Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 467 Donations
"Okay!" Guan Xuqing suddenly stood up, and said excitedly: "Immediately let the imperial media report on this righteous deed. I believe that Qiao Zhiyong has set a good example for the industrialists and businessmen of the empire!"

"Qiao Zhiyong is really a rare patriot. He not only gave all his belongings, but also brought his wife, children and the whole family to the disaster area to help in the disaster relief. This is the first time he has seen such a big businessman."

Guan Xuqing nodded: "Qiao Zhiyong, great job! I remember this person, and I will definitely meet him in person when I have a chance."

Soon Qiao Zhiyong and Shanxi's banking boss' charitable deeds spread all over the country, and business people from all over the country donated generously, and the number of donations increased sharply.Lin Qizhao of Nanxun led the bosses of the local silk industry to donate 2 million yuan to Jiangsu, which greatly eased the urgent need for disaster relief in Jiangsu.Hu Xueyan, a well-known Hongdingzi businessman in Hangzhou, did not dare to lag behind, and donated 1 million yuan in one fell swoop, and also donated 5000 million yuan in disaster relief materials.Under their leadership, almost all large and small commercial firms from all over the country donated huge sums of money to the disaster-stricken areas.

Under such circumstances, countries around the world have also begun to take action. France donated 2 million yuan. Although Germany is facing political turmoil, Hindenburg also took out a huge sum of 8 million yuan in order to please the Chinese emperor. After the United States took the lead in receiving China's goodwill assistance, it also provided nearly 1 million yuan in disaster relief materials to the disaster-stricken areas in China.The rest of the countries are more or less represented.In this way, the financial pressure of the empire has been effectively relieved.

However, in comparison, American entrepreneurs' aid for the San Francisco earthquake is much more stingy.

After the San Francisco earthquake, the "New York Daily" opened a column to keep faithfully recording the disaster situation of the San Francisco earthquake.In particular, there is an article on the ranking of charitable donations by the leaders of major consortiums in the earthquake disaster in the United States and the flood disaster in China, which has particularly attracted the attention of the American people.In the ranking, Chinese businessman Qiao Zhiyong's performance in the catastrophe surpassed any capital oligarchs in the United States.

Although, in recent years, the steel magnate Carnegie gave up the entire steel industry and devoted himself to charity.However, Qiao Zhiyong is obviously not as generous as the earthquake fundraiser, donating materials and cash totaling 860 million US dollars.Became second only to Qiao Zhiyong in the list of world philanthropy figures.

Morgan is the number one leader in the US capital market and industry.Its consortia and alliances control more than $250 billion in capital, accounting for about a quarter of the US economy.However, although Morgan is not stingy, and was rated as generous and generous by the media, the total donation of the entire consortium is only more than 500 million US dollars.

As for the current Rockefeller Foundation, Rockefeller Jr. is in charge. Although this little gentleman is very different from his father and is keen on charity, he only donated more than 350 million US dollars.

As for the fact that DuPont, which was originally powerful, was a pure arms dealer, they were only keen on war and never interested in charity. Coupled with the blow of the financial turmoil, they didn't pay a penny and suffered a lot in American society. criticized.

In fact, at this time, there are only a few dozen people who have donated more than [-] yuan.It seems.A donation of more than one million is considered super generous.

In order to imitate China and arouse the sympathy and support of American businessmen for the San Francisco earthquake, the United States reported the Chinese businessman Qiao Zhiyong's righteous deeds in newspapers, and Qiao Zhiyong's charitable speeches and appeals for donations were kept in prominent positions in newspapers.For a while, Qiao Zhiyong became an iconic figure leading the trend of philanthropy in the United States and the world.Be the voice of philanthropy in America, and the world at large.Although his righteous deed was aimed at the disaster-stricken areas in China, he has established an excellent public image in the United States after being played up by the American media.

At a charity dinner, Carnegie praised Qiao Zhiyong's approach very much: "Qiao Zhiyong and I have the same idea. If big capitalists don't give back to the society, take their property into the coffin or pass it down from generation to generation, That is a shameful thing."

Although many people present agreed with some of Carnegie's views, such as encouraging capitalists to not forget to give back to society when earning surplus value.Otherwise, capital is in the hands of a few people, causing excess productivity and plundering large capitals of excess wealth.Failure to return part of the wealth to the society will cause the growth of wealth at the bottom of the society, which is the cornerstone of society, to fail to keep pace with the development of productivity, resulting in repeated financial and economic crises and other consequences.But more people think that Carnegie and Qiao Zhiyong’s charitable deeds are not at the same level at all. They are more willing to understand Carnegie’s rhetoric as: Carnegie spent half his life getting old easily, and only married in his 50s. It's about to enter the coffin, and there are no descendants, so it's natural to brag that it's shameful to bring blessings into the coffin, and it's shameful to leave inheritance to future generations.

Inspired by Qiao Zhiyong, after the relief of the San Francisco earthquake, the "New York Times" and other American media also turned their attention to the disaster-stricken areas in China. Many reports described the continuous floods in northern China, and millions of victims in various provinces wandered in a hurry. In the wilderness, on the streets, without food or clothing, it was unbearably miserable.

The "New York Times" also issued an appeal: "Please help the more than 400 million suffering Chinese! Just like helping the San Francisco earthquake!"

Again, this call has attracted widespread attention, with generous donations from all walks of life in the United States.

In the White House, Theodore.On behalf of the United States, Roosevelt announced a donation of $10.This was in response to the Qing government's donation of US$1000 million to San Francisco during the San Francisco earthquake, Carnegie's donation of US$300 million, Morgan's donation of 50, and Rockefeller's donation of 5.

A number of charities in the United States have accepted US$1800 million in donations from Americans for the floods in southern China.According to statistics, the number of donations reached more than 700 million people.

Overseas Chinese groups donated no less than 200 million US dollars to domestic floods.

Under such a favorable situation, China's aid work has progressed much more smoothly than at the beginning.After the second batch of materials of 5 million yuan was put in place, it barely accommodated 200 million elderly, weak, women and children.However, just feeding them is not the root of relief for the victims.The next step is to find a job within their ability for these victims so that they can be self-reliant after the disaster.Moreover, the children among the disaster victims were also assigned some first teachers to help them with cultural education.A week later, cargo ships from all over the world arrived in northern China carrying more relief supplies.Moreover, overseas Chinese volunteers who came from all over the world have gradually put the disaster relief work on track.

At this time, the undercurrent in Singapore is surging!
After Yuan Shikai had a secret meeting with Lu Yongxiang, the commander of the Tenth Army, he had confidence in his heart. After saying goodbye, he got into his car and left the Tenth Army headquarters in a hurry.

"Should we go back home now or?" Liang Shiyi asked tentatively.

Yuan Shikai half-closed his eyes, and said calmly: "Go to the headquarters of the Ninth Army and pay a visit to Fan Xuecheng. I hope he hasn't done anything to Ke'er yet."

Lu Zongyu asked: "Do you need to inform my brothers to send more people?"

"No need, if Fan Xuecheng really wants to kill us, our little troops won't be able to withstand the regular army. But I don't think that kid has the guts!"

Liang Shiyi said to the driver: "Hurry up, time waits for no one, go to the headquarters of the Ninth Army!"

Before coming to the military department, Lu Zongyu yelled at the guards of the military department: "Go in, Commander Fan Xuecheng, and tell him that the Governor of Singapore is here to inspect! Tell him to come out and greet him."

The guards didn't dare to neglect and hurried in to Tongbing. There was not much time. Fan Xuecheng came over with a large group of people aggressively. Everyone had a guy on them. This way of meeting guests was obviously very impolite, not to mention The opponent is the Governor of Singapore.But people are afraid of meeting, and trees are afraid of peeling.In the officialdom, no matter how much rift there is usually, there is always a face to say, once the face is torn, it will not end well for both parties.

"Haha, what kind of fragrant wind has brought the governor to my place! Welcome, welcome." Fan Xuecheng said with a half-smile.

When Yuan Shikai saw Fan Xuecheng, Yuan Shikai was very itchy at all, but he was always deep in the city, so he just sneered and said: "Mr. Fan, the defense is hard. I came here to visit. Yuan came here abruptly. Commander Fan will not not welcome you."

"What are you talking about? Please, speak inside." Fan Xuecheng accompanied Yuan Shikai into the reception room of the headquarters.

As soon as the host and guest were seated, they heard screams coming from the next room. Yuan Shikai frowned and asked, "Commander Fan, what is that sound?"

Fan Xuecheng smiled lightly and said, "Today, I caught an undead prostitute from Geylang and dared to rob me of women. My brothers are entertaining him and teaching him the principles of life and conduct."

Yuan Shikai's expression changed. He knew who the other party was referring to. Although he tried to calm down again and again, the screams of being tortured continued to come from the next door, disturbing his mind.He forced a smile, and said to Fan Xuecheng: "Commander Fan, today I heard about what happened between Quanzi Keding and you, so I hurried over to pay a visit, and wanted to clear up this misunderstanding."

"Misunderstanding? So the client I caught in Geylang is the Governor's son? Why did I hear that the Governor's son has always been knowledgeable and reasonable, and he is quite like a father? How could he go to Geylang for no reason? What about prostitution? If this gets out, I'm afraid it will be disgraced in the face of the governor." Fan Xuecheng said with a sneer.

Lu Zongyu suddenly stood up, pointed at Fan Xuecheng and cursed: "Fan, don't be ashamed, the governor personally came to visit for this matter, you dare to speak jealously here! You grow up How dare you!"

Fan Xuecheng frowned and said: "Bastard! What are you, but you are just a watchdog of the Governor's Mansion. Others treat you like five people and six people. In front of me, Fan, you are not as good as a piece of shit! How can you speak in such an occasion. I think you are trying to die!"

(End of this chapter)