After a long time, Yu Liangzhen said quietly: "Zi Ren which Zi is tough, there are thousands of roads in the world, why did you choose the most difficult one?" Why bother? What's the problem? ”

Zhong Yi said awe-inspiringly: "What does the commander-in-chief mean by this? ”

Yu Liangzhen sighed: "Actually, you should know that the focus of this matter is not Chen Jinmu. ”

"Of course I do." Zhong Yi said without thinking, "The focus of this matter is opium smuggling, as long as the opium smuggling channel can be maintained, let alone Chen Jinmu, I will kill all the hundreds of officials in Yinjiang, large and small, they don't care, and they will even take the initiative to turn around for me." ”

"If you know, it's good." Yu Liangzhen said quietly, "Then you should know what to do, right?" ”

"What does the commander-in-chief mean is for me to reconnect to the opium smuggling channel?" Zhong Yi's eyes turned cold.

Yu Liangzhen frowned slightly, and said: "I know, Ziren, you are an upright person, and you can't bear to watch drugs like opium infringe on the bodies of your compatriots, but have you ever thought about it, even if you cut off the opium smuggling channels in Yinjiang, our compatriots will not be harmed by opium?" ”

"Of course it can't be." Zhong Yi said, "Driven by huge profits, opium dealers will still develop other smuggling channels, and they may even open channels in the Japanese-occupied areas!" After all, little Japan needs money too! ”

"That's it." Yu Liangzhen sighed, "The smoking ban is not an overnight thing, even the principal is helpless, how can you rely on your son to succeed?" That is to say, in our China, the existence of the opium market is an objective fact, and it will not disappear because of you, nor will it expand because of Chen Jinmu! ”

After a pause, Yu Liangzhen said again: "Since this is the case, why do you have to force opium to cross the Japanese-occupied area, and why do you have to let the Japanese make this money?" Wouldn't it be good for us to earn it ourselves? Ziren, you also said just now, everything is difficult without money, but as long as you open up the opium smuggling channels, won't you have money? ”

It must be admitted that Yu Liangzhen's words also have a certain degree of crookedness.

This means that those addicts in China will not disappear all of a sudden, they will have to smoke opium, and as long as there is a market, someone will sell it! The opium trade will never be eradicated! In that case, instead of letting the Japanese make money, it would be better for us to make money ourselves, and we can use the money we earn to fight the war, right?

But Zhong Yi obviously wouldn't be persuaded by crooked reasoning so easily, because he knew better.

Zhong Yi said: "But have you thought about it, commander-in-chief, how much harm will it cause if you do this?" ”

"How harmful?" Yu Liangzhen frowned slightly and said, "It's nothing more than that my compatriots are poisoned by opium, what other danger can there be?" ”

Zhong Yi shook his head and asked an irrelevant word: "I heard that not long ago, the commander-in-chief was asked to concurrently serve as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Tenth Army?" ”

Yu Liangzhen frowned and said, "Why did you suddenly talk about this?" ”

Zhong Yi asked again: "What does the commander-in-chief think of the Tenth Army?" ”

Yu Liangzhen sighed: "I went to several divisions of the 28th Army and the 10th Division, and I don't feel very optimistic, these divisions, whether they are senior generals or middle-level officers, all eat empty salaries and drink the blood of soldiers, and the treatment of officers and soldiers at the grassroots level is even worse than that of dogs. ”

Zhong Yi said solemnly: "Commander-in-chief, this is what I have to say!" ”

Yu Liangzhen's expression froze, and he said in a deep voice: "You mean to say that if opium smuggling is not eradicated, even if the East Zhejiang Coastal Defense Corps is formed, it will not be possible to form combat effectiveness?" ”

"Yes." Zhong Yi nodded and said in a deep voice, "Commander-in-chief, do you know what happened to the Yinjiang Garrison Division because of Chen Jinmu's involvement in opium smuggling?" ”

Yu Liangzhen said: "What has become of the scourge? ”

Zhong Yi said: "The three main regiments of the Yinjiang Garrison Division have a total of more than 6,000 registered soldiers, but in fact there are only more than 2,000 people, and the middle-level officers of the garrison division have eaten two-thirds of the vacancy!" ”

"What?" Yu Liangzhen changed his face and said, "There are more than 6,000 people on the register, but there are actually only 2,000 people?!" ”

"That's not even the most excessive!" Zhong Yi sneered, and then said, "It's more than 2,000 people, all of them are yellow-skinned and weak, don't talk about fighting such troops, even if they can't do a single exercise!" And the reason why this is the case is because the upper beam is not correct and the lower beam is crooked! ”

After a slight pause, Zhong Yi continued: "The current situation of the Tenth Army has proven that even if it is just doing business normally, it will lead to the corruption of an army and a sharp decline in combat effectiveness, not to mention the lucrative business activities such as opium smuggling? Commander-in-chief, I can tell you responsibly that as long as this opening is opened, the East Zhejiang Coastal Defense Corps and the Zhejiang Provincial Anti-Enemy Self-Defense Regiment will be finished. ”

Yu Liangzhen was speechless, because he knew that what Zhong Yi said was basically right.

The corruption and erosion of the army by business is beyond imagination, not to mention opium smuggling!

After pondering for a while, Yu Liangzhen finally gritted his teeth and said: "That's it, you hand over seventy percent of the benefits obtained from this clean-up operation to the provincial treasury, and on the way here, I tested Huang Shaohong's tone, this duke should not be involved in opium smuggling, and it can be seen that he hates opium smuggling." ”

After a pause, he continued: "So, as long as you hand over the benefits of these clean-up operations to the provincial treasury, Huang Shaohong will definitely stand up and speak for you, and then I will beat the side drum from the side, and I should be able to deal with it!" After all, those people's butts are not clean underneath, and they dare not open up! ”

Zhong Yi couldn't help but secretly scolded Nima, going around and asking for money!

Most of the opium interest groups mentioned earlier were just an excuse.

Because it is easy to use this excuse to press him first, and then ask for money.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Yu Liangzhen really wanted to connect to the opium smuggling channel, so as to eat the benefits of the opium trade across the Yinjiang River, but he was persuaded by Zhong Yi and finally dispelled the idea.

But how can Zhong Yi be easily fooled? Give money? It is never possible to give money.

"It can't be!" Zhong Yi said categorically, "I won't hand over a penny of this money!" ”

"Why don't you understand?" Yu Liangzhen said anxiously, "This is called retreating as advance!" You can't always be tough! ”

"Then the mayor can't do it." Zhong Yi said angrily, "Yinjiang is already so poor that he can't open the pot, I finally thought of this method and made a small fortune, but the province has to insert a lever horizontally, and I have to take away the big head, then I, the mayor, am still a fart, and I want the horses to run, and the horses don't eat grass, how can there be such a good thing!" ”