Chapter 404 Recovery and Reorganization

After the withdrawal of troops in Shaoguan, Guangdong gradually entered the post-war recovery work. During the war, Zhu Zhixin, who was responsible for supporting the revolution in Guangxi, Sichuan and other places, and Wang Changling, the people of the capital, also officially returned to Guangzhou. In the past few months, due to the war in Guangdong, the traffic was not very safe, so Wu Shaoting simply arranged for them to stay in Xiong Kewu in Sichuan, and he could find out the details of Xiong Kewu more or less.

Not long after, Wu Shaoting instructed the Ministry of Information to create a good atmosphere in the province, making people from all walks of life in the province believe that the war has been completely gone and will never come to the land of Guangdong again, vigorously encourage the people to restore confidence, rebuild their homes and expand the scale of their original operations. Early in the morning of April 20, he held a plenary meeting of the military government in the conference hall of the Governor's Office, emphasizing that Guangdong's development direction will be the direction of development in the next year, and everything will focus on consolidating people's livelihood, developing the economy, and encouraging agriculture, industry and commerce to innovate and self-improvement.

At the meeting, he made a new arrangement for the work of the whole province. Because the loss of the five counties in northern Guangdong had more or less an impact on the overall situation of Guangdong. As an important throat connecting the north and south, Shaoguan has now been upgraded to a municipality directly under the central government, separated from the governance of the military government and only mastered the income of the canal transportation. Each department performed its own duties, trying to eliminate the influence of all adverse factors, and let Guangdong completely emerge from the shadow of the war.

After the conference, Wu Shaoting held a small meeting at the small meeting. The participants were the regular ministers of various departments and his own confidants. The previous conference was just a form of laying out the framework work, and the real core issues and orders were concentrated on this small meeting.

"We fought in Guangdong this battle, but the result was unsatisfactory. I believe that many people who do not know the truth will lose confidence in our military government. Minister Worm, I hope your department will be more careful in the journalism industry and invite more commentators standing on our side to publish articles. At least, we must create a great victory in our Guangdong territory. We must not let our own people look down on ourselves." Wu Shaoting sat in the front position and said in an orderly manner.

These are the questions he summarized in the past few days, and today it was just a brief explanation.

Zou Lu nodded and wrote down this in his notepad.

"Governor, I think it would be better to invite some combat heroes to come out. Just like before, people prefer to get real news, and these combat influences are the representatives of the truth." Zou Lu suggested.

"Very good. You contact Deng Shiyuan afterwards. You two are responsible for this matter. Mr. Zou's literary talent and thinking are the most difficult thing in the audience. I feel relieved." Wu Shaoting nodded with a smile.

Zou Lu showed a little slight pride on his face, but Wu Shaoting's words were the truth.

Then, Wu Shaoting turned to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and said: "The recovery and development of workers, farmers and commerce is very important. This battle lasted for too long, the people were displaced and the spring plowing was delayed, and the grain prices will definitely rise in the next two years. What you need to do is not only to restore our Guangdong vitality, but also to make progress after the recovery. In this regard, I will arrange for the United Bank to assist in this to stabilize the economy in the province as soon as possible through loans and interest reduction."

He paused and continued, "In addition, because we lost five counties in northern Guangdong, there should be some refugees who are hiding from standing and heading south. It would be better if they return to their hometowns. If they are unwilling to return, they should not be careless about resettlement work. Most farmers need land. I hope you can use more relationships to clear the big landlords in the townships and actively cooperate with our military government."

At this time, Cen Chun exaggerated: "Governor, when it comes to concern for farmers and small merchants, no one in the country can get the right of the governor. After the Governor took office in Guangdong, he formulated a plan to return dividends, and returned the excess taxes to the people in the country at the end of each year. Although due to the situation in the past two years, the implementation was not in place, it has to be said that this move is of great significance to open up the world."

Wu Shaoting smiled and said, "Taking it from the people and using it for the people is the true meaning of tax. Taxation is settled every year, and after development and maintenance, the excess amount cannot be left in the warehouse and it cannot be put into the private pockets of some people. Since I don't know how to use it, I can just return it to the people directly. In the past, the New Year's Eve was very painful for poor families. Land rent, taxation, and the arrears made them breathless. The annual traditional festival was like passing the gates of hell. This is really a tragedy for the Chinese people. I hope my policy can give the elders and villagers a hope, and it can be regarded as a new year's new hope."

After hearing Wu Shaoting's words, everyone sighed. Cen Chun praised: "Governor Wu is really the hope of the people of the dawn of Greater China. Don't worry, the governor, we will do our best to handle this matter and live up to the governor's painstaking efforts."

Wu Shaoting nodded and said happily: "I feel at ease with Mr. Yun. In addition, the war between Vietnam's foreign trade companies has stopped now, so it is time to implement it. I hope to establish a mature foreign trade route as soon as possible to bring more objective business development to our Guangdong."

Cen Chunxuan said: "Don't worry, Governor Wu, the old man has already started to make arrangements."

Wu Shaoting knew Cen Chunxuan's ability and efficiency in his work, and it would be impossible to leave this matter to him. Next, he turned to military representatives. Due to the large-scale retreat from Shaoguan and Zhangzhou, the troops of the three divisions were still busy. The commanders of each division had to stick to their posts and only sent some representatives back to Guangzhou to attend the meeting.

"In order to promote this armistice, the number of our revolutionary Guangdong Army will be cancelled. Of course, don't be too sad. The four words "Revolutionary Guangdong Army" were originally named to overthrow the Qing regime. Now the Great Revolution has come. Although the current situation is not satisfactory, we still have to look forward and be full of hope for our motherland. As for the official number, we have to wait until I go to ** and discuss with the central government before making a conclusion. However, before that, we must rectify the organization as soon as possible."

"Governor, when it comes to rectification and establishment, the troops of the Second Division are composed of the First Division and the Third Division. The original Fourth and Fifth Regiments are gone now. You can't always hand over the First Division and the Third Division to the Second Division!" Liu Yonghao asked.

"You are right, this is also the problem I will explain next. In the past, it was because of financial difficulties and there was no extra funds to expand the army. Now the Navy wants to divide a part of it and hand it over to the direct jurisdiction of the State Navy. Although I am quite reluctant, each warship is originally the country's assets. If I have it for myself, it would be unreasonable. Just in time, some of the warships handed over, greatly alleviating the financial pressure, and the excess funds can be used to expand the troops. First fill in the two old-fashioned troops of the Fourth Regiment and the Fifth Regiment, and replace the other two divisions with the Second Division. As for other military expansion work, I will make arrangements after I come back from ***."
Chapter completed!