Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 688: The Elk Under the Lion's Claw
Guan Xuqing agreed without any hesitation. Anyway, weapons such as tanks have been mass-produced in major countries in the world soon. Now it seems that the technical content of tanks is not very high. He is happy to give it to Roosevelt as a favor, let alone the United States. People are willing to spend a lot of banknotes to buy, and it would be foolish not to earn money.

In terms of political stance, Roosevelt firmly stood on the side of China. He said: "We, the United States, see very clearly that this war was completely provoked by the arrogant Nehru unilaterally. In order to show the sincerity among friends, The United States is willing to donate a batch of military supplies free of charge, and is also very optimistic about the future of this war and the future of South Asia, "

Edmond, the helm of the Rothschild family who had been absent for a long time, returned to China again. The purpose of his return this time is mainly to manage the family to set up branches of the Banque de France and HSBC in China.Although the Bank of France is the central bank of France in name, it has been since the Napoleonic era.The Rothschild family controlled the French public debt and became France's largest creditor, so the Bank of France indirectly became the external expansion position of the Rothschild family.

Of course, Edmond's first stop had to go to the Forbidden City to have an audience with the Chinese emperor. Without this master as a backer, the turbulent Sixth Empire would have already faded away.

At this time, Guan Xuqing was discussing with Zhao Bingjun in the Palace of Qinzheng and Xianxian in Yuanmingyuan.During these days, Zhao Bingjun has lost weight obviously. The reason is that since the Sino-Indian war started, he has been deploying the South Asian military intelligence network non-stop. One is to collect intelligence on the Indian military, and the other is to secretly contact the Communist Party of China to secretly subvert the Indian regime.Although he has lost weight, he is full of energy. It seems that in this position, Zhao Bingjun is still doing impressively.

Guan Xuqing asked the eunuch to bring Zhao Bingjun a scorpion, and said with concern: "Zhi An, you have lost weight these days, and you have to do your errands well, but your bones must not collapse. If you suddenly fell ill, I will Don’t rely on it. Come, give Zhi’an a bowl of ginseng soup.”

Zhao Bingjun took the ginseng soup, and before he drank it, there was a trace of warmth in his heart. , slightly turned his body, and replied respectfully: "Thank you for your majesty's concern. Although I have been a little busy recently, I can still manage to deal with it. I dare not live up to your majesty's expectations."

Guan Xuqing nodded and asked, "Is the matter of the northern Indian states settled?"

Zhao Bingjun nodded, showing a proud expression, and replied: "Yes, Your Majesty. This month, I have traveled all over the Southwest and Central Asia, and have completed all the personnel arrangements for the northern states of India. However, Your Majesty's Indian conquest army moved too fast, even the humble ministers could not catch up with them by plane."

Guan Xuqing smiled, and within a month, the Indian army swept across the northern states of India like flying all the way.Since the Ministry of the Army did not issue any notice before the dispatch of troops, the incident happened suddenly, and it was difficult to dispatch a large number of officials to temporarily take over the captured territory.At the same time, the Dragon Army advanced much faster than expected. For this reason, Zhao Bingjun had to use planes to urgently transfer a large number of officials from the Southwest and Nanyang regions and transport them to India.At the same time, agents of the Security Bureau were also sent to investigate the gentry and celebrities in various places and invited them to act as agents for the affairs of the northern Indian states. After everything is stable, replace them batch by batch.Fortunately, although they are not proficient in management, they can easily stabilize places during wartime. Coupled with the garrison army, the society is also stable under the semi-military control state.

Zhao Bingjun drank the ginseng soup slowly, and then continued: "Your Majesty, do you think it is time to slow down the speed of seal collection?"

Guan Xuqing smiled and asked, "Zhi An, what do you say?"

Zhao Bingjun said: "My minister's view is very simple. You can't eat too much. Judging from the current war, India is completely vulnerable. It is easy to take them down, but once they are all defeated, we will not be able to gather enough troops in a short time. It will inevitably cause chaos in the local area, and military control is not the answer."

Guan Xuqing thought for a moment and said: "What you said makes sense, but soldiers are expensive and fast. If the war is fought for a long time, it will be detrimental to all aspects of the empire. India is not monolithic. Haven't we already found many Nehru's political enemies? Let these people It is perfectly appropriate to manage the occupied territories."

Zhao Bingjun said: "These people are Indians no matter what. After a long time, I am afraid that they will be unreliable."

"Don't worry, they are nothing more than elks under the nose of a lion. Besides, it is the same reason why I asked you to lay down the military intelligence network in South Asia. After defeating Nehru, do you really think that I really intend to make those small countries the emperors of the land?" ? The empire will send a group of governors to control the military power on the one hand and the local financial power on the other hand. They just have the guts but they don’t have the ability.”

After the monarch and his ministers discussed for a while, Wang Shang came to report that Rothschild President Edmond had an audience, and Guan Xuqing asked Zhao Bingjun to kneel down first. After all, Zhao Bingjun is a busy person now, and Guan Xuqing has nothing important to do. Wasted too much of his time.

After Edmond came in, he briefly introduced his purpose and itinerary for returning to China, and then changed the subject: "His Majesty the Great Emperor, I have something very important to report to you this time. "

"Oh?" Guan Xuqing frowned, and asked, "What is it, just talk about it."

"Recently, I have been switching between London and Zurich to manage the family's European business, but I have found that the recent behavior of the Bank of England is very strange."

Guan Xuqing saw that Edmund wasn't trying to be a sensationalist, so he listened carefully to what he said next.

"Because Britain has sent troops to support India, the relationship between China and Britain is very tense. I asked the European financial institutions of the Rothschild family to pay special attention. Sure enough, we discovered an amazing secret!"

"Go on, what's the secret?"

"After preliminary statistics and settlements by our financial institutions, it was found that the number of Dragon coins used to circulate in the European market has decreased. After investigation, it is known that major banks in Britain and France are buying Dragon coins one after another, and the Bank of England is the most prominent."

Guan Xuqing seemed to have sensed something from Edmund's words. He knew that foreign banks' purchase of Dragon Coins seemed to be beneficial to China, but he had to know that he was facing financiers from great powers who had no profit and could not afford to lose money. Big cheap, not so easy to dip.

Edmund paused and continued: "According to the information we have, the current situation is still under control. The Imperial Central Bank can increase the issuance of dragon coins to maintain the normal circulation of currency on the market. According to my estimation, these foreign banks The purchase of dragon coins is nothing more than a war profit, but the Bank of England not only collects dragon coins from the people, but also buys them from banks all over the empire. The amount is not large each time, and the actions are very covert, often using third-party banks Buying business, so it is the least detectable during this period of war. At the same time, we also found that they also bought dragon coins from other foreign banks."

When Guan Xuqing heard this, a cloud was cast over his face.conspiracy!There must be something wrong with this!He immediately asked: "What do they want to do by buying dragon coins in large quantities? Could their financial resources be able to consume all the currency of the empire?"

Edmund shook his head and said: "According to our information, the total financial resources of the Bank of England are no more than 40 billion U.S. dollars in assets. They control the finances of Europe and America, and they need at least 30 billion U.S. dollars to maintain, so they can only use it at most. A billion dollars is used to intervene in the empire's finances. Although a billion dollars is very large, it is only a tenth of a cent for the empire's huge economic aggregate and sufficient financial funds."

Guan Xuqing waved his hand. He didn't agree with Edmond's point of view. The 40 billion US dollars is just their explicit assets. They can use these assets to influence other banks. In this way, the role played is obviously stronger. many.He said to himself: "The British bought dragon coins in a big way, which is equivalent to buying our war national debt. It seems that they are helping us"

Edmund asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, what do you mean, they have another purpose?"

Guan Xuqing nodded and said: "There must be another purpose, and it is definitely aimed at the empire. The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom. They have already controlled Europe and America. This unusual move must be aimed at the empire."

Edmund said with some incomprehension: "They bought dragon coins on a large scale, and in a short period of time, there will be a shortage of dragon coins in circulation in the empire. The actual purchasing power of dragon coins will increase, and the price will fall. But our dragon coins are pegged to the British pound and the US dollar. , keep the exchange rate stable. As the Dragon Coin appreciates, the British pound and the US dollar will also appreciate!"

Guan Xuqing waved his hand, raised his head, his eyes sparkled, "I think I know what they want to do?" At this moment, he suddenly thought of the financial war.Holding a large amount of a country's currency, when accumulated to a certain extent, the holder is equivalent to the country's central bank.The holder's currency becomes the weight of the country's financial policy. If the currency is released, it will cause inflation in the country and lead to a financial crisis.The only way to deal with it is to depreciate the currency of this country, and it is a substantial devaluation, so that the proportion of the currency in the hands of the holders to the total circulation of the country falls below the safe zone.However, inflation, currency devaluation.The impact on a country is considerable, and the citizens will suffer huge losses.

In this way, Guan Xuqing already understood the purpose of the British. They wanted to continuously absorb the dragon coins and increase the explosive power of this time bomb, so as to increase the chips that threatened the empire.However, for Guan Xuqing, this trick is already a cliché. After he figured out the key points of the matter, he relaxed and said: "Monitor Henry's foreign exchange reserves. Since they are willing to spend money to support the economic construction of the empire, then we can Regardless of him. What you have to do is to ensure the normal currency circulation in the market.”

(End of this chapter)