Ding Yuntong's so-called "big killer" is the trade between Japan and North Korea. He believes that as long as Japan-DPRK trade is cut off, Japan will immediately fall into an extremely difficult and difficult situation.

History of previous lives has been explaining the expansionist ambitions on which Japan invaded the East Asian continent, but it has not explained the intrinsic economic drivers. And this is the real reason, and other historical, political, cultural, and diplomatic factors are only the outward appearance of economic factors.

Since the Meiji Restoration, Japan's industry, especially the cotton textile industry, has developed extremely rapidly. However, Japan is poor in resources, has a small domestic market, and the people at the bottom are extremely poor and have low spending power. This determines that Japan needs to compete for raw material production areas and markets with foreign countries, and North Korea is an extremely important key.

Farmers in the interior of North Korea have a high demand for cloth and their consumption power is very low, so they are very fond of "small towel white kapok" imported from Japan. Due to the duty-free trade of unequal treaties, this narrow white cloth of Chupi fiber is extremely cheap and popular in the inland market of North Korea. In Japan, there are many small factories in Sanyodo, Osaka, Aichi, Shizuoka and other places that specialize in supplying this cloth to the interior of Korea.

But that's not the most important thing, the important thing is that North Korea is the source of raw materials that are vital to Japan's life, one is grain, especially rice. The other is gold.

Japan's level of industrialization is low, and its production technology, mechanization capacity, production scale, etc., are far inferior to those of developed industrial countries, and production costs are naturally higher. The only way to be competitive is to keep workers' wages low. Only when wages are at a very low level can we keep costs down and prices lower.

How can low-wage workers survive? We have to rely on the rice that is bought cheaply from North Korea in large quantities in the market.

As early as the sowing season, Japanese grain buyers enter the rice-producing areas of Korea in large numbers, and they pre-book a lot of the harvest yield in advance under the lure of providing loans. Although Japanese merchants kept prices low, it was difficult for Korean farmers with a hard time to resist the lure.

When the harvest season came, Japanese grain merchants went directly into the fields and purchased large quantities of peasants' grains with the backing of capital and a lump sum payment in cash. This cash-to-pay tactic can easily crowd out local buyers with little capital. And in the process, food prices will also be cut very low. Sometimes, Japanese merchants would also exchange industrial goods such as pots, pots, plates, salt, agricultural tools, kerosene, etc., for unequal exchanges.

During this period, North Korea's exports of rice, soybeans, and livestock were completely monopolized by Japan.

One is gold, which is imported in large quantities from North Korea, and is an important foundation for Japan's financial modernization. You know, the gold trade of other countries or colonies is strictly controlled by developed countries, and Korea is the only cow in Japan.

In the previous life, from 1885 to 1887, in just three years, the amount of gold imported from Korea was four times that of Japan's domestic gold production! In the early 25 years of the Meiji Restoration, nearly 70% of Japan's gold imports came from Korea!

The gold was purchased through unequal privileges, the circulation of Japanese currency in North Korea, the issuance of promissory notes and bank exchange notes, and some even directly from North Korean gold diggers.

What is the lifeblood of the economy?

North Korea's rice and gold are the lifeblood of Japan's economy!

And there is simply no other alternative for Japan. This is the driving force behind Japan's decades of diligent pursuit of dominating Korea. As long as this lifeline is cut off, within a few years, Japan's national economy will be in turmoil, Japanese society will be in turmoil, and the rule of the emperor, the chaebol, and the parasitic landlords will be shaky. Without a choice, Japan had no choice but to go to war.

The Japanese government has covered these up very well, if Ding Yuntong hadn't read the relevant history books in his previous life, how could he have insight into the mysteries. Grasping this, the fuse of the war can be firmly held in one's hands.

This mass killing weapon will be divided into three parts, that is, the "anti-grain order" that prohibits the export of grain to Japan; the "gold limit rule" that prohibits the export of gold to Japan; and the "Cotton Rejection Decree" that prohibits the import of cotton cloth from Japan.

If the Trinity continues, the Japanese will go crazy.

On 17 August, the Japanese government, which was desperate for all sorts of things, formally issued an instruction to Hanafu, making a compromise, recognizing that China could negotiate on behalf of the DPRK and only wanted to have a decent step.

However, within the government, some people, such as Saigo Norido and Kuroda Kiyotaka, thought that it was due to the hesitation and procrastination of Ito Hirobumi and his ilk, which led to the loss of opportunity, and in private, they resentfully called Ito a "national thief".

After receiving the instruction, Huafang Yoshishi had no choice but to change his attitude and take the initiative to negotiate with Yuan Shikai. The two sides fought for several days, but after all, the situation was stronger than the people, and they had to sign a memorandum to basically determine the framework of the treaty, and on the same day, Sun Soon-gil, Choi Bong-gyu, Kong Zhiyuan, and others, who led the siege, were escorted to the Japanese representatives and formally executed.

On August 25, 1882, Kim Hongji, the representative of Korea, Yoshiji Hanabo, and Yuan Shikai, the representative of China, formally signed the > of the

The treaty only refines the content of the Sino-Japanese memorandum, with a total of six paragraphs:

First. The DPRK must severely punish the masterminds and leaders of the attack on the Japanese legation.

Second. Korea was required to daoqian the damage caused to the Japanese legation and send an envoy to Japan to apologize. Guarantees that similar incidents will not occur in the future.

Third. North Korea is required to bury Japanese officials who died.

Fourth. The DPRK is required to pay 50,000 yen to the families of the victims and the injured.

Fifth. In addition to the original Incheon, Busan, and Wonsan, Yanghwajin was added as a treaty port.

Sixth. The local government of North Korea is obliged to protect Japanese businessmen in the interior of Korea.

A day later, the text of the treaty was in front of Ding Yuntong, compared with the previous life, Japan did not obtain the right to garrison troops, nor did it receive indemnity, and more importantly, the treaty was signed by the Chinese representative, and Japan was forced to recognize China's suzerainty. Then Japan has no right to intervene in any next move that China takes in Korea, and this is a real diplomatic victory.

"This is a failure of diplomacy! , a disgrace to the Japanese Empire! Yukichi Fukuzawa shouted in the Japanese newspapers, "Wake up the people!" ＂

The , the Japanese embassy was burned, and diplomats were killed, in exchange for a painless daoqian, and the originally estimated land reparations were not realized. Japan's major newspapers have criticized the government for being "incompetent and weak." In the > of the

The noise of Japan, Ding Yuntong is not concerned about it for the time being, and he is concerned about another thing at this time.

In mid-August, Ding Yuntong ordered someone to send a telegram to Tang Shaoyi about the first four years of industrialization. Rothschild used his influence to find a group of economic and financial experts to help review the jihua.

Among them, the Frenchman Lyon 61 Walras from the College of Lausanne in Switzerland, an authority on economic balance, insisted that it must be revised in four years, especially to increase the investment in the construction of the industrial sector to 68.2 percent, which is simply impossible, and in any sense of the word, it is impossible to achieve. He also stressed that even if the development of heavy industry is maximized, attention should also be paid to the problem of proportion, otherwise it will affect the development effect.

After discussions, the Ministry of Industry Zuihou adopted this proposal and reduced the input in the industrial sector by 10 percent, while the corresponding agriculture, forestry and water sectors were strengthened. A part of the funds will also be used for agricultural investment, including water conservancy investment, military reclamation expenses, rural relief expenses, Yellow River harnessing expenses, and long-term agricultural loans.

According to the pre-laid out, a large number of key projects have also begun to be launched.

A considerable part of this is located in the hinterland, where the industrial base is even weaker. This mainly takes into account factors such as resources, and selects iron and steel enterprises, non-ferrous metal smelting enterprises, chemical enterprises, etc., in the central and western regions with rich mineral resources and sufficient energy supply; The machining enterprises will be laid out near the raw material production base.

Among the large-scale projects put into construction, the vast majority are located in the central and western regions; And the military-industrial complex, with the exception of some shipyards located on the seashore, most of them are also located in the central and western regions. According to this layout, the vast majority of the funds were invested in the central and western regions.

On August 27, the long-planned grain expropriation officially began to be implemented in Sichuan.

In the face of the cruel era, no one will be the lucky one, except for the dictator.

At the same time, a murderous decree was officially promulgated, which read: "Anyone who deliberately inflates the price of goods by means of procurement, concealment or non-placing them on the market shall have all or part of his property confiscated and shall be sentenced to death." ＂

At the same time, the criminal law will be used to collect grain, and those who refuse to pay for surplus grain will be severely punished for the crime of speculation.

All the personnel and Liliang are ready, and as a sign of authority, thousands of shiny guillotines have been distributed everywhere. The patrol battalions, as well as the Guards, who were ready to suppress any resistance, were already on standby at their intended locations.

Now, when the time comes, Ding Yuntong is sitting in the palace, and he can even faintly smell the smell of blood.

Hell lies ahead!