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"In addition, Zhang Mingrui implemented the "one for three" approach in Mengyin to retain victims of Fei County. Although the victims can accept it happily and the implementation effect is good, this method will not be promoted outside Fei County in the next few years. What we need to do now and in the future is to try our best to build the Yimeng base into an unbreakable strong fortress, rather than just expanding outward. Of course, from the considerations of accommodating more populations and further improving the base defense system, we will choose the right time to include Fei County in our base."

What Zhao Zhenzhong said about "one for three" is a policy of arable land replacement in Mengyin County proposed by Zhang Mingrui in the summer and autumn of this year to retain the vast number of disaster victims from Fei County. If the victims own arable land in Fei County, they can exchange the arable land they own in Fei County for the arable land provided by the Mengyin County guards' military government. Of course, since Fei County's land is out of stock and abandoned, the water conservancy conditions in Mengyin County are becoming increasingly improved. The Mengyin County government stipulates that three arable arable land in Fei County can be exchanged for one arable arable land in Mengyin County.

At first glance, Zhang Mingrui proposed the "one for three" policy to be a serious exploitation of victims in Fei County, but in fact, this year, the 170,000 victims from Fei County were ecstatic after learning the news and replaced them with their abandoned arable land in Fei County.

The victims were not stupid, and naturally had a stake in their minds. Although the land in Fei County was originally abandoned, but now it is used by waste and can be exchanged for arable land with good water conservancy conditions in Mengyin County. What's more, Fei County has suffered from wars over the years, and the exploitation of heavy taxes. After a year of hard work, it would be a good time for the family to get half full. Even some small and medium-sized landlords in Fei County could not withstand the long-term difficulties and fled. The situation of other people with few or no land can be imagined.

As for Mengyin, since being occupied by the Guards at the beginning of last year, the people not only received three-year tax exemption conditions, but also sent people to build water conservancy and roads, sent people to guide production, and also provided seeds and farm tools. Compared with the two sides, it is really one in the sky and one underground. Besides, according to the guidance of the Guards, reasonable interplantation in the fields is implemented. One acre of land here can harvest wheat, corn and soybeans in a total of three times a year. The total grain output per acre of land per acre is 6,700 kilograms. It is absolutely cost-effective to exchange one acre for three acres of arable land in Mengyin, as long as you can have two acres of arable land with good water conservancy conditions in Mengyin, the annual harvest can completely solve the food and clothing of the whole family.

After the introduction of the one-for-three approach in Mengyin County, the victims from Fei County were rushing to the scene. Under the influence of this policy, the population of Mengyin County has increased from 130,000 in 28 years to 320,000 now.

The reason why Zhang Mingrui proposed the "one for three" policy was not only to attract disaster victims in Fei County to fill the population gap in Mengyin County, but also related to the different opinions of several key personnel of the Guards in treating Fei County.

When they began to take in a large number of victims, Gu Haichuan, Jiang Yishan, Zhang Mingrui, Zhang Gongyuan and others just wanted to settle the victims first, and carry out engineering construction and use labor-for-relief to relieve the disaster. However, after seeing the people in the base area living and working in peace and contentment, these victims were unwilling to return to Fei County and were exploited and wanted to stay. Gu Haichuan, Zhang Mingrui and others also wanted to increase the population of the base area, so they agreed to the request of the victims.

However, after Zou Degui, who has always been careful in calculating, learned from Zhang Gongyuan that the military government's expenses were huge, he believed that the loss of money could not be done. Since so many victims in Fei County have entered the base this year, and those who have fled famines in recent years, Fei County is not much left, so it is better to simply include Fei County in the management of the autonomous government. Although before Zhao Zhenzhong went to the United States, he clearly asked Gu Haichuan and others to strictly guard the borders, speed up construction, and not expand outward, after Zou Degui put forward his opinions, the backbone of the guards insisted on Zhao Zhenzhong's request, while discussing the occupation of Fei County twice.

After two discussions, everyone believed that occupying Fei County was beneficial to the base area, at least the benefits outweigh the disadvantages. After the occupation, not only could the geographical situation in Mengshan and Nishan areas be used to further improve the defense system of the base area, but the plains between Mengshan and Nishan can also be transformed into the main grain-producing area of ​​the base area, so that the base area will no longer be in short supply in the future.

But at the same time, everyone had different opinions on the opportunity to occupy Fei County. Zou Degui and Zhang Gongyuan believed that the Nanjing government and Shandong government should take advantage of the favorable opportunity of the fight against Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army to capture Fei County as soon as possible and speed up construction; while Yang Tianming, Liu Jifeng and others believed that Sun Meisong and Yin Tugui were entrenched in the southern part of Fei County, two bandits with more than 7,000 people totaling to occupy Fei County. If you want to occupy Fei County, you must not only think about dealing with the Shandong authorities, but also explore and formulate measures to eliminate the bandits.

Otherwise, after occupying Fei County, not only will the Shandong authorities face the harassment of bandits; Gu Haichuan, Jiang Yishan, Zhang Mingrui and others considered that the guards had clearly announced in the autonomous telegram that they would not intervene in disputes between all parties in China. If they took the initiative to send troops to Fei County, it would be considered a breaking of this statement. It would be hard to say whether the Shandong authorities and the Nanjing government will jointly clear the territory of the Yimeng Autonomous Government. Finally, everyone decided that the matter about sending troops to Fei County would be decided by Zhao Zhenzhong after he came back.

However, Zou Degui said regretfully at the end of the discussion: "We have invested so much and taken in a large number of victims in Feixian County. Even if we change it, we can replace Feixian County. But now it has become a loss-making business." Zou Degui's inadvertent words inspired Zhang Mingrui, and the Mengyin County Government's policy of "one for three" was also inspiring.

"Sir, when will we charge Fee County?" Zou Degui asked anxiously.

"Of course we have to choose the most favorable time for us." Zhao Zhenzhong smiled, "I have already understood your own opinions just now, and what we say makes sense. However, when we do things, we should focus on the big picture and start with small things. Before the conditions are ripe, it is impossible to impatient to charge the county for fee."

"Charging fees as soon as possible is indeed beneficial to us in rescuing disaster victims and improving the defense system, but it will also lead the finger of the Shandong and Nanjing authorities towards us. Although we are not afraid of their joining forces, the base area is now at a critical period of accumulation and development of strength, which will lead to strong hostility against us and our development and growth prematurely."

"The more than 7,000 bandits in the southern part of Fei County mentioned by Yang Tianming and Liu Jifeng are indeed worthy of our attention. They are familiar with the local situation and can even turn around and become local people, which is much more difficult than those regular armed forces. Before collecting Fei County, they must find out the situation of the bandits' nests, and fortunately, they will carry out targeted clearance operations later."

"As for Gu Haichuan and others' concerns about our autonomy, it makes sense. We really cannot destroy our preface. However, judging from the current domestic situation, a large-scale civil war will occur in the next year, and Shandong will likely become a battlefield. At that time, all forces are mixed, and there will definitely be people who are not open to provoke us. At that time, we can fully charge the county for self-defense counterattack and rescue of the people."

"Sir, will Shandong become a battlefield? Like the Northern Expedition Army and Zhang Zongchang fought indiscriminately last year?" Yang Tianming asked. Gu Haichuan and others were also a little confused.

"Maybe even more serious than that." Zhao Zhenzhong sighed, "In the first half of this year, the Nanjing government and Guangxi warfare began to fight Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army as soon as it ended. Then it was fighting Tang Shengzhi. Even Zhang Xueliang, the Northeast, could not let the Nanjing authorities and other warlords suspend the civil war. After the Jiangnan in Nanjing defeated the Guangxi army, the Northwest Army, and Tang Shengzhi one by one, there were only Yan Xishan and Zhang Xueliang left in the north. Will Jiang give up this opportunity to unify military and political power? Besides, although Yan Xishan strongly denied the rumors that Feng Yuxiang announced to the public that the two of them joined forces to deal with Chiang Kai-shek, would Jiang believe him? I think there will still be a fight between Jiang and Yan."

Feng Yuxiang occupied Gansu, Shaanxi and other provinces. Apart from wanton plundering, it made the people miserable, he had no achievements in governance. After fighting with Lao Chiang, he saw that he lacked money and grain, so he ran to Shanxi to find Yan Xishan to borrow money. Yan Xishan was still quite interested in Feng Yuxiang's suggestion that the two sides joined forces to deal with Lao Chiang, but this old man verbally agreed well, but in fact he kept stretching Feng Yuxiang. After learning about the dynamics between Feng and Yan, Lao Chiang in Nanjing appointed Yan Xishan as deputy commander of the army, navy and air force through the Nanjing National Government on October 28, 1929. On the same day, Chiang went to Hankou to supervise the army from Nanjing, and issued an oath and telegram to attack Feng Yuxiang's army. The Central Army immediately began to launch a general attack on the Northwest Army.

Seeing that Yan Xishan was fascinated by the title of deputy commander of the army, navy and air force, and the situation of the Northwest Army became increasingly embarrassing. In order to drag Yan Xishan into the water, Feng Yuxiang simply publicly told Reuters reporters on November 5 that he had obtained complete cooperation with Yan Xishan and unanimously dealt with Chiang Kai-shek. He also said that he had already negotiated in advance. After defeating Chiang Kai-shek, Feng and Yan would go to Peking to form a government. On November 5, Yan Xishan sent a telegram to take office as deputy commander of the army, navy and air force. When Yan Xishan learned about Feng Yuxiang's remarks to Reuters reporters, he publicly denied Feng Yuxiang's remarks twice. On November 8, Yan Laoxi was really angry and simply claimed that he suddenly suffered from cholera, stopped meeting guests, and imprisoned Feng Yuxiang.

But when Chiang Kai-shek defeated Tang Shengzhi in early January 1930, Yan Xishan looked around and found that he had played too much. The Guizhou faction, Feng and Tang were all defeated by Chiang Kai-shek, and only he and Zhang Xueliang were left in the north. Zhang Xueliang was also restrained by the Soviet Union and the Japanese. I am afraid that Chiang Kai-shek's next person would be to deal with him. Yan Xishan began to be anxious, so he wanted to ease his relationship with Feng Yuxiang, and contact the Guizhou faction and seek joint anti-Cheng. On January 19, 1930, Yan Xishan established eight more security teams. It was said that they were security teams, but in fact, the strength of each team was equivalent to one division.

After listening to Zhao Zhenzhong's judgment and the domestic situation that everyone knows, Shandong may have to experience another battle, Gu Haichuan and others were in a heavy mood.

"Sir, how do we deal with this battle? Or defense?" Gu Haichuan asked.

"What we need to do now is to promote the construction of the base area. As long as external forces do not attack us, we will temporarily maintain a defensive attitude." Zhao Zhenzhong said, "Of course, while maintaining a defensive attitude, we must speed up the transfer of people from Fei County to the base area. As long as we have identified the poor people who are fine, we can accept it. It is best to migrate most of the population of Fei County to lay a solid foundation for our future charging of Fei County. As long as we have sufficient manpower, all construction will be guaranteed and the base area will be more prosperous."

"Sir, this is what the military tactic says, 'Being invincible first, and waiting for the enemy to be able to win'?" asked Zhang Mingrui, known as "Reporter Zhang".

"Well, it means this. I always have to be strong by myself." Zhao Zhenzhong said affirmatively.

"Sir, when will we specifically plan to include Fei County in the base defense system?" Zou Degui asked, "The land there is much better than ours. It is a pity to let it be deserted."
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