After the formation of the National Defense Forces, there was no official term for the so-called main force, ace and cannon fodder. However, this does not mean that all the National Defense Forces are treated equally. Take the troops staying in Chongqing and the expeditionary Third Army on the Indochina Peninsula. The former, apart from military pay, has no other allowances; while the latter, in addition to military pay, also has heatstroke prevention and cooling expenses, frontline allowances, foreign subsidies, etc., plus the war merit rewards of paying per head, it is quite considerable. Yes, these were captured and reported by keen reporters, which naturally aroused "strong interest" among the officers and soldiers of the left-behind army in Chongqing.
The coalition government borrowed several policies from the Xuebing Military Special Administrative Region, such as the "Public Opinion Control Measures". The "Public Opinion Control Measures" were completed by Li Ziwen and Mei Lan under the guidance of the Xuebing Military Special Administrative Region Government. Although there are many rules and regulations, in fact Within the regulations, there is a lot of room for development. To put it simply, as long as it does not endanger national secrets and security, and does not make things out of thin air, then anything can be reported. Therefore, regarding the income gap between the troops left behind in the rear and the soldiers on the front line, Reports can come out,
In the relevant reports, the reporter did not provide figures on how much money the soldiers of the Third Expeditionary Army can get every month, but it seems that the military commanders of these left-behind troops can easily calculate it. I don’t know if I compare. I was shocked to find that even a low-ranking soldier in the Third Expeditionary Army had a monthly income of 50 yuan. You must know that in the left-behind troops, the monthly income of a company commander was only 45 yuan. It is concluded that this In comparison, the officers who stayed behind immediately quit their jobs, and they did not dare to make trouble directly. After all, their money was earned with their blood, sweat, and even risking their lives, but this did not prevent them from having ideas and doing some small things. Make a fuss about non-issues,
This situation attracted Ouyang Yun's attention during the Chongqing Conference. Based on the concept that no small matter involving the army was involved, he also began to consider how to solve this problem. It was of course necessary to ensure the subjective initiative of the front-line troops, but in the war years , the importance of the left-behind troops is also unparalleled, because it involves the issue of a country's lasting combat capability. Improving the treatment of the left-behind troops is not justifiable, not to mention, it seems to be suspected of spoiling them, so how to solve it specifically, Just as the issue of post-war reconstruction was put on the government's work agenda, it became Ouyang Yun's natural choice to learn from the post-war reconstruction model of the Xuebing Military Special Administrative Region Government.
You can get special allowances when you go on a mission. This is a method that has been proven effective by the Xuebing Army in maintaining high morale in the army. It should not be a problem to extend this to the management of the National Defense Forces. Moreover, the National Defense Forces are composed of the former Central Army and the local army. Composition, the bureaucracy is too serious, it is time for them to understand the people's sentiments, understand the people's sufferings, and eliminate their own superiority.
Ouyang Yun also has another inhumane motive for allowing the military to participate in post-war reconstruction. This involves the GCD, the third party in the current coalition government. The GCD follows the mass line and enjoys high popularity in the base areas. Because of the existence of these base areas, Once the area to which the base belongs is recovered, GCD's influence will ferment instantly. Therefore, they can always seize control of the area as soon as possible. How to solve this problem? Forced confrontation is obviously not possible. Aren't the lessons of GMD enough? Destruction The united front against Japan and the anti-Japanese united front are the foundation of the coalition government. If armed confrontation is not possible, then the only option is to strengthen self-construction. To put it bluntly, it is to win over the people's hearts and minds. In this regard, as a government, it is actually innate. The advantage is that it has an official name after all, so as long as the laws and regulations are improved and supervision is strengthened, the support of the people can be won immediately. It is easy to say, but in execution, there are difficulties because of the experience of Lao Chiang Kai-shek's failure. , but with the powerful military force of the Xuebing Army as the foundation, Ouyang Yun is confident that the supervision of officials will be in place. If this problem can really be solved, it will be possible to ensure that the policy is not distorted from top to bottom, and as a time-travel Moreover, Ouyang Yun already has objective evaluations of some current local government officials in mind, so he can immediately correct the omissions and replace those officials who have a reputation for historical corruption.
The issue of post-war reconstruction has been put on the agenda of the coalition government, which will inevitably require a large amount of funds. After this meeting, a very realistic question was placed before the Ouyang Yun case, that is, whether to issue additional war bonds. The issuance of additional war bonds has been It is a bottom-line method that has been tried and tested by the former central government to solve the financial crisis. It originated from the Xuebingjun Special Administrative Region Government’s policy philosophy that “what the government can solve, it will never leave society alone and increase the burden on the people.” Since the formation of the coalition government, although it has repeatedly Someone suggested to Ouyang Yun that he should issue war bonds or mobilize public donations, but Ouyang Yun never agreed.
Under pressure, Ouyang Yun decided to make an exception this time.
The reason why he made this decision was related to a piece of information provided to him by Chang Gen. This information was investigated by Hutong's Guangzhou headquarters for a year and a half. The specific content was the amount of idle private funds in Xuebingjun Special Zone. ,
Some things are just so strange. The former central government frequently mobilized donations, charity donations, and forcibly issued additional war bonds. The result was not only shallow and non-existent benefits, but also widening the gap between the rich and the poor among the people. The negative consequence was that the private financial power has repeatedly Being squeezed, social development lost momentum, industry and commerce became more and more sluggish, and social class confrontation became more serious. On the other hand, the government never organized such activities in the official name of the military special zone, but the enthusiasm of the people increased instead. As a result, not only The income from such donations is much more than what was officially organized by the original central government, and social development is still full of momentum, and industry and commerce are becoming more and more prosperous.
There are many economic experts among Ouyang Yun's staff. The advice they gave was to "issue war bonds at an interest rate higher than the bank interest rate for the same period. As long as the quantity is controlled, not only will it not harm the development of the national economy, but it will have a stimulating effect." "Experts believed that it was feasible, and Ouyang Yun himself had some correct understandings of this, and with the information provided by Hu Tong as a guide, Ouyang Yun finally agreed to issue a certain number of war bonds.
When Biselin was invited into Ouyang Yun's office, the latter was signing relevant documents, "Please sit down, I'll be ready soon." Ouyang Yun said to her, and asked Chen Jiayao to serve her tea, while he grabbed a pen and wrote a few words. The signatures on the documents were flamboyantly signed,
Bisselin thanked her and sat down on the sofa to the left of his desk. She pretended to be casual and glanced at the documents in front of him. She pondered slightly and made a decision in her mind about the next conversation.