"Cancel the Silver Act and bring down the capitalists!"

"We're going to work!"

"Don't let the Silver Devil steal the bread!"

"We want racial equality!"

“……”

On the streets of Washington, Song Ziwen quietly watched the procession and said to Shi Zhaoji beside him: "Americans seem to like demonstrations more and more." ”

Shi Zhaoji said with a smile: "The parade we see now should have been planned by the Communist Party of the United States. ”

"How do you know?" Song Ziwen asked curiously.

Shi Zhaoji pointed to the marchers and said, "Do you see it? Most of the people who participated in the march were black. And this is Washington, where there are not too many blacks, and the only one who can gather them to march is the American Communist Party. ”

Song Ziwen was even more surprised: "The Communist Party is very powerful among the black community in the United States? ”

Shi Zhaoji nodded and said: "Black people are at the bottom of American society, and they are extremely susceptible to incitement, and the American Communist Party even openly shouts slogans to use 'red to attract black'." Especially after the 'Scottsboro Incident,' the US Communist Party has great prestige among the black community, and even some black gang leaders have joined the US Communist Party. ”

"What about the Scottsboro incident?" Song Ziwen had no idea about this.

"Three years ago, in the town of Scottsboro, nine black youths were charged with two white women, and after illegal interrogations, eight of them were sentenced to death. The youngest black man was only 13 years old. With the help of the American Communist Party, the truth of the case has been revealed, and one of the two white women has admitted that he had fabricated a lie. ”

Song Ziwen said: "It's a big deal, right? ”

"It was so big that it almost caused a riot," Shi Zhaoji nodded, "What makes black Americans even more angry is that this case has not been solved and the trial is still ongoing." ”

Song Ziwen asked, "How was Roosevelt's New Deal implemented?" ”

Shi Zhaoji said: "Roosevelt was very political. At the worst of the U.S. economy, there were few banks open across the country, and checks could not be cashed in Washington. Roosevelt enacted the Emergency Banking Act, which reopened more than 10,000 banks in just one week. Immediately afterwards, he banned the export of gold, stabilized gold reserves and took gold to power. Then, it abandoned the gold standard and issued $3 billion in banknotes guaranteed by state securities, which caused the dollar to depreciate rapidly and enhanced the foreign competitiveness of American goods. ”

"How did he mediate the conflict?" Song Ziwen asked.

"There is no need for mediation," said Shih, "and the American people are looking forward to the arrival of a hero, and Roosevelt is this hero, who has already won the trust of American capitalists from the day he resumed banking." ”

Song Ziwen was puzzled: "But several major groups outside the United States seem to be tearing each other down now, and there is a sign of stumbling on Roosevelt." ”

Shi Zhaoji said with a smile: "Everyone had a hard time before, so they can naturally work together to support the president's new policy." But now that they have breathed a sigh of relief, the group contradictions have been exposed, and they all want to fight for more interests for themselves. Moreover, some of Roosevelt's practices were too radical and inevitably led to the discontent of the capitalists. For example, he set a minimum wage and a maximum number of working hours, which undoubtedly raised the production costs of factory owners. In addition, he cracked down on monopoly, encouraged the development of small enterprises, and allowed small enterprises to seize the market with large conglomerates, which was tantamount to digging up the roots of large conglomerates. The big conglomerates in the United States have already begun to fight back, and some even want to sabotage Roosevelt's re-election. ”

"It's not easy to be the president of the United States." Song Ziwen said with emotion.

"Not only is it not good," gloated Shi Zhaoji, "and there are already people shouting slogans that Roosevelt was a Soviet spy and a communist party that undermined the capitalist free world." ”

"Roosevelt was a Soviet spy?" Song Ziwen almost burst out laughing.

Shi Zhaoji nodded and said: "Roosevelt's New Deal is indeed very similar to the Soviet Union in some places. For example, he imposed rules on the scale, price, and scope of sales of various enterprises. For example, some goods produced in New York State can only be sold at a specific price in some parts of the East, and if they cross the border, they will be severely punished. Isn't this a bit like the planned economy of the Soviet Union? ”

"Shhh Song Ziwen gasped, "No wonder the capitalists want to oppose Roosevelt, he can't imagine this." ”

Shi Zhaoji analyzed: "The public opinion created by you and Mr. Zhou this time can spread quickly, and someone must be deliberately helping." These helpers were not necessarily enemies of the Silver Syndicate, and it was possible that they were just trying to cause trouble for Roosevelt so that he could not issue new decrees. ”

Song Ziwen laughed: "It's interesting, the situation in the United States is too interesting." ”

Shi Zhaoji pointed to the marchers and said: "It is very likely that the American Communist Party is also involved. Because Roosevelt used the method of cash-for-work to solve many employment problems, the development of the American Communist Party was seriously hindered. The American Communist Party also hopes that the New Deal will fail and that the more chaotic the better, because their appeal is much less than before. ”

"It's a mess." Song Ziwen sighed.

Shi Zhaoji said: "Roosevelt was still very powerful, and when he first became president, the United States had to starve to death every day. But in just a year and a half, he had already turned the tide, at least not by starving to death. ”

Song Ziwen asked: "Then do we have a chance to take advantage of this situation and gain the support of some groups outside the hospital?" ”

"It's difficult," Shi Zhaoji said, shaking his head, "the Yankees look down on China." Unless we can import American machinery and industrial products in large quantities, as the Soviet Union did, then we can gain the support of the big American conglomerates. ”

Song Ziwen asked again: "Is it possible to bring the British in to stir up the situation and force the United States to make concessions?" ”

"Britain?" Shi Zhaoji didn't understand.

"For example, China turned to Britain and joined the sterling system." Song Ziwen said.

Shi Zhaoji's eyes lit up suddenly, and he clapped his hands and praised: "This method is very good, why didn't I think of it?" ”

Song Ziwen said: "Is it really possible? ”

Shi Zhaoji said: "Mr. Song, you haven't been to the United States for a long time, and of course you don't know the situation in the United States. The United States is now pinching Britain so hard that it has to compete with Britain for everything. For example, the US dollar gave up the gold standard, which was forced by the pound to give up the gold standard. Half a year ago, the United States also promulgated the "Reciprocal Trade Act" to break the British 'Imperial Preferential System'. ”

The Reciprocal Trade Act of the United States had a great influence on later generations, and the principles of the Act were later even incorporated into GATT, the predecessor of TO.

The more Shi Zhaoji spoke, the more excited he became, and he smiled happily: "Since the United States and Britain have abandoned the gold standard one after another, the dollar system and the pound sterling system have been competing fiercely. China is a big country, and as long as China reveals signs of joining the sterling system, the United States will certainly not sit idly by. Mr. Song is such a genius that he was able to use Britain to balance the United States first! ”

Song Ziwen smiled bitterly, this method was not something he came up with. At the same time, he felt very frustrated, he was a dignified economic expert, and he was not as good as Zhou Hexuan, a guy who studied history.

After Shi Zhaoji was excited, he suddenly frowned again: "Is Britain really so easy to get into?" ”

Song Ziwen said: "It should be possible." ”

Britain is really in the game, and there is no need for Zhou Hexuan to go to London. After hearing that China and Japan were going to carry out comprehensive economic cooperation, British diplomats immediately contacted the Nanjing government and initially revealed that they wanted to "help" China.

It's just that both the United Kingdom and the United States have a common scruple, that is, the "Tianyu Statement".

In the "Tianyu Statement", Japan openly expressed its opposition to the involvement of European and American powers in the Far East, especially economic support for China.

It is not that they are afraid of war with Japan, but the fundamental reason why Britain and the United States do not want to provoke Japan is that Japan is also a huge market. In recent years, Japan has frantically imported strategic resources, and the United States and Britain have taken advantage of the opportunity to make a lot of money, and they do not want to cut off this financial route.

In this regard, the United States obviously has the greatest scruples, because Japan is a super large customer of the United States.

On the contrary, the United Kingdom does not get so much profit in the Japanese market, and the interests in the Chinese market are greater, which is why the United Kingdom took the initiative to enter the game.

China's silver boom has involved all aspects of Britain, the United States and Japan, and has mixed various economic, political and diplomatic factors. No one dares to move, everyone wants to make a profit, no one can sit idly by, anyway, all parties are very entangled.

Zhou Hexuan, a-stirring stick, didn't care about so many at all, and detonated the powder keg to let the three countries fight on their own.