"Yunnan has many mountains, backward education, many ethnic groups, backward political axe management, and it is likely to fail in other provinces and regions that may succeed in Yunnan to get it, such as the reserve, the administrative force required by the reserve must go deep into the specific village villages, but the ethnic minorities are managed by their own Tusi heads, and the insertion of administrative power by the political axes is bound to break the original management model, and then cause chaos, which is likely to cause dissatisfaction among the Tusi heads, and eventually cause turmoil."

Zhuang Jihua understood what Lu Han meant, and the central meaning of Lu Han's call was that if the original management model of the Tusi leaders was disbanded or broken, then these Tusi heads would definitely rise up against it, and the ethnic minorities would be controlled by them, so it would definitely cause chaos, which would contradict stabilizing Yunnan as soon as possible.

Lu Han was talking about the truth in Yunnan, which put Zhuang Jihua in a dilemma. Before entering Kunming, he understood that the problems of Yunnan depended to a large extent on the ethnic minorities in Yunnan, and at this time, Yunnan was not like the Han or Sinicized ethnic minorities as in the previous life, but the ethnic minorities accounted for the majority, and their own religious beliefs, social organization structure, and living customs were very different from modern society, and modern civilization did not seem to work there, just like sending him two female slaves at the beginning of his own education, he was not allowed to accept it. But if you change him, it will cause a lot of trouble, first of all, the people you want to help will not necessarily approve of you, and secondly, the Toast Heads will try to destroy it, and their people will trust them more. Therefore, before Zhuang Jihua stepped into Kunming, he determined the strategy of relying on the upper echelons of ethnic minorities to stabilize Yunnan.

"The scale and brutality of the War of Resistance will be much greater than that of the civil war, and the losses of troops will also be much greater than the civil war. So we set up a reserve than even Xu. Zhuang Jihua asked very sincerely: "General Yongheng, then how do you think the reserve is established?" ”

Lu Han thought for a moment and said, "I suggest that we still adopt the method of the security corps. Each county has a security regiment to provide security for this purpose in peacetime, arrest bandits, and serve as a supplement to the main force in wartime. ”

Zhuang Jihua thought about it and asked, "What if it is consumed again?" Moreover, Yunnan is only a corner of the country, and after a large amount of territory is lost, it is bound to increase the replenishment of rear troops, and I mean that Yunnan soldiers must not only replenish the Yunnan army, but also supplement other troops. ”

Lu Han was silent for a moment, he understood Zhuang Jihua's words, the security regiment model is enough to simply supplement the Dian army, but it is not enough to supplement a larger range.

"In areas inhabited by the Han and areas with serious sinicization, the reserve method is adopted, and in other places, Tusi and Touren are authorized to form local security teams, and the political axe sends people to guide and train them." ”

Zhuang Jihua's eyes lit up, muttered a few words to himself, and then signaled to Du Yuming and Fan Hanjie, the reserve in Yucheng was designed by Zhuang Jihua and implemented by Du Yuming, he has rich experience in this area, and when he saw Zhuang Jihua asking for his opinion, Du Yuming nodded and said: "I think it is feasible, General Zhang is worthy of rich experience and full of ingenuity." ”

"Okay, that's it, General Zhang, your work arrangement is temporarily set at the Security Headquarters," Zhuang Jihua turned around and said to Zhang Chong: "Assist Guangting in establishing a reserve, what do you think?" ”

"It should be served." Zhang Chong stood up and replied, he was glad that Zhuang Jihua had so readily adopted his suggestion.

"General Lu, that brigade in southern Yunnan should be driven back as soon as possible and be reorganized together with the troops outside the city. In addition, more than 10,000 soldiers and officers from the prisoner of war camp will also be driven over, but they are different; those who are willing to stay will join the integrated unit or be incorporated into the escort team, those who are unwilling to pay the passage fee and leave, and those who are willing to stay must enter the officer training regiment. Let me first state that those who do not want to stay will be blacklisted and will not be able to enter the army again. Zhuang Jihua still said bluntly, not shy away at all.

Lu Han nodded and agreed to accept this disposition, this problem does not need to be said explicitly, at this stage everyone's mutual trust is not high, if these officers are unwilling to stay, it means that they are still dissatisfied with the central government, then it is not credible, since it is not credible, then it cannot re-enter the army.

After dealing with the army, Zhuang Jihua began to prepare for the reorganization of the provincial political axe, he retained most of the original Yunnan provincial political axe personnel, but he set up a government affairs training class in Kunming, transferred a group of faculty and staff from Yucheng, Chiang Kai-shek ordered to change the Yunnan Jiangwutang to the Kunming branch of the Central Military Academy, and transferred Yang Mingming, deputy director of the military and political department, to serve as the school's director of education.

In early August, Li Liejun finally arrived in Kunming, and Zhuang Jihua led senior party, military, and political officials in Kunming to greet him at the airport. Li Liejun is a veteran of the Kuomintang, once served as an instructor in Yunnan Wutang and the principal of the army primary school, is the predecessor of the Yunnan army, after the Xinhai Revolution served as the governor of Jiangxi, after the failure of the second revolution, fled overseas, Yuan Shikai called the emperor, he sneaked back to Yunnan, promoted Tang Jiyao to raise troops against Yuan, served as the commander-in-chief of the Second Army, sent troops to Guangxi, he has a high reputation among the Yunnan people.

However, Li Liejun did not come alone this time, Chiang Kai-shek, the secretary general of the provincial political axe, had already condemned him to death, and Feng Yi, director of the Sichuan Provincial Party Department, was appointed by Feng Yi, director of the Sichuan Provincial Party Department, and the director of the Sichuan Provincial Party Department was Lu Shanming, a newcomer who was newly sent from the Central Party Department, but the next personnel adjustment surprised Zhuang Jihua, Yang Yongtai resigned as the director of the Party Department of Yucheng City, and Wang Xiaoshan served as the director, which made Zhuang Jihua a little confused, what did Chen Lifu think?

Zhuang Jihua didn't know, Chen Lifu racked his brains in order to win the position of secretary general of Yunnan Province, this is the second position in the province, but a very obvious problem is that this candidate must be supported by Zhuang Jihua, Zhuang Jihua's current reputation is not ordinarily high, who is Longyun, where is Yunnan, it was actually decided by him in a war, the news came so that Chiang Kai-shek was overjoyed, and he actually spent half an hour at the combat meeting to tell Zhuang Jihua's exploits, so that the senior generals attending the meeting could learn from him, The candidates for the composition of the provincial political axe must inevitably seek Zhuang Jihua's opinion. Therefore, Chen Lifu took great pains to recommend Feng Yi, and he expected that Zhuang Jihua would not interfere with your seizure of power as long as you did not hinder me from doing things, and it would be better if you helped.

Feng Yi is undoubtedly the right candidate, he has cooperated with Zhuang Jihua, Zhuang Jihua is very satisfied with him, he is expected to take this position Zhuang Jihua will not object, the key thing is that Zhuang Jihua has no candidate in his pocket, he will either accept Feng Yi or accept people from the Department of Political Science, Chen Lifu is confident, Feng Yi is definitely more suitable than Yang Yongtai's candidate. Wang Xiaoshan further courted Zhuang Jihua to eliminate the impact of the last assassination.

Sure enough, Zhuang Jihua did not raise any objections, and Chiang Kai-shek agreed when he called to ask for opinions, so Feng Yi picked up a big bargain and easily jumped from the director of the party department to the secretary general of the provincial political axe.

"Xiaoshan is the director of the party department, this Lifu really dares to use it." Zhuang Jihua looked at Feng Yi, who was very excited, and whispered to Wu Ziniu beside him.

Wu Ziniu smiled and whispered: "I think he can do it, Xiaoshan is steady and organized, this party director is not a piece of cake." ”

Zhuang Jihua shook his head gently, he didn't think that Wang Xiaoshan was a candidate to be the director of the party department, he insisted that Wang Xiaoshan was still suitable for the spy industry, he was calm, thoughtful, unique and keen, this is the necessary quality of an excellent agent, and he is still a layman in theory.

Li Liejun was very excited about returning to Yunnan, and after living in Wuhua Mountain, he discussed Yunnan's policy with Zhuang Jihua without resting. Before he went to Yunnan, Chiang Kai-shek specially invited him from Nanjing to Nanchang to meet him, and explained to him in person that the Yunnan government wanted to cooperate with the development of the southwest, so he must discuss with Zhuang Jihua.

Li Liejun is still a soldier at nature and is not familiar with civil affairs, but he also has his own ideas and wants to build Yunnan in his own way. As soon as he opened his mouth, he proposed five major points: developing industry and commerce, opening up transportation, building schools, reducing the army, and rectifying the rule of officials. Zhuang Jihua listened silently, Lu Chongren, director of the Yunnan Department of Finance, Li Peitian, director of the Yunnan Department of Civil Affairs, Gong Zizhi, director of the Department of Education, Feng Yi, secretary general, Du Yuming, commander of the garrison, Lu Han, Zhang Chong and others all looked at Zhuang Jihua, although Zhuang Jihua did not say his strategy for governing Yunnan, but they all knew that he must have a strategy, and the development of Yucheng is obvious to all, so they also want to know what his strategy is.

After Li Liejun finished speaking, Zhuang Jihua felt a little embarrassed, Li Liejun was too anxious, he didn't discuss with him in advance, his strategy for governing Yunnan was quite different from his, and some places were completely contrary, but he refuted it like this, he was worried that Li Liejun's face would not be able to stand it, so he hesitated.

"I made a special trip to Nanchang to meet the chairman of the committee before I came," Zhuang Jihua's attitude of course could not hide from Li Liejun, he said to Zhuang Jihua without care: "The chairman of the committee explained that Yunnan should be included in the southwest development plan, and the administration should be coordinated with the development of the southwest. ”

Zhuang Jihua said slowly: "Gong Lie has a good reputation, you are a veteran of our party, and you have made great contributions to the country. ”

"Hey, Cultural Revolution, if you have anything to say, if you have a different opinion, just say it, as long as you are right, I will naturally adopt it." Li Liejun knew that he must not agree with his strategy, but he still waved his hand disapprerovingly.

Feng Yi knew that Li Liejun had made a mistake, and Chiang Kai-shek's purpose was to let him be a bodhisattva and act as a front desk for Zhuang Jihua, but he regarded himself as the master. Seeing that Zhuang Jihua was a little hesitant, he thought he was unhappy, so he hurriedly interjected: "Liegong, I think the Cultural Revolution is right, you should rest first, and it is not too late for us to hold a special meeting tomorrow to discuss these things." ”

Li Liejun laughed, patted the sofa and said, "I'm not tired at all, Secretary General Feng, we will discuss it now and then have a meeting, but it is not easy to make mistakes." ”

Feng Yi wanted to persuade again, but Zhuang Jihua had already figured it out at this time, and he said, "Since that's the case, I'll talk about my thoughts." ”

Zhuang Jihua's opening, the original Yunnan Provincial Political Axe people were immediately interested, Zhuang Jihua's actions in Yucheng had already spread to Yunnan, they wanted to know how true and credible Zhuang Jihua's legend was.

"The chairman of the committee said that Yunnan is included in the scope of southwest development, but what is the development of southwest? I'm afraid you don't know, let me explain it first, and then everyone will be clear about how Yunnan should develop. Zhuang Jihua solemnly said that he had to say again about the original judgment of Sino-Chinese relations, and how to use the southwest development to cover and prepare for war, and his words surprised everyone present except for Du Yuming and other members of the original development team, and even Li Liejun was shocked, he did not expect that this pair of teachers and students would hide from the people of the whole country, carry infamy, and spend great efforts to silently prepare for war in Sichuan, which made his perception of Chiang Kai-shek suddenly change, and faintly gave birth to a trace of guilt, and felt ashamed of the previous accusations against Chiang Kai-shek.

"According to the original judgment, China said that the war would break out within two to three years, of course, this is just an estimate, we hope that the later the better, but we must act in the most dangerous way," Zhuang Jihua said: "Yucheng has built dozens of factories, a primary national defense industry system is gradually taking shape, but to be honest, the foundation of this system is very weak, can not withstand the wind and rain, and the war, the most optimistic estimate can only ensure the supply of half of the country's troops, if only I could give another five years." ”

Zhuang Jihua sighed and continued: "So Yunnan's governance strategy must be considered by war, so my opinion is to vigorously develop transportation, especially the transportation from western Yunnan to Burma, once the war breaks out, the difference in strength between China and China, the army will inevitably have the upper hand in the early stage, and we are likely to lose all the important cities, ports and transportation arteries in the eastern and central regions, including Wuhan, which is our main channel for foreign communication is Yunnan, and Yangon in Myanmar will be our important port, but so far, We do not yet have a highway to Myanmar, so the first thing in Yunnan's administration is to develop transportation, the first task is to build the Yunnan-Burma Highway and the Yunnan-out Highway, and secondly, to ensure that the counties are connected; The second rule of Yunnan's administration is to improve the administration and establish a reserve army, and the important role of the reserve in the war is very clear to you, so I don't need to explain it anymore; The third is to develop industry, especially heavy industry related to national defense, iron and steel plants, arsenals, and so on; Industry needs skilled workers, so the fourth is the development of education, Yucheng is free and compulsory education, but Yunnan is not good, because we do not have so much funds, but we can reduce the fee standard, such as only the cost of books, the lack of education funds by the southwest development funds supplement, Director Gong, you go down to make a budget, to ensure that 80% of the province's children go to school, how many schools need to be built, how much money is needed, how many teachers are needed, how to solve the problem of insufficient teachers, Director Gong, you go down to study, Then report to the provincial political axe. ”

Gong Zizhi nodded with a heavy heart, in fact, Yunnan's education funds are relatively sufficient, when Long Yun invited him to be the director of the Yunnan Department of Education, he put forward a condition, the tax of Yunnan's cigarette factories will be handed over to the Department of Education, which is the most lucrative tax in Yunnan, but Long Yun ignored the opposition of the Department of Finance and agreed to his conditions, and the result is that the treatment of teachers is far more than that of political axes and public officials, and there has never been a salary arrears.

"Fifth, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression is a long-term war, and we will inevitably bear heavy pressure, so we must first relieve the pressure on the people, reduce taxes throughout the province, exempt all agricultural taxes, and implement rent and interest reductions in rural areas. In order to attract foreign capital, it is necessary to create good conditions for attracting foreign capital, and the primary condition is to reduce the commercial tax, which is 2 percent in Chongqing. Director Lu, after you go back, calculate what the financial gap of the political axe will be after collecting so much less money, and then report it to the provincial political axe, and the funding gap will still be transferred from the southwest development funds. Article 7 For the training of officials, county magistrates at all levels and directors of county party departments must go to Kunming for training; Article 8 Investigation of Yunnan's resources.... ”

Zhuang Jihua took out all the Yunnan construction plans he envisioned in one go, which was an upgraded version of the Yucheng plan. This plan is much more specific than Li Liejun's, from politics to economy, all links, priorities, everything is clear.

When he finished speaking, everyone took a mouthful, and these people all clearly realized that Yunnan had changed, and if all of Zhuang Jihua's strategies were implemented, even if it was only 80%, Long Yun would definitely not be able to come back.

Li Liejun now understood what Chiang Kai-shek meant by discussing with Zhuang Jihua, in fact, you don't have to make up your mind, leave everything to Zhuang Jihua. He let out a long sigh: "The afterlife is terrible, the afterlife is terrible; The chairman of the committee should not let me come, you should be the chairman of this province. ”

"Gong Lie's words are serious," Zhuang Jihua hurriedly said: "Gong Lie is highly respected and deeply admired by us, and it is very wise for the chairman to choose Gong Lie to come to Yunnan." ”

"I'm old, and I still need young people like you to take care of the affairs of the country in the future, so I'll just beat the side drum for you." Li Liejun waved his hand generously, and he quickly straightened his position.

No one questioned Zhuang Jihua's statement that war would break out within two or three years, but Li Peitian, director of the Department of Civil Affairs, still put forward some views, saying that he felt that it was inappropriate to implement rent and interest reductions, and that it could be slowed down, because Yunnan had many mountains and little land, and even if the landlords were not rich, they could be reduced step by step, one point at a time, and the first year to five or five cents, and the second year to forty percent, so that the contradictions could be alleviated.

Zhuang Jihua nodded, he did not have such a strong grassroots organization as Yucheng in Yunnan, so he could only rely on the original organization to implement policies, and it was not appropriate to force it too tightly. However, when the director of the Department of Transportation asked about the cost of road construction, he just said a lot, but did not mention the source of the road construction fund.

"Road repair needs unified planning, Yucheng has organized several survey teams, Kunming side also to set up a few, once the line is determined, it will start construction immediately, must be completed within a year, all migrant workers are provided by the local political axe, and the road repair funds are provided by the southwest development team; I would like to remind you that all funds are earmarked, misappropriation is prohibited, and corruption will be punished. "In Sichuan, he tolerated corruption outside of Chongqing, but Yunnan is already his, so he will never tolerate it again.

In the end, Zhuang Jihua reminded the people present that the purpose of the southwest development is still confidential, and those who leak it will be punished for treason.

Zhuang Jihua decided to transfer some party workers and cadres of the Sanming Cooking Youth League from Yucheng to Yunnan, and at the same time set up a cadre school in Kunming.

"Anding, your main task is to train cadres, especially grassroots cadres, I transferred Xin Mingzhong, the director of education of the Yucheng Cadre School, to you as a deputy, in addition to Guo Ge of the former Yucheng University Salvation Association, Lin Hairu of the steel plant trade union, one of them is familiar with student work, and the other is familiar with the trade union; With these three people to help you, if you have something, you can discuss with them at the top and rely on these three people below. ”

Li Anding's surname is a bit radical and aggressive, Zhuang Jihua is a little uneasy about him, worried that Du Yuming will not be able to control him, so he repeatedly advises.

Li Anding thought about it and said: "I'm afraid these people are not enough, can I find some more people, they are all our Huangpu classmates." ”

Zhuang Jihua stared at him and said: "Of course you can, but stability, let me remind you, don't do it anymore, the principal agreed to let you come out this time, you fought hard twice in Huili, the principal believes in you now, but small organizations, especially the small organization with him behind his back, is a big taboo, you must not touch it, do you understand?" ”

Li Anding smiled and said: "Don't worry, Cultural Revolution, I won't cause trouble for you, I know that you saved my life." ”

"The principal doesn't want to kill you, he's just acting like it, if he really wants to kill you, no one can save you." Zhuang Jihua interrupted him, this handle must not be left: "The classmates you found, be careful, don't have any contact with Li Jishen and them." ”

"I understand." Li Anding replied.

The next day, Li Liejun held the first working meeting of the provincial political axe in Wuhua Mountain, and Zhuang Jihua attended the meeting as a representative of the southwest development. At this meeting, Li Liejun accepted most of Zhuang Jihua's proposals, but vetoed rent and interest reductions, believing that it was appropriate for Yunnan not to reduce rents and interest rates for the time being, and Zhuang Jihua did not insist.

In the following week, Zhuang Jihua visited various colleges and universities in Kunming, and set up two survey teams and one exploration team, and they set off together with three survey teams and two exploration teams from Chongqing to go to western and central Yunnan.

In addition, Zhuang Jihua had an unexpected gain, Liu Yuantang quietly found him and offered to reorganize his troops into an escort team, but Zhuang Jihua refused, but he suggested that Liu Yuantang imitate the way of the escort team to form a unit, and he could help him train cadres, Liu Yuantang readily agreed.

A number of new orders spread from Yucheng to the United States and Europe, and Mr. Mei began to buy factory equipment throughout the United States, and Yunnan has been the main area of copper production in China since ancient times, which eased the tension of industrial copper in Yucheng.

In mid-July, Huang Guangrui, commander of the Guangdong Air Force, led all the Guangdong Air Force to Nanjing, announcing his separation from Guangdong and supporting the Nationalist Axe, and on 13 July, the Military Committee of the Nationalist Axe announced the abolition of Chen Jitang's original and concurrent posts, and appointed Yu Hanmou as chairman of Guangdong Province and commander of the Guangdong Army; On 14 July, Yu Hanmou telegraphed to support the Nanjing Nationalist Axe and accept the appointment of the Nanjing Nationalist Axe, and at the same time telegraphed Chen Jitang, demanding that he leave the country within 24 hours; Then the commander of the third division stationed in Chaoshan, Li Hansoul, hung the seal and sealed the gold and left, so far the Guangdong army was in turmoil, the situation was out of control, Chen Jitang was sad, disheartened, announced that he would go to the field, and left Hong Kong on the 18th, before leaving, let Chen Hanguang go west to Guangxi, and shelter Li Bai's command, but Huang Hanguang did not want to enter Guangxi, but contacted Yu Hanmou and announced that Yu Hanmou was reorganized. So far, Chen Jitang's forces have been uprooted.

As soon as Chen Jitang fell, Chiang Kai-shek began to clean up Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, and he ordered Gu Zhutong to lead Xue Yue, Zhou Hunyuan and other troops from Guizhou to Guangxi, Yu Hanmou to lead his troops to attack from the Leizhou Peninsula, Chen Cheng to lead the main force from the Xijiang River, and He Jian to lead the Hunan army to threaten Guilin from the Hunan and Guizhou borders.

Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi can be said to be surrounded on three sides, and the situation is extremely critical, in this case, Li Zongren held high the banner of resistance in exchange for the support of the people; On the one hand, he quietly expelled all the advisers and instructors in the army, and as many as 1,000 soldiers were evacuated through Vietnam. Subsequently, the whole province was mobilized, and Guangxi's reserves played a huge role, forming 44 regiments in just one month, plus 100,000 militia regiments, with a total strength of 200,000 troops.

Bai Chongxi personally commanded the main force to engage in a vicious battle with the Central Army commanded by Chen Cheng outside the city of Wuzhou, and in the end the two sides fought to a draw, and after the Gui Department showed its strength, Li Zongren launched another wave of news offensives, Guilin and Nanning successively broke out to protest and demonstrate, Li Zongren invited a large number of reporters from Nanjing and Shanghai to visit Guangxi, and all kinds of reports from Guangxi filled the newspapers of Shanghai and Nanjing, and Nanjing fell behind in public opinion.

After the Gui department showed its strength, He Jian and Yu Hanmou did not move, and Zhang Xueliang in the northwest, Song Zheyuan in Beiping, Yan Xishan in Shanxi, Han Fuqu in Shandong, and Erma in the northwest began to call for a peaceful settlement, in early August, Feng Yuxiang personally went to Lushan and proposed to Chiang Kai-shek to peacefully resolve the Liangguang Incident, and Zhu Peide, Cheng Qian, Liu Fei, etc. in Nanjing also publicly called for peace, Huang Shaohong and Liu Fei kept running and mediating between the two sides, and finally in mid-September, Chiang Kai-shek and Li Zongren met in Guangzhou, Li Zongren reaffirmed his support for the political axe of Nanjing, support for Chiang Kai-shek, and once the War of Resistance broke out, Guangxi would be dispatched with the main force to participate in the War of Resistance; In return, Chiang Kai-shek announced that Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi would remain unchanged in their respective positions, and that the central and other local armies that had entered Guangxi would withdraw from Guangxi, and the Liangguang Incident would end.

Although the Liangguang Incident did not solve Guangxi, it drove out Chen Jitang and strengthened the central government's control over Guangdong, and at the same time, in the southwest, Zhuang Jihua took the opportunity to take Yunnan and basically took the three southwestern provinces, and Chiang Kai-shek won a big victory in this round of competition with domestic warlords.

At the beginning of October, the complacent Chiang Kai-shek began to transfer his troops to the northwest one after another to prepare for the final battle against [***].

(To be continued)