Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 350 Taxation and Frontier Currency
On the afternoon of the [-]th.

Wang Ying came to Yanwang Mountain in advance according to the previous agreement, and Zhou Weihan gathered everyone together.

Members of the party committee team of Tainan Military Region: detachment leader Zhou Weihan, political commissar Zhao Gang, chief of staff Xing Zhiguo, director of the Political Department Li Yunshan, and chief of staff Zhou Weiguo.

Wang Ying, Director of Tainan Prefecture Government.

Now the Tainan Military Region is basically full of high-level staff, but there is still a shortage of deputies, and there is still a shortage of cadres such as the political department and the staff office under it.

After everyone was seated, Zhou Weihan first introduced Zhou Weiguo to Wang Ying.

"Old Wang, this is Comrade Zhou Weiguo, who is now the chief of staff of the military region!"

"Comrade Wei Guo, this is Comrade Wang Ying from the prefecture government, the director of the prefecture!"

The two shook hands, and Wang Ying said with emotion: "The leading cadres in the army are really young. Among the five, you, Lao Zhou, Lao Zhao, and Wei Guo are all less than [-] years old, right?"

"Let me tell you, we are not only young, but also intellectuals. Old Zhao and I graduated from Yan University, Wei Guo graduated from Whampoa, and later went to the German Military Academy for further studies!" Zhou Weihan said a little embarrassingly.

"Hey, you are really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon here. I said there is no one in the prefectural government, and all the co-authors have come here!"

Wang Ying then looked at Zhou Weiguo, and blatantly undercut him in front of Zhou Weihan: "Comrade Weiguo, are you interested in working in the special district government? We still lack a decent military cadre. As long as you come, all the soldiers will be in your hands." command!"

Zhou Weiguo smiled, he was stunned again, the difference between the main force and the local armed forces under the jurisdiction of the prefectural government was vast.

Don't look at him as the chief of staff now, but once there is a battle, it is very likely that he will lead an army to command the battle alone.

"Take it, I'm looking for you for business. Tomorrow is the first collective meeting between the army and the locality in our Tainan base area. Let's talk about the content to be mentioned at the meeting!" Zhou Weihan said in a sentence. Wang Ying.

Zhou Weihan and Wang Ying each talked about their respective contents about the army and the locality, and everyone present discussed and changed them carefully.

"The base area has expanded, and the land reform has been completed. Next, the development of the base area will focus on economic construction! The superiors sent three comrades here, all of whom are good at economics! A few days ago, they had already done a simple survey in the base area. a bit!"

"Monk, call Hu Jingyun and the others over!"

It didn't take long for the three of Hu Jingyun and Zhou Weihan to arrive, and Zhou Weihan didn't write much, and asked them to talk about their suggestions on the economic development of the base area.

"Brother, we have been around the base these days, and we found that the Tainan base is different from other bases!" Hu Jingyun said.

"Oh, what's the difference?" Wang Ying asked with interest.

"Take the vicinity of Yanwang Mountain as an example. There are no Japanese strongholds in the vicinity of the mountain and the outer thirty or forty miles, but there are Japanese strongholds in the outer base areas. At that time, I didn't understand why this was considered a base area!"

"Later, Comrade Abacus explained that in some places, the Japanese army built strongholds on the surface, but the Japanese and puppet troops in the strongholds only moved around the strongholds and would not go to the countryside to sweep them up. There were even only the strongholds of the puppet troops, secretly obeying the leadership of our Eighth Route Army !"

"Just take this as an example, it is very different from other bases!"

The situation Hu Jingyun mentioned only existed in the two counties of Wuyi and Wu'an, and all strongholds in Cixi, Lidongnan, and Ludongnan base areas were all uprooted.

The reason for doing this is also to give Si Neiyong a face and maintain law and order on the bright side.

It can't be that Wuyi and Wu'an counties, which have always had good law and order, are mostly out of the control of the Japanese army.

In fact, Si Nei Yong can only control the strongholds near the two county towns, the Han-Chang Highway, and the road leading to the county town.

"Our Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines are in a guerrilla warfare environment that was divided and blocked by the Japanese army. The base area's economy is basically a semi-natural economy combining scattered agriculture and small handicraft industries. The people in the base areas have to bear the consumption of the war and the enemy's constant raids. The agricultural and handicraft industries in the base area have been deeply traumatized, and in this regard, it is really a blessing that our Tainan base area can have such a stable environment!" Hu Jingyun said excitedly.

"According to what Comrade Abacus said, the army is currently developing a good sideline business. There are farms on the mountain, stretches of vegetable fields, chicken farms, pig farms, and soap-making workshops. At present, the daily needs of the troops have been met. , the Fourth Regiment of Ci County governs three coal mines!"

"At the local level, the army cooperates with local big families to dump materials such as cloth, fur, herbs, and shochu, and at the same time purchases salt, matches, poultry, and oil from other places. Thanks to this work, Wuyi and Wu'an The economy has developed initially, and many villages have their own small workshops."

"However, the current management is relatively chaotic, and there is no tax policy in the base area, and no border area currency has been issued!" Hu Jingyun finally said.

Zhou Weihan and the others looked at each other, what Hu Jingyun said was indeed true.

It's not that the base areas don't want to collect taxes, but that during the initial establishment of the base areas, the focus of previous work was on the construction of the army and the construction of grassroots political power, and there was no time to implement tax policies.

The problem of the supply of the army, on the one hand, is that the troops seized and confiscated the property of bullies, gentry and traitors, and at the same time engaged in production and sideline business.

On the other hand, relying on local fundraising for food and cages, those who have money will contribute money, and those who have food will contribute food to ensure the supply of the army.

From 1937 to 1940, during this period, base areas were being formed and everything was created.

The anti-Japanese regimes in various places are not yet unified, and there is no set of fiscal policies and methods suitable for the specific conditions of the enemy's rear base areas.

With the rapid growth of the Eighth Route Army, the supply of military supplies is very urgent.

Therefore, on-the-spot food-raising cage funds came into being.

"The top priority is to develop agriculture and handicrafts, and at the same time implement reasonable tax policies and issue currency. However, due to the availability of chemical fertilizers in the base area and the completion of land reform, the agricultural development is very good!" said Lin Zhen, who had been silent all this time.

"Taxation is the most necessary thing to do. The implementation of the method of "donation from rich households" makes the landlords and rich peasants overburdened, which is not conducive to the consolidation and development of the rural united front. The class below the middle peasants is affected by this, and they are unwilling to rise economically, which hinders production. development of."

"Even the anti-Japanese fighters who are willing to support our Eighth Route Army will not always be willing to pay for food and money, and some ordinary people with ordinary family backgrounds actually have spare power. Unified deployment!"

When Lin Zhenyi made a speech, he said it in a way that is out of the world.

Zhou Weihan and others nodded.

"Then what tax policy is implemented?"

"Reasonable burden!"

(End of this chapter)