Chapter 112: The U.S. Decision
Method's telegram made the United States very cautious, after all, there are some things that cannot be handled well, and the current president has to step down, and some big conglomerates have also received Wily's telegram, and the big conglomerates are very silent after reading the telegram.
U.S. President Wilson hastened to convene his cabinet to discuss the issue of China, which has now begun to affect U.S. interests in the Pacific, which is generally good.
In the presidential conference room at the White House, several people sat on the couch and expressed their own opinions, while Wilson listened.
"Now the rise of China has affected the development of the United States, the transformation of China caught us off guard, no matter how we say that China's huge market and potential are what we must strive for, if possible, China into our arms." U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan said sternly.
Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo continued: "China's cooperation with Germany in recent years has exceeded more than 10 percent of Germany's foreign trade, and it has considerable spending power, and with the implementation of China's land reform policy, Chinese people will gradually become richer and their purchasing power will increase."
A Huaxia with a population of 400 million needs a lot of demand, and Huaxia's manufacturing capacity simply cannot meet this demand, and the amount of work in the First Five-Year Plan half a month ago is very large, and the railway alone can make us salivate, not to mention other resource exploitation.
If we can control China's economy, we will be able to use China as a dumping ground for our goods, and the country's strength will rise to a higher level. However, the emperor of Huaxia did not allow us to control the economy of Huaxia, and intelligence showed that Huaxia had allowed several commercial houses such as Huaxing to control a large number of important resources, and even used legal means to strengthen the state's intervention in the economy.
At present, the world's colonies have been basically divided, and Britain, France, and other countries in Europe have their own colonial markets, while the United States only has a few colonies such as Manila, and the weight of the market accounts for too little of the world's share, which is not in line with our production and development, so it is indispensable to open up the Chinese market. ”
"The information from the founding of the Chinese Empire has shown that China has a strong army and weapons, but their navy is very weak, and Japan has threatened our interests in the Pacific region, and we need to support or help China to contain Japan.
After the First Sino-Japanese War, the seeds of hatred between China and Japan have been sown, and if the two tigers fight each other, one will be injured, and it is better to lose both, so that our interests in the Pacific region can be safeguarded. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels analyzed.
William C. Redfield, Secretary of Commerce, rubbed his temples and said: "The potential of China is good, but they will not be able to make large-scale investments in China in a short period of time, and even if they do, they will contribute to us, and the domestic business giants do not like others to snatch food from their mouths, so I am in favor of reducing tariffs or implementing lower tariffs on China."
As for the production lines and drawings that Huaxia wants to give them, they don't have enough technicians to produce these machines, and when they get to know these drawings, it is estimated that it will be a few years or more later, and we have updated them, so these are not a problem.
After the rise of China, the center of Asia will definitely return to China, and if we get married now, it will be very beneficial to the country in the future, and it will be even better if we can let the people of China come to us.
There are two major military blocs formed on the European side, and their friction has become bigger and bigger recently, and we don't know when the war will come, and we need to make a good alliance or alliance with China to strengthen our power, and strive to ensure our vested interests when the two forces break out into war. ”
Agriculture Secretary David F. Houston also said: "There are a lot of farms in China now, and if our seeds and vegetables can enter China, they will be welcomed, and we can even guide the landlords and the like from China to come to the Midwest to develop farms, so that we can increase tax revenue."
Moreover, I heard that farms in China need a large number of cultivators, such as tractors and seeders, which is quite a lot. ”
Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan glanced at Wilson, who was sitting quietly and silent, and said, "Everyone knows what you are talking about, but whether you can get through it depends on the decision of Congress, and more on what the people behind you think." ”
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Delano Roosevelt sternly said, "We can't let Japan develop, Japan covets our Hawaii, they are very greedy, and that bad nation often plays its cards out of the ordinary, so we need to contain Japan's development."
As for cooperation with Huaxia, I do not agree with large-scale cooperation, Huaxia's potential is too terrifying, and it is very likely that Huaxia will threaten the interests of the United States in the future, so it is good to help Huaxia develop a navy or industry on a small scale, so as to not only restrain Japan but also prevent Huaxia's future growth.
In addition to doing this, we must strengthen the development of our navy, and we must also build up our naval strength in the Pacific, and it is not enough to rely on China alone to restrain Japan, we must have our own maritime forces to protect our interests. ”
Roosevelt was influenced by Mahan's "Theory of Sea Power," and he clearly knew the importance of the navy to the United States in the future, because the United States is very weak in both the navy and the army, and only by strengthening the strength of the navy can the security of the United States be protected.
William C. Redfield of the Ministry of Commerce shook his head and said: "Even if we don't help China, there will be help from Germany and other countries, don't forget the relationship between the emperor of the Chinese Empire and Germany, and the final beneficiary will be Germany and other countries." Domestic businessmen will not let go of this opportunity, so it is inevitable to enter the Chinese market and compete with Germany and other countries, rather than cheapening Germany and other countries, it is better for us to strengthen the penetration of China's economy, I think it is more practical to control China's economy than anything else.
The rise of a new empire will inevitably lead to economic reform or currency reform, and then we will have our chance. ”
The rest of the people stopped talking and were thinking about what everyone had just said, they had only been in office for less than a year, and their power had not been effectively consolidated, and it was still the big business groups that controlled the Congress, and such a conversation would be common even if the president did not agree.
Only then did Wilson say slowly: "The market in China must be sought, but the current situation in China is not good, the Manchuria region in the northeast is still under the control of Russia and Japan, and Outer Mongolia is also in the hands of Russia, so it is very likely that China will break out into war with one of these countries."
The young and vigorous emperor announced the abolition of all unequal treaties on the day of the founding of the country, which was an open provocation to Japan and Russia, and there would be a great war between the three countries in the near future.
According to my original intention, I should not enter the Chinese market so quickly, because there are still huge variables in the Far East, and it is easy to get the United States into a quagmire, and of course many countries will fall into it.
But there is also an advantage that we are not the only ones who have entered the Chinese market, Britain, France, Germany and other countries have joined, and even Japan wants to participate in it, which also proves that Japan has not done a good job in the war with China, and China does not dare to attack Japan lightly, even if the two countries have a big war, even if China loses, under the oppression of various countries, Japan and China will not dare to attack our interests in China. ”
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While Wilson and the others were discussing, the Rockefeller Consortium and other major Jewish conglomerates were constantly studying the Chinese market, and even the well-known Jewish conglomerates were calculating the Chinese market.
Not long ago, the Rockefeller family finally obtained the news that the owner of Pan Asia Oil was the Chinese Emperor Qin Yu through guò intelligence, which shocked them very much, and they did not expect that this oil company, which had only risen rapidly in a few years, was actually established by Qin Yu. Pan Asia has a large part of the oil in Venezuela and Mexico and most of the oil in the East Indies, although Pan Asia has also bought a lot of oil fields to the Rockefeller consortium, but it also competes with Rockefeller in the oil industry.
The Rockefeller family wants to open up the Chinese market and then monopolize most of the world's oil resources with Pan Asia, and they are also shocked and curious that Pan Asia Oil can accurately find so much oil, so they want to contact Pan Asia Oil.
The Jewish consortium wanted to transform the economy of China into one controlled by the Jews, and then control the whole of China, but the big trading houses established by the Emperor of China controlled all the industries that were the lifeblood of the Chinese economy, which made them very frustrated.
What they want now is to talk to the emperor of China, and want the emperor of China to be able to cede off part of Bengal and let them build up an army to prepare for the restoration of the country in the future. For thousands of years, the Jews have been thinking about the restoration of their country, and they have a desperate desire to have a home of their own, a nest to put down roots.
If Huaxia could agree, the Jewish consortium would give Huaxia great support, but if not, they would not do much, that is, if necessary, to bring down Huaxia's economy or inhibit China's development.
Under the control of the major consortia, the Congress held a meeting on the affairs of China, and finally with the consent of more than three-quarters of the congressmen, the party that abolished the Chinese Exclusion Act and lowered the tariffs between the United States and Huaxia was passed, which made Wilson and others very helpless, and they could not get the support of the congressmen no matter how much they persuaded them.
On the same day, Wilson publicly announced that he agreed with the Chinese Empire's proposal to abolish the Chinese Exclusion Act and reduce the tariffs of the United States on China, and also said that China was a friend of the United States.
In order to avoid causing dissatisfaction among American citizens, many major newspapers in the United States have begun to report on the situation in China, saying that the rising China and the United States are friends and should not be treated unfairly, and that the vast majority of Chinese in the United States may return to China, and it also shows that the United States is ready to enter the Chinese market.
When the Chinese in the United States heard that the Chinese Exclusion Act was repealed, they all looked up to the sky and cried, but the motherland did not abandon them, and many Chinese were ready to return to China to support the First Five-Year Plan.
Western countries were very surprised by the actions of the United States, but after thinking about it carefully, they knew that this was a deal between the United States and China, which means that the United States has obtained the qualification to enter China, and they have stepped up their efforts to tackle key problems in China.
Qin Yu only smiled slightly after getting the news, which was what he expected, and the next thing was to leave the matter with the United States to his subordinates, but he didn't expect that there were surprises and troubles approaching him.