1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

"If a country seeks hegemony and spends a lot of money, how much benefit can it bring? It is foolish to bear the burden of colonies before reaping the benefits."

The reporter who interviewed the reporter at the time saw this and commented:

"This was Takahashi's attempt to indirectly inform the Japanese people of the dangers of using force to attack China and expand the empire."

It would be strange if such a person was not killed by the army idiots.

Although Takahashi Korekiyo is not as great as he is portrayed on the Internet, he is indeed a rare sober person and a genius in economics and finance among the idiots who only have "black card boarding when the sky is dark" in their minds.

(Japan was able to recover from the economic crisis faster than the United States, mainly because Japan is small and the United States is large, making it difficult for the latter to turn around. In addition, Japan has the support of Northeast China. Some people are almost praising Takahashi as a "Showa God").

At least, he had read the works of economists such as Keynes and had some insights into economics and finance, and knew that the gold standard should be abandoned;

At least he knew that the economic crisis should be overcome through fiscal stimulus measures such as government debt and interest rate cuts rather than desperately raising taxes on farmers and businessmen;

At least, he knew that given Japan's size, trying to conquer China by force was a complete pipe dream, and it would be dragged down by economic problems before conquering it.

Otherwise, Fujiwara no Kanezane would not have paid attention to this guy's "recommendation".

People recommended by idiots are usually idiots, while those recommended by smart people usually have some talent.

The construction of Northeast China can make use of the talents of some war criminals, but it definitely does not need idiots.

Fujiwara Kanezane smiled and asked again:

"So, what do you think of Mr. Takahashi's 'Geisha Economics'?"

Geisha economics is something Fujiwara no Kanezane and UMP45 talked about to many people in Manchukuo and the Soviet area. Takahashi Korekiyo once gave a very famous example, but it was not understood by most Japanese high-ranking officials at all:

"If someone goes to a geisha house and invites geishas to eat, drink and have fun, we would certainly not approve of it morally. However, if we analyze it from the perspective of the flow of money, the situation becomes different.

"—part of the consumption goes to pay wages, while another part goes to the suppliers for the purchase of meat, fish, and vegetables, as well as for the cost of transport, and part of this goes into the pockets of the farmers and fishermen;"

"Farmers, fishermen, and suppliers can use the money they receive to buy clothes, food, and housing. Geisha will also use the money they receive to buy food, clothes, and cosmetics. The government also receives taxes, and the economy is flowing."

Well, the "income cycle and multiplier stimulus" which was very simple in later generations was still an extremely cutting-edge theory in this era. Even Keynes had not studied it thoroughly, and only briefly talked about it in a few articles.

Naoki Hoshino thought for a while and explained these things again with a little stammering. There were some errors in them that were verified by later generations, which made Fujiwara Kanezane frown.

Forget it, we can't ask for too much. Chairman Chiang Kai-shek also thought that if there was no money, we could just print money!

Well, maybe he didn't not understand, maybe he just understood too much. "Not bad."

Fujiwara no Kanezane clapped his hands, then changed the subject:

"However, your level of knowledge, and even that of Mr. Takahashi, can only cope with the current state of Japan and Manchukuo. You are still far from being able to handle future development."

"...Your Highness, please correct me."

"Do you think morality is important to social stability, economic development, and national development?"

"This... is important..."

"What's important? How is it important?" "Uh..."

Naoki Hoshino was speechless.

It’s not that he really has nothing to say, but he himself doesn’t believe in the Confucian idea of ​​“governing the country with virtue”.

Fujiwara Kanezane shook his head and said:

"How about this? I'll give you two tasks. If you complete them, I can let you lead the future finances of Manchukuo."

"Yes! Your Highness, please give your instructions!"

"First, send a letter to Minister Takahashi, asking him to select some talented individuals from the Ministry of Finance who agree with his theories and send them to Manchukuo. You will find a way to resolve the resistance from the Kwantung Army."

"Second, think carefully about the two propositions: 'the relationship between social governance costs and social morality' and 'national confidence is more important to a country than gold and income';"

"Then, take these thoughts with you and go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to intern with Major General Doihara. When you think you've figured out the answer, come back and find me!"

3

Naoki Hoshino walked away in a daze.

After dealing with the three most important people, the remaining two Class A war criminals who are currently of no value to Fujiwara no Kanezane can be dealt with casually.

A "Showa demon" who leads a dissolute life, has an eccentric temperament, is moody, and self-willed. He only has a clear understanding of the state power operation model and knows how to gain benefits within the bottom line.

A "private first class" who should have been promoted to colonel, had no other advantages except strong execution ability, but relied on historical opportunities to become the Prime Minister of Japan, and was finally blamed by everyone.

Whether they are there or not, it makes little difference to Fujiwara Kanezane's plan.

Of course, this doesn't mean they are really useless, otherwise why would Fujiwara Kanezane keep them around?

Whether they are capable or not is not important;

But it is important to convey some information to certain people through their mouths.

Otherwise, Fujiwara no Kanezane would not be able to completely suppress the Japanese army, which had only muddle-headed ideas, and the Japanese landlords and zaibatsu who were dissatisfied with some of his policies by relying solely on personal prestige, economic kidnapping and beheading.

At least, in these two years, before Fujiwara Kanezane completely established his own absolutely supreme personal cult system, he would never allow these idiots to ruin his plans.

Therefore, Fujiwara no Kanezane had a long talk with Kishi Nobusuke, a guy who was called "Sato Nobusuke" because his father married into the Sato family (you should understand when you see the word Sato).

Although these were things that were already being done and known to many people, once they were spoken by Fujiwara Kanezane and then passed back to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and even the Japanese political arena through Kishi Nobusuke, the old foxes of the political parties would definitely understand the meaning:

Manchukuo is a good "experimental field" where you can realize your ideals, but the policies will never be fed back to Japan, infringe on domestic interests, or even reverse the flow of interests. You old fools, hurry up and support me!

As for whether the landlords in Japan had any objections to Fujiwara no Kanezane carrying out land reform in Manchukuo, they certainly did, but they would not think too much about it.

The Fujiwara clan was the largest landowner besides the imperial family, so how could they possibly carry out land reform on their own?

At most, it's just some complaints.

As for Private First Class Tojo, who came to act as a messenger, the matter that Fujiwara-dono, who was himself a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army, wanted to discuss was even simpler:

Draw a pie.

I personally am definitely inclined towards the army, but now if we want to build up the Northeast and make the army earn a lot of money, we can only rely on our own talents and then cultivate talents in the Northeast, so there is no other way but this.jpg.

As we all know, the Kwantung Army has always regarded Northeast China as its own territory and refused to allow any Japanese big financial groups and political parties to enter, even though these rubbish don't know anything about economic construction.

In order to prevent the domestic bastards from "polluting" their power, the Kwantung Army even planned to hire the famous Japanese labor-peasant Marxist economist Ouchi Heibei as the "chief architect of the Manchukuo reform";

Because domestic opposition was so strong, they reluctantly invited Nobusuke Kishi to come over, and they managed to make it work.

By the way, in history, Nobusuke Kishi also tried to carry out "land reform" in Manchukuo, but was stopped because he could not explain to the Japanese soldiers why such land reform was not implemented in the country.

Now that Fujiwara no Kanezane has intervened in the rule of Manchukuo, the benefits it brings to the Kwantung Army, especially the grassroots soldiers, are undoubtedly huge.

Therefore, even if Fujiwara no Kanezane showed a very obvious tendency to "I want to control the army", at least the army units represented by the Osaka 4th Division and the Independent Garrison, which were quietly expanding, would strongly support him;

As long as the leader can bring practical benefits to himself, the lower-level soldiers and officers don't care whether you are from Choshu, Satsuma or His Majesty the Emperor.

As for the other factions in the army, as long as they were stabilized with a temporary pie, and as long as Fujiwara no Kanezane could withstand the endless assassinations, the rest of the problems could be solved slowly;

Once the entire Northeast is completely integrated and becomes a solid and reliable rear base, any opposition will be automatically crushed by this force without Fujiwara Kanezane having to speak.

So, in the final analysis, what Fujiwara no Kaneki had to do now was this: attract Japanese companies to invest and produce in Manchukuo;

Mobilize Japan's external propaganda resources to promote Manchukuo; send Japanese talents to Manchukuo to develop;

Paint a picture of a Manchurian paradise for politicians and the navy and army...

There is no doubt that Japan will gain huge benefits from the development of Northeast China, but at the same time it will also be "bled" unknowingly, and not many people will object.

When most of Japan's truly elite talents and industries have moved to Northeast China, and Japan itself is left with only hedonistic insects and has become completely hollowed out, will Japan still be Japan?

When that day comes, it will be hard to say whether Japan's true "homeland" is "Manchukuo" or those small broken islands!

383 New: On Protracted War and the War of Public Hearts

"...Okay, that's all I have to say."

A whole night passed, Fujiwara Kanezane rubbed his red eyes, and finally ended his conversation with Private First Class Tojo who was taking notes frantically.

That’s right, the big pie was painted overnight, clearly explaining how Fujiwara no Kanezane planned, how Manchukuo would be built, how the army would participate, and what benefits would be brought;

It's hard to say how much of this is true or false, but just tell me whether it fully demonstrates the importance that Fujiwara-dono holds for the army's idiots!

I take it so seriously, how dare you bother me?

Damn, even though Fujiwara no Kanezane is not afraid of assassination, the Koreans and Chinese have done enough, and there might be other forces involved in the future. If the Japanese army comes every now and then, it will be quite annoying, right?

The corporal blinked his bloodshot eyes, still sitting there meticulously. "Okay, Your Highness, I've taken note of everything."

"Well, go back and think about it carefully. If you don't understand, ask someone." "Hey!"

Hideki Tojo carefully put the five notebooks filled with notes into a small bag and then put them into a suitcase for safekeeping.

This mediocre fool had only one good point - he would absolutely obey orders and follow instructions from his superiors. Even if he didn't understand something, he would write it down with a pen.

It doesn’t matter if he doesn’t understand it, there will definitely be someone in the army who can understand it.

Just as Fujiwara Kanezane yawned and was about to go to rest, UMP40 pushed the door open and came in with a document in her hand:

"Commander, the Chinese Communist Party sent a document to both the Manchukuo Administrative Council and the Kwantung Army Headquarters, and it was also distributed in newspapers across the country!"

"...ha!"

Hideki Tojo was so frightened that he almost dropped his suitcase on the ground.

Fujiwara Kanezane knew what it was. He took it and pretended to read it. His expression changed several times before he threw it to Tojo Hideki and ordered:

"Forget about Inoue! Go back to Tokyo! Take this with you! Show it to those idiots who keep clamoring for all-out war and an immediate march south!"

On Protracted War.

"It's been a whole year since the September 918th Incident..."

When the document was delivered to him, Kwantung Army Commander Nobuyoshi Muto was discussing recent events with the newly promoted Major General Doihara. After reading it, he was silent for a long time before saying in a hoarse voice:

"Mr. Doihara, what do you think?"

"...God's article!"

Kenji Doihara was amazed:

"If Ishihara-kun (Ishihara Kanji) were still alive, he would definitely consider the author of this article his lifelong confidant! Itagaki-kun (Itagaki Seishirō) would be scolded even more harshly by him for this!"

Muto Nobuyoshi also vaguely saw the danger of this article, but he did not see it as clearly as Doihara:

“Is the evaluation so high?”

"His Highness must have received this article, and I'm afraid he holds the same opinion."

Kenji Doihara pointed at the article and enthusiastically began to analyze it word by word for Nobuyoshi Muto:

"Commander, please read this article. It points out at the outset that the theories of quick victory and quick defeat popular in both China and Japan are both wrong. If a war breaks out between China and Japan, it will be a protracted war. This is consistent with our judgment..."

In his heart, he felt a sense of satisfaction from being recognized. Look!

The content of this article is consistent with what Ishihara once said: "If (China and Japan) enter a state of war, it will definitely be a long and protracted war... It is a huge mistake to think that the Chiang Kai-shek regime will collapse in a few months and that only a short decisive battle is needed."

"China has had a high level of civilization since ancient times, and its material life is extremely primitive. Each place has the possibility of a high degree of self-sufficiency. These are extremely favorable conditions for a protracted war;"

"If a full-scale war breaks out, there is a certain possibility of forcing China into a decisive battle, but whether it will become a protracted war depends largely on China's intentions."

Almost exactly the same!

Thinking of this, Kenji Doihara became more and more disgusted with the "Northeast Anti-Japanese National Salvation Volunteer Army" which was responsible for the explosion and whose real murderer has not been caught to this day.

If Ishiwara Kanji were still alive, he would surely be a powerful assistant to His Highness, right?

What a shame...

"...If Japan wants to occupy all of China, it must first occupy Xi'an, take the Guanzhong region, cross the Qinling Mountains and penetrate Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, thus forming a strategic encirclement of the Central Plains;"

"...At the same time, the navy will land from the southeast and capture China's most important areas, including Shanghai and Nanjing... In this way, the complete occupation of China is basically a foregone conclusion."

This was the idea proposed by Doihara and Ishiwara Kanji during a discussion on war against China. The author of "On Protracted War" also put forward a similar view in his article.

Is that right?

Absolutely right.

Later, many sober-minded Kuomintang generals such as Li Zongren thought the same way and were worried that the Japanese would do so because China would definitely not be able to withstand it.

But can the Japanese do this?

No.

The reason is simple—Japan is too small to handle it and cannot do it.

First, Japan's national interests do not allow it to be involved in a protracted war. It is completely impossible for resource-poor Japan to win after being involved in a protracted war.

Secondly, there is no way that Japan can overwhelm all of China with a sudden surge of troops in a short period of time. If Japan had the military strength and power to do so, why hasn't the Kwantung Army advanced southwards until now?