An Yi took Xu Ziliang to the guest room to meet Zhou Chongan. After Zhou Chongan listened to An Yi's introduction and decision, he was the first to sign up to join the new party.
An Yi said with a smile: "This matter is not urgent. When the Songhu War ends successfully, I will go to Nanjing to meet with Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, listen to his suggestions in person, and then decide on my future trip. Don't worry, brother-in-law, if you really want to
To build a new party, you are definitely the third party member to join the party after me and Brother Chonglou, you can’t even run away!”
Zhou Chongan laughed, and then said seriously: "Xiaoyi, do you know that recently, the garrisons in various places have begun to set up private checkpoints to charge gate fees, tolls, bridge fees, dock usage fees, cargo passing fees and other miscellaneous fees?
, our Jiangnan Group relies on your face, no one dares to collect it, but the losses suffered by other national enterprises are not small. This is not an option!"
An Yi sighed quietly: "I already know about this. However, except for the direct troops of the Central Army, the Chairman of the Generalissimo now only gives half pay to the local troops. Even so, the nearly six million troops will use more than 90 million a month.
, this does not include the replenishment of weapons and ammunition for various units, the normal supply of food and supplies, pensions for sacrificed soldiers, etc. If all are included in the account, the monthly expenditure will be as high as 180 million.
"Now North China, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and the southeastern coast are all blocked by the Japanese invaders. China's foreign trade is mainly transported to the outside world through the Beibu Gulf of Guangxi, the Haiphong Port of French Annan, and smuggling in Myanmar. The country
The total income from various sources is less than 150 million per month. There is a gap of more than 30 million in military expenditure alone. In addition, there is a gap of more than 30 million in national economic construction, mainly highway and railway construction and defense industry supporting enterprises.
Establishment, expenses for government administrative offices and civil servants’ salaries, salaries of teachers in universities, middle schools, and primary schools, compensation to great powers, principal and interest of foreign debts and domestic debts, the medical system including the salaries of doctors and nurses and the purchase of medical equipment and treatment drugs, etc.
When it comes to expenditures, the central government’s money is really stretched thin!
"Now the banks are printing money at full capacity, and the shortfall will be subsidized by the banks. However, the consequences of this will be the rapid devaluation of the legal currency. But if this is not the case, where will the money be used to pay those arrogant generals? How to maintain the country's security?
Normal operation? But even so, due to the significant reduction in local income, governments at all levels and the garrison have set up checkpoints. The central government has not repented despite repeated corrections. At this time of national crisis, it is not easy to use weapons, for fear of ending up in the name of the war of resistance.
The charge of annexing local areas is really difficult to deal with! Now I suddenly envy the Communist Party’s army. They don’t need military pay. Calculating this way, how much money can be saved to do practical things!”
Xu Ziliang said disapprovingly: "How cruel is it to the families of soldiers to rely entirely on spiritual beliefs to support their battles? Not only do they have to silently send their children to join the army without getting a penny in return, but if they die on the battlefield, their families will suddenly lose money.
Labor, how will life be maintained when the war is over?"
Zhou Chong'an said: "As far as I know, their anti-Japanese democratic regime will take on the support of the parents of the martyrs' families, reduce or exempt the martyrs' military rations and land tax payments, and provide all kinds of preferential treatment. However, their officers and soldiers are consistent, and no one can learn from this.
Yes, if you ask me, Lao Zhou, to fight guerrillas in the ravines, I won’t be able to endure the hardship. I can only say that I admire their spirit and courage, but if you ask me to learn from them, I might give up.”
"Brother-in-law, if you went to fight guerrillas in the mountains, wouldn't it be a huge waste of talent? There are specialties in the arts, and your expertise lies in economics, not fighting!"
An Yi raised his hand and shook his head: "We won't discuss this anymore... Brother-in-law, I remember that you have a PhD in economics from the University of Paris and have been a reporter for Shenbao for many years. I believe you are already very knowledgeable about the formation of political parties.
You are familiar with it. Later, you and Brother Chonglou will carefully ponder the party founding charter. Please note that this new party must take the three principles of the former Prime Minister's "nation", "people's livelihood" and "equal land rights" as its program, strictly organize the procedures, and strictly control the requirements for joining the party.
, be sure not to let people with bad behavior sneak in, as this will ruin the reputation of the new party and hinder our cause. We must clarify the purpose of the party and strive for the rise of the Chinese nation. Party members must establish the concept of serving the people wholeheartedly.
Under the current complicated situation, to determine the Party’s absolute leadership over the military, the Party must command the gun. Only when relations between countries stabilize in the future will the leadership of the military be returned to the country when the time is ripe. Everything else is optional.”
Zhou Chongan smiled: "Anyway, I have nothing to do now. All departments of Jiangnan Group are operating in an orderly manner, and they are doing their best to transport combat supplies and serve the refugees moving westward. I will just stay and do it. If you finish this, what else do you want me to do?
?”
An Yi's eyes widened: "Even if you drop everything and just do this, it will take several days. It's such a serious thing to create a political party, but you seem to do it easily. I'll make it clear first that if it doesn't suit my needs,
, it needs to be rewritten, but if you can handle this easily, then you should think carefully about it. If we really take over Annan, how can we stabilize the situation, eliminate ethnic conflicts, and resolve ethnic disputes in a short period of time?
, how to make people of all ethnic groups coexist harmoniously, and how to unite all ethnic groups around the Chinese nation in a short period of time.
"In addition, you should also think carefully about the financial aspects. Currently, our sea routes are still blocked by enemy countries. If a country that belongs entirely to the Chinese people is established in Annan, Britain and France may also join the blockade against us. How can we achieve self-reliance?
, develop the economy and people's livelihood, and have the ability to challenge European and American powers in a short period of time? I don't want to be able to make ends meet in the country. The only way to solve the financial crisis is to rely on printing money. In the long run, the country's credit will collapse. A person who does not care about the interests of the people
The country will eventually be mercilessly abandoned by the people!"
"So, Commander, I think your Lord Taishan will not be able to express his political stance in the short term. He still has to stay in Malaya and Burma and sell the things we produce to all parts of the world at any time. We say
The various electrical appliances, medicines, bicycles, motorcycles, fertilizers, pesticides and other products produced by the government are very competitive internationally and can bring us a lot of foreign exchange. At the same time, we can also use you, Mr. Taishan, to buy back the country.
Materials needed for development and construction. In addition..."
When Zhou Chongan said this, he glanced at Xu Ziliang, hesitated for a moment, and when he saw An Yi nodded slightly to indicate that it was okay, he continued:
"Brother Ziliang, maybe you don't know that the famous Nanhua Group and Hongxing Society in Hong Kong and Nanyang are actually plans carefully laid out by the commander in the early years. After many years of investigation by the enemy's secret service, they have obtained the enemy's government and military
Because of the trust of the ministry, their ships have always been exempted from inspection, and Nanhua Group has always advertised as 'open, fair, and neutral'. The enemy also needs Nanhua Group to buy their urgently needed panoxicillin, sulfa, Yunnan Baiyao, and special colds from us.
medicine, Brave Pills and other medicines, so our products and urgently needed strategic materials can be traded normally through the Nanhua Group line. Hongxingshe can also help us digest some of them under the guise of smuggling, so much
If we work together, there is no reason why our new government will suffer!"
An Yi felt very useful when he heard Xu Ziliang talk about the chairman in one sentence. He thought to himself that no wonder so many people risk everything for power and position. It turns out that it feels really good to be the leader. He said with a smile:
"Using the regular army to fight against stragglers, it is normal to win. If it were not for the fear of shocking the world, how could the Hongmen of Siam have been able to support it for more than two years? It took less than half a month and it was all reimbursed! The leadership of Hongxing Society
and the main armed forces, all composed of retired officers of our Anjia Army. In order to strengthen the leadership and control of Hongxing Society in the later period, I also sent officers who graduated from the special and intelligence majors of the non-commissioned officer school to join them. When it came to grabbing territory and vendettas,
Who is the opponent of Hongxingshe, who is proficient in intelligence and special operations? Speaking of this special operations, it was originally pioneered by our army. Now Britain, France, Germany, the Soviet Union and other countries have also established specialized special forces. However, even Germany, which has learned a little bit about us,
Neither can the enemy forces who have learned from actual combat. The special operations currently being fought in eastern Zhejiang will result in heavy losses to the enemy's Zhutu Special Attack Brigade, not to mention the underworld organizations in Nanyang!"
Xu Ziliang was extremely excited: "So, if we start an uprising in Siam, we can gather a hundred thousand troops from the beginning?"
An Yi nodded: "The Hongxing Society and the Anjia Army are originally one. Taking off the military uniform is the Hongxing Society, and putting on this camouflage uniform is the Anjia Army. If everything goes well, we can successfully capture Siam."
The problem, the crux of the problem now, is how to legitimately annex a sovereign country. After all, the three million Chinese only account for 20% of the total population of Siam. What if other people don't agree with the merger?"
Having said this, An Yi looked at his watch, stood up and said: "It's getting late. I have to attend the combat meeting. Let's have dinner together in the evening. After dinner, we set off to Wujing Town. There will be grand fireworks there in the early morning.
'Performance, we can enjoy the beautiful scenery and talk about Nanyang things at the same time!"