Chapter 572 The Japanese Want to Visit

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Shigeru Yoshida was short in stature and not very handsome, but he married Yukiko, a well-known lady. Yukiko, who was ten years younger than him, was the granddaughter of Okubo Toshimichi, a famous Meiji hero and one of the "Three Heroes of the Restoration", and the eldest daughter of Nobuno Makino, a minister of the day who was deeply trusted by the emperor. It is said that the great matchmaker is actually a female chess player who often plays Go with Makino.

The goodwill between Japan, Britain and the United States has been a national policy pursued by the Japanese government for a long time in modern times. Japan benefited from this national policy and continued to expand its power and seize huge rights and interests during the Sino-Japanese War of 1898, the Russo-Japanese War, and the First World War.

Yoshida Shigeru's father-in-law, Makino Nobunobu, was a representative of the pro-American faction in Japan's DPRK and China, and his political views had a decisive influence on Yoshida Shigeru.

After a difficult period after the war, Yoshida Shigeru was pleased with the current Japanese economy, although he was lucky enough to become prime minister because Hatoyama was jealous of the occupying forces. However, his good relationship with Americans, especially MacArthur, allowed him to quickly secure the position of prime minister.

The results of the world war have made Yoshida Shigeru understand that going against the United States will not end well. Before the war, Japan should have maintained good relations with Britain and the United States, instead of self-aggrandizement and joining the war against Britain and the United States.

The news of the US military's victories on the Korean Peninsula made Yoshida Shigeru think that he had made the right choice. At the same time, he was also paying attention to the British meeting in Kuala Lumpur.

The defeat caused Japan to lose China, its largest overseas market before the war, and economic revival was inseparable from a huge market.

If Japan wants to develop, it must need a huge market to support it. Therefore, Shigeru Yoshida is very concerned about the situation in Southeast Asia and has his own ideas about the Kuala Lumpur Conference initiated by Britain, the leader of the pre-war world.

While Shigeru Yoshida was thinking about how to create conditions for Japan to revive, Yuuto Ikeda, a close assistant he was optimistic about, entered his office and greeted his life mentor with a respectful gesture.

Ikeda was born in Yoshina Village, Toyota County, Hiroshima Prefecture, into a family of brewing owners, and his family was relatively well off.

After graduating from the Law Department of Kyoto University, he joined the Ministry of Finance and worked in the Ministry of Finance. After Japan was defeated and surrendered, Ikeda began to rise to prominence. Played an important role in the process of economic revitalization. Because he is highly appreciated and reused by Yoshida Shigeru, he is recognized as Yoshida Shigeru's excellent assistant and deeply trusted.

"Ikeda, come and sit down." Shigeru Yoshida looked at his protégé and said with a smile.

Ikeda Yongto nodded, "Prime Minister, what happened if you called me here?"

"Ikeda, it's like this. The current military operations of the US military have allowed Japan to develop. We should also take advantage of the opportunity to support the United States to repair the current relations, such as in Southeast Asia." Yoshida Shigeru said seriously, "We have lost the mainland After the market, Southeast Asia is extremely important to Japan. At the same time, we also need the understanding of the British. After all, the British Empire now has a great influence in Southeast Asia. It can also be seen from this Kuala Lumpur meeting that the British still have huge influence. , newly independent countries such as India, as well as traditional British supporters Canada, Australia, etc.”

Yuto Ikeda agreed with the idea of ​​​​a life mentor and said that he also meant the same thing, "However, the problems in Southeast Asia are very complicated. The Philippines is clinging to us because of the casualties suffered during the war, which is very embarrassing."

"The key lies in the United Kingdom. According to the information we know at this stage. The United Kingdom is based in British Malaya and is carrying out a lot of construction. Another thing is that the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, Australia, and the Netherlands that follow the United Kingdom have a huge number of prisoners of war. If If these countries can release prisoners of war and return home, I believe it will put pressure on the Philippines."

The most important thing for the Philippines after independence was to demand war reparations from Japan. It was only after getting to know Alan Wilson deeply that he realized that he had others who had the same idea.

As a stubborn country, Japan has already been debt-collected by the Philippines many times. This is not a secret at all.

Yuto Ikeda pondered for a moment,

He asked in a low voice, "Can you get support from the United States?"

"This matter will continue to be handled, but I hope you can go to Kuala Lumpur. It can be regarded as an ice-breaking trip. It is best to get the understanding of the British." Shigeru Yoshida said that he was very optimistic about you, expressing his hope for Japan's revival. The responsibility fell on Ikeda Yuuto.

"The steel industry is extremely important to a country, and it is inappropriate to place it in Peninsular Malaysia. It is more reassuring to place it in Sarawak."

At this moment, he did not know that a visitor he had never expected was coming to his door. Alan Wilson was still in Kuching and East Malaysia Commissioner Edel, inspecting the steel base that had already started construction.

Because the two parts of British Malaya are actually not balanced. Even after annexing the Isthmus of Kra, the area of ​​West Malaysia is still smaller than that of East Malaysia, while the population of East Malaysia is far smaller than that of West Malaysia. Only the Malay Peninsula one third of .

For the sake of long-term peace and stability, and also for the purpose of untenable partition, industrial layout must be focused. The Malay Peninsula has a large population and more convenient sea transportation. The textile industry base must be placed there.

As for tin ore and rubber, they are developed on the current basis and there is no distribution problem. No one can move the tin mines away, right? The rubber industry can be balanced.

Then the industries placed in East Malaysia are very important for the sake of reliability. I believe that every country understands the significance of the steel industry to a country. After all, this is a hard indicator of whether it is a powerful country.

The steel industry must be placed in Sarawak. As for its importance, just look at how enthusiastic France is about Alan Wilson’s proposal of a coal and iron community. For any country, steel lives up to its name and is the backbone of a country. exist. It is almost a confidence to speak to the outside world.

The same goes for the oil and gas industry in British Malaya, including extraction and refining. Don’t think that oil refining has no technological content. Even in the 21st century, many Middle Eastern countries export oil and import petroleum products. Many countries cannot even refine gasoline.

Profits in the oil refining industry are now very high, and one of the most important reasons is the pricing mechanism. However, the cost-plus pricing mechanism cannot be maintained for a long time. In the future, the refined oil pricing mechanism will become market pricing, which is an inevitable trend. So be sure to be mentally prepared.

Compared with simply selling oil, the oil refining industry is an industry that leverages the characteristics of oil. Simply selling raw materials is not enough.

Although in today's world it can even be said that the United States was already a giant in oil refining long ago when Standard Oil first appeared, but the United Kingdom is at least not lagging behind in this regard.

Then steel and oil refining, Alan Wilson had already decided in his heart, to be placed in the reliable Kingdom of Sarawak. Pamela Mountbatten also knew this.

After walking around with East Malaysia Commissioner Edel, Alan Wilson felt a little hungry, so he found a place to eat something, and then returned to the Kingdom of Sarawak to take a rest.

In name, this palace has nothing to do with Alan Wilson, the High Commissioner, but this does not prevent him from interrupting for a moment.

At this time, Edel came back and said, "Commissioner, Alyssa sent a telegram saying that the Japanese government sent a delegation to discuss the issue of prisoners of war."

"I'm afraid it's not just a problem of prisoners of war." How many days has it been since the Kuala Lumpur Conference? Alan Wilson, who attended the meeting, was not so easily forgotten.

But no matter what, he will not make it easy for the Japanese to achieve their goals in any aspect. Who told him to have a father-in-law who said while he was still alive that there could be no Japanese at the funeral?

There is no need to talk about such a long time ago. In the previous surrender ceremony of Japan, Mountbatten required all senior Japanese generals to hold a formal signing ceremony in front of his subordinates; moreover, they must surrender their weapons on the spot, and they must hand over these sabers. , guns, etc. were distributed as trophies to the Allied officers and soldiers present. In addition, all Allied officers participating in the ceremony were prohibited from shaking hands with Japanese generals.

Otherwise, how could it be so easy to implement Alan Wilson's proposal in New Delhi to detain Japanese prisoners of war to make up for the war's damage to the colonies? You must know that he was only the regional commissioner of Hyderabad at that time. The key was the role played by Mountbatten, the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces in Southeast Asia at the time.

"No matter who is coming, it is arranged to be in Penang, where there are more Chinese people." Alan Wilson glanced at the telegram and returned to his boneless state. "I will go back when the Japanese arrive. There is not enough time. What?"

If he hadn't been afraid of injuring himself, he would have wanted to set the meeting place on the island where the nuclear test was conducted, so as to show the importance he attached to the nuclear nation.

Now it is obvious that British Malaya and Japan are in a competitive relationship that needs to start at the same time. No matter what the Japanese's purpose was this time, Alan Wilson could not agree to it.

What's more, it is unintentional. Recently, the public opinion in the hands of Pamela Mountbatten is reporting that during the war, the families of Southeast Asian colonial troops were used as military prostitutes by Japan.

The war has been over for five years, which is not far away. At this time, the colonists still in Southeast Asia are extremely angry when the scars are revealed. Maybe many prisoners of war will die of overwork in the near future.

Alan Wilson has no interest in knowing about the so-called Japanese politicians. He can just read the information temporarily to get an idea, because knowing one is almost equivalent to knowing the Japanese politicians in the next few decades.

You must know that the Japanese political circles are quite solidified and fully conform to any definition of the bureaucratic class. It can even be said that the descendants of the politician group started out as ministers.

Waiting until the other party arrives before returning to the Malay Peninsula does not involve any diplomatic etiquette. On the contrary, Alan Wilson believes that this is the right thing to do. As he has always advertised that he will strike hard at third world countries, this is what he should do.

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