Beiyang reactionaries

"Okay. Chief Jiang, your Ministry of Internal Affairs will implement this matter as soon as possible."

"Yes."

"This time..."

"Prime Minister."

When Duan Xun was about to summarize the incident, Deng Yanda walked in.He came to Duan Xun's side and said, "Shenyang called, there was a commotion on the peninsula."

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"There was a riot? What happened?"

"Japan began to increase taxes on the Korean peninsula at the end of last year and deducted the wages of many mining workers, which caused a backlash. This is the specific situation."

Duan Xun took what Deng Yanda handed over.

After watching for a while, I understood what happened.Japan had a major earthquake in 1923, and in desperation, it chose to negotiate peace with China.The result was a general Japanese retreat from China.The two resource bases of Northeast China and Shandong were lost.

Japan has plundered astonishing resources from the Northeast and Shandong, as well as from the Hanyeping Company and the Sichuan Iron and Steel Group through loans.

If nothing else, just look at the coal mines.The Fushun Coal Mine controlled by Japan in the Northeast had a peak output of about 1923 million tons before 500, and the Northeast itself could not fully digest it.Therefore, at least 200 million tons are shipped to Japan every year.

Originally, Japan planned to continue to expand the scale of Fushun Coal Mine, to double the output of Fushun Coal Mine to more than [-] million tons.But before Japan could complete it, China took back the Fushun Coal Mine.

Fushun coal is Japan's favorite coal, which is considered to be the best quality coal in Asia.Nearly half of the coal used by those steel plants in Japan is Fushun coal.Including the coal used by the Japanese Navy, 90.00% is Fushun coal mine.Fushun Coal Mine accounted for half of the coal that Japan imported from China each year.

Including the gold mines in the Northeast, Japan does not know how much it digs out every year.

But without these resources, Japan can only buy from China.Otherwise, those blast furnaces in Japan would have no coal to burn at all.But at present, although the price of coal has dropped a lot, it is still not cheap.

During World War I, the price of coal once rose to thirteen or fourteen silver dollars per ton.However, with the end of the European War, coal prices have plummeted in recent years.But even so, the current export price of coal that is not very good quality is nearly [-] yuan per ton.After the export tariff, the amount sold to the Japanese reached more than five yuan in French currency.

Needless to say, the quality of Fushun coal is very good, and it is one of the best in China.The export per ton is much higher than that of other coals, reaching about 4.6 French currency.Adding export duties, it was already about 6 yuan in French currency when it was sold to Japan.

In the past two years, Japan has resumed their industries, including their trains and their navy, and needs to import more than 600 million tons of coal from China every year.In this way, in order to import coal from China, Japan spends more than 3000 million French currency, more than 1000 million US dollars, every year.

But China does not want the yen, only gold and silver currencies, or the three foreign currencies of pounds, dollars, and rubles.But Japan doesn't use yen, so how can Japan have so much foreign exchange to pay.

Moreover, the resources imported by Japan are not only coal. Japan also needs iron ore, antimony ore, and tin ore provided by China, as well as tung oil and pig bristles from China.It costs more than 7000 million French currency to import various basic resources from China every year.In addition, Japan has to import a lot of low-priced goods from China, and the annual import volume from China reaches [-] million French currency.With so much money, there is a lot of pressure on Japan.

Not only is Japan itself so financially difficult, but so are their businessmen.When Japan had a good relationship with Duan Xun, it can be said that it invested a lot in China.

There are more direct loans and more direct investments.There used to be more than one billion in direct loans, but only about [-] million were left after the war by Duan Xun.There are so many direct investments, but some of them were directly confiscated by Duan Xun, such as the assets of Manchurian Railway, the shipyard in Northeast China, and the mining company in Qingdao, etc., which were directly confiscated by the Chinese government.For some other Japanese companies in China, as Sino-Japanese relations deteriorated, these investments were basically in vain.The popular "boycott of Japanese goods" movement has made it difficult for most Japanese factories in China to operate, and their debts are increasing every year.

what's the result?

Just like those textile factories, Japanese businessmen can only dispose of the factory and be bought by Chinese companies at a low price.After this series, Japan suffered heavy losses.

In addition, when they were in war, so many war bonds were issued, and the annual interest was also very high.So Japan really doesn't have that much money.

But it’s not enough not to buy it.

Unless Japan's industry does not want to develop.

What if I don't have money?

Japan can only squeeze the colonies controlled by itself, Korea and Taiwan.Japan originally robbed most of the arable land of the Koreans, and the Korean economy was too poor, so they took the method of recuperation.That is to adopt a low tax rate approach to North Korea, hoping to reduce North Korea's resistance and restore the economy of the Korean peninsula.

Japan's idea is to make North Korea its own land, and then make Northeast China theirs.But now it is not possible at all, because Japan itself is very difficult.

They need money.So began to increase taxes in the Korean peninsula and Taiwan.Although the Korean Peninsula is not a big country like China, its current population is nearly 2000 million, which is not a country with a small population in the world.Even Japan's current population is less than 6000 million.

Squeeze the Korean peninsula hard, and you can get a lot of money.Then increase the plundering of resources from the Korean peninsula to make up for their current shortcomings.The Korean peninsula is rich in resources. If you want gold mines, you can find gold mines, if you want iron ore, you can have iron ore, and if you want coal, you can have coal, all of which are very much needed by Japanese industry.Therefore, Japan has increased the exploitation of resources.However, despite the great development of machines in this era, most mining companies still need manpower.Therefore, Japan caught more people from North Korea to mine, and did not pay these miners well.

Of course this is about the looting of minerals.

Japan implemented "south cotton and north sheep" for the Korean peninsula, allowing cotton to be grown in the south and sheep to be raised in the north.Japan hopes that the Korean Peninsula will become its own raw material supplier.Therefore, these are originally supported, and some tax incentives are also given.But now that Japan's own economy is in trouble, who cares about that.So start raising taxes.

It works well.Squeezing 2000 million people on the Korean peninsula and then plundering a large amount of resources from North Korea has indeed greatly made up for Japan's financial situation and Japan's lack of resources.

Unfortunately, things have two sides.

Japan's tax increase this time has affected almost everyone on the Korean peninsula.Ordinary people are very sensitive to taxes. If you increase some taxes, they will feel it immediately.They may not be able to feel a slight inflation, but they can feel the reduction in income immediately.In particular, this direct tax increase is even more immediately felt.

The aborigines on the Korean peninsula had been robbed of their cultivated land by the Japanese, and they had great resentment towards Japan.Especially after the end of the First World War, North Korea also launched a vigorous independence movement, with 200 million people participating, sweeping the entire Korean peninsula.Although it was suppressed by the Japanese, many people participated in the independence movement that year, which also contributed to the emergence of many North Korean independence groups.Now that Japan has suddenly started to increase taxes and began to plunder resources forcefully, the contradictions have become more and more intense.

That's the paradox.After the intensification reaches a certain level, it will inevitably explode.In addition, the North Korean government-in-exile in the northeast also sent people into the Korean peninsula to instigate, and finally riots broke out.What started as a riot by mining workers spread across the peninsula.

"Everyone take a look."

After Duan Xun finished reading it, he immediately asked others to read it too.

Then immediately fell into thought.

The chaos on the Korean peninsula is Duan Xun's favorite thing, and it is something he has been promoting.It has given great support to the North Korean government-in-exile.

Money is a good thing.

With money, the North Korean government-in-exile can organize people and develop forces on the Korean peninsula.In 1910, the literacy rate on the Korean peninsula was less than ten percent.But after 1924, the literacy rate on the Korean peninsula had reached more than 30.00%.An increase in the literacy rate and an increase in the number of readers will promote the development of nationalism, which no one can stop.

After the North Korean government-in-exile got rich, it promoted independence in major schools in the country.When a riot like this happens, the affected students are the main force.

What should China do at this time?

"It's all over."

After about 20 minutes, everyone finished watching.

"Zesheng (Deng Yanda), come and tell us about the current situation on the Korean Peninsula."

"Yes."

Deng Yanda saluted the army, and immediately spread out the big map, which was the map of North Korea.Then he said: "Japan currently has a division in the Korean Peninsula, which is the No. 20 Division of the Japanese Army. The troops that retreated from the Northeast the year before last have basically returned to the mainland. However, the troops of the original Kwantung Army sequence will continue to stay. On the Korean peninsula, they are stationed as gendarmerie units. Let me explain in detail how their troops are stationed.”

Deng Yanda began to mark on the map.

Tell the current situation of the Japanese army on the Korean peninsula.Duan Xun looked at these things and asked, "Zhesheng, what is the current strength of the independent army we support?"

"Currently there are only about 1 people, and the training of officers has not been completed."

"Can you fight?"

"It's okay to fight, but it is definitely not an opponent to fight the Japanese army head-on."

"it is good."