George Bush’S Great America [EN]: Chapter 297

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“That’s right, there was no answer because I was only thinking about dealing with the terrible things that would happen after the split from the beginning!”

That’s right. The reason why there was no answer was because I was only thinking about breaking it within this unshakable, black desk-like, watertight frame.

Then, wouldn’t it be enough for the United States to step in and split it up?

“What on earth are you talking about?”

“China. China!”

‘I don’t care if I write off some, or even all, of the debt from this incident.’

If the inflow of China Gold disappears, will it falter? Then, wouldn’t it be enough to prepare something to replace it so that it doesn’t falter? Of course, if there were such methods all over the place, anyone would have become a superpower like the United States, but what’s important is that such a method suddenly flashed through Bush’s mind.

‘Completely tear China apart based on military districts. Intervene early to mediate so that a civil war doesn’t break out. That’s enough. They’ll growl at each other internally, but they probably won’t wage war against each other. At most half a century, at least a year or two, they will become one again, but that alone is more than enough reason to mediate!’

Bush was confident that this was a plausible idea, even if it wasn’t perfect.

‘The most important thing is that, except for the legitimate government, the Communist Party, the other military districts should be a little. No, completely separate from China.’

No matter what kind of crazy things the United States does, the inclusive concept of speaking Chinese and being Chinese will remain, but that alone was enough. Bush’s purpose was not to obliterate and divide cultures like in the days of imperialism and colonialism.

And what on earth does Congress want most? Isn’t it arms reduction? At least, they wanted to reduce the troops stationed in Asia, which had increased abnormally to check China.

The newly stationed troops were enough to be divided just by splitting the enlarged ones. What’s more? Rather, it can be reduced. Largely, it was because the opponent to be checked with a lot of bluffing on purpose disappeared, and on a small scale, it was because it was divided, so all you had to do was monitor it.

The only problem is, ‘How are you going to divide it?’ But this is not that difficult either. All you have to do is poke the center of gravity of the military districts one by one. It’s already a military district that’s about to split. Even a little bit of discord will push each other away.

If there is a ‘country or military district that claims to be the legitimate government, that military district will have to pay it back.’ All you have to do is poke it little by little. Everyone knew that this was just an attempt to cover up the truth.

‘Anything but China. Yes, only China.’

From the beginning, what is the reason why Qing Dynasty bonds must be repaid, and what is the justification for the United States to mobilize its military force to put pressure on them? Isn’t it because China is China? Therefore, in this ‘state’, it can never be denied. Chinese people are Chinese people whether they live or die.

In other words, if it is not in this state, that is, if they do not have to pay it back, there are many guys in the Party who can do anything. It finally came out, but the Chinese are a people accustomed to national oppression.

Sometimes we forget, but China’s official name is the infamous ‘People’s Republic of China’. It is the country where the leadership has never changed since its founding as the Communist Party.

If you just turn the clock back a little, you can witness or live through things like the Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward. The people who directly helped or directed them are still alive. And those people are called Red Guards.

And has it changed a bit these days? Of course. It has changed. To be exact, it was at the very end of that changing period. This happened at that important time. If this part does not prick Bush’s conscience, it would be a lie.

And without even mentioning the Red Guards, all the Chinese people clearly remembered ‘Tiananmen’, which was less than 20 years ago. Those who were in their 20s and 30s at the time and are now the vested interests of China remember it.

At least in the old foreign settlements such as Hong Kong and Shanghai. In other words, in places where the national keynote is a little twisted and oppression has become looser, and capital is concentrated, demonstrations are still taking place. It has dried up in other regions.

In particular, the memory of Tiananmen is still alive, or from the moment they knew that the reality of the People’s Liberation Army was an army that liberated the people from this world, and that the reason why those who did not want to be slaves had to rise up was ‘to make it easier to hit with a gun’, they became a people who were obedient to oppression.

Even the demonstrations that took place were not ‘I can’t live!’ but ‘The Party is not at fault, and the United States is the bad guy!’ Of course, there were some who tried to hold the Party and the Chairman accountable, but those people became collections of Shinbijeon [people who are considered crazy or eccentric].

‘But this alone will not be enough. I am not a hero lurking in the back alleys of American cartoons, but the president responsible for this country.’

Bush would be somewhat satisfied with peace and American hegemony, but the most important thing in the Federal Congress is that the United States does not lose money.

‘Then, in exchange for writing off the debt, I will make them use the dollar instead of the yuan. Anyway, once it starts to split, it will split rapidly, and in the process, the yuan will surely have an accident, whether it’s inflation or something else.’

The reason was obvious. Suddenly changing the currency of one’s country is not a good thing.

What would happen if the country used a different currency starting tomorrow? As long as the dollar is used, the atrocities that the United States has committed so far clearly show what this means. For example, even if you just print money diligently while doing quantitative easing, the very existence of the country can be greatly shaken.

At the same time, this meant that the United States, the place of production of the currency, could no longer speak out. To approach it a little more popularly, you can’t even go to a restaurant right away.

The store does not accept currency that has become a scrap of paper or a mere portrait. In other words, you have to starve that day until you exchange it for dollars guaranteed by the country.

From a corporate perspective, the money that the company offers has become worthless, so the contract may have to be renegotiated, and in some cases, it may go bankrupt.

However, the most important thing was that Chinese finance was subordinated to the United States, and this was not an impossible story.

Anyway, buying dollars was common as an investment, and now a lot of dollars have already flowed into China. Of course, this and what Bush is trying to force on the military districts that will become warlords are fundamentally different from the above problem, but the important thing is that a lot of dollars have already flowed into China to an excessive degree.

‘It’s possible enough. No, maybe they’ll use Hong Kong dollars. But if even one military district uses dollars, that’s enough.’

Come to think of it, I had a vague feeling that Hong Kong might become independent if this happened. This is because they will never give up autonomy.

‘Anyway, if I adjust the level properly, it won’t be ruined. It’s not as good as the original history, but I’ll have a lot of dollars.’

Anyway, once it is changed to dollars, there are many things you can do. That itself meant that the United States was projecting its influence on China. In addition, if we can control food, it may be better in the long run than collecting all Qing Dynasty bonds right away.

‘Then, in the short term, we can also work on public projects.’

To be exact, it would probably be the Lanzhou Military District (蘭州軍區) and the Chengdu Military District (成都軍區). Chengdu was ambiguous, but at least Lanzhou was certain. There is an absolute shortage of food there. Anyway, public works were not done to please the military districts, but to seize the ‘lifeline’ of the military districts.

Imagine replacing perfectly good water pipes throughout the city under the pretext that the water pipe standards do not match. Isn’t it terrible just to imagine?

Anyway, what’s important is the share of public works, whether it’s privatization or nationalization. That’s how you can make money as much as you lose by writing off your debts.

In fact, it doesn’t matter if you say, ‘This is utilitarian welfare! Everyone!’ domestically with the shares earned in that way. Of course, Bush doesn’t really intend to say that, but it’s to the extent that he can do that. You can exploit and earn more than the money wasted on welfare.

And in other words, there was nothing else to do other than this. This was the best option. In fact, it wasn’t that I couldn’t think of anything at all. For example, large-scale land leases or unequal trade treaties.

‘The problem is that the plan I’m thinking about now is not like the Qing Dynasty bonds at that time, which were designed to exploit China, whether it was ruined or not, but I’m racking my brains to try to save China from a near-death state, even if it’s a vegetable.’

Anyway, before discussing the food problem, I cannot help but mention this. Historically, most inland countries in China have always lacked food. This was due to the problem of China’s topography, but the decisive problem was none other than the problem of water resources.

In particular, this part became more prominent as you go north or west, which is the same reason why modern Mongolia suffers from famine the moment food trade is cut off even though it has become accustomed to modern civilization. At the same time, it is a similar problem to the fact that modern China is dependent on food imports from abroad.

It’s a very simple and clear problem. It wasn’t that water resources were really close to zero. But that water resource could not feed everyone. There are many mouths to feed, but the land does not produce that much food.

The same is true even if water resources are resolved. The most important thing is how far you can make farmland. It’s been almost 200 years since mechanical civilization was founded, so why is manual labor still being done on mountains instead of agricultural machinery? Of course, by now, in countries that are in the ranks of developed countries, everything is done by hand unless it is a really small field.

Anyway, the conditions, fertility, and yield of farmland are so vast that you can build dozens more Empire State Buildings with papers, so let’s skip it. The point is that if divided, self-sufficiency in food is impossible no matter how hard you try, except for military districts bordering the coast. This is the same even if you combine food trade.

The reason is that China has been making a fuss about trying to break away from the United States, the biggest player in the Chinese food market, for national sentiment and political reasons. Of course, in a unified China, the food self-sufficiency rate was close to 100%, and it was enough to be left over and become an export powerhouse to other countries, but the story is different if it is divided into military districts.

‘But all of this is sophistry. It’s just sophistry tailored to my situation.’

That’s right. In fact, it is a sophistry that is questionable whether it can be properly established or even imagined unless it is in this emergency situation.

And dividing it is not difficult, as I said from the beginning. Rather, it is just trying to divide what is trying to divide on its own a little more peacefully with the strong national power of the United States and achieve the intended purpose in the process.

‘Li Keqiang. I think that man, if not anyone else, will agree to this negotiation, not a negotiation.’

To be exact, it was not the Li Keqiang that Bush knew, but the current Li Keqiang that he judged would have no choice but to accept. Bush is desperate, and Li Keqiang is also desperate in his own way. Both are desperate, or at least one side is desperate.

‘A secret agreement… no, it’s not even a secret agreement. It’s just guaranteeing the legitimate government and writing off the debt.’

Everything will surely be fine.