"Xiang Yu, Luo Fu, I think Comrade Zhang Cheng's suggestion is very remarkable, it can be called far-sighted. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" the commander said with admiration.

"What Lao Mao said is that in fact, we are already thinking about the development of production and economic construction, but we need a lot of funds to develop economic construction. However, although the central treasury has repeatedly seized the assets of the puppet government of the Kuomintang, it has long been out of pocket after continuous combat consumption, and now it can only maintain the basic normal operation of the government and the army, and there is really nothing that can be done to develop the production economy! Zhang Luofu, who is in charge of the government's financial work, said helplessly.

Hearing Zhang Luofu's exclamation, Zhang Cheng also remembered the tragic situation of the Central Red Army after it arrived in northern Shaanxi in the later generations, and then saw that the commander and deputy commander Zhou were also at a loss, and he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart.

Zhang Cheng thought of the huge gains made by Shaozong in Tongzi, Luzhou and other places in recent months, so he gritted his teeth and said generously: "Commander-in-chief, Deputy Commander Zhou, we still have more than two million silver dollars in our Shaozong, so we will hand them over to the central government as a start-up fund for production and development!" In addition, I have a suggestion that may solve the current financial difficulties of the central government. ”

When the commander and the leaders heard that Zhang Cheng had generously donated 2 million oceans at once, they all smiled with joy, and everyone showed a smile. Then I heard Zhang Cheng say that there was a solution to the central government's financial difficulties, and everyone couldn't wait to hear it.

"Good! Comrade Zhang Cheng, you can contribute generously to the central authorities, but you have solved a big problem for the central authorities, and the central authorities thank you, and you will definitely remember your great contributions! You still have a way to solve the central government's financial difficulties, so you might as well talk about it. The commander said with a deferential gesture.

Zhang Cheng sorted out his thoughts for a while, and then talked about the money: "My suggestion is that our party's economic personnel set up a special People's Bank of Northwest China, and the People's Bank of China will issue banknotes, which can be named renminbi, and then be uniformly issued and circulated in the base areas of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Soviet Region under our control, and all public and private money receipts and payments and all transactions in the base areas will be based on the renminbi.

Moreover, after the establishment of the bank, we will be able to absorb a large amount of depositors' funds, and with the great prestige of our Workers' and Peasants' Party in the base areas, I think the common people will still be very willing to deposit their money in our banks."

Zhang Cheng's suggestion was really imaginative, and the commander and the central leaders didn't react for a while, and they froze.

Zhang Cheng saw that everyone did not express their opinions, and thought that his opinions were not mature enough, so he hurriedly said: "This is my little shallow opinion, if it doesn't work, then forget it." ”

"Okay! Why not? I have to thank Comrade Zhang Cheng for putting forward such a constructive suggestion, but unfortunately we do not have the equipment to print money and cannot print the renminbi. But even so, we can set up a bank first, at least we can absorb depositors' funds, and temporarily solve the urgent needs of the central government's finances! Deputy Commander Zhou praised loudly.

"The idea of establishing the Northwest People's Bank is very good! I think so. The commander-in-chief made a decisive decision, and the rest of the central leaders also unanimously agreed.

In the evening, thanks to Zhang Cheng's generosity and his advice on developing the production economy and establishing the People's Bank of China, the great problem of the central government's financial depletion was solved.

At the banquet, everyone opened their minds, ate meat in large pieces, drank wine in large bowls, and talked loudly, which was very enjoyable. Zhang Cheng, as a junior and an important protagonist of the banquet, suddenly became the target of the leaders.

In the face of the frequent and enthusiastic toasts of the leaders, Zhang Cheng did not refuse, and could only sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman, he was soon drunk by the leaders, fortunately, this is the commander's home, and there is the care of Sister Yang, so he did not show his ugliness.

On September 5, according to the order of the central government, the young column will be stationed in the Yulin area. Zhang Cheng and the political commissar led the troops directly under the column to leave Yan'an and came to Yulin City, where the column headquarters was located.

Yulin, known as "Shangjun" in ancient times, began in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the Ming Dynasty was the headquarters of the nine-sided town "Yansui Town", also known as "Yulin Town", and had the reputation of "Little Beiping".

Yulin is located in the northernmost part of Shaanxi Province in China, at the junction of the Loess Plateau and the Mu Us Sandy Land, and is a transition zone between the Loess Plateau and the Mongolian Plateau.

The entry of Shaozong into Yulin City shows the absolute importance that the Central Red Army attaches to this place. As for Jing Yuexiu, a legendary figure of the Kuomintang who was originally known as the "King of Yulin", he had already been driven by Li Yunlong to the Ordos prairie to drink the northwest wind.

Jing Yuexiu is a person, Zhang Cheng's senses are very complex as a time-traveler in later generations. In fact, on the positive side, Jing Yuexiu has made great contributions to the country and Yulin, but he is a character with mixed reputations.

During his reign in Yulin, Jing Yuexiu took the initiative to establish good relations with the neighboring armies of Shaanxi, Jin, Sui, Ninggan and the princes of the Yimeng, and never had a warlord melee with his neighbors fighting for territory, so as to avoid the scourge of weapons and bloody blades in northern Shaanxi.

At the same time, he also did his best to do some useful things for the establishment and development of modern education and industry and commerce in northern Shaanxi. During the 20 years that Jing Yuexiu was stationed in northern Shaanxi, he vigorously advocated local education, actively raised funds, expanded Yulin Middle School, and established a women's normal school, a vocational middle school, and a Yulin Provincial Junior Normal School.

He also sponsored a large number of outstanding young people to study at Beijing Normal University and study abroad, and some returned to Yulin to teach after graduation, served as the principal of various middle schools, and donated a large number of books to Pucheng Yaoshan Middle School. All these have promoted the development of Yulin's cultural and educational undertakings.

In order to promote the economic development of northern Shaanxi, he also founded local industries such as the Northern Shaanxi Local Industrial Bank, Yulin Huiji Factory, Taiyuan Huiji Military Clothing Society, and Shenmu Guanalkali Factory. I also set up Yulin Yuhui Commercial Bank.

In 1926, a generator was installed in the Yulin Artillery Factory, and a spinning and tanning machine was installed in the Yulin Vocational High School Internship Factory, which introduced the production of modern machines into northern Shaanxi and laid the foundation for the woolen and tanning industry in northern Shaanxi.

On the other hand, he was corrupt and degenerate, unscrupulous, killing the people, tyrannical and domineering, and became the "Emperor of the Soil" in Yulin. In particular, he was extremely stubborn, made enemies of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi, and led troops to encircle and suppress the Red Army in northern Shaanxi on many occasions, which directly led to the heroic death of Comrade Xie Zichang, the main founder of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi.

However, in the face of the aggressive offensive posture of the first division, even Jing Yuexiu, who had long been entrenched in Yulin, was also beaten to the ground, and finally had to give up Yulin, which had ruled for many years, and went away to Suiyuan to shelter the Mongol princes to temporarily avoid the edge of the first division.

As soon as he returned to the headquarters in the east of the city, Zhang Cheng had not had time to wash up, and telegrams from various departments were sent. The progress of the various divisions of the Major Column was extremely smooth, and the enemy garrison was no match for our army at all, and was either annihilated or captured and surrendered.

By 10 September, the Shaozong had successfully completed the tasks assigned by the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, captured nearly 30 counties and cities in northern Shaanxi Province and a section of Suiyuan, and greatly expanded the base areas in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia.

The rest of the corps, including the 1st and 3rd Red Army Corps, also captured and controlled large areas in the southern part of the two provinces. So far, the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Soviet Region controlled by the Central Red Army has expanded to more than 70 counties and cities, with a population of as many as 3 to 4 million, more than several times larger than that of the same period in later generations.

The Central Red Army's strategy of "going north" has already achieved initial success, and all the officers and men of the whole army are jubilant and full of hope for the future.