Yang Yongtai has been the mayor of Yucheng for more than two months, before he arrived in Yucheng, he was a little scoffed at the praise in the newspaper, but after these two months, he really knew that the introduction in the newspaper was only the tip of the iceberg, and in two months he participated in the start of six factories, the groundbreaking ceremony of 14 factories, Yucheng is recruiting workers everywhere, and a little cultural is being rushed by his brother's recruitment point, and the busyness of various wharves is about to catch up with Shanghai, and the reconstruction of several large roads has been completed. Yang Yongtai clearly remembered He Guoguang's regretful demeanor when he handed over government affairs, and also remembered what He Guoguang told him, working in Yucheng for one year is better than working in other places for five years, happy!

Under the busy construction, Yucheng's control over society is the strictest in all parts of the country, the local press in Yucheng has basically been wiped out, almost all newspapers are controlled by the Yucheng Propaganda Department, and the private newspapers except for Mei Youlan's "Yuzhou Evening News" are still one or two are still surviving, with a daily circulation of no more than 1,000 copies; Unlike other places, there is absolutely no incident of military or police attacking a newspaper in Chongqing, but no reporter or newspaper company dares to "report indiscriminately" because all of them have press cards issued by the Propaganda Department, and if there is a "wrong report", the punishment will be severe, and the revocation of the press card is the lightest, and the heavier is the fine, which is enough to bankrupt the newspaper. Except for local news, it was very difficult for newspapers from other places to enter Yucheng, and Yucheng stopped mailing almost all newspapers from other places, and except for a few Kuomintang newspapers and periodicals such as "Central Newspaper" and "Ta Kung Pao," they were not allowed to enter Yucheng.

In terms of social structure, the tentacles of the political axe of Yucheng extend into the most basic units of society, with sub-district offices in streets, village committees in villages, and trade unions, Kuomintang committees, and Youth League committees in factories. Since the beginning of the school, the school has set up political courses to teach "The Basics of Sanming Cooking", "Selected Writings of the Prime Minister", "Patriotism", "Collection of President's Words", etc.

In addition to these institutions, every citizen of Yucheng must also have an ID card, whether it is work or accommodation, must have an ID card, and those who come to Chongqing from other places must apply for a temporary ID card for more than one month, which is the document you must have for work and accommodation in Yucheng.

In addition to these, the difference between Yucheng and other places is that there is basically no tax ding, Yang Yongtai has walked to Jiangbei County and Beibei County in the past two months, and he has not seen a single tax card collecting taxes along the way, and there is not a single child in the field at all, and all the school-age children have gone to school. Yang Yongtai still remembers that he asked a farmer who was selling vegetables on the road, and the farmer told him that if he didn't go, he would have to go to jail if he didn't go, and that it was a good thing to let the dolls read some books, and all three of his dolls went to school.

After getting to know Yucheng in general, Yang Yongtai also understood why the promotion of the New Life Movement in Yucheng was so smooth and so tightly controlled, and it was impossible to think about it if it didn't go well.

However, what Yang Yongtai didn't understand was how Zhuang Jihua ensured the efficiency of implementation, and the national political axe implemented the armor protection system in Jiangxi and Fujian, and the people's resistance was very great, and they even had to use the army to ensure the implementation of the armor protection system, which was barely established, but the administrative efficiency was extremely low, and what could be done in one day even took ten days and half a month in some places, and three or four days for better ones.

"Actually, there is nothing difficult to explain," Zhuang Jihua explained to him on the way to Chengdu: "The way the armor protection system is established is very different from the system implemented in Yucheng, the armor protection system is established from top to bottom, and we are established from the bottom up; Secondly, the feelings of the people are different, and the armor protection system first harms the interests of the people, and then allows the people to obtain benefits; And we are first to let the people get benefits. When the common people get the sweetness, they will naturally support our system. ”

"But the end result is no different." Yang Yongtai was very confused, no one could see through the method of three and four.

"This is different," Zhuang Jihua smiled faintly: "The vast majority of people will only see the immediate benefits, they can't see the long-term benefits, so let them get the benefits first, establish a management system, and what happens in the future can be solved through this system, so Lao Bai will also heat up this system and support this system." ”

Yang Yongtai fell into deep thought, and the huge contrast in reality made him have to rethink the armor protection system he proposed. The newly built one is very flat and spacious, with small bumps, and Zhuang Jihua looks at the scenery outside the window very pleasantly.

"By the end of the year at the latest, the Chengdu-Chongqing Railway will be able to open to traffic, and there will be no need to go to Chengdu so much trouble when the time comes." Zhuang Jihua said suddenly.

The Tuojiang River Bridge, the most critical bridge on the Chengdu-Chongqing Railway, is almost completed, with 16 tunnels opened and seven railway bridges built, six of which have been completed, and nearly 100,000 people are currently building on the railway line every day.

"It's amazing, it took two years to build it." Yang Yongtai praised casually, but he smiled bitterly in his heart, with Zhuang Jihua's financial resources, he couldn't do anything.

"But this is not enough, we must also build a railway out of Sichuan," Zhuang Jihua shook his head and said: "To send weapons and ammunition from Sichuan to the front line, it is not enough to have ships." And also..."

Zhuang Jihua turned his head and asked Yang Yongtai when he said this: "Do you say that Liu Xiang will accept the principal's order?" ”

After Liu Xiang's defeat, Chiang Kai-shek not only asked Liu Xiang to rectify the Sichuan army, but also asked Liu Xiang to rectify the Sichuan government, hand over all civil power in Sichuan, and choose a position between the commander-in-chief of the Sichuan army and the chairman of Sichuan Province.

"It's hard to estimate." Yang Yongtai felt that Chiang Kai-shek's steps were too fast, and Liu Xiang probably couldn't accept it: "The chairman's action this time is too urgent, in fact, you can sort it out first." ”

Zhuang Jihua nodded, he also thought that Chiang Kai-shek's actions were too big, and Liu Xiang would definitely fight back, but he didn't say anything, but Yang Yongtai asked: "What do you think of the New Life Movement in Yucheng?" ”

In July, Chiang Kai-shek established the New Life Movement Promotion Committee in Nanchang and served as its president, Xiong Shihui served as the director-general, officially promoting the New Life Movement throughout the country, and in August, Soong Meiling also served as the high-profile director of the Women's Movement, assisting Chiang Kai-shek in promoting the New Life Movement in an all-out way.

In Yucheng Teng Zhuo as the president of the New Life Association, Zhuang Jihua did not choose Chen Qikun as the head of the women's movement, but persuaded Pan Huiqin to take up this position, Li Zhilong of course understood Zhuang Jihua's intentions.

The New Life Movement was successfully implemented in Chongqing, the streets and alleys were painted with slogans, and for a while suits were almost extinct, tunics were densely populated in high society, high-end restaurants were crowded, and cleaning teams were organized on every street, and the streets were cleaned cleanly, and everything seemed to be very good.

The press circles also mobilized, and the newspapers and periodicals repeatedly explained why the New Life Movement was launched, what goals the New Life Movement wanted to achieve, and how to participate in the New Life Movement, and then the "advanced" deeds of the New Life.

"Teng Jie has done a good job, as long as he can persevere, he will definitely be able to boost the confidence of the nation." Zhuang Jihua was very cautious and did not dare to reveal his true thoughts, in fact, he was not optimistic about the movement.

Except for Yucheng, the Kuomintang did not have a strong grassroots organization, lacked the ability to go deep into the grassroots and mobilize the masses, and without the masses, it would be difficult to guarantee the in-depth and lasting surname of the movement; Secondly, this movement should be a bit like "abstinence", and the guiding principles of the movement are referred to as three modernizations: the art of life, the production of life, and the militarization of life, hoping that the people will "be diligent in open source, thrifty in thrift, know the indecent and shameful of luxury, and shameful for not working, so as to save China's poverty and eliminate the source of China's chaos"; Let those high-ranking officials and nobles stay simple, for a short time, but after a long time, I am afraid that they will not be able to hold on to it, and as soon as they withdraw, the common people will naturally withdraw.

"Our people are greedy for comfort, and some strange theories from the West have confused the thinking of the Chinese people and forgotten the essence of Chinese culture: loyalty, filial piety, righteousness, courtesy, righteousness, and shame; The Chairman hopes that through such a campaign, the people will be able to re-understand Chinese culture. Yang Yongtai suppressed the excitement in his heart, and the movement still ran according to the track he had designed beside Chiang Kai-shek, which made him very excited and made him feel a little opportunity: "I think Yucheng is doing a good job, and it should be reported to the chairman of the committee, and let the major cities of the country send people to study." ”

"Mr. Changqing, you have the right to do things, and you can completely propose it to the chairman." Zhuang Jihua said with a smile.

"Of course," Yang Yongtai heard the meaning of Zhuang Jihua's words, but he still said quietly: "Cultural Revolution, I originally thought you were a military expert, but now it seems that you are good at everything, I want to ask you to give ideas, what else needs to be done in this movement now?" ”

Zhuang Jihua looked at Yang Yongtai with a little surprise, this Yang Yongtai has always been conceited, what happened today. Yang Yongtai's eyes were very sincere, Zhuang Jihua thought about it and then excused himself: "To be honest, I have too many things to do, I haven't studied them, so it's not easy to speak." ”

Yang Yongtai didn't care, and still said sincerely: "One thing, all things; Why should the Cultural Revolution be modest? ”

Zhuang Jihua closed his eyes and thought about it and said: "Let me have some opinions, I am immature, and I don't know if it is right or not, you can refer to it." ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

"When I was in Guangzhou, a friend of mine told me that China's problem was the peasantry, because the peasant was the majority of the people. I think his assertion is correct, so in the past two years in Chongqing, we have been paying close attention to the rural areas, and our policies have paid great attention to protecting the interests of the peasants, and I think the New Life Movement is the same, it should not only stay in the cities, but should go to the countryside, and only when the peasants are mobilized can this movement succeed. Zhuang Jihua said carefully.

Yang Yongtai was silent, this involves the fundamental difference between the two people's views on China's existing problems, don't look at the law that Yang Yongtai studied, in fact, he believes in Confucianism, advocates scholars to rule the world, abide by the way of monarchs and ministers, and believes that through the leadership of officials who have good officials, they can get rid of China's current poverty and achieve the prosperity and strength of the country. There were many foreign and Confucian officials and intellectuals like him during the Republic of China.

Zhuang Jihua doesn't understand the thoughts of people like them, even if he does, he scoffs, Confucianism didn't know where it went before he came, he believed in it should be said that he didn't believe in it, but believed in law, management, and organization, only in this way can China get rid of poverty and war, as for thought, see his hell.

"You and Mr. Liang Shuming have similar views." After being silent for a long time, Yang Yongtai said slowly.

"I have heard Mr. Lu Zuofu talk about this man," Zhuang Jihua immediately replied, "He also believes that only by solving the peasant problem can China's problems be solved, but the path he proposed is rural construction, allowing intellectuals to go to the countryside to help the peasants, building schools in the countryside, and taking schools as the basis of rural political power, which is wrong." ”

After Zhuang Jihua arrived in Yucheng, Lu Zuofu once recommended rural construction to him, and he himself set up a rural construction experimental area in Beibei; But Zhuang Jihua vetoed it without hesitation, on the grounds that the regime is not a school, and the real reason is that he had never heard of it in his previous life, and it was obviously a failure.

Lu Zuofu was disappointed in his attitude, so he did not recommend Liang Shuming and Yan Yangchu to him, and it was not until two years later that Zhuang Jihua met one of them, and then he regretted it.

"Mr. Changqing, I plan to implement rent reduction and interest reduction in Yucheng in the next step, what do you think?" Zhuang Jihua asked, Yang Yongtai is the mayor of Yucheng City, and he is still his boss in name, so it is very important to win his support.

"Okay," Yang Yongtai said without hesitation: "The national political axe has long had this decree, and in the 17th year of the Republic of China, the national political axe formulated the "Draft Law on the Protection of Farmers and Farmers", announcing that the land rent could not exceed forty percent, and Zhang Jingjiang also tried it in Zhejiang, but the land endowment was too heavy, and the gentry opposed it, so it had to be stopped. Unlike Zhejiang in those years, Yucheng not only did not collect agricultural taxes, but also had a strong inheritance organization, and was fully qualified to implement this law. ”

But Yang Yongtai did not tell Zhuang Jihua how the Zhejiang gentry opposed this decree back then, it was bloody, he wanted to dye Zhuang Jihua's contact mold, and then he came to save the situation and sell Zhuang Jihua a good one, so as to strengthen the cooperation between the two sides.

The two seemed to be chatting in the car, and gave the direction of their work in the next few months, and at the same time reached an agreement that would not fall into words, Yang Yongtai would replace Teng Jie to preside over the New Life Movement, and Zhuang Jihua would implement rent and interest reduction.

(To be continued)