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Volume One: Living in Troubled Times Chapter 54: It¡¯s either black or white?

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    Those who betray the nation and the country are despised and can be called traitors.  In people's minds, the most common traitors are the large number of puppet soldiers.  These traitors that the Chinese people are ashamed to talk about may do it for official salary, money, or just to support their families. There are even more sad and pitiful reasons.

    Any historical figure should bear corresponding historical responsibility for the results of his historical actions. Regardless of his initial motivation, this historical responsibility cannot be avoided.  From the perspective of future generations, no matter what the purpose, it cannot change the charge of the puppet army abandoning national justice and becoming an accomplice of the invaders to suppress the compatriots for their own selfish interests.

    But what appears on the surface is often just what is seen by the public, and there are many things hidden behind it. For example, traitors who cause greater harm are often those who are unknown to the public, but who can appear sanctimonious in front of others and make a lot of war fortune.  The man behind the scenes.

    After returning from the market, Meng Youtian sat in the car without saying a word for a long time, frowning and thinking.  What aroused his thoughts was a person he had not seen for a long time. When he led the people to rescue the passionate young people who were robbed by the bandit He Jiaban, the old money was captured and released.  At first, Lao Qian did some business and helped Meng Youtian buy some guns, ammunition, sulfur, saltpeter and other supplies, but then he disappeared.

    When we meet again after so many years, Lao Qian has changed his appearance, he is doing quite well, and he looks like a businessman with great hands and eyes.  To be precise, it's not that his hands and eyes can reach the sky, but that his backstage hands and eyes can reach the sky.  He can do business from Kuomintang-controlled areas to occupied areas.  And there are safe routes in and out.

    Although Lao Qian did not tell all the secrets of his business, Meng Youtian had such a powerful mind that after thinking about it carefully, he understood the key.  Lao Qian and his backers are the accomplices of the Japanese's economic and currency war. They can also be classified as traitors. This is why the Japanese let it go.

    ? Purchase legal currency that has been banned by the Japanese from the occupied areas at extremely low prices, and then smuggle it back to the Kuomintang-controlled areas to purchase supplies.  Then use a small amount of materials to exchange for legal currency, repeat the operation, and obtain huge profits.  This is exactly a strategy of Japanese economic warfare.  But it was done by the profit-driven Chinese.

    Thinking about the puppet soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the Japanese for a mouthful of food, and then thinking about the dignitaries in the Kuomintang-controlled areas who made great fortunes from the national crisis, Meng Youtian couldn't help but be filled with emotion.

    "Poor. How pitiful!" Meng Youtian sat on the shaft of the car, crossed his hands behind his head, leaned back, and let out a long sigh.

    Xiaoman was stunned for a moment, put down the gun in his hand, and asked doubtfully: "Brother-in-law, who do you think you have pity for?"

    Meng Youtian smiled bitterly and felt that it would not be a bad thing to let his sister-in-law gain some experience, so he recounted what he had thought of, "Do you think those puppet soldiers are pitiful? They work as dogs for the Japanese just for food. Even if they die, they will be like dogs."  The same thing. But those who really make big money and enrich the country are luxury houses and cars, which they enjoy to the fullest."

    Xiaoman blinked his bright black eyes and thought hard, well, Meng Youtian saw through it at a glance.  It would take some effort for her to understand.

    "Oh, I kind of understand." Xiaoman nodded slightly and said tentatively: "The legal currency is still valuable in the Kuomintang-controlled area, but it is useless here, so they come here to cheat. Then they take it to the Kuomintang-controlled area to spend it."

    "Well, that's it." Meng Youtian smiled appreciatively and said: "In this way, the Japanese can not only use waste paper to procure supplies from the Kuomintang-controlled areas and continue the war; it also makes prices rise in the Kuomintang-controlled areas and undermines the stability of the Kuomintang-controlled areas.  Who suffers, it¡¯s the common people.¡±

    "Is Lao Qian a traitor?" Xiaoman tightened his grip on the gun in his hand and raised his voice, "He should be arrested."

    Meng Youtian waved his hand and said: "It's true that he is a traitor, but he can't be caught. Didn't you see how careless he is? The base area also needs him to smuggle some in-demand supplies. Let's just turn a blind eye. In this world,  , black and white won¡¯t work. You have to understand the truth and think more about it. Well, don¡¯t be too simple, too¡ª¡±

    "Too silly, isn't it?" Xiao Man laughed nonchalantly and said, "What's the shame? Compared with you, everyone is a bit stupid!"

    "No, that's not right." Meng Youtian shook his head and said, "It's not that they are stupid, it's that their ideas, or thoughts, are different from mine, so they reach different conclusions."

    "Brother-in-law, talking to you is so insightful." Xiaoman looked at Meng Youtian with admiration and said with some complaint: "But you are always busy with this and that, and you don't make me smarter."

    "You girl, you are making excuses." Meng Youtian said a little funny: "It's not like you're in a big class. If you don't understand anything, just ask me. Maybe you can explain it in a few words, but you don't have to follow me and explain everything to me.  It¡¯s better to remember every sentence.¡±

    ??Xiao Man chuckled, looking at Meng Youtian and turning his eyes to the front.??, she lowered her head and thought for a while, then said quietly: "Brother-in-law, do you really want to marry that Liu Feng?"

    Meng Youtian was stunned for a moment. This topic was difficult to answer. He thought about it and said perfunctorily: "I can't explain emotionally. Well, well, I am a responsible man. Even if, ah, you also  Don¡¯t worry about your sister.¡±

    "Xiao Man raised his head and glanced at Meng Youtian, sighed softly and said, "You are good to my sister, I know, you even washed her feet. No man can put down his arrogance and do such a thing for his wife."

    "Husband and wife, if we want to grow old together, why should we care about who is taller and who is lower?" Meng Youtian smiled slightly and said, "It's enough to just pretend outside, and live a more real life at home."

    Xiaoman pursed her lips, paused for a long time, and said: "Brother-in-law, you just said that some puppet soldiers are very pitiful. Do you need to be merciful when we see them in the future?"

    "Poor people must be hateful." Meng Youtian narrowed his eyes and his tone became cold and stern, "You are merciful, what they are holding is not a fire stick, will they shoot you? What if they  We caught you and let you go for the sake of our compatriots? They followed the Japanese in raids, burning houses, robbing food, money, women, and killing anti-Japanese armed forces. Isn't this enough to send them to see the King of Hell?  They left on their own. No matter what the reasons are for being puppet soldiers, they are also our enemies. Being kind to the enemy is cruelty to yourself. You must remember this sentence and never be merciful."

    Xiaoman nodded vigorously and said, "Brother-in-law, I remember. Don't worry, I'm not a good person."

    Meng Youtian smiled and cast his gaze into the distance.  Although he spoke categorically, he was often confused.  It's wrong to be black and white, at least not in this day and age, but things are very complicated and it's really difficult to grasp this degree.

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