Chapter Eighty-Nine

The content of Fang Jianxiong's one-on-one meeting with Hoover has become a topic of concern all over the world. The problem is that no one knows what they talked about, and the two parties, as the parties, were relatively harmonious at the beginning of the talks. Sino-US relations have a deep foundation of friendship, and at this time, the United States is mired in the quagmire of economic crisis and has a need for others, so the process of talking is even more pleasant.

After some nonsense without nutrition, the two bigwigs had no time to care about world peace, and Hoover said directly: "Thank you Mr. Fang for leading the business delegation to the United States at this time, and hope that China and the United States will carry out deeper cooperation." Especially cooperation in the field of finance. ”

The United States has always wanted the renminbi to be pegged to the dollar, which is the meaning of Hoover's words. How could Fang Jianxiong not know what kind of calculations these guys in the United States who eat people and don't spit out bones, after the Republican Party came to power, the American financial community has been promoting this thing, but there has been no progress.

Fang Jianxiong unhurriedly took out a material from his bag, threw it in front of Hoover, and said with a smile: "I think Your Excellency the President should take a look at this first, I don't think any national leader will be too happy when he sees this thing." ”

Hoover was a little surprised, suspiciously picked up the text and opened it and looked at it slowly. Soon the expression on Hoover's face became less natural, it was not a good thing, it was all about the economic criminal records of Americans in China, and there was a list of some personnel of the American intelligence services in China. Hoover knew better than anyone the nature of the United States as a country and what American citizens would do in foreign countries. So, there is no need to doubt the authenticity of this material.

So, what is the purpose of Fang Jianxiong taking out these things at this time? Hoover shrugged his shoulders. There wasn't much embarrassment at all. This kind of thing is really not worth mentioning in the eyes of the country's leaders. Fang Jianxiong also didn't expect this thing to scare Hoover, it was nothing more than to cut off some of Hoover's thoughts.

"What do you mean?" Hoover had no smile on his face, and it would hurt too much to laugh at this time. Fang Jianxiong is not a good bird, and Americans are well aware of this. According to analytical materials provided by US intelligence, before the outbreak of the economic crisis, Fisher, an American financier who had good relations with China, sold a large amount of short in the futures market. Earned a lot of money. Fisher is not only an adviser to the former US president on China affairs, but also a spokesman for the villain in front of him in the United States. This fact is well known to everyone. This time, Fang Jianxiong took the industrial and commercial group, not to do good deeds. Instead, they took advantage of the economic crisis in the United States to loot the industrial technology and production equipment that China needed. Although these moves are for the United States. It's good in the short term, but it's terrible in the long run. The problem is that Hoover can't stop it, and now the mess in the United States, as long as he does something to stop it, Congress can impeach the president. can only watch Fang Jianxiong and his people unhindered in the United States, and they don't dare to do anything in secret.

China and the United States now have no conflict of interest, so it's good for the two of them. Fang Jianxiong, who knows very well what kind of virtue the United States is. Not daring to let down any vigilance.

"Let's talk about the issue of the direct exchange of Chinese and US currencies against huàn, there is no resistance now." Although Fang Jianxiong really wants to take this opportunity to knock the United States down and step on another 10,000 feet, the problem is that this idea is too much. At this stage, we can only drag the United States back or something, for example, the general election is coming soon. It would be better if Roosevelt could not come to power. Roosevelt's awesomeness, Fang Jianxiong knew very well in his heart that in fact, the three giants of World War II, which one of them were all first-class characters. For the sake of their respective national interests, these three can do anything. Fang Jianxiong may not be as powerful as these three. But he is also a guy who does all kinds of bad things for the sake of national interests, and of course this bad thing is aimed at foreign countries.

Overturning the Versailles system, the Americans have had this idea for a long time. Unfortunately, after World War I, the failure to challenge Europe for the first time made Americans generally feel isolated from Europe. Trade freedom has always been shouted loudly, and it has always been aimed at others. Internally, which country does not have trade protectionism. In the past, it was still ashamed to answer, but now that the economic crisis has swept the world, Britain has torn off the mask of hypocrisy, and Germany has directly stopped paying reparations. A lot of money is being siphoned off from the United States, and countries are banning gold from the show. That's the status quo today!

Unfortunately, Hoover was too clumsy in his response to the economic crisis, and Fang Jianxiong was really not optimistic about the Republican Party's victory in the US election. Fang Jianxiong even thought about sending a killer to kill Roosevelt, the problem is that without Roosevelt, there may be a Li Sifu and Wang Sifu. Using assassination to change the course of history, Fang Jianxiong really didn't dare to do it. What if there is some turmoil in time and space? Let's go with the flow!

Well, unpleasant things will always be blown away by the wind, and the dialogue between the doomed US President Hoover and the future president of the Republic of China must continue. Hoover's understanding of Fang Jianxiong is still very clear, this guy is not just a politician from a military background, in fact, from the beginning of the original military dictator, Fang Jianxiong's industrial development pace is not at all satisfied. In the past, the army relied on the dictatorship, but now the army and capital go together. It shows that the Republic of China is a democratically elected government, and in fact, the thing of national rights is really not something that can play a decisive role in the votes. In the United States, those big conglomerates are not capable of dictatorship, but at least they can influence American policy in many ways. This means that it knows that Fang Jianxiong did not have any good intentions when he came to the United States with a business delegation, but the US government did not dare to obstruct it. Anyone who can't get along with money is a public enemy of American corporations.

After a week-long visit to the United States, China and the United States have reached an intention to cooperate in all aspects of politics, economy, diplomacy, and academia. One of the most important results is the direct exchange of Chinese and American currencies. Prior to this, if the government of the Republic of China wanted to borrow from abroad, it must be in pounds.

Hoover and Fang Jianxiong attended a press conference together to officially announce a series of cooperation reached between China and the United States, as well as cooperation intentions under negotiation. Fang Jianxiong, who stood in front of reporters, always had a calm expression, because of his status as an American "son-in-law", he was quite popular in the United States. Mrs. Fang Alice was even selected as the most successful American woman in a love marriage by some boring impurities in the United States. Therefore, when Fang Jianxiong appeared in front of the media, there was a warm applause before he could speak.

"Thank you! This time, it was entrusted by the government of the Republic of China. On the one hand, he hoped to discuss with the US government how to share the world economic crisis, and on the other hand, he hoped that the Chinese and US economies could deepen cooperation and jointly get out of the quagmire of the current world economic crisis. The new policies of the Republic of China government have been well known to the whole world, and during the visit to the United States led by me to the United States, Chinese non-governmental entrepreneurs were not idle. Fang Jianxiong smiled as he spoke, and the reporters at the scene also laughed. The atmosphere was "congenial".

"The Chinese government will invest a lot of money, mainly for infrastructure construction. As we all know, China is still an agricultural country. Although a bit industrial. The impact of the economic crisis on China's eastern coastal areas must be well known to everyone, so I will not repeat it here. Here I would like to explain that the new economic policy introduced by the Chinese government in response to the economic crisis requires a large number of laborers. The salaries of these laborers are mainly paid on food. So, on my first day in the U.S., I announced a grain procurement plan that I hope will help U.S. agriculture somewhat. Applause rang out again.

"Another important component of the NEP is that the Chinese government develops heavy industry in the form of joint ventures or holding shares for the sake of national strategic security. Cooperate with private companies in Japan and abroad. What I want to say is that our attitude is sincere, and I hope that American entrepreneurs who are willing to go to China will have a sincere attitude and not look at China with the same eyes as they did 20 years ago. Don't take some obsolete technology and risk it to China. If anyone does do that, I guarantee he will lose all his money. ............, finally, I would like to inform you of an important piece of news. After consultation between China and the United States, as of May 1. The currencies between China and the United States will be directly exchanged. ”

Despite speculation, the results of the press conference did not satisfy the reporters. Yes, the Chinese government has submitted to the United States a list of $4 billion worth of purchases, which is heavy enough to satisfy the U.S. government at a time when the world's total trade is just over $30 billion. Combined with the large purchases made by Chinese business delegations in the United States, it is expected that the trade volume between China and the United States will be close to $8 billion in the coming year. However, there is no clear answer to the question of whether China and the United States will form an alliance, which the media is most concerned about. This is really disappointing news for the media.

After staying in the United States for ten days, Fang Jianxiong embarked on the road back to China. But the impact of this trip to the United States continues, especially with the Chinese business delegation. On the third day of Fang Jianxiong's departure, the first passenger ship full of Americans departed from San Francisco, a total of 1,200 highly educated talents from major universities in the United States, and embarked on a journey to the East.

The passenger ship was not on its own road, but was accompanied by an American ocean-going fleet, loaded with flour, machinery, and American technicians, a total of ten freighters. On the day of this fleet, the Chinese government once again issued a new announcement to the whole country, and it must be managed well! To this end, the Chinese Government has urgently approved a budget of 1 billion yuan and submitted it to the National Assembly.

"Throughout the first half of 1932, the world economy continued to jump off the cliff like a startled horse, and when it was inevitable to fall into the abyss, the Chinese stood up! The Chinese government's monetary policy and a series of policies to curb economic overheating introduced in the second half of '28 seemed conservative at the time. It now appears that this was a far-sighted policy, and China's leaders were fully aware of the crisis that lies beneath the booming economy. It is precisely because of the timely and effective macroeconomic control policies of the Chinese government that the total collapse of China's financial industry like that of the United States was finally avoided. Going back to the period of the Chinese government's monetary reform, the financial management department of the Chinese government had the foresight to formulate a series of policies to manage the financial order, and it was these correctness that ensured that China's financial industry remained stable and orderly in the face of the world economic collapse in 1929. This kind of foresight has stood up for the Chinese government to help the United States with a broad mind and incomparable self-confidence. The Wall Street Journal

"Go to China, where there's a good job to feed on! Go to China, there is a market there! Go to China, where there is the most responsible government! "The New York Times shouts such irresponsible slogans, at least it is irresponsible to the United States!

According to incomplete statistics, in the first half of 1932, 200,000 Americans came to China. Their wisdom and knowledge can easily be put to use in China, perhaps on the construction sites of railways and highways, or perhaps on the construction sites of hydropower plants. Maybe it's in a research institute, maybe it's teaching at a university. These people brought about drastic changes in China in the next five or six years. You must know that by the end of 1932, the total number of graduates studying in Europe and the United States in China was 150,000. Hundreds of thousands of intellectuals with advanced education are active in various fields in China.

Beginning in 1930, the Nazi Party continued to win the Reichstag elections, and on April 10, 1932, Hitler won 36 in the second round of the presidential election. 8% of the votes. Parliamentary elections were held on July 31, 1932. The Nazi Party received 37. With 3% of the vote and 230 seats, it became the largest party in the National Assembly. On August 13, 1932, President Hindenburg summoned Hitler and tried to convince him to talk to Franz? Feng? Papen formed a coalition government, but Hitler refused. He claimed that as the leader of the largest political party, he would receive "the whole power of the state, including one qiē", but Hindenburg also issued a statement refusing to do so. At this time, Papen and Schleicher, for their own selfish interests, dismantled each other, preferring to let a third party come to power rather than let the other party govern. The deal on the government pushed Hitler out and created an alliance of "conservatives and bourgeois nationalists, presidents, Wehrmacht, steel helmets" on one side and Hitler's Nazi clique on the other. Formation of a coalition government of so-called "national unity". The support for Hitler's rise to power and the overthrown Hohenzollern royal family played a significant role. On January 22, 1933, the crown prince sent a letter to Hindenburg, urging him to authorize Hitler to form a cabinet. Wilhelm II also gave aid to the Nazi Party with 2 million marks. In this way, Hitler finally ascended to the chancellor on January 30, 1933, through a "back door" deal. He succeeded Hindenburg as president after his death in 1934. From this point on, the Weimar Republic officially died, and the Third Reich was born. With Hitler's rise to power, Germany finally embarked on a crazy path.

On the other side of the Pacific in the United States, Roosevelt successfully won the election, and after becoming president, Roosevelt also began the New Economic Policy. The reason why it is "also" is because China has taken a step ahead.

In 1933, the general election of the Republic of China. In fact, at this time, China had not yet shaken off its status as an agricultural country, and 400 million of its 550 million people were still farmers. In other words, the impact of the world economic crisis on China is not as big as imagined. On the contrary, taking advantage of the world economic crisis, the Chinese government introduced a new economic policy that increased China's non-agricultural population to 200 million in just one and a half years. By the end of 1932, China's economy had maintained a growth rate of 5 percent under the impact of the worldwide economic crisis. The education priority policy for 20 consecutive years has unleashed tremendous power in the process of implementing the NEP. Before the national election on August 25, 1933, the Republic of China government released statistics showing that the GDP in the first half of the year was as high as 300 billion yuan, equivalent to 60 billion US dollars. According to the current development trend, China's GDP will exceed 600 billion yuan by 1933.

Although this economic index is largely driven by nationwide infrastructure construction, it is mainly concentrated in railways, highways, water conservancy, and electric power, which are indispensable for economic development, and has laid a solid economic foundation for economic take-off in the next five years.

Compared with the historical calls for wind and rain in the United States, the Soviet Union did not get much of the technology it wanted from the United States, but the Soviet Union, which started from Europe, got a lot of what it wanted from Germany and Italy.

Closer to home, September 1, 1933, in Beijing, before the presidential inauguration.

Fang Jianxiong did not have a beard, which was a bit different from people in this era, and it was also a deliberate habit. Standing in front of the mirror, Fang Jianxiong, dressed in traditional Chinese clothes, calmly examined the marks left on his face by the years. Twenty-six years have passed, and according to the calculation of this time and space, Fang Jianxiong is now forty-three years old. Fang Jianxiong in the mirror looks like he is only in his early thirties, probably this is the welfare of the traverser, right?

Twenty-six years of unremitting struggle has finally come to this point, Fang Jianxiong's mood is difficult to calm down, and he can only rely on strong control power to maintain calm. When his mother's trembling body appeared in the mirror, Fang Jianxiong stopped looking at himself, turned around and stepped forward with a smile and said, "Mom, why are you here, I also said that I will go to ask you for peace later." ”

Fang Mei's family was followed by the woman named Mingxiu, she had never left Fang Mei's family all this time, and she did not marry. Listening to her mother's meaning, her early years in Qinglou gave her a lot of psychological shadows, so she was reluctant to get married. Whether this woman marries or not, Fang Jianxiong doesn't care. It's just that Qiu Ju is right to give a little bit of a monthly example, and there are a few shops run by a group of women, and one is to be thrown to Mingxiu. In the future, if she wants to get married, she will give more dowry, and if she doesn't want to marry, she will keep raising it.

Fang Meishi looked at her son's appearance and listened excitedly, holding her son's hand and thinking about the bittersweet and bittersweet thoughts, how it was back then! Finally, the time was almost up, and Fang Jianxiong was about to go out, so he let go. When he was about to go out, he felt a strange feeling, Fang Jianxiong subconsciously turned around, saw Ming Xiu smiling at him, and went out without paying attention.

Before I left the gate of the courtyard, my two daughters, who are in college, were waiting at the door. Seeing Fang Jianxiong come out, he held hands one left and one right, Qiu Jusheng's daughter is called Zhiqing, and Qingmeisheng's daughter is called Weiyun, both of whom are juniors at Yenching University. Seeing that his daughter was so old, Fang Jianxiong felt a little emotional. There are a total of seven children in this family, four women and three men, and these two eldest are still close to Fang Jianxiong, and Fang Jianxiong did not underreport when he was a child. The other smaller ones don't have time to accompany them. This is probably the inevitable helplessness of being a big man.