Beiyang reactionaries

Once the industrial machines of China and the United States are in operation, the amount of industrial products produced is astonishing.Moreover, China has an advantage over the United States, that is, as long as the Supreme Committee approves it, it can be implemented quickly.Even if the United States has any policies, it will take a long time to implement them.Because it still needs congressional approval, this process is very long.

This is the case with the Marshall Plan in history.

It took two years from proposal to approval.This was because of the "February Revolution" in Czechoslovakia, which made the United States more and more afraid of the Soviet Union and worried that the Soviet Union would redefine Europe, so Congress quickly passed it.Otherwise, based on the current situation of the two parties in the United States, it is estimated that it will take four to five years to pass it.

"Europe is the birthplace of the industrial revolution. The accumulation of technology far surpasses that of our country. We still need to learn from Europe in many aspects. The limited support for Europe is also beneficial to our country. Vice Chairman Dai, I propose an idea, you can discuss it .”

"Yes."

"I think so. The European war is over, and we still need to resume exchanges with Europe. Europe currently needs some resources from our country, and Europe also needs to buy some daily supplies. And my country also needs to introduce some cutting-edge technologies from Europe to increase China's However, at present, European countries have no foreign exchange at all because of the war, and they can’t spend much overseas assets, so they don’t have the strength to buy our country’s resources and materials. Similarly, our country will not be willing to mobilize its gold reserves to buy European high-tech. But In the current situation, neither our country nor Europe will trust each other's currencies. This creates an unsolvable situation."

The war has severely damaged the currencies of many countries.

Before the war, British pounds, French francs, German marks, and American dollars were all world currencies.These currencies circulate in the world, and everyone trusts them.These world powers can use their own currency to buy goods from other countries.But after the war, except for the U.S. dollar, the currencies of these European countries have not been recognized by the world. In the eyes of other countries, these currencies are waste paper.That's why the United States held a meeting at Bretton Woods and passed a currency agreement.

The dollar became the base currency of the world.

Other currencies can only be pegged to the US dollar to preserve their value.

This blocks the possibility of direct trade between China and Europe. If you want to trade between China and Europe, you must use the US dollar.But once such a plan is chosen, China will also indirectly recognize the status of the US dollar and the "Bretton Woods System", which is contrary to China's plan.

"So I have a proposal. We negotiate with European countries, one-to-one negotiations. The two sides conduct currency swaps, one-to-one currency swaps. After the currency swap, let them directly use RMB to buy what they need to restart their industries. Resources, to buy the materials they need in their daily life. And we use their currency to buy their technology patents, buy their technology products, including sending a large number of international students to study in Europe. Let’s do a small-scale experiment first, and if the situation goes well, we will We can strengthen our respective cooperation. In this way, we don’t need to go through the US dollar, and we can conduct trade directly. Of course, this is just an idea of ​​mine. How to specifically discuss it with the cabinet, and at the same time contact the European side to see what they mean. If it is possible Restore trade with Europe, then we can draw closer economic and political relations with Europe."

"Currency swap?"

Dai Kan and the others were all surprised, because they hadn't thought about it at all.

But after listening to Duan Xun's words, several people still understood what Duan Xun meant.If a cooperation agreement can be reached with Europe, China and Europe will be able to resume cooperation and bypass the United States.This will have a huge boost to China's exports.

In fact, this is another kind of monetary stimulus.

According to the current situation of China's support for the Asian economy, the currency has already been issued a little too much.During the Second World War, due to the great increase in exports, the gold and silver reserves rose rapidly, and China issued a lot of currency.

If it is normal, it will definitely cause inflation.

However, although the currency is overissued, the currency circulates abroad, which in turn stimulates domestic industrial development, and then returns to China.In this process, most of the inflationary factors will be eliminated, and on the contrary, it will stimulate the development of China's economy.

There is already some excess production capacity in China now. Using this method to release China's excess industrial production capacity is of great benefit to China's industrial development.

"Chairman, what about the Soviet Union? And Eastern Europe?"

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"Chairman, what about the Soviet Union? What about Eastern Europe?"

"The cooperation is still cooperation, whether it is the Soviet Union or the United States. We do not get involved in the problems between them. I said at the Asian Joint Conference that respect, equality, peace, and development. Respect also includes respect for the political systems of other countries, respect for The choice of the people of other countries. What kind of development path the Soviet Union chooses is their own business. The Soviet Union and the United Kingdom and the United States can confront each other because of their respective ideas, but our country should not fall into such disputes. We only need to stabilize Asia , nothing else matters."

Duan Xun waved his hand.

The issue of ideology, which is something formed by history, must have internal factors.But after falling into ideological disputes, a complete confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union began to appear, even an irrational confrontation.

After the Cold War, the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union felt somewhat either-or.

You're right, I'm definitely against it.If you are against something, I will definitely support it.And it requires many countries to choose sides, either the Soviet Union or the United States.This is no longer just a question between ideologies, it is completely caught in a confrontation of hatred and completely lost their minds.

This ideology is absolutely undesirable.

It’s like what the Chinese dynasties fear most is party struggle.

Partisanship, what is partisanship.

At the beginning, everyone just disagreed in ideas, just had different views on things, and had different views on governing the country.Therefore, they argue with each other, because of ideological issues, there are divisions, and various factions appear.But after a long time, it turned into a party struggle.After it really turns into a party struggle, the discussion is no longer about how to govern the country.

It became a battle of wills.

If you say yes, I will object.If you object, I agree.

As a result of party struggles, major national affairs cannot be handled at all.When you do something, what you look at is not whether it is good or not, but who is doing it.If it's your own, then support it.Regardless of whether this thing is right or not.

If it is an opponent, then oppose it.No matter what he did was right or not.It's an either-or situation from top to bottom.

This is the horror of partisanship.

The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union was like this at its most acute.Therefore, what Duan Xun is most worried about is that China is also involved in such an either-or debate, which is of no benefit to China.

So Duan Xun will never allow China to intervene here.

The current economy in Western Europe is very serious. In fact, the situation in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe is not much better than that in Western Europe.It should be said that the situation in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe is more serious than in Western Europe.

"Chairman, how do you make it look like our country is going to save the whole world?"

Yang Wei made a rare joke beside him.

Indeed it is.

China is in charge of Asia, and has been negotiating with Asian countries recently to see how to help Asian countries recover their economies.With Japan, many cooperation agreements have been reached.

Especially financial agreements.

China has given Japan two models of financial system support.One is to inject funds into several major banks in Japan to buy shares, so that the assets of several major banks in Japan will expand.The main reason is that after this, several major banks in Japan have funds in their hands.And it's not the yen, which is currently depreciating heavily, but the renminbi maintained by a big industrial country like China.

The Bank of Japan lends these funds to some of the factories mainly supported by Japan. With these renminbi, those factories can purchase any resources for their industrial start-up in various Asian countries.As long as there are resources, factories in Japan can start working.

Prices in Japan can only be suppressed if factories in Japan start operating.

The other is that Chinese financial institutions give Japanese financial institutions a deposit, which is actually a loan to Japanese financial institutions.In addition to lending to financial institutions, it also lends to some major companies in Japan.Use this model to support the recovery of the Japanese economy.

China's first batch of support for Japan reached 30 billion yuan.

The cooperation agreement signed by China and Japan is that within 5 years, the amount of support to Japan will reach about 70 billion yuan, and Japan will be supported with materials of about 10 billion yuan.Among the Asian support plans that China is preparing to carry out, the support for Japan is the largest and the fastest.

In addition to Japan, China has signed cooperation agreements with the Republic of Korea, the Third Republic of the Philippines, and Thailand.Ready to support the economic recovery of these countries.Of course, in addition to these, China is also preparing to use the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to provide loans to Southeast Asian countries to support their infrastructure construction.

China should support Asia.

After all, China wants to be the boss in Asia, so what if you, as the boss, don't support your younger brother.

But now China has to support Western European countries as well as the Soviet Union and its little brother, Eastern European countries.It's like the Chinese family is going to save the world economy.Hearing what Yang Wei said, everyone laughed.

Duan Xun shook his head and said: "Asia is our basic market. We only need to maintain Asia. The more Asia develops, the more benefits it will bring to our country. As for Western Europe and the Soviet Union, strengthening cooperation is only for trade development. We are not strong enough to save the world. It is impossible for the United States and the Soviet Union to watch our family strengthen relations with Europe. As long as we start to cooperate with Europe, the United States and the Soviet Union will definitely take action. The United States will support Western Europe, and the Soviet Union will support Eastern Europe. They are industrial powers, and they have the ability to support their own followers."

The United States is the largest industrial country in the world. Although the Soviet Union was severely wounded by the war, their systems recovered faster than ordinary countries.Western Europe and Eastern Europe are the younger brothers of the United States and the Soviet Union, and the United States and the Soviet Union will definitely support them.Only the two of them have the ability to support European countries on a large scale.

"I think so too."

Yang Wei nodded.

Dao: "The United States and the Soviet Union defeated Germany at such a high price, and the purpose was to reach into Europe. How could it be possible to see us strengthen cooperation with them, and how could it be possible to allow our country to increase its influence in Europe. They are eyeing Europe. Now It’s just that they haven’t had time to react. When they react, they will inevitably provide large-scale support. We will not steal the limelight. Our current strength cannot compete with the United States and the Soviet Union in Europe. What we have to do is, Do business with Europe honestly, increase relations with European countries, and gradually increase our influence in Europe. It can be regarded as laying a foundation, and when we have strength in the future, we can also influence Europe."