When Zhou Hexuan was writing "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword", Sun Liangcheng, who had just taken office as chairman of the Shandong Provincial Government, was so worried that he wanted to buy a piece of tofu and kill himself.
What Sun Liangcheng inherited is Shandong, which is now the biggest mess in the country.
Since the disaster hit Shandong last year, the situation has not improved, but has become worse.
Zhang Zongchang had also provided disaster relief. Last year, he ordered one tael of silver per nickel and a special donation of one yuan for disaster relief. However, most of the money collected was used as military expenses. Immediately, Zhang Zongchang detained his military and political personnel in the name of "relief".
The wages of Zhang Zongchang were deducted from 30% to 50%, but the money was actually used to celebrate the birthday of Zhang Zongchang's father, which people jokingly called "birthday donation."
This bastard doesn't care about the lives of the victims at all, he just wants to make money from the disaster.
The only way out for Shandong victims was to cross Guandong. Zhang Zuolin did a good job in this regard. He arranged many special trains to transport Shandong victims to the Northeast for free. At the same time, Zhang Zuolin sold grain from the Northeast at low prices and transported it to Shandong by sea. This grain was called
The "red grain".
But now that Shandong is occupied by the Northern Expeditionary Army, the special trains to Guandong have been suspended, and the "red food" for disaster relief has been cut off, and the hopes of Shandong victims have been dashed again.
Compared with the corrupt Beiyang warlords, the Nanjing National Government still looks like a government. When it only occupied part of southern Shandong, Nanjing established a disaster relief committee to actively rescue the victims under its rule.
The problem is that there are too many victims!
The orderly walked into the office quickly, saluted and said: "Report to the chairman, the four counties of Zichuan, Dongping, Changyi, and Qingyun have sent telegrams requesting the provincial government to allocate funds for disaster relief."
"Another telegram requesting disaster relief!"
Sun Liangcheng was so angry that he dropped his pen and said depressedly: "I, the chairman of Shandong Province, have almost become a disaster relief specialist."
Sun Liangcheng was definitely the most pitiable provincial governor in the Republic of China. Under his rule, Shandong was starved to death, but the provincial government only had tens of thousands of yuan left in its finances, and its money and grain depots were so empty that even rats didn't want to live there.
In the following days, Sun Liangcheng convened meetings with his subordinates to discuss detailed disaster relief matters.
He first established the Zhongxing Coal Mine Cleanup Committee and forced Shandong to add 1 yuan for each ton of coal cargo as a relief donation, with a maximum limit of 100,000 tons.
But the money was still not enough, so Sun Liangcheng even focused on opium and cigarettes, ordering counties to convert fines for tobacco seedlings into disaster relief funds, and collecting charity donations from smokers who smoked cigarettes (a move that was widely criticized and later abolished by Nanjing).
At the same time, Sun Liangcheng also called on private merchants and charity groups to actively organize charity relief activities to save themselves.
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Shandong, Shanghe County.
Wealthy businessmen from all over the county gathered together and established a charity association in a lively manner. There are countless charity associations like this in Shandong, but the government cannot help them, so everyone can only choose to save themselves.
If the famine is allowed to continue, it will be difficult for merchants to do business, and the more hungry people there are, the greater the number of bandits will be. On the one hand, out of good intentions, and on the other hand, out of long-term considerations, wealthy businessmen hope that the disaster will be brought under control as soon as possible.
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When Zhang Zongchang was in charge of Shandong, there were too many mistakes and people's enthusiasm for disaster relief was not high. Now that the Kuomintang has come and issued a decree calling for private charity, Shandong people are instantly excited.
"I'll pay 800 yuan."
"I'll pay 1,000."
"I donated one-tenth of the medicinal materials in the pharmacy."
"I will provide 30,000 catties of grain."
"Hey, Mr. Zhang is really generous!"
"..."
Wealthy businessmen enthusiastically donated money and materials, some were stingy and only donated a few hundred yuan, while others spent thousands of dollars.
At the end, someone suddenly said: "It's not enough for us alone, we have to organize everyone to donate together."
"How about we follow the example of Jinan's charity meeting last year and hold a fund-raising entertainment event?"
"This is a good idea. The fundraising event in Jinan was a great success. I went to see it at the time, and there were so many people there that I almost lost my life. We raised 50,000 yuan in three days."
"But the famous Peking opera actors in Shandong basically live in Jinan. Now that Jinan City is occupied by the Japanese, where can we hire opera singers?"
"It's better to go to Peking and Tianjin to invite them. There are more famous actors there."
"Will they come?"
"Whether they come or not, send an invitation telegram first. This is charity, and there are always some who are willing to participate."
"How about asking the Red Cross and the Red Cross Society to come forward and issue an invitation in their name."
"Yes, yes, let the Red Cross invite us!"
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Four women gathered together at Zhou Hexuan's house.
As a famous Peking Opera actor who is popular in Beijing and Tianjin, Meng Xiaodong naturally received the invitation. However, the most bizarre thing is that Zhou Hexuan, a scholar and scholar, also received a charity invitation telegram.
Zhou Hexuan's good reputation has spread to Shandong through the mouths of the victims he rescued.
"Brother Zhou, do I want to go?" Meng Xiaodong asked.
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "Do you want to go?"
Meng Xiaodong said worriedly: "I kind of want to go, after all, I am doing a good thing. But there is a war on the front line, and I heard that Tianjin is about to be surrounded."
"Don't worry about this. You can take a boat directly from Tianjin Port to Shandong without passing through the front line." Zhou Hexuan said.
"Then I'll go." Meng Xiaodong nodded.
Zhou Hexuan looked at the telegraph newspaper in his hand, thought for a while and said, "I'll go too, Le Yi will stay in Tianjin to manage the radio station, and Yaquan and Wanrong will go with me."
"Are we going too?" Wanrong asked in surprise.
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "You are a celebrity. Whether it is the identity of the queen or the author of "Sanmao", you can inspire the masses to spend money for disaster relief. This time we go to Shandong, not only to participate in the charity performance in Shanghe County, but also
You have to act all the way by yourself. Play him dozens of times, and all the income will be used to help the victims. How meaningful it is. Xiaodong, please send a message to your family to see if there is anyone in Chun and Ban who is willing to come with us. Let’s all go to Shandong together.
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"Okay, okay, I'll ask now." Meng Xiaodong became happy. She didn't have to worry about food and clothing. She could do good deeds, and Zhou Hexuan was with her all the way. It was much more interesting than singing every day.
Meng Xiaodong sent a telegram home. After a meeting and discussion, her family unanimously decided to go to Shandong for disaster relief.
Meng Hongrong, the leader of the class, thinks more. Now is the most difficult time for the people of Shandong. As long as Chun Heban provides help in times of need, he will definitely become famous in Shandong. When the people's livelihood in Shandong recovers, I don't know how many people will rush to invite Chun Heban to sing in the future.
The business was done well!
In mid-May, Zhou Hexuan, Wanrong, Liao Yaquan, Meng Xiaodong, as well as the Ta Kung Pao reporter, and the entire Chunhe class, collectively took a boat from Tianjin to Dalian, and then took the overland road directly to Shanghe County.
Only Zhang Leyi stayed in Tianjin, and the radio station needed someone to guard it. The program "Gossip at 7pm" was also replaced by Zhang Leyi.
