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An Yi is well aware of Chiang Kai-shek's difficult situation now, the nominal leader of the Republic of China is really anxious, except for the Central Plains and the eight provinces south of the Yangtze River, no province listens to him:

The three eastern provinces have long been occupied by Japan; The four northwestern provinces are in turmoil and rebellions, and Shaanxi, which is nominally subordinate to the leadership of the central government, is still in the hands of Yang Hucheng and other local forces, and the central government can give them money. The three southwestern provinces have always been autonomous places for taxation, and the central government does not give money or levy taxes, only Zhu Peide, who rules Yunnan, has a benevolent heart and has begun to pay taxes to the central government since January this year. Not to mention the two Guangzhous, these two places are firmly occupied by the Gui and Cantonese warlords who are verbally recognized as part of the Republic of China, and the central government has no way to send individuals to inspect them, let alone hope to collect taxes. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIn contrast, it is still the best policy to not collect a few taxes to maintain face unity, at least you can't mess with him until you don't have the strength to clean up the warlords of Liangguang.

Next is Fujian, since Jiang Guangding and Cai Tingcuo's 19th Route Army was stationed in Fujian, not only did they never pay a penny of taxes to the central government, but they frequently reached out and asked for military expenses, and Song Ziwen went to Fuzhou twice to discuss strengthening tax collection. But to no avail, the third time Jiang Guangding took out a thick copy of the "Fujian Ten-Year Exhibition Outline" and gave it to Song Ziwen, Song Ziwen, the exhibition outline that "carries the beautiful ideals and infinite expectations of the Fujian people", turned around and left, because the "Fujian people" asked the central government to allocate 40 million yuan a year. For "people's livelihood restoration and economic construction"

What made Song Ziwen even more troublesome was the fact that the eight provinces that were fully under the rule of the central government were affected by drought and the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. In addition to the Nanchang area, there are also some sources of tax revenue in Jiangxi, and the sound of guns and cannons in other places is endless. The taxes received by Nanchang and the surrounding areas were not only unable to fill the financial hole created by the encirclement and suppression of the Red Army. I had to borrow money from the banks of the eight countries and put it in; He Chengjun and He Jian's Hubei and Hunan taxes are normal, but it will not work to add one point; Henan simply don't mention it, Liu Zhi, the chairman of Henan Province who was originally full of confidence and boasted about Haikou, is now stunned when he sees Song Ziwen's telegram, let alone Song Ziwen himself, under the continuous catastrophe, Liu Zhi can make tens of millions of people in Henan survive without starving to death, even if it is a great merit, how can he expect Henan to increase taxes?

For Chiang Kai-shek, the war in North China is raging, and the civil war in Hubei, Henan, Anhui, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Fujian is protracted, and if there is another economic collapse, the Republic of China may come to an end.

An Yi felt sorry for Chiang Kai-shek, who was known as the leader of the whole party and the whole army, and Chairman Chiang's highest order could only order a few provinces in the Yangtze River Valley.

An Yi even had such an idea: If the leader of a country achieves such an extent, he can do nothing, but if Lao Jiang does not do it. I'm afraid the situation is going to get out of hand. The best outcome is to return to the era of division before the Northern Expedition.

There was silence in the pavilion. The atmosphere is solemn.

Chiang Kai-shek, Song Ziwen, and Kong Xiangxi frowned one by one, silent, and An Yi, who had a bottom in his heart, slowly exhaled turbidity, dropped the residual tea cooled in the pot, unhurriedly lifted the hot water bottle to make tea again, poured Song Ziwen and Kong Xiangxi fragrant tea again, and replaced Chiang Kai-shek with a cup of steaming boiled water, and then brought himself a cup.

Chiang Kai-shek's gaze stayed on An Yi, who broke the silence, and finally spoke: "An Yi, do you know what it means to keep you for the teacher?" ”

An Yi nodded and replied respectfully: "The student understands." ”

Chiang Kai-shek was quite pleased, and An Yi's sincere performance made him much more comfortable: "Now that the party-state has reached a critical juncture of internal and external troubles and life and death, we cannot make public the fact that the government is in high financial debt and has all kinds of hidden political pain, otherwise it will definitely lead to chaos and despair in the whole country." You must be well aware of the details.

"Today, Yongzhi has come all the way to come, but Ziwen Rili has every opportunity to stay here, that is, for the teacher, I want you to also participate in the country's decision-making, looking at the whole party and the whole army, and only you An Yi have such morality, ability, and a pure heart for the country and the people,"

"How can the student not afford such a heavy responsibility, please ask the principal to investigate."

Hearing a series of high hats, An Yi hurriedly stood up in surprise, his face full of fear, this was not An Sang's contrived, but his true inner reaction. Now he really can't afford such a big responsibility.

Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand: "Sit down, sit down, what are you nervous about?" Being a teacher has not yet reached the point of being embattled and cornered, and it will not let you bear the heavy responsibility of your ability. ”

"Yes

An Yi sat down again, beating the drum in his heart.

Under Chiang Kai-shek's signal, Song Ziwen smiled slightly and asked straight to the point: "An Yi, do you know about the Ministry of Finance's pilot currency reform in Shanghai?" ”

An Yi replied very honestly: "Clearly, and raise your hands in favor, if a country can't even unify its currency, it will be difficult for its territory to achieve real unity." ”

Song Ziwen, Chiang Kai-shek, and Kong Xiangxi looked at each other in surprise, and immediately showed relief

Appearance.

Chiang Kai-shek high-fived An Yi for speaking profoundly, in a word, Kong Xiangxi looked at An Yi with great relief and nodded again and again, Song Ziwen sighed and apologized to An Yi:

"An Yi, before, I ignored your opinions. Please forgive me! ”

An Yi hurriedly waved his hand: "Chief Song Cai has said it." If it weren't for Finance Minister Song's series of financial reform measures in recent years, I'm afraid An Yi would only be able to fight the Japanese in Jiangbei now.

The three of them were stunned for a moment, then they all came to their senses and shook their heads and smiled.

An Yi's sycophant is really clever, Song Ziming knows that it is a sycophant, and he is very useful, but he is ashamed to say that he is all bitterly smiling: "I don't lift you up, and you don't praise me." All right? ”

Chiang Kai-shek and Kong Xiangxi smiled again, and An Yi nodded embarrassedly and showed a bright smile. He knew that from today onwards, Song Ziwen would really have a heart-to-heart with him: "Say, Fortune Chief." What can An Yi do for you? ”

Song Ziwen's heart blossomed: "An Yi, it's really comfortable to talk to you, I won't ask you to borrow money today, and once again reiterate the promise made by the Ministry of Finance to southern Sichuan, starting from the second half of the year, the tax on southern Sichuan will be halved within three years." What I want to ask you for is that you will allow me to expand the monetary reform pilot to the southwestern provinces, can you do me a great favor with this? ”

An Yi froze and frowned. I couldn't help but stand

Blazing Claw, slowly out of the pavilion, he needs to think carefully to carefully weigh its loose and sweet

Song Ziwen's hand is too ruthless, too sudden, if agreed, it is tantamount to giving up his financial autonomy, at least half of it, this move to southern Sichuan, Xiangxi, Qianxi, Yunnan and the whole of Sichuan The huge impact is obvious, as long as it is allowed, the central government's Ministry of Finance will take advantage of the situation, with the support of a strong political power, step by step to encroach on the existing industrial and commercial control of the three southwestern provinces, and within two years, the three southwestern provinces will be placed under the high rule of the central government, What kind of impact will all this have on the economy of Sichuan, Hunan and Yunnan in Xunzhan, An Yi is really difficult to estimate that once it is done well, it will greatly promote the industrial and commercial exhibition of the three provinces.

However, the three southwestern provinces cannot always be outside the central government, although they have a high degree of autonomy, but the national constitution and fiscal policy must be unconditionally observed, and Song Ziwen's move from the overall situation, will bring huge benefits to the country and the people, not to mention the far-reaching significance at least at a glance can be seen:

The unified currency can put an end to the huge financial and economic chaos caused by the warlords in various localities setting their own currencies for a long time, put an end to the state of wanton fraud and wanton exploitation of the people by the warlords in various localities, smoothly implement the unified national tax rate, put an end to local governments taking advantage of the country's financial loopholes to increase the weight layer by layer, and greatly reduce the burden on the people, which is absolutely a boon to the country and the nation.

It was the first time Chiang Kai-shek saw An Yi thinking about the problem so carefully, looking at An Yi's tall figure moving slowly outside the pavilion, Chiang Kai-shek suddenly felt that An Yi was no longer just a general commanding thousands of troops, but a rapidly maturing politician with profound political vision and important position.

Without allowing Chiang Kai-shek to think about it, Ai Yi had returned to the pavilion. The three of them sincerely apologized and sat down slowly: "I agree!" ”

Song Ziwen was overjoyed, and Chiang Kai-shek and Kong Xiangxi smiled with relief.

Song Ziwen asked happily: "Why don't you first ask me when and how to implement it?" Aren't you afraid that the Sichuan-Hunan region, which you have worked hard to manage for many years, is likely to be swallowed by me bite by bite? ”

An Yi sighed: "To be honest, I'm afraid, but I know that the biggest beneficiary of the monetary reform is not you, Finance Minister Song, nor the principal." It's the country and the people. Country, country, where is there a home without a country? As long as the country can get out of the predicament because of this reform, and the people can benefit from this reform, what is the gain of my An Yi's small loss? From the Northern Expedition to the current War of Resistance, I can not even want my life, let alone the wealth that I don't bring in life and don't bring in death? What to do, Finance Minister Song just let it go. I'm sticking with you.

"Ann..."

Song Ziwen stood up excitedly.

Chiang Kai-shek was so moved that he could not help himself. stood up and walked to An Yi, who got up in a hurry, took An Yi's hand, and couldn't say a sentence: "Good, good!" You deserve to be my student, you deserve to be my student"

An Yi hurriedly helped Chiang Kai-shek to sit down, and when Song Ziwen and Kong Xiangxi also sat down, he said sincerely: "Originally, I was reluctant to put forward any more conditions, but seeing the rapid development of Xiangxi, I am still a little uneasy, and I implore the president, Minister Song Finance, and Minister Kong to continue to give strong support and trust, so that "the south, Xiangxi, northern Yunnan, and western Qianxi, a connected economic zone, will continue to protect autonomy and not be subject to too much foreign interference." Again, isn't the central bank already stationed in Syria, Huzhou, and Qiancheng? It is estimated that these three branches will soon be opened, and the Ministry of Finance can also immediately set up offices to guide local financial construction and coordinate the fiscal and taxation relations between the local government and the central government. But. I am afraid that it will take more than half a year, or even a year, to put an end to the current self-circulation of money in the southwest region. Also invited to the president, Minister Song and Minister Kong Haihan. ”

Chiang Kai-shek looked at Song Ziwen with a relaxed face. Song Ziwen happily whispered: "The central government will never break its promise, so it will not cancel your high degree of autonomy, and the time for financial reform is very relaxed, giving you a year to end the circulation of self-imposed currency, is it enough?" ”

An Yi nodded: "That's enough." ”

"Then it's settled, I can finally go back and get some good sleep!"

Song Ziwen let out a long breath and showed a relieved smile.

Chiang Kai-shek saw that the time was almost up, stood up and waved to An Yi, who hurriedly followed and walked towards the office building.

Chiang Kai-shek took a few steps and asked in a low voice: "I heard that Yang Jiuxiao is recruiting troops in Langfang, Baoding and other places?" ”

"Yes, the battles in western Liaoning were fought very badly, more than 10,000 people are now only more than 3,000 left, if it is not for the early withdrawal of a regiment, there are not so many left, the letter needs to be replenished." An Yi replied seriously.

Chiang Kai-shek nodded: "It is necessary." This is a heroic force with a national reputation and cannot be easily defeated. However, the number of their independent second division is still a temporary number after all. does not match their merits. Go back and ask Yang Jiuxiao to go to the military and political department of the camp to find Vice Minister Cao Haosen, I have prepared the number of the 40th Division, and let Yang Jiuxiao change the regular number directly under our Central Army, which can be regarded as a spur and encouragement to them. ”

An Yi, who had already had this idea, was overjoyed when he heard this: "The students thank the principal on behalf of Yang Jiuxiao and the soldiers!" This is good, not only a punishment for Sun Dianying. It can also make the whole ** think of it as a shock. ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded with satisfaction: "You were not there at yesterday afternoon's meeting, and I took back all the numbers of the two armies and three divisions under Tang Yulin and Sun Dianying, which can be regarded as a punishment for them" You are going to Gubeikou later? ”

"Yes, but now that there is such great news, the students plan to go to Langfang to inform Yang Jiuxiao first, and I think the soldiers will be grateful for the principal's trust and encouragement." An Yi replied in a low voice, and began to plan for two military-level numbers in his heart.

Chiang Kai-shek smiled happily: "Hehe! It's good if you understand, punishment and reward are two different means, the purpose is the same, the key is how to achieve a balance of priorities and interests, I hope you will change your impatient temperament in the future, and don't leave hidden dangers because of momentary anger "Didn't you perform very well just now"

An Yi hurriedly replied: "Students always think that doing business is easier than fighting, but the brothers around me, including most of the senior brothers, think that fighting a war is easier than doing business, I really can't figure it out, how can the difference be so big?" ”

Chiang Kai-shek easily explained: "In fact, fighting a war is the same as doing business, and engaging in politics is the same, and in essence it is also doing business. ”

"Thank you to the principal, the students have been taught!"

An Yi nodded silently, feeling extremely emotional in his heart.