The yen has depreciated and is almost becoming useless paper. The money in everyone’s hands should be converted into US dollars or other hard currencies. If not, it will be too late.
All the people who got the news were stunned at first, and then they intuitively didn't want to believe it. But looking at the money in their hands, they couldn't help but become a little suspicious. After all, this was too weird. 23us.
The fastest updates are running to the bank.
The door of the bank was half open and half closed. A group of soldiers were guarding the outside. A loudspeaker kept shouting that due to internal problems in the bank, the Japanese yen exchange business was suspended and the storage would not be affected. The Japanese people outside the bank were a little panicked.
Asking, is there really something wrong with the Japanese yen? Does His Majesty the Emperor need our support? I have to say that at this time, the Japanese people really support the Japanese Emperor and the cabinet government from top to bottom, so the war has never been short-term.
Regarding personal matters, no citizen of the country concerned can escape from this vortex, nor can they escape from the responsibility for this.
Ordinary people could stop people from exchanging money, but those big businessmen stopped doing it, especially those Western businessmen who had signed contracts with Japan. Many of these people signed Japanese yen contracts at that time. Well, the Japanese yen overnight
It has fallen by half, and we still don’t know when it will fall to the end. How can we still do this business? They all asked to tear up the contract and sign it again in US dollars.
Naturally, Japanese companies are not willing to suffer losses. The current foreign exchange price compared to the yen is not what it was yesterday. Wouldn't this mean that Japan would suffer a big loss?
Just as the two sides stared at each other and couldn't stand it, someone shouted loudly, look, look, there's a cargo ship losing something on the sea.
On Tokyo Bay, a large ship was dumping something on the sea. Someone looked at it with a telescope and was shocked and said that it seemed to be scrap steel.
Scrap steel is a huge trade between the United States and Japan. Seeing the American ship dumping scrap steel into the high seas, the Japanese navy saw it and was anxious in its heart, eager to take it.
He used his trouser pockets to scoop up the scrap steel that had fallen into the sea.
This was just the beginning. Then, another American ship parked next to this ship and began to topple over. This time it was not steel, but oil. There was no such thing as environmental pollution in this era, but looking at
Nearly ten thousand tons of oil kept pouring into the sea, and everyone was silent.
It's not like they haven't heard of such a scene. During the economic crisis more than ten years ago, the Western world kept pouring milk and corn into rivers while people had no jobs and no money to eat.
To put it bluntly, it is just a way for businessmen to stop losses.
But now, these ships are doing this to send two messages to the outside world: 1. If we can't make money, we are willing to destroy part of the goods to raise prices. 2. We no longer have any confidence in the Japanese economy.
Since they were all American ships, the Japanese military did not dare to take action easily for a while. But what they did not expect was that the sabotage soon spread from the American ships. A large number of cargo ships temporarily increased their prices at the port. As long as the Japanese
If Fang disagrees, he destroys the property and leaves without saying a word. You know, just yesterday, the highest price of various material futures on Wall Street had risen by one-third. These people are really not afraid of such small losses.
royal council
Pa Tojo Hideki roared and said: "Conspiracy. This is a conspiracy against the empire. It is the United States. It must be an American."
The key to the problem now is how to deal with this matter. As of now, the other party has not stopped. It has also begun to sell Japanese yen in large quantities in Hong Kong. The same is true in Southeast Asia. At sea, those capitalists are destroying production materials, and they are also in China.
Shadow, and... maybe some people in the country saw the huge benefits and joined in, said Minister of Commerce and Industry Nobusuke Kishi.
"Kaya-kun is so stumped that we don't have any way to stop each other? We have to fight back, fight back!" Navy Minister Taro Taro banged the table and shouted, as a soldier, he really couldn't stand the feeling of being beaten blindly like this.
I'm sorry... Kagoya Konobu stood up and lowered his head and said that the empire's foreign exchange has almost bottomed out. If the same situation happens after European banks open their doors, then the empire will be in extreme danger. As for the price of goods...
.The other party seems to have thrown all the money they took away from us into the futures market, and many forces have seen the benefits. The other party is much more powerful than us, especially the American consortium has also joined in.
They don't value these resources. Unlike us, they have to buy them.
Although Japan has acquired a large number of colonies in China, it is still extremely short of resources, especially the strategic materials petroleum, rubber, and even steel. It still needs a large amount of imported raw materials, otherwise it will have no rice. The Japanese army is still preparing to continue to attack the country.
If a war breaks out in Southeast Asia, the consumption of resources will stop. Among the major countries in the world, it can be said that Japan is the most lacking in resources.
In fact, China is also lacking, but fortunately, China is a country with light infantry as its main force. Its industrial strength is weak, and its consumption is small. At the same time, it has the support of the United States, which is much better than isolated Japan.
If this continues, what's the worst case scenario? Tojo asked.
Kagoya Konobu took a breath and said that according to our calculations, the depreciation of the yen this time is actually without any basis, but it will still not be able to recover in a short period of time. If the other party continues to attack with such intensity, the depreciation of the yen may eventually
If it reaches more than 100, the empire's foreign exchange reserves will also be completely drained... As for the price of goods, it is difficult to estimate.
Everyone was silent.
Let's start the war. Tojo Hideki stood up and said that this is the economic war of the Americans. Economically, we are too weak. Only real wars are what we are good at. Americans are afraid of the Americans. I am afraid that this time
The purpose is to make us lose the ability to fight, but we must tell those Americans in the spirit of Bushido that the outcome of the war can only be determined by the bayonet, not by them waving dollars on Wall Street.
With no way to find the man behind the scenes, Tojo Hideki could only leave the blame to the United States, and it was indeed the United States that started the yen selling behavior. If the U.S. government didn't know, who would believe it?
At the beginning of the war, Navy Minister Shitaro Shimada shouted excitedly: "Use our battleships and cannons to take back the wealth that the Americans have stolen from us."
The Minister of State for War, Suzuki Teiichi, also agreed and said that the empire's current reserves of resources are fully capable of starting a war. If this continues, the empire's reserves of resources will slowly be exhausted, and if it finally loses its combat capability, it will have to wait for the opponent's attack.
Instead of oppression, it is better to ensure the growth of national power. Go to war and occupy Southeast Asia so that we will no longer have to worry about resources.
go to war
go to war
Everyone shouted. With the Japanese yen depreciating significantly, the Japanese cabinet understood Japan's current situation very clearly. Only by starting a war as soon as possible can the contradiction of currency depreciation be transferred away. By then, it would have already started a war with Britain and the United States.
Why do you need U.S. dollars? Why do you need to buy supplies? Just grab them.
Hirohito looked at Tojo Hideki who lowered his head respectfully and asked if war must begin.
Tojo immediately replied that the United States has launched an unprecedented economic war against our country. Now there is still a glimmer of hope for war. If we don't fight... our country will be slowly strangled by the American dollar.
Hirohito nodded. Indeed, most of the money Japan collected from China was transferred to various weapons, and many of the raw materials for these weapons came from the United States. It can be said that the Americans gave Japan the wealth they stole from China.
It is absolutely impossible to say that Japan has no idea about providing strategic materials.
So is it possible to win? Hirohito asked again.
Soldiers use their lives, ancestors bless them, and success comes naturally. Tojo Hideki firmly said nonsense.
This is actually a last resort, not my original wish. Hirohito closed his eyes, tried hard to shed a tear, waved his hand and said, "In this case, we must succeed."
After Hideki Tojo got the permission, he walked out excitedly.
When Hideki Tojo returned to the military headquarters, the military headquarters was already crowded with people. These people were looking forward to the results that Hideki Tojo would bring. When they saw Hideki Tojo coming in, they immediately surrounded him.
Lord Tojo, what did your Majesty say?
Tojo-kun, how's it going?
Tojo smiled and kept shaking his head in silence. It was not until he reached the second floor that he looked back at the crowded Japanese officers and said, "Fight hard, everyone."
Long live
Long Live His Majesty the Emperor
Although Tojo Hideki said nothing, these elites in the Japanese army heard Tojo Hideki's subtext, and the war was about to begin.
washington
In the past two days, our country's currency has been maliciously sold, and the first malicious selling came from your country. We hope that your country will value our friendship and arrest him as soon as possible. Japanese Ambassador Nomura is somewhat weak.
He said to Hull, as if he didn't have much confidence in this matter.
At this time, the yen had fallen to 100 US dollars against 1983 yen. The yen completely collapsed, creating a world economic miracle. In this catastrophe, no one can tell how much Japan lost. It is only known that the Japanese government has
No more bailouts. And everyone knows that this is not the final result. The depreciation of the yen is just moving from the fast lane to the slow lane.
After Hull received his credentials, he told Nomura that my country had no knowledge of this matter. my country is the world's largest economic power, and all economic developments are often first reflected in my country. Your country's currency is not recognized by the people of the world. Maybe You should find the reason within yourself, for example, you are worried about your country joining the Axis Powers.
Nomura frowned, said nothing, bowed and left.
The secretary next to Hull said angrily when he saw it, what an rude yellow-skinned monkey.
Hull smiled and shook his head and said that they will come to beg us. They are still fighting in China, but they have no oil, no rubber, and no steel. What else can they do if they don't buy from us? Oh, by the way, they don't even have money now.
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Hahaha. All the Americans in the conference room laughed.
After Hull finished laughing, he said let's go, Mr. President is still waiting for us.
After reading Japan's credentials, Roosevelt shook his head and said, "Japan won't talk about this matter. I want to find out. Fortunately, this time the other party came to Japan. If it had come to us, we wouldn't have it easy."
Hull nodded and said, indeed, I feel scared now when I think about the scene of so many people waving Japanese yen and asking to exchange for US dollars. What the financial industry fears most is a run. Back then, it was because of runs that many banks closed down.
Roosevelt hummed and said, although the biggest victim this time is Japan, we in the United States have also suffered a lot. In fact, I doubt whether the yen in those people's hands is real or fake, but even the Japanese government can't do anything about it.
I judged that those Japanese yen were fake... I could only believe that they were real.
Hull asked Hoover how the investigation was going.
Roosevelt took out the report from the drawer and handed it to Hull. He said that the other party's counter-investigation capabilities were very strong. Hoover had investigated several companies, but it turned out that those people said that the boss was a Japanese. After investigating the Japanese, he discovered that the Japanese was a fool.
, I don’t know anything. Those companies are not newly established and have a history of several years. This shows that the other party has laid out its plans very early... And at the end of our search, we found an interesting word, but we don’t know whether it is true or false.
Hull looked at the end of the report. It was a photo of a piece of paper that had been burned until only a little bit was left. The word on that paper was a word Hull had never heard of. The Sage would
Hull shook his head and said he didn't quite understand. He changed the subject and said, Mr. President, what do you think of Japan's future developments?
Roosevelt thought for a while and said: I initially thought Japan would launch a war against Southeast Asia within the next year, but now after such an incident, Japan can either stop or speed up. How do you judge?
Hull immediately replied: I think Japan will pause for a while. The war will not end in a few days. They must deal with new economic conditions.
Although Roosevelt felt something was wrong, he still nodded and said, "I hope what you said is correct."
On the other side, Jiang Cheng endured Gallagher's constant shouting in his mind while playing Go with Situ Meitang. After seeing Jiang Cheng lose a piece, Situ Meitang shook his head and said, "Oh, my nephew is really smart this time."
Japan will probably vomit three liters of blood.
Jiang Cheng looked at He Ankang who was still counting the numbers and said maybe, I don't know what our final profit will be, but I think our fleet shouldn't have to pay for it ourselves.
Situ Meitang smiled and stroked his beard and said that the ancients used borrowed swords to kill people. Your move is more cruel than borrowing swords to kill people. It is as good as Zhuge Kongming's straw boat borrowed arrows. Economic war haha, it's an eye-opener.
He Ankang stood up at this time, and said to Jiang Cheng with excitement that his boss had calculated a big victory, a big victory, to be continued...
