Disaster came, economic crisis came.

Nearly 30 years after World War II, except for a few local skirmishes, the world was very peaceful, and the global economy developed rapidly.

The economy is good, and eventually there is overproduction, and then the economic crisis will occur.

This is the law, also called fate.

Now, at the height of global production, the price of oil has skyrocketed, causing demand to shrink sharply, and the crisis of unprecedented overproduction has erupted.

The crisis of overproduction was accompanied by extremely severe inflation, with stock markets plummeting, unemployment soaring, and corporate bank failures......

If this is true in developed countries, it will be even worse in developing countries.

Latin American countries, Southeast Asian countries, and other countries are export-oriented economies that rely on the introduction of foreign capital, and their economies are already much more fragile than those of developed countries, and when the crisis comes, they are almost on the verge of collapse.

China is the best performing developing country because of the presence of the North.

The economy of the North is already outside any economic laws, and over the years it has quietly accumulated countless materials and wealth, and even if all the factories are shut down, wages can still be paid, and there will be no impact on society.

The North has not only stabilized itself, but has also stabilized the South, making the South's economy far better than that of other developing countries. However, this is not the case, because the problems of the South itself make the problems of the South no less serious than those of other developing countries.

The root of the problem of the South itself is the currency, the currency issued by the autonomous provinces themselves.

The issuance of currency by the autonomous province is a selfish motive, so there is no one who does not over-issue, but the degree is different.

If the economy develops normally, these problems can be temporarily covered up, but as soon as the economic crisis comes, everything will come to light.

In a word, a currency depreciation of one or two times is light.

However, fortunately, the currencies of the autonomous provinces are basically not circulated across provinces, so they will not be affected by other autonomous provinces.

In this wave of currency devaluation, the provinces controlled by the Chiang Kai-shek clique were most affected and affected.

The reason for the impact was the collusion between the officials of the autonomous provinces and the chaebols to make profits, and for this matter, the angry Chairman Chiang scolded Niang Xipi very bitterly.

Originally, the middle-class white-collar workers in some provinces in the south of the Yangtze River who had just emerged were very proud of the north and looked down on the north, because their average salary was nearly twice that of the same class in the north.

Of course, peasants are not counted, even the peasants in the richest areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and their living standards are not as good as those in the north.

Now, the economic crisis is coming, and these petty bourgeoisie are not only unemployed in large numbers, but the wages of those who have jobs have also dropped sharply, and what is even worse is inflation and soaring prices.

The whole south is gloomy.

At this time, many people's eyes are on the north.

I thought the north was poor, but now that I look at it, the north is called rich, not to mention anything else, even the oil reserves, which they can't earn in a few lifetimes.

However, in addition to greed, it is also in vain.

If you want to go to the north to find a job, you have to have real skills, and ordinary petty bourgeoisie is absolutely useless.

The North has offices in major cities, and if you want to work in the North, you must get a letter of introduction from the office. Without this, if you go to the north by yourself, you just can't find a job digging dung.

Of course, if the petty bourgeoisie wants to go to the wasteland to open up the wasteland and plant trees in the desert, they can do so at any time, and the north welcomes it at any time.

In fact, it is precisely because of this policy in the North that the crisis in the South has been alleviated much more than that of other developing countries.

Every year, at least one million of the poorest people in the South migrate to the North.

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In the office, there was silence, and there was an air of unease and anxiety.

The sunset shines obliquely, and the afterglow that spills in adds a touch of desolation to the office.

There were only three people in the office, two men and one woman.

Sitting at the desk against the base of the west wall was a man in his thirties, who looked a little wooden and didn't seem to be good at words.

His name is Li Qianyi.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, there was a quasi-letter, and this month's salary was halved.

Everyone's face turned green.

To sum up, currency depreciation, inflation, and the underpayment of wages have made the actual salary equivalent to 70% of the normal month last month, 50% last month, and 30% this month.

Don't let people live!

Other families are fine, if the Moonlight Clan is miserable, but like Li Qianyi, his wife is sick and there are three children waiting to be fed, so he is in a desperate situation.

After sitting silently for a long time, Li Qian stood up abruptly and strode out.

Something is going to happen!

Li Qian is a bit wooden, but the more such a person, once he can't think about it, the easier it is to have an accident.

Sure enough, after the authorities announced that Li Qianyi had been expelled, Li Qianyi bumped into the bureau chief like an angry bull.

Somewhat unfortunately, the director happened to be standing with his back to the window, so Li Qianyi and the director broke the window together and flew into the air.

This is the third floor.

It's a bit of a happy thing.

After landing, the director was below, and Li Qianyi was above.

The director was bubbling, Li Qian was fine, he got up and sat on the bubbling director, looking a little dazed.

Li Qianyi was arrested for homicide.

This rather joyful incident became the fuse and detonated the anger of the employees of the entire Baoji City Post and Telecommunications Bureau.

Demonstrate! Strike!

This is a fire on the firewood.

The wave of demonstrations and strikes spread rapidly, spreading to all strata of Baoji City, and then from Baoji City to the whole of Shaanxi.

Moreover, the demands for demonstrations and strikes also changed rapidly, from the initial demand for wages and work, and finally to the Black God Army and the need to join the North.

This change is not surprising at all.

At the beginning, the Yulin area of Yan'an occupied by [***] is still part of the north.

Yan'an and Yulin were originally the poorest areas in Shaanxi, but because they belonged to the north, although the living standards there were not as good as some places in Shaanxi, in terms of the stability of life, they could not be compared with anywhere else.

And now, not to mention the gap, Yan'an and Yulin have become models and places like peach blossom springs.

The wave of strikes and demonstrations in Shaanxi shook the entire south.

This time, the response of the autonomous provinces was extremely swift, and whether it was a political axe or a wealthy person, everyone worked together to stabilize prices, pay wages normally, reduce the number of layoffs and hire more people in enterprises, and reduce rents and interest rates by landlords......

There is only one core of all these changes, and that is land.

Whether it is an official with a political axe or the owner of various enterprises, the vast majority of them are landlords.

The trend in Shaanxi has made it clear that once they make a fuss, they are just fish on the chopping board, despite their wealth and power.

This is because the army and police, which they could have relied on, are simply unreliable, and at least seventy percent of the people in the army and police think about the same as those who demonstrate and strike.

Of course, the main reason is that there is the Black God Army.

Everyone is concerned about Shaanxi.

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Yanjing, Comax put down the newspaper and sighed softly.

Comax is no longer an ambassador to the United States, he is now a white man, but he still lives in Yenching and has not returned to the United States.

He is reluctant to Yanjing, his wife and children are the same, and his grandchildren are not used to life in the United States.

At this moment, Comax knew what the hole card in Han Lihong's hand was.

This is another yang scheme, and he is an upright teacher.

Commes is well aware that his compatriots, whether American or European, have never had good intentions, and that they used to plunder by colonization and now plunder, but the methods are more subtle, but the essence of plunder has not changed.

There are many ways to plunder on the surface, but in essence, there is only one way, and that is to cooperate with a very small number of people in backward countries to plunder the vast majority of people together.

And the result of this is that a very small number of people are profitable, and the vast majority of people are poor.

This model is almost unfavorable in export-oriented developing countries that rely on cheap labor and natural resources, and attract foreign investment.

The same is true in China, to be precise in southern China.

But in the future, in southern China, Washington's policymakers should have another headache.

Moreover, there is almost no solution to this problem.

If we continue the old way, then the north will continue to encroach on the autonomous provinces in the south, and China's substantive reunification will be realized step by step, but if we want to abandon the old way, not to plunder or plunder China less, not to say whether we can do it, but if we can do it, what will be the consequences?

The consequence is the balanced and healthy development of southern China, and the rapid increase of China's overall national strength.

Definitely not.

Moreover, after this incident, the Chiang Kai-shek clique and other autonomous provinces will naturally make adjustments without the American political axe deciding.

Among them, especially the Chiang Kai-shek clique.

Now, Comax believes that even Chiang Kai-shek himself would have believed that the Black God Army would never unify China by force.

If Chiang Kai-shek did not do well, the Black God Army would not need force at all to unify China; If Chiang Kai-shek did a good job, the price of unifying China by force would not be afforded by the Black God Army.

Therefore, after this incident, Chiang Kai-shek will definitely change his course and will make great efforts to restrain the consortium.

Although Chiang Kai-shek can't fight the Black God Army, his wrist is still extremely powerful, not to mention, Chiang Kai-shek will get widespread support for doing this, even within the consortium, there will be many people who support Chiang Kai-shek to do this.

Come to think of it, Cowmes is also really sad for the decision-makers in Washington.

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After a delay of half a month, the rulers of Shaanxi finally could not hold on.

The army and the police can't count on it, and even if they can, they don't dare to use it easily.

I usually don't feel anything, but when I really get to the root, I feel that the eyes of the Black God Army are so cold and indescribable.

If the situation is not calmed down, the demonstrations and strikes will turn into riots.

Demonstrations and strikes are already unbearable, and if they develop into riots, they will be really out of control.

If it gets to that point, it might as well go to the north.

The provincial council does not represent the will of the people, but it definitely represents the will of the people. The vast majority of parliamentarians agreed, and the envoy was sent to Yenching.

The Black God Army was as simple as ever, and three days later, the envoy returned to Xi'an.

In the conference room, there were twenty-seven people, including eight at the top of the political axe, eighteen members of parliament, and finally the special envoy.

The Black God Army is simply the same, and the style of negotiation is still the same, directly prescribing conditions.

The conditions were very simple: Shaanxi joined the north, and the central government rented the land from the landlords, and calculated the rent according to the amount of grain in the highest year of the last 20 years and the grain price in each year to come.

This condition is okay, but the worst thing is that the term of this lease is forever.

No one spoke in the conference room because there was nothing to say.

The Black God Army is not something they can bargain with, they don't have this qualification, let alone them, no one, at least not yet.

They have only two choices: say yes, or say no.

If you don't agree, the people of Shaanxi will be fierce and will definitely be chaotic.

If you agree, although the Black God Army has not said anything else, with the style that the Black God Army has always had, the placement of everyone will at least be reasonable, if not satisfactory to everyone.

Therefore, there is nothing to say, the current silence is just a trace of unwillingness in everyone's hearts.

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On April 19, 1974, on this day, the people of Shaanxi, even in the poor countryside, whether they were peasants facing the loess with their backs to the sky, or elementary school students...... Everyone put down their work and stayed by the TV, in front of the radio, under the loudspeaker.

In the TV, radio, and loudspeaker, the unique voice of Premier Deng Gong came out: "...... The Central Government will rent all the arable land from private individuals...... Carry out the construction of a new countryside! ”

In an instant, the long Loess Plateau was drowned out by the cheers and shouts of excitement.

As if knowing the mood of the peasants, Deng Gong was silent for ten minutes, and then his voice sounded again: "...... The recruitment and treatment of public officials are all handled in accordance with those in the north...... Dismissed personnel will be properly accommodated......"

Many people have thought of this article, so the repercussions are not large, but the scope is not large, and many people are still very excited.

Because, the north is the selection of talents and abilities, not by relationships, as long as you have the ability, then you can get ahead.

As Deng Gong's voice echoed in the land of China, some people were excited, some were lost, and some were uncomfortable, but more, almost all of the people in Shaanxi were getting more and more nervous.

They're all waiting......

When Deng Gong's voice finally disappeared, the whole land of Sanqin went crazy.

Deng Gong announced the central government's handling of the yellow ticket, and this is undoubtedly a matter of great concern to all Shaanxi people.

Yellow Ticket is the currency found in Shaanxi, because of the yellowish complexion, so it is commonly known as Yellow Ticket.

The central government's approach is to recover the yellow tickets in the hands of private individuals at the face value before the crisis; Bank deposits of less than 500,000 yuan shall be recovered at the face value before the crisis; Between 500,000 and 1,000,000, 80% of the pre-crisis face value will be recycled......

This method not only made the interests of the middle class and below unharmed, but even made a small payment, because after the crisis, the yellow tickets were depreciated, and the salaries were correspondingly more yellow tickets.

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At this moment, of course, not only Shaanxi people are listening to Deng Gong's voice, but many people across the country are listening.

After listening, many people were envious to death, but more people were disappointed, because, Deng Gong announced at the end that this time, because of the limited ability of the central political axe, only one autonomous province of Shaanxi was accepted.

This decision, although it disappointed the majority of people, also made a few people put their hearts in their stomachs, and they were relieved.

There is no need to review the experience, and it is clear to all the autonomous provinces that the impact of this crisis should not have been so great, and the reason why it has made such a big noise is because they have issued their own currency.

Let's not talk about the dragon and phoenix coins, let's just say the French currency, the crisis is coming, most of the losses have to be borne by Chiang Kai-shek, and they issue their own currency, so the losses have to be borne by themselves.

As a result, the officials of the autonomous provinces all ran to Yanjing, they didn't want to issue their own currency, but the central political axe could also be meaningful?

The central government did not disappoint them, although there was no direct subsidy, but a large amount of orders were placed in the provinces.

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What happened in China should have attracted the attention of the US political axe, but in fact, it only attracted the attention of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

Kissinger noticed, but only did, because the American political axe now has no energy to pay attention to China's affairs.

The United States is in a state of flux, and President Richard Nixon is even more anxious.

After the outbreak of the economic crisis, in just six months, the gross national product fell by 5.7%, and industrial production fell by 15.1%, of which the three pillar industries of construction, automobiles and steel were particularly hard-hit. Investment in fixed capital fell by 23.6 percent, and investment in equipment by enterprises fell by 48 percent over the same period in 1973.

Corporate and bank failures both hit unprecedented post-war records, with unemployment reaching 9.1 percent and eight million unemployed.

The Dow Jones fell by 41.9 percent, and the crisis was accompanied by even more severe inflation, with consumer prices rising by 11.4 percent in the first half of 1974.

The "11.4%" of the United States does not mean the same as that of China, and the "11.4%" of the United States does not include crude oil and food.

Crude oil and food are referred to as core CPI in the U.S. on the grounds that crude oil and food aggregates fluctuate and do not reflect the real situation, so crude oil and food are not included in the CPI calculation.

If the CPI calculation includes crude oil and food, then this "11.4%" may become a 3 and 4.

In the face of such a serious economic crisis, any president has to be anxious, but President Nixon is anxious about the economic crisis is still a trivial matter.

What President Nixon was really worried about was Watergate.

In the 1972 presidential election, in order to obtain information on the internal campaign strategy of the Ming Cook Party, on June 17, 1972, the chief security adviser of the Republican Nixon campaign team, James Bush, announced that the chief security adviser of the Republican Nixon campaign team, James Brown, was appointed as the chief security adviser of the Nixon campaign of the Republican Party. McCord's five men broke into the offices of the National Committee of the Ming Cook Party at the Watergate Building in Washington, D.C., and were arrested red-handed while installing bugging devices and secretly photographing relevant documents.

This scandal is so stinky that the stench can dry into the ozone layer.

In the aftermath of the incident, Nixon tried his best to cover up the exculpation, but in the subsequent investigation of the case, many of Nixon's political axes were exposed one after another, and Nixon himself was directly involved, thus triggering a serious constitutional crisis.

Even if the president could face prison at any time, Nixon could not care about the situation in the United States, no matter how bad it was.

The United States could not take care of the affairs of the United States, let alone the affairs of China, so Kissinger could do nothing but seal the documents.

(To be continued)