"When we focus on the economic and moral levels, we ignore the great role of rent and interest reduction in the participation of the vast number of peasants in the War of Resistance; Last year, the year before the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War, the students took to the streets to shout loudly and emotionally, but they did not pay attention to the farmers selling vegetables around them, and did not notice the sluggishness and incomprehension in their eyes; In the countryside, where the blood of the peasants has been drained by high rents and usury, and the peasants, who are working hard but still unable to ensure that they and their families are fed, are they willing to send their children to war? Walking a young man is waiting for a strong laborer in the family to be missing, and the pillar that supports family life is broken; In addition, there is a huge injustice in the distribution of income in rural areas,......。 ”

"It seems that Zhuang Wenge is determined to reduce rent and interest in Chongqing." After reading it, Zhang Sike put the newspaper on the coffee table in front of him, raised his head and said to Liu Xiang calmly.

Yucheng's sudden discussion about rural highland rent caught Zhang Sike's attention from the beginning, and as Liu Xiang's core think tank, he had to protect Liu Xiang's interests. Don't look at the fierce Red Army in northern Sichuan, Zhang Sike judged that Liu Xiang's biggest threat came from Chiang Kai-shek in Nanjing, and Zhuang Jihua was his sharpest knife, so he didn't dare to let go of the news from Yucheng.

Liu Xiang didn't seem to hear it, he was most nervous about whether the Red Army that fled to Tashi would return to Sichuan, and in addition, the movement of the Red Army in northern Sichuan, Hu Zongnan, Wang Jun, Liu Maoen and other Central Army and Shaanxi Army had left Sichuan, which made him invisibly relieved.

"He's not so stupid, it's thankless to reduce rent and interest." Fu Chang shook his head indifferently, the policy of rent reduction and interest reduction has long been there, but no one has taken him seriously, once this policy is implemented, it will inevitably cause strong opposition from the local gentry, and then cause local turmoil, what is Zhuang Jihua going to do in this hornet's nest.

"Brother Zhenwu, after suffering so much loss from the Zhuang Cultural Revolution, why haven't you seen his way of doing things," Zhang Sike shook his head and sighed and said: "This Zhuang Cultural Revolution is probably the person who is the best at using public opinion, or the person who is the best at agitating public opinion." Saying that, he casually glanced at Fu Chang, and sure enough, Fu Chang was angered by his initial words, and his face slowly turned red.

"Since Zhuang Jihua entered Sichuan, all kinds of things have started with agitating public opinion," Zhang Sike began to analyze: "Emphasizing the development of the southwest, rectifying finance, establishing an ID card system, and implementing the household registration system, including the killing of Yue himself last year, didn't that start with propaganda first?" What is Yuzhou Evening News? Mei Youlan's newspaper, Zhuang Jihua's royal mouthpiece, didn't this discussion he initiated have a purpose? ”

"Then why hasn't there been any movement in Yucheng for so long?" Fu Chang blushed and asked unconvinced, the previous discussions were only a few days, or more than ten days, and they started to do it after gathering public opinion, but this discussion has been almost two months, and there is still no movement.

"Zhuang Wenge is not a fool, he is well aware of the danger of this move, so he has to fully mobilize public opinion, or he thinks that the level of preparation of public opinion is not enough, but the more this is the case, the more it shows that he has made up his mind." Zhang Sike was already sure that Zhuang Jihua was going to do this, but he didn't know what Zhuang Jihua's purpose was for doing this.

But why did he do it? The development of the southwest is progressing smoothly, and the steel mills, arsenals, and pharmaceutical factories are all expanding smoothly, so why should he provoke such a dispute? Fu Chang asked rhetorically.

"That's a good question," Liu Xiang finally pulled his thoughts back to their conversation, Zhang Sike repeatedly reminded him to pay attention to Yucheng, but he was more satisfied with Zhuang Jihua's recent performance, not only let him withdraw this year's profits in advance, sell him weapons, and even Chiang Kai-shek didn't get as many weapons as he did, but also provided him with a loan of 20 million oceans through Mei Yuntian, alleviating the serious financial crisis of the provincial political axe, which also relaxed his attention to this discussion born in Yucheng: "Zhuang Wenge is not a simple person, When the company was formed two years ago, he said that the output value would reach tens of millions in three years, to be honest, we didn't believe it, but this year's output value will reach more than 64 million, the profit will be as high as 30 million, and our dividend will be close to 10 million. ”

Speaking of this dividend or before the Spring Festival, Mei Yuntian convened a meeting of shareholders of the development company in Yucheng, at which all the financial data were announced, deducting costs and repaying loans (Mei Yuntian's share capital is 100 million, more is calculated according to loans), the profit available for dividends is 30 million, this number can be announced to those shareholders stunned, in just two years, the eyeballs fell to the ground, Mei Yuntian's forecast for this year made them almost can't climb out of the conference room, his forecast is actually 100 million, the output value is 100 million, and the profit is 40 million. Although Liu Xiang and Deng Xihou led thousands of troops, they had never seen such a large sum of money.

"That's why he did this." Zhang Sike frowned and said: "In the past two years, he has set up a military service center in Yucheng, established the Three Youth League, built a village militia team, and incorporated the newspaper into the Propaganda Department. ”

"Don't you really have to fight it, as he said in the newspaper." Fu Chang asked tentatively, although the article was not signed, but Zhang Sike and Fu Chang unanimously concluded that it was from Zhuang Jihua.

"Whatever he does, let's talk about how it will affect us if he implements it in Yucheng." After Liu Xiang sighed, he began to think about himself again, every time Zhuang Jihua launched a new policy in Yucheng, it would have an impact on Sichuan, and this time it was definitely not surprising.

"Fu Gong, if he really does this, then it will be a big trouble," Zhang Sike said with a wry smile: "Half of the middle and low-level cadres of our army are in Yucheng and its vicinity, Zhuang Jihua is doing this, they want to make a noise, how should we deal with it?" Secondly, Yucheng is engaged in rent reduction and interest reduction, but Sichuan will not do it? The Liu family in Dayi occupies a lot of land, is the lady willing to agree? ”

Liu Xiang was stunned for a moment, Dayi's Liu family is his family, his father has five brothers, the fifth uncle Liu Wencai covers an area of up to tens of thousands of acres, and the other brothers occupy a lot of land, he Liu Xiang occupies thousands of acres of land, and these lands are controlled by his daughter-in-law Liu Fupo, and Liu Xiang is a typical tracheitis, and Liu Fupo is a housekeeper who does not have much culture, and it is impossible to take out the money when it enters her hands, even if Liu Xiang can't. During the civil war in central Sichuan, Liu Xiang was defeated and went to the wilderness, Deng Hanxiang went to Yanjing to carry out activities, Liu Xiang couldn't come up with money, not because he had no money, but in the hands of Liu Fupo, and in the end, Deng Hanxiang sold his family's land to raise money to go to Yanjing to carry out Duan Qirui, which laid the foundation for Liu Xiang's comeback. Liu Fupo is unwilling to pay for such a big event, let alone now, if you want to reduce rent and interest, wouldn't that kill her.

Liu Xiang rubbed his hands and felt that it was difficult to do, on the one hand, the backyard and on the other hand, the military heart, neither of which could make him peaceful. Fu saw him embarrassed, and said as soon as he had an idea: "We can ignore it for now, Yang Zihui's 20th army also has many people from 16 counties, with Yang Zihui's fiery temper, he will definitely make trouble, that is we pushing the boat down the river, instigating the gentry in Sichuan to report to the central government, so maybe we can force Chiang Kai-shek to come forward to let Zhuang Wenge stop reducing rent and interest, let him fall on his heels, and ruin his prestige." ”

Liu Xiang didn't feel very safe, he frowned and looked at Zhang Sike, but Zhang Sike nodded slowly: "Although Zhenwu's method is slow, it is the safest, and you can also let Fan Ha'er come forward to contact the robe brother on the ground in Yucheng, and let them come forward if necessary." ”

Liu Xiang didn't speak, but Zhang Sike and Fu Chang both understood that he had agreed, and this kind of thing could not be put on paper. Liu Xiang's mind is more complicated, he thinks of Zhuang Wenge's various measures after entering Sichuan, if it is said that it is deliberately aimed at him, these measures are selfless, can bring tangible benefits to the Sichuan people, even if it is rent reduction and interest reduction, the staff also discussed it back then, thinking that this is a good way, but if you really want to do this, it will not touch the interests of one or two people but the interests of a class, which makes all the people in power stop, so he can't understand why Zhuang Jihua wants to suffer by himself.

Teachers and students of Yucheng University began to set up a rural working group to go to the countryside to investigate, and under their leadership, the teachers and students of the newly established College of Education, Yucheng Medical College, and Southwestern Polytechnical University also set up a rural investigation team to go to the countryside to investigate.

Chiang Kai-shek, after detecting that the Central Red Army was resting in Tashi, immediately ordered the Sun Du Department of the Yunnan Army, the Xue Yue Department of the Central Army, the Wang Jialie and Hou Zhidan of the Guizhou Army, and Guo Xunqi of the Sichuan Army to surround western Zhejiang.

This move caused the emptiness of northern Qianbei, and the Red Army immediately crossed the Chishui River, captured Loushan Pass again, and then occupied Zunyi, and then defeated Wu Qiwei's column by the Wujiang River, Wu Qiwei only led a few people to escape across the Wujiang River, and most of the rest were annihilated; Chiang Kai-shek felt the disadvantages of the lack of unified command, so he decided to personally sit in Yucheng and command the war in Guizhou. For this reason, he ordered Kang Ze to lead five special forces into Sichuan, and Liu Xiang was extremely sensitive to this, and immediately sent a message to oppose it, believing that there were tens of thousands of southwest guards in Yucheng, and there was no need to transfer troops into Sichuan.

So Chiang Kai-shek asked He Guoguang to dredge it again, He Guoguang told Liu Xiang that this is a bandit special force, not a regular army, but Liu Xiang is already a frightened bird, Zhuang Jihua was only an escort team back then, but now the number of this escort team has reached tens of thousands, and it can be expanded at any time, it has become a thorn in his heart, so no matter what He Guoguang says, he Guoguang will not agree, He Guoguang will say nothing, and in the end Liu Xiang only promised three special teams, and he could not step out of the sixteen counties of Yucheng, Chiang Kai-shek also accepted helplessly, The combat effectiveness displayed by the Sichuan army in Tucheng made him feel that he still had to try his best to win over the Sichuan army.

However, the news of Chiang Kai-shek's arrival had mixed reactions from Yang Yongtai and Zhuang Jihua.

(To be continued)