The only way is to make him realize that the State Council will not make any substantive concessions on the customs issue. Otherwise, once it makes concessions, it will be considered weak and can be bullied, and naturally it will be impossible to buy into the State Council's account.

, the reason why Anglian can ignore the Chinese government is very simple. What he relies on is the legation.

Li Zicheng's sarcasm only made Mei Lehe look slightly embarrassed. After a moment of silence, he said in a rather embarrassed tone.

"There are some issues that cannot be decided by Mr. Prime Minister and me. We must fully take into account the attitude of the ministerial corps!"

Mei Lehe finally chose to confess, but Li Zicheng nodded with a half-smile.

"Oh, is it so?"

Looking at Merle and Li Zicheng, he said directly.

"I remember this is still China's customs! Yes, the Manchus did use customs to lend money to various countries to repay the Geng Dynasty money, but we must not hand over our customs to other countries for management. I think Mr. Zhu Erdian can understand this,

I will also accept it·｀·····”

"This is unacceptable!"

Facing the Russian Minister Kudanev in the British Legation, Zhu Erdian said with excitement that after the Wuchang Uprising, it was under his planning that Anglian relied on him to "maintain the credibility of debt reparations payment".

It instructed the customs and taxation departments of the uprising provinces to withhold taxes and deposit them in HSBC Bank, and then forced the Qing government to deposit customs taxes in Northeast China, Tianjin and other places still under its control into HSBC.

Later, in the face of protests from the German and Russian ministers, in exchange for their support, the British took the opportunity to organize the "Joint Bank Committee", with three banks, HSBC (UK), Dehua "Germany" and Dowson (Russia), serving as directors.

Eight articles of the "Measures of the General Taxation Department for Collection of Duties and Payment of Debts on behalf of the General Taxation Department" were formulated. Since then, the three banks have used huge taxes to further increase their control over China's financial system.

Now facing pressure from the State Department, Zhu Erdian, as the British Minister, knows that he must attract allies and then act together with them, so as to avoid a situation that cannot be sustained alone. Apart from the real benefit sharers, other countries cannot

Give support to the UK in the UK's interests.

"Minister Kudanev, according to the statistics of the Joint Committee, your country's Daosheng Bank received more than 5 million taels of tax deposits last year. If China is allowed to receive the taxes, Daosheng Bank's losses will be extremely heavy.

of!"

"I totally agree with this!"

Kudanev nodded in agreement and said that as the minister to China, he must take into account all Russia's interests in China, including "financial interests!" But as soon as he finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Erdian with a half-smile and said.

"Minister Zhu Erdian, however, China's customs duties revenue last year was ten times as much as the taxes deposited by Daosheng Bank!"

As soon as his words came out of his mouth, Zhu Erdian cursed this damn Kudanev in his heart, and then Kudanev continued.

"In the past, taxes were jointly handled by the United Kingdom, Germany, and Russia. According to the division at that time, the United Kingdom was 1, Germany and Russia were 1 each, and the banks of each country shared 20%. But now, it seems that Germany's 1 has been HSBC, and even

Along with the customers shared by various countries, many of them have been taken over by this Hong Kong bank!"

Kudanev has long been dissatisfied with the British banks' exclusive use of customs tariffs, and now is an opportunity to force the British to spit out this piece of fat. The more tariffs that Dowson Bank can handle, the more tariffs it can handle in China.

Further expand financial influence, thereby issuing more banknotes, and then use those banknotes to purchase various supplies that Russia urgently needs from China.

"Damn old fox!"

He was cursing in his heart, but Zhu Erdian smiled.

"Germany's 1st Bank of Germany!"

"Add more"

In less than half an hour, Zhu Erdian and Kudanev reached an agreement on the separation of crimes, and then a joint document from the two British and Russian ministers was sent to the State Council Office. Zhu Erdian refused to deal with the "Special Diplomatic Committee"

It seemed like this was his only option.

When the joint official letter from the British and Russian ministers was delivered to Li Zicheng, a smile immediately appeared on his face, and he immediately called Gu Weijun.

"The British took the bait!"

Until he hung up the phone, Li Zicheng still had a smile on his face. He was as smart as a British man, but he finally accidentally took the "hook". It only took a little "little thing" to break the seemingly solid wall.

.

"Yilin, you know why. You are as smart as Zhu Erdian. Why did you make such a basic mistake?"

Looking at the triumphant Prime Minister, Zhang Yilin shook his head. Indeed, with Zhu Erdian's shrewdness, why would he make such a mistake?

"The reason is not simple. In the past, we just turned a blind eye. It was not that Zhu Erdian was too shrewd, but that Britain was too powerful. But this time, Zicheng, I insist on being picky!"
Chapter completed!