Volume 3 The Stormy Waves of the East China Sea Chapter 30 Trade-offs
After explaining the situation, Ozawa waited anxiously for Hatoyama to make a decision
As usual, Hatoyama pondered for a long time before a cup of piping hot coffee was stirred cold before he put down his silver spoon and cast an inquiring glance at Ozawa
"As you said, we have only two options if we want to stabilize the financial markets"
After a slight hesitation, Ozawa said, "In the long run, for the sake of the Yamato nation, we cannot issue currency indiscriminately, in fact, there is only one option"
Hatoyama nodded slightly, and pondered again
The harm of indiscriminate issuance of currency is very great, and the power to issue currency is not in the hands of the government, and if the government wants to resolve the current crisis by increasing liquidity, it can only borrow from the central bank by issuing treasury bonds
If we do not issue additional currency, we will have to borrow from international institutions
After European television broke the news that Japan's intelligence agencies were secretly monitoring international financial capital, high-level officials of the IMF unofficially condemned Japan's act, declaring that it was an illegal move that hindered free trade and violated the principles of financial transactions, and would certainly have a bad impact on the international financial order. Financial Regulatory Gate" scandal to make a reasonable explanation, otherwise the World Bank will consider imposing necessary sanctions and penalties on Japan
Seeing Hatoyama's indecisive appearance, Ozawa felt like his eyebrows were burning, but he didn't know what to do
"How long can we keep our money going?"
"It was sold out this morning, and if there is no new money coming in, the stock market will continue to plummet tomorrow"
Hatoyama picked up his coffee cup, pondered for a while, and then put it down, "Maybe we can close the Tokyo Stock Exchange."
"For what reason?"
"This ......" Hatoyama was silent for a moment
Ozawa had to wonder if Hatoyama would have survived in a highly competitive society if he had not been born into a political family, but as a grass citizen
Without waiting for Hatoyama to speak again, the door of the study was pushed open, and the secretary hurriedly walked in
As if seeing the savior, Hatoyama cast an expectant look at the secretary
"I just received a call from the Minister of Defense that a submarine of the Maritime Self-Defense Force clashed with the Chinese Navy fleet"
"What!?" Hatoyama stood up suddenly, "Use a weapon?" ”
The secretary nodded, "Not only did they use weapons, but they also lost contact with four submarines, and in addition, three submarines of the Chinese Navy were also torpedoed."
"No way, this can't be!" Hatoyama sat down, looking flustered
"Is there any more specific news?" Ozawa immediately asked
"The detailed report is being printed, and it will be sent later"
"Contact the Minister of Defense immediately, no, don't ......," Ozawa said, standing up, "I will personally call the Minister of Defense and ask him to report the situation in person."
The secretary left the study with interest, and Hatoyama still looked like he was not giving up
Walking to the desk, Ozawa glanced at Hatoyama, whose eyes were blank, gritted his teeth, and grabbed the phone microphone
Before he could pick up the microphone, the phone rang
After a little hesitation, Ozawa picked up the microphone and said, "Hatoyama Mansion, may I ask ......"
"I'm Hajiro, and I'm calling Hatoyama to listen to the phone"
Ozawa was secretly startled, and immediately said, "Yes, please wait"
Hatoyama also came back to his senses at this time, took a long breath, and then took the microphone handed by Ozawa
"I'm ...... Hatoyama"
"Aki, I'm on my way here, and I'll arrive at Ozawa in half an hour, is it at your place?"
"Yes, he's right next to me," Hatoyama wiped the sweat from his forehead
"Let him stay, and let the dog breed come over immediately and report the situation in person"
"Yes, I'll contact Inuyo-kun right away."
The "beep" sound of hanging up the phone rang several times, and Hatoyama put down the microphone and said, "Contact the Minister of Defense and ask him to come over immediately."
Ozawa nodded and called Defense Minister Inukaimoto
A short time later, the secretary sent the printed document to Hatoyama and Ozawa, and after reading the Ministry of Defense report, which was not detailed, the helicopter in which Hatoyama was riding landed on the lawn outside
About ten minutes later, Inu's book walked into the study sweating profusely
"First of all, someone has to be held accountable for this"
Hearing Hajiro's words, Ozawa and Inura, you look at me, I look at you, and they don't dare to answer
The responsibility is light and heavy, and the loss of four submarines at a time definitely belongs to the latter
Hajiro's gaze swept over the two cabinet officials, and he said coldly, "If you don't even have the courage to take responsibility, how can you lead the Yamato nation out of the predicament!?" ”
The dog raised his whole body trembled, and his legs trembled involuntarily
Ozawa had a flash of inspiration in his mind, clenched his fists, plucked up his courage, and said, "It's all my leadership, and tomorrow I will submit my resignation to His Majesty the Emperor."
"If the Prime Minister resigns, the situation will expand rapidly,
Anger will also erupt"
Hearing his nephew's analysis, Hajiro nodded slightly and said: "We have not yet admitted that there is a military conflict with China, and the prime minister cannot resign, otherwise the situation will get out of control"
Ozawa quickly lowered his head and secretly breathed a sigh of relief
"I ...... I ......" the dog hesitated for a while before saying, "I will take responsibility for this, I ......"
"Resignation is not enough to defuse the anger of the military" Hajiro's tone was very cold, and the harsh words were also cruel, "Since you are willing to take responsibility, I will not treat you badly I have prepared for you the short knife used by General Yamaguchi, and your wife and daughter will be taken care of in the best, so go with peace of mind"
The two bodyguards brought by Hajiro immediately came over and grabbed the two arms of the dog
"No......" Inuyo suddenly woke up, "Hatoyama-kun, it's not my fault, you can't treat me like this......"
Hatsujiro closed his eyes and didn't even look at the dying and struggling Inukaimoto
Hatoyama let out a sigh and closed his eyes for help
Ozawa kept his head down, secretly glad that it wasn't him who was unlucky
"No...... You can't do that to me...... I didn't do anything wrong......"
The dog was dragged out of the room, and the howl became more and more muffled
After about five minutes, the two bodyguards returned to their study
"Send someone to take the dog's wife and daughter to the villa, Fukuda-kun and Shikano-kun will like the gifts I prepared for them"
Ozawa closed his eyes and gritted his teeth, Inuyomoto's wife is only twenty-seven years old, a former TV drama star, has filmed two very high-grossing TV series, born with a devil body and a doll face His daughter born to his late ex-wife is now 21 years old, studying at the University of Tokyo, and won the runner-up in the college beauty pageant last year
Thinking of what happened to his dog's wife and daughter, Ozawa could only secretly congratulate himself that he didn't marry a beautiful wife or an outstanding daughter
After the bodyguard went out, Hajiro turned his gaze to Ozawa
"Uncle," Hatoyama said first, "Ozawa just reported the situation to me, and although we haven't found out the cause yet, someone must be sniping at our stock and foreign exchange markets."
"I know all of this," Hajiro sighed, "I also heard that the government's guaranteed loans for major conglomerates have been used up, and there is a serious shortage of funds to bail out the market."
"That's true, we're trying to figure it out"
Hajiro glared at his nephew and asked Ozawa, "What's your opinion?" ”
Ozawa hesitated a little and said, "There are two ways, one is to issue treasury bonds, and the other is to borrow from international organizations."
"To be specific, I didn't study economics"
"It is relatively easy to issue government bonds, but the negative effect is very obvious, if we fail to repay the debt in the short term, not only will the credibility of the government be affected, but it will also lead to hyperinflation and even domestic unrest, and even if we repay the debt by increasing deficit spending, it will have a serious impact on the future fiscal budget," Ozawa paused for a moment, and then said, "It is more troublesome to borrow from international organizations, but the negative effect is much smaller, and the key is whether the IMF and WB will provide us with huge loans."
"Is that all?"
Ozawa swallowed his saliva, convinced that Hajiro certainly did not understand economics: "After borrowing money from the IMF and WB, if we fail to expand the trade surplus and repay the debts within the agreed deadline, a number of companies will inevitably go bankrupt and liquidate their assets."
"That is, to pay off debts with our enterprises?"
Ozawa nodded, indicating that this was exactly what he meant
Hajiro smiled coldly, revealing an extremely harsh look again
Ozawa dared to be careless, and hurriedly said: "In terms of specific operations, we can take some countermeasures, even if the enterprise goes bankrupt, in the asset restructuring stage, we can also try to retain high-quality assets, only liquidate inferior assets, and avoid the essence of the national industry from falling into the hands of other countries."
"How sure are you?"
"This ......" Ozawa obviously hesitated, "I haven't done it specifically, I don't dare to make any guarantees"
Hajiro closed his eyes as if he was asleep
"Uncle ......"
"It takes the courage of a strong man to break his arm," Hajiro raised his head, his gaze became extremely sharp, "and it's not something we can decide, I will make an appointment with Fukuda and Shikano as soon as possible, as long as we get their consent, the matter will be successful, and half of the cabinet must make relevant arrangements as soon as possible, and submit an application for a loan to the IMF and W, no matter what the result is, the essence of the national industry will be preserved, and we will be able to revive again"
Hatoyama nodded, expressing support for his uncle's decision
Although Ozawa felt that Hatoyama was an unusually cruel guy, he had to agree with Hajiro's opinion
The stormy Yamato nation has come to a crossroads in history, and without the courage of a strong man with a broken arm, without the determination to cut down the marrow, without a wise and resolute leader, and without the united people, the 130 million people of the emperor would have fallen into the abyss from which they will never recover
The only thing that cannot be determined is that when all the conditions are met, will the Yamato nation be able to defeat a strong enemy from the outside world?
Damn it*
Today's 30 more, kill the first place on the update champion list, and beg for a monthly pass! (To be continued)