Although the "Southern Anhui Incident" that shocked China and the rest of the world did not happen due to the change of history, the Nationalist Government had already stopped the food and salary supplies of the Eighth Route Army and the government of the border districts, and at the same time had already blockaded the Qinchuan River for 800 miles, and the economic blockade was a foregone conclusion, and the financial war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was inevitable.

Since Han Yunhua's troops wiped out the Japanese army in Mongolia, he "took most of Suiyuan and Chahar as his own" and became a veritable prince who dominated one side. Han Yunhua is well aware of the importance of finance and trade to the development of a region, and the role of currency, a general equivalent, in the entire financial system is extremely important, so there is no room for sloppiness.

Han Yunhua is not from studying finance, so he doesn't know much about economics, but Han Yunhua still knows the simple truth that he can't use other people's currency, so only hard currencies such as border currency and gold and silver can be circulated in the northern part of the country, and Han Yunhua strictly prohibits anyone and any unit from using yen, dollar, pound sterling, and even the legal tender issued by the national government cannot be used. The reason is that in addition to not wanting to be controlled by others, Han Yunhua, as a person who has a certain understanding of history, instinctively does not recognize the economy of the national government. Think about the skyrocketing prices in the Kuomintang now, although people have not yet reached the time to carry sacks of money to buy rice, but the fiat currency is far less valuable than it was in the 30s.

On the eve of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1937, the total amount of legal tender issued was only more than 1.4 billion yuan, and during the eight-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Kuomintang government used the legal tender to continuously expand the issuance to monopolize the national economy and loot the people's wealth. By the eve of Japan's surrender in August 1945, the issuance of fiat currency had reached 556.9 billion yuan, 360 times that of the early stage of the Anti-Japanese War.

In terms of purchasing power, 100 yuan fiat currency was able to buy two large cows in 1937, a large cow and a calf in 1938, a large cow in 1939, a calf in 1940, a pig in 1941, a ham in 1942, a hen in 1943, half a hen in 1944, a fish in 1945, an egg in 1946, a briquette or a third of fritters in 1947, and four grains of rice in 1948.

On February 20, 1946, the Kuomintang-controlled newspaper "Frontline Daily" published a report that, according to the results of a social survey, it was believed that the minimum living expenses of a family of five in Shanghai and other cities at that time was 156,000 yuan, but the actual purchasing power of such a huge figure was about 50 yuan in legal currency before the Anti-Japanese War, and 1,500 yuan today.

Such an ending is something Han Yunhua doesn't want to see, but Han Yunhua also knows that there are some things that won't happen if he doesn't want to see them, and many things are not transferred by manpower, and they are force majeure, so Han Yunhua must prepare early.

If you want to make a breakthrough in the financial system, you must have an understanding of finance and the economy of the entire military region, and at the same time, you must have the help of relevant authoritative figures in the field of economics to be responsible for the overall operation, otherwise it is easy to have problems.

Although Han Yunhua also handed over the task of understanding the economy in the defense zone to Qian Zhuangfei, he himself had to have an objective understanding of this, so two weeks ago, Han Yunhua personally went to the market to take a look around the market as soon as he had time to learn about the prices of various commodities in the market, mainly agricultural products. By the way, it is also to accompany his wife more, since they got married, the two of them have been together very little, and now they are about to separate again, to be honest, both of them are reluctant to separate, but in the ** era, life and death are often separated. For the sake of the country and the nation, the young couple can only cherish this time when they get together with each other.

Han Yunhua's family walked around the market for more than an hour, and then returned to the military compound by car. As soon as I entered the door, I saw Political Commissar Luo playing in his yard with 3-year-old Xiao Dongjin in his arms, and saw Han Yunhua's family coming out of the car, so he hugged his son and came over to take a look.

"Hehehe, what, go pick up your daughter-in-law home?" Political Commissar Luo couldn't help but joke when he saw Han Yunhua holding his daughter and holding a vegetable basket, looking like a houseman.

"Hahaha, Yuhan will go to the 385 Brigade in two days, I will accompany her more in the past few days, I just went to the market to buy some vegetables, and I am going to make a stewed noodle today. Lao Luo, your family must not have eaten at this point, go and call Yueqin's sister-in-law over to eat together, let you taste the taste of braised noodles in the north today, hehehe"...,

Originally, Political Commissar Luo didn't want to disturb the affection of the young couple, and was about to refuse, but Han Yunhua couldn't see his thoughts, so he continued: "Old Luo, don't be polite, eating is secondary, and there are still some things that need to be communicated with you." ”

"Okay, I'll go over later, I haven't drunk for a while, I'll go to your house to drink once today, hehehe." Seeing Han Yunhua say this, Political Commissar Luo was not hypocritical.

"Okay, I'll wait for you at home, hehehe"

Luo Ronghuan is a southerner, to be honest, he is a little unaccustomed to eating pasta from the north, but fortunately, there are sorghum and millet here in Saibei, although the taste is not as good as rice, but it is not bad. Seeing a large pot full of shredded noodles, mixed with some potatoes, leeks and chicken nuggets, the appetite of the four adults and two children was immediately aroused.

Each person was given a big bowl first, and even the two little ones were given a small bowl each.

"Yunhua, I didn't expect you kid to really have a hand at cooking, this stewed noodle is delicious, even I, a person who doesn't love pasta very much, is hungry like this, I think you must have never cooked when you were in Yan'an."

"That's not right, if you haven't cooked, how can you practice such a good cooking skill, I think Commander Yunhua must practice every day, otherwise he won't be able to do this level at all." Lin Yueqin didn't believe her husband's words.

Political Commissar Luo smiled: "Hehehe, this has nothing to do with those, although I don't know where Yunhua learned this cooking skill, but I dare to guarantee that our commander must not have cooked in Yan'an a few times, otherwise it would be impossible for him to stay here." ”

"Why is this, Commissar Luo, how do you know that Yunhua didn't cook when he was in Yan'an?" Yuhan was also interested, so he asked.

"Hehehe, I still understand the chairman's temper, if he had known that Yunhua had such a single-handed cooking ability, then he could still be sent to the front line, I'm afraid he would be transferred to the cooking class as soon as possible, but then we would have one less genius military strategist, and Yan'an would have more excellent chefs, hehehehe"

"Hehehehe"

"Hehehehe"

"Lao Luo, when will you learn to tease people, okay, let's go one first." Saying that, Han Yunhua raised his glass.

Lao Luo also laughed and said: "I can't drink this red wine to be honest, it seems that you kid can't drink it too, don't you say that you are not guilty, some Japanese sake and Soviet vodka don't drink, why don't you make such a bottle of old vinegar, see if you are detained." ”

"Lao Luo, you have to speak with your conscience, this is not ordinary red wine, this bottle is at least two hundred years old and good wine, it's not your fault that you can't taste it, but you can't take advantage of it and sell it, sister-in-law Yueqin, you have to help me."

"Sister-in-law can't help you, you men's affairs will be solved by yourself, come in and drink some water, don't choke." After speaking, Lin Yueqin turned around and took care of her son.

Seeing that Xiao Dongjin was rubbing his mouth and adding food, Xiao Sihan was unhappy, and looked at Yuhan with big eyes. Yuhan also smiled and said: "Don't look at me, I don't understand that thing, I mean that you men try not to drink alcohol, drinking too much hurts your body, forget it, don't talk about you, Sihan wants to eat, Mom will add it to you." ”

"Chicken mom I want to eat chicken, not chicken butt"

"Okay, is it enough?" Yuhan added a few pieces of chicken to Xiao Sihan's bowl.

"Enough mom, I want to drink the red thing?" Seeing the adults and red wine, Xiao Sihan also coaxed.

"You can't drink it, what kind of wine do girls drink, mom will give you sugar water."

"If you don't drink it, the sugar water doesn't taste good"

For dinner, the women were busy cleaning up the table, while Han Yunhua and Luo Ronghuan went out for a walk with their children in their arms.

"Lao Luo, I came to you today mainly to talk about financial reform, how is it, what are your thoughts?" Han Yunhua straightened her daughter's hat and said solemnly.

"Financial reform? If you want to reform the financial affairs of the military districts, I am afraid it will not be easy. Political Commissar Luo said.

"It's really not easy, but it has to be carried out in difficulty, otherwise the finance of our base area will be controlled by the little devils and the Kuomintang, and now our entire defense area has expanded a lot, but in this way there are new problems, now the currency in circulation in Hebei, Suiyuan, and Chahar is not uniform, there are yen, silver dollars, fiat currency, border currency, etc., if the Japanese army wantonly issues those paper money, or the national government's Fabi suddenly depreciates, then the currency held by the people will suddenly turn into a water, Wealth can also evaporate suddenly, so if we want to grow the economy, we have to carry out financial reforms and issue our own currency. Han Yunhua explained. …,

Luo Ronghuan also knows the predicament that the military region is facing now, before the base area was small, and it was no problem to use any currency, but now it can no longer be like before.

"Issuing currency is not as simple as doing anything else, it is necessary to have professional economic experts to plan this matter as a whole, and I think we should first consult the central government and listen to their opinions." As a political commissar, Luo Ronghuan is still very measured in this regard, and if he can't make the decision, he will immediately report to the Central Committee.

Han Yunhua smiled and said: "I also mean this, it is impossible to hide such a big matter from the central government, and I know that the central government also has this meaning, and it is also necessary to ask for the opinion of the central government, but before that, we must find out how much hard currency and foreign exchange we have now, otherwise it is not easy for us to answer no." The most important thing is that I want you to ask Lao Luo for instructions from the Central Committee if you can transfer Comrade Chen Yun to work in our military region. ”

"Comrade Chen Yun is now in charge of political and economic work in Yan'an, and I am afraid that the chairman will not release him if he is transferred to Saibei, but let's try it first, if we can persuade the chairman to support us in carrying out financial reform, I am afraid that Comrade Chen Yun will only be able to let Comrade Chen Yun come to our military region at that time." After all, Luo Ronghuan is much more experienced than Han Yunhua in this regard.

"Well, Comrade Chen Yun's affairs will be handed over to Lao Luo, in a while we will move to Zhangjiakou, and it will be another situation when we get there, in the next two to three years, we will not have much time to confront the Japanese army head-on, so we must seize this rare opportunity to develop, not only to develop the economy but also to develop the military and the training of military cadres, in addition, the military industry must also be reformed as soon as possible, we must get the support of the Soviet Union as soon as possible, and build Saibei into our largest heavy industry base in China, Before the next round of the war breaks out, we will at least complete our self-sufficiency in guns, sub-ammunition. After two or three years of self-cultivation, the common people in the northern part of the region have almost regained their vitality, and according to statistics, all the rural areas in the original base areas of our military region have more than doubled compared with 37 years, and this is a good phenomenon. I plan to start collecting taxes from the peasants and industrial and commercial producers in the northern part of the country this year, and we will discuss the specific collection method, because after all, we now have so many troops and government personnel to support, and it is not possible to continue without collecting taxes. Han Yunhua said.

"Yes, it's really inappropriate for such a large piece of land to not collect taxes, and it's easy to clash with other troops. I'll talk to Lao Yang about this matter, but the Soviet Union still wants the commander to send someone to contact him, and I'm afraid it won't work if we send someone. ”

"No problem, the first batch of weapons and ammunition that the Soviet Union supports us will be in place in two months at most, and I will talk to Ilanova at that time, and Lao Shen will also urge them to step up training, although large-scale battles cannot be fought for the time being, but small-scale battles will still happen often."

"Hehehe, don't worry, I can see your intentions when you send troops to each military division, your commander is not small, tell me honestly what you want to do?" Political Commissar Luo asked with a smile.

Han Yunhua said with a smile: "I have made full consideration when I assign troops to each second-level army subdivision, the Saibei Military Subdivision belongs to the rear guarding troops, and at the same time shoulders the heavy responsibility of supporting the Northeast Military Subdivision and Yan'an, but after all, their main task is to defend and stay, not to attack, so although the number of their military subdivisions is quite large, there are not many elites." You are not unaware of the troop establishment of our military region, the further the number goes on, the weaker the combat effectiveness becomes, and the 55th to 60th divisions are still not yet fully staffed, I am afraid that Lao Tan has an opinion on my distribution plan, and all the units with weaker combat effectiveness in the military region have been assigned to their Saibei Army subdivision. But I have to do it, and the elite troops have to be put on the front line, and they have to keep that sharpness all the time. And the troops with weak combat effectiveness cannot slack off, they are all the foundation of our entire military region, all heavy industries and military academies are in the north of the country, with the support of these resources, if Lao Tan can't bring an elite, then he is not Tan Zhenlin. ”

"Let's talk about Lao Shen's Northeast Army Division, the troops of the Northeast Army Division are the smallest among all military divisions, and the infantry is only six divisions, and the rest are cavalry troops. But Lao Luo, look at the six cavalry divisions of the Northeast Army Division, they are all elite troops of the military region, and the troops formed later are only 28 divisions, but who is the commander of the 28 divisions, that is Cao Lihuai, with other elite cadres, the combat effectiveness of the entire 28 divisions is not weak. The Northeast Army Division controls the entire prairie and monitors the Kwantung Army in the Northeast, so they not only need a large number of cavalry, but also elite infantry, so their troop distribution plan is mainly cavalry, supplemented by elite infantry. The 500,000-strong troops of the Eastern Hebei Army and the Northeast Army have pinned down more than half of the elite of the Japanese Kwantung Army in Liaoning and Shenyang, which has greatly reduced the pressure on the Anti-Japanese Union, and our small troops are more comfortable in the northeast region, and Li Dingguo's 16th Division was originally broken into pieces in the northeast, and it can play a big role when the time comes, and I am afraid that there will be nothing to do with Chiang Kai-shek when the northeast is recovered. ”

"There is also the Southern Hebei Military Division, the Southern Hebei Military Division is dealing with the Japanese North China Front and the recalcitrant army in northern Henan, so I sent the experienced Yang Chengwu and Song Shilun (I made a mistake before, the previous chapter was written about Su Yu, forgive me), although the Southern Hebei Military Division has to deal with the North China Front, but it is the most unlikely place to have a war, because like us, Okamura Ningji must also stabilize before trying to develop. Therefore, there are many troops in the Southern Hebei Army, but there are also many new recruits. ”

"The last Beiping Military Division was managed by Su Yu, and the number was not large, and there were many recruits. However, the Beiping Military Sub-district is the one with the strongest combat effectiveness among these military sub-districts, because the jurisdiction under the jurisdiction of the Beiping Military Sub-district includes the Beijing-Tianjin region, Baoding, Zhangjiakou, and other cities and counties, and even the headquarters of our military region is on the territory of other people, so once there is a wind urging the grass, those units of our military region headquarters will not be able to provide support at the first time, and even we, the leaders of the military region, will be able to participate in the operation in Beiping. Therefore, on the whole, the Beiping Military Sub-district has the strongest combat effectiveness, and the weapons and equipment of the Beiping Military Sub-district are also the best, and the hundreds of coastal defense heavy artillery pieces at the Tianjin port alone are enough to deter Xiaoxiao, and ordinary people dare to provoke them. ”

After listening to Han Yunhua's words, Luo Ronghuan was quite shocked, and said with a sigh: "It is true, no matter what you do, you can only achieve greater results by teaching according to local conditions and aptitude, and only by fully understanding the environment can you make fuller use of the chips in your hands, and then you can achieve greater results, which is the essence of the chairman." ”……，