Time returned to 3 pm on May 24th, 1949, Weixin Township, Fenghuang County, Xiangxi.
In the alternate season of spring and summer, people are working in the fields in full swing. Suddenly, a huge shadow appeared over the rice field. Everyone looked up together, but it was a plane, falling rapidly towards them.
Visible to the naked eye, the plane is full of smoke. Passing 18-wheeler, the right wing of the plane fell off first and hit the rice field squarely. The people panicked and thought that there was a disaster, and they just wanted to flee everywhere.
The rest of the plane's skeleton crashed straight into the canyon. According to old people's memories, after the plane crashed, it burned for nearly 20 minutes, and the fire soared. It was not until the fire gradually subsided that the villagers slowly approached to check.
When I walked in, I saw the huge wreckage of the plane, but I couldn't see the bodies of several people. The trunk of the fire creaked, and several brave young people walked in front and approached the plane step by step.
Suddenly, everyone found several broken boxes on the ground, some of which were exposed and gave off a "silver sparkle" light. A young man took the lead in opening the box and took out the contents. He frantically said to the people behind him, "There are many oceans, come and pick them up ..."
When the villagers heard the shouts, they all ran to meet the ocean. Later, the villagers in Xingde Township next door also heard the news. A man carrying a bamboo basket joined the team of "cashier yuan" Nearly 300 people, from morning till night, filled their baskets, and some young people simply tied up their trouser legs and poured silver dollars directly into them.
It was not until everyone was so angry that they couldn't take anything, that everyone left angrily.
According to incomplete statistics, the villagers collected as many as 890 thousand silver dollars that day. There are less than 10 thousand silver dollars left, which are embedded in the ground because of the powerful impact of the plane falling. Everyone had no suitable tools, so they didn't pick them up.
There is no windtight wall in the world, and the news that "silver dollars fell from the sky" soon spread all over Xiangxi. Some powerful local bullies tried to keep the money for themselves.
The next day, Wei Xiang Mayor Wu Youfeng and local armed man Owen arrived at the scene with men and guns.
At the same time, Owen was greedy and wanted to keep the remaining silver dollars for himself. Wu Youfeng was short of hands and was soon driven away by Owen. After leaving, Wu Youfeng couldn't swallow this tone. He almost wanted to die together, and he told the news to the "Prevention and Suppression Committee". In this way, the scene is protected from above.
Soon, the news reached the central financial department of the Kuomintang, exposing the truth that "silver dollars fell from the sky":
It turned out that 1949 was tense. * * * The production party ranks are on a roll, and the Kuomintang has been defeated one after another. Seeing that the territory is getting smaller and smaller, Chiang Kai-shek, in order to win, on the one hand, let Bai Chongxi defend the southwest and northwest as the last line of defense; On the other hand, he turned his attention to Xiangchuan bandits.
Although these people are not regular troops, they have personnel and guns, which can be used as a force against * * *. But how can we make them willing to work for the Kuomintang? Chiang Kai-shek can only spend a lot of money trying to incorporate them.
The 654.38+ ten thousand silver dollars on this cash truck is the salary of bandits in Xiangchuan area. According to the original plan, the plane should land at Zhijiang airport, but I don't know what happened halfway, and it will suddenly fall into Xiangxi, which triggered the later events.
Chiang Kai-shek flew into a rage when he learned about it. First, 65438+ ten thousand silver dollars were prepared and sent to Zhijiang Airport. He also ordered the military to set up an investigation team to get to the bottom of the matter.
Soon, the military gave three reasons for the accident:
It was not until many years later that an old man in the military recalled and confirmed that the first possibility was the greatest. After all, the Kuomintang was losing ground at that time. Anyone with a little brain can see the situation clearly. It is only a matter of time before Chiang Kai-shek fails. It makes sense that some soldiers want to make a fortune and then run away.
It is worth mentioning that there are two American pilots and six Kuomintang officers and their families on the plane. After the plane crashed in Xiangxi, all eight people were killed and none survived.
At this point, Chiang Kai-shek can only learn from these mistakes. People die when they die, but that 65438+ ten thousand silver dollars is really not a small sum. Finally, Cheng Qian, chairman of Hunan Province, ordered Chen Quzhen, the "King of Xiangxi", to recover 65,438+ten thousand silver dollars!
Thus, when the people of western Hunan are still immersed in the joy of "getting rich", a huge disaster is approaching.
Soon, Yu Zikan, the captain of the Yugoslav capital under the "Defense Committee", surrounded everyone and conducted a rigorous search. At first, someone was ready to carry it to the end, but after several tortures, they still couldn't hold on and spit out the silver dollar.
Not only that, some people who didn't find the silver dollar also suffered this disaster. Later, the officers and men even made it clear that each household must hand over 80 silver dollars. Many ordinary people had to sell their property in order to "repay" the silver dollar, and finally their wives and children were separated.
This 65438+ ten thousand silver dollars has changed from a windfall to a disaster, which has harmed the people in western Hunan. Later, it was recalled that 100 families were killed after this battle.
Only a few people with calculation guessed that they would be investigated afterwards, and fled with their families that night when they got back the silver dollar. Because of this, even if the officers and men repeatedly searched for extortion, they only recovered nearly 70 thousand silver dollars. The whereabouts of the remaining thirty thousand silver dollars are still unknown.
At the same time, the war ahead is getting tighter and tighter, and the defeat of the Kuomintang has become inevitable. In fact, as early as 1945, when the civil war broke out, Chiang Kai-shek was doomed to failure. Why? The most important reason is that the Kuomintang is unpopular:
(1) Since ancient times, those who have won the hearts of the people have won the world. During the eight-year Anti-Japanese War, although China won and drove the Japanese out, it suffered great losses. Not only a large number of martyrs died, but also the people suffered greatly.
The war was finally won, and everyone just wanted to have a rest. However, Chiang Kai-shek wanted dictatorship and continued to fight civil war, which eventually aroused the anger of all walks of life. Chiang Kai-shek's unclear start and greed for power stood on the opposite side of the people, leading to failure.
(2) Since the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the performance of the Kuomintang and the * * * production party is simply worlds apart. * * * Producers' Party has a serious discipline and must not take the needle and thread of the masses, but the Kuomintang has robbed the people openly and secretly, putting the people in trouble. Chiang Kai-shek later admitted:
(3) Take Jiang Jingguo's "Fighting Tigers in Shanghai" as an example, which can best illustrate the problem. Since the Kuomintang took over Shanghai, from top to bottom, "the big boss has made special profits", regardless of the lives of the people. What's more, they hoard money with gang forces and disrupt the market.
On the one hand, Jiang Jingguo came to Shanghai to restore financial order, and on the other hand, he hoped to give a warning to the Kuomintang. He began to be full of confidence, and even bluntly said: "Guo Jing will only fight tigers this time, not flies." Even Du Weiping, Du's son, was arrested.
But when the Confucius family was discovered, they had to "show mercy outside the law". This "tiger action" eventually became a laughing stock. Because even the upper echelons of the Kuomintang can't lead by example, how can the people have confidence in others?
Finally, talk about the seventy thousand silver dollars. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek had been crushed by the war. Chen Quzhen and Yu Zikan, the "King of Xiangxi", and other local leaders deliberately delayed the delivery time. As a result, Chiang Kai-shek didn't get the money back until he retreated to Taiwan Province Province. Finally, the 70,000 silver dollars were embezzled by bandits and armed forces in western Hunan. ......
Many years later, the story of "Golden Coupon" found in The Legend of Wang Baochang starring actor Li Baotian came from this period of history. (End of full text)