Subtitle of this chapter: Shandong issue, you have to talk about it if you don’t want to talk about it.

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"Hongjian, what are you going to say to Mr. Hughes?"

I naturally want to tell him that the people of Cyrius have the financial capital of America's freedom, democracy, industrial products, and financial products... Well, the main thing is the second two: the drought is the look of Yun Ni, the innocent mother is the look of loving mother, and the shopping customer is the look of President Ma.

There is a good opportunity before us, which is the "Ten People's Trusts and Exchanges" that made their Yuan family slump - the bankruptcy of trust companies and exchanges in the tenth year of the Republic of China.

By the end of 1921, there were more than 140 exchanges in Shanghai, with a total rated capital of 200 million yuan!

What is the concept of 200 million yuan? In 1925, the total paid-in capital and provident fund of 158 domestic banks in China, including the two state-owned banks of Bank of China and Bank of Communications, was only a little over 200 million yuan.

As long as the large consortiums in the United States lend us Master Yuan a tiger skin, even if he returns to the Magic City with bare hands, he can build a financial empire.

There are more ways to choose next.

For example, if the Song family has a good relationship with the United States, the Yuan family has a better relationship with the United States; the Song family has a daughter, and the Yuan family has a daughter; the Song family has people who understand the economy and can make money from the United States, and the Yuan family also has our Master Yuan.

It's hard to say that the four major families will change one. However...

"Pickup!"

"Bohong, what am I going to say... Well, I must talk about the Shandong issue."

It has been half a year since I passed through it, and the historical knowledge I learned a hundred years later, Master Yuan certainly knew that the Shandong issue is the current point of the Seris people, especially the intellectuals.

The May Fourth Movement triggered by the Shandong issue is very important. Of course, this is one of the major test points for history textbooks a hundred years later. Anyone who has received compulsory education knows that this is an "epoch-making historical event", "a historical link for the Chinese nation toward national rejuvenation", etc.

However, from the perspective of international politics, this is a footnote to the collapse of the old colonial system.

The World War that broke out in 1914 created a favorable environment for the development of China's national economy. The old European powers were involved in the whirlpool of war, and their production capacity was concentrated on arms production, and they had no time to take into account the production of civilian commodities and were unable to dump a large amount of commodities into China. On the contrary, warring countries had to increase the import of civilian industrial products and military supplies due to the war needs, and China's exports grew sharply. The development of national capitalist industry encountered a rare "spring".

At the same time, in order to occupy a larger domestic market, national capitalists used the people's patriotic enthusiasm to launch various "patriotic movements" to boycott foreign goods. Therefore, Deng Zhongxia said that the strike of Shanghai workers during the May Fourth Movement was "accounted for by capitalists."

During the next May 30th Movement in 1925, the purpose of the national bourgeoisie's anti-imperialism became clearer.

However, as the textbook says, national capitalists have two sides. The nation is naturally a nation, but it is still a capitalist.

Therefore, to truly break the collapsed colonial system, a larger world war is needed, which is also the direction Yuan Yanshu is working hard for. He feels that the scale of World War II on the original timeline was not large enough, the number of deaths was not high enough, and the vitality of the great powers was still retained too much... well, too much.

Therefore, our Master Yuan does not pay much attention to the present.

For him, the Shandong issue is a small case. If the Japanese return it, will Cyris rise? If the Japanese don’t return it, will it be that the Beiyang Zhili, Fengtian, or the Guangdong military government will have a fight with them first?

However, in order to maintain his image as a "patriotic intellectual", he had to act as if he was very concerned about this issue. (Author's note: I have to explain here that some people in the province say that our Master Yuan is not patriotic.)

"Okay, Bo Hong. I'm tired after taking the bus for a day. I won't tell you in detail today. Why don't you go to Mr. Gu's place with me tomorrow for lunch."

Yuan Yanshu was not very interested in this topic, but he had to say it. It was too troublesome to just say it twice, so it would be better to do it once.

Meng Xiancheng naturally stood up and said goodbye, "Well, Hongjian. Then you rest first, I'll come again tomorrow..."

On the morning of March 3, 1921, the Meng University educator came on time, and then they went to the temporary residence of Gu Weijun and his wife.

In January this year, our Master Yuan and Lao Gu had already met in New York.

The relationship between the two of them is a bit because of the bhikkhu: According to the qualifications, Gu Weijun, who was the ambassador to the United States at the time, was naturally the elder of Yuan Yanshu who had not yet obtained the phd.; but by age, Old Gu was six years older than Little Yuan, and was considered a peer; however, according to the relative relationship, Master Yuan was Minister Gu's aunt and father-in-law, and he was even older than his generation.

Fortunately, my aunt and father-in-law are not real father-in-law, so the two of them can still make friends with each other, and they are called brothers.

"Brother Hongjian, why didn't I see you at the train station yesterday?"

Is the appearance of Minister Gu Weijun? Of course, she is still pretty good. Otherwise, Miss Tang Baoyue would not have become a monk or went to the market for him back then.

He had the noble appearance of "the heaven is full of earth and earth" as mentioned in the photo book, coupled with the noble spirit of being in a high position, the young man's ambition and the scholarly spirit of knowledge, so he had a little aura.

As the current ambassador to the United States, he naturally went to the train station to welcome the next Shi Zhaoji. Of course, he was still an ambassador before the latter submitted his national certificate, so he rushed back to Washington.

Yuan Yanshu shook hands with the great diplomat and said, "Brother Shaochuan, I don't like to join in the fun. I'm a little tired, so I go to the hotel to rest first."

He pointed at Meng Xiancheng and said, "I'll introduce you, this person is..."

"Hello, Mr. Meng."

"Hello, Minister Gu."

The three of them exchanged a little greeting at the door and entered this American "small" villa with three ups and three downs. Of course, this is based on Mrs. Gu's standards.

When Huang Huilan saw Yuan Yan, she smiled happily and said, "Hongjian, you have also received the telegram. My aunt has arrived in Semarang, and your old Taishan, my grandfather has also been in danger."

Miss Wei Mingzhu went home from New York, took the American East-West Railway Crossing Line to San Francisco, and then crossed the Pacific Ocean before returning to the South China Ocean.

This journey is faster, but it is definitely not as comfortable as the Atlantic-Mediterranean-Red Sea-Indian Ocean-South China Sea route, which takes the entire cruise. I think Ms. Wei suffered a little too.

Our Master Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, Huilan. I have also received her telegram."

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Chapter completed!