"Fourth brother, if he doesn't do it, then forget it, hmph, the villain swaying from side to side, we are counting the wrong person." Chen Bijun poured himself a glass of water hatefully, and suddenly shouted outside: "Mother Zhang, put away the teacup." Zhang's mother walked in lightly and quickly put away Zhuang Jihua's cup.

"Throw it away, throw it away, I don't want this cup." Zhang's mother agreed, turned around and exited the living room, Chen Bijun was still upset and still chattering.

"Fourth brother, I think Zhuang Jihua is unreliable, I can't count on him, or conspire with Yu Han. Zhang Fakui and their contact, as well as Guangxi, in addition, Liu Wenhui can also be considered, he occupies the territory of Xikang," Speaking of this, she thought of Zhuang Jihua's influence on the generals in Sichuan, and her heart was irritable: "This Zhuang Jihua is really not in the oil and salt, if you hadn't been promoted, he could have been promoted to colonel so quickly, and he could be an envoy to Guangxi, this ungrateful thing." ”

Wang Jingwei smiled bitterly when he heard this, except for these two things, he could no longer find an intersection with Zhuang Jihua, but now, Zhuang Jihua single-handedly blocked the local forces in Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou.

Since arriving in Yucheng, he has had a lot of contact with the generals of the Sichuan army in private, and before Liu Xiang died, he also went to Chengdu many times to visit, but the reaction he got disappointed him. In the past, if there were two cores of Sichuan generals - Liu Xiang and Zhuang Jihua, as soon as Liu Xiang went, Zhuang Jihua was left, and they were obviously close to Zhuang Jihua. It's a pity that Zhuang Jihua didn't listen to him, and even if he had a conflict with Chiang Kai-shek, he didn't want to support him.

"Sir, Madam's words are very right, Zhuang Jihua can't count on it," Zeng Zhongming also immediately expressed his support: "When we still have a way, Yu Hanmou is in Guangdong, Zhang Fakui is in Anhui, they both have heavy troops in their hands, Yu Hanmou still has Guangdong territory, in addition, there is another person, Long Yun, although Long Yun has left Yunnan, but his power is still there, his two sons did not go out with the 58th Army, but stayed in Yunnan, he still has a strong influence on Yunnan." ”

Zeng Zhongming did not mention Liu Wenhui, in his opinion, Liu Wenhui has been tied to the chariot by Zhuang Jihua, this time among the Sichuan army generals who strongly recommended Zhuang Jihua as chairman of Sichuan Province, Liu Wenhui ranked only after Tian Songyao, and Liu Wenhui is a shareholder of the Sichuan Development Company, so it is impossible for him to go against Zhuang Jihua's opinion.

"Sir, I am willing to go to Guangdong and persuade Yu Hanmou." Tao Xisheng stood up and took the initiative to ask.

Wang Jingwei was silent, and the loss filled his heart, this loss not only came from Zhuang Jihua, but also from Chen Gongbo. Unlike Zhuang Jihua, Chen Gongbo has always been his right and left hand, and has followed him since the time of Guangzhou, during which the two had disputes, but there was no fundamental disagreement, but today Chen Gongbo has always adhered to his point of view and opposed to negotiating with Yue himself alone, which shocked him greatly.

"Fourth brother, don't hesitate any longer," Chen Bijun shouted with some anxiety: "This opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, whether you can oust Chiang Kai-shek from power is here, such a good opportunity, what are you hesitating about." ”

Wang Jingwei turned around and looked up and said: "The peace movement is a very difficult road, the risk is very great, we must be extremely careful, Gongbo's concerns are somewhat reasonable, tell Gao Zongwu and Mei Siping, the negotiation with Yue himself must clearly explain the issue of withdrawing troops, this is related to the legal surname of our actions." As for China, Yu Hanmou in Guangdong and Zhang Fakui in Anhui, please take a trip and talk to them carefully, Xisheng, you go back to Wuhan to contact Long Yun, as for Liu Wenhui, I will send someone else to contact. ”

"Okay, let's do it," Chen Bijun clapped his hands and said, "Let them see if we are betraying the country or they are misleading the country, and I will go to Guangdong tomorrow." ”

"In that case, I will fly back to Wuhan tomorrow," Tao Xisheng also stood up and was about to leave, Wang Jingwei stopped him, and said solemnly: "When you go back, you must make it clear to Zhou Fohai, the time of withdrawal, Manchukuo, and the indemnity, these three issues must be discussed clearly, and they must be written out, and this representative must sign and agree, otherwise he would rather terminate the negotiations." ”

"I understand, please rest assured, sir, we are not betraying the country, but seeking peace, and we cannot but make concessions on these three points." Tao Xisheng nodded, and replied very seriously, he knew the weight of these three, and betrayal and peace were in the three.

After they all left, Wang Jingwei and Chen Bijun were relatively speechless, Wang Jingwei returned to the study upstairs, Chen Bijun told Zhang's mother to cook some lotus seed soup, and then poured a cup of tea and brought it to the study.

didn't wait for her to speak, but Wang Jingwei spoke first: "You shouldn't be like that to Gongbo, his concerns are still somewhat reasonable." ”

Chen Bijun put the teacup in front of Wang Jingwei: "I'm just angry, Chen Gongbo doesn't have the momentum he used to have, he used to do what he said, but now, looking ahead and looking back, judging the two of them, I don't know what happened to him in the past two years." ”

"Alas, today China is a great change that has not been seen in a thousand years, and people like Gongbo who think more naturally think more and be more careful, but this is not a bad thing." Wang Jingwei said calmly that in this study, he felt very calm, and it was like this in the past, whenever he was irritable, he would come to the study to rest for a while, and soon regained his calm, and it was the same today.

"How can you look ahead and backward when doing big things, mother-in-law." Chen Bijun's eyebrows were full of disdain: "Gongbo is not old." ”

"Then wouldn't I be older," Wang Jingwei smiled faintly: "Actually, what Gongbo and Zhuang Wenge put forward makes sense, saying that I am indeed fickle, what if we react and say that I have changed my hexagram?" How do we deal with ourselves? ”

"Fourth brother, you are here again, I am as unbearable as they say," Chen Bijun said: "The exchanges between countries pay attention to credibility, if they change their hexagrams, we will also change, no, it's a big deal, from now on, we will go back to our hometown in Nanyang." ”

Speaking of this, she looked at Wang Jingwei's face, and saw that he looked calm, so she continued: "Actually, Lao Jiang also wants to talk about peace, but he doesn't want to talk to him, since this is the case, this responsibility can only be borne by us, don't look at Chiang Kai-shek's slogans are high, GCD, Feng Yuxiang and others are even higher, why?" Isn't it just an attempt to make a comeback? Without this brand, Feng Yuxiang would have to disappear from politics in a few years and go to Mount Tai to study, and GCD would have to be driven to Soviet Russia in a few years. Hmph, ridiculous, good people do it, bad people, we do it, but who is really worried about the country? I dare to say that it's still us, Lu Yao knows that Ma Li has seen people's hearts for a long time, fourth brother, don't hesitate, go down if you recognize it. ”

"Alas," Wang Jingwei sighed for a long time, and Chen Bijun saw that his heart was moved, so he continued: "Fourth brother, in the past ten years, why we have always been at a disadvantage in fighting with Chiang Kai-shek, is that we are hesitant and hesitant; But what about Chiang Kai-shek? From the Zhongshan ship to the Central Plains War, how did he do it, the Zhongshan ship resolutely transferred troops to surround the advisory office, in the eighteenth year of the Republic of China, he categorically put Li Renchao under house arrest and cut off one of Li Zongren's arms of Bai Chongxi; In the twentieth year of the Republic of China, he risked the condemnation of the world and put Hu Zhantang under house arrest. put Li Renchao under house arrest and defeated the Gui family; Hu Zhantang was placed under house arrest and won the battle for the law. As for us, we have to think about everything, we are afraid of everything, everything is in vain, fourth brother, we can't do this anymore, if we continue like this, we will never be able to overthrow Chiang Kai-shek's [***] rule. ”

After thinking about it, Wang Jingwei felt more and more that Chen Bijun was right, Chiang Kai-shek's power has become stronger and stronger in recent years, and his actions have become more and more unscrupulous, and it seems that it is really time to change his course.

"You're right, we can't look ahead and backward like this, the peace talks still have to continue, as long as I promise to withdraw our troops, do not ask us to recognize Manchukuo, and do not compensate for military expenses, we can sign a treaty." Wang Jingwei looked up at Chen Bijun, and when he saw that she was about to question again, he solemnly explained: "Bijun, these three points cannot be changed, this is our basic condition, and it is also the key to our national understanding in the future." ”

Chen Bijun hesitated, but finally nodded, Wang Jingwei said again: "You go to Guangdong and Anhui this time, don't tell Yu Hanmou and Zhang Fakui that we have sent people to contact Yue himself, only ask them, under these three conditions, can we support the peace movement, especially Yu Hanmou's attitude, the Guangdong he occupies is very important to us, and we can't go to the occupied areas to form a political axe." ”

"Don't worry, fourth brother, I won't show them the hole cards at once," she hesitated to ask, "Do you want to do the same to Zhang Fakui?" ”

Chen Bijun asked such a question because Zhang Fakui is also a loyal follower of Wang Jingwei, Chen Gongbo is Wang Jingwei's left hand, and Zhang Fakui is his right hand. After the 7.15 minutes, Zhang Fakui always followed Wang Jingwei against Chiang Kai-shek, and fought several battles with Chiang Kai-shek, and the four armies were finally all wiped out.

"Yes, Xiang Hua is a martial artist after all, and martial artists have a natural rejection of peace. Besides, the army in his hand was all given to him by Chiang Kai-shek, and it is difficult to say whether his army will listen to him or not, you forget, when he split the Communist Party, he was also very hesitant, isn't it because there are many GCD members in his army. ”

Chen Bijun was relieved now, Wang Jingwei did not waver, she smiled and said, "The fourth brother is still thoughtful." Suddenly, she heard a slight movement outside the door, and she immediately asked sharply, "Who's outside?" ”

As he spoke, he went to open the door, but Zhang's mother's voice came from outside the door: "Madam, sir, the lotus seed soup is ready." ”

Chen Bijun opened the door, Zhang's mother was holding a plate, the two bowls of lotus seed soup on the plate were steaming, Zhang's mother was standing there with low eyebrows, Chen Bijun's eyes flashed a trace of doubt: "I will knock on the door in the future." ”

"Yes, ma'am." Zhang's mother said that she was about to come in, and Chen Bijun took the plate with her hand: "You go, leave it to me." ”

"Yes, ma'am." Zhang's mother handed her the plate and turned to go downstairs.

"How?" Wang Jingwei asked.

"It's nothing," Chen Bijun put the plate on the table, brought a bowl to Wang Jingwei, and then said, "Quick, while it's hot, it will be cold later." ”

After speaking, she also picked up a bowl herself, stirred the dense lotus seeds with a small spoon, and suddenly said thoughtfully: "This mother Zhang is still not as good as the original sister-in-law Liu, but unfortunately she doesn't want to come to Yucheng." ”

"She's not going to have any problems." Wang Jingwei asked suspiciously.

"Probably not, I asked someone to check." Chen Bijun was very confident, she entrusted the Yucheng Police Department and the Zhongtong Chinese, but she didn't expect that in the evening of the same day, Zhang's mother went out to buy Zhang Yuzhou Evening News and the Central Newspaper for them, which is the habit of Wang Jingwei and his wife, and they both read the newspaper in the living room at night when there were no guests.

Soon, a report about Zhuang Jihua's visit to Wang's mansion today appeared in the office of the stationmaster of the military commander's Yucheng station, and then sent it to Dai Li's desk in Wuhan, and Dai Li immediately went to Chiang Kai-shek's official residence after reading it.

"Let him go," Chiang Kai-shek only said lightly after listening to Dai Li's report: "Wang Jingwei is the vice president of our party, as long as he is not too out of line, he still has to unite to resist the war now." ”

Dai Li didn't say anything, just stood there silently; After a while, Chiang Kai-shek asked: "After returning from the Cultural Revolution, I only visited Vice President Wang, and Deng Zesheng seems to be also in Yucheng." ”

Dai Li heard that Chiang Kai-shek didn't care about the relationship between Zhuang Jihua and Wang Jingwei, and what Wang Jingwei was doing, Chiang Kai-shek didn't care, he seemed to be more concerned about Zhuang Jihua's relationship with Deng Yanda.

"When Senior Zhuang arrived in Yucheng, Director Deng and Minister Chen went to Qijiang and presided over the completion ceremony of the fourth phase of the Qijiang Iron and Steel Plant with Deputy Director Jiang. Senior Zhuang is afraid that he has already seen Director Deng. ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded, and gently waved his hand to let him go. After Dai Li left, he breathed a sigh of relief, it was impossible for Zhuang Jihua to get together with Wang Jingwei, he was not worried at all, but Deng Yanda was different, Chiang Kai-shek now wanted to know what Zhuang Jihua and Deng Yanda were talking about.

(To be continued)