Beiyang reactionaries

The eyes of the Soviet Union are fixed on European and American countries.

European and American countries have a lot of good things, how could the Soviet Union pay attention to those things in Japan.So now Japan can only find China.As long as China and Japan cooperate, there will definitely be many benefits to solving Japan's current economic problems.

"Prime Minister Liang (Liang Huankui), what are we mainly importing from Japan now?"

After the Great Depression, for China, the importance of Japan in trade has greatly declined.However, the relationship between China and Japan cannot be summed up simply by trade.

There are many other things on both sides.

If it is only from an economic point of view, China can ignore Japan long ago.It should even hit the Japanese economy.Especially the Japanese raw silk business, which directly competes with China.Before the rise of Japanese raw silk, the world's raw silk was monopolized by China.At that time, 90% of the world's raw silk market was in China.If China also monopolizes the raw silk market now, then the annual export will increase by more than [-] million.

China's Jiangnan region and Guangdong region were both raw silk bases back then. I don't know how many silkworm farmers and silk factories they supported.Even now, if China's raw silk industry can rise again, it will have a huge boost to the economies of Jiangnan and Guangdong.

And without the raw silk industry, half of the Japanese economy would be shattered.

But no.

Duan Xun really can't let Japan die, and the Japanese economy goes bankrupt.Now Duan Xun no longer regards Japan as a serious problem, because Japan is too small.Duan Xun is thinking about how to break the current colonial system.In order to break the current colonial system, the two "mad dogs" of Germany and Japan must be released.Only by disrupting the existing world order can a late-developing country like China be able to rise.

"Prime Minister, since we reached a trade agreement with Japan, the trade between the two sides is still very frequent. However, the main bulk commodities are ship orders from the Far East Shipping Company, as well as machine tools, generators, and cables. In recent years, we have They all imported nearly 15 machine tools, 2-kilowatt generators, and more than [-] tons of cables from Japan. This year we imported more. But for now, it is just for emergency. In fact, if you can, buy European and American machine tools and generators are better."

"Tell me."

"Prime Minister, the quality of these Japanese machine tools and generators is relatively poor, no different from our own production. Compared with the German machine tools and generators we imported and used before, they are many times worse. The accuracy of the machine tools No, there are few types of machine tools, and there are many generator failures. Now because of the economic crisis, the prices of machine tools and generators in European and American countries have dropped sharply. According to the previous prices, we can completely import better machine tools and generators from European and American countries. machine. So to be honest, we are now importing Japanese machine tools, generators, etc., just because we have too many constructions, and we haven’t been able to import them from European and American countries for a while. In fact, the military factories have refused to use them in recent years. Japanese machine tools, they still import German machine tools. The precision is not good, and the things produced are not good.”

"kindness."

Duan Xun nodded.

I understood what Liang Huankui meant.

Japanese things are not as good as those in Europe and the United States, especially things in countries such as the United States, Britain, and Germany.In terms of technical capabilities, Japan is a late-developing country after all, with a weak technical foundation and technical accumulation.

Such as machine tools.

The biggest advantage of Japanese machine tools is that they are cheap.But the problem with Japanese machine tools is that the precision is not enough, and there are too few types.In the machine tool industry, Japanese machine tools are only at the stage of development, and they are better than China's machine tool industry, and cannot be compared with European and American countries at all.

The same goes for generators.

The quality of Japanese generators cannot be compared with that of European and American countries.So China's current large-scale power plants use Siemens generators.

"But we don't all accept Japanese products. Our military units don't like Japanese machine tools, but many private factories like Japanese machine tools very much. Because they don't have high requirements for product precision, Japanese machine tools are also good, and we produce them ourselves. Whether it is machine tools, it is no problem to meet their production. It can be said that these factories have the highest demand for Japanese machine tools in recent years. But the problem is that the price of European and American machine tools has dropped sharply, and Japanese machine tools have not much in terms of price. advantage. Unless their machine prices drop again.”

"Then let's talk about trade with Japan, what Premier Liang thinks we need very much."

"ferry."

Liang Huankui replied immediately.

He said with certainty: "Prime Minister, in our cooperation with Japan, we can slowly replace most of the others. The reason why we still import their products is because we don't have them, or the production is insufficient. This time we decided to With large investment and large construction, we suddenly need a lot more things, but our own production has not kept up, so we can only import Japanese products on a large scale. But as long as we go through the second five-year plan, most of our Everything can be replaced, and we can be self-sufficient. But only the shipbuilding industry, we are still far from Japan. Now the international trade situation is not very good, but in fact our shipping has not been greatly affected. Instead, it is because of large investment and large projects The launch of China's domestic shipping industry is actually growing."

"Prime Minister Wang, what do you think?"

"Prime Minister, what Premier Liang said is true. The output of many of our industries is only temporarily unable to keep up. Including cement, glass, etc., our country's output has not been able to keep up. Especially in urban expansion, there are too many things needed , so we need to import a lot of things from Japan. But these are not irreplaceable. Only in the shipbuilding industry, we are still far behind."

Wang Yongjiang supported Liang Huankui's view.

"I understand."

Duan Xun thought for a while and said, "Since it's a negotiation, we also have our own conditions."

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"Since it is a negotiation, we also have our own conditions."

Takahashi is coming, Duan Xun will not refuse.

The relationship between China and Japan has been quite good in the past two years, and high-level visits and negotiations between the two sides are also very frequent.There are also many negotiations between Japanese consortiums and large domestic enterprises in China.So Takahashi wanted to come, and it was impossible for China to refuse.

In other words, negotiations must be carried out.

But before negotiating, of course you have to think about everything, and you need to be ready for all negotiations.Duan Xun didn't express his own opinion first, but looked at the cabinet bosses below.Duan Xun has always held cabinet meetings like this.

Unless it is something that must be advanced.

Otherwise, Duan Xun would never be the first to express his opinion.Duan Xun is a "semi-dictator" in the current Chinese political arena. He dare not say that he can cover the sky with one hand, but he is definitely a character who keeps his promises.

If Duan Xun speaks his own thoughts first in a meeting, whoever dares to speak up below will definitely follow Duan Xun's wishes.Although Duan Xun is a "semi-dictator", although he knows the direction of history, it does not mean that Duan Xun is omnipotent.Duan Xun must listen to everyone's opinions on many things.So now that the cabinet meeting is held, Duan Xun will make a final summary, so that everyone's opinions can be fully collected and the best one can be selected.Duan Xun looked at everyone and said, "Prime Minister Dai, what do you think?"

"I think we should first think about where we are now."

After being confirmed as the first deputy prime minister, Dai Kan felt confident and became more and more stable in doing things.Dao: "Negotiations, negotiations, what depends on the reason for the negotiations. Judging from the current situation, the reason for the economic crisis in Europe and the United States has caused a major problem in Japan's exports. Without my country, Japan's exports this year will at least drop by more than 40% Japan is a country that mainly imports and exports. Without trade, Japan’s economy would not exist. Now Japan’s domestic economy is on the verge of collapse due to trade. It is precisely because of this that Takahashi, the veteran of Japanese politics, needs to come out in person negotiation."

Dai Kan will not talk about the terms of the negotiation.

Start directly from the general direction.Duan Xun didn't interrupt Dai Kan either, and listened carefully to Dai Kan's words.Dai Kan continued: "So judging from the current situation, when Takahashi Shiqing came this time, he must ask us to increase the purchase of Japanese goods in order to save Japan's exports and the Japanese economy. From this point of view, this time Negotiations are what Japan wants from us. Therefore, we have the upper hand in this negotiation, and we should think carefully about what conditions we want to propose."

"Then what is Premier Dai thinking?"

"Prime Minister, so we must first determine whether we want to increase imports of Japanese goods? If we want to increase imports of Japanese goods, which aspects of Japanese things should we increase? And if we increase Japanese goods, what do we get in exchange? We should give What does Japan export? Our foreign exchange has its own uses, and it is impossible to use a part of it to buy Japanese goods. So this time, if we want to increase Japanese goods, Japan will also import Chinese goods. That’s what’s in line with our country’s status quo.”

Duan Xun nodded slightly.

Dai Kan is right.First determine whether to increase imports from Japan, and if so, which type of products should be imported.It is impossible for Japan to import whatever products it requires.If Japan now asks China to increase raw silk products, will China agree?

Although Japanese raw silk has been sold in China in recent years, China has not completely opened up the raw silk market.After all, China's raw silk industry is also very large.

If the import of Japanese raw silk is suddenly increased at this time, it will affect the domestic raw silk industry.Therefore, even if we increase the import volume of Japanese goods, we cannot import those things that impact our own industries.

"Then Prime Minister Dai's thinking is, should we increase imports of Japanese products?"

"should."

Dai Kan nodded and said: "Prime Minister, judging from the current situation, the trade volume between China and Japan is very large, and there are also many cooperations in many fields. There are also many problems to be solved by our two countries in the future. It needs a period of quiet development, so at this time our two countries should not have any conflicts, nor should the Japanese economy completely collapse. Properly helping the Japanese economy is also helping our country. Therefore, I think we should increase some imports, Support Japanese trade."

"Prime Minister Wang, what do you think?"

"I also support Premier Dai's idea."

Wang Yongjiang nodded immediately.

Dao: "The trade volume between our two countries is very large, and Japan is also an important trading country of our country. Japan is my country's largest iron ore importer, coal importer, automobile importer, and other aspects of trade volume are also very large. If Japan The collapse of the economy will also have a great impact on our country's exports."

Wang Yongjiang speaks directly from the economic aspect.

Japan's economic collapse will not be good for China either.Duan Xun nodded slightly, looked at the others and said, "What do you think?"

"Prime Minister, I also support the views of Premier Dai and Premier Wang. Both China and Japan are located in the Far East, and the distance is very close. Our diplomacy must not be ignored. There are many problems left over from our history with Japan. Starting from the Korean Peninsula, the Taiwan issue needs to be resolved. Let us solve it. If we do not accept Japan's opinion at all this time, leading to the collapse of the Japanese economy, then the political situation in Japan will inevitably change drastically. Those hardliners in Japan, especially those in the military, will inevitably bring our two countries together again. Falling into the previous situation will lead to tension in the Far East. This is not good for China's current development and construction. At this stage, China needs a stable international environment, especially a stable surrounding environment, and the Far East cannot be chaotic at present."