Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

Sheng Xuanhuai's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said: "I also have the same intention. Looking at European and American countries, commercial banking is the right way, and government-run is the wrong way. If my Qing Dynasty wants to be prosperous and strong, commercial banking is the fundamental way! If the Holy Majesty gives me full authority to handle this matter, I will firmly advise the Northeast People's Bank as the main body to prepare for the establishment of the Bank of Great Qing."

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "If the Holy Majesty agrees, I can change the name of the Northeast People's Bank to the Bank of Great Qing, or I can ask the Holy Majesty to send someone to supervise it."

Sheng Xuanhuai agreed repeatedly, and Lin Yuan asked, "Brother Sheng, is there any difficulty in persuading the Holy One?"

Sheng Xuanhuai said with a smile: "Although there are difficulties, the Holy Majesty attaches great importance to the establishment of the bank. Previously, he relied on foreign experts. If it is true, as brother Lin said, that the Holy Majesty wants to expel foreign experts, the only person the Holy Majesty can trust is me. Now, no one will refute what I say, and the Holy Majesty will naturally listen."

Lin Yuan nodded in satisfaction, and the two chatted for a while, then Sheng Xuanhuai said goodbye and went back. As soon as he left, Shen Wanqing asked Lin Yuan: "You said that the Qing court sent people to supervise our bank. Is the power handed over to others?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "No, even if they send someone to oversee it, the power will still be in our hands, so don't worry."

The next day, Emperor Guangxu decreed that the foreign bank shares in the Bank of Great Qing under preparation would be withdrawn, and foreign experts would be rewarded with travel expenses and allowed to return home. With this decree, Prime Minister Lin Yuan, Minister of State Affairs, began to arrange for people to send Those experts returned to China, and the conspiracy carefully planned by Japan and the United Kingdom to control China's financial lifeline was completely bankrupt. Not only that, they also involved all the banks in Shanghai.

Many foreign factories and enterprises in Shanghai, without the backing of banks, have greatly reduced their operating income. In addition, Lin Yuan’s statement of abolishing consular jurisdiction has made foreign factories and enterprises feel thorny, and many of them are planning to sell at a low price. Lin Yuan He instructed Zhang's Industrial Company in Shanghai to take over all the factories and enterprises that foreigners wanted to transfer. Zhang's Industrial Company soon controlled the vast majority of factories and enterprises founded by foreigners in Shanghai.

Lin Yuan also took the opportunity of shutting down foreign banks in Shanghai to carry out the most thorough ban on opium smuggling in Shanghai and Guangzhou, destroyed a large number of opium, and completely eradicated the foreign forces that smuggled opium into China.

In Beijing, under the advice of Sheng Xuanhuai, Emperor Guangxu agreed to establish a central bank with the Northeast People's Bank as the main body, and the bank was completely run by businessmen, and the household department was not allowed to intervene. The newly established bank was renamed "Daqing People's Bank". Currency issuance rights, and the implementation of the shareholding system, because Lin Yuan has a capital of 3000 million taels, he instantly became the largest controlling shareholder, while the second largest controlling shareholder, Sheng Xuanhuai, only had 70 taels.

Under Lin Yuan's strong advice, the Qing court decreed that RMB should be the country's only currency, which would not be pegged to gold or silver. Ended the history of China's use of silver and copper coins for thousands of years.

While the banking business was developing, Lin Yuan also arranged for people to carry out some inventions and creations, mainly radio stations. Experts from the Beijing ship developed radio frequency transmitting equipment, and then established a radio station. It is useless to have a radio station alone. There is also a need for a radio. In Lin Yuan’s era, only the richest people could afford it when the radio first appeared. Because the technology level was backward, the important components of the radio such as electronic tubes and ore crystals were extremely expensive.

At this time, the cost of electronic tubes was very low, so the price of radios was not high, and people with low and middle incomes could buy one, so many radios were sold as soon as they were launched, but the Qing court did not realize that radio stations And the radio is a very important tool for public opinion control, they just think the radio is a fun little box.

In terms of broadcast content, Lin Yuan did not allow the radio station to broadcast relatively political news and other content. The broadcast content is mainly entertainment programs such as storytelling, drama, and cross talk. In this era, people who are engaged in these things They are looked down upon by others, but the emergence of the radio station has given them unprecedented social status and respect, and everyone is grateful to Lin Yuan.

On the Mongolian side, herdsmen’s settlements and state-owned pastures have been built, and the Seventh Division stationed in Kyakhta is also actively infiltrating the Siberian region of Russia economically and ideologically; It was also manufactured, and according to the agreement signed by Lin Yuan and France, the communication cable began to be laid to France.

When the laying of submarine cables is in progress, representatives of the world's major powers gather in Shenyang and hold the first World Radiocommunication Conference under the chairmanship of Lin Yuan. Drafted the "World Convention on the Use of Radio Frequency Bands", which stipulates a common civil radio code for civil use in various countries. Lin Yuan also signed civil radio equipment contracts worth one billion yuan with several countries, basically controlling civil radio. equipment market.

Time came to May in a blink of an eye, and Lin Yuan was very happy to see that all affairs were proceeding in an orderly manner. On May [-]st, the Japanese government suddenly announced the "Japan-Korea Protection Treaty" to the world, the official version of the treaty It was very similar to the draft version that Lin Yuan had seen before, only a few wordings were changed. On the same day, the Japanese government announced that the King of Korea would be crowned Prince of Japan, and the King of Korea would be invited to move to Tokyo.

As soon as the "Japan-Korea Protection Treaty" was announced, European and American countries greatly praised Japan, praising Japan as a model for Asian countries and making great contributions to helping backward areas. Lin Yuan thought in his heart: "Europe and the United States are fundamentally Paving the way for their future aggression, because they will definitely occupy more places!"

Lin Yuan hastily ordered the Sino-North Korean border guards to raise their combat readiness levels. Lin Yuan knew that once the treaty was announced, there would inevitably be an anti-Japanese riot in North Korea, and some people would inevitably use force to resist, and then there would be chaos on the Sino-North Korean border. A large number of refugees appeared, and Lin Yuan arranged for the border guards to receive the refugees, and actively searched for news about the North Korean resistance organization among the refugees.

Lin Yuan was looking for the North Korean resistance organization, but at this moment, someone suddenly came to report: "Beijing sent an urgent call, please Lin Shuai to discuss matters in Beijing as soon as possible!"

Lin Yuan asked, "Didn't the Qing court say what it was?"

The entourage replied: "No, the Qing court said this matter is extremely important, please Lin Shuai must arrive in Beijing within one day of seeing the urgent message!"

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "This is strange. What could it be? They rushed to Beijing within a day. Could it be that Japan swallowed North Korea? Absolutely impossible. They were not too big when North Korea was occupied by Japan. Touched by it, now I won’t be so anxious because of this matter.”

Although Lin Yuan was puzzled, he still made some preparations, headed to Beijing, and got on the train. After more than ten hours, Lin Yuan got off at Beijing Station. As soon as he got off the train, he saw Li Lianying waiting on the platform. Lin Yuan thought to himself: "Li Lianying came to pick up the station in person? It seems that this matter must be a big deal!"