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After natural disasters, Henan, Shandong and other provinces suffered another half-year war. Now that the war has subsided, the world is full of defeated soldiers, bandits rampant, disaster victims and refugees are displaced, and a scene of chaos. However, Chiang did not spend much effort on this mess in several northern provinces. After making a few key arrangements, he handed over the affairs north of the Yellow River to Zhang Xueliang, but he mobilized his troops to encircle and suppress the growing Red Army.

More than 100,000 troops from the Northeast Army entered the pass and wanted to control Chahar, Hebei, Pingjin and other places, monitor Shanxi, but the troops were not enough, so they could not take care of solving the problem of defeated troops and bandits. In addition, the Northeast had just solved the vote-for-money crisis caused by the battle of the Middle East Road last year because of the help of Chiang Kai-shek, and disasters also occurred in the Northeast region, so Zhang Xueliang was unable to take into account the livelihood problems of other northern provinces for a while.

Among the northern provinces, although Henan is one of the main battlefields of the war and has experienced natural disasters, wars and bandit disasters, the situation is better than that of Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Suiyuan and other provinces. At least, Chiang Kai-shek was completely trusted and provided some support for Liu Zhi, who had just become the chairman of Henan Province.

Compared with Henan where Liu Zhi took control, Shandong, Shanxi, Suiyuan and other provinces are completely messy.

On September 5, Han Fuju was appointed as the chairman of Shandong Province by the Nanjing government. This appointment made the Korean officers and soldiers excited, and finally had their own territory again. It was too cost-effective to change from the original Henan to the current wealthy Shandong. Even Han Fuju himself felt that the deal was worth it. However, when Han Fuju took a while to understand the situation in Shandong Province, especially after his two requests were rejected by Jiang Jie's excuse, Han Fuju's heart completely blew up.

In early October, when Han Fuju saw that the defeat of the anti-Chiang coalition was decided, he asked Chiang to take advantage of the opportunity of the Jinpu Road and the gathering of troops in Shandong to wipe out the escort troops entrenched in the Yimeng Mountains so that Shandong's government and military orders would be smooth in the future. However, Chiang was exhausted by the fact that the various troops were fighting in succession and were in large numbers, and he wanted to mobilize troops to encircle and suppress the Red Army as an excuse, and did not agree to send troops to clean up the escort troops. In addition, Chiang also advised him that the war was not conducive to people's livelihood, and it would be best to solve the problem of the escort army through political means. Forced military clearance would be more than worth the loss.

Han Fuju was so upset when he heard Lao Chiang's advice: Chiang Kai-shek had just ended a war of six months and used hundreds of thousands of troops to eliminate dissidents, but now he advised me to use political means to solve the guards?! Depressed, Han Fuju settled down and proposed that in order to facilitate peace in Shandong, he hoped that the central government could transfer Jiaodong Liu Zhennian's troops who had secretly colluded with the anti-Chengji coalition during the war. However, this request was also rejected by Lao Chiang. Lao Chiang's excuse was that Liu's troops stationed in Jiaodong was conducive to preventing bandits and sanitation.

After seeing Lao Chiang Kai-shek, Han Fuju had no good intentions. Although he was already the chairman of Shandong Province, Lao Han knew that his provincial chairman was in name only. Shandong is now divided. Not only is the rich Jiaodong area occupied by Liu Zhennian, Qingdao, a northern port that can bring wealth, was also occupied by Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army. In addition, there are guards in Yimeng and bandits everywhere in Shandong. Even Zhang Zongchang, who lives in Dalian, was very worried and sent people to Shandong to win over his old subordinates to make a comeback. Moreover, although Lao Chiang handed over Shandong to himself, it seems reluctant now. Maybe he will be the end of the meeting as the chairman. Thinking of all the situations, Han Fuju was not anxious and was very upset.

After understanding the situation, Li Shuchun, who once partnered with Han Fuju for a long time and is currently the director of the Civil Affairs Department, analyzed: "Chengdu doesn't want us to occupy Shandong. Now Liu Zhennian occupies more than 10 counties in Jiaodong, with a force of about 30,000. With the support of Nanjing, we cannot move for the time being; Qingdao is controlled by Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army, and the Northeast Army on the Hebei-Shandong border has a lot of troops, not what we can move now; the Yimeng Mountain Guards have been entrenched there for many years, and we can't touch this hard bone. The rest are Zhang Zongchang's troops and bandits scattered all over Shandong."

"I think we should wipe out the bandits first, and then talk about other things. Clearing out bandits is the responsibility of a provincial government. Not only can Nanjing not object, but Liu Zhennian and Qingdao in the province have nothing to say. As far as I know, when Zhang Zongchang was in charge of Lu, the total number of bandits in Shandong was no less than 200,000. In the past two years, the number of bandits will definitely increase. We just took advantage of the opportunity to suppress bandits to train and expand the team. Otherwise, with our three divisions and one brigade, a total of more than 20,000 troops, we will be at a disadvantage in the future compared with other parties."

"In addition, although the war in Shandong ended early, after the war, the number of disaster victims and refugees is huge and needs relief urgently. Otherwise, if a disturbance is not easy to cause a rebellion, it will become an excuse for Nanjing to attack us."

"Damn it, after Gan Tang advanced eastward, our Third Army had more than 60,000 people, but after these consecutive battles, there were only 20,000 people left. However, when Chiang Kai-shek said that the war was over, all the troops would be reduced, so he gave us three divisions and a brigade, with a total of 40,000 people. The other 20,000 people were wiped out in this way." Hearing Li Shuchun's words about the troops in front of him, Han Fuju said with anger, "Cheng Zhongzheng is unreliable. We must find a way to expand our troops as soon as possible. As long as we have a large number of people and strong troops, Chiang Kai-shek will have no choice. If we still have this kind of troops, hum, how can we control us when Chiang Kai-shek frees up his hands."

"I want to solve the disaster victims and refugees, but at the moment, how can I have the financial and material resources to solve the problem?"

"Shandong has always been prosperous, and Qingdao and other places have not suffered from war this time. The commander-in-chief may wish to send people to raise money and grain to help the people." Li Shuchun suggested, "Even if we are not able to catch up, we must express this attitude of helping the people clearly to the public. This is also conducive to the development of all work of our provincial government."

"Yinxuan, what you said makes sense. Let the Civil Affairs Department handle this matter." After Han Fuju vented, he calmed down and remembered something again and asked, "Yinxuan, do you think we can bring the guards to our side?"

"I can't say this." Li Shuchun said thinking, "Laywu, controlled by the Guards, last time I went to Laiwu with Ruan Shaowen. I saw along the way. I felt that the people there really supported the Guards. And from the understanding, the Guards are indeed strong and strong. They are united and do not want to seek outsiders, but they are afraid that they will not be willing to accept our leadership over them. However, if we take a step back and seek a certain degree of cooperation with them, it may not be feasible. But we must make a good summary to see what benefits cooperation has for both of us, and find a place that can impress them."

"It seems that the guards cannot save them in a hurry. We still have to solve the problem by ourselves." Han Fuju was a little disappointed, and then decided to say, "Then let's clear the bandits on the ground first."

Unlike Shandong, which has many forces and bandits everywhere, Han Fuju's lack of troops, there are too many troops in Shanxi. Before the Central Plains War, Yan Xishan's Jinsui Army expanded to more than 300,000 troops of 10 troops. Although there are a lot of losses on the front line of the Jinpu Road, Xu Yongchang basically brought back the Jinsui Army on the Longhai Line. The existing troops of the Jinsui Army, plus the remnants of the Northwest Army led by Song Zheyuan and others, and the small warlords such as Pang Bingxun, followed by the troops retreating to Shanxi, the total force in Shanxi Province is as high as more than 300,000. Such a large number of troops are not affordable by Shanxi, a poor Shanxi after the war.

During the war, Yan Xishan collected the annual land tax in advance, tried every means to eat the food in the first year, and overdraw Shanxi's financial and material resources. After the defeat, Yan Xishan raised 2 million yuan of the only remaining 5 million oceans in the Shanxi Provincial Bank before leaving. In addition to giving each army commander 20,000 oceans, the other 1.8 million oceans were taken away by Yan Xishan for his own expenses. As for the remaining 3 million yuan funds, Yan Xishan was asked to use by the Xu Yongchang tribe, who was responsible for the aftermath. However, 3 million oceans had to support the daily consumption of 300,000 troops and the normal expenses of government agencies in the whole province of Shanxi, not to mention that the Shanxi Provincial Government was already in debt. However, Yan Laoxi ignored these things, and after giving the matters, he left Taiyuan.

According to later generations, the Shanxi Provincial Government had long been bankrupt. Since the war consumed all the materials in Shanxi Province, and its financial and material resources were seriously overdrawn, and the provincial government was unable to revitalize it. The 560 million Jin Dynasty banknotes circulated in Shanxi finally fell to less than 2 million. In addition, there were 30 million financial bonds that were about to expire. The average population of about 10 million Shanxi Province was 8 and 9 yuan per person. These 8 and 9 yuan were not the Jin Dynasty banknotes that were almost waste paper, but a real ocean! At that time, a piece of ocean could buy 16 kilograms of rice or about 5 kilograms of good pork. Each person was burdened with 8 and 9 yuan, which was nothing for a wealthy family, but for farmers who were 4 people, it would take more than 30 oceans, which would take 4 or 5 years of harvest to fill it. This also requires good weather and weather.

Regarding the economic crisis, Shanxi Provincial Chairman Shang Zhen and Jinsui Guard Commander-in-Chief Xu Yongchang were at a loss and could not think of a good way to help for the moment. He could only put his hope on the central government and Zhang Xueliang, who was responsible for the post-war northern affairs.

After Yan Xishan left Taiyuan, uneasy factors appeared in the Jinsui Army. Xu Yongchang's old subordinates and some generals of the former National Army encouraged Xu Yongchang to set up his own business. After being rejected by Xu, he communicated with Xu's aides and asked Xu to establish a new headquarters. However, Xu Yongchang firmly disagreed. He believed that the Jin Dynasty's banknotes fell sharply now, but the salary was still the same as the victims. Now the situation of military and political officials is like a disaster. It is time for everyone to suffer. It is impossible for him to do a wedding when others hold funerals. Due to Xu Yongchang's persistence, this uneasy factor in the Jinsui Army was calmed down.

After one wave was not settled, another wave started again. Xu Yongchang had just calmed down the uneasiness in the Shanxi Sui Army, but the Kuomintang headquarters sent by the Nanjing government to Shanxi wanted to expel Yan Xishan's backbone elements. At the same time, some intellectuals in Shanxi were also preparing to set up an organization to expose Yan Xishan's crimes and were preparing to send representatives to petition to Nanjing and Peking.

Just when Shang Zhen, Xu Yongchang and others were overwhelmed by the situation in Shanxi, in early November, Zhu Qinglan and Zhao Zhenzhong and others went to Yangqu to visit Shang and Xu. When Xu Yongchang heard that Zhu and Zhao and Zhao came to see each other, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and said, "Now, I can finally have a way to deal with the current embarrassment."
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