The Zhengyangmen incident disturbed Washington and also affected Tokyo. When Ambassador Toyhara Kishiro reported the Zhengyangmen incident to Tokyo by telegram, even in the evening, Prime Minister Masayoshi Matsukata summoned the elders to discuss how to deal with the incident.

Time is Rusuo, with the fourth year of Taisho, Inoue Kin also passed away, and the only 9 Meiji elders were Matsukata Matsukata Matsukata Matsukata Matsukata, Yamamoto Aito, Nishizoji Koto and Katsukataro. Among them, Katsukataro was defeated by the Japanese-Chinese War and had changed without caring about the world. The only ones who could really hold great power were Matsukata Matsukata Matsukata Matsukata, Yamamoto Aito, Nishizoko Nakata and some rising stars, such as Yamamoto Kyoto of the Navy, Takahashi Kyoshi Koto of the Financial World, Kato Takamamoto of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, etc. At this time, Japan, because the Japanese defeated Emperor Taisho and lost power, the country's rights were completely controlled by the chaebols and warlords.

The winter of the sixth year of Taisho is colder than before, and the snow is even stronger. The north wind is so sad that it makes people dare not go out. Although the weather is so bad, in the eyes of these high-ranking people, it is a lucky sign of auspicious snow that indicates a good harvest. This year, Japan will completely transform from a debtor country to a creditor country. Since the Russo-Japanese War, Japan's finances, which continued to deteriorate in the Japanese-China War, finally reversed the decline and began to appear in black. This is something that I could never dream of, but now the dream has come true. Moreover, with the rapid development of shipping, military industry, shipbuilding, chemistry and other industries, the treasury will become more and more abundant, and gold reserves will be more and more. This is a miracle of Taisho that no one could have imagined.

Everything is as wonderful as a spring dream, but when thinking about the benefits obtained by China, especially the benefits obtained in shipping, the Japanese who know the inside story are filled with righteous indignation. More than 200,000 shipbuilders, more than 100 docks and ship platforms in Japan are building ships for Chinese people. Although the shipbuilding price this year has increased by 100 yen per ton, reaching 400 yen per ton. But the money is limited after all, and it is not as much as the Chinese earn more than selling steel.

After learning about the Zhengyangmen incident, Takahashi, who knows the most about shipping income, asked: "Is China going to go to war with the United States?"

"It's not sure yet." At this time, Foreign Minister Kato Gaoming only knew that all the militias in Beijing had been mobilized, and he didn't know that these people were finally driven back by Yang Rui. "As long as the Yang family can control the situation, I think the situation will not be that bad."

"What a pity." Takahashi Shiki couldn't help but say, "Nakami really wants to start a war, and the world's largest merchant fleet will be completely controlled by Japan. This is a business worth billions of yen.

"Cough..." Mr. Nishiyuanji coughed and said, "The Yang family will never be so confused. The United States has declared war on Germany. Once China and the United States declare war, it will be an enemy of all the allied countries. In the third year of Taisho, Japan and China have ceased to fight. One of the big reasons is that Mr. Yang wants to obtain a safe foreign trade channel. How could he abandon it at this time when he reached this agreement with a deliberate heart." After saying that, Mr. Nishiyuanji smiled and said, "Takahashi, how many billions of yen can the shipping business be earned this year?"

"This year..." Takahashi was responsible for the Bank of Japan, China's State Bank, Yokohama Masaki Bank, and the four major banks of the Chinese Okawa Bank are responsible for the financial operations of China-Japan Shipping Company. Japan's shipbuilding funds are loaned to the Bank of Japan by the State Bank of China, and then issued to Japan's large and small shipbuilding stations; the ship was launched and delivered to the shipping company for operation, and at this time, Yokohama Masaki and Okawa Bank jointly manage the operating income and expenditure of the shipping company. They are divided into monthly accounts according to the agreement previously formulated.

The State Bank of China is the investor of this project, the Bank of Japan is the supervisor, and the Zhengjin Bank and the Qiaoshang Bank are responsible for the financial management of the project. Takahashi knows how much money can the merchant fleet earn every month. But the more clear it is, the more worried Takahashi is the more worried it is. He said with some difficulty: "Your Excellency, because of the United States declared war, freight has soared to an unimaginable level, and the profits of this year... Judging from the launch of merchant ships this year, it is very likely that it will exceed 6 billion yen..."

"Ah!!" Everyone in the room was frightened. Last year, the shipping revenue was only more than one billion yen. Even if the merchant ships were added to more than two million tons this year, it would not be more than six billion!

Yutoto of Yama County couldn't help but stand up and said, "Takahashi, is this true?"

Everyone had an unbelievable look on their faces. Takahashi Shiqiu smiled bitterly, "The Americans have announced the public ship rental rate. Take the 6,000 tons of merchant ships as an example. The speed of the ship exceeds 11 nautical miles, and the monthly rental fee is 625 yuan per ton [Note:]. The merchant ships will be launched this year, and in half, the fleet will be nearly 6.5 million tons. If all these ships are leased to the United States, there will be 4 billion meters per month. Of course, the United States may not be rented, but this can fully explain the extent of shipping revenue. We lost the last negotiation with China."

Yang Du came to Japan a few months ago to discuss the distribution of Sino-Japanese shipping profits. At that time, the Japanese side wanted to increase the Japanese share of the revenue from cooperative construction of merchant ships, and prepared a lot of rhetoric and reasons for this. Unexpectedly, Yang Du divided these things into two in one breath, that is, the old share agreement was maintained until the end of Taisho fifth year, and the share agreement began in accordance with the Japanese agreement in the sixth year; at the same time, it ensured that the shipbuilding steel plate 500 Huayuan per ton will not increase the price and be sufficient for use.

The war has been fought for three years, and even Germany, which seemed strong, has reached the point of exhaustion. Forget the share agreement, then everyone knows that the war will end for at most three years. If the share agreement in Taisho in the fifth year, then there will be only sixth year of Taisho and two good times left. Considering that there were only more than one million merchant ships divided according to the old agreement in Taisho in the fifth year, while in Taisho in the sixth year, the number of merchant ships divided in seven years was as high as two million tons and more than three million tons. Finally, it was stimulated by the news that domestic marine steel plates in the United States would rise to 500 US dollars per ton, Takahashi and others in charge of the negotiations agreed immediately.

Because it has never been like China, in the second year of Taisho, Japan, that is, in 1914, the shipbuilding volume was only 70,000 tons; in the third year of Taisho, China began to place orders for shipbuilding in Japan, and the shipbuilding volume soared to 530,000 tons; in the same year, the two countries negotiated shipbuilding integration, and took China's money and Japan's docking labor as a cooperation model to start mass production of Chinese standard ships, with an annual output of more than 800,000 tons; and this year, with the expansion of docking stations in various places and the completion of personnel training, the launch of merchant ships will exceed 1.2 million tons.

Excluding the three-year shipbuilding volume of Taisho, the number of merchant ships that are truly operated by both Chinese investors is 800,000 tons last year and 1.2 million tons this year, and 1.2 million tons this year are used while building, which is actually equivalent to 600,000 tons. The whole world lacks merchant ships. During the peak price period, the profits earned by this one and four million tons of merchant ships are likely to exceed the profits earned by the next two million and three million tons of merchant ships. This is why Takahashi Shin-sai felt that he lost again.

He said he lost, and the faces of the big guys suddenly became ugly. Yamamoto Honbuki asked, "Takahashi-kun. How many billion yen will we lose?"

According to the Sino-Japanese Shipping Agreement, the Japanese Navy provided operational security guarantees for the merchant fleet, and the remuneration was three percent of the annual shipping profit. This business allowed the Navy to quickly abandon the 84 shipbuilding plan and change it to the 88 plan. He never thought why the Chinese would give such great benefits to the Japanese Navy. The Navy's share of more than 30 million yen last year has excited Navy generals such as Yamamoto Hoshima and other naval generals. He did not expect that the shipping revenue this year will exceed 6 billion, which means that the Navy can earn 200 million yen. However, these 200 million yen is "vested" income. Yamamoto Hoshima even wants to save other rights for the empire.

"This..." Asked by Yamamoto's Sophie, Takahashi's Shin-kyo was speechless. I really don't know how to calculate the money. This 1.4 million tons of merchant ship can earn about 1.4 billion this year. According to the old share agreement, China will earn 1.2 billion, Japan will earn 2.2 billion, and Japan will earn 2.2 billion; according to the new one, China will earn 980 million, and Japan will earn 420 million. But if all the merchant ships are their own, then the 1.4 billion will be the same as the operating income of the other 2 million tons of merchant ships. But who can't make preparations in advance like China and have a steel plant with an annual output of millions of tons of steel?

It will be so passive and still suffer a loss. The whole country's poor decision-making and industrial foundation. Although China is backward, the Chinese government has concentrated all its strength in one or two industries, so it has achieved such gains. On the other hand, Japan is extremely prosperous in all walks of life, but not to mention shipping, even the benefits of China's steel industry are not as good as those of China's steel industry.

Thinking of this, Takahashi Shiki sighed deeply and said, "If we compare the new and old agreements, we will only lose 220 million yuan. However, in the entire shipping, except for the original two million tons of merchant ships in my country, the shipping income of the other merchant ships needs to be divided into 70% of the shipping income to China. This is our lesson! my country lacks steel, and more importantly, lacks investment vision. I suggest that the cabinet should also establish the State Administration of Commerce and Information Technology like China to provide guidance for foreign trade."

Takahashi was a senior Qing Dynasty and believed that the difference between China and Japan's response to the European war this time is that the Chinese people collect information comprehensively and make appropriate decisions, so they gained this. Japan was pushed by the current situation and passively accepted market information without forward-looking plans, so it benefited very little. As soon as he proposed to establish the Business Intelligence Bureau, Masayoshi Matsukata and Nishizoji Kouwang both nodded, but only Yama Prefecture Azutoto said, "Do I give 70% of the shipping income of the Chinese people for nothing?"

Yutoto of Yama County seemed to want some means. Takahashi Shiqing immediately said, "Now all the steel for shipbuilding in my country comes from China. If China does not provide steel, it can only seek help from the United States. I don't think the Americans will give us a better cooperation agreement than the present. At most, they will give shipbuilding a high price. As for shipping income, we can't get a penny."

Takahashi's words "Matsukaga, Nishimoto, Yamamoto, Kato" all agreed after thinking about it. The biggest difference between China and the United States is that China does not consider that Japan has a strong navy, while the United States is the opposite. Takahashi said the difference between China and the United States' strategy against Japan in the Qing Dynasty, and said, "The Chinese Navy has more than 170 submarines, and each merchant ship is equipped with explosives that destroy the merchant ship in advance. I don't think that using improper methods can achieve greater benefits, which will only discredit our country's reputation."

Before Shanxian could tell the matter of robbing the ship, Takahashi told it that it was not feasible, which made Shanxian very embarrassed. Fortunately, the telegram from Beijing came again at this time. Masayoshi Song Fang, who had read the telegram, said: "Yang came forward to comfort the excited soldiers, and now they have disbanded."

As soon as Song Fang said that Beijing was fine, all the big guys were a little disappointed. After the Sino-Japanese exchanges, the hidden pain of the past defeat occurred from time to time, but the military strength was not as good as others, and no one in the country mentioned revenge. Now Sino-March may go to war, and it would be better for the two enemies to fight. I didn't expect that this tone would be endured by Yang.

"It seems that we should promote some Boxer deeds positively to make China's relationship with Europe and the United States..." Kato Gaoming suddenly suggested that he did not know much about China before, but after the past or two years, he was very clear about what China was like. According to the statement of China's "Koike Zhangzao, if Japan wants to gain greater benefits in China, it must be pro-Japanese and far away from Ome, and if China is pro-Japanese and far away from Ome, the best way is to resolve the grievances between the two countries during the Sino-Japanese War and to promote the Boxer Movement positively.

We should promote the massacre of Ome in Beijing and the entire Northern China just like the original publicity of the "Ten Days of Yangzhou" and the Three Massacres of Jiading". There will be massacres in any war, but as long as the propaganda is constantly promoted and the bloodiest and cruelest parts are engraved in the hearts of every Chinese, they will hate Ome for generations and believe that only Japan is China's ally.

Kato Takamyaka's suggestion was very much accepted, and the veterans here also agreed that, just like promoting the same Chinese and Japanese languages ​​and species, going to Lushun to worship and atone for sins, the Boxer Rebellion will make the Chinese closer to Japan.

"Then let it go." Matsukata Masayoshi glanced at Nishizoji and finally agreed to this approach. Previously, Nishizoji Gongwang believed that if Omi knew that Japan was on the opposite side of the Beijing Protocol, it would cause Omi to be unhappy. But after thinking about it, Japan's interests in China are no longer guaranteed by the Beijing Protocol, but are entirely based on the Chinese people's favorability towards Japan. It is always a big mistake to promote Omi to be bad at the Japanese.

"Your Excellency, what will Yang think about this?" Mr. Nishiyuanji also understood the truth. He did not refute it at the moment, but asked about Yang's reaction.

"The Revival Army and the Revival Association, and the Farmers' Association, had many members of the Boxer Rebellion." Kato Gaoming said, "The remaining Boxer Rebellion members in the Northeast, Shandong, and all over the Northern China were basically absorbed by the Farmers' Association and the Farmers' Army. Their views on the Boxer Rebellion were completely different from those of the Chinese gentry. They believed that the Boxer Rebellion was a helpless resistance of the Chinese people to Ome's oppression, but failed because of improper leadership and no discipline. As long as we promote the Boxer Rebellion and do not promote their superstition and ignorance, I think Yang will not object." (To be continued...)

ps: Note: declaration, American wartime planned economy, p297
Chapter completed!