"Hoku-kun, what do you think of Japan's ...... What is the lack of class consciousness? Saionji's tone was very unnatural when he asked this, and there was no lack of the term class or consciousness in Japanese, but the problem was that the combination of the two words was rather strange.

Kita immediately replied, "The interests of any Japanese are closely related to Japan as a country. The interests of this country are the interests of Japan as a whole. Class interests, on the other hand, are the distribution of existing interests. Each class wants a larger share of the overall good. However, in order to reap more profits, it is necessary to expand the production capacity of Japan as a whole. In this regard, I believe that Japan's current system is not reasonable. ”

The BJP has never been hiding its class interests. Chen Ke was extremely disgusted with the lies of capitalism, especially in the era in which he lived, and financial capital told one big lie after another, which made Chen Ke see the face of capitalism more clearly. No matter how many checks are written, or how many zeros are added to the number, if no one plants and harvests the land, there will never be rice steamed buns growing in the ground. No one carries the sedan chair, and the sedan chair will never walk on its own.

All finance is based on physical production, and all profits are based on labor. This simple and straightforward exposition is enough to break the lies of the capitalists. Let the development of productivity be particularly clearly highlighted. Coupled with the recent propaganda of the People's Party in terms of property and capital, Kita Ikki has a much deeper understanding of Japan.

Capitalists have capital, but it does not mean that capitalists are rich, and many capitalists are simply in debt. It is only after the commodities produced have been transformed from commodities into money through a "thrilling jump" that the capitalists have made a profit. In order to expand the market and plunder the currency, the colonizers plundered the whole world for hundreds of years. Kita Kazuki believes that the path that China is now taking to develop its productive forces and tap its potential from within is the right path that Japan should choose.

Originally, Kita Ikki thought that revolution was to kill a handful of bad people at the top of Japan, but after realizing the class theory divided by the ownership of capital, Kita Ikki was afraid of a socialist revolution. Because what he wants to kill is "the bad guy who has stolen his position", and what the socialist revolution wants to kill is "the system established by the capitalists". Kita Ikki does not consider the owners of small and medium-sized capital to be Japan's enemies. That's why he ran back at great risk and tried to convince the Japanese bourgeoisie to have a "class consciousness". I hope that these people will understand that their own interests are based on the interests of the country as a whole, and that they will build a more harmonious Japan.

Listening to Kita Ichiki expounding on the "heresy" in logical and clear words, the other three Japanese upper-class people were silent at all. Takahashi was able to fully understand the economic theories proposed by Kita Kazuki, and Saionji Konobo resonated with the political consultation under the parliamentary system proposed by Kita Kazuki. As for Kazunari Ugaki of the War Department, he appreciated Kita Kazuki's political concept of the unity of the country.

All three agree with one part of Kita's theory and completely oppose the others. What the three of them have in common is that they completely oppose the "class division theory" proposed by Kita Ikki. Kita Kazuki believed that if Japan wanted to achieve progress, the core could only be the coordination between the two opposing classes, the owners of capital and the proletarian laborers.

After finally listening to Kita Ikki's narration, Ugaki Kazunari got up and said, "I still have something to do, so I'll leave first." ”

Xiyuan Temple Gongwang wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, and got up and left directly.

Takahashi was quite interested in the economic development of the People's Party, but he talked with Kita Yihui about the economic development of the People's Party. Listen to the details of the implementation of the state ownership of land by the BJP, the distribution of land to everyone, and the organization of larger-scale production by means of production teams. In particular, the three-percent tax in kind on agriculture and the return of industry to agriculture made it impossible for Takahashi to copy China's economic policy to Japan.

"Beijun, I would like to ask, what do you think is the core economic philosophy of the People's Party?" Takahashi asked.

"Personally, I believe that the core economic philosophy of the People's Party is to reduce the cost of becoming a laborer. ”

This concept is not a creative idea of Kita Ikki, but a discussion at the BJP party meeting. The laborers are the ruling class in China, not the propertied and rentiers as the ruling class in China. Reducing the cost of becoming a laborer is the core economic idea of the BJP. There are many ways to reduce it, such as low food prices, such as compulsory education, and social service systems, such as the State restricting a person to only one house, but making it easy for workers to obtain the right to live in a house in various ways. Even in order to expand employment, the BJP accepted the existence of private enterprise. Everything revolves around reducing the cost of a person becoming a laborer.

If the cost is low, a person is not willing to take the initiative to become a laborer. In addition to ideological counseling and employment counseling, the People's Party even has institutions for forced labor. Chinese families are happy to send second-rate members to labor institutions. Compared with the Japanese who beg their grandfathers and grandmothers and cannot find a job to make ends meet, China's employment situation is inevitably too good.

Even if he didn't have too many illusions about the Japanese upper class, Kita Kazuki still tried his best to lobby the current Minister of Finance Takahashi Isaki, "Your Excellency Takahashi, I think this is what Japan lacks the most at the moment. In Japan, there are still three types of labor occupations. There in China, they are working to change that thinking. Even in China, the People's Party does not see the need for administrative means to forcibly exterminate the capitalists. Through anti-monopoly, anti-local protectionism, and even political anti-populism, China has gradually made state-owned enterprises (SOEs) more and more dominant through free competition. Japan's economic situation is not good, so the state has an obligation to shoulder its responsibilities. Promote Japan's economic development by reducing the cost of becoming a laborer by the government, and in turn promote the progress of Japanese politics as a whole. ”

Takahashi appreciates this policy, but Takahashi understands that Kita's proposal has no chance of being realized in Japan. After sending Kita Ichiki away, Takahashi is servant of the Qing Dynasty made tea again, holding a warm bone china teacup, and he reflected on what Kita Ikki had said, the Japanese ruling class and the bourgeoisie were not sufficiently conscious.

The Japanese ruling class may not be sufficiently conscious of realizing its national interests, but it must not be said that it is "not sufficiently class-conscious" in protecting its existing interests. In the suppression of the people at home, the plundering of interests abroad, and the killing of socialists, the various ruling strata in Japan were unprecedentedly unanimous. Even the constitutional party faction of the Navy and the unification faction of the Imperial Army, which were ostensibly incompatible, differed only in degree, but not in their positions. The only difference between the two sides is that the constitutional parties want to limit and eliminate the socialist movement and its influence. The Imperial Unification faction, on the other hand, knew that it was impossible to limit and eliminate the socialist movement, so they simply adopted a high-pressure policy of physical extermination. At the slightest incident involving the pursuit of interests by the Japanese people, the Japanese ruling class is as excited as if it had been inserted into a chrysanthemum with a thick red iron.

So Takahashi Kiyoshi doesn't understand, who asked Kita Kazuki to return to Japan?

Kita Ikki didn't seem to realize that he might be persecuted, and after leaving Takahashi Shikiyo, he didn't go back to his residence, but started shopping in Tokyo.

Tokyo has changed a lot from when I left Japan a few years ago. There are more and more small wooden houses in Tokyo, and more and more people are on the streets. Kita Ikki can see the problem by comparing the Japanese he sees with the Chinese he meets. Height, posture, dress, complexion, Chinese look much healthier than Japanese. After all, Japan is Kita Ikki's hometown, and the familiar clothes and local accents make Kita Ikki feel very comfortable. It's just that in the details, Kita Ikki noticed the difference in details between Chinese clothes and Japanese clothes.

In Chinese cities, patched clothing is extremely common. Recently, the popular labor cloth clothes do not even affect the aesthetics at all after patching. The biggest difference between China and Japan in clothing is the seams. Most of the sewing in Japan is hand-sewn, and in Chinese cities it is already machine-sewn. Not only in big cities, but also in county towns, and even in small towns formed by the merger of several villages, there is no shortage of sewing machine shops. Sewing fees are very cheap, and in addition to state-owned sewing shops, there are also a large number of private sewing shops. In China's industrial cities, which have been industrialized for a long time, the proportion of ready-to-wear sales is increasing.

The sewing machine is used to sew the edge, and the wear resistance of the garment edge is greatly increased. If you can wash it on time, the last life of your clothes will be much longer. The only problem is that sewing machines and soaps are not cheap.

After visiting several grocery stores in Japan, Kita found that the price of soap in Japan was at least four times higher than in China. In particular, the price of "transparent soap", a high-end product from China, is even eight times higher than that of China.

Such a comparison of data does not prove that Japan's national strength is five times that of China, and it only proves that Japan's cost of living is several times higher than that of China.

After getting used to the prices of Chinese goods, Kita Ikki looked at the signs of Japanese goods, and his face became extremely ugly. Before returning to Japan, Kita had fully accepted the fact that China's national strength far surpassed Japan's, but he still did not expect the gap between the two countries to widen to such a point.

The shopkeeper didn't know Bei Yihui, so he saw this ruddy-complexed and sturdy guy, standing in front of the soap area with a gloomy face and not saying a word, looking like picking quarrels and provoking trouble. This is a chill in my heart. Look closely at the ten fingers of Kita Yihui, and there are no traces of tattoos on the neckline and cuffs. Although the fabric of the blue Western-style clothing is peculiar, it is draped and spread, and it is not wrinkled. The texture of the round clothes inside the top is even more dense and soft, and it does not look like a hooligan.

Even so, the boss was still uneasy in his heart. After secretly sending a guy to contact the underworld guy who collects protection money on the shopping street, the boss stepped forward and said with a smile: "This gentleman, do you want to buy any soap?" ”

Bei Yihui asked casually, "Do you have any soap smuggled from China here?" ”

Now the shopkeeper's face changed greatly, and smuggling was a mortal crime in this period. If you get caught, you will be fined heavily. The question asked by Bei Yihui is where the people who come to buy things will ask, which clearly shows that they are here to smash the store.

The boss smiled dryly and said, "What are you kidding, we have absolutely nothing smuggling here." ”

Bei Yihui didn't ask anything, he picked up a piece of soap and put it under his nose and smelled it, sure enough, it was the unique aroma of coconut oil soap. As soon as he put down the piece in his hand and was about to take another piece, a few people walked in from outside the store, "Who is making trouble here?" The leader shouted.

Kita Yihui turned his head to look, some faces were familiar, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be an old acquaintance, Sakata Kogoro, who had run errands for Kita Yihui before. Kogoro Sakata didn't expect to meet his former patron Kita Ikki here. He knew that Kita Ikki was a figure who was "noticed" by the Japanese government, but he was by no means a hooligan who picked quarrels and provoked trouble, or a spy of the government.

As soon as the two communicated for a while, the misunderstanding was resolved. Since Kita Ikki is not here to make trouble, Sakata can't be rude to Kita Ikki. However, when Kita asked if there was any soap smuggled from China, Sakata's face immediately became very ugly. "Beijun, how could you think of asking about such a thing?"

"I'm doing a social survey, just a survey." Kita replied. He gave Sakata a general overview of the price of soap in China and the sources of supply. I would like to compare the price of soap between China and Japan.

This question was too inexplicable, and Kogoro Sakata didn't want to get into trouble, so he naturally immediately refused to help Kita Ikki.

Coming out of the store, Kita Kazuki didn't care whether there was anyone watching him or not, and he wandered around Tokyo for a long time, and he didn't return to his residence until nightfall.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw that there was already someone waiting for Kita Ikki, but it was Kita Ikki's friend in Japan, Okawa Shuming. Shuaki Okawa is a top graduate of Tokyo University and is currently a professor at Takushoku University in Japan. The first president of Takushoku University was Katsura Taro, and this school was restructured from the "Taiwan Association School", and this relationship between Shuming Okawa and the Ministry of War can be known from this origin.

"Beijun, I heard that you went to do a social investigation. How did you think of investigating smuggled soap? Okawa Zhou Ming was not polite at all, and when he saw Bei Yihui entering the house, he asked bluntly when he got up to greet him.

"Okawa-kun, please be seated." Kita Yihui shook hands with Okawa Zhouming and sat down with him, "It's not a soap problem, since Okawa-kun already knows about it, he thinks he has already brought soap, right?" ”

Okawa Zhouming was entrusted by the War Department to test Kita Yihui's attitude, but the person in charge was meticulous and did ask Okawa Zhouming to bring a few pieces of Chinese smuggled soap over.

"I learned something in China, and it was kind of interesting." Kita Yihui said. He picked up a piece of transparent coconut oil soap and sniffed it, "This is coconut oil soap, which is made from coconut oil shipped from Southeast Asia by China. ”

While talking, Kita Yihui picked up another piece of soap and sniffed it. At this time, Kita Yihui nodded and said, "That's it, this is a soap made from palm oil, and the taste is different from other soaps." ”

Okawa Zhouming looked at Kita Yihui's god-like flaunting knowledge, but he didn't understand what the meaning of this was.

"The source of raw materials for soap, as well as the production model, and the sales channels. Once we understand this, we can roughly estimate how many countries the BJP has dealings with in the oil trade. The transportation, processing, and soap prices of oils and fats can determine China's processing capacity, transportation capacity, and the production of some chemical products related to it, as well as the level of technology. As long as we compare the prices of soap in China and Japan, and collect basic data related to China, we can probably estimate the industrial gap between the two sides, and even roughly estimate the gap between the national strength of the two sides. ”

Not only did Okawa Shuming not understand what Kita Yihui meant, if he could see so many things with just a small piece of soap, then what would so many spy agencies do? Okawa Zhouming was even more confused by these words.

"Okawa-kun, what I want to say is that if Japan wants to get out of its current difficult situation, it must change its current political system and build Japan with a more effective system. If this is not done, Japan will be completely crushed by China in terms of national power in a few years. Kita replied.

In the face of high-ranking Japanese officials, Kita Yihui had to try not to provoke them, and in the face of like-minded Okawa Zhouming, Kita Yihui did not care at all, and he began to explain his ideas of building Japan to Okawa Zhouming.