"Cancel the Silver Act and defeat the capitalists!"
"We want to work!"
"Can't let the silver devil steal the bread!"
“We want racial equality!”
"..."
On the streets of Washington, Song Ziwen quietly watched the parade and said to Shi Zhaoji beside him: "Americans seem to like demonstrations more and more."
Shi Zhaoji laughed and said: "The demonstration we are seeing now was probably planned by the American Communist Party."
"How do you know?" Song Ziwen asked curiously.
Shi Zhaoji pointed at the people marching and said: "Did you see it? Most of the people participating in the march were black people. And this is Washington. There are not many black people in the country. The only one who can gather them to march is the American Communist Party.
"
Song Ziwen was even more surprised: "The Communist Party is very powerful among the black people in the United States?"
Shi Zhaoji nodded and said: "Black people are at the bottom of American society and are extremely vulnerable to incitement. The US Communist Party even openly shouted slogans to use 'red to attract blacks.' Especially after the 'Scottsboro Incident,' the US Communist Party
It was so prestigious that even some black gang leaders joined the American Communist Party."
"What about the Scottsboro incident?" Song Ziwen had no idea about it.
Shi Zhaoji explained: "Three years ago in the town of Scotsboro, nine black youths were accused of raping two white women. After illegal trials, eight of them were sentenced to death. The youngest black man,
Only 13 years old. With the help of the American Communist Party, the truth of this case has been revealed, and one of the two white women admitted that she had fabricated lies."
Song Ziwen said: "Isn't the matter very big?"
"The commotion was so big that it almost turned into a riot," Shi Zhaoji nodded. "What makes black Americans even more angry is that this case has not been resolved and is still being tried."
Song Ziwen asked: "How is Roosevelt's New Deal being implemented?"
Shi Zhaoji said: "Roosevelt was very political. When the U.S. economy was at its worst, almost no banks were operating in the country, and checks could not be cashed in Washington. Roosevelt promulgated the Emergency Banking Act, and it took only one week to
More than 10,000 banks reopened. Immediately afterwards, he banned gold exports, stabilized gold reserves and gold took power. Then he abandoned the gold standard and issued 3 billion US dollars in banknotes with national securities as guarantee, which caused the rapid depreciation of the US dollar and strengthened the
The foreign competitiveness of U.S. goods.”
"How did he mediate conflicts?" Song Ziwen asked.
"There is no need for mediation," Shi Zhaoji said. "The American people are looking forward to the arrival of a hero. Roosevelt is this hero. From the day he restored the banking industry, he has gained the trust of American capitalists."
Song Ziwen said puzzledly: "But several major lobby groups in the United States now seem to be trying to undermine each other, which is a sign of stumbling upon Roosevelt."
Shi Zhaoji smiled and said: "Everyone was having a hard time before, so naturally we could work together to support the president's new policies. But now that we have breathed a sigh of relief, the conflicts between the groups have been exposed. They all want to fight for more benefits for themselves. Moreover, some of Roosevelt's
Too radical an approach will inevitably lead to dissatisfaction among capitalists. For example, he set minimum wages and maximum working hours, which undoubtedly increased the production costs of factory owners. He also cracked down on monopolies, encouraged the development of small businesses, and allowed small businesses to compete with large consortiums to seize the market.
, which is tantamount to digging into the roots of big conglomerates. Those big conglomerates in the United States have begun to fight back, and some even want to sabotage Roosevelt's re-election."
"It's not easy to be the president of the United States." Song Ziwen said with emotion.
"Not only is it difficult to be a good person," Shi Zhaoji gloated, "Now some people are shouting slogans, saying that Roosevelt is a Soviet spy and a communist party that destroys the capitalist free world."
"Roosevelt was a Soviet spy?" Song Ziwen almost laughed.
Shi Zhaoji nodded and said: "Roosevelt's New Deal is indeed very similar to that of the Soviet Union in some aspects. For example, he forcibly formulated rules and stipulated the production scale, price and sales scope of various enterprises. For example, certain commodities produced in New York State can only be
If you sell in some areas in the east at a specific price, you will be severely punished once you cross the line. Is this a bit like the planned economy of the Soviet Union?"
"Hiss!" Song Ziwen took a breath, "No wonder the capitalists want to oppose Roosevelt. It is unimaginable for him to do this."
Shi Zhaoji analyzed: "This time the public opinion created by you and Mr. Zhou can spread quickly. Someone must be helping on purpose. These people who are helping are not necessarily enemies of the Silver Group, and they may just want to cause trouble for Roosevelt and make him
No new decrees can be issued."
Song Ziwen laughed loudly: "Interesting, the situation in the United States is so interesting."
Shi Zhaoji pointed to those marching people and said: "It is very likely that the American Communist Party is also involved. Because Roosevelt's work-for-work relief method solved many employment problems and severely hindered the development of the American Communist Party. The American Communist Party
The party also hopes that the New Deal will fail, and the more chaotic it will be, the better, because their appeal is no longer what it used to be."
"This is a mess." Song Ziwen sighed.
Shi Zhaoji said: "Roosevelt was still very powerful. When he first became president, people in the United States were starving to death every day. But in just one and a half years, he has turned the situation around. At least starvation to death is rare.
arrive."
Song Ziwen asked: "Then do we have a chance to take advantage of this chaos and gain support from some groups outside the hospital?"
"It's difficult," Shi Zhaoji shook his head and said, "Yanks look down on China. Unless we can import large quantities of American machinery and industrial products like the Soviet Union, only then can we gain the support of large American conglomerates."
Song Ziwen asked again: "Is it possible to bring the British in to disrupt the situation and force the United States to make concessions?"
"England?" Shi Zhaoji didn't understand.
"For example, China turned to Britain and joined the pound system." Song Ziwen said.
Shi Zhaoji's eyes suddenly lit up and he clapped his hands and praised: "This method is very good, why didn't I think of it?"
Song Ziwen said: "Is it really possible?"
Shi Zhaoji said: "Mr. Song, you haven't been to the United States for a long time, and of course you don't know the situation in the United States. The United States is now very close to the United Kingdom, and it has to compete with the United Kingdom in everything. For example, the US dollar gave up the gold standard, and it was forced by the British pound to give up the gold standard.
Six months ago, the United States promulgated the "Reciprocal Trade Act" in order to break the British 'Empire System of Preferences'."
The U.S. Reciprocal Trade Act had a great influence on later generations. The principles of this act were even later incorporated into GATT, the predecessor of WTO.
Shi Zhaoji became more and more excited as he talked. He smiled happily: "Since the United States and the United Kingdom abandoned the gold standard one after another, the US dollar system and the pound system have been competing fiercely. China is a big country. As long as China reveals signs of joining the pound system, the United States will definitely not be able to do so.
Sit back and do nothing. Mr. Song is really a genius, he was able to use Britain to balance the United States first!"
Song Ziwen smiled bitterly. This method was not his idea. At the same time, he felt very frustrated. He, a dignified economic expert, was not as good as Zhou Hexuan, a guy who studied history.
After Shi Zhaoji became excited, he suddenly frowned: "Is it really that easy for Britain to get involved?"
Song Ziwen said: "It should be okay."
The UK was really involved, and Zhou Hexuan did not need to make a trip to London. After hearing that China and Japan were going to launch comprehensive economic cooperation, British diplomats immediately contacted the Nanjing government and initially revealed their intention to "help" China.
However, both the United Kingdom and the United States have a common concern, and that is the "Tianyu Statement."
In the "Tianyu Statement", Japan publicly expressed its opposition to European and American powers' involvement in the Far East, especially economic support for China.
It's not that they are afraid of war with Japan. The fundamental reason why Britain and the United States don't want to anger Japan is that Japan is also a huge market. Japan has been importing strategic resources frantically in recent years, and the United States and Britain have taken the opportunity to make a lot of money. They don't want to cut off this
Way to make money.
At this point, the United States obviously has the biggest concerns, because Japan is the United States' super-large customer.
On the contrary, the United Kingdom does not gain that much profit from the Japanese market, but its benefits from the Chinese market are greater. This is why the United Kingdom took the initiative to enter the game.
China's silver trend involves all aspects of the UK, the United States and Japan, and is mixed with various economic, political and diplomatic factors. No one dares to mess around, everyone wants to make a profit, and no one can sit idly by and ignore it.
Fang was very confused.
It was Zhou Hexuan, the troublemaker, who didn't care about so many, and detonated the powder keg and let the three countries fight on their own.
