"Just checking, Han Zhengda, deputy director of the Department of Commerce of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, has absconded, and his destination may be Shanghai or Hong Kong!"

Qi Xuezhen paused for a moment after reading this: "Now, as soon as the Shanghai District of the Military Command Bureau discovers it, they will immediately arrest it, interrogate it on the spot, and find out the whereabouts of the Ministry of Economic Affairs' account books!"

"What do you mean?" Meng Shaoyuan heard this in confusion: "It's none of my business that a deputy director of the Ministry of Economic Affairs has absconded. This is not something our military commander has to deal with."

"This case was really handed over to the military commander personally by the commissioner." Qi Xuezhen smiled bitterly: "You don't know about Chongqing's 'big affordable price case'?"

"What's the 'big price parity case'?" Meng Shaoyuan was confused when he heard this.

In the rear area, especially in the capital Chongqing, due to factors such as the large influx of people from the eastern coastal areas and poor harvests due to natural disasters, the urban price index has been rising month after month.

Among them, the food price index has soared beyond normal, more than five times in one year.

In addition, rice-grabbing crazes were raging in various places, and Japanese planes were bombing wildly every day. The people in Chongqing, the capital, and everywhere were anxious, and rumors were spreading. So much so that even though they were not afraid of the threat of bombings by enemy planes, they were only suffering from the skyrocketing food prices.

The social psychology of panic.

Suddenly, the "rising" price of food became a serious social and political issue before the Chairman.

The Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress ordered the Office of Price Purchase and Sales and the Agricultural Bureau, which are under the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the National Government and are responsible for food price parity, to try to stabilize food prices in Chongqing.

Weng Wenhao, then Minister of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, successively discussed grain parity measures with Wu Wentian, Director of the Office of Affordable Price Purchase and Sales, He Lian, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Director of the Agricultural Bureau, and others.

However, a week later, the rice price that had just dropped rose again, but the Agricultural Bureau had no rice available at this time, and no extra funds to purchase new rice grains.

However, the chairman of the committee, who did not know the truth, ordered the Agricultural Bureau to continue purchasing rice grains to supply the market.

Later, at the weekly reporting meeting hosted by the chairman of the committee, there were always ministers and presidents in attendance complaining about the rising price of rice. Xu Kan, deputy minister of finance, even placed low-quality rice mixed with sand on the meeting table

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Under the constraints of practical factors such as the continuation of the war, the price of food in Peidu, which is difficult to afford, continues to soar, to the point where a solution is necessary.

Under such circumstances, a report reflecting fraud by the Ministry of Economic Affairs' Office of Fair Price Purchase and Sales and the Bureau of Agriculture and Agriculture and other agencies appeared on the Chairman's desk, which ultimately prompted him to make a decisive decision to investigate and investigate with a warrant.

On the evening of December 28, 1940, Dai Li, deputy director of the Military Command Bureau of the Nationalist Government, secretly detained Zhang Yuanshan, director of the Department of Commerce of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, and Shou Moqing, general manager of the Domestic Goods Joint Venture Company, with an investigation warrant issued by the Chairman.

At the same time, the inspection committee headed by Xu Kan, Deputy Minister of Finance, is still in full swing to inspect the parity funds of the Ministry of Economic Affairs’ Affordable Purchase and Sales Office, the Agricultural and Economic Bureau and other departments.

On January 15, 1941, Xu Kan and others secretly submitted the investigation results to the Chairman of the Committee.

It was internally stated that the affordable grain portion managed by the Agricultural Bureau "has never been properly supplied" and the purchase cost and price are unknown, resulting in the fact that "the price rises every time the price is affordable."

In the affordable clothing and fabrics business undertaken by Fushengzhuang, there are problems such as taking advantage of affordable prices to profit from its own operations.

After receiving these investigation reports, the Chairman became furious and ordered Dai Li to immediately arrest everyone on the list.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs, in particular, must investigate thoroughly.

At that time, many officials from the Ministry of Economic Affairs were secretly arrested.

The entire Ministry of Economic Affairs is in a state of paralysis.

Later, after repeated requests from the Minister of Economic Affairs Weng Wenhao, even at the risk of resigning, the Chairman ordered most of the arrested persons to be released on bail pending trial.

However, the investigation never stopped.

At the end of March, Dai Li gradually set his sights on Han Zhengda, deputy director of the Department of Commerce of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, believing that he would make a major breakthrough there.

But at this moment, Han Zhengda suddenly absconded with his wife.

I learned from an old servant of the Han family that when Han Zhengda escaped, he seemed to have taken a large box of account books with him.

After investigation, Han Zhengda's destination was either Shanghai or Hong Kong, and he was most likely to flee abroad from these two places.

Therefore, Dai Li personally ordered the military commanders of Shanghai and Hong Kong to go all out to capture Han Zhengda!

"It's simply ridiculous." After hearing this, Meng Shaoyuan looked a bit incredulous: "The person under our military command's surveillance actually escaped so easily?"

Isn't this a joke?

The person targeted by the military commander, and he was still in the rear area, was actually escaped by one big living person, no, two big living people?

Judging from the information transmitted from behind, Han Zhengda was fifty-five years old and his wife was fifty-three years old. How did two people in their fifties manage to escape?

Without help, it would be impossible.

"Is it our internal problem, or is there something else going wrong?"

Meng Shaoyuan pondered and said: "In short, there is definitely something weird in this matter. I guess Mr. Dai has already started an investigation."

"We have nothing to do with this matter." Wu Jingyi, who was called in by Meng Shaoyuan, said at this time: "Our mission is to find Mr. and Mrs. Han Zhengda."

"I'll mobilize manpower immediately."

Just as Qi Xuezhen finished speaking, Meng Shaoyuan already said: "What's the rush? Let me tell you, it's better for us to stay less involved in this kind of thing. It would be best if Han Zhengda went to Hong Kong instead of Shanghai.

There are too many important government officials involved in such a major parity case. Let me say it frustratingly. Each of them has a back-up, and we cannot afford to offend any of them.

If Han Zhengda is really in Shanghai, it will not be difficult to catch him. The question is, what should we do after we catch him? What should we do if we have seized those account books? "

How many people will this involve?

Once you get stuck in it, it will be difficult to get out.

"Listen." Meng Shaoyuan suddenly straightened his expression: "Send our people to look for Han Zhengda and his wife. Forget it if they can't be found. If we do find him, remember, we are not allowed to open his luggage!"

Wu Jingyi immediately understood: "This is the most important thing, especially not to see those account books. Once caught, do not stay for a moment and escort him to Chongqing immediately."

This is what Meng Shaoyuan admires most about Wu Jingyi.

She knows her own thoughts very well and knows what to do when.

Han Zhengda and his wife are like a ticking time bomb. If something is discovered in Shanghai, their lives will not be easy.

Suddenly, Meng Shaoyuan said fiercely:

"Show me the telegram."

Qi Xuezhen handed the telegram into his hands.

Meng Shaoyuan watched there for a long time, then murmured: "I understand, I understand, I almost missed something important this time."

"What's going on?" Wu Jingyi asked.
Chapter completed!