As soon as he heard this, Tang Ning knew that Yoshida Shigeru was asking himself what handle he had caught Ashidajun, so he put away his thoughts and said in a low voice: "Are you familiar with Showa Electric?" ”

For Tony Towne, a young American businessman, Yoshida Shigeru has always admired it very much, this young man not only has a flexible brain to do business, but also has a wide range of intelligence sources, but he never thought that Tang Ning could catch any sore feet of Ashida Jun, at most it was just some misconduct, but Tang Ning's question just now suddenly made him put away his contempt.

Because although this Showa Electric Company is only a large company on the surface, in fact his background is very deep, and there must be more than a dozen big bureaucrats and big capitalists who he knows, and they are all figures with real power, such as Yoshimoto Ninomiya, who was the vice president of the Industrial Bank at the time, Seiyuki Shigemasa, vice minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and Takeo Fukuda, director of the Accounting and Audit Bureau of the Ministry of Finance, etc., and this is not counted, it is said that there are also Americans involved in it, and some people even say that General MacArthur, the current de facto ruler of Japan, has a secret stock in it.

Therefore, Shigeru Yoshida asked cautiously, "What, Tony, do you think there is anything wrong with Showa Electric?" ”

Instead of answering, Downing continued to ask, "Then do you know that this company has just received a loan of up to 3 billion yen from the Reconstruction Funding Bank?" ”

This reconstruction funding bank is a state-owned bank in Japan, and if he didn't know about such a large loan project, there would be no need to mix it up in the political arena, but the more so, the more he felt that what Tang Ning said was likely to be a big deal, so he said more cautiously: "Well, I heard, this is a big project." ”

"Are you involved in this?" Tang Ning asked meaningfully.

Yoshida Shigeru waved his hand again and again: "Absolutely not, I have already stepped down, how can I be involved in this kind of thing, besides, what kind of tension has my relationship with Ashida Jun become, how can I touch it again with his project." ”

Tang Ning clapped his hands and smiled: "That's good." As long as you stay out of the matter, then we can start with this matter and bring down Ashida-kun. ”

Although Shigeru Yoshida is not familiar with Showa Electric's loan incident, he has many years of experience in Japanese politics and knows these people involved. He knew that there must be something big here, but he still pretended not to know and asked, "What is going on here?" Tony, how can you be sure that this will bring down Ashida-kun? ”

Tang Ning replied slowly: "You also know that I have my own intelligence network in Tokyo, and as far as I know, at least 100 million yen is used to pay bribes behind this loan of up to 3 billion yen. As the prime minister, Mr. Jun Ashida not only made a huge profit in it, but also won the appreciation and support of some authoritative figures in the Allied Command because of this matter, otherwise he would definitely not be the prime minister of Japan this time. ”

"Tony, you mean to get this to light?" Shigeru Yoshida asked, somewhat uncertain.

Tang Ning nodded: "That's right, as long as this matter is broken, Ashida Jun will definitely take the blame and resign, and who else can compete with you for the position of prime minister at that time?" ”

Yoshida Shigeru said a little angrily: "If this matter is stabbed, then Ashida Jun will definitely take the blame and resign, but my life is estimated to be inferior to him, and those who are implicated and affected must not hate me to death." In particular, it is said that there are people from the Allied Command behind it. ”

Tang Ning smiled: "You misunderstood, I meant to pierce the matter, but I didn't say that I asked you to break it yourself." ”

Shigeru Yoshida asked with some curiosity, "Then who is willing to do such a thankless job?" ”

Tang Ning smiled mysteriously: "Naturally, there are those hot-blooded guys who think they can change the world." For example, Mr. Sanzo Nosaka, who is infinitely active in the "Red Flag Newspaper". For an old fox like Shigeru Yoshida, Tang Ning didn't need to speak too thoroughly, he could understand what was going on by clicking on it.

Sure enough, Shigeru Yoshida understood Tang Ning's plan from the time he heard the name Nosaka Sanzo. Since the situation in Asia is becoming clearer and clearer, China is about to turn red, so Japan is becoming more and more active now, as if the situation in China has improved, and the waist and words of the Japanese Communist Party have also become stiffer, especially in the "Red Flag Daily". I've been slamming this and that all day long. If he knew that there was such a huge corruption case, he would definitely be happy to pop up.

Once Nosaka Sanzo and his gang break through this matter, and find a few more people to make a big noise in the media and parliament, the fall of the Ashida-kun cabinet is almost inevitable. And they can also take advantage of the situation to fall a group of people, vacating a lot of real power positions for their henchmen, the only thing to worry about is the meaning of the Americans, if there is really MacArthur's secret stock here, then can they support this matter? But if they don't support it, it's not going to be easy. So Yoshida Shigeru continued to ask, "But can the Allies do it there?" ”

Tang Ning raised two fingers: "As long as you can do two things, there will definitely be no problem, one is confidentiality, and it must not be leaked, this matter is promoted by you behind your back; The second is to make a statement that it is necessary to clearly express support for major decisions made by the Allies, such as the Dodge Project, which is being promoted recently. You must know that as the war situation in China becomes clearer and clearer, the Allies need a strong conservative figure in Japan to preside over the overall situation, and it is not in the interests of the Allies to be a centrist wall-rider like Prime Minister Ashida. ”

Yoshida Shigeru nodded solemnly: "This must be kept secret, otherwise I won't be able to stay in Japan." I absolutely support the Dawson Plan, in fact, what I want to do most now is to restore the Japanese economy as soon as possible, if this continues, the Yamato nation will be really dangerous, and I hope that the Allies can lift their economic control over Japan as soon as possible. ”

Tang Ning complained in his heart, don't worry, as long as I am here, your Yamato nation will not develop smoothly, but on the surface, he still said hypocritically: "Indeed, Japan's economy should really develop well, when I was in Tokyo, people died of hunger almost every day, I want to open a few more factories, but unfortunately my ability is limited." ”

Yoshida Shigeru said in his heart, you American devil can care about the life and death of the Japanese, you just want to use a little more cheap and efficient labor in Japan, but he also said with a smile on his face: "Tony, your concern for the Japanese people is obvious to everyone, your factories have rescued many Japanese people, and after the Showa Electric incident is over, let's find a way to develop the Japanese economy and save the Japanese people." (To be continued.) )