France was affected by the economic crisis in the United States relatively late, but it lasted for an extremely long time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info Germany is the opposite, it is almost the first European country to be affected by the economic crisis in the United States.

Why is this so?

Because the recovery trend of the German economy in the 20s was based on short-term loans provided by the United States. The stock market crash in the United States, where about 20 billion marks of loans were suddenly withdrawn by the United States, triggered the worst and most protracted economic crisis in Germany's history.

By the time Zhou arrived in Berlin in mid-January, there were already signs of a depression, and from time to time he could see street workers who had lost their jobs.

Shortly after leaving the train station, Zhou Hexuan saw a crowd of citizens gathered somewhere on the streets of Berlin. A thin man like a sick man, standing on a makeshift step, made an impassioned street speech:

"Germany's coal production is declining, Germany's steel production is declining, Germany's pig iron production is declining, Germany's machine-building production is declining, Germany's electricity generation is declining, Germany's total imports, total exports, treasury gold reserves are all declining. Only the unemployment rate in Germany is rising, last summer, the number of unemployed people in Germany was only 1.2 million, but half a year later, the number of unemployed people in Germany has approached 2 million! Workers, peasants, traders, capitalists...... The living conditions of every citizen of Germany are getting worse and worse! What causes this? It's an incompetent parliamentary democracy and a party government! Germany, led by those incompetent, has decayed into a country with a divided population and conflicting interests. Only the election of the Nazi Party, by creating a unified new state that transcends classes, property and occupations, will reverse the present disadvantage......

The political parties under the Weimar Republic system represented only specific interest groups. All the parties deserve to die, they are all part of the same party system that destroyed Germany, and they are all responsible for setting the terms of the reparations from the Versailles Treaty to the Dawes Plan, to the signing of the Younger Plan. Their lack of ability to govern the country leads to the misery of society as a whole. Democracy, pacifism and internationalism led to German incompetence and weakness, to the groveling of a great nation.

Friends, it's time to clean up this rotten system. Only the National Socialist Movement, led by the Nazi Party, can safeguard the interests of the whole country! Germany under the Nazi Party will be reborn, and the new German people will no longer be a hodgepodge of classes, occupations and property. The new Germany will be a community of peoples that transcends all differences, with the power to save the nation. The decaying and aging state must be replaced by a new one built on racial values. The new nation, which celebrated achievement, strength, will, and fighting spirit, the meritocracy, the genius of individuality, and the restoration of the power and strength of the entire German nation, could only be brought about by National Socialism......

Long live Germany! ”

The thin man on the stage waved his arms and shouted sharply from his throat, like a funny clown on stage.

But the Germans on the side of the road were aroused by him, and many of them followed with a hissing shout: "Long live Germany!" ”

Zhou Hexuan shook his head helplessly, what he saw was not a speech, but a war.

The thin man on the stage was not Hitler himself, because Hitler had been banned from speaking in public by the German government. Furiously shouting was Goebbels, the propaganda minister of the Nazi Party.

Had it not been for the severe impact of the economic crisis, Hitler would not have come to power so quickly. If it were not for the economic crisis, Japan's militarist ideas would not have spread so easily.

The source of the Second World War, I have to say, the Yankees have to bear some responsibility.

It was the stock market crash and economic crisis caused by the Americans that seriously affected the national economies of Germany and Japan, and the common people could not live a better life, that the soil for breeding fascist forces was born.

Zhou Hexuan drove to the Chinese Legation in Germany and soon met Jiang Zuobin, the Chinese Minister to Germany and Austria.

This gentleman was born in the late New Army and secretly participated in the Alliance. After the Wuchang Uprising, he lobbied to unify Jiangxi and served as chief of staff of the Jiujiang Military Government. Last year, when Chiang Zuobin came to Germany as a minister, the German government sent a float to meet him at the German-Swedish border, and sent senior officials to greet him at the Berlin station.

This legation had also just been built, and the Nanjing government did not allocate enough funds, so Jiang Zuobin paid out of his own pocket to make up for it, and his own minister's allowance was taken out.

What's even funnier is that the Nanjing government often owes embassy staff salaries. Jiang Zuobin could only pay in advance by himself, but as a result, the advance became more and more, and he became a poor egg.

More than ten years later, Jiang Zuobin was sick and destitute, living in a small house in the countryside of Chongqing, where medicine could not be bought and nutrition was poor, and he was still calling on the people to donate money for the anti-Japanese resistance.

Until Jiang Zuobin's death, the Nationalist government still owed him a lot of salaries, which were paid in advance to the embassy staff.

During the Republic of China, there was really no shortage of clean and good officials who served the country and the people, but these people generally did not end well. Take Jiang Zuobin, for example, he was a member of the League who participated in the Xinhai Revolution, and he could be called a veteran-level figure, and he was so highly used, but in the end the evening was bleak.

The country is good, I am good. The country is poor, I am poor. This is what Jiang Zuobin said during the Anti-Japanese War.

Zhou Hexuan said in a respectful tone: "Mr. Jiang, I have admired the name for a long time!" ”

Jiang Zuobin took Zhou Hexuan's hand and laughed: "Hahaha, Mr. Zhou, I've been waiting for you for a few days." If you don't come again, I'll run to the Soviet Union. ”

"What to do in the USSR?" Zhou Hexuan asked curiously.

How could the Chinese minister to Germany and Austria leave his post without permission and go to the Soviet Union in person?

Jiang Zuobin explained: "The Soviet Union has severed diplomatic relations with China, and I would like to contact China in the hope that the two countries can resume normal diplomatic relations." ”

"That's hard." Zhou Hexuan smiled bitterly.

"No matter how difficult it is, someone has to do it," Jiang Zuobin sighed, "Everyone says that the Soviet Union is China's biggest enemy, but they are all wrong." China's biggest enemy is Japan, and within 10 years at most, Japan will inevitably invade China, and then it will be fundamental to join forces with the Soviet Union to resist Japan. Therefore, the Soviet Union must never break off diplomatic relations. ”

"Mr. has a long-term vision, and I admire it." Zhou Hexuan said.

Jiang Zuobin waved his hand again and again: "In front of Mr. Zhou, I can't be called visionary." The book "The Chrysanthemum and the Knife" you wrote is really amazing, and the analysis of Japan is clear and thorough, and I have read it more than ten times, and every time I read it, I have gained something new. ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled: "Mr. Jiang praised it falsely. You insisted on speaking in Chinese at the League of Nations meeting last year, and that is admirable. ”

"These are all trivial things, just to save face for the country," Jiang Zuobin said with emotion, "If China really wants to be strong, it must develop industry, military and education, so that it will not be unable to cope with a war with Japan." ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "This is the right principle. ”

"National strength needs to be developed, and the country's reputation must also be developed," Jiang Zuobin said with a smile, "This time, Mr. Zhou has won glory for us in the United States and France." I heard that Mr. Zhou's "The Goddess" has already topped the list of French book sales? ”

"That's the light of the Prix Goncourt." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

Since winning the Prix Goncourt, sales of The Goddess have skyrocketed. Come to think of it, the French like to give the Goncourt Prize-winning works as Christmas gifts, so it's no wonder that sales are not booming.

In just one month, the new sales of "The Divine Woman" still exceeded 300,000 copies, and the total sales exceeded 500,000 copies, making it the best-selling Asian literary work in France.

Jiang Zuobin said: "Mr. Zhou, now that you are quite famous in Germany, this lecture activity should do more positive publicity for the country. ”

"Of course." Zhou Hexuan said.

Nowadays, Chinese people who come to Europe and the United States to give lectures will not speak ill of their own country, no matter how much they hate the government at home. Because China's international image is bad enough, they can only choose the good ones and go to great lengths to contribute to China.

What is it like hereafter?

A small international student dared to say that his country could not stay in his graduation speech, and the air in the United States was sweet.

Jiang Zuobin suddenly asked, "Do you want Mr. Zhou to have an exchange with Einstein?" ”

"Albert Einstein?" Zhou Hexuan was surprised.

Jiang Zuobin said: "Yes, Einstein is very famous in Europe. If you communicate with him, it will definitely attract widespread attention, which is also good for promoting China. I'll try to get you in touch, and he'll probably agree. ”