In August 1948, in order to save the economic crisis caused by the military retreat after provoking the civil war, Chiang Kai-shek sent his son Jiang Jingguo to Shanghai to "fight tigers" and implement economic control.
When Jiang Jingguo arrived in Shanghai, he had a lot of ambitions. He relied on iron-fisted means and mass movements to force the price limit. fixed the prices of all goods at the price on August 19th. Violators were sentenced at the least, and those with beheaded at the worst. And vigorously crack down on "bribers" who speculate and hoard goods.
also held a major review. When giving a speech at the meeting, he said with great enthusiasm that he came to Shanghai to fight tigers, and he specialized in fighting tigers. He did not fight flies. Whoever dared to be a tiger would beat him. The implication was that he would beat a few big tigers, and he would clean up some leaders, and he would kill a warning to him.
Under the various means, Jiang Jingguo did make some achievements at the beginning, but the situation quickly took a sharp turn. Jiang Jingguo beat the tiger and attacked the son of Du Yuesheng , Du Weiping . And it should be to set a model, and ordered " declared " to post photos of Du Weiping's arrest to the front page headlines. "Shen Bao" could not afford to offend both ends, and finally blurred the excuses of Du Weiping's arrested photos as technical problems. This matter was considered to be explained.
Jiang Jingguo was so merciless that Du Yuesheng was really angry. Although he did not dare to fight against Jiang Jingguo, he couldn't swallow his breath. So this extraordinary person came up with an extraordinary solution.
According to the story of Jiang Jingguo's subordinates at that time, Cheng Yikuan, who was the captain of the Economic Procuratorate at the time, to Guo Hui, who also belonged to the Military Control Commission, Jiang Jingguo decided to convene a meeting of Shanghai giant merchants and invited Du Yuesheng to attend.
Du Yuesheng took the opportunity to attack. At the meeting, he first admitted in public that his son Du Weiping's hoarding goods was a problem, saying that he was not disciplined well and was willing to be punished. He would register the materials and hand over his son to Chiang Ching-kuo for punishment according to law. After saying that
, Du Yuesheng changed the subject and asked Chiang Ching-kuo to send someone to the warehouse of Yang's subsidiary in Shanghai to inspect it. He said that the things stored by Yang's subsidiary were well known to be the best in Shanghai. He hoped that Chiang Ching-kuo could treat them equally and sealed off the materials stored by Yang's subsidiary.
Yang's subsidiary company has a great background. It was founded by Soong Mei-ling's eldest sister Song Ailing and her husband Kong Xiangxi's eldest son Kong Lingkan . Moreover, Soong Mei-ling had miscarriage in her early years and had never given birth. She loved her elder sister's children very much, and she could be said to be her own child.
Du Yuesheng's words were reasonable and well-founded, and he said it in front of so many people at the meeting. Jiang Jingguo was very embarrassed and could not hide it, so he could only promise that if there was a problem with Yang's subsidiary, he would definitely investigate and deal with it according to law.
After the meeting, Jiang Jingguo immediately sent Cheng Yikuan to Yang's subsidiary for inspection. As soon as he went, he found out the problem. Kong Lingkan's subsidiary indeed hoarded a lot of supplies. Du Yuesheng said that the materials hoarded by Yang's subsidiary were the first to none in Shanghai, and what he said was true.
Jiang Jingguo's actions were like this, and Kong Lingkan went to Nanjing overnight and filed a complaint with his aunt Soong Mei-ling.
Referring to Jia Yibin's recollection, Soong Mei-ling hurried to Shanghai to mediate the conflict between the two. Chiang Ching-kuo advised Kong Ling to talk about the overall situation first, and Kong Lingkan hurriedly said, "You have investigated our company, what are you talking about the overall situation."
The two people started a big quarrel. Jiang Jingguo later left when he saw that he could not reach an agreement. Before leaving, he said that he would do his job according to the law. Kong Lingkan replied that he would jump over the wall if he was anxious. If he really investigated Yang's subsidiary, then he would reveal everything and announce to the press the property of our two companies, including the Song family , which means that if you dare to check our company, I won't let you have a good time, and everyone will feel uncomfortable together.
Soong Mei-ling saw that the matter could not end, and her face turned pale and her hands and feet were trembling. However, she did not persuade Kong Lingkan, but asked Chiang Kai-shek to come to Shanghai quickly. The meaning was very obvious. She would not talk about the overall situation, but should put her nephew Kong Lingkan first, which was to favor her nephew Kong Lingkan and let Chiang Kai-shek suppress Chiang Ching-kuo.
After Chiang Kai-shek came to Shanghai, he scolded Chiang Ching-kuo. The matters investigated by Yang's subsidiary were naturally left unresolved. Chiang Ching-kuo's prestige was ruined, and his execution strength was greatly reduced.
Finally, Chiang Ching-kuo resigned helplessly and left Shanghai. The Executive Yuan canceled the "price limit", which meant that Chiang Ching-kuo's complete failure in fighting the tiger, and also meant that Shanghai's economic crisis had not been reversed, but instead slid into the abyss and fell into a bigger crisis, and prices rose four or five times again.
It was not until May of the following year that the brave PLA liberated Shanghai after hard fighting, that the messy situation in Shanghai was reversed and finally returned to the right track.
Jiang Jingguo's failure to fight tigers in Shanghai not only caused Shanghai's economic crisis to fall into a greater crisis, but also made many people further recognize the essence of the Jiang dynasty, with a great impact.
Such as General Fu Zuoyi, who was stationed in the army at that time, heard about this, and said angrily to Du Yuming , "Chang Kai-shek wants beauty but not the country, what else can we do for him?" . It means that this kind of person is really not worth it to work for him.
This incident became an important reason why Fu Zuoyi "losed his faith" in Chiang Kai-shek , and was also one of the key reasons why Fu Zuoyi later participated in the peaceful negotiations and promoted the peaceful liberation of Peking. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, General Fu Zuoyi was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Water Resources (later the Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power) according to his own wishes. During his tenure, he worked diligently, overcome various difficulties, rushed to the front line to solve problems, and made indelible contributions to the water conservancy and electricity industry in New China.
I have to say that what kind of environment is very important to the talent of people. Under the dark framework of the Kuomintang at that time, it was difficult to do something good and practical, and it was still out of place.
The new China established by the Communist Party has a very common and normal style of doing things well and practical things. For example, General Fu Zuoyi realized his wish to control water when he was young after the founding of the country and did a lot of good and practical things.
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