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Chapter 577: A Decisive Choice (1)

An Yi did not get half a day's rest, and in the past three days, he has attended the Central Army Rectification Conference, the Medal Ceremony, and the "Southwest Plan" special secret meeting, etc., and has to rush to various banquets that cannot be excused, and Chen Cheng, Cai Zhongwat and other teachers and friends who returned to Beijing to gather together, every late at night, An Yi still can't sleep peacefully, from Yichang, Xiangxi, Qianxi, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Nanchang, Shanghai, Tianjin, Qingdao and other places A large number of secret reports need to be dealt with, the world economic crisis is getting worse, and the business situation of Jiangnan Group is getting worse. The Sino-Russian War in the Northeast ended with the defeat and compromise of the Northeast Army, which led to tens of thousands of White Russians being expelled and fleeing south, and the Russian Chamber of Commerce and experts from all walks of life in the old Nanchang repeatedly pleaded with Jiangnan Group and An Yi for generous assistance, and a series of problems were all pressed on An Yi's shoulders. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

To An Yi's great satisfaction, under the care of Commander-in-Chief Chiang and Chief of Staff Zhu Peide, the number of the Fifth Army Corps and its subordinate units was officially established:

The four divisions of the Shizhen Division of Qianxi were renamed the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Divisions of the 43rd Army and the Qianxi Garrison Division; The six divisions of Zhang Hongluan's division in Xiangxi were named the first, second, and third divisions of the 44th Army, and the remaining three divisions were transferred to the Xiangxi Garrison Command, numbered from the 1st Brigade to the 9th Brigade of the Xiangxi Garrison; The Fifth Army was adjusted to a slightly larger extent, and the three new divisions were cancelled and renamed the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Divisions of the 24th Army respectively. Starting this month, the central authorities will no longer bear the military expenses of the above-mentioned troops, and within two years the central authorities will only dispatch party affairs officials to Xiangxi, Qianxi, and western Hubei provinces, and will not send tax officials. The 16th, 17th, and 44th Divisions of the Fifth Army Corps were still assigned to the Central Army, and the Central Committee agreed to allocate military salaries and military funds, which were under the control of the Fifth Army Corps Headquarters.

This result was exactly what An Yi needed, and the 24th Army and other three armies were included in the local army establishment, which played a role in confusing the forces of various warlords and achieved greater independence and autonomy, and the various taxes of the three regions could not only fully meet the expenditure of the 200,000 troops, but also make use of the gains from self-management in local construction and army building, get rid of the constraints of officials dispatched by the central government, and win at least two years of precious time for the established series of development plans. An Yi himself can also test and improve his political ability through a series of practices.

After the news was announced, it did not cause much repercussions, and the war stopped, and the central government's primary direction of rule was not the remote western Guizhou and western Hubei provinces, still less the three southwestern provinces that could not be penetrated by water, but Henan, Shandong, and Shaanxi, Gansu, and Ningbo in the northwest. Stormed Chiang Kai-shek's house late at night and tried to change that decision.

Chiang Kai-shek tried hard to explain, but to no avail, so he had to follow the advice of his wife Song Meiling, and urgently summoned An Yi, who was in the house of Houzai Lane and his henchmen who had come from all over the country, and asked An Yi to personally explain the last resort to Song Ziwen.

In the spacious and elegant study, Song Ziwen couldn't help frowning when he saw An Yi entering the door, turned to his sister Song Meiling, and complained in a low voice, unwilling to look at An Yi again.

An Yi and Chiang Kai-shek whispered for a moment, came to Song Ziwen and sat down with a spring breeze on their faces, picked up the coffee sent by their subordinates, took a sip of it beautifully, smacked their lips, and then smiled politely:

"The Treasurer's Tax Police Corps is amazing! One light machine gun per squad, one heavy machine gun ready to the company level, even the transport regiment, the tank regiment and the artillery regiment are there, such a fierce combat effectiveness, let alone collecting taxes, even one or two armies that clean up the sequence of our Central Army are not a problem, and the little brother finally has an example to catch up, haha! ”

Song Ziwen turned to An Yi meaningfully: "Really? But no matter how much equipment the tax police regiment has, it can't compare to Commander An's Fifth Legion! I can listen to the group of Huangpu brothers in the tax police regiment who are Commander An said, only the monthly tax revenue of the Yichang Anti-Smoking Bureau that Commander An has in his hands is not less than one million, not counting the monthly income of the Jiujiang Anti-Smoking Bureau and the Nanchang Anti-Smoking Bureau that General Lu Yong'an can't ask for, and the wealth collected by officials can reach the height of Commander An, I am afraid that even overlords like Feng Huanzhang, Yan Baichuan, and Li Delin are ashamed of themselves, hum! ”

An Yi jumped up in fright, ran to Chiang Kai-shek's side, and bowed his head in fear to complain: "Principal, Minister Song is sowing discord and framing Zhongliang!" ”

Chiang Kai-shek and Song Meiling were amused and laughed, Song Ziwen didn't expect An Yi's face to be so thick-skinned, he was stunned at first, and then shook his head frequently, Chiang Kai-shek explained to Song Ziwen in a low voice after laughing:

"The average monthly tax revenue of the Jiujiang Anti-Smoking Bureau, in addition to feeding the Poyang Lake Marine Police Division, was transferred to the shipyards under the Jiangnan Group, and the production was carried out at a rate of equipping two 50-ton patrol gunboats and one 100-ton military transport ship per month, and the General Headquarters uniformly allocated them to the naval divisions of the provinces along the Yangtze River, as well as the Yangtze River Fleet equipped with the navy.

Today I can tell you that the 600,000 yuan is used to pay the Nanchang Ordnance Research Institute under the leadership of the Central Military Commission as research funds, and to the Jiangnan Arsenal to purchase new weapons and equipment to improve the combat effectiveness of the divisions of the Central Army.

Due to the fear of leaving others with the excuse of favoritism, all the equipment purchased with this money was transferred to the arsenal in the name of each division, and it is well documented and unambiguous, so Ziwen should not delve into it. ”

Song Ziwen's eyes widened and he asked with some surprise: "So, where is the huge tax revenue of the Yichang Anti-Smoking Bureau spent?" ”

"Let An Yi answer you." Chiang Kai-shek laughed.

An Yi sat back, put away his smile and explained sincerely: "Minister Song, in fact, the monthly tax income of the Yichang Anti-Smoking Bureau is not only one million, but about 1.15 million.

Presumably, Minister Song also knew that when our Central Army occupied western Hubei, it promised the people of more than 10 counties in western Hubei a one-year tax exemption, and it was through this one-and-a-half-year tax exemption policy that the agriculture, industry, and commerce in western Hubei were restored. From January next year, taxation will be resumed in accordance with the central policy, and according to the preliminary budget, the tax revenue obtained from the agricultural and industrial industries in western Hubei will reach about 1.8 million yuan per month.

Just imagine, if it had not been for the huge investment in the past year, without the opening up and expansion of roads, and without the more than 200 kilometers of irrigation canals and three reservoirs that our garrison had helped the people in western Hubei to build, it would have been impossible to obtain a good harvest this year.

However, the central government and all departments of the whole army only saw the big fat shortage of the Yichang Anti-Smoking Bureau, but no one saw that the people's livelihood in western Hubei was withering and needed to be fed back. How many people take into account the rule and long-term stability of the central government?

I An Yi don't dare to say that I have a clean breeze on my sleeves, but I dare to say that I have a clear conscience! As for other things, An Yi did it with a clear conscience, but An Yi personally did not use a penny from the people of western Hubei, and even paid out of his own pocket to eat bowls of Dandan noodles on the street, and did not dare to bully others, so he dared to face anyone calmly. ”

Song Ziwen was silent now, looking at An Yi with a complicated mood, Chiang Kai-shek saw that the fire had arrived, and said in a low voice: "Ziwen, you should know why I trust An Yi now, right?" Before you praised Chen Cixiu (Chen Cheng) for his strict self-discipline and clean air, but there is a misunderstanding of An Yi, which cannot be eliminated, you only see An Yi collecting money and don't know his contributions, I don't know what he is collecting money for, in fact, just from the boatloads of American grain that have arrived at various ports one after another, how can the money paid by An Yi and his group of economically handsome confidants be comparable to the tax revenue of one or two anti-smoking bureaus?