Wang Hengyue attaches great importance to the development of Sichuan, but what happened afterwards made Wang Hengyue unhappy!

"A large amount of clouds and soil were seized"

Before Lu Xuan's words were finished, Wang Hengyue had already said coldly: "I have said that all opium smuggling is strictly prohibited, and once it is found, it will be dealt with severely!" ”

Lu Xuan hesitated: "But this batch of cloud soil is a bit tricky, it was transported by Tang Jiyao, the overseer of Yunnan. ”

"Tang Jiyao?" Wang Hengyue frowned.

Many of the warlords of this era relied on opium to support their armies, especially for Yunnan, which was simply the core interest of Yunnan.

The reason why Tang Jiyao put forward the "Great Yunnan Doctrine" was mainly to open up the road for the export of Yuntu. Take control of Sichuan and open up the Yangtze River waterway to transport opium to the Yangtze River valley.

Later, Sun Wen, who did not have an army in his hand, repeatedly carried out uprisings in Guangzhou to protect the country and protect the law, etc., because of the support of Yunnan, so as to open up the opium channel to Guangdong, and the warlords of Guangxi also relied on the support of Yunnan opium!

It seems that the contradictions between Sichuan and Yunnan have begun to emerge with the reunification of Sichuan, and this contradiction is bound to become more and more difficult to reconcile in the future.

Although he will have to solve the southwest problem sooner or later, at present, the Sichuan army has not yet been reorganized, and some divisions are still just a shelf, so it is not the most appropriate time to turn around at this time.

As long as they make a move, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi will form an alliance because of their interests and jointly deal with themselves, and even Guangxi will intervene. With the strength of the Sichuan family, this battle will be really difficult, and it will even seriously slow down its own development.

Tang Jiyao knew that he was implementing a smoking ban in Sichuan, so why did he suddenly deliver a large amount of opium at this time? Are you testing your attitude?

"Tang Jiyao is testing my reaction!" Wang Hengyue strengthened his thoughts: "He is looking to see if I dare to detain this batch of cloud soil, and what kind of attitude will it be after the seizure!" I deducted it, and I gave him an excuse. Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi may use troops against Sichuan! If he doesn't deduct it, he will unscrupulously transport opium to Sichuan, and then infiltrate Sichuan little by little! ”

Wang Hengyue's brows were tightly locked.

"Report, Cai Ye is about to arrive in Chengdu!"

"Yes." Wang Hengyue nodded.

This time, he was ordered by Yanjing to first go to Chengdu and Yucheng to inspect the military administration of Sichuan, and then take a ferry from Yucheng to Yichang, and then from Yichang to Hankou, inspect all the way, and finally arrive in Shanghai, or go to Beiyang to recuperate, or go to this for treatment.

Wang Hengyue's eyes suddenly rolled rapidly: "Chengdu and Chongqing held a grand welcome ceremony!" All officers above the corps garrison in the two places are welcome to go out of the city with me! The gentry and the common people have also organized themselves for me! ”

"Yes!"

At the end of July, Cai arrived in Chengdu.

Cai Ye definitely didn't expect that Wang Hengyue, the overseer of Sichuan, would actually make such a big welcome pomp for himself!

Those officers, with straight uniforms and shiny leather boots, saw Cai Ye coming, and the drums were playing, and the officers saluted in unison: "Welcome to Inspector Cai's inspection of Chengdu!" ”

"Welcome Inspector Cai to visit Chengdu!" The gentry and people behind cheered together.

The officers separated, Wang Hengyue strode over, and gave a salute to the "horn": "Wang Hengyue, the Sichuan overseer and concurrently the governor of Sichuan Province, welcome Inspector Cai to inspect Chengdu!" ”

"Shuzhi, what are you doing for me!" Cai Yi smiled and replied: "Do you want to do this with me?" ”

Wang Hengyue laughed "haha": "Brother Songpo, please!" ”

Chengdu is also generally lively, and there are colorful flags welcoming Cai's patrol envoys everywhere.

Cai Yi smiled bitterly, although he didn't have much contact with Wang Hengyue, he really knew this person's temper too well, but whenever he wanted to do this, he must have some purpose!

When I arrived at the Overseer's Mansion, the wine and food had already been prepared, and the brigade commanders and division commanders stood there neatly, and when they saw Cai Ye coming in, they were all saluted by the "horn":

"Inspector Cai is good!"

"Brother Songpa, please take a seat!"

Invite Cai Ye to sit down, Wang Hengyue saluted again: "Inspector Cai, Wang Hengyue has asked you for sin!" ”

Cai Yi was stunned: "My elder brother Shuzhi, Wang Dujun, you can sit down and talk." ”

Wang Hengyue sat down at this time, and first sighed long:

"Brother Songpo, Wang Hengyue is sorry for you. When you left Sichuan and handed over the Dian army to me, I also pat my chest and admit that I would definitely help the Songpa brothers take the Dian army well and send it out of Sichuan, but I"

Looking at the painful look of Grand Overseer Wang, Cai Yi smiled bitterly in his heart.

Wang Hengyue is really good at acting, he has long wanted to solve the Dian army that entered Sichuan, but he is a little embarrassed for the sake of his own face. Who would have thought that Luo Peijin and them would actually go to Chengdu, doesn't this mean that they gave Wang Hengyue an excuse to solve the Dian army?

Obviously, the Dian army has been dealt with, but now he still has to make a look of "guilty of asking for guilt"!

What can I say? Blame him? But now Lidu is on Wang Hengyue's side.

"Forget it, as long as you can be kind to those Dian troops who surrendered." Cai Yi sighed softly: "There is something wrong with the Yunnan army, speaking of the Sichuan and Yunnan families, this matter is over." ”

"Brother Songpa is benevolent and righteous, and my brother is even more ashamed, please!" Wang Hengyue raised his cup and drank it all.

Cai Ye couldn't drink, so he just raised his glass.

After drinking a meal, Wang Hengyue invited Cai Ye to the rest place, waited for Cai Ye to take the medicine, and then let people serve good tea: "Brother Songpo inspected this way, what do you think?" ”

Cai Ye said seriously: "Shuzhi is very good at fighting, and there is also a set of local governance, and there are many talents under him, this Sichuan must be guarded by you!" ”

"Where, where." Wang Hengyue humbled twice: "Brother Songpo, what advice does Brother Songpo have?" ”

"Don't dare to advise, Cai Ye is nominally inspecting this time, but in fact he is going to recuperate, this inspector is just a false title." Cai Ye didn't hide anything: "However, I have a question I want to ask." ”

"Please."

"How are you going to deal with the Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou issue?"

Cai Yi asked this question straight to the point, and Wang Hengyue was silent: "In fact, in my opinion, Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou are originally one family, and they have no distinction from each other. Some people put forward the 'Great Yunnan Doctrine', and some people say what the 'Great Sichuan Doctrine', I don't think these terms are appropriate, I have a proposal called 'Great Southwestism'."

"Great Southwestism?" Cai Yi silently read the name, and his brows were tightly locked.

"It's not early, Songpa should rest early." After talking there, Wang Hengyue stood up and said goodbye.

Seeing off Wang Hengyue, Cai Yi's secretary Xiu Chenghao walked in and said, "Today, Wang Dujun made a big show. ”

Cai Ye did not answer this sentence, but said to himself: "Wang Hengyue is going to prepare to unify the southwest." ”

"What?" Xiu Chenghao didn't hear clearly.

Cai Yi looked melancholy: "Wang Hengyue deliberately made such a big pomp today, and deliberately talked about 'Great Southwestism' in front of me, this is clearly telling me his thoughts, he is going toe-to-toe with Tang Jiyao's 'Great Yunnan Doctrine', let me not meddle in it!" ”

"Inspector, let's ignore these things and recuperate with peace of mind." Xiu Chenghao persuaded.

After staying in Chengdu for a while, listening to the civil affairs chiefs report on the situation in Chengdu, Cai Yi said goodbye and went to Chongqing.

At this time, Wang Hengyue had already gotten up under the pretext of the bandit problem in northern Sichuan, and did not come to send Cai Yi.

Cai Ye and his entourage had just left Chengdu, and they saw more than a dozen big cars already waiting there, and wondered in their hearts: "What does this mean?" ”

Wang Qinglu said on the side:

"Returning to Inspector Cai, this is a little gift prepared by our Overseers!"

"Gifts?" Cai Yi was stunned: "Don't, don't, take it back." ”

Wang Qinglu smiled slightly: "It's better to open it and take a look, in fact, it's not Wang Overseer's, but Yunnan's Tang Overseer, Wang Overseer is just changing hands." ”

Cai Ye was puzzled in his heart, and ordered someone to open one of the boxes, and what appeared in front of him was a box of clouds and soil.

Cai Yi's face changed, and Wang Qinglu smiled and said:

"Tang Overseer's men may have taken the wrong path, and as a result, these carriages inexplicably ran to Sichuan. Sichuan is banning smoking, and the local people are clamoring to destroy these opiums, but our Wang Overseer is furious, saying that this is not reasonable, who dares to touch the things in Yunnan? Whoever moves Yunnan's things will not give face to Tang Dujun and not to Inspector Cai! ”

Saying that, he glanced at Cai Yi:

"Some people say that this lawsuit will be brought to Yanjing, so that the whole country will judge and judge, Sichuan is a ban on smoking, but Yunnan has transported tobacco and soil in, this is not clear and then sabotage? Our Wang Overseer was even more angry, saying that Tang Overseer and Inspector Cai must not know about this, so they deliberately handed over these tobacco and soil to Inspector Cai to deal with. ”

Cai Ye was silent.

Yuntu is the foundation of Yunnan, and the army's weapons and salaries are all supported by tobacco, which is an open secret, and it is also Yunnan's provincial policy to control Sichuan and transport tobacco.

Especially this time, Tang Jiyao used smoke to test Wang Hengyue's attitude, he also knew it, and he didn't approve or oppose it, but who would have thought that Wang Hengyue would push this matter on himself instead.

Wang Hengyue's surname is really likely to make this matter known to the whole country, and then Yunnan will be in big trouble!

Wang Hengyue raised the banner of anti-smoking, which will inevitably be supported by the whole country, but what about Yunnan? What he is doing now is clearly using himself, so that Tang Jiyao still has nothing to do!

Tang Jiyao is not Wang Hengyue's opponent! Cai Yi thought in his heart and said:

"Xiu Chenghao, take these things back to Yunnan, please tell Tang Dujun, you must find out this matter, give Wang Dujun a satisfactory explanation, and the relationship between Sichuan and Yunnan must live in harmony!"

The words "get along in harmony" were said in a particularly accentuated tone by Cai Yi!

(To be continued)