June 17th.
The territory established by the 122nd Division was basically stable, and Lao Song and others presided over a grand public trial and publicly executed 247 traitors and bullies in four counties, which naturally attracted people's applause.
Later, the new agricultural tax collection bill and the public land contracting bill promulgated by the Military Management Committee of the Shanxi-Hebei Border Military Region made the majority of farmers even more happy.
Of course, the big landowners turned green and protested openly. Some landowners even threatened their tenant farmers not to contract public land. After being reported, Xu Liqing invited Xu Liqing to drink tea for a day. After returning from the small black room of the Ministry of Security, he immediately followed The younger daughter-in-law is just as honest.
On the same day, Yan'an also announced a policy through Xinhua News Agency, officially changing the name of the Border Bank to the People's Bank of China and naming the currency it issued RMB. It also warned the Chongqing government that if the other party does not take effective measures to curb the devaluation of legal currency, then our party will restrict or even completely prohibit the circulation of legal currency in the border areas.
This means preparing to break up with Chongqing.
Originally, Chongqing was also thinking about restricting the development of our party. The Eighth Route Army's military pay had been stopped a long time ago. Recently, he and Yan Laoxi were discussing how to deal with the Eighth Route Army. However, Yan'an suddenly made such a move, which was successful. He was caught off guard.
But he did not dare to act rashly. Now that our party has established trade relations with Britain, the United States and other countries through penicillin, the National Government is still counting on their loans.
In the end, they could only issue a report accusing our party of disregarding the overall situation and ordering an economic blockade on our party's base areas. Then they protested against the actions of Britain, the United States and other countries, saying that Chongqing is China's legitimate government and bilateral trade should be conducted with them. right.
Then the United States directly said: If you have the ability, take out penicillin, if not, just beep less.
There are actually some people in our party who are cheering for the president and criticizing Yan'an's mistakes, saying that they are undermining the anti-Japanese national united front, flouting the instructions of the Soviet Union, and even using Liu Yu's transactions with capitalist countries to extend to the The betrayal of Bolshevism was a serious rightward deviation.
But what needs to be done will not stop because of some people's words. The issuance of RMB went very smoothly. The first batch tried to issue 100,000 yuan. The border region government used 100,000 yuan and some gold as collateral to obtain funds from the People's Bank of China. I took a loan of 100,000 yuan to carry out purchasing activities, but I didn't expect that the people in the border area recognized it, and all 100,000 yuan was claimed in one fell swoop. However, the banks in the border areas are not in a hurry to print more money. They will not do the same thing as the National Government and plan to wait and see the market response and the economic growth of the border areas first.
Look at Liu Yu again.
He didn't have time to care about other things, and he still had a lot of things to deal with.
At this time, the Shanxi-Hebei Border Military Region was holding a post-war summary meeting for the Yangquan Battle.
At the meeting, Liu Yu spoke highly of the performance of all participating units, especially the 727th Regiment and the 115th Division Teaching Group.
But he also pointed out many problems. For example, soldiers should focus on strengthening their training in street fighting, and the hit rate of artillery is also a big problem.
After the meeting, Liu Yu also invited Commander Nie, Tang Yanjie and others who came to the meeting, as well as Li Lin, political commissar of the 727th Regiment, to have a drink together as he said before.
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"I said, Old Tang, why don't you come to my place."
After three rounds of drinking, Liu Yu's mouth became louder. He started talking without thinking, and started to recruit Tang Yanjie, a strong player who was no less than Brother Yunlong.
"Poaching people in front of me is a bit too much!" Commander Nie glanced at Liu Yu.
Liu Yumi stared and said, "Please give me a price, how much!"
Tang Yanjie also started to roll his eyes at this time. Originally, he had some expectations. After all, the 122nd Division was well-equipped. If he could come here, it would be easier to lead a battalion than it would be for him to lead a regiment.
But Liu Yu said this, isn't this humiliating? Can I be measured by price?
You have to be sincere, do you understand? Sincerity!
Did Liu Bei ask Zhuge Liang to know?
Commander Nie was amused by Liu Yu, pointed at him and said, "You."
As he said that, he suddenly thought of something. He put away his smile and said to Liu Yu: "If you really like fierce generals, I have one to recommend. Let's see if you can get it."
Liu Yu's eyes lit up: "Who is it?"
"New Fourth Army, commander of the fourth detachment, Gao Jingting!" Commander Nie said with a meaningful expression.
"Gao Jingting? Who is it?" Liu Yu was confused for a moment, but then he remembered this person, and then he was sober.
Gao Jingting, a military genius who is not inferior to General Su and General Chen!
After the Red Army's Long March, he led more than a thousand troops and persisted in fighting in the Hubei, Henan, and Anhui regions, and contained a large number of Kuomintang troops. Later, relying on the terrain of the Dabie Mountains, he defeated the hundreds of thousands of Central Army troops who surrounded him!
It's a pity that this man was impeccable militarily, but politically he was just a second-rate man. He also had an arrogant personality and a strong desire for control. He soon made serious mistakes under the instigation of his subordinates.
They were all disobedient on the battlefield. Brother Yunlong was not shot because he didn't have the self-respect to support the army, but Gao Jingting really didn't take anyone seriously.
He didn't wake up until the rebellion of two regiment-level cadres under him, but it was too late. This incident allowed some people to seize the opportunity and directly punish him to death.
There is a saying that Gao Jingting is indeed crazy, but he has the capital to be crazy. He has deep qualifications and strong personal abilities, and he has made great contributions to our party and our army.
To be honest, such a meritorious general should not die for some unprincipled crimes.
Liu Yu remembered that the parents of the former Shikong also ordered Gao Jingting to be spared, and the political commissar of the New Fourth Army also expressed that Gao Jingting's issue should be treated with caution. However, the commander of the New Fourth Army at the time insisted on shooting Gao Jingting.
Seeing that Liu Yu's eyes were clear again, Commander Nie told Liu Yu about Gao Jingting, and then sighed: "I estimate that Gao Jingting will go to the execution ground in a while. Although I have never seen him, But I still admire him very much, and the Central Committee also hopes that the Southern Bureau will make a transitional deal with Gao Jingting. But Chongqing wants to execute him, and some people really follow the orders of Chongqing."
As he said that, Commander Nie looked at Liu Yu again and said: "What is really difficult to deal with now is Chongqing, especially that little Zhuge. Back then, their army of hundreds of thousands was fooled by Gao Jingting. I would hate it if it were me." Damn him! Now that they are bent on killing Gao Jingting, it is useless for us to stand up and speak out, but you are different. You have been so popular recently, and you can speak better than us!"
Liu Yu tore a chicken leg, took a bite and said: "Gao Jingting's problem is still a problem within our party no matter what. Is it his turn for Bai Chongxi to intervene? This time I will try to properly negotiate with them and find a way to solve the problem." Get Gao Jingting out, and if I get the chance, I will kill that wicked bastard Bai Chongxi!"
Liu Yu clearly remembered that the mastermind of the Wannan Incident was this little Zhuge!
Then, he looked at Old Song: "Old Song, call Chongqing in my name and say that I am willing to trade 100 boxes of penicillin for Gao Jingting's life!"
Both Lao Song and Commander Nie widened their eyes. They knew the price of penicillin. It was 50 US dollars each. 100 boxes was equivalent to 50,000 US dollars, which was 2.5 million US dollars!
Lao Song hesitated and said, "Should we negotiate with the headquarters and the central government?"
Liu Yu thought for a while and said: "Of course we have to negotiate. Didn't you ask me to go to Yan'an last time? I will leave tomorrow. Let me tell you about this by the way! It just so happens that people like Gao Jingting will not be sincere until they are about to die. If you repent, I will wait until he is sentenced to death before I hunt him down!"
