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Chapter 1665 Brothers meet

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An Yi stayed in Simao for two days, and suddenly received an urgent report, Chiang Kai-shek urgently summoned, An Yi put down all his work, and rushed directly from Simao to Nanjing.

On behalf of Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Cheng, minister of military affairs, personally greeted him at the airport, accompanied by Gu Zhenglun, commander of the military police, Chen Jiji, deputy director of the Military Training Department, and Chiang Ching-kuo, secretary general of the Nanchang camp.

An Yi shook hands with Chen Cheng, Gu Zhenglun and Chen Jiji affectionately, and when it was Jiang Jingguo's turn, Jiang Jingguo showed emotion, tears flashed in his eyes, and he called out "brother" with a little choked up, and then hugged warmly.

Chiang Ching-kuo's status in Chiang Kai-shek's mind has risen dramatically, and a series of reforms he led in Jiangxi have achieved great results.

After Jiangxi was far away from the harassment of the Japanese invaders, industry and commerce developed rapidly. The surrounding areas of Nanchang originally had an excellent foundation, coupled with the introduction of a large number of immigrants from North China, the Huanghuai region and Taiwan, and at the same time the Bank of South Sichuan provided low-interest entrepreneurial loans, industry and commerce soon glowed with a second spring, and in the first half of this year alone, the old Nanchang realized a tax amount of 280 million legal currency, which greatly eased the financial pressure of the national government.

The director of the Nanchang camp was Cheng Guang, but he was now the commander of the South China Navy, and he was not stranded in Nanchang at all, and Chiang Kai-shek had no intention of arranging a new camp director, so Chiang Ching-kuo, secretary general of the camp, became the de facto principal of the camp. With ample financial guarantees, Chiang Ching-kuo began to implement his reforms in a big way.

The development of industry and agriculture in Jiangxi is extremely uneven, and the central and northern regions, due to the convenient water and land transportation, coupled with the good foundation left by the Anyi Group, the industry and commerce in the Jiangnan region are second to none, and its industrial base is even slightly better than that of war-torn Shanghai. The western and eastern railways are connected, relying on the economic radiation of old Nanchang, as well as the development of Pingxiang Coal Mine and Dexing Copper Mine invested heavily by Anyi Group, and the development is also very fast.

Only southern Jiangnan, the main battlefield of the confrontation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party at the beginning, and the vacuum left by the Red Army's retreat, was quickly filled by soldiers, returning gentry, tobacco and drug dealers, bandits, homeless people, and prostitutes, and government officials were greedy, stealing, filming, and afraid, and many people in remote areas were still living in poverty.

In Shangyou County, a security chief was cut into two sections for the purpose of conscription, and some people tried to file a complaint, but they were not only beaten, but also gouged out their eyes. The owner of the Fengtai Rice received a dental license from the government four years ago to engage in intermediary trade, but he sat on the ground and collected donations from the farmers who sold rice.

In Dayu, Chiang Ching-kuo once visited a paper mill, and Chiang asked the workers if this was the case with papermaking methods in the past. The worker replied that he had been like this for hundreds of years. Not only in the rural areas, but even in the urban areas of Ganzhou, the situation has not improved, and the local government has nothing to do about it, as outsiders and local snakes control tobacco houses and brothels, collect donations, play with prostitutes, cover up gambling dens, and gather gambling for fun......

This is almost a microcosm of the current Chinese society, and in response to this special situation, Chiang Ching-kuo's first shot is to eliminate the three evils: cracking down on smoking, gambling, and prostitution, and starting with the ban on smoking.

There is a Renji Baocheng Bank on Zhongshan Road in Ganzhou, which is a plaster shop funded by a Guangdong military commander in the Fourth War Zone. After Chiang Ching-kuo sent people to investigate clearly, he suddenly sent troops into the line to seal it up, and seized a total of 190 boxes of cloud soil, each box of 100 catties, worth 2 million silver oceans. In order to prevent the boss from sending someone to ask for help, Chiang Ching-kuo convened a joint meeting of representatives from all walks of life on the second day of the seizure, and burned the confiscated tobacco and soil on the spot. Chiang Ching-kuo personally lit the fire, and suddenly, yellow smoke rose straight up, and the fragrance smelled for ten miles.

There is a big casino in Ganzhou City, on the third floor of the Limin Department Store, and the backstage boss is Lieutenant General Li Zhenqiu, commander of the 65th Army of the 12th Group Army. In this gambling club, mahjong, pai gow, betting, everything is complete, the scale is huge, and thousands of wins and losses are won and lost overnight. Due to the tough backstage and heavy security, this casino was still relieved to gamble all night after Chiang Ching-kuo's order to ban gambling.

A gambler who lost the gamble tried to repay the debt and was beaten up, so he quietly went north to submit a letter to the Nanchang camp to expose the gambling game. Chiang Ching-kuo immediately dispatched troops, surrounded the casino, arrested hundreds of gamblers who were gambling on the spot, and seized more than 2 million silver dollars in gambling money.

Chiang Ching-kuo banned gambling and issued a rule that not only the casino would be punished, but also the gamblers who were caught would be punished for kneeling in the park for three days. The troops caught the wife of Lai Weiying, the commander of the Jitai garrison, and called Chiang Ching-kuo, who replied that he didn't care what the commander's wife was, and the commander-in-chief's wife was punished for gambling and kneeling, just let it go, I will take care of it! The commander's wife knelt in the park, and as soon as the news came out, it attracted many people to watch, and it became a sensational event in Gannan to ban gambling.

While prohibiting smoking, gambling, and prostitution, Chiang Ching-kuo set specific goals in the fields of industry, agriculture, infrastructure, and education, first of all, reorganizing newspapers and periodicals in Jiangxi, rebuilding news agencies, publishing houses, and bookstores, establishing propaganda and cultural institutions such as the "Jiangxi Youth Monthly," and activating the propaganda machine to disseminate the new policy.

Under the huge propaganda offensive, the curtain of reform in southern Gannan was slowly opened, and the first to start construction was a new children's village that imitated the Anjiajun Boy Scout Military Academy. The first children's new village is located in Hugang, a suburb of Ganzhou, with a radius of ten miles by the mountains and the river. The new village is dominated by Zhengqi Primary School and also includes a kindergarten. By the end of July, there were more than 1,200 students, most of them homeless children. Adjacent to the children's new village, at the same time there is also the establishment of Zhengqi Middle School, due to sufficient funds, in just half a year, the school has established auditorium, classrooms, dormitories, libraries, playgrounds and other major facilities, in early September began to enroll.

If the establishment of the Children's New Village and the Seongki Middle School is for everyone to have a book to read, then the establishment of the trading office is to achieve the goal of having food for everyone. In the second year of the Anti-Japanese War, rice in southern Gannan soared, with an increase of more than 50%, and even more than 100% in urban areas. Chiang Ching-kuo set up a trading public store to sell grain, that is, the government controlled a certain amount of grain resources and sold them to households that had passed the examination at a parity price. Later, the sales of goods not only limited to grain, but also to all daily necessities and souvenirs, and the sales network also expanded to the large towns under the jurisdiction of each prefecture.

This public store does not aim to make a profit, and all the industrial products and grain sold by this public store are purchased from the Jiangnan Group and the South Sichuan Group, and they are purchased and sold in a unified manner. Because the public store has abundant funds, convenient transportation, fair prices of goods, and complete varieties, it has become the temple of wealth in southern Gannan. The establishment of trading stores has made the southern Gannan region a special case in Chinese society in the three or eight years when prices have soared.

Chiang Ching-kuo also followed the example of land reform measures in southern Sichuan, implemented a plan to support yeoman farmers in southern Gansu, and sent working groups to the localities to rate the land as nine grades according to its merits, and then a multi-party land price appraisal committee assessed the reasonable land price. In the demonstration area, the land rented by the original tenant farmers is owned by the tenant households, regardless of the area, and the tenant farmers only need to sign an IOU assessed according to the land price and hand it over to the credit cooperative, which in turn pays the original landlord with the loan. Due to the relatively low price, this policy was immediately supported by tenant farmers, who were expected to pay off the land price in three years, and the harvest grain, in addition to their own consumption, had some surplus, which could be picked up and sold on the street, which was rare in the past.

Due to the success of the Gannan model, Chiang Ching-kuo vigorously supported the cultivation of homesteaders throughout Jiangxi, and most of the cultivators in the demonstration area had their own fields. In addition, Chiang Ching-kuo also implemented the policy of abolishing exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in the rural areas. There was a landlord in Anyuan County, nicknamed Ding Laohu, who privately owned more than 100 people and controlled the whole village. When Chiang Ching-kuo heard the complaint, he immediately sent someone to confiscate Ding Laohu's armament and send him to the "New People's School" for education and training.

In addition, Chiang Ching-kuo directed the establishment of laws and regulations to crack down on usury, spread the construction of hospitals to counties and townships, and opened cultural cram schools to eliminate illiteracy for workers and peasants, and built workers' clubs and libraries, which became good places for workers and peasants to spend their leisure time.

Chiang Ching-kuo's policies in Jiangxi greatly violated the interests of the big capitalists and big landowners in the Kuomintang, and they rallied together to ruthlessly attack Chiang Ching-kuo's various policies, such as Chiang Ching-kuo's style of demanding that cadres must get in touch with the people, which was described as "following the mass line", trading companies were regarded as "controlling the economy", planning and anticipating the economy was a pure "Soviet model", and the entire effort to build Jiangxi was a complete "redness".

"Chiang Ching-kuo is an authentic **", and now the trend of public opinion outside Jiangxi is accusing him more and more openly.

However, Chiang Ching-kuo's political achievements are clearly displayed there, and the financial revenue of the entire Jiangxi Province has reached 200 million legal dollars in the whole year of last year in one quarter now, and with the mining of the four major tungsten mines such as Chongyuyu, Yushan, Sannan, and Yanbei-Fenghuanggu cooperated with the central government, there will be a relatively large-scale increase in finance and taxation in the future, which no one can erase. However, some people said sourly behind their backs, if I also get the support of An Yi Group, my political performance will be no worse than that red child.

Among the media in the country, only the media controlled by the An Yi Group sang praises to Chiang Ching-kuo, and the Syrian Radio Station often broadcast the situation in Jiangxi, which made Chiang Ching-kuo's popularity greatly increased, so no matter which aspect he looks at, Chiang Ching-kuo can now be regarded as a hardcore ally of the An Yi Group, no wonder he has such an emotional performance.

When Jiang Jingguo let go of his hand, An Yi said to him with a smile: "Jianfeng, I haven't congratulated you yet, the construction of Jiangxi is very good, and the principal must be very pleased with this!" ”

Jiang Jingguo said embarrassedly: "In fact, many policies are copied from southern Sichuan, and without my brother's abundant financial support, I can't do it drastically!" Also, the New Eighth Army stationed in Nanchang, Lao Nanchang, gave me a lot of help, when the ban on smoking and gambling, those thorn-headed military sticks thought that they were the king of grass, and did not take me seriously, the New Eighth Army was transferred out to take a turn, and everyone obediently obeyed. Brother, Jianfeng is grateful to you! ”

After Li Jinlong and Sun Desheng led their troops back to southern Sichuan to reorganize the army, the two divisions each left a regiment, and then transferred new recruits from Hanzhong and Yichang, and reorganized into the 68th Division and the 137th Division, the commander of the 68th Division was Major General Chang Huai, the commander of the 137th Division was Major General Liu Liancheng, and the two were the commanders of the two main regiments of the 118th Brigade of the original 40th Division. In order to facilitate Chiang Ching-kuo's dispatch, the nominal commander of the New Eighth Army was still Li Jinlong, but in fact it was dispatched by Chiang Ching-kuo, the deputy commander of the Major General, and this was also an important guarantee that Chiang Ching-kuo had put those landlords and old wealth in Jiangxi into "anger and resentment" and remained unsteady.

An Yi patted Jiang Jingguo's hand: "Our own brothers don't say these polite words, in the past six months or so, nearly two million people from Jiangxi have immigrated to Nanhua, which has effectively alleviated the problem of labor difficulties in Nanhua......

Chen Cheng saw that the two had been chatting endlessly, and he was afraid that Chiang Kai-shek would wait for a long time, so he smiled and quipped: "It's good to set up a banquet, Xiao Yi is now the only one, and it is time to treat him, so he can contact the emotions of Huangpu alumni." Jianfeng, you and Ji Chang and Wu Min are at your own convenience, I have something to talk to Xiao Yi, I need to take the same car, no problem, right? ”

Chen Cheng is now a big celebrity beside Chiang Kai-shek, with the posts of Minister of Military Affairs, Director of the Operations Department of the Military Commission, Director of the Political Department of the Base Camp, Director of the Logistics Department of the Military Senate, and Chief of Education of the Officer Training Corps.

Jiang Jingguo wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said with a smile: "Uncle Chen, I can just sit in the same car with Uncle Gu and Uncle Wu Min. ”

An Yi was slightly stunned, and then pointed at Chen Cheng and the others and scolded with a smile: "Okay, you take advantage of me, Jianfeng calls you uncle, and Jianfeng and I call you brothers, should I also call you uncle?" ”

Chen Cheng couldn't help laughing: "Haha, according to the seniority, it's true, but we have been brothers for many years, so we can't just change our words now, just hand over our own ones!" ”

Chen Jiji said with emotion: "Seniority and seniority are all floating clouds for you!" I think back then, when I was the commander of the 22nd Division, you were still the commander of the engineer battalion of the 2nd Division, and now, you have left me a mile...... I thought that at this time, no one else would dare to be your elder except the principal! ”

An Yi Zhengse said: "I admire the principal, Pei Gong (Zhu Peide), Ren Gong (Li Jishen), Gui Gong (He Yaozu), Zhong Gong (Yu Feipeng) and other respected elders, as well as the life-saving grace of brothers such as Ci Xiu, Ji Chang (Gu Zhenglun), Ciheng (Mao Bingwen), and Zhu Chen (Cai Zhongwa), as well as the support of teachers and friends such as Wu Min, Ming San, and Mo San, which will be unforgettable for a lifetime."

"My An Yi in this life, the grievances are clear, here is a sentence, no matter when you find me An Yi in the future, you dare not say anything else, glory and wealth, food and clothing are guaranteed! If you are willing to give up everything and follow me now, it is not impossible for the mayor and governor to do it! ”

When Gu Zhenglun heard An Yi mention the grace of saving his life, he immediately understood that it was a failure of the Northern Expedition, and when An Yi withdrew to Nanjing Jiangbei, he and Li Xianzhou, Mao Bingwen and others organized a rescue, and he couldn't help but feel a lot of feelings. However, at this moment, he can be regarded as a celebrity in front of Chiang Kai-shek, so he is naturally not interested in being a mayor and governor.

However, Chen Jiji was a little tempted, although he was named the Eight King Kongs under Chiang Kai-shek, but since he became the commander of the Wuhan garrison in October 34, he gradually lost the opportunity to lead the troops, and now he is serving as the deputy director of the training department in name only, and he has a lot of discomfort. Now that Nanhua has just annexed Siam, there must be vacancies in many positions, if you take refuge at this time, I don't know if it will be reused, and you will be a governor? Thinking of this, Chen Jiji's eyes looked at An Yi a little more hot.

Chen Cheng now holds great power, although he feels extremely comfortable listening to An Yi's words, he doesn't pay much attention to it, he takes An Yi's hand and gets into the car, and after the convoy starts, Chen Cheng said to An Yi: "Xiao Yi, do you know why you are invited back to Nanjing?" ”

An Yi had previously received information from Zhao Rui, the director of the Fourth Department, and knew about it, but in order to avoid suspicion, he pretended to be curious: "Isn't it for the principal and the master to get the joy of a daughter?" ”

Chen Cheng shook his head and sighed faintly:

A few months ago, in the name of fighting the Japanese invaders in the Hetao area, they crossed the Yellow River westward, created a base in the Hexi Corridor, and then took over the defense of Xinjiang in June. Ma Hongkui, Ma Hongbin, Ma Bufang, and Ma Buqing were dissatisfied with the communist nuisance, and sent troops to expel them several times, but they were defeated by the Huang Han Department of the Communist Party, and now Qinghai, Ningxia, and Gansu have been connected with northern Shaanxi, and Xinjiang is in the hands of the Communist Party, and the great cause of the party-state is seriously threatened. The headmaster is determined to take an armed conquest, and this time he has summoned you to ask for your opinion. ”

An Yi was dumbfounded, deliberately pretending to be surprised, and blurted out: "At this time, the principal wants to do something to the Communist Party?" ”

Seeing Chen Cheng nodding affirmatively, he shook his head again and again: "This is a quick move by relatives and enemies, no, never!" ”