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Chapter 999: Financial Turmoil (3)

When the Huaqing Society sent two telegrams to An Yi, he was still on the painting boat in Chengbi Lake, drinking and chatting with Huang Shaohong. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Brother Xian, this trip to North China, Brother Fool feels deeply! It has been more than four months since he went north on October 22 last year, and during this time, he saw that the provinces of North China were in chaos under the instructions of Japan, Soviet Russia, and other powers.

"Brother Xian didn't know, on the fourth day after I arrived in Beiping, Tang Yulin and Liu Guitang fought each other in Chahar Chicheng, which quickly developed into a military conflict, and Sun Dianying, with the support of Yan Xishan, went out of Shaanxi and Henan to attack Ganqingning, trying to find a territory in the northwest for him to take root, and broke out a series of battles with the local warlords...... At present, the situation in the north is changing three times a day, which is really not conducive to the great cause of resisting Japan, and has reached the point where it cannot be changed without change! Huang Shaohong said with a sigh.

An Yi comforted: "This is also something that can't be helped, now that the Central Army is doing its best to fight the communist army, where is the extra energy to manage the civil war between local warlords?" Now that the Japanese are slowly stabilizing the situation in Northeast China and gradually digesting the territory they have swallowed up in North China, they can only use all their scheming to sow discord among our armies in North China. ”

Huang Shaohong raised his head and drank a glass of wine, sullen for a moment, and suddenly asked: "Brother Xian, you said that Brother Yu applied to the chairman of the committee, how about going to the northwest border?" Brother Xian had previously deduced the Sino-Japanese war situation with me many times, predicting that once a major war broke out, China would soon lose its coastal provinces and other provinces, and could only retreat inland to resist, and if we did not have a stable and peaceful rear with a certain industrial base to rely on, it would be difficult for us to take advantage of the national war with Japan. Now that the virtuous brother is working hard to manage the southwest region, wouldn't it be nice if the foolish brother could open up a world in the northwest and echo with the virtuous brother from afar? ”

An Yi was a little surprised: "Which province is my brother going to go to the northwest to show his ambitions?" ”

Huang Shaohong said firmly: "Xinjiang! ”

"Xinjiang?"

An Yi was stunned for a moment: "Why Xinjiang?" It was Sheng Shicai's territory, and he wouldn't let it go easily. ”

Huang Shaohong smiled confidently: "I know that Sheng Shicai was your subordinate and had feelings for him, but is he really qualified for the position of chairman of any province?" For this reason, I have specially investigated with the Military Commission, so far, he is only a small colonel chief of staff, even if he is currently serving as the temporary supervisor of Xinjiang, but he has not been recognized by the central government, in what name is he in charge of a province? ”

Seeing An Yi's thoughtful expression, Huang Shaohong continued: "I, the Minister of the Interior, rank first among the ministries and commissions of the Executive Yuan, but the Ministry of the Interior is still an authentic cold yamen.

"Since the beginning of 28, in four years, the Ministry of the Interior has changed ten ministers for no reason, those who have the means have been transferred, and those who have no way can make ends meet, and there is no way to continue, as long as I ask for resignation, until I take office, I will sit on this cold board alone until now.

"The organs of our government are still inevitably the habits of the Beiyang government era, the rich are naturally very generous, and the poor without money are very poor, and now a chief is transferred, and the subordinates are all transferred with it, so when I arrived, there were more letters from all parties introducing personnel than official documents, so in view of this, I also specially published a notice in the Central Daily, and thanked all parties for their love with a small situation and a small porridge and few monks."

An Yi disagreed: "Isn't the commission trusting my brother?" My brother was also the Minister of Railways for a time, so it stands to reason that he shouldn't be so unbearable......"

Huang Shaohong waved his hand: "A weak country has no diplomacy, and the world says that it is difficult to be China's foreign minister, but in fact, how can it not be the case as a minister of the interior who has no money?" Now, no matter what kind of project it is, I have to talk about money at every move, but all the money has been used by the chairman of the committee to suppress the CCP, and even if I have a thousand ideas, I can't continue it! On the question of power and responsibility, after I took office, I saw that the subordinates of water conservancy organs across the country were different, so I proposed that the Ministry of the Interior should be unified under them, and after the chairman agreed, he proposed that it be submitted to the Standing Committee of the Central Committee for discussion. This shows how nominal I, the Minister of the Interior, have become. ”

An Yi was still the first time he heard Huang Shaohong complaining, thought about it, and persuaded euphemistically: "Since my brother doesn't want to continue to stay in the center, then you can wait for the opportunity, there will always be a good position vacant." Xinjiang is the land of right and wrong, it's best not to touch it, there is no way to even take the throne, let alone the elder brother? ”

Seeing that Huang Shaohong was a little unconvinced, An Yi hurriedly told him what he knew about the development of the prosperous world.

"The first time I met Sheng Shicai was when Mao Guangxiang and Li Shen in Guizhou fought fiercely after the Central Plains War and fought for the right to rule Guizhou. Later, the Military Commission and the Party Department sent Sheng Shicai and Wen Qiang to Guizhou to carry out work respectively, and Sheng Shicai had more contact with me, and there was a constant exchange of letters and telegrams on weekdays, so I also had a deeper understanding of him.

"Sheng Shicai is a shrewd person, good at drilling camps, long before he got acquainted with me, he was good friends with Lu Xiaozu, the secretary general of Xinjiang Province, since he returned to Guizhou, I originally planned to arrange for him to meet with the third brother of Ming, the third brother of Mo and Chen Cixiu, to give him a chance to lead the troops, to get a major general brigade commander at the worst, but he did not want to bear the loneliness but went to Xinjiang with Lu Xiaozu, and was quickly appointed as the chief instructor of tactics of the military academy by Jin Shuren, who has been running Xinjiang for many years. Two years ago, because Jin Shuren was exploiting too much, provoking a popular uprising, some local powerful warlords took the opportunity to secede and become independent, and Jin Shuren had no generals under his command, so he appointed Sheng Shicai as the commander-in-chief of the East Road to suppress bandits.

"On April 12 last year, the 'Fourth. 12 'coup d'état, Jin Shuren fled the provincial capital in panic, and at this time, Sheng Shicai, who had a strong army in his hands, was elected as the provisional governor of Xinjiang by all parties, and Liu Wenlong, director of the Department of Education, was elected as the chairman of Xinjiang Provisional Province. In December last year, Sheng Shicai put Liu and his family under house arrest on suspicion of Liu Wenlong's treason, forced Liu to resign, and appointed Zhu Ruiqi, an elderly and sick old bureaucrat, as the provincial chairman, thus taking control of Xinjiang. ”

Speaking of this, An Yi looked at Huang Shaohong with a smile: "Brother, put aside Sheng Shicai's collusion with Soviet Russia and lead the Soviet Red Army into Xinjiang, just say such a heroic figure, is my brother sure to control or expel him?" Looking at Sheng Shicai's growth trajectory in the past few years, I have to sigh at his application of power and grasp of timing, which is indeed a difficult opponent to deal with......"

Huang Shaohong's face changed several times, although he also vaguely knew some of Sheng Shicai's situation, but he did not have an in-depth understanding, originally in his opinion, this person was just a little luckier, and he repeatedly met nobles to help, coupled with the chaos in Xinjiang, this is why he was born. Now it seems that everything behind it may not be simple, and even the shadow of Sheng Shicai exists behind the coup d'état and turmoil, which is definitely not as easy to deal with as imagined.

Huang Shaohong was silent for a while, and sighed faintly: "Speaking of which, Xinjiang can't go, but looking at the northwest, there are wars everywhere, where is the place where I can display my ambitions?" ”

An Yi smiled and pointed in the direction of the east: "Zhejiang may be a place that my brother can fight for." ”

"Zhejiang? Isn't that the territory of Lu Yong'an (Lu Diping)? How could he possibly give up the position of provincial chairman, which had been in business for many years? Huang Shaohong asked puzzled.

An Yi patiently explained: "As one of the leaders of the Department of Political Science, Lu Yong'an is actually difficult to live up to his fame, just look at his three years of running Zhejiang without any political achievements, and even the provincial government can't issue a decree to know how capable he is." Since Lu Yong'an became the chairman of Zhejiang Province, he has taken the countermeasure of 'doing nothing', and most of the time he has been in the 'cool world' not far from Hangzhou - Mogan Mountain to raise scabies and escape the heat. Now there is such a folk song in Zhejiang: 'The chairman has been sick for three years, the secretary-general has been prostituted for three years, and the director of the civil affairs department has been drunk for three years, each with its own merits', which makes people laugh and be generous. It is precisely because of Lu Yong'an's inaction that Zhejiang has made a mess, and the chairman of the committee has quite a few complaints about him, and it is estimated that he will not be able to sit in the position of provincial chairman for long. ”

Huang Shaohong sighed: "This can't be completely blamed on Lu Yong'an, Zhejiang is the hometown of the chairman, although Lu Yong'an is named the chairman of Zhejiang Province, but all important government departments are in the hands of the chairman's henchmen, such as Chen Bui, the director of the Department of Education is Zeng Yangfu, the director of the Department of Finance is Zhou Junyan, the director of security is Xuan Tiewu, the commander of the garrison is Yu Jishi, etc., they are all the descendants of the chairman, or important members of the CC department, and I can't do anything about it!" ”

An Yi said disapprehantly: "In the final analysis, it is caused by lack of ability, Lu Diping is the provincial chairman after all, occupying the name of righteousness, if he really intends to carry out economic construction in a big way, no one can stop him, and then he only needs to use the general trend to install his own people, I dare not say that I can run the entire Zhejiang as solid, but at least it will not be as passive as now." Look at Sheng Shicai, and then compare Lu Yong'an, you will know how big the gap is between people! ”

Huang Shaohong was moved by An Yi's words, and thought about it for a long time, but found that it was just the result of his and An Yi's speculation, and couldn't help laughing.

An Yi said solemnly: "Brother, don't laugh, I have prepared a hundred-man guard team for you and a ten-member staff team composed entirely of high-achieving students who graduated from my non-commissioned officer school, I believe that my brother will always be useful one day." ”

Huang Shaohong's eyes suddenly turned red, no one can better understand An Yi's deep friendship than him, and at this moment, he even had an urge to die as a confidant.