Chapter 579: Xi'an Conference (Part II)
Seeing that Li Peiji was scolded like this, others no longer dared to raise any objections, and Li Peiji was also sweating, and said that Henan must complete the task indicators on time, and this can be regarded as escaping. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Jiang intermediary still seemed to be uneasy, and continued, "In the future, the county magistrate's performance appraisal will account for 35% of military rations, 35% for military service, and 30% for others. In the future, the Military Rations Bureau is not allowed to issue military ration stamps to the troops, but it is necessary to hand them over in kind, and they must be handed over to the military stations in full as scheduled, and they must not shirk responsibility on the pretext of lack of food. β
In the past, after the Chongqing government expropriated grain, it gave the army a kind of military grain coupon, and the army took the military grain coupons to the granaries of various counties and towns to exchange grain, which often led to some localities passing the buck, saying that all the grain in the county had been exchanged, but in fact it was misappropriated by the officials to make money.
Everyone understands that Jiang Intermediary is going to be ruthless, but now is not a peaceful season, and it is not easy to collect taxes!
Jiang seemed to know the thoughts of the provincial officials below, and gave them an idea: "Grain collection should be divided between expropriation and requisition, and the amount of requisition must exceed the amount of expropriation, and it must be levied to one point and more than one point to be requisitioned." This is because the expropriation is aimed at the whole people, while the expropriation is mainly aimed at the landlords and wealthy gentry who have surplus grain, and only by requisitioning more than expropriating can the burden on small households be lightened, and for the big landlords and wealthy households, they must ask them to buy more surplus grain, and this must conform to the principle of equality and equality in our grain policy. β
The idea is always good, and Jiang Intermediary also understands in his heart that the real food in his hands is definitely not those mud legs, but those big landlords and big businessmen, and Jiang Intermediary has understood the faces of those landlords and capitalists for so many years, but what can he do if he knows? Knocked down? Then he will first knock down his wife's house and his own family.
But the beating still had to be done, Jiang Zhong coughed and continued: "At present, most of the military service in various places is still mostly the children of civilians, and even many widows and widows do not hesitate to send him to serve in the army, while most of the children of the rich gentry and landlords try to avoid and refuse to apply. Look at this kind of landlords and rich gentry, what a shame it would be to expose the fact that they are cold and selfish! It must be known that the current grain problem is not a question of whether there is grain or not, but the inability to properly coordinate grain supply and demand, resulting in too much grain in the places where grain is produced, and not enough food for the people in the places where grain is scarce! β
Obviously, Jiang did not think that the problem of difficulty in requisitioning grain reported by various localities was a real problem, and he believed that the real problem was that the object of requisition was wrong, not that the total amount was insufficient. In fact, I have to say that Jiang Intermediary is right in thinking about many issues, and he knows where the problem is, but he doesn't know how to solve it, or he is unwilling to solve it.
The morning meeting ended like this, no one was happy and worried, so many indicators to be completed, can only be increased layer by layer. Jiang intermediary gave the following target of one million, then the province must give the county 1.1 million, only in this way can we ensure that the task is completed on time, if Jiang intermediary's government is as innocent as water, it is not a big problem to levy it like this, but the following White Party officials after getting the task The first reaction is to kill people, and the second reaction is to make a fortune! That's a big problem, but that's a matter for later, so let's not mention it for now.
After Jiang returned to his residence, he immediately called Dai Li, Li Peiji knew that the blood of the army had long since dissipated, and now he had more to get by, but now he said such a thing at the conference, whether it was true or false, he had to figure it out. The strong suppression at the meeting is to prevent others from doing the same, everyone is a local official, and the mouth can't be opened!
Dai Li quickly walked in, and Jiang looked at Dai Li and asked, "Yunong, let me ask you, do you know the situation in Henan?" β
Dai Li nodded and said, "Henan is the front line, and the military commander has arranged a lot of manpower in Henan, what are the instructions of the commission?" β
Jiang Zhong held the scepter and walked, "How is the recent harvest in Henan?" Is it expected to be a harvest or a failure this year? β
Dai Li's ears and eyes are so powerful, he has already known what happened in the conference, but he thinks about what he wants, he is the intelligence chief, and the biggest role in front of Jiang intermediary is to engage in intelligence and underworld, if he says such news wrongly, he will inevitably be unlucky afterwards, but he is also unwilling to give Li Peiji benefits in vain, so he avoided the important and said lightly, "Henan is a front-line province, there are many disasters, the people are in hardship, and disasters are encountered again and again, the situation this year is not good, there is indeed a drought, but it has not reached the point of no harvest, and according to intelligence, It rained some time ago, and I'm afraid I have to consult relevant agricultural experts for the specific situation. β
When Jiang heard this, he felt a sigh in his heart, but he was not very worried, China is so big, if there is a drought and waterlogging, then there is no need to sit in this position, he said, "Okay, I know, Zhou Guansheng has arrived, right?" Who did Yan Xishan send? Have you ever tried to get in touch? β
"Yes, they are already preparing for the afternoon meeting, Yan Xishan sent Sun Chu, he came with Zhou Guansheng, the two ate and lived together, it was difficult to contact, our people waited for him in the bathroom, but after he knew that it was us, he left immediately, and our people also saw him go back and immediately told Zhou Guansheng about it." Dai Li knew that Jiang Intermediary attached great importance to this matter, so he naturally did not dare to slack off.
"Humph! This Yan Laoxi....It seems that he is really on the ship of the Red Party. The last trace of expectation in Jiang Zhong's heart disappeared, he sat down and said, "What do they say about the food policy meeting in the morning, they were not allowed to participate?" β
Dai Li shook his head and said, "The two of them seem to have expected such an arrangement, Zhou Guansheng took Sun Chu to visit several centrists in a row, and then there was no action. β
Jiang Zhong nodded and said, "The Americans seem to be very interested in Yan'an, our American friends said that the United States has begun to transport a batch of materials into China through Lianyungang, where did this batch of materials go?" They all went to Yan'an! It is said that there are nearly 10,000 tons! Yan'an has now become an important pawn for foreign forces to interfere in China, and we have to guard against it. β
Dai Li pursed his lips, he has been working hard for the infiltration of Yan'an, but with little success, but he has been rebelled by Yan'an Many people, he didn't dare to tell Jiang Intermediary about these things.
Jiang intermediary has a lot of troubles, although he knows that there is really a disaster in Henan, but he doesn't pay too much attention to it, in his opinion, at this time, as long as it is not a big disaster, it can be regarded as not seeing.
The afternoon meeting began, compared to the morning, the afternoon meeting was inevitably a little dull, the major theaters redistributed the troops, said the defense area and the task was over, Zhou Guansheng and Sun Chu seemed to have come to Xi'an for a tour.
On the other side of Tokyo, Hirohito received a document that became famous as the "Basic Outline of the U.S.-Japan Agreement."
After Hirohito read it hastily, he threw it aside like garbage, looked at Hideki Tojo and said, "What does the military department think of this matter?" β
This outline is simply a series of conditions that the United States has given to Japan, requiring Japan to withdraw its troops from the mainland and return to its homeland, abandon the Axis alliance, sign a trade agreement with the United States, and stabilize the exchange rate.
It can be said that it is basically a surrender agreement, so Hideki Tojo said without even thinking about it, "Your Majesty, this is the United States forcing the empire to fight with it, and the empire has reached the last moment, like an arrow on the string, it has to be sent!" β
Hirohito nodded, agreed, and said, "Let's do it!" β
On June 2, 1942, the Japanese government sent a secret telegram to the German government: "There is a great danger that war will break out between the Anglo-Saxon peoples in Japan by some means of armed conflict." On the same day, the Japanese Government demanded that the Japanese ambassador to the United States maintain the false appearance of negotiations with the United States.
On June 3, 1942, a large naval fleet set out from Japan and headed east.
The clouds of war are gathering in the Pacific, an earth-shattering war is about to begin, and in Europe, the Soviets and Germans have been battling each other for a whole month.
- Berlin
"Report to the FΓΌhrer, Marshal von Bock called, the battle of Minsk has been declared over with a great victory for our army!" Chief of Staff Keitel excitedly ran to Hitler's side and said.
Hitler's eyes lit up and he said, "Let's talk about the situation." β
Keitel nodded and said, "As of eight o'clock in the morning of June 3, the Soviet Western Front has been annihilated by our army 140,000 people, more than 300,000 prisoners, our army has occupied the entire territory of Belarus, and the Soviet Union has about 200,000 people out of the encirclement. β
Hitler nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very well, we will immediately select people in Belarus who can be trusted to form a Belarusian fascist government, just like Lithuania." β
Lithuania welcomed the entry of the German army after the riots, Hitler gave Lithuania a high degree of autonomy, and allowed them to take up arms to join the army attacking the Soviet Union, you know, a few years ago, Lithuania was still an independent country, a year after the Polish War, the Soviet Union first signed a series of agreements in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, the three Baltic states, and then carried out surprise annexation, so at this time the Lithuanians did not have much good impression of the Soviet Union, but considered them invaders, And the German army was the liberators.
It is also worth mentioning that there are about 155,000 Jews in Lithuania, which is 8% of the total population. The growth of nationalist sentiment caused by Lithuanian autonomy, coupled with the urbanization of the population, led to a high level of anti-Semitic sentiment within the industrial and corporate systems, which also catered to Hitler's ideas, and after the riots in Lithuania, the massacre and looting of the Jews began, and in less than a month, more than 5,000 Jews were killed, which made the Jews in the rest of the Axis countries tremble and cherish their current status under the Roman planning system, after all, so that they could live.
Hitler looked at the map and said, "Our troops are moving very fast, and at this rate, we will be able to end the fighting this year." β
Keitel flatteringly said, "This is all the credit of your proper command in the FΓΌhrer, who else could have thought of such a genius battle plan except you?" β
Hitler nodded with satisfaction, he looked at the map and said, "Order the central cluster to continue according to the plan and attack in the direction of Smolensk!" How's our progress on the other two sides? β
Keitel replied: "Army Group North is progressing well, and although it did not achieve such a great victory as Army Group Center, it also captured Liepaja, Ventspil and other places. Here the Soviets seemed to be in a race of offensive and retreat with us, and our troops were never able to surround them. β
Hitler asked: "Who is the commander of the opposing side?" β
Keitel took a breath and said, "It's Marshal of the Soviet Union Voroshilov, he is Stalin's absolute hardcore, he met Stalin as early as 1906, and he has been supporting Stalin ever since, and it is said that in the Great Purge he ordered the execution of more than 5,000 officers." It was because of his special relationship with Stalin that he dared to retreat all the way. β
Hitler was a little puzzled and asked, "Is this man very powerful?" If we dare to use our troops like this, we will not be able to achieve the goal of destroying their main forces in the field, and if they retreat all the way to Stalingrad, it will be difficult to destroy them quickly. What about South Road? β
Keitel continued: "Army Group South and the Soviet Southwestern Front have engaged in fierce exchanges of fire in the area of Dubno and Rivne. It is still at war. β
Hitler pointed to the map and said, "The Soviet army has been beaten by us and cannot find the north, tell the front line, you must hurry!" Faster! Only in this way can we get the maximum results in the shortest possible time, tell Marshal Rundstedt that we must be good at using our new tanks, our tanks are much better than the Soviet ones! β
- Moscow
In just one month, Moscow received more than 800,000 casualties, prisoners, and missing men, close to one-eighth of the total strength of the Soviet army.
Stalin said anxiously: "Tell the Southwestern Front that it cannot only defend, it must attack, only a continuous offensive can interrupt the rhythm of the German offensive, and that the political commissars of various departments and members of the Red Party must play a leading role, and if the last remaining commissar of a unit is a political commissar, then shoot this political commissar!" β
Zhukov did not agree with Stalin's strategy, he said: "Comrade Stalin, I think that the German army is well prepared and tactically advanced, and we must first stabilize our position, it is better to lay down multiple layers of defense to hinder the advance of the German army." Moreover, the Germans are more mobile than us, so we must be fully prepared to retreat. β
Where could Stalin hear this, and sharply said, "Comrade Zhukov!" I must tell you that what the current Soviet Union needs is a great victory, not one defeat after another, and the defense cannot be victorious, and only by attacking, attacking with the fearless spirit of redism, can the German devils be defeated! β