"This is the true demeanor of a great power!" When the Japanese delegation rested in the evening, Yamamoto 56 sincerely admired Li Runseok's bearing. Japan has always shouted at its own people that Japan has become a first-class power. Compared with China today, they find that a powerful country like Japan is somewhat unworthy of its name.

For example, China's Ministry of Commerce and the banking system are undoubtedly interest groups, and if these people are allowed to dominate the situation, China will definitely become a country where commercial interests come first. Whether it is a truly strong country or not does not depend on how powerful the interest groups are, but whether the country as a whole has a real leadership system and whether the country's policies have a clear line of thought.

Okamura Ninji also praised China rarely, and now I can see that China's long-term and short-term policies are very clear, which can prove that China has an unbreakable leadership core. The future of the Japanese system dreamed of by the Japanese unification faction was completely realized in China.

When Yamamoto 56 and Okamura Ninji had a small meeting in private, Okamura Ninji asked Yamamoto what he thought of Japan's anti-feudalism. Yamamoto pondered for a while before he replied, "Who doesn't want to be anti-feudal when dealing with others?" ”

Yamamoto looks quite elegant in fifty or sixty, perhaps because he was born in a professional class and has attended several universities. But this is a laughing man. After laughing, he reflected on it, and Okamura felt that it really made sense. Japan's military forces are divided into the War Department and the Navy Department, and before the two forces have allowed the War Department to come to power, they are openly and covertly fighting for dominance. It's okay to oppose other people's feudalism, but you can't reverse it to yourself. Disobedience to other people's orders is because we insist on the truth, and others who do not obey our own orders are stubborn. Okamura Ninji knows very well that the last thing that is lacking in the whole of Japan is this kind of goods.

As a "Showa warlord", that is, a soldier trusted by Hirohito, Okamura Ninji can only think disrespectfully when facing the facts, Hirohito does not even need to have the strength and prestige of Chen Ke, but can have the ability of the People's Party Foreign Minister Lee Yun-seok, and the whole of Japan can be easily united.

The problem is that the "emperor" is a living god who cannot make mistakes, and if Hirohito is really in charge of the government, he is destined to expose all kinds of mistakes to the public. Okamura Ninji was familiar with the "Theory of Practice" of the People's Party, and repeatedly emphasized in it that it was impossible not to fail and not make mistakes. The problem is not the mistakes and failures that are destined to occur, but the perception and attitude towards the world.

Just like the several demands made by Li Runshi to the Japanese delegation today, as soon as he heard it, he completely saw through the thinking on the issue between China and Japan at hand. The People's Party demanded that the Japanese military commit to maintaining economic stability, and that the Japanese military officially publicize in the newspapers the goodwill that China has unleashed in this trade.

From the perspective of national strategy, China's demands can be summed up in only one, and China and Japan must break away from the confrontation of quasi-war. Getting out of this state of affairs is good for both Japan and China. The problem is not that on the Chinese side, but that there are too many forces in Japan that actually eat "patriotic rice". Once they want to realize their own interests, they will attack others in the way of "deducting traitors and traitors".

It didn't take much effort for Okamura to figure out that the chaebols wanted to control the ammonia production line, and if the military could gain the upper hand, the zaibatsu would accuse the military of colluding with China. If the chaebols have this opportunity to collude, they are afraid that they will collude more thoroughly. At that time, the zaibatsu will glorify themselves as great patriots who "think about the future of Japan." Others, on the other hand, are insidious and cowardly "traitors". This trick has been played not only by the Japanese chaebols, but also by the military and government bureaucrats.

In short, the Japanese ruling class tries its best to say all kinds of things that can benefit itself, but it does not tell the truth. It is truly unprecedented for China to rely on telling the truth to protect its own interests.

Since he was born Japanese, Okamura Ninji must also mix in Japan. He is also often helpless against such a situation.

Yamamoto Isoroku looked at Okamura Ninji frowning and pondering, he simply said: "We are only in charge of the negotiations, so let's bring back the current negotiation results." ”

The Japanese delegation had no other way, and there were no factional disputes in China, at least none that Japan could exploit. In the face of a monolithic China, the most effective way for the Japanese delegation to deal with it was to bring back to Japan as soon as possible the results of the negotiations and everything that they had personally seen in China prior to the negotiations.

When Okamura returned to Japan, he soon received unprecedented attention. Most of the people in the War Department who read Okamura's report began to criticize Okamura Ninji for "spreading defeatist rhetoric!" ”

"The contraband you brought back looks pretty good." Nagata Tetsuyama teaed Okamura Ninji while adding white sugar to the black tea cup. The supply of white sugar in China is not rationed, and anyone who has renminbi can buy it, and the price is only 30% of the price in Japan. Yamamoto Isoroku was not a stingy man, and since he had already won a lot of money in China, he bought a thousand catties of white sugar when he went back, and divided it equally among the ten people in the delegation.

Gangcun Ningji bought some black tea and brought it back to Yongtian Tieshan, who now has to get drunk in order to contact people from various factions. Japan's policy of breaking away from Asia and joining Europe has triggered a desire for a Western way of life among the Japanese elite, and black tea is considered a "noble" drink by the Japanese. Of course, sugar should be put in black tea, and when you go to visit others, you can give a pound of fine sand white sugar, which is already a valuable gift in Japan.

Japanese customs control over such "luxury goods" is very strict, and the delegation was detained by customs when it returned to Japan. It was Nagata Tetsuyama who made a move to get these people out of trouble.

Knowing that Nagata Tetsuyama was just a simple joke, Okamura Ninji didn't take it to heart. "Looking at the current situation, it seems that these people have agreed to change the policy?" he asked. ”

The people who scolded Yue Huan in Japan are not necessarily those who oppose such policies, and most often these people tend to support such policies and want to have their own interests in implementing them. The fact that such a wave of opposition has been raised by a report shows that various interest groups want to ease relations with China, and even hope to normalize relations with China as soon as possible. It's just that the military department, especially the War Department, is at the forefront, and according to Japanese tradition, various interest groups have begun to scold and tear down the stage in the back.

"Takahashi is Qing, the old thief has long had this plan, but he himself refuses to say it first. After your report was delivered, Takahashi invited the Minister of War to dinner and called me to say that the Army should not affect Japan's foreign policy. Outside of the words, they still don't want the army to control the synthetic ammonia production line. Nagata Tetsuyama replied.

"China is stronger than we think." Okamura Ninji said slowly, "I originally thought that China invested all its national strength in the military industry for the sake of the war, but now the proportion of their military industry investment is much lower than that of Japan. ”

"Hmm! The canned yellow peaches you brought back were delicious. Nagata Tetsuyama replied, "The texture of that glass is far better than that of Japan." ”

Okamura Ninji sighed slightly, it was indeed very high-quality glass, the texture was crystal clear, and the shape was also very beautiful. It is not a simple barrel, but a small mouth with a big belly similar to a pottery urn, and the volume is also large. After eating the delicious canned yellow peaches, Okamura Ninji's wife also left a canned bottle to pickle vegetables, and the emerald green vegetables were soaked in clear and transparent salt water, which was very pleasant to look at. Okamura knows that even Japan also has Chinese yellow peaches. With the same taste, the same price, and the same portion, Japanese people will definitely want to buy Chinese products more. Because the bottle is beautiful. A country that can put effort into such things is definitely not a militaristic country that is fully engaged in the military.

Seeing Okamura Ninji's expression, Nagata Tetsuyama understood Okamura Ninji's thoughts, and he said: "Okamura-kun, you prepare and set off for China immediately, you can tell the Chinese military that the military department does not want to stop the cooperation budget, even if it is to reduce military spending and maintain the current size of the army, we also hope to reach an agreement in this regard as soon as possible, and start construction as soon as possible." ”

Okamura asked, "Where is the factory located?" ”

"It's near Tokyo." Nagata replied, "As soon as the agreement is reached, we will start fundraising immediately." The rural communes recently set up by Bei Yihui have already shown signs of being connected because of the special approval for synthetic ammonia fertilizers. ”

"Oh?" Okamura was surprised by this. The rural commune of Kita Yihui is also a focal point, with a new administrative and organizational model, coupled with several related industrial alliances, even the unification faction feels that this kind of rural commune has merit. Originally, the unification faction cooperated with the middle peasants in the countryside, and if the model of rural communes could be realized throughout Japan, it would be a good idea to control the entire countryside.

It's just that the landlords near the rural commune refused to join the commune or sell the land to the commune, but I didn't expect that after the synthetic ammonia, even the landlords could be shaken. Of course, Okamura Ninji knew that Nagata Tetsuyama needed to complete the integration of the army and its families as soon as possible, and once the synthetic ammonia could be implemented, the effect would be even greater than imagined.

"By the way, if you go to China again this time, I will send you a boat, and it will cost ten times as much as what you brought back this time." Nagata Tetsuyama admonished.

Okamura Ninji knew that Nagata Tetsuyama had been active a lot lately, and he needed a lot of gifts that he could take out, but this was no longer a large number of things, and it could be regarded as smuggling. But Okamura Ninji didn't say anything, just nodded in agreement.

Once both parties have a clear goal, things move forward extremely quickly. As the plenipotentiary representative of the military, Okamura Ninji has worked very happily with Chinese Foreign Minister Lee Run-seok. The price of the new equipment is relatively expensive, and the two sides inspected the synthetic ammonia production enterprises that have been built in Tianjin and Xuzhou, and finally finalized the one in Xuzhou.

As soon as the agreement was signed, China began to dismantle the equipment. The Japanese side began to change the land of the military clothing factory to the land of the army's synthetic ammonia factory. Both China and Japan have been extremely efficient, reaching an agreement in February to dismantle factories in China and build foundations in Japan in March. In April, the dismantled parts began to be loaded and transported.

Construction began in May, and the troops recruited by Chinese workers and technicians from the Japanese army were fully operational, working 24 hours a day, in three shifts a day. The plant was installed in July, commissioned in August, and the first batch of synthetic ammonia was produced in September. The Chinese engineers were deeply impressed by their skillful construction ability and down-to-earth and hard-working attitude.

The speed of profitability of the synthetic ammonia industry also satisfied the military, using the "Chinese alkali method" purchased at a high price, and by November, Japan no longer imported Chinese soda ash, and the price of soda ash in Japan fell rapidly.

Fund-raising for the army is also well underway, with funds already in place for November. Orders for the purchase of ammonia fertilizers were scheduled for December 1935. The Japanese military department made a request to China to purchase four more sets of old equipment.

In the end, China's Ministry of Commerce reluctantly accepted the reality, and the purchase cost from Japan was about enough to cover the cost of building a new ammonia production line. Xuzhou demolished an old 70,000-ton plant, built a new 125,000-ton plant on top of the old plant, and is preparing to build two new plants of 125,000 tons.

Knowing that the old plant could be sold for money, coastal cities have submitted requests to the Ministry of Commerce to sell 30,000 to 70,000 tons of local old ammonia plants. It is very clear everywhere that if the old factory is demolished, the new factory can be replaced, and it is a fool not to do such a thing.

From 1934 to 1935, the "agricultural revolution" led by the Japanese military was very prosperous, and in two years, Japan bought old Chinese factories, and the output of synthetic ammonia jumped from 30,000 tons to 350,000 tons. A historic leap forward has been achieved. Japan's agricultural industry in 1935 increased by more than 10%. It was expected that in 1936 it would be at least 10 per cent.

Of course, with Japanese tradition, it is impossible for farmers to put this grain in their own pockets. The Japanese tax authorities have requested an increase in the agricultural tax by half percent. This collided fiercely with the "fifty percent tax" campaign launched by Kita Yihui. In the 1935 election, the Japanese Anti-Feudal League won 16 seats in the Diet, and although it was still a small party in the Diet, it was able to put forward its own bills after uniting several other members.

As the leader of the anti-feudal coalition, Kita Kazuki proposed that Japan maintain the amount of agricultural tax revenue in 1934, and that the state should tilt the policy towards agricultural facts, and strive to increase agricultural output until the agricultural tax was collected in 1934 at 5% of the total output, and then consider the issue of increasing agricultural taxes.

This proposal is the first of its kind in Japan's history to reduce taxes on agriculture, and it is not unclear that there have been plans for tax cuts before, but it is a simple tax cut. What Kita Ikki proposed was a tax cut on the basis of increasing agricultural output, and the feasibility was greatly improved. This naturally sparked a fierce political struggle in the Japanese political arena.