Chapter 484: Trends from all walks of life
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On August 10, the New York Times once again featured Harrett Murphy. Report from Aban. This article called "Harbin After the Disaster - Reports from the Frontline" has caused a sensation from all walks of life without exception!
At the same time, as the commander-in-chief of this disaster relief, Tu Qianjun was once again on the cover of Time magazine! And Aban's report was also sent to Roosevelt's hands, looking at this report, Roosevelt pondered for a long time and sighed!
"Harbin after the disaster - reports from the front line": The most dangerous time has passed, and Harbin and even the whole of Manchuria can breathe a sigh of relief. I can also continue to report on the course of events for you.
Although the catastrophe has passed. However, what the flood left behind was a mess. In the aftermath of the catastrophe, infectious diseases such as Huliera, scarlet fever, diphtheria, and measles are at risk of large-scale outbreaks. Railways, roads, farmlands, villages, ...... and so on on a large area of damage.
More than 200,000 people can only temporarily live in makeshift tents provided for them by the army, and unlike last year's devastating floods, which spread across several provinces, there will be no famine. The victims are led by the soldiers who saved their lives every day to clean up the disaster area.
Their diet was taken care of by the Wehrmacht soldiers, and the children were gathered together to learn writing and arithmetic under the guidance of a section of the wounded fighters. They are well taken care of.
Although facing the outbreak of the epidemic, fortunately, the governor Mr. Yan Zhengqing had anticipated this situation early on, and together with Mr. Yuan Jinkai, the internal governor of Manchuria, he organized a large number of ambulance teams to participate in epidemic prevention and treatment. Mr. Yuan Jinkai had already purchased a large number of "medicine" products together with Mr. Yang Yuting, the general minister of the Manchurian Ministry of Commerce, long before the catastrophe.
Now, Mr. Yang Yuting is busy working day and night to collect all kinds of supplies to send to the disaster area. The damaged roads were gradually repaired with the efforts of students from Northeastern University, the Ministry of Railways of the three eastern provinces, and the Ministry of Engineers of the National Defense Forces.
I have to commend the students of Northeastern University, they are the most disciplined and responsible students I have ever seen in China. You must know that in the past, when such a thing happened in China, students may angrily scold the incompetence of the authorities in their own journals.
Or they may march around in protest, or some of them will choose to go around to raise money for disaster relief. But this time, they turned my perception upside down. Perhaps they have also subverted the perception of all Chinese people.
These students did not march and boycott classes as they had done in the past, but chose to communicate with the school. After that, the school was temporarily suspended under the organization of the teachers. Go everywhere to help the railway and engineering departments with the repair of the roads.
Under the guidance of their teachers, the medical students applied to the provincial governments of the three eastern provinces to go to the disaster area, and after the roads were basically repaired, they entered the disaster area as doctors who were desperately needed in the disaster area, along with the "medicine" products they raised.
They were silent and doing their best to help rebuild, and in fact I heard from some of the students that they had tried to enter the disaster area to fight the floods and applied to the authorities. However, the authorities of the three eastern provinces rejected their proposal.
The authorities told them. Now the road is badly damaged, and due to the lack of supplies, it is necessary to give priority to the entry of supplies. However, the authorities asked them to prepare for the disaster, so the students waited quietly for a call.
If you know the recent history of China, you will understand how unruly these students are - they even stormed and burned the homes of the prime minister and the foreign minister!
But now they are willingly waiting for the authorities to call them at school, which is unbelievable to many people!
It was only later that I learned that the students had received some military training from the Wehrmacht. And they are not those huāduo outside the three eastern provinces who just stay on campus, they go to government agencies at all levels to conduct research and assist local governments in handling some government affairs under the organization of the three eastern provinces during the summer vacation.
I was amazed at how the governments of the three eastern provinces did this. But now it seems that this approach is perfectly correct. I don't see the impetuousness of those students elsewhere in these students, they have good discipline and a sense of responsibility!
Having been involved in government affairs, they have a good understanding of the operation of government agencies. At the same time, he also accepted the explanation of the provincial government of the three eastern provinces and patiently waited for the arrangement.
But what surprised me the most compared to the students was the silence of the victims. In the entire disaster area, at least I have seen no theft, robbery, rape...... And so on and so forth. And a large number of these violent incidents occurred in the floods that affected several provinces last year.
The people seemed to have a great deal of trust in the Wehrmacht, and they waited quietly for the soldiers to arrange for them. Whether it's cleaning up their disaster-stricken homes. Or the restoration of the washed-out section.
Here, they don't have to worry about going without food and drink. Every day, the Wehrmacht will cook for them at regular intervals, and the government officials of the three provincial governments will explain the government's disaster relief measures to the victims. Tell them that the government will provide free seeds and give them funding before harvest.
Part of the house has been restored with the assistance of the military. And the collapsed houses have been cleared. Now the most lacking is disinfectant water and building materials, which are not bad. After all, the two blast furnaces with a claimed output of 300 tons per day built directly by the American Steel Company in Manchuria have already been ignited and put into operation.
Disinfectant water is still scarce, but the Chinese people have their own solutions. The legendary Taoist Ge Yuetan came to Harbin with his disciples and many Chinese medicine practitioners, and their treatment and preventive measures were seemingly simple but very effective.
Daoist Ge Yuetan used his strength to buy a lot of garlic and brought it to the disaster area, and by the way, he asked the provincial government of the three eastern provinces to help and also bought a lot of garlic! I was skeptical about the medicinal value of this condiment at first, but the information of the missionaries in Harbin surprised me!
Priest Esther, who participated in the First World War rescue, told me from his experience and books that the antimicrobial activity of garlic had been discovered by Pasteur in France as early as the 19th century.
Later studies have confirmed that garlic has a positive effect on many intestinal pathogenic bacteria, such as the common Staphylococcus aureus, streptococcus, and E. coli...... etc., there is an inhibition and killing effect!
Garlic has also enjoyed the reputation of "gastrointestinal disinfectant" because of this. The most amazing thing is. Bacteria are almost incapable of developing resistance to garlic.
Priest Esther also told me that in 1918 during his First World War, the wounds on both sides of the war were increasing day by day, and the heat of the climate caused the wounds to become infected and suppurated. Combat effectiveness has dropped dramatically.
But the wound that has been treated with garlic juice. The infection was quickly controlled, and garlic was called a "life-saver" by the front-line officers and soldiers at that time. When I excitedly took these and tried to explain them to the Chinese medicine practitioners, their response was to scoff!
Later, the kind-hearted Taoist Ge Yuetan explained to me. Since 113 B.C., when Zhang Qian of the Han Dynasty sent an envoy to the Western Regions, he brought garlic back to the Central Plains, the edible and medicinal uses of garlic have begun to be studied.
Mr. Ge Yuetan took out several books, all of which recorded the appearance of garlic as a medicine and the protagonist of pre-epidemic diseases. The "Beilu" in the Han Dynasty, Li Jiang's "Bingbu Hand Collection Formula" in the Tang Dynasty, and Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" in the Ming Dynasty have all been recorded.
Even Li Xun, a native of the Song Dynasty, wrote a book "On Garlic Money Moxibustion", and when I read this, I couldn't help but be dumbfounded! I somewhat understood why the TCM physicians who had come with the Taoist had scoffed at my findings. Their ancestors discovered and documented the usefulness of garlic thousands of years ago.
The funny thing is that I am still questioning the role of this, and I don't dare to underestimate these TCM practitioners anymore. But I still can't figure out how they can tell the difference.
Because I often see them just walking around the mountains, and then they bring back a lot of bark and grass, and then boil it into soup for the victims to drink.
I was also forced to have to drink several bowls a day because I often had to be in the disaster area. Whether it's out of reverence for thousands of years of mystical medicine or fear of epidemics, I have to drink anyway. To be honest, it really doesn't taste good.
But it should have worked, at least I didn't see the epidemic happening.
And what has made me most emotional recently is a Wehrmacht soldier named Su Haoxuan. In fact, I had been hesitant to write his story. But after much consideration, I decided to write his story. This may explain why the Wehrmacht is superior to the Central Army and other warlords.
Su Haoxuan is the platoon commander of an ordinary company of the National Defense Forces, and he is a very handsome boy! Tall, round face that will show a mouthful of beautiful white teeth when he smiles.
When I first met him. It was a time when the levee had broken and their company was in the middle of a battle to build a second line of defense.
On this day, I roughly estimated that he carried at least 600 bags of sandbags alone, his crotch was ground out with wisps of blood, and his hands were full of blood blisters. His feet were festering, but he continued to work. And encourage his comrades-in-arms around him from time to time.
At first I just thought he was just a very responsible soldier, but then the arrival of General Su Zongzhe, Chief of the General Staff of the Wehrmacht and commander of the First Army Corps, told me that this was not the case.
I saw this young platoon commander happily call him when he saw General Su Zongzhe: Dad! That's when I learned that this general was his father!
But the meeting between father and son was not warm, and the general, who was the father, just looked at his son and said, "Look at your hands, you are not as black as me." ”
It's as simple as that, it's as straightforward as that. There is no love and reluctance. Even after saying this, the general left here with his staff officers for the other levees.
As a son, Su Haoxuan looked at his father and smiled embarrassedly as before, and continued to carry sandbags and rush to the dam. In fact, I know that in his company, he has been called "Chief" by the soldiers, and is recognized as the blackest man in the whole company.
The father and son. Perhaps it says something. In these years in China, I have seen many so-called "sons". They relied on the power of their fathers and did evil unscrupulously! Eating, drinking, prostitution, gambling, and even raping women happen from time to time.
But this second lieutenant platoon commander is doing the hardest work in this most dangerous place with the rank of second lieutenant. His lieutenant general's father did not transfer him out of the disaster area for shelter, and he himself had no intention of leaving.
His father may not know that the long-term super-intensive labor has made Su Haoxuan one meter seven or eight tall, and his weight is only about 100 catties.
And Su Haoxuan, as a son, didn't know that the general's father, who was a handful of years, had not gone to the toilet for three days and three nights, had not closed his eyes once, and had not even eaten anything on the front line of flood fighting.
But I know all this, because I have been running between the embankments of the front line and the general command. What surprised me the most was that when I was about to write about them, the father and son asked me not to write about them.
"You should go and interview our fighters and see what they are doing. Listen to what they're saying. Keep them on record. The general and his son said at the same time.
"We want people out there to remember what our soldiers have done. They're the heroes, and we're just doing something insignificant. ”
But I felt that I should write about the father and son. Thereupon. I went against their will and recorded their affairs in this report.
Tomorrow, I finally have time to rest. Because most of the relief work has been completed, the rest is post-disaster construction. The last railroad has been opened by the Wehrmacht, and construction materials will continue to flow here.
The students who will take over the work of the Wehrmacht have already set out, and they will be assisted by some of the remaining Wehrmacht to deal with some government affairs and construction matters. The rest of the troops will be evacuated and they will return to their stations for temporary recuperation.
Back at their station, the construction work was mostly done by the Wehrmacht's engineering units.
At last. I congratulate the Commander-in-Chief of the Tigers on being on the cover of Time magazine again! I have a lot of credit for this, maybe I should ask the commander-in-chief for a medal!
- Harrett. Aban, recorded in Harbin after the flood.
This report was reprinted in full in an extremely rare part by Nanjing's "Central News Agency". At the same time, "Declaration", "Ta Kung Pao", "The Times" ...... and other famous newspapers at home and abroad have also reprinted in full!
Once again, the name of the Wehrmacht and the Tiger of the Far East resounded all over the world! The day after the report was issued, a US spokesman said that Congress was discussing strengthening cooperation with Manchuria and was ready to provide $200 million in state loans.
At the same time, the British Parliament said. The parliament is also considering increasing cooperation with Manchuria. and provide a state loan of 80 million pounds.
As the governor of the three provincial governments in the eastern region, Yan Zhengqing naturally knows what it means to repay the peach, and after Britain and the United States announced that they would strengthen cooperation and provide loans, Foreign Minister Yang Yuting announced that he would strengthen cooperation with Britain and the United States. It is expected to employ more than 100,000 British workers, technicians and engineers to come to Manchuria.
And for the United States, 60,000 places are provided! Of course. Yang Yuting also announced that this is only temporary. With the development of the three eastern provinces, the number of external personnel will gradually increase.
The British, who had been given a quota of 100,000 people, were overjoyed, and they hurriedly organized a business investment mission and a military delegation to Manchuria for a visit. Of course, the British would never say that the two Elizabeth-class battleships in the military mission went there with ulterior motives.
Shen Hongliele, the commander of the National Defense Force Navy, who got the application for a visit, smiled, two battleships! Thinking about this old navy was about to drool, so he went to Yang Yuting's house overnight and forced him to sign and agree immediately. Yang Yuting didn't have time to sleep during this time, and when he was harassed by Shen Honglie like this, he could only scold him with a wry smile and then sign the matter.
At this time, the Americans could not sit still, and they hurriedly asked Governor Rooschers, who had visited China and was proficient in Chinese, to organize a new business team to visit Manchuria.
Britain's Macdonald cabinet has apparently boosted their approval rating by several percentage points when they were offered a job offer. Unemployed Britons wanted to get a job, and going to Manchuria became a desire for many.
The American candidates who were originally vying for the presidency also wanted to visit Manchuria, but they did not have Roosevelt's experience of being fluent in Chinese. Secondly. Congress, fearing that they had screwed up, chose Roosevelt anyway.
The British and American countries invested in Manchuria with loans and loans, which could not help but make the eyes of Wang Zhaoming and others in Nanjing red with jealousy! They're short of money right now! Sun Ke said something like this.
"In terms of finance, in the past few years, the debts have been high, and the central government has an annual income of 40,000 yuan, but in addition to repaying debts. The amount that can be used is less than 10,000. If you want to re-issue bonds, the collateral has been exhausted, and the price of bonds in the market is only two or three percent, that is, forced issuance, how can it be helped? Recently, the financial and tax revenues are only 6 million yuan per month, and in terms of expenditure, only military expenditure is 18 million yuan per month, according to the amount reduced by the Finance Committee in the previous month. ”
Since Song Ziwen stepped down. Huang Hailiang sent someone to receive the state treasury, which was empty and had not been cashed, and Song Ziwen also owed 10 million bills to the bank. Poor Huang Hailiang himself has neither qualifications nor a background in a specific bank in the financial world. In a situation of being alone.
Although he once went to Shanghai to raise 10 million yuan, after many efforts, he begged his grandfather to sue his grandmother and only got 3 million, which was only enough for 4 days of expenses according to the monthly calculation of 20 million yuan for military and political expenses at that time.
Due to the financial inability to solve the problem, Huang Hailiang only acted as finance minister for more than 20 days before resigning voluntarily. Sun Ke's premier also served for less than one month, and was replaced by Wang Zhaoming.
After Sun Ke stepped down. I hate Jiang and Wang very much. After stepping down, Sun Ke funded a "People's Weekly" in Shanghai, edited by Wang Kunlun, and wrote articles that scolded Jiang and Wang to a mess.
After the ouster of Sun Ke and Huang Hailiang, the Nanjing government was almost bankrupt. In desperation, Wang Zhaoming could only appoint Song Ziwen as vice president of the Executive Yuan and minister of finance. It's a pity that Song Ziwen doesn't appreciate it, and he has an attitude of co-existence and death with Jiang Zhongzheng, and he resolutely doesn't accept it!
If you use the Internet language of later generations to describe Wang Zhaoming's mood now, it is egg pain and bitterness. For the sake of money, his worried hair turned white. And there is no money. The dignitaries of the Nanjing government who had originally supported him or were neutral began to be dissatisfied!
Jiang Zhongzheng is not good, at least he still pays his salary, doesn't he?! Even if you Wang Zhaoming are very good, you don't pay your salary! If you don't pay your salary, what is the whole thing?! Everyone has to eat and drink to support their families!
Time. Complaints abound! The government officials who originally got Jiang Zhongzheng out began to contact Jiang Zhongzheng frequently, or through Song Ziwen and others to Jiang Zhongzheng: The national government~ It's better for you Jiang Zhongzheng to do it!
It's not that Wang Zhaoming doesn't know these situations, but that he is completely helpless. Several government officials who originally supported him have already hinted to him that Wang Zhaoming will not be able to get any more money by October at the latest. Either you get out of here, or we'll do it for you!
Wang Zhaoming knew that those bigwigs were really not joking, they would do it! If it really happens, he Wang Zhaoming will become the first leader to be ousted due to lack of money since the Republic of China.
As a result, Wang Zhaoming, who was about to go crazy when he was short of money, learned that Britain and the United States had a large number of loans and business cooperation, how could Manchuria not go crazy with jealousy? ! But he also knew that he didn't want to deduct a penny from Manchuria!
Manchuria has suffered a disaster, and as the national government, if you don't allocate funds, you will still find someone to collect taxes?! This would be a good excuse for political opponents.
And go out of Wang Zhaoming. The "day" who is in deep crisis is also jealous, and his eyes are red! , Lao Tzu is poor to death, and as a result, you Manchuria got so many loans in one go! And swallowed so many project construction by the way!
Why are you embarrassed by the great Japanese empire?! At the same time, the other consortia and military members of the Japanese were secretly resentful of the cabinet's decision to abandon Manchuria at that time! In their opinion, this is the stupidest decision made by the Cabinet! Otherwise, those loans and resources today belong to the Great Japanese Empire!
However, they never considered whether Britain and the United States would give them loans if they occupied the three eastern provinces.
This was taken for granted by them, and they hated the Cabinet for betraying their interests! Originally, it was just an undercurrent within the army. began to slowly spread to the entire business community of Japan!
『日』本本 Shizuoka Prefecture Gotemba City, an antique "Japanese" main manor.
Several men dressed in army and navy uniforms knelt respectfully on tatami mats in front of a room with the door closed so that no one could see what was going on inside.
The manor is built with a Japanese meaning of "quiet", and the gurgling water is led into the rocky peaks on the rockery. The waterwheel is constantly turning, and the green pines stand around the courtyard.
Sakura huā trees were planted on the edge of the room, and the bluestones were arranged in a regular sequence from the entrance of the courtyard to the front of the tatami mats.
"That Tiger is an excellent opponent, and the soldiers of my empire should have the heart to sacrifice their lives to fight him!" After a long time, a slightly hoarse old voice came from the room! Several non-commissioned officers in military uniforms hurriedly bowed their heads respectfully.
"Those fools of the Kwantung Army! They launched the Manchurian Incident in my name, and the villains around the Emperor are also encouraging His Majesty to admit that shit Manchukuo indiscriminately! The voice was low and there was no anger to be heard, but the accusation made one feel the majesty of its owner!
"I have said that what I hate most is to take advantage of the danger of others to seize the territory of other countries! But if you're fighting a powerful enemy, it's the glory of being a samurai! The voice paused, and continued to say in a low voice, "Do what you want to do!" ”
"Hail!!" The non-commissioned officers replied loudly, then stood up and bowed slowly out of the courtyard.
When they walked out of the courtyard, they looked up at each other. They clearly saw the unconcealed excitement in the eyes of several people, and the man standing on the far right trembled and said in a deep voice: "Shangan-kun! Have our predecessors already agreed with our philosophy?! ”
The man called Yamagishi nodded fiercely and said in a deep voice, "Yagi! The seniors have already agreed! So. For the fate of the Empire! Gentlemen, please work with me! ”
"Hail!!" After shouting loudly, the men slowly left the courtyard.
That night, more than 20 people secretly came to a hidden tavern in Tokyo. They didn't arrive together, but quietly entered the tavern in batches. No one wears those garments with logos. All wore loose-fitting kimonos.
After entering the tavern, they walked through the tavern under the guidance of a grim-looking man who had been waiting for a long time. Walk through a small street and enter a small and inconspicuous courtyard.
When everyone is there, a wall at the back of the room is pulled open! Four men with faces as cold as ice were revealed in front of these soldiers! The man named Yagi cried out in a lost voice.
"Takabana-kun, Mr. Okawa, Honma! Mr. Toyama, why are you all here?! Listening to Yagi's words, the man called Toushan had a cold smile on his face and said in a deep voice to them.
"My father thinks it's time for me to come out and exercise. This kind of thing. Since he agreed, how could he be less of the people of the Toushan family?! So I have to go. ”
Yagi and the others heard what Toyama said, and solemnly bowed to Toyama and said in a deep voice: "Lord Trunk's broad heart, I can't wait!" ”
At this time, the man named Okawa showed a smile on his face, and said in a deep voice to Yagi, "Then, in order to live up to the expectations of the main officer, we should do this thing well!" Ladies and gentlemen, let's talk about tomorrow in detail......"
"Hai ......," Yagi replied loudly! At this time, the man named Takashi Tachibana took out a detailed map of Tokyo and placed it on the tatami mat. Turning to Yagi, they whispered, "This is the map of Tokyo." And our goal is here, here, and here......"
Tachibana's finger was pointed at several locations above, namely: the official office of the Prime Minister, the official residence of Minister of the Interior Nobuaki Makino, the headquarters of the ruling party Constitutional Political Friends Association, the Bank of Mitsubishi, and the Metropolitan Police Department!
As he spoke, Tachibana said in a deep voice to everyone, "Other goals are not important. But the dog breeds this man and must die! If it weren't for him, then how could the empire lose Manchuria! Yes, for the good of the empire he must die! ”
Yagi and the others nodded vigorously, and then Tachibana smiled and allocated the manpower and time. Eleven people were assigned to the Prime Minister's official residence, responsible for killing Inu Yangyi!
The rest of the group split into two groups and went to the official residence of Minister of the Interior Nobuaki Makino and the headquarters of the ruling party's Constitutional Political Friendship Association. Finally, the three teams will meet at the Bank of Mitsubishi or the Metropolitan Police Department.
When the task was assigned, Tachibana put away the map and said to Yagi and the others in a deep voice: "At 5 o'clock tomorrow evening, the power of the Prime Minister's Office will be temporarily transferred, but we only have one hour!" You have to speed up! Otherwise, our operation will be forced to fail! Do you understand?! ”
"Hail!!" Yagi: They bowed down and shouted to Tachibana! Tachibana nodded in satisfaction. He whispered to them, "Remember! The death of the dog must be confirmed! The rest, but the rest! The Lord has already greeted us, and we'll be fine! Don't resist when you encounter the police after the matter is over, but don't say it either! It's up to the main adult to do everything, you know?! ”
"Hail!!" Yagi and the others were extremely excited and bowed respectfully to Tachibana and replied loudly! And the man called Toushan spoke loudly at this time, but saw him say in a deep voice to these non-commissioned officers: "Gentlemen. The fate of the empire is in a battle tomorrow! For the Empire! For the sake of His Majesty the Emperor, you should fight hard! ”
"Hail!!" Yagi turned around and shouted to Toyama. Then, everyone discussed some details and quietly dispersed in batches. That night, Yagi and the others quietly took guns and some ammunition from the armory.
And the people in charge of the gun arsenal didn't realize it, and let them do as if they didn't exist. Yagi and the others were happy! With the gun in hand, he returned to his dormitory to load and unload the oil.
At the same time, the Navy's Yamagishi and others also found themselves not as strict as before. It's completely up to them, they know it's the power of the Lord! Resisting their ecstasy, they took their weapons back to their dormitories and disassembled and wiped them like Yagi.
August 13, 1932 was a Saturday and the weather was fine.
Inuyo rests alone at the Prime Minister's official residence when a doctor comes to treat his nose. After dinner, his wife went out to meet at the invitation of a friend. And the secretary has already gone home from work.
It's been a while, and the doctor who helped the dog treat his nose checked his body by the way. After a cursory examination, the doctor smiled and said to Inuyo, "Your Excellency! You have not detected any abnormalities in your body and are very healthy! ”
Hearing this, the dog raised it with a smile and said to the doctor: "There is no abnormality after checking the whole body?!" Ha ha...... Then I may be able to live another 100 years! Come, often this early spring tea! It's very fragrant! Haha......"
With that, Inu Yangyi walked out of the room and into the living room with himself, and drank tea.
At five o'clock in the evening, the guards who had been guarding near the prime minister's residence quietly walked away. No one noticed their departure.
At half past five in the evening, more than a dozen young admirals and army non-commissioned officer trainees quietly appeared at the Prime Minister's residence......