In the North China area occupied by the Japanese invaders, salt rationing was completed by two parties. Unlike in Central China, it was simpler. In addition to the salt merchants in various regions, there was also a traitor organization called Xinminhui, which was causing trouble and poisoning the people.
On the 24th of December in the 26th year of the Republic of China, under the guidance of Seiichi Kita, the head of the Japanese North China Front's secret service, the New People's Association was established, which was controlled by the Japanese army behind the scenes.
This force is mainly composed of Chinese people from the occupied areas. Of course, from the president to the grassroots leaders, they are all traitors. They "hire" Japanese as consultants and call it a "people's group" to the outside world.
The pseudo-Xinmin Association presides over the Central Guidance Department, which handles daily affairs. The president is the chairman of the pseudo-North China Government Affairs Committee. Each province has a guidance department, usually with senior pseudo-officials serving as ministers. There are various departments below the province.
Provincial offices and county and city guidance departments.
The Puppet New People's Association is very powerful in the North China area occupied by the Japanese and puppets. It has even established grassroots organizations in all walks of life, schools and groups. It is simply pervasive. It is characterized by wide distribution and large number of members.
Civil society and administrative agencies are integrated into one.
Cooperatives refer to organizations established under the control of the Xinminhui during the Japanese occupation. The lowest units even reach the village level. This was established by the Japanese army in order to facilitate the control of rural resources, especially to rob rural food supplies.
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On December 24, the 30th year of the Republic of China, the puppet North China Government Affairs Committee promulgated the "Interim Regulations of the North China Cooperative Enterprises Federation" and formally established the North China Cooperative Enterprises Federation. This was the beginning of the implementation of the rationing system in North China, and salt was one of them.
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The reason why we focus on the so-called Xinminhui Cooperative is to understand the salt rationing and supply system of the Japanese and puppet forces in North China. The Changlu Salt Farm controlled by the North China Salt Industry Co., Ltd. distributes salt to the salt merchants' associations in various places.
However, under the rationing system, salt merchants only serve as salt transfers, and they still have certain sales rights in places like urban areas. In rural areas, Xinminhui cooperatives are responsible for this.
If people in counties and rural areas want to eat salt, they must first be counted by the chief, then go to the county-level material countermeasures committee to get a salt purchase voucher, and then use this voucher to buy salt from a salt vendor. This needs to be issued by the local police station
Proof of population size.
The salt vendor group also needs to make an application form based on the population within its jurisdiction, including villages, number of households, age, etc., and go to the Material Countermeasures Committee to obtain a salt purchase license, and then go to the salt dealer to pay and receive the purchase license.
Salt receipts and road tickets must be verified by the salt police before you can receive salt.
The last step is the inspection by the police and gendarmerie. Of course, the police are under the command of the gendarmerie. How much salt to buy and whether you can receive it are all decided by the gendarmerie. If you buy a hundred pounds, the gendarmerie will
The military police said they would give you a pound, how dare you argue with the military police?
Having said so much, among the three relationships, North China Salt Industry Co., Ltd. is actually the weakest. The Gendarmerie is stuck in the last two links, and the chaebols can only stare at it, and they have to sell the salt if they have it.
It's money, it's nothing piled up in the salt farm!
"I think the method mentioned by General Yano is the most practical operation idea. In fact, we all know the style of doing things of the imperial chaebols, and their own huge interests have prompted them to take the risk of offending the military and refuse to give in.
Anyway, the military cannot break up with the chaebol."
"I suggest that once the opinions of the two sides are at odds and the negotiations reach a deadlock, I suggest that North China dispatch the gendarmerie headquarters to take decisive measures. The longer it takes, the more variables will occur." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.
"Actually, it is not the most important whether the salt from the Changlu Saltworks is provided to Central China to alleviate the current salt shortage. The reason why we have to do this is that they did not understand the clear requirements of the Imperial Conference."
"Concentrate all resources to serve the jihad. This is the fundamental guiding principle. Any phenomenon that goes against this principle must be contained and changed! The empire is now facing a two-front war, with the mountain city government on one side and the South Pacific on the other.
The U.S. military, now is the time to work together to overcome difficulties, and we cannot allow them to hold us back," Kiyonori Shiozawa said.
After a brief conversation, the two sides determined their respective tasks. The two consulates general were responsible for communication and coordination at the upper level. The secret service was responsible for the movements of the chaebols. The military police were responsible for the implementation of specific actions. Salt
Sales and transportation are naturally the responsibility of Chen Mingxiang's Haiyuan Salt Company. The division of labor is clear and each person performs his or her own duties and jointly enjoys the benefits of the salt industry.
For this group of senior Japanese generals, this matter is really not a big deal. They have never seen businessmen able to compete with the army. Although the influence of the chaebols is great, their behavior is not welcomed by the military ministry and the government.
"Mingxiang, I find it very strange. These Japanese soldiers should be supporting the Japanese chaebols, so why are they helping you seize salt resources? Has Japan become so corrupt? They will do anything for profit?" Wang
I asked really curiously.
This was a question she only asked after the Japanese general left Mara Villa and rushed to the airport. It was also something she had never figured out.
Raw salt is an important industrial raw material and daily material that Japan plunders, and the relationship between North China and Central China is not very good. Why should they support Chen Mingxiang in taking goods from Changlu Saltworks and distributing them to Central China?
"For money? You think these **** elements are too simple. If you are really greedy for money, it will be easier to deal with. This is just one of the incidental reasons, not the main reason."
"When I first started contacting North China, I shipped two to three thousand tons of salt every month from the Changlu Salt Field. It was indeed a private transaction between a few Japanese generals and the military police and me. It was relatively simple in nature."
"No one dislikes money or wealth, and the same is true for the Japanese devils. They use the convenience of their positions to obtain benefits for themselves. This is also the norm in the military police system, but the scale is definitely not as big as it is now."
"Involving the transaction of tens of thousands of tons of salt every month, accounting for one-tenth of the output of the entire Changlu Saltworks, it is not simply for personal gain, but a game between the Japanese military and the chaebol."
"To put it more directly, the Japanese military wants to establish an independent war economic system and concentrate all resources to serve itself. However, the chaebol also disagrees with this out of consideration of their own interests."
"Why did the Kwantung Army want to add another Manchuria in addition to the Manchuria Railway? This is why the military is using my hand to beat the Japanese chaebols and ask them to provide more support for the war, especially since Japan is currently lacking in war resources.
, the material supply of the chaebol is even more important." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.
