A Study On The Grain Policy Of Japan And Puppet In The Enemy Occupied Area Of Zhejiang Province In The Period Of Anti Japanese War

During the period of the battle of Songhu in 1937,the Japanese army conducted a landing operation in Hangzhou Bay,as a result,the war began to spread to Zhejiang province.The Japanese army occupied Hangzhou city on December 24^thin the same year.After that,many counties in Zhejiang Province fell into enemy hands with the evolution of the war.In the past eight years,the Japanese army in the occupied Zhejiang Province established the pseudo organization and the pseudo regime to implement the cruel colonial ruling via the aggressive policy of"governing China with Chinese"in order to realize"supporting war with war",they plundered and controlled the food resources of Zhejiang Province.In this paper,the eight years of the Japanese occupation of Zhejiang Province is chosen as the main period to focus on investigating situation of food dominance in Japanese puppet regime,mainly from the following aspects:the process of the establishment of the Japanese puppet regime in Zhejiang Province;the departments and organizations that the Japanese puppet regime carried out the food dominance in the occupied Zhejiang Province,the food dominance policies and guidelines of the Japanese puppet regime in Zhejiang Province,the influence of the food plunder and control by the Japanese puppet regime,besides,it also investigates the difficulties and resistance of the Japanese and puppet regime in implementing food dominance.The food dominance of the Japanese puppet regime in Zhejiang Province basically did change with the food policy of the Japanese occupation authorities,which can be roughly divided into three stages:first,the period of direct control by the Japanese command;second,the period of control by the food management committee;third,the period of control by the grain control committee.The Japanese puppet regime used different means and strategy to control food resources in different war stages,all of which is to serve its aggressive war.In the process of carrying out the policy of Japanese occupation authorities,the puppet regimes and organizations at all levels not only have obedience and cooperation,but also have certain conflicts of interest to varying degrees,especially the cooperation and conflict between Japan and Wang on the issue of food control,which is not difficult to see the subtle relationship between the Japanese aggressors and the puppet regime.The food control carried out by the Japanese puppet regime met the needs of maintaining the Japanese occupation and military rule,but it was accompanied by the soaring grain price in Zhejiang Province,the sharp reduction of grain stock and output,the shortage of civil food,the serious phenomenon of rice shortage everywhere,the incessant wave of rice grabbing,the increasingly rampant hoarding and smuggling of profiteers,which caused a profound disaster to Zhejiang's economy and society.The grain control policy of the Japanese puppet regime in the period of the Japanese occupation in Zhejiang Province was essentially to supply the Japanese war machine.It did not keep a foothold from the welfare of the Chinese people in the occupied area,but from the unjust economic aggression.All kinds of Anti Japanese forces in Zhejiang province are also taking various means to resist,which to a large extent dispelled the implementation effect of the grain policy of the Japanese puppet regime,and at the same time partially alleviated the pressure of the Anti Japanese forces on the shortage of grain resources.