While the presidential secretary was still figuring out the president's intentions, Roosevelt was the first to ask, "Have you read this book?" ”

"Not really, Mr. President. However, looking at the title of the book, I think it is from the perspective of a third party to tell the story of Chen Qiang's escape from China. The presidential secretary spoke.

"And that's not all, there's a lot of shocking stuff out there! It tells the story of what really happened in China's capital last December. Roosevelt began.

The secretary was slightly surprised, he didn't expect this book to be like this.

Roosevelt did not hide it from his secretary, he said: "I have decided to provide China with a loan of 25 million US dollars, but after this loan proposal reaches Congress, it will definitely be blocked by the Republican Party, especially the Vandenberg guy, who will oppose this loan proposal 100 percent." So at this time, I need to borrow some external forces to put pressure on Congress to get Congress to pass this borrowing proposal. ”

The presidential secretary nodded in realization.

When Hu Shih, the former ambassador to the United States, visited Roosevelt, he used tung oil from Yunnan as collateral in exchange for a loan of $25 million from the United States. Although Roosevelt finally agreed to lend money to China, such a huge sum of money could not be solved by Roosevelt's words, and it still needed to be deliberated and approved by the US Congress.

It is nothing new in the United States that every US president's proposal will be vetoed by congressmen when it reaches Congress, especially when the opposition party controls the majority of Congress, the US president will become a crappy shrimp, and it is even more difficult to pass some decrees.

In the United States in 1938, Roosevelt's Democratic Party had a major advantage in Congress, but this did not mean that the Republican Party was eating dry food, on the contrary, the Republican Party, as an opposition party, could wholeheartedly find fault with the ruling Democratic Party.

Moreover, the matter of lending money to China is itself extremely risky, although there is tung oil from Yunnan as collateral, but the current situation in China is not optimistic, the Japanese not only occupied parts of northern, eastern, and southern China, but also captured Wuhan, the heart of China.

In this situation, no one will be optimistic about China, maybe after a while, the Japanese will hit Yunnan, and the mortgage of this tung oil will be gone. When the time comes, won't the $25 million loan be wasted?

Therefore, the Republican Party, as an opposition party, has sufficient reasons to oppose this $25 million loan proposal, and even within the Democratic Party, there will be lawmakers who are unwilling to pay the $25 million, for fear that the money will not be recovered.

Not to mention the isolationism pursued by the United States at that time.

In August 1935, the U.S. authorities passed the Neutrality Act of 1935, which prohibited U.S. registered companies from engaging in any trade with those belligerent nations. In the two years that followed, the U.S. government amended the Act three more times to restrict U.S. private individuals and corporations from engaging in transactions or providing aid to other countries' wars.

The United States of the future is the world's largest arms dealer and warmonger, and American weapons have appeared in almost all wars of the 21st century. In the thirties, on the other hand, the United States was isolationist, and Americans did not want to be involved in any war, not even humanitarian aid.

The most loyal supporter of isolationism at that time was Arthur Vandenberg, who Roosevelt called "100% opposed" Vandenberg.

Arthur Vandenberg was the leader of the Republican Party at that time, and when Roosevelt implemented the New Deal, Vandenberg took the lead in opposing it, which created a lot of trouble for Roosevelt's New Deal. Although Roosevelt proved to be right and his New Deal could help the United States out of the Great Depression, Vandenberg became one of the most influential political figures in the U.S. Congress because of his opposition to Roosevelt.

As a loyal supporter of isolationism, Arthur Vandenberg opposed the United States' involvement in World War II, and it was also because of Vandenberg's resistance that the United States did not enter the war immediately after the outbreak of World War II, but declared neutrality. It wasn't until after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor that Vandenberg changed his stance and sided with Roosevelt's entry into the war.

Later generations said that Roosevelt had known that the Japanese were going to attack Pearl Harbor, but because the US Congress was opposed to the United States joining the war at that time, he did not want to wade into this troubled water, so Roosevelt could only use a "bitter meat trick" to create an excuse for the United States to enter the war. If this rumor is true, then this "bitter meat trick" is most likely played for Arthur Vandenberg.

Because Arthur Vandenberg insisted on isolationism, the 25 million borrowing plan would be 100% opposed by Vandenberg in Congress. Historically, this proposal for tung oil borrowing was blocked by Congress for more than half a year before it was officially passed.

Roosevelt had long expected Vandenberg to object, so Roosevelt had been thinking about how to convince Arthur Vandenberg. The appearance of this "Rabe's Diary" made Roosevelt think of a way.

The contents of "Rabe's Diary" are enough to make every reader realize the brutality of the Japanese invaders, and it will also make every reader sympathize with China, and once this book becomes popular in the United States, then Roosevelt's proposal to lend money to China will be much smoother when it is deliberated in Congress.

For ethical reasons, even if those members of Congress do not want to lend money to China, they will not explicitly oppose it on the surface. At this time, if anyone is opposed, Roosevelt only needs to build up momentum in public opinion a little, and the people's saliva can spray the opponents to death.

The Japanese have committed such heinous crimes, the Chinese have suffered so much, and at this time you have to oppose lending to China, and you don't even plan to help poor China! And China is not borrowing for nothing, people have tung oil as collateral. Or a member of Congress! How can it be so cruel? And is there any morality? And is there a conscience?

Moral kidnapping is a terrible thing. It's like if there is a disaster somewhere, and a rich person doesn't donate, at this time, there must be a large group of keyboard warriors who come out to spray him, and even if he donates less, someone sprays. However, those keyboard warriors who spray him may also be some of the most indefatigable.

Standing on the moral high ground to condemn others, this is what everyone can. For politicians, however, they need to be the ones who stand on the moral high ground, not the ones who are condemned. Sometimes, a scandal is enough to end a politician's political career, and even the president of the United States can be pulled down by a scandal.

Therefore, American politicians are very fond of feathers, they can make mistakes, but they must not make mistakes in terms of morality. For these politicians, if they are condemned by public opinion in terms of morality, it is more serious than making bad decisions.

This "Rabe's Diary" allowed Roosevelt to find a way to stand on the moral high ground, as long as the book became popular and sparked public discussion, then Roosevelt's loan proposal would be 100% passed in Congress. Those who naysay, including Arthur Vandenberg, would never risk moral condemnation to oppose the loan proposal.

In fact, for the Republican Party, it is not their money that is spent anyway, in case Japan really occupies China, the 25 million US dollars will be wasted, and it is also Roosevelt's decision-making mistake, and the black pot is also Roosevelt's back.

……

Williams came to the bookstore as usual.

"Welcome, Mr. Williams!" The clerk of the bookstore immediately came over to greet him, and it was clear that Williams was a regular customer of the bookstore.

"Do you have any new books lately?" Williams asked.

"There's one book that sells really well, and it's this one." The clerk at the bookstore handed Williams a copy of Rabe's Diary.

Williams looked at the title of the book and said, "It turned out to be this book, my colleague mentioned it, and it is said that it tells about a brutal massacre!" ”

"Yes, sir, there has never been a book on this subject before, and it is so real that it makes people shudder." The bookstore clerk spoke.

"I heard that this book was written by that Chinese athlete, and now that China and Japan are at war, the Chinese must hate the Japanese, so I don't think a Chinese will objectively describe the Japanese, I think the description of this book is deliberately exaggerated by the Chinese." Williams put down the book as he spoke, apparently not going to buy it.

Of course, the clerk tried to recommend it to customers, so he quickly said: "Mr. Williams, it seems that you have misunderstood this book, you see that there are words 'Rabe's diary' at the back, in fact, this book was written by a German named Rabe." You know, the Germans have always been very stereotypical, and I don't think they would lie. ”

"It was written by the Germans, so it's more credible." Williams said and looked at the price of the book, and thought it was quite cheap.

"This book isn't expensive, so get me this one!" Williams spoke.

When he got home, Williams leaned back on his recliner after dinner and began to read his new copy of "Rabe's Diary."

It wasn't long before Williams' expression became solemn.

"Beasts! The Japanese are a bunch of beasts! How could they do such a thing? Are they not afraid of God's punishment? Damn, I'm going to have nightmares tonight! ”

Sure enough, that night, Williams had a nightmare in which he was being chased and slashed by a large group of Japanese soldiers with knives!

From then on, Williams became inexplicably hostile to the Japanese.

……

For Roosevelt, if he wanted a book to become popular, all he needed was a word, or even a hint, and his men had the means to do it.

In the United States, there are so many people who want to kneel and lick the president, and officials at all levels are eager to show Roosevelt their attributes of faithful licking dogs. Therefore, with the blessings of well-intentioned people, the sales of "Rabe's Diary" have been rising, and it has instantly occupied the sales list of American books.

This result greatly surprised Chen Qiang, and he himself did not understand why this book suddenly became popular and became a bestseller in the United States.

Because of the hot sale of "Rabe's Diary", the American people also knew about the terrible thing that happened in Nanjing at the end of last year. As a result, all kinds of condemnations came one after another, and the Japanese invaders became the target of everyone's abuse, while China received a lot of sympathy.

……

Tadaichiro Yamamoto was born into a large family in Japan, received a good education from an early age, and he was proficient in English, so he was called an employee of an international trading company in Japan and was posted in the United States.

On this day, Tadaichiro Yamamoto came home from work and came to the rented place, and when he just walked to the door, a baseball flew and happened to land at the feet of Tadaichiro Yamamoto. Immediately afterwards, I saw the landlord's youngest son running over with baseball gloves.

Tadaichiro Yamamoto bent down and picked up the ball himself, then handed the baseball to the landlord's youngest son with a smile.

"Thank you, Mr. Yamamoto." The landlord said to his son.

"You're welcome, Jimmy." Tadaichiro Yamamoto replied.

At this time, the eldest son of the landlord's family also ran over from not far away.

"Jimmy, come here!" The landlord's eldest son shouted, and at the same time looked at Yamamoto Tadaichiro with a wary gaze, as if he was worried that Yamamoto Tadaichiro would abduct his younger brother.

The younger brother walked up to his brother, but the older brother said, "Jimmy, have you forgotten?" Mom, don't let us talk to that Japanese! The Japanese are all demons who kill people without blinking, be careful that he will kill you! ”

These words reached the ears of Yamamoto Tadaichiro, and immediately made him embarrassed.

Tadaichiro Yamamoto couldn't help but think of the daytime, when he went to a trading company to discuss business, and one of the Americans actually asked him how many people he had killed and how it felt like to kill people! Apparently mistook him for a murderer.

Yamamoto Tadaichiro remembered that when he went to eat at the restaurant he frequented at noon, everyone looked respectful of him, and even when the waiter took the tip from him, he looked cowering, for fear that Yamamoto Tadaichiro would kill him.

"It's all that damn book!" Yamamoto Tadaichiro couldn't help but curse secretly.

Since "Rabe's Diary" was a bestseller in the United States, the Japanese became street rats in the United States.

……

In response to the Chinese ambassador to the United States, Hu Shih, the Japanese cabinet sent three people to serve as ambassadors to the United States at the same time, namely the writer Yusuke Tsurumi, the economist Kikujiro Ishii, and the eloquent Yoyo Matsuoka. These three people have their own duties, but the main person in charge is still Matsuoka Yoyo.

Matsuoka Yoyo is a famous diplomat in Japan during World War II, he once worked in the Manchurian Railway, and has been committed to propaganda aggression, after the 918 incident, Matsuoka Yoyo helped Japan in the "League of Nations" to win a lot of interests, known as Japan's "hero", later the conclusion of the German-Italian-Japanese Triple Alliance, the boundaries of the Japan-Soviet neutrality treaty, also have Matsuoka Yoyo's figure, after Japan's defeat, Matsuoka Yoyo died unrepentant, was tried as a Class A war criminal.

At this time, Matsuoka, as the Japanese ambassador to the United States, was also aware of the influence of "Rabe's Diary".

There has been a great deal of criticism of Japan among the American people, and the Japanese diaspora has also begun to suffer from the hostility of the Americans, and an anti-Japanese sentiment is quietly forming among the American people.

"I really didn't expect that just an athlete who wrote a book would make us so passive!" Matsuoka Yoyo said with a depressed face.

At this time, Matsuoka knew that he could no longer sit idly by, that Japan must fight back, and that he must change the Americans' perception of Japan.

"Go get me a press conference! Don't forget to invite more journalists. Matsuoka commanded.

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