Chapter 1471 If You Don't Listen to Others' Advice, You Will Be Punished!
Although the New Year in Henan Province did not end in bloodshed, it also ended in an undercurrent that was invisible to the people.
Only the senior military and political leaders of Henan Province knew what kind of disturbance the deputy commander Tang, who was responsible for disaster relief, stirred up during the seemingly peaceful New Year period.
First, the county magistrate and security team leader of Yinchuan County, who were involved in the Zhoujiazhuang case, both surrendered and admitted that they were involved in serious corruption related to disaster relief food. The captain of the inspection team stationed in the county also pleaded guilty to the theater headquarters and admitted that he had collected 500 yuan. Ocean.
The three of them were taken to the execution ground and shot on the afternoon of the day after the signing of the painting was postponed!
The theater headquarters and the Henan Provincial Administration also jointly sent telegrams to the 20 counties affected by the disaster. If anyone takes the initiative to refund the stolen goods and pay the atonement fine, he can let the past go.
While the counties were still waiting and watching, an explosive news reached their ears.
‘Zhao Lijun, the major general inspector of the military command stationed in Henan Province, committed suicide in his office. After a search, he found the ledger of money and grain related to the disaster relief and a large amount of money. It can be determined that he committed suicide out of fear of crime! ’
This news was like the wind coming from the northern region, which chilled the hearts of these great county magistrates. Officials like them knew very well who Zhao Lijun was. He was a poisonous snake hiding in the darkness. He was sinister and vicious, and with the military commander's tiger skin covering him, even Commander Chiang probably couldn't force him to hang himself!
Maybe someone hung him up personally!
Before this explosive news could be digested, six branches of the Hongfa Grain Store in Luoyang were raided.
It is said that Deputy Commander Tang personally led people from the 15th Army to copy it. He was extremely ruthless and ruthless. Anyone who dared to stop him was killed on the spot. Three pairs of people who sat in court to talk about the matter in six branches were directly killed. .
Zhao Lijun, who I once thought was the absolute boss, was gone, and the arrogant commander of the 31st Army did not come out to speak. Now the county magistrates were completely panicked. Some people even had to borrow money from wealthy local businessmen to pay high amounts of 'atonement'.
The specific amount was not disclosed until after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. The "atonement" each person had to pay was as high as 100,000 silver dollars.
‘Three years to clear the magistrate’s office, one hundred thousand snowflakes and silver! ’ Tang Dao’s move was like removing the firewood from under the cauldron and getting back all the wealth and wealth that these greedy guys had plundered from the people over the years.
If you want to ask if there is anyone he doesn't want to be friends with, Tang Dao is really looking forward to the appearance of such a person, but what is sad is that there is no such person.
With scumbags like Zhao Lijun and General Tang, anyone who dares to disobey their orders will basically have no chance of continuing to sit in that position.
For the sake of the stability of the county, Tang Dao, whose anger had not subsided, finally took the advice of General Jiang and asked the county officials to return the stolen goods and pay 'atonement'.
After doing this in 20 counties, by the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, property worth up to 4.3 million yuan had been collected. If the gold, foreign currency, calligraphy and painting antiques found in Zhao Lijun's secret room were added, the amount had already exceeded 8 million yuan.
But this is only part of the harvest from this stolen property investigation!
General Jiang finally saved face for the emperor's disciple. The grain bags with the words "disaster relief" that were found in the warehouse of the "Hongfa" grain store were not made public on the spot. They were transported by truck to the theater headquarters. Zhengcheng.
But a group army commander with 60,000 troops is not as easy to deal with as the intimidating Zhao Lijun who only relies on military command.
If Zhao Lijun is a fox pretending to be a tiger, then General Tang is definitely a real tiger, and even General Jiang has to give him some credit.
Even when the commander surnamed Tang came to the theater headquarters, General Jiang simply avoided seeing him because he had a cold, and asked Tang Dao, who had returned to Zhengcheng, to confront him.
They have been old enemies for a long time. The previous grudge in Xuzhou has not been resolved. This is a new hatred. Both parties have also abandoned the officialdom of being hypocritical and submissive.
"You raided my Tang's food store and accused me of corruption. Do you think you can defeat me with the evidence in your hand? Do you believe it? You and all your subordinates can't leave Yu Province. In your case, After committing suicide out of fear of crime, can I also find out the account book of embezzlement of disaster relief? All the county magistrates will testify against you that it was you and Zhao Lijun who conspired. They were afraid of the power of the two of you and had to do this against their will!" General Tang! He stared at Tang Dao with his eyes and said coldly.
General Tang, who was born in 1900, is only 42 years old this year. He is in his prime, his hair is already slightly bald, and his sharp eyes, set against a pair of thick eyebrows, make him look like a hawk looking at a wolf.
For most people, let alone hearing such a threat from him, just being stared at by him so coldly would probably make their two sides tremble.
"Of course I believe it. Not to mention that I only have more than 200 direct subordinates now. Even if the entire Four Lines Regiment is here, Commander Tang waves his hand, and the 60,000 troops can wipe out our regiment." Tang Dao's face was calm, as if that People are not threatened by themselves.
"In this case, the grain bank will be unblocked, all the seized grain will be returned, and each of the food bank personnel who were accidentally killed will be given 500 oceans of housing allowance. You will take the initiative to go to the home of the orphans and widows to bow and apologize. I will pretend that this never happened." General Tang continued to say coldly.
"This is just your personal request, Chief Tang. How about you listen to me?" Tang Dao smiled faintly.
"If it's too far away, I advise you not to say it. As the deputy commander-in-chief of the First War Zone and the commander-in-chief of the Shandong-Suzhou-Anhui-Henan Border Region, I only need to send a telegram to the Ministry of Military Affairs to report the killing of an army colonel who is guilty of corruption." General Tang coldly pressed his hand to his waist.
Although General Jiang was not here, he might have expected that these two people who were not easy to mess with would use weapons at the slightest disagreement. Before the two entered the conference room, he issued a military order early. All the guards of the two were left at the gate of the courtyard 30 meters away, and Tang Dao's pistol had been removed.
However, General Tang was a second-level general and the deputy commander of the war zone. Even General Jiang was not qualified to take his pistol, so he could only let him bring it into the conference room.
From the beginning, this person tried to suppress Tang Dao with his official rank and occupy the aura advantage. Now he even touched the gun.
It can be seen that this person is not a fool, and is very good at taking advantage of the situation.
It's just that he got the wrong person this time.
"Captain Tang, don't draw your gun. You've fought in Xuzhou and Jiangxia, and you've seen many scenes of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, but what you've seen are basically corpses strewn across the fields after the war, and all the battles that a small regiment commander like me has experienced are in these mountains of corpses and seas of blood. In order to avoid the pain of relatives and the joy of enemies, we'd better talk calmly." Tang Dao sighed slightly and looked calmly at the general surnamed Tang with his hand frozen on his waist.
Perhaps it was not until this time that he realized that the young guy in front of him was not an ordinary regiment commander.
General surnamed Tang disregarded human lives and allowed his subordinates to exploit the people in the jurisdiction, becoming one of the four major hazards in the eyes of the people of Henan Province, "Flood, Drought, Locusts, Tang, and the Four Wastelands of Henan", but it did not mean that he did not cherish his own life.
Compared with his fierce reputation among the people of Henan Province, Tang Dao was known as the "devil" in the Japanese army, and the bodies of the Japanese who died under his hands could be piled up into a section of the city wall.
In terms of killing Japanese, there are probably no more than one hand in China that can match Tang Dao, and this one hand does not include Tang.
"Then tell me what you think!" General Tang was silent for a moment, and finally took his hand away from his waist.
"Hongfa Grain Store should either pay the ransom or be closed down by the war zone, and the photos taken by several Western journalists at the scene of the seizure will also be put on the headlines of newspapers in the United States and the British Empire!" In the war zone headquarters, Tang Dao's words were simple and almost rude.
"Are you threatening me?"
"How dare I threaten Commander Tang? I'm just stating a fact! Of course, Commander Tang can choose not to follow my advice, but your teacher may not want to destroy the good impression of my Chinese theater among the allies at this time. In a country that even covets disaster relief grain, who can guarantee that the weapons made by its citizens with their hard-earned money will not be resold by certain people?
If I were him, facing the possible loss of nearly one billion US dollars in military aid every year, let alone students, even sons would have to be killed!" Tang Dao lowered his eyebrows and smiled gently.
A chill struck General Tang with his eyes wide open. This was not the first time in his life that someone had spoken nonsense in front of him, but it was definitely the first time that someone told him in an almost joking tone that his life might not be as important as he thought.
Tang Dao's tone, killing him, is as simple as killing a chicken.
Of course, these are not the most important things. Tang Dao actually had no respect for that person, which was the source of General Tang's fear.
The reason why General Tang can be so domineering and do whatever he wants in Henan Province, and even the commander of the war zone has to give him some ground, is all because of that person. Tang Dao doesn't even take that person seriously, so what is he!
"Just relying on these words is the way to death. I actually talked to a reckless man like you. It's ridiculous." General Tang regained his composure.
"If I say that I am the light of justice and represent the moon to destroy you, do you think it's funny, Commander Tang?" Tang Dao smiled.
"Look, let's design a scenario like this: Commander Tang thinks I'm too reckless to be reasonable, but I'm so passionate about justice that I think you're a big scourge that I have to get rid of you. I'm so confused that I kill you now, and then lead my troops to escape from the siege and return to Taihang Mountain.
Don't doubt my ability and the ability of my subordinates, and don't doubt that when you die, Admiral Jiang, who is eavesdropping next door, must be so excited that his hands will almost break!
After you die, you will naturally be wrapped in the national flag and buried in a grand manner, but I, a passionate middle school student, will be miserable!
Not to mention hiding in the vast Taihang Mountains, we also have to guard against someone searching the mountains. Of course, unless the Second War Zone and the Japanese Army in North China cooperate to search the mountains, otherwise With my skills and survival ability, I will most likely be in the mountains enjoying the breeze and eating wild game, and someone will send me some old wine from time to time.
When the war is over, you have been dead for a long time anyway. Except for your family, who may still have some impression of you, others have probably forgotten it long ago. At that time, I will fly to the United States with Miss Laura. Tsk tsk! If there is no war in Hawaii, it would be too comfortable to sunbathe on the beach. Commander Tang may not know that Western women are very open-minded. They like to wear a kind of swimsuit called bikini on the beach. Everything is exposed. You can enjoy the sight without spending money. It is simply a good thing to go there. "
General Tang was stunned!
He may never have thought that someone would threaten him so blatantly, and even designed his own retreat.
Seemingly ridiculous remarks, and what kind of thing is it to destroy you on behalf of the moon!
But General Tang, who had reacted, had no urge to laugh. He just felt a little cold all over. He now believed that Tang Dao could do it. What Tang Dao said before had proved that he had no awe of the so-called powerful.
General Tang even had reason to believe that Tang Dao had already arranged the escape route, and his elite soldiers should have been deployed long ago.
And his 31st Army's 60,000 troops were all hundreds of miles away.
Moreover, as Tang Dao just said, if he died, apart from the national flag wrapped in a grand funeral, how many people would chase Tang Dao who was hiding in the mountains and forests to help him avenge?
This was definitely a desperate man who did not play by the rules. General Tang reached a consensus with Zhao Lijun, who was already dead.
"You will implicate your family and friends by doing this. I don't believe you will do such an unwise thing." General Tang tried to keep himself calm.
But the shrinkage of his pupils had exposed the fear in his heart.
The more powerful a person is, the more he cherishes his life!
This is just like some emperors in ancient times who were destined to be remembered in history. At the end of their lives, they often became confused and even took those so-called "immortal" pills as big as pigeon eggs containing a lot of lead and mercury as meals. As a result, the result was contrary to their wishes and they broke down much faster than normal.
Is it because their brains are not working well because they are old? Obviously not.
They just don't want to give up their throne of power and want to sit on it longer to fight for the one in a billion possibility.
What if those illusory legends come true in themselves?
"So! I am not a qualified righteous light. For the people around me, I must find a balance between sunshine and darkness. Hongfa Grain Store must pay for this matter, otherwise I cannot explain to the tens of millions of people in Henan Province, and what I just said is the bottom line.
Of course, the scene I just mentioned was purely because I drank two taels of wine in the morning and I have forgotten it now. But the photos taken by Western reporters are real. They took a US transport plane back to Shancheng with Miss Laura the day before yesterday.
Your teacher may believe you or not, but in front of the military aid of one billion US dollars, the same thing still applies. Sons can be reborn, let alone students. Commander Tang, I advise you to be calm. Teachers will basically beat disobedient students." Tang Dao laughed and turned around and walked out of the meeting room.
Otherwise, he was afraid that he would really not be able to help but kill this guy on the spot.
"You are really good. How come my hand is broken? Adjutant, show me off!" Admiral Jiang, who saw the Tang Dao for the first time in the small conference room not far away, pointed at the Tang Dao with his hand, and his tone was also not good.
He didn't even mean to keep Tang for lunch, so he asked his adjutant to show him off.
Perhaps only his adjutant knew that Commander Jiang not only ate two large bowls of rice at noon, but also drank two taels of wine.
When a not very obedient and extremely strong deputy commander walked out of the headquarters, his face looked as ugly as if he had eaten a pile of shit. Who would be the commander in the same mood?
The Tang Dao is really sharp.
Not only did it pierce the heart, but it also really cut a big piece of meat from someone!
On the second day after General Tang returned to his station, the "Hongfa Grain Store" finally gave in. Not only did it spit out the 800,000 yuan illegally obtained this time, but it also paid 3 million catties of grain to the war zone in the form of grain instead of funds, and promised to pay another 5 million catties before June!
Although these money and grains could not play a decisive role in the face of the impending disaster, they played a deterrent role. Several bloody heads, the cold corpse of the major general of the Military Control Commission, and the large grain companies under the deputy commander of the theater all told those greedy people that Deputy Commander Tang was an absolutely ruthless person!
In fact, when the terrible drought really came a few months later, more than four-fifths of the land in Henan Province was harvested, and people realized that the disaster Tang Dao had previously said was not an exaggeration!
And when the overwhelming locusts flew over and ate up the last grain on the land, everyone was almost desperate.
More than 10 million people need food! Even if it is only one or two rice noodles a day to save lives, it will take a million catties a day.
Fortunately, with Tang Dao's continuous media publicity, the Executive Yuan also attached great importance to it and allocated 100 million in advance to purchase food. In addition to the donations and the self-raised funds of Henan Province, after nearly half a year of hard work, the grain reserves shipped to Henan Province have reached 40 million catties.
Money makes things easier. The Henan Provincial Administrative Office spent a lot of money to buy grain from the landlords in Henan Province. In half a year, it purchased and stored more than 60 million jin.
With external leverage and internal potential, the grain reserves of more than 100 million jin finally made the military and political officials of Henan Province feel relieved.
Under Tang Dao's suggestion, the war zone set up a special grain price inspection team to crack down on grain hoarding. The grain price was uniformly set throughout the province every day. Those who dared to raise the price at will or sell inferior goods as good ones would either be arrested or pay a sky-high fine, one of the two choices!
With the heads during the New Year, the inspection team dared not to collect money, let alone be careless. Tang Shashen was in Luoyang, the largest city in Henan Province. I heard that his knife had not seen the smell of blood for half a year, and he was just thinking about it.
In such a disaster year, the grain price was even lower than usual. The middle and high-level officials could buy grain, and the lower-level people could only receive relief grain. Although the quota of 4 jin per month for adults and 3 jin per month for children was very low, it was enough to keep the people alive.
Even the bark, leaves and wild vegetables have become much less abundant because of the locust plague, which is absolutely intolerable.
Tang Dao simply organized locusts to be eaten in several locust-hit areas. If they were not fried, they would be roasted over fire. The taste of that thing was indeed not very good, but fortunately it was also protein, enough to supplement the energy needed by the human body.
Seeing Tang Tuanzuo eating a plate of roasted black locusts by himself, the common people who were starving every day and had to fear the gods were also willing to give it their all.
It is said that in just one county in western Henan that was hit by the locust plague, tens of millions of locusts were eaten, and the locust plague was greatly alleviated.
Of course, in the face of the might of nature, human beings are still insignificant after all. The disaster did not disappear because of human efforts. The drought that started in May even lasted until autumn.
Although the disaster continued, the consequences were much smaller than in the past. Many old, weak, sick and disabled people could not survive, but the number of people fleeing was much smaller than in the past.
Many places even wanted to build a shrine for Deputy Commander Tang because of his wise decision.
Tang Dao was shocked. This was not a thank you, but a way to push him into the fire pit! It doesn't matter now, but whoever brings this up later will be in trouble.
Tang Dao even smelled some kind of conspiracy! Commander Tang has been unusually honest in the past six months, a little too honest.
Good words of persuasion were useless, so Tang Dao could only use the trick of the old bureaucrats. The security groups in various places were demolished for me. If the township dared to build, no relief food would be issued.
To deal with ignorance, you still have to deal with it rudely.
When Tang Dao saw Tang Shanhe again after this mission, Tang Shanhe had already been filled with many Tang poems.
And Tang Dao didn't stay at home for too long. By the end of 1942, the Four-Line Group, which had been shelved for nearly a year and a half, received a transfer order again.