Today is the most sensitive and prone to accidents. The country is divided and the public is excited. France, which played a decisive role in the negotiations over the past two months, has become the "public enemy of the whole people".↖

In the face of national crisis, Emperor Bao, as the head of state, not only did not make a strong opposition, but even stayed in Paris to spend time and drink. He confirmed the name of "puppet" and completely lost the hearts of the people.

Chief of General Staff Nguyen Van Hin has dual nationalities between France and Vietnam. He married a French wife. He has always been proud of being a Frenchman and his relationship with the French Expeditionary Force is well known. Therefore, he is very low-key today and has never appeared in public again. He dares not make any remarks about coups and overthrowing the government.

The Pingchuan faction is another important force supported by the French and Poland in Saigon. Its reputation is not good, and Li Wenyuan is also worried about being affected. Today, he is so low-key that he cannot be low-key. Facing the demonstration team that cannot be seen at a glance, the Pingchuan faction soldiers and police maintain the greatest restraint, and no one takes action, let alone shoot at the parade.

Ng Diem has always regarded himself as a nationalist patriot and has always been an anti-French attitude. In addition, he immediately ordered the flag to lower the flag to mourn the division of the country and designated today as "National Weapon Day", which won the support of many people and added a point to himself.

However, rising support rates alone are far from enough.

This morning, the "Final Declaration of the Geneva Conference" and the "Agreement on the Stop Hostile in Vietnam" which will officially come into effect in another four and a half hours will not only fail to solve the series of problems he faces, but also bring about a series of new problems.

The small conference room on the second floor of Jialong Palace was filled with smoke. Wu Diem and three other middle-aged men who had never seen before were sitting on the sofa and were frowning. Wu Ting-jeong stood in the corner to answer the phone, with a focused expression. He was almost burning the cigarette and his hands were unaware of it.

Huang Shiliu, secretary of the Prime Minister's Office and press officer in charge of contacting foreign journalists, met Li Weimin and knew his relationship with the Prime Minister's family. He invited him into the conference room and reported carefully: "Prime Minister Yan, Mr. Li has arrived."

"oh."

Ng Diem was stunned for a moment, raised his arm to signal him to sit.

The room was so choking, it was not a place for people to stay. Li Weimin did not sit directly, but nodded slightly to the three people opposite him, counted on saying hello, then walked to the window and opened the window, picked up the teapot, and helped them to refill the tea into the cup, while whispering: "Mr. Yan, isn't it very troublesome?"

"Trouble? There is never a shortage of trouble here."

Ng Diem sighed lightly, took the cup and introduced: "Minister Zhen, Minister Cheng, this is Li Weimin, the chairman of the Industrial Village Investment Company I mentioned to you."

I guessed it was him, and only he is here to not treat himself as an outsider.

The short and thin middle-aged man stood up and put on his suit, stretched out his right hand and greeted: "Minister of Defense Li Yuzhen, Mr. Li, and Prime Minister Yan often mentions you."

"Hello Minister Zhen, it's an honor to know Minister Zhen."

"Minister of News, Mr. Li, I am also a member of the Refugee Committee."

"It turned out to be Minister Makoto, I hope."

Chen Jinxuan, the last self-introduction, was the most impressive to Li Weimin. He was about thirty years old and looked very capable. He was not very high in his position. He was just appointed as the director of the Political Culture and Social Investigation Bureau, but his power was not small at all. He was the leader of a secret police officer.

Just after the greetings, Wu Tingying put down the phone and turned around and asked, "With the people, has the board of directors been held?"

"It's over, from 8:30 am to 8:30 pm."

"How is it?"

“It’s very successful.”

Li Weimin smiled and sat down and said, "Knowing that the government is short of funds now, the board of directors unanimously agreed to be guaranteed by the Bank of East Asia to temporarily lend 150 million Piast to the refugee committee for turnover. The term is three months, no interest is required, only a little bank handling fee is required."

The US government has promised aid, and military aid and non-military aid plans have been formulated, but it is not that easy to implement them because people are needed no matter what they do.

The government is in chaos, and many personnel are not in place. After the personnel are in place, they must form counterpart agencies and communicate with the U.S. aid management team and the heads of various aid projects. Americans pay attention to procedures, evaluate and submit materials. From the determination of the aid plan to the present, the government has only received a sum of 210 million yuan of local currency exchanged from the Bank of East Asia.

We must win over warlords, train cadres, organize political parties, form secret police forces, maintain the operation of the government departments that have just taken over, and provide relief to refugees gathered in the suburbs... and even allocate part to Ruan Wenxin and Li Wenyuan, otherwise the soldiers and police under their command would rebel.

Give it a little here and there, and it will be gone in a few days after getting 210 million. Now is the time to get money. Master Li is in a timely manner. Wu Diem is very moved and holds his hand tightly and says, "For the people, you have troubled you again."

"Mr. Yan, this is what we should do."

With money, Li Yuzhen finally understood why Ng Diem values ​​the young Vietnamese Chinese in front of him, and couldn't help saying: "Prime Minister Yan, Mr. Li is helping him in time. It seems that we can consider first withdrawing some government officials, soldiers and their families. If conditions permit, students, political and religious groups can also withdraw some of them first."

Once the French army retreated, South Vietnam would resist the Vietnam League alone.

Diem was in a complicated mood at this moment. He was happy that the country had finally gained independence, and was angry that the country was divided. He was also worried that the French would take the opportunity to go south as soon as they left. All treaties and agreements were used to tear them down. He did not believe that the Vietnamese would obey the Geneva Agreement honestly.

Most of the hundreds of thousands of ** are in North Vietnam. They must be relocated to the south as soon as possible and try to transform it into an army loyal to the government. Officials in North Vietnam need to retreat south and train them after they retreat, otherwise there will be no one to take over the political vacuum after the French withdrawal;

Refugees gathered in Hanoi, Haiphong, especially Catholic brothers and sisters living in North Vietnam, were going to retreat south. Only by withdrawing them can the ruling foundation of the new government be built.

Want to withdraw south and resettle so many people, 15,000 Piasts were not enough. Diem weighed it and shook his head and said, "This loan cannot solve the big problem. Now we can only put pressure on the French and ask the United States for help at the same time."

Wu Ting-jeong sat opposite Li Weimin and said with a wry smile: "I just received the news that a regiment of the Fifth Infantry Division had just occupied Hanoi Airport and asked the Expeditionary Force to help the North Vietnamese retreat south."

The Fifth Infantry Division is the number of the Nong District Army. Li Weimin pretended to be surprised and asked: "Mr. Wang, have they exchanged fires? Are there any dead people?"

"No."

Wu Ting-jeong picked up the cup and said with a smile: "As far as I know, the whole process went very smoothly. The Expeditionary Force Command believes that they have received the cooperation of French officers. To confirm this, I just asked Colonel Lansdale, who found out through the US Air Force technician stationed at Hanoi Airport that the rioters were sitting in the airport command to drink coffee with several French officers."

Li Weimin asked laughed and crying: "A farce?"

"almost."

These old foxes turned out to have sympathizers within the French army.

Li Weimin was ridiculous and didn't know what to say, Li Yuzhen smiled bitterly: "Prime Minister Yan, from this matter, we can see that the Expeditionary Force is willing to help us retreat south and north Vietnam, but we have not received the order. And France is not able to do this now, so Paris will not give this order to the Expeditionary Force easily."

Ng Diem pondered: "Work with the French and ask the United States for help?"

"We have to consider not only the south retreat, but also the resettlement. Apart from that, we have no better choice."

"Okay, call Wu Wenmu (Minister of Foreign Affairs) and ask him to talk to the French."

Li Yuzhen and the other two seemed to know that they had something to talk about, so they borrowed the opportunity to call Wu Wenmu and get up and leave the conference room.

Wu Ting-jeong brought it to the door, and Li Weimin said embarrassingly: "Mr. Yan, Mr. Wang, the board of directors has doubts about borrowing money to the government. Professor Anderson and Mr. Boer believe that the funds should be used for special purposes, so that 150 million can only be used for refugee relief and resettlement."

The treasury is empty and the government orders cannot leave the Jialong Palace. It is normal to have doubts, but it is not normal if there is no doubt. As for the special funds, it is understandable. After all, Mr. Boer represents the church, and he only has Catholic refugees in his heart.

How could Ng Diem blame him for this? He said sincerely: "For the people, it is not easy to borrow money from the government at this time, and the industrial village plan also requires money."

"Long live understanding."

Li Weimin focused his attention and took out a list from his arms: "Mr. Yan, these tents, grain and daily necessities were originally prepared for the reception of refugees in the industrial villages of Da Nang and Vung Tau. Some paid deposits, and some negotiated with suppliers. Now if you want to purchase, you may not be able to purchase so much, and it is impossible to be the price.

There are priorities and priorities. If the government needs it, it can first hand over the urgently needed and scarce materials on the order to the Refugee Committee. After all, I am also a member of the Refugee Committee, and the government cannot sit idly by when encountering difficulties."

All of them are in urgent need of scarce materials, and the prices are very fair, at least 30% cheaper than on the market. Since the loan can only be used for refugee relief and resettlement, Ng Diem certainly accepted them all, and the big business of 150 million Piast was negotiated in this way.

Li Weimin was very happy that the materials stocked up a few months ago were sold out at one time, and the action to overturn Temper on the black market was a complete success. The Industrial Investment Company was in a timely manner, and this batch of materials could solve the urgent needs, and Wu Diem was also happy.

After carefully reading the list, Wu Tingjie carefully considered how to allocate it, and asked half-jokingly: "For the people, if the government cannot repay this loan in three months, how can you explain to the board of directors?"

"Mr. Wang, I want to help the government and be responsible to the company, especially the shareholders. This has been considered. First of all, the money is loaned to the Refugee Commission for turnover. If there is international aid within three months, it will be returned from the aid. Professor Anderson and Mr. Boer can testify that the government or agency that provides the aid will not object."

Wu Tingying really admired the "Shancai boy" in front of him, and put away the list and asked: "What if the aid party is opposed?"

"Then we can only find the government. Although the government has no money, it has fixed assets. All the coal mines in the central region have been occupied by the Vietnam League. Now they want to withdraw, and they can completely deduct the coal mines to the Industrial Investment Company. We want to build more than a dozen power plants, and we will never think there is too much coal."

Seeing his erotic look, Wu Diem felt much better suddenly and couldn't help but smile: "The idea is good, the key is that there is a Frenchman between us."
Chapter completed!