Beiyang reactionaries

"Prime Minister Coinhara, please speak."

Duan Xun likes rational politicians.

Because these rational politicians know how to weigh the pros and cons when making some decisions.They all understand that any political decision must know oneself and the enemy, and they cannot adopt risky strategies.Such political figures, some of their political views and policies, can be found out.

They are not like some neurotic politicians.

Those neurotic politicians, you don't know what policy he will suddenly choose.Radicals in many countries don't know how to weigh the pros and cons, they almost do whatever they want, and many decisions are even completely betting on the country's luck.Dealing with such politicians is very dangerous.

Duan Xun considers himself a rational politician and would never gamble on the fate of the country.

But some foreign people who came into contact with Duan Xun don't think so.Just like when Duan Xun looked at the Japanese military radicals before, he felt that they were really incomprehensible, uncontrollable, and unwilling to deal with them.Roosevelt and Churchill, who had been in contact with Duan Xun in the past two years, also treated Duan Xun in the same way.

They also couldn't figure out what Duan Xun was thinking.

Especially in China, when there is no force that can contain Duan Xun, Roosevelt and Churchill are even more afraid of Duan Xun.Because Duan Xun basically keeps his promises in China, it is difficult for anyone to stop him from doing what he wants to do.In the eyes of Roosevelt and Churchill, such Duan Xun is also very likely to become a Hitler figure, and is a very dangerous figure.Some policies made by such people are difficult to predict.

The United States abides by the agreement and withdraws from Asia not only because China supports the United States in trade globalization, but also because Europe needs the United States more at this stage.In fact, another reason is that Roosevelt really didn't dare to judge Duan Xun's next step at will.If the United States fails to fulfill its original promise and the "Ili Declaration" for a long time, will China provoke war again?

Moreover, China still has such a big killer as nuclear weapons.

For a person like Duan Xun who is not restricted by too much power, if he really wants to fight a war and use nuclear weapons, then the blow to the United States will be too great.Roosevelt really didn't dare to gamble, so Roosevelt would fulfill the Sino-US agreement and withdraw from those areas in accordance with the "Ili Declaration".

The same is true of international politics.

Horizontally afraid of being stunned, stunned for fear of dying.

In Roosevelt's eyes, Duan Xun was the one who was desperate.

In today's Japan, the political composition is basically dominated by moderate leaders.These people know how to advance and retreat, know how to analyze their own shortcomings, and will not do things that are too extreme, let alone bet on the fate of the country.Kijuro Hashihara is the representative of the moderate faction in Japan and the person in charge of "coordinating diplomacy".

Duan Xun likes people like Kijuro Hashihara who know current affairs.

"Chairman Duan, our country needs China's support in two aspects. The first is the food problem. Our country has no food now, and some areas have begun to starve to death. If the cities are not controlled, there will be big problems "Chairman Duan, only China can help our country tide over the difficulties at this stage. On behalf of the Japanese government, I request China's support."

"Is it that serious?"

"It's more serious than expected."

Kijuro Kishihara sighed.

Japan's own arable land is limited, so Japan has always been a major food importer, and more than half of the food must be imported to meet Japan's needs.However, with Japan's defeat, Japan has been unable to import food from abroad.Japan used to import food mainly from China and the Soviet Union, and later imported food from Southeast Asian countries.

But now Southeast Asia has just experienced war and has not recovered.Agriculture in Southeast Asia is also severely damaged, and it will not be overnight to restore it.Not to mention the Soviet Union, which can't even take care of itself, where there is food to export.

So the situation in Japan has become very dangerous.

If it weren't for this, Kijuro Kishihara wouldn't beg Duan Xun so much.Duan Xun nodded, and had no doubts about Kijuro Kijuro's words, because Duan Xun also got this information.

Even if there is no information, it can be guessed.

Since 1943, Japan has suffered a severe shortage of food in the country.By 1944, it was common for Japanese frontline troops to eat one meal a day.Now that the war is over, Japan's food problem is getting worse.

"Prime Minister Biyuan, I think so. Prime Minister Biyuan will arrange someone to come over as soon as possible. I will let Chen Guangfu, director of the Raw Material Committee, be the negotiating team on the Chinese side. The two of us discuss how to ensure the food stability of your country, and by what means Support your country in any way. As I said at the opening ceremony of this meeting, all the member states of the Asian Joint Organization are friends and brothers of China. We will not ignore the difficulties of our friends.”

"Thank you, Chairman Duan."

Kijuro Koshihara let out a long sigh of relief.

Japan is really dangerous now.Not to mention ordinary people, even many university teachers lack food.When the Japanese emperor announced his surrender, there were a large number of radicals in Japan who did not believe that Japan would fail, and chose suicide in despair.

And since Japan surrendered, more and more people committed suicide within less than half a year.Because many families have not enough to eat, the food shortage is getting worse.Among those who commit suicide, there are many scholars.This put a lot of pressure on Koshihara Kijuro.

Especially after entering 1945, the food shortage became even more serious.

In the current situation, only China can solve Japan's food crisis.Only a big country like China has enough strength to save the current food crisis in Japan.Japan has a population of 7000 million. This is not a small scale, and it can be ranked high in the world population rankings.To solve the food shortage in a country with a population of this size, only China has such food reserves.

"Should be. Don't know the other side?"

During the war, food is currency for a period of time after the war.

The same is true of Europe.

The currencies of many European countries have now become waste paper.Even the previous world currency, the pound sterling, has greatly reduced its current purchasing power.Although the UK has been insisting on the value of the pound, it is an objective fact that the purchasing power of the pound has declined.The currencies of some other countries, such as those of Germany and Italy, are now a pile of waste paper.At this time, food is the most important thing, and food is hard currency.Japan is currently short of food, and China's food is banknotes.If Japan needs 2000 tons of grain, China can support 8000 tons of it, but Japan needs to purchase the remaining [-] tons of grain.Now Japan has no money to buy, and the yen is not recognized, so it can only be bartered, and it can only be exchanged for food with Japanese assets.It is not a bad deal for China.

"I hope China will support our financial system."

Kijuro Koshihara didn't hide anything.

Of course it can't be hidden.

Now China's millions of troops are stationed in Japan, and China does not know how many investigators are in Japan.I can't say that I know the situation in Japan well, but in terms of understanding, it will not be much worse than the current Japanese government.

The current economic situation in Japan is very bad.

During the war, Japan issued currency indiscriminately. Of course, the Japanese cabinet also has the ability.The indiscriminate deforestation of currency on such a scale was able to stabilize domestic prices in Japan during the war.But this kind of stability relies on one lie after another.But when the war is over, the lies in those wars are completely over, and then there will be serious inflation.

Compared with two years ago, the price of daily goods in Japan has tripled.But don't think this is very powerful. In fact, this is just a price controlled by the government.Such a price is completely priceless, and many materials cannot be bought in the regular market at all.Because all the materials have flowed into the black market, because this price cannot reflect the current inflation situation in Japan at all.On the black market, the price of daily goods in Japan has risen 35 times compared to two years ago.Now the difference between the normal price on the Japanese market and the price on the black market is more than ten times. It can be seen that the inflation in Japan is severe.It can also be seen what kind of virtue the yen has become now.

If Japan wants to control prices, it must supply more daily necessities.Prices will only fall if supply increases.But at present, Japanese industry has no funds to start construction, and Japan's industrial output is about 5% of that before the war.Compared with the peak of the war years, Japan's industrial output is now less than 2%.In other words, Japanese industry is basically stagnant now.

Under such circumstances, Japanese daily necessities can only be imported, of course they are extremely scarce, and the price is of course very expensive.There is a flood of money and a lot of money is issued, resulting in ridiculously high prices.Therefore, the biggest task of the cabinet headed by Kijuro Kishihara now is to restore the original output of Japanese industry.As long as Japanese industry is functioning, the supply of daily necessities can increase and prices can be kept under control.

But now Japan is short of money.

The Bank of Japan made a fortune during the war, but after the war ended, it suffered heavy losses.The money previously loaned out could not be collected at all. Japan does not know how many factories were destroyed by bombs and how many factories went bankrupt.Coupled with the current severe inflation in Japan, most Japanese banks are in danger of bankruptcy.Those small and medium-sized banks have gone bankrupt countless times, and only those banks supported by consortiums and those banks supported by the government can barely survive.

Japan needs stimulus and external funding to support the Bank of Japan.Only when Japanese financial institutions are stabilized can they have the funds to support Japanese industry.Only with financial support can Japan's industry recover.

That's why Kijuro Koihara asked for financial support from China.

Duan Xun nodded slightly and said: "Prime Minister Biyuan, I think so. Our two countries will set up a negotiating team as soon as possible to discuss these issues. Personally, I support the two requests made by Prime Minister Biyuan Yes. But how to support, how to support, I think we should come up with a plan as soon as possible.”

"Thank you, thank you Chairman Duan. I have already brought a negotiating delegation this time."

"Okay. Now, I'll let Chen Guangfu come here immediately. We will start negotiations tomorrow, starting with the most pressing issues and solving them one by one."

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"It means that the best way now is to let Japan's industry take the lead in resuming operations?"

"Yes."

After meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Kijuro Kobara, Duan Xun immediately sent a telegram to ask Chen Guangfu, director of the Raw Material Committee, to come to Changsha to negotiate with Japan.Look at how China and Japan cooperate, how to help Japan solve the current difficulties, and at the same time think about how to use the current opportunity to control the Japanese economy.

At the same time, Lu Zuofu, deputy director of the Economic and Development Commission, as a representative of the cabinet, sent Duan Xun the next five-year Asian development plan formulated by the cabinet.

"Chairman, the problem in Asia now is that the war has destroyed the foundation of the Asian economy. To recover, you need a strong market. Only strong demand can quickly restore the Asian economy. Originally, my country was the largest market in Asia. The biggest demand. However, due to the expansion of the industrial scale during the war, our country is now in a state of adjustment, and it is not easy to release the demand in a short period of time. Therefore, at this stage, we will still have many difficulties in mobilizing the Asian economy alone. The best way is to select a few countries in Asia and restore their economies. When their economies recover, they will generate demand and drive the economies of other countries to develop together.”