Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 357 Shanghai Storm
Hearing the familiar voice, Nie Jiku looked up to the door, and saw two men walking in from the door, the leader was looking at him with a smile, while the one behind him was stern, staring at him. stared at himself.Nie Jikui just felt that this young man in front of him seemed to have seen it somewhere before, but he couldn't remember it at the moment, but judging from the extraordinary demeanor of the other party, he could tell from what he said just now that this man was definitely not an ordinary person.But Nie Jikuo was right on top of the fire, without thinking too much at all, walked up to the man a few steps, and said aggressively: "Do you know where this is? How dare you trespass the mechanism, you are too brave! "

Seeing that the situation was not good, the secretary quickly slipped out and closed the door behind her.

When Nie Jikui said a word, he didn't expect that the man not only didn't feel afraid, but turned his head up and laughed loudly. After laughing, he said: "It seems that you are very angry. I am here to ask Mayor Nie on behalf of the people of Shanghai. talk."

Nie Jikuo's originally fair face was now flushed, and he pointed at the man's nose and shouted, "What are you? What are you supposed to represent the people of Shanghai? Why are you questioning me?"

At this moment, the man behind the man in yellow couldn't hold back anymore, stepped forward and said in a gloomy voice: "Nie Jicuo, you are blind, take a closer look at who is standing in front of you?" who!"

Nie Jikuo was terrified and moved. He moved closer and carefully looked at the young man in front of him. The more he looked, the more he felt familiar, but he just couldn't remember where he had seen him.

"Nie Jiku, the current emperor is here, and he is still kneeling!"

Zhao Bingjun yelled loudly, Nie Jikuo's whole body was shocked, and he was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a while.

"Your Majesty? How is this possible? How is this possible?" Nie Jikuo seemed unbelievable.

"Nie Jiju, your majesty is here, and you are so rude. Could it be that you are really tired of work!" As he said, Zhao Bingjun took out a pistol from his waist, turned on the machine head, and pointed at the black muzzle. On Nie Jiku's head.

Nie Jikuo's legs gave way, and he knelt down on the ground, kowtowed, wanting to speak but unable to speak.

Guan Xuqing laughed loudly, looked around the room, patted Nie Jiku on the shoulder, sat straight on Nie Jiku's chair, and said nonchalantly: "Mayor Nie, the people's livelihood in Shanghai, which used to be extremely prosperous, is now in decline. The law and order is chaotic, I don’t know what you, the mayor, think.”

Nie Jikuan's face was pale, he knelt forward and climbed a few steps, mourning: "Your Majesty, I have committed a crime, I have no face to face the people of Shanghai, I have no face to face the Emperor, please issue an order to remove this minister from his post." After finishing speaking, Couldn't help crying.

"Pa", unexpectedly, the emperor slammed the table, stood up abruptly, pointed at Nie Jikuo's nose and shouted: "Thanks to how much I have cultivated and valued you, I thought you were a useful talent at the beginning. I handed over such an important financial center of the empire to you, I never thought that now you just encountered a little bit of setbacks, and you plan to leave the job to hide for a while, you leave this position, who will leave this mess to me, and then to me?" Said In the end, Guan Xuqing's expression was already stern, and his face was gloomy and terrifying.

Nie Jiku was so ashamed by the emperor's words, he lay down on the ground, choked with sobs and said, "I'm convicted, I'm sure I'll do my best to change the current chaotic situation."

Guan Xuqing sighed softly: "Get up. You can't blame you for this matter. Shanghai is a place where various forces from China and foreign countries intermingle. It is not surprising that something happened. It is really not easy for you to be the mayor. I know your hard work, but you also have to understand my difficulties. As the saying goes, if something happens to Shanghai, the most important hub in the south, the foundation of the empire will be shaken. Do you understand this? "

Nie Jikuo took a deep breath, stopped his grief, nodded and said: "Yes, I understand."

"Tell me, according to the information you have, what exactly is going on with this riot?" Guan Xuqing leaned back in his chair, his tone softened a lot.

"Yes." Nie Jiku wiped the sweat from his head, and began to narrate the whole process: "According to what I know, a week ago, a rumor spread from nowhere in Shanghai that the imperial cavalry was captured by Britain and France in Europe. The coalition forces were retreating steadily, and even reached the verge of overturning. In order to support the European war, the imperial court had to withdraw a large amount of cash from the Imperial Savings Bank, especially in Shanghai, which is a financial center, and all the cash would be embezzled for war purposes After that, there were rumors that the domestic media's reports on the European war were seriously inaccurate. The British and French allied forces had wiped out the imperial cavalry and would soon attack Beijing from the west. Southeast Asia and even the South China Sea region launched a full-scale attack. Therefore, the imperial funds will be exhausted by this unprecedented war. Of course, Shanghai will bear the brunt. Once the war breaks out, the current paper money will be worthless, only gold In order to maintain its value. As soon as this rumor came out, the people of Shanghai were in panic, so there was a run on the company.

For a while, deposits in various banks dropped sharply, especially the Imperial Savings Branch. A large number of depositors flocked to the branches of the Imperial Bank to cash out and exchange for gold.The reserves of various places were tense instantly, and the banks and banks that had maintained cooperative relations cut off all business contacts with the Imperial Bank one after another!These are just the appearance of the crisis. In the headquarters of the Imperial Bank branch, many employees have been threatened with their lives by unknown people, and even kidnapped and blackmailed.Many employees have been afraid to go to work and have submitted resignation letters to the headquarters.The bigger problem is that the vaults of the Imperial Bank have been attacked by gunmen many times. Three vaults have been looted, and the case has not yet been solved.Savings plummeted, treasuries were looted, branches were run, employees were threatened not to go to work, and cash could not be transferred between branches.Although the situation of Galaxy Investment Company is better, many employees have been threatened and intimidated.If this situation cannot be resolved quickly, then the outcome of waiting for the Imperial Branch will be bankruptcy!Now Shanghai's financial order is on the verge of collapse, which has led to skyrocketing prices, fluctuating people's hearts, and social chaos. The Public Security Bureau is arresting people every day, and the prisons are almost full. "

After listening to Nie Jiku's report, Guan Xuqing fell silent.

Zhao Bingjun asked miserably: "This matter is still difficult to handle. If you arrest a few more people, you will find out if you ask."

"Excuse me, are you?" Due to Zhao Bingjun's special status, he has never shown his face in public, so Nie Jiju obviously doesn't know this famous "Imperial Fox Demon"

Guan Xuqing immediately woke up from his contemplation: "This is my servant, Zhao Bingjun, Director of the Security Bureau."

Nie Jikuo suddenly realized that this name had been heard for a long time. He saluted Zhao Bingjun immediately, and his attitude became more respectful, and said: "Returning to Mr. Zhao, many people have been arrested, and many vicious people have been killed. These people are ordinary people, people from all walks of life, and people of all identities, they all listened to the rumors and did such a stupid thing out of anger, they couldn't figure it out at all."

(End of this chapter)