Chapter one hundred and sixteen Not suffering from poverty but suffering from inequality
People want to celebrate the New Year, soldiers want to celebrate the New Year, and hooligans also want to celebrate the New Year.
Li Wenyuan did not foolishly launch a coup immediately after being humiliated, but senior officials of the French Expeditionary Force Command and warlords of various sects frequently joined forces.
Lansdale was kind enough to do something wrong. Li Wenyuan admitted that he had been played by the Americans.
Calling Lansdale a liar, threatening to offer a reward for catching him, stuffing mud into his stomach and letting his body drift in Saigon River.
Li Min was dragged to participate in the negotiations and was also missed.
Because "Mr. Min" is so well-known among Catholics in North Vietnam that even the Viet Nam League doesn’t know how to accuse Li Wenyuan of being a "Tangshan guy" by his identity, he is not qualified to be the chairman of the Vietnamese Red Cross, and the members of the Refugee Committee and the Aliens Management Committee have not enjoyed the same treatment as Lansdale’s "broken belly" and "floating corpse in Saigon River"
The reputation of the Pingchuan warlord is too bad, and the public is extremely angry. The more violent he is, the worse the people think of him, and the higher the government support rate will be.
Wu Tingyan didn’t fight with Ruan Wenxin as he did when dealing with him. Instead, he held a grand Zheng Shi Department to accept the reorganization parade to fight back.
At 1: 00 p.m. on February 13th, the past few days have been busy arranging for Li Min, the preparatory worker, to make his first public appearance on the political stage in South Vietnam and sit on the viewing platform with government ministers to review Zheng Shi’s "allied army".
This is Wu Tingyan’s first large-scale event since he came to the South Vietnamese government from the Prime Minister of Vietnam.
Officials from various government departments, senior officers of the General Staff, diplomats from various countries in Vietnam, generals of the French Expeditionary Force Command, officers of the US advisory panel, representatives of various political parties and social groups … Except for Li Wenyuan, there are almost prominent people in Saigon.
The soldiers wore collars, black trousers with elastic bands, and the original French jungle hats (this is their only standard "equipment"). They walked outside the parade with shoes. The parade was just because most people walked without shoes. The road was light and silent, and the clothes were black, like a ghost army.
However, their morale is high and their rifle shoulders are shiny. From the city to the square, both sides of the road are crowded with onlookers. People are curious to see this army composed of farmers, which is poorly equipped but brave, and has kept the French sleepless.
Zheng Shixiong walked in front of the parade, and Li Yuzhen, the defense minister, said quietly, "Does Mr. Min know what he has done in the past three days?"
"Which him?"
Li Min directly Li Wenyuan Li Yuzhen took a glance at several Haojiao officers on the left and put their hands to their mouths. "I said Zheng Shi personally led a raid on the headquarters of Haojiao yesterday afternoon and Li Guangrong was injured. I don’t know if he died."
No wonder those officers are burning with anger.
This buddy is not afraid to accept the reorganization at two o’clock. after li Glory also followed the government and there was no excuse to retaliate. The day before he accepted the reorganization, there was a "decapitation."
Li Min, a great man, is thorough.
I was just about to say something, and there was a sneer on the right side of the viewing platform.
Western diplomats whisper to evaluate the soldiers’ clothes and hate Zheng Shi’s guts. Officials are afraid that the consultants will not hear the beauty. They generally sneer, "Look at Lansdale and find these soldiers to find a group of refugees outside the city, which is better than them."
Wu Tingyan’s face is ugly, and he is obviously very dissatisfied with his ridicule. In fact, he has always been dissatisfied with the French.
Although Li Wenyuan has made Lansdale totally embarassed, he must now take the same stand. Lansdale replied, "Gentlemen, these are brave soldiers who have been through the war and defeated the Viet Nam, and well-equipped foreign teams don’t often participate in military parade vases."
Even the commander’s hands are dead. Are you qualified to ridicule? The officers of the advisory panel immediately burst into laughter.
The officers of the General Staff of Zheng Shijun’s army guided the central square to line up neatly.
Wu Tingyan went to the square to personally preside over the swearing-in ceremony and announced that he had been awarded the rank of Brigadier General Zheng Shiyue and put on a general’s hat.
Then they went to the viewing platform together.
Zheng Shi saw that there was a "feel-good" for him. Lansdale didn’t control it at the moment and ran to salute each other. Lansdale and other beautiful officials always congratulated him. Wu Tingyan was puzzled and didn’t know where Zheng Shi was.
When Zheng Shi was seen with the official of the United States, his face showed a very reluctant smile.
Is it to accept the reorganization of the government or the reorganization of the US advisory group?
Is it a government army or an American army?
Many people are uninterested, but Li Min knows that Wu Tingyan is very unhappy because he belongs to what kind of person who wants to help and doesn’t want to be a puppet, and doesn’t like the interference of other governments, including the United States, in Vietnam.
There are only more than 2,000 soldiers and infantry in total, and the parade ended so hastily without mechanized equipment.
Zheng Shijun’s team was assigned to a new military camp in the north of Saigon. He became a brigadier general of the army and his department exerted great influence on other warlords who are now paid by the Ministry of National Defense.
As soon as the military parade was over, Lansdale was surrounded by a group of Haojiao officers as soon as Zheng Shi was sent away with Li Min.
The leader is Ruan Duwu, who is older and embarrassed to say a lot.
The young officer didn’t have so much scruples and said bluntly, "Mr. School, we want to make a deal. We will accept the reorganization of the government for your money and weapons."
Gentlemen should support the government to accept the integrated army and equip the Ministry of National Defense.
"You are right, but how do you explain your deal with Zheng Shi? I heard that you gave him a lot of money."
Li Min is equally curious about this question. Lansdale said sincerely, "Gentlemen, don’t trust the Yue League to spread rumors. I didn’t give money to General Zheng Shi, and I can swear to the emperor."
Don’t even believe Li Min if he doesn’t believe the Hoa Hao officer.
As a result, it is conceivable that a group of young officers surrounded him and demanded equal treatment, which made him feel embarrassed.
On the way to send Li Min to the headquarters of the Bank of East Asia, Lansdale said angrily, "A bunch of greedy bastards know that they want money and have money in their eyes, so that the army can fight with morale?"
"The school is called the theory of not suffering from poverty but suffering from inequality. There is a market here, and we will encounter more similar challenges."
"What do you mean?"
Li Min sighed lightly and held the driver’s seat with a wry smile. "Your government and the international community have done a lot to evacuate and resettle Catholic refugees. Bishop Spelman and Father Hart are worried that their children will continue to help Catholic refugees. As a result, the life of refugees will be better than that of farmers.
When distributing donations and social donations, I try my best to take this into account and resist the pressure from all sides. Half of the donations and materials raised overseas will be distributed by the government, but the other half of the churches and other institutions will do their best according to their own wishes. "
Lansdale came over and muttered, "They should respect the opinions of donors as much as possible."
"The fact is not only to teach it, but also to public welfare organizations, such as my compatriots. Of course, they will give priority to their compatriots. They are very willing to give generously to more than a dozen resettlement sites for Nong refugees in the south, and they are not willing to help others move the gap between the rich and the poor from farmers to refugees."
"If church and social donations make the government have nothing to say, will they blame the government for all this?"
"And the Viet Nam will be happy to benefit from this."
Some opposition parties in Viet Nam and South Vietnam will take advantage of this. Wu Tingyan’s religious beliefs can’t make sense with farmers. They believe in rumors and don’t look at problems rationally.
Aware of the seriousness of the problem, Lansdale said without worry, "Li is a headache and it is difficult to solve unless the industrial village can develop in a short time. The government has enough financial resources to help poor farmers who have neither church help nor rich relatives."
There is a reason why I talk so much with you. Li Min lost no time in saying, "So you should not only pay attention to the military, but also pay attention to the economy, especially the industry. The plan for industrial villages needs not only the support of the Prime Minister, but also the support of the US government, such as the US Navy, Army and Marine Corps. It is best to give priority to Vietnamese companies in some low-tech bulk purchases."
His position is not very high, Washington has little influence, but his report can be submitted directly to the White House, the Pentagon and the National Assembly.
It is far from enough to rely solely on the Vietnam Friendship Association to achieve this goal. It needs to be influenced from all sides.
Lansdale can’t help laughing without knowing what his wishful thinking is. "My friend, you are more difficult than those bastards just now."
"They became themselves and I became this country."