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    At seven o'clock in the morning, the city of Beijing became noisy.

    There is a constant flow of people going to work and school, and vehicles are constantly coming and going.  The whole picture is like China in the late 1970s, with a surging army of bicycles and more and more vehicles crowding the roads.

    Yan Yuqiu is very capable of putting work plans on the dining table. This beautiful and delicate "Navy Secretary" has become Yang Qiu's most important assistant. In the eyes of outsiders, she is as inseparable as a member of the president's family.  Like thousands of days and nights in the past, the work was still full.  Regular morning meeting at eight o'clock, going to the National Assembly at nine o'clock to attend the economic report meeting of Fukuoka members, and having lunch with the speaker and congressmen at twelve o'clock.  At 1 p.m., I went to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce for a meeting. At 2 p.m., I attended the Ministry of Education¡¯s approval meeting for twelve new universities. At 4 p.m., I attended the regular meeting of the Ministry of National Defense. At 5 p.m., I went to Xidan Primary School to inspect and pick up my youngest daughter from school. At 7 p.m., I accompanied Miao Luo and Zheng Yuxiu.  The Minister attended a fundraising dinner organized by the Ministry of Health.

    The president was busy and the ministers did not dare to be tired. The car of Prime Minister Wang Zhengting arrived downstairs twenty minutes early.  The Republic of China government strictly ordered that only the president, prime minister and ministers could be allocated public cars, while other officials from top to bottom did not have public cars.  However, in order to stimulate the automobile manufacturing industry, it is also stipulated that all government employees who buy their own cars can register for a license plate and receive a monthly gasoline subsidy of no yuan, so many government employees have purchased cars.  In order to adapt to the trend, the Presidential Palace also specially turned the garden on the right into a parking lot for everyone to use.

    As soon as Wang Zhengting got out of the car, he saw Murong Han and Gu Weijun arriving in the same car.  The two men competed fiercely for the position of prime minister, and their thoughts and ideas were completely different. The former believed that an iron-fisted military-civilian system should be established in order to concentrate the power of the country and the people.  Let¡¯s strive for the flourishing of all schools of thought.  But what is strange is that despite completely opposing ideas, the relationship between the two has always been very good.

    "Good morning, Prime Minister."

    "When did Hao Yu come back? I heard that you arrested Ho Chi Minh?"

    Murong Han nodded. He went to Yunnan a few days ago for Ho Chi Minh's affairs. Since this person was promoting Vietnamese independence in Guangxi, the French government had been putting pressure on the Republic of China to arrest him and hand him over to the French East Indies colonial government.  Taking into account the recent concentration of conflicts between China, Britain, China and the United States, the presidential office decided to temporarily arrest him to win over France.

    "I will be leaving the country tomorrow, and you have to handle this matter carefully. The president means to arrest and arrest, but he cannot hand it over to France, nor allow it to promote independence, especially in the northern provinces of Vietnam." Wang Zhengting glanced at  , take care of it carefully.  This is because after Murong Han became the Minister of Justice, due to his harsh methods, over time everyone called him "Mu Yanluo" behind his back. However, due to the continuous decrease in domestic security and crime rates, his prestige in the eyes of the people has not decreased but has increased.  However, Ho Chi Minh has a great influence in Vietnam and has connections with Chen Guofu and others in the party. He is also afraid that being too strict will lead to difficult decisions in the future.

    Before Murong Han could speak, Gu Weijun interrupted first: "Don't worry, Prime Minister, Guofu has already met Ho Chi Minh, and he also said that he has a clothing disease, so that we can send him to Guilin Hospital for temporary recuperation on the grounds of poor health. France can't force him to  Let us hand over seriously ill patients."

    "This is a good idea." After Wang Zhengting expressed his concern for a few more words, Murong Han asked, "Is the Prime Minister going on a visit?"

    "Well. This time I have to visit dozens of countries to canvass votes for the World Expo and the 40-year Olympic Games." When talking about the right to host the two major events, Wang Zhengting was very excited.  Although we didn¡¯t get it in 36 years, it would be such a glorious thing if the 1935 World Expo and the 1940 Olympic Games could be held consecutively!  Therefore, in addition to strengthening Sino-European relations, his trip must also win the support of other European countries. After all, except for the United States and Japan, the other influential countries have not yet expressed their stance.

    "This trip will take at least half a year. Domestic affairs depend on you. The president has made up his mind this time, especially domestic construction that cannot be stopped under any circumstances. Although there is no longer a planned economy, if the various indicators cannot  If it¡¯s doubled, everyone won¡¯t be able to eat and walk around.¡±

    The two nodded.  Although Yang Qiu abolished the planned economy after taking office, the national construction tasks increased several times. Highway construction alone was required to reach 1.7 million kilometers by 1940. This alone kept the cabinet busy for a long time.  Fortunately, judging from the growth rate in the past three years, it should be possible. So Gu Weijun smiled and comforted: "Premier, don't worry, our country has a huge population advantage. As long as funds can be guaranteed, it may seem difficult but it is nothing."

    "Shaochuan, you are more open-minded."

    Murong Han was not worried about national construction. Instead, he was very concerned about the Japanese political situation in the past few days and asked: "Prime Minister. Shaochuan said that Kobayashi of the Japanese Navy defeated the army general a few days ago?"

    Wang Zhengting is one of the people who understands Yang Qiu's plan. Thinking of Japan's land and sea dispute, he smiles: "It's a big deal this time! After the Japanese navy got the information released by the president, it will fight for its independence."He took a 500 million loan and said he would build more warships to compete with us.  The Army has been suffering for 20 years, and it is eager to fight for the huge sum of money.

    Yesterday, a telegram was sent from Tokyo saying that dozens of young army officers had surrounded the Navy Ministry. If the military police had not resisted, Kobayashi would have been beaten.  It is said that these people have set their sights on Keisuke Okada, and Jinzaburo Masaki even publicly said that he wanted Okada to resign and apologize.  "

    "What's wrong with Okada?"

    "Why did Haoyu forget that Okada is from the Navy. After Tanaka Yoshi came to power, the Navy has been firmly in control of the Prime Minister, using it to monopolize military expenditures to expand the Navy. There has long been dissatisfaction within the Army and they have been accused of being British and American lackeys. In addition, in recent years, the economy  Unfavorable, we suppressed it in many ways, and this time we used the Sakhalin oil field as an excuse." Gu Weijun said with a smile: "Maybe we could have been peaceful before, but Roosevelt wanted to stop us from deliberately providing a US$500 million loan in order to win this  Money has now opened up all the conflicts."

    "Dog bites dog." Murong Han said, and continued to ask: "By the way, why are Chen Shaokuan and the navy so honest this time that they agree to take out the naval guns as bait? Isn't it true that their navy always cherishes its secret skills and only gets in and out?  Of?"

    "Hahahaha, don't let the navy hear what Haoyu said, and don't even say it to Bingwen. He is already complicit." After Wang Zhengting made a few jokes, he said seriously: "Chen Shaokuan is not a fool. This time he took out  It's not a blueprint, and it can't be imitated with such little data. What's more, Japan itself secretly develops 480mm naval guns. For them, this is just an excuse for military spending. But if they want to build a 480mm naval gun that can be installed  It is not easy to build warships, which must be at least 70,000 tons. Japan's largest slipway can only build 40,000-ton warships, and it is not like we jointly developed large hydraulic presses with Germany early. I will give them a calculation based on the construction of four ships.  The purchase of raw materials, large-scale forging equipment, and the expansion of the slipway will just take up the entire loan! Do you think Kobayashi Nobu is willing to share it with the Army?"

    Gu Weijun stood nearby and said meaningfully: "Although people like Okada Keisuke are incompetent, they at least have self-awareness and know how to balance. But those people in the Army Ministry only know how to expand armaments and are only thinking about revenge. If the Military Ministry overthrows Okada and comes to power,  It is bound to arm itself crazily. However, Japan's domestic market is small and New Guinea and other places are remote, so it can only rely on continuous military expansion to maintain economic growth. This kind of military expansion that exceeds its own capabilities is extremely harmful. Either it will explode or it will have to go.  Expansion. This time the president is trying to overdraw Japan¡¯s national power and force them to use the madness of one generation to destroy the foundation of several generations!¡±

    Although Murong Han also had militaristic thoughts, he was not as paranoid as Japan. He knew that Gu Weijun was trying to warn him and said with a smile: "Shaochuan is interested, but I still think that proper centralization of power is beneficial to a developing country like ours."  , can concentrate on doing big things.¡±

    "Like the Soviet Union? Sacrificing the interests of some people in exchange for an industrial boom, 3 million rich peasants, more than 400 people died in the Ukrainian famine, the price is too high.

    " Gu Weijun refused to give in on this issue. Seeing that the two people were conflicting over their ideas, Wang Zhengting quickly stopped him and said, "Okay, you have been doing this for decades, and you still don't understand?  There is no perfect system these days. It still depends on whether our own hearts can be straightened out.  "

    This sentence shocked the two of them slightly. Looking at Wang Zhengting, his eyes had changed a little and they understood why they lost to him in the competition between the three of them.  Gu Weijun, who has always been free and easy, calmed down and joked: "The Prime Minister is right, it's better to eat you than to argue with you, haha."

    The laughter of the three people soon floated into the small living room.

    In the living room, Zhang Wenjing, Yan Xishan and others arrived earlier than them and had already begun discussing Roosevelt's New Deal.  Gu Yuwen was the only non-cabinet person participating in the morning meeting today. He was holding a thick piece of information and his buttocks were half touching the sofa. It was obviously his first time to participate in such a morning meeting around the fire, so he looked very nervous.  Beizuyi, who had promoted him, slapped his forehead and smiled bitterly, but he had forgotten how he acted when he explained economic issues to the president and government ministers in Chongqing for the first time.

    Due to factors such as the Sino-Japanese espionage case and the early release of national debt, the famous Roosevelt New Deal was a full three months later than later generations, and the content was also greatly deviated, but it finally appeared.  Countries around the world are paying close attention to this new policy and want to see whether the hard-hit U.S. economy can recover.  Gu Yuwen took out information to analyze and introduce to the president and ministers: "In this short period of time, the international gold price has fluctuated violently. Since last weekend, rumors have broken out in the U.S. market that Japan and the Soviet Union are going to sell on high prices, so the gold price has dropped from 55 US dollars per ounce.  It fell to 50 US dollars. This shows that Roosevelt had already secretly taken action! Because he knew that he could not bypass Congress to mobilize gold reserves, so he borrowed loans to let Japan and the Soviet Union sell gold in the US market, combined with what he had asked us not to interfere with before.  Look, he's determined to drive the price of gold down to somewhere between $30 and $35 an ounce."

    "Impossible!" Xu XiuGu Yuwen looked at the report and shook his head: "Even if we don't take action, we can't lower the gold price by 40% with just a few hundred tons."

    Gu Yuwen said: "The minister is right, it is impossible to rely on market means alone, so I think what he did is completely a pretense! His ultimate goal is to deliberately create market panic, and then use administrative means to suppress it on the pretext of unstable financial markets! This is the only way  , he can fix gold at an extremely low price."

    "Isn't this just silver" Yan Xishan was about to say that Roosevelt's gold policy was very similar to the silver crisis of that year, but in the middle of the sentence, he suddenly remembered something about that crisis and quickly shut his mouth.  Yang Qiu seemed not to hear, and signaled to Gu Yuwen: "Don't interrupt, everyone, just listen to Yuwen."

    With Yang Qiu's encouragement, Gu Yuwen calmed down a little and continued: "Why did Roosevelt suppress the price of gold? It's because the U.S. dollar has never completely cut off the gold standard. The higher the price of gold, the higher the value of the U.S. dollar. In the era of deflation,  Under such circumstances, a currency value that is too high is not only detrimental to exports, but also fails to release much-needed bailout funds. Therefore, it needs a lower gold price, preferably around US$5 per ounce. But at present, this is impossible and can overwhelm everyone.  US$30 to US$35 per ounce is already very good. Any lower than that and there will be riots in the United States. After the price of gold comes down, they can follow our example and forcibly ban gold and silver trading. All gold and silver must be sold to the government to accelerate the withdrawal of gold and silver.

    But this is not enough. There is not enough gold in the market. According to my calculations, it would take at least 100 million U.S. dollars to activate the U.S. market. Therefore, after the gold price is fixed, it will inevitably undergo a substantial currency depreciation!  So what does devaluing a currency mean to anyone?  To put it simply, the current currency supply of various countries must still rely on national credit and reserves, otherwise there will be a crisis similar to the sharp depreciation of the German mark. However, after the economic crisis, the loss of US dollar assets was serious, and the US government no longer had many reserves in its hands, even the original largest  The national debt relied on was released in advance under the inducement of the president, so in order to issue currency, reserves must first be found.

    ??Reserves cannot be created out of thin air. The only way under the current circumstances is to depreciate!  Significant currency depreciation!  Because currency depreciation actually means that the price of goods doubles, and the reserve of 1 yuan can be turned into 2 yuan, then the extra 1 yuan needs to be filled with printing of 1 yuan banknotes.  For example, the current reserves that can be issued as currency in the U.S. market, including national debt, gold, minerals, etc., add up to about 58 billion U.S. dollars, which is almost the total value of workers and farmers for a year!  If it depreciates by 50%, it becomes 116 billion, then the U.S. government needs to issue 58 billion in currency to fill the hole after the devaluation.

    In fact, this is a mathematical game. The advantage is that the U.S. government can conjure up 58 billion in cash out of thin air. After getting this money, it can learn from us and increase the purchase price of grain and use government investment to promote market recovery.  but!  Doing so is actually overdrafting the credit and economic development of the United States in the next ten years.  Judging from the current strict control of trade by various countries and the continuous increase of trade barriers, unless all countries open their markets to the United States together, they will not be able to make up for the overdraft by relying on their own normal development. The only way is  "

    Gu Yuwen suddenly stopped when he said this, and his bloodshot eyes swept across the crowd and stopped on Yang Qiu's face: "A sufficiently large-scale war breaks out outside the United States! I think 1. Roosevelt provided loans to Japan and the Soviet Union,  In fact, they want to instigate a war in Asia. But because our country has a vast population and market, Japan has a narrow market, and the Soviet Union has ideological and other problems. Once the three of us are exhausted from fighting, he will come back to be a good person and rescue us, and the price is to completely open the market.  Help him fill this hole.

    So the New Deal!  The fact is that a war horn has been sounded!  "

    This earth-shattering analysis made the Prime Minister and ministers sitting there dumbfounded. If it weren't for this young man with messy hair, red eyes, and legs tangled together due to nervousness, standing in front of them, people might think it was this.  A dream.  The United States, which has always boasted of democracy, has actually become what he calls the source of war. How ironic!

    After the ministers got over the surprise, they all expressed their doubts. Gu Yuwen also patiently explained how he deduced it. Only Yang Qiu remained silent, watching the arc of the corner of his mouth getting wider and wider, as if he had thought of something.

    ¡°Only he knows how accurate Gu Yuwen¡¯s inference is, no, it¡¯s even terrifyingly accurate!  Ever since he came back, he has been lacking talents with real world vision and consulting skills. Even Cai E and Yue Peng are only the best executors, while the rising stars Wang Zhengting, Gu Weijun and Murong Han have been trained for many years.  He lacked a bit of spirituality, but it was this young man who he discovered inadvertently that made his eyes light up.

    After thinking for a while, he made an excuse and asked: "Yuwen, how do you think we should resolve it?"

    Gu Yuwen thought about it and said: "Delay! This New Deal is too overdraft. As long as the trade barriers are not broken down for a day, relying on the United States alone will?In the domestic market, if it drags on for ten to fifteen years, there will definitely be big problems.  "

    "What if it can't be delayed?"

    "It can't be delayed." Just as Gu Yuwen was about to answer, he realized that he seemed to have no solution.  To be honest, Roosevelt's New Deal this time was not as simple as interfering with Hoover's policies. He was completely unable to intervene, so even the drag-out trick just now was a temporary thought on his part.  If the plan of dragging the knife fails, I'm afraid there is only one way!  He looked at Yang Qiu and wanted to say it but didn't dare because this method was unrealistic.  But the president kept looking at himself, and finally had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Reporting to the president, I can only think of one way."

    "Tell me, let me hear your thoughts." Yang Qiu's faint words made all the ministers look at each other, thinking that this Gu Yuwen might soar into the sky.

    "The solution is to let the Soviet Union rule Europe!"

    The ministers were dumbfounded again. If they weren't familiar with him, they might have asked the guards to arrest him and send him to a lunatic asylum.  Even Yang Qiu burst out laughing. It was indeed a terrible idea. Not to mention how difficult it would be for the Soviet Union to rule Europe, even if Europe were to be destroyed, Stalin's character would definitely lead to a counterattack in Asia, leading to an unprecedented Sino-Soviet war.  It doesn¡¯t matter if the idea is bad or unrealistic, because vision can be cultivated slowly. It¡¯s good to be able to see this step from such a low position. At least realize the irreconcilable ideological conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union.  What surprised Yang Qiu the most was that Gu Yuwen had actually developed a Cold War mentality. This alone was worth cultivating!

    "Yuqiu, call Chen Haohui and tell him that I have appointed Gu Yuwen as my economic secretary." Yang Qiu stood up, looked at Gu Yuwen with a smile and walked out.

    Until the ministers all stood up and left, Gu Yuwen still stood there stupidly holding the documents. Secretary to the President!  Are you dreaming?

    Tokyo, the headquarters of the Japanese Guards Division.

    The Guards Division is not very capable among Japan's standing divisions, but its reputation is extremely famous.  Because they claim to be the Emperor's Guards and protect His Majesty the Supreme Emperor, this troop exudes arrogance from top to bottom, claiming to be the Emperor's direct lineage, speaking and speaking of the Emperor's army.  If this kind of arrogance goes to the battlefield, he may be able to fight, but after a long period of not fighting and even training was reduced due to lack of funds, it has gradually turned into brainless and bold.

    In the officer's club at the station, a young lieutenant colonel with bandy legs and a mustache, who opened his coat to reveal a gray shirt, held a newspaper in his hand and slammed the table: "Baga! This non-national actually sells the empire's gold in the United States!  He really deserves to die! This gold belongs to His Majesty the Emperor, not his private property!"

    The loud voice attracted officers from all around. The more people there were, the more excited and excited the lieutenant commander named Saburo Aizawa became. He shook the Asahi Shimbun and shouted: "Everyone, come and take a look, see who is Yingmi's lackey."  How can you betray your country!"

    Although Japan and the Soviet Union reached a secret agreement with the United States, Japan was not as centralized and closed as the Soviet Union, so the Asahi Shimbun also published so-called "rumors" that Japan and the Soviet Union were selling gold in the United States.  Although it has been said in the news that it is a rumor, the radical officers of these Guards Division do not see it that way.  In their eyes, politicians from the British and American factions who came from the navy were born traitors!

    "Aizawa-kun, what's the news?"

    "Selling gold?! Baga, these bastards! How can they do this? That's the empire's gold."

    "They don't give us military funds, but they secretly sell the gold. These traitors! They should learn from Aoki-kun and kill them all."

    "No, we can't go on like this. Let's go find General Masaki Jinzaburo to make the decision."

    "If you want to be on your side, you must be on your side!"

    ¡°For the sake of the Emperor, let¡¯s do it!¡±

    "Wait a minute, doesn't it say above, this is an unconfirmed rumor?" "Nonsense! This is a fig leaf for the lackeys of the United States, used to deceive the emperor!" It was rare for someone to read the words clearly, and he was immediately suppressed.

    An excited Major pulled Saburo Aizawa: "Aizawa-kun, don't you know General Masaki? Take us there! We are the elite of the empire and the emperor's army. We can't go on like this!" The Major said excitedly.  At that time, he took off his white shirt and tore it into strips of cloth. He then pulled out a knife and cut his fingers. He wrote the words "hoe rape" on the strip of cloth and tied it on his forehead: "Go and protest, even if it costs your life!"

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Elite!

    The Guards Division is the elite of the Imperial Army.

    The officers on the left and right had their noses heated up by the hot blood, and they wrote letters in blood and tied them to their foreheads.  Saburo Aizawa was even more bare-chested, and after having blood-red big characters such as "hoe rape" and "Qingjun side" written all over his body, he pulled out a sharp bayonet.

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? shouted?very passionately: "If we can't get rid of the traitors,, let me go to Kudanzaka!  "
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