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Plagiarism - 380 The largest counterfeit money case in history

On the afternoon of March 1968, 3, in the office of the Japanese Minister of Finance Takeo Fukuda.Minister of Finance Takeo Fukuda is receiving Bank of Japan President Usami Jun.

"Uzuo-kun, you must have seen the report of your market group. The economic situation in Japan is very severe now. It is difficult for the government to control the rise in prices. In the past month, the prices of commodities such as housing have risen compared with the beginning of the year The daily necessities also rose by 30%-% during this period. Regarding this situation, I would like to hear your explanation." Takeo Fukuda said bluntly to Akatsuki Usami.

Atsushi Usami coughed, cleared his throat, and then said slowly: "Dear Minister, I have also noticed this bad phenomenon. I think the main reason for this phenomenon is because we issued a huge amount of money. Banknotes. We have calculated that the limit of banknotes issued this time should be 36 trillion yuan, and the government must actively cooperate in controlling prices. However, the Ministry of Finance unilaterally asked us to print 60 trillion yuan! In the past four months, we have a total of (Trillions of yen have been put into the market, and a batch of yen will be released in a few days. I have to say that this number is huge, and I think the government should have been prepared. "

Takeo Fukuda sneered and said: "The issuance of 60 trillion yuan is also the result of our careful consideration and collective research. We believe that as long as we control the issuance of 60 trillion yuan properly, the inflation rate will not be too high. But the current The situation is a bit out of control. Our foreign exchange reserves are decreasing sharply, why don’t you effectively control foreign exchange as required by the government?”

"We have restricted foreign exchange, but we cannot restrict foreign exchange too much. We are the central bank of a big country and have the independence of monetary policy. If we restrict foreign exchange too much, we will be criticized by Western countries. In addition, the import and export trade of our enterprises It is also very unfavorable. Your Excellency should know that Japan is a country that is extremely short of raw materials, and our enterprises need to import a large amount of raw materials! Besides, we have sold the yen in the foreign exchange market, and the foreign exchange reserves will soon be balanced." Akatsuki Usami is a scholar-type president. He lacks too much official experience, and he will not be a little tactful to his direct superior.

Takeo Fukuda knew this, so he didn't blame him.He just turned around and said: "I know that our theoretical things must be different from the actual situation. However, we did not expect such a big difference. Of course, this is also one-sidedly exaggerated by Western magazines and newspapers. The act of issuing currency has a great relationship. But in any case, this is too far from our Ministry of Finance's prediction, and we feel that it is not normal. Usa-kun, can you guarantee that the Bank of Japan has no problems? For example, the money printing bureau, For example, the banknote management team, such as the banknote issuance team, did not find any abnormalities?"

"Minister, are you saying—fake coins?" Akatsuki Usami was startled.In fact, he also has doubts about this.He has repeatedly traveled to the above three places, or summoned the heads of the three departments.However, he did not find any information on counterfeit coins.So he said: "Unless the counterfeit money is printed exactly like the money printed by our printing bureau, there is nothing unusual about it."

Recently, there has been a rare flood of liquidity in Japan after the war. With the support of a large amount of funds, the Japanese stock market has continued to rise, and the bond market has also been extremely hot.The virtual economy directly affects the real economy.At the beginning, some houses, factories, automobiles, large-scale equipment, and gold and other bulk commodities and value-preserving commodities began to rise in price. Then, the means of production such as steel, cement, and gasoline began to rise. Finally, daily necessities such as firewood, rice, oil and salt were hoarded by ordinary people and businesses. drive prices substantially higher.

Since the Japanese Yen is one of the international currencies, the Japanese Yen also stole the limelight in the international market during this period.Many people carry boxes of yen to buy bulk commodities internationally, and some people enter the stock market and real estate market with large amounts of yen, and some even deposit large amounts of yen directly into banks.

Domestic inflation has become more and more obvious, and the image of the yen abroad has also been questioned by more and more people.Foreign media began to analyze and report Japan's domestic economic situation wantonly, and condemned the Japanese government's behavior of "defying the world's disgrace".

Western countries can't sit still.It began with the French government warning the Japanese authorities that France could not stand the artificial depreciation of the Japanese currency, and warning that France was formulating punitive tariffs against Japanese goods; then the governments of Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Canada, and West Germany issued similar statements. remarks.

The United States is Japan’s largest trading partner, and the U.S. government’s rhetoric is the most intense. President Johnson announced that if the Japanese government insists on going its own way and continues this “absurd” behavior, the U.S. government will impose a 5% tax on Japanese goods within three months- 10% special tax.

For the people at the bottom of Japan, they are even more miserable.In some big cities, some people began to express their dissatisfaction with Eisaku Sato's government through demonstrations or sit-ins.Some large consortia and large enterprises are also constantly putting pressure on the Sato government...

Under such a situation of internal and external troubles, the Sato cabinet was made to look ashamed and dejected.As the Minister of Finance, Takeo Fukuda, who was the first servant of the banknote printing, was of course under unprecedented pressure.He must control the domestic economic situation in a short period of time and solve the problem of inflation in a short period of time.

In fact, Takeo Fukuda is quite confident in his ability to control the economy and his reports to the technical officials of the Ministry of Finance.For this unfavorable situation, he admitted that he underestimated.But he was puzzled by this situation.So naturally, he thought about the problems of banknote printing and banknote issuance, and he began to suspect that large amounts of counterfeit banknotes had flowed into the Japanese market.

Takeo Fukuda nodded solemnly and said: "I have only started to feel this way in the last two days. I suspect that counterfeit banknotes have really appeared in Japan, and they are the kind of counterfeit banknotes that are enough to be authentic! I am not an expert in this field, but according to the current situation Looking at it, I think there is still a high chance of counterfeit banknotes. Usa-kun, we must not take it lightly... Hehe, if unfortunately my words are true, then you and I are the sinners of the Japanese Empire, and ten thousand deaths will not forgive our sins gone."

"Usa-kun, think about it. During World War II, the pound sterling printed by Germany dealt a heavy blow to the British economy. Hehe, we have to guard against it." Takeo Fukuda said earnestly...

"It's enough to be a counterfeit banknote..." Coming out of Takeo Fukuda's office, Usami Jun was full of these words. The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he even broke out in a cold sweat.So he ordered the driver to drive as soon as possible and rush back to the Bank of Japan headquarters as soon as possible.

If banknotes that can be faked appear, there may be huge problems and suspicions in the banknote manufacturing department of the Bank of Japan. Could it be that the printing template of the yen has leaked out?Could it be that all the top-secret technical parameters for making the yen have been stolen?

Atsushi Usami returned to his office in a distraught state. Outside the office door, he saw Koji Hatoyama who looked terrified.

Akatsuki Usami frowned.The Bank of Japan has a strict hierarchy, and low-level personnel like Koji Hatoyama should not appear here, even though he is an old employee.So Usami Jun said coldly: "Hatoyama-kun, what do you need to come to me?"

Koji Hatoyama kept bowing and saluting. He knew that his leapfrogging visit was an abrupt behavior. He said in a trembling voice: "Dear President, I discovered a major situation at work..."

"You should report to your boss, Mr. Kito Yohei, you are an old employee, don't you even know the rules?" Usami Jun looked at his watch, he was about to come back to call the bank's department heads to hold a meeting, so he Interrupted Hatoyama Koji's speech.

Koji Hatoyama gritted his teeth and continued to say humbly: "Your Excellency, I think this matter is of great importance and cannot be delayed. Five days ago, I reported this matter to Mr. Muto many times, but Mr. Muto rudely denied it. My judgment, he even said that if the banknotes I was talking about were counterfeit, he would eat them all."

"Counterfeit banknotes? What counterfeit banknotes? Say it again!" Usami stood up impatiently. He didn't expect Takeo Fukuda's guess to be fulfilled so quickly. He stared at Koji Hatoyama with wide eyes, already terrified in his heart.

In the past two months, Usami Jun has personally summoned Yohei Kito three times, and Yohei Kito has sworn every time. He guaranteed that his department did not have any serious problems, but now it seems that he has trusted Yohei Kito too credulously.He felt unprecedented worry and fear about the serious consequences of this credulity.

Hiroji Hatoyama was also afraid of Usami Jun's abnormal performance, and he said, "I...just judged it based on my years of experience. However, those banknotes are printed so perfectly that they can almost be faked. And I... just judge based on my...feelings over the years."

"The counterfeit banknotes that can be faked... really appeared?" Akatsuki Usami sat down dejectedly, and in an instant, he seemed to be 10 years older.

Koji Hatoyama thought of something, he quickly took out the stack of banknotes and the 10 treasures from his bag, and said in pain: "If before, my judgment was completely based on feeling, this time it is Evidence. Please take a look, Mr. President, and carefully look at the codes of these two banknotes."

Usami Jun put on his glasses and looked carefully.A few minutes later, he pointed to Koji Hatoyama's 10 banknotes and said: "Obviously, these 10 banknotes are obviously missing one color. How do you work, so that such obvious flaws can't be detected? The bank has equipped you with so many people and so many cutting-edge equipment, and even this obvious counterfeit banknote cannot be identified? And it can be fake?"

Usami was so angry that he threw the banknotes on the table.

Koji Hatoyama didn't dare to show his anger. Seeing Usami Jun's face softened a little, he said softly: "Mr. President, you misunderstood. The counterfeit banknotes I mentioned were the stack of 100 5000 yen banknotes." , not these 10 pieces...these 10 pieces are real coins, and they are precious misspelled tickets."

"Ah—" Usami Akon was even more surprised.He picked up the stack of banknotes on the table again, took out a few banknotes from his wallet, and carefully compared and verified them.

Gradually, his hands began to tremble, and his face had turned livid.He looked at Koji Hatoyama and said, "Mr. Hatoyama, these banknotes, after our dozens of procedures, can't be detected by hundreds of instruments?"

Koji Hatoyama nodded and said, "That's true. If I didn't find these 10 banknotes with the same code, I wouldn't be so sure that it was a stack of counterfeit banknotes. And the number of such counterfeit banknotes is huge."

Koji Hatoyama kept staring at Usami Akatsuki's banknote. He walked over, picked up a banknote that Usami Akon had just taken out of his wallet on the table, looked at it carefully, and said, "Mr. President, I doubt your The 10000 yuan note is also fake."

Usami Yuki closed her eyes in pain.What a ridiculous irony this is. He didn't expect that there were counterfeit banknotes in the wallet of the president of a dignified Bank of Japan.It can be seen that this kind of counterfeit banknotes are widely circulated in the market.What's more terrible is that he, the president of the Bank of Japan, turned a blind eye to this kind of banknotes.

"Dereliction of duty, I am a sinner of the Japanese Empire!" Akatsuki Usami thought to himself, "It seems that taking the blame and resigning is my only way out."

"When did you first discover this kind of counterfeit money?" Akatsuki Usami gradually calmed down.

Koji Hatoyama thought for a while, and then said: "I first raised my doubts to Mr. Muto at the end of January and early February. At that time, there were not so many counterfeit banknotes of this kind."

"Of course, it's been three months. How long is three months? The Germans once took Poland in three days. In three months, they can take most of Europe in three months! And I am a big The Japanese Empire used to be able to take down half of China in three months! Eight deer! Damn Muto Yanghei, he is the biggest sinner of the Japanese Empire!" The more Usami said, the more angry he became, he could no longer maintain an elegant look His demeanor, he even wished to eat Kito Hinata raw.

"According to your estimate, how many such counterfeit banknotes are there?" Usami Akatsuki controlled his emotions.

Hiroji Hatoyama was secretly pleased that the president did not accuse him of keeping the 10 wrongly typed bills privately. He also knew that in the face of such a rare case of counterfeit banknotes in history and in the world, those things of his were already insignificant .He had a hunch that he would rise to prominence, maybe even rise to prominence because of it.He thought for a while, and then said: "Reporting to Your Excellency, I don't have an accurate calculation, but I think this is one of the largest counterfeit banknotes in history. It is conservatively estimated that the counterfeit banknotes this time should not be less than 00 billion yen! It may even be much larger than this number.”

"There are so many? Eight Yanu!" Akatsuki Usami gritted her teeth and stood up.He walked back and forth in the office a few times with his hands behind his back, and finally said: "Hatoyama-kun, you and I will go to the Ministry of Finance with me immediately, and we will go to meet the Minister of Finance, Mr. Takeo Fukuda!"

"Yu oh west!" Koji Hatoyama bowed solemnly again, his heart was already full of joy.