Rise From Eight Hundred

Chapter 1471: Those who don’t listen to others will be punished!

Although this New Year in Henan Province did not end in full blood, 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 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 Zhao Lijun, who only relies on the intimidating 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 in fear of crime, can I also find out the account books of embezzlement of disaster relief? All the county magistrates will testify against you. 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. 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 so coldly by him 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 people 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 off, I advise you not to say it. As the deputy commander of the First War Zone and the commander-in-chief of the Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui and Henan Border Regions, if I kill an army colonel who committed a serious crime of corruption, I may only need to report it to the Ministry of Military Affairs. Just send a message to report." General Tang put his hand on his waist coldly.

Although General Jiang is not here, he may have expected that these two untouchable masters are the kind of people who will rob someone if they disagree with each other. Before the two entered this conference room, they had already After the military order was issued, all the guards of the two men stayed at the entrance of the courtyard 30 meters away, and Tang Dao's guns were already released.

It's just that General Tang is a second-level general and the deputy commander of the theater. Even General Jiang is not qualified to use his gun, so he can only be brought into the conference room.

From the beginning, this man tried to use his official rank to suppress Tang Dao and take advantage of his aura. Now he even had a gun.

It can be seen that this person is not an ignorant person, and he is very good at taking advantage of situations.

It's just that he got the wrong person this time.

"Commander Tang, please don't draw your gun. You have fought in Xuzhou and Jiangxia, and have seen many scenes of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, but what you have seen are basically corpses lying in the fields after the war. And a small regiment leader like me has experienced All the battles are in this mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood. In order to avoid the bitterness of relatives and enemies, it is best for us to talk calmly." Tang Dao sighed slightly and looked at his hands stiffly on his waist calmly. General named Tang.

Perhaps it was only then that he realized that the young guy in front of him was no ordinary group leader.

General Tang ignored human life and allowed his subordinates to exploit the people in the area under his jurisdiction. He became one of the four major disasters in the eyes of the people of Henan Province, "floods, droughts, locust soup, and the four wildernesses in Henan", but this does not mean that he does not cherish his own life.

Compared with his evil reputation among the people of Henan Province, Tang Dao was known as the "devil" among the Japanese army. The corpses of the Japanese who died under his command could be piled up to form a section of the city wall.

When it comes to killing Japanese, there is probably no more than one hand in China that can rival the Tang Dao, and the number on this hand does not include him, Tang.

"Then tell me what you think!" General Tang was silent for a moment and finally took his hands away from his waist.

"Hongfa Grain Store will either pay the atonement or be seized by the war zone. The photos taken by several Western reporters at the seizure site will also be placed on the headlines of newspapers in the United States and the Empire where the sun never sets!" Tang Dao's words were simple in the war zone headquarters. Almost rough.

"Are you threatening me?"

"I dare to threaten Commander Tang. I am just stating a fact! Of course, Commander Tang does not need to follow my advice, but your teacher may not want to damage the good impression of our Chinese theater among the allies at this time. In a country that even covets disaster relief food, who can guarantee that the weapons made by its citizens with their hard-earned money will not be resold by some people?

If I were him, faced with the possible loss of nearly one billion U.S. dollars in military aid every year, not to mention the students, even the sons would have to be killed too! "Tang Dao lowered his eyebrows and smiled gently.

A chill hit General Tang, whose eyes were wide-eyed. 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 had told him in an almost joking tone that his fate might not be what he imagined. so important.

Tang Dao's tone made killing him as easy as killing a chicken.

Of course, these are not actually the most important. Tang Dao actually has no respect for that person at all. That is the source of fear for General Tang.

The reason why General Tang was able to dominate the Henan Province, and even the commander of the war zone wanted to give him three points, was all due to the existence of that person. Tang Dao didn't even know that person. In the eyes of others, he is nothing!

"These words alone are a recipe for death. It's ridiculous for me to talk to a reckless man like you." General Tang regained his composure.

"If I say that I am the light of justice and will destroy you on behalf of the moon, would Commander Tang find it funny?" Tang Dao smiled widely.

"Look, let's design a scenario like this: Chief Tang thinks I'm so reckless that it's almost unreasonable, but I'm passionate about justice and feel that you, a big scourge, must be eliminated. I'm so confused that I'm going to kill you right now. Then we led our troops to break out of the siege and escape back to the Taihang Mountains. Don't doubt the abilities of me and my men, and don't doubt that once you die, the excited hands of General Chiang Kai-shek next door will be almost broken!

After your death, you will naturally be buried wrapped in the national flag and buried in splendor, but it will be miserable for me, a hot-blooded middle school boy!

Not to mention hiding in the vast Taihang Mountains, I also have to be prepared for someone to search the mountains. Of course, unless the Second War Zone cooperates with the Japanese army in North China to search the mountains, there is a high probability that with my skills and survivability, I will just blow the wind and eat in the mountains. Game food, and from time to time someone would give me some old wine.

By the time the war is over, you will have been dead for a long time anyway. Except for your family, who may still have some impression of you, others have probably forgotten about it. At that time, I will fly to the United States of America with Miss Laura, tsk tsk! If there was no war in Hawaii, it would not be too comfortable to bask in the sun on the beach. Chief Tang may not know that Western women are extremely open-minded. They like to wear a swimsuit called a bikini on the beach, which exposes everything. You can feast your eyes on it without spending any money. You just make money by going there. "

General Tang was stunned!

He may never have thought that someone would blatantly threaten him, and even have his own escape route planned.

It seems almost ridiculous, and it means that the moon will destroy you. What the **** is this!

But when General Tang reacted, he had no urge to laugh at all. 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 regard for the so-called powerful people. No trace of awe.

General Tang even had reason to believe that Tang Dao had already arranged his escape route, and his group of elite soldiers should have been deployed long ago.

But his 60,000 troops of the 31st Group Army were all hundreds of miles away.

Moreover, as Tang Dao just said, if he dies, besides being buried in a grand ceremony wrapped in the national flag, how many people will chase Tang Dao who is hiding in the deep mountains and old forests in order to avenge him?

This is a desperado who doesn't play by the rules. At this time, General Tang actually reached a consensus with the dead Zhao Lijun.

"If you do this, your family and friends will be implicated. I don't believe you would do such an unwise thing." General Tang tried to keep calm.

But the shrinking of his pupils revealed the fear rising in his heart.

The more powerful a person is, the more he cherishes his own life!

This is just like some emperors in ancient times who were destined to go down in history. They often became dim-witted towards the end of their lives, and even took those so-called 'Shengxian' pills that were as big as pigeon eggs and contained a lot of lead and mercury as food. The result was counterproductive. Damn it. Much faster than normal.

Does that mean their brains are not functioning properly as they get older? Apparently not.

They are just reluctant to part with their seats of power and want to sit there longer to fight for the one in a billion possibility.

What if those mythical legends come true for me?

"So! I, the light of justice, am not actually qualified. For the sake of those around me, I must find a balance between sunshine and darkness. 'Hongfa Food Line' must pay the price for this, otherwise I can't Let me 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 talked about was purely because I was a little drunk after drinking two taels of wine in the morning, and I have forgotten it now. But the photos taken by Western reporters are true. They and Miss Laura took an American transport plane back to the mountain city the day before yesterday.

Your teacher may believe you or not, but in the face of a billion-dollar military aid, as I said, a son can be reborn, let alone a student. Chief Tang, I advise you to be calmer. Disobedient students and teachers will basically punish them. "Tang Dao laughed, turned around and walked out of the conference room.

Otherwise, he was afraid that he would really be unable to bear it and kill the guy on the spot.

"You are so good. Why are my hands broken? Adjutant, see you off!" General Jiang, who saw the Tang Dao for the first time in a small conference room not far away, tapped the Tang Dao with his hand, but he was also disappointed. A bit of a good tone.

He didn't even intend to stay with Tang for lunch, so he asked the adjutant to see him off.

Perhaps only his adjutant knew that Commander Chiang not only ate two large bowls of rice at noon, but also drank two taels.

A deputy commander who was not very obedient but was extremely forceful walked out of the headquarters with a look as ugly as if he had eaten a piece of Xiang. Whoever it was as the commander would be in a good mood?

Tang Dao is a knife that really couldn't be sharper.

Not only did he poke his heart, but he actually cut a large piece of flesh from someone!

On the second day after General Tang returned to his station, the 'Hongfa Grain Bank' finally relented. Not only did it spit out the 800,000 yuan it had illegally gained, but it also paid 3 million kilograms of grain to the war zone in lieu of grain. Promise to pay another 5 million jin before June!

Although these money and grains will not play a decisive role in the coming catastrophe, they will play a shocking role in people's hearts. Several **** heads, the cold body of the military commander, and the large grain store under the deputy commander of the theater all told those Greedy people, Deputy Commander Tang is an absolutely ruthless person!

In fact, when the terrible drought really came a few months later, and more than four-fifths of the land in Henan Province failed to harvest, people discovered that the catastrophe that Tang Dao had mentioned before was by no means an alarmist!

And when the overwhelming locusts flew in and ate up the last food on the land, everyone was almost in despair.

More than 10 million people need food! Even if it is just one or two meters of noodles to save life, it still requires one million kilograms every day.

Fortunately, Tang Dao has continued to publicize it in the media, and the Executive Yuan has also taken it seriously. It has allocated 100 million in advance to purchase grain. Adding donations and self-raised by Henan Province, after nearly half a year of hard work, the grain reserves shipped to Henan Province have reached 40 million kilograms. .

Money makes things easier. The Henan Provincial Administrative Office spent a lot of money to buy grain from landowners in Henan Province. In half a year, it purchased and stored more than 60 million kilograms.

Thanks to external leverage and internal tapping of potential, military and political officials in Henan Province finally breathed a sigh of relief to the over 100 million kilograms of grain reserves.

At Tang Dao's suggestion, the war zone set up a special grain price inspection team to crack down on grain hoarding. Every day, grain prices were set uniformly across the province. Anyone who dared to increase prices at will or pass off substandard goods would either be arrested or pay sky-high fines. Choose one!

With the deaths during the New Year period, the inspection team no longer dares to collect money, nor does it even dare to be careless. Tang Sha Shen is based in Luoyang, the largest city in Henan Province. I heard that his sword has not seen the smell of blood in half a year. Thinking panicked.

In such a disaster year, food prices are even lower than usual. The middle and high-level people can buy food, while the people at the bottom can only receive relief food. Although the quota of 4 pounds per month for adults and 3 pounds per month for children is very low, it is enough. The people have a way to survive.

Even the bark, leaves and wild vegetables have become much less due to the locust plague, which is intolerable.

Tang Dao simply organized the eating of locusts in several locust-stricken areas. Instead of frying them, he roasted them over fire. The food didn't really taste good, but fortunately it was protein, which was enough to replenish the energy needed by the human body.

Seeing Tang Tuanzuo eating up a plate of locusts roasted until black, the common people who were so hungry every day and still feared the gods were willing to risk their lives.

It is said that just one county in western Henan that suffered from the locust plague ate tens of millions of locusts, which reduced the locust plague a lot.

Of course, in the face of the power of nature, human beings are still small after all. The disaster has not disappeared because of human efforts. The drought that started in May even lasted until autumn.

Although the disaster still continues, the consequences are much smaller than in previous time and space. Many old, weak, sick and disabled people did not survive, but the number of people fleeing is much smaller than in previous time and space.

Many places even want to build shrines to Deputy Commander Tang because of his wise decision.

Tang Daoke was shocked. This was not to thank him, but to push him into a pit of fire! It doesn't matter now. Whoever brings this up to make things worse in the future will be fine.

Tang Dao even smelled some kind of conspiracy! Commander Tang has been extremely honest in the past six months, a bit too honest.

Good words and persuasion were of no use. Tang Dao could only resort to the old-time bureaucratic tactics. The security groups from various places bulldozed it for me. If the township dared to be built, relief grains would not be distributed.

To deal with ignorance, you still have to deal with it brutally.

By the time Tang Dao finished this errand and saw Tangshan River again, Tangshan River had already been engraved with many Tang poems.

Tang Dao could not stay at home for too long. By the end of 1942, the Si Xing Tuan, which had been put on hold for nearly a year and a half, received a transfer order again.