The Japanese were very humble, and they expressed their friendship with Yang Chao not only on behalf of the Japanese government, but also on behalf of the imperial family. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The Japanese are now preaching their gratitude to Yang Chao and China in various ways, just as they later preached their close relationship with the Americans, and the invasion of the United States can also be preached by the Japanese as helping them to open the country.

The Japanese really dare to play like this, and only the Japanese dare to play this kind of game when they preach the kindness of a country that beats themselves up in their own country.

But Yang Chao will not be fooled, he knows that the reason why the Japanese are so well-behaved is because Yokosuka and Sasebo have Chinese naval bases, and there are still 100,000 troops stationed in Tokyo, once the military forces in Japan are withdrawn, who knows how the Japanese will propagandize, with the Japanese trust in their government, superstition about the emperor, and whatever the Japanese upper echelons say, they will believe it.

In any case, Yang Chao still recognizes the attitude of the Japanese, this is the biggest difference between them and the Chinese, they know each other very well, and the Chinese do not know each other, even if it is clear that it is not comparable to others, the Chinese will still die ducks with hard mouths, that is, insist that their own is the best, of course, there are also some people who completely think that the moon is full in foreign countries, and the most conservative and foreign slaves can be found in China, after all, the country is too big.

The Japanese know each other very well, and when they can't beat others, they will try their best to accept other people's standards. For example, those ridiculous things of Ito Hirobumi back then, specially set up a deer hall, invited Europeans to dance according to the European way, and forced Japanese noblewomen to dance with foreigners, so that foreigners could see Japan's 'civilized and enlightened' attitude, and wanted to revise the treaty in this way.

If you are Li Hongzhang, you will definitely not be able to do this, at least if Li Hongzhang's concubine goes on a blind date with a foreigner, Li Hongzhang will go crazy.

Not only the upper class, but also the lower class, Europeans went to the East, they saw that Chinese women were very conservative, and they would blush when they said a word to European men, and they would hide from meeting, so they said that Chinese women were conservative and uncivilized, but when they arrived in Japan, they found that the Japanese were more open than them, and Japanese women even took a bath with men, and Europeans said that Japan was barbaric.

In the face of Europeans' judgment of taking their own standards as the best standard, China dismisses this, foreigners say that Chinese are conservative, Chinese say foreigners are barbaric; The Japanese accepted it, and they also said that it seemed that they were too barbaric, how could men and women bathe together, so the government banned mixed bathing for men and women.

In later generations, Europe and the United States set off celestial movements, believing that clothes were a constraint on human nature, and men and women became popular to go to the beach without clothes, and the Japanese began to revive traditions, and no one said that Japan was barbaric.

Obviously, when it comes to cultural standards, the Japanese don't have anything of their own, and they don't insist on what they have.

A nation that does not even insist on culture will not insist on other issues, extreme pragmatism.

The obedience of the Japanese was also rewarded by Yang Chao and the Chinese government, and they continued to hand over war orders to Japan.

After receiving the war order, although most of the profits were taken away by the Chinese consortium and the Japanese only received the processing fee, at least this allowed their enterprises to restore production capacity, workers began to find jobs, and society slowly stabilized.

At the same time, Japan adopts foreign exchange control, and the Chinese silver they earn has become reserves, stabilized the yen exchange rate, and the economy has stabilized, Japan has a good economic foundation, although the scale of the economy is not as good as China, but the solid foundation laid by the Meiji Restoration for more than 30 years is not comparable to China, they have a complete education system, compulsory education covers more than 95%, and this data is very beautiful in developed countries.

A large number of educated citizens are the best quality laborers, and their education is also pragmatic, and the backbone of education is not universities, but a large number of industrial schools, and the Japanese can easily produce qualified workers.

Therefore, after the surrender, Japan not only quickly stabilized its economy, but also returned to the pre-war period in half a year, and began to expand in individual sectors, such as the cement industry, such as the machine processing industry.

The good development of Japan's economy, of course, is indispensable to the opening of the Chinese market, after joining the East Asian Economic Mutual Assistance Alliance, China only protected the textile industry and other light industries, but did not protect the heavy industry, although Japan's textiles could not enter the Chinese market, still remained depressed, but their heavy chemical industry began to develop, the profits of these heavy industries can be much higher than the light industry, so the foreign exchange they earn is still very considerable, the economic situation is very good, it is even more necessary to be "grateful" to China.

"If we do a good job, I think Japan will be able to become the world's leading developed country. Now you don't have an army, and the government's financial pressure is very small, so you can invest in economic construction. Your conditions are also very good, even better than in my country. I believe that in the next 10 years, Japan's economy will be on par with Europeans. Have faith in that too. ”

Yang Chao did not hesitate to praise the Japanese ambassador to China, Hikoyoshi Ijiin.

In fact, Yang Chao also designed it this way, after the Japanese were disarmed, they were still very promising in the economy, and the most important thing was the opportunity, the war was an opportunity, and the post-war was an opportunity, just like in history, after Japan was disarmed by the United States, they entered a period of rapid development, and caught up with the economic development level of Europe in a very short time.

It is still the case that the Japanese will definitely have access to sufficient foreign exchange during the war to lay a solid foundation for the post-war economic rise, the reconstruction of European countries after the war is still a huge market, Japan's cheap cement will gain a larger market, and after the First World War until 1929, the world will experience the most objective economic growth in human history, and then the Japanese have every chance to replicate the economic miracle of later generations.

"If Japan wants to develop, it still can't do without China's support. I would also like to ask your country to continue to support Japan. ”

Hikoyoshi said very humbly.

Yang Chao waved his hand: "China's support for Japan is in the overall situation, and the East must unite in order to achieve common prosperity." Japan is a country that cannot be ignored in Asia, so we are willing to support Japan's economic recovery, and even Japan's restoration of its position in the world. Of course, the main thing is your own efforts, and you will never be able to stand up with the help of others. ”

This Yang Chao is not polite, China's loan help naturally injected the first fresh blood into Japan's post-war reconstruction, but after the development, or the Japanese have strong organizational ability, obedient Japanese people under the leadership of the government, starvation to rebuild the country, taking Tokyo as an example, they demolished the burned ruins, with reinforced concrete began to build new buildings, reconstruction is also a huge market, further promoted the development of Japan's cement industry.

Reconstruction also provided a huge demand for labor, providing jobs for hundreds of thousands of Japanese people. Organizing people and producing material things is the essence of economic development. This is also the reason why after every war, the economy grows at a very fast rate.

But if they can't organize the people, they will be confined to one turmoil after another, and the Japanese have done a good job in this regard, even if their standard of living is much lower than that of China and even lower than that of the Koreans during the reconstruction period, but they gritted their teeth and struggled to recover, and after half a year, Japan will be able to earn enough foreign exchange to buy food.

Now the standard of living of the Japanese has comprehensively surpassed that of the free Koreans.

Japan's momentum of development makes the DPRK feel very urgent, but the DPRK's foundation is too far behind Japan's.

During the period of Japanese colonial rule, although some modern institutions such as schools were also established, the industrial base was too weak, and Japan only established some primary product processing factories in Korea, as well as railways, but after Japan surrendered, it withdrew its own technicians, not to mention these factories, and the railways in North Korea were almost paralyzed, because the train drivers in North Korea were basically Japanese.

Now that the Korean kingdom has been restored, after being tossed by the Japanese, the Korean royal family has completely lost its political ambitions, but has contributed to the constitutional monarchy of Korea, and now the politics of North Korea are completely controlled by the powerful figure of Kim Jiu, saying that it is a constitutional monarchy, it is better to say that it is a poisonous dish of the ministers hanging in the name of the monarch.

Just like Yang Chao's original design, after the establishment of North Korea, it still regards Japan as its biggest competitor, and Japan's development situation makes the North Koreans very urgent, but they want money but no money, no people, no resources, and relations with foreign countries are not good, because to this day, Europe and the United States have not recognized North Korea's national status, because North Korea is unwilling to give preferential benefits to European and American countries.

They can only rely on China, they have no choice.

"Your foundation is too poor, there is no industrial accumulation, the country is poor, and it is indeed difficult to develop the economy on such a basis."

For most of the past six months, the country's economy has barely reached the level of the Japanese occupation, and to put it mildly, what Korea was like during the First Sino-Japanese War and what it is still today, there has been almost no development.

"It was all harmed by the Japanese, and Japan has looted Korea for 20 years and left it impoverished."

DPRK Ambassador to China Ri Seung-wan said indignantly that the North Koreans will not forget their 20 years of colonial rule.

However, Japan did not pay a price, and they paid 400 million taels of silver to North Korea, which is a huge accumulation.

It's a pity that the Japanese can pay huge reparations and develop their economy at the same time, while the Koreans are still poor with huge reparations.

If the North Korean sticks can use the spirit of the era of the Korean Four Tigers to develop the economy, they still have a little hope, if they blindly blame their own failures on Japan, there is no hope, it will be okay, it will not work, and there is no point in making excuses, just like the mainland in later generations pushed the backwardness of development to the point that the bald brother got the gold to Taiwan, just to find a reason for incompetence.

"If we can find out some advantageous industries and focus on building them into advanced industries in the world, we can still drive North Korea to become a developed country."

Yang Chao gave advice to the North Koreans.

Lee Seung-wan is not a fool either, he is a well-educated returnee.

He immediately said: "North Korea's advantageous industry is nothing more than Korean ginseng, and if North Korea wants to be strong, it must have its own industry." ”

After Li Chengwan finished speaking, he looked at Yang Chao with expectant eyes, and his purpose for meeting Yang Chao was very clear, that is, to take out a loan and ask for technology.

Yang Chao said with a smile: "Not only Korean ginseng, but also the continuous forests in the mountains and forests of northern Korea, which is also a huge wealth. The so-called industry is not a narrow textile, machine, industry is actually a mode of production, with machines to replace human labor, the production efficiency will be greatly improved, the scale of products will be greatly increased. Who would dare to say that the wood processing industry is not an industry? As for loans and technology, I can't help you. But you can attract investment, just like we did at the beginning. We brought in tens of billions of capital from Germany, from the United States, to create a considerable industrial production system. If the DPRK wants to take a shortcut, in the absence of qualified personnel and capital, then it can only open the door of the country and directly introduce investment, so that it will not only have capital, technology, and through the channel of foreign capital, but also have a huge external market. ”

During the conversation, Yang Chao pointed out a clear path for North Korea.

Lee Seung-wan thought about it, if you want to bring in foreign capital, there seems to be no second option except to attract investment in China, but it is easy to bring in capital, and how to make this capital use by North Korea, instead of making money and running away, is a problem.

"However, if foreign capital is introduced, once the situation is unfavorable, these foreign capital will still have to be withdrawn. Isn't it because of the large-scale withdrawal of foreign capital that the Russians have fallen into a long-term turmoil? ”

Lee Seung-wan asked.

Yang Chao smiled: "You are too worried. The so-called capital still depends on people. What the Russians can't do doesn't mean the North Koreans can't do. You see, the Germans invested so much in China back then, and now Qingdao's economy has not only not collapsed, but has become more and more developed during the war, why? Because the German capital is gone, but the German technicians and managers are not gone. Retaining talent is fundamental, and the reason why the Russians are in turmoil is because the foreign technicians and managers who opened the mines have also withdrawn along with the capital. If you can keep people, even if the capital is withdrawn, you can also keep the industry in other ways, and the money can always be spent, but once the production capacity is formed, it is a permanent mechanism for creating wealth. ”

Yang Chao's words made Li Chengwan pause, he has always wondered why Qingdao's German capital has been sold, but Qingdao is still developing, he boiled it down to providing alternative capital for the Shanghai financial market, but why the Russians didn't use this way back then, he couldn't figure it out.

Now they understand that the most important thing is people. In the final analysis, when he came back from the United States, he was not as indifferent to people as his rivals in the dark, the Kim Fat family, and did not emphasize material things too much like the Soviets.

As for retaining people, Li Chengwan already has a plan in his heart. (To be continued.) )