Chapter 61 The Great Crash (17)
In the view of Chang Dashuai, it is impossible to understand the Communist Party. The grassroots organizations and personnel of the Communist Party have penetrated into every corner through the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. The grassroots organizations everywhere have become supporters or sympathizers of the Communist Party. Especially the failure of the Battle of the Yangtze River, the situation in the northern and southern wars is basically stable, and the Northern Expedition has not made any progress for the time being, the Communist Party has turned its energy to the internal. The farmers' associations are fighting against the local tyrants and sharing the fields. Some officers and upper classes from behind have expressed dissatisfaction, and Zhejiang chaebols also expressed dissatisfaction. What makes Chang Dashuai feel even more troubled is that the United Kingdom, the United States, France and other countries behind them have also warned about these. You must know that a large part of the navy of the Guangzhou government is counting on Britain and the United States! These warnings are not small things behind them.
In order to maintain his status, he paid a letter of vote to Britain and the United States. Chang Dashan took advantage of the opportunity of the First Army to guard Guangzhou and divide the Communist Party by force. Then the army responded one after another and killed 30,000 Communists within 7 days. It is known in history that the Guangzhou coup or the 612 counter-revolutionary coup! Chang Dashan was defined by the Soviet Union as a revolutionary betrayer. His own son, Nicholas Chiang, delivered a speech at Sun Yat-sen University, severing the father-son relationship and accusing Chang Dashan of his atrocities! It is said that he was well received by Comrade Miff, the director of the Oriental Department and the boss of Wang Ming's backstage.
One month after the Guangzhou coup, vigorous purges were launched in various parts of the south, with the slogan "It is better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let one go." In fact, the real Communist Party is only 2,000-3,000, most of them are left-wingers of the Kuomintang, but they can still take care of these when the situation is critical? Let's talk about it. In response to the actions of the Guangzhou government, General Zhang was happy to see that it was successful and only asked General Wu and General Sun to train their troops well, and not to worry about the rest for the time being.
This coup is different from history. Since the Guangzhou government did not occupy Wuhan or Nanjing, Wang Jingwei and other leftists of the National Party were also in Guangzhou. After Chang Dashi took action, Wang Jingwei did not dare to object but was inconvenient to support him. He was finally forced to go abroad for investigation. Other leftists either established the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee to call for "fighting Chang by force", or simply merged with Chang Dashi. As a faction, the leftists were basically eliminated. The Xishan Conference faction, who had been mumbling, was welcomed strongly because Chang Dashi had done the military Qing Communist Party, and many people joined. Therefore, between July and August, Chang Dashi's central faction became the mainstream.
On September 1, General Chang officially became the Chairman of the National Government Military Committee and also served as the Commander-in-Chief of the National Revolutionary Army. He monopolized the power and concealed it for a hat. Lin Sen was elected as the Chairman of the National Government and was considered the head of state. However, everyone below knew that Chairman Lin was just a decoration, and the real useful one was the Chairman or the Chairman.
Everything was going well, but on September 14, there was a problem. The Communist Party used its influence in the left to incite Zhang Fakui's 4th army troops to launch an uprising in Nanchang. Almost all the people left by Ye Ting's Independent Regiment were among them. In this period, three divisions were taken away, almost turned Zhang Fakui into a bare commander, and a revolutionary government was established in Nanchang.
The anxious General Chang sent Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, the 7th Army, led by Zhu Peide's third army, to wipe out the territories, at the cost of handing over all the territory of Guangxi and Guizhou to Li and Bai. The two of them happily agreed and completed the work in 10 days, but the wave was not settled and the other was owed 11 months. Mao Runzhi, who was formerly the deputy minister of the Propaganda Department of the Kuomintang (Wang Jingwei was also the deputy minister), launched the Autumn Harvest Uprising. Later, he met with the remnants of the Nanchang Uprising and raised the uprising flag in Jinggangshan to fight against Chiang by force. However, they did not have many troops and force, so General Chang did not take it seriously yet, and his focus was still on internal consolidation.
The territory of Guangxi and Guizhou was returned to Li and Bai;
Hunan's territory was home to Tan Yankai and Cheng Qian;
Jiangxi's territory belongs to Zhu Peide;
Hubei's territory was originally to belong to Li Jishen and Zhang Fakui, but Li Jishen refused to obey. Zhang Fakui's troops were taken away by the Communist Party and became the commander of the bare hands. So Chang took advantage of the situation and took back Hubei and let He Jian serve as the provincial chairman. However, he mixed with his own troops from his own army, which was considered half of each side's management;
Fujian's territory is even more strange. Old Beiyang Sa Zhenbing was invited to serve as the provincial chairman. Then the Fujian Navy took control of key places such as Fuzhou and Xiamen, but other places were controlled by some Guangdong soldiers. It was agreed that in addition to allocating funds, Fujian's tax revenue was also used to support the navy - this is the source of the navy's loyalty to General Chang;
The only thing that really holds in the hands of Chang Dashuai is Zhejiang, Anhui and Guangdong, and Guangdong has to share it with a lot of old people. However, Chang Dashuai thinks it doesn't matter, and he has the opportunity to gradually take it back - these are all small problems, and the Communist Party is the biggest concern.
The Shenzhen Special Zone under construction was naturally affected by this incident. Ancelotti, executive deputy director of the Management Committee, made strong protests. In order to stabilize the Italian power and further strengthen relations, Chang Dashuai made three concessions:
First, the director of the Management Committee is played by the Italians, and the Chinese become deputy;
Second, allow the Italian Navy and its subordinate forces to stay permanently - to put it bluntly, allow Marines and aircraft to go ashore and stay permanently;
Third, it agreed to establish the China Branch of Hei Water Security Company, with a scale of no more than 3,000 people, can be equipped with artillery within 6 inches, and is responsible for the security patrol of the Shenzhen Special Zone. It is called the Special Zone Guard but not the army. The Guangzhou government military is responsible for the external and border security of the Special Zone;
Fourth, judicial incidents within the SAR are handled by the SAR Industry Bureau themselves and reported directly to the Guangzhou Government’s Ministry of Justice, and are not subject to the jurisdiction of Guangzhou Province and county levels.
After obtaining these concessions, Fatty An also returned Chang Dashuai in other ways after asking the United States:
First, supporting Chang Dashui as chairman and managing the Guangzhou government, implying that he would not support other factions - the one north of the Yangtze River does not count;
Second, model the implementation of the regulations and laws of the Guangzhou government, and do not allow Communist elements to live in a place, but do not use force to clear the Communist Party and only give gifts to the country;
Third, funding Chang Dashui’s military expenditure by 6 million yuan is considered as the special zone’s early payment of taxes - now the special zone’s tax has been calculated until 1938;
Fourth, no scrap steel will be sold to the Communists and insurgents.
After such an adjustment and layout, the relationship between the Shenzhen Special Administrative Region and the Guangzhou government has stabilized, and its relationship with the Hong Kong and British authorities has also gone further - at least everyone has common reasons for supporting Mr. Chang.
At this time, the agreement on raw silkworms with Japan reached its first year of implementation: crude oil prices fell very badly, only half of the peak period, and immediately entered the critical line of storage; silkworms were even worse, only one-third of the price at the peak period, and it seemed to have to fall. Because crude oil is hard demand, it may decrease, but it will still be used in the end, while silk is an optional soft demand. Japan is not the United Group to support the market. On the one hand, they cannot hold it, and on the other hand, it is meaningless to hold it up - these must be exported, and it cannot be pressed in hand.
The silk weaving factory in Shenzhen began to operate rapidly, turning Japanese raw silk into silk raw materials in the hands of Chinese workers, and these raw materials will be further transported to Italy for processing. There are three key points in processing:
The first focus is on making parachutes, and as the Italian Air Force and United Airlines continue to expand, demand is increasing;
The second focus is silk pajamas. In order to alleviate the domestic fashion industry crisis in Italy, Contini issued a call and everyone supported domestic pajamas. The company provided a 30% price subsidy. Many ordinary Italian working families enjoyed silk pajamas that could only be enjoyed by the middle class for the first time. The women were very happy and shouted long live the president. The Italian fashion industry also thanked the United Group. Although the profits have shrunk significantly compared to before and exports are basically done, domestic sales can still make a living - living is victory;
The third focus is to sell it to Chinese families in Libya. Wearing silk clothes in China is a symbol of the rich class. Generally speaking, there will be more summers, but Libya is hot and silk clothes are very useful. Chinese workers have a big pocket and their horizons have opened up, and they have caught up with the price of silk and satin. Why not do some? Chinese workers and their families in Libya have nearly 300,000 people, and buying one of them is a big business.
So the problem that most troubled the Italian silk industry was solved in this way. Although United Group provided a 30% subsidy for some products, all raw silk was exchanged for oil from United Group, and overall it was basically no loss. The industry's job was kept, the workers got affordable, the company established an image, and Chinese workers upgraded and lived a good life they didn't dare to think about before, and were very satisfied with all aspects.
When the Italian business community discussed how to deal with the economic crisis, representatives of the silk and fashion industry made it clear: "You must be the president! We only support the president!"
Subsequently, the shipping industry, whose tanker was almost empty, made a second statement: "We firmly support the president!"
Needless to say, heavy industry and construction have long been president powder. The remaining printing and dyeing, ceramics, food and processing industries all say that they must be presidents. What’s more exaggerated is the representative of the animal husbandry industry, because Contini has another item in the 9-year compulsory education bill that the government will fund the leadership care meals, which stipulate that every Italian middle-aged and young students must have at least one bottle of milk every day. At the same time, the United Group will pay for free to provide leaders care food (must be Italian domestic baby milk powder) to families who implement family planning (more than two children) to "make 15 million Italian teenagers strong", which made them crazy with excitement - is it still natural for the president to sit in this position?
Chapter completed!