The opportunity that Yang Shugen had been waiting for finally came.
In the second half of 1947, the government issued an anti-rebellion order, and the civil war officially began.
Eight million Chinese soldiers were eating horses and chewing horses.
The daily expenses were astronomical.
Most of the factories in various places were shut down.
Government tax revenue dried up.
Only by issuing banknotes indiscriminately and plundering people's property to fund war expenses, hyperinflation caused prices to soar like wild horses running wild, and even the workers of Jiangbei United Machinery Company were unable to eat.
Under the leadership of the underground party, workers at the United Machinery Company and the Iron Smelting Plant went on strike.
They held a sit-in at the entrance of the factory holding a slogan saying "We want to eat" and prohibited anyone from entering the factory area.
Some workers who were short-sighted and had no regard for the overall situation were confused by the authorities.
I planned to go to the workshop to work, but was blocked by striking workers.
The strike spread like a prairie fire and spread rapidly across the country.
Mayor Xiao Lang was at a loss.
He told his subordinates, let alone these workers, even I wanted to go on strike.
Prices were soaring, and it was a problem for ordinary people to have three meals a day.
This position It's the crater.
When news of the strike reached the provincial capital, Chen Zikun was furious.
He immediately ordered Chen Shou and Zeng Jiao to quell the strike and resume production as soon as possible.
The machinery company was an arms company.
How could they stop work at such a critical moment to fight the rebellion?
However, he added: "No. mess."
Chen Shou and Zeng Jiao disagreed.
It was impossible for the horses to run fast and not eat grass.
To quell the strike, they had to use force.
The two mobilized more than a thousand military police to prepare for armed suppression, but Xiao was defeated again.
Lang dissuaded them, saying that the workers were making trouble because they really couldn't get enough to eat.
It was better to block the situation than to clear it up.
If it hurt people's lives, it would be more difficult to end the conflict if it intensified.
"Okay, I'll give Mayor Xiao face and drive them away without guns.
I'll go to the woods outside the city and chop a thousand sticks, and use them to beat their headquarters."
Chen Shou's mind was full of violent methods.
Xiao Lang shook his head helplessly: "If you hit him with a big stick, you will still die."
Chen Shou spread his hands and said, "I can't beat them, I can't scold them.
How can I kneel down and beg them to resume work?"
Zeng Jiao said: "I have an idea.
Doesn't the fire brigade have water cannons?
Use that one and it will be easy to use."
Hitting workers with water cannons was more civilized than using big sticks with gun butts, bayonets, and big sticks.
Mayor Xiao agreed, so the military and police deployed, and Mayor Xiao stopped interfering.
Zeng Jiao said to Chen Shou: "Lao Xiao was here just now.
There is something inconvenient to mention.
The workers are making trouble.
It is the Communist Party instigating it.
I have asked the Intelligence Department to investigate.
There is a teacher named Yang in the machinery company who is the leader. ” Chen Shou said: "Then we have to arrest him quickly and shoot him.
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We can't waste a moment."
Zeng Jiao said: "It's up to you to handle this matter.
The detective team is already on the way."
At the gate of the machinery company, more and more strikers were blocking traffic, and the momentum was huge.
Yang Shugen and several organizers of the union were meeting at a nearby house to discuss the next step.
Suddenly, a worker nicknamed Xiaoluobo was out of breath. came to tell me that the ironworks union wanted to discuss something with Teacher Yang.
"Where is the person?"
Yang Shugen asked.
"It's in the dormitory area."
Xiaoluobo's eyes wandered.
Yang Shugen did not doubt the deception, so he explained a few words and followed Xiaoluobo.
Due to the strike, the factory area was quiet without the roar of machines in the past, except for the footsteps of two people.
"Where are the people?"
Yang Shugen was a little suspicious.
"Right ahead." said Little Carrot.
Yang Shugen stood alert and said, "I'll go back and get something."
When he turned around, there was already a spy dressed as a worker standing not far away, lifting up his coat to reveal the butt of his gun.
Looking ahead, three agents walked out slowly: "Teacher Yang, come with us."
"You traitor," Yang Shugen scolded Xiaoluobo.
Little Carrot was ashamed and speechless.
Yang Shugen was tied up by the agents and escorted to a car not far away.
Suddenly a red figure rushed out.
He knocked down one of the agents with a rolling pin, kicked another one over, and shouted: "Go quickly."
The person who came was none other than Ma Chunhua.
She was like a tiger descending from the mountain, forcing the agents to retreat, causing Yang Shugen to run away.
Although Ma Chunhua was brave, she was still a woman.
It was difficult for her to defeat four hands with her fists, let alone a spy armed to the teeth.
A gunshot was heard from behind, followed by the sound of falling to the ground.
Yang Shugen felt a pang in his heart.
There was no looking back.
"Catch him, catch him" the screams echoed in the factory area.
At the gate of the factory, the military and police crackdown began.
Three red fire trucks drove nearby, water cannons were connected to the fire hydrants, and high-pressure water hoses were fired at the strikers.
Even though it was a water column, it was so powerful that it was scary, and even the strongest people could be hit.
After the spray fell, the workers' formation quickly dispersed.
At this time, armed traffic police took the opportunity to rush out and use batons to drive away the workers.
Sirens and screams rang out, and a large number of workers were arrested.
The strike was brutally suppressed by the Northern Thai authorities.
Yang Shugen's identity was exposed, and the organization decided not to work behind enemy lines anymore.
He returned to the liberated areas and became a captain of the land reform team, with a rank of platoon level, and led the team to the grassroots level.
In order to protect her comrades, Ma Chunhua was seriously injured and was arrested by the enemy and imprisoned in Beitai Model Prison.
Political Commissar Ye Xuefeng personally gave instructions to rescue her at all costs.
In the provincial capital, at the official residence on Fenglin Road, Chen Zikun was holding a meeting.
In addition to military and political officials, there were also economic and financial experts, as well as the new director of the Jiangdong Appeasement Office, Lieutenant General Chen Qilin.
The topic is financial reform.
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Inflation has reached an unbearable level.
Employees have to put their salaries in sacks.
A sack of banknotes cannot be exchanged for a sack of rice.
People from paper mills actually buy banknotes and use them to crush the pulp and re-make paper.
Instead, they make a profit from the sale. higher than the face value of the banknote.
"If this continues, I'm afraid the mint will go bankrupt first."
Chen Zikun's joke made everyone want to laugh but couldn't.
The current situation is a hundred times more difficult than during the Anti-Japanese War.
People's livelihood is in decline, war is raging, and large areas of the country have become communists.
In the district, students marched all day long, and workers often went on strike.
The radio reported good news but not bad news.
The national army always entered victoriously, but little did they know that they had already lost their troops and lost dozens of divisions.
Gong Zijun is the general manager of the Jiangdong Central Bank.
He has a better say in financial matters.
He crossed his legs and smoked a pipe and said: "The Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance have been studying the currency reform.
I believe it will be introduced soon.
Jiangdong There is no need to issue your own banknotes.
After all, things are not the same as before.
Issuing banknotes without permission is to defy the central government.
I am afraid that if it is not printed here, I will go to jail. " Chen Qilin deeply agreed: "Issuing new banknotes in our province will not help.
The whole country is in a game of chess.
Jiangdong notes cannot replace legal tender.
On the contrary, it will cause trouble and further worsen the provincial economy.
The gains outweigh the losses."
Chen Zikun thinks it makes sense.
Now is not the period of warlord war.
Jiangdong is located in East China and is very close to Shanghai and Nanjing.
Issuing its own banknotes is a clear sign of going against the central government.
Isn't it courting death?
Besides, even if it is issued Can you exchange so much legal currency?
Even if the exchange in the province is finished, bad currency drives out good currency.
Devalued legal currency from other provinces will inevitably flood in and destroy the financial order of the province.
Jiangdong tickets cannot save Jiangdong, nor can it save China. .
"Forget it, let's discuss the matter of paying wages in kind.
I heard that in areas controlled by the Communist Party, millet is used instead of wages.
This is a good idea."
Chen Zikun said.
Gong Zijun said: "Is that a supply system?
It is feasible, but where can we find so much millet?
The vast rural areas where grain is produced are occupied by the People's Liberation Army.
Although transportation and trade have not been interrupted, they do not accept legal tender, so what should we use it for?
If you buy food and ammunition, you are investing in the enemy."
Liu Ting, who was in charge of the minutes of the meeting, interjected: "There is one thing that everyone has overlooked.
The profiteers are hoarding, artificially raising prices, and inflating the prices of daily necessities such as grain, cotton, and yarn to make huge profits.
If this behavior is not solved, no policy will be able to solve it." is invalid."
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Chen Zikun said: "This is easy to handle.
The profiteers will be killed without mercy, but I would like to ask if any of you here have participated in hoarding supplies."
Everyone looked embarrassed.
Chen Zikun said: "With the skyrocketing prices, it doesn't hurt to stock up on some things, as long as you don't go too far.
Don't talk about you, I have thousands of gallons of gasoline at home."
After the meeting, Chen Zikun returned to the study and lay on a chair with his eyes closed to rest.
Liu Ting came over to help him rub his temples and said softly: "You subordinates have a lot of supplies, including cars, munitions, steel, grain, and oil.
It’s a large quantity, and half of the price is due to them.”
Chen Zikun sighed and said: "The leeks are being harvested one after another.
Jiangdong relies on these people to survive.
If I kill them all, the military, government, economy and finance will be paralyzed, and nothing can be done."
Liu Ting stopped talking.
There was a knock on the door of the study room, and Chen Bei walked in.
He hesitated to speak.
Chen Zikun said impatiently: "If you have something to say, just say it, or else go and think about it again."
Chen Bei was about to speak when the phone rang suddenly.
Liu Ting answered and said, "Shao Qiuming, the president of Jiangnan University, has been on a hunger strike for three days and is about to die."
Chen Zikun said: "Principal Shao is over seventy years old, what kind of food should he eat?"
Liu Tingdao: "Participated in an event organized by a progressive literati organization and refused to eat flour aided by the United States."
Chen Zikun stood up and said, "Let's go and have a look."
He led Liu Ting out of the study.
Chen Bei was speechless, but still didn't say anything.
Chen Zikun drove to visit Shao Qiuming.
On the way, he asked Liu Ting what activities Principal Shao participated in.
Liu Ting said that they were protesting against the U.S. pro-Japanese policy and refusing to receive the U.S. aid flour declaration.
"It is the character of a literati not to eat food that comes from abroad."
Chen Zikun said, "But it would be bad to starve the old man.
Since he doesn't eat American flour, then give him some millet from Jiangbei."
Liu Ting smiled and said: "What a good idea.
Let's buy some millet and deliver it to you.
Driver, please stop at the rice shop in front."
Chen Zikun looked at Liu Ting's small Kun bag and said suspiciously: "Have you brought any money?"
Liu Ting said: "At first glance, you look like someone who doesn't have to worry about food and drink.
You don't know the market conditions.
I didn't bring any money, but I brought this."
As she said this, she took out a bank document from her bag, which was a loan from the financial industry.
On the transfer form, the amount of 10 million yuan was written in ink.
"This is popular nowadays, and its function is equivalent to a cashier's check."
Liu Ting said.
Liu Ting went to the rice shop with the appropriation slip, but came back empty-handed after a while and said, "The price of rice has gone up again.
This little money can't buy much.
Do you have anything valuable on you?"
Chen Zikun said: "This is the only valuable thing I have on me."
He opened his clothes to reveal the 1911a1 pistol under his arm
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