The next day, Zhuang Jihua woke up and felt a splitting headache, he drank too much wine yesterday, he didn't get up for a while, but lay on the bed and carefully recalled yesterday's situation, feeling that something was wrong, the front still remembered clearly, but he couldn't remember what he said later, but he vaguely remembered that someone asked him something.

Zhuang Jihua was startled, immediately turned over, called Song Yunfei, and asked him about yesterday's situation, Song Yunfei told him that Chen Geng and Jiang Xianyun helped him back, and he helped Wu Ziniu to walk behind, as for what they said in the house, he didn't know. After listening to him Song Yunfei, Zhuang Jihua had a gloomy face, knowing that he had been tricked, thinking that they just wanted to inquire about the situation of Liao's case, maybe getting drunk was their goal. But after thinking about it, it's impossible, Jiang Xianyun's personality can't be such a secret hand, and he has always had a good relationship with the [***] members, they have no reason to deal with themselves, maybe they are too careful.

Song Yunfei saw Zhuang Jihua's uncertain expression, quietly retreated to the door, and when he arrived at the door, he heard Zhuang Jihua say: "Yunfei, in the future, when I am delirious, you must be by my side, this is a death order." ”

"Yes." Song Yunfei didn't know what happened after yesterday, but he knew that Zhuang Jihua must be suspicious of something. He didn't know that Zhuang Jihua had already counted this account on Chen Geng.

Jiang Xianyun's expression was calm when he saw Zhuang Jihua, which made Zhuang Jihua feel that he might be too careful, but he didn't expect that during lunch, Jiang Xianyun suddenly asked him what kind of silk Susi was? Jiang Xianyun thought about it repeatedly last night, thinking that Zhuang Jihua could not say that it was comfortable, it was probably Susi, but he had never heard of Susi, and he didn't know what Susi had to do with participating in [***]. Zhuang Jihua was inexplicable, and asked Jiang Xianyun if Su Si was any silk. Jiang Xianyun knew that he had misjudged, so he covered it up. Zhuang Jihua didn't care.

In the end, no one found out the truth, maybe this is the way it is, the truth is always shrouded in fog.

In the following days, Zhuang Jihua and Jiang Xianyun split the two regiments into four regiments, Zhuang Jihua found that the new second regiment and the new fourth regiment [***] produced a lot of party members, he knew that this was Jiang Xianyun implementing Director Zhou's arrangement, he did not speak, so he reported the list, and asked Chiang Kai-shek to appoint regiment-level cadres as soon as possible.

Zhuang Jihua did not mention this demand, Chiang Kai-shek also had to do it, and the Second Eastern Crusade had already been put on the agenda, but Chiang Kai-shek was also faced with the problem that Zhuang Jihua had faced -- the lack of cadres.

The party army now has seven regiments, except for the Wei Lihuang regiment, which was incorporated into the party army sequence, and the other six regiment commanders are all instructors of the Huangpu Military Academy, and the reorganization of the Sichuan army plans to form 10 regiments, and it also needs 10 regiment commanders, 10 deputy regiment commanders, and 10 party representatives. Chiang Kai-shek could not help but lament again that there were too few people available. After thinking about it for a long time, he convened He Yingqin, Zhang Zhizhong, Wang Bailing, Director Zhou and others to a meeting, and after thinking about it, he recalled Zhuang Jihua and Jiang Xianyun from Qingxin, planning to listen to their opinions as well.

"Principal, I think we can be boldly promoted, people like Hu Zongnan and Guan Linzheng have been trained in actual combat, and I think they can serve as regimental officers." He Yingqin first put forward his views. However, his purpose Chiang Kai-shek was very clear, to promote the Whampoa students who followed him, Hu Zongnan was just a trust, Guan Linzheng was what he really wanted to mention, and the other unspoken ones were He Shaozhou, who were usually close to him or students from Guizhou.

"This is a solution, but the party army will soon have 17 regiments, and according to the three-regiment system, it can be organized into five divisions, and there is still a lack of five division commanders to pay division commanders and chief of staff party representatives, what about their candidates?" Chiang Kai-shek asked lightly.

"Is it okay to do this, let's not be busy setting up division-level units first, or the number of three divisions, two brigades and six regiments in each division, so that the shortage of cadres can be reduced a lot." He Yingqin thought about it and proposed.

Wang Bailing saw that Chiang Kai-shek's heart was moved, and hurriedly said: "The first division and three regiments were determined by the Gallen advisers, and they will be changed now, I'm afraid it's not good, and we should do it according to the old rules." ”

Zhuang Jihua was a little strange, and he didn't know why Wang Bailing said this. He Yingqin's idea was obviously very clever, and the difference between the first division and the three regiments and the two brigades and six regiments seemed to be not big, but in fact there was a big difference, and the difference between the single headquarters and logistics was very obvious.

Director Zhou and Zhang Zhizhong knew what Wang Bailing wanted to do, after the Eastern Crusade, Wang Bailing returned to the school as the director of education, but his performance in the battle of Tamsui was also transmitted back to the school, the students and teachers did not say it in person, but there was a lot of discussion behind his back, but he did not know how to restrain himself, and secretly instructed Sun Xuexue to provoke the Youth Army Association, but the Youth Army Association saw through it, so he retaliated against him and exposed his scandal in public, and even when Chiang Kai-shek gave a speech at school, it was also raised as a question, and Chiang Kai-shek had to defend him personally, But he, the chief of education, is still less prestigious, he can't stay in the school anymore, he wants to change places, the expansion of the army is just his opportunity, of course, he will not be wronged to be the commander of the regiment, expanded into five divisions, he will definitely be able to be the commander of the division, three divisions, one division commander is He Yingqin, the other division commander is likely to be Wang Maogong, and the other division commander has been set as Tan Shuqing, so there is nothing to do with him.

He Yingqin also seemed to know Wang Bailing's intentions, but he didn't seem to offend Wang Bailing, so he didn't speak. Chiang Kai-shek frowned, and after thinking about it, he said: "I don't think this matter is anything, the first division and three regiments were originally temporary establishments, wouldn't it be better if they could be replenished." After finishing speaking, he sighed again: "According to the three-three system of Soviet Russia, one division and three brigades, one brigade and three regiments, now our establishment is too chaotic, there is one division and three regiments, and one brigade and two regiments, which looks like a big shelf, but in fact the heart is very small. Rather than that, it would be better to flesh out the troops now. ”

Hearing Chiang Kai-shek say this, Zhuang Jihua had no reason in his heart, how could he be so like a school-made bun, there was no meat in the first mouthful, and there was no meat in the second mouthful.

"The principal is right, I also think that Master He's suggestion is very good, in fact, there is another way, don't be limited to Huangpu, there are also many generals in the Guangdong army, such as Xue Yue, who is known as a general in the first army of the Guangdong army, if such a person is dismissed, it will be a loss for the country." Zhang Zhizhong suggested euphemistically that he himself had jumped from the Gui army, and although Chiang Kai-shek valued him very much, he felt that the Whampoa flavor in the party army was too strong, which was not conducive to uniting people from other systems.

"Wen Bai said it well, years of war, there are many soldiers, not only in the Guangdong army, but also in the Sichuan army, there are many talents, all of whom can be hired on the basis of merit." Director Zhou also agreed, he still has a name in his heart - Ye Ting, but he doesn't plan to bring it up, Ye Ting has just returned to China, and the Guangdong District Party Committee decided to let him come forward and form a force that completely belongs to [***] with the ironclad convoy of the Generalissimo's Mansion as the core.

"But can these people be trusted?" Chiang Kai-shek was a little hesitant, and there were many anti-Chiang generals among the generals of the Guangdong army, and the military generals involved in the Liao case were mainly people in the Guangdong army: "We have just eliminated those rightists, so we don't want to raise tigers again." ”

"I have an idea, change the command." Zhuang Jihua had participated in several such meetings, and he was not as nervous as Jiang Xianyun, but when he saw everyone looking at him, he explained: "Changing command means letting the Cantonese generals command the troops mainly composed of the Sichuan army, and let the Sichuan generals command the troops mainly composed of Cantonese soldiers, so as to reduce the risk." ”

Chiang Kai-shek thought about it carefully, his eyes lit up, and he transferred the generals or not the troops, and the generals did not fight back: "Okay, this is good." That's what we do. ”

Wang Bailing saw that he was in vain, but Zhuang Jihua was in the limelight again, and he was unwilling. He looked at Zhuang Jihua jealously, thinking that he might become a regiment commander or even a brigade commander after the reorganization, and he was even more indignant.

After the meeting, Wang Bailing walked at the end under the pretext, and before going out, he turned back. Chiang Kai-shek saw him come back and thought that he was still thinking about the division commander, Wang Bailing's current situation, Chiang Kai-shek was clear, and there were also arrangements, seeing that he was so anxious, he said with some displeasure: "Maoru, the matter of the army has been decided, don't be too anxious." ”

"Principal, I don't want to say that I have something to do," Wang Bailing looked like he was thinking about others: "I want to talk about the Zhuang Cultural Revolution." ”

"What's wrong with the Cultural Revolution?" Chiang Kai-shek frowned and asked, Wang Bailing and Zhuang Jihua are not right, he has heard about it, but Zhuang Jihua has not said bad things about Wang Bailing in front of Chiang Kai-shek, and Wang Bailing has said Zhuang Jihua in front of him several times.

"Principal, I know that the principal values him, and Zhuang Jihua is also very talented, but because of this, I want to remind the principal that the Cultural Revolution rose too fast." Wang Bailing said softly.

"So what? The country is the time to employ people, and if there is talent, it should make the best use of it. Chiang Kai-shek was unimpressed.

"The principal is familiar with history books, and he should know the magic of employing people," Wang Bailing saw that Chiang Kai-shek was unmoved, so he stepped forward, approached Chiang Kai-shek and whispered: "Zhuang Jihua is talented, but Zhuang Jihua is also very bold now, I heard that he had privately sent troops to assist the peasant association when he was reorganizing the army, and he even ordered shooting in Shaji without authorization in the past; He's getting bolder, and now the headmaster can still hold him down, in a few years? ”

"And what do you mean?" Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help but be moved, and letting Zhuang Jihua preside over the entire army of 20,000 people was indeed a dangerous move for him. He knew that He Yingqin and Wang Bailing wanted to do it, but he didn't dare, He Yingqin had some connections with the generals of the Sichuan Army when he was in Guizhou, and he also had ambitions, don't come and go, make a He family army; Wang Bailing's loyalty is not afraid, but he has no talent. He also thought about using Zhang Zhizhong, but Zhang Zhizhong just came, although he showed some talent when he quelled the chaos, he was not at ease, and after thinking about it, using Zhuang Jihua became his only choice. And Zhuang Jihua did not disappoint him, handled it in an orderly manner, and even lightly let go of such a thing as assassination, with such a big mind and high spirit, none of the generals in Huangpu could match, and it also made him win the reputation of wisdom and talent. But now Wang Bailing's words hit a piece of his heart hidden in the depths of his heart, Zhuang Jihua's performance in front of him a few days ago, a little earlier, He Yingqin's euphemistic reminder came to mind at the same time.

(To be continued)