Chapter 103: Economic Warfare

Hitler really couldn't figure out why he suddenly changed to Stresemann as Minister of Commerce and Trade, although the Minister of Commerce and Trade could control the economy of the whole country together with the Minister of Finance, but in the cabinet, the Minister of Foreign Affairs was more important than the Minister of Commerce and Trade.

Was Stresemann willing to give up his foreign minister to become minister of commerce and trade?

Gudos said: "Stresemann is also the Minister of Commerce and Trade, President Hindenburg asked me to tell you that Stresemann is a better candidate to be the Minister of Commerce and Trade, he has mentioned all your good suggestions, and is doing it, and Stresemann, who you did not mention, is also planning, this is Stresemann's plan, remember that you can only read it alone, it is a top-secret document." ”

Better suited than yourself to be Minister of Commerce and Trade!

Hitler closed his eyes uncomfortably, this kind of skill is not as good as others and it feels really uncomfortable to be defeated by others.

"Look at it, you can see where Stresemann is better than you." The document that Gudos handed him had been in mid-air for a long time, waiting for him to do next.

"Good!" Spit out a simple word in a low voice, and Hitler quickly flipped through the top-secret document. There are many good economic plans for the revival of the German economy, and many of them are not on the premise of recovering the Ruhr.

He mentioned that the country's new diplomatic plan, the big project plan, and the industrial dispersion plan Stresemann wrote about.

There are many other plans on top secret documents, some of which Hitler may have come up with, and some of which may not have been conceived, but among them there is a heart booster plan, which can be said to be a stroke of genius.

Specifically, the fiscal policy will be tightened, economic control will be strengthened, and banks will gradually stop printing money, so that inflation will be reduced and the country's economy will slowly return to normal.

But then there is a question, that is, why is inflation happening? The two main reasons, the first is the insufficient supply of commodities, and the second is that the national government issues too much money, and these two reasons are actually one reason, that is, there is more money than commodities, so that it will be inflationary.

Stresemann wants to bring down inflation. The method of increasing commodities will not work for the time being, after all, the Ruhr is occupied, and the same is true of German commodities, so the other way is that the national government agencies should reduce the issuance of currency, so that there will be no inflation.

With the current government finances in Germany, it does not issue a large amount of money, not to mention the welfare subsidies and war reparations for the workers and citizens, and it is difficult to even maintain the government's own expenses.

Stresemann's policy is not to print money, but if he does not print money, with the low taxes of the German government, it can be said that he will go bankrupt in less than half a year.

So what to do?

Stresemann suggested that the economy of Germany as a whole could be revitalized by injecting money into the government by injecting money into the government by the businessmen in society.

Gudos had been staring at Hitler, and when he saw this, he said, "I was there when Stresemann was deliberating with Albert, and the businessman in this economic plan actually refers to the Jewish businessman." ”

"Jewish merchants? Let Jewish businessmen inject money into the government? So what is the price paid by the government? Hitler frowned, and now he was bored at the sight of Jewish merchants.

"Do you know why Stresemann had to be the Minister of Commerce and Trade? Because Stresemann's family was Jewish and his father-in-law was a leading Jewish businessman, the Jewish merchants had to make him Minister of Commerce and Trade to provide them with a strong backstage. Pull in a group of people, beat a group of people, now our government is to win over Jewish businessmen, and wait until the country's economy improves, and then give high returns to Jewish businessmen. Gudos drank a glass of water and said so much that he felt tired as an old man.

"Pull a group of people, beat a group of people, win over Jewish businessmen, so who are the people who are being beaten?" Hitler understood Stresemann's approach, and although the other capitalists in German society were also very rich, the main way of business of Jewish businessmen was to invest in the financial industry, and they had a lot of cash on hand, and only Jews had a lot of ready-made funds to invest in the government.

Gudos replied: "We are prepared to deal with the traditional landowners, because the traditional landowners have a lot of land and food, which can solve the government's immediate difficulties, and the traditional landowners are not well-informed and more conservative in their thinking, and it is easier to deal with them, and the Jewish merchants and the traditional landowners are fighting an economic war, and the Jewish businessmen have never lost." ”

Hitler knew that the future government would attack the traditional landowners, the Jewish merchants, and would use the situation of financial warfare to defeat the traditional landowners in Germany and gain profits.

There is a story about a merchant who came to a mountain village where there were many wild monkeys. The merchant said to the farmer in the village, I bought a monkey for 100 yuan, but the villagers didn't know whether it was true or not, so they tried to catch the monkey, and the merchant gave 100 yuan. This is much easier than farming, soon the merchant bought more than 2,000 monkeys, there are very few monkeys in the mountains, the merchant at this time and bid 200 yuan a monkey to buy a monkey, the villagers saw that the price of monkeys doubled, so they went to catch them. The merchant bought it again, but it was already difficult to catch the monkey, and the merchant offered another 300 yuan to buy the monkey, and the monkey could hardly be caught. The merchant bid 500 yuan a piece, there were no monkeys on the mountain, and more than 3,000 monkeys were here with the merchant.

On this day, when the merchant returned to the city, his assistant went to the village and said to the peasants, "I will sell you a monkey for 300 yuan, and when the merchant returns, you will sell it to the merchant for 500 yuan, and you will be rich." The villagers went crazy, smashed the pot and sold iron, borrowed money, scraped together enough money, and bought all the more than 3,000 monkeys.

The merchant's assistant left with the money, and the merchant never returned.

The villagers waited for a long, long time, and they firmly believed that the merchant would come back for 500 yuan to buy their monkeys, and finally someone couldn't wait any longer, and the monkeys still had to eat bananas, which had a cost, and put the monkeys back on the mountain, which was full of monkeys.

The village was bankrupt and in debt, and all they reaped was useless monkeys.

There were many ways to attack the traditional landowners of Germany, and the shrewd Jewish merchants must have done so many, which, together with the support of the government, was simply invincible and invincible. A very simple way, Jewish businessmen buy a large amount of land in advance, and then the government releases, how many trillions of marks will be issued, so that the country's inflation soars, the currency depreciates, in this case, the value of fixed assets is the most preserved, and then Jewish businessmen participate in the resale of land, while reaping profits, induce more people to join the ranks of land speculation, including a large number of traditional landowners.

When the time came for the government to tighten its finances, the Jewish merchants sold the land in advance, and the value of fixed assets depreciated rapidly, and the last group of people who bought the land at a high price could not sell it and could not recover their costs, so they had to sell the land at a low price at the urging of the banks and loan merchants, and they lost all their money.

Among them, the Jewish merchants and the government reaped a great deal of profit, and the unfortunate ones were the traditional landowners and the bourgeoisie and a small part of the middle class who followed the trend of investment.

Of course, this was only a brief idea of Hitler, and with the shrewdness and wisdom of the Jews, there were too many options to overthrow the traditional landowners, and it was not something that ordinary people could think of.

I have to say that these strategic ideas of Stresemann are powerful, but unfortunately, Hitler suddenly stood up and said: "No! Traditional landowners are the cornerstone of Germany, and I do not agree with the overthrow of them. ”

Traditional landowners, a type of German Junker aristocracy, mainly run manor farms, and it can be said that traditional landowners are very important to Germany.

Hitler was not opposed to the rise of a new power based on the overthrow of another traditional power, but Hitler was opposed to the rise of Jewish merchants and the defeat of traditional landowners, who were too unreliable to be more patriotic than traditional landowners.

In the First World War, there were some Jewish businessmen who had no sense of belonging to Germany, and ran to the United States after making money from national disasters, and now that the war is out, these Jewish businessmen have come back to make money, which is not discrimination, but this kind of behavior makes Hitler feel that Jewish businessmen cannot be trusted at all.

Gudos shook his broad, fat round face and said, "Stresemann has gained the trust of the government, the NEP will not be implemented in the long term, and there is nothing for the state to reuse Jewish merchants and bring down the traditional landowners." Streiselmann is a man who is capable and powerful, and we should believe in him. ”

Yes, for the state, this is nothing, but what about the future? Hitler knew that in the future, Jewish businessmen controlled the country's economy and were resented by the people, who transferred their resentment against the Jews to all Jews, which led to many historical tragedies, which was unfair to all Jews.

Hitler shook his head quickly and said, "No, I say no, I can't do it." ”

Like a child's coquettish words, Gudos smiled and shook his head, he thought that there was no need to continue the conversation, what could Hitler do if he did not agree, for the state, he was just a small person.

After a surprisingly suffocating silence in the conference room, Hitler suddenly raised his palms in the air, startling everyone, and he shouted hoarsely: "I have decided to march to Berlin!" (To be continued.) )