In the early morning of February 22, 1949, in the woods near a high-end villa in Tokyo, Yan Zhen huddled in a grass on the side of the road and lurked quietly, this was his fifth day in Tokyo, and the second day of his lurking here, so although the morning dew was heavy and the morning breeze was cold, he was very well prepared, and his clothes, shoes and hats were specially made to keep warm and conducive to action.

His purpose here is very simple, he is here to assassinate Okamura Ninji, who has just returned to China. He knew that whether this assassination was successful or not, he would probably die, but the hatred and anger in his heart drove him to come.

Although the outside world knows that he broke openly with his former employer Tang Ning, he is still very grateful to Tang Ning from his heart, because of his operation, Tang Ning provided all the help he wanted and could not think of, from weapons to intelligence, from clothing to accommodation, which was arranged by Matsuda Yoshiko under Tang Ning.

Initially, his plan was to assassinate Okamura Ninji when he got off the ship, but he was stopped by the former escort team Nagato and Matsuda Yoshiko, because Okamura Ninji and the Japanese government knew how large Okamura's enemy team was, and Chinese, Koreans, Soviets and even Filipinos were very likely to come and assassinate him, so in the first few days, the guards around Okamura Ninji were very strong, not to mention Yan Zhen alone, even if the entire escort team was dispatched to complete the task, So Yan Zhen has always been rational and did not make a move.

The current ambush location is the only way to go for a morning jog near Okamura Ningji's villa, after these few days of observation, Okamura Ningji will do a morning jog on this road every morning to exercise, and there are still people patrolling in the first few days, and now the defense is already very lax, so Yan Zhen was able to have the opportunity to sneak in, and this time he brought all the equipment to prepare for assassination.

Although Yan Zhen has been in the army for more than ten years, he has never come out to perform a mission alone, let alone this kind of sniper mission, he has no experience at all. But fortunately, he is still familiar with firearms.

According to the information provided by the informant a few days ago and his own observations the day before yesterday, Okamura Ninji would pass by here around half past five in the morning, so he set up the sniper rifle at five twenty in the morning, but he still did not show up until five fifty. Yan Zhen couldn't help but be a little anxious, could it be that Okamura Ningji had something to do today, so he didn't come out for a morning run? Could it be that his plan has been discovered?

Just when Yan Zhen was about to retreat, he suddenly saw a person running from a distance and looked through the scope. Sure enough, it was Okamura Ningji who was jogging, Yan Zhen couldn't help but blame himself, it seemed that he was indeed not a sniper's material, and this calming kung fu alone was not up to par, but now there was no time to think nonsense, so he quickly gathered his mind and aimed.

Unconsciously, his palms were sweaty because of nervousness, and his knuckles were a little white because of the force, so he quickly closed his eyes, breathed a long sigh of relief, and calmed down. Then he re-aimed, and when Okamura Ningji stopped to wipe his sweat, Yan Zhen pulled the trigger violently, and a bullet whistled out, Okamura Ningji fell down in response, blood gushed out from his hand on his chest, Yan Zhen shot Okamura Ningji who fell to the ground a few times, and then got up and turned around and ran, because he had heard footsteps in the distance, presumably the bodyguard hurried after hearing the gunshot. If you don't run at this time, it will be difficult to run out again.

Yan Zhen's retreat route was planned early in the morning, and there was a car to pick him up from the woods, and then he went directly to Hokkaido by boat. Then he fled to the United States, and when he arrived in the United States, Jimmy would arrange everything for him, and he could come back after hiding from the limelight for a few years.

It can't be said whether it was lucky or unlucky, although Yan Zhen's shot hit Okamura Ningji in the chest, it was not fatal, and he was still breathing. Therefore, some of the guards stayed in place and waited for the ambulance to arrive, so there were not many guards chasing Yan Zhen, the assassin, so he was able to escape.

Yan Zhen ran away, but the follow-up turmoil of this incident was very large, and the Japanese government mobilized a large number of police forces to investigate the matter, and strengthened the security forces of Nobusuke Kishi and Okamura Ningji and others, fortunately, Tang Ning's identity was special, and he had already prepared the groundwork in advance, so this matter did not have any impact on him.

Although he was not affected by this incident, Tang Ning could only act in a low-key and cautious manner during this time, for fear that it would be bad if he publicized it and aroused the suspicion of others, in fact, this was purely his own lack of guilt, and no one paid attention to him at this time.

On the other hand, Japan's economy is facing a huge change and impact, that is, the famous "Dodge Route". In February 1949, at the request of President Truman, Detroit banker Joseph Dodge served as MacArthur's economic and financial adviser to guide a new economic plan for Japan, namely the "Nine Principles of Economic Stability" and the "Three Principles of Wage Stability", and actively pursued the Dodge line.

On the question of "achieving a real balance in the unified budget as soon as possible," Dodge based the Japanese economy on the two major bases of government subsidies and American aid, and he specifically suggested that all hidden subsidies in the general and special items of the central government budget be exposed, so that clear steps could be taken to eliminate or reduce these subsidies in order to achieve "a true balance in the unified budget."

It is necessary to add that the U.S. government decided to send a team to Japan to be developed by Columbia University. A delegation of experts on tax reform led by Professor Schop. The main elements of the Schop delegation's proposal could be summarized in the following three areas: (1) the retention of the progressive and widespread collection of personal income tax, which is the backbone of the country's tax structure, with a special emphasis on "horizontal" impartiality. (2) Quoting the value-added tax system to emphasize the fiscal autonomy of local governments. and (3) the establishment of provisions for the revaluation of land and fixed capital values in accordance with wartime and post-war inflation, with the aim of allowing the accumulation of appropriate depreciation reserves and preventing the removal of these reserves by way of income tax.

The implementation of the Dodge route suppressed Japan's post-war inflation, basically freed Japan from the vicious circle of rising prices and wages, and at the same time created the premise for the subsequent abolition of the rule over materials and prices, and promoted the role of the market mechanism. The implementation of the Dodge Route also achieved a balance between Japan's fiscal balances. The implementation of the single fixed exchange rate system has closely linked the Japanese economy with the capitalist world economy, and has promoted the improvement of the quality of Japanese enterprises and their foothold in the capitalist world market. (To be continued.) )