Song Biao did not realize that the publication of "New On "Long Li and Honor the Sage" in the Northeast Daily would become an epoch-making day. Zhang Binglin, who actually wrote this article, also did not expect that this day actually announced the New Deal of the Northeast.

The further sublimation of the idea of ​​"respecting rituals and respecting wise men, and loving the people" is also a new starting point for the Chinese rejuvenation thought and theory.

The Qing government naturally did not expect that such an important thing would happen. At this time, the Qing government was busy discussing how to deal with the Fengbao storm. The so-called Fengbao is the silver-based currency issued by the three eastern provinces based on the Kanto silver rounds.

The vote-for-money storm was a matter of the fact that the Minister of Revenue Zhao Erxun, forcibly searching for vote-for-money in Zhili, but was interfered with and demanding compensation and apology by foreign banks such as the French Oriental Huili Bank, which issued the vote-for-money, interfered with and demanded compensation and apology.

There are many examples of the political incidents in the Qing Dynasty, which caused bizarre bad things and the situation to expand to examples due to private revenge. The vote-for-money storm is one of them, because the New Policy Office of the three northeastern provinces is really beautiful, and plagiarism has been made in all provinces. At present, the most powerful plagiarism is the public schools and banknotes.

All provinces have public schools in townships and cities, as well as banknotes in large prints. The Qing Dynasty’s Ministry of Revenue led by Zhao Erxun is also issuing banknotes, but they have not learned it well. One is that they are generally distributed indiscriminately, and the other is that they are rough in printing.

Because the circulation of votes in Zhili area is the most widely used, Zhao Erxun blamed the obstruction of the issuance of silver coupons of the Ministry of Revenue on the flood of votes. He angrily asked the new governor of Zhili Yang Shixiang to investigate the votes in full and prohibited votes in Zhili.

The official business was circulated, but Yang Shixiang did this matter very seriously, which made various foreign banks furious.

Both the Qing government and Zhao Erxun believed that Song Biao was leading the matter, and that the foreigners were controlled by Song Biao. The capital was shocked and scared, but in fact, it really misunderstood Song Biao. If Song Biao could stop it,

He definitely doesn't want votes to go out.

Therefore, the Qing government had to remove Yang Shixiang, who had just been the governor of Zhili for three months, and transferred Zhao Erxun to the Minister of Personnel to avoid the wind. In addition, he had to find a way to appease Song Biao and foreigners. In fact, Song was really wronged.

Biao.

Song Biao is a good person.

On the night when Song Biao called Zhang Zhidong to thank him and ordered the entire army to lift the martial law, Zhang Zhidong sent another telephone to Song Biao and asked Song Biao how to calm the votes.

At this time, Song Biao was having supper at Shu's house.

The Shu family is a very special family in the three northeastern provinces. Because he lives in this era, he is very close to the Shu family. In fact, Song Biao is a largely using the Shu family as a substitute for his "home".

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During these two years, Song Biao spent almost one-third of the nights at Shu's house. Sometimes he talked with Shu Fangde and Shu Fangxin too late, so he would stay at Shu's house. When he encountered such an evening, Shu Xuan

Generally, she will help her dormitory as the eldest daughter of the family and Song Biao’s subordinates. In addition, Song Biao will take a shower every day before going to bed, so she also has to carefully prepare the clothes she has changed for Song Biao.

Since the Qing Dynasty awarded Song Biao the title of Grand Secretary, he was finally re-elected from the rumors of being transferred to the capital. The transfer of Song Biao was only one step away, and the people around Song Biao were nervous, including the Shu family.

Today I finally knew that I didn’t have to be transferred to the capital, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Shu Xuan knew that Song Biao would come to her house for dinner 90% in the evening. She went home early and asked her parents to prepare a sumptuous dinner, and cooked Song in person.

A few sweet and sour dishes that Biao likes to eat.

Song Biao likes to eat sweet and sour spicy cabbage, sweet and sour pine nut fish, sweet and sour pork ribs, and the taste is very special. It cannot be too sweet or too sour, and it must also have a slightly spicy taste. The pepper should be heavier.

These were all slowly figured out by the Shu family, because they often had to entertain Song Biao, the boss and possible eldest son-in-law. Shu Gaoli specially asked a friend to recruit a famous chef from Shanghai to do work at home. This famous chef is very kind.

It is famous for cooking Beijing and Cantonese cuisine, and it seems to be very popular with Song Biao. But after thinking about it over the past two years, the Shu family and chef discovered that Song Biao’s taste is actually Huaiyang cuisine, mainly light, and likes all kinds of flavors.

It just can't be heavy. It's roughly a little sweet and sour flavor and peppery flavor. I don't like pepper and cloves, and I especially avoid the miscellaneous flavors of Thirteen Scents.

I was in a good mood today and had a few sweet and sour dishes I liked to eat. Song Biao was surprised to eat two more bowls of rice.

The rice in the three northeastern provinces is really delicious, and those who have eaten it really know it.

There are not many places suitable for growing rice in the Northeast, but as long as it is suitable, the best rice is produced, because the sunshine time and growth cycle of Northeast rice have the longest. Since the Qing Dynasty, rice has been grown in the Northeast and is an imperial supply.

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The rice currently purchased by the Xinjun mainly comes from Panjin. In 1906, rice cultivation began to be promoted in some areas of Panjin County. Since then, the Xinjun has been supported and developed through the procurement method. The price is cheap and the quality is better than that of Jiangsu and Zhejiang rice.

So for Song Biao, his days in the three northeastern provinces were indeed the happiest time in his life. Not only could he watch the three northeastern provinces develop little by little, but he was also very satisfied with his life and work.

After dinner, Song Biao was about to go to the next chess game with Shu Gaoli. The telegrapher from the secretariat hurriedly sent the telegram directly to Shu's house, first handing it to the accompanying Shu Fangde, and then handing it over to Song Biao's hands.

Song Biao opened the telegram and then found out that Zhang Zhidong came to ask the court again how to deal with the storm of quelling the vote.

After reading this telegram, Song Biao knew that the court basically thought that he was the mastermind behind it. This matter was really unfair because he did not want the votes to be out of the air. It was just that in the era of silver standard, such a silver standard currency.

It is normal for free circulation as a substitute for silver in the market economy. Song Biao, as the governor of the three eastern provinces, could not control this natural market circulation behavior.

A market economy has objective laws and principles of a market economy, and it is not advisable to violate these laws and principles.

Shu Fangxin, the chief officer of Xinhua Finance Company, was right next to him. Song Biao forwarded the telegram to him and asked, "What do you think should be handled when paying the vote?"

Shu Fangxin took a rough look at the telegram and sighed: "The court always thought that this matter was dominated by the Northeast Bank. It was really an incompetent and ignorant idea. You should explain it clearly to the court... or not, anyway, the court cannot solve this problem at all.

Question. My personal view is this: during the entire outflow of Fengbao. Personnel exchanges between the three northeastern provinces are 1/4 factors, and economic and trade exchanges between the three northeastern provinces are also 1/4 factors, and foreign banks are also fueled by fire.

It is the 1/4 cause, and the last 1/4 reason is the lack of a modern monetary system and excellent and strong currency in the pass. This reason is probably the root of the problem. The outflow of Fengbao is untreated, and it is the generation of silver and gold.

There are natural laws of currency circulation, just like we cannot prevent silver from entering and leaving the three northeastern provinces. Since the outflow is no longer stopped, all we have to do is to make this matter beneficial to us as much as possible, rather than before.

The pros and cons are estimated to be mixed.”

"yes!"

Song Biao agreed and asked again: "Then how do you think Lord Zhang Zhidong's telegram should be replied to?"

Shu Fangxin thought for a moment and replied: "The subordinates thought that the source of the vote-for-money storm was Zhao Erxun's private revenge. The court is still afraid of the masters. It is better to take the opportunity to teach Zhao Erxun a lesson; secondly, the Ministry of Revenue and the Governor of Zhili this time

The previous inspection of the tickets for the cemetery did have an urgent impact on the normal circulation of the tickets. It is necessary to let the court apologize. Even if the court cannot lose this face, the Zhili Governor's Office, who is in charge of the matter, must apologize to the banks, including

Our Far East Bank also encountered a large-scale bank run in this incident, and all losses will be compensated by the Zhili Yamen. Third, since the situation is to further benefit us, we can simply manipulate Zhili and

The issuance of currency in the north. For example, the Ministry of Revenue Bank and the Northeast Bank jointly set up a new bank, or the Ministry of Revenue. The two banks in the Far East issued new currencies in Zhili Guan at the same time, which were used to replace the tickets and establish a complete one within the Guan Guan.

In principle, the monetary system, in the form of votes is limited to circulation in the three eastern provinces. In any case, it is not the situation we would like to see that foreign banks have large-scale intervention in the issuance of currency within the customs."

Song Biao sighed: "Who said that it's not such a mess? So, we have always had the talent to get rid of things wrong, and foreigners have always had the ability to take advantage of things. Perhaps even HSBC and China and Russia did not have any foreign banks at the beginning.

Having considered this, the votes can actually be circulated nationwide. It's so bizarre."

Shu Fangxin thought for a while and said, "The key is that most of the votes themselves are processed by foreign banks. Although the currency is printed uniformly, it has different bank issuance names and marks based on the issuance rights and quantity of each bank.

In the pass, especially in places like Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Zhili, and Tianjin, the currency issued by foreign banks has always been stronger than the official tickets of various local governments in the imperial court and is more trusted by the people. When the tickets were circulated in other places, everyone thought it was

With foreigners’ guarantees and their own system, even if it is not as convenient as communicating in the three eastern provinces, it can still be widely circulated and used for trade."

Song Biao sneered disdainfully and mocked the incompetence of the court.

There are still many talents in the Shu family. Shu Fangxin is the most important financial advisor around Song Biao. He is now responsible for handling Xinhua Company affairs. Shu Fangde is the most trustworthy New Army's daily administration and liberation association affairs around Song Biao.

A deputy officer, in terms of talent, neither of them is particularly outstanding. The key lies in the word "credibility".

How to deal with the vote storm? Song Biao still has to ask the experts. He will discuss it with Zhang Kangren separately tomorrow before making a decision. He won’t think about it for the time being, so he will make Zhang Zhidong suffer in this slowly long night at night.

Wait.

Song Biao continued to play chess.

The world is unpredictable. He is so stable in the three northeastern provinces, so what should he be particularly worried about?

Because the Far East Press Bureau was moved back to the Balibao area in Shenyang New District, and Shu Fangde also worked more in the Second Department of the Military Department, the Shu family moved to the new Door Area of ​​the Second Department of the Government from the Second Department of the Government.

This area is the Governor's Office and the family area of ​​the Second Department of the Organization. Everyone lives here, and the First Guard Battalion under the Command Corps is also stationed here.

The yards are all new, and the Shu family has many members, occupying a large courtyard and three surrounding courtyards. However, the property rights belong to the military headquarters and are also properties under the name of Xinhua Company.

In the Shu family's large study, he played two games of chess with Shu Gao. Shu Fangxin went out to do business, and Shu Fangde and Shu Xuan were watching the game, which seemed to be a family gathering together for fun.

At this moment, Shu Gaoli was both happy and worried.

Shu Gaoli did not accept the persuasion of Shu Fangde and Zhang Binglin to join the Restoration Association, and he also expressed his dissatisfaction with this idea several times, but he understood that his sons were either in the Xinhua Association or the Restoration Association, and they were all important backbones.

When Song Biao and Shu Xuan were getting better and better, Shu Gaoli was very worried. But he couldn't say anything, just hoped that Song Biao would be more cautious. Anyway, he was the King of Kanto now, so there was no need to be true.

Rebelled against the imperial court.

From a private perspective, he actually likes Song Biao, a young man, or the governor of the three eastern provinces. He has always used the "capable ministers who govern the world and the heroes who are in troubled times" to evaluate Song Biao, and he thought it was special.

conform to.

Shu Gaoli is old and becomes sleepy after playing two games of chess. Then he goes back to rest. Shu Fangde continues to play chess with Song Biao, while Shu Xuan is watching chess next to him.

Shu Xuan has various advantages that make Song Biao feel that he is indeed a good wife. However, she is not doing well in playing chess and not speaking well. She is not the kind of person who likes to give advice, but is anxious to see Shu.

Fang De ate Song Biao's horse, and she sighed with regret. Seeing Song Biao eat Shu Fangde's cannon, she also sighed with regret.

People are such a strange thing.

The beauty was worried about regret and sighing, and Song Biao and Shu Fangde would look at each other and smile and think it was fun. If it were an ugly monster and a goblin, the two of them would probably have kicked each other out of the door.

Seeing that Shu Xuan didn't understand chess, she was anxious. Song Biao and Shu Fangde deliberately played a fierce move to constantly exchange chess pieces, because both of them were not very skilled, and they were basically half a dozen, and in the end they were

There were a pair of ministers and a few pawns left each, but Shu Xuan laughed.

Shu Fangde couldn't help but sigh: "Martial throne. This is the real endgame."

Song Biao nodded and said, "The more you play chess, the more dangerous it becomes, the more pitiful it becomes, the more it becomes."

Shu Fangde smiled and said, "Where did the military officers sigh like this?"

Song Biao said: "Don't you think the government is now, do you think they are pitiful? Even a silver-based monetary system cannot be established, it depends on the expressions of foreign foreigners. Zhao Erxun's matter is also discussed.

If you don’t make a mistake, the Qing government is still responsible for apologizing and complying with the crime. You have to pay the money.”

Shu Fangde said hatred: "So, such a government collapses sooner."

Song Biao said, "It is not a good thing to collapse early. If the person who took over is not strong enough, it will be pitiful. You can understand that military strength is the foundation of diplomacy, and everything else is false.

If Japan has hundreds of thousands of troops in its hands and we will arrest all the ronin, wouldn’t it be like giving him a handle to extort us?”

Shu Fangde nodded silently and said, "What the military throne said is so."
To be continued...