I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

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"My division has received a new order from Moscow to Kurgan (a city more than 400 kilometers east of the Ural Mountains and west of Omsk). Not only our division, but as far as I know there are two infantry divisions and a tank The brigade received the same order!"

"The old rules, the money is in the old place!" The shop owner continued to wipe the dirty wine bottles and glasses without looking up.

After the second customer left, the shop owner took out the ledger and recorded the information in a seemingly normal bookkeeping method.

During the Chinese New Year home, Jiang Weiguo has been in a very irritable and angry mood.

Jiang Weiguo had to be irritated and angry, because he began to feel the serious harm brought by the "internal enemy", which boiled down to the word "money".

For money, Jiang Weiguo has always been brain-dead and exhausted. In order to make money, he does not hesitate to use any means, except for the method of harming his own country and his compatriots. Qian, Jiang Weiguo did not hesitate to sell his soul to the devil, and became the biggest drug lord in the world. At this time, not only the Golden Triangle, but even the Golden Crescent and Silver Triangles now have Jiang Weiguo's secret organizations wantonly producing and selling drugs. The world's three major drug lords The bases are all secretly controlled by Jiang Weiguo (Golden Crescent and Silver Triangle both gradually became drug bases in the 70s, and Jiang Weiguo took the lead and moved it forward by more than 30 years).

Jiang Weiguo continuously sold the drugs from the Golden Triangle to India and Southeast Asia, the drugs from the Golden Crescent to Arab countries, Europe, and Africa, and the drugs from the Silver Triangle to North and South America. Huge profits. It is conservatively estimated that Jiang Weiguo has "painstakingly managed" so far. In these three places, he has controlled more than 30 square kilometers of land and more than 100 million people. The area of ​​drug cultivation is as high as more than 80 mu. One thousand tons, in addition to hundreds of tons of marijuana and cocaine, monopolizing more than [-]% of the world's drug trade.

Drug production and drug trafficking are undoubtedly extremely evil, but Jiang Weiguo is hungry, and for the sake of the country, he has to use this method of making money that is almost insane.

In fact, Jiang Weiguo still has a lot of money. The national government’s appropriation is just a drop in the bucket, and it is the smallest one among Jiang Weiguo’s many wealth. In Jiang Weiguo’s own words, “If I rely on the old man’s appropriation, I will be hungry. If he is dead, how can he support a million-dollar army?" In addition to the negligible appropriation, his white, gray, and black income channels mainly have five sources. , The second is donations from overseas Chinese, the third is Hitler's funding, the fourth is life-saving money, prostitution money, and protection money given by Jews, and the fifth is drug production and trafficking.

Despite this, Jiang Weiguo has always been financially unable to make ends meet, the funds are stretched, and the situation of insufficient money is like a noose that makes him suffocated. In addition to building, raising the army, and fighting wars, he also needs to develop industries and build people's livelihood, etc. One can imagine the pressure.

Under such circumstances, Jiang Weiguo saw a large number of dignitaries in the Mainland and all kinds of second-generation officials and second-generation rich people who were extravagant and extravagant, and it was difficult for him not to get angry.

"These wolf-hearted things!" Jiang Weiguo gritted his teeth with hatred, "The army and the whole country are tightening their belts, but they are so happy!"

Jiang Weiguo doesn't know much about economics, but many things he does actually involve economics. In addition, there are many economists around him. He has heard, seen, and thought for himself, so that he can figure out a lot of things without a teacher.

Jiang Weiguo's epiphany on economics is like Li Yunlong's epiphany on political science in "Bright Sword", "Li Yunlong's drowsy brain, like a pot of paste, suddenly cracked a thin crack, and a beam of rational gleam faintly Jodi shone in through the gap, and he seemed to understand a little bit. You can't think about problems in the chaos of things, you have to jump out of the chaos, think about problems from the sidelines, and don't get entangled in trivial things on the surface.

...things in the world are originally simple, but politicians play tricks and deliberately complicate simple things.”

Jiang Weiguo is similar. He understands that economics is actually not complicated. Economists make it complicated on purpose. Why do economists make economics so complicated and confusing?Because economists are not machines, they are all human beings, they are all people with selfish desires, they will not analyze things objectively, because they want to seek self-interest for themselves, so they deliberately use all kinds of logic The chaotic theories confuse outsiders, and sometimes they even open their eyes and tell nonsense.

To put it simply and crudely, the wealth of a country is divided into two types, one is in the hands of the government, and the other is in the hands of the people. The country needs money, such as fighting, where does the money come from?It must be taken out of the treasury, but what if the treasury is not enough?It can only be taken from the people.

The money of the national treasury is the tax paid by the people, and the money of the people is the private property of the people, which is sacred and inviolable. The government has no right to seize the private property of the people.

For example, Zhang San, he has an income of 1000 yuan this month, 1000 yuan of which is tax, which is handed over to the government and becomes the money belonging to the treasury, and [-] yuan is his legitimate income, which belongs to himself. For money, although the [-] yuan in the pockets of Zhang San and countless Zhang Sans is needed, they certainly have no right to let Zhang Sans hand over their private property to the government.

Therefore, the fact that the government has no money does not mean that the country has no money, because the people still have money, and then there are two key questions: how can the government obtain the money that is in the hands of the people and belongs to the people themselves?The reasonable way is to issue treasury bonds and borrow money from the people in the name of the country. The unreasonable way is to increase taxes, force the people to pay out money with exorbitant taxes, and issue currency indiscriminately, control foreign exchange, implement monopoly system, unified purchase and sales, etc. The real government will definitely I will choose the first point; however, this is only the first key issue, and the second key issue is: the citizens cannot be generalized, the citizens are divided into multiple groups, multiple classes (or classes), the rich and powerful officials and businessmen have Which is more, private property or private property owned by ordinary grassroots people?The answer is definitely the former.

Ever since, the truth of the matter has been peeled off and surfaced.

In Jiang Jingguo's study, brothers Jiang Jingguo and Jiang Weiguo sat at a round table.

Jiang Jingguo took a piece of white paper and drew a big circle on it with a pen: "Excluding the treasury controlled by the government, if this big circle is the wealth of our country's folks, how much private wealth does the powerful, officials and businessmen own? How much private wealth does ordinary people have? The former is large and the latter is small. The specific ratio needs to be accurately counted. We don’t know it now. It is estimated that the former is 80% and the latter is 20%. )" and "one-fifth (ordinary people)" two parts.

Jiang Weiguo nodded. He didn't think this ratio was exaggerated. He remembered that in Russia in the early 21st century, after the great changes after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, it was said that the dignitaries, officials and businessmen accounted for 10% of Russia's total population, but owned 90% of Russia's entire population. Wealth, which involves the social issue of "wealth distribution".

In a certain country, a few people occupy most or even most of the wealth, and China is no exception.

Jiang Jingguo looked at Jiang Weiguo: "I am afraid that dignitaries, officials and businessmen only account for 5% of the total population of the country, but they own 80% of the country's wealth, and ordinary people, who account for 95% of the country's population, only own 20% of the country's wealth.

The country is in urgent need of money. After the national treasury is exhausted, it will definitely raise funds from the private sector, borrow money from the general public, and even increase taxes. The problem is that ordinary people have honestly borne the national debt and taxes. What about the powerful, officials and businessmen?They have power, background, connections, channels, and a huge proportion of social resources, so they can find ways to evade taxes, which creates an unfair situation. Ordinary people who own 20% of the wealth have to bear the responsibility of the country Most or even most of the pressure brought about by the lack of money, but the rich and powerful officials and businessmen who own 80% of the wealth can stay out of it, and their share of tax payment has been transferred to ordinary people!" He paused for a while and continued "On the one hand, the dignitaries, officials and businessmen evade the obligation to pay taxes, and on the other hand, they use the social resources that have been concentrated in their hands to make a lot of money crazily. On the surface, they set up companies, factories, and enterprises, and ordinary people Start a company, factory, enterprise, can you compete with them?Of course you can't compete!As a result, their companies, factories, and enterprises can implement monopoly, dominate the market, and then earn a lot of privileges; secretly, they have various gray and black income channels.

Where did the wealth they obtained through these means come from?It is from ordinary people that the original small wealth of ordinary people further flows to dignitaries, officials and businessmen.

As a result, the poor will become poorer, and the rich will become richer!" He stopped writing, "Weiguo, the reason is as simple as that!"

Jiang Weiguo's face was tense: "These rats dig the corners of the country and ruin the foundation of the country!"

Chiang Ching-kuo sighed: "The government is a state machine and has power, so the government officials and the senior generals in the army all use their power for personal gain, diverting a large amount of wealth that originally belonged to the state and the treasury to their private pockets. In addition, there is collusion between officials and businessmen. A factory run by ordinary people competes with a factory run by a businessman colluding with officials. Can the former win? Of course not, even if the goods are better and the prices are lower. , can't win.

This forms a cycle, for the rich and powerful, officials and businessmen, it is a virtuous circle of accumulating wealth like a snowball, but for ordinary people, it is a vicious circle of losing wealth like bursting water!"

Jiang Weiguo understood more and more.

Is China poor?Poor, of course, but not really poor.

Before the Opium War, China’s wealth was the largest in the world. In 1840, China’s wealth accounted for 25% of the world’s wealth. If it were not for the Western invasion and opium smuggling, China’s wealth would continue to increase; in 1870, China’s wealth accounted for 17% of the world’s total. 9% of the world, only 0.9% in the United Kingdom, 2.3% in the United States, and 1900% in Japan; after the great turmoil of the Taiping Rebellion and the Sino-Japanese War, even in 11, China’s wealth still accounted for 2.6% of the world’s wealth, and Japan only increased to [-]%; at this time, China's gdp has surpassed that of Japan.

But what about money?Where did the money go?The national treasury is indeed very tight, and it is almost used up (it is impossible for Chiang Kai-shek to hold a huge amount of money in his hands but "do nothing to save Jiang Weiguo"), but there is still a lot of wealth in the hands of the people, among the people, but these large amounts of wealth, Most or even most of them are in the hands of powerful officials and businessmen, and most or even most of them are unclean money.

Take Kong Xiangxi as an example, his family must have a lot of money, the exact amount is not clear (the CCP claims that the four major families have a total of more than 200 billion US dollars of illegal property, but according to a more general statement, how much is the Jiang family and the Chen family? Yes, but the Kong family and the Song family do have a lot of wealth), Jiang Weiguo estimates that the Kong family has more than 1000 million or even tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars. The money is unclean in all likelihood. On the one hand, the origin is wrong, and on the other hand, it is absolutely impossible to use it for national construction, but for your own extravagance and lust.

One Confucian family, ten Confucian families, a hundred Confucian families... a large amount of wealth that originally belonged to the country was seized, squandered, and wasted by them.

Jiang Weiguo was very sure that if he wiped out all the corrupt officials and illegal profiteers in the whole country, he would be able to earn at least one billion dollars or more. With so much money, many things would be easily solved.

Jiang Weiguo himself is actually a "big capitalist". He has monopolized China's aviation, shipping, petroleum, bristle, tungsten sand, tung oil and other profitable industries at this time, and he is also in many fields such as mining, coal, steelmaking, metallurgy, and medicine. Li also occupies a pivotal position, but it is impossible for him to wipe out all the profitable industries in the country. In addition, he will never corrupt. In the northern region, the atmosphere of officialdom and shopping malls is quite good, but in the vast areas of the south, they are still the same as before, and even become more and more ill due to changes in the country's situation. A peaceful and peaceful social environment can allow the majority of ordinary people to live It has to be more stable, and at the same time, it can also allow the dignitaries, officials and businessmen to better search for the people's fat and people's anointing.

Anti-corruption will definitely yield rich results, but anti-corruption is a major event, not something that Jiang Weiguo can do as he says.

Despite this, Jiang Weiguo still wants to roll up his sleeves and do a big job. On the one hand, he is "poor and crazy", and so many corrupt officials and illegal profiteers who are so rich in the country are not slaughtered for nothing in his eyes. The Fat Sheep can buy a thousand Bf-109s with [-] million U.S. dollars. Except for drug production and drug trafficking, I am afraid there is nothing faster than anti-corruption; He continues to harm his motherland, and even develops into a cancer that makes the country terminally ill and has no cure. In fact, he has a more direct reason: "Damn! Why do I go crazy because of lack of money, and want to tighten my belt to live? And those wicked corrupt officials and profiteers can get rich and eat well?"

Jiang Weiguo doesn't mind being a "contemporary Liu Zongmin".

When the Ming Dynasty was about to perish, Emperor Chongzhen had to turn to his civil and military officials for help because the treasury was exhausted, hoping that the civil and military officials could donate a little money to support the country. Li Zicheng's peasant army broke into Beijing, the Ming Dynasty perished, and a large number of Ming court officials fell into the hands of the peasant army. Li Zicheng's general Liu Zongmin tortured these officials and forced them to spit out their silver. These officials who had a breeze in front of Emperor Chongzhen spit out more than 7000 million taels of silver. If you consider the lost silver and the peasant army The generals, officers and soldiers embezzled the silver taels privately, so the Ming court officials and merchants in Beijing alone possessed no less than 400 million taels of silver, and the annual fiscal revenue of the Ming Dynasty at that time was only [-] million taels of silver.

Obviously, the huge wealth of these officials is not clean, and they own a lot of national wealth, but when the country is in crisis, they don't get rid of it.

Undoubtedly, this kind of powerful and corrupt officials is extremely hateful. They devour the country's wealth like vampires, causing the country to fall into danger. No matter how much wealth you own, what's the use of it?" The simple truth.

"Let's go! Let's go find our father!" Jiang Weiguo suddenly stood up, the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't hold back. He wanted to launch a vigorous anti-corruption storm, and he must first obtain Chiang Kai-shek's permission and support.

Jiang Jingguo looked at Jiang Weiguo, showing a weak wry smile: "Weiguo, father will not agree!"

Chapter 520 The arrival of winter (5)

The facts were as expected by Jiang Jingguo. When Jiang Weiguo reported his thoughts to Chiang Kai-shek with righteous indignation and proposed to launch a comprehensive anti-corruption campaign nationwide, Chiang Kai-shek showed a noncommittal and complicated expression. He neither opposed Jiang Weiguo nor supported him. Jiang Weiguo just said meaningfully: "Yes! The problem of corruption is indeed getting worse and there is no need to delay!"

"Father, what are we waiting for? Immediately carry out a comprehensive anti-corruption campaign!" Jiang Weiguo said eagerly.

Chiang Kai-shek showed a bitter smile: "Corruption is definitely intolerable, and anti-corruption must be carried out, but..." He changed the topic, and at the same time looked at Jiang Weiguo with an intriguing look, "Anti-corruption It is a big event, there is no rush, it must be done slowly, haste makes waste!"

Jiang Weiguo was annoyed when he heard it: there is no need to be in a hurry, it is this kind of appeasement attitude of turning a blind eye and closing one eye that has caused the current corruption problem to be almost terminally ill and incurable. procrastinate?In Jiang Weiguo's view, anti-corruption is actually not that difficult. Direct legislation requires all military and government officials and wealthy businessmen with backgrounds to accept property investigations and disclose all property to the whole society. Those who voluntarily hand over illegally obtained property can be treated leniently and refused to hand over Anyone who obtains property illegally shall be severely punished.

Jiang Weiguo thought viciously: "As long as you give me the Shangfang sword, old man, I will immediately mobilize an army of [-] to fight corruption. I don't believe it. No matter how powerful those corrupt groups are, they can still surpass my [-] army?"

Chiang Kai-shek immediately saw the murderous thoughts in Jiang Weiguo's heart. He shook his head and couldn't help laughing. On the one hand, he was relieved that his son could stick to his principles. Superficial and childish.

"Wei'er, you are dedicated to the country, I am very pleased that you don't get a grain of sand in your eyes, but..." Chiang Kai-shek sighed, "It is not that simple to solve this problem.

If the country is a person, then corruption is the disease of the country, and corrupt groups are cancers parasitic on the body of the country. Brute force cannot solve this problem. A dying patient can be cured with a saw, a machete, or an axe. Are his injuries keeping him healthy?Of course not. Surgery requires a delicate and sharp scalpel. It requires care, patience, and caution, and you must not act too hastily.

"Tao Te Ching" says, 'Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish', and anti-corruption is the same.

Anti-corruption is an operation on the country. First of all, we must carefully analyze the priorities, formulate a strict plan, and then administer anesthesia. Then, we will first operate on smaller tumors that will not damage blood vessels and nerves, and will not leave sequelae. Meditate and recuperate, heal the wound, and then continue to operate on those medium and large tumors one by one in an orderly and orderly manner. During the operation, you must pay attention not to move too much, and you must not cut it across the board, because some tumors grow together with viscera. Yes, if it is cut, it will even threaten life, so that the patient will not be cured, but will lead to premature death.

For this kind of tumor, you have to be more careful and more cautious before cutting, if you really can’t cut it, you need long-term conditioning to make it change from large to small, and from small to small, this process will take at least ten years!” He said Looking at Jiang Weiguo, his words became more earnest and his expression became more dignified, "Wei'er, do you understand?Performing an operation on a patient is too rough. Not only will the disease not be cured, but the patient will die prematurely. Anti-corruption is an operation on the country. The process and the result are the same. And into turmoil, chaos, collapse!"

Jiang Weiguo didn't know what to say. At first, he felt that what Chiang Kai-shek said was "false reasoning", but after carefully savoring it, he had to admit that what Chiang Kai-shek said was indeed very reasonable.

After being silent for a while, Jiang Weiguo said unwillingly: "Should we just sit back and watch those cancerous tumors continue to suck the blood of the people and destroy the health of the country?"

"Of course we can't sit idly by!" Chiang Kai-shek shook his head, "but it's still too early to talk about this. At the very least, the anti-corruption must have a stable and peaceful social environment, without external threats, so that the government can carry out this major event calmly. Our country is still at war, so there must be no internal chaos, and it is not too late for us to proceed slowly after the war is over!"

Jiang Weiguo admitted that he was persuaded by Chiang Kai-shek, but he was still very unwilling.

Chiang Kai-shek saw Jiang Weiguo's reluctance, so he sighed: "The country still needs those people!"

After walking out of Chiang Kai-shek's office, Jiang Weiguo suddenly became enlightened. He understood the biggest reason why Chiang Kai-shek had not carried out anti-corruption for so long. And this sentence can also be derived as "Chiang Kai-shek still depends on those people."

Chiang Kai-shek is the supreme leader of China at this time and has the right to rule the country. On what basis is his right to rule?It is built on the political party, the government, and the army, and the political party, the government, and the army are all composed of people. Since they are people, then the high-level political parties, high-level government, and high-level military will be corrupt officials. Corrupt officials are not an independent group, but The Chiang Kai-shek regime itself.

To put it bluntly, Chiang Kai-shek relied on those corrupt officials to maintain his ruling power. Although his anti-corruption was beneficial to the country, he was digging his own corner.

Corrupt officials are moths of the country, but at the same time they are the cornerstone of Chiang Kai-shek's regime.

Chiang Kai-shek knew very well that relying on a group of corrupt officials would not be able to keep the regime alive for a long time, but he had no choice at the moment, so he had to tolerate it.

After realizing this truth, Jiang Weiguo sighed a long time: "No wonder the old man said such a sad and helpless sentence in the original history, 'Anti-corruption, anti-party, subjugation of the party, no anti-corruption, subjugation of the country, it is difficult." .

The entire party itself is a corrupt group, how can it fight against corruption? "

"What should I do?" With such thoughts, Jiang Weiguo was at a loss.

Jiang Weiguo's Spring Festival was dull because of his heart full of knots, but on the second day of the new year, Foreign Minister Zhang Qun came to Jiang Weiguo and revealed to him a very important thing: the Soviet Union had sent a secret envoy.

"What?" Jiang Weiguo was a little surprised, "The old Maozi sent a secret envoy?" He was not slow, "Want to ask for peace?" He had already mastered some of the laws of political games at this time. War is the continuation of politics. Regardless of war or politics, the purpose is to seek benefits. If the negotiation can obtain more benefits than the war, it will naturally be negotiated. In the past, China and Japan were also like this during the Sino-Japanese war. While fighting to the death on the battlefield, While negotiating with each other at the negotiating table.

Zhang Qun nodded: "The person who came was Andrei Yanuarevich Vyshinsky, the number two figure in the Soviet diplomatic service, and he did not come through the Japanese channel, but the American channel!"

Jiang Weiguo's heart moved. If Germany, China and Italy maintain a little contact with the Soviet Union at this time, they must go through the Japanese channel. Instead, they sent secret envoys to China through American channels. It can be seen that the Soviet authorities only wanted to hold bilateral talks with China and did not want Germany, Italy, or Japan to know about it.

"What's my father's attitude?" Jiang Weiguo pondered for a while and asked Zhang Qun.

Zhang Qun replied: "The chairman was noncommittal, and told the second son and me to meet Vyshinsky!"

Jiang Weiguo immediately understood Chiang Kai-shek's attitude. At this time, Chiang Kai-shek was inclined to unite with Germany, Italy, Japan and other countries to destroy the Soviet Union. He wavered and hesitated because of lack of confidence, but now his confidence is high. However, as a A smart and mature politician, he doesn't talk too hard.

Politicians want to use all means to maximize their profits. If there are other ways to get more, Chiang Kai-shek will definitely not refuse. At the same time, Chiang Kai-shek knows that Jiang Weiguo is the commander-in-chief of China's war against the Soviet Union, so he let Jiang Weiguo take charge of this matter , Zhang Qun is just a supporting role.

"Does Germany and Italy know that Vyshinsky has come to China?" Jiang Weiguo asked worriedly.

China is a member of the alliance. According to the spirit of the alliance, Germany, China, Japan, and Italy are united in the same spirit and united in a single-minded effort to destroy the Soviet Union. If China secretly contacts the Soviet Union without the knowledge of the other three countries, once the matter is exposed, it will definitely bring serious consequences. trouble.

"Absolutely don't know!" Zhang Qun was very sure, "Vyshinsky came to China as an American on an American private merchant ship, and he did not go to Tianjin, Shanghai, Qingdao, Fuzhou, etc. The port of the Germans, but entered China at the port of Ningbo, and then was taken to Wuhan by the secret convoy of the Military Control Bureau, without any leaks!"

"That's good!" Jiang Weiguo nodded, "Okay, let's meet this Vyshinsky!"

Since the secret envoy of the Soviet Union was "shady", Vyshinsky was not placed in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government, but was placed in a quiet manor on the outskirts of Wuhan.

Vyshinsky was nearly sixty years old. He was thin, with tight features, thick nose and big ears, thin eyebrows and fine eyes, exuding a sly and sinister aura.

In fact, as the Chinese saying goes, "A picture is born from the heart", Vyshinsky is indeed a cunning and insidious person. This person is called a diplomat and a jurist, and the first title is barely acceptable. The second appellation is a complete defilement of the law, because this person is the best at pointing a deer into a horse, turning black into white, and his ability to buckle hats and make excuses is even more extreme. During the Great Cleansing, he sent countless people to prison with just one mouth He became the vanguard and pawn of Stalin's purge, and the law was just a tool and banner he used to persecute others. His actions and actions were not based on the law at all, but on Stalin's personal Consciousness as the basis, even if the net worth is absolutely innocent, as long as Stalin instructs him to bring it down, he will fabricate charges to make that person indefensible and ruined in the dirty water, and he has no remorse or even complacency about it.

Relying on the despicable means of rape law and the blood of countless victims, the Soviet jurist rose to the number two figure in the Soviet diplomatic service.

Although he has acquired the dignified status of being able to get the wind and the rain in the Soviet Union, Vyshinsky actually lives in fear every day, because he is also afraid that he will be arrested and then labeled as a All kinds of crimes, the secret mission to China is an important task entrusted to him by Stalin. If he can't complete it, the situation he will be in after returning to China is naturally conceivable.

With an uneasy mind, Vyshinsky secretly complained after seeing Jiang Weiguo's arrival. He knew that Jiang Weiguo was a die-hard anti-Soviet and anti-Russian element. Chiang Kai-shek talked face-to-face, and through his most proud three-inch tongue and proficient sophistry, he persuaded Chiang Kai-shek to give up China and continue to participate in the Soviet war, and then Chiang Kai-shek suppressed Chiang Weiguo to stop the war. Unexpectedly, he directly talked to Jiang Weiguo himself.

Vyshinsky knew that his three-inch tongue was of no use to Jiang Weiguo. The reason why he was able to eloquently and eloquently in the country was that the people he "judged" were speechless because he The "judgment" person has been gagged by the Soviet state apparatus. Right now, he is like Jiang Gan who tried to persuade Zhou Yu to surrender, and he has no way to use his "expertise" at all.