Chapter 57 Japan's Opportunities

Dongyang, in the Chinese circle, can be used as a Japanese version or a different name for the Japanese book. The saying of Dongyang is relative to the Southern Ocean and the West (Europe and the United States). At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it was bounded by Borneo, the east was called the East Ocean, and the west was called the West. Therefore, in the past, it was called the South China Sea. Outside the Southwest Sea, the Ming Dynasty was called the East Ocean and the West.

And it generally refers to the East Asian region. The "Eastern Ocean" that appeared in modern times may originate from the Japanese version. The word "Orient" (meaning East) is mainly used to translate English. Its meaning is opposite to "Western" and refers to the eastern region, including Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, etc.

"The East Ocean first rose in Japan, and then rose in China!"

It can be said that for the Oriental World, China and Japan are two countries that can't be bypassed. These two countries have been taking China as their teacher and China for the past thousands of years. After the disaster of Yashan Mountain and the disaster of Jiashen, the Han civilization has been severely damaged, while the Japanese version of the East Ocean is still inheriting Xi. Since China's Han style and Tang charm, this is the saying that "Han style and Tang charm exist in Dongying".

From the 19th century, the forces of Western countries entered the East, and the Opium War opened the door of China. More than ten years later, the black ships of the Perry fleet attacked, and the door of their own country opened. Subsequently, they entered the self-improvement and self-improvement. Correspondingly, in China, the thought of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which carried out colonial rule, was only for the benefit of a family, so China Quickly lag behind the Japanese version.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Japanese launched the First Sino-Japanese War to defeat the Qing Dynasty. This war determined the fate of the East, and the Japanese became a powerful country in the East. Ten years later, the Japanese, which had initially completed industrialization, declared war on Russia. In this war, not only defeated such a powerful country as the Japanese, but also under the slavery of the Qing Dynasty. The country also launched a national uprising.

The next year, a new China stood in the land of the East. A year later, there was a conflict between the two countries. The result of the war was super unexpected. The new China defeated Japan, which had been squeezed into one of the great powers, and even completed the feat of landing on the enemy's homeland. It was said that it was the existence of the country and had to sign with China in Nanjing. Armistice, and to a certain extent, the signing of the Treaty on Security and Security between the Chinese Empire and the Japanese Empire means that the Japanese have ceded the rights of some countries.

A powerful country!

For Japan, it is only like a flash in the pan. In the eyes of the world, Japan has declined, but the fact is by no means like this. Although the compensation of up to 1.5 billion yuan and the military expenditure of hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops have burdened Japan is carrying a heavy burden, but it is the basis of learning China's "special economic policy" On the basis, Japan has brought this special economic mode aimed at concentrating the national finances to the extreme, and China's loans and investments to ease the relationship between China and Japan and make up for the emotional trauma caused by the war between the two countries have also stimulated Japan's economic development.

"The emperor can't make a better choice!"

In the face of relative economic and industrial success, many of them have answered foreign journalists' questions about "China-Japanese relations" in this way, but many of them have also noticed that Japan's economy and industry are based on a digital game. In 1913, Japan Construction reported 82 ships, a total of 86,540 tons, of which 12 were built by the company, with a tonnage of less than 15,000 tons. The rest are Chinese-funded or joint ventures. The output of Japanese steel is 400,000 tons, while Chinese-funded enterprises provide 75% of the output. In almost all industrial and commercial fields, Chinese-funded enterprises can be seen and received political support. In the past eight years, Chinese-funded enterprises that hold or are government axe assets have controlled the economic and industrial lifeline of the country through loans, aid and economic cooperation. Even in the past eight years, the Imperial Bank also has 50% of the shares of the Chinese Imperial Bank, and foreigners own the central bank of a country. Perhaps as far as the whole world is concerned, there is only Japanese.

But for outsiders, what people see is the rapidly developing industrial economy of Japan. "Toyo first rose in Japan, and then rose in China! China and Japan are the top two in Asia!" For the world, it seems that it is still the Asian power that defeated Russia, proving that the yellow people can defeat the white people, but in the past eight years, the light of this oriental power has been blocked by neighboring China.

As far as the world is concerned, China's industrialization is a miracle, but in just ten years, China has achieved a transformation from a backward agricultural country to an industrial country. Although it has paid some price, who can doubt that a strong industrial country can dominate many international things in this era, or Some countries will doubt it, but for Japan, Japan will never doubt that China can dominate Japan to a large extent.

On January 23rd, the fourth year of Taisho, Keiko, who was 17 years old, climbed the stairs to enter the wine with her father to attend the dance held by the Army Province here tonight. Under the bright crystal chandelier, on both sides of the wide stairs are three garden hedges, which are as big as artificial fake flowers. In the dance hall above the steps, the cheerful orchestral music, as if it were an uncontrollable whisper of happiness, drifting over for a moment.

Tonight is a reception banquet held by the Army Province for the new private liaison officer of the commander of the Japanese army. Keiko learned Chinese when she was very young and received dance training, but she officially participated in the dance party. Tonight is the first time in her life. So in the carriage, answering my father's questions from time to time is always absent-minded, and it can also be said that he is a little nervous in excitement.

The father and daughter walked upstairs. In front of the door of the dance hall on the second floor, Lieutenant General Yukihiko Nanse, the Minister of the Army with a semi-self beard, wore several medals on his chest and stood side by side with his wife to greet the guests gracefully. When the lieutenant general saw Keiko, a look of innocence flashed on his face in an instant. Even this could not escape Keiko's eyes. Keiko's easy-going father introduced his daughter to the lieutenant general and his wife with a smile on his face. Keiko is half shy and half proud.

The ballroom is also in full bloom, which is extremely beautiful. Moreover, there are celebrities and ladies waiting to be invited to dance everywhere. They are like silent waves surging in the refreshing fragrance of perfume. Keiko quickly left her father and walked into the gorgeous women. This small group of people are all girls of the same age.

However, as soon as I stayed with them, a Chinese naval officer who had never met came quietly from nowhere. The officer bowed his hands, politely, and bowed in his own way. Keiko felt a red cloud quietly crawling on her pink cheeks. Don't ask about the meaning of this bow. Of course she understands.

And a smile appeared on the naval officer's face, and he said clearly in a standard language:

"Can you enjoy the dance?"

Soon, Keiko and the Chinese naval officer stepped on the beat of Blue Danube and waltzed. The officer's face was tanned by Lie Yu. He was good-looking and had a clear outline. Huizi put her hand in long gloves on the left shoulder of her dance partner's military uniform, but she was too short. The naval officer, who was already familiar with this scene, skillfully took her and danced relaxedly in the crowd. From time to time, she said some words of praise in her ear.

Keiko reported these gentle words with a shy smile and turned her eyes around the dance hall from time to time. Whenever the other party casts a curious look at her feet, her gorgeous rose-colored shoes slid and danced more and more briskly on the smooth floor.

But soon, the officer felt that the cat girl was exhausted, so he stared at her face with pity and asked:

"Do you want to continue dancing?"

"No, thank you!"

Keiko gasped and answered frankly.

So, Chinese naval officers continued to waltz. After the last lap, she was beautifully placed on a chair. She straightened her chest under the military uniform, and then, as before, she was respectful and saluted.

Originally, I thought that this handsome naval officer would sit down and chat with her for a while, but Keiko was disappointed to see the military salute and walked towards another group of Chinese army officers surrounded by officers and politicians and businessmen in suits.

"Why does China want us to send our limited military force to Europe? You know, for Japan, there are only six poor divisions! I think China is so big that I don't care about these divisions!"

Taro Yamamoto, who was holding a wine glass, said with a smile. As the president of Mitsui Property, he is also the owner of the economic group.

At this time, the Japanese version is called "enterprise country", that is, the whole country is an enterprise, and I jokingly call my country "Japanese Co., Ltd." The core of the rights of this "enterprise state" is the political, official and financial complex. Congress is just a decoration. Cheng Qian doesn't think there is anything strange about this. In fact, China is the same. China's industrialization is under the national policy of giving priority to heavy industry. The whole of China's resources are concentrated to serve the internal recycling heavy industry. Compared with China, it is more extreme.

Compared with China's share for the consumer goods industry, Japan's consumer goods industry could not obtain materials from heavy industry in the first five years after the war, and was forced to stop production. It is said that my living standard is kept to the lowest, and I can only rely on the remaining local agriculture to survive. Agricultural land reform enables farmers to acquire land and enable them to afford low grain purchase prices and high taxes. Food and a very small amount of daily necessities are purchased and sold according to the head, and the free market is banned. Each person only has a quota of four matches a day, and he can get a piece of soap a year. Only a small amount of materials from the Guard base and some hidden materials can alleviate this extreme shortage in the black market. This kind of scarcity is not only limited to Japanese civilians, but is basically applied to the whole society on average.

Severe widespread poverty does not prevent me from continuing to implement economic control and the national policy of government and enterprise. In October 1907, on the basis of learning from China's "special economic policy" with the control planned economy as the core, the economic community established a federation of economic groups, which includes all the major Industrial enterprises, financial enterprises and high-tech industries. Subsequently, on the basis of the existing industry associations and regional enterprise associations, the Japanese operator group alliance was further established, and the vast majority of small and medium-sized enterprises were also united. From now on, Japanese enterprises will receive unified guidance.

In the past years, thanks to this controlled economy, the Japanese economy has developed rapidly, and the two major groups have also influenced the policy formulation of the Japanese political axe, which is unimaginable in China. In Cheng Qian's view, the political axe is your majesty's political axe and will never be reduced. He was controlled by the National Economic Commission.

Moreover, China is now gradually liberalling economic control. In the past six months, a large number of shares of state-owned enterprises have been sold to private individuals. Perhaps in a few years, China will announce the end of its special economic policy. However, Cheng Qian, who knew Taro Yamamoto's influence on the Japanese political axe, said with a smile.

"Now, countries have gathered hundreds of divisions in Europe. On the whole European front, Western countries have assembled tens of millions of troops. How can several divisions be satisfied? In the future, China will mobilize millions of troops to go to Europe. When Cheng served in the General Staff, the General Staff supported the army to form a new division to Europe. Battle on the continent!"

New division!

These four words only made everyone's hearts fluctuate, especially Lieutenant General Yukihiko Nanse, the army minister, who began to think about the meaning of his words in his heart.

"The liaison officer means that sending troops to Europe is not limited to six divisions?"

Not to mention Lieutenant General Yukihiko Nanose and Taro Yamamoto, he is also attracted by it. Although the Economic League has a great influence on the Japanese political axe, it has repeatedly been at a disadvantage in the competition with Chinese-funded institutions. The reason is very simple. Behind the Chinese-funded enterprises is a big country, and the Economic League can only choose to cooperate with them.

There has always been an argument at the high-level level in Japan, that is, if you want to develop, you must get rid of China's restraint, and if you want to get rid of China's restraint, you must break through the restrictions of the security treaty. Whether it is the army or the navy, there has been no suitable excuse to break through the security treaty.

When China proposed to send troops to Europe, the political circles of the Japanese army once thought that it was an opportunity to break through the security treaty, but the restrictions of the three divisions made Japan hesitate. This may be the Chinese people's intention to use the hands of Europe to consume the conspiracy of the Japanese army, but now the meaning in Cheng Qian's words makes them I hesitated once.

"It can only be said that in the long-term perspective of the development of the war, we believe that it is undoubtedly not in line with the interests of the East Ocean to invest only three or six divisions. The East Ocean must give full play to its role in this war, so as to protect the interests of the East as much as possible in the division of the interests of the war!"

Cheng Qian's words only made the people around him mutter in his heart, "It's better to protect China's interests", but despite this, Cheng Qian's words still let them see an opportunity to break through the security treaty.

Opportunity, sometimes, you have to seize an opportunity!

For us, the most important thing now is to rebuild the army. Only by rebuilding the army can we rebuild the prestige of Japan little by little, at least so that China can no longer ignore Japan. In that case, we can at least get rid of China's control little by little and realize the true autonomy of Japan again.

"Independence?"

Chen Moran, who was in the palace, looked at Jiang Baili and almost didn't laugh. What a joke.

"Even if I agree to send troops now, it will take at least a year from the formation of the army to the completion of the training of the army. It will be put into the European battlefield at the end of the year at the earliest, and we will be in charge of that battlefield!"

Which battlefield?

Jiang Baili frowned slightly. He couldn't understand what His Majesty meant. Is there any difference between the battlefield and the battlefield?

"Battlefield, for us, the main battlefield from this year to next year will be dominated by the Arab region. As for Europe, we will certainly not send troops, but in order to reassure the Alled countries, it is necessary for us to send troops to Europe. Personally, I prefer to send troops to Russia!"

"Russia?"

"That's right, it's Russia!"

Standing up, Chen Moran walked to the map and pointed to Russia to explain.

"Compared with Western Europe, Russia needs reinforcements more. Moreover, if we put the Japanese army into the Russian battlefield, we can have enough reasons to transfer the Japanese army to Outer Mongolia for training. In this way, we can avoid the Japanese army from getting bigger than the mainland, which will cause a series of troubles. After these troops complete the training, we can Like adding oil, the Japanese army is constantly thrown into the Russian battlefield. Of course, the command can belong to the Russians. Russians with the lessons of the Russian war will not care about the Japanese army. For the Russians, the Japanese army is just a consumable,..."

At this point, Chen Moran suddenly fell silent and turned the Japanese army into consumables by the hands of the Russians. This is a way to consume the Japanese vitality, but this is only the first step. The cruel war will change a lot of things, and what he wants is that this army will change color. First, this army will change color. In the future, they After returning to Japan, it may be possible to set off a revolution, and after that revolution, is there any future for Japan? At the time of the boundary, the army can be stationed... "So, as long as we are willing, we should not only support them to build more than a dozen divisions, but also hundreds of divisions. The cruel eastern battlefield will continue to consume their vitality. May I ask, even the supplies of the Russians' own army are a problem, and the Russians may still mention Do you provide them with abundant supplies?

"Your Majesty, do you mean to send myself to the East Line to die?"

Looking at your majesty, Jiang Baili only felt a chill in his heart. Before that, he did not expect why his majesty insisted on arming the original, and everything was nothing more than to make him die in vain on the battlefield, so as to consume the vitality of the original to the greatest extent. It's not that I sent them to the Eastern Front to die, but Russia's requirements and Japan's needs. What does it have to do with China? We generously provided them with weapons, which is already the greatest obligation that a responsible power can bear!"

With a smile, a cunning look flashed on Chen Moran's face.

(to be continued)