After Ge Zimo quietly walked into the room, Fan Yaonan was stunned for a moment! Then his eyes were full of vigilance. Ge Zimo smiled and whispered to Fan Yaonan: "Sir, don't be so wary of me. I don't mean any harm, I just want to ask you if you know Manchuria.

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Fan Yaonan was stunned, and then looked at Ge Zimo in confusion. While Ge Zimo was talking to Fan Yaonan, Huo Qingyun and others had quietly left Dihua.

Early the next morning, the Nanjing government received a telegram from Yudihua. Xinjiang Provincial Chairman Yang Zengxin claimed that his subordinates Fan Yaonan, Jin Shuren and others were instigated by others to assassinate him. Fortunately, the guards were not injured because of their efforts.

Therefore, he begged the government to agree to remove them from office. Thinking of his old friendship, Yang Zengxin even asked the government not to sentence the two of them.

Public opinion was in an uproar for a while. In the Republic of China, basically any subordinates who assassinated one of them would be killed by their superiors quickly! Very few people could survive. Yang Zengxin was not so soft-hearted before?!

Wang Zhaoming, who was worried about money problems in the government, had no intention of caring about whether Fan Yaonan and Jin Shuren were dead or alive, so he took care of them all. He said: Xinjiang affairs have a long way to go. It is not convenient for the central government to intervene, so Chairman Yang should deal with it himself.

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To put it bluntly, the central government doesn't care about you, you can handle it yourself! But Wang Zhaoming didn't know that the three countries of Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union, who had received the news at the same time, understood what was going on. However, they would not be kind enough to alert the Nanjing government.

Just after Fan Yaonan, Jin Shuren and others were escorted out of Xinjiang, a force quietly stationed in various counties in Xinjiang. Officials who had not taken any action in this incident were all dismissed from their posts overnight, their property confiscated and driven out of Xinjiang.

Du Farong and his son, who were loyal to Yang Zengxin, had already resigned from the military and quietly went to the National Defense University of the three northeastern provinces for further studies without anyone noticing. Wang Zhaoming, who was far away in Nanjing, did not know that the troops stationed in Xinjiang were wearing typical National Defense Force uniforms!

But even if he knew it, there was nothing he could do, not to mention that Xinjiang is far away from Nanjing. Yang Zengxin himself is willing to do so, what else do you want?!

In fact, it took a while for Yang Zengxin to accept the National Defense Forces. However, as he said himself: He is getting older. He is 68 years old. How long can he stay in the position of chairman?!

The most important thing is that the combat effectiveness of the Wehrmacht frightened him! Originally, he was restless about the threats from the Black Lama and the Soviet Union. The British's pressing pressure also gave him a headache.

To sum it up, it’s actually simpler:

First, is it difficult for the National Defense Forces to invade? The conclusion is that it is not difficult. With Xinjiang’s farming troops of less than 10,000 people and armed to the teeth, it would be impossible to fight against the hundreds of thousands of troops that the Soviet Union and Japan had competed with.

Just looking for death!

Second, if the National Defense Force invades, will anyone care?! The conclusion is no, the Nanjing government has too much time to take care of itself, and Britain, the United States and other countries are even wearing the same pants as Manchuria! Who will care about Yang Zengxin’s life and death?! As for the Soviet Union... before

After two disastrous defeats, their chances of sending troops are basically even smaller.

Thirdly, will the National Defense Force take care of an old man like him? There is precedent for that. For example, Yuan Jinkai, Yang Yuting, Chang Yinhuai... and other veterans of the former Fengtian system have all been reused. Even if he retires and squats in Manchuria,

It should be well taken care of.

To sum up, Yang Zengxin’s choice to join the National Defense Forces became an inevitable choice.

However, what surprised Yang Zengxin was that the National Defense Forces did not directly take over the government affairs of the entire Xinjiang after arriving. Instead, they took over the defense first, but Yang Zengxin was still taking care of the government affairs for the time being.

"Don't rush to take over government affairs. The training of cadres is extremely critical! There is also the indoctrination of Greater China nationalism, which must be put on the agenda!" At the government affairs meeting of the three northeastern provinces, Tu Qianjun said solemnly to Yan Zhengqing and the others.

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"First, respect the folk customs and habits of the local ethnic groups. This point needs to be taught by Muslims. Second, the cadres and teachers who have been there must always promote Chinese nationalism! To put it simply, let them integrate into the entire country from now on.

Go away! There can be no ** or separatism!”

"Any discrimination or intentional offense is unacceptable! Our goal is to integrate them into the country. It is not to make them feel unequal and alienate! Ideological education is necessary, and it must start from children! Don't relax in adult education either.

!Promote local people and come to Manchuria to serve as officials. Promote their pride as a Chinese nation!"

The lessons for future generations are profound. Certain things must be grasped from now on! We cannot wait for its harm to be revealed before making adjustments!

"If one generation doesn't work, just two generations! If two generations don't work, then three generations! Talk about it all the time and tell more about the fact that they belong to the entire Chinese nation!" Tu Qianjun paused, and said solemnly to them: "These

Leave the matter to the Ministry of Education! Remember, this is a plan that affects the entire country and the Chinese nation for hundreds of years! No carelessness!"

Everyone nodded solemnly, and Zhang Shizhao recorded Tu Qianjun's words in his notebook.

"I'm going to the United States in two days. The main purpose of going this time is to help our good friend Roosevelt in Manchuria run for president." Tu Qianjun's words made the dignitaries from the three northeastern provinces present smile knowingly!

When the governor came this time, he received more than 150 million US dollars in orders from Manchuria. Most of them were machinery, chemical raw materials and food. The results were fruitful, enough for the governor to report to the U.S. Congress.

It is not that Manchuria did not export to the United States. Unlike the United Kingdom, most of the imports from the United States were iron ore, steel, coal, wood, raw silk, silk... and other materials.

And the biggest item is the unexpected silk! When mentioning silk, almost everyone thinks of Suzhou and Hangzhou. But what many people don’t know is that Dandong has been an extremely famous silk producing area since the 1920s!

In the history of the silk industry, there is a saying of "Southern mulberry and Northern tussah". And the "Northern tussah" here refers to the tussah silkworm! "Northern tussah" refers to the production of tussah silkworms in Dandong area, which is the raw material for silk production. China

85% of the tussah resources are in Liaoning, and 80% of Liaoning's silkworm resources are in Dandong.

As early as 1905, a factory specializing in silk reeling appeared in Dandong, and in order to facilitate sales, the silk was changed from large silk to small silk.

According to documentary records: In 1905, Andong Daotai Qianrong opened the Qixiang Silk Factory at the foot of Yuanbao Mountain, with 200 employees and 170 foot-type wooden tying machines; in 1906, Lin Suichun opened the Qiansheng Heng Silk Factory on Xingdong Qian Street...

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After the end of World War I, the world market gradually stabilized, and various countries came to China to compete for raw materials and markets. As a result, silk prices rose significantly, and the number of investment and operation silk reeling factories increased.

In 1923, the number of silk reeling factories in Anton increased from 29 to 67, and there were nearly 100 silk cocoon shops. At the same time, almost all grocery wholesalers in Anton operated silk cocoon agents. At that time, there was a popular saying that "there is heaven above, and there is heaven below."

The saying "there is a silk industry" reflects the splendor of Dandong silk at that time!

Once upon a time, silk from Dandong was presented to the Queen of England as a national gift.

Once upon a time, Dandong's silk industry had an annual gross production value of 449 million yuan, accounting for 61% of the province's total profit, a total profit of 74 million yuan, and an export volume of 40 million US dollars! That was only in 1985!

Once upon a time, in terms of industrial output ratio, Dandong ranked fifth among several key silk cities in the country, behind Suzhou, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Foshan.

It is a pity that such a glorious city of silk has fallen into disrepute in later generations. As a result, everyone in the world knows about Suzhou and Hangzhou silkworms, but they don’t know about the equally famous Dandong tussah.

In this life, Tu Qianjun will naturally not let go of this major exporter! He first strongly encouraged the development of silk, and secondly asked the Ministry of Commerce of the three northeastern provinces to set up a silk management and coordination department to help these silk merchants with export negotiations, breeding coordination, etc. to avoid vicious competition.

, improve overall competitiveness.

This time, I really made a lot of money in one fell swoop! Even the silkworm farmers around Dandong were laughing from ear to ear. After Tu Qianjun took charge of the Northeast, he began to gradually cancel the original legal opium cultivation. The government provided tax exemptions, compensation and

Guiding planting, responsible for purchasing and other methods to make people give up growing opium.

Until the flood fight, opium cultivation in the entire Northeast was completely wiped out. It was replaced by the cultivation of grain, oak trees, corn... and other crops. Since the government provided various subsidies, technical guidance and was responsible for purchasing, the people were not dissatisfied.

But the ones who laughed the most were the herdsmen in Inner and Inner Mongolia. The livestock meat imports agreed with the British made them a huge profit! Through the built railway, batches of cattle and sheep were sent to Fengtian

Then we boarded the ship and sailed directly to England.

The herdsmen who were originally in awe of Commander-in-Chief Tu just because of the canonization of the Living Buddha began to feel the slightest difference. The people were not stupid! They were not stupid either. Everyone actually got the money. This was better than the propaganda.

Everyone must be strong!

With the teachers organized by the three eastern provinces, officials at all levels were naturally welcomed to Inner and Outer Mongolia. These officials were carefully selected to be responsible for local work. Many of them were former soldiers of the National Defense Force who had been stationed in Mongolia.

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Seeing this situation, those Mongolian princes knew that they could not get their privileges back. So they could only gradually move to cities such as Fengtian, and some of them sent their own family children to study in various schools.

They hope to pass the civil service examination and get a part-time official position, and they also understand that this is the only way for them to obtain power. Regarding this situation, Living Buddha Quji Nyima smiled and said nothing.

As life improved, Commander-in-Chief Tu was called by the Living Buddha, "Our Gangrisenge, our Tallinn Rigude! The noble Manjusri! The patron saint of our grasslands!" and other opinions gradually became popular.

Some herdsmen even thought about whether to go to heaven to pay homage to the patron saint and pray for blessings...

Of course, Tu Qianjun himself did not know all this. After he finished instructing the next section of the work of the three eastern provinces in Xinjiang, he returned to the headquarters, but saw Roosevelt waiting for him in his office. (To be continued.

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Chapter completed!