I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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Before the Nanjing Army attacked the south and southeast of Africa, Jiang Weiguo, who was already thinking about diamond and gold mines in South Africa, once said to Liu Wugou, "I haven't given you a diamond ring yet. As compensation, I will give you a bag of diamonds in a while." How about it? Make twenty diamond rings, so that you can wear both hands and feet.” Right now, he simply fulfilled his promise, and the Nanjing Army took down southern and southeastern Africa at lightning speed, making the world’s diamond mining industry and diamond industry The leader of the trading industry, De Beers Company/De Beers family, became a prisoner of the Nanjing Army (the company/the family monopolized about 50% of the world’s diamond mining and diamond trade volume at this time, until the [-]s, Soviet Russia A large diamond mine was also discovered in the territory, mining a quarter of the world's diamonds, which shook the company's/the family's absolute monopoly in the diamond industry), in order to protect itself, the chairman of De Beers, Dai The patriarch of the Beers family, Ernest Oppenheimer De Beers, wisely chose to lead the company and family to cooperate with the Chinese government, and also presented eight extremely rare, top-quality, and expensive large diamonds For Jiang Weiguo (the largest one is for Song Meiling, the smallest one is for Du Yuming’s wife Cao Xiuqing, and the other six are for Jiang Jingguo’s wife Jiang Fangliang and Jiang Weiguo’s five fiancees and girlfriends).

Of course, Jiang Weiguo would not be polite, he accepted it with a smile, and Du Yuming sent all eight diamonds to him. Without Jiang Weiguo's permission, Du Yuming would not dare to privately take the smallest diamond, which was given to his wife by De Beers. .

Jiang Weiguo was in a great mood: "Take it! Didn't De Beers say it, give it to your wife!"

Although Du Yuming was very greedy, he still had to abide by the relevant procedures: "No, no, this is the property of the state!"

"Okay, then treat it as a gift from me to your wife!" Jiang Weiguo was full of joy.

Du Yuming was overjoyed: "Then, on behalf of my wife, I would like to thank Second Young Master!"

Jiang Weiguo then ran to Song Meiling with the largest diamond weighing more than 500 carats, and gave the big diamond to Song Meiling like a child presenting a treasure.

Although Soong Meiling is well-informed and knowledgeable, she has seen all kinds of rare treasures at home and abroad, but she was also stunned when she saw this diamond as big as an egg, and then she smiled happily, playing with it fondly and praising it He praised Jiang Weiguo for his "capability and filial piety".

Soong Meiling is really liking Jiang Weiguo more and more now.

When Jiang Weiguo gave the second largest diamond to his eldest brother Jiang Jingguo and gave it to Jiang Fangliang together with Jiang Jingguo, Jiang Fangliang's expression was calm. She just glanced at the big diamond that shone with fascination, and her eyes did not stay on it for a moment. Then she looked at Jiang Weiguo with a pleading look: "Weiguo, my sister-in-law wants to ask you to help me with something, just pretend that I am begging you, you must help me!" Red and moist.

"Sister-in-law, what are you talking about? We are a family, what else are we talking about?" Jiang Weiguo was surprised. He was a little flustered and confused, "Sister-in-law, what do you need from me? You Even so, I will do my best!"

"My compatriots..." Jiang Fangliang burst into tears, "My compatriots are struggling in the abyss of death and pain. I know that women should not interfere in politics, but... I really can't stand by my compatriots... "

Jiang Jingguo sighed beside him: "Weiguo, you know, your sister-in-law is from Belarus..."

Jiang Weiguo immediately understood that Jiang Fangliang was from Belarus, which was her ethnic origin. Her original nationality was the Soviet Union, but she became a Chinese citizen after coming to China with Jiang Jingguo. Jiang Fangliang did not like the Soviet Union very much. Her father was a Tsarist Russian nobleman. , so she was imprisoned by the Soviet authorities in a labor camp in Siberia when she was very young. During the Soviet war, the Soviet government sent people to secretly visit Jiang Fangliang, hoping that she would "intercede with the Soviet Union in front of Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Ching-kuo, and Chiang Wei-guo." She was flatly rejected because firstly, she knew that she was a woman, and it was her duty to care for her husband and raise children, and she should not interfere in politics; secondly, she didn't have a good opinion of the Soviet Union; The suspicion of "Soviet spy" not only ruined herself, but also implicated her husband Jiang Jingguo.

Therefore, during the Soviet War, Jiang Fangliang, who was a Soviet Belarusian, maintained an admirable silence, but now, she really can't sit still, she doesn't care about the Soviet Union, and she doesn't care much about the Russians, but she can't help her compatriots of Belarusian origin.

Belarus is a member country of the Soviet Union. After the end of the Soviet War, two-thirds of Belarus was annexed by Germany, and one-third was given to Poland by Germany. It was completely destroyed, and the nightmare of Belarusians began, whether it was German or Polish People are full of hatred and hatred for the Soviet Union, although Belarusians and Russians are not the same thing (the two nations were one a long time ago, but later separated due to various historical reasons, they belong to close relatives, and the relationship between the two nations is also very close. close to each other), but because "love the house and hate the house and hate the house", no matter whether it falls into the hands of the Germans or the Poles, the Belarusians have no good end. The latter use them as labor coolies, and the former not only use them as laborers coolies, and even set up extermination camps to "physically exterminate" them (mainly the elderly, sick, injured, disabled, and infirm... the Germans believed that they had There is no one of value to squeeze, so "clear it out".

In addition, almost all Belarusians in the Soviet Union are in Belarus, and there are very few Belarusians in Russia, Ukraine and other countries that joined the Soviet Union).

Because this kind of thing is not visible, the German and Polish authorities have always done it secretly, but there is no impenetrable wall in the world. After a long time, these dirty things, scandals and evil things are gradually leaked out (mainly American and British intelligence) What the organization does is to incite the people in the German-occupied areas to fight against Germany, and the second is to expose the "heinous crimes" of Germany in the world). Jiang Fangliang didn't know it at first, but now she knows the shocking and appalling things that made her dare not The only thing she can do is to ask Jiang Weiguo to help save her compatriots.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry!" Jiang Weiguo nodded, "This matter is on my shoulders! I will immediately contact Führer Hitler and Field Marshal Reid (the commander-in-chief of the Polish army and the de facto ruler of Poland, Edward Reid Zimigvi) , ask them to send all the Belarusians under their country’s control to China for proper resettlement, and they will be treated the same as those Russians, as long as they are willing to be loyal to China and perform well, they can become Chinese citizens!”

Jiang Fangliang burst into tears: "Weiguo, thank you, I thank you..."

Jiang Weiguo smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, today is your birthday (Jiang Fangliang's birthday is May 5th), I wish you a happy birthday, this diamond will be my birthday present to you!"

Jiang Fangliang repeatedly declined: "No, no, no, you can do me this favor and save so many of my compatriots of the same race (there are about 400 million Belarusians at this time), which is the best and biggest gift you can give me. Need it!"

Since Jiang Fangliang was determined not to want it, Jiang Weiguo had no choice but to take the diamond away.

After Jiang Jingguo sent Jiang Weiguo out, seeing that Jiang Fangliang did not follow, he suddenly showed a shy expression: "Weiguo, can you give me this diamond?"

"Brother, only women like this stuff, sister-in-law doesn't want it, why do you want it?"

Jiang Jingguo hesitated: "I am useful..."

Jiang Weiguo was stunned for a moment, then he laughed: "To Miss Zhang (Jiang Jingguo's lover Zhang Yaruo)?"

With a flushed face, Jiang Jingguo snatched the diamond from Jiang Weiguo's hand: "Don't come here, boy! How much did you scrape the land abroad? As for women, do you still have the nerve to laugh at me? Look at you , how many diamonds do you want to give? Five! Not enough! It should be six!" Jiang Jingguo unceremoniously exposed Jiang Weiguo's background, "That Chinese Japanese female star named Li Xianglan, you have already had an affair with her Right? Tsk tsk tsk, another flowery girl has been harmed by you..."

"Brother, why bother?" Jiang Weiguo had to admit defeat, "Okay, I won't laugh at you anymore, and you don't laugh at me either, men, everyone understands, right? Don't tell the truth if you see through it!"

"By the way, Weiguo, I need your help with one more thing!" Jiang Jingguo's face suddenly became serious, with a bit of anxiety, "Ya Ruo told me a while ago that she always felt that someone was following her recently, It seems that someone has sneaked into her residence, and she feels very scared, but I...after all, I can't stay with her for a long time, so...Aren't you the director of the Maritime Statistics Bureau? Can you send a group of people to protect her? "

"Small things, leave it to me!" Jiang Weiguo nodded. He vaguely remembered that Zhang Yaruo, Jiang Jingguo's lover, seemed to have died in the end. How the woman died, who did it, and who ordered it are all confusing. of mysteries.

The more Jiang Weiguo thought about it, the more he felt that this matter must not be so simple, and he should not cause unnecessary troubles, but after all Zhang Yaruo was his elder brother's woman, and Jiang Jingguo liked her very much, no matter what.

"I hope nothing happens!" Jiang Weiguo thought.

While Jiang Weiguo was thinking, his feet were not idle.

After returning to his home, no matter how he looked at it, Jiang Weiguo felt that he was like Tang Bohu, played by Xing Ye in the beginning of the movie "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance", walking into the living room with chicken wings. Now there are ten children (not including Jiang Xiaoning who died young), four daughters and six sons. The oldest Jiang Xiaojie is nine years old, and the youngest Jiang Xiaohe is only half a year old. Anyway, there is no family planning these days, so he can afford it The whole family is naturally unscrupulous in this matter.

"Father!" Immediately after Jiang Weiguo entered the door, three children swarmed towards him, namely the eldest daughter Jiang Xiaojie, the second son Jiang Xiaojun, and the third son Jiang Xiaojie (none of them were "born" by him, Jiang Xiaojie was born to Cai Wenna and her ex-husband Yang Sen, Jiang Xiaojun was born to Shi Liling and his ex-husband Cheng Jinguan, and Jiang Xiaojie was born to Shi Liling's cheating in marriage and "former Jiang Weiguo".

In this matter, Jiang Weiguo was nicknamed "Little Cao Cao" by outsiders. First, he praised him for his ability to turn the tide, his swift and resolute means, his own way of doing things, and his courage to break the old and create the new, like Cao Cao. Second, he ridiculed him, " Like Cao Cao who likes to steal other people's wives."

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"Hey! My little ones!" Jiang Weiguo joyfully hugged this daughter and hugged that son, and then went to visit other children, fifth son Jiang Xiaolei (born by Cai Wenna), sixth son Jiang Xiaoyang (born by Liu Wugou), The seventh daughter Jiang Xiaowan (born to Liu Wugou), the eighth son Jiang Xiaoming (born to Yangmei), and the ninth daughter Jiang Xiaoting (born to Shi Liling) are crawling and rolling around on the floor mat. Holding hands as a toddler, the youngest son Jiang Xiaohe is being breastfed by his mother Yang Mei.

Jiang Weiguo kissed this and touched that, which immediately caused protests:

"Put the baby down! You're so clumsy! Don't drop the baby!"

"Stay away from the child! How long has it been since you shaved? It hurt the baby!"

"Sweat smells all over my body! There is also the smell of smoke! It smells so bad! Don't smoke your children!"

Jiang Weiguo was so disgraced that he had to take out the "surprise" he had prepared in advance.

The wives reacted differently, Shi Liling and Cai Wenna couldn't help but cover their mouths, widen their eyes, let out a low cry of surprise, and then rejoiced, Yang Mei looked at it like an ordinary stone, and then threw it to Jiang Xiaoming as a pawn. Toy, Liu Wugou couldn't help marveling at first, she was a woman's instinctive reaction, but soon, she posed a problem for Jiang Weiguo as always:

"Isn't it another loot your army took from abroad?"

"Hey! How do you talk?" Jiang Weiguo retorted, "I am a civilized person, and my army is also a civilized army. How could it be possible to kill, arson, rape, and plunder like the Japanese army? This is the largest diamond mining and diamond trading company in the world. The present from the chairman of Bills & Co. was not stolen goods!"

"Well, it's true that you don't engage in massacres, don't set fires, and don't rape women. As for looting... don't you know? Your army has always been asking for money abroad. Wherever it goes, it scrapes the land so that no grass can grow!" Liu Wugou had a deliberate look on his face, "They sent you? Nonsense! Your army put the guns on their heads, how dare they not show respect to you? What's the difference between this kind of sending and snatching? Ah, yes, I Think of a very important thing!" She held up the 300-carat diamond that Jiang Weiguo gave her, "This thing is very expensive, is it worth it?"

"Nonsense! You won't be able to afford it with ten lifetime wages!"

"So, does this thing belong to the state or to you personally?"

"...Of course it's mine!"

"Why did they give you such a large amount of wealth? Isn't it because your army conquered there? Your army belongs to the country in essence, and the wealth obtained by the country's army from abroad does not belong to the country but to you personally? "

"This..." Jiang Weiguo was a little speechless, he was a little unable to refute when he was asked by Liu Wugou for the first time.

Liu Wugou's expression of deliberately embarrassing Jiang Weiguo was replaced by a serious and solemn expression: "I think this issue is very important, you'd better study it with Mr. Wang!"

The "General Manager Wang" that Liu Wugou referred to was Wang Wenying, Commissioner of the ICAC.

When Jiang Weiguo had his own territory in North China, in order to build a clean and efficient civil servant management system and eliminate corruption, he created the structure of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, and the Commissioner of the General Administration was Wang Wenying.

Wang Wenying is the eldest son of Wang Jingwei, the president of the Executive Yuan. His personality is very similar to his father. Although he is a little bookish and pedantic, he is upright, selfless, jealous of evil, law enforcement like a mountain, and clean like water. There is no sand in his eyes ( It is a fact that Wang Jingwei is a traitor, but the other side of the fact is that he is very clean in character, he does not smoke, do not drink, does not gamble, is not lewd, is not greedy for money, and does not show fame), Jiang Weiguo’s appointment of Wang Wenying as the Commissioner of the ICAC is undoubtedly People do their best.

Another important thing to note is that China's army at this time is divided into "Old Chiang's and the younger Jiang's", the intelligence department is divided into "Old Chiang's and the younger Jiang's", and the economy is divided into "Old Jiang's". In terms of administrative management, it is actually more or less divided into "Old Jiang's and Xiaoer Jiang's". The whole country can be divided into two types: those that were not occupied by the Japanese army during the Sino-Japanese War, and those that were not occupied by the Japanese army during the Sino-Japanese War. During the period, those occupied by the Japanese army but regained by the Nanjing Army (as well as the new territory that the Nanjing Army added to the country through foreign operations), for example, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Jiangxi and other places belong to the "old areas", Shandong, Shanxi, and Northeast China and other places belong to the "new area", and there is a subtle difference in administrative management between the two. The old area "has been under the rule of Chiang Kai-shek, and the local bureaucrats appointed by Chiang Kai-shek are in charge." However, there was a fault period in the middle. The fault period was divided into the period of Japanese occupation and the period of Chiang Weiguo’s agency management. Most of the officials were appointed by Jiang Weiguo." As for the old districts, Jiang Weiguo threw a rat weapon and did not intervene much. It was still the same, and it was still "the old bureaucracy". The Japanese helped Jiang Weiguo), the local local government was re-established by Jiang Weiguo, "they are all brand-new administrative agencies", so the atmosphere of the local government in the new area is still very clean, Jiang Weiguo's ICAC is mainly in the new area Activities, not too involved in the old districts (to prevent conflicts with the bureaucratic and powerful forces in the old districts that would make Chiang Kai-shek look bad).

Whether it is the armed forces, intelligence agencies, economic system or administrative management, Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Wei-kuo "have their own way", but there is basically no contradiction or confrontation between the two, but on the premise of maintaining a strong independence Combined into one, the relationship between the two is just as Yang Jie commented: "... You said that Jiang Weiguo did not go it alone, but he has clearly achieved his independence in various key departments. You say that Jiang Weiguo did it alone, but his power is not the same as The power of the old man is one. It is complicated to say, but it is not complicated. The relationship between Jiang Weiguo's power and the old man's power is like the relationship between Jiang Weiguo himself and the old man himself. Don't forget that they are father and son, and the son's things are actually Lao Tzu. Yes, what belongs to my son is actually my son's. Jiang Weiguo has indeed achieved independence, but he is still a family with the old man. He has not separated from the old man, let alone confronted the old man.

Jiang Weiguo is the old man's son, Ning Xi is the son of the Central Committee, the relationship between the two is as simple as that!"

Walking into Wang Wenying's office, Jiang Weiguo sat down, and Wang Wenying looked at him with a poker face.

Wang Wenying has always been serious and rigid.

"Fourth brother, I surrender myself!" Jiang Weiguo looked serious.

Wang Wenying nodded seriously, then picked up a pen and paper: "Tell me, old man, how much money have you embezzled?"

"Damn! I can't joke with you! Let's talk about business!" Jiang Weiguo spread his hands, "Fourth brother, the foreign devil gave me a valuable gift. Does the gift belong to me? The thing is like this. I received eight A big diamond…”

"Of course they belong to the state, and they have to be collected in the national treasury!" Wang Wenying looked at Jiang Weiguo after hearing this, "Those diamonds are all used for registration and then collected in the national treasury!"

"Fourth brother, don't be like this, you still don't understand me? I have devoted myself to the country and the people for the past few years. Even if I use all means to make money, it is also for the country. Can't I benefit from it myself? "

"No!" Wang Wenying's reply gave Jiang Weiguo the urge to hit the wall, "If you were an ordinary person, would someone give you such a high-value gift? Why should you give it? Because you have power, so your power is Who gave it? It was given by the state! So, if you get a gift because the state gives you power, the gift naturally belongs to the state.

You, Jiang Weiguo, will receive gifts if you sit in your seat, and I, Wang Wenying, will also receive gifts if you sit in your seat. Therefore, whether there are gifts will not change with the person in that position, but It's the location itself.

Liu Bang can rule the world, and Zhu Yuanzhang can also rule the world. Liu Bang can rule the world not because he is Liu Bang, but because he is the emperor. The same is true for Zhu Yuanzhang. Whether he can rule the world has nothing to do with who is called Liu Bang or Zhu Yuanzhang. The only key is That man has to be the Emperor, am I clear enough? "

"Fourth brother, you are right, I am convinced!" Jiang Weiguo sighed, "I am indeed a little carried away, and I am also a little arrogant. Your reminder is no less than Huang Zhongdalu to me, thank you!"

Wang Wenying showed a gentle expression: "Weiguo, as you said, I know you very well. You are desperately collecting money for the country. According to human nature, you get back one billion for the country, and you take 1000 million or even one hundred million for yourself. It should be due to hard work, but from a legal point of view, you can't get a penny, because the money belongs to the state.

The state gives you power, and your duty is to use this power to obtain the maximum benefits for the state. There is no upper limit, and there is no such thing as completing the tasks given to you by the state after you earn a certain amount. Continue to earn income. Private bag.

You and I both hate corruption. Since we are determined to clean up the country like a storm, we should set an example and set an example, shouldn't we? "

"Fourth brother, you are really right!"

Wang Wenying showed a heart-to-heart expression again: "Weiguo, anti-corruption needs to plug all loopholes.

Think about it, if the gifts given by foreign guests can be collected in private pockets, then as long as they are high-level officials, wouldn't they be able to accept bribes openly?They have high status and authority, so they are naturally qualified, have the opportunity and even take the initiative to create opportunities to ask for gifts from foreign guests, so wouldn't they be able to obtain illegal income justifiably?Not only that, if gifts from foreign guests can be collected in private pockets, this channel will become a means of money laundering by lawless officials. A large amount of property in the country has unknown origins, and a few foreigners are found to sing double reeds in partnership, and the property is first transferred out of the country, and then transferred back in the name of gifts from foreign guests. In China, the dirty money is cleaned up at once.

Yes or no?Also, even if wealth is obtained from abroad, it cannot be collected into the private pocket of the executor. For example, in Fengbao Province, General Zheng Dongguo took over the Rand mining area. Does he have the right to take the gold produced by the mining area as his own?The answer is obvious. The mining area belongs to the state, and the gold produced also belongs to the state. General Zheng Dongguo was only appointed by the state to take over the mining area. He is the executor of the operation, not the owner of the mining area. By analogy, your diamonds are also the state. Yes, they and the entire Fengbao Province belong to the country, not to you personally!" He was clear and organized, "Gift-giving is precisely an important means of corruption and bribery, and it is also a place that is difficult to manage because the boundaries are very vague.

Sending money directly is the most traditional way of bribery, but it has great disadvantages, and it is easy to be caught with evidence and evidence. Therefore, corrupt officials have used their ingenuity and adopted many ways to collect money in curves. Gifts are an intermediary. Especially things like antique calligraphy and painting, the value of that thing is hard to tell, and it is very flexible.

For example, businessman Zhang San gave official Li Si an antique vase, claiming that it was only a few dozen yuan. After receiving it, Li Si went to the antique shop of businessman Wang Wu according to Zhang San's suggestion, and sold the antique vase for a few dollars. Tens of thousands of dollars, well, the bribery and bribery were successfully completed in a legal and reasonable way. Wang Wu’s tens of thousands of dollars must have been given by Zhang San, but the black deal between Zhang San, Li Si, and Wang Wu There was no telling, as for how much that antique vase was worth, it didn't matter at all.

For another example, Zhang San, a small official, asked Li Si, a senior official, to sell a calligraphy handwritten by Li Si. Li Si splashed ink and Zhang San was full of praise. Commodity transactions are actually bribery and bribery. As for the price of Li Si's calligraphy, who can say for sure?The price of a work of art is hard to say at all. You say it is worth 1, and he says it is worth [-]. There is no uniform price.

If gift-giving is legal, it will be really messy. High officials and small officials can accept bribes in the form of gifts during festivals. In addition to festivals, they celebrate their own birthdays, their wives and children’s birthdays, and housewarming. , children admitted to a good school, wedding anniversary, etc., just find an excuse to celebrate the holidays every day, and you can always accept bribes, so, can gifts be ignored?Can we not formulate rigid rules and regulations? "

Jiang Weiguo nodded again and again convinced: "Fourth brother, it is really right to let you be the commissioner of the ICAC.

You are not only upright and have a clear style, but you are also thoughtful and insightful!" He said a little dejectedly, "I will immediately ask them to get all the diamonds back, alas, I will definitely be scolded, as well as the one from my mother, the one from my sister-in-law, Du Yuming's lover's one must be returned, and then... handed over to the country!" When he said the last four words, he felt that what he said was so similar to the classic line in a certain tomb-robbing TV series in later generations.

Wang Wenying said with a smile: "It seems that the difficulty is getting higher and higher, especially the one of Mrs. Jiang (Song Meiling), I see how you want her back.

However, you don't fully understand what I mean.

It doesn’t matter if you have more or less property. The key is to have transparency. You have 1 yuan, and you disclose it to the public to prove that your money is from a clean source. You have 1 yuan because you have earned 1 The ability of ten thousand dollars.

These diamonds, first of all, belong to the country, and secondly, let the relevant departments issue an announcement to tell all walks of life that you have made great efforts and contributions to our country's acquisition of [-] African provinces, and the local people give you these Diamonds, you handed over to the national treasury, and the central government took them out of the national treasury as a reward for you in recognition of your achievements. In this way, your diamonds are clean and innocent. Legal, reasonable and sensible, right?People from all walks of life will not question your diamonds when they see your diamonds in the future, because all walks of life know their origins, and whether you are qualified to receive such a big reward from the state, I believe all walks of life will give you a fair answer. evaluation!"

Jiang Weiguo froze for a moment, then smiled knowingly: "Fourth brother, you are really very thoughtful.

After a while, let's all brothers work together to start that big storm! "

Wang Wenying smiled slightly: "Of course, but you have to do one thing first!"

"what's up?"

"Build enough prisons!"

Jiang Weiguo spends money like running water. One of the huge expenditures is to build various hard infrastructures in the country, and the number is huge, which can be said to be everywhere in the country. Railways, roads, bridges, tunnels, factories, farms, schools, hospitals …and prisons.

Some people say that "Jiang Weiguo built more prisons across the country than he built hospitals." This is not an exaggeration, but a fact.

In the matter of educating people's hearts and enlightening their wisdom, Jiang Weiguo's belief is "use heavy codes in troubled times, and heavy medicine for serious illnesses."

Jiang Weiguo has many nicknames, the Japanese call him "Three-Eyed War Ghost", the Taiwanese call him "Xiao Zheng Chenggong", domestic literati call him "Little Cao Cao", and some literati call him "Little Shang Yang", because Shang Yang He is a well-known representative of Legalism, advocating "ruling the country by strict law", and enacted the chillingly harsh "Qin Law", which can be called the originator of cruel officials. As for Jiang Weiguo, he is indeed doing the same thing.

Chapter 661 Truce Period (8)

Tokyo, Japan Cabinet Office, Prime Minister's Office.

Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro looked at the Minister of Finance (Finance Minister) Kaguya Konobu who walked in with a feeling of uneasiness. Kaya was holding a stack of documents in his hands. There was not much joy on his face, but not much gloom. Kind of unhappiness.

"Minister Kaya, please sit down!" Konoe greeted very politely. After Kaya took his seat, he immediately introduced the topic, "Oh! The empire's foreign wars have finally expanded further! The navy is in the Pacific Ocean. Fighting against the U.S. Navy, the Army is also constantly killing and fighting on the battlefields of Australia and India. Fighting wars is both making money and burning money! Minister Kaya, since the United Fleet raided Hawaii, the war has been going on for two months. Why? Has the fiscal deficit of the empire been fundamentally improved? Has the loss been reversed? What about the surplus? How much?” He asked a series of questions like a cannonball, because he was most worried about finances.

Konoe is very clear that Japan seems to be prosperous in the country, but in fact the foundation of Japan's national strength is very weak. Once it is hit hard, the Great Japanese Empire is likely to collapse like a sand sculpture beaten by waves.

Financial power is an important part of national power, and it can even be said to be the fundamental basis of national power.

No matter how poor China is, it can still sell resources. If Japan is poor, it will not be able to sell resources. It is not difficult to see from the modern history of Japan. Where does Japan's financial resources come from?Only a few are earned by the Japanese honestly and bit by bit through peaceful development, and most of them are earned through war. War dividends seem to be the largest channel for Japan’s fiscal revenue. Therefore, some people in the top ranks of Japan want to fight wars. Because fighting a war can plunder a lot of wealth from other countries, some high-level officials are also worried about fighting a war, because only "fighting an easy victory" can make Japan a huge profit (the most typical is the Sino-Japanese War), once it falls into a protracted war of attrition (such as The Sino-Japanese War in the original history) or directly lost (such as the US-Japan Pacific War in the original history), Japan will go bankrupt and lose everything. You know, although wars can steal money, wars themselves also burn Money, if more money is burned than stolen, the battle is a loss-making business.