Hearing MacArthur's answer, Zhou Nan laughed. Because when he says this, it means that he has already moved.

He can deliberately learn from Zhou Nan and listen to Zhou Nan say so many things, of course, Zhou Nan also has things he values.

So what did Zhou Nan value to MacArthur? His social connections in the United States, of course.

Although Zhou Nan did not exert his strength in the American political arena, in the past contacts, Zhou Nan still established a lot of social relations.

In particular, a European revival plan made the American capital consortium have a very good impression of Zhou Nan.

There is also a more important point that Zhou Nan has a high status in Europe, which leads to a large number of people in the Congress, who need to maintain relations with Zhou Nan.

MacArthur, of course, would not fail to see this, which was the main reason why he was willing to meet Zhou Nan.

He was powerful in Japan, but the strategic position in Asia was once on the back burner. Although he has a high approval rating in Congress and a high position among the people, he has as many enemies.

Like the current President Harry Truman, he is his staunchest opponent.

He now supports Japan for the sake of making achievements and launching an assault on the presidency, and if there is a better way, he will not worry about whether Japan is dead or alive.

Of course, any exchange must be reciprocal, and anything can be taken out to negotiate, but Zhou Nan must be able to come up with the corresponding chips.

As long as the chips are sufficient, it is not impossible for him to depose the emperor.

However, Zhou Nan didn't have many bargaining chips, and he didn't have that much influence to directly push MacArthur to the presidency.

All he could do was introduce MacArthur to some relations, which would require the use of internal relations in the United States, such as Hughes and Chukol, and external relations on the side of George and the Netherlands.

More importantly, he can't do too much to be overt and excessive, because doing so would offend the current US President Harry Truman, and even Eisenhower, with whom he had a good relationship.

You know, Eisenhower is the next president of the United States, and MacArthur only got one percent of the vote.

In other words, MacArthur is actually very inflated now, and the network he thinks is strong is actually useless.

Now he was pushed out by a gang to play against Truman, but because of political necessity.

And in fact, he has long been abandoned, just as the military has long abandoned him.

But MacArthur himself couldn't see through this, he thought he was awesome, but in fact he was just a bad pen.

If there were no memories of the afterlife, he would definitely cooperate with MacArthur in order to get Kishi to die.

Because MacArthur does seem to be infinitely good now, he is much more popular in the United States than many generals and politicians.

It's just that not many people know that these are all mirages.

A general who has not returned to his country for 14 years and ignored the two presidential summons has long been excluded from the real circle of power.

Seeing this clearly, Zhou Nan certainly would not use all his strength to support MacArthur.

Zhou Nan replied with a smile: "Your Excellency can get my friendship and support. ”

The five-star general, who looked like a politician more than a soldier, smiled and took a puff of his pipe and said happily: "Then, please let me see your sincerity!" ”

Zhou Nan pretended to be very interested and said, "Please also ask Your Excellency the General to give me a famous word, I will take your opinion as the highest order." ”

He was very happy, but he didn't know if he was in disguise like Zhou Nan. With a wave of his hand, he said: "Just last month, the Diet rejected my bill on industrial aid to Japan, and now Japan needs more jobs to stabilize society." ”

Of course, Zhou Nan knew about this bill, and it can be said that MacArthur was used to being a father in Japan, and everything was for their sake.

He wanted to maintain his privileges in Asia and flaunt his importance, so he vigorously advocated the importance of Asia.

However, as early as World War II, the United States had already determined the strategy of placing Europe over Asia.

Zhou Nan has a European reconstruction plan in Europe, and he also wants to start a Japanese reconstruction plan in Japan, and has proposed an aid bill with an aid amount of 4.5 billion US dollars.

It is conceivable that this bill could not have been passed from the beginning. The whole of Europe is only $13 billion, and Britain can be said to be the biggest ally of the United States now, and it has only received almost $4.5 billion in aid.

It would have seemed that he was too self-righteous to come up with this bill, but now he put it forward to Zhou Nan as a condition, no matter whether Zhou Nan can do it or not, he will never benefit Japan in this way.

Putting forward this condition with Zhou Nan, a Chinese, shows his self-righteousness even more.

Zhou Nan did not analyze the unreality of this bill with him, but asked: "Your Excellency, General, you have to figure out one point, whether you want to stabilize Japan, or do you want to promote Japan's economic development despite the opposition of other Asian countries!" ”

"Where is the stability without development? Isn't that how it can be understood? ”

Zhou Nan laughed. He is now basically sure that this guy is a star who can put on a show, whether it is military or political, he is at the level of half a bottle of water.

In peacetime in the future, he may still be elected president like Reagan, but in this era, he should wash and sleep!

As a politician who can't tell where his interests lie, this is too layman.

"Your Excellency, if you just want to stabilize Japan, that's one thing, and it's another thing to develop Japan's economy. Let's first take a look at the claims of Asian countries against Australia and New Zealand against Japan, and Japan is indeed unable to repay them in full, so this is also the contradiction of today's Asian problems. Actually, it's very easy to solve such a problem, and I don't understand why the situation is messing up now. ”

When it came to his main business, Zhou Nan took out the Dafa of fooling again, and he definitely couldn't find the slightest fault with MacArthur.

MacArthur lay on the table, propped up, and played with his pipe. "Jonas, we all know your talent in this area, and that's the main reason why I'm sitting here today to meet with you, so you might as well come up with something I'm interested in!"

Zhou Nan asked: "To give a very simple example, with mechanical ploughing, a person can cultivate a hundred acres of land, or even more. But with all the manpower, it will not exceed ten acres at most. Japan's problem now is not that there is a shortage of manpower, but that there are too many manpower because the war is over. That's the main factor in social instability, isn't it? So you want to add more jobs and house these social instability. However, this plan has met with resolute opposition in the United States, including Asian countries......"

"How can a defeated country not accept punishment and still receive all kinds of support? How can those countries that have been plundered, without compensation, recognize your leadership and stewardship? The most important problem here is that you don't know that stability is not the same as development......"

He nodded earnestly: "I'm listening." ”

Zhou Nan said with a smile: "The development of human beings depends on the improvement of productivity, and the improvement of productivity means the release of more manpower." But on the flip side, a decrease in productivity means that more people are needed, so that more people can be put to work. ”

He frowned, as if he felt that something was wrong with Zhou Nan's words, but he couldn't find fault with it.

Zhou Nan continued: "At present, the claims of Asian countries against Japan are mainly concentrated in the areas of industrial raw materials, industrial technology, means of production, precious metal resources and technical labor, as well as merchant ships. You think that if Japan loses this, it will cause social unrest, but in fact, it is just that your thinking has not been set higher. In addition to industrial raw materials, everything else can meet the requirements of other countries. ”

Without waiting for MacArthur to speak, Zhou Nan continued: "Without advanced equipment, Japan would have needed 50 people to work, and 100 people would have been needed to work. In this way, we will be able to create more jobs and many Japanese people who do not have jobs will be able to find jobs. In fact, the unstable elements in society can meet the requirements of other countries by exporting labor. For example, in the Philippines, even if they get compensation from Japan, some industrial technology may not be able to digest it, so at this time, a large number of people can be arranged to work in the Philippines, which reduces the pressure on Japan. ”

"So, if you want Japan to stabilize at home, you don't necessarily have to be in a stalemate with Asian countries, but you need to support it domestically. And it is possible to meet everyone's requirements in a way that everyone is happy with. And all this is enough if you keep a firm grip on Japan's food supply. ”

MacArthur was a little dumbfounded when he heard this, but he looked at several subordinates in charge of industry and economics, and they all agreed with Zhou Nan's plan, and felt that it was a bit black and white.

Under his now strong control over Japan, he believes that there is a good chance that such a strategy will succeed if it is forced.

And in this way, the country will be satisfied with his work. Countries like the Soviet Union, South Korea, Burma, the Philippines, including Australia and New Zealand, which he valued, and South China would be very satisfied with his actions, and he would not have to be in a stalemate with the claims groups of various countries every day.

But then there really isn't anything left in Japan!

He looked at Zhou Nan, who was sitting on his left hand side with a gentle smile, with some palpitations. I couldn't help but curse in my heart: Damn, this plan is really vicious!

However, he was very moved, because the passive situation in which he was working now was all caused by the issue of Japanese compensation.

It seems to be a good deal to sacrifice Japan and directly satisfy more than a dozen countries.

Moreover, even in Japan, the wave of opposition will not be too strong, because they themselves believe that compensation should be made, but there is no good way to do so now.

Of course, he will not really compensate everything, but still leave hope for the Japanese.

After thinking about it carefully for a while, he sighed and said, "I now believe that the most vicious people are often literati. ”