In the next few days, Zhuang Jihua didn't plan to see anyone, and wanted to reunite with his family for a few days, but he had too many subordinates in Yucheng, from Yang Yongtai to Lu Zuofu, from the municipal axe to various districts and counties, people came to visit his home, and various social groups came to invite, Chen Jiji, Sun Yuanliang, and Huang Wei in the Geyue Mountain Military Academy also came to invite him to give a speech at the military academy, which made him annoyed.

After a few days like this, Zhuang Jihua simply went out early every morning, took Yaya to Zhang Jingjiang's house to drink tea and chat, and watched Yaya and Momo play in the yard, Zhang Jingjiang has many children, but his children are older, and the youngest child is also studying in the middle school attached to Yucheng University, and the family is very idle. Zhang Jingjiang's wife, Zhu Yimin, is a typical traditional housewife who never asks about her husband. It just so happened that Liu Yinshu was also a person who didn't like to mix politics, and the two women took their children to the backyard, leaving the two men to drink tea and chat in the front hall.

"Cultural Revolution, do you have any ideas about Zhuchuan this time?" After chatting for a long time, the topic finally fell to this.

"This, I have some ideas, but I'm not mature yet." Zhuang Jihua replied: "Mr. has been the chairman of Zhejiang Province, and I hope that Mr. will give him some advice." ”

"Boy, don't disgust me," Zhang Jingjiang poured her a cup of tea with a smile: "Just look at Yucheng, do you need anyone else to guide you." ”

"Alas, to be honest, I want to move but I don't want to move, I want to move, because the current system is somewhat unreasonable, and I want to make some changes; I don't want to move because I'm afraid of giving up halfway, and the gains outweigh the losses. Zhuang Jihua sighed.

"Actually, you just need to open a way out, just like you did in Yucheng, whether others want to do it or not, let them choose." Zhang Jingjiang smiled faintly and said nonchalantly.

Zhuang Jihua's eyes flickered, staring at the teacup in front of him, and said slowly for a long time: "Maybe this is a solution, but sir, I have also learned about the market recently, prices are rising rapidly, inflation is more serious, will there be problems in finance?" ”

Zhang Jingjiang thought for a while and said: "Kong Xiangxi is implementing an inflation policy and increasing the amount of money, but at present, it seems that the problem is not big, the industrial development speed is relatively fast, but if you continue to invest, the market will always be saturated, and financial risks are accumulating step by step. ”

"Are the members of the Finance Committee just sitting idly by?" Zhuang Jihua frowned and asked, the Finance Committee was established to prevent such a thing.

"The commissioners themselves argued that on the one hand the war needed money, and on the other hand the threat of inflation continued to grow; The two are contradictory, and satisfying one aspect necessarily weakens the other. Zhang Jingjiang shrugged his shoulders slightly when he said this, revealing a funny smile.

"I think it's better to regulate finance, and you can put forward a motion in the Finance Committee to prohibit private storage of foreign exchange and stop gold trading." Zhuang Jihua said: "In addition, prices are controlled, grain, pork, edible oil, and flour are controlled, purchases are restricted, the amount of purchases per month is stipulated, and daily necessities are purchased and sold by the state. ”

Zhang Jingjiang looked at Zhuang Jihua dumbfounded, his mind was full of confusion, he didn't expect Zhuang Jihua to propose such a method at all. After a long time, he asked cautiously, "Can you tell me more about what you plan to do?" ”

"My idea is to stipulate how much rice, flour, vegetable oil, candy, cotton cloth, wine, cigarettes, etc., according to each person's age, and so on, all of them, according to the ID card and household registration, food stamps, cloth stamps, and the people buy grain with the tickets. Zhuang Jihua showed a smile on the corner of his mouth, he thought of Kong Xiangxi, he attacked the development company in the form of unified purchase and sales, and now he can't object, and he takes the same approach to the rest of the materials.

"Cultural Revolution, you, I'm afraid that the opposition is probably no less than rent reduction and interest reduction, and how many people's financial path has been blocked." Zhang Jingjiang shook his head slightly.

"Sir, think it's not feasible?" Zhuang Jihua asked.

"It's not impossible, at least you need your teacher's cooperation," Zhang Jingjiang pushed the wheelchair with both hands, Zhuang Jihua quickly stood up and pushed him to the door of the living room, Zhang Jingjiang tilted his head and thought about it: "Your method is to force consumption to alleviate the shortage of materials, right?" ”

"Mr. is right, prices have risen a lot, and if they continue to rise like this, it will inevitably lead to dissatisfaction among the people, and some people take the opportunity to hoard and make a fortune, and this behavior must be severely cracked down." Zhuang Jihua pushed to the door and paused, Zhang Jingjiang signaled to continue, go to the front yard, so Zhuang Jihua continued to push to the front yard.

"Spring is all about basking in the sun, you see how comfortable the sun is." Zhang Jingjiang squinted at the sun hanging in the sky.

"What do you mean, sir?" Zhuang Jihua was a little confused, and said in his heart that the old man had started to play dumb riddles for himself again, so he stopped his wheelchair and sat opposite Zhang Jingjiang: "You have to explain it clearly, okay or not?" ”

Zhang Jingjiang shook his head slightly, and said with a wry smile: "Cultural Revolution, aren't you embarrassed for me, governance should be like the sunshine of this spring, and the warmth of Hexi, but you have always been doing the opposite, but you have been successful, sometimes I really don't understand, is God too favored by you, can this strategy work, I really don't know, there is not enough one, the entire Sichuan household registration must be completely counted, and what about the ethnic minorities in Xikang?" These have to be thought through before they are implemented. ”

Zhuang Jihua nodded, and then said: "When the time comes, please also ask Mr. to provide financial support, and when necessary, please also ask Mr. to contact people from the business community to support." ”

That's all there is to Zhang Jingjiang, China has never controlled grain cloth since ancient times, and this kind of regulated economy is completely new to the people of the Republic of China, and it is very good that Zhang Jingjiang can say this.

"That's nature, what to do when the time comes, you send someone to inform." Zhang Jingjiang said lightly, even if Zhuang Jihua doesn't say this, he has to express his support, he and Zhuang Jihua are not allies, but a family.

After saying this, Zhang Jingjiang was silent for a while and said slowly: "Cultural Revolution, do you feel that it is time to cultivate your own people, it is not enough to rely on your teacher alone." ”

Zhuang Jihua's eyes stared, Deng Yanda's alliance, he hadn't told Zhang Jingjiang yet, and he didn't plan to tell him, not because he was suspicious, but because he was worried that he would oppose it, Zhang Jingjiang had always lacked a good impression of Deng Yanda, thinking that he was too eager to make progress, and there were more than enough failures, so he tried not to contact him if he didn't contact him.

"I've thought about it, some of the people I care about are still in the middle and lower levels, and it will take time to bring them up." Zhuang Jihua said: "In the army, I have a few soldiers, and at present, I am only a middle- and lower-level officer, and there is no one who is in charge alone. ”

"I'm afraid your few sons have fallen into the eyes of others." Zhang Jingjiang said lightly.

"It's nothing, although it falls in my eyes, but I have promoted too many people, many of them are exceptional, and he will not be able to make a judgment for a while." Zhuang Jihua is very confident in this, there are all kinds of people he promoted, but the majority are from Huangpu, which is also the reason why it is difficult for Chiang Kai-shek to judge, not to mention that Chiang Kai-shek is not clear about his ideological changes.

The tea gradually faded, the sunlight walked from the slope to the top of the head, the idle day passed quickly, Zhao Hanjie led the first batch of special forces to return to Yucheng on the second day, Zhuang Jihua took his family and Zhang Sike to board the train to Chengdu, and as early as a few days ago, Chen Gongbo took people to Chengdu and took office as the director of the Sichuan Provincial Party Department.

Chengdu railway station is bustling, in Chengdu Sichuan celebrities from all walks of life to the station to greet, which makes Zhuang Jihua feel a little flattered, in the past he has not received such attention in Chengdu, every time the provincial party department sent someone to pick up, live in the provincial party department.

Zhuang Jihua saw Zhang Lan standing in front of the queue with a fluttering white beard, and hurriedly stepped forward: "Cousin, why are you here, it should be the juniors who came to visit you." ”

"Chairman Zhuang is polite, now you are shouldering the hopes of the Sichuan people, you should have been the chairman of Sichuan Province a long time ago, but unfortunately Fu Cheng refused, so it was a few years late." Zhang Lan stroked his beard and said loudly, ignoring the faces of Zhang Sike, Qiao Yifu and the others.

Zhang Lan's position in Sichuan is very peculiar, beyond the forces, a considerable number of generals in the Sichuan army are studying in his school before joining the army, for example, Liu Xiang was once the deputy commander of the guard battalion when he served as the northern Sichuan propaganda envoy, from the beginning of the road protection movement, until the Anti-Japanese War, Zhang Lan successively served as the northern Sichuan propaganda envoy, Jialing Daoyin, Sichuan provincial governor, congressman, after dissatisfied with the warlords betrayed the country, resigned from all positions, concentrated on teaching and educating people, and was called the Sichuan sage by the Sichuan people. Since Xinhai, successive Sichuan Provincial Chairman and Overseer took office, Zhang Lan has never been there, but today he came to the station to greet Zhuang Jihua, which is enough to show his attitude.

"Cousin, you still call me the Cultural Revolution," Zhuang Jihua said with a bitter face: "In front of you, I am just a junior, to be honest, you have already made me panic when you come here." ”

"That's good, just as you want," Zhang Lan readily agreed, and then introduced Zhuang Jihua to the old man next to him who thought he was also wearing a gray robe and was thin, and said: "Cultural Revolution, this is Mr. Liang Shuming, he came to inspect the countryside of Sichuan, and he has a stomach of questions I want to ask you." ”

"Oh," Zhuang Jihua's face was full of surprise, and he hurriedly stretched out his hands: "Long admiration, long admiration, I have long heard of Mr. Liang's name, I have never seen it, and now I can see it, it is really a great pleasure in my life, Mr. Liang, I also have a stomach problem, I want to ask Mr. for advice, and please ask Mr. for advice." ”

Liang Shuming's thin face flashed a smile: "Chairman Zhuang is polite, the old man has long heard Mr. Zuofu mention the general, after coming to Sichuan, he inspected all parts of Yucheng, Sichuan and got the letter of Brother Zhongxian, and learned of the general's feat in Henan, the old man was deeply admired, and he wanted to ask the general for advice, so he specially asked the cousin to introduce him." ”

"Mr. Liang is too polite," Zhuang Jihua sighed: "My Zhuang Jihua's door is open for Mr. at any time, and Mr. can come to my house at any time, or the provincial political axe; Of course, if the gentleman is inconvenient, I should pay a visit. ”

Liang Shuming's name He had heard Lu Zuofu say it before, but at that time he was not in favor of rural construction, so he didn't pay attention to it, but the more he went to the back, the more people in the ideological circles he contacted, the higher the probability of hearing this name, and he heard this name from Jia Zhongxian's mouth again in Henan, and at that time he made up his mind that he would have the opportunity to meet this world-famous Liang Shuming, but he didn't expect to see it here today, how could this not make him happy.

"This is," Zhang Lan then introduced the next old man in a suit and leather shoes, and Zhuang Jihua immediately interrupted him: "Cousin, I have known Mr. Ma for a long time, so I won't bother you, Ma Lao, I didn't expect to see you here, I have to be overjoyed." ”

"Oh, that's good, that's good." Zhang Lan smiled meaningfully.

Ma Yinchu smiled indifferently and held Zhuang Jihua's outstretched hand: "General Zhuang, the enemy in three battles, Ma admires, but Ma does have something to discuss with the general, I don't know if the general has time?" ”

Zhuang Jihua smiled: "Mr. Ma, if you don't look for me, I will also look for you, Sichuan politics, I still have a lot of questions for me, please don't leave Chengdu first, okay, I'll visit you then." ”

"Oh," Ma Yinchu looked at Zhuang Jihua with some surprise: "I must wait." ”

Ma Yinchu and Liang Shuming are two unexpected surprises, most of the others are familiar characters, most of the generals of the main army of the Sichuan army are out of Sichuan, Tian Songyao and Liu Wenhui Luo Zezhou also returned from Yucheng Xikang Nanchong, and made a special trip to greet them, and the rest are some middle and low-level generals, mainly brigade commanders, Zhuang Jihua is also kind to them, and they are all happy for a while, and the whole station is filled with a festive atmosphere.

Zhuang Jihua made a brief statement at the station, in which he revealed his ambition to reform Sichuan's politics, develop people's livelihood, and build Sichuan into a base for the war of resistance.

Others did not pay attention, but Ma Yinchu paid attention, after the meeting he and Zhang Lan Liang Shuming took a car back to Sichuan University, Sichuan University has two cars, these three cars are donated by the Southwest Development Team, after the Yucheng Automobile Factory produced off-road jeeps, all the cars in the team were eliminated and donated to major schools, and Li Zhilong named two of them to donate to Sichuan University.

"How? I'm not mistaken, the Cultural Revolution was different from everyone else. In the car, Zhang Lan first spoke to break the silence: "Shou Ming, Yin Chu, what do you think?" ”

"On the rough side, I can't talk about any perception," Liang Shuming said lightly: "But he doesn't have the flying and domineering of ordinary martial artists, and he can be regarded as an elegant person." ”

If Zhuang Jihua heard this evaluation, he was afraid that his stomach would be overjoyed, but he didn't expect to get such an evaluation from this Confucian scholar.

"Brother Shouming, I'm afraid you underestimate Zhuang Wenge," Ma Yinchu, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned around and said to him, he had served in the Resource Development Committee, and he had his thoughts when he issued fiat currency, and now he is a political axe and a university professor, and he knows more about Zhuang Jihua: "Zhuang Wenge also has a certain understanding of finance, he is not like a simple soldier, you can understand when you look at the economic policy of Yucheng, in addition to the military industry, the private economy is still developing rapidly." ”

Zhang Lan was very proud, he stroked his beard: "Shou Ming, I know that he has different views from you, you advocate rural construction, he advocates rent reduction and interest reduction, first reduce the burden of farmers, it is difficult to say which of you is right and who is wrong, but from the perspective of the effect, his effect is better than yours, this cannot but be admitted." ”

Liang Shuming has carried out rural construction in Hebei, Henan, and Shandong, and each place has been very good at the beginning, but every time he goes deeper, it is difficult to move an inch, and the improvement of the people's living standards is limited.

Liang Shuming is not a quibble, he just sighed lightly and shut up, but Ma Yinchu was full of interest: "Cousin, have you noticed, Zhuang Wenge said in the statement just now that he wants to reform Sichuan politics, develop people's livelihood, and benefit the people of Sichuan, where do you say he plans to start?" ”

"I think it's better to improve rent and interest reduction." After thinking about it, Zhang Lan said that rent and interest reduction were in eastern Sichuan, central Sichuan, and southern Sichuan, but in some areas of northern Sichuan, there was a regression, and the land rent was received by 60 percent, and in addition, some areas in Xikang also regressed, and the provincial party department came forward to investigate and deal with a number of them, but they failed to eradicate them.

"I don't think so, I think he wants to use a knife against the financial circles, and now the financial risks are getting bigger and bigger, and the amount of money issued is several times more than the 1.8 billion yuan that was determined at the beginning, and if this situation does not change, sooner or later there will be big problems, prices will be completely out of control, and inflation will be difficult to think about." Ma Yinchu was indeed very keen, and he analyzed Zhuang Jihua's thoughts from between the lines.

"No," Zhang Lan expressed doubts: "To develop people's livelihood is to reform finance, at the beginning of Yin, although I don't understand the economy, but there are many ways to develop people's livelihood, not just finance." ”

"When the fiat currency was issued, Yu Qiaqing and Zhang Jingjiang came to us and raised a concern, that is, the currency issuance was out of control, which shows today's situation, they thought about it back then, Zhang Jingjiang and Yu Qiaqing had a very close relationship with Zhuang Wenge, and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Siming Bank were supported by Zhuang Jihua behind them, which was probably instructed by Zhuang Wenge to put it forward."

"Alas, I said Yinchu, you are a member of the Finance Committee, why don't you bring it up in the Finance Committee?" Liang Shuming asked strangely.

Ma Yin glanced at Liang Shuming at the beginning, and said in his heart You really don't save me some face, he was slightly embarrassed, he smiled bitterly and said: "Why don't you know that I didn't mention it, but no one listened, Kong Xiangxi stuffed half of the followers in the Finance Committee, we can't help it at all, I talked to Zhang Jingjiang about this issue, and he suggested that I discuss it with Zhuang Wenge, hoping that he can come up with a solution." ”

Having said that, Ma Yinchu still didn't dare to expect Zhuang Jihua to come up with a solution, his greatest hope was to use this person's mouth to react to Chiang Kai-shek and remind Chiang Kai-shek to pay attention to this problem.

Zhuang Jihua didn't let him wait long, and after announcing his inauguration the next day, he came to Sichuan University to visit that afternoon, and he visited first, and the questions he raised made Ma Yinchu surprised and delighted.

(To be continued)