1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

Who is the flag owner?

Who has military power?

Who is so virtuous and respected that he can influence the various flags?

What major events have occurred within the Yi League?

What is their current attitude towards the CCP, the KMT, China, and even Japan? No one knows.

Not to mention the Shaanxi Provincial Committee led by Du Heng, the Shaanxi-Northern Special Committee was forced to disband last spring due to organizational exposure. Currently, there is only a temporary special committee operating on a small scale, so they also know little about the Mongolian issue.

It was Gao Shuangcheng, the surrendered commander of the new 86th Division, who truly helped Li Desheng understand some of the basic political issues in Inner Mongolia. However, his knowledge was limited, and the information he provided was insufficient to help him make decisions.

In the past, Li Desheng could have conducted a thorough investigation before taking action, but now that the seven kings are in front of him, he really can't do without a solution.

Therefore, Li Desheng's gaze naturally turned to the woman who had become his most capable assistant:

"Comrade Shiwu... can you give me some advice?"

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UMP45 stopped teasing the increasingly bored HK416 in the cloud atlas, interrupted the electronic warfare game between the two, and incidentally sent a death threat to the person who was trying to usurp the throne. Then, she confirmed:

"You mean...about how to deal with the Mongolian princes?" "Well...not entirely. Forget it, tell me your thoughts first." Li Desheng thought for a moment and added:

"There's no need to go into detail about the procedures, just give me a general idea." It's okay to get information and help from the World Revolutionary Party, but you can't rely on it too much;

Otherwise, what would he do if the SRP stopped providing aid or Ma Shiwu left?

"Well, actually... my commander said he has something to say about this problem. If you listen to it, you will definitely understand what to do."

"What?"

"The so-called Mongol princes are nothing but a bunch of useless people who fear power but not morality, who resort to dog brains to fight over trivial matters, and who rely on traditional inertia and feudal superstition to rule the people of the grasslands."

The next day, as planned, Jing Yuexiu's funeral was held as scheduled at the Jing family mansion in Yulin.

To the surprise of the invited celebrities and the Yimeng Seventh Prince who had to come to Yulin, Li Desheng not only presided over the funeral himself but also gave a very fair evaluation of Jing Yuexiu's life.

Jing Yuexiu was highly praised for his participation in the Tongmenghui in resisting the Qing Dynasty, establishing the Republic of China, defending the Republic, and maintaining national unity, and was called a "Yasukuni hero";

(I have to criticize some people here again. Because of the Yasukuni Shrine, the word "Yasukuni" cannot be used, right? Then do you know the Shaanxi Yasukuni Army?)

However, he did not shy away from mentioning Jing Yuexiu's suppression of revolutionary activities, the massacre of revolutionary patriots, the attacks on faculty and students in Yulin, his monopolization of military and financial power, which led to the breakdown of military discipline, corruption among officials, and the infestation of bandits.

In short, praise where praise is due and criticize where criticism is due.

Just by holding a funeral for Jing Yuexiu and not scolding him outright, Li Desheng won the goodness and respect of many people.

These days, there are so few people who dare to speak fairly about their enemies. I never thought this "Red Bandit Leader" would be so broad-minded!

Even Jing Yuexiu's wife Zhao Yanyun, who knew the whole story, came out with the nine concubines of the Jing family and cried to apologize and thank Li Desheng.

After the simple yet grand funeral, it was time for everyone to discuss the future of Yulin, northern Shaanxi and even the grassland area.

The local forces in Yulin, especially the Han forces, were still easy to deal with. After the 86th Division was completely wiped out, a large number of Kuomintang officials and landlords fled, and no one dared to blame Li Desheng for anything. But it was a different story for the Mongolian banners.

In their view, the Red Army was ultimately just an ordinary warlord army. Even if they could bully them at will by relying on their large numbers and superior weapons, they shouldn't go too far, right?

It would be great if you could give more tribute!

Anyway, if I am forced into a corner, I will surrender to Manchukuo or the Russians and see what you Han people will do.

Of course, they only dared to think about such things in their hearts and would never dare to say them out loud before returning to the grassland.

After all, no one wants to play the traditional Han grassland game of "ploughing the courtyard and sweeping the holes" with Li Desheng's 100,000 bandits, right?

We grassland people won't go south to "graze the valley". We are peace-loving and good at singing and dancing!

In such an atmosphere, Li Desheng invited Gao Shuangcheng, the Seven Kings, the Great Lama, the leaders of each banner, and representatives sent by Yang Hucheng and Yan Xishan to Yulin Middle School, which was temporarily hung with a sign that read "Yulin Municipal People's Government."

The parties introduced themselves to each other without further ado.

Li Desheng, who has always disliked procrastination, quickly started "work notifications and arrangements."

This somewhat tough attitude surprised everyone a little, but no one showed it.

After all, the Communist Party and the Red Army are now in absolute control of the Shaanxi-North region. Even Yang Hucheng and Yan Xishan are not qualified to intervene. Whoever has the bigger fist has the final say!

If Li Desheng was too polite, these people would instead suspect that there was some hidden conspiracy.

The first thing is to establish the Yulin Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government and make a new division of districts and counties in Yulin. Comrade Liu Zhidan will temporarily serve as the municipal party committee secretary and Comrade Xie Zichang will temporarily serve as the mayor.

There is nothing much to say about this. The CCP’s “traditional skill” that the Kuomintang hates is that every time it occupies a place, it will quickly establish its own organization and regime in the local area. They are very familiar with it.

Unsurprisingly, the Mongolian princes had no objection to this, nor would they bother to make unnecessary remarks and become annoying on matters over which they had little power to intervene.

The motion passed easily.

The second thing is to crack down on drugs, cancel all kinds of harsh taxes during Jing Yuexiu's time, repair roads, restore trade routes, and so on.

Jing Yuexiu was originally a pioneer in the anti-smoking movement and the defense of the republic, but after the death of his brother Jing Wumu, he completely degenerated into a warlord.

For his own enjoyment, he not only smoked opium every day, which led to the resurgence of opium in the Yulin area, but also imposed taxes, donations, and printed money without thinking, and even imitated Wei Zhongxian to build a shrine for himself.

Under such leadership, the lives of ordinary people in Yulin were naturally miserable. Now that the Communist Party of China has arrived, it is natural to change all this.

On the one hand, they gained the initial support of the general public by holding grievance meetings, and then cleared out the local landlords and bandit forces in Yulin;

While restoring the people's livelihood, public security and economy in the Yulin area, it firmly binds the local people and the CCP itself.

This shows the CCP's attitude of valuing the people, and it is also a display of confidence: military issues are not a problem for us!

Of course, the reason why the CCP dares to put on such an act is not only because of its current strong military power, but also because Yulin is much better than the poor and desolate Ruijin and Yan'an in terms of economic conditions alone.

As a transit station for trade between Shaanxi, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia, the business in Yulin area is quite developed, and countless woolen materials, leathers, Chinese and Western medicinal materials, grains, metals, tobacco, alcohol, tea, sugar, cotton cloth and silk are transported every year.

Not to mention opening hotels and other supporting facilities, Jing Yuexiu can make a lot of money just by collecting tolls.

What surprised Li Desheng even more was that Mr. Jing had actually bought a banknote production line and the already completed oil refinery and power plant!

Despite the support of the Shijieguo Party, these things were extremely valuable to the CCP. No wonder Yulin, a tiny place, could afford to support more than 10,000 full-time soldiers and an equal number of security forces, while also allowing Jing Yuexiu and his cronies to live an extremely luxurious life.

Now, of course, all of this was accepted by the Red Army.

The harvest was so rich that Li Desheng couldn't help but think, "Why not take some time to beat up Yan Xishan next door, who is said to be richer, to get some military funds?"

(In fact, Jing Yuexiu was still very poor compared to the big warlords like Yan Xishan and Yang Hucheng, but at least he was much stronger than the Red Army (miserable))

Regarding the content related to Yulin's people's livelihood, apart from a few meaningless compliments, the Mongolian princes and nobles still did not express much opinion. Anyway, it was still none of their business.

Just as they were thinking this, they had to take the third thing Li Desheng said seriously.

"Send cadres to the various banners of the Yili League?"

The princes looked at each other. The leader, Shakdurjab (the Shah), the leader of the Zasak Banner, the leader of the Ikh Ju League, and the chief of security, stepped forward and said cautiously and tactfully:

"Chairman Li, the wind on the grassland is very strong. I'm afraid you Han cadres won't be able to adapt..."

The King of Sand is a smart man, or rather, a sly old man.

Historically, he was able to uphold the reactionary rule of Empress Dowager Cixi and suppress anti-feudal forces, but he was also able to turn around and support the Republic of China and strongly support democracy and republicanism;

He could cooperate with Jing Yuexiu to persuade the various banners of Inner Mongolia to submit to the Central Plains, and he could also be ambiguous in his attitude towards recruiting Prince De, who was colluding with the Japanese.

In the final analysis, everything is just to maintain the unshakable rule of one's own country.

Therefore, after being trapped in Yulin and learning that the Red Army had become the master of Yulin, he discussed with the leaders of each flag:

Although the various tribes in Inner Mongolia were nominally under the leadership of the Kuomintang at this time, the Red Army was powerful and as long as it did not affect its core interests, it would agree to everything it could and discuss other matters after it escaped and returned to the grassland.

However, even with this intention, the condition that "the CCP must send working teams to the various banners of the Yili League" has touched their bottom line, namely:

Complete autonomy.

I can obey you in name and pay tribute to you in reality, but you must never interfere with my power or the management of the tribes on the grassland.

Now, the Chinese Communist Party wants to deploy cadres to the various banners of their Ili League. What does it want to do? Although they don’t understand the reason, their intuition as rulers tells them that they must not start this.

Li Desheng seemed not to understand the subtext of the King of Sand and continued to laugh:

"Shar King, you don't have to worry about that. I will try my best to send cadres from the Northwest. There won't be any problems with adaptation."

For example, Gao Gang, Xi Zhongxun, Zhang Xiushan, etc. If that doesn't work, try Xie Zichang or Liu Zhidan.

At least, putting aside what others say, Comrade Gao Gang is quite capable and motivated, and he has stayed in Yulin for such a long time. Although he is a little young, he should be more suitable.

"Uh..."

Seeing Li Desheng playing dumb, King Sha cursed inwardly and had to make his words clearer:

"Chairman Li, since ancient times, there has been no tradition of Han cadres being stationed on our Mongolian grasslands..."

Seeing this guy was so disrespectful, Li Desheng didn't indulge him:

"Haha, King Tsar, I heard that the Kuomintang has already set up a party headquarters and radio station in your Zasak Banner?"

"Uh...."

The King of Sand was speechless.

He had no idea that even the Chinese Communist Party knew about this. In fact, this was also the reason why the Shah was in trouble.

There were already Kuomintang headquarters and personnel in the Yili League. What would a Mongolian prince do if they came into conflict with the CCP and he were caught in the middle?

Not to mention that the Communist Party is now just an insignificant local force. Even if the KMT and the CCP fight for control of the Central Plains in the future, it is still unknown who will win and who will lose. It is not appropriate to bet too early...

Fortunately, Li Desheng didn't intend to quarrel with the King of Sand right now, so he skipped the topic and continued explaining the reasons why he had placed the cadres there.

"Please rest assured, King Shah. Our cadres will not interfere in local administration, nor will they be involved in political issues. Third, they do not need your support. They are simply here to understand the local culture and customs so that we can better communicate with you in the future!"

"this..."

Obviously, Li Desheng put forward the conditions:

I've said so much, it doesn't affect your power, and I don't ask you to pay, but you still don't give me face?

If you don't give me face, I will get mad!

King Sha was still considering the stakes. It looked as if he was about to give in temporarily to the strength of Li Desheng and the Red Army. Another person at the scene couldn't sit still anymore:

"Chairman Li, you Han people are breaking the rules by doing this!" "Rules?"

Li Desheng took a closer look and saw that it was Altan Aoqier (commonly known as Awang), the deputy leader of the Yili League and leader of Hangjin Banner, who had jumped out. He smiled and said:

"Then, King, tell me, what are the rules?"

"The rules are that you give and take, there are gains and losses!" Ah Wang said carelessly:

"Since you want the seven banners of the Yili League to obey your Red... Communist Party's management, you have to at least offer me some benefits! Like, give me a high-ranking official position! Help me conquer a piece of grassland! Otherwise, why should we listen to you?!"

idiot!

How can you explain things so clearly!

The Sand King opened his mouth, but in the end said nothing. This thought...

Li Desheng sighed inwardly, but didn't lose his temper: "We in the Chinese Communist Party don't believe in that..." "Don't believe in that? Good!"

Ah Wang put his hands on his hips and said:

"Anyway, we Mongols only believe in two things: either a lot of benefits or overwhelming force!"

As he spoke, he pointed to the corner behind Li Desheng:

"Since you can't offer any benefits, then use force to subdue us!"

"Didn't you just introduce this woman as your bodyguard? And also said she was skilled in martial arts?

"Let's have a guard-to-guard fight!" "If you win, we'll obey you!"

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Xu Shiyou, who had just returned to Yulin from Xi'an to report on his work, stood outside the door with his mouth wide open. "No, buddy, are you serious?"

364 Use both soft and hard tactics, with the hard tactics taking the lead

"...If you win, we'll obey you!"

Xu Shiyou, who was standing outside, was so frightened by these words that his body trembled violently. He sighed that this guy's vision was really amazing. He could pick out the most capable fighter from so many people.

UMP45 inside the door almost laughed out loud along with the commander behind her.

This "Ah Wang" was just as recorded in history, smart in small matters but confused in big ones.

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