The British Empire is worthy of being an old imperialist that has dominated the world for hundreds of years, and when China and Germany were still busy killing people, setting fires, grabbing territory, and grabbing resources, people were already pondering the issue of the new post-war world financial and economic order, and they had also figured out a world currency. But our Prime Minister Chang Da is also a "man of the past", and of course understands what the British are thinking, because the depletion of the two world wars, the vaults of the Bank of England are already empty - there are most of the world's gold reserves! Now all this gold has gone to the United States. In the original monetary system, gold played the role of a currency preparation and international settlement tool, while the British pound benefited from the superpower of the British Empire and the mountains of gold in the vaults of the Bank of England.

After losing most of the gold reserves and the national power to dominate the world, the glory of the pound is of course gone, but Churchill and the rulers of the British Empire are not willing to lose the "golden finger" that will turn stones into gold, nor are they willing to let the United States or Germany have this "golden finger" - in their opinion, the United States has the most gold and the most prosperous economy in the world, and Germany has the largest military force in the world, so it must be the dollar or the mark that replaces the pound. As for China's Chinese yuan, it is certainly not ranked, so China is definitely an ally that can be co-opted when it comes to establishing a "world currency" system. This is also the reason why Churchill and Aiden invited Chang Ruiqing and Liao Zhongkai to a banquet at the embassy that night as soon as they arrived in Berlin.

Chang Ruiqing and Liao Zhongkai had actually studied the British's "Keynes Plan" for a long time. It didn't take Churchill's tongue to understand exactly what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of the British. This former world hegemon is trying to figure out that the world monetary system partially controls the power to issue world money, at least not to let this power fall into the hands of the United States or Germany! On this issue, China and the UK do have common interests.

Wait until Churchill carefully issues the "World Currency", "World Bank", and "World Currency". There is also the relationship between the currencies of various countries and the "world currency", after explaining them to Chang Ruiqing and Liao Zhongkai one by one. Chang Ruiqing nodded thoughtfully, looked at Churchill solemnly and said, "Your Excellency, I have understood the UK's opinion on the issue of future world currency issuance. In the big picture, I can support this idea, and I think it's good for both China and the UK, but in some of the specifics. I think many of the approaches you have proposed are debatable. For example, there is a problem with the way in which 'world money' is issued and distributed, and we believe that it is difficult to gain the approval of the great powers and the peoples of the world by using the average total value of imports and exports in the three years before the war as the basis for issuing and distributing 'world money'. ”

Churchill nodded noncommittally, and in fact he did not expect the Sino-American and German associations to agree to the way in which the British proposed "world currency" would be issued and distributed. That's just the big mouth of the British lion, waiting for someone else to bargain. What really worries Churchill is not that someone is making a counteroffer, but that no one cares about it, and he directly rejects the idea of a "world currency"! Fortunately, the Chinese prime minister is now on the side of the British. And the United States and Germany will certainly be opposed by the "hegemony of the dollar" and the "hegemony of the mark" - without the support of China. Neither the dollar nor the mark will be able to win the status of the world's reserve currency, and in the end they will have to settle for a "world currency" jointly controlled by the great powers.

Thinking of this, a smile gradually appeared on Churchill's face, he picked up the tall glass on the table, turned it lightly for a while, and pondered: "The question of the issuance and distribution of the 'world currency' can be left to the Berlin Peace Conference to be discussed by the leaders of various countries." Of course, none of us are experts in finance and currency, and we can only reach an agreement on principles. The specific rules of cāo should be left to the professionals of various countries to negotiate and solve. ”

Qiu Fatzi's opinion is actually not a big set. At present, the British Empire is not ranked in the world in terms of fighting. But when it comes to playing finance and playing currency, hehe, how can a tenacious German and an uninformed Oriental play with the financial experts of the British Empire? As long as the experts discuss it slowly, the interests of the British Empire can always be maximized in the end!

Chang Ruiqing and Liao Zhongkai looked at each other and nodded, Churchill's words seemed to have some truth, no matter how good the talks between China and Britain were, it was useless, and the issue of "world currency" should indeed be discussed by the leaders of the four major powers of China, the United States, Britain and Germany.

"Well, when President Roosevelt arrives in Berlin, we'll discuss this issue together." Chang Ruiqing paused, and then said: "Now I want to hear the opinions of His Excellency the Prime Minister on the post-war disposition of the Soviet Union, the Rìben, the Nanyang Federation, and India. ”

"The British Empire had no territorial claims to the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union, the South Seas Commonwealth, or India." Churchill was straightforward on this issue, in fact, he also knew that even if he refused to give in, it was useless, and Britain's military strength determined that she could only pursue a situation in which she lost a little less. "But the British colonies of Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and the Bismarck Islands must be returned to Britain in their entirety."

"We also have no territorial ambitions for those areas." Chang Ruiqing smiled slightly, almost returning Churchill's words as they were. But what he meant was that China didn't want those territories, not that Britain would take back those territories!

"Mr. Prime Minister, our two countries have common interests on the Australian issue!" British Foreign Secretary Aiden suddenly interjected: "We know that the Germans want to exile all Russians to Australia after the war, and the consequences will be catastrophic, because a strong Russia will be revived in Australia, and they will not forget the hatred of the demise of the Soviet Union!" ”

Chang Ruiqing frowned slightly, and said slowly: "It is imperative to exile the Russians, and we have a plan for this, to disperse the Russians and establish a state on the island of New Guinea in part; Part of it could be state-like in the Assam-Nagar region; Part went to the island of Timor for statehood; Part goes to Africa; There is also some hope that the British Empire can take over the placement. ”

Churchill's brow furrowed as he smoked his cigar. seems to be very unhappy, but his expression is all disguised, this fat man is definitely a good actor. Chang Ruiqing's "Russian demolition and resettlement" method definitely fell into Churchill's hands. For the British Empire. 75 million to 80 million Russians is big trouble, and 30 million Russians are wealth!

"The eastern part of the island of New Guinea was a colony of the British Empire." Aiden also said with an unhappy face: "Britain can't sell that area, as for the 30 million Russians, Britain can consider accepting it, but it needs to let Britain choose between all Russia." ”

Yes, the Russians are also good and bad, and the British Empire only needs to be industrious and educated. Fools, slackers, and Soviet GCDs don't want anything.

Chang Ruiqing looked embarrassed: "New Guinea Island ......" In fact, he did not want the Russians to establish a state on the British New Guinea Island, but wanted to carve out a piece of land on half of the New Guinea Island belonging to the South Seas Federation (rìben) to settle 15 million Russians. But now that the British have misunderstood what he meant, Chang Ruiqing doesn't plan to explain. Instead, he wanted to make a price with the flow: "Why don't you arrange another 10 million Russians in Britain's African colonies, which doesn't seem to be the core interests of the British Empire?" ”

Churchill and Aiden exchanged glances, and it was true that the African colonies other than South Africa were not Britain's core interests. And the Germans were rapidly expanding their territory and influence there. I'm afraid it won't be long before most of Africa will be German!

"Okay, arrange for another 10 million Russians to go to Kenya and Uganda." Churchill said with a pained face.

Kenya and Uganda should be relatively good in sub-Saharan Africa, with good climate and natural conditions, and relatively rich resources. However, Churchill did not feel good about taking these two pieces of land, because the immediate proximity to Uganda and Kenya is Ethiopia, one of the only two countries in Africa that believe in Orthodox Christianity. Ethiopia had long been a "quasi-colony" in the eyes of the Italians, but Mussolini was busy attacking the Soviet Union with Hitler. So I didn't bother to be there for the time being, and I expected to do it after the world war. When the time comes, it is not known whether the Russians in Kenya and Uganda will go to the aid of their Orthodox brothers? Even if the Russians in Africa do not support Ethiopia, they will definitely be in a state of hostility with the Italian colonial empire, and there is hatred between them! If there is a confrontation between "Black Russia" and Italy in Africa in the future, it may be possible to slow down the southward movement of German influence......

"Very well, then I am here to thank Your Excellency the Prime Minister and the British Empire for their generosity on behalf of the Russian people, who are being enslaved by the Bolsheviks." Chang Ruiqing doesn't care about Churchill's little calculations, as long as a unified and powerful new Russia does not appear in the south of him in the future, as for whether there will be a "black Russia" in Africa, hehe, even if it appears, it will be Hitler's trouble! And if the British Empire were to be revived by 30 million more hard-working Russians, it would be more than a good thing for Chancellor Chang to see - it would be more advantageous for the white world to be divided into three than to be opposed to two males.

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While Chang Ruiqing and Churchill were chatting happily at the table at the British Embassy, Roosevelt was walking off the plane with two canes and two large American soldiers. Germany is now a mínzhǔ country, although the prestige of the Nazi Party is getting higher and higher, but after all, the power of dúcái has not been established, and the Wehrmacht has not sworn allegiance to Hitler, not even organizations such as the SA and the SS, so except for a guard of honor of the three services, Roosevelt did not see many people wearing military uniforms, and even German President Hitler also wore a suit, and played with a blonde beauty, shaking hands with Roosevelt with a smile.

"Welcome, Mr. President." Hitler shook Roosevelt's large, somewhat cháo wet hand and smiled: "The last time we met in Berlin, the shape of the world war was still very critical, and I didn't expect that in just over a year, we would be able to discuss the post-war situation in Berlin. ”

Roosevelt smiled awkwardly, of course he had already scolded in his heart, Hitler's words were too damaging, it was simply a slap in the face! However, the number of courtesies on face cannot be less. After a few brief greetings, it was after raising the national flag and reviewing the honor guard that the whole set of etiquette was completed, and then he got into the Maybach limousine prepared by Hitler. Head towards the Kaiserhof Hotel in downtown Berlin. The residences of the leaders of China, the United States and Britain who visited Berlin this time were also quite interesting: Chang Ruiqing stayed at the official residence of the German presidential palace, Churchill stayed at the British Embassy in Germany, and Roosevelt and a large group of members of the American delegation stayed at the Kaiserhof Hotel.

"Mr. Roosevelt, this Berlin peace conference is expected to last twenty days," said German Foreign Minister Walter Brown. Rathenau sat in the passenger seat and turned his head. To Roosevelt, he said: "The main reason why the conference lasted so long was that President Hitler of our country, because he commanded the military affairs of the Western Front, could not attend the meeting every day. As a result, formal meetings can only be held every few days. The first formal meeting will be held on May 2 and will focus on the post-war disposition of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union (including the South Sea Islands), and India. ”

Walter. Rathenau only said the main topics to be discussed at the first plenary meeting of the leaders of the four countries, and did not say how the subsequent meetings will be held, depending on the outcome of the first plenary meeting.

Roosevelt listened. Frowning slightly. The post-war disposition of the Soviet Union, India, and India does not seem to have anything to do with the United States, and the only thing that has something to do with the United States is probably the tens of thousands of American prisoners in India's hands, and whether the United States can gain any benefits in the South Pacific. By the way, was the disposition of the Russians also discussed at the meeting on May 2rì?

Thinking of this, Roosevelt turned his head to look at Hitler and said with a smile: "Mr. Hitler, I wonder what you plan to do with the defeated Russian nation?" This issue should be discussed at the meeting on May 2rì? ”

"Mr. Roosevelt, on this subject. We have only one principle, the majority of Russians must leave Europe. Because the German nation needs living space. Hitler said in a cold tone.

"The fate of the loser ......," Roosevelt was slightly sad. But where are these poor people supposed to go? Why don't you send some to the United States, the United States can provide some immigration quotas, how about 10 million people? ”

"The United States wants 10 million?" Hitler was slightly surprised. He knew that the current immigration management in the United States was relatively strict, and Roosevelt actually took out a quota of 10 million immigrants at a time, which was in ...... Wooing the Russian nation?

"Yes, 10 million, maybe more, Mr. Hitler, you know, there are many Russians in the United States, Her Royal Highness Anastasiania, the princess of Nicholas II, and Krentzky and Denikin and Kolchak, these people also live in the United States." Roosevelt's expression was still very sad: "Now they all want to help their Russian fellow countrymen, so we try to accept as many Russian immigrants as possible, originally I wanted to accept more Russian immigrants, but the limit of what Congress can tolerate is only about 10 million." ”

"Anastasia, Krensky, Denikin, Kolchak......" Hitler's face suddenly looked difficult to see, these people can form a Tsarist Russia zhèngfǔ! There is the Empress, there is the Prime Minister, and there is the Minister of War and the Secretary of the Navy. After the fall of the Soviet Union, the GCD brand must have stinked among the Russians, and the only thing that could unite them was probably the Romanov dynasty! Now that Roosevelt has taken out a quota of 10 million immigrants and mentioned those Romanov dynasty and the Russian Provisional Empire, he must have wanted to use the Russian nation as a bargaining chip at the Berlin Peace Conference!

"Very well, I'm glad that the United States can help us digest 10 million Russians, and that's so grateful," Hitler said instead of dwelling on Roosevelt on the issue, "I think the United States and Germany will find more common ground on other issues, such as the new postwar international trade order." Mr. Rathenau, tell me what you think. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency." Rathenau took the question and said with a smile: "After the war, Germany and the United States were the world's two largest exporters of industrial products, accounting for 70 to 80 percent of the world's total steel production, automobiles accounting for more than 80 percent, shipbuilding capacity accounting for more than 70 percent, and petroleum smelting and processing capacity also accounting for more than 80 percent. Obviously, there is no way to absorb such a huge industrial capacity with the local markets of our two countries alone, and only by selling our goods to industrially underdeveloped countries and the mainland can we maintain the prosperity of our domestic economy. Therefore, both of our countries need a global market and both need to make international trade more zìyóu. ”

"Trade and open doors have always been our propositions, and we are glad that Germany is standing with us, and I think that as long as our two countries agree on this issue, other countries will have to obey?"

"In addition, in order to promote the internationalization of trade and investment, the United States believes that the internationalization of the United States and the Mark should be promoted, and a new international monetary system should be established based on the dollar and the mark," Roosevelt said eloquently. The idea is that the dollar and the mark are pegged to gold, and the currencies of the rest of the world are pegged to the dollar and the mark, with a fixed exchange rate. ”

Of course, the Americans want an international monetary system dominated by the dollar, but the United States does not have the military power to support the hegemony of the dollar, so it can only temporarily pull Germany to play with it. As long as we first establish a system of "gold-dollar, mark-other world currencies," and with the economic strength of the United States and the amount of gold reserves, it will not be very difficult to exclude the mark and thus achieve the situation of dollar dominance.

"But we don't have enough gold to support the Mark," Hitler frowned slightly, and said coldly: "The Reichsmark is not a currency pegged to gold, and we don't think it is a good idea to pegging a currency to gold, because it is not gold that supports the value of the currency, but production!" The gold stored in the vault of the Bank of Zài is nothing, just a pile of special stones, which are not of much use for steel. It would be ridiculous to tie money to such a stone...... In addition, pegging money to gold would also lead to a concentration of wealth in gold-producing countries, which makes no sense. So Germany can't accept it! ”

Hearing Hitler's words, Roosevelt knew that his dream of the dollar had been shattered, so he had to settle for the second best thing and strive for the largest share of the "world currency" system. Thinking of this, the smile on Roosevelt's face piled up again. (To be continued......)