Beiyang reactionaries

When the government exchanges gold with you tenderly, it is discussing with you in a friendly manner.But when the government is really in a hurry, there is no tenderness, and it directly comes up to enact a law that does not allow private possession of gold.And it seems that the price has been increased by 20%. In fact, according to the inflation calculations of these years, the current domestic gold price should be double that of five or six years ago.So the government is already blatantly trying to snatch the gold in their hands.

Duan Xun did not answer immediately.

Because Duan Xun bought gold before, it was free, not mandatory.But if this is what Wang Yongjiang said, it is mandatory to win domestic private gold.

In a word, the cabinet has decided to flood the currency.If so much gold is exchanged again, then the domestic currency will really flood.

However, Duan Xun agreed with the final approach.When the government wants to exchange gold, it is actually not as capable or efficient as those businessmen.Many wealthy businessmen in China who want to go to European and American countries to pick up junk have a headache because they don't have foreign exchange in their hands.After all, foreign exchange is in the hands of the government, and the government itself does not have enough, so how can it be distributed to them.

Now let them exchange private gold by themselves, they have better ways to exchange gold from private than the government.Because these merchants and those landlords are inextricably linked, they have plenty of connections if they really want to exchange gold.Moreover, what the government wants to import are all large-scale equipment, which are related to the livelihood of the country and the people's livelihood.And those businessmen who collect junk are to improve the strength of light industry.

Duan Xun was silent for a moment, and did not give a definite answer.Instead, he said, "What else?"

"Prime Minister, let's export food."

"How to say?"

Duan Xun didn't object, but just wanted to hear what Wang Yongjiang meant.In fact, at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, China was also a major grain exporter.In particular, grains from the two lakes are exported in large quantities.There are many foreign businessmen who sell grain from China and then sell it.

At that time, foreign businessmen didn't care about the life and death of Chinese people.

Just like when there was a food shortage in Changsha, Hunan Province in the late Qing Dynasty, let alone foreign businessmen, even the Hunan government itself didn't care.Large quantities of grain left Hunan Province.

It is precisely because of this that after Duan Xun came to Beijing, he banned grain exports.Because Duan Xun has always been very worried about China's food security, the Food Bureau was established to manage the country's food reserves.Every year in these years, China will leave grain reserves according to a certain proportion.Just the fear of problems.

"Prime Minister, China's grain production has been increasing over the years. In fact, there is a grain surplus every year. There will be no problem in exporting some grain. Besides, China's export has fallen sharply, which has seriously affected our country's foreign exchange reserves. Our trade is in deficit. The 30 billion taels of silver exchanged in the early years, now there are only about one billion taels left. Now our exports have declined, but our imports have increased significantly. When we consume our gold reserves, we will only have silver reserves left. At present, the price of silver in the world is very low, and it cannot cover much foreign exchange at all. We should find some other ways. I think exporting grain is a very good idea. Taking our current annual grain output of more than 4000 billion catties, exporting 200 billion catties The following will not cause any problems. If we export 100 billion catties of grain, although it will impact the world grain market and lower the world grain price. But it will also bring a huge amount of foreign exchange to our country, which must exceed [-] million US dollars per year. At present This is the only way we can create large amounts of foreign exchange.”

When Duan Xun heard about the export of grain, he immediately questioned: "I think what we want to export is either rice or wheat. Although my country's grain output has exceeded 4000 billion catties, I know that most of the growth is sorghum, corn, sweet potato, Potatoes account for half of their output. If we export 100 billion catties, or 200 billion catties of rice or wheat, will the prices of rice and wheat in our country fluctuate?"

The growth rate of China's grain is very fast.

But it is mainly the increase in arable land, and the increase in the area sown to those high-yielding crops.In the northern region, among the newly increased arable land, the sown area of ​​sorghum, corn, sweet potato, potato, etc. has increased astonishingly, almost accounting for more than half of the newly increased arable land.Because dry land is easy to open up wasteland and sow seeds.In dry fields, high-yielding crops such as corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes are very easy and very suitable for sowing.These high-yielding crops have really contributed a lot to China's grain production.Ten years ago, China's grain output was more than 2000 billion catties, and ten years later, my country's grain output exceeded 4000 billion catties.It depends on the increase in the area planted and the increase in these high-yielding crops.

But again, they do not conform to Chinese eating habits.

Chinese are still used to eating rice and noodles.Therefore, among the urban grain sales, the prices of rice and wheat have always been the most expensive.The prices of other sorghum, corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes are half that of rice and wheat.

"Prime Minister, there will be no problem. People's habits can be changed."

"kindness."

Although Wang Yongjiang only said a simple sentence, Duan Xun nodded and understood what Wang Yongjiang meant.When you have money, everyone pays attention to eating delicious food.Filling your stomach is the most important thing when you have no money.

Anyway, sorghum, corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes can also keep us full, and they are also one of the grains.It doesn't matter if you are not used to it, you can fill your stomach with anything.

"Does the international market need so much food?"

"As long as we sell it, we can definitely sell it. Japan currently imports about 40 billion catties of grain a year. Many countries in Europe import no less than this amount of grain."

"it is good."

Duan Xun finally nodded.

Selling so much grain every year will affect China's rice and wheat supply, but it can be exchanged for a large amount of foreign exchange.The parts that are not enough in the country are first solved with sorghum, corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes.

"Restrictions on gold and silver can be announced in the form of a special cabinet bill, so that Congress can approve it as soon as possible. Grain exports, discuss with Committee Member Yu (Yu Youren) and others. For cooperation with Nanyang Chinese businessmen, let Minister Song (Commerce) Minister Song Hanzhang) is in charge. Take this opportunity to tell the Chinese merchants in Nanyang that we will never forget those who have helped us. We are compatriots of the same origin, and the motherland will always be their backing.”

"Yes."

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"300 million people? No statistical errors?"

"Tanaka-kun, calm down."

Takahashi Shikiyo patted the table lightly to calm Yoshiichi Tanaka down.Tanaka Yoshiichi squinted his eyes and looked at Takahashi Shiqing, and found that although Takahashi Shiqing had an ugly face, he was sitting very steadily without the slightest panic.Compared to Takahashi Shikiyo, he was too excited.This made Tanaka Yoshiichi blush a little.

I can be regarded as someone who has seen big scenes, so why am I so impatient.

So Tanaka Yoshiichi also sat down.

Flipping through the data in his hand again, the anger on his face was beyond words.So Qing said to Takahashi: "Master Zang, are you sure that your statistics are correct? The number of unemployed plus semi-employed people really exceeds 300 million?"

"Yes."

Takahashi nodded.

He said with certainty: "Mr. Tanaka, there is nothing wrong with this data. The real situation should be far more serious than this data. It's just that many people have returned to the countryside, so the statistics cannot be completely counted. If the people who were in the city before If all statistics are included, there will be no problem with the industrial and semi-unemployed population exceeding 500 million.”

"How could this be?"

Tanaka Yoshiichi couldn't help pinching his temples.

Speaking of overproduction, Japan has long experienced it.Before World War I, Japan exported very cheap products, which belonged to the scope of light industry.However, the outbreak of World War I was a leap year for Japan, which made great strides forward in Japan's industrial strength.Because during World War I, Japan manufactured warships for European countries, manufactured bullets, and exported steel.

All of a sudden, Japan's heavy industry began to develop rapidly.

The great development of Japan's steel industry was actually the time of World War I.It's a pity that Japan was just about to be happy, and World War I was over.European countries no longer need those things, and Japan at this time is a typical example of overproduction.During the First World War, I made war fortune and made good money, but suddenly there were no orders.All of a sudden, the rapidly developing Japanese heavy industry fell into the bottom of the valley, and the industrial products they produced could not find buyers.The Japanese economy also fell into a downturn immediately.Fortunately, Japan was very active in the Chinese market at that time, and soon after Duan Xun came to power, he became pro-Japanese and wanted to crowd out British and French products.

Therefore, Japanese goods began to occupy the Chinese market.Although China was poor, at that time it imported more than one billion yuan in industrial products every year.So make the Japanese economy a little bit better.

But within two years, China and Japan fought over the Kanto Prefecture, and the Great Kanto Earthquake occurred in Japan, and 30% of Japan's industries disappeared.The Japanese disaster relief work has not yet ended, and the war on the Korean peninsula broke out.After tossing and tossing, the Japanese economy can be described as sluggish.

Fortunately.

Tanaka Yoshiichi is courageous.When a huge financial crisis broke out in Japan and a large number of banks collapsed, Yoshiichi Tanaka immediately corrected Japan's national policy.Instead of competing with China for the Northeast, it is decided to ease relations with China.

He first strongly supported those Japanese consortiums, allowing them to stabilize the economic situation.Then immediately ended the war on the Korean peninsula, and negotiated quickly with China.Started to cooperate with China, which quickly reversed the situation of the Japanese economy.After cooperating with China, the total trade volume between China and Japan quickly exceeded one billion. According to the situation, the trade volume between the two sides exceeded 20 billion very quickly.

But I was not happy yet, and I didn't take a breath. The Japanese economy suffered a huge blow again.The Great Depression in the United States once again dealt a devastating blow to Japan's exports.

"Mr. Tanaka, the biggest losses in China are raw silk exports and the textile industry. This year, orders from the United States have dropped by 60%, and orders from Europe have also dropped by 50%. You should know that raw silk accounts for the largest share of China's exports. 30% share, and it is the industry that employs the largest number of people. Not only the factory workers have the most workers, but also the industry that has the most relationship with the countryside. Now that the export of raw silk has plummeted, so many people are unemployed after being implicated. This is only the case in cities. Sericulture in rural areas The loss of those people is even greater, and with so many people returning to the countryside, the countryside cannot support so many people. The situation in the countryside is even worse now. At present, the Northeast region (northern Honshu Island, Japan, including Aomori, Iwate, Akita, Yamagata , Miyagi, and Fukushima prefectures), the situation of buying and selling women is serious, and the price of a girl is 50 yuan. Even some little girls under ten years old, only [-] yuan. Tanaka-kun, this is the current situation.”

Yes.

An economic crisis caused the collapse of Japan's raw silk industry.

Speaking of silk and raw silk, China is the ancestor of Japan.When China exported silk to earn gold and silver in the early years, Japan did not know what silk was.But with the spread of modern technology, China has fallen behind Japan since the late Qing Dynasty.Japan began to study technology in this area, including the technology of silkworm rearing.They even sent female apprentices to Europe to learn modern silk technology.Japan is very generous in this regard. Those skilled female workers can buy a big house in Tokyo with their annual salary.It is precisely because of such a large investment that Japan's technology in this area has improved very quickly, quickly surpassing China.

However, China is still following the old routine, and it is still the silkworm breeding model that has been practiced for hundreds of thousands of years.Technological innovations are limited.Although China later imported advanced equipment and technology from Europe and the United States, it was no longer able to catch up with Japan.

Soon Japan replaced China and became the world's largest supplier of raw silk, both in terms of quality and price, which were far better than China's.By the end of the Qing Dynasty, Japan was the undisputed leader in the world's raw silk industry.Not only did Japan far surpass China in the international market, they even counterattacked the Chinese market.

The quality is good and the price is low. In the Chinese market, China's own silk is no longer comparable to that of Japan.And Japan's industrialization, the raw silk industry contributed a lot.Raw silk accounted for half of their early exports.Accumulated a lot of funds for Japan's industrialization.What's more, Japan's domestic agriculture is poor.Because Japan cannot be self-sufficient in food production, it must import food.The price of imported grain is lower than that of Japanese grain, so it directly destroyed Japanese agriculture.

In order to get rid of this situation, Japanese farmers began to raise silkworms, because raising silkworms makes more money than farming.So in Japan, the raw silk industry is already a complete chain.Start from the countryside, urban factories, and finally export.