Battle of the Third Reich

In order to save the precarious situation, Jiang Zhongzheng made the decision he thought was the most correct. He made all the faces and kept the thighs in front of him. ⊙, he sent a secret message to Kong Xiangxi, the message pointed out that as long as the authority of the government leader is not involved, it can meet all the requirements put forward by the Germans. No matter how much the price is paid, it must be satisfied and satisfied by the German AIA. This series of agreements was reached with the National Government.

In fact, without Jiang Zhongzheng's instructions, Kong Xiangxi had already done so in Indochina. The finance minister disclosed almost all the secrets he knew to the Germans. Now the special envoy of Blumberg has mastered all the national government. Hole card. It is not that Mr. Kong has no nationality and personality. If the border blockade continues, the Confucian industry will not be able to survive even if the family is big.

At this time, the strength of the Confucius family has not reached the peak in history. His family’s real success is relying on national hardship and wealth. After the coastal area was blocked, the import and export trade maintained through the southwest channel allowed him to fight for gold and control government resources. The Confucian family was completely invincible in the commercial war.

The joint blockade initiated by Britain and France is indeed a heavy blow to the Confucian family. Although it is less than a fatal blow, once the time is delayed, it will really damage the foundation of the family business. .

Because they are doing foreign trade business, most of the payment for these goods has been settled. The problem is that there is no relationship with the supplier in the transportation link, so even if the goods are not received, the receiver will pay the balance. clear. The backlog of goods in the port warehouse is now equivalent to squeezing the next pile of real money. In less than a week, the Confucian industry has begun to show signs of poor turnover.

Anglo-French-Germany made it clear that it was suppressing Kong and Song's subordinate enterprises. European and American partners have been informed of the relevant situation. Many companies bluntly said that if the situation is not improved, the previous contract can only be invalidated. Some small business profits offend the three top powers.

As a result, the domestic trade companies with other trade channels have not dared to have a little relationship with the Confucian family. I am afraid that they will be misunderstood by the Germans and be included in the list of trade blockades, which is really wrong. .

At present, the shops of the Confucius companies can only rely on the previous inventory support, and it will not last long. When the subsequent supply is cut off, a bunch of Confucian trading companies can only close their doors.

Immediately after another thing that caused him a headache, some downstream sellers could not get the scheduled goods and began to demand deposits from themselves. Although the Confucian family was strong, the other party was not a civilian without a background. If the export business can work without a little background, the other party's relationship network is all over the military and political circles, and it is backed by several gods of the government. Even if they are strong like the Song family, they will not dare to face it easily.

Kong Xiangxi is more than that. His accounts in major European banks have been frozen by the government, and some of them have secret accounts opened with false identities. If this is not a domestic mischief, then only Germany can be said. People are really like the rumors. At this time, he can use, except for the pile of fiat currencies that are depreciating every day in domestic banks, there are only a few funds deposited in American banks. The problem is that most of these funds are used by the government to purchase foreign aid. Because his business misappropriated the funds, Jiang Zhongzheng would never give him any face.

Kong Xiangxi was firmly grasped by the Germans, and he had to bow his head to reality. He must have surrendered to the Germans if he was absolutely not allowed to touch the bottom line, fearing being pointed out by the people. Afterwards, some experts and scholars also commented that although Kong Xiangxi showed some humility in this incident, he finally retained the conscience of some government officials and still had some national integrity on key issues. He did not betray the country to the Germans. Dignity and sovereignty.

In fact, the Germans had no interest in the sovereignty, dignity, territory, etc. of the national government at this time. They did not even intervene in this quagmire. Germany still has a lot of troubles to solve in Europe and Africa.

Talking specifically about the issue of labor export, Kong Xiangxi said that he obeyed all the needs of Germany, and the government will go all out to select the most qualified laborers to participate in the construction of Europe. In the ruling area of ​​the state government, the number of unemployed people remains high, and only part of the work can be digested on weekdays. However, there are still a large number of refugees waiting for government relief. Once the people are informed of this way of life, they do not know How many people will break their brains in order to grab a place.

Speaking of which, the National Government was a tragedy at all, and their rule could not reach the grassroots level. It can be said that the country in the eyes of the high-level government and the country in the eyes of the grassroots are completely the world in two concepts.

The central government's control over the country is limited to the county and city level, and the power only involves the appointment and removal of officials. In some areas, even the appointment and removal of officials cannot be controlled by the central government. The so-called party departments in various places are completely in vain, and they do not play a role in guiding people's thinking. The number of government officials and staff is serious, and a small county government has more than 3,000 civil servants. However, only 5% of them were members of the Kuomintang.

Jiang Zhongzheng knew the existence of these problems very early. In fact, the Kuomintang organization was weakened to this point, all because of his deliberate promotion. Because the leadership of the Kuomintang had never been determined, it often fell into the hands of his opposition, and there are still a group of veterans who are dissatisfied with him. With Jiang Zhongzheng's character, how could he tolerate the vigorous development of an organization that threatens his rule, so when he came to power, he often looked for opportunities to deliberately suppress the Kuomintang's influence in the government, and he used the reason for the separation of party and government To completely separate the Kuomintang’s party affairs organization from the state power.

At that time, the local party headquarters of the KMT did not have any actual leadership, and the salary of the head of the party department was not as good as that of a postman. Before the outbreak of the Chinese Anti-Japanese War, the grassroots organizations of the KMT had almost disappeared. Dizzy.

After the Anti-Japanese War broke out in full, and he really took the throne of the country's leader, he began to attach importance to party affairs, vigorously develop the KMT's grassroots organizations, and fully expand the party membership. But at this time, the Kuomintang has been away from the grassroots for too long. In addition, due to the impact of the war, all efforts have been exchanged for a pile of useless party rosters. The original local officials only changed their identities and became members of the Kuomintang. The original basic pattern has not been changed in the slightest.

The government's control over the place is extremely low, which is why they created a "miracle" in World War II. Of all the countries participating in World War II, only China has not initiated the wartime ration system. The main reason is that the government has a serious lack of control over the grassroots level and cannot build a complete distribution system. Because whether it is the collection and storage of materials or the distribution of transportation, these require a government with a high degree of organization and control capabilities to complete, but for the Chinese government at the time, this is simply a daydream.

"We can't guarantee that everyone will get the same supplies. Because of this war, many people have been displaced and many local governments are reluctant to provide food for foreign refugees because their own food reserves are not enough." Kong Xiangxi picked up the small silver spoon A spoonful of pudding was dug into the mouth.

"This is indeed a question, Mr. Minister, how many workers you can provide at present." Blumberg put down the coffee cup.

"We are already starting statistics, which will take some time. According to my estimates, there is no problem in recruiting 100,000 people in the first month." Kong Xiangxi replied.

"I heard the news just now in the Governor’s Office that the smuggling clearance operation at the border will end this weekend. The company suspected of smuggling needs to pay taxes and fines, as well as the cost of material storage during this time, as long as the money is paid, The seized goods can be returned immediately." Dr. Pan Ke stirred the tea spoon and smiled at Kong Xiangxi.

"This is really good news. Thank you very much for being able to tell me, doctor." Kong Xiangxi suddenly breathed out. Before making a long-distance call with the person at home, Miss Song's murderousness can be felt through the microphone. get.

"Mr. Kong, when will your evaluation team arrive." Colonel Davidson asked.

"The telegram says it will be tomorrow, and there should be no change."

"We are ready to know that it is not an easy job to gather so many pieces of equipment, let alone arrange a demonstration operation personnel." Davidson reached out his fingers and dusted off the soot that fell on the uniform hem. The Chinese are preparing to send a weapon evaluation team to evaluate the weapons in the scope of this transaction. In plain words, they came to inspect the goods, and by the way, they paid for public tourism.

"Thank you very much, Colonel, we will give a compensation to all the people involved in the work." Kong Xiangxi just got the news he had been looking forward to, and his mood became particularly comfortable.

"Sir." Lieutenant Colonel Roach walked into the small garden with a folder.

"This was just received." Roch nodded to Blumberg and then gave the file to the Marshal.

"From Berlin." Blumberg opened the folder and looked at the message. He looked up at his colleagues.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Minister, for a while." The Field Marshal picked up the file and left the seat. He walked to the corner of the pergola and began to read the telegram carefully. Davidson and Roch hurried up and stood beside him.

"It should be the head of state's reply." Dr. Pan Ke said to Kong Xiangxi, whose expression became nervous.

The Minister of Finance of the State Council did not feel the slightest relaxation, and he carefully observed the change of expression on Blumberg's face. Blumberg quickly read the telegram, handed the folder to Davidson, and then whispered something to Roch before turning around and walking towards Kong Xiangxi.

"Congratulations, Mr. Minister, the head of state accepted the apology of the chairman of your country, and the special envoy will rush to Chongqing in three days." Blumberg said to Kong Xiangxi with a smile.

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