Chapter 434: Job Report (16)
On January 2, 2025, the Pa-O National Army decided to disband its armed forces and merge into Shan State.
On January 6, Shan State Governor Pasang publicly stated that in order to cope with the problem of Myanmar currency inflation, starting from February 21, all government agencies and state-owned enterprise employees in the state will be paid in "RMB".
Banks in Lashio, Kyaukme, Taunggyi, Wanhai and other places, as well as Shan State Bank throughout the state will start China-Myanmar currency exchange business.
Simply put, after receiving their RMB wages, these government employees can choose to exchange them into Myanmar Kyat, or they can exchange Myanmar Kyat into RMB in real time.
At the same time, large supermarkets and hotels owned by state-owned enterprises will accept RMB payments.
The currency displayed by the Shan State Bank will also be changed to RMB.
That is to say, if a person had 1 million Myanmar Kyats in a Shan State Bank card before, then starting from February 21, this 1 million Myanmar Kyats will become '3456' yuan.
With the recent promotion of Alipay and WeChat, many large shopping malls have posted the QR codes of these two companies. After entering Shan State, these two companies use RMB for settlement.
This news undoubtedly caused an uproar in the country, and many people angrily accused Pashan of selling out the country.
Many experts and scholars are also considering the pros and cons of this matter.
However, Shan State’s largest trading partner today is China, so changing the currency within Shan State to the RMB is of course the best solution.
Lai Min publicly stated that Pashan's actions were undoubtedly an act of treason.
He was considering taking back Pashan's administrative rights over Lashio, Jiaomei and other places.
Pashan shrugged it off. Shan State was perfectly safe, but Myanmar was a land of constant war. If Lai Min dared to make a serious move, Pashan wouldn't mind a "cleansing of the court."
Regardless of the external disturbances, the RMB has been slowly being promoted in Shan State.
As Pashan said, the Myanmar currency is too unstable and domestic prices change every week.
But after converting it into RMB, you no longer have to worry about your deposits shrinking.
Also, the Shan State Army has been using RMB to pay salaries for a long time.
The RMB issue wasn't over yet. Before the Spring Festival, Pashan dropped another bombshell: with the close cooperation with Zhonghua, there was a shortage of bilingual Chinese-Shan talents.
Therefore, all school-age students starting school in 25 years will have to take the 'Chinese' course.
This means that from now on, Chinese will become the third official language after Shan and Burmese. Even if you can't speak Burmese or Shan, it doesn't matter; you must learn Chinese.
With the preheating of the RMB, this news does not seem so shocking.
January 10th.
Inside the meeting room of the Taunggyi and Shan State governments.
Pashan's face was filled with anger. "Your Excellency, Consul General, Karen State has gone too far! You may not be aware that telecom fraud, human trafficking, and even organ trafficking still exist in Myawaddy, Karen State! And their targets are indeed Chinese citizens! I simply cannot tolerate this kind of behavior. After our verbal negotiations with Shan State, they dared to ignore it."
As he said this, Pashan slammed the table and said, "This is not giving face to China, and not giving face to our Shan State!"
Nowadays, Pashan has many soldiers and generals, especially tactical masters such as Dakai and Swa, and has no psychological pressure to bully Myanmar's corps which only have light weapons and an army of less than 10,000 people.
Jiang Ningyue took a sip of tea and said slowly, "I'm going back to report on my work soon, so please don't cause any trouble for me."
Pashan's expression froze, his anger vanishing as a hint of flattery appeared in his eyes. "Your Excellency the Consul General, this is also for the safety of your citizens! Besides, that place is not the China-Myanmar border. It's the Myanmar-Thailand border, and it won't affect the Chinese citizens' New Year celebrations."
Jiang Ningyue nodded and said, "I don't care about your affairs, but listen, nothing, I mean nothing, can affect the construction of the China-Myanmar Railway."
"Don't worry, it won't take an entire army to defeat a small country like Kayah State or Karen State."
Today, Pashan has five armies under his command.
Although they were called group armies, each group army actually consisted of only 10,000 soldiers. However, an army of 50,000 soldiers was already a very powerful force in Myanmar. If Jiang Ningyue hadn't suppressed him, fearing that he would go too far and cause the crowd to attack, affecting the China-Myanmar Railway, Pashan would have been unstoppable long ago.
"Just keep it in mind."
Jiang Ningyue stood up and picked up the bag on the table. "I'm leaving. I'm going back to report on my work."
"Don't worry, the war will definitely be over before you return."
Jiang Ningyue's plane to the capital had just taken off when Pashan announced that he would launch an "anti-fraud" military operation against Karen State in three days. As Kayah State, which was on the way, had been occupied by military forces 23 years ago, they decided to deal with it together. Shan State would completely take over Kayah State and Karen State.
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January 11th. Capital, Zhonghai.
Commissioner Qian looked at Jiang Ningyue and smiled, "I've heard that the China-Myanmar Railway is progressing rapidly, and the situation in Northern Shan is now very stable. This is all thanks to you!"
Jiang Ningyue smiled and said, "Leader, this is what I should do. I have basically fulfilled all the requirements you put forward."
Director Qian smiled and nodded. "Not bad, you did a great job. After attending the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' New Year's reception, why not attend the Central Committee's Spring Festival party?"
Jiang Ningyue was stunned. "Me? I'm just a deputy director. Is that appropriate?"
"What's inappropriate?" Director Qian said with a smile, "Anyone who has made outstanding contributions to the country can participate. Aren't you outstanding enough?"
Jiang Ningyue was a little delighted, because this was an event that only active Unspeakable-level and retired Unspeakable-level people could participate in!
"Okay! Thank you, leader."
"By the way, you can bring your family members to diplomatic receptions, but not to the Central Committee's Spring Festival gatherings."
"Understood."
Jiang Ningyue nodded, left Zhonghai happily and returned home.
"I'm back."
Zhao Rao and Fu Wenyi, who were watching the variety show in the living room, immediately raised their heads and greeted Jiang Ningyue, "Sister."
"What are you looking at?"
Jiang Ningyue came over curiously and chatted with the two of them while eating snacks.
Birds of a feather flock together. Although Li Chunyan and her husband Fu Aihua are both highly educated and state officials, their children's education is a very troublesome issue.
As the daughter of the provincial party committee's deputy secretary, Fu Wenyi will face temptations that ordinary people can't imagine, and countless people will approach Fu Wenyi with all kinds of ideas.
Even for Fu Aihua, who has been keeping an eye on her daughter, it is difficult to monitor her daughter's condition at all times.
Therefore, Li Chunyan fully supports Fu Wenyi and Zhao Rao becoming friends.
Li Chunyan was satisfied with Zhao Rao; she was like a "beggar" version of Jiang Ningyue. Her abilities aside, the most valuable thing about Zhao Rao was her sense of propriety. She knew what to do and what not to do, and she was grateful.
If Fu Wenyi did anything wrong, Zhao Rao would correct him promptly. Moreover, her methods would be acceptable to Fu Wenyi.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' New Year's reception will be held on the 24th."
Jiang Ningyue smiled and said, "My boss said I can bring my family with me. Are you willing to go?"
Zhao Rao's eyes lit up, but Fu Wenyi showed little interest. "Isn't it just another group of old men and women getting together for a meeting? How boring."
"I want to go." Zhao Rao said weakly, "I've never been to a place like this."
"What about you?" Jiang Ningyue looked at Fu Wenyi, "Are you going?"
"Well, then I'll go too." Fu Wenyi thought for a while and said.
On January 14, Shan State went to war with Kayah State and Karen State.
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