When Zhuang Jihua arrived at Chiang Kai-shek's villa, Zhang Jingjiang and Chen Guofu were guests in the villa, Zhang Jingjiang was still like that, wearing a long shirt, a little lazy sitting in a wheelchair, and when he saw Zhuang Jihua, he greeted him like a master.

"Cultural Revolution, let me introduce you, this is Guofu, Lifu's brother, he has always done things in Shanghai; Guofu, he is Zhuang Jihuazhuang's proud disciple of the Cultural Revolution and Kai-shek. Sit, sit down and talk. Zhang Jingjiang introduced the two of them with a smile in his eyes.

Zhuang Jihua saw that Chen Guofu's face was like the shadow of Lifu, and his eyes were shrewd, unlike Chen Lifu, he thought more elegantly, not as sharp as his younger brother.

Zhuang Jihua sat down in response, just this action made Chen Guofu feel that he was unusual, he had been in Guangzhou for a few days, Chen Guofu had also seen military cadets come to see Chiang Kai-shek, he had never seen anyone sit down casually like this, they all stood there in a proper manner, Zhuang Jihua sat down very skillfully, and he never thought that Chiang Kai-shek had not spoken.

"Cultural Revolution, why did you remember coming to me?" Chiang Kai-shek has been very busy lately, and Wang Ching-wei has announced that he has taken a leave of absence and gone to Hong Kong to recuperate, and he has to prepare for the Second Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee, at which he will make some personnel adjustments and pass an important bill.

Zhuang Jihua looked at Zhang Jingjiang and Chen Guofu, and felt that it was difficult to speak, Zhang Jingjiang smiled when he saw this: "Why is there something inconvenient to say?" Do you want me and Goufu to leave? ”

Zhuang Jihua was a little embarrassed, and Chiang Kai-shek said gently: "It's all your own people here, just say it." ”

Zhuang Jihua hesitated for a moment before he spoke: "Student, student....I'm here to ask for leave." ”

"Leave?" Chiang Kai-shek was a little surprised, he thought that Zhuang Jihua was here to talk about partnering with Wang Bailing, but he didn't expect Zhuang Jihua to come to ask for leave.

"Well, it's been a few years since I came out, and the student wants to go home to see his adoptive father and adoptive mother." According to Zhuang Jihua's preconceived statement, Chiang Kai-shek is very particular about filial piety, and this statement may be passed.

Chiang Kai-shek's face sank, he didn't accept the leave slip handed over by Zhuang Jihua, Zhuang Jihua was a little embarrassed to take the leave slip, and he couldn't advance or retreat; Chiang Kai-shek's face sank like water, his eyes were fixed on Zhuang Jihua, and the air around him gradually became heavy.

"It's not your real reason, tell me what you really think, I don't want to hear lies." Chiang Kai-shek said in a deep voice, he was a little angry and a little sad, Jiang Xianyun and Chen Geng left without hesitation, he could still accept it, after all, those were all [***] members, but Zhuang Jihua was different, he was a member of the Kuomintang, he valued him so much and reused him, but now even he is leaving, not with him.

"Students just want to go home and have no other meaning." Zhuang Jihua didn't dare to say what he really thought.

"Nonsense!" Chiang Kai-shek stood up angrily.

"Headmaster." Zhuang Jihua was interrupted by Chiang Kai-shek as soon as he spoke.

"Don't call me Headmaster! I don't have a student like you! Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand angrily: "Jiang Wushan, they are gone, but they are [***], but you are a member of our Kuomintang, why are you leaving?" You think I drove them away, but I gave them a chance, Zheng Dongguo, Song Xilian, and Li Mo'an They stayed, and they chose to follow me, but what about you? You are a member of the Kuomintang, but you have to follow them. Do you still have me as the principal in your eyes? Is there still a prime minister? ”

Although he was angry, Chiang Kai-shek still saved face for Zhuang Jihua, and the famous national scolding had no outlet, Zhang Jingjiang looked at Zhuang Jihua thoughtfully, and he reached out to take the leave letter in Zhuang Jihua's hand.

"Principal, Zheng Dongguo and Chen Cheng have also taken leave before, aren't they all allowed by the principal?" Zhuang Jihua hurriedly pulled two references, Zheng Dongguo asked for leave to go home to visit relatives after the end of the First Eastern Crusade, and Chen Cheng asked for leave after the end of the counterinsurgency.

"Is that different?" Chiang Kai-shek asked rhetorically, Zhuang Jihua was silent, they really went home to visit relatives, but they never returned.

"If you don't want to say it, I'll say it for you." Chiang Kai-shek saw that Zhuang Jihua did not answer: "You see that I drove away [***], thinking that I am going to completely divide the Communist Party, you don't want to be caught in the middle and be embarrassed, so you want to leave." ”

Chiang Kai-shek said Zhuang Jihua's intentions: "But have you ever thought about it, [***] is developing so rapidly, and more importantly, they are developing in our party, and if they are not suppressed, although we will hang the signboard of the Kuomintang in the future, the inside will be full of [***]. Look at the first division, the whole two regiments, from top to bottom are all [***], so that in two years, the first army may not be the first army of our Kuomintang. ”

"Look at the party offices in various places, except for Guangdong, there are several of our Kuomintang members in other places, these are all facts, why don't you want to think about it."

"Cultural Revolution, I also want to talk about you," Zhang Jingjiang saw that Chiang Kai-shek was getting more and more anxious, worried that he would make an irrational decision in anger, so he opened his mouth to persuade: "Don't you also advocate restricting [***] and practicing cooperation outside the party?" Isn't Kai-shek doing the same thing as you claim? ”

Zhuang Jihua did not speak, and Zhang Jingjiang said: "Kai-shek has not completely broken with [***], I just told him that Chen Duxiu can cooperate, and the United Russian Communist Party was proposed by the Prime Minister, of course we must follow the instructions of the Prime Minister." Now that you've shaken off your hands and left, it looks like you're out of right and wrong, but are you at ease? Not to mention that you have lived up to the Prime Minister's hopes and Kai-shek's weight, how will you face those friends and classmates of yours in the future? ”

Zhang Jingjiang's words made Zhuang Jihua's mood even heavier, but what could he do if he stayed?

"Cultural Revolution, although you and I are meeting for the first time, I have also heard the principal and Lifu talk about you," although Chen Guofu is not a member of the military academy, he is responsible for recruiting students and purchasing materials for the military academy in Shanghai, and can be regarded as half a member of the military academy, so he also called Chiang Kai-shek as the principal: "Our Kuomintang has been engaged in more than ten years, and now we finally have some hope, it is the time for everyone to work together to achieve a consummation, you tell me the situation at home, I still have some friends in Shanghai and Hangzhou, I asked them to go to your house to see, I will definitely do what the Lingzun Lingtang requires." ”

Chiang Kai-shek was angry, and after thinking about it, he said: "The army is reorganized, you can't go home now, but it's right to talk about filial piety, although they are your adoptive parents, they should also be honored." As he spoke, he wrote a note and handed it to Zhuang Jihua: "You can send this money to your family first to improve their lives." ”

Zhuang Jihua took it and took a look, Chiang Kai-shek gave him 500 yuan, and now he didn't take it, Zhang Jingjiang seemed to know his embarrassment, and said with a smile: "Take it, the revolution also has to take care of the family, [***] said that revolutionaries are determined to have a broken family, I don't approve of this, I don't even want a home, what else do you save." ”

"Cultural Revolution, just now we were talking about the candidate for the chairman of the National Political Axe, I want to hear your opinions." Chen Guofu picked up the topic they talked about before Zhuang Jihua came in, and he ended the resignation. And Zhuang Jihua can't talk about resignation anymore, and if he talks about it, he doesn't know each other.

"Yes, you can tell me about it too." Zhang Jingjiang also said.

"Naturally, the principal is the chairman." Zhuang Jihua said without thinking.

Chen Guofu was a little disappointed, feeling that this Zhuang Jihua was a little untrue, Chiang Kai-shek is now unsuitable to serve as chairman of the National Political Axe, and after Chiang Kai-shek launched the Zhongshan ship, if he takes over the post of chairman of the National Political Axe, he will inevitably give someone a handle, saying that he is for personal power and not a conspiracy that he insists on.

"If Kai-shek serves as the chairman of the National Political Axe, it is inevitable that there will be rumors outside, and at that time Kai-shek had a hard time arguing, I mean Kai-shek should not hold this position for the time being, and will take over after the completion of the Northern Expedition." Zhang Jingjiang looked at Zhuang Jihua calmly.

Only then did Zhuang Jihua realize that what he said just now was inappropriate, he thought for a while and said, "Yes, the junior said it wrong." After the Zhongshan ship, although [***] and Soviet Russia continued to cooperate with our party, they also had doubts, and suspicions between the two parties had arisen, and it was inevitable that there would be misunderstandings in the future, so the students thought that the most important thing now was to bridge the two parties and reunite; Therefore, it is necessary to reassure them that the personnel arrangements at the Second Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee can achieve this goal, and there is only one person in the party who can achieve this goal. ”

"Oh, who is this man?" Zhang Jingjiang was a little anxious, they talked about a few people just now, and they all felt that it was inappropriate, Chiang Kai-shek meant to let Zhang Jingjiang be the chairman of the party, and Tan Yankai should be the chairman of the national political axe; Of course, Zhang Jingjiang knew Chiang Kai-shek's purpose, but he didn't think it was a good idea, firstly, he didn't want to do it, and secondly, he felt that Tan Yankai was too tactful and his prestige in the party was not high; But he couldn't come up with a candidate.

"Mrs. Sun, Ms. Song Qingling." Zhuang Jihua gently proposed the candidate in his heart, and only this person can bridge the differences between the two parties and show the determination to adhere to the three major policies inside and outside the party.

Chiang Kai-shek's three people looked at each other, with Soong Ching-ling as the chairman, Zhuang Jihua's election was unexpected by the three, but after thinking about it, it was indeed a clever hand, whether Zhang Jingjiang or Tan Yankai's prestige could not convince the public, others could question it, but Soong Ching-ling was different, he was Sun Yat-sen's widow, [***] would not object, Soviet Russia would not object, and the vast majority of the Kuomintang could not raise objections.

It's just that whether this person is in the interests of Chiang Kai-shek, Zhang Jingjiang immediately thought that Chiang Kai-shek's purpose in making him and Tan Yankai the chairman of the party and political axe respectively was to let them control the party power and administrative power for him; And Soong Ching-ling will not listen to Chiang Kai-shek, so although Soong Ching-ling is a candidate acceptable to both sides, if he wants to be elected, he must also persuade Chiang Kai-shek to accept.

"Although Mrs. Sun is the right person, what is the difference between Mrs. Sun's election and Wang Jingwei's election?" Chen Guofu frowned and asked.

"Of course there is," Zhuang Jihua immediately explained: "Mrs. Sun has no ambitions, but Wang Jingwei does." Secondly, you can also add an insurance. ”

"Insurance? How to add? Zhang Jingjiang asked.

"If there is a chairman, there should be a vice chairman, and when the chairman is sick or unable to take care of the matter for some reason, the vice chairman will take over the chairman's position, which is equivalent to the vice president of the United States, and the vice president of the United States has almost no power, but our vice president can arrange some powers to transfer some of the powers of the chairman to the vice chairman. For example, disputes between the two parties can be mediated by the chairman, some affairs within the party can be handled by the vice chairman, and the candidates for each minister should also be arranged. ”

This is another clever move, Chiang Kai-shek can arrange for Zhang Jingjiang to be vice chairman, so that although he cannot fully control the affairs of the party, he can also partially indulge in it.

Although Zhuang Jihua spoke, he himself was not confident that Chiang Kai-shek would agree, so after speaking, he got up to say goodbye, and Chiang Kai-shek did not keep him, before leaving, he just told him that he should have a good relationship with Wang Bailing in the army and put more effort into training. Zhuang Jihua nodded yes, he naturally knew that Chiang Kai-shek was telling him not to worry about other things in the division, and this also had a layer of meaning, and promised him that he would take over as the commander of a division in the future.

Zhang Jingjiang looked at Zhuang Jihua's departing back and said appreciatively: "The Cultural Revolution is really a genius, you and I have been thinking about it for a long time, and I have not been able to solve the candidate, he can come up with such a wonderful idea in less than three minutes." ”

"Seeing is believing, and it really lives up to its name." Chen Guofu smiled and said, "No wonder Elifu's arrogance is full of admiration for him. ”

"He! It's vacillation and lack of firm faith. Chiang Kai-shek hated it a little: "Let's just say yes [***], Sun Xuexue knows how to fight with them, but what about him, he is friendly with them on the face, and he is full of ruthless moves, landlords join the peasant association, protect private property, these methods make [***] painful and difficult, but he can't oppose it." ”

"Then why is he..." Chen Guofu asked suspiciously.

"He is not in favor of a complete break with [***] and is particularly opposed to the use of force." Chiang Kai-shek said: "He meant to pass laws to slowly restrict [***] behavior, but it will take a long time, and what is lacking now is time." You see, I was angry just now, and I forgot to tell him something. ”

"What's the matter?" Zhang Jingjiang asked.

"Tan Yankai asked me to be a matchmaker, and wanted to tell his daughter Tan Xiang to the Cultural Revolution." Chiang Kai-shek smiled bitterly and said, "This thing is really not easy to do. ”

"What's so bad about that?" Chen Guofu was a little unimpressed.

"I'm afraid it was okay a few months ago, but now it's difficult, when he was still alone, and recently I heard that he had a girlfriend, a student of a female teacher, and it was difficult to do."

It is very difficult to do, Zhuang Jihua is Chiang Kai-shek's most valued student, and Tan Yankai's purpose may be to test Chiang Kai-shek's attitude; If it happens, Tan Yankai may fall to Chiang Kai-shek; If it doesn't work out, it's hard to say what will happen to Tan Yankai in the future. And on Zhuang Jihua's side, Chiang Kai-shek is also scratching his head, Zhuang Jihua may be politically vacillating, but in other aspects, he is very advocated, to let him break off relations with his girlfriend for this, Chiang Kai-shek knows that it is impossible even if he thinks with his toes.

(To be continued)