Just when the Ministry of Agriculture and Mineral Resources was helping to promote manual harvesters, Chang Kaishen, Wu Zhihui, Zhang Jingjiang and others finally returned to Nanjing from Peking. The Kuomintang was about to hold the Fifth Plenary Session of the Central Committee.
At this moment, Yu Qiaqing was also having a meeting in Shanghai.
Representatives of the Shanghai business community gathered together to hold a joint meeting from all walks of life to plan a petition to (Nan) Beijing.
As Chang Kaishen's largest financial backer and die-hard supporter of the Northern Expedition, Yu Qiaqing was going to cause trouble this time. He said at the meeting: "This trip (to Beijing to petition) is called a petition, but it is actually for supervision. When the revolutionary army came to Shanghai
, we business people tried our best to assist. Now that the Northern Expedition was victorious, they ignored the sufferings of the business people, which violated the original purpose of the revolution... Nowadays, taxes on foreign goods are light, domestic goods are heavily taxed, foreign ships are protected, and national ships are detained without permission. In the past, every
The tax on truck goods is 30 yuan, which has now been increased to 900 yuan. The loan interest rate is as high as 6% in various countries, as low as 4% in Japan, and at least 1 cent in China... The National Government is based on the people, and the interests of our business people also need to be protected. This time
The more representatives you can petition, the better!”
These businessmen are crazy, they want to fight Chang Kaishen hard.
There are many reasons, which can be summarized into two points: first, the Shanghai Party Headquarters, with Chen Dezheng as the vanguard, is attacking the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce unscrupulously; second, the Kuomintang is too ugly, and rabbits bite people when they are anxious. This gang
Businessmen are eager to jump over the wall.
In the last two or three months of the Northern Expedition, due to insufficient military spending, Chang Kaishen actually resorted to extortion and forced financial figures, led by the Bank of China, to raise funds. Zhang Junmai's fourth brother, Zhang Gongquan, is now the president of the Bank of China, and was
The matter of military expenditure kept me awake all night.
Last month, Chang Kaishen's extortion tactics even reached Beiping. He forced a private bank in Peiping to take a loan, but the other party did not agree. As a result, he ordered a fine of 100,000 yuan for unfounded charges.
When the capitalists supported the Northern Expedition, they hoped to overthrow the extortionate warlords and also wanted to earn greater returns through political investment. But what Chang Kaishen wanted to repay them was to occupy the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce and extort money again and again to make up for it.
Military spending is vacant.
"Brother Ade, I wish you immediate success!" Song Ziwen cupped his fists and smiled.
"Thank you for your kind words!" Yu Qiaqing said.
Yes, it was Chang Kaishen's brother-in-law Song Ziwen who supported and encouraged the Shanghai businessmen to petition.
It is very mysterious to say that Chang Kaishen's brother-in-law encouraged Chang Kaishen's largest financial backer to cause trouble at the critical moment of the Fifth Plenary Session of the Kuomintang Central Committee.
What exactly is going on?
It's very simple. If Song Ziwen wants to rectify the government finances and financial markets, he must get the support of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortium. The interests of both parties are consistent, so they unite to force Chang Kaishen to make concessions.
Do you think Song Ziwen truly serves the country?
Haha, it's just personal interests. He wants to truly take the country's financial power into his own hands.
In another ten years, Song Ziwen will join forces with Chang Kaishen to use currency reform and other means to occupy several major banks of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortium.
Financiers and big businessmen thought they could control the National Government, but in the end they were controlled by the government, and in the end they had no say at all.
At this time, Song Ziwen supported the Jiangsu-Zhejiang consortium and Shanghai businessmen without any scruples. He actually walked with the petition group and took the train to Nanjing. Song Ziwen was going to hold the Fifth Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Zhou Hexuan and Zhang Leyi happened to be on this train as well.
The moment Song Ziwen saw Zhang Leyi, his face darkened. He liked this woman very much. She was very to his liking in terms of appearance, thoughts and conversation. Moreover, Zhang Leyi's parents were also making arrangements, so this marriage was a sure thing.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Leyi actually ran away from home!
Zhang Leyi was also quite surprised to see Song Ziwen, but she quickly calmed down and greeted with a smile: "Hello, unlesong."
"Hello," Song Ziwen forced a smile, pointed at Zhou Hexuan and asked, "Who is this?"
Zhang Leyi took the initiative to hold Zhou Hexuan's arm and introduced: "This is my fiancé Zhou Hexuan. Brother Xuan, this is Unlesong, my father's friend."
Zhou Hexuan smiled coquettishly and said, "Hello, Minister Song."
Song Ziwen finally knew who had "cuckolded" him. He suppressed his depression and anger, shook hands with Zhou Hexuan and said, "It turns out to be Mr. Zhou, whose name I have admired for a long time!"
"Both each other." Zhou Hexuan said.
Yu Qiaqing obviously didn't know about their contradiction, and praised with a smile: "Mr. Zhou is a great inventor. The human harvester he invented is really a good thing that benefits the country and the people."
Zhou Hexuan said modestly: "I will come up with the idea, and the specific research and development work will be handled by the Peking University Scientific Research Department."
"That's amazing. When it comes to inventions and creations, the most important thing is to have new ideas." Yu Qiaqing had a very good impression of Zhou Hexuan.
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "I am flattered by Brother Ade's praise."
Yu Qiaqing chuckled and said, "What I admire the most is that Mr. Zhou dared to confront Chen Dezheng, and he also forced Chen Dezheng to make concessions."
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. From this perspective, Zhou Hexuan and Yu Qiaqing are definitely friends.
Chen Dezheng has already quarreled with Yu Qiaqing several times, making Yu Qiaqing very angry. Of course, the two sides have not completely broken up yet, and it will not be better until the end of the year, when Yu Qiaqing wants to strangle Chen Dezheng alive.
Zhou Hexuan said: "Brother Ade is really admirable. He started from scratch and built a huge career, and he never forgets to serve the country and the people."
"No, no," Yu Qiaqing said with a smile, "I just have some bad money, and I can't compare to Mr. Zhou's ideas of saving the country."
The two complimented each other word by word, making Song Ziwen very angry. He finally couldn't help but asked: "Mr. Zhou, do you have anything important to do in Nanjing this time?"
Zhou Hexuan said: "I am going to Lushan to discuss marriage with Le Yi's parents."
Well, it's okay not to say anything. Song Ziwen felt even more aggrieved after hearing this.
Song Ziwen was emotionally wounded. Back then, he was deeply in love with Miss Sheng Qi, and the two were so in love that they were discussing marriage. Mrs. Zhuang (Sheng's mother) also had a very good impression of Song Ziwen.
So, Mrs. Zhuang sent her housekeeper to inquire about Song Ziwen. The housekeeper came back and reported: "The Song family is originally from Cantonese. His father used to be a piano player in the church and became rich by running errands for foreigners. How could he marry Sheng Gongbao's daughter?"
Such a family?"
The wrong door, the wrong household, and the marriage failed.
Song Ziwen has always pretended to be Miss Sheng Qi in his heart, so much so that he has not yet gotten married in his thirties. He finally fell in love with Zhang Leyi, but then this happened again. How angry do you think Song Ziwen is?
Zhou Hexuan thought to himself: Mr. Song, you should go back to find Miss Sheng Qi. Miss Sheng Qi is still waiting for you. She is almost 30 years old and has never married because of you.
For Miss Sheng Qi, Song Ziwen in history was also a heartless man: He promised to come back and marry me after his career was successful, but he waited for thirteen years, only to hear the news that you were marrying someone else.
After arriving in Nanjing, Zhou Hexuan and Zhang Leyi left by boat.
Song Ziwen looked at the surging river and suddenly thought of his former lover.
On the day of departure, Miss Sheng Qi took out a handful of gold leaves and forced them into the hands of the impoverished Song Ziwen. She said, "I'll wait for you to come back!"
However, until now, Song Ziwen has not gone back.
Now the Sheng family is making a fuss over the division of property, and the three young masters Sheng have joined forces to squeeze out the seventh and eighth young ladies.
Song Ziwen knew about this. Historically, he already had a new love, so he asked his sister to help Miss Sheng Qi with the lawsuit. But now...
Perhaps, it's time to go back after this meeting.
Not to mention the relationship between the two, Song Ziwen planned to go back to help Miss Sheng Qi fight for the family property.
Zhou Hexuan unintentionally did a big favor to the miserable Miss Sheng Qi, so that her 11 years of waiting was not in vain. In history, she had to wait 15 years, and she only got married two years after Song Ziwen got married.
