Zhuang Jihua's inauguration ceremony has long been prepared, Liu Xiang left behind this group of people is actually very capable, in terms of civil affairs, Zhang Sike, Deng Hanxiang, Qiao Yifu, Liu Xingchen, these people are all capable among the Sichuan people, Deng Hanxiang after Liu Xiang's death of illness, the provincial political axe is well organized, Zhuang Jihua's inauguration ceremony has long been prepared, Zhuang Jihua will let him review as soon as he arrives, as a result, Zhuang Jihua announced the inauguration, the next morning held an inauguration ceremony attended by a small range of personnel, and then sent a message in the newspaper.

His behavior made Deng Hanxiang very helpless and a little dissatisfied, but he didn't expect Zhuang Jihua to pull him and Liu Hangchen, the director of the Department of Finance, to Sichuan University in the afternoon.

Liu Hangchen was Ma Yinchu's student at Peking University, and Ma Yinchu's visit to Chengdu this time also had the factor of his invitation, but neither of them was a person who was restrained and polite, and there was no such traditional teacher-student constraint.

"The teacher is so free." Liu Hangchen looked around while greeting, Ma Yinchu's residence is very elegant, a small courtyard, this house was originally a house of Sichuan University, after Zhang Lan presided over Sichuan University, he recruited talents from all over the country to come to Sichuan University to teach, and prepared a batch of such housing, but Sichuan is remote, plus several universities in Yucheng and he robbed people, these houses have not been full, and the remaining few have become guest houses for temporary visiting scholars, not only Ma Yinchu lives here, Liang Shuming also lives next door to him.

"Mr. Ma, this is not a leisure, it is sitting firmly in the Diaoyutai." Deng Hanxiang also said casually, he didn't know much about Ma Yinchu, but he knew that this person was very economical, Zhuang Jihua brought them here to discuss something with him, and this matter must be related to Zhuang Jihua's future governance.

"Brother Mingjie, you are wrong, Mr. Ma I specially asked him to stay, I have some questions to ask him." Zhuang Jihua was also not polite, and pulled a chair and sat opposite Ma Yinchu.

Ma Yinchu was a little helpless about their uninhibition, so he had to go with them, he turned around to pour water, but Zhuang Jihua grabbed him, turned his head and shouted outside the door: "Wu Ziniu, come in and pour tea, Mr. Ma is not polite here." ”

Wu Ziniu entered in response, Ma Yinchu hurriedly told him that the tea was there, Zhuang Jihua stretched out his hand and asked him to sit down: "I don't know what you like, so I brought some coffee and tea, and you will be settled." ”

Ma Yin smiled when he heard this: "Since this is the case, then I might as well be respectful." After finishing speaking, he sat down, and then asked: "This time Ma came to Chengdu to discuss with Chairman Zhuang, I thought I would have to wait for two or three days, but I didn't expect Chairman Zhuang to come today, Ma was really panicked." ”

"Mr. Ma, you still call it the Cultural Revolution," Zhuang Jihua was very respectful: "In terms of grade, you are older than me, you are a senior; In terms of knowledge, you have long been a professor at Peking University, and you are full of peach and plums. As for me, except that the official is older than you, nothing else, you still call me the Cultural Revolution, and Brother Ming and Brother Hangchen also call me that. ”

Ma Yinchu waved his hand and smiled: "Okay, Cultural Revolution, you just came back from the front, I want to know how much you know about the current financial situation?" ”

Zhuang Jihua's eyes froze: "I heard Mr. Jingjiang talk about it in Yucheng, but I don't know much, Mr. is an expert in this area, can you talk about it in detail." ”

"At the beginning, the approved issuance of fiat currency was 1.8 billion, but now the issuance is 12 billion, an increase of nearly ten times, the result of a large amount of currency, on the one hand, it has stimulated the development of industry and commerce, and the relocated factories have quickly resumed production; On the other hand, it has also led to a sharp rise in prices, and now all kinds of prices in Chongqing have risen more than twice as much as at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, and the evil surname inflation has already appeared, and this situation must be changed, otherwise there will be a comprehensive evil surname inflation within two years at the latest. ……。 What is even more worrying is that fiat currency is actually non-convertible currency, that is to say, fiat currency is not a currency that can be directly exchanged for gold, and the issuance of fiat currency is based on the credit of the political axe, once the currency collapses, it will surely shake the people's trust in the political axe, and the consequences are more terrible than losing Nanjing and Shanghai. ”

In the next half an hour, Ma Yinchu gave a detailed introduction to the current financial situation and predicted the bad consequences of the transitional release of currency.

"Mr. Ma, in that case, how do you think it should be resolved? Should we reduce the amount of money we put in the currency? Withdraw the currency of the transition delivery? Deng Hanxiang frowned and asked.

"It is not to be recovered all at once, it will cause a shortage of funds, and it should be gradually recovered in the form of debts, and the main reason for excessive monetary investment is the huge number of troops, excessive military expenditure, and the country's financial difficulties, and another reason is that the state's financial expenditure lacks a planned surname and the tax is unreasonable." Ma Yinchu replied.

"Taxes are unreasonable? How is Mr. Ma's tax unreasonable? Zhuang Jihua pondered and asked, "How should I change it?" ”

"Since the Anti-Japanese War, the common people have scrambled to sacrifice for the country, but a small number of high-ranking officials and nobles have annihilated businessmen, hoarded and obtained dozens of hundreds of times of huge profits, which is difficult to make a fortune for the country, and it should be levied heavily for ill-gotten gains, and inheritance tax can also be levied on those who are heavy on wealth. In this way, the currency is contracted and the value of the currency is stabilized. ”

Zhuang Jihua shook his head lightly in his heart, Ma Yinchu's plan is not right or not, even if it is very difficult to implement, inheritance tax, windfall profit tax, not to mention now, even if he travels through the previous 21st century, it has not been implemented in China.

"Teacher, even if the inheritance tax and the windfall tax are levied, it will take years to discuss this tax, and it will take several years to discuss the collection method, and there are many ways to evade taxes, if those people transfer their property to the concession or the occupied area, you will not be able to investigate." Liu Hangchen obviously disagreed with Ma Yinchu's opinion: "I think inflation is not so terrible, what is terrible is that people's incomes cannot keep up with the rise in prices, and besides, this is a time of war, fiscal spending is bound to increase sharply, and reducing military spending will definitely not work." ”

"Hangchen, the soldiers are not many but fine, and they will no longer be brave and strategic; But now there are a large number of troops, and corruption within the army is serious, and even Kong Xiangxi said that the actual number of some armies is only 50%, and eating empty quotas has become an important source of corruption for army generals. Ma Yinchu said sadly: "On the one hand, the country's finances are already so difficult that they have to be forced to print more banknotes to tide over the crisis; But on the other hand, isn't it sad that the money obtained by drinking to quench thirst is wasted worthlessly? ”

Zhuang Jihua thought silently, but at this time there was a noisy sound at the door, Zhuang Jihua hurriedly stood up and walked to the door, only to find that Liang Shuming and an old man were arguing with Shi Shaoxian, Wu Ziniu, and the old man was excited.

"Wu Ziniu, what are you doing?" Zhuang Jihua was a little surprised, Wu Ziniu had followed him for many years, he should know his habits, how could such a thing happen?

Wu Ziniu turned around and saw Zhuang Jihua, and immediately ran over: "Report, this old man is coming in, we asked him to wait for a while, but I didn't expect him to lose his temper." ”

Zhuang Jihua glanced at Liang Shuming and the old man, strictly speaking, Wu Ziniu and Shi Shaoxian did nothing wrong, they were carrying out the guard order, and this rule became more perfect and strict after the assassination.

"That is Mr. Hao, who once presided over the compilation of the Hangzhou City Tongzhi, he has just come from Hong Kong, and my cousin plans to ask him to be a professor in the Department of Chinese." Ma Yinchu said behind Zhuang Jihua.

Zhuang Jihua nodded slightly and said to Wu Ziniu: "Please come over two gentlemen, this is the school, pay attention to the impact." ”

"Yes." Wu Ziniu said yes and passed, and after a while, Liang Shuming and Mr. Biao came over, and Mr. Biao was still angry, and scolded while walking: "Insult Sven, dignified institutions of higher learning, the world is saying that it is insulting Sven, insulting Sven, insulting Sven." ”

Looking at his faction of celebrities, Zhuang Jihua couldn't help but feel a layer of disgust in his heart, he didn't answer but looked at them silently, and when they came over, he took the lead in hugging Liang Shuming: "Mr. Liang, I didn't expect to meet again like this." ”

"I didn't expect it either," Liang Shuming smiled faintly: "General Zhuang, we came here today, I hope it didn't bother you." ”

"There, there, let's talk about it." Zhuang Jihua said sideways: "Please, Mr. Liang, Mr. Liu." ”

Ma Yinchu obviously felt that Zhuang Jihua's attitude towards Liang Shuming was much colder than yesterday, and he almost ignored that Mr. Liu, and did not allow him to introduce him at all, he thought that it was because the two of them collided with his guards, and he wanted to find time to resolve it for them.

Back in the room, Liang Shuming found that Deng Hanxiang, the secretary general of the provincial political axe, and Liu Hangchen, the director of the Department of Finance, were also present.

He was a little sorry and said to Zhuang Jihua: "Chairman Zhuang, you have moved all the provincial political axes to Brother Yin's house. ”

Zhuang Jihua laughed: "Mr. Liang, the provincial political axe of the national political axe is so simple, and our people are blessed." Mr. Liang, please take a seat, we are just chatting with Mr. Ma casually. ”

"Then you go on, Mr. Biao and I don't understand finance, so let's leave first." There was a hint of a smile on the corner of Liang Shuming's mouth, he lived next to him, and Ma Yinchu had talked to him about his worries about finance, so he could guess a little bit about what they were talking about. After finishing speaking, Liang Shuming turned around to leave.

Deng Hanxiang stood up and said: "Mr. Liang is a Confucian scholar, you should know that one law is clear, one law is clear, financial issues are related to people's livelihood, and more importantly, the future of the Anti-Japanese War. ”

Liang Shuming shook his head slightly, and before he could say anything, the gentleman said disdainfully: "Since this is the case, then it doesn't hurt to listen to it, isn't it just needles and threads, firewood, rice, oil and salt." ”

The already somewhat embarrassing atmosphere became even more embarrassing now, Ma Yinchu sighed slightly, he knew this old friend, he behaved presumptuously, wrote a good poem, envied the traditional behavior of celebrities, and was very dissatisfied with the domineering behavior of the current soldiers. But today this place ,......。

"Cultural Revolution, let's continue to talk," Ma Yinchu had to pull the topic back first to ease the atmosphere, and Zhuang Jihua also smiled slightly: "Okay, let's continue." ”

Speaking of this, he paused and first sorted out the disrupted thoughts: "Mr. Ma, I just said that some people in the army eat empty quotas, so that military expenses are wasted, right? ”

Ma Yinchu nodded, and Zhuang Jihua continued: "Mr. Ma, this situation is actually known to everyone, and the chairman of the committee also knows, including the subordinates of General Liu Xiang of the Sichuan Army, there are also people who do this, why don't they strictly investigate it?" They are not fools, military expenditures are huge, and fiscal revenues are limited, so don't they want the country to be better and the countryside to be better? It's neither, but it can't be helped, it has to be so. ”

At this time, there was a contemptuous voice next to him, Zhuang Jihua didn't need to look back to know who made it, Ma Yin's heart tightened, worried that Zhuang Jihua would be angry, he knew that if an economist like him wanted to play a role, he must have the support of politicians. If Zhuang Jihua leaves like this, his hard work will be in vain.

Fortunately, Zhuang Jihua's face did not change, as if he had not heard, and continued: "To understand this reason, we must understand the current reality in China. Mr. Ma, I'm not trying to defend anyone, but to say the actual situation. ”

Zhuang Jihua said sincerely: "We must admit that the national political axe has never unified China, even before the Lugou Bridge Incident, the national political axe has not unified China, and even the legal tender was only issued in three or five years. ”

Ma Yinchu nodded, he participated in the entire process of fiat currency issuance, of course, he knew the difficulties, and the final establishment of fiat currency was after the pacification of the Liangguang Incident.

"I've been on the front lines for two years and I'm confident that I have a say in the state of the army." Zhuang Jihua stood up and thought about it and said: "There are indeed some bad troops in the central [***] team, both in the central army and the local army, and the phenomenon of empty quotas is also very common, but sometimes it is difficult for me to put this kind of empty salary in the [***] track, why?" The military salary paid to the soldiers by the national political axe is not high, and most of the troops have not received the full salary, the price of goods is extremely high, the price of goods in Chengdu and Yucheng is quite good, and the price of goods in Henan and Shandong is called terrible, relying on that food fee alone, the soldiers cannot eat at all, and at this time the vacancy plays a role, which can be used to supplement the lack of military pay of the troops. Secondly, the level of education of Chinese soldiers is low, most of them were illiterate peasants before joining the army, and if you give him a medal, it is better to give him a hundred oceans. ”

"Also," Zhuang Jihua hesitated and said: "The central government has now carried a name, a bad reputation, that is, to eliminate the miscellaneous cards by means of resistance, Mr. Ma, if you want to reduce the army, I am afraid that these people will flee with the army, or surrender to themselves, or lean towards GCD." Mr. Ma, to put it mildly, if this kind of action is taken, I estimate that the army on the front line will be reduced by a quarter. ”

didn't wait for Ma Yinchu to speak, but Mr. Biao's cold voice came from behind him: "Is General Zhuang worried that they will join the enemy or are they afraid of joining the Communist Party?" ”

Zhuang Jihua's expression froze, suppressed the anger in his heart, turned his head and asked: "Then with Mr. Biao's opinion, what should be done?" ”

"The armed forces that have made meritorious contributions in the war of resistance should be expanded, and those that have failed in the war of resistance should be downsized or even abolished, so as to save military funds for meritorious soldiers." Mr. Biao said unceremoniously.

"Then how to distinguish between active and reactive?" Zhuang Jihua then asked.

"That's not simple, you are a general, don't you know that those troops are meritorious and those are not." Mr. Biao said unceremoniously: "If you don't even know this, I think you, the general, are also in vain." ”

Ma Yinchu knew that things were bad, even if Zhuang Jihua didn't care about it, but I was afraid that this matter would not be able to be discussed. Sure enough, Zhuang Jihua turned around and stared at Mr. Bi for a long time, and a smile slowly appeared on his face.

"Let's be honest, Mr. Biao, sometimes I really don't know how to distinguish military merits, Mr. Biao is talented, I will tell you something, please Mr. Biao help me distinguish one or two, these situations are my personal experience, not fiction."

If Wu Ziniu or Gong Xiuhua were present, they would know that Zhuang Jihua was starting to clean up, Ma Yinchu didn't know Zhuang Jihua, Deng Hanxiang and Liu Hangchen didn't know what was going to happen, but they knew that the next thing might not be so good, but the two of them couldn't get used to Mr. Biao's style, so they wanted him to eat a little, and the two of them sat quietly drinking tea and waiting to watch the play.

Mr. Yi was a little stunned for a while, and looked at Ma Yinchu and Liang Shuming at a loss, Liang Shuming cleared his throat and was about to speak, but Zhuang Jihua didn't give him a chance.

"Mr. Biao, taking the Battle of Nanjing as an example, we retreated all the way from Shanghai to Nanjing, and along the way, after the 24th Group Army, the 36th Division, the 87th Division, and the 88th Division were broken, they retreated all the way from the suburbs of Shanghai to the edge of Nanjing, losing their divisions and losing ground along the way. Later, Lishui counterattacked, Lan Yundong and An Enfu led their troops to counterattack, annihilating the main force of the Ueno Brigade in one fell swoop, and repelling the Yue army for nearly 100 miles, after which General Sun Zhen commanded the 102nd Army to launch a counteroffensive in Guangde, annihilating most of the two divisions of the Yue Army. In terms of merit after the war, you say that the credit of their unit is greater? Zhuang Jihua frowned and asked.

Mr. Biao was stunned, he thought for a long time, and suddenly sneered: "General Zhuang is testing me, hasn't the general already rewarded merit and deeds, and is still using my old decay to comment again?" ”

"Losing ground on the basis of reasoning is a heinous crime, and the combat effectiveness of the army is extremely low; It is a great merit to conquer cities and annihilate stubborn enemies; But this is not the case in war, there are battles for gnawing bones, and there are battles for eating meat. After the retreat is broken, covering the whole army, this is gnawing bones, Lishui counterattack, Guangde counterattack, although there are many enemies annihilated, but the contribution to the campaign is not as good as the 24th Group Army, the 36th, 87th, and 88th divisions. ”

In the same way, in the first Jinpu Road battle, Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun stuck to Linyi, and the loss of troops exceeded eighty percent, but they still fought to the death and did not retreat, in exchange for the victory of Linyi's counterattack. In the second Jinpu Road Operation, General Deng Xihou commanded the southern front to block, Zhang Zizhong, Pang Bingxun, Tang Enbo blocked on the western front, Sun Tongxuan and Sun Lianzhong held the Taishan defense line, these are all battles that gnaw bones, but their contributions are not inferior to the fast column when Yucheng counterattacked, but without their sacrifice, there would be no victory in Yucheng's counterattack. ”

"Also in terms of equipment, Zhang Zizhong, Pang Bingxun, and Sun Lianzhong's troops, their equipment is very poor, especially Pang Bingxun's 40th Army, so to speak, some soldiers don't even have guns. But such a unit, in the battle of Linyi, no one escaped, and the division commanders were fighting bayonets on the front line, dragging the Itagaki Division, known as the Steel Army, to death in Linyi. I'll tell you a fact, they also eat, and they still eat empty quotas, otherwise they won't be able to lead troops, so to speak, only the Central Army's"

Mr. Bi was speechless, he didn't expect that there were so many stories behind the hyped good news, of course, the aggressive momentum just now was gone, but Zhuang Jihua still didn't plan to let him go.

"It's okay to talk about the scholar's business, but in all dynasties and dynasties, you can't do it with just blood, and this is the case in all dynasties."

Liang Shuming saw that Mr. Biao's face was a little unbearable, so he smiled: "It seems that we have indeed idealized what we do, Brother Biao, the affairs of the country are like high-rise buildings, even if they are minor repairs, we must be cautious and careful." ”

Of course, Ma Yinchu understood Liang Shuming's intentions, he immediately smiled and continued his topic: "Brother Liang is right, the country is a huge machine, you must be careful if you want to move the parts on it, let's talk about finance, according to the Cultural Revolution, it is not possible to reduce military spending, since this is the case, where should we start?" ”

"It's a complicated problem, because money is a double-edged sword," Zhuang said, "I have a plan, but it's a big move, and it's not just about financial issues." ”

Deng Hanxiang and Liu Hangchen exchanged glances with each other, knowing that Zhuang Jihua would not win again, Liu Hangchen felt a little regretful, he looked down on those literati who regarded themselves as excellent at Peking University, and thought that they were sour all day long, and if they really wanted them to do things, they couldn't do it.

"Brother Cultural Revolution, just open up and let me see and understand." Liu Hangchen really didn't think that Zhuang Jihua could come up with any good methods, he thought he was the number one master of financial management in Sichuan, even if it was domestic, Song Ziwen Kong Xiangxi was not in his eyes, except for the teacher Ma Yinchu, he really didn't look down on anyone.

Liu Hangchen's time in the army is not short, as soon as Ma Yinchu's proposal was taken out, he knew that this would not work at all, and it was impossible for the army generals to give up the army.

Zhuang Jihua looked at Ma Yinchu and Liu Hangchen, pondered for a moment and said, "Mr. Ma, Brother Hangchen, I don't know if you have any research on the economy of Soviet Russia?" ”

At first hearing this, Deng Hanxiang's hand that was lighting a cigarette trembled, and the fire couldn't be lit, Liu Hangchen was dumbfounded, and the cigar in his hand almost fell to the ground, but Ma Yinchu frowned, Soviet Russia implemented a planned economy, and he had never studied this economic situation.

"Cultural Revolution, you mean to adopt the planned economy of Soviet Russia to solve the current financial risks, is that so?" Ma Yinchu frowned and asked.

Zhuang Jihua nodded, Ma Yin felt still unsure when he thought about it, and it was very strange: "But this planned economy is completely different from my country's economy, and how to solve financial risks in the way of a planned economy?" ”

"In the final analysis, commodity prices are determined by supply and demand, and the most fundamental reason for rising prices is the lack of supply of commodities."

Zhuang Jihua's sentence made Ma Yinchu impressed, supply and demand determine commodity prices, this theory was known to middle school students decades later, but only a few economists in this era are clear. Chiang Ching-kuo went to study in Soviet Russia, but he still didn't know that the real reason for the failure of fighting tigers in Shanghai in 49 years was also to solve commercial problems by political means, business is commerce, and the laws of commerce must be observed, if he has sufficient goods, there is no need to fight tigers at all.

Liu Hangchen perked up, put away his thoughts about looking down on Zhuang Jihua, the match burned out, Deng Hanxiang threw it away, and hurriedly said: "Cultural Revolution, this is a GCD thing, let's be cautious." ”

"Be cautious, what's so cautious," Zhuang Jihua said lightly: "Brother Mingjie, there is an old saying in Sichuan, a black cat and a white cat are good cats when they catch mice." As long as it can solve the problem, whether it is GCD or alien, then it can be used, to be honest, a considerable part of the social reform in Chongqing is borrowed from Soviet Russia, such as journalism, which is borrowed from Soviet Russia. After a pause, he added, "Add a little Chinese element." ”

"Poof," Deng Hanxiang burst out laughing: "Those left-wing reporters were still making a fuss a few days ago, it turned out that they were from their ancestors, and now let's see what they say." ”

"It's good to say in the news, how can this planned economy put on the skin of Sanming boiled righteousness? Cultural Revolution, I'd like to hear your thoughts. "Ma Yinchu is not interested in the press, he is more concerned with economic issues.

"That's how I think about it," Zhuang Jihua did his work and began to throw out his idea: "If the commodities are insufficient, then subdivide the commodities, control the necessities of life, implement a monopoly, and set the price by the state, such as grain, cloth, edible oil, soap, etc., these things are monopolized by the state, and private trading is prohibited; Every month, the state will issue food stamps, cloth stamps, oil stamps, and soap stamps to each resident according to their household registration; Specify the number of tickets to be purchased. ”

"For example, my family of four, adults ration 30 catties of rice, 10 catties of flour, 10 catties of oil, minors, according to the age of different stages, set different rations, 10-year-old children halved, 16-year-old children are the same as adults, etc., these detailed rules can be agreed, so as to curb the requirements of residents for excessive consumption, keep prices down, and at the same time can recycle money through debt and other forms, reduce the circulation of currency in the market."

"What about the purchase of grain?" Liu Hangchen pondered and mentioned a key issue, and at this moment the arrogance in his heart has been completely put aside: "The biggest difference between us and Soviet Russia is that the land in Soviet Russia is state, so they can purchase grain at a state price, and our grain is private, and if the state price is too low, it will seriously damage the interests of the peasants, and the peasants will refuse to sell grain to the state." ”

"You're right, this is a very serious problem," Zhuang Jihua scratched the back of his head, and said with some distress: "In addition to food, there are also areas for implementation, and we can't rely on Sichuan alone, at least it must be implemented in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan at the same time, so as to produce results." ”

"In addition, there is the issue of supervision, and you have to beware of bastards stealing chickens and dogs." Zhuang Jihua was a little distressed, once this policy was implemented, he had to beware of Kong Xiangxi, their gang was a bunch of flies that came when they smelled, and when the time came, they would really dare to resell the materials to the enemy-occupied areas.

(To be continued)