"Tinglan, what is a Japanese chaebol?" Lao Zhang heard this term for the first time, and it was still a little unfamiliar, in fact, this is also a common problem of the vast majority of Chinese politicians in this era, they are influenced by traditional Chinese concepts, and prefer to think about the relationship between political figures from the perspectives of the township party, teachers and students, and the old, ignoring the important link of capital, so their understanding of Western society is also very vague.

This is also true in academic circles, where it is precisely because they do not understand the influence of capital conglomerates and chaebols that they treat the Western system as a perfect thing and praise it as fleshy and numb, while ignoring the more cruel and bloody nature of capital.

"Speaking of Japan's chaebol, in fact, we should first talk about the Western consortium, before the industrial revolution, the situation in Western society was similar to that of China, and there were many powerful businessmen, similar to the Jin merchants and Hui merchants, and after the development of industry, the big capitalists in Western society shili expanded rapidly."

Zhang Tinglan then said: "When their strength reaches a certain level, they will use the huge capital in their hands to enter the financial field, form a bank, and escort the industry. ”

Lao Zhang listened carefully on the side, and asked Zhang Tinglan if there was any term he didn't understand, Lao Zhang's comprehension ability was indeed not weak, and he soon understood that eight or nine were not far from ten, and he had a preliminary understanding of the consortium that had a decisive influence on Shijie in the West.

"Consortiums usually go through decades, or even hundreds of years, and once they are formed, they can control a country's industry, and the government has to be manipulated by them. Since the Meiji Restoration, Japan has followed the example of the West, but they did not have enough time and did not have enough capital accumulation, so they began the so-called colonization industry, using the national liliang to promote industrial development. At first, Japan's large enterprises were state-owned, but then sold to Japanese businessmen at a low price, and under the support of the government, they became giants controlling the Japanese economy. ”

"It's a good idea." Lao Zhang said with a smile: "During the Manchu Qing Dynasty, almost all the enterprises run by the imperial court were in deficit, but after they were changed to commercial offices, they would be able to make money and make profits. ”

"It is true that it is a good way from the perspective of industrial development, but as the so-called eating other people's mouths are short, and taking other people's means, Japan's big businessmen rely on the support of the government, so they naturally have to listen to the government, and they lose their autonomy, and they cannot become a consortium, and can only be called a chaebol."

The difference between the two is only one word, but the meaning is completely different, and many later scholars believe that the Meiji Restoration was a success, so they also regard the development of the industry as a successful policy, and use this as a basis to criticize the Westernization movement of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. But these people tend to ignore an important issue, which is that Japan's path of aggression and expansion began with the Meiji Restoration.

In other words, in the Meiji era, Japan embarked on the point of no return, and finally lost World War II, and Japan lost its qualification as a normal country.

The policy of colonization and industrial development also has a fatal flaw, and the influence of Western conglomerates transcends national borders and can operate in Europe and the United States through a developed financial system. And because the Japanese chaebols rely on the support of the Japanese government, they are also limited to the scope of the Japanese government.

Therefore, these chaebols have a strong impulse to expand, and the larger the territory controlled by the Japanese government, the more they will be able to develop, which is the biggest difference between the Japanese chaebols and the Western conglomerates. It was the joint push of these hot-headed chaebols and the fanatical Japanese military shili that sent Japan to the point of no return.

"I've learned another lesson, the country that dares to love foreigners is also a mess of intrigues, and I can be regarded as a long insight. But Tinglan said so much, and you haven't said how to deal with Miki? ”

"Since he is working for the chaebol, Miki came to the Northeast to definitely expand his business interests, and he initially sold arms to us and provided loans to find a market, and I estimate that the conditions he gave Feng Delin are similar. But after all, we are weak and can't consume too many goods, so it is better to make a trick and lure him to jump in, not only for him personally, but also for the consortium behind him. ”

Lao Zhang was also interested when he heard it: "Tinglan, tell me specifically." ”

"The key to everything is Fred, let him help the Japanese to facilitate the arms trade with Russia, which is now depleted financially, so it is better to let the Japanese provide loans to Russia, of course, these loans are better than the bank accounts. Japanese arms are also transported through the Middle East, and with Japan's arms replenishment, we will have much less risk of stealing Russian arms, and we will be able to secretly loot Japanese arms if necessary. ”

Although Japan and Russia were comrades-in-arms in the trenches in World War I, the two countries had just ended the Russo-Japanese War, and the two sides had a deep relationship, and Russia did not trust Japan's industrial jishu, so Russia did not purchase arms from Japan on a large scale, and most of the arms shipped in the Far East were produced by the United States.

Everyone knows that arms and weapons are the biggest profiteering industry in the war, and the Japanese see that the Americans' pockets are getting more and more bulging, and their eyes are red, but these Japanese are also in a hurry, and their strength is limited, and they have no ability to snatch meat from the Americans, so they can only focus on China in terms of sales.

Recently, Zhang Tinglan and Fred have been communicating frequently, and when he learned about this, he had a plan in his heart to pit the Japanese, that is, to promote the arms trade between Japan and Russia first, and Japan to lend money to Russia to buy Japan's own weapons, so that the blood in the veins of the Middle East Road will be more sufficient, and the army will work together to obtain greater benefits.

Of course, this is still a trivial thing, the most important thing is that once Russia collapses and the majority party takes power, all foreign debts will be abolished, and the more loans Japan provides, the more serious the losses will be, and Zhang Tinglan has long had the idea of bringing down the Daosheng Bank.

By that time, the Japanese had nothing to do, the Russian government was overthrown, the banks that provided guarantees disappeared, and the bitter fruit could only be borne by Japan itself.

The biggest weapon of the traverser is the foresight, shijie is incomparably complicated, even if some people can rely on foresight to understand some future situations, but these people will never dare to easily rely on their own judgment to make heavy bets.

And there is no such problem for the traverser, Zhang Tinglan clearly knows the result of the Shijie War, Tsarist Russia will definitely collapse, and there will be a red regime that surprises everyone, and Japan's loans will definitely be wasted.

The Republic of China inherited the unequal treaties of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and continued to pay reparations to the foreign powers, which was very common in the world, so Japan knew that the situation in Russia was unstable, and they would be willing to take out loans. However, there is such a thing as a majority party that eats raw rice, and it does not pay attention to this set at all, and directly denies the account, and even nationalizes all of it.

Zhang Tinglan knows this, so he designed such a trap, of course Zhang Zuolin didn't know Zhang Tinglan's far-reaching plan, and he still had some questions: "Tinglan, the Japanese gave Russia a loan, and then Russia took the Japanese loan to buy Japanese arms, how do I feel that this is a fart off my pants, if little Japan is so kind, just give the arms to the Russians." ”

"Seven masters, the Japanese are neither kind-hearted nor foolish, on the contrary, they harbor evil intentions. Once the Russians borrowed a large amount of money from Japan, the Russian government would inevitably be influenced by Japan, and as long as it could influence Russia's policy, it would be difficult to measure the benefits it would produce. The debt relationship is not about the interest, but a means of controlling people, just like the big loan provided by the great powers to President Yuan Da for the aftermath, they did not point out that we could afford it, but just wanted to control Beiyang. ”

After the Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China, China was burdened with heavy Gengzi indemnities, and customs duties and salt taxes became collateral, and the great powers actually did not want China to pay off the reparations, but they hoped that they would never be able to change it, so that China's finances would always be controlled by the foreign powers, which was the real windfall profit, and the loans and indemnities had the same effect.

"Got it, got it!" Lao Zhang nodded: "Didn't Miki deal with us like this, providing us with loans and munitions, and now it looks like a poisonous bait." It's just that, according to what you said, if we promote cooperation between Japan and Russia, wouldn't it be good for Japan, and even if we can secretly snatch a little arms, Japan will still make a windfall. ”

"You're right, it's what looks like this that the Japanese will jump, otherwise the shrewd Japanese will never be fooled. However, the situation in Russia is unprecedentedly chaotic and upheaval is imminent, so I believe that Japan's loan will be in vain, and Fred agrees. ”

Zhang Zuolin picked up the cigarette pouch, took two puffs, the spicy smell of Kanto smoke permeated the room, and Lao Zhang said for a long time: "Tinglan, I agree, it's up to you to decide how to operate." ”

Lao Zhang was about to get up and leave, and then smiled again: "Tinglan, it's right to learn more from Fred, but you should be careful, it's not my race!" ”

After finishing speaking, Lao Zhang strode away, Zhang Tinglan instantly understood what Zhang Zuolin meant, it turned out that Lao Zhang thought that these things were told to him by Fred, and this is indeed the case, after all, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy who has not studied abroad, how can he be so clear about the international situation, most likely it was Fred's guidance.

Zhang Tinglan simply didn't explain much, Lao Zhang had better misunderstand it like this, and any flaws he had in the future would be pushed to Fred, now thinking about it, it is really a great thing to have such an ally, Zhang Tinglan happily left the Shuai Mansion and went to arrange.

Ji Jinchun originally wanted to keep this trip secret, as much as possible to hide Zhang Zuolin to obtain arms, but he confessed to Lao Zhang, and there was no need to stay, so he hurriedly returned to Beizhen, Feng Yong was depressed all the way, but Ji Yonghua was very happy, those few house deeds were still in his hands, but they were temporarily kept by his father.

After Feng Yong arrived in Beizhen, he unceremoniously told Feng Delin about Ji Jinchun's acceptance of Zhang Zuolin's gift.

There is still a chapter in the evening, and the eruption asks for votes!

For mobile phone users, please read it on m.qidian.com.