The arrogant and ignorant Anglian drove away the arrogant and ignorant Anglian and took Mei Lehe from the position of the local tax department to the throne of the General Tax Department. In name, China's customs is still controlled by foreigners, but in fact the Chinese government has taken back the customs autonomy. In addition to Mei Lehe's special request for the customs to remain the current majesty, the heads of the local tax department will be decided by the General Tax Department and reported to the Chinese government. The Chinese government only has the right to suggest but the decision-making power must be handed over to the General Tax Department. As for other aspects, it will be negotiated and handled by the General Tax Department and the Chinese government, especially the Ministry of Finance.

The smart and capable Mei Lehe knew very well that as a member of the Allies, China, as a member of the Allied, whether after this European war, stands on the side of the winner or the loser, the General Taxation Department will lose the power of China's customs that has been in control for decades, and fall from the supreme emperor to the level of ordinary officials. Instead of being ignorant of practice as Anglian at that time, and finally being driven out by the Chinese people in a dusty manner, it is better to cooperate closely with the Chinese government from the beginning to ensure the rights in their hands.

What's more, Mei Lehe, who was trained by his uncle Hed since childhood, is a very outstanding and aspiring customs official. He knew very well that only in China, he could realize his ideals and do something in the position of the General Taxation Department. Therefore, when he officially took over as the General Taxation Department, his first order was to jointly crack down on the current smuggling phenomenon by the General Taxation Department and the Ministry of Finance of China, and agreed to send Fang Zida to reorganize the Central Bank Guards into a tax police force to cooperate with the customs and tax departments in various places to carry out anti-smuggling work.

Half of the Central Bank Guards after being split will become the newly established tax police force, and the other half will continue to exist as the central bank and the escort force under the Ministry of Finance. In this way, it will not only solve the manpower problem in anti-smuggling, but also give Lu Jianzhang and Feng Yuxiang an explanation. After all, Fang Zida spoke nonsense in front of them and fabricated a reason to refuse Feng Yuxiang's transfer to the position of commander of the escort army. That's all, this lie is just perfect. The split of the escort army also made the bosses of the Ministry of National Defense and General Staff quietly breathe a sigh of relief. After all, no one wants to see a strong force under the nose of the capital. The well-equipped troops are eyeing each other. The escort army's active split makes them feel that the pressure on them is greatly reduced, which is a result of being happy to see.

Half of the escort troops after the split was reorganized into a tax police force, which was called the Tax Police Corps to the outside world. This name Fang Zida borrowed the inspiration of Master Song, and the work this army targeted was indeed the same, so it was very appropriate to use.

The Tax Police Corps has a reorganized brigade and is divided into eight detachments. Each detachment is organized into a strengthened battalion and is stationed in the local Tax Department. Under the joint command of the Ministry of Finance and the General Tax Department, it cooperates with the Tax Department and Customs to carry out anti-smuggling.

To this end, Fang Zida also specially allocated several small patrol ships imported from the United States for its use. As an armed tool for maritime anti-smuggling. One month later, the entire tax police force arrived at the destination and quickly carried out anti-smuggling work under Fang Zida's order. After half a month, the results were remarkable. According to the information, within just over ten days, customs in various places intercepted 1.04 million yuan of smuggled silver dollars, and the smuggled goods of various industrial and agricultural raw materials worth 2.7 million yuan, and concealed the reports and evaded tariffs of 4.89 million yuan. A total of 8.63 million yuan.

When the news of the successful anti-smuggling came, not only Fang Zida smiled, but even Mei Lehe was so happy. You should know that although the salary of foreign officials in the General Taxation Department is very high, their main income is not here. Instead, they use the customs tax rate as intercepted distribution. In modern terms, it is a commission. This time, the tariffs of 8.63 million yuan were obtained, and the share was divided at the lowest proportion. The General Taxation Department made a fortune, and who would not be happy with the white silver in his hands?

In order to support Mei Lehe, Fang Zida generously rewarded the General Taxation Department at the highest proportion, that is, 30%. As a result, the General Taxation Department, who were originally panicked after Anglian stepped down, were extremely excited. Even the tax department, who were originally a little dissatisfied with Mei Lehe's coming to power, changed its attitude and praised Mei Lehe's management ability, which made the anti-smuggling work go smoothly.

Some people are happy and some are worried. While Fang Zida and Mei Lehe are ready to work hard, the Japanese have suffered heavy losses in the past half month. The interception of a large number of smuggled silver dollars and the investigation of a large number of raw materials have made the Japanese government's economy worse, and it has also made some small and medium-sized businessmen who have been tempted by the Japanese government to lose all their money in one day. In this case, the Japanese government, who was caught off guard, hurriedly stopped the open silver dollars smuggling activities against China, and changed to a large number of smuggling into a scattered and small batch and multi-channel smuggling method.

However, Fang Zida had already prepared a lot. While the tax police force achieved excellent results, Fang Zida, as the Minister of Finance of China and the President of the Central Bank, issued a financial decree with the General Taxation Department. In view of the rampant smuggling of Chinese silver dollar, the Ministry of Finance of China, the Central Bank, and the General Taxation Department of Customs will restrict people who carry cash out of the country. According to calculations, the single-time silver dollar cash carried by each person on the outbound side shall not exceed 100 yuan, and the total amount of outbound annually shall not exceed 750 yuan. If the amount exceeds the amount, it can be exchanged through foreign exchange through each subordinate banking institution and then exited in a banknote or transfer nature.

This order was equivalent to blocking the Japanese's plan to make them small, which made the Japanese furious, but given the current situation, there was no way to deal with the Chinese government. For a time, the activity of smuggling silver dollars was greatly reduced, and the proportion of customs taxation increased significantly. Fang Zida's anti-smuggling activities were greatly successful.

At the same time, in the suburbs of Geneva, Switzerland, in a dark and wet wooden cabin in the countryside, a middle-aged man with half-bald hair and frowning eyebrows, holding dry black bread in his hand, staring at the table with a concentration of attention, he fell deeply into deep thought: What is the next development strategy of the country? How will the international form develop? How to handle international relations well? How to face the current European war, how to fight against the domestic opposition, and how to deal with the current complex and bad national problems? He needs to think about each problem and make a choice...

At this moment, a fierce knock on the door suddenly rang out, and someone shouted outside the door: "Ilic! Open the door quickly! It's me!"

The middle-aged man put half of the black bread back on the plate and quickly got up and opened the door.

"Grimren, my friend, why are you here? Welcome, welcome!"

"Dear Irichi, I haven't seen each other some days. Are you doing well recently?" Opening the door, the two old friends hugged each other very enthusiastically, and said a few words. After entering the house, before she could sit down, Gerimren saw the black bread on the table at a glance of Irichi's placing on the table, and couldn't help but blame him: "My old friend, why did you eat this?"

"It would be great to have this. I'm very sorry. Please drink some water first. I have to continue my dinner." He smiled and asked the other party to sit down. Iric poured a glass of water for the guest, and continued to pick up the black bread and chew it.

Seeing the old friend's expression of indifferent expression, Gerimren smiled helplessly, drinking water and waiting quietly for the other party to finish their meal.

After eating the black bread with a few bites, Irichi patted off the crumbs on his hand and asked with a smile: "Grimren, my old friend, what wind blows you today?"

"Of course it's the spring breeze!" Grimren replied with a smile. Seeing that the other party was slightly stunned, he took out something from his arms and placed it on the table: "Look, what is this."

"Flight ticket?" Ilyic picked it up and saw that it was a second-class ticket to Russia from Scandinavia. He asked in surprise and joy: "Grimren, did you say the thing that I said a while ago..."

"Yes, the respected Emperor William of Germany has made a decision. His Majesty agrees to help you return to China and participate in politics as soon as possible." Grimren nodded, then took an envelope from his pocket and handed it to the other party: "There is 50,000 mark of activity funds here, which is sponsored by His Majesty. The itinerary along the way has been arranged to ensure that you return safely and you can set off tomorrow."

"Great! This is really great!" Ilyic's face turned red with excitement. After taking it with both hands, he thanked the other party repeatedly, and sincerely asked the other party to convey his sincere and sincere greetings from Emperor William of Germany, and said that Germany will be Russia's best ally in the future. As long as he can return to his motherland, he will definitely live in peace with the great Germany after taking power. The two countries will definitely become the most solid and reliable alliance, thus creating a new world situation.

"Please don't forget Ilyich, and our Social Democratic Party." Grimren reminded with a smile.

"Of course, your Social Democratic Party is also the most loyal and reliable ally of the Bolshevik Party, especially the Social Democratic Party comrades in Switzerland and Sweden. I will always remember your selfless help. On behalf of the Bolshevik Party and the Russian people, I thank you for your help." Irichi said sincerely, holding each other's hands tightly.

Grimren then carefully explained the arrangements and time for tomorrow. After everything was explained, he sat for a while and stood up and said goodbye. Irich personally sent the other party out, watching Grimren walk away before he returned to the house and closed the door. He looked at the boat tickets in his hand and the large envelope containing funds, and felt uneasy.
Chapter completed!