The wave of nationwide anti-Japanese demonstrations for three consecutive days dealt a huge blow to the Japanese military and government, which were caught off guard. Except for cities such as Tianjin, Qingdao, and Xiamen, where Japanese influence is deeply rooted, all Japanese goods sold in other places in China were ignored.
Chinese shops selling Japanese goods were severely warned by the angry marchers. If they did not remove the Japanese goods, the shops would not be able to sell them.
Unable to operate normally, the Japanese and Koreans who were once rampant in coastal cities immediately disappeared under the warning of their masters. Countless national capitalists seized this opportunity to promote domestic products and even cut prices, effectively curbing and cracking down on them.
The economic aggression carried out by Japanese imperialism against China alleviated the tremendous pressure on national industry and commerce.
During this period, the Central Political Conference was still held as scheduled. Surprisingly, Chiang Kai-shek stayed in Guizhou and did not attend this extremely important annual meeting on the grounds that "the war on the front line of suppressing bandits was tense". The entire meeting still controlled the power of the central government.
Wang Jingwei plays the leading role.
On March 27, the Central Political Conference made a resolution to ceremoniously confer titles on the commander-in-chief and main generals of the national army, appointing Chairman of the Military Commission Jiang Zhongzheng as special general, Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang, Zhang Xueliang, He Yingqin, Li Zongren, Zhu Peide, Tang Shengzhi,
Chen Jitang was a first-level general, Chen Tiaoyuan, Han Fugu, Song
Zheyuan, Liu Xiang, Liu Zhi, Xu Yongchang, Yu Xuezhong, Shang Zhen, Fu Zuoyi, Long Yun, He Chengjun, Zhu Shaoliang, Bai Chongxi, Gu Zhutong, An Yi, Wan Fulin, He Jian, Yang Hucheng, Liu Zhenhua, Jiang Dingwen, Xu
Yuan Quan is a second-level general. Interestingly, more than half of the generals who were awarded the title did not appear at the ceremony.
It was already noon when the investiture ceremony ended. An Yi, who took off his ribbon medal and special gilded general sword, took leave from the conference secretariat on the pretext of "military emergency" and rushed directly to the airport to fly back to Syria.
In the preparatory meeting yesterday afternoon and the formal meeting this morning, An Yi sensitively discovered that the irreconcilable contradiction between the military and the political circles was tending to become public, and during the recess, he "unintentionally" heard from "old subordinate" Liu Shoujiang.
It was learned that Wang Jingwei was conspiring with Chairman Lin, He Yingqin and others to set up a trap for An Yi, in an attempt to form a "Special Investigation of the Baoding Incident" proposed by Huang Yong on the last day of the meeting.
The "Group" put pressure on An Yi and promoted An Yi to the nominal position of deputy director of the Economic Development Committee of the Government Affairs Council through the Central Political Conference, and then organized representatives from the central government and all walks of life to support An Yi's "disaster relief and major contributions" over the past few years.
Awards were given solemnly, and then, with grand reasons such as "revitalizing the economy and rejuvenating people's livelihood", they cut off a few pieces of meat from An Yi, who was wealthy but had trouble riding a tiger.
An Yi's sudden departure made Wang Jingwei very angry. He scolded the secretariat of the conference and still couldn't get rid of his anger. Late that night, he summoned his close advisers to urgently discuss countermeasures.
When the conference was held, Chiang Kai-shek did not attend the meeting. After achieving the greatest purpose of the army, he did not care about anything. After An Yi left without saying goodbye, Han Fuqu, Liu Zhi and other dozens of army generals also gave various reasons.
Running for something, causing
The meeting convened by Wang Jingwei was not a meeting at all. Many issues that had been planned for a long time to weaken the power of the military could not be discussed. Among them, the biggest plan to deal with the financial crisis was completely ruined due to An Yi's departure. How could Wang Jingwei swallow this?
Bad temper?
Wang Jingwei and his confidants quickly pinned the ultimate source of all problems on Chiang Kai-shek. They were convinced that Chiang Kai-shek must be hiding behind the scenes and manipulating all this. If not for Chiang Kai-shek's instruction, how could An Yi, who was still politically immature, take the lead in leaving?
Go? How could other generals leave Nanjing right after An Yi? As he spoke, Wang Jingwei stood up emotionally, walked around, raised his hands and shouted angrily:
"This is obviously Chiang Kai-shek who has ulterior motives and is trying to dismantle me, Wang Jingwei!"
In fact, Chiang Kai-shek did not say hello to any generals. He repeatedly asked An Yi to go to Nanjing to attend the meeting. The purpose was to see how An Yi dealt with the internal divisions among the top leaders of the central government and to see how An Yi performed.
Whether he will compromise with Wang Jingwei and his party, and whether he can withstand the temptation of fame and fortune.
In a word, this is a severe test for An Yi.
The same goes for other generals. The reason why Chiang Kai-shek didn't say hello to anyone was because he received secret messages from some generals asking for instructions. He always called back "with the overall situation in mind" and allowed the generals to choose the path ahead, just because he wanted to see his subordinates.
How the general performs and whether he is loyal to him as the principal and the chairman of the military committee is a test of whether a person can stand firm and whether he can be trusted.
The result made Chiang Kai-shek very satisfied, especially An Yi's keen insight and clever response. Chiang Kai-shek felt extremely gratified and reassured. He fully understood that An Yi would never get together with his biggest political enemy Wang Jingwei. An Yi was very interested in him.
This principal is still loyal.
Wang Jingwei’s counterattack was nothing short of sharp. On the second day of the official meeting, the Legislative Yuan under Wang Jingwei’s control passed a resolution to issue “100 million financial bonds” by a majority vote. This 100 million financial bond was tantamount to drawing Chiang Kai-shek’s blood.
, which is tantamount to preventing the smooth progress of the financial reform and currency reform plans of Chiang Kai-shek, Song Ziwen and Kong Xiangxi.
Implemented with very obvious malice, it is equivalent to telling Chiang Kai-shek clearly: Since you have demolished me, I will not be polite. The government's debt is now high and it does not matter how high it is. Anyway, this is a collective decision made through rigorous legal procedures.
, just wait to repay the debt with me. If you take me out of office, you can repay this huge debt yourself!
Chiang Kai-shek's counterattack was gentle, and there was no complaint at all. Instead, he adopted a tacit attitude towards Wang Jingwei's malicious debt move.
On the third day of the meeting, Kong Xiangxi continued to serve as president of the Central Bank with the support of a majority of votes. Zhang Jiayao, the president of the Bank of China who was originally close to Wang, and Chen Xing, the former vice president of the central bank, had to give in to the vice president. Zhang Jiayao saw that the situation was over, and the Chiang and Wang factions
The struggle has become more acute, and I am afraid that
Endangering his own interests and even his life, he immediately submitted his resignation on the grounds of physical discomfort. Kong Xiangxi tried to persuade him to stay, but then readily approved it. At this point, China's most authoritative central bank was still firmly in the hands of Chiang Kai-shek, and Wang Jingwei's long-planned financial plan
Power remains elusive.
Two days later, Song Ziwen, executive director of the Central Economic Commission, submitted a report and applied for the central government's approval of the Bank of China's capital increase plan.
Wang Jingwei, who is good at reciting poems and painting, and is good at lyrics, music, and songs, knows nothing about macroeconomics. In addition, Zhang Jiayao resigned sadly, and most of the advisers around him were born in literary circles. How could he understand the secret? He thought it was to consolidate the status of the central bank.
As an effective means to strengthen the central government's financial control over the country, everyone adopted a strong support attitude. Song Ziwen's proposal was unanimously approved in half an hour, and Chiang Kai-shek's grand financial reform plan began.
On the fourth day of the conference, Wu Zhihui, Zhang Jingjiang, and Li Yuying, the three elders of the party and state, took a plane to Chongqing in the name of economic and educational construction research. They only stayed for one day and then settled in Xufu. They toasted with An Yi and had a chat.
At the same time, An Yi, who received a secret message from Kong Xiangxi, immediately instructed Zhou Chongan, executive vice president of China Southwest Bank, to give a speech in Shanghai, stating that Southwest Bank was no longer able to subscribe for any bonds issued by the central government, and then announced the closure of thirteen loss-making counties in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Tier 1 bank.
As soon as Zhou Chongan's speech was reported, it immediately triggered a response from the financial community across the country. The Shanghai Banking Association immediately announced the situation of more than a dozen banks that have failed this year, predicting that in the next three months, half of the banks will be in trouble. Immediately afterwards
Du Yuesheng, Yu Qiaqing, Feng Jingyao and other chaebols have expressed their inability to purchase national government bonds. At the end of the analysis article, the economic commentator of "Oriental News" jokingly suggested that Chairman Wang Jingwei might have better results by issuing public bonds overseas.
It was only then that Wang Jingwei and his faction woke up from a dream. Not only did no one buy up the 100 million financial bonds, but they were reputed as "ignoring economics" and "taking advantage of others". Looking back, they realized that they had been plotted by Chiang Kai-shek.
It's considered to be a dead end.
At that time, Chiang Kai-shek delivered an important speech in Guiyang, calling for "launching a national economic construction movement" and calling on the whole of Guizhou and even the whole of China to learn from southern Sichuan, western Hunan, and Yunnan, make steady progress according to local conditions, and steadily improve people's living standards.
Chiang Kai-shek's speech was published in newspapers across the country, which was tantamount to giving the boastful Wang Jingwei a loud slap in the face. People from all walks of life in the country couldn't help but think of Wang Jingwei's promises over the past few years, none of which seemed to have been fulfilled. Various tabloids and public opinion ridiculed Wang Jingwei.
Sarcastic.
Wang Jingwei was furious and immediately used the name of economic summary to throw out the data showing that several years of suppressing bandits had depleted people's lives and national strength, implying that you, Chiang Kai-shek, did not lead the troops well and actually wanted to seek my power. I will not make you feel comfortable either.
, I will expose your old background and bruise your scars, so that people all over the country can see who is the prodigal son.
For a time, all kinds of opinions were raging, and Wang Jingwei's group and Chiang Kai-shek's group were fighting fiercely.
However, at this moment, the main force of the Central Red Army suddenly launched its force and pushed toward Guiyang. Chiang Kai-shek could not help but be frightened to the point of turning pale. He did not remember to quarrel with Wang Jingwei, so he immediately adjusted his forces and moved closer to Guiyang to rescue the crisis.
An Yi saw all this turmoil with his eyes, ears, and heart. He finally understood how selfish and dirty politics was, and was amazed by the endless methods used by the two major groups, Chiang and Wang.
An Yi was in high spirits when Lao Jiang suddenly stopped talking. Suddenly he turned around and saw that something was in danger in Guiyang. An Yi, who was still overwhelmed, thought about it and decided to help Lao Jiang. Anyway, he looked at Wang Jingwei
No matter how you look at it, it’s not pleasing to the eye.
Whenever An Yi thinks of Wang Jingwei's delicate, girl-like hands that have been using royal jelly, milk, polygonum multiflorum and other treasures for skin and hair care for a long time, he feels a chill in his heart.
You don’t go to the countryside to visit the poor people and experience the dire straits of the people. You soak in the mountains and rivers every day. Today you meet the special envoy of Japan and tomorrow you visit the envoys of various countries. How can you be the president of the party and the president of the Government Affairs Council?
What? During the Fujian earthquake, you Wang Jingwei was still having fun with the Japanese minister, and the famine in the Central Plains did not see you coming out to express condolences to the victims and cheer up the people's hearts, not to mention whether you had dug potatoes with your own hands once in your life. I don't care if I don't cause you some trouble for such a grandson.
, you actually announced the friendship between China and Japan on the last day of the Central Political Conference, strictly prohibited major newspapers across the country from publishing anti-Japanese remarks, and even used the "Baoding Incident" as an excuse to retaliate against our An Jiajun.
At 7 o'clock in the evening on April 2, An Yi visited the live broadcast room of Southern Sichuan Radio and accepted a special interview with reporters. He angrily opposed the proposal of the central "Special Investigation Team for the Baoding Incident" to hold Wu Liheng, the commander of the independent division, accountable, and strongly opposed the "responsibility" passed by the Government Affairs Council.
General Wu Liheng suspended from duty for review"
Decision, for the first time publicly shouted out the cruel words "Pro-Japanese forces and traitor capitulationists have penetrated into the center of the country", which immediately ignited the long-suppressed public anger in China. No one expected this, including Chiang Kai-shek.
The political crisis that stunned everyone suddenly arrived in An Yi's angry voice.