Chapter 316: Comprehensively pro-China
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The swift passage of the "Titles Act" abolished the titles of Prince, Inner Prince, King, and Queen of Japan, and gained great wealth in the operation to arrest the prince, which made the ambition of Saionji Gongwang begin to swell.
The destruction of the Great Qing Kingdom in about one month has stimulated a pro-Chinese faction like Saionji Gongwang, and if it can't hug the thighs of the Xia Empire, Japan will easily be destroyed.
Minister of War and Director of Education Masaki Terauchi felt that if he continued to implement the previous military policies and education programs, Japan's destruction would not be far off.
In order to consolidate his rule, the Xiyuan Temple Gongwang rewarded the officers and soldiers who participated in the operation on a large scale, especially the confiscation of a large amount of cultivated land this time, which happened to reward the officers and soldiers who had made meritorious contributions. Only by firmly controlling the army in our hands can we have the capital to wage a struggle against the major domestic forces.
The Prime Minister's approach was unanimously supported by the officers and men of the War Department and the divisions.
This time, the government did not continue to invest in the navy after it had money, but referred to the policy of the Xia Empire and implemented the nationalization movement of important assets.
The first goal was to nationalize all of Japan's railways, reduce the vicious competition between them, facilitate the integration of resources, and improve efficiency.
Proceeding from the needs of wartime, the military department has always emphasized the state-owned railways. In view of the general sluggishness of private railways, there are also calls for railway nationalization among private railway operators. Only the Mitsubishi chaebol opposed the state-owned policy because of the good returns. Mitsubishi's representative, Foreign Minister Takaaki Kato, even threatened to resign to block the implementation of the policy. However, the public hope of Xiyuan Temple was unmoved, and resolutely implemented the state-owned policy, buying the assets of 17 private railway companies, which accounted for 90% of the total length of private railways, at a preferential price equivalent to the original investment amount. The nationalization of railways safeguarded the interests of the capitalists in a state of loss, avoided competition between public and private railways, eliminated the local separatism of railways, and was of great economic and military significance.
Then, following the example of the Xia Empire, the state-owned assets management bureau was established, and the national minerals were nationalized, and other important industries such as iron and steel, military industry were also included in the scope of nationalization, and the authority and functions of the government were comprehensively improved.
Join hands with the military department to suppress the right-wing forces, and comprehensively develop friendship and cooperation with the Xia Empire.
First of all, the army and the Xia Empire's garrison in Tokyo conducted many military exercises, whether it was defense or offense, whether it was group warfare or individual hand-to-hand combat, bayonet fighting and other skills, the Japanese army was completely defeated.
The armies in Nagoya, Kobe, Osaka and other places conducted similar military exercises with the local Xia Empire garrisons, and all of them were defeated.
It made the Japanese military realize that the gap in strength with the Xia Empire was so huge, which hit the self-confidence of the Japanese military.
The height of the Praetorian Guard officers and soldiers of the Xia Empire was generally about 180 cm, which was in stark contrast to the height of the Japanese officers and soldiers, who generally did not exceed 160 cm; Engaging in a one-man confrontation with Japanese officers and soldiers is simply repairing minors, and they are embarrassed to show all their strength.
Governor Xiao Honglan often heard Zhang Wei say some time ago that it is not good to treat Japan well! This people believe that the weak eat the strong! For the strong, they are servile! Japan is a brutal wolf for the weak, and a tame dog for the strong!
Therefore, Governor Xiao Honglan demanded that if anyone played child's time in the exercise and did not use all his strength to completely defeat the Japanese army, he could retire from active service after returning to the army. As a result, the Japanese did not achieve a single victory in the re-exercise, especially in the individual confrontation, all the Japanese who fought were abused like dead dogs, all self-confidence was completely shattered, and they began to worship the military strength of the Xia Empire more strongly.
Not only did Gongwang and others not suffer from the failure of the military exercise, but they happily accepted this reality, and only in this way can it be reasonable, so that many of his policies can be better implemented.
In order to show loyalty to the Xia Empire, Xiyuan Temple Gongwang first threw out the remark that the yellow race is a family, and all the yellow races originated from a common ancestor, and different nationalities are all members of this big family. And the Emperor Shenwu of the Xia Empire was the leader of all the yellow races, and shouted the slogan of one race, one leader. The view of Saionji Gongwang is tantamount to a complete denial of the mythical emperor and the origin of the Japanese, which is completely to please the Xia Empire.
Next, Nishijien Kowang vigorously promoted the Chinese language in Japan, and those who could not master the listening, speaking, reading and writing skills of Chinese fluency would not be able to hold any government office. From primary school onwards, Mandarin is a compulsory subject. Encourage people to wear fancy clothes; Promote Chinese hairstyles; promote the adoption of Chinese names and surnames; Promote Chinese eating habits, etc.
Encouraging young people to be proud of participating in the mercenaries of the Xia Empire will not only bring a large amount of foreign exchange to Japan and contribute to the country, but also their personal families will obtain better living conditions and learn more advanced military skills and military literacy in the Xia Empire.
Economically, in order to please the Xia Empire, the Japanese government announced that the paper money of the Xia Empire could be fully circulated in Japan, and its status was as important as that of the yen; The paper money of the Xia Empire is the only foreign exchange reserve in Japan.
James cooperated with the policy of the Japanese government and asked the branch of the Bank of Asia in Japan to announce that in order to facilitate the Japanese to hold and use the banknotes of the Xia Empire, the banknotes of the Xia Empire could be exchanged for the corresponding amount of gold at any time in the Bank of Asia, with no limit on the quantity and no threshold.
Japanese Navy Minister Minoru Saito also felt that no matter how Japan developed its navy, it would never be able to keep up with the pace of the Xia Empire, and now even the old battleships and battle cruisers have not yet been completed, not to mention the Lanfang-class battleships and Xia-class battleships of the Xia Empire, the gap is too big; Not to mention Japan, it is the maritime hegemony empire Britain, whose naval technology and strength are completely defeated by the Xia Empire; The powerful U.S. Pacific Fleet was completely annihilated by the Xia Empire in less than 2 hours; It can be seen that spending huge sums of money to catch up with the pace of the development of the Xia Empire's navy is purely a meaningless and self-inflicted action.
Even if it is to develop the Japanese navy with the strength of the whole of Japan, it is not the opponent of the Xia Empire's navy, not to mention that Japan does not have the economic strength to develop the navy at all, not to mention the manufacture of Xia-class battleships, that is, the Xia Empire sent 2 Xia-class battleships to Japan, but it is very difficult for the Japanese government to bear the maintenance costs.
After receiving the relevant report, Zhang Wei decided to hand over the Japanese general agency of the Incheon Iron and Steel Plant to the Daedoksa family in order to reward the many acts of goodwill taken by the Xionji Gongwang to the Xia Empire (Note: The Daedoksa family is the birth family of the Xionji Gongwang, and the Xionsi family is the successor family of the Xionsi Gongwang).
These two privileges are very big rewards, you know, now that Japan is in short supply of steel, and the market is controlled by the Xia Empire, now Incheon Iron and Steel Plant is the first company to openly and massively sell steel in Japan, as a plenipotentiary agent, it will bring huge profits to the Daedoksa family.
Japan is a country that likes to eat seafood, since the war with the Xia Empire was blocked, it has been forbidden to the sea, prohibiting fishing boats from going to the sea to fish, and now the Saionji family is allowed tons of fishing boats to go to the sea to fish, will be the only family in Japan that can provide marine products, and the profits are immeasurable.
Seeing that being close to the Xia Empire could bring such huge benefits, Japan's "five regents" families (Konoe, Kujo, Nijo, Ichijo, and Takaji) and the "Jiuqinghua" families (Kuga, Sanjo, Saionji, Tokudaiji, Hanayama-in, Daikai, Imadegawa, Hirahata, Daigo) began to actively move closer to the Xia Empire, which shows that the power of example is infinite, and everything can be abandoned in the face of interests. (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.