Bai Chongxi apologized first when they met, and told Song Ziwen and Huang Shaohong that their boss Li Zongren was reorganizing the army in Nanning and failed to arrive in Wuzhou, and then the two sides introduced each other to the attaché, but when Zhuang Jihua was introduced, Song Ziwen opened his mouth to be Colonel Zhuang Jihua, Huangpu Military Academy Junjie, Zhuang Jihua gave Bai Chongxi and Huang Shaohong a standard military salute, Huang Shaohong paid attention to him very much, but Zhuang Jihua had not let go of his hand, Chen Gongbo answered, don't look at Colonel Zhuang's youth, he can be responsible for the reorganization of the 20,000 Sichuan Army; Zhuang Jihua scolded the stupid in his heart, and sure enough, as soon as Chen Gongbo's words came out, Bai Chongxi and Huang Shaohong's eyes suddenly lit up, and they were even more enthusiastic about Zhuang Jihua, and Huang Shaohong's compliments poured out one after another.

Among these people, Zhuang Jihua is most concerned about Bai Chongxi, he has heard of this person in his previous life, Zhuang Jihua is good, he knows that his history is not good enough, and the one who can enter his brain must be a great person, so as long as he remembers it, he must pay attention to it.

It's a pity that it was Huang Shaohong who greeted him, and he had no impression of this person Zhuang Jihua, but the one who can call Bai Chongxi a brother and brother must be an extraordinary person, and Zhuang Jihua also dealt with him with some spirit.

"Brother doesn't like it?" In the box of the Shengping Grand Theater in Wuzhou, Huang Shaohong invited Song Ziwen and his party to watch the play today, Bai Chongxi and Xia Wei accompanied Song Ziwen and Chen Gongbo to give a box in the room, but Huang Shaohong and Zhuang Jihua voted for a box, but he soon found that the latter was not interested in the performance.

As a modern person, I have watched too many blockbusters, and I really can't be interested in this kind of traditional drama, although the actors are singing and dancing the stage, Zhuang Jihua still doesn't have the slightest feeling, although people are sitting here, their minds have long been ignorant of where to go.

"Oh, no," Zhuang Jihua instinctively argued after being awakened, and immediately felt that something was wrong, so he said calmly: "Let Brother Ji Kuan bother, whether it is Cantonese opera or Peking opera, I can't lift my spirits." ”

"Blame me, blame me, if I knew this was the case, I should have invited you to watch a civilized play." Huang Shaohong is very lenient, and he blames himself before he blames others.

"Then it's better to sit here and watch the show." Zhuang Jihua felt uncomfortable when he remembered the half-time movie he watched last time. The movie is now called a civilized drama, and in his spare time, Zhuang Jihua also went to watch one, to be precise, he watched half of it, and he really couldn't stand it. The scene is obviously taken from the studio, the people on the screen are not walking or jumping, there is no dialogue, the movie theater lets a man and a woman read the dialogue, and the pale voice without the slightest sense of color is unappetizing.

"Oh, I don't know what my brother likes? Or let's go to the Manxiang Garden. Huang Shaohong was interested at this time, and asked tentatively, Manxiangyuan is a famous local academy.

Like what? It has really become a big problem for Zhuang Jihua, the gap between the times is too big, and the taste has been raised by the delicacy of the previous life, and it can't be lowered in this era anyway.

"Then it's better to watch a civilized drama." Zhuang Jihua smiled bitterly, and Huang Shaohong was stunned for a moment and then laughed.

"Brother Ji Kuan, can Duke De arrive tomorrow?" Zhuang Jihua couldn't help asking, thinking of so many things in Guangzhou, but he had nothing to do here all day long, Zhuang Jihua was a little anxious.

"If you don't delay, you can arrive tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." Huang Shaohong smiled secretly in his heart, after all, the young man is still young, but he doesn't know that he is only thirty years old.

"After the reunification of Guangxi, Brother Ji Kuan became the chief of civil affairs, how do you plan to show your strengths?" Zhuang Jihua was a little impatient with this game of hide and seek, so he planned to try it, not to mention that Huang Shaohong didn't accompany Song Ziwen but came to accompany him, didn't he just want to put something from his mouth, since this is the case, then give them something.

Huang Shaohong smiled bitterly, sighed and said: "It's difficult, Guangxi is poor, financial difficulties, if the central government doesn't care, it is difficult to make a difference." ”

"The central government also has difficulties, and we can't rely on the central government entirely." Since the last time he fell in love with Yu Peidi, Zhuang Jihua has become more and more careful, although he plans to throw something, he doesn't plan to let him get it easily.

"Our heart is for revolution, and the central government can't ignore it." Huang Shaohong's tone was a little resentful.

"How so? Minister Song said that Guangxi's annual income is less than 3 million oceans, and its military expenditure will cost more than 200,000 oceans every month. Zhuang Jihua is now learning and selling, and transferred Song Ziwen's words to Huang Shaohong as they were.

"Is this what Minister Song said?" Huang Shaohong asked.

Zhuang Jihua nodded and said, "I don't know much about finance. ”

Huang Shaohong was silent for a while before saying: "Since the Qing Dynasty, Guangxi's finances have been insufficient, and it has always been supplemented by appropriations from Hunan and Guangdong. ”

"The central government must manage it, but everyone needs to sit down and talk about how to manage it." Zhuang Jihua quietly threw out a bait.

"What does the central government plan to do?" Huang Shaohong's spirits lifted slightly.

"Multiple management methods? It depends on how you choose," the fish took the bait, and Zhuang Jihua continued to throw the bait: "First, maintain the situation of Guangxi's semi-reading power, except for the political management of the central government, other Guangxi will take care of itself; ”

Huang Shaohong was immediately disappointed, and if he wanted to take this approach, he would have to keep the status quo unchanged, different from what they had hoped for.

"The second is to take full control, in which political power, finances, party affairs, and military affairs are all managed, and local officials and party affairs are all appointed by the central government, and the same is true for the military."

Huang Shaohong was a little hesitant, this method is equivalent to completely annexing Guangxi, and the world that they fought hard and bloody for several years will become someone else's in a blink of an eye, and they are a little reluctant in their hearts.

"The third type is only in charge of finance and party affairs, and hundreds of thousands of financial subsidies are fixed to Guangxi every year, and party affairs are appointed by the central government."

This is not very ideal, and Guangxi's financial deficit is several million, and hundreds of thousands are far from enough.

"I don't know what kind of Brother Ji Kuan chooses?" Zhuang Jihua smiled secretly in his heart, as long as you choose this multiple-choice question, your bottom will come out.

Huang Shaohong thought in his heart, why was it not ideal, and after a long time, he slowly asked: "What does the Cultural Revolution think we should choose?" ”

Zhuang Jihua smiled: "Guangxi was not fought by me, why can't I speak in my turn." ”

"The subsidy of hundreds of thousands is too little, at least two million are needed." Huang Shaohong hesitated again and again, and finally couldn't help but make a choice.

Zhuang Jihua understood in his heart that their idea was to ask for money, but they did not hand over other rights, and at most handed over party affairs. After understanding the other party's purpose, he sneered in his heart, this calculation was too fine.

"You need to talk to Minister Song about how much." Since he has probed to the end, Zhuang Jihua is about to close the door.

He wanted to collect troops, but Huang Shaohong was unwilling.

"Cultural Revolution, how much does your army spend every month?"

"Ten to twelve pieces for soldiers, officers, Commander Bai should know." In fact, Huang Shaohong also knows that he has a deep friendship with Bai Chongxi and Li Ji, and although the treatment of the Guangdong army is not as good as that of the party army, the gap is not big, and the biggest difference is that the salary of the party army is stable, and the Guangdong army is not stable enough.

Huang Shaohong knew that Zhuang Jihua was reporting the party's military salary, and he calculated in his heart that there were more than 60,000 troops in Guangxi, and if this standard was followed, the monthly military salary would be more than 700,000 yuan, and the director of the finance department would probably not be able to do it.

"I don't know how many soldiers there are in Guangxi?" Zhuang Jihua saw that Huang Shaohong was thinking, and he didn't know what he was thinking, so he asked casually.

"More than sixty thousand." Huang Shaohong replied casually, and only came to his senses as soon as the words came out, and looked up at Zhuang Jihua, but saw that the latter showed sympathy after a little thought.

"Then it will cost more than 700,000 military salaries per month, and more than 8 million military salaries a year, which is enough to make you embarrassed."

Huang Shaohong knew that he had accidentally exposed his bottom, so he no longer covered it up: "Yes, I am the Minister of Finance now, why?" It's because no one is willing to do it, and no one dares to do it. ”

"60,000 troops, too many, why not lay off some troops?" Zhuang Jihua asked: "With so many troops, the central government can't come up with so much money. ”

"We are also cutting, and Degong's reorganization of the army in Nanning is to reduce troops, but we don't dare to cut too much, after all, there is still a war now, and the country has not yet been reunified." Huang Shaohong looked very embarrassed.

"Soldiers, noble essence is not much more expensive; Moreover, the reduction of troops is not a simple reduction in the number of troops, and there must be some relevant measures to ensure that the army will not lose its combat effectiveness due to war attrition. Zhuang Jihua said.

"Oh, Cultural Revolution, do you have any good ideas?" Huang Shaohong asked casually, even Bai Chongxi didn't find a good idea, what tricks could this young man have.

"I wonder if Brother Ji Kuan has heard of the reserves?" Zhuang Jihua thought about it and decided to sell him something.

"Of course I know," Huang Shaohong said disapprovingly, the reserve is not a new thing: "But the reserve needs to be implemented in a unified country, and the reserve must also have a perfect political axe administrative system in order to play an effective role, and it is probably difficult to implement it in Guangxi now." ”

"Let's do it together." Zhuang Jihua said unhurriedly.

"Do it together?" Huang Shaohong's eyes widened, and he asked puzzledly, "How?" ”

"If we do disarmament and regime-building together, we won't be done." Zhuang Jihua said very calmly.

Huang Shaohong became more and more confused, disarmament and regime building have been done together, what is the relationship between disarmament and regime building? If anything, it is to save military spending.

He asked again, but Zhuang Jihua didn't say anything, but diverted the conversation, he had already clicked, and it was up to them whether they could wake up or not.

After sending Song Ziwen and his entourage back to the hostel, Huang Shaohong and Bai Chongxi did not go home but went out of the city to a European-style villa more than ten miles away from the city, there were many soldiers standing guard in the villa, and the two entered the living room, and a person in the living room was sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper.

"Degong." Bai Chongxi stretched out his hand from afar, Li Zongren stepped forward with a smile and held Bai Chongxi's hand tightly, and then shook Huang Shaohong's hand vigorously.

"I thought you would arrive in two days, but I didn't expect it to be so soon." Huang Shaohong smiled and looked Li Zongren up and down.

Li Zongren smiled and said, "The Minister of Kipchak has arrived, how dare I let the Minister of Kipchak wait for a long time." ”

Huang Shaohong smiled bitterly, and Bai Chongxi, who was originally a little happy, also restrained his smile and sat down silently.

"What? Not going well? Li Zongren asked calmly.

"Hmm." Bai Chongxi spat heavily: "I see what they mean or they plan to keep us in this situation." ”

"Jiansheng, Song Ziwen is an old fox, he didn't tell the truth." Huang Shaohong also sat down, and Li Zongren's guards immediately brought tea to the two, and then left quietly.

"Oh, Ji Kuan has made a new discovery?" Bai Chongxi asked in surprise, he didn't expect Huang Shaohong to actually get something from Zhuang Jihua. For Zhuang Jihua, although Bai Chongxi was polite, he didn't look down on him very much, the Dongjiang River was fighting tightly, but Zhuang Jihua ran to Guangxi as a student of Whampoa, which shows that this person didn't fight much, Chiang Kai-shek didn't look down on him, and he didn't even let him participate in such an important battle as the Eastern Expedition. Therefore, he didn't understand Huang Shaohong's attention to Zhuang Jihua.

"Jiansheng, you underestimated this Zhuang Jihua, I will fall for him today and leak our bottom." Huang Shaohong said with a wry smile.

Hearing that Huang Shaohong was fooled, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi were not angry but were surprised, among the three, Huang Shaohong dealt with the three sects and nine streams of the characters the most, the Gui family of the three giants, Li Zongren was the general, Bai Chongxi was in charge of the military, Huang Shaohong was in charge of civil affairs and diplomacy, and he didn't see him suffer any losses in the past few years, and today he was actually planted in the hands of a young man.

"Oh! Then I'll hear how you planted it. Li Zongren's voice was loud, and he asked Huang Shaohong with a loud laugh.

Huang Shaohong didn't hide it and told the two of them the conversation in the theater as it was, and Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi were a little puzzled.

"Isn't it just 60,000 soldiers, it's nothing." Bai Chongxi thought about it and felt that it was not a big deal. Li Zongren didn't see it that way: "Jiansheng, Ji Kuan is right, this kid is a little fox who deceived the old fox." ”

After finishing speaking, he smiled happily: "But it's nothing, I'm still very happy to see Ji Kuanshang." ”

"Duke De, why is there a mystery in it?" Bai Chongxi asked puzzled.

"Those three choices, as long as Ji Kuan chooses, he will be fooled." Li Zongren said with a smile, after fighting for many years and pacifying Guangxi in one fell swoop, Li Zongren was really full of ambition and didn't take these little things to heart.

(To be continued)