Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

"The Political Consultative Conference..." Li Guosheng almost blurted out these words after listening to Mr. Ren's introduction.

Ren Bishi's eyes lit up, and he said to himself, "The Political Consultative Conference...that's a good name..."

After finishing speaking, he suggested to the chairman sitting at the top: "Chairman, I fully support Comrade Li Guosheng's mention. On the premise of having the National People's Congress Committee, add a Political Consultative Conference. As for the top leader of the Political Consultative Conference , is called the chairman of the CPPCC, and is held by a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau...."

"President of the State and Chairman of the Military Wei... Premier of the State Council... Chairman of the National People's Congress... Chairman of the National Political Consultative Conference... General Secretary of the Disciplinary Inspection Commission... Vice Chairman of the State and Deputy Military Wei The chairman... the first deputy prime minister of the National Council of the People's Republic of China... exactly seven people, the seven members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau, form the country's highest leadership..." The chairman's eyes lit up, and he said to himself.

"I agree with this proposal..." Duke Zhou was the first to stand up and support.

Subsequently, the other five members of the Standing Committee, including Li Guosheng, expressed their approval one after another.

Half an hour later, a result of the discussion appeared on Duke Zhou's records.

Among the seven members of the Standing Committee, the great man ranked first without hesitation, serving as the party's general secretary and chairman of the military committee.As for the future chairman of the government, he needs to be elected by the National People's Congress before he can officially take office.

Zhou Gong, as the second member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau, will soon be nominated by the chairman as the Prime Minister of the Political Council in the next election of the National People's Congress.

Liu Gong, as the third member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau, was nominated and voted by several members of the Standing Committee.He is about to become the future Supreme Chairman of the National People's Congress.

Li Zongren, who has just entered the party, because of his special status and lofty status in the country.He deservedly became the chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, ranking fourth among all standing committee members.

Ren Gong has an important position in the party.was nominated as the future general secretary of the State Commission for Disciplinary Inspection, ranking fifth.

As for Li Guosheng himself, he ranks sixth as the vice chairman of the Military Commission and the commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army.Of course, after the formation of the government is completed, Li Guosheng, who is just over [-] years old, will undoubtedly be nominated and elected as the country's vice president, the future successor of the country...

Among all the people, Yan Xishan has the lowest qualifications and influence.Because of his ability to develop the economy and internal affairs, he will be nominated as the vice premier of the State Council in charge of national economic development in the future government, ranking last among the seven members of the Standing Committee.

Even at the bottom of the list, the excited smile on Yan Xishan's face never stopped.

Because, no matter what, I have become one of the seven most powerful people in this country, and I have become a veritable national leader.And a year ago, I was just a local emperor in Shanxi Province, and there was a huge gap and contrast.Yan Xishan had to have a sense of heaven and earth.

For such a distribution result, Li Guosheng agrees with it from the bottom of his heart.

To be clear, although only three votes belong to me among the seven standing committee members.The army brought out by himself will obey his orders for at least the next ten years.

With the million-dollar army in his hand and the support of Li Zongren and Yan Xishan, Li Guosheng is confident.Even if he joins the Red Party and only ranks sixth among all standing committee members.but.His own power and status in the party are no worse than the great man who sits in the first place.

certainly.Some people may say that the red party's long-standing method of demagogy will definitely make itself empty in a short period of time.

In fact, it is not the case. When I agreed to join the Red Party, I had already been affirmed by the great man in front of me and made some arrangements.

After the army was reorganized into the People's Liberation Army, all officers above the platoon level of the original Red Army entered the National Defense University to study. What does it mean to have a diploma and when can they return to the army to continue serving as military commanders.

Many people know that among the commanders in the Red Army, there are not even a single one who is truly literate.

Many commanders are from so-called mud-legged backgrounds. Not to mention having experienced systematic military studies, they can't even understand a basket of Chinese characters.Under such circumstances, if these people are thrown into the military academy, it is impossible to graduate within a few years.

More than [-]% of the military commanders of the Red Army were sent to military academies, and the remaining [-]% of the military commanders could have much influence on themselves.Even if he is still bored by the National Defense Forces with millions of mercenaries, there will be no splash.

In addition, the People's Liberation Army will continue to implement the rotation rules for officers of the National Defense Forces.No matter how powerful these people are, it is impossible to cultivate their own confidantes, so as to lift themselves up.

Therefore, Li Guosheng is confident that for at least ten years in the future, the army will be firmly in his hands, and even the chairman sitting in front of him will not be contaminated at all.

With millions of troops and his huge influence in the army, plus the three Standing Committee votes that he completely holds in his hands.If he still can't grasp the rhythm of the entire Standing Committee, then Li Guosheng's return to the Republic of China will be in vain for so long.

I have controlled the Standing Committee in a disguised form for ten years. By then, I will not only gradually gain an unshakable position in the party, but also my position in the army will become more stable because of every victory.

At that time, even if you don't want to be in power yet, you can still find a way to push Li Zongren, who is the chairman of the CPPCC, to continue to let the country develop in the direction you decide.

Of course, Li Guosheng's thoughts were far more than that.

Because accidents may happen to anything, I absolutely cannot pin all my hopes on the army.

In the future development of the country, in addition to the military, which is the most important weapon of the country, will play a very important role, there is another right that is very important, and that is economic power.

With the economic power in my hands and the military escort, only if I have these two lifelines in my hands, can I be sure of it.

Just when Li Guosheng began to think about how to take this opportunity to hold the economic power in his own hands.The chairman's next words pulled himself and Yan Xishan out of contemplation and brought them back to reality.

"Comrade Yan Xishan, in order to avoid domestic shock caused by our party's sudden entry into the central government, the preparations for the formation of the government must be carried out carefully. Therefore, you need to temporarily arrest the government work during this period. In addition, Comrade Enlai can also go there Let me help you. Learn by the way. After all, we have just left northern Shaanxi and have no experience in managing so many provinces."

The excited Yan Xishan promised loudly: "Please rest assured, Chairman. I promise to complete the task..."

After nodding to Yan Xishan, the chairman immediately turned his attention to Li Zongren, and ordered in a kind tone: "Comrade Li Zongren, if our first government is to be successfully formed, the importance of the CPPCC is self-evident. Hope You can set up the shelf of the CPPCC in the shortest possible time...the central government will give people if you want people, the central government will give you money if you want money, and of course, the central government will give you power if you want power.”

"After the CPPCC Committee officially began to operate, it immediately issued invitation letters to all parties and nationalities in the country. They were invited to Beijing to discuss state affairs. Not only that, some patriots in the Kuomintang who are still entrenched in several southern provinces should issue invitation letters. I also want to send it out, and hollow out Lao Jiang's foundation..."

"Comrade Shaoqi, your task is as heavy as that of Comrade Li Zongren. First build the shelf of the National People's Congress, and then build the shelf of the provincial, municipal, and even county people's congresses. Improve the people's representatives step by step. The structural framework of the Congress, ready for the convening of the first National People's Congress...."

"Comrade Bishi, the airs of the Disciplinary Inspection Committee will depend on you. This Disciplinary Inspection Committee was proposed by Comrade Li Guosheng. There must be a lot of things in my mouth that I haven't said."

Just as a wry smile appeared on Li Guosheng's face, the voice of the chairman followed by him reached his ears.

"Comrade Li Guosheng. As the saying goes, those who can do more work, you are the youngest of our seven standing committee members. How can you be worthy of us if you don't share more... In addition to helping Comrade Bishi set up a discipline inspection committee, you have another important task That is to complete the unified reorganization of all military forces such as the National Defense Forces, Red Army, and local troops in the territory as soon as possible..."

Li Guosheng assured loudly: "Please rest assured, Chairman, to ensure that the task is completed..."

Seeing that the chairman seemed to have no other questions, Li Guosheng, who had made up his mind, suddenly stood up and said, "Chairman, members of the Standing Committee, there is one more important matter that I need to report to everyone immediately."

"Eh..." For a moment, except for Li Zongren and Yan Xishan, the others all looked at Li Guosheng curiously.

Under everyone's gaze, Li Guosheng first took out several documents.

After distributing them to the standing committee members respectively, he introduced them.

"This is the relevant information collected by our intelligence officers during our activities in the Kuomintang-controlled area. In order to protect his only territory, Lao Jiang began to deploy troops from various places at all costs to deploy defenses on the front lines of Shandong, Hebei, and Shanxi."

"We all know that once the army enters a state of combat readiness, its daily military expenditure will double or even several times that of usual. As far as I know, the financial situation of the Nanjing National Government has reached the brink of collapse. Now, Lao Jiang has only one way to raise enough food and salaries for his troops in a short time.

"What way..." Apart from Li Zongren and Yan Xishan who participated in this plan, the other four people on the Standing Committee asked Li Guosheng in unison as if they had discussed it.

"Despite the collapse of the domestic economy, a large number of banknotes were printed and issued..." Li Guosheng replied.

"The Nanjing National Government officially issued legal currency two years ago, that is, three to five years ago. So far, a total of about 13 billion legal currency has been issued in two years. Now, in order to maintain his rule, Lao Jiang directly ordered the Central Bank of Nanjing to Issuing another 15.00 million legal currency means that the legal currency circulating in the hands of the people will immediately depreciate by more than [-]%.”

"More importantly, printing [-] million French currency is only the beginning of Lao Jiang... According to the latest news sent by intelligence personnel, the Central Bank of Nanjing has once again received Lao Jiang's order to continue printing [-] million French currency."

"Once the 50.00 million fiat currency enters the market, I can be sure that the economic market in the area where the fiat currency circulates will collapse. Because no one will accept the result of a one-time devaluation of [-]% of the fiat currency..."

At this moment, Duke Zhou stood up suddenly and added: "Chairman, comrades. I have also received some relevant information here, but it is not as detailed as Comrade Guosheng's information..."

"Prices in the Kuomintang-controlled area have fluctuated significantly since last month. However, because the fluctuation range is not too large, it has not caused panic among the people for the time being."

"At that time, we were still analyzing the reasons for such a large-scale compilation of legal currency. Only after listening to Comrade Guosheng's introduction, I realized that it was Lao Jiang who was issuing banknotes indiscriminately..."

"If Comrade Guosheng's report just now is completely true, I can say with certainty that within three months at the latest, the economy in the Kuomintang-controlled area will completely collapse. At that time, ordinary traders will close their businesses on a large scale due to the depreciation of legal currency and will no longer accept legal currency. Ordinary people will also spend a lot of legal currency in their hands because of the depreciation of legal currency. This will form contradictions invisibly and cause large-scale chaos step by step..."

The chairman frowned, quickly shifted his gaze to Li Guosheng, and asked, "Comrade Guosheng, what do you think?"

"Use this opportunity to completely solve the Nanjing National Government. At the same time, let the Central People's Bank, which we just established, issue its own currency to the whole country immediately, and unify the national currency system..." Li Guosheng said firmly.

Seeing the incomprehensible expressions on the faces of the chairman and others, Li Guosheng continued to speak: "We started planning this matter a few months ago, so there is no accident. It will be the harvest season in two months at the latest. The specific process is led by Comrade Yan Xishan, if the chairman and comrades want to know the specific situation, they can ask Comrade Yan Xishan to make a specific report."

chairman.Zhou Gong, Liu Gong, Ren Gong...the four looked at each other.The chairman said calmly.

"Okay, Comrade Yan Xishan. Then I will work hard on you, and explain your specific layout process as concisely as possible."

Following Yan Xishan's step-by-step explanation.The expressions on the faces of the four people also changed from calm at the beginning, then to shock, then to surprise, and then to shock...

Just after Yan Xishan’s introduction, Zhou Gong, who has been in charge of the economy in the Red Party, asked impatiently: “Comrade Yan Xishan, you are not lying, the Central People’s Bank that was just established in Shenyang really reserves more than 600 tons of gold..... "

"Yes, Comrade Enlai... If we don't have so many gold reserves, we dare not put the issue of paper money based on the gold standard on the agenda... Besides, in the next three years, we will You can also obtain about 150 tons of gold reserves from gold mines around the world and the Far East..." Yan Xishan said proudly.

"150 tons of gold a year, that is to say, after three years, our gold reserves will rise to more than [-] tons..." The excited Duke Zhou exclaimed loudly.

Contrary to Duke Zhou's expression, Yan Xishan still replied calmly: "One thousand and one hundred tons of gold should be arranged... According to the commander-in-chief, when our army marches into the Kuomintang-controlled area, at least [-] tons of gold can be confiscated from the Kuomintang-controlled area." .All together, at least [-] tons..."

At this moment, Zhou Gong, who had a certain understanding of the economy, was already in a state of excitement.

After a full half minute, he shouted excitedly to the Standing Committee members present: "Chairman, comrades, we have [-] tons of gold in hand, and our gold reserves are among the top few in the world. Yes. At that time, the gold standard currency we issue can go directly to the world, instead of being circulated in the country like legal currency..."

After finishing speaking, he said firmly to the chairman in front of him: "We must take advantage of this opportunity to issue currency immediately. This is not only very beneficial to the entire country, but also very beneficial to our country's step-by-step globalization. Once we miss this opportunity, we will not Knowing what year and month, how much the whole country will have to pay to wait for another opportunity like this."

Compared with Zhou Gong's excitement, the chairman sitting at the head of the oval conference table seemed much calmer.

Because, as the chairman, he thinks not only about the economy, but also about the balance between the national defense force and the former red party and regiment level.Once the balance is lost, it will bring a devastating blow to both the original Red Party group and the National Defense Forces that have just joined the Red Party.

As a political expert who has lived in political struggles for a long time, the chairman is very clear about the ultimate purpose of Li Guosheng's sudden mention of this matter at this moment.

It is nothing more than taking advantage of the favorable opportunity when the two forces have just combined, and the strength of the National Defense Forces far exceeds that of the original Red Party group, to grasp as much state power as possible, so as to give an explanation to a group of followers under his command.

After a pair of eyes quickly shot out two bright lights, he asked Li Guosheng, who was smiling and silent, "Comrade Guosheng, what is your opinion..."

Facing the sharp gaze of the chairman looking at him, the expression on Li Guosheng's face did not change at all.As if the matter had nothing to do with him, he said slowly: "Obviously, Comrade Yan Xishan's layout is for the sake of the future of the entire country. In this case, in order to reduce the losses of the domestic people as much as possible, and for the future of the country, I fully support Duke Zhou's plan." proposal….."

Putting this matter directly on the future of the country, Li Guosheng believes that even if the great man in front of him hesitates in his heart and does not want to give up his economic power, he has to agree to Li Guosheng's proposal.Because at this moment, Li Guosheng has completely stood above morality. As the head of a country, as long as he is still careful about the whole country, he has to agree.

Sure enough, as soon as Li Guosheng finished speaking, a hint of helplessness appeared on the chairman's face.

After looking at each other with Zhou Gong and Liu Gong who had already understood, he ordered decisively: "In this case, this matter will be officially put on the agenda, and Comrade Yan Xishan will be in charge. In addition, Comrade Chen Yun, who is in charge of our economy, will be in charge. Assist, learn."

In an instant, a trace of surprise from the heart came to Li Guosheng's mind, and he shouted excitedly in his heart: "It's done, the country's economic power has been obtained..." (To be continued...)