On the day of the elimination of the Binh Chuan faction, the United States held a national security meeting overnight to discuss the situation in South Vietnam.

When Diem Diem won a "miraculous" victory and won the support of the Vietnamese, senior officials in Washington realized how stupid the previous decision was, and Secretary of State Dulles urgently withdrew the telegram sent to the US embassies in France and Vietnam, and held a press conference the next morning to reaffirm his support for the Dim government.

The problem of sectarian warlords has been completely solved, and for a time it has been full of vigor, the people's morale has been invigorated, and the society has been stable and peaceful.

With U.S. aid being cashed in one lump at a time, and the government receiving unprecedented support, the best time and place in the right place, and a bright future seemed within reach, Ngo Dinh Diem and Ngo Dinh Diem decided to rule the country in their own way, preparing to strike while the iron was hot to change the dynasty and depose Bao Dai in one fell swoop.

The dismissal is the will of the people, and it is really a last resort, so I beg for forgiveness......

After writing a very formal handwritten letter in Chinese, planning to ask an old minister of the Nguyen Dynasty to send it to Paris, Ngo Dinh Yen suddenly felt something shortcoming, and when he saw the first issue of Vietnam Business Weekly on his desk, he realized that Li Weimin was not around.

After walking for more than four months, during which time he did not return to Saigon, and he was not by his side when major decisions were made, Ngo Dinh Diem was really a little unaccustomed.

"What are you doing for the people these days?"

Wu Tingyao was stunned for a moment, put down the handwritten letter that had not dried the ink, pointed to the periodical he picked up and said with a smile: "There is one in it, I personally led a group to go abroad to attract investment, and it should be in Jakarta today." ”

This is a magazine run by the Development Research Center of the Industrial Investment Corporation, once a week, the first few pages mainly report the construction progress of several industrial villages, publicize the investment and construction policies of industrial villages, and the back is full of domestic and foreign business information.

Prices of oil, steel, and non-ferrous metals fluctuate. Foreign exchange rates. The retail price of various goods at home and abroad. How much foreign demand is there for which goods that can be produced in Vietnam, and the policies of foreign governments in terms of imports and exports...... There are many types, and the contact information of the overseas representative office of the industrial investment company in the foreign country is noted under each message.

There are bidding information for projects and equipment of industrial investment companies and enterprises in industrial parks, and there are advertisements issued by enterprises in industrial parks, such as the IPO announcements of Phu Quoc Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. and Wu Kee Heavy Industries.

In today's underdeveloped information world, this weekly magazine has an astonishing amount of information, and a businessman wants to know almost everything.

Several embassies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have departments in charge of economic affairs, and Chen Shiguo, vice chairman of the board of directors of the Industrial Investment Corporation, has discussed with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected the attempt to arrange for the personnel of the Development Research Center of the Industrial Investment Corporation to engage in the work of collecting business information in the capacity of commercial counselors.

At that time, I didn't take it seriously, I was all trusted subordinates, and it was not easy to support or not support anyone.

Seeing this magazine, Wu Tingyan put down the magazine and sighed: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is really inferior to the industrial investment company in terms of economy, especially industry!" ”

The old man and his uncle sang against Li Weimin, worried that Li Weimin's influence abroad would endanger their current position, Wu Tingjiao didn't know how to comment, and changed the topic and said: "Weimin has been very busy and fortunate in the past few months, and he has called a meeting of industrialists. Give advice to industrialists and help them find ways to find a market. Mobilize them to form a chamber of commerce, take them abroad for inspection, and have been running around at home and abroad. ”

A referendum will be held in a few days to decide whether to remove Bao Da.

Several industrial estates were started at the most difficult time, and Ngo Dinh Diem decided to take the achievements of the industrial villages as the government's achievements in industrial development before the referendum, and took off his glasses and asked: "How many factories are there now?" ”

Yesterday, I went to the industrial investment company to learn about it, and Wu Tingyao said with a smile: "As of the end of last month, there were 724 companies that had invested in several industrial parks, and 351 factories were under construction, including 32 wholly foreign-owned enterprises, 68 joint ventures, 24 enterprises invested by industrial investment companies, and 135 joint-stock enterprises......

Laj Garment Company, which is controlled by the people, has been put into production, and the orders are too busy, and the products are in short supply, so they can only be subcontracted to the Hong Kong factory. Seeing that the Laj company needed to import fabrics, needles and sewing machine parts from abroad, the weaving factory and hardware accessories factory in Pingdong Industrial Park followed suit.

A feed factory in Dishi Industrial Village is in short supply, and all the feed produced is sold to refugees resettled in the south, who raise chickens and pigs, and each family raises hundreds of dozens of eggs, and sells all eggs and pork to nearby industrial villages, where factory owners make money, workers make money, and farmers also make money, and in the words of Professor Guo, an industrial chain has been formed. ”

Vietnam finally has exports of commodities other than agricultural products and minerals, which can help the government earn foreign exchange, which is of great significance.

Now it is in the support stage, and a series of preferential policies should be given, and the government will be able to have a stable tax source after three years.

More importantly, it can bring so many people to work, which greatly alleviates the pressure of refugee resettlement.

The industrial village plan was very happy, and asked thoughtfully: "Weimin is getting married soon, ask him when Lijun will come back, and when they plan to hold a wedding." ”

"Christmas, he said."

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At the same time, Sang Pingxiang was in a hotel in Jakarta, holding a stack of telegrams he received in the morning, reporting everything that had happened in China to Li Weimin, who had just returned from attending a banquet.

He openly declared in the newspapers that American-style democracy would not work in poor Vietnam, which had no democratic traditions. He believed that it was necessary to take the middle way and promote the 'personalism' of the French Catholic Monnière, as a program for governing the country. ”

Can't you be a puppet well, you have to take a middle route that is incompatible with the Yankees.

Li Weimin scolded secretly and asked lightly: "What kind of doctrine is personalism?" ”

It was also the first time that Sang Pingxiang had heard that in order to find out what kind of doctrine this was, he sent a telegram to ask the theoretical experts of the "Vietnamese Chinese Literature and Art Research Association", and explained with a wry smile: "To sum up, it is to oppose the dictatorship of the Soviet and Russian style, oppose fascism, and at the same time oppose selfish individualism and oppose unlimited capitalism.

It advocates individual freedoms, but also warns of the dangers of misuse of them, and advocates a degree of government control over the people. It can be said that this can improve human dignity and improve people's living standards, which can be said to be a political concept with a certain degree of freedom under authoritarianism. ”

If you don't die, you won't die, Li Weimin was completely convinced, rubbed his temples and asked: "Has the opposition resisted?" ”

"There is no opposition! He openly claimed that if the opposition was not suppressed, the population would perceive the government as weak and difficulties would return in a sharper form. It is believed that the population is not interested in the democratic process of the West, preferring to act on the orders of the government. ”

Sang Binh Siong paused and continued: "As soon as we left Saigon, Ngo Dinh Ngai began to suppress the opposition, allowing only unorganized discontent and no organized opposition. Intensify censorship of the press, and resolutely do not allow publications that oppose the government to appear.

His authoritarian rule led directly to the addition of officials and officers who wished to be promoted to join the small group of the Wu family, and many of them often went to the Wing Long diocese to pat Ngh Dinh Li's sycophants. Wu Tingyu was also indiscreet, providing all kinds of conveniences to those people, greeting those who had already called the industrial investment company, and wanted to help those businessmen who were fighting for contracts to go through the back door. ”

"What's the reaction from the people?"

"There is nothing in the countryside, mainly in the cities, and there is a lot of scolding, and many intellectuals in cafes and even on the streets are calling it a dictatorship, thinking that they have no right to speak."

It was expected, but I didn't expect it to come so quickly.

Li Weimin took a deep breath and then asked, "What is the reaction of the Viet Minh?" ”

"Would you rather guide Vietnam or North Vietnam?"

"Those from South Vietnam."

"On the 6th of last month, he held a meeting to complain against the Vietminh, thus kicking off the purge of Vietminh elements. The introduction of the 'Community Self-Help Scheme' is to encourage residents of all towns and villages to report to each other. Ngo Dinh Nh's intelligence organization has intelligence officers in each army to monitor the army's every move. Widely spread the eyes and ears of all levels of society and institutions to monitor suspicious elements in society.

According to incomplete statistics, since the eradication of the warlords of the Pingchuan faction, at least 1,000 people have been executed and 25,000 arrested, and the purge is continuing. Director Han and Mr. Gui said that the Viet Minh organization had been greatly damaged, and that in some provinces there were only a few party members left, and more than half of our internal lines had been dug up. ”

Sang Binh Xiang supported the attack on the Viet Minh, and couldn't help adding: "There are two members who drove a motorcycle from Hue to Da Lat a few days ago, a journey of more than 1,000 kilometers, and they did not find any public security problems on the road. ”

Kill so many people, arrest so many people, can the Vietminh sit idly by?

The more powerful it is now, the greater the backlash will be in the future, but there is no better way to deal with Li Weimin, who pondered for a moment and asked: "Has his self-help action affected the industrial village?" ”

"Maybe the personnel structure in the industrial villages is relatively simple, most of them are Catholic and Nong refugees who have been evacuated from North Vietnam, or they may have more trust in our security teams, so that the security teams in each industrial village organize themselves and do not send special personnel to clean. In addition, according to Mr. Gui, Wu Tingjiao has planted eyeliner in the industrial investment company, and his identity is basically clear, and he has not acted rashly for the time being. ”

In spy politics, there are secret agents in all walks of life, and the industrial investment company is so big, it is impossible for a single person to be uneasy.

Li Weimin said expressionlessly: "It's nothing for Ngo Dinh Yao to insert eyeliner, the key is the Viet Minh, and we can't let the Viet Minh elements mix into us." ”

"You can rest assured that the security team and Mr. Gui have conducted strict background checks on personnel above the deputy director. And we are not as important as the government agencies and the army, and we are not the focus of the infiltration of the Viet Minh underground. What's more, it is difficult for them to protect themselves when they cross the river now, and it is too late to hide, how can they fight our idea. ”

Before the signing of the Geneva Accords, the situation was better for the Vietminh in the north-west than in the east, in the east than in the center, in the center than in the south, and in the rural south than in the cities.

In other words, the Viet Minh's organization in South Vietnam, especially in the cities of South Vietnam, is relatively weak, many people have fled north, and now they are facing such a big existential crisis, and there is really not much threat to the industrial villages in a short period of time. (To be continued......)