Amid the sound of festive gongs and drums, tens of thousands of people in Chongqing are holding a New Year's Day parade.
All agencies, schools, and groups set off in formation, and all bands marched out together. Although the people were poor, those who participated in the parade at least prepared a few candles or tied colorful ribbons and red cloth around their bodies.
Western musicians played trumpets and accordions, accompanied by the suona sounds of a Chinese band.
Behind was a lion dance performance by the Guangdong Association, followed closely by a dragon dance performance by the Hunan Association. Various industrial and commercial groups followed closely with lanterns, as well as students from the orphanage and hundreds of boy scouts, walking with young and majestic steps.
Move forward quickly.
During the eight years of the all-out Anti-Japanese War, Chongqing held a massive New Year's Day celebration every year.
This is very necessary. The people who have been bombed for a long time are nervous and urgently need an outlet to vent their emotions. At this time, the government will also review the achievements made since the Anti-Japanese War and predict the prospects for victory in order to stimulate the enthusiasm of the military and civilians.
, to strengthen the people’s determination to resist the war.
On the outdoor radio along the way, Chang Kaishen was giving a New Year's speech. He focused on the recent victory at Kunlun Pass: "...just yesterday, the brave and fearless Chinese army won another victory on the battlefield in southern Guangxi! Du Yuming
The general led the Fifth Army to conquer Kunlun Pass for the third time, annihilating more than 5,000 Japanese troops from the 21st Brigade. The mortality rate for non-commissioned officers above the squad leader of the Japanese 21st Brigade was over 85%. He killed Masao Nakamura, commander of the Japanese 21st Brigade, on the spot...
…The victory at Kunlun Pass is only part of the great victories in China’s war of resistance against aggression. We will achieve more brilliant victories in the future..."
"The national army is victorious!"
"Long live the Chinese nation!"
"Fuck little Japan to death!"
Tens of thousands of people chanted vigorously, with joyful smiles on their faces. The long-term suffering was forgotten at this moment.
The New Year's Day Parade took up the whole morning, and in the afternoon there were various celebrations, a very important one of which was fundraising. For example, the Boy Scouts played a football match, and all the ticket sales were donated to war orphans, and the money raised from the game was also donated.
To charity homes everywhere.
The celebrations in various government agencies last for several days. The school will hold sports performances, poetry recitations, singing competitions and other activities, while the Chongqing Women's Association organizes a New Year's party for the families of the Anti-Japanese War soldiers.
While businesses everywhere were booming, they also did not forget to support the Anti-Japanese War. They sold New Year's greeting cards and other small commodities at reduced prices, and donated all the profits to the country. Non-governmental organizations also held anti-Japanese commemoration activities, sending condolences and condolences to the families of military personnel.
Help military families write letters home to frontline soldiers, etc.
As a famous celebrity, Zhou Hexuan receives many invitations to events every New Year's Day. This year, he received more than ten invitations from the school alone. Although he was not present, he was given enough money by every organization and group that invited him.
, Zhou Hexuan sent people to send him a donation of 1,000 yuan. This led to an increase in the number of units sending him New Year's Day invitations year by year...
Our General Feng Yuxiang is particularly active on festival days. Not only does he appear in various event venues like a revolving lantern, but he also sets up a calligraphy and painting stall in Beibei for three consecutive days.
When poor people or students ask for calligraphy and painting, Feng Yuxiang charges 50 cents. If wealthy people come to ask for calligraphy, he charges hundreds or thousands of yuan at least. Most of the funds earned from selling calligraphy and painting are donated to the front line.
Regardless of whether it was just to gain fame or not, at least they were actually doing it and actually contributing to the Anti-Japanese War.
On New Year's Day this year, Feng Yuxiang created another piece of "Carrot" after "Eggplant", with a poem that said: "Carrots are as sweet as honey. After eating them, they are as strong as tigers. Like tigers, they fight in the East!"
What a simple and unpretentious poem that perfectly expresses General Feng’s patriotism... Well, I can’t make it up anymore.
Feng Yuxiang likes selling calligraphy and painting, and even spawned a group of scalpers. They hire poor people to ask for calligraphy for 50 cents, and they can make ten times the profit when they sell it. Of course, this has to be sold in other cities and counties, and Chongqing can no longer afford it.
The price is too high.
Later, there was a funny conversation. One day in 1943, someone claimed to be Tang Shizun's brother and came to visit Feng Yuxiang. The two had a very good conversation. The guy said enthusiastically that he was willing to help Feng Yuxiang sell his letters everywhere.
He painted paintings to raise more donations for the anti-Japanese war. Feng Yuxiang was so happy that he handed hundreds of calligraphy and paintings to this man on the spot, but they disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.
…
A few days after New Year's Day, a former regular guest suddenly came to the Zhou Mansion.
"Mr. Zhou, long time no see." A handsome middle-aged man wearing a woolen coat said with a smile.
Zhou Hexuan said in surprise: "Brother Chu, it's really you. What have you been doing all these years?"
The visitor was Chu Yupu’s nephew Chu Nanxiang. He said: “After leaving Tianjin, I went to the south. I originally wanted to join the Communist Party, but I couldn’t get in, and I couldn’t figure out who the Communist Party was. Later I
He went to the United States to study at his own expense, and returned to China six years ago to work as a civil servant in Zhejiang. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he was transferred to Hankou, last year he was transferred to Guizhou, and he was transferred to Chongqing on New Year's Day this year."
Zhou Hexuan asked: "Brother Chu, does he hold any position in the government?"
Chu Nanxiang said: "I used to work as a clerk in the Agricultural Adjustment Committee under the Agriculture and Forestry Section of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, and was sent to Guizhou to implement agricultural structural adjustment work. Doesn't the Agriculture and Forestry Section need to be upgraded to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry? I did a good job, and was
Transferred to the headquarters of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to run errands."
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "I didn't expect Brother Chu to know about agriculture."
"I don't know anything about agriculture. I have always done administrative work, and specific matters are done by professionals." Chu Nanxiang said modestly, and suddenly said, "Brother Zhou, can you give me a copy of your information on scientific chicken raising?"
The most detailed one?”
Zhou Hexuan asked strangely: "Brother Chu, doesn't he work in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry? It's easy for you to get information."
Chu Nanxiang chuckled and said: "The Agricultural Adjustment Committee and the Scientific Chicken Farming Promotion Group are parallel units. The chicken farm has just been prepared and no information has been disclosed to the public. The chicken raising experts also stay in the chicken farm all day long and cannot be contacted."
Zhou Hexuan suddenly had an idea and asked: "Brother Chu is planning to send the scientific chicken-raising technology to Yan'an?"
Chu Nanxiang quickly denied: "Brother Zhou is joking, I have nothing to do with the Communist Party. I am asking for it for a friend who has some spare money and wants to do business."
Zhou Hexuan was sure in his heart and did not dwell on it anymore. He said: "Actually, if you don't come to me, you can send people to the chicken farm to learn the technology after the Spring Festival. Let me tell the teachers and students of the Agricultural College that it will be over.
I’ll give you a complete set of information in two days.”
"Thank you!" Chu Nanxiang said, cupping his fists.
There are many communist parties like Chu Nanxiang lurking in the National Government, and the most dazzling among them is Mr. Ji Chaoding.
Chen Guangfu, who had gone to the United States with Zhou Hexuan to discuss tung oil loans, would soon recruit a right-hand assistant in the United States. This assistant was Ji Chaoding, who was introduced to Chen Guangfu by Edel, an official of the U.S. Treasury Department. This person, together with Roosevelt's assistant Curie, and
Browder, an assistant to U.S. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, has friendships with Browder, and he also served as a China policy adviser to the U.S. Treasury Department.
Ji Chaoding's doctoral thesis in economics was highly praised by Chang Kaishen's only American personal political consultant, Lat Moore, a few years ago: "This is a very persuasive essay with original insights, good at independent thinking.
"
After Chen Guangfu interviewed Ji Chaoding, he immediately favored this young man and directly appointed him as the director of general affairs of Universal Company. Universal Company is a multinational trading company in name, but in fact it is an agency for Sino-US loans. Ji Chaoding's position is that of Universal Company
The great butler.
In 1941, Chen Guangfu was ordered to return to China and brought Ji Chaoding back as his personal secretary and took him to meet Kong Xiangxi. After reminiscing about the past, he learned that Ji Chaoding's father had been Kong Xiangxi's teacher. Kong Xiangxi immediately took this little brother from the same hometown to live in his home.
He rose through the ranks and held important positions in the Ministry of Finance, becoming the most important and authoritative economist in the National Government.
Ji Chaoding was fully involved in the economic policies of the National Government in the 1940s. It was not until the founding of New China that everyone discovered that he was an old party member who had secretly joined the Communist Party in 1927.
The Kuomintang officials, including Kong Xiangxi and Chen Guangfu, were collectively confused. This person had a Ph.D. in economics from the United States and was highly recommended by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. How could he suddenly become a Communist?
So the Kuomintang bosses began to shift blame. Chen Lifu even accused Ji Chaoding in his memoirs of giving bad ideas to Kong Xiangxi and Song Ziwen. China's economic collapse after the war was all caused by Ji Chaoding following the instructions of the Communist Party.
In fact, how could Ji Chaoding be so capable? He only provided the Communist Party with the real core data on the financial and financial status of the National Government, including a series of policies for issuing gold and silver coins, all of which were executing the orders of Kong Song and others.
.
Zhou Hexuan handed over scientific chicken-raising information to Chu Nanxiang. Within a few days, important figures from the Communist Party came to visit Mr. Dong, one of the leaders of the Southern Bureau.
This is the highest-ranking person in the Communist Party that Zhou Hexuan has come into contact with so far. The two had a great conversation and even gave each other calligraphy as a souvenir.
At this moment, shocking news came from the Hong Kong "Ta Kung Pao" branch...
