Beiyang reactionaries

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

Takahashi is clear.

His face became very serious and also very ugly.However, although his face was ugly, he said with certainty: "Tanaka-kun, there is one thing we both have to admit, that is, the land area of ​​China is larger than the empire, the resources are richer than the empire, the population is larger than the empire, and it is also richer than the empire. Now Duan Xun, the Prime Minister of China’s cabinet, has only been in charge of Beijing for six years. The financial unity of the Chinese government has not been long. But look at the current Chinese government, the annual fiscal revenue is three times that of the empire’s fiscal revenue. China is too big. The population is ten times our size, so their revenues are much higher than ours."

It is very helpless, and it is a fact that the Japanese ruling and opposition parties do not want to believe.

But whether it is Tanaka Yoshiichi or Takahashi Kiyoshi, they are all Japanese elites.They must accept such facts, and only by accepting the facts can they make accurate judgments.Therefore, Takahashi did not hide it, but said it directly.

Tanaka Yoshiichi did not refute.

Because he understood this matter a long time ago, and he understood it earlier than Shiqing Takahashi, and he has always been the most nervous figure in Japan's ruling and opposition parties.Because Yoshiichi Tanaka has been paying attention to the changes in the Chinese army.The first person in Japan to feel the changes in the Chinese army was Yoshiichi Tanaka.

In recent years, China's military expenditure has risen rapidly, surpassing Japan's military expenditure, and far exceeding Japan's military expenditure.So Yoshiichi Tanaka has always been very nervous, and he was also the first person to feel that China is really "big and rich".

Now Takahashi Shiqing pointed it out with a clearer attitude, and said it completely naked, without hiding anything.That is, China is a big country, a big country with vast land and resources, and a big country with a population ten times that of Japan.

As long as the government and military orders of such a big country are unified, the strength of the central government will double.From the late Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China, the biggest problem for the government of the Republic of China was the financial problem.

However, after Duan Xun rectified the national finances and the tax collection system, the government's finances increased sharply.In fact, it is not how fast China's economy is developing, but that China's tax collection is getting better and better.In addition, Duan Xun has dealt with those intermediate links, so the finances will grow rapidly.

At present, the Beijing government's finances are three times that of Japan's.

"Look at the changes in China's trade figures over the past few years, and look at the changes in China's imports over the past few years. Mr. Tanaka, we must first admit that China is a big country, and it is a big country that far exceeds the empire. Under this premise, let's do a good job. Take a look at China, and you will have the answer. The cooperation between the empire and China is of great benefit to both of us. Cooperation with China is the best way for the empire to restore its economy."

"Zangxiang, be more specific."

"Tanaka-kun, I think we should sign a trade agreement with the Chinese government. It is not a trivial trade agreement like the past, but a strategic cooperative trade agreement. It is mainly about four aspects of business. First, the ship business In recent years, China's shipping demand has been very high, whether it is with the United States, Europe, or with Southeast Asia, including exchanges between various cities in China, the demand has increased countless times compared to a few years ago. They are for freight, The demand for passenger transport is getting higher and higher, and the demand for ships is increasing day by day. Although the Chinese government also has some shipyards, their shipyards have limited output, and the annual production is very good, and the tonnage of ships is very small, and they are also sailing in the inland sea. Currently China Shipping Company, regardless of whether it is ocean shipping or short sea shipping, including inland shipping, mainly buys European ships. I have done an analysis on China Shipping. According to their current situation, the combination of freight and passenger transportation needs to increase at least every year Ships of 20 tons to 30 tons. In addition, most of the ocean routes in Asia are controlled by European and American shipping companies. If we cooperate with the Chinese government to form an ocean shipping company, the scale of ships required will be even larger Large. The annual production of [-] million tons of ships is an astonishingly large order for our shipyard."

Takahashi Shiqing has been working hard to analyze the Asian economy for the past two years.

Duan Xun's definition of China is very clear.When developing industry, in order to raise funds, China regards itself as a big country of raw materials.Therefore, Duan Xun vigorously developed China's mining industry, as well as goods such as rubber, tung oil, bean products, peanuts, and pig bristles needed abroad.Because it is positioned as a big country of raw materials, China's raw material exports have repeatedly hit new highs in recent years.Of course, if China wants to develop its industry, it also needs to introduce a large number of machinery and equipment.

As a result, China's trade volume has continued to set records in recent years.In addition to the trade volume, the unification of China's government and military orders and the unification of the Chinese market have also allowed the internal transportation volume to increase rapidly.

This has led to China's shipping industry becoming more and more prosperous.Because the advantages of shipping are too great, the cost of shipping is the lowest among transportation.As far as China is concerned, although it is vigorously developing railways and highways, they are not as good as shipping in terms of transport capacity, and shipping is the lowest in terms of cost.

For example, there are many things in the Northeast. It is okay if they are only supplied to North China.But if you go further down, the efficiency and cost of land transportation are far inferior to that of shipping.Therefore, Dalian, which is in charge of Northeast shipping, has become the top three port cities in China.

The same applies to inland areas.

Whether it is railways or roads, it is not as good as using waterways.So where are the most developed places in China at present?Either the cities in the coastal areas near the sea, or the inland port cities along the Yangtze River.

With the development of the economy, shipping is becoming more and more important, and the demand for ships is also increasing.China has its own shipyards, and there are shipyards in Chongqing, Wuhan, Shanghai, Dalian, and Zhanjiang.

However, production is limited and cannot meet domestic demand at all.Moreover, the ships produced by Chinese shipyards basically only sail in coastal areas and inland areas.Those ocean shipping are monopolized by shipping companies from European and American countries.

This is the field that Takahashi Shiqing is interested in.

"Mr. Tanaka, many of our shipyards have been out of business for many years, and not one or two have gone bankrupt. But if our shipyards can receive orders for ships with a tonnage of hundreds of thousands of tons a year, our shipyards will be alive immediately. And we Once China's shipbuilding industry recovers, hundreds, thousands, or even thousands of factories related to the shipbuilding industry will recover. Including China's steel industry will also recover rapidly. We import iron ore from China and turn them into steel. In the end, it will be turned into a ship and resold to them. This will not only revive the empire’s industry, but also generate huge profits. As long as the empire and the Chinese government are determined to take over the Far East Shipping Company, European and American shipping companies cannot be our opponents. By then we will China's shipbuilding industry can recover, related supporting factories can also recover, steel plants can also develop, and they can also control Far East Shipping."

Tanaka Yoshikazu nodded slowly.

The downturn of the Japanese economy has dealt a huge blow to all walks of life in Japan.Among them, one of the big heads of Japanese industry, the shipbuilding industry was also hit hard.To what extent, in the past two years, 60.00% of Japan's shipyards have no orders, and numerous small and medium shipyards have gone bankrupt.Even those big shipyards are at a loss stage.Because naval orders are slowly decreasing, civilian orders are even less.

If we can cooperate with China and slowly control the routes on the Asian side, then Japanese shipyards will be able to receive many orders.The Japanese shipyard can be revived in one click.

The shipbuilding industry is not an ordinary industry, it involves a large number of industries up and down.Once the shipbuilding industry recovers, it will lead to the recovery of Japanese industry.

"Second, chemical raw materials and dyes. The Chinese government imports more than [-] million Chinese yuan of chemical raw materials and dyes from Germany every year, and it is increasing every year. This part of the empire can also provide it. Originally, this part of the business from the end of the Qing Dynasty to the The European War has always been a business between the British and imperial merchants, but the Chinese government lacked foreign exchange, and British goods were expensive, so China slowly abandoned British goods. In recent years, the relationship between the Empire and China has not been good, so this business will let Germany took it away. Since the loss of the China market, the business of many factories in this area in our country has plummeted. Most of them have gone bankrupt since last year. If we can win the China market, China’s chemical industry can be regarded as a breather.”

"Third, the empire can also win a lot of mechanical equipment and machine parts. The Chinese government currently imports about 8.6 machine tools and a large number of generators every year. The data released by the Ministry of Electric Power of the Chinese government at the beginning of this year, last year In [-], the installed capacity of power plants assembled by the central government, local governments and private sector in China reached [-] kilowatts, and this year they plan to have an installed capacity of more than [-] kilowatts. Because the number of generators produced by the Chinese government’s own generator factory is limited, so many Part of the generators are imported. Whether it is machine tools or generators, the empire can provide them, and they will be cheaper than Germany."

"Fourth, in recent years, the Chinese government has paid special attention to the development of the mining industry and the construction of steel plants and coal chemical industries. The machinery and equipment and supporting equipment required for the development of these industries are mainly purchased from Germany and the United States. In fact, the empire has a lot to do in this regard. Sufficient technology can completely help China build these factories. Some time ago, the Chinese government just imported a set of steel plant equipment and technology from Germany. It is only a small equipment with an annual output of about 3500 tons, but the price is 15 million. Tanaka-kun, take a look This is the most suitable business for the empire. When we helped the Chinese government build a steel plant with an annual output of more than [-] tons, the money we asked for was nothing more than that.”

Tanaka Yoshiichi was silent.

He kept thinking, thinking about what Takahashi Shiqing said.Both of them were silent for a while, Tanaka Yoshiichi flipped through Takahashi Yukiyoshi's report.He raised his head and asked, "China and Germany have cooperated for many years. After the end of the European War, the two countries began to negotiate. The cooperation between them has been very good in the past few years. Do you think it is possible for us to intervene now?"

"It's entirely possible."

Takahashi Shiqing said with certainty: "Tanaka-kun, China and Germany can cooperate because both countries lack foreign exchange. Moreover, Germany needs resources, and China needs industrial products, so their cooperation hit it off. But the result now Yes, in the cooperation between China and Germany, China has a serious deficit. There is a deficit of about [-] million every year, and the Chinese government must use foreign exchange and gold and silver to pay the bill. This is unbearable for the Chinese government, which is tight on foreign exchange. Yes. For the Chinese government, the best way is to balance exports and imports, so as not to use foreign exchange and keep their weak foreign exchange. If we are willing to barter with the Chinese government, and the price of what we provide is low As for Germany, I think the Chinese government is also very happy. The current situation in the empire is also a serious shortage of foreign exchange, but the empire imports a large amount of raw materials from China every year. If we want to resume industrial development, the materials we need to import will double. When the time comes, where will we get enough foreign exchange? Do we have to use our small gold and silver reserves? Cooperating with the Chinese government to complete the barter is beneficial to both of us. Cooperating with us, the Chinese government can export more There are more materials, and our industry can recover and the economy can be stable. And we can sell the industrial products we produce to China. The Chinese government will definitely be very happy to cooperate with us.”

"But, but..."

Tanaka Yoshiichi closed his eyes slightly.

Feng Shui turns.

In the past, Japan directly persecuted China, and whatever it wanted to do was on its own initiative.But now Takahashi Shiqing said that the best way for Japan to get rid of the current economic crisis is to cooperate with China.For a fanatic soldier like Yoshiichi Tanaka, this is really unacceptable.

"Tanaka-kun, didn't Kitaichi say that? Duan Xun, Prime Minister of China, has stated that the Chinese government will not develop their navy in the next ten years. They will not build new battleships and cruisers, nor will they buy them. Battleships and cruisers. While we are signing a 'trade agreement', we can sign a 'naval development agreement' with them, so that the Chinese government can clearly sign an agreement not to develop a navy. As long as the Chinese government does not develop a navy, the Far East will be dominated by the empire .”

"Navy, navy."

And only the navy.

Tanaka Yoshiichi is a soldier and understands the current situation.The Chinese Army is no longer what it was decades ago.The confrontation with the Chinese army in the past few years has made Tanaka Yoshiichi understand that the one-on-one Japanese army has little advantage.The bigger problem is that the number of the Chinese army has far exceeded that of the Japanese army, and the number of reservists who have received military training also exceeds that of the Japanese army.

What makes Tanaka even more embarrassing is that China's military expenditure exceeds that of the Japanese army, and it is more than double the Japanese military expenditure.Yoshiichi Tanaka understood that if it was just a land battle, Japan would not have enough advantages.

The only advantage is the navy.

If China can promise not to develop the navy, the two sides will really have a tacit understanding in the military.Japan's strategy of going north is completely bankrupt, but the navy will become the hegemon in Asia.Once cooperation with China is formed, neither the United Kingdom nor the United States in the Far East will be able to gain the upper hand.

but…….

Tanaka Yoshiichi hesitated and said: "Master Zang, we can indeed restore the economy in a short period of time. But such a large-scale cooperation will allow China's industry to develop rapidly. At that time..."

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"Minister Zang, in cooperation with the Chinese government, we can indeed quickly recover the economy in a short period of time. However, such large-scale cooperation, especially the flow of machinery, equipment, machine tools, and generators into China, will allow China's industry to develop rapidly. .By the time……"

"Tanaka-kun, do we still have room to think about this now?"

To Tanaka Yoshiichi's concern, Takahashi Shikiyo replied very bluntly.

What Tanaka Yoshiichi meant, and Tanaka Yoshiichi's worries, Takahashi Shiqing certainly understood.China's import and export trade has doubled in the past two years. Not only exports are rising, but imports are also rising.

If it's just the increase in exports, there won't be many problems, and I won't care too much about it.Because China is originally a backward agricultural country, China has exported a lot of agricultural products since the end of Qing Dynasty.

Not to mention the late Qing Dynasty, even 100 years ago, Chinese porcelain and tea were the best-selling exports in Europe.In recent years, in addition to exporting a large amount of agricultural products, items such as bristles and tung oil have also become very large exports.

There is also rubber, which has always been a monopoly in Southeast Asia.Since China began to plant rubber in Guangxi, Yunnan, Guangdong, and Hainan seven or eight years ago, the rubber harvest period has also come in the past two years, so China has gradually become a rubber exporter in the past two years.There are many countries that import Chinese rubber. Countries such as the Soviet Union, Germany, and the Czech Republic all import Chinese rubber.

In addition to these, China is also a mineral exporter.

Large quantities of minerals are exported to other countries.Japan, which is close at hand, imports the most coal, and imports nearly [-] million tons of coal from China every year.As far away as Germany and the Czech Republic in Europe, they import the most tungsten ore from China.Even Britain and France, which do not lack sources of tungsten ore, occasionally import tungsten ore from China.Because compared with Spain, the main supplier of tungsten ore in Europe, the price of tungsten ore in China is not high, but the quality far exceeds them.