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Song Meiling and his entourage obviously also saw Chiang Kai-shek and them, and the group came over with laughter and laughter, and everyone in the pavilion stood up politely, but in this way, the chairs prepared in the small pavilion were insufficient, so everyone did not stay in the small pavilion, Zhuang Jihua saw that the time was almost up, so he invited everyone to eat.

"Mr. Hopkins, have you all looked at those addresses?" Zhuang Jihua seemed to ask unintentionally, at this time, the infantry team was slightly elongated, Chiang Kai-shek Song Meiling walked in the front, Tang Enbo and Xiong Bin walked behind them, Chen Bui and Situ Leiden chatted while walking, and Chen Cheng and Stilwell Weidemeyer walked at the end.

The lake seems to be very quiet, there are not many guards planted along the lake, but Hopkins believes that all the courtyards in this vicinity are guarded by guards in the dark, after hearing Zhuang Jihua's words, Hopkins withdrew his gaze from the green shade palace wall, he glanced at Zhuang Jihua and smiled and said: "Oh, the time is too short, just go to the one next to it............ Temple. ”

Zhuang Jihua sighed, and Hopkins continued: "It is said that it will take several days to see this imperial city, is that true? ”

"Oh!" Zhuang Jihua sighed again, and he also said regretfully: "I don't know about this, to be honest, I don't have a chance, I've been to Peking several times before and after, but I haven't had a chance to take a good look, and this time it's the longest." ”

Hopkins was a little surprised, according to the information he had, Zhuang Jihua had been to Beiping several times, more than 10 years ago, during the Rehe operation, he came to Beiping, at that time the command of the Beiping Army Branch was located in Zhongnanhai, and Zhuang Jihua was a senior staff member of the Military Branch, and he was in Beiping for nearly three months.

"That's right, now that I have the time, I can enjoy the hidden history of these ancient palaces." I didn't expect Hopkins to be so romantic, Zhuang Jihua couldn't help but be happy, and then shook his head: "I may still not have a chance, after accompanying the chairman to inspect, I will go to eastern Hebei, and the theater command has moved to eastern Hebei to prepare for an attack on the northeast." ”

"Oh" Hopkins nodded as if he didn't care, and asked casually: "General Zhuang, what do you think of my strength in the Northeast?" Will you be able to capture the Northeast with the strength of your army? Zhuang Jihua's expression was also careless: "Of course, the current Kwantung Army has a false name, and the essence has been annihilated by our army in the Battle of North China, my judgment is that if this general is smart, our army can successfully recover the Northeast, but it may encounter difficulties in the Sino-Korean frontier." Of course, there is another situation, they are stupid enough, if this is the case, our army will annihilate the Japanese army in the Jinju area, so that our army can successfully attack Pusan. ”

Pkins was a little surprised, he stopped and turned his head to look at Zhuang Jihua: "What does this mean?" ”

Zhuang Jihua did not explain, but frowned: "However, it all depends on whether the current international environment is improved. Speaking of this, he also stopped and looked at Hopkins seriously: "We must recognize that there is a problem between China and the Soviet Union, and its dangerous problem, since Soviet Russia dares to provoke a rebellion in Xinjiang, we must consider that they will attack us in Mongolia, so the attack on the northeast will depend on Mongolia, once Mongolia presents a problem, then reinforcing Mongolia will be our top priority." Hopkins was stunned, from Zhuang Jihua's answer, he already understood that Chiang Kai-shek had decided to reject his proposal, and the country had decided to have a showdown with Soviet Russia in Mongolia, and the million-strong army in the North China Theater could abandon the Japanese army at any time and turn to the Mongolian battlefield.

If things had turned according to this goal, his trip to Russia would have been a complete failure, and Hopkins's mood would immediately become tense, and the surrounding lakes and mountains and the palaces with rich history could no longer attract him.

Chiang Kai-shek and Song Meiling heard their conversation clearly in front, Song Meiling snickered in her heart, this Zhuang Jihua is really too tricky, this time is just right, Hopkins just saw them talking in the small pavilion, he would never believe that there was no Mongolian issue in their topic, but Zhuang Jihua's timing of speaking was informal, which left a lot of room for both sides.

Chiang Kai-shek frowned slightly, and couldn't help but be a little annoyed in his heart, they did not make a decision on Hopkins' request, although Zhuang Jihua was in an informal new style, but he was also suspected of overstepping his authority.

Song Meiling quickly felt Chiang Kai-shek's dissatisfaction, she knew the complicated relationship between Chiang Kai-shek and Zhuang Jihua well, but she didn't think that Zhuang Jihua had different intentions for Chiang Kai-shek, and Zhuang Jihua's ten years of returning to China, especially in the Xi'an Incident, left a deep impression on her. Even in recent years, Zhuang Jihua handed over military power, handed over the Southwest Development Team, and half-handed over to the Sichuan Development Company, which met almost all of Chiang Kai-shek's requirements, so she didn't think Zhuang Jihua had different intentions, and Chiang Kai-shek was too worried.

Song Meiling stretched out her hand to hold Chiang Kai-shek's arm, Chiang Kai-shek's body stiffened slightly, and turned his head slightly to look at Song Meiling, Song Meiling smiled at him, Chiang Kai-shek understood her worries, so he had to shake his head helplessly. It is not the first time that Zhuang Jihua has been "bold", and this time there is nothing wrong with the past.

Everyone had their thoughts, and the infantry team seemed a little silent, only Situ Leiden and Chen Bui in the back were still talking and laughing, as if they didn't know what was going on.

Under the change of mood, this lunch was a little dull, in fact, the lunch was still relatively rich, Townbur specially prepared the famous Quanjude roast duck in the city, as well as shabu mutton, Xiong Bin also introduced to Hopkins and Weidemeyer while eating, trying to mobilize the atmosphere, but his attempt obviously failed, only Stuart Leiden cooperated and said a few words.

"Mr. Stuart Leiden, when is Yenching University going to resume classes?" Chiang Kai-shek drank. Bai Shui Situ Leiden sighed and put down the chopsticks in his hand: "The campus of Yenching University has been seriously damaged, the school's teaching equipment has suffered a great loss, and the school needs to tidy up the school building to resume classes, which requires a sum of money, and there is a serious loss of professors. ”

After the outbreak of the Pacific War, Yenching University was occupied by the Japanese army, the school building was conscripted as a hospital for wounded soldiers, most of the teaching instruments were damaged, and the remaining part was sent to the puppet Peking University, which was established by the Wang Jingwei government after the establishment of some professors of the former Peking University, which was a rare university in the Japanese war zone at that time.

"What do you need the government to do?" Chiang Kai-shek asked with concern.

Situ Leiden was a little surprised, he knew that the Nationalist Government was in financial difficulties, and Yenching University was a church school, and the funds mainly came from donations from the American Church, and the previous Nationalist governments had not given funds.

Looking at Situ Leiden's hesitant expression, Chiang Kai-shek explained: "The government has made a decision to plan for the allocation of military expenses... Part of the funds is dedicated to the relocation of major schools, but as you know, the finances are very difficult, and the money is not very much, and it is only a few hundred thousand yuan to each school, but it is better than nothing. "With the recovery of more and more land, the people who followed the national government began to return to their hometowns one after another, and various institutions including schools that had moved inwardly also began to return to their hometowns, and ordinary people could solve their own problems, but institutions including schools needed the government to intervene.

At this meeting, the principal of the major schools and the Education Committee of the Council of Political Affairs attended the meeting as observers, and a decision was made at this meeting, and the major and middle schools immediately sent people back to inspect the school buildings and prepare to move back, and the government allocated part of the expenses for the reconstruction of the school buildings, and the major schools raised the insufficient part from the society.

Situ Leiden breathed a sigh of relief, and then felt grateful: "I have already sent letters to the American-Israeli Meeting, the Presbyterian Church, and the Congregational Church, and I believe that there will be an answer soon, and the government can help, so I am really grateful." ”

Song Meiling shook her head, shook her head very firmly and said: "No, no, Mr. Situ Leiden, you are wrong, we will be grateful to you and your companions for everything you have done for the cause of national education." "Mr. Situ Leiden" Zhuang Jihua also interjected: "Madam is right, like you, no matter what nationality he is, he is a true friend of our people, and our people will always remember the friends who helped us." ”

"Oh, mygod," Hopkins shouted and put down his chopsticks, picking up the knife and fork next to him, he had been fighting with it for a long time, and there was still a knife and fork next to him, but he insisted on using the chopsticks, and immediately found it difficult to hold the two sticks.

"Haha!" At this time, Chiang Kai-shek and Song Meiling, even Weidemeyer and Stilwell couldn't help laughing, Zhuang Jihua shook his head and played with chopsticks briskly with two fingers: "Mr. Hopkins, in fact, this is not complicated. ”

"no, no, Zhuang, this is too difficult." Hopkins looked at Zhuang Jihua's fingers and the chopsticks rolling on his fingers with great curiosity: "How did you do it, was it trained since childhood?" ”

"No, no" Zhuang Jihua raised a finger with his left hand and shook it gently: "Actually, this doesn't require training, you look at Mr. Stuart Leiden and Mr. Stilwell, aren't they used very well." "Oh, no, no," Stilwell laughed and shook his head, "I've had a lot of hardships in the past. Everyone laughed again, and Zhuang Jihua said while laughing: "Mr. Hopkins, you have to live according to the way of the country, which can help you understand the country as soon as possible." ”

Hopkins was smart and heard the bones in the words, in fact, what Song Meiling and Zhuang Jihua said to Situ Leiden just now, he had already heard the bones inside.

Hopkins was silent, put down the knife and fork in his hand, looked up at Chiang Kai-shek, and said solemnly: "Mr. Chairman, after the past few days, I have some understanding of your country's thoughts, but I still hope that your country will consider the overall situation and make some concessions to maintain the unity among the allies. "Concessions shouldn't be one-sided" Zhuang Jihua immediately shot back sharply: "We withdrew from Mongolia, this is our one-sided concession, what about Stalin?" In order to maintain the unity of the allies, what is he planning to make concessions in this regard? ”@

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