Beiyang reactionaries

There are relatively few Buddha statues in Myanmar.

As the country of ten thousand Buddhas, Thailand has tens of millions of Buddha statues.Among them, there are not a few Buddha statues made of gold.At the beginning, Japan forced Thailand to join Japan, and made way for Japanese troops to enter and exit at will.

After Japan entered Thailand, it looted a large number of Buddha statues in Thailand.Among them, many Buddha statues are even made of all gold, and the heaviest one weighs more than one ton.Such Buddha statues are very valuable.

Why Luang Phibun Songkham fell to China so quickly, and Japan plundered the assets of Thai temples in Thailand also has a lot to do with it.After all, Thailand is a country that believes in Buddhism, and temples are very important in the hearts of Thai people.But Japan did not respect this at all, looting many temples in Thailand.

In the Indochina Peninsula, that is, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar, Japan directly robbed about 1300 tons of gold from the treasury and banks.These golds are basically the wealth accumulated by European and American colonists and European and American businessmen for many years.In addition to gold, there are also a large amount of silver, jewelry, and antique calligraphy and paintings.Moreover, they are not the richest people in these areas. Those temples have been passed down for hundreds of years, and they are all big landlords with money in their hands.

During Japan's invasion of Southeast Asia, about 4000 tons of gold were directly plundered.There are countless other valuable things.But although it has made a fortune, Japan spends money faster.The money was wasted.

"That won't work."

"Prime Minister, there is actually another way."

"what?"

"In Southeast Asian countries, including our East Asian countries, people don't trust banks. Although there are many banks in Southeast Asia, local people are not very willing to deposit money in banks. Asian nations are different from Western countries in this regard."

"Ah."

Hideki Tojo nodded.

this is correct.

Asian nations do not trust banks very much.In other words, for Asian nations, they don't trust the government and other institutions.Therefore, they are unwilling to deposit their wealth in the bank and leave it to outsiders to be responsible.

"Asian peoples are not poor. On the contrary, before the industrial revolution, Asian peoples were far richer than European and American countries. Asian peoples have accumulated a lot of folk wealth for thousands of years. And their wealth inheritance for hundreds of years and thousands of years depends more on Keep their wealth in the form of small gold bricks, silver, etc. I have carefully studied the policy of China. When China issued paper money, it first stopped the circulation of gold and silver, and then required them to exchange gold and silver for paper money. At that time, China exchanged hundreds of tons of gold and nearly 30 billion taels of silver. At that time, it seemed that the Chinese government had obtained most of the private gold and silver. But later, China announced a more stringent "gold law", which did not even The common people were allowed to keep gold and silver. As for gold and silver jewelry, only government jewelry stores could sell them in limited quantities. As a result, within three years, China once again collected more than 10 tons of gold and more than 3000 billion taels of silver from the people. Afterwards, China also carried out several attacks on non-governmental gold and silver transactions, and was able to obtain gold from the people. Especially those rich people in China, who hid an astonishing amount of gold. China used more than ten years to use the paper money they printed , collected nearly 45 tons of gold and 30 billion taels of silver from China. These gold and silver strongly supported the economic development of China in the [-]s.”

"Zang Xiang means folk gold in Southeast Asia?"

"Yes."

He Wu Xingxuan said excitedly: "We used to get gold, silver and jewelry mainly from the treasuries of various countries, major banks, and temples, but we didn't do anything to those local rich people. It is impossible for the folk wealth in Southeast Asia to be the same as that of China. They are equally rich, so it is impossible to have so much wealth. But these rich people in Southeast Asia will not be too poor. The most circulating in China is silver, so China had the most silver in its hands at that time, reaching nearly 50 billion taels. If it were not for the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China At that time, there was a large amount of silver flowing out of China, otherwise it would be possible for China to collect 60 billion taels of silver from the people. But Southeast Asia prefers gold. Although there are not many silver reserves, those rich people hoard The amount of gold in China will definitely not be small. Therefore, I think we can learn from China's approach and issue a 'gold bill' in these areas, including the recovery of gold and silver jewelry. Gold processed jewelry in Southeast Asia will not be less than 1000 tons. Combined with the gold bars they hoarded, I think it can add about 2000 tons of gold to us."

After Japan entered Southeast Asia, it was after all in the name of a liberator, so it did not conduct a large-scale search for private wealth.The main reason was the confiscation of a large amount of treasury of the colonial government, banks of European and American merchants, and those temples.

But now it seems not enough.

Japan is different from China.Although China also uses banknotes to collect private wealth, but after all, it can't go too far, and it still needs to take into account the sentiment of the people.Therefore, even now, there are still some wealthy people in China who secretly hide a lot of gold.

But Japan has fewer concerns in Southeast Asia.When Japan wanted to plunder folk wealth in Southeast Asia, they were a group of bandits.The meaning of Kaya Kosun is very simple, now that Japan is short of money, it is time to attack those rich people in Southeast Asia.

Hideki Tojo gritted his teeth, nodded slightly and said, "Okay, you are responsible for this matter."

"Yes."

"What happened to those companies and properties that we sold in Southeast Asia?"

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"What happened to those companies and properties that we sold in Southeast Asia?"

"It didn't go very well."

"Is it our price problem?"

Hideki Tojo asked very puzzled.

Japan went south and confiscated a lot of property in Southeast Asia.Although most of the tycoons in Southeast Asia are Chinese tycoons, it does not mean that European and American businessmen have no strength.After all, Southeast Asia is a colony of Europe and the United States, and they have natural advantages.European and American businessmen do some ordinary business, but they cannot compete with Chinese businessmen, so they restrict certain industries and prevent Chinese businessmen from entering.In this way, they have an absolute advantage in those fields.

Especially in the financial field and in terms of resource control, European and American businessmen are very strong.

The reason why European and American businessmen are able to control the financial sector is because there are many procedures for running a bank, and it is not easy for Chinese businessmen to intervene.Moreover, the banks of European and American merchants do all the business of the colonial government.So the real money is rolling in.

There are also some important mines.

Southeast Asia is rich in resources.After Japan went south, these mines were confiscated and all became the property of the Japanese government.

Japan went south to confiscate all these assets.All the good things in it have been moved away, but these enterprises and properties are still there after all.Japan confiscated the businesses of European and American businessmen in Southeast Asia, as well as their personal property.I don't know how much they have confiscated just from their properties in Southeast Asia.In addition, the various government agencies of European and American colonial governments in Southeast Asia have now become Japanese property.

But such things are dead things.

Not helpful for Japan.What Japan needs now is money, money that can get enough arms and supplies from China.So Japan decided to sell their companies and properties in Southeast Asia, and the price was very low, which was a quarter or even a fifth of the market price.Even for smooth transactions, RMB is accepted for payment.

Mainly because of the renminbi in the hands of Chinese businessmen in Southeast Asia.

"I have sent someone to understand. Those Chinese businessmen are worried about the origin of these assets, and worried about the future..."

He Wu Xingxuan paused, hesitated and said: "They are worried that if we lose the war in the future and European and American countries come back to Southeast Asia, there will be disputes over the ownership of these assets, and they may spit out all these assets. After all, these assets It was originally the assets of those European and American businessmen. These Chinese businessmen have great concerns. Chinese businessmen have always been very cautious and would not start with these vague assets. I heard that the Chinese Overseas Chinese Committee in China directly told these Chinese businessmen not to be contaminated by these unsecured assets. Assets. So those assets in our hands cannot be sold.”

"Is there any solution. These assets are useless in our hands. What we want now is money."

Hideki Tojo had a headache.

It's really useless to hold so many things in your hand.Especially those properties are some heavy assets.If it is peacetime, these heavy assets are a very good asset.Because these assets are important properties in the urban centers of Southeast Asia.But right now, those assets are useless at all.

It cannot be sold or rented out.

And importantly, there are too many of these assets.At present, the various properties controlled by Japan in Southeast Asia are not hundreds or thousands, nor tens of thousands, but hundreds of thousands of various properties.These assets are only wealth if they are sold.If you can't sell it, it's a pile of garbage.

"There is only one way to dispel the concerns of these Chinese businessmen."

"Say."

"Destroy the original asset files, and give the owners of those assets and their families to..."

Kaya Xingxuan made a gesture of wiping his neck.

Hideki Tojo immediately understood what Kaya Konobu meant.Originally, Chinese businessmen in Southeast Asia were very strong and controlled the economy of Southeast Asia.Later, with the support of China, the wealth of these Chinese businessmen snowballed even more.After Japan swept away those European and American businessmen this time, the economic strength of Chinese businessmen in Southeast Asian countries became stronger.If it weren't for the fact that Japan needs China now, Japan would have already attacked these wealthy Chinese businessmen.

If Japan wants to sell those assets, the only buyers are these Chinese businessmen.

But Chinese businessmen are worried about the original owners of these assets.After the war is over and the original owner returns, the ownership of these assets will be very troublesome.So don't look at these assets so cheap, but Chinese businessmen don't start.

Then let these Chinese businessmen feel at ease.

What He Wu Xingxuan meant was to solve those original owners.Japan swept across Southeast Asia and captured many European and American businessmen.Although they were mistreated and many people died in prison, they were not really massacred.But now He Wu Xingxuan's intention is very simple, to deal with these people directly, and kill all these businessmen and their families.Without the original owner and family members of these assets, there is nothing to worry about.Even if Japan is really defeated in the future, there will be no heirs who can come and inherit these assets.

Not only to solve the owners of these assets, but also to destroy the asset certification documents.Because even if these businessmen and their families in Southeast Asia are dead, it doesn't mean that all the heirs are dead.After all, although many European and American businessmen have assets in Southeast Asia, many of their family members, relatives and friends are not in Southeast Asia, but in European and American countries.Therefore, their family members, or relatives and friends may come over after the war.Now that the certificates in the hands of those businessmen are destroyed, and those government files are destroyed, what do those people use to prove that those assets are their own.

Solve this problem, then these assets can be sold.

Who would not be jealous of such a cheap asset.

"Okay, that's it. Get rid of those assets in our hands quickly and raise the needed renminbi."

"it is good."