Chapter 931 930 [Mr. Zhou’s Men Were Captured]

It just happened that Zhou Hexuan didn't want to pay attention to the shortcomings of catching strong men, but someone took the initiative to provoke him.

The photo studio had just developed the photos of the naked children in the Confucian Temple, and suddenly two people came to Li Zongwu's home.

"Mr. Zhou, I finally found you!" the visitor said anxiously.

Zhou Hexuan had never seen these two people before and asked: "Who are you?"

One of them said: "I am Li Fengyuan from Taoziwan, Yibin. I am responsible for helping Mr. Zhou manage the farm. This is the local brother Pao, named Niu Kaiyang."

Niu Kaiyang cupped his fists and said, "Hello, Mr. Zhou!"

Zhou Hexuan returned the gift with cupped fists and asked, "What do you two want from me?"

Li Fengyuan said: "It's like this. Eight days ago, there was a regiment administration area in Guizhou that sent young men to Chengdu. When passing by Yibin, they arrested 13 tenants of our farm along the way, as well as several foreign businessmen and local boatmen. "

Niu Kaiyang added: "They arrested them in the middle of the night without anyone noticing. They didn't explain the situation until a tenant farmer escaped halfway. Judging by the time, those strong men must have arrived in Meishan."

Li Fengyuan added: "After I learned about the situation, I quickly sent a telegram to Zhou's residence. My wife called back and said that you had come to Zigong. I had no choice but to take Brother Niu to Zigong. After asking for two days, I found out that you were visiting friends in Dengguan."

Niu Kaiyang said angrily: "You bastard Guizhou turtle son dares to come to our Yibin to arrest young men. Half of those arrested are from Brother Pao's family!"

The two of them talked non-stop, and Zhou Hexuan interrupted: "Guizhou's regiment-controlled areas are not necessarily Guizhou people."

"Regiment-controlled areas" were the special recruitment agencies of the Republic of China. Higher-level ones also include "division-controlled areas" and "military-controlled areas", which are equivalent to the collection of military divisions and the Ministry of Human Resources and Armed Forces of New China.

During a severe drought in Sichuan, Zhou Hexuan purchased a lot of wasteland in eastern and southern Sichuan and provided seeds and cattle to specially resettle homeless victims. These wastelands gradually developed into scattered farms. Each area had a person in charge, and Zhou Hexuan regularly sent people to inspect the work.

Pao Ge from all over the country also contributed to this. Many disaster victims voluntarily joined the Pao Ge organization to seek shelter and support each other. They also contribute part of their money and food to the Pao Ge organization every year.

Due to the serious depletion of Chinese soldiers in the early wars of the Anti-Japanese War, 1940 had the largest number of young men captured during the entire Anti-Japanese War. The reason why the impact was not as bad as after 1942 was because there were still many strong men to capture at this time, and those responsible for recruiting did not massacre innocent people on a large scale.

But obviously, signs have emerged at this time, and the tenant farmers under Zhou Hexuan's name were arrested without mercy.

This practice seldom harms locals, but only arrests foreigners along the road. As long as it does not trigger a popular uprising, it doesn't matter, and the government will not take any action.

Officials all depend on their conscience, and some will do anything to achieve meritorious service. There are even cases where the security chief does not capture enough young men, and the township chief seizes the security chief on the spot as a young man.

There are also some officials who commit fraud. Take Yibin County, where the incident happened this time, as an example. The county magistrate is really a talented person. He specializes in buying local gangsters to become strong men. He will first receive part of the money from selling his body and deposit it with the township chief and the security chief, and return one-tenth of the interest. When these local gangsters escape halfway, the principal and interest will be paid in full. In this way, many people were saved from disasters, local gangsters and officials made money, and all expenses were collectively shared by the people, and most people were happy.

Seeing Zhou Hexuan's silence, Niu Kaiyang suddenly became anxious: "Mr. Zhou, you have to make the decision for us!"

Normally, when landlords encounter this kind of thing, they will definitely ignore it. Even if the local county magistrate personally comes forward, it will not help. If Zhou Hexuan hadn't been so famous, Li Fengyuan and Niu Kaiyang wouldn't have come to ask for help. In this situation, they could only consider themselves unlucky.

Nan Huaijin hesitated to speak, but finally did not speak.

Li Zongwu looked at Zhou Hexuan with a smile, as if he wanted to know how Zhou Hexuan would react.

Zhou Hexuan thought for a while and said, "I'll go to the county and make a call first."

Li Fengyuan and Niu Kaiyang were overjoyed, the feeling of hugging their thick thighs was different!

Li Zongwu reminded: "There are no telephones installed in Fushun County, so you can only go to Zigong City to make calls."

Everyone took the boat all the way to Zigong. Zhou Hexuan went straight to the mayor's residence, ran to Cao Renyuan's office and said, "Dr. Cao, please borrow the phone."

Cao Renyuan looked at everyone. Although he didn't know what happened, he still said: "Mr. Zhou, feel free to use it."

After transferring the line several times, Zhou Hexuan actually called He Yingqin: "I'm Zhou Hexuan, calling for Minister He Yingqin."

"Hello Mr. Zhou, I am Minister He's secretary. What do you need from Minister He?" came the reply from the other end of the phone.

Zhou Hexuan asked: "Isn't Minister He here?"

The secretary said: "Minister He went out for inspection."

Zhou Hexuan didn't care whether it was true or not, and said: "Then there is no need to trouble Minister He. Please check it for me. Recently, a group of people from the Guizhou regiment area sent young men to Chengdu. Which army is responsible for receiving the troops?"

"This..." The secretary was a little embarrassed, but for Zhou Hexuan's sake, he still said, "Mr. Zhou, please wait a moment."

Zhou Hexuan said: "I called you from the office of the mayor of Zigong. Please reply to me immediately after you find out the news!"

"Okay, I'll do it right away." The secretary quickly hung up the phone.

Nan Huaijin, Qian Ji, Li Fengyuan and Niu Kaiyang all looked at Zhou Hexuan with admiration. This must be too awesome. Several tenant farmers under his name were arrested and they actually called He Yingqin directly. He Yingqin's secretary immediately helped with the matter.

Li Zongwu said with a smile: "I, Mr. Ge, is still awesome as Zhou Shenxian."

Cao Renyuan asked: "What's going on?"

Nan Huaijin quickly explained the situation, but Cao Renyuan shook his head and said, "Oh, catching young men is endless, and I don't know when it will end."

Zhou Hexuan asked: "Dr. Cao, you are also the mayor. How do you cope with your errands?"

Cao Renyuan said: "Assign the task to the township chief and the security chief. As long as the people below can guarantee the amount of conscription, I will not ask, because there is no way to ask. I can only command the township chief and leave it to fate. Whether they listen to me or not, and how much they can listen to, is their business. As for the security chiefs and armor chiefs at the lower level, the orders issued by me, the mayor, are no different than waste paper."

Nan Huaijin said: "You can punish the township chiefs if they do things poorly. Kill the chickens to scare the monkeys. If you take off a few more official hats, the rest will naturally be obedient."

Cao Renyuan smiled bitterly and said: "Little brother, you have never been a local official, so you don't know the pros and cons. I can indeed take off the official hat of the township chief, but the remaining township chiefs will still not be obedient, but will arouse their anger. Disgusted. On the surface, they are obedient, but they must be acting against the will and deliberately doing bad things for you. Moreover, many of the township chiefs and town chiefs below are related to the gentry. If you deal with one of them, you will offend the local gentry. In the future, It will be difficult to get things done, and we may not even be able to collect the annual farm tax."

Zhou Hexuan concluded: "In other words, the current National Government's administrative power only extends to the city and county level, and it is completely unable to control towns and rural areas. Even if I tell President Chiang the truth about the arrest of young men, he will at most order the city and county chiefs Discipline is strict, but the city and county chiefs have nothing to do with the grassroots bureaucrats below. This matter is still how it should be, and it cannot be changed."

Nan Huaijin said: "Then use the power of public opinion."

Zhou Hexuan was stunned and said with some helplessness: "Public opinion is a double-edged sword. If you use it incorrectly, you will cut yourself. Moreover, even if I let "Ta Kung Pao" report this matter, there will only be one result, and that is "Ta Kung Pao" will be Seized.”

Nan Huaijin said angrily: "Is there nothing I can do?"

Zhou Hexuan was about to speak when the phone rang suddenly. He Yingqin's secretary replied: "This month, four Guizhou regiment-administered troops sent recruits to Chengdu. The ones responsible for receiving the troops are the 70th Regiment of the 24th Division of the 76th Army, The 13th Regiment of the 1st Division of the 16th Army..."

Zhou Hexuan interrupted before the other party finished speaking: "My people were arrested by the Guizhou Youth League District in Yibin, and nearly 20 of them were arrested. Let me tell you, the central government is promoting scientific chicken raising, and those people are Yibin scientists. Workers at the chicken farm demonstration site! Immediately ask the receiving troops to conduct a strict investigation and send my people back intact. If there are any casualties, I will go to President Jiang to file a complaint!"