Beiyang reactionaries

Tanaka Yoshihito had a serious expression on his face.

How could Yoshiichi Tanaka not understand what Takahashi Shiqing said.Not to mention anything else, from last year to the present, those laid-off urban workers who can't solve their livelihoods have repeatedly launched strikes, and Japanese peasant riots in rural areas are increasing.A large number of factories in Japan are closed, and Japan's grain production has dropped sharply, requiring large amounts of grain to be imported.

The reason why Yoshiichi Tanaka suddenly attacked the Japanese Communist Party and Japanese left-wingers was because the economy was too bad, leftist ideas were rampant, and leftist forces were increasing rapidly.Although a large number of Japanese left-wingers have been arrested, the economic problems are not resolved, and the soil of left-wing thoughts is still there.

And this year, in order to save Japan's finance and industry, the government has issued too many banknotes, and inflation has been very serious.In the first quarter of this year, Japan's inflation once reached [-], which can be said to be very serious.The government simply has no money right now.Three divisions are dispatched, how much money does the government need to borrow.At that time, it will inevitably further promote domestic inflation in Japan.

But that is the Korean Peninsula, a place that was won by so many ancestors with blood, how could Yoshiichi Tanaka give up.Once the Korean Peninsula is lost, Japan will be completely passive strategically.

"Tanaka-kun, take a step back."

Takahashi Shiki is very serious and serious.Looking at Yoshiichi Tanaka, he did not back down and said, "Mr. Tanaka, you are very clear about our current situation. We can no longer fight a war and cannot maintain the conflict on the Korean Peninsula. Take a step back, give up some places, and stabilize the Korean Peninsula first." situation and stabilize the domestic economy.”

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"It's not that easy to stabilize the domestic economy."

"Tanaka-kun, look, this is my survey of the imperial industry, the imperial economy, and my thoughts on the future development of the imperial economy."

In Tanaka Yoshiichi's cabinet, the most important figure that cannot be ignored is Takahashi Kokiyoshi.Not only because Takahashi Shiqing has deep seniority, but also because Takahashi Shiqing and Tanaka Yoshiichi belong to the same party and are one of Tanaka Yoshiichi's biggest supporters.

More importantly, Tanaka Yoshiichi's past economic and financial achievements made the Japanese emperor have a great impression of Takahashi Shiqing.Now that the Japanese economy is in such a downturn, it can even be said that Japan's finances are almost bankrupt, Yoshiichi Tanaka can't think of a more suitable candidate for the prime minister than Takahashi Shikiyoshi.

Therefore, although Takahashi Shiqing has a bad temper and always opposes Tanaka Yoshiichi, Tanaka Yoshiki still attaches great importance to Takahashi Shiqing's opinion.

"Zangxiang, what is this?"

Tanaka Yoshiichi was very puzzled.

Because Takahashi wrote the plan, the first page is not about the Japanese economy, nor about Japanese finance.It's about the situation with China trade.The first page is the trade situation between China and Germany.

"Tanaka-kun, the trade between China and Germany is a great inspiration for our country."

"specifically is?"

Yoshihiro Tanaka scratched his head.

China and Germany?What does trade between them have to do with Japan?

"Tanaka-kun, look at it. After the end of the European War, Germany was burdened with a very heavy economic burden, especially the huge war reparations, which caused Germany's finances to almost completely collapse. Adjustment, but it is still unbearable for Germany. So that when the German government collected taxes a few years ago, farmers could only use crops to offset taxes, and mines in the Ruhr area used coal as taxes. The German government Mark It collapsed, and there was no foreign exchange in hand, so it could only take these coals and go to the Netherlands to exchange for vegetables and food. This is the domestic economic situation of Germany after the end of the European War.”

Takahashi is clear, no matter what kind of person he is, his ability is beyond doubt.

In order to solve the Japanese economy and Japan's financial problems, Takahashi really did some research and thinking, considering where the way out for the Japanese economy is.

Therefore, I am very familiar with the situation in Germany, and immediately began to give Tanaka Yoshiichi a detailed introduction.

"The domestic economy is like this, let alone international trade. After the European War, the mark depreciated greatly. Germany has no foreign exchange reserves at all, and the international community does not recognize the mark. But if Germany wants to solve their domestic economic problems, then their factories will Work must be started. Otherwise, those workers who do not have jobs will become a factor of instability. But although Germany also has some resources, compared to their industrial needs, it is a resource-poor country. So they resumed domestic industry, A lot of resources need to be imported. This is the contradiction that Germany cannot adjust at present. To restore industry, energy must be imported, but there is no foreign exchange in hand. Tanaka-kun, do you think there are any similarities when I talk about this?"

"Well, I understand what you mean."

Yoshihide Tanaka nodded.

Because Takahashi is talking about the German problem, which is actually very similar to the problem Japan is currently facing.The current Japan is the collapse of the domestic economy and financial collapse. In the second half of last year, it encountered the most serious banking crisis in Japanese history.As a result, a large number of domestic banks and factories went bankrupt, workers were laid off, and the rural economy was sluggish.In order to stimulate exports, Japan crazily devalued the yen exchange rate.

It started off well, of course, but it angered the world powers.In a rage, they kicked the yen out of the ranks of world currencies, and began to raise tariffs to exclude Japanese goods.Japan is an export-oriented country.Once exports are hit, the entire Japanese economy will suffer a huge blow.

That's it right now.

The domestic economy is in a mess.As for foreign exchange, although it is a little more than Germany, the current situation is not optimistic.Mainly because of the loss of special interests in China.

In the early years, Japan could plunder a large amount of raw materials such as iron ore and coal from China at low prices, but now they have lost them all.Including last year's chaos on the Korean peninsula, even resources such as iron ore and coal on the Korean peninsula cannot be plundered.

But Japan needs a lot of resources every year.In order to maintain Japan's industrial development, these resources can only be purchased from China every year.Just buying these resources every year requires a large amount of foreign exchange from Japan.The resources that could be plundered without much money now require a large amount of foreign exchange, which has caused Japan's foreign exchange to be stretched.

In this comparison, the situation in Japan and Germany is really very similar.

"Tanaka-kun, look at the trade situation between China and Germany in the past few years. Last year (1925), the import and export volume between China and Germany exceeded one billion Chinese dollars in terms of price, reaching 13 billion Chinese dollars. With these cooperations, Germany perfectly solved the dilemma that they lacked foreign exchange, but needed resources, and had to sell their industrial products. They imported energy from China, and then sold their industrial products to China to restore their industry Strength. Similarly, the Chinese government also lacks foreign exchange, but it needs a lot of machinery, equipment and industrial products. They also rely on exporting resources to obtain the machinery, equipment, technology, and industrial products they want. The two sides vigorously develop each other's trade , to solve their respective problems."

"kindness."

Tanaka Yoshiichi looked at the data of Sino-German trade and nodded again and again.Because the data on Sino-German trade is indeed very good.

In the past few years, it has been on the rise, or leap. In 1919, just after the end of the First World War, the trade volume between China and Germany was only more than 300 million affected by the First World War.However, only six years later last year, the total import and export volume between China and Germany exceeded one billion French currency.In just six years, it has increased by 37 times, accounting for [-]% of China's current import and export volume.Germany has become China's largest trading partner.

Peanuts and peanut kernels, egg yolk, pig intestines, cotton, almonds, rawhide, tea, fur, sesame and other agricultural and daily products account for a relatively large proportion of China's exports to Germany.The annual export volume of each item exceeds one million.

Among them, peanuts and peanut kernels, which are relatively important, have an annual export value of more than [-] million yuan.Because Germany, as a big chemical country, needs to use peanuts to refine oil, it imports a large amount of peanuts and peanut kernels from China every year.Similarly, egg products are also a bulk commodity exported from China to Germany, with an annual export volume of more than [-] million yuan.Egg products and peanuts are important items for oil refining.In the past few years, the situation in China has been stable, the output of these products has also increased a lot, and the export value has also continued to rise.

In addition, the annual export value of cotton and sesame is also around 500 million.Although the added value of agricultural products is relatively low, China's annual export of these agricultural products to Germany alone costs 4000 million French currency.It can be seen how active the trade between China and Germany is.

In addition to these agricultural products, China also exported traditional porcelain and silk products to Germany.It's just that the export volume of porcelain and silk fabrics is declining every year, and now it is barely maintaining a million French currency.

Then there are materials such as bristles, tung oil, and rubber that have become important items for China's exports in recent years.Although Germany's demand for bristles, tung oil, and rubber is not comparable to that of the United States, each of these materials is exported more than 500 million.Because these things are necessary for the development of Germany's industry.

Finally, mineral products, which is another bulk commodity.

China exports a large amount of minerals to Germany.Starting from tungsten ore, antimony ore and tin ore occupy a large share.Seventy to eighty percent of the tungsten ore, antimony ore, and tin ore imported by Germany each year are provided by China.Especially tungsten ore, the price is very high, the current price of a ton of tungsten ore is more than [-] US dollars.China's tungsten ore is of very good quality and is very popular in the world.Germany imported [-] tons of tungsten ore from China last year, and this amount alone exceeded [-] million French currency.

These are all exported from China to Germany.

And what about Germany?

Mainly industrial products.Iron and steel products, machinery and equipment and parts required by various factories, chemical raw materials, and dyes are the bulk.Each of these bulk industrial equipment and industrial products is very expensive.Including telephone and telegraph equipment, photographic equipment, many of which were imported from Germany.In this way, the trade volume between China and Germany exceeded one billion French currency.

But overall, China's exports are raw materials with very low added value.It seems that there are a lot of things sold to Germany, but in fact the export price is not high.In comparison, what Germany sells to China are industrial products with high added value.Every year, there is a deficit in the Sino-German trade in China, and the deficit is very high, nearly [-] million French currency.

"And Mr. Tanaka, there is still room for growth in the trade between China and Germany. Germany requires the Chinese government to provide at least 20 tons of tungsten ore per year, but currently the Chinese government provides up to [-] tons of tungsten ore. In order to meet the The Chinese government has stepped up the construction of several tungsten mining companies to meet the needs of Germany. I heard that the goal of the two countries is that the Chinese government will provide Germany with [-] tons of tungsten ore per year. Including antimony ore and tin ore, Germany also hopes to China can increase its supply, which exceeds [-] tons per year. The same is true for other products. Germany hopes that the Chinese government will also increase its supply of peanuts, egg products, tung oil, and rubber. China is also importing more and more German industrial products. Therefore, the trade between them is still on the rise, and according to my analysis, it is possible that the trade volume between the two countries will exceed [-] billion Chinese yuan within five years.”

"Then what do you mean?"

"We can totally emulate Germany."

Takahashi Shiqing said confidently: "Tanaka-kun, take a look. Among the industrial products exported from Germany to China, we can completely replace many of them. China has a very large demand for chemical raw materials and dyes in recent years. , although these dye factories are also established in China, they cannot meet their domestic needs at all. Therefore, a large amount of chemical raw materials and dyes are imported from Germany every year. Our chemical raw materials and dyes are definitely not as good as Germany in terms of technology. But it’s better than China’s own. And our stuff is cheaper than Germany’s, and the distance is closer, reducing a lot of unnecessary transportation costs. I think we can do this business.”

"continue."

"Look at this again. Among the items China imports from Germany, the generators needed by power plants and various machine tools needed by factories are the major import items. There are also machinery and equipment used by China's newly established steel plants in the past two years. The technology and technology are all provided by Germany. In my opinion, the empire can completely replace Germany in this respect. You see, in just a few years, China has imported nearly [-] machine tools from Germany. In fact, we can also provide such machine tools to China. And the price can be reduced by half."

Hearing Takahashi's words, Tanaka Yoshikazu frowned deeply.

Takahashi saw that Tanaka Yoshiichi was silent, so he continued: "Tanaka-san, think about it. We also lack foreign exchange now, but we need resources. Without resources, our factories can't start at all. But we import iron ore, Needless to say, coal, tungsten ore, antimony ore, tin ore and other minerals, importing food, tung oil, rubber and other things, foreign exchange is very difficult. Under such circumstances, I think we should learn from the current barter method in China and Germany. Business is a very feasible method. China has resources to export, and we can sell industrial products to China. In this way, our factories can have resources, orders, factories can start, and the economy can recover. From China, our Things are cheap, and when they lack foreign exchange, they can save a lot of foreign exchange by choosing us. It is very beneficial to both of us.”

"Zangxiang, why are you only staring at Zhina?"

"Because this is the fastest way for the empire to restore its economy at present."

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