Volume 1 Turbulent Times Chapter 134 A Battlefield Without Gunpowder
Jiang Zhiqing is familiar with the Japanese yen even with the domestic banknotes. After all, he has lived in Japan for so many years and has been using the Japanese yen. Moreover, the amount of yen in China is not small, especially in the past few years, due to national turmoil and imperfect economic conditions, many places directly use the Japanese yen, British pounds, francs, marks, US dollar and other foreign currencies as domestic circulating currencies. 1(1)
The yen in his hand is extremely exquisite and feels very good to the touch. Whether it is color, paper, printing, anti-counterfeiting (although Jiang Zhiqing is not good at anti-counterfeiting), it is a real money. However, Fang Zida clearly told him that this was a fake money, and Jiang Zhiqing was shocked.
"This... is fake?" He picked up his hands and shone in front of the window. He stared at the same time as a bull's eyes. Jiang Zhiqing still couldn't tell where it was fake. At the same time, his mouth was so wide that it could almost be stuffed into an apple. With a turn of his mind, he instantly understood what the special department that Fang Zida was going to set up was for.
As expected, Fang Zida, who was sitting behind the table in the big class, smiled faintly, pointed to the fake money he held and said, "The main task of the special department is to spend this money, but you must pay attention that this money can only be spent in Japan and must not be allowed to circulate in China."
"This is impossible!" Jiang Zhiqing exclaimed: "President, the yen is a hard currency in China. Even if I spend money in Japan, it will be circulated in China. How can this loophole be blocked?"
Fang Zida waved his hand and smiled and said, "The new foreign exchange management system of the central bank will be implemented soon. From next month, the country will restrict the circulation of currencies in various countries. All foreign currencies must be exchanged by the central bank. Haha, do you think we will take back the money we spent?"
"If this is the case, then there will be no problem." Jiang Zhiqing breathed a sigh of relief, but hesitated again: "But is this money... reliable to use?"
In order to encourage Jiang Zhiqing, Fang Zida frankly said: "Ruiyuan! Although this money is fake, it is no different from real money. In other words, it is just produced in our printing factory. With general inspection methods, Japanese banks will definitely not be able to find out the authenticity of it. Of course, it can still be judged through some special means. Therefore, when using it, you must be careful not to attract the attention of the other party, and you cannot leave any flaws. As for how to do it and how to do it well, I believe you will have a solution."
Jiang Zhiqing thought silently and stood up: "I understand, President, I am willing to accept this job."
"Okay!" Fang Zida clasped his hands and laughed, very happy. He had been preparing for this plan for a long time. It can even be said that he had quietly started to take over the establishment of the Central Bank of Communications. Everything was unaware of it. Now, the qualified holiday yen has been produced. The specific implementation must be a very reliable, bold, careful and familiar with Japan. Fang Zida considered this candidate for a long time and finally chose Jiang Zhiqing.
In order to add a little more motivation to Jiang Zhiqing, Fang Zida not only allocated 10,000 oceans as the start-up capital, but also assured him that every yen spent would be a 100:1 reward fund for the special department. As for how the special department uses these funds, this is not what Fang Zida considered.
100:1. Although this ratio doesn't seem to be much, Jiang Zhiqing's face turned red after hearing this. This is not a tap for business, it's simply a huge profit! As long as it works well, spending hundreds of thousands or even millions of yen a month is almost no pressure. In other words, his special department can at least earn a few thousand or even tens of thousands of yen per month? You should know that a small villa in the French concession in the *hai is only worth a few thousand yen, and this money is enough to make Jiang Zhiqing a veritable rich man in the shortest time.
As for the outward circulation channels, Fang Zida also made preliminary arrangements for Jiang Zhiqing. During his days in the south, he secretly acquired several private private banks of not too small and small, and carried out a series of reorganizations. On the surface, these banks are currently private banks, but in fact they are secret subordinate institutions of the central bank and are directly managed by Fang Zida. In addition to maintaining the original operation, another important task is to cooperate with the special department to circulate these yen. As for the work in Japan, it depends on Jiang Zhiqing himself. Fang Zida believes that with his ability, he will definitely give him a satisfactory answer.
Except for the members of the special department who were directly selected by Fang Zida, the rest of the personnel were secretly investigated by Zhou Yuanliang and firmly grasped his family to ensure absolute security and confidentiality. In addition to the real war on the battlefield, there is also a battlefield without gunpowder. Economic wars are the means Fang Zida wants to use. Under the current circumstances, China is not able to launch a head-on war with Japan, nor can it be easily deployed. With the development of the country, what is urgently needed is internal stability. Once a war with Japan is fought, will the already implemented constitutional government continue? Will Sun Yat-sen and other revolutionaries jump out to make trouble again? Will some forces eyeing them rekindle? These are all issues that Fang Zida must consider.
Moreover, the Japanese have always been unscrupulous to Chinese thieves. With China's stable development and gradual strength, they seem to be unable to sit still now. Okamura's actions aroused Fang Zida's great vigilance. Fang Zida, who had been considering whether to implement this plan, finally made up his mind, and this was the scene where he gave Jiang Zhiqing an important task.
Fang Zida is not original in this way. Whether it is used by all countries in World War II in history, even in the 21st century, this method is not uncommon between countries. Using various financial means to disrupt the other party's economy, paralyze its economy, and thus weaken the other party's national strength, is the main purpose of economic warfare. In today's world economic development, especially financial development, Fang Zida is temporarily unable to use exchange rates, stock markets, futures and other means to achieve his goal, and using this simplest and most effective method has become his only choice.
Although the currencies of various countries nowadays have anti-counterfeiting and other measures, the measures are not as exquisite and complex as they will be decades later. In addition to the particularly complex old currencies such as the British pound and Mark, Japan and other countries still lack currency anti-counterfeiting methods. Forging currency is even more difficult for private individuals. However, it is not too difficult for national central banks. Moreover, Fang Zida gathered a group of elite soldiers and generals as early as the establishment of the central bank, and specially conducted research on major currencies in various countries. One of its important objects is the Japanese yen. It can be said that the Japanese yen carefully produced after more than a year is no different from the real ones, whether from paper, ink or printing, ink, or anti-counterfeiting, but there is a difference in the calculation and arrangement of numbers. As long as you operate carefully, Fang Zida believes that Japan will never pay attention in a short period of time, and even if you find it for a long time, he is not afraid. In addition to these, he has other preparations.
Jiang Zhiqing was still very capable. A few days after Fang Zida handed him the special department, he officially started his work. The first batch of yen handed over to him was 5.3 million. Jiang Zhiqing spent all of it without much time. Not only did he not attract any attention, but he also brought great gains to Fang Zida. Equipment, semi-finished products, industrial products, chemical products... These are all scarce substances in China. Jiang Zhiqing, who was waving a large amount of "yen" in his hand, refused everyone. Within more than a month, he excitedly found Fang Zida and asked to continue to allocate another 10 million yen to him.
Fang Zida was uncontrollable for the great achievements he had achieved. For safety reasons, he temporarily stopped Jiang Zhiqing to observe the reaction of Japan. When he found that Japan had not noticed it at all, he gradually gave Jiang Zhiqing several million yen and repeatedly reminded him to be safe first, and stop taking action immediately if there is any slightest disturbance, and monitor all the people involved in the matter.
Paper money is a reflection of a country's credit. In the modern era where the system and control of Japan's financial institutions are not perfect, it is probably too late to disrupt the economy by using this method. Fang Zida smiled proudly, playing with an ocean in his hand. China's currency is still mainly minted coins. Although he has begun to issue legal currency, before the central bank's strict financial system was formed, this work was just in preparation. Fang Zida is not a brainless person. Once the Japanese know that they have suffered such a big loss, they will definitely find the mastermind behind it. Although Fang Zida has a lot of fog and cleverly turns his target to the allies, as long as Jiang Zhiqing is not eager for quick success and instant benefits, the Japanese will definitely not be able to find them. But it cannot be guaranteed that the Japanese will take off their anger after suffering losses and also make this arrangement to deal with themselves. Therefore, Fang Zida must first tighten his fence and prevent problems before they happen.
Zhou Yuanliang has graduated from the short-term training class of the Central Military Academy. After graduation, Fang Zida arranged a position for him in the General Staff Department, awarded him the rank of lieutenant colonel, and specially established a department with Yuan Shikai's help. Although this department is affiliated with the General Staff Department, it is actually mainly based on intelligence and is divided into two departments. One is the Military Intelligence Department, which mainly assists the General Staff Department in collecting various information. This part is selected by Chief of Staff Wang Shizhen to participate in the participation of the staff, and the other is the Special Service Department. Zhou Yuanliang is directly responsible for it. Several departments are subdivided below, such as the Intelligence Department, Counter-Information Department, Operation Department, Telecommunications Department, etc.
It can be said that Fang Zida's intelligence department was officially established and became a favorable tool in his hands. Zhou Yuanliang did not disappoint Fang Zida's hope. Soon after, new information was sent. Since Okamura Yasuji, someone from Japan has sent to Beijing*jing, but this person's whereabouts are even more mysterious than Okamura Yasuji. On the surface, he is just an ordinary Japanese grocery merchant, but after surveillance, it can be confirmed that he is like Okamura Yasuji, shouldering a special mission.
This person is nothing else, but an old classmate of Okamura Yasuji, who is as famous as Kenji Doihara.
Chapter completed!