. Yi Zhizu smoked a cigar and said nothing. It was only a few years since Cao Zhenyong passed away. If Cao Zhenyong's descendants were probably still involved with the Ministry of Revenue Bank, and Hui merchants and the court joined forces, this is not good news!

After pondering for a moment, he asked, "Is there any news from Ningbo?"

"There was no news about Ningbo when my subordinates left Hangzhou." Xue Lianggui said: "Don't worry, the shopkeeper, Changdegui has always been steady and cautious, and there will be no accidents."

Yi Zhizu had long expected that the British army might attack Ningbo, Dinghai again. Because they did not open a semicolon in Ningbo, they sent people to Ningbo to recruit shopkeepers. As a trading port, Yuanqi must have to open a semicolon. Even if they cannot monopolize on the surface, they will have to monopolize secretly. Naturally, local shopkeepers in Ningbo are indispensable.

Although he was well-informed, the British army would not conquer the sea, and Ningbo's money house would not be affected on a large scale, and it would be impossible to attract enough personnel. He was really worried about the safety of Changdegui.

After pondering for a moment, he said, "I'm too busy to run around, so Manager Xue will take a rest first."

Xue Lianggui quickly stood up and bowed and said, and when he left the room, Yan Shikuan took a cigar and lit it, saying, "Has the court's restriction on Yuan Qi been leaked?"

"Hmph." Yi Zhizu said disdainfully: "You still expect those officials to keep the secret for Yuan Qi? I'm afraid I'll sell the money with this news long ago."

Yan Shikuan tentatively said: "What should I do? Fight or not?"

After a while of silence, Yi Zhizu said: "What's the hurry? Will the situation in Hangzhou improve in a short time? Let them fight first. Besides, we can't fight openly and not win, so we can watch the fire from the other side of the river first."

Yan Shikuan's eyes rolled a few times and said with a smile: "Is this what the shopkeeper said? Is it possible that Yuan Qi has a chance to fight openly?"

"When I left Beijing, I set up some leisure chess." Yi Zhizuo said calmly: "It should be the time."

Capital, Forbidden City.

On June 1st, when the British army captured Ningbo, burned and plundered Cixi, and Yuyao spread in the capital officialdom, Prince Zheng Urgonga's son, third-class auxiliary general, minister of scattered ranks, and Sushun took advantage of the opportunity on duty to hand over a sign to ask for a visit, and reported that there were important secret matters.

In the western warm cabinet of Qianqing Palace, Daoguang, who was in a hurry for the British army to capture Ningbo Prefecture, waited for Su Shun to kneel down when he saw the ceremony and said unhappily: "What's the matter?"

"Report to the Emperor." Su Shun said in a deep voice: "I heard that the Ministry of Revenue in the Capital has a huge deficit, and the bank deposit is less than half of the bank deposits. I dare not believe it. I asked Luo Bingzhang, the Censor of the Jiangnan Road Supervision Censor, that the Ministry of Revenue has extremely serious bad rules, and the Censor of the Ministry of Revenue in a year has a huge amount of bad rules!"

The Ministry of Revenue Bank's bank deposit was more than half of its deficit? Daoguang was shocked. Investigating the Ministry of Revenue Bank's bank deposit was one of the responsibilities of the Jiangnan Dao Supervision Censor. A Censor's annual income is as high as 20,000 taels of silver. If there is nothing wrong with it, who believes it? Moreover, the British and the British are suffering from Jiangnan. The court is dispatching troops everywhere, and it is time for a large amount of silver to be needed. He would rather believe it than believe it is not.

When he stared at Sushun and moved his feet, Daoguang said in a deep voice: "Summon Luo Bingzhang to meet him."

Luo Bingzhang, a Jinshi in the 12th year of Daoguang and is 48 years old this year, walked into the Ganqing Palace with a nervous look on his face, feeling extremely uneasy. He knew very well how many people would be affected by the Ministry of Revenue Bank Bank and offended many officials, especially Mu Zhang, the chief military minister in charge of the Ministry of Revenue Bank Bank Bank. However, he is 48 years old this year, almost fifty years old. He is really unwilling to slowly gain experience in the capital. For him, this is a big gamble. If he wins the bet, he will go straight to the bet and loses it. At worst, he won the bet and won the bet.

Walking into the hall, he quickly calmed down, led by the Minister of the Inner Guard, walked into the Western Warehouse, glanced at Sushun, who was kneeling in front of Daoguang, and knelt down calmly and said, "I am the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Luo Bingzhang, respectfully requested the holy."

Daoguang looked at him with a gloomy face, and when he knelt down on the white felt blanket, he spoke: "When did you serve as the Censor of the Jiangnan Road?"

"Return to the emperor, I was ordered to inspect the Ministry of Revenue's Bank of China last year."

"There is a deficit in the Ministry of Revenue's silver inventories?"

With a slight hesitation, Luo Bingzhang kowtowed and said, "In the troublesome situation in Jiangnan, I beg the emperor to issue an order to investigate it!"

Luo Bingzhang is different from Sushun. He is the censor who was ordered to check the ku. He dares to say this, which means that the Ministry of Revenue Bank has absolutely a large deficit. After a while of silence, Daoguang said in a deep voice: "Transfer the order--."

"Military Minister Wang Ding, Pan Shien, Minister of Justice Ale Qing'a, Minister of Justice Li Zhenhu, Minister of Justice Li Zhenhu, immediately check and verify the silver inventories of the Ministry of Revenue."

The Ministry of Revenue Bank Bank is under the supervision of the Chief Military Affairs Minister Mu Zhang'a. Wang Ding and Pan Shien have always had a disagreement with Mu Zhanga, especially Wang Ding. Mu Zhanga is simply incompatible. I heard that the Ministry of Revenue Bank Bank Bank Bank Bank is deficit, and it is currently the juncture of the court's urgent need to use troops in the southeast. How dare you be negligent? Of course, you will not give Mu Zhanga any chance to make up for it.
Chapter completed!