"Chairman Zhuang has been in Yucheng before, presiding over the development of the southwest, and the provincial party department is only working under his guidance, not directly under his leadership, and we don't know much about him, but we all know that his requirements are very strict, and we don't like the kind of officials who only talk about it, and they require them to be able to do practical things." Luo Lintao's introduction was very simple, which made Chen Gongbo a little disappointed.

Luo Lintao turned around to leave, but turned around and added: "If Director Chen really wants to know Chairman Zhuang, you can ask Director Jin of the Organization Division, he is from the Southwest Development Team, and according to him, their requirements are stricter," He paused when he said this: "Actually, the future is very long, Director Chen can slowly understand." ”

After Luo Lintao left, Chen Gongbo stayed for a while before picking up the documents and reading them carefully, the contents of these two documents followed the consistent rigorous style of the Sichuan Provincial Party Department, the content was very detailed, and the data was very clear.

At first, he was most impressed by the weekly work report, the details of the report surprised him very much, the officer in charge can judge what his subordinates have done during the week and the progress of their work on the basis of such reports alone, at the beginning he was a little suspicious of the real surname of the report, so he did a check, the result surprised him, there was no fake, he did not know what made these bureaucratic people dare not lie, do not dare to do what is common in other areas.

Chen Gongbo turned on the radio, which was the only high-end thing in this office, and the announcer's voice came from the radio.

"The navy landed on Hainan Island yesterday, and after bravely resisting, our army turned inland, occupied Haikou, and was attacking Qiongshan.

Washington, CNA: US President Roosevelt expressed concern about the war in a statement to the press, reiterating the responsibility of the Seven-Power Treaty to China, and explicitly told reporters that he does not believe that the United States Congress abdicates this responsibility.

AFP news agency Tokyo news: Foreign Minister Yumo issued a statement saying that the main reason for the continuous prolongation of the Sino-Japanese war is that Europe and the United States are supporting China and opposing the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, and that in order to resolve the Sino-Syrian conflict, the United States must first break off the absolute support of Chiang Kai-shek's political axe. At the same time, I hope that people of insight in China will respond to Prime Minister Konoe's statement.

According to the Central News Agency in Yucheng, the price of rice in Sichuan has risen again recently,......。 ”

When Chen Gongbo heard this, he turned off the radio and said that the scale of his attack had expanded, Hainan Island had fallen, Guangzhou was likely to be blockaded, and the security of South China was also threatened.

If you lose Guangzhou, the army is likely to go north along the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway, and in the past, Huguang is ripe and the world is full, and another granary will be lost, and once it retreats to the southwest, the food supply of the whole country will be provided by the western Sichuan Plain. The food shortage will continue, and I don't know what measures Zhuang Jihua will take, but he is looking forward to it now.

Zhuang Jihua didn't let him wait long, and in early May he came to the provincial party headquarters again, and with him came a document - a grain monopoly plan.

"Director Chen, I will hold a special meeting next week to discuss this plan, and there is nothing else to do here today to send you documents." Zhuang Jihua sat on the sofa and said happily.

Gong Xiuhua sat on his side, calmly looking at Chen Gongbo, Chen Gongbo looked at the Chinese pieces in his hand, and said quietly: "Chairman Zhuang is polite, a document, just find someone to send it, then you need the chairman to go personally." ”

Zhuang Jihua smiled: "You are really sharp-eyed, to be honest, I want to ask for your support, this price doesn't work, even my wife complains to me that the price has risen sharply, I can't afford to eat, Ah Shu is clamoring to find a job to subsidize the family." ”

"Haha, Chairman Zhuang is polite, if you can't afford to eat, then I won't starve to death." Chen Gongbo said lightly, his hand kept reading, looking through the documents at a glance.

"That's different, my burden is heavy, I have a salary for the whole family of seven, and I can only get seventy percent, how much salary the provincial chairman has, don't you know, on average, everyone can't share much." Zhuang Jihua began to complain, but there was no bitterness in his eyes, more like he was joking.

Chen Gongbo raised his head to face Zhuang Jihua and raised the document in his hand: "So you came up with such a thing to solve the problem of life, this is a fake public benefit." ”

"Haha," Zhuang Jihua laughed: "Okay, the joke is over, let's get down to business, Director Chen, I hope you can support me." ”

Chen Gongbo was a little hesitant, Wang Jingwei's words sounded in his ears, but according to his understanding of Zhuang Jihua's actions over the years, he has always taken the lead with the party department and the Three Youth Leagues to form public opinion suppression, and then the administrative organs took action, such as rent and interest reduction, such as social reform in Chongqing, and this time it seems that it is the same, and it is necessary to push him to the front to take the lead.

"Chairman Zhuang said seriously, I just took over the Sichuan Party Department, and the work of the Sichuan Party Department is different from that of other provinces, and I am not very familiar with it, so I don't know how to help?" Chen Gongbo first set his position to assist, the meaning is obvious, don't expect me to rush ahead.

"In a few days, I will hold a meeting on food control in the provincial government, and I hope you will support me at the meeting." Zhuang Jihua restrained his smile and said.

Chen Gongbo was puzzled in his heart, and his eyes behind the glasses flickered: "It's that simple? ”

"Of course it won't be that simple," Zhuang Jihua sighed: "I've touched the situation these days, and there are a lot of objections, I'm afraid the debate will be very fierce at that time, and even if it is passed, it will be necessary to set up grain bureaus at all levels, and this cadre is also a big problem, in addition to the establishment of anti-smuggling teams, grain stores and grain stations, etc., once the matter is unfolded, when the time comes, I am afraid that a group of cadres will have to be transferred from the party department." ”

Chen Gongbo felt even more strange in his heart, worried that it was a trap: "Why don't you transfer people from the Southwest Development Team?" The party department is already understaffed. ”

Chen Gongbo's words are half-true and half-false, after the Xi'an Incident, Chiang Kai-shek transferred some, Fang Jin took a few backbones with him when he left, and a small half of the cadres in the provincial party department were newly promoted, and the manpower was relatively tight.

"I called, and Li Zaitian called back and said that the development team had insufficient cadres and could not be fully satisfied." Zhuang Jihua's face became very fast, and he suddenly became sad: "I had to fight the idea of the party department." ”

"Doesn't the provincial government axe have no hands? Prefectures can do the same. Of course, Chen Gongbo will not be confused by Zhuang Jihua.

"I can't believe them," Zhuang Jihua didn't bother at all: "Once this grain is controlled, it will become a scarce material, and the benefits of it can be imagined, and the directors of grain bureaus at all levels must be honest and honest people." ”

Chen Gongbo nodded, but he still didn't want to be a gunman for Zhuang Jihua like this, so he had an idea: "Chairman Zhuang, since the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, many refugees have fled into Sichuan, and there are many knowledgeable young people, and some talents can be selected from among them. ”

Zhuang Jihua had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and stood up happily: "Good idea, good idea, just have a civil service examination and open recruitment to the whole society, which is also in line with the Prime Minister's always advocated that public service personnel should be selected through the examination." ”

Chen Gongbo was stunned, and it took a long time to react, and he said to himself: "Open recruitment? Civil service exams? It's a novel idea. ”

"Okay, that's it, Director Chen, please preside over this recruitment exam when the time comes."

"Okay, that's incumbent." Chen Gongbo replied casually, but immediately reacted: "Chairman Zhuang, this should be the responsibility of the provincial political axe, right?" How can it be counted as the work of our party department, we are too busy now. ”

"In the future, it will be like this, the cross-examination, the party dignitaries, the political axe will be presided over, and the political axe dignitaries, the party department will preside. Three days, is three days enough? Zhuang Jihua said and stretched out three fingers.

Chen Gongbo was inexplicable: "Three days, what three days?" ”

"I mean, how about giving you three days to make a plan for the recruitment exam, and then handing it over to me in three days." Zhuang Jihua asked seriously.

Chen Gongbo was stunned, and Gong Xiuhua took the opportunity to finalize: "With Director Chen's talent, three days is more than enough, chairman, you can rest assured." ”

"Well, that's it." Zhuang Jihua stood up and said goodbye, before Chen Gongbo fully woke up, Zhuang Jihua had already gone out.

After getting in the car, Gong Xiuhua laughed happily: "Cultural Revolution, you didn't see Chen Gongbo's face when you went out, it's so funny!" It's so funny! ”

Zhuang Jihua just smiled slightly: "Chen Gongbo should be honest, not so slippery, this person's problem is indecision, gains and losses, he will be planted on this sooner or later." ”

Wu Ziniu turned around when he heard this: "He, Chen Gongbo?" Isn't he quite popular? How so? ”

Wu Ziniu didn't know about Wang Jingwei's information, only Gong Xiuhua was clear about this situation, and of course Gong Xiuhua wouldn't explain it, not to mention that Wu Ziniu was still suspicious.

"A person's knowledge determines his development, but his surname determines the final result." Zhuang Jihua glanced at Gong Xiuhua lightly: "Embroidery, don't be happy first, in fact, they have already started to move, and it is difficult to say what will happen later." ”

Only then did Gong Xiuhua restrain his smile, and his body leaned heavily on the backrest like a child: "Cultural Revolution, ruined, really disappointed." ”

Zhuang Jihua squeezed his eyes from Wu Ziniu, Wu Ziniu smiled knowingly, and turned around. After a while, Gong Xiuhua found that he was a little out of shape, and he was slightly embarrassed to take out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat on his forehead, and said casually: "What kind of action to start, what's the trouble?" Breaking the sky to cause some trouble, it just happened to avoid the excuse of cleaning them up. ”

"It's not that simple, this time they won't be as stupid as last time, not to mention that this time I'm afraid there will be some people from the central government." Zhuang Jihua shook his head and said: "Recently, there have been reactions in various places, grain prices have dropped suddenly, and landlords are selling grain in a hurry. ”

"Isn't it good that food prices are falling?" Wu Ziniu turned around again in surprise: "Aren't you saying that prices are too high every day, why are you still worried about the drop in grain prices?" ”

"You don't understand this, the decline in grain prices indicates that someone is selling grain, it is now May, and the new grain will wait for more than a month to go on the market, it can be said that the landlord is vacating the granary, but now the price of grain is rising rapidly, and the grain is a very cost-effective deal, and there is no need to sell grain in a hurry, but they have sold, why?"

"Why do you say?" Gong Xiuhua calmed down at this time, and asked rhetorically at this time.

"It's very simple, the news that we are going to control food prices has spread, so they urgently sell food;" Zhuang Jihua frowned and thought about it: "In addition, I am afraid that they have another purpose, that is, delay, even if the plan is passed, they will take delaying measures, delay until the new grain is on the market, and then sell the grain urgently, and when our grain bureau goes down to buy grain, there will be nothing, this first shot has not been fired, the next grain store will not be built, and the subsequent work will be difficult to carry out." ”

"So, we're going to speed things up." Gong Xiuhua sighed: "Let you change some of the people from the provincial political axe, and as a result, you will change the director of education, you can call Zaitian or Zeng Guangqing, now these people are Liu Xiang's people, can they be of the same mind as you, they recommend you just to use you to take revenge on their interests." ”

"I don't know this," Zhuang Jihua said lightly: "The purpose of not changing people is to stabilize the people's hearts." ”

"They are also considered people, I think they are stabilizing the official heart." Gong Xiuhua said sharply: "If this thing is messed up, I don't think you will want to do anything in Sichuan in the future." ”

Gong Xiuhua's words are by no means a threat, he knows that the gang of people in Chuanuchi is slippery, but if he wants to replace this gang of people, not to mention anything else, he can't draw people out now, it is better to use this team, in fact, in terms of intelligence, these people are completely enough, it depends on how to use them.

"It's nerve-wracking." Zhuang Jihua muttered, and simply closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, this matter can't compete with the palace embroidery painting.

Three days later, Chen Gongbo handed over his plan, Zhuang Jihua felt deeply sorry for him after seeing it, this person is a master of government affairs, his plan is simple and easy, but he has a very strong surname, it is a pity.

After getting the plan, Zhuang Jihua did not hesitate and immediately began to deploy the grain franchise, and the Sichuan Daily took the lead in carrying out a detailed report, and the front page published "Pay Attention to the People's Livelihood in Wartime" written by Zhuang Jihua himself.

Since the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japan, prices have risen very rapidly, of course, there is an element of war, but the main thing is the lack of planning, this food control is an attempt by the provincial political axe, there is still a long way to go to win the war, we must calculate every strength we have, and grain is one of them.

The current grain control is a major policy decision made by the central government after long-term consideration. In the long war, our country has never carried out similar control, but as a political axe, it is his primary responsibility to pay attention to the people's livelihood, and he cannot abandon this responsibility because of the war,............"

As soon as the article appeared in the newspaper, it was immediately like a pebble thrown into the calm water, and the reaction was strong in various places, and the press circles in Yucheng, Zhuang Jihua's base camp, took the lead in expressing support, and then Chengdu, Luzhou, Nanchong, and all parts of Sichuan praised it again and again, almost overwhelmingly support.

"......., since the Lugou Bridge incident, all kinds of necessities of life have risen rapidly, and now it is time to control them." ——Yucheng "Yuzhou Evening News" "Price Control is Imminent"

"......., in the spare time of this war, the Chinese political axe decided to declare war on the soaring prices, and maintained that Chairman Chiang Kai-shek sent his protégé, General Zhuang Jihua, the victorious general, as the chairman of Sichuan Province, and began to focus on controlling prices, first of all, grain." ——New York Financial Herald

"......., it is already difficult for the political axe to support the cost of the war, so it has decided to increase the plundering of the people, and the grain control will inevitably cause the political axe to buy the grain in the hands of the people at a low price and sell it at a high price, so as to meet the needs of the [***] high-level ......; according to our investigation in the Bank of Shanghai, Chiang Kai-shek's spring outing in major banks in Shanghai has as much as more than 60 million silver dollars, Soong Meiling also has deposits as high as 30 million, Kong Xiangxi has 80 million deposits, and Zhuang Jihua also has 50 million deposits." -- Shanghai's "Xinya Yuebao"

Zhuang Jihua doesn't care about the newspapers in other places, but the one-sided support of the newspapers in the province makes Zhuang Jihua feel very unsteady, you must know that although Zhuang Jihua controls the news, he does not completely control all the newspapers, like the Xinxin Evening News in Chengdu, which is a newspaper outside the control, Zhuang Jihua's previous policies have been attacked by them, except for rent reduction and interest reduction and this time.

However, one newspaper has always remained silent, the central newspaper has never expressed its opinion, and the mouthpiece controlled by Zhou Fohai has always maintained a solemn silence. And what was even more surprising was Kong Xiangxi, he didn't expect Zhuang Jihua to dare to take such an action soon after he arrived in Sichuan, such a thing should have been the work of the Executive Yuan, but now it was robbed by Zhuang Jihua, which made the situation of the Executive Yuan very embarrassing.

A large number of reporters flocked to the Executive Yuan for interviews, and in the face of the reporters' cameras, Kong Xiangxi's round face was stretched straight, and the usual sleekness disappeared without a trace.

"Dean Kong, Dean Kong, what do you think of the Sichuan Provincial Government's decision to impose control on grain?"

"Dean Kong, what do you think of the prospects for food control in Sichuan?"

"Dean Kong, when does the central government plan to promote it nationwide?"

……。

Hearing these problems, Kong Xiangxi was annoyed in his heart, Song Ailing's Guangmaoxing Company in Sichuan was mainly engaged in grain business, and even some of the grain was directly sold to the army.

"The Executive Yuan has been studying the price control, but only in the study, this measure has a very big impact, related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and the Sichuan Provincial Government has not discussed this move with the Executive Yuan." "However, the Executive Yuan will always pay attention to his implementation, and if it is successful, it will be implemented in other parts of the country, and at the same time expand to other necessities of life," Kong said. ”

Hurriedly returning to the temporary residence, Song Ailing, Xu Kan and others were already waiting at home, and when they saw him come in, Song Ailing hurriedly greeted him, and said while taking off his coat: "You ran there, what happened in Sichuan?" That Zhuang Cultural Revolution is wrong? If this continues, how will Sichuan's business still be done? ”

Kong Xiangxi sighed: "I don't know more about the situation in Sichuan than you do. What about you? He asked Xu Kan and Gao Shutong, Gao Shutong, the word Rumu, is the general manager of Seven Star Company; It is said that the regular operation is all under his control.

(To be continued)