During the three days, Chiang Kai-shek talked with Liu Xiang, Deng Xihou, Tian Songyao, Yang Sen, Li Jiayu and other powerful figures in Sichuan, and he encouraged Liu Xiang to strengthen his confidence and not worry about failure, and used himself as an example to show that failure is not terrible, as long as there is faith, the communist bandits in northern Sichuan will definitely be exterminated.

"Fu Cheng, Jiangxi has failed to suppress bandits four times, but I have never lost confidence, and this fifth time we finally succeeded. As long as the central authorities and the people and localities join hands with one heart, we will certainly be able to exterminate the communist bandits in the lofty mountains and mountains of the southwest. Chiang Kai-shek's confidence was very high, and Wu Qiwei's defeat did not worry him much, and the Red Army suffered heavy losses after the Battle of Xiangjiang, and this loss could not be made up in a short time.

"Yes, yes, with the command of the chairman, it is absolutely impossible for the communists and bandits to escape from Guizhou." Liu Xiang replied sincerely.

"In the Battle of Tucheng, the Sichuan army showed tenacious combat effectiveness, and I want to award General Guo Xunqi a medal." Chiang Kai-shek smiled excitedly, and his neat dentures flashed white.

"Yes, on behalf of the front-line soldiers, I would like to thank the chairman for his praise." Liu Xiang held his head high and replied in a loud voice.

Everything was performing, Chiang Kai-shek knew that Liu Xiang would not trust him because of this, and Liu Xiang also knew that Chiang Kai-shek would not give up his peep at Sichuan because of this. At the subsequent military conference, Chiang Kai-shek unveiled his strategy of suppressing bandits.

"The purpose of the Zhu Mao bandits is to go north, cross the Yangtze River into Sichuan, and join the Zhang Xu bandits who are active in northern Sichuan, and re-occupy the localities, for this reason I have ordered General Long Yun to hold the various ferries along the Jinsha River, and at the same time, General He Jian will lead the Hunan army to encircle and suppress the He Long troops on the Hunan and Guizhou borders to avoid them from meeting with Zhu Mao, General Xue Yue will lead the Central Army to the east of the Wujiang River, General Wang Jialie's Guizhou army has General Guo Xunqi in the northeast of Guizhou, and northern Yunnan is guarded by General Sun Du of the Yunnan Army, so that the local troops are responsible for interception, The Central Army is responsible for the pursuit, and we will definitely be able to wipe out Zhu Mao in the northern Qianbei region. However, the Jinsha River section of Sichuan is seriously understaffed, so I decided to transfer Li Jiayu's troops to the Huili area to guard the Jinsha River crossing.

In order to ensure the annihilation of Zhu Mao, our army must prevent the actions of the Xu and Zhang bandits in northern Sichuan, and I ordered them to be on the defensive, and General Deng Xihou to hold the Jialing River defense line and prevent them from attacking Xu Zhang to the west; General Tian Songyao, General Wang Zanxu, and General Tang Shizun respectively guarded the current defense area, under the unified command of General Liu Xiang, commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Army.

Therefore, the Einsatzgruppen should be stationed in the main counties and towns along the front, implement the village and town system, implement the joint protection of five companies, one gangster, and four joint sitting, and in addition, cut off the economy of the bandit areas and prohibit any material from entering the bandit areas.

The party department of Sichuan Province should seize the time to establish party departments in all villages and towns, and to establish the Sanmingzhuo Volunteer Youth League, so as to control the vast rural areas.

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Zhuang Jihua sat in the last row, and he finally persuaded Chiang Kai-shek to abandon the armor protection system and switch to the long-standing administrative system of townships, towns and villages in Yucheng, and establish the grass-roots political power.

"Now some people say that they should resist first, that is short-sighted, China's history has proved that any dynasty under internal turmoil will attract foreign enemies, the eight kings of the chaos of the Jin, only then can the five Hu commit China; The end of the Ming Dynasty is the best example, the Liukou rebellion, which eventually led to the Manchu people's entry into the customs, the Ming Dynasty did not die at the hands of the Manchus, but died in the Liukou, so as long as we eliminated the bandits, I naturally did not dare to come, even if I came, it was impossible to destroy China. We have ample space and time to deal with them, and in addition, Europe and the United States will not allow China to monopolize China, and we can take advantage of the contradictions between them to win their support; And all the premise is to eliminate the gangsters, they are our henchmen. ”

Zhuang Jihua couldn't help but slander, what do you say now, you must first be inside, Liu Xiang is afraid to guess, whether you are an internal Red Army or a peaceful one, I am afraid that if you give this order, you will be wiped out by most of them.

Sure enough, as Zhuang Jihua expected, when the meeting ended, he saw Liu Xiang at the door inviting Deng Xihou to leave in his car, and Zhuang Jihua knew with his toes what they were talking about in the car.

But he couldn't leave, Qian Dajun had already said something, asking him not to leave after the meeting, Chiang Kai-shek wanted to see him.

Although he saw many introductions of Yucheng in the newspapers, it was only after entering Yucheng that Chiang Kai-shek admitted that the introductions in the newspapers were really not fake. After the completion of the sewer, the filth that used to walk on the ground was changed to the sewer, and the city's sanitation was greatly improved; After the expansion of the street wide and flat, the formation of several typical commercial streets, the shops on these streets, bustling with people, a dazzling array of goods, Song Meiling casual clothes went out for a walk, came back surprised to tell Chiang Kai-shek, Shanghai's latest fashion brand, here at most a week can be sold, and the purchasing power is very strong.

After two expansions, the power plant has been able to meet the city's lighting electricity and industrial electricity, when night falls, the street lights on both sides of the street are lit, with the mountains layer upon layer, forming a gorgeous mountain city night scene.

"Sit, sit down," after Zhuang Jihua came in, Chiang Kai-shek beckoned him to sit down, and then took the tea brought by the guards and put it in Zhuang Jihua's hand, Zhuang Jihua quickly stood up: "Principal, student..."

"You sit," Chiang Kai-shek insisted on sitting.

"The students don't dare," Zhuang Jihua was really a little frightened, and asked Chiang Kai-shek to serve the tea himself, this treatment was really terrifying.

"Sit down, sit down," Chiang Kai-shek still insisted, and Soong Meiling also said next to him: "Cultural Revolution, you sit down, this is what he lost to me." Zhuang Jihua looked at Song Meiling puzzled, the other party sat elegantly on the side, smiling and watching Chiang Kai-shek serve tea to Zhuang Jihua, he had to sit down, his eyes showed a grateful and puzzled look at the right time, Chiang Kai-shek put the teacup away, and then nodded with satisfaction.

"Master, this... What's going on. "Zhuang Jihua is confused, you husband and wife bet, what do you have to do with me.

"I made a bet with your principal, I said that the development of Yucheng reported in the newspaper was true, and your principal said that it was only 50% at most, so we made a bet, he was going to lose, he served you tea, I was going to lose, I was going to serve him tea." Song Meiling explained with a smile: "Yesterday I went to the city for a walk, and it turned out that the newspaper said only half of it. ”

Zhuang Jihua suddenly realized, and then he smiled and said: "This can take advantage of the students, but this bet is not fair." ”

"Oh, how is it unfair?" Song Meiling asked a little strangely.

"The principal pours tea for the students, it is the above and the bottom, it is the principal Corporal Lixian; The wife served tea to the principal, which was to treat the husband as a wife, according to Chinese etiquette, it should be. Zhuang Jihua said with a smile.

"Look, your students are still looking for you," Song Meiling quipped, "I won such an honor for him, but he was not grateful at all, and even accused me of being unfair." As he spoke, he turned to Zhuang Jihua: "Our family is a Christian, and men and women are equal. ”

Zhuang Jihua shook his head and said: "The equality of men and women in the West is not really the equality of men and women, the Bible says that women are made of a man's rib by God, which in itself exalts men and devalues women, and in Europe and the United States, women generally do not go out to work after marriage, and even if they work, there is a lot of salary gap with men in the same position, so Christians are not a sign of equality between men and women." ”

Song Meiling paused slightly, and then said with a smile: "It seems that you still have studied the Bible, well, it seems that we should carry out a religious revolution." ”

Zhuang Jihua looked left and right, and nervously raised a finger on the side of his mouth: "Shh, my wife, be quiet, if you let the Vatican know, the Pope will definitely give way, and let you be a noble and graceful lady as the Pope, but we will be miserable, we love you very much and lose an outstanding mother of the country." ”

Chiang Kai-shek laughed loudly, and Song Meiling covered her mouth and laughed wildly. After laughing, Song Meiling said solemnly: "Cultural Revolution, I don't understand, there are things in Shanghai that can basically be bought in Chongqing, but why can't you buy Shanghai newspapers like "Miller's Review" and "Huamei Evening News"? ”

"Well, the Yucheng Municipal Government has ordered that all newspapers that enter Yucheng must obtain a qualification certificate for publishing and distributing in Yucheng, and this qualification certificate is issued by the Propaganda Department, which may be because they failed to obtain the qualification certificate." Zhuang Jihua explained.

"What about the Declaration?" Chiang Kai-shek asked that the newspaper had caused him a lot of trouble, and that at the end of last year, he personally ordered the killing of the general manager, Shi Liangcai, which made them relent.

"No," Zhuang Jihua said calmly: "Generally speaking, anything that does not meet the requirements will not work, and even if these three go to apply, they will not be able to get the qualification certificate." ”

Chiang Kai-shek knew Zhuang Jihua's decision, so he only had a small accident, but Song Meiling was surprised: "Why? Is this the most famous newspaper in Shanghai? What qualifications do you need? ”

Zhuang Jihua smiled bitterly: "Actually, the condition is very simple, that is, the political axe is mastered." Except for Mei Youlan's "Yuzhou Evening News", all other newspapers in Yucheng are in the hands of the political axe. He then further explained: "After the turmoil caused by the Rehe Armistice Agreement, we took a series of measures in Yucheng to control public opinion,...., such as the "Declaration", although he claimed to be neutral, but in terms of content, it attacked the prestige of the political axe, causing the people to disbelieve in the political axe, so this kind of newspaper must be cracked down on until it is nationalized."

On the one hand, it is forbidden to be distributed in the national control area in order to limit its sales, which in turn affects its economy; In addition, we can set a trap to force its controller to transfer the newspaper, for example, a newspaper, his general manager has other industries besides the newspaper, we can attack his other industries, let him lose money in these industries, constantly lose wealth, and finally he has to choose between the newspaper and the factory bank, and because of our blockade, the newspaper sales must fall, the advertising must decrease, and the profits will continue to thin, these managers are essentially businessmen, and they will eventually make a wise choice. ”

Zhuang Jihua took this example, and Chiang Kai-shek understood that this was aimed at the Shi Liangcai incident, but he also had to admit that Zhuang Jihua's methods were more ingenious, more secretive, and more ferocious, and he could also take away the "Declaration" completely.

Song Meiling was silent for a while before saying, "I really can't imagine that you were educated in the United States. ”

"The freedom of the press in the United States is the same," Zhuang Jihua said lightly, "and no country will completely let the news run its course." Then Zhuang Jihua reminded Chiang Kai-shek and said: "I can say that the newspapers in Yucheng will never publish remarks that differ from the political axe's opinion. However, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, there will definitely be a large number of institutions moving inward, and there will definitely be people who will say something unclear and demand the release of newspaper supervision. ”

"Well, it's nature." Chiang Kai-shek nodded, and of course he did not want any opposition.

"No, I still have to change the rules." Zhuang Jihua suddenly remembered that when the time comes, the Senate of the Executive Yuan will be moved, and he doesn't know when Wang Jingwei will be the Han Dynasty, and he doesn't know what he wants to do, and Chiang Kai-shek may not have any way. And Yucheng also has a senate, although this is also a rubber stamp decoration, but maybe it will be used at that time, and it must be guarded against in advance.

"What are you going to do?" Chiang Kai-shek asked strangely.

"What I just thought of is the issue of the qualifications of the deputies to the Yucheng Senate," Zhuang Jihua said: "Now anyone can run for the Yucheng Senate as a deputy, but this is not good, I have to set a threshold for them, that is, they must have lived in Yucheng for ten years, and the ID card registration shall prevail before they are eligible to be elected as the representative of the Yucheng Senate." ”

Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help but laugh, how could this Zhuang Jihua ponder this all day long, but he didn't expect that after the national political axe moved the capital to Chongqing, this provision was criticized by the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, but with the secret support of Zhuang Jihua, the political axe of Yucheng City grasped by vested interest groups was to insist on not changing, so that those exiles could only hope to sigh on behalf of the people, and lost the opportunity to participate in the decision of Yucheng's economy and politics.

"Cultural Revolution, you arrange it, your wife and I want to go to the factory to have a look." Chiang Kai-shek didn't ask about the threshold, there were senators in local counties and cities, and that thing was to arrange a few political idlers, which didn't have much effect, he was more concerned about factories, especially those arsenals that could produce weapons.

"I want to go to see the pharmaceutical company, that penicillin, which is said to have the potential to win this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine, which is the first international award won by a Chinese." Song Meiling said solemnly: "Cultural Revolution, I have informed the ambassador to Sweden to pay close attention to the development of this matter, and I will inform you as soon as there is news, you must be ready." ”

"Yes, Master." Although Zhuang Jihua replied, he was really not sure in his heart whether the two workaholics would take the time to go to Sweden to receive such an award.

"What, you're not happy? This is a good thing that will enhance the prestige of our country. Zhuang Jihua's expression made Song Meiling feel a little surprised.

"Master, of course I know that this is a good thing," Zhuang Jihua looked innocent: "But I am not sure to persuade Professor Tang and Professor Ding to put down their work and spend half a year going to Sweden, these two people, they don't seem to have anything to do except work,.... Zhuang Jihua shook his head: "Let's be honest with you, without their permission, I can't even enter their laboratory, and even if I do, I can't talk for more than ten minutes." If they are upset, they can train me like a grandson. ”

Song Meiling was dumbfounded at the same time, she looked at Chiang Kai-shek in disbelief, but Chiang Kai-shek nodded: "It's true, those professors and experts in their development team are all bad-tempered, not only him, but even serious, Li Zhilong, and Du Yuming They don't dare to provoke, they eat a small stove, check their bodies every six months, and if they are a little dissatisfied, they can rush into their office at any time in the Zhuang Cultural Revolution, which is difficult enough." But ......" Chiang Kai-shek sighed: "If those officials in Nanjing work like them, I can go back to my hometown in Fenghua to recuperate." ”

Song Meiling only now believed that Zhuang Jihua was telling the truth, but she thought about it and said resolutely: "This is a major matter related to the reputation of the country, you should try your best to convince them." ”

Song Meiling was much more sensitive than Chiang Kai-shek in this regard, and Zhuang Jihua certainly supported her point of view, he thought for a while and said: "I understand, master, if they can win the award, I will definitely let them go." ”

Then Zhuang Jihua asked: "Is the visit of the master and wife to the factory with the principal, or is it another arrangement?" ”

Without waiting for Song Meiling to speak, Chiang Kai-shek replied first: "Each looks at its own, I only look at the arsenal and the steel factory, what she likes to go to is the hospital and the school." ”

Zhuang Jihua understood that Chiang Kai-shek and his wife had come to comprehensively assess the industrial and economic strength of Yucheng. It is also good to let Chiang Kai-shek have a bottom in his heart, so that he can have a basis for making decisions.

"Yes, the student will go back to arrange, master, escort, I want to ask Tian's wife, Ms. Pan Huiqin, and Guangting's wife, Ms. Cao Xiuqing, originally Teng Jie's wife Chen Qikun knows the situation better, but her illness has not fully recovered, so I can only invite the two of them." Zhuang Jihua had an idea, and invited the wives of the two heavy generals under him to come out, and they were familiar with each other, and they could also take the lady route in the future. And Chen Qikun, whom Zhuang Jihua appreciates the most, is indeed sick, she has pneumonia, and she died of this illness in her previous life, but now penicillin has saved her life, and her fate has changed.

"Okay." Song Meiling agreed, and neither side mentioned Mei Youlan, but they all knew that this girl must be indispensable.

Sure enough, Zhuang Jihua said goodbye and left, and only then walked to the door, Mei Youlan and Mei Yuntian's brothers and sisters had already arrived, Mei Youlan still had a new-style German camera hanging on her body, a peaked cap on her head, and riding boots on her feet, dressed as a new woman.

(To be continued)