Beiyang reactionaries

At that time, there will be tariffs on cotton exported from China, and tariffs on imports into Japan.Then the products from the spinning mills are exported from Japan and then imported into China.

After heavy tariffs, the final product will not have much competitiveness when it enters China, and the price competitiveness will be poor.Especially at that time, British businessmen actively opened spinning mills in China, and Japan also learned from Britain and opened spinning mills in China.

Because opening a factory in China is different.

It is possible to obtain local materials in China, directly purchase cotton, and then produce cotton spinning.Moreover, the wages of Chinese workers are also low. In the past, Japanese businessmen had a high and special status in China, and they also had preferential taxation.

Even if they don't have that special status now, and there are no tax benefits, they still don't want to leave.As long as things get a little better, they can still make money.

That's why they hold on.

But what is the Shanghai Municipal Government doing?

Is this forcing yourself?

Inamoto Matsusuke immediately understood what the Shanghai Municipal Government meant.The Chinese government is forcing them to leave the Chinese market, and then leave the market to their own people.

Damn.

"Mayor Wu, we are protesting."

"Protest is ineffective."

Wu Dingchang smiled slightly.

20 years ago, Wu Dingchang was granted an official fee from Sichuan to travel east to Japan and entered the Tokyo Higher Commercial School to study.At that time, Japan was so tall and powerful in Wu Dingchang's eyes, and it was an industrial country that China could hardly match.

So enviable.

Facing the Japanese, Wu Dingchang bowed his head consciously or unconsciously.

you could put it that way.

The foreign students studying in Japan in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China saw the strength of Japan and the arrogance of Japan.So they either become cowards who are timid when they encounter Japan, or they become people who hate Japan.

There are few in-betweens.

It's not their fault.

Is the reason of history.

Wu Dingchang is a bit weak, or he feels that Japan is very powerful and China is not an opponent at all.Therefore, I have always been a little afraid of Japan.However, China has developed rapidly in recent years, and the Sino-Japanese war last year made Wu Dingchang terrified.

But after the fight, Wu Dingchang discovered that Japan is not invincible, and the great powers are not so unattainable.Including Zhang Jia’ao’s single-handed blow-up of Shanghai’s financial circle at the beginning of the year, especially HSBC, the giant in the Far East, could only turn to the Chinese government for help in the end, and half of the shares became the Chinese government.

In Shanghai now, all the original stock exchanges have been banned, leaving only one stock exchange.All financial institutions in Shanghai currently have government shares.Those top banks have all become banks controlled by the Chinese government.

People are like that.

When he found out that the person he always thought was very powerful was not as powerful as he imagined, Wu Dingchang's self-confidence immediately came out.This time Wu Dingchang will also make a beautiful handwriting.

Completely unify the textile market in Shanghai.

"Mr. Inamoto, I have clearly stated the attitude of the city government. Everyone should go back and deal with the workers' affairs. After three days, the workers' problem has not been resolved, and the government can only come forward to solve it. I still have something to do, so I will not accompany you first."

After Wu Dingchang finished speaking, he left the reception room.

A group of Japanese businessmen were left looking at each other.

Wu Dingchang ignored them. When he went outside, he said to his secretary: "Tell our people, unless these spinning mills pay all the wages owed at one time and hand over the deposit they collected before. Otherwise, they must not give in. Let the workers continue to occupy the factory for me, and if there is no victory, there will be no retreat."

"Yes."

After finishing the order, Wu Dingchang went straight up to Yan Huiqing's place.

"mayor."

"Tell them?"

"Yes. Mayor, where is the bank?"

"Don't worry. I have already told all the banks in Shanghai that I will never give them short-term loans. I have also told other companies that they will continue to reduce their orders during this period. But Mayor Wu, they Will you get a loan from the Japanese bank?"

"Mayor, don't worry."

Wu Dingchang is very confident.

He said with a smile: "These cotton mills in Japan not only owed wages, but also owed a lot of loans, and even owed a lot of money to suppliers. During this period of time, they had difficulty in cash flow due to sluggish orders. Domestically, at present, they do not have so much foreign exchange in their hands for disaster relief and raw materials needed by industry. At present, our government only recognizes gold and silver, British pounds, US dollars, and rubles, and does not recognize the Japanese yen. Therefore, the Bank of Japan does not Precious foreign exchange may be used to help these mills."

"That's good. Mayor Wu, you are fully responsible for this matter."

"Yes."

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"President Song, I am protesting against the decision of the Shanghai Municipal Government."

Japanese ambassador to China.

Also Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.Because Xiao Pan Youji misjudged China and was deceived by the Chinese government's strategy, Japan was extremely passive in last year's war.In the end, it led to Japan's biggest defeat in decades.Therefore, the Japanese government has removed Pan Youji from his post and returned to China for trial.

Someone was reassigned.

Yoshizawa Kenkichi became the new ambassador to China.

In May 1924, Yoshizawa Kenkichi officially took office and submitted his credentials to the Chinese government.He is the Minister Plenipotentiary of Japan to China.But not long after he took office, less than half a year later, something big happened in Shanghai.Those Japanese mill owners in Shanghai collectively issued a letter of appeal for help.Request the Japanese ambassador to China to come forward and negotiate with the Chinese government to resolve the current predicament.

Otherwise, the Japanese spinning mills in Shanghai would basically go bankrupt and fall into the hands of the Chinese government.That's why Yoshizawa Kenkichi came forward in person and immediately talked with Song Hanzhang, the head of the Ministry of Commerce.

"Minister Fangze, if you have anything to say, you can speak slowly."

Song Hanzhang was not in a hurry.

Of course he understood why Yoshizawa Kenkichi came here.The Japanese are worried about what happened in Shanghai, and the Beijing government is also concerned.In fact, what happened this time was really not ordered by the Beijing government, or led by the cabinet.The cabinet is very busy at work now, and the bosses of the cabinet have countless things waiting for them every day, and they can take care of everything wherever they are.What happened in Shanghai this time was Liu Guojun who made a plan and handed it over to the Ministry of Industry.Then Liu Dajun, minister of the Ministry of Light Industry, was in charge of coordinating the matter, starting with Shanghai.

What is happening in Shanghai now, of course the Beijing government is also paying attention.Song Hanzhang is the head of the Ministry of Commerce, and he is even more concerned about this matter.Now that he understands, he will not be in a hurry.

"Mr. Song, our two countries have signed the 'Nanjing Treaty'. I think peace and friendship between our two countries should have been restored."

"of course."

Song Hanzhang nodded.

Seriously said: "Minister Fangze, our two countries have been neighbors separated by a strip of water since ancient times. Although conflicts occurred due to some misunderstandings, peace has been restored between our two countries. There is no doubt about this."

Peace?friendly?

Shit.