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The disasters caused by the rapid rise of the Yellow River were flooded more and more in Sinan Jishui, Xiaojin, and Wenxian counties, and several sections of the Yellow River iron bridge on the Pinghan Railway, the lifeblood of north-south communications, were washed away, and by the afternoon of 13 August, Kaocheng, Heze, and Caoxian counties at the junction of Henan and Shandong were also flooded one after another. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe affected area has skyrocketed to more than 30 counties, countless dead, injured and missing people in the Yulu disaster area, and millions of people have become homeless refugees in the blink of an eye.

The Disaster Relief Committee, headed by Wang Ching-wei, vice chairman of the Kuomintang Central Committee and premier of the Executive Yuan, has been calling for flood relief all day long, and dozens of members have rushed to various parts of the country to mobilize social forces to raise donations. Chiang Kai-shek started to be the shopkeeper and went all out to encircle and suppress the fifth encirclement and suppression of the ** Central Soviet Area. Hundreds of thousands of troops sharpened their knives and pulled out one after another.

At this time, An Yi and Gu Changfeng had already arrived in Kunming and began to pay an exchange visit to Yunnan Province. To the surprise of An Yi and his entourage, it was also very touching that not only Zhu Peide, Zhu Shigui, Zhan Huanqi, Hu Ruoyu and other generals of the Yunnan Army expressed their full support for the Simao Reclamation Zone of the An Jiajun. Many high-ranking political officials in Yunnan Province who have guessed that the "Malei Town Incident" was committed by An Jiajun have also done so in a tactful or straightforward manner. Xiang An Yi expressed their position of defending the country and unanimously defending the country.

An Yi was a little puzzled by the enthusiasm of the military and political circles in Yunnan who did not hesitate to offend the British, and after thinking about it repeatedly, he finally understood that in this backward era when he still believed in the prince of heaven and earth. Whether it is a warlord or a corrupt Confucian, there is still blood in the veins to protect the land and defend the people, and everyone cherishes the land left by their ancestors like gold, and truly inherits the national spirit of being the head of the national crisis and being responsible for the husband. What's more, all of you around you are people of insight who represent the 25 million people of Yunnan and greatly cherish their own rights and interests.

Li Hongxiang, speaker of the Yunnan Provincial Assembly, General Hu Qi, director of the Department of Construction, Zhou Zhongyue, director of the Department of Education, and more than a dozen seniors went to the airport to greet them, and returned to Zhu Peide's mansion in a corner of the Yunnan Jiangwu Hall on the shore of Cuihu Lake.

Hu Mo, director of the Department of Construction, affirmed the gratifying achievements of the Southern Yunnan Reclamation Zone, and was deeply pleased with the economic mutual assistance between Yunnan and "the south and western Guizhou", recalled An Yi's speech in the hall of the Yunnan Provincial Assembly, he sincerely praised An Yi's foresight, and finally said with regret that Yunnan is still not good enough, and still needs to speed up the pace of development, as soon as possible to catch up with the rapid development of southern Sichuan, western Guizhou and western Xiangxi.

Lu Han, who has been promoted to vice chairman of the Yunnan Provincial Military Commission, changed his past vigilance and politeness towards An Yi, and clearly expressed his tough stance on the continuous conflicts on the Sino-Burmese border over the years and the British gaining an inch.

"If our army is unable to protect its border people and resolutely fight back and punish the aggressors who have repeatedly committed crimes against heaven, where will we have the face to let the 25 million people of all ethnic groups in Yunnan support us?"

Zhou Zhongyue, director of the Department of Education and Abandonment, and Dong Ze, president of the former East 6 University and now renamed Yunnan University, thanked An Yi for donating a full set of advanced teaching experimental equipment produced in Europe and the United States, and thanked Jiang Yunshan for the five school buses and one million education aid fund that the southern Sichuan education circles had just donated to Yunnan University.

However, in a half-joking, half-serious way, Dong Ze criticized the temptation and plundering of graduates of Yunnan University and other schools by major enterprises in southern Sichuan, saying that the best talents have gone to southern Sichuan, and that only the Zhaotong government and railway, steel, and trading enterprises managed by An Yi have pried away more than 40 engineering graduates from Yunnan University last month.

Everyone looked at An Yi with deep meaning and smiled, An Yi stood up a little embarrassed, apologized respectfully to Dong Ze, and sincerely expressed his sincerity:

"The juniors came this time to discuss things with my husband and colleagues in Yunnan Province. A month ago, the French consul in Shanghai and Beijing sent two letters to the juniors to discuss whether it is possible to establish a consulate in Syria to strengthen economic and trade exchanges between China and France and understanding and cooperation in all fields. ”

"Oh? It seems that the French are not slow to react this time, it seems that they also know that China's industrial center with the most potential has been transferred from the old Nanchang and Jiangxihu areas to southern Sichuan. "Zhu Peide is interested. An Yi said with a smile: "The juniors held a special meeting, and after discussion, they replied to the French, and politely declined their request to set up a consulate. I told them clearly: so far, no country has set up a consulate in southern Sichuan, according to the administrative level "South is not qualified, but so far, Germany, Sweden, the United States, the United Kingdom, Belgium five countries have obtained" the approval of the South African parliament, and have confirmed the establishment of a commercial office in September this year, I wonder if the French side is interested?

Before the juniors left southern Sichuan, the French sent letters again, and they decided to set up business offices with European and American countries, and asked the juniors to support them so that their commercial offices could be settled in Syria at the same time as other countries. It also proposed to participate in the construction and exhibition of the Great Southwest Economic Zone, and requested to participate in the commodity expo jointly held by our four provinces and regions in October, and obtain the bidding qualifications for major projects such as railways, bridges, mining, and import and export of machinery and equipment held at the same time.

The French consul in Beijing at the end of the letter. Ask us in detail about the Great Southwest Economic Cooperation Collective, whether there is a different body clam in the old southwest of Sichuan to talk about the plan of economic investment and cooperation. The juniors will return to play "and will soon start large-scale investment, because after the juniors complete this inspection, they will consult your Qiancui. In the name of the Sichuan-Hunan-Yunnan-Guizhou Border Pacification Office, together with the Yunnan Provincial Department of Construction and the Department of Natural Resources, large-scale investment and cooperation have been carried out in traditional tin, zinc, silver, copper, lead and iron and steel chemical projects in southwest Yunnan. The younger generation made a special trip this time to bring a detailed investment plan, and initially decided to invest 100 million US dollars to open it, and I hope that the seniors will support it. ”

"A hundred million dollars

"That's 360 million oceans

The military and political dignitaries in the hall exclaimed in unison, Zhu Peide had learned about this huge southwest and southern Yunnan exhibition as early as last month's meeting in Syria, so he was not as shocked as other colleagues, but he still sighed for An Yi's wealth and generosity.

An Yi smiled and turned to Dong Ze: "Sir, in the upcoming Yunnan Economic Exhibition." There is a need for a lot of talent in every industry. Sir, are you still worried about not being able to retain your university elite? The younger generation can hereby assure Mr. that as long as our southwest economic collective has passed these large-scale economic revitalization plans, the younger generation will donate to build a comprehensive school with complete facilities in every county in southeast Yunnan, and ensure that it can easily accommodate 5,000 teachers and students of primary and secondary school education for eight years. How many people do you need? Maybe just next year, Mr. will feel that Yunnan University and other schools have cultivated too few talents. ”

Dong Ze nodded heavily: "No wonder Brother Yucheng hurriedly sent one million, and pretended to inadvertently suggest that the old man expand the enrollment by multiplication, it turns out that you have premeditated."

Everyone laughed, but Zhu Peide didn't. Looking at everyone, he reminded loudly: "Everyone. Do you remember the readjustment and construction of governments at all levels in eastern and southeastern Yunnan that we have been discussing over the past year? If the motion jointly formed by the governments of southern Sichuan, Xiangxi, and Qianxi brought by General An is passed, the 21 county-level governments in southeastern Yunnan will be rebuilt, and in order to ensure the safe and smooth development of economic construction, the scale of police stations and security forces in each county will be doubled, and the southeastern Yunnan region, which has been neglecting its jurisdiction for a long time, will now have strong jurisdictional leadership. However, we are still undecided, are we moving too slowly? ”

"We all know Yigong's concerns, everything is money! In the past two years, it has been difficult to quell sporadic rebellions in various places and take back the leadership of western Yunnan, and half of all taxes have been invested in military spending and the construction of the western Yunnan highway. Started last year. The province learned from the successful experience of southern Sichuan, reformed the financial and fiscal affairs, abolished the Yunnan bill, and passed the silver coin. And with the "Xiangyan Economic Group" jointly established the Southwest Bank, which increased the fiscal revenue by five times, and basically put an end to the disadvantages such as chaotic collection. However, we must see that most of the increased income has been invested in the construction of the Yunnan-Guizhou Railway and the revitalization of large-scale public-owned industrial and commercial enterprises, and if we take out the money to invest in the southeast of Yunnan on a large scale, reorganize the administration of officials, and increase the number of military and police, it will not be a small amount." ”

Finance Minister 6 Chongren spoke worriedly. This former acting finance minister appointed by Long Yun is one. Yunnan celebrities with both civil and military skills, Zhu Peide treated him with courtesy after taking power, and trusted him very much, 6 Chongren was deeply grateful, so he went out of the mountain again to serve as the director of the Yunnan Provincial Department of Finance, and for several years he worked diligently and conscientiously to achieve good results, pushing the chaotic Yunnan provincial finance step by step on the right track, abolishing the privilege of the army to levy taxes, and establishing financial institutions at all levels, so that the burden of the people of Yunnan was greatly reduced, and the economy of Yunnan also recovered rapidly, and Zhu Peide also gained a great reputation for generosity, benevolence, and good use of people. It is precisely because of this that 6 Chongren's opinion is very important, and in many cases, it is often based on his real words that can decide the choice of a major matter.

When everyone heard this, they all frowned, and they were obviously at a loss for what to do about the financial shortage.

An Yi watched calmly, saying no, he didn't want to take the initiative to participate in other people's family affairs, leaving a bad impression of being a noisy leader. I was going to find a time to talk to him 6 Chongren later, but the words of the veteran Li Hongxiang made An Yi have to stand up:

"General An, presumably the general army encountered a similar problem in the process of governing southern Sichuan, I don't know how the general set out to solve it at that time?"

An Yi stood up and replied not without shame: "To be honest, this kind of thing is very tricky, and the younger generation had no way at that time, so he could only keep filling it with his own private money, and spent more than 12 million yuan to rebuild all the county-level governments in southern Sichuan." ”

"Spider..."

Everyone sighed in unison, envious of An Yi's wealth but also quite disappointed, in contrast, even if there is one or two million funds in Yunnan, which has a vast territory, it will not solve the problem.

An Yi thought for a while and suggested: "Seniors, the younger generation has an immature idea, and it is also some of the knowledge accumulated by the younger generation after running the old Nanchang, Yichang and then to the south. ”

"General, please!"

"Don't be modest." Don't get up and salute An Yi solemnly! "The general is a great talent. Without the general's hard work Kai Gang operation, there would be no today's prosperity of old Nanchang, Xiangxi, Qianxi and southern Sichuan, which is obvious to all in the country, and please ask the general not to give extravagant teaching! ”

An Yi hurriedly stepped forward and helped the respected 6 Chongren to sit down, and said ashamed in his mouth. Under the repeated requests of everyone, An Yi still decided not to avoid suspicion and truthfully said his thoughts:

"Seniors, juniors know that a large part of Yunnan's fiscal revenue comes from tin ore exports, most of which have been monopolized by foreign companies set up by the three major French consortia in the old area, and the world economy has been sluggish in recent years, and exports have doubled. Even the three major French consortia themselves have lost money, and it is conceivable that the provincial government is in a dilemma in the area of taxation; Second, due to the lack of supervision, a large amount of tin ore is smuggled out of the country, and the local security corps and government officials collude with unscrupulous businessmen, so that two-thirds of the tin ore exported each year does not pay the government a penny in taxes. These ills are well known to the younger generation. ”

Zhu Peide and the others sighed when they heard this, all of them were the predecessors who ruled Yunnan according to the traditional gentle governance methods, and from An Yi's unfinished words, they already vaguely understood what he wanted to express.

An Yi hesitated when he said this. In 6 Chongren's unrelenting inquiry, he had to tell what he thought and said:

"There is a way to solve the problem, the French have worked hard to build the railway from Annam to Kunming, until now, they have been shouting about losses, but they are unwilling to transfer the management rights to the Yunnan government, and the three major consortia have been complaining about losses all day long. But they are still mining every day, every day to the side of Annam, so that the French not only do not lose, but also have a profit, otherwise they will not continue to work, if my estimate is right, the way the French make money, is to encourage smuggling and tax evasion, so the French will attach great importance to this trip to Yunnan by the younger generation.

"The younger generation did not want to and did not want to interfere in the political situation in Yunnan, but they saw the current situation in southeast Yunnan. I can't help but feel pain in my heart, I don't hide it from you, southern Sichuan has been cooperating with the Gui system to mine the northwest Guangxi mining area, the three smelters of the Gui system are all helped by the younger generations, and now the Gui department does not need to sell ore cheaply to foreign countries, but will sell all the processed tin locks to us" The major smelters and enterprises in the south not only do not have to be pressed by foreigners, but also obtained profits that they expected, only in the first half of this year, we paid the Gui system of tin keys, zinc apprentices, as high as more than 37 million yuan, The Guiliu Railway and several major highways that the Gui family is building today were built with the help of the sale of tin ore.

In contrast, the world-famous "Tin Capital", which is located in the southeast of Yunnan, how much tax can the government receive each year? If we adopt a thunderbolt method that will not be tolerated and resolutely put under control, and after the smuggling is eradicated, one or two large and medium-sized smelters will be set up, and the annual tax revenue will not exceed 10 million? It can also obtain the most valuable pricing power, reverse the passive situation of looking at the faces of foreigners for a long time, and make tangible contributions to increasing the income of the people and revitalizing the national industry.

"When the people are rich, they have to dress and build houses, and they have to pay taxes on every item of clothing, food, housing, and transportation, so why is the government afraid that there will be no taxes?

Everyone nodded again and again, but no one expressed their position, and the strict and stubborn 6 Chongren asked again: "General, if this province agrees to the general's suggestion, the general will definitely acquire a large mining area in southeast Yunnan and build a large enterprise." We also raise our hands to support the general's investment, after all, it is very beneficial to our fiscal revenue, and it is easier for large enterprises to collect and manage taxes, but if the products produced at that time are jointly suppressed by foreigners. Even refusing to trade, what is the general going to do? ”

An Yi shook his head and smiled: "This, good question!" If the seniors are worried, they can hand over the production of tin locks, zinc carvings, iron apprentices, and copper locks to the younger generations to buy, and the price will follow the market, which is definitely not lower than that of foreigners, and there is no arrears in real money. If the seniors are not at ease, the younger generations can use the Southern Yunnan Reclamation Zone as collateral.

"Presumably the seniors know that the southern Yunnan Tunxi Prefecture is no longer the original southern Yunnan, the younger generations have invested more than 70 million oceans for this, the seniors are obvious to all, the younger generations are not worried about not being able to sell, what are the seniors worried about? Don't forget that the major steel smelting enterprises in southern Sichuan continue to be put into operation in 6 years, and they are waiting for rice to be put into the pot every day. If the seniors are willing, simply let the juniors contract all the import and export tax collection in southeast Yunnan, and there is no need for the seniors to send troops to the army, and the juniors will solve it themselves, as for how much the juniors should pay to the Yunnan Provincial Finance every year, the seniors can just say the number, haha! ”

The hall was amazed again, and 6 Chongren walked up to Zhu Peide and Li Hongxiang and bowed. Loud Request:

"Chongren is willing to support the preliminary resolution of the provincial military and political conference, agreeing to provide financial support for the rebuilding of governments at all levels and the dispatch of troops in southeastern Yunnan. Yigong and Li Lao, such a major event that is meritorious in the present and beneficial in all things, should be decided."

Zhu Peide and Li Hongxiang glanced at each other, both stood up, and helped the bowed 6 Chongren to discuss the film together, and Zhu Peide announced to everyone:

"After the dinner, a high-level military and political meeting was held overnight, and General An was implored."