Back to the Republic of China as a commander

The second is technology. Fortunately, steel, with the help of the Luxembourgers, has a full set of technology. Even if there is any new technology to use, it is not difficult to master it.But in other aspects, such as chemical industry, military industry, and even tractor technology, Wang Zhenyu does not have it now.Not to mention planes and cruisers!Those things require a higher level of technology, and all white people are honest and treacherous people on the outside, and they take these things seriously.In later generations, these things will be tightly covered by them, and they will not be able to attract them even with great effort.So I still have to rely on my own research and development, yes, and I went back to the first question, talents!

The third is control. The Westernization Movement and the life experience of later generations made Wang Zhenyu understand a truth: the sutras are not only good or bad depending on the quality of the sutras themselves. .Just look at Sheng Xuanhuai, who was just about to die after being knocked out by himself. Wang Zhenyu is considering whether to make a law. In the future, the commander of the navy is not allowed to appoint Ding, and the railway minister is not allowed to appoint Sheng.Just kidding, if such a huge industrial construction project of mine is successfully completed, it means that in just five years, Wang Zhenyu has gathered the wealth of nine provinces to build a powerful country in Asia that is no less than Japan.Although it is not yet possible to talk about defeating Japan, at least it can guarantee that it will not be so easy to be defeated by Japan.But there are many problems, or accidents.

Whether the imported technology and equipment are really advanced and practical, whether the management personnel are conscientious, whether the production and operation activities are healthy and orderly, and whether the final benefits have reached the expected goals.Even the scariest point, grandma, do the people below have a conscience in these specific implementation links, and how much kickback will they get?

Thinking of this, Wang Zhenyu wished he was a German. Hitler was placed among those idiots in Germany to lead the rise of the Third Reich in just a few years. Don't try to rise up even if your spirit is exhausted to death.

This last item is the most headache for Wang Zhenyu, because the information sent back by his intelligence personnel in Nanjing clearly shows that with the establishment of the Nationalist Government, the situation has stabilized and income has increased.The bureaucratic class composed of revolutionaries quickly began to enjoy a corrupt life, and even Wang Zhenyu's subordinates were not spared. It seems that this is human nature.Thinking of this, Wang Zhenyu couldn't help but shake his head, don't think about it anymore, Zhao Hengti, Bai Chongxi and their European military observation team will leave tomorrow, and I have to treat them to dinner tonight, some of them are bachelors, don't come back Time to bring a European woman back and it will really become a western scene.

On May 5, Wang Zhenyu went to Wuhan Wharf to see off the members of the European Military Observer Mission. More than 29 military observers including the head of the European Military Observer Group, Zhao Hengti, and the deputy head, Lieutenant General Bai Chongxi, all lined up to accept Wang Zhenyu's inspection.

This time the military observation team is very strong in terms of lineup. Liao Lei, Li Pinxian, and He Yingqin are all brilliant characters in this battle to protect the country.The other members have low military ranks. Zhang Zizhong is newly promoted. Others such as Li Jishen, Chen Cheng, Luo Zhuoying, Qian Dajun and others are a group of young officers promoted by Wang Zhenyu from various armies this time. Many of them are not From the Youth Army.Originally, they were all sent to study at the Army University of the Youth Army, which moved to Wuhan, but after half a month of class, they were urgently transferred to this military observation group to follow a group of senior generals for so-called field study. Familiar with the European battlefield.

Wang Zhenyu firmly believes that gold will shine. If he rashly promotes these good seedlings in history, the result is likely to break the original structure of the youth army and cause great chaos.After all, the army is the place where seniority and origin are the most important, but the future expeditionary force will be different. This place will not have so many scruples, and once they return from Europe, their seniority will even be higher than that of the domestic garrison. The first choice for military officers!

In addition, in order to prevent the officers under his command from drinking the blood of soldiers, Wang Zhenyu also issued a new order that all troops should go to the units directly under the Ministry of Armaments to receive military supplies and military salaries in units of battalions; and the management of the army has been further strengthened. Anyway, up and down are of one mind.Now it is clearly a party, but who can guarantee that there will not be a few bastards in so many troops who will be instigated? The only way is to strengthen the control of arms. This method has just returned from Japan. Yang Du, who was canceled as wanted and could only hide here as Wang Zhenyu's staff for the time being, proposed it.All troops receive ammunition in units of regiments, and new ones must be replaced with old empty shells.In this way, the ministries have basically lost the possibility of hoarding ammunition, and they are not afraid of being rebelled if someone is really instigated.

Wang Zhenyu is very satisfied with Yang Du's two tricks. It is not in vain for me to take such a big political risk to bring you back from Japan. Work hard, and I will cancel your wanted arrest as soon as possible.With tears in his grateful eyes, Yang Du vowed to serve the chairman of the committee with what he had learned in his life, and he would definitely live up to the great trust of the commission.

On June 6, Wang Zhenyu personally convened and presided over a meeting of the Ministry of Armaments, and all officers above the major in the armament system were required to attend.Wang Zhenyu repeatedly emphasized at the conference that armament work is related to the life and death of the country, directly raising the historical significance of armament work to a new level.The young military officers who were talking about suddenly felt that their lives were full of meaning, and they all expressed that they would live up to the trust of the chairman and do their best in armament work.

Wang Zhenyu nodded and smiled with satisfaction.However, after the meeting, Wang Zhenyu separately called the major and above military officers in charge of heavy industry, ordnance industry, and joint logistics of the Armament Department to lecture them according to the department, and warned them not to reach out. If they found out, not only would they be shot, but their reputation would be damaged. It will also implicate family members. In short, it is bluffing and scaring, no matter how effective it is.The officials at this time are not as good as later generations, and there are not many naked officials, so the effect of such lectures is still there.

But Wang Zhenyu doesn't believe in such words as personal morality and ideological awareness.If these two things are useful, why did the officials continue to corrupt like moths to the flame during Zhu Yuanzhang's time?Don't believe in the nonsense that people's essence is good. It is not enough to kill a kind of corruption by education, it still depends on the system.

"The projects of the Ministry of Armaments will now set up a special project department. All project departments are composed of three departments, one is the expert group, whose opinions are the key, the second is the implementation group, they are responsible for the specific implementation, and the third is the financial group. , all fund management is done by them. All expenditures must have the signatures of the three team leaders, and the signature of the director of the project department will take effect. Special line, you can directly connect to the fifth room of my attendant office. This room is responsible for the project supervision of the Armament Department. The project funds of the Armament Department must be earmarked for their own use, and misappropriation is strictly prohibited. In addition, a special audit office has been set up to review each project for me. , find one and deal with one. Do you understand?"

Minister of Armaments Ma Xicheng, Deputy Minister in charge of military industry Wang Zhenkun, and Deputy Minister in charge of logistics Ma Xiren nodded quickly.Wang Zhenyu thought for a while and then said: "Generally speaking, nepotism is a big taboo, but in our old China, under the official position, we have long been an official for thousands of miles just for money. I really have no one to trust, so I thought about it. Go, that is, the three brothers will take care of the key areas of military equipment and logistics for me. Over the past few years, you have all been pretty good, and there are some things that you can’t see, but it’s harmless. But this time I have to be serious Let me tell you, I can’t make any jokes, brothers, if the construction of the heavy industry falls short due to corruption, dereliction of duty and other reasons, not only our Wang family, the Ma family, but the whole of China will be divided up by the big powers, and we will never recover. We not only Infamy will be left in history, and our brothers will no longer have a foothold in the whole of China. We will never blame the past. From today, one counts as one. Whoever is corrupt or corrupt is our brother. Enemies, and as our enemies, there is only one end for them, that is to die. There is nothing to discuss, buried alive, this kind of animal is a waste of food, and it is cheaper for them to make fertilizer. For future happiness, please three brother."

After the three looked at each other, they also solemnly gave a standard military salute to Wang Zhenyu.

Wang Zhenyu nodded with satisfaction and said to Ma Xicheng: "Well, I believe you, everyone, take it easy, let's get back to business, let's talk about the income from heavy industry construction, and let's talk about the problem of the steel plant first. I have thought about it , Our three million-ton steel plants are indeed unrealistic. Have you and Luxembourg experts made a site selection plan? Let me have a look. As for the audit, I recommend someone, Zhang Shizhao, he is not Our military system, let him come, no one has to worry about it..."

Chapter 289 The Industrial Age ([-])

"Shaoguan Iron and Steel Plant has an annual output of 30 tons and a construction period of four years, of which 30 tons are special steel for gun barrels; Lianyuan Iron and Steel Plant has an annual output of 40 tons and a construction period of four years; Shilu Iron and Steel Plant has an annual output of 100 tons. 20 tons, all steel for the navy, and the construction period is three years. The current negotiated cooperation partner is the Bethlehem Steel Company in the United States. Due to the unstable situation in our country, Bethlehem Company is only willing to cooperate with us on the Hainan Island project. Maanshan The iron and steel plant has an annual output of 100 million tons. This project is a cooperation between us and Luxembourg. Half of the output is military steel. The cycle is only five years, and the annual production speed of [-] tons is guaranteed. Hubei Wuhan Iron and Steel Plant, our plan is to expand to [-] million tons is expected to take three and a half years to complete, mainly because there are a lot of old equipment to be replaced.” In the conference room of the Ministry of Armaments, Wang Zhenkun personally explained the plan of the steel plant, “This construction cycle is mainly the construction of power plants. We all cooperate with Germany's Siemens. Now because of the war, the introduction of these equipment has become difficult. We can find Americans, but these damn Yankees offer very high prices, and we lack channels in this regard. "

Wang Zhenyu nodded and said, "When I returned to the customs, I heard from Minister Wang Zhengting that the US government seemed to be interested in cooperating with us in the navy, but you also know that our navy has disappeared, so this matter will stop at It’s in mid-air. Bray, when you get back, send a telegram to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government, asking them to invite the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai to send some representatives over to Wuhan to take a look.”

Ma Xicheng got up at this moment and said: "There is no clue about the project of the arsenal. Britain and France are probably unreliable. These foreign devils are not kind. They are more willing to give us weapons than to our military factory. We are also bothered by this matter." It's been a month, but they always say that Europe is at war, and it's not a problem to delay like this."

Wang Zhenyu rubbed his chin and thought: "Could it be that this matter has to be settled with the Yankees? Could it be that our army has all American equipment earlier than the Kuomintang army in history?"

Wang Zhenyu thought for a while and shook his head. American equipment is not a good product in this era. If possible, I might as well seek to get more things from Germany after the war. After all, you are a big country with an army. As for the U.S. Army , Is there such a combat unit?

Just as he was thinking about it, Secretary Chen Bulei stepped forward and said, "Chairman, it's almost time for lunch. According to the schedule, after lunch, you will meet with comrades from the propaganda department. Do you think it's time to move?"

Wang Zhenyu let out a sigh and said: "That's all for today. The development of industry is indeed a matter of seizing the day and night, but it can't be done well without objective laws. You should think more about it and ask more questions if you have any questions. There are so many technical talents? There are always more solutions than difficulties? As for the two issues just now, I will try to find a solution as soon as possible. Regarding projects such as cement, automobiles, and aircraft, you must pay close attention to implementing them. Some of the current work is related to For the future decades of national destiny, work hard, my brothers!"

It was already too late to return home. Wang Chunling, head of the Propaganda Department of the National Socialist Party, and the editor-in-chief of "Yuanjiang Daily", the editor-in-chief of "Youth Army Daily", the editor-in-chief of "National Socialist Party Daily", and the five major public newspapers "Nanjing Daily" and "Wuhan Daily" All the editor-in-chiefs are in place.

Wang Zhenyu is not a person who likes to treat himself badly, he is more used to playing shows without eating, so he casually let these six comrades have lunch with him.

Although Wang Zhenyu is almost the most powerful person in this country, he is not particularly particular about his food. Every meal is a meat, a vegetable, and a soup, and because of his work, he basically does not eat with his family.

Wang Zhenyu's official residence in Wuhan is still under construction. This time the official residence is different from the Anjiang period. It is separated from the office and placed near the East Lake. The scenery is very beautiful.In addition to Wang Zhenyu's house, more than 30 villas have been built in this area, and all members of the military committee who have reached the rank can live in it.

In terms of remuneration, Wang Zhenyu has always been expensive.

"If the propaganda work is done well, it can be as good as an army, and it is an army that decides the outcome. So we must firmly grasp the position of propaganda." He started his lectures in a very uncultivated manner.Everyone had no choice but to stop eating, and took out a small notebook to record, "We need to let the citizens realize their importance to this country through news, newspapers and various media, so that they can wake up from their lethargy and voluntarily and consciously invest in the country. The period of industrial construction that is about to begin."

Wang Chunling and others nodded their heads and took notes. After a while, Wang Chunling raised several topics of common concern.As for this group of imperial literati, Wang Zhenyu is still very polite, basically answering every question.

"Chairman, our trouble now is that, including your friend Mr. Shao, and Mr. Shi, who is reporting, are now constantly writing articles criticizing the Nationalist Government and you, which are very harmful to exporting labor and sending expeditionary troops. opposition. For such media, I wonder how to deal with it?"

Wang Zhenyu looked at the six people and said with a smile: "They are all my own people. I hope my words will not be published in the newspapers. After all, I also want to show my image."

Wang Zhenyu's easy-going aroused everyone's happy laughter. Wang Zhenyu smiled and said: "This way to deal with the news media is actually very simple. It is to kill anyone who says it is not good. I will reward whoever says I am good. This is Imperial literati, you are not, and I don’t need you to be. Your value is to guide everyone with positive, correct and mainstream thoughts, especially your outlook on life, under the condition that the dark side of society cannot be completely overcome and resolved. Young people with immature worldviews can participate in the construction of our great motherland and contribute to the prosperity and stability of the motherland. But we must realize that no matter how hard we struggle, as long as the dark side of society exists, we will long for the light Even if you tell the public that it is shameful to pursue freedom and freedom, he agrees, but he will still pursue freedom and freedom, because this is the nature of human beings, and you suppress it for a while , can’t be suppressed for a lifetime. Beheading can’t kill thoughts, so we can’t resort to beheading. Not only will it not solve the problem, but it will intensify the conflict. Do you think that killing a person with a conscience will make you great? Impossible, it will only make you more wretched."

Wang Zhenyu tore off the napkin and said: "As the mainstream media, including the government, my request is to accept the existence of different ideas and viewpoints, but there must be a limit. For example, during a war, you can criticize me, but you cannot criticize me. To praise my enemies. For example, when a policy is introduced, you can criticize the policy as imperfect, but you can’t flatter foreigners and suppress our determination to pursue prosperity and prosperity. We must calmly deal with different voices, and don’t try to fight for one Right or wrong, don't engage in the same party and attack differences. History has proved that many arguments are wrong in the end, and they are all waste of expression. On the contrary, allowing the existence and presentation of different opinions is also good for solving the dark side of social existence, at least He reminded us that there are problems with those in power, don’t be arrogant, and bend down to solve the problem. Our media also needs someone who dares to uphold justice and speak out for the vulnerable people.”

Everyone applauded, and Wang Zhenyu also felt very useful. He became more and more politician-like, and he didn't blush when he lied.

Wang Chunling did not intend to let Wang Zhenyu go, "Chairman, I have another question?"

"It doesn't matter. If you have any questions, just ask, and I will answer as much as I can." Unconsciously, this work report made Wang Chunling feel like a press conference.

"It's like this. According to the information we have, there are big problems with labor export this time. For example, during the expropriation of military land in Hubei and Hunan, a large number of farmers lost their land and even their houses. Many local governments even Violently drive out local farmers. This is illegal, and if not handled properly, it will spark civil uprisings."

Wang Zhenyu knew this well a long time ago, otherwise he would not have hoarded heavy troops in Hunan and Hubei.

"Minister Wang Chunling, we still have to adapt to the job we do. To your question, I can only answer this. First of all, our national government is not a perfect government. It is just a regional self-government. It is A timely product, he is not composed of all saints. So in the work, I think it is quite normal to have one or another problem. My point of view on this, and the focus of your propaganda should be to emphasize military reclamation And labor export is of great significance for the next economic construction, and urge the government to care about the lives of these landless farmers, and even help the government guide these landless farmers to leave their homeland, enter the city, and participate in urban construction. Our army, factories, and railways are all A lot of labor is needed, and now is the time to break the shackles of feudal clan ideology and feudal land on labor. As for some heinous atrocities in the process of demolition and expropriation, it is because our legal system is not perfect. What we can do is to let these Behavior is normalized, the evil is punished through the law, the good is enforced, and then everything can be regulated. Instead of stopping this policy, because our country and nation need this policy now. Our country and nation will rise again in The East is doomed to have many people, especially young people, who have to pay a price. The price is not only property, but also life to a large extent. What your propaganda department needs to do is to give them courage, let them have a sense of sacred mission, and thus No more fear of hardship and injustice..."

Chapter 290 The Industrial Age ([-])

June 6st is the legendary International Children's Day, but at this time the big brother of socialism is still under the rule of the reactionary and decadent tsarist family, and the so-called fighting Russian nation does not yet know what so-called hunger is.Naturally, there is no such festival in this era, and the leaders don't have to waste time to put on a show, and the children don't have to work hard to dance for the leaders to show their happiness.

It was on this day that Wang Zhenyu returned to Nanjing, the capital of the National Government, but this time he only stayed in Nanjing for a short time. He stayed for one night after disembarking and was going to Shanghai. Therefore, both Huang Xing and Sun Yat-sen were told that they had no time to go to Shanghai. Huang Xing and Sun Yat-sen could only express their understanding for going to see their uncle Wang Longzhong and not visiting other people.

However, there are two people from Nanjing who will definitely come to visit Wang Zhenyu. One is Zhang Taiyan, who feels a little excluded recently, and the other is the mayor of Nanjing, Wang Jingwei.

Zhang Taiyan came to visit because due to the lack of sufficient support in the national government, he, the great speaker, began to move towards a state of marginalization of power.Does he have Wang Longzhong's good mentality of wanting nothing, and he is unwilling to coexist peacefully with Sun Yat-sen's faction because of historical grievances. Therefore, less than a month after the establishment of the National Government, conflicts between the government and the parliament continued. It took more than 20 days, and it was barely approved under Huang Xing's hard work.The problem is that even if Huang Xing had an affair with Sun Yat-sen, it was a trivial matter. In essence, he would consciously or unconsciously side with Sun Yat-sen, which made Zhang Taiyan have to be at a disadvantage in the struggle between the government and the parliament.So as soon as the news that Wang Zhenyu passed by Nanjing came, Wang Zhenyu moved into his uncle's mansion in the front foot, and Zhang Taiyan visited in the back foot.

The official residence Wang Zhenyu chose for himself was located in Jiangning Weaving Mansion in the Qing Dynasty, which was also the former residence of Cao Yin in Jiangning Weaving during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.It is also the location of the Nanjing Office of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government.Opposite the newly widened cement road is the private residence of Huang Xing, the chairman of the Nationalist Government. It is part of the Grand Palace of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty.The national government is less than 500 meters away from Wang Zhenyu's mansion.

But today Wang Zhenyu doesn't plan to go back to live, because this good place is too far from the pier.On the contrary, Wang Longzhong, the full-time vice chairman of the national government who cared little about government affairs, lived in a sunset villa in Qingliang Mountain by the Qinhuai River.It's about a dozen miles away from the National Government, which just gives me a reason to go to the mountain or not.

Dinner was eaten at his uncle's house. Mrs. Wang Long has two sons and three daughters. The eldest son, Wang Zhenen, is seven years younger than Wang Zhenyu. This year, he has not enjoyed any blessings with his father in these years. Living in Beijing for three years is also worrying .Finally, when I arrived in Nanjing, it seemed safe, and it was too late for Xiang to be a dude.Seeing that his elder brother was still a little shy, Wang Longzhong could only smile wryly at Wang Zhenyu and said, "This child's character is just like his mother's, and he is more gentle. Originally, I planned to let him apply for the Wuhan Army University, but this child just wants to study medicine. , I will follow him. I am busy reviewing recently, and I am preparing to be admitted to the German Medical School. Oh, recently, the Ministry of Education has proposed a motion, saying that it is going to withdraw money to upgrade the German Medical School to Tongji Medical University. The Government Affairs Council disagreed, so Hu Hanmin and Cai Yuanpei had a very unpleasant quarrel. Let’s talk about it, your second brother Zhenyuan has my personality. Although he is only 14 years old, he likes to play with guns. You are clamoring every day to lead troops to fight. Zhen En, let your younger brother come to meet your brother Cong. There are also three girls who come out too, don’t be like female celebrities every day, my daughter of Wang Longzhong does not depend on men for food.”

Wang Zhenyu burst out laughing when he heard this. Ever since Wang Longzhong became the full-time vice chairman of the national government and a general in the army, my aunt felt that her family had become more prosperous, and her daughters were all forced to learn to be female celebrities, so that they could marry a famous family in the future. noble family.

Several children came, and Wang Zhenyu naturally wanted to give a gift to each of them. The one for the eldest brother Zhenen was an English-Chinese dictionary, and the one for the second brother Zhenyuan was a model airplane, which was a bit chubby. Wang Zhenyuan immediately ran out to play happily with the model airplane.As for the three girls, the older one is only six years old, and the younger one is only three years old. Naturally, each of them has a Western doll, which makes the three little girls very happy.

Wang Zhenyu was also intrigued, and originally planned to tease a few more words, but at this time the concierge came in and reported that the speaker Zhang Taiyan asked to see him (this is Zhang Taiyan's habit, whether it is a famous post or a self-proclaimed name, the position of vice chairman of the National Government is not mentioned anyway ).Wang Longzhong naturally let the children and female relatives go down (Wang Long has a wife and four concubines): "Wen Zheng, this Zhang Taiyan has been in constant conflict with Sun Wen and the others in Nanjing recently. Look at this matter."

Wang Zhenyu glanced at his uncle. It seems that times have changed and things are different. In his memory, this clan uncle was a very domineering person in the past. He never asked him too much and just greeted him directly.Now, it seems that being under house arrest in Beijing for several years has smoothed one's temperament, which is fine.

Wang Zhenyu smiled and said: "Uncle, you don't have to be taboo about these things. You are now the number two of the National Government, and you need to make some noises often, not only for yourself, but also for my nephew and my youth army. Nephew My son is still the nephew you single-handedly promoted back then, and my uncle is still the uncle who stood up to heaven and earth. The situation in Nanjing cannot be chaotic, otherwise my nephew will not be able to let go in Wuhan. Here we talk about political power and direct lineage. If Zhang Taiyan did not have our uncle The nephew's support is not an opponent of Sun Wen's family at all, but Zhang Taiyan's prestige in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is definitely higher than that of Sun Wen. So uncle, what we want is not right or wrong, but what we want is balance. Whoever can break this balance, we will Support the other side to attack him until the balance is reached. Only in this way can our uncle and nephew's position be stabilized, and the military power can hopefully be firmly in our uncle's and nephew's hands."

Hearing this, Wang Long seemed to understand something in the center. He nodded silently and said, "Uncle understands. From now on, our uncle and nephew will work together to control this situation."

After a while, footsteps sounded from a distance, and Wang Longzhong led Wang Zhenyu out of the middle hall to meet Zhang Taiyan, Zhang Taiyan was very flattered by this move. . .

When Zhang Taiyan left, he thanked Wang's uncle and nephew repeatedly, which is very rare for a person known for his pride.And Zhang Taiyan's relaxed steps when he left, it can be seen that the problem he was worried about has been solved.

And the second person who came to visit was actually Wang Jingwei, which surprised Wang Zhenyu a lot. This phenomenon is not normal.

But Wang Jingwei, who is the backbone of Sun Wen's family, doesn't care about this. As the mayor of Nanjing and the future star of the national government, his understanding of politics has surpassed Hu Hanmin's half a bucket of water after he has been dormant in France for several years.He understands that his future achievements are inseparable from the support of Sun Wen and others, and that major events require the support of a powerful faction like Wang Zhenyu.So he came here with the planning map of Nanjing City in a few days, and the reason was naturally to ask Wang Zhenyu for advice (Wang Zhenyu is sweating, brother, you are much older than me, how dare I give you advice).