Chiang Kai-shek actually asked him to prepare for the establishment of the intelligence department, which really surprised Zhuang Jihua, you must know that this is the future National Intelligence Bureau, the future military commander or the central commander. Although the power of this kind of secret organ is huge, it is also dangerous, Zhuang Jihua never pinned his hopes on Chiang Kai-shek to cook it openly, and most of the people who read the secret organs will end up in a bleak end.

"Headmaster, I'm not very suitable for this kind of work, my disadvantage is that I trust people too easily, which is a big taboo in this industry, and I am not ruthless enough to do this business." People like James Bond and Byrne are not ruthless; A kind person like himself should stay away from this line.

"Okay, you have to prepare this intelligence department first, and talk about the rest later." Chiang Kai-shek also felt that Zhuang Jihua was not a very good candidate, according to his observations, Zhuang Jihua paid too much attention to friendship, and to some extent could be called tactful, such as Yang Qigang and Deng Wenyi, Zhuang Jihua did not have a good relationship with them, but on many occasions, he was defending them. Chiang Kai-shek was almost certain that if he were to investigate the two men now, Zhuang Jihua's report to him would most likely be fine. This position must be the most reliable person, more precisely, a loyal dog like Cen Chunxuan.

Chiang Kai-shek once again felt that there were too few talents under his command, Zhuang Jihua, Jiang Xianyun, Li Zhilong, Hu Zongnan, and He Jinhan who emerged from the military academy, these are outstanding, but half of them are [***] members, these people must be controlled and used, and only Zhuang Jihua can be alone in the Kuomintang, and the others still need to be tempered.

"Don't say it, I won't let you stay in this position all the time, you do it first, and then hand it over to him when you have the right person." Chiang Kai-shek saw that Zhuang Jihua still had excused himself, so he said in the tone of the following decision. After a pause, he added: "However, Cultural Revolution, I know that you have a good impression of [***], but the members of the intelligence department can only be pure Kuomintang members." ”

Zhuang Jihua knew in his heart that Chiang Kai-shek was still wary of [***], and this kind of key department would never want to be infiltrated by [***]. He asked hypocritically: "Headmaster, don't you mention that I just want to recommend Chen Geng to you, he is actually very suitable to serve as an intelligence commander." ”

Chiang Kai-shek smiled at him: "I'm not prejudiced against [***], it's just that some people are too arrogant now, thinking that without them, our Kuomintang will not be able to do it, and we must be on guard." ”

Chiang Kai-shek smiled, Zhuang Jihua understood, his mind had been seen through by Chiang Kai-shek, so he had to say embarrassedly: "Students understand, it's just that most of the [***] members have secret identities, and I don't know which ones are and which ones are not." ”

Zhuang Jihua wanted to give you some medicine first, and then add some plugs to you. Unexpectedly, Chiang Kai-shek seemed to have taken precautions: "You can first find someone in He Jinhan's society, and all those who join must be strictly reviewed, and the core work cannot be carried out during the review period, and the personnel development procedure of the intelligence department must be approved by me before it can be implemented." Chiang Kai-shek's voice turned stern, and Zhuang Jihua understood that Chiang Kai-shek's determination had been made, but there were still many loopholes to exploit in the specific implementation.

After talking about the affairs of the intelligence department, Chiang Kai-shek talked excitedly about the training standards. Chiang Kai-shek was very envious of the "Soldier's Dictionary" implemented in the army as early as when he was studying, and after the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy, he wanted to make a similar manual, but he never had the opportunity, and he didn't think that Zhuang Jihua had summed it up now, and his only doubt was whether this standard was feasible, and Zhuang Jihua certainly did not dare to guarantee that the standard would definitely work, so the suggestion was to use this standard as a draft to convene all military commanders above the battalion level, plus Soviet and Russian advisers, to jointly formulate a training standard, and Chiang Kai-shek gladly adopted it.

The next morning, after Chiang Kai-shek handed over the matter of sorting out the training standards to He Yingqin, Qian Dajun, and others, he went to Shantou in the afternoon, accompanied by Zhuang Jihua, Yu Jishi, and others.

It is a very desirable thing to take a boat in the spring sun, along the banks of the river is verdant again, the small steamer rows across the river, divides the river into two rows, stirs up bursts of waves to the shore, and from time to time flashes one or two farmers with hoes or baskets on their backs, and occasionally a flock of ducks quacks and flutters in the waves.

Zhuang Jihua moved a chair and sat on the bow deck, loosened his military uniform, and let the river breeze blow his body, after yesterday's conversation with Chiang Kai-shek, he began to prepare for the establishment of the intelligence department, but he did not know how to start.

The special surname of the intelligence department determines that it is impossible to openly recruit personnel, not to mention Chiang Kai-shek's intention that this intelligence department can only be controlled by him now and in the future, which has created a great obstacle for Zhuang Jihua, he can only recruit people among the students of the Whampoa Military Academy, and he is not familiar with the second phase of students, although he is familiar with the first phase of the classmates, but there seems to be no intelligence among the first phase of the classmates, at least not in his memory.

Therefore, along the way, he filtered the first batch of classmates in his mind, and finally he selected one person: Fan Hanjie, Fan Hanjie himself is a native of Guangdong, and before being admitted to Huangpu, he was the colonel detachment leader in the Gui Army, equivalent to the regiment commander, and served as a party representative in the first regiment after graduation; Fan Hanjie's advantage is that he has a wide range of contacts in the Gui army and has more connections with the generals of the Guangdong army, and these social connections make it easier for him to carry out his work.

When the ship was about to arrive in Shantou, Zhuang Jihua gave Chiang Kai-shek a request to transfer Fan Hanjie to the intelligence department, and Chiang Kai-shek agreed after a little thought, and then sent a telegram to the Meixian school headquarters, ordering Fan Hanjie to report to Chiang Kai-shek in Shantou immediately, and the posthumous post was appointed by He Yingqin.

Chiang Kai-shek was lucky this time, when he arrived at the Lin family ancestral hall, Xu Chongzhi was in the middle of the journey, and Xu Chongzhi's adjutant asked Chiang Kai-shek to wait in the living room and go in to report himself.

Chiang Kai-shek didn't say anything, just sat quietly in the living room, but Yu Jishi felt very uncomfortable, because this was not necessary to report before, Chiang Kai-shek could enter Xu Chongzhi's office at any time, but Chiang Kai-shek had to swallow his anger when he didn't speak. After a long while, Xu Chongzhi came out to meet Chiang Kai-shek.

Zhuang Jihua didn't enter the living room, he stayed in the courtyard of Xingyuan. The architectural structure of the ancestral hall of the Lin family is the same as many ancestral halls in Guangdong, but it is more spacious and magnificent, the whole ancestral hall is divided into two entrances before and after, the front yard was originally the Lin family's sect, and the children of the Lin family have to study in this enlightenment, and later the imperial examination was abolished, and the school was gradually abolished after the prevalence. Xingyuan occupies only the front yard, and the backyard is the place where the Lin family worships their ancestors, and there are tablets of the ancestors of the Lin family for generations, and this kind of place is naturally inviolable.

From time to time, there were officers of the Guangdong Army who came to do business, and occasionally a few acquaintances met and had to talk a few words together, but they almost turned a blind eye to Zhuang Jihua and others standing on the side, and the person in charge of receiving them in Xingyuan did not come to greet them.

In this case, Zhuang Jihua can still maintain a calm mind, he has encountered it in his previous life, and several other guards are a little uncomfortable, after several guards exchange glances with each other, they get together and discuss countermeasures in a low voice, Zhuang Jihua quickly stopped it after finding out, he called a few guards to his side and whispered to them to be patient, not to make trouble under any circumstances, to fight back, to scold not to return the mouth.

Zhuang Jihua was nominally Chiang Kai-shek's adjutant, but the guards saw that his status was still above Yu Jishi, and they did not dare to disobey him.

After a while, a colonel came out of the quartermaster's office, and the colonel walked to Xu Chongzhi's office with an angry face, shouting as he walked: "I want to see the commander-in-chief, and the commander-in-chief has to administer justice to me." ”

Chased a major out of the quartermaster's office, grabbed the colonel's arm, and persuaded: "Brother Junru, calm down, aren't I trying to figure out a way?" That's all there is to me, what do you tell me to do? Zhuang Jihua recognized the colonel in anger as Wei Lihuang, the commander of the Seventh Brigade of the Guangdong Army, who was the first to rush to Zhangmutou.

Wei Lihuang broke free from the pull of the major, blushed and said: "This is too bullying, I have more than 2,000 people in a regiment, and the delay in military pay is not counted, but this food fee is only 5,000 yuan, you tell the brothers to drink the northwest wind!" ”

The major said excitedly: "The lack of military funds is not a matter of one or two days, Brother Junru, Commander Wei, you take the money first, and we will make up for the deficiency later." ”

"Make it up slowly? Last month, it was less than 2,000 oceans of food for our regiment, and now it has not been made up, and the military budget is insufficient, so why is Mo Xiong's food expenses sufficient? The Seventh Brigade is 5,000 for our gang's food expenses, and the other regiments are 10,000, what do you say? Wei Lihuang's eyes widened angrily, and the tendons on his neck trembled.

"How to assign is determined by Director Zhang, what can I do?"

"Director Zhang? Hmph, how did he decide, when we fight, we rush to the front, and if we don't fight, we are useless, aren't we? ”

Wei Lihuang and the major were arguing in the courtyard, surrounded by officers and soldiers who were watching the excitement, these people whispered while watching, Zhuang Jihua quietly approached the crowd, wanting to hear what they were talking about.

"This beard is making trouble again, once a month, and the result is the same every time."

"This outsider is too, stupid and doesn't stretch his muscles, and the commanders of several other regiments are all from there."

"If you want to say it, you can't keep detaining him alone."

"Fart, who said he was alone, and Wang Maogong."

"Isn't Wang Maogong gone?"

"So he's smart, Wei Hu is stupid, and people understand that outsiders can't get ahead in our Cantonese army."

…

Zhuang Jihua heard this and already understood why Wei Lihuang was making trouble, but he also felt sad for Wei Lihuang, whether it was in Zhangmutou or in Mianhu, Wei Lihuang proved that he was a brave and warlike soldier, but in the current deformed army organization divided by region, there was no future, and someone was actually trying to drive him away. Lamentable!

Wei Lihuang's voice alarmed Xu Chongzhi and Chiang Kai-shek in the office, the two came out one after the other, seeing the situation in the courtyard, Xu Chongzhi's face was gloomy, and Chiang Kai-shek spoke first: "Look at what, this is the commander-in-chief, everyone can do whatever they want." ”

The officers in the courtyard saw that Xu Chongzhi had a bad look on his face, so they quickly dispersed, and when everyone was gone, Xu Chongzhi's face relaxed, and he beckoned Wei Lihuang and said: "Junru, come in and say something, don't quarrel in the courtyard, what kind of system is this." ”

Wei Lihuang almost didn't hold back when he heard it, I was still rude and making trouble for a long time.

(To be continued)