Chapter 10 Zhongtong's Yang Conspiracy
The next morning, Zhang Yanyuan and Chen Baohua each carried two trucks full of military and central government spies, and rushed to the Xiangyan Street where Mr. Chen was staying.
There were only two vehicles, but four vehicles came at once. Master Chen was very unhappy and asked mercilessly: "Team Leader Zhang, Director Chen, are there many vehicles in the department?"
"Your safety is more important than anything else. It's better to be prepared for thousands of kilometers."
As soon as Chen Baohua finished speaking, Zhang Yanyuan asked with a smile: "Capital, do you know how the Japanese describe you now?"
"How to describe it?"
"You are a capricious villain who says you must punish him. According to reliable intelligence, several major secret agencies and naval intelligence departments are trying to find your head. Ding Mocun and Li Shiqun are not idle either. The six killers they sent have arrived in Hong Kong and are trying to turn to Kunming to settle the score with you."
The capricious despicable villain must be punished. Master Chen was happy, "Is there any reward?"
"I haven't heard of this," Zhang Yanyuan looked around and said meaningfully: "Maybe because I hate you so much, I don't want to pretend to be someone else. In short, you are now a thorn in their eyes and a thorn in their flesh. Don't be careless about safety, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable."
"I don't have to worry about my safety."
Master Chen pointed at Chen Changshou and others who were climbing onto the truck and said without any doubt: "Leave two for me, drive the other two back, and it will be the Spring Festival in a few days. Don't let my brothers have a bad New Year because of me."
Seeing that he had made up his mind, Chen Baohua didn't insist, "Since the seat doesn't want to mobilize the troops, let them go back, but I have to go with you."
The Yangon branch office has been established for so long, but I have never been there. Zhang Yanyuan weighed it and said without hesitation: "Cu Se, let me accompany you together. It's just right to go to the Chafang Station to see it. I heard that there is a mess."
The Chafang Station is quite chaotic. In Master Chen’s memory, a major case that shocked the whole country will not take long. If Chen Yanyuan could go and see it in advance, it might be possible to avoid this upcoming tragedy, so he nodded slightly.
Along the way, there were branches of the transportation department, so there was no need to pack up. Zhang Yanyuan and Chen Baohua explained to their subordinates, then climbed onto the truck and went back to the long-distance journey with Master Chen for thousands of kilometers.
As soon as he drove out of Kunming City, a black sedan with the license plate of the Dianjun followed. Chen Yanyuan lifted up the canvas and observed it for a while before saying to himself: "Isn't this Ma Yi's car? What is he here to do?"
Liang Weihua, who was half lying beside Master Chen, smiled, "He went to Baoshan to hand over the military camp with me. He made an appointment last night, but he didn't expect it to be so on time."
Zhang Yanyuan seemed to remember something and quickly sat up, "Saturday, your subordinates should be in southern Anhui now. Do you want me to say hello to the transportation team and ask them to keep a squadron in southern Hunan after the New Year and take all the brothers over."
Isn’t this using power for personal gain?
Master Chen didn't want to give someone a handle, and squinted his eyes and yawned in the world and said, "March is also a way of training. Let them walk slowly, without wasting the precious transportation capacity in the place because of them."
As he was talking, the car suddenly stopped slowly.
When I looked over, I found that there was a checkpoint in front of me. Police in blue uniforms, Yunnan soldiers and black uniforms were checking passing vehicles. The road was not wide, and the block was only a few kilometers. Looking around, there were cars, cars, trucks, oil-burning, and charcoal. Countless vendors were carrying baskets to shuttle through the cracks of the vehicle, shouting, horns, noises and engines were heard incessantly.
During the routine, Master Chen didn't care about it, just pretended that nothing had happened, and lying in the wooden carriage and continued to close his eyes and rest. He never thought that for more than an hour, the horse steed in the car behind could not bear it anymore, so he ran forward to argue with the officers and soldiers at the checkpoint.
"General Chen, General Liang, there are several charcoal trucks in front of you. We can only leave when they move. Why don't you come down and find a place to have a cup of tea?"
The theory ended up with a lot of waiting. Even Ma Li was embarrassed. Master Chen waved his hand, "No need, there are everything in the car, just wait a moment, there is nothing urgent to do anyway."
Zhang Yanyuan could no longer hold it back and said angrily: "Saturday, do you know what those people in front of you are doing? They are collecting consumption tax. There is no problem with private goods. But even the Arsenal Office, the Military Intelligence Office, the Transportation Department and the Aviation Commission have to be collected. It is simply outrageous if you don't pay taxes."
Chen Baohua and Chen Yanyuan were in a surprisingly consistent attitude on this issue, "This is called the 'Longyun' tax, which is unique in the country. It is an illegal fiscal and tax system and is a heavy taxation system. If it weren't for frequent air strikes, they might suffer losses. How could the war materials urgently needed on the front line pay them taxes? In order to continue to collect this tax, Lu Chongren also swears that Yunnan is the rear of the anti-Japanese war. In order to consolidate national defense and supplement military strength, consumption tax cannot be levied."
Can the finances still be called "King of Yunnan" if they are not financially irrelevant?
However, even the central government's materials were plucked, which was a bit unreasonable. Master Chen sighed secretly and said perfunctorily without complaining and criticizing: "Two, this is not something we should worry about, otherwise what else should the Executive Yuan and the Ministry of Finance do?"
"Yes, it's not our turn to worry about it, but is it true that delaying the transfer of materials? You can stand on the roof of the car and take a look. At least half of the vehicles are my car, and it's a few hours. If it's really blown up by a Japanese plane, who will bear the responsibility?"
Even Chairman Jiang did not withdraw the King of Yunnan and told me that it was useful! Master Chen cursed inwardly and asked in a different way: "Where are the other half of the vehicles? What are the units?"
"I've gone too much," Zhang Yanyuan blurted out without thinking: "There are people from the Central Trust Bureau, some from the China Transportation Company of the Political Department, some from Kong Lingkan Fuxing Transportation Company, some from Yuqiaqing Sanbei Department Store, some from Longda, and some from private... In short, there are all kinds of things, but the news media and all sectors of society have pointed the finger at our transportation department. It's really a pity."
There are many people who have left, and the local tyrant of the King of Yunnan. No wonder even Liang Yugao said that who will be the director of the Southwest Transportation Office is the same. Despite this, Master Chen still asked thoughtfully: "Team Leader Zhang, as far as I know, this department should have the authority to rectify this chaotic situation. As the head of the guard inspection team, have you ever thought about improving transportation efficiency as much as possible within the scope of your authority?"
"I dream of it!"
Zhang Yanyuan sighed lightly and smiled helplessly, "But I can only think about it. I won't talk about the checkpoint in front of me. I can't afford to mess with those messy transportation companies. I have to rely on each of them harder than the other. If you deduct a car today, you will be ordered by the superior tomorrow to let me go."
Fighting for power and profit is one thing, and not doing well in the work is also one thing, but Mr. Chen has to admit that Zhang Yanyuan is still dedicated, at least in terms of management of vehicles and personnel in the office, he has done everything he can do.
Because he noticed that the fuel tank covers of his two trucks and the several trucks that had just passed by him were sealed. The drivers had a good mental outlook, and they were driving carefully. They did not rush around because they were trucks at the transportation site, or even blocked like the drivers on other cars.
Master Chen pondered for a moment and suddenly asked, "What are the installations in our car?"
"Most of them are tungsten sand, pure antimony, tin, raw silk, bristles and tung oil. The Ministry of Finance purchased them in a unified manner to exchange for foreign exchange. When they came back, there were more materials in this department, 14% of the materials, 28% of the Arsenal Department, 6% of the Military Control Commission, 3% of the Transportation Department, 6% of the Aviation Commission, and 6% of the others. Others are all kinds of fuel."
"What about their car?"
"There are materials from the Ministry of Transport and materials from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, but in general, most of them are private goods. You can tell at a glance when you go to Yangon. At least one or two thousand people are using this highway to make a fortune in the national crisis. They buy a few trucks from abroad and then ship them ashore to purchase them locally in Myanmar. When they drive them to China, they will make more than ten times the profit, and the supply is still in short supply."
All the valuable transportation capacity is wasted, but the war materials that were urgently needed cannot be transported back. Master Chen frowned and then asked: "How many of the 2,000 trucks in the Nanqiao General Association are not in place?"
After thinking about it, Zhang Yanyun said affirmatively: "Sixty-five vehicles, because there are not enough drivers, they can only park to cover the sun and rain."
Master Chen obviously would not miss such an opportunity. He immediately turned around and said, "Planer Chief Chen, go ahead and notify Director Xie and ask him to contact his hometown immediately. He said that the training department urgently needs 1,200 drivers and 500 mechanics. Please solve it as soon as possible."
"yes!"
Nanyang overseas Chinese leader Chen Jiageng worked hard to recruit more than 3,000 drivers. The person in front of him had 1,200, and Zhang Yanyuan was shocked and quickly added: "One thousand is OK, but if it really doesn't work, it's only 800."
The Central Party Committee has a special branch in Penang. Chen Baohua knew the strength of Qiu, Xie, Yang, Lin and Chen’s five surname companies, and couldn’t help but smile: “Team leader Zhang, let alone 1,200, even 2,400, it’s just a matter of one sentence for the attendees.”
Looking at his skeptical look, Master Chen coughed twice and continued: "Team Leader Zhang, the reason why he used the name of the 28th Training Department was entirely due to financial considerations, so I would like to find a way to solve it so that you and Director Song would be embarrassed."
The Ministry of Finance’s dealings is indeed difficult to fight. Zhang Yanyuan deeply agreed. After thinking about it, he asked, “Do you mean you are under the name of the Ministry of Military Affairs?”
"Isn't that a salary?"
Master Chen shook his head and said seriously, "I mean to raise money by myself, and there is no need to use the precious military expenditure of the government. In order to increase the enthusiasm and confidence of the Nanyang relief agencies, I also plan to ask them to send representatives to supervise finance and participate in management, so as not to give someone a handle, saying that we did not spend the donations to the point."
It is a good thing for someone to donate money, but will it get out of control if you do this?
Zhang Yanyuan realized the seriousness of the problem and asked quickly: "Chu, such a big deal, are you going to discuss with Director Song?"
"I will say hello to him. In addition, I will report to the committee member according to facts." Speaking of this, Master Chen showed a worried expression, "Even the 'Eighth Aid Committee' has been created. The Overseas Chinese Committee is under great pressure. As the chairman of the Overseas Chinese Committee, I have to take some action."
"Chief of the Overseas Chinese Committee?"
Seeing that he was still in the dark, Chen Baohua felt a little funny and couldn't help but interrupt, "Team Leader Zhang, this chairman is appointed by the committee member. How could General Liang Yugao be a liaison officer for the committee member?"
Chapter completed!