Things gather like like, and people live in groups; Zhuang Jihua had no choice but to convince him, he took great pains to say that he had moved more than a dozen experts in Shanghai, and Weng Wenhao and Qian Changzhao called a large number of experts in a letter, and Zhu Kezhen, a meteorological expert and vice president of the Central University, Wu Yunchu, an industrialist in chemical engineering, Yan Renguang, a physicist, Qian Changzuo, an aviation expert, and Huang Boqiao, a transportation expert, and so on, came from all over the country.

The news of the establishment of the Resource Committee quickly attracted the attention of all parties, especially foreigners, but the focus of attention was different.

"....The Chinese political axe is determined to revive the economy destroyed by the war and floods, and to this end it has invited experts in various fields to offer advice. …。 -- reported by the Shanghai British newspaper "Zilinxi Bao".

The fact that Chairman Chiang Kai-shek was appointed chairman of the Resources Committee proves in itself that the political axe attaches great importance to this committee, and the outside world estimates that the primary task of this committee is to straighten out the financial system and agree on the current chaotic Chinese currency..." -- The Wall Street Newspaper

“… We must note that General Zhuang Jihua, who is known as a famous general, has become the deputy director of the Resources Committee, which shows that this committee is a committee for preparing for war, and it is aimed at the ...... of our empire. -- "Chao Yu Shimbun"

............The purpose of the Resources Committee is to investigate the country's resources in order to facilitate the country's development, and the most fundamental thing is to develop the economy and relieve people's livelihood. As for me, it's been a long time since I left the military, and being a soldier is a thing of the past, it's not a secret, everyone knows it. ”

Zhuang Jihua talked eloquently in the face of reporters, and by the way, he said with a little sarcasm, saying that after a few days of meetings, a lot of work has been added, and Wu Dingchang, Ma Yinchu, Xu Xinliu, and others proposed that the most important task at present is to straighten out finance, unify the currency, and put an end to the current chaotic monetary situation in China.

At this time, the currency is very chaotic, the most common is the central political axe issued by the small ocean and the Beiyang political axe issued by the ocean, the folk to distinguish these two currencies are called Yuan Datou and Sun Xiaotou respectively, because the above is printed Yuan Shikai and Sun Yat-sen's head. In addition, the warlords in various provinces are issuing currency, there are Feng Bills in the Northeast, and Jin Bills in Shanxi are still relatively famous local currencies, and other regions, such as Guangdong, where Zhuang Jihua is going, have currencies, and such currencies greatly hinder commercial activities and hinder national unification.

The proposal of Wu Dingchang and Ma Yinchu was supported by Song Ziwen, who proposed a unified currency as soon as the Northern Expedition ended, but unfortunately there was much resistance, and the warlords of all factions opposed it, and even Chiang Kai-shek had no choice. Now that the Central Plains War has been won, Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army has completely collapsed, Yan Xishan and Li Zongren have been greatly weakened, Zhang Xueliang has lost the Northeast, and the Fengzi has disappeared. The time is ripe for the state to issue a single currency.

Chiang Kai-shek immediately accepted their suggestion, and took this task as the main task of the moment, with him personally in charge and Soong Ziwen in charge of the specific affairs.

Zhuang Jihua's job was to set up and command the Southwest Development Task Force, and this name also caused some controversy, thinking that calling the team was not as good as calling the group, but Zhuang Jihua thought that the goal of calling the team was small and it was not easy to attract the attention of others, and Chiang Kai-shek immediately understood what he meant and immediately accepted it. The two deputy directors, Weng Wenhao and Qian Changzhao, stayed in Nanjing to preside over the overall work of the committee.

After Zhuang Jihua was interviewed by reporters, he went to Chiang Kai-shek's official residence. After entering the door, I saw a young officer sitting on the sofa next to him, and when he saw Zhuang Jihua coming in, the officer stood up and saluted him, Zhuang Jihua subconsciously returned the salute, and only halfway up did he find that he was not wearing a military uniform, so he put his hand down again.

Chiang Kai-shek beckoned to Zhuang Jihua: "Cultural Revolution, come here, let me introduce you, this is Teng Jie, a classmate of the fourth phase." Teng Jie: This is the first phase of the Senior Zhuang Cultural Revolution. ”

"Report to the principal, I know Senior Zhuang." Teng Jie reported loudly.

"Hehe," Zhuang Jihua couldn't help laughing: "You should know me, I was their perverted examiner back then, and the examination room was dedicated to making things difficult for them." ”

Chiang Kai-shek was stunned for a moment and then laughed: "Okay, it's good to get to know each other, the Cultural Revolution, once the affairs of Sichuan unfold, the affairs will be complicated, you definitely can't do it alone, I want Teng Jie to be your assistant, what do you think?" ”

Chiang Kai-shek rarely used such a tone to talk to his subordinate students, especially this kind of personnel arrangement, Teng Jie was slightly stunned in his heart, he now understood, why He Jinhan always said that Zhuang Jihua was the first in the principal's heart, and in this tone, few Huangpu students could reach it even if they were teachers.

"Okay, the person the principal likes will definitely not be wrong," Zhuang Jihua immediately agreed, and seemed to have no other thoughts at all.

"Teng Jie, the situation in Sichuan is very complicated, the Cultural Revolution is shouldering a heavy burden, you have to assist him well." Chiang Kai-shek said to Teng Jie again: "Open up the situation in Sichuan and prepare for the war of resistance." ”

"Yes, Senior Zhuang has always been a model for Huangpu students, a model for us to learn, and students must be good assistants to seniors to build a base for the Southwest War of Resistance." Teng Jie's body was straight, and he replied in a loud voice.

"It's sour, it's too numb." Zhuang Jihua stood up and walked in front of Teng Jie: "In the future, we will work together together, you will understand me in the future, I only have one requirement, I must tell the truth in everything, even if the sky falls, I must tell the truth, I have something wrong, you have to dare to quarrel with me." Mengguo, Shoushan, and Junshan have all quarreled with me before, and Xue Yue almost knocked me off the horse. ”

"I'm telling the truth, seniors may not know, I, Teng Jie, never tell lies. Among the Huangpu classmates, the senior is the first person I admire, especially after seeing the senior's countermeasures, I am even more impressed by the junior. Teng Jie said unmoved.

"That's good, Teng Jie, Brother Enlargement has already entered Sichuan, you also have to enter Sichuan in advance, whether the principal's idea can be realized in the past year is very critical, we must take advantage of the contradiction between Liu Xiang and Liu Wenhui, so you have to enter Sichuan now, I may have to wait a month to go, but after I arrive, you must hand me a situation report, a report on the political and military situation in Sichuan, and Brother Enlargement will also give me such a report." It may be a little hard for you, but you have to do your best to get it done. ”

"Yes, guaranteed to complete the mission." Teng Jie replied with a chest held up.

Chiang Kai-shek nodded, and said to Zhuang Jihua: "Cultural Revolution, you were a major general in the 26th year of the Republic of China." ”

Zhuang Jihua nodded, and Chiang Kai-shek continued: "Originally, Niu Xing should have promoted you to lieutenant general after the battle, and I originally wanted to announce it together after you returned from your injuries, but then..., so let's do it, now my restored military status, the rank is still major general." ”

Zhuang Jihua thought that this was not bad, and he would inevitably use troops in the future, so he agreed: "Thank you for the cultivation of the principal." ”

"Also, the Cultural Revolution," Chiang Kai-shek said after thinking for a moment, "I know you don't want to deal with the Communists, okay, I won't force you, but there is also a Communist Party in Sichuan, you go to build factories, and the Communist Party is the best at developing among the workers, so we must beware, Dai Li." ”

With Chiang Kai-shek's words, Dai Li appeared in the room like a ghost, Zhuang Jihua was not only deeply surprised, why didn't he see him when he came in just now.

"Headmaster." After Dai Li entered the room, he did not go inside, but stood respectfully by the door.

"When the Cultural Revolution entered Sichuan, the secret service also had to send people, and the Communist Party made a lot of trouble in Sichuan."

"Yes, Headmaster."

Zhuang Jihua frowned, feeling a little uncomfortable, whether this is dealing with [***] or spying on me, I'm afraid it's both, since that's the case, then let's not be polite: "Principal, there is something I want to say to my face." ”

"You say, you say." Chiang Kai-shek's face was expressionless, and he could not see any change in his mood.

"Do the people from the Secret Service listen to me in Sichuan or do they do their own thing?"

"Sichuan, you are the general responsibility, they listen to you, and the party, government, military and police are all handed over to you." Chiang Kai-shek was not ambiguous at all.

Zhuang Jihua was silent for a while before he said: "During the Great Revolution, the leftists had radical problems, and we Kuomintang also had them, and the situation in Sichuan was complicated, and it was difficult to explain things clearly, so I asked the principal to give me the right to dispose of them on the spot, and if the people in the secret service disobeyed my orders, I had the right to dispose of them." ”

Chiang Kai-shek hesitated slightly, but finally nodded. As they spoke, Dai Li, who remained silent, always looked like he had just entered the door.

Zhuang Jihua looked relieved, looked at Dai Li, and then said to Chiang Kai-shek: "Principal, there is nothing else, I will leave if I have nothing to do." ”

This was another unusual move, but Chiang Kai-shek didn't care, but smiled: "If there is something so urgent, you can't stay with me for longer." ”

"Principal, I'm going to be so busy that I'm going to split myself into two with a knife, I'll go to Hangzhou tomorrow, Hangzhou is over, and I'm going to Beiping and Tianjin, to be honest, I haven't been home yet, and I don't know how my home is." Zhuang Jihua remembered that he had been abroad for five years, and he was afraid that Chiang Kai-shek would find his address, although he had written a letter to his family, he had never left an address, and he didn't know what happened to his family over the years. In addition, there is Liu Yinshu...... As soon as he thought of this name, his heart ached faintly, where has she been all these years? What are you doing? Why didn't there be a response to dozens of letters to Liu's house? "Well, it's time to go back and have a look, okay, I won't keep you, Teng Jie, you go with the Cultural Revolution." ”

After they left, Chiang Kai-shek pondered for a moment and made a gesture gently, and Dai Li immediately came to him.

"Principal, the Secret Service listened to the Cultural Revolution, but the Cultural Revolution has always been soft on the Communist Party..."

"I know, that's why I asked you to send someone, you remember, your task is to deal with the Communist Party, but you can't interfere in the major affairs of the Cultural Revolution, there are things you can let him know, but there are some things you don't need to tell him." Chiang Kai-shek said lightly, and Dai Li immediately stopped talking.

Late at night, Zhuang Jihua took the car back to his residence, and under the bright headlights, he saw the figure in front of the door, although he hadn't seen him for five years, he still recognized him quickly.

"Parking! Stop the car! ”

Before the car stopped, Zhuang Jihua pushed the car door, got out of the car and walked towards the lonely figure.

"Zaita! You're alive! That's great! Zhuang Jihua's eyes glistened with tears.

(To be continued)