Chapter 161 Liu Haizhong is defeated

After sighing, Yan Bugui turned his head and looked at He Yuzhu and asked,
"Zhu Zi, have you received any news from the branch?

What exactly is the State Council planning? Will it just close the case like last time, or what?
We can't just let food prices keep rising!
Although we have no problem with food now, money is becoming less and less valuable. It is a big loss to withdraw savings every month.

I really have no idea what to do! "

Compared to Yan Bugui who only cared about money, Chen Zhijie thought further.
"The money is secondary. What the Executive Yuan is going to do with those businessmen is that we finally have a peaceful life.
Peking cannot afford to be as chaotic as before."

The Book of Changes says.

If a ruler is not discreet, he will lose his ministers; if a minister is not discreet, he will lose his life; if a plan is not discreet, harm will occur;

Therefore, a gentleman is cautious and keeps to himself.

Yan Bugui can ignore it, he doesn't have the courage to do so.

But Chen Zhijie and He Yuzhu were not familiar with each other, and the questions they asked even touched upon the countermeasures of the State Council.
Even if he is really worried that the State Council's actions will affect the people's confidence,

Before the net was closed,
Even if He Yuzhu knew what was going on, he would not tell him.

If he says one thing and means another, and the merchants on the other side get wind of it, the State Council will suffer heavy losses.

So He Yuzhu just perfunctorily responded.

"Uncle Chen, I'm just a small activist, how can I know what the State Council is planning?
You think too highly of me."

Just as he finished speaking, Liu Haizhong jumped out and said with a smile,
"Zhu Zi, didn't you just speak so clearly? You must have heard all this from the branch office,

Isn't it easy to find out what the State Council is planning?
So I don't know.
If it was Uncle Liu, I would have found out everything clearly long ago."

Liu Haizhong hadn't finished speaking yet.

He Yuzhu knew what he wanted to express.
It's just that I feel that he is completely wasted in the precinct, and if he were in Liu Haizhong's place, he would definitely be able to bring some benefits to the neighbors.

But if you want to go to the police station, just find an opportunity to go there yourself. What's the point of being so sarcastic here?
It's so obvious, do you really think he, He Yuzhu, is made of clay?
In that case, don't blame me.

"Uncle Liu, the Songhu incident happened several months ago, and the State Council has already dealt with it. It's not a big deal that I saw the whole story at the branch office.

But can this thing be the same now?

Does the State Council have any plans or intentions? Is it your right to ask around?
If the news leaks out, you will be responsible for it!
With your ideological awareness,

If I really let you go to the police station, I don’t know how much trouble you would get into.

I think you should just be an honest worker with a promising future.
Things at the Executive Yuan are too complicated. With your underdeveloped brain and completely underdeveloped cerebellum, you will just be used as a pawn by the hidden spies if you go there.

In the end, you will definitely lose your life in vain."

As soon as Liu Haizhong finished speaking, he saw He Yuzhu confronting him directly, without even thinking of giving him face. He was so angry that he trembled.
He pointed at He Yuzhu and asked,

"Zhu Zi, is this how you talk to your elders? He Daqing, do you care or not?"

Looking at the angry Liu Haizhong, thinking of what He Yuzhu had just said, the other neighbors in the courtyard all laughed out loud, and He Daqing also stood up and said to him earnestly,
"Old Liu,

I think Zhuzi is really doing this for your own good.
Old Chen and his friends don't know, but we old neighbors all know that before liberation, you always wanted to be a squad leader in the steel mill, and you also wanted to be a bodyguard for Wang Mazi.

For this reason, he often spoke well of Wang Mazi and followed the old lady's instructions on everything.
But neither Wang Mazi nor the steel mill wants you. What do you think is the reason?
Is it so easy to find out about the State Council’s affairs?

With your brain, you will really be used as a gun by those hidden spies if you go there.

If you don't know what's going on, you'll lose your life."

The neighbors in the courtyard all knew about Liu Haizhong's request to the deaf old lady not to meddle in other people's business.
Not knowing what Liu Haizhong was like before, Chen Zhijie and the others didn't think anything of it.
You shouldn't interfere in other people's family affairs.
But when I heard He Daqing say that Liu Haizhong had tried so hard to curry favor with the old lady,
Now he has the attitude that people need to move forward and people don't need to move backward, and he immediately looked at him with contempt.

Seeing that everyone looked down on him, Liu Haizhong was furious.
But he is a bully at home.

Seeing that so many people disliked him, he really didn't dare to do anything and could only sit back feeling very frustrated.

Then everyone said some nonsense and then went home to sleep.

As time went by, the price of food and other materials became higher and higher. It didn’t take long for the price to more than double, and the increase was getting bigger and bigger.

By November,
A rumor suddenly spread in the market that "as long as we control the two whites (food and cloth) and one black (coal), we can put Beijing to death."

At this juncture, the State Council, which had been preparing for a long time, also began to take action.

That afternoon, Lin Zheng called He Yuzhu and several comrades from the car class to his office.

He explained the tasks assigned by the Military Control Commission.
"You also know that in March this year, we carried out a city-wide cleanup in Beijing.

As a result, because the Military Control Commission did not have a good understanding of the situation in Beijing and was not well prepared at the beginning, many problems, big and small, arose.
In addition, the Forbidden City and some other places are too important.
Don't act rashly.

So the last city-wide cleanup was a bit anticlimactic.

This time, the Military Control Commission carefully summed up its experience and learned lessons.

After making adequate preparations,

Prepare to mobilize all the forces that can be mobilized to complete a thorough cleaning of the entire city.

At that time, you comrades in the car team will be responsible for transporting the cleaned garbage out of the city.

The workload this time is not much less than the last cleaning. It may be more, heavier, dirtier, and more tiring. You should be mentally prepared. "

Hearing Lin Zheng talking about the city-wide cleanup,
Looking at the snowflakes floating outside, He Yuzhu felt that this was a smokescreen used by the State Council to distract speculators.
Otherwise, there would not have been another one in March 1951.
经过1949年3月、1949年11月、1951年3月，三次大型垃圾清扫活动，才彻底将北平城里堆积了几十年的垃圾全部清扫干净，

The amount of garbage transported out amounted to more than 60 tons, which was equivalent to eight "Jingshan Mountains" when piled up.

But squad leader Ye Dapeng didn't know this.
When he heard that the city's entire population was going to participate in this activity, he immediately felt a great sense of responsibility. He saluted Lin Zheng and made an impassioned promise,
"Director Lin, don't worry!
The car team promises not to let down the chain and will not disappoint the people of Beijing again."

(End of this chapter)