The day before Lu Han arrived in Kunming, Zhang Chong also returned to Kunming from western Yunnan, and the arrival of these two men represented the collapse of Long Yun's last resistance and opened the door to a new era. The good news is one after another, Long Yucang, who escaped from the north of the Jinsha River, also sent Cheng to Lanyundong near Zhaotong and agreed to accept the adaptation.

It seems that the mind is good, but Zhuang Jihua understands that the vast majority of local clans in Yunnan are still waiting, and the biggest supporters of Long Yun, the Yi people in northern Yunnan, are actually also suspicious, Deng Xiuting's deterrence, their concession is only to temporarily avoid the mania of the storm, once the storm subsides, let them find the weakness of the garrison, then trouble will come, so to stabilize Yunnan, first of all, it is necessary to properly deal with Long Yun's subordinates, and at the same time quickly promulgate the method of governing Yunnan.

In addition to the Yi people in northern Yunnan, there are also the Bai people in western Yunnan, the Dai people, etc., many ethnic minorities are the biggest difference between Yunnan and other provinces, most of these ethnic groups are in the slave society period, the tribesmen obey their Tusi heads, and these Tusi heads have their own arms, although the equipment training of these armed forces is extremely poor, most of them are still using bows and arrows and machetes, this is an armed force after all, and from time to time to come, it is also a headache.

Zhuang Jihua's initial idea was to apply the national autonomy of the previous life, but he did not know what elements were needed for national autonomy and how to implement it, so he finally gave up this idea for the time being, intending to maintain the status quo and slowly advance to ethnic regional autonomy, and maintaining stability at this stage is the most important thing.

Lu Han was accompanied by Du Yuming to return to Kunming, his face was a little broad, his complexion was dark, his long military career made him full of military atmosphere, Zhang Chong brought three points of elegance, they are all Yi people, but they are Sinicized Yi people.

"General Lu, General Zhang, we don't talk nonsense today," Zhuang Jihua said straight to the point, they are the leaders of the Longyun Group, they have rich political and military experience, it is useless to communicate with them and say some big truths, it is better to explain the relationship clearly, these practical things may be more able to impress them: "Chairman Long has gone to Nanjing, Yunnan is now no longer the kingdom of reading, completely under the jurisdiction of the central political axe, the two generals are heroic people in Yunnan, when they can see the development of the historical trend, This state of reading power that travels outside the center will inevitably disappear in the development of history. ”

Zhuang Jihua's opening remarks surprised Lu Han, Zhang Chong and Du Yuming, Fan Hanjie, and Li Anding, the former felt heavy, and the latter felt ** naked, and pulled down all the masks.

"So I hope that the two of you can sincerely cooperate with the central government, stop thinking about anything, and now we must cooperate to jointly govern Yunnan well, for the benefit of the people of all ethnic groups in Yunnan, and for the benefit of the country." Zhuang Jihua said very sincerely.

Lu Han and Zhang Chong glanced at each other, and then said in a deep voice: "General Zhuang said very cheerfully, I will only say, we are willing to cooperate with the central government, I can hand over the army, but I hope to agree to me to work in the local area for the benefit of the Dian people." ”

Du Yuming, Fan Hanjie and Li Anding looked at the eyes with heaviness, they didn't believe Lu Han's words, it was impossible for him to give up the army, this was to retreat, but although they were worried, their expressions were still relatively relaxed, Lu Han's troops were all new recruits, not to mention the equipment was very poor, there were only more than 5,000 people, and the strength was not very strong.

Zhuang Jihua smiled faintly: "Now is not the time to release the military power with a glass of wine, now is the time to gather the manpower and material resources of the whole country, and the talents of the heroes of all strata and nationalities in the country, General Lu, I will not ask you to give up the military power, nor do I agree with you to give up the military power, on the contrary, I will strengthen your army, and after the reorganization of the Yunnan army in the future, you will be in command, as for the number of troops," Zhuang Jihua thought about it and said: "The original Yunnan army has a army number, and the reorganized Yunnan army is also an army, three divisions, nine brigades, compared to the escort team, Each division has 15,000 people, plus the directly subordinate troops, the reading force, the total strength is 50,000. ”

Lu Han and Zhang Chong were a little stupid, they looked at each other, the original Dian army was only more than 40,000 people, this is completely an expansion, although the magnitude is not large, Zhang Chong immediately reacted, he frowned slightly and said: "If so, can Yunnan's finances support it?" ”

Zhuang Jihua understood what he meant, if this was the case, Yunnan could not only have the Yunnan army, and the central army would definitely move into Yunnan, so Yunnan's weak finances would definitely go bankrupt.

"Don't worry about this, all the troops of the Yunnan garrison are in charge of the Southwest Development Team." Zhuang Jihua said quietly: "Yunnan's local tax revenue is all used for Yunnan's local construction, everyone, the most important thing in Yunnan is to build, improve transportation, develop industry, Yunnan has a very good condition is incomparable with Sichuan, that is, he is close to the border, bordering Vietnam, Myanmar and Laos, the potential for development is unlimited, and I can't blockade, we must seize the time, build Yunnan into a stable rear of the War of Resistance." ”

Zhuang Jihua said the back, his tone was a little hurried, and he made great concessions to Yunnan, because he didn't want to spend too much time on internal friction.

"How many people are going to be sent in the center of this force?" Luján did not believe that pie fell from the sky: "Does the chairman agree?" ”

This question was equally acute, and Zhuang Jihua calmly replied: "The chairman of the committee has agreed," in order to persuade Chiang Kai-shek, Zhuang Jihua sent three long telegrams in succession, explaining to him the necessity of doing so, and the important role of quickly stabilizing Yunnan, and finally convinced him: "Of course, the central government has to send people in, mainly in two aspects, political aspects and technical arms, although the Yunnan Lecture and Martial Arts Hall has trained technical officers, but the equipment of the troops has not kept up, so these officers have no actual combat experience, so the central government wants to shoot people in, as for the rest, All were held by former officers of the Dian Army. ”

Lu Han and Zhang Chong were completely knocked down by the great happiness, especially Lu Han, he didn't expect this result at all, and it took him a while before he reacted, and asked tentatively: "You are not worried at all?" ”

"There's nothing to worry about," Zhuang Jihua looked at him calmly: "General Lu, the country can no longer withstand the toss, the reason why I expanded the Yunnan army instead of downsizing it is because of the heavy external troubles." I will not hide it from the general, if the general wants to rebel, or whatever, I can still calm down, because the general situation is irresistible; What's the trend now? ”

Zhuang Jihua looked at Lu Han and Zhang Chong very seriously: "The two Guangxi raise troops, and the central government will soon be pacified, why?" It's not that their strength is not strong, but that the people are unwilling to fight a civil war again, the people's heart is the army's heart, General Lu, if there is any change in Yunnan, I believe that the people of Yunnan will not support you, and your subordinates will not support you. ”

"The north is aggressive, we have lost so much land, but we have never stopped internal friction, I don't understand, why is this? Is power that attractive? Is it worth throwing everything behind to pursue? ”

The air in the room became oppressive, all the people were silent, a needle could be heard falling on the ground, Zhuang Jihua vented for a while, and then laughed at himself and said: "Maybe I'm too idealistic, but I'm not afraid of war, if war must come, then come, we have the ability to deal with it." ”

"General Zhuang, the confrontation is very supportive of our Yunnan army," Zhang Chong said carefully: "We don't want to have any more internal friction, the central government has arranged this, we are very grateful, and the Yunnan army will definitely remember it." ”

"It's not enough to remember, what I want is for you to play a practical role," Zhuang Jihua shook his head and said: "Our time is running out, within two years, Yunnan must complete the following tasks, complete the division of villages and towns, establish reserves, reform politics, build transportation, especially the road to Yangon, Burma, stability, you are in charge of party affairs, Yunnan Party Affairs Investigation Section is under your control, you must pay attention to infiltrating Burma, establishing a spy network in Burma, and secretly supporting the Burmese people's anti-British struggle; Li Anding nodded and agreed, and Zhuang Jihua turned to Du Yuming again: "Guangting, send professional surveyors to Burma to draw detailed and accurate military maps for the future." ”

Du Yuming hadn't replied yet, but Lu Han and Zhang Chong were surprised, and Lu Han hurriedly stood up: "General Zhuang, what are you going to do?" One is enough for us to deal with, so why mess with the British? ”

Zhuang Jihua smiled bitterly and said: "It's not that we are going to provoke the British, but we are preparing to fight against myself in Burma." ”

After that, he recounted his analysis of Liu Xiang and them in detail.

"We must make such preparations, of course, this is just preparation, the Sichuan-Tibet Highway will not talk about whether it can be repaired, even if it is completed, from Sichuan over the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and then to India, and then back from India, such a long transportation line, such difficult conditions, can it meet the needs? I'm not sure that the Yunnan-Burma Highway is the most important. ”

Lu Han and Zhang Chong knew that Zhuang Jihua was indeed planning the future War of Resistance, instead of acting coyly and shouting slogans, Zhuang Jihua said: "General Lu, General Zhang, the reorganization of the Yunnan army must be grasped quickly, I am afraid we only have one or two years left; Guangting, I will leave you 20,000 people for the escort team, and within half a year, you will expand to 50,000 people, and Yucheng will be responsible for providing weapons and equipment, and howitzers and cannons will probably be slow, and the output will be too small. ”

Du Yuming thought about it and asked: "50,000 people, it's not difficult, but I have to be allowed to go to Guizhou to recruit troops." ”

"I don't care where you go to recruit troops, anyway, after half a year, you will prepare at least a 50,000-strong army for me, and the construction of the reserve must be paid close attention, I will give you a year to solve this problem, can you do it?" Zhuang Jihua looked at not only Du Yuming this time, but also at others.

"Guaranteed completion!" There was only one side of the answer, Du Yuming, Fan Hanjie, and Li Anding from Yucheng, but Lu Han and Zhang Chong did not squeak.

"What, what do the two generals think?" Zhuang Jihua asked.

"General Zhuang, you don't know Yunnan." Lu Han said bitterly.

(To be continued)