The signing of the Tang-Ri Armistice Agreement spread throughout the world, and there was an uproar.

"Has this compensation of more than one billion US dollars really given to Datang?"

"Then there is still a falsehood? Tang Jun will definitely not give up if he doesn't give money. He will definitely fuck him so much that his father and mother."

"Dang Tang made a fortune this time, I'm so envious."

"That's right, that money is probably piled up."

"Now the Japanese will be skinned alive even if they don't die."

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All over the world, men, women, young and old, were talking about it. The word Tang Dynasty became an international noun, which greatly expanded the influence of the Tang Empire.

Japan is in bleakness, and Saito Mi was scolded by the Japanese for traitors, like a rat crossing the street, everyone shouted and beaten.

Fortunately, Saito Mi was a soldier, and at this time, Japan had embarked on the road of militarism. With the increasingly strict military control, the protesters were soon suppressed by the military.

After receiving huge compensation from Japan, the Tang Empire naturally had to take care of the face of Britain, France and the United States, and stopped the large-scale air strikes on Japan, so that the Japanese citizens would not have to worry all day long and could finally take a breath.

However, the huge war reparations made Japan lose its customs tariff autonomy, and the Saito Mi cabinet could not even pay the wages of civil servants, let alone allocating funds to the Japanese Navy to rebuild the joint fleet.

The Tang Empire demanded huge compensation from Japan, with one of the purposes of making the Japanese government unable to pay for money to rebuild the joint fleet. However, the Japanese were also a little clever, and soon Saito Miki followed the post-war Germany and depreciated the yen on a large scale to obtain financial funds and shipbuilding funds.

Fortunately, Zhang Meng had long expected that the Japanese would adopt the depreciation of the yen, so he only required the actual price of the US dollar and the actual price of gold in the compensation method to repay the principal, which ensured that the compensation was not affected by the depreciation of the yen and ensured his own interests.

However, the Japanese people were in trouble. The yen depreciated wildly, and the money of Japanese people was almost squeezed out by the government. The yen depreciated every hour. Originally, one month's salary could buy a bag of noodles, but at the end of the month, he could only buy one pound of noodles. Later, the workers asked for a daily salary. After receiving the salary every day, they ran to buy everything, for fear that they would not be able to afford it the next day.

In just a few months, millions of Japanese people starved to death, forcing the Saito Mikado cabinet to adopt the Soviet Union's planned economy, and the rationing system for food and daily necessities.

The Japanese lived in dire straits, but the Tang Empire, thousands of miles away, ushered in an unprecedented wealth, with a population of less than 10 million. However, they accounted for 30% of the world's gold reserves. The Tang people lived in buildings, drove cars, had the highest salary in the world, had extremely rich living supplies, had no worries about food and clothing, and had advanced education, medical care and social security. It was simply a paradise on earth.

The Tang Dynasty was so rich that it was really envious of all countries that were drooling. Especially the 15,000 tons of gold reserves made Chang'an a financial center around the world, and international gold settlement transactions of various countries had to be carried out in Chang'an, the Tang Dynasty. Chang'an's international status increased sharply, and was on par with New York and London.

Hoover's reform measures include financial reform. He devalued the US dollar by 50% according to Zhang Meng's guidance plan and restored the credit of American banks. At this time, more than 20,000 banks in the United States were closed, making the US finance in a period of ice and the economy could not recover at all.

At the same time, countries around the world adopt competitive currencies to depreciate, which leads to increasingly depreciation of currencies in various countries, poor business competition, and intensified international trade disputes. Trade frictions in various countries have caused diplomatic wars and the whole world is in chaos.

Both Britain and the United States are the largest trading countries, and they have to sit down to negotiate in order to resolve the trade dispute. However, if they want to restore bank credit, they have to rebuild the financial system. The US government itself cannot complete it and originally planned to bring the UK together. However, Britain had previously suffered heavy losses in the French financial crisis. A large amount of gold flowed out to the Tang Dynasty and could not support Hoover's financial reforms. Therefore, Hoover had to turn to Zhang Meng for help.

The monetary and financial negotiations between Britain and the United States actually invited the Tang Empire to participate, which was a shock to the whole world, because it represented the importance of the Tang Empire in the financial field and its international status could already be alongside Britain and the United States. Traditional powers such as France and Italy could no longer match them.

Participating in the new international financial and monetary system established by the United States, Britain and the Tang Dynasty was a great joy for the Tang Empire. It really made the Tang people proud and envious of Chinese people all over the world.

Zhang Meng was happier than anyone else because he found out that he could deal with the British again.

Previously, Zhang Meng used his huge amount of funds to sweep French finance, causing heavy losses to Britain, and suddenly lowered the relationship between Tang and Britain to a freezing point. This is also a direct reason why the British interfered in the Tang-Japanese War, which was the strong dissatisfaction of the MacDonald administration with Zhang Meng.

Zhang Meng was worried about the British colonies in the Central and South Pacific, such as Kiribati, Nauru, Vanuatu, Barbados, Solomon Islands, etc. These islands were all within the absolute defense circle of the Tang Empire. Controlling these places would greatly enhance the strategic depth of the Tang army and the war warning time.

At the same time, as the Tang Empire seized the Carolin and other archipelagos in Japan, it was very close to Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and other resource-rich countries. The maritime strategic transportation channel had been opened. At this time, Japan's power in the Central Pacific region had no roots and could not pose a threat to the Tang Dynasty's strategic energy transportation line. Therefore, the colonies controlled by Britain and France here became a potential threat to the Tang Dynasty's strategic energy supply line.

Zhang Meng hopes to negotiate with the UK through the opportunity of the United States and Britain's desire to establish a new international financial order, so that the British can transfer these Central Pacific islands to the Tang Empire.

"No! I will definitely not sell it!"

McDonald's roar could be heard throughout Downing Street. When he heard Zhang Meng take advantage of the situation and actually wanted to buy multiple British colonies in the Central Pacific, he was furious.

"Prime Minister, you should be very clear that the islands Zhang Meng wanted to buy were actually not important to the British Empire. For the Tang Dynasty, that was their strategic defense depth, and we would definitely get a good price."

Chamberlain discussed the matter and did not mix his personal likes and dislikes. He believed that those islands could ask Zhang Meng for a good price.

McDonald shook his head and said, "You don't understand that Zhang Meng is a guy who never suffers losses. He took advantage of the situation and thought we would surrender. Remember when he bought the Fiji Islands with us last year? He spent 100 million pounds, but borrowed a billion pounds from us. As a result, he used the money to sweep tens of billions of dollars from France. As a result, the pound was forced to depreciate with the francs, and the billion pounds he lent to Zhang Meng to depreciate by more than half. In other words, he actually only paid back a few hundred million pounds, which is equivalent to taking 600 million pounds from us in vain. Damn guy, when I think of this, I wish I could pull out his skin."

Whenever MacDonald thought about this, his forehead suddenly burst into pieces, and he was so angry that he gritted his teeth.

Chamberlain was also a participant in this matter. It was precisely because he and Stanley gave Zhang Meng a green light that Zhang Meng easily borrowed a billion pounds from the Bank of England. As a result, Britain suffered heavy losses in the French financial battlefield, and Chamberlain had an unshirkable responsibility.

However, Chamberlain had no choice. Their plan was perfect at the beginning, but unfortunately, Carney was too arrogant in the end. As a result, Mira's affairs affected his judgment, which eventually led to a crushing defeat in France and suffered heavy losses.

Strictly speaking, Chamberlain and Stanley are not wrong, so their emotions are not as excited as MacDonald.

Stanley, who had not said anything, said at this time: "I don't want to argue with you this time, you decide for yourself. But I want to remind you that this time it was the US government that Hoover asked us to agree to Zhang Meng's conditions, because whether it is the United States or ours, the most urgent task at the moment must rebuild the financial and monetary system and stabilize bank credit. Otherwise, the trade frictions and disputes caused by the continuous depreciation of competitive currencies between Britain and the United States will affect the relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom."

"You—you can't argue with me anymore?"

McDonald rolled her eyes in anger. Stanley said it was nice. This time he threw the hot mountain to MacDonald. If McDonald disagreed, then the Americans would naturally attack him.

"You make the decision!" Stanley turned his head aside, not looking at McDonald's eyes, but was smiling in his heart, seeing how you stepped down.

MacDonald stared at Stanley fiercely, then looked at the other members of the United Cabinet, and everyone was silent and waiting for MacDonald to make a decision.

It is rare for MacDonald to get an absolute say once, but he understands that these guys don’t want to offend Americans, and it is obvious that MacDonald is the bad guy.

McDonald is not stupid. If this matter is not handled well, his political career will end.

"Prime Minister, these islands are very important to the Tang Dynasty. If we don't sell them, there will inevitably be friction in the Pacific region in the future. Since you are this Zhang Meng very cunning, it is not ruled out that he will create civil war on these islands again. Just like the Fijian civil war back then, I'm afraid the military power of the British Empire would not be able to stop the residents of these islands from becoming independent, so Zhang Meng would not have to discuss with us to buy it. He would directly send troops to invade."

This is indeed a difficult problem. Everyone knows that others may not be able to do it, but Zhang Meng is a habitual offender, so he will definitely do that.
Chapter completed!