Reborn Bao Guowei, I really didn’t want to be a great writer!

Chapter 516: The establishment of the Huaxia Jimin Society! Bao Guowei's advance planning?

The severity of the flood in 1931 was beyond the imagination of most people.

Since June, from south to north, from the Pearl River to outside the Great Wall, from the northern part of Jianghuai to the Bashu Basin, it involves many water bodies including the Yangtze River, Pearl River, Yellow River, and Huai River.

According to later statistics, the death toll from this Jianghuai flood reached nearly 4 million, and the number of people affected reached 50 million.

People at that time commented that "the floods flowed across the plains, turning into a huge inundation, and the tragedy of death and displacement was shocking!"

This is enough to show how serious this flood is.

In addition, the domestic situation was already bad. The Central Plains had just experienced drought and war, while the Jianghuai area was flooded.

Chiang Kai-shek was busy engaging in internal struggles, and the warlords had their own ulterior motives.

Under such circumstances, how could the Japanese not be ready to make a move?
The Kuomintang government has long been known for its corruption, and coupled with Chiang Kai-shek's series of outrageous actions, many knowledgeable people in society no longer believe that the Kuomintang government can save ordinary people.

After seeing the tragic situation described in the telegram and realizing that the Kuomintang government was unreliable, Xun Ge'er immediately found Bao Guowei, who happened to be in Shanghai, to discuss disaster relief.

In fact, Xun Ge'er didn't know that Bao Guowei was coming to Shanghai. It was just that Bao Guowei had made such a big fuss in Peiping recently that many Peking University professors who were familiar with Xun Ge'er wrote to him to communicate with him and ask him about some things.

Only then did Xun Ge'er learn from the conversation that Bao Guowei had arrived in Shanghai.

Late at night, in Du Yuesheng's residence, Du Yuesheng, Bao Guowei, Xun Ge'er, and Lin Yutang gathered together to discuss disaster relief measures.

"At this moment, the most important thing is to understand the level of the flood and then find specific measures for disaster relief. Disaster relief is no small matter and it is not enough to rely solely on the power of the people. I think we should rely more on the power of the government."

Du Yuesheng first put forward his own opinion. He is now one of the presidents of the Charity Federation. Du Yuesheng used to do all kinds of evil, but after he decided to retire, he paid special attention to charity-related matters.

Knowing that Du Yuesheng would not be corrupt in charity, Bao Guowei felt at ease to entrust so many disaster relief tasks to Du Yuesheng.

When it comes to disaster relief, Du Yuesheng undoubtedly has a very high say. Even the manpower needed for disaster relief requires the assistance of the Green Gang under Du Yuesheng.

This is also the reason why Bao Guowei found the other party first.

However, Lin Yutang and Xun Ge'er did not trust Du Yuesheng.

Although he whitewashed himself by associating himself with Zhang Taiyan and did various charity works one after another, in the minds of many writers, he still could not wash away his bandit nature.

Especially since Du Yuesheng had previously become Chiang Kai-shek's thug and persecuted many of their friends, Xun Ge'er and Lin Yutang had always disliked him.

This time, I came here just for Bao Guowei's sake.

Lin Yutang frowned and said, "I don't think it's right. In recent years, there have been many cases of corruption and abuse of power in the government. A few years ago, Tai'an County suffered a hailstorm, and the county magistrate embezzled the disaster relief funds and withheld them, pocketing the money for himself.

Some officials also colluded with illegal businessmen to resell disaster relief supplies.

Haven’t the Song family and even the four major families done enough dirty things?
Now, we still have to rely on them?"

Xun Ge'er also felt that it was inappropriate. If he thought the National Government was reliable, he would not have come to Bao Guowei immediately. He had always been unwilling to give Du Yuesheng a good face. He glanced at him and said to Bao Guowei.

"Bingwen, I don't think this is appropriate. Even if Chiang Kai-shek really wants to provide disaster relief, it is still a question whether his subordinates can implement his orders. The president is still busy fighting among his own people, so how can he have the energy to carry out disaster relief?"

When mentioning the word "internal strife", Xun Ge'er emphasized his tone.

Unknowingly, Bao Guowei had become the backbone of several gentlemen, and his opinions were sought on all such important matters.

Bao Guowei was a little surprised. It seemed that Brother Xun still understood Chiang Kai-shek.

Internal disunity makes it difficult to issue government orders, and this has indeed been the crux of Chiang Kai-shek's problems.

This is also why he is good at micro-management.

Especially in the later period of the war, his orders could often only be issued to middle-level officers, because there were many factions in the upper echelons, and they pretended to obey his orders but actually disobeyed them. Many of the middle-level officers came from Whampoa Military Academy and still had feelings for him as the principal.

A thousand-mile embankment was destroyed by an ant nest.

One of the problems of sending Chiang Kai-shek away more than a decade later has now emerged in the Nationalist government.

This is indeed a big problem. Even if Chiang Kai-shek is willing to provide disaster relief, can he control the hundreds of officials under him from taking action?
Since ancient times, fundraising is one aspect of disaster relief, but the biggest problem is how to distribute the money and grain in full to the victims.

Furthermore, given the complexity of the internal relations within the Nationalist government, even if Chiang Kai-shek made up his mind to rectify the situation and implicate officials, they would eventually be pardoned or the matter would be left unresolved due to various relationships.

How can we provide disaster relief in this way?

Lao Chang is indeed bad, but he is not stupid.

With so many factors and so many complicated issues combined, Bao Guowei pondered for a long time and finally looked at everyone and spoke.

"In my opinion, Chiang Kai-shek definitely has the heart to deal with disasters."

These words surprised the three people.

Logically speaking, Bao Guowei would definitely be ranked among the people who curse Chiang Kai-shek the most in the world, but now he is saying "good things" for Chiang Kai-shek?
Seeing that Lin Yutang seemed hesitant to speak, Bao Guowei explained.

"It's not that Chiang Kai-shek is concerned about the country and the people, but he is driven by interests. The Song family's greed for a little profit cannot shake the government, and the people under them are a little chaotic, which cannot shake the government. Chiang Kai-shek only considers his own interests, and he cannot shake the government in a short period of time.

However, the severity of this disaster was unprecedented, involving as many as 50 million people, in addition to previous wars and banditry.

If Chiang Kai-shek does not take any action, his control of the southeast will be in danger.

By then, when the resentment of the victims has accumulated, as long as someone raises his arm and calls for action, Chiang Kai-shek will be dead without a burial place!"

Bao Guowei's explanation was very thorough, and the three gentlemen nodded repeatedly.

Du Yuesheng smiled and said: "Bingwen's remarks are truly insightful and insightful!"

Obviously, Du Yuesheng worked hard to be labeled as a cultured person.

Xun Ge'er also nodded: "No matter from which aspect, Chiang Kai-shek's disaster relief is inevitable. Even feudal monarchs know how to provide disaster relief. Chiang Kai-shek is not so foolish."

"But how can we save him? Can Chiang Kai-shek do it? And what should we do?"

When the time came, even Mr. Lin Yutang, who was usually calm, became a little anxious.

He can write beautiful articles, but what use are such beautiful articles during disaster relief?
Bao Guowei sighed: "We still have to take our time with this matter. Let's contact the government first. We don't have enough power to act. We must find someone from the government who can be trusted."

The first person that came to his mind was Chu Huiseng.

As one of the leaders of Zhijiang Province under the National Government, Chu Huiseng also holds a position in the civil affairs department. It is naturally his duty to provide disaster relief.

Bao Guowei had worked with him before in Hangzhou. Now that he wanted to provide disaster relief, it was best to find this gentleman.

After noting this, Bao Guowei continued to speak to the crowd. "This involves life and death, so Chiang Kai-shek must also make great efforts to rectify the corruption problem.

What we need to do is, first, mobilize forces to raise funds from the society, and second, establish channels to greatly avoid corruption and ensure that supplies are delivered to the victims.

Relying on the power of the government, but not entirely operated by them. "

"Bingwen is right." Lin Yutang nodded. "We also need to play a guiding and supervisory role. If that doesn't work, we can use newspapers to expose corrupt officials and see how Chiang Kai-shek will care about his connections!"

The matter of disaster relief was a serious one, and several people discussed it at Du Yuesheng's house until late at night before they came up with a specific set of rules.

Du Yuesheng took the initiative to say, "I know that you gentlemen have always had opinions about me. I have done both good and bad things, but I have never tried to hide them. If I was wrong, I am wrong, and I will not argue any more.

But now, tens of millions of people are about to suffer from the disaster. I, Du, consider myself a Chinese and do not want to see my compatriots suffer.

I also hope that you gentlemen will not give up and work with Du to establish a Chinese People's Relief Association to jointly discuss and coordinate disaster relief matters!"

Lin Yutang and Xun Ge'er looked at each other, but finally put aside their dispute.

Lin Yutang said: "I think it's a good thing. This organization can be out of the control of the government and run by people we trust. All the donations will be used by the Jimin Society alone."

Bao Guowei also proposed: "I think it is possible to use the Huaxia Jimin Association as a fulcrum to gather knowledgeable people from all walks of life to jointly rescue the victims.

On the other hand, we can also cooperate with the government through the Jiminhui."

He paused and a meaningful smile appeared on his face.

"I believe that for the sake of the stability of his rule, Chiang Kai-shek will still agree to this condition."

Historically, Chiang Kai-shek did make efforts to provide disaster relief.

Such as setting up relief societies, issuing public bonds, and increasing the intensity of handling and supervision of various forms of corruption.

After all, Chiang Kai-shek was really anxious. If the flood was not properly controlled, it would really lead to the "destruction of the country."

Throughout history, countless dynasties collapsed due to chain reactions caused by poor disaster management.

After listening to other people's suggestions, Xun Ge'er's tightly frowned brows finally relaxed a little, but his eyes were still bloodshot.

He nodded and spoke decisively.

"Gentlemen, there is no time to lose. We should not waste time here. After the charter is finalized, the important thing now is to contact people from all walks of life, raise funds, and start disaster relief work."

Everyone else nodded and agreed to Xun Ge'er's proposal.

The four of them briefly discussed the agenda and decided to "show off their skills" overnight.

Du Yuesheng obviously has advantages in contacting the National Government and allocating personnel.

Mr. Xun Ge'er and Mr. Lin Yutang also have extensive connections in all walks of life. With their appeal, they are sure to be able to raise a lot of donations.

Bao Guowei is even more special. He has advantages in appeal, allocation of resources, medicines and contact with the government.

This is also the reason why Brother Xun looked for Bao Guowei first.

This little brother may seem unreliable, but he is really omnipotent!
Just when a few people had almost discussed their matter and were preparing to go out to look for someone, another guest came to the Du Mansion.

"Brother Du! Brother Du!"

Zhang Qun rushed into the lobby, exhausted, and called out to Du Yuesheng everywhere.

Seeing that four people were present, his face was slightly surprised, but he still bowed and spoke.

"Are all the gentlemen here? I just happened to be asking for a favor."

Bao Guowei said meaningfully: "Mayor Zhang, did you bring instructions from Chiang Kai-shek?"

When the news of the flood came out, Zhang Qun and others were still at the premiere. As soon as they heard the news, they probably went to a meeting.

The one who was so arrogant as to call Zhang Qun the head was probably Bao Guowei, who dared to call Chiang Kai-shek so blatantly.

He nodded and said, "The president has sent an urgent telegram, requesting that Zhijiang, Jianghuai and other places in Shanghai carry out emergency rescue, and must rescue most of the ordinary people first."

He did not mention any specific information.

Logically speaking, as the mayor of Shanghai, Zhang Qun has a very high rank, but somehow, in front of these gentlemen, he was not arrogant at all, but rather very humble.

He spoke specifically to Bao Guowei.

"I would also like to thank Mr. Bingwen for his advance warning. If it weren't for your previous suggestion, there would probably be more floods in the Yangtze River Basin now, and it is possible that the Shanghai market would be affected by it."

"Reminder?" Bao Guowei was a little confused.

"Yes." Zhang Qun said a little embarrassedly. "You forgot that you once had a question-and-answer session on water conservancy management at the Far East Hotel. I wrote it all down and made some arrangements for the surrounding areas of Shanghai.

The flood is now severe, but fortunately we made preparations nearly a year in advance, so we did not cause a bigger tragedy.”

Bao Guowei almost forgot about this matter. Now at the Far East Hotel, he had given suggestions to officials of all ranks in the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

I didn’t expect Zhang Qun really took it to heart.

He narrowed his eyes and asked, "But it seems that only some places around Shanghai have been built?"

Zhang Qun said helplessly: "Bingwen, you know the situation of the government. Even if I find Mr. Chu Huiseng from Zhijiang, it will still be difficult to promote full implementation."

Why let officials of all ranks use money to build water conservancy projects before they see their interests being harmed?

Working part-time is impossible.

That's all I can do.

Even if you have the ability to foresee things in advance, it is still difficult to change history.

Bao Guowei patted Zhang Qun on the shoulder, indicating his approval of his approach.

With a sigh, Bao Guowei said, "Now that Mayor Zhang is here, we have something else to inform you of. We hope that the disaster relief government can provide some help in the future."

Zhang Qun was confused and turned to look at Du Yuesheng.

The latter said a little embarrassedly: "Brother Yue Jun, we have established a charity disaster relief organization called Huaxia Jiminhui, and we hope you can support it."

(End of this chapter)