"I think there should be a lot of people staring at you right now." The young woman seemed to feel a faint chill on her body, and she turned back to the table, looked at the manuscript on the table, and nodded thoughtfully.

"Anyway, I think even if I'm blinded by something unseeable, the family probably won't." She muttered something to herself that would be incomprehensible to outsiders, took a photo of him in military uniform, looked at it, and couldn't help but chuckle again.

The next day, Beijing, the Border Governor's Office.

"This person was introduced by Lao Wu?" Yang Shuoming looked at the letter in his hand, and looked up at Long Yonghua, the chief of the guard, "What does he mean by introducing me to a female teacher?" ”

"She is now a middle school teacher and is from the United States. But I don't think she's as a teacher. Long Yonghua and Yang Shuoming have been together for many years, and under his influence, his ability to look at looks has also improved greatly, he looked at Yang Shuoming, and said half-jokingly, "I think you should not suffer when you meet her." ”

"You mean she's a beauty?" Yang Shuoming looked at Long Yonghua, smiled, and asked.

"In terms of appearance alone, she is certainly no worse than the people in the house, but she always gives me a particularly mysterious feeling, as if she is hiding some secrets." Long Yonghua smiled, "And she has Western blood in her." ”

"How do you tell she's of Western blood?" Yang Shuoming nodded and asked.

"The hair is slightly yellow, and the eyes are black on the front, but when you look at the light, you can see that it has a turquoise sheen." Long Yonghua said, "Moreover, the eyelashes are very long, the nose is slightly curved, and the chin is sharp, which are all characteristics of Western beauties." ”

"You're observing." Yang Shuoming smiled, "I don't know what the purpose of her coming is?" He subconsciously looked at his watch, "I don't have much time right now." ”

"Ten minutes, then." Long Yonghua smiled, "I think you may regret not seeing her." ”

"Okay." Yang Shuoming nodded in agreement with the mysterious woman, "Ten minutes." ”

Long Yonghua took the order and turned away, and after a while, he returned, followed by a young woman dressed in a winter Han dress.

When Yang Shuoming saw her, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"This is Miss Lu Maolan." Long Yonghua said, but at this time, Yang Shuoming seemed to be deaf, and his eyes kept staring at each other.

"Have we met before?" Yang Shuoming saw that the other party was approaching, and asked such a sentence thoughtlessly.

Long Yonghua looked at Yang Shuoming with some surprise, not understanding how he could say that.

"I've heard that General Yang has been to New York, maybe we happened to meet one day." Lu Maolan seemed to be satisfied with Yang Shuoming's reaction, she smiled lightly and replied decently.

"No, it's certainly not." Yang Shuoming shook his head, "We should have met. ”

"So, do you remember where it is?" Lu Maolan smiled and asked, "I'm sorry, I really can't remember." ”

Yang Shuoming stretched out his hand and motioned for her to sit down in front of him, Long Yonghua noticed that Yang Shuoming's expression had returned to his former calmness, he remembered Yang Shuoming's somewhat out of shape just now, and couldn't help but secretly laugh in his heart.

Long Yonghua didn't know that Yang Shuoming at this time had already recalled where he had seen her.

"How did Miss Lu meet Mr. Wu?" Yang Shuoming pointed to the letter on the table and asked.

"I don't know Mr. Wu, but I know that Mr. Wu's family has a lot of roots with my family." Lu Maolan said, "I want to see you, so I entrusted someone else to ask Mr. Wu to write such a letter." ”

"Oh, that's right." Yang Shuoming looked at her and said straight to the point, "So, Miss Lu wants to see me, what's the matter?" ”

Lu Maolan handed the manuscript in his hand to Long Yonghua beside him, Long Yonghua flipped through it a few times, made sure that there were no dangerous items, and handed the manuscript to Yang Shuoming.

Yang Shuoming opened the manuscript and flipped through it, and Lu Maolan noticed that he was reading very fast, exceeding the speed of ten lines at a glance, and couldn't help but be surprised.

"I didn't expect Miss Lu to be a financial expert at such a young age, and she was disrespectful." Yang Shuoming quickly finished reading the manuscript, and Lu Maolan noticed a hint of admiration flashing in his eyes, and made sure that he was not perfunctory, so he couldn't help but nod secretly.

"General Yang doesn't seem to be very old." Lu Maolan replied with a smile. ,

"What Miss Lu wrote—oh, the papers, are concise, easy to understand, and very useful to me, and if Miss Lu doesn't mind, I'd like to stay and read more." Yang Shuoming looked at her and said.

Hearing Yang Shuoming's words, Long Yonghua's eyes flashed with surprise, just now he was only concerned about checking whether there were dangerous items on the page, and did not pay attention to the content of the manuscript, hearing that Yang Shuoming was so sure of the other party's work, he couldn't help but be impressed by the beauty in front of him.

"It was meant to be for you." Lu Maolan smiled and nodded, "To be honest, you are my first reader. ”

"Thank you." Yang Shuoming said, "However, there is a question, I just want to ask Miss Lu for advice. ”

"I don't dare." "What's your problem? ”

"Miss Lu probably knows that the most difficult issue at the Paris peace conference was the issue of German reparations." Yang Shuoming said, "The reparations committee has determined that Germany's war reparations to China alone will amount to 100 million pounds, which is more than the sum of all foreign reparations in China's history. ”

"I don't think you need to worry about this matter, China will get such a reparation." Lu Maolan smiled and said.

"Why is Miss Lu so sure?" Yang Shuoming stared at her eyes and asked.

"The war in Europe that has just ended can be said to have opened a new page in the history of human warfare, and certainly the most terrible one. As far as I know, about 12 million soldiers were killed in this war, more than 15 million died from serious injuries or diseases, and another 23 million were injured. In terms of losses, the war cost about £140 billion. The brutality of the war and the unprecedented level of war losses have posed new challenges to the resolution of the issue of war reparations. Lu Maolan replied, "The demands of various countries on the issue of war reparations for Germany have roughly two objectives: first, to punish Germany by demanding war reparations from Germany; Second, to weaken Germany's economic capacity and strengthen the economic power of the Entente countries themselves through claims. ”

"The debts owed to the United States by the members of the Entente during the war amounted to about $20 billion, and for the repayment of this debt, the countries also pinned their hopes on German reparations, and the members of the Enlied countries wanted to rely on German reparations even for their plans to restore their economies. Such a huge expectation of claims will inevitably increase the severity of the punishment imposed on the losing side by the victorious side, which in turn will complicate the issue of war reparations after the war. If the expectations of the Entente could be fulfilled, Germany would be their slave and would never have a chance to turn over. ”

In order for Germany to take the initiative in the reparations for its defeat, the key is to rely on diplomacy, and it can only succeed by taking advantage of the inconsistent interests of the victorious countries. However, the member states of the Entente countries all had their own small calculations, and it was difficult to form a consensus: France had suffered from war reparations against Germany, and this victory naturally wanted to weaken Germany with reparations and shame the Franco-Prussian War; From the perspective of practical interests, Britain is afraid that France will become too powerful and dominate Europe, posing a new threat to itself, and will definitely adopt a policy of 'supporting Germany and suppressing France'; Since the United States has become a creditor of various countries in this war, its policy toward Germany will inevitably focus more on supporting Germany and turning Germany into an important base in Europe. ”

"Yes, Great Britain joins the United States in advocating an appropriate relaxation of claims against Germany." Yang Shuoming listened to her analysis and nodded.

"Against this background, the possibility of blackmailing Germany does not exist, and the countries are forced to look for a legal basis for compensation for damages. Compared with the compensation provisions in previous contracts, the provisions of Germany's war reparations this time have the following characteristics: First, the pursuit of Germany's liability for compensation is based on the responsibility of Germany and its allies for starting the war, which is different from the previous investigation of only the responsibility for the defeat, that is, it excludes the traditional principle of imposing war reparations on the defeated countries according to the only law of power, and replaces it with the principle of 'tort liability' in ordinary law. Secondly, the traditional principle of war reparations has been replaced by the simple principle of 'compensation for losses caused'. Thirdly, it clearly limits the scope of reparations to the material damage caused by the aggression, and at the same time, in view of the enormous amount of the war costs, it basically excludes reimbursement of the war costs. Fourthly, there should be more specific provisions on the scope of compensation than in the past. ”,

"If Miss Lu said this, then Germany, which was originally a defeated country, would successfully stage a good show of 'diplomacy in a weak country', and Germany's war reparations would definitely be greatly reduced." Yang Shuoming nodded in agreement with Lu Maolan's opinion, "Moreover, after the end of the war, Germany's geopolitical environment has actually improved greatly, its strong neighbor in the east, Austria-Hungary, has disintegrated into an independent small country, and Turkey has also disintegrated, and the threat to the southeast of Germany has been completely weakened; Russia, northeast of Germany, underwent a national transformation, and in the turmoil of the change, China's power was greatly reduced, and the independent Poland became a good buffer zone between Germany and the newly established Soviet Russia; To the west of Germany, France also suffered huge losses in the war. The war was not without gain for Germany. ”

It was in this way that the contradictions between Britain and France intensified when Germany was not considered a threat, and Germany could instead benefit from the contradictions between Britain and France. Finally, it should be noted that the United States has become a new and powerful force after the war, and when Europe is divided and contradictory, the attitude of the United States will become the final decisive factor, and the United States has a trump card -- the United States is the creditor of these victorious countries," said Lu Maolan, "The most advantageous way that the United States can adopt is to ensure that Germany pays reparations by restoring the German economy." Specifically, the Entente oversaw the reorganization of the German bank, carried out currency reform, and the Entente gave loans to Germany to stabilize its currency system, and supervised Germany's financial foreign exchange, railway operations, and tax collection affairs. The main tax revenues of Germany are then used as reparations. ”

"Yes, otherwise, it is not enough to guarantee the interests of the United States." Yang Shuoming said. At this time, Long Yonghua looked at the speculative conversation between the two, glanced at the clock on the wall with the corner of his eye, and secretly snickered in his heart.

"Using this method to solve the German reparations problem can not only put an end to the chaotic state of the German economy and solve a series of technical problems of Germany's sustainable reparations, but also greatly alleviate the contradictions and struggles of the United States, Britain, France and other countries over the issue of German reparations. However, in this way, Germany's war reparations to the Entente countries and the repayment of war debts by the Entente countries to the United States after the war are linked, which is likely to turn the issue of German reparations into a global financial game. Lu Maolan said as she observed Yang Shuoming's face.

As expected, she noticed that when he heard the phrase "global financial game", the corners of his eyes seemed to jump unconsciously, and she knew that what she had just said had reached his heart.

"Why do you say that?" Yang Shuoming asked quietly.

Such an approach created the conditions for the inflow of American private capital into Germany and the effective recovery of war debts from other Entente powers. The process was that dollar loans flowed from the United States to Germany, then to the Allied countries in the form of reparations, and finally to the United States in the form of war debts, forming a cycle. "In this way, we can not only ensure the realization of US creditor's rights, but also repay foreign debts." For the sake of selfish interests, the United States, Britain and other countries have turned the claims and debts compensated by Germany into bonds held by the 'private sector' all over the world, and in this process, the main body of interest game has actually changed from sovereign states to international financial capital. And this financial capital determines the economic lifeblood of each country. ”

"Politics has always been at the service of the economy." Yang Shuoming sighed and said.

"When you say that, you know the answer." Lu Maolan said with a smile, "I don't need to say anything more." ”

"Recently, some newspapers have accused the government that relying on American capital to carry out currency reform is a traitorous move, what does Miss Lu think about this?" Yang Shuoming changed his words and suddenly asked.

"Oh? Is there such a thing? Lu Maolan's eyes rolled, as if she wanted to figure out why he was asking.

"This is ridiculous, I think we should give them more knowledge of international finance."

Yang Shuoming looked at her eyes expressionlessly, but the corners of his mouth twitched slightly as if he was smiling, as if he admired her for suddenly pretending to be stupid at this time.

Of course, she knows that the leader of the large introduction of American capital into China is Yang Shuoming himself.

The answer to his question had actually been given indirectly in her explanation of the German reparations issue just now. But she doesn't want to say anything about it now.

The person who can guess Yang Shuoming's true thoughts in his heart is now the only one who is now. ,

She also knows that the reason why Yang Shuoming has achieved so many great successes stems from the systematic analysis and positioning of the forces of all parties in the world, and it is definitely not a crazy act like a madman as some people say. Yang Shuoming's success in resisting Japan twice was, to a large extent, because while earning a lot of dollars in the international capital market, he linked China's development with the interests of global financial capital, and at the same time used the influence of these financial capital in his own country to lead all countries to be friendly to China and strive for time and space for China's development.

From the perspective of future generations, the $12 billion that Yang Shuoming earned for China does not seem to be a lot of money, but people with a little brain will find that the total amount of huge indemnities such as the "Xinchou Treaty" is 450 million taels of silver, which is about $500 million, and the military expenses provided by Yang Shuoming to the Chinese government to quell the domestic rebellion and participate in the European war are only tens of millions of dollars

The U.S. capital market will never be indifferent to such a large-scale inflow and outflow of funds, and Yang Shuoming skillfully used these funds to buy U.S. factories and equipment, so that these dollars still remain in the United States, attracting more funds to contribute to China's construction. Yang Shuoming knew that China must carry out currency reform after the war, and the required funds will also be completed through the issuance of bonds, and this must be a process of global financing, the result of which is to let the world's financial capital subscribe to China's bonds through the U.S. capital market, and finally China's bonds will kidnap the world's financial capital. Moreover, because of the non-specificity of the bondholders, it is necessary for Western countries to protect the interests of their own bondholders, and because China's bonds are issued by the US capital market, it will be difficult for Japan's diplomatic and military forces to openly intervene in Japan, which has always been eyeing China, so that China can tide over the most difficult moment of development

Yang Shuoming knew that although China defeated Japan again this time and carved up Central and Eastern Siberia with Japan, the contradictions between China and Japan had not been fundamentally resolved, and because of this, they had formed a permanent grudge with Soviet Russia. At present, China looks very beautiful, but in fact, it is buried in the danger that it may face the joint attack of two powerful enemies, Soviet Russia and Japan, alone in the future

And if we want to take the initiative in dealing with the joint attack of the Soviet Union and Japan, it is necessary to tie Britain and the United States, especially the United States and China, together

The most effective way is to use financial capital to tie the United States in.

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