"Chairman Zhuang has been in Chongqing before... presided over Southwest Development. The Provincial Party Committee only works under his guidance. He did not directly under his leadership. He didn't know much about him. However, we all know that his requirements are very strict and do not like those officials who only know how to talk big, and require them to do practical things." Luo Lintao's introduction was very simple, which disappointed Chen Gongbo.

Luo Lintao turned around and wanted to leave, but turned around and added: "If Director Chen really wants to know Chairman Zhuang, you can ask Director Jin of the Organization Department. He was from the Southwest Development Team. According to him, their requirements are stricter." He paused at this point: "In fact, the future will be long, and Director Chen can slowly understand."

After Luo Lintao left, Chen Gongbo stayed for a while before picking up the documents and reading them carefully. The contents of these two documents followed the consistent rigorous style of the Party Committee of Sichuan Province. The contents were very detailed and the data were very clear.

What impressed him the most at first was the work report he submitted every week. The details of the report surprised him very much. The officer in charge could judge what his subordinates had done in the week and their work progress based on such reports. At the beginning, he was a little suspicious of the authenticity of the report, so he did a check, but the result surprised him. There was no fraud. He didn't know why these bureaucratic people dared not lie or do things that were common in other areas.

Chen Gongbo turned on the radio. This was the only high-end thing in this office. The voice of the announcer came from the radio.

"The Japanese Navy landed on Hainan Island yesterday. After our army bravely resisted, it turned inland. The Japanese army occupied the sea port and was attacking Qiongshan.

According to the Central News Agency in Washington, US President Roosevelt spoke to the press and expressed concern about the Sino-Japanese War. He once again reiterated the responsibility of the seven-country treaty to China and clearly told reporters that he did not believe that the United States of America would give up this responsibility.

According to AFP Tokyo, Japanese Foreign Minister Youth said that the main reason for the delay of the Sino-Japanese War is that Europe and the United States are supporting China and opposing the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Circle. To resolve the Sino-Japanese conflict, the United States must first cut off the support of Chiang Kai-shek's government. At the same time, it is hoped that knowledgeable people in China will respond to the statement of the Prime Minister of the Guards.

According to the Chongqing news from the Central News Agency, rice prices in various parts of Sichuan have risen again recently............ "

When Chen Gongbo heard this, he was furious again and turned off the radio. The scale of the Japanese attack expanded and Hainan Island fell. Guangzhou is likely to be blocked, and the security of South China is also facing threats.

If Guangzhou is lost, the Japanese army will likely go north along the Guangdong-Hankou Railway. In the past, Huguang is well-matched, and another piece of granary will be lost. Once it retreats to the southwest, the entire country's food supply will be provided by the western Sichuan plain. Can so many people and the army guarantee? The grain shortage will continue. I don't know what measures Zhuang Jihua will take, and he is very looking forward to it now.

Zhuang Jihua didn't ask him to wait for long. In early May, he came to the provincial party committee again, and he also came with a document - the Grain Specialty Plan.

"Director Chen, I will hold a special meeting next week to discuss this plan. There is nothing else to send you documents today." Zhuang Jihua said happily while sitting on the sofa.

Gong Xiuhua sat on his side, looking at Chen Gongbo calmly. Chen Gongbo looked through the documents in his hand and said calmly: "Captain Zhuang is polite, just ask someone to send a document. That's necessary for the Chairman to take it personally."

Zhuang Jihua smiled: "You are so keen. To be honest, I want to ask you for support. No matter how much the price is, my wife complained to me that the price has risen sharply. I can't afford to eat. Ah Shu clamored to find a job to subsidize her family income."

"Haha, Chairman Zhuang is polite. If you can't afford to eat, I won't starve to death." Chen Gongbo said lightly, constantly looking through the documents in his hand.

"That's different. My burden is heavy. I only have a salary for seven people in my family, but I can only get 70%. You don't know how much salary the provincial chairman has. On average, everyone can't get much." Zhuang Jihua began to complain, but there was no bitterness in his eyes, and it seemed like he was joking.

Chen Gongbo raised his head and faced Zhuang Jihua and raised the documents in his hand: "So you created such a thing to solve life problems. This is fake for public welfare."

"Haha," Zhuang Jihua laughed: "Okay, the joke has been made, let's get back to the point, Director Chen. I hope you can support me."

Chen Gongbo was a little hesitant, and Wang Jingwei's words rang in his ears. But according to his understanding of Zhuang Jihua's actions over the years, he always took the lead with the Party headquarters and the Three Youth League to form public opinion suppression, and then the administrative organs took action, which was the case with the reduction of rent and interest rates, and the social reform in Chongqing. It seems that the same is true this time, and he must be pushed to the front and taken the lead.

"Chairman Zhuang is so angry. I just took over the Sichuan Party Department. The work of the Sichuan Party Department is different from that of other provinces. I am not very familiar with it. I don't know how to help me?" Chen Gongbo first set his position on assistance. The meaning is very obvious. Don't expect me to rush forward.

"I will hold a food control meeting in the provincial government in a few days. I hope you can support me at the meeting." Zhuang Jihua said seriously with a restrained smile.

Chen Gongbo was puzzled, and his eyes flashed behind the glasses: "It's that simple?"

"Of course it won't be that simple," Zhuang Jihua sighed: "I have touched the situation these days and have opposed it a lot. At that time, the debate will probably be very fierce. Even if it is passed, grain bureaus at all levels will be established. This cadre is also a big problem. In addition, anti-smuggling teams, grain stores and grain stations will be established, etc. Once the matter begins, a group of cadres will probably be transferred from the Party Department."

Chen Gongbo felt even more strange, worried that it was a trap: "Why not transfer people from the Southwest Development Team? The Party Committee is not in sufficient staff."

Chen Gongbo's words were half true and half false. After the Xi'an Incident, Chiang Kai-shek transferred some of them, and Fang Jin took away several backbones when he left. Half of the provincial party committee cadres were newly promoted and the staff was relatively tight.

"I've got the call, and Li Zaitian called back and said that the development team was not inadequate and could not be fully satisfied." Zhuang Jihua's face became very fast, and he suddenly became frowning: "I have to have the idea of ​​the party department."

"Does the provincial government have no manpower? All counties can do it." Of course, Chen Gongbo would not be confused by Zhuang Jihua.

"I can't believe them," Zhuang Jihua didn't make any mistakes: "Once this grain is controlled, it will become a scarce material. The interests can be imagined. The directors of grain bureaus at all levels must be honest and honest."

Chen Gongbo nodded, but he still didn't want to be a gunman for Zhuang Jihua like this. After a change of mind, he had an idea: "Chairman Zhuang, since the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japan, many refugees fled to Sichuan, and there were many knowledgeable young people who could select some talents from them."

Zhuang Jihua's mind flashed and he stood up happily: "Good idea, good idea, just have a civil servant exam and recruit publicly from the whole society. This is also in line with the Prime Minister's always advocate that the public agency personnel should pass the exam to choose."

Chen Gongbo was stunned. It took him a long time to react. He said to himself: "Open recruitment? Civil service exam? This is a novel idea."

"Okay, that's it. Director Chen, please come and preside over this recruitment exam at that time."

"Okay, this is unavoidable." Chen Gongbo replied casually, but then he realized: "Chairman Zhuang, this should be the responsibility of the provincial government? Why is it calculated that our party department's work? We are too busy now."

"In the future, this will be the case. The party department needs people for cross-examinations, and the government will preside over it. The government needs people for people and the party department will preside over it. Is three days enough? " Zhuang Jihua said as he stretched out three fingers.

Chen Gongbo was puzzled: "Three days, what three days?"

"I mean, I'll give you three days to develop a recruitment examination plan. I'll hand over the plan to me in three days, how about it?" Zhuang Jihua asked seriously.

Chen Gongbo was stunned, and Gong Xiuhua took the opportunity to finalize: "With Director Chen's talent, it's more than three days. Chairman, don't worry."

"Then let's just say that." Zhuang Jihua stood up and said goodbye. Before Chen Gongbo could fully wake up, Zhuang Jihua had already left.

After getting in the car, Gong Xiuhua laughed happily: "Cultural Revolution, you didn't see Chen Gongbo's face when you went out, it's so funny! It's so funny!"

Zhuang Jihua just smiled slightly: "Chen Gongbo should be quite honest and not that slippery. This person's fault is indecisiveness and worrying about gains and losses. Sooner or later, he will fall into this."

Wu Ziniu turned around after hearing this: "He, Chen Gongbo? Aren't he quite popular? How could he be?"

Wu Ziniu did not know the information about Wang Jingwei. Only Gong Xiuhua knew this. Of course, Gong Xiuhua would not explain it, not to mention that Wu Ziniu was suspicious.

"A person's knowledge determines his development, but his personality determines the final result." Zhuang Jihua glanced at Gong Xiuhua lightly: "Embroidery painting, don't be happy first. In fact, they have already started to move. It is hard to say very much about what happened next."

Gong Xiuhua then curled her smile and put her body on her back like a child: "The Cultural Revolution was a disappointment, really a disappointment."

Zhuang Jihua winked at Wu Ziniu, and Wu Ziniu smiled knowingly, and then turned around. Gong Xiuhua had a while before he realized that he had lost his composure. He rushed out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat on his forehead with a little embarrassed look, and said casually: "What action should you start? What trouble do you have? I'll make some troubles, and I'll save you the excuse of dealing with them."

"Things are not that simple. This time they will not be as stupid as last time, and more importantly, this time there will be some people in the central government." Zhuang Jihua shook his head and said, "Recently, there have been reactions everywhere. The prices of grain have suddenly dropped, and the landlords are rushing to sell grain."

"Is it not good to drop in grain prices?" Wu Ziniu turned around again in surprise: "Aren't you saying that the prices are too high every day? Why are you worried about the decline in grain prices?"

"You don't understand this. The decline in grain prices means that someone is selling grain. It's May now, and new grain will have to wait for more than a month to go public. It can be said that the landlords are pursuing the granary, but the grain prices are rising rapidly now. Storing grain is a very cost-effective transaction. There is no need to rush to sell grain, but they have sold it. Why?"

"Why do you think it's?" Gong Xiuhua calmed down at this time and asked back.

"It's very simple. The news that we have to control the price of grain is spread, so they urgently sell grain;" Zhuang Jihua frowned and thought, "In addition, they probably have another purpose, which is to delay. Even if the plan is passed, they will take delay measures to delay the new grain and then sell grain urgently. When our grain bureau goes down to buy grain, there will be nothing left. If the first shot is not started, the next grain store will not be built, and the subsequent work will be difficult to carry out."

"So, we are going to speed up the progress." Gong Xiuhua sighed: "I asked you to change some people from the provincial government, but you changed to the Education Director. You can call Zaitian or Zeng Kuoqing. Now these people are Liu Xiang's people. Can you be the same as you? They recommend you to use you to retaliate against their interests."

"I don't know this," Zhuang Jihua said lightly: "Not changing people is to stabilize the hearts of the people."

"They are also considered civilians, I think they are stable in their official hearts." Gong Xiuhua said sharply: "If this matter is messed up, I think you will not do anything in Sichuan in the future."

Gong Xiuhua's words were by no means a threat. He knew the slickness of these people in Sichuan, but he had to replace them. Not to mention anything else, he could not draw out people now. It would be better to use this team. In fact, in terms of talent, these people are completely enough, it depends on how to use them.

"It's really a headache." Zhuang Jihua muttered, and simply closed his eyes and pretended to sleep. He couldn't argue with Gong Xiuhua.

Three days later, Chen Gongbo handed over his plan. After seeing it, Zhuang Jihua deeply regretted him. This man was a government expert. His plan was simple and easy to implement and extremely operational. It was a pity.

After receiving the plan, Zhuang Jihua did not hesitate and immediately began to deploy grain specialties. Sichuan Daily took the lead in conducting detailed reports, and the front page published "Focus on People's Livelihood in Wartime" written by Zhuang Jihua himself.

“…. Since the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japan, prices have risen very rapidly. Although there are war factors, the more important thing is the lack of plans. This time, food control is an attempt by the provincial government. There is still a long way to go to win the war. We must calculate every bit of strength in our hands, and food is one of them.

This food control is a major decision made by the central government after long-term thinking. In the long-term war, our country has never carried out similar controls, but as the government, paying attention to people's livelihood is its primary responsibility. We cannot give up this responsibility because of war............... "

Once the article was reported, it was immediately like a stone thrown into the calm water surface. There were strong reactions from all over the country. The Chongqing press, Zhuang Jihua's base camp, took the lead in expressing support. Then, Chengdu, Luzhou, Nanchong, and Sichuan praised it all over the world, almost overwhelmingly.

"…..,After the Lugou Bridge Incident, all kinds of daily necessities have risen rapidly. Now it is time to control it."...—Chongqing "Yuzhou Evening News" "Price Control Is Nearly"

"…..,In the idle time of this war, the Chinese government decided to declare war on the soaring prices, and to maintain Chairman Chiang Kai-shek sent his favorite disciple, General Zhuang Jihua, the victorious general, to serve as chairman of Sichuan Province, and began to focus on controlling prices, first of all, food." - "New York Financial Herald"

"….., the Chinese government has been difficult to support the cost of war, so it has decided to increase the plunder of the people. Food control will inevitably lead to the government purchasing the food in the hands of the people at low prices and then selling it at high prices to meet the needs of the top leaders. According to our investigation in Shanghai Bank, Chiang Kai-shek's spring outings at major banks in Shanghai were as high as 60 million silver dollars, Soong Mei-ling also had deposits of up to 30 million yuan, Kong Xiangxi had deposits of 80 million yuan, and Zhuang Jihua also had deposits of 50 million yuan..." - Shanghai "New Asia Daily"

Zhuang Jihua didn't care about newspapers from other places, but the one-sided support of newspapers in the province made Zhuang Jihua feel very uneasy. You should know that although Zhuang Jihua controlled the news, he did not completely control all the newspapers. Like Chengdu's Xinxin Evening News, it is a newspaper outside of control. Zhuang Jihua's previous policies were attacked by them, in addition to the rent reduction and this time.

But there was a newspaper that remained silent all the time, the Central Daily News never expressed its opinion, and the mouthpiece controlled by Zhou Fohai always remained solemnly silent. What was even more surprising was Kong Xiangxi. He did not expect that Zhuang Jihua would dare to take such actions shortly after he arrived in Sichuan. Such a thing should have been the work of the Executive Yuan, but now it was snatched away by Zhuang Jihua, which made the situation of the Executive Yuan very embarrassed.

A large number of reporters flocked to the Executive Yuan for an interview. Facing the reporter's camera, Kong Xiangxi's round face was tightened straight, and the common smoothness disappeared without a trace.

"Director Kong, President Kong, how do you view the Sichuan Provincial Government's decision to implement grain control?"

"Director Kong, how do you view the prospects of Sichuan's food control?"

"Director Kong, when will the central government promote it nationwide?"

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Hearing these questions, Kong Xiangxi was very angry. The Guangmaoxing Company opened by Song Ailing in Sichuan mainly engaged in grain business, and some of the grain was even sold directly to the army. If Sichuan grain was controlled, cotton yarn and cloth would be controlled, so don’t do any business in Sichuan.

"The Executive Yuan has been studying the regulation of prices, but in the research, this measure has a great impact and is related to the national economy and people's livelihood. The Sichuan Provincial Government has not discussed this move with the Executive Yuan." Kong Xiangxi said: "However, the Executive Yuan will always pay attention to his implementation. If it is successful, it will be implemented in other areas of the country and expand to other essential products."

He hurried back to the temporary residence. Song Ailing, Xu Kan and others were already waiting at home. Seeing him in, Song Ailing hurriedly came over and dragged his coat down and said, "You ran there, what's going on in Sichuan? Is that Zhuang Wenge so stubborn? If this continues, how can Sichuan's business be done."
Chapter completed!