5 The Death of Kanto (5)

Kita spent the next few days walking around Tokyo, and in August, the young spy learned some basic socio-economic knowledge from Kita, and his relationship with Kita grew closer. On August 5, the young spy excitedly told Kita that the War Department had ended its surveillance mission. The young guy specifically asked if this was a replacement to continue monitoring or terminate the surveillance, and the result was to terminate the surveillance.

"In Shimohaneda-sao." For the first time, the young spy reported his name, "Mr. Bei, aren't you afraid that the government will be unfavorable to you?" ”

Kita Yihui smiled bitterly, "Of course I'm afraid!" What revolution is bloodless? I'm just afraid I'll die. If the Japanese Revolution can succeed, what is the life of my Kita Kazuki? ”

There are as many Japanese people who say such big words, and Haneda Sheng, as a spy, has long been tired of hearing such words. However, the songs made by Kita Ikki, as well as the specific social statistical analysis methods that Kita Ikki taught him, made Haneda have great respect for Kita Ikki. Compared with those who simply criticize the government and shout revolutionary slogans manically, Kita Ikki makes Haneda Sei a person who really feels like he has seen the sun.

Haneda said seriously: "Mr. Kita, there are many organizations in Tokyo that call for revolution, if you need their addresses, I can provide them to you." However, there are many spies monitoring these organizations, so please be careful. ”

"Thank you so much!" Kita Yihui bowed very seriously and thanked him.

Such a sincere attitude made Haneda Sheng feel very embarrassed, he hurriedly bowed and returned the salute, and said with a red face: "Mr. Kita, even if I want to help Mr. Kita, my ability is limited, and the places I can help are limited. It's just that the current situation in Japan is so bad that no one can find a way out. On the contrary, Mr. Kita is afraid that he is the only one who can find a way out for Japan. So please Mr. North must come on! ”

Kita Ikki took the list provided by Haneda and began to contact those "anti-government salon" organizations in Tokyo, but in fact, he may not be able to trust Haneda Sheng. Kita Ikki is a Japanese "man with lofty ideals", and like other people with lofty ideals, Kita Ikki also did a lot of very unpopular things in order to raise revolutionary funds in the early years. In this regard, Miyazaki Montony, who is now defecting to the People's Party, is exactly the same as Kita Kazuki, who simply went to the underworld in the early years. With the cognition of the dark side of human nature and the understanding of intrigues, Kita Yihui is by no means an innocent and kind person.

It's just that if you don't believe in Haneda now, there is no other way, and Kita Ikki really needs to contact those Japanese radicals. In the revolutionary theory of the People's Party, revolution is not created by revolutionaries, but needed by the working people. This passage made a deep impression on Kita Yihui. The People's Party started with a handful of people, and within a dozen years it nominally unified China. Even if the speed of seizing power is far less than that of Yuan Shikai in Beiyang, such a magical performance can be called shocking.

After all, Kita Ikki has been away from Japan for several years, and China has changed a lot in recent years, and Japan has also changed a lot. Without an investigation, there is no voice, and what Kita needs most now is to reintegrate into society. At least now Kita Ikki is no longer short of funds, and the Japanese comrades in the People's Party have made up a sum of money on their own, and Hitoshi Kuroshima has also applied for an activity fund from the People's Party. If you use money to open the way like Kita Yihui did before, find a wine shop and brothel like the "Meiji Shi", and call some women to eat and drink and talk, it will naturally not last long. If it is normal food, clothing, housing and transportation, this money can ensure the normal life of Bei Yihui for a considerable period of time.

Tokyo in August is so hot that you sweat profusely if you move casually, and Kita Kazuki walks around against the sun. He hastily contacted the anti-Japanese government salon organizations according to the list provided by Haneda Sheng, but instead conducted a summer social survey with Shuaki Okawa of Kenshoku University. Gather college students to conduct a social survey.

Okawa Shuming thought that the War Department was going to arrest Kita Ichiki, but the situation did not turn out like this. The War Department completely gave up and generally stopped paying attention to Kita Yihui, which gave Okawa Zhouming a reassurance. It's not that he doesn't want to cooperate with Kita Yihui, but the basis of this cooperation is not to give himself meaningless compensation.

I heard that it was a social survey, and Okawa felt that it was feasible. The rise of China and the establishment of the Soviet Union put great pressure on Japan, which is adjacent to these two countries. Japan's social system, which is different from that of capitalist countries, has had a particularly strong impact. "The laborer is the master of the house!" Even if you don't know what such a country looks like, just such a simple slogan can greatly arouse the aspirations and enthusiasm of workers.

Many professors at Japanese universities teach socialism and communism to their students as part of "Western democracy." The "consciousness of class control" in the upper echelons of Japan has always been very high, and the government has always stood firmly on the side of the propertied people. The revolt of the proletariat has always been forcefully suppressed. In the face of universities, which are the training grounds of the reserve army of the ruling class, they certainly attach importance to it, but they are a little slow to react.

Social surveys are not subject to any kind of supervision, and Kita Ikki's social survey program does not involve political content, including price indexes, wages and salaries, rents and land rental fees, and is completely the simplest economic data. The students were confused, and Zhou Ming Okawa was also at a loss. It was only by looking at Bei Yihui's confident appearance that the investigation could be regarded as reluctantly proceeding.

In fact, the People's Party's social survey method can be regarded as "learning from Europe and the United States". Thanks to the blessing of the Chinese language, Chen Ke only knows a few nouns, and after analyzing the nouns, he can deduce the direction in reverse. The BJP economic department began to formulate the rules after discussion. Kita Yihui studied these courses more systematically in school. In Japan, where economics and economic analysis are not yet developed, this is particularly advanced.

In a private university like Kenju University, college students are not ordinary poor people, even if they are not rich or expensive. When the data was analyzed, the students responded to what they knew, and the economic situation in Japan in recent years was immediately apparent. The Japanese bourgeoisie has a disproportionately large share of investment, low national wages, and an extremely weak domestic market. As soon as the European and American markets weakened, these investments immediately fell idle. Idle investments took the vast majority of Japan's wealth, industry ceased to function, and the economy plummeted.

After having the general direction, Kita Yihui did not criticize the political economy on this. Instead, a sample of more specific content was conducted. "Why are investments left unused?" This was the first issue to be addressed by the Economic Analysis Group.

From the point of view of liberals or anti-government activists, having found the reason for the bad economic situation, there are plenty of reasons to scold the government. In fact, many young college students have begun to scold the Japanese government for its inaction and for watching the economy decline. With a little incitement, a new anti-government group was formed. I didn't expect Bei Yihui to let go of such a good opportunity, but to investigate and analyze in more detail.

"Beijun, what exactly do you want to do?" Okawa Zhouming asked seriously about Kita Yihui.

"Be realistic." Kita replied. After saying this, Kita Yihui himself was happy. During the training at the People's Party cadre school, cadres, including Bei Yihui, saw the data from the social survey and immediately began to judge and guess what was happening according to their own assumptions. Cadres and school teachers should ask comrades to do more detailed investigations and seek truth from facts. At that time, Kita Yihui was quite unconvinced. Unexpectedly, after returning to Japan, Kita Yihui himself actually played the role of asking others to seek truth from facts. This contrast is really hard not to laugh at.

Okawa Zhouming couldn't understand what Bei Yihui was thinking, he felt that Bei Yihui was harboring evil intentions and was ready to engage in some deeper conspiracy. It's just that after carefully looking at the investigation plan, Okawa Zhouming can't see what the problem is inside. Knowing that the economic situation is not good, a more specific sample survey of what is happening. It is also a legitimate way to do learning. The only question is why an anti-government guy should start his studies seriously when he already has enough incitement materials in his hands.

The students didn't think much of it, and they felt that the survey provided a new way to understand society, especially those who run factories in their homes.

The sample survey was conducted according to academic qualifications, such as university education, high school education, apprenticeship, or family trades, and was divided into seven or eight different types, each of which was specifically surveyed by people who were unemployed or out of work.

Kita Ichiki was assigned a university graduate named Reiichi Maeda. This Reiichi Maeda is the young owner of a small machine factory in Tokyo, and graduated from the University of Tokyo with a degree in mechanical engineering. My factory was shut down last year and has not started yet.

In 1923, when college students were scarce, it was not difficult to get ties among students. After being introduced, Reichi Maeda agreed to be investigated.

Similar to the mainstream factories in Japan, the Maeda family's factory is also a home-based machine factory. After entering the factory building with his own yard, Kita Yihui noticed that the power source of this small factory turned out to be a hot ball machine made in China. The maintenance of the machine is quite careful, it has not started for nearly a year, the places that should be wiped with oil have been carefully painted, and the places that should be cleaned and wiped clean. These are enough to prove that the machinery factory of Maeda Ling is by no means the kind of two-knife level that only produces two knives.

The hot ball machine has a complete set of supporting parts, the machine provides its own power, as well as power generation to provide electricity, as well as a gas generator, all available. Even though Maeda Reiichi was full of sadness, when talking about his factory, that seriousness made Kita Yihui agree.

The small machine shop mainly supplied parts to shipyards in Tokyo, and the shipyard's business was in a slump since the year before. At the time of the naval competition, warships started a lot. The production of parts for warships is a large company, and the Maeda family's small factory has no chance to intervene at all. The construction of warships has a backlog of civilian ships at the shipyard, and despite the efforts to maintain it, the Maeda family's factory has to be closed.

The results of other surveys are basically the same as those of the Maeda family, and large Japanese companies are now taking almost all of the state orders, and the living space of small companies has been greatly squeezed, and they have almost completely gone bankrupt or stopped working.

"Mr. North! This is already entirely the responsibility of the government! ”

"The government is corrupt and incompetent, and only knows how to favor the interests of the chaebols."

"This is really a disregard for the lives of the people!"

Without the instigation of Bei Yihui, the remarks of criticizing and scolding the government have already rolled out. The cheap red, the frowning brows, the young people are full of righteous indignation.

"Not necessarily." Kita replied. Japan's manufacturing companies are similar to those in Wuhan, an important industrial center of the People's Party. Businesses are small and vulnerable to economic turmoil. With the BJP, these small businesses are having an equally hard time. The People's Party's large state-owned enterprises easily suppressed China's small and medium-sized enterprises. However, the economic model of the People's Party is fundamentally different from that of Japan. "In this regard, the greatest responsibility of the government is to completely deny small businesses the opportunity to intervene in the large production system of society."

Hearing Kita Ikki criticize the government in this way, the young students were surprised.

"Mr. Kita, what does this mean?" The students asked.

Kita replied: "I have been in China, and this is the case in China. But as long as small enterprises have the production capacity and are willing to transform their production equipment and technology, the Chinese government is still willing to help them. Through government investment, private enterprises will be transformed into public-private partnerships through the shareholding system. However, what the Japanese government has done is to ignore small businesses and let them live or die. I'm not saying that these small businesses don't have problems on their own, but the government doesn't help them to increase their production at all, and that's really indifferent. ”

"The state helps the enterprise? The state has long sold all the enterprises cheaply to the big gate valve, how can they help these small private enterprises? A student sneered.

In the later period of the Meiji Restoration, a large number of state-owned enterprises were sold cheaply to gate valves, and at the same time various financial support was given to these large conglomerates, which was the reason for the rapid development of large Japanese enterprises. Up to now, apart from a part of the military-industrial complex that must be in the hands of the state, there are no other state-owned enterprises. Even the banks are mostly privatized, and the financial industry, in conjunction with big business, is not bothering to support small businesses.

Kita's words sparked greater dissatisfaction with the government among young people.