The treatment of public officials under the Wang Puppet Government is not much better than that of the mountain city government. What's more, there is still a group of overbearing and overbearing emperors with high force value squatting in their own territory. Until now, the financial affairs have not been smoothed out.
Deposit bonds have not achieved mainstream status.
Unfortunately, according to the regulations of the Ministry of Finance, government agencies use China Reserve Bonds to pay salaries, not the legal currency circulating in the market.
Although under the suppression of violent means, many shops also accept China Reserve Bonds, it does not mean that you can definitely buy things with China Reserve Bonds. It is not that easy to shake the status of legal currency.
Senior and middle-level leaders naturally don't worry about buying rice, but the largest number of small employees are stumped by this problem.
It is very difficult to find a job in Shanghai. If you give up public service, you may not be able to find a better job, but if you continue to work, this unlucky China Reserve Bank will starve your family to death!
"What you said is indeed the actual situation. Zhou Fahai of the Jinling Government has communicated with the Mei government on this issue and is preparing to take public measures to alleviate the food shortage in Shanghai. The Food Committee under the Executive Yuan of the Jinling Government is working with
The Shanghai Municipal Government negotiated and established the Shanghai Municipal Grain Management Committee, which will be specifically responsible for the public grain work in Shanghai." Lieutenant Commander Qingqi said.
After Chen Mingxiang arrived at the Suzhou office of the Qingxiang Committee, Li Shiqun treated him warmly and arranged for him to stay in the most luxurious hotel in the area. All food and accommodation were paid for by the office.
That night, Li Shiqun hosted a banquet for Chen Mingxiang at the largest restaurant in Suzhou, together with Lieutenant Colonel Qingqi who arrived yesterday. He is a military adviser assigned to the Qingxiang Committee by the General Headquarters of the Expeditionary Forces and represents the command and supervision of the Qingxiang Committee by the Mei Agency.
Operation.
According to Lieutenant Colonel Qingqi, Shanghai is the most important core city of the Wang Puppet Government and has a very special status. In order to win over the people, the Wang Puppet Government is willing to perform public service functions and carry out food relief, and decided to implement public sales in the second half of the year.
The allotted rice is 36,000 bales, which is about 45,000 shi.
These rice are not local Jiangsu and Zhejiang rice, but imported foreign rice, mainly Siamese rice, Annan rice, Javanese rice, etc., because all Jiangsu and Zhejiang rice were stolen by the Japanese army and used as military rations.
It was also because of the plunder of the Japanese army that food shortages broke out in various places. The Wang puppet government had to take measures to wipe the Japanese army's butt, so as not to shake the "foundation of rule."
From January to April alone, the Jinling Government's Grain Management Committee imported 12,450 tons of foreign rice. From April to June, it imported more than 7,000 tons again, mostly through Japanese chaebols such as Mitsui & Yoko Co.
Institutional operations.
"Food prices have risen so fast that I feel a bit incredible. Just after the Chinese New Year, it was still 90 yuan per stone, but now it has reached 240 yuan on the black market. It is almost catching up with the loan sharks!" Chen Mingxiang deliberately chose it.
Opened the topic.
Li Shiqun's greed is boundless, and Ye Jiqing is also a woman who loves money as much as her life. She will definitely be tempted by food, a material that can bring wealth.
The Qingxiang Committee's actions in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas happened to provide opportunities for grain trading. The puppet troops of Wang's puppet government, especially the tax police regiment and local security forces, as well as the police station, were tasked with searching for grain supplies.
As the secretary-general of the committee that actually controlled Qingxiang and the director of the secret service headquarters, Li Shiqun had the power to handle Qingxiang's supplies. In other words, he had a large amount of food in his hands.
"I heard that the Navy is looking for you?" Lieutenant Commander Qingqi suddenly asked.
"Your Majesty Lieutenant Colonel, you are very well informed! According to General Shadow's request, Huatong Trading Company's smuggled materials were heavily tilted towards the Army. Of course, the Navy was not satisfied. For this reason, Director Kodama came to me specifically to ask about this matter.
"Chen Mingxiang said.
The Japanese officer changed the subject at this moment, not because he wanted to stop Chen Mingxiang's private grain transaction with the Qingxiang Committee, but because he wanted to avoid suspicion, or to be more precise, he wanted to cover his ears and steal the bell.
It's not that you can't do it, you just don't talk about it in front of him. After all, this kind of behavior harms the interests of the imperial army.
Of course, Chen Mingxiang is sure that once cooperation begins, Lieutenant Commander Qingqi will turn a blind eye and no one will have trouble with money. The Japanese are actually more greedy.
From what this Japanese man said, it was also certain that someone in the Mei Agency was keeping an eye on the Kodama Agency and knew that the Army's arrangements would arouse the Navy's anger.
"Chen Jun, you are a member of our army military police. You don't need to care too much about the navy's opinion. Since the general has made such a decision, if the navy dares to cause trouble for you, the matter will naturally be dispatched to the military headquarters to resolve it."
"The navy insists on the southward strategy for the resources in Southeast Asia, half for the country, and generally for its own interests. But to truly achieve this goal, the key lies in the army. The aircraft carriers and cruisers they are proud of cannot be launched.
Let’s fight on land?”
"In China, our army has occupied most of the land and acquired a lot of resources, but the navy can only stare at it. The navy of the Shancheng government is vulnerable. They are anxious to move south. There are also reasons for this, which do not reflect the navy's strength.
Value." Commander Qingqi said.
In the final analysis, it is a problem of uneven distribution of spoils. In the territory occupied by the army, the resources are definitely biased towards itself. At this time, China was considered an oil-poor country. The harvest of the navy can only be described as clear soup and little water, and there is not much nutrition at all.
However, the strength of the Japanese navy ranks among the top in the world. It did not take much effort to invade China and would not gain much benefit. Therefore, the southward strategy was proposed.
The number and tonnage of the Japanese navy's warships in this local battlefield in the Pacific exceed that of the United States, because a large part of the U.S. Navy's forces are involved in the Atlantic Ocean.
The Combined Fleet has ten battleships, the United States Pacific Fleet has nine battleships, the Combined Fleet has ten aircraft carriers, the United States Pacific Fleet has only three, the Combined Fleet has thirty-eight cruisers, and the United States Pacific Fleet has only twenty.
The fleet has 112 destroyers, while the U.S. Pacific Fleet only has 50 destroyers. The advantage is very obvious.
The strategic decision of the United States was to put Europe first and then Asia, and to make every effort to assist the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union in their fight against Germany. Under such circumstances, the Japanese Navy was full of confidence in the upcoming Pacific War, and was determined to win the territory in Southeast Asia.
As long as we establish a foothold in Southeast Asia and obtain the oil and steel we need to survive, and wait until the U.S. government turns back to deal with Japan, the outcome is hard to say.
"Your Majesty Lieutenant Colonel, I feel very strange. In order to advance the empire's southward strategy, the army and naval aviation are gradually entering the stage of combat preparation. However, according to the news from businessmen in Chiang Kai-shek's area, the imperial aviation once again carried out large-scale bombings on mountain cities. This is not purely
