Chapter 508: Nanyang Beacon Smoke
Competing with a powerful financial consortium, the danger is simply indescribable, and Qiao Yu not only defeats these people, but also tries to avoid damaging the vitality of his country, and the balance becomes very delicate, and it is definitely not something that one or two people can do.
Previously, China set up a national financial security committee, the main mission is to command China's capital forces in the United States and Europe in exchange for profits, now China has successfully obtained the first batch of profits, the next bottom hunting action has become much easier, so Qiao Yu will strengthen the original team of the financial security committee, from the government to draw a group of elite soldiers, major economic experts, financial experts have participated, jointly develop a way to deal with the consortium.
In the face of the current situation, experts agreed that Qiao Yu's method of drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle has the best effect, trapping all Jewish capital in the property market and stock market, as long as it continues, these consortiums for the purpose of profit will inevitably cut their flesh and withdraw from China, after all, the consortium is not monolithic, they are also divided into many pieces, and they have their own interests.
However, the Chinese government has been able to concentrate the efforts of all parties to achieve the effect of unity, so there is no doubt about the victory, but everyone has fully estimated the consequences of doing so, and in the short term, housing prices will inevitably reach a new high, far exceeding the ability of the people to bear, and the people's resentment will inevitably boil, and the prestige of the government will also be greatly affected.
However, if there is no such-for-tat response, these capital forces will be able to continue to make waves, which is definitely a huge hidden danger for China's construction, this is the battlefield, no matter how much it costs, as long as it can win, everything can be remedied, and if it fails, there is really nothing.
In addition, Qiao Yu has another plan, he wants to use this action to let the Chinese people see the essence of the Jewish consortium and take the opportunity to promote the anti-Semitic cause, so that he can use public opinion. Get back the wealth that fell into the hands of the consortium. Clearing the way for China's future development.
It was with this intention that Qiao Yu decided to win this financial defense war at all costs, and after the unity of opinion within the Chinese government, all parties began to act, first the Chinese government lowered interest rates and encouraged loans. Soon, hundreds of millions of dollars of money flowed from the banks to society.
Most of this capital has been loaned to real estate companies, and in an instant, China's real estate market has risen rapidly as if it had been stimulated, and the situation is becoming more and more alarming, and the housing prices in all major cities are like balloons, getting bigger and bigger. Housing prices in Beijing are generally more than 200 yuan.
The house has instantly become something that everyone looks up to, but the more so, the more people come out to advocate for the house price, the expenditure house price will rise, and it is more and more amazing, not only the housing market, the stock market is also expanding rapidly, and the Chinese are very conservative in investment. But in the face of enough crazy price increases. Coupled with the instigation of the mentality of getting rich overnight, many Chinese people with a certain amount of accumulation have joined in.
For this part of the people, Qiao Yu has no choice. Since it is a war, it is impossible to have no losses, a small number of people are lost, it is much better than the whole country sinks, of course, if you can choose Qiao Yu is not willing to do this, he hopes that every Chinese can enjoy a better life, but the situation is like this, when you have to make trade-offs, you can only do so.
In fact, Qiao Yu is more glad that he still needs the ability and strength to make this decision, otherwise this country will really become a puppet controlled by capital forces.
The Chinese government has devoted most of its energy to the financial battlefield, from Qiao Yu, Premier Wang Yongjiang, Vice Premier Yan Xishan, to ordinary staff, as long as everyone involved in it, no one does not feel pressured and exhausted.
At this time, new news came out from the South Seas, a Japanese cargo ship suddenly caught fire and sank in Machen, Borneo, and all the Japanese sailors on board were killed.
This news quickly attracted the attention of various countries, and the reason why this was so was mainly because the situation in the South Seas was too sensitive, Borneo was the later Kalimantan Island, the third largest island in the world, and the current Borneo was roughly divided into two parts by the British and the Dutch, the north was controlled by the British and the south was controlled by the Netherlands.
Machen is the capital of southern Borneo, and it is also the transportation hub of Borneo, one of the most important ports, the rubber and rice that are abundant on the island are transported from here, the Japanese cargo ship that exploded this time is to transport rubber, after the explosion, the rubber on the ship was ignited, the fire was not controlled at all, and finally the whole ship sank into the sea completely.
Since the relationship between China and Siam has become closer and closer, Britain, France, the United States and other countries are very clear that the eventful autumn of the South Seas is coming, with the deepening of China's power, the fragile balance of the South Seas will definitely be broken, and now the South Seas have gathered the forces of the world's major powers, as if it has become a huge powder keg, compared to the Balkans in Europe, it is not bad at all, but we still don't know who will act first, let alone how it will detonate the powder keg of the South Seas.
This incident made everyone feel a little uneasy, and the main thing is that Japan, a country that has just been defeated by China, reacted far more than expected, Prime Minister Tanaka Yoshiichi issued a strongly worded statement, claiming that there is intelligence that the warship was set on fire by militants, and the Dutch government bears unshirkable responsibility for this, and must give Japan a reasonable explanation, otherwise Japan reserves the right to take further action!
Japan's aggressive attitude also made the Netherlands very annoyed, although the Dutch are only a third-rate country, but they are still the former sea coachmen, if it was three years ago, the Japanese threat can make the Dutch pee their pants, but now it will definitely not work, everyone knows that the Japanese combined fleet was almost destroyed by China, and now Japan is a down-and-out phoenix is not as good as a chicken, and dares to point fingers at the Netherlands, it is simply looking for death.
On the one hand, the Netherlands also issued a statement, claiming that the responsibility for this incident lies with the Japanese side, that it was caused by the improper operation of the Japanese crew, that it has nothing to do with the Netherlands, and that there is no justification for the Japanese Government's groundless accusations.
In addition, the Dutch also contacted Britain for the first time, after all, both countries have a lot of interests in Borneo, the most important of which are rubber and oil, which are out-and-out strategic materials, and also the value of the entire Dutch East Indies.
In addition, this incident has to be reminiscent of the Spanish-American War of that year, when the American battleship USS Maine was inexplicably sunk in a Cuban port, and then the Americans insisted that the Spaniards had committed it and launched the Spanish-American War. Loot the remaining Spanish colonies. Tearing off the last fig leaf of this former colonial empire, it also heralded the rise of the United States.
The same incident occurred again in the Dutch East Indies, and the spearhead was not the Netherlands, a country that was also in great decline! All observers were watching closely, and everyone was speculating whether the Japanese were really preparing to make a move on the Netherlands, or whether they were bluffing.
In fact, this incident, like the American battleship Maine, was not an accident, but a long-planned action by the Japanese government, since Qiao Yu conveyed to the Japanese government through Cao Rulin that China would support their action against the Netherlands. The Japanese are also caught in contradictions.
Whether Japan has the strength to attack the Netherlands, whether China's proposal is sincere or a hidden conspiracy, Japan now has no money, and if it makes another mistake in judgment, Japan is afraid that it will be completely removed from the list of great powers.
Up to Emperor Hirohito. The faction headed by the patriarch Saionji Gongwang insisted that Japan did not have the capital to go to war, and that its main task was to defend the four islands, and the most important thing was to survive the impact of the economic crisis and use its limited national strength to improve people's livelihood and develop the economy.
In fact, the meaning of this proposition is very clear. It is to make Japan willing to be a second-rate country. Don't try to compete for the hegemony of any world, and be honest about your home. Don't even look at the four islands at any time.
Prime Minister Yoshiichi Tanaka, on the other hand, is a staunch pro-war faction, emphasizing that if Japan cannot become a first-class power, it is better to sink to the bottom; At present, Japan is suffering from internal and external troubles, coupled with the ensuing economic crisis, and the narrow domestic market and resources are far from being enough for Japan to use. In addition, China also expressed its support, which was a golden opportunity, the fighter plane was fleeting, and Japan had to fight to the death and pin its national fortunes on the war against the Netherlands!
The two factions argued endlessly, and no one could convince anyone, and in the end the lawsuit had to be fought in front of Hirohito, so that the emperor could make a decision, in fact, Hirohito was also troubled by this problem to the extreme, from the bottom of his heart, Hirohito was more inclined to Tanaka Yoshiichi's proposition, but Japan really couldn't afford to lose.
For this reason, Hirohito did not eat or sleep for three days, the whole person sat in his seat like crazy, thinking hard, and after repeated trade-offs, Hirohito finally made up his mind to gamble and reinvigorate Japan's national prestige.
Of course, you don't want to decide everything just by thinking about it, Japan's combined fleet has recovered some combat effectiveness after a period of time, and after the war, the Japanese repaired the aircraft carrier Fengxiang, and Japan converted a small aircraft carrier with a displacement of nearly 10,000 tons, which was named Longxiang.
Japan also has plans to build large aircraft carriers, but due to lack of financial resources, it is only on paper, but Japan has two small aircraft carriers, in addition to the Haruna battleship and a number of auxiliary ships, it is enough to deal with a country like the Netherlands!
Not long after the shipwreck broke out, there was an explosive news that the local Japanese expatriates in the Dutch East Indies organized a protest and demanded that the Netherlands apologize to the Japanese government, who knew that these people clashed with the Dutch military and police, and more than 20 people were killed, and then violent actions against the Japanese expatriates broke out in the Dutch East Indies, and the number of Japanese expatriates in the South Seas was not small, and more than 300 Japanese expatriates were injured in this bloody conflict, of which more than 70 were killed!
After the bloody incident, the situation in Nanyang suddenly became serious, the Japanese government continued to speak harshly, and the Netherlands resolutely did not back down, as if a war was inevitable.
At this time, everyone knows that whether this war can be fought depends on the attitude of the big powers that really have the final say, in other words, what Britain and China think, if these two big powers come forward to oppose it, Japan and the Netherlands will definitely not be able to fight, if any big country has any other thoughts, the peace in the South Seas will be over! (To be continued.) )