"It's really rare for Gongbo to be an official now." There was a strong sense of sarcasm in Chen Bijun's tone, and Chen Gongbo just smiled faintly, he had expected this situation, so he didn't care.

"A good thing is a good thing, at least the price is controlled, the people have food, the country's economy is stable, the public blog is good, it is a great good governance." Wang Jingwei said with a smile, he was wearing a white shirt and a blue sweater outside, the fireplace in the living room was burning very hot, very warm, and Wang Jingwei's dress was very light and casual.

"It's a pity, Zhuang Wenge has only been the provincial chairman for half a year, if he has been in office for a few more years, the situation in Sichuan will definitely be better." Chen Gongbo didn't want to talk about anything else, so he led the topic here.

"This Zhuang Wenge is not small," Chen Bijun rarely praised: "He actually dared to shoot at Kong Xiangxi, and Miss Kong Er was detained, just rushing at this, he is a character." ”

After finishing speaking, his tone changed: "This old Jiang's bearing is poor, Zhuang Wenge wants to overthrow Kong Xiangxi for the country, and he protects Kong Xiangxi because of private selfishness, and it makes no sense to remove Zhuang Wenge as the chairman of Sichuan Province. ”

"Madame is right," Wang Jingwei felt a little hot, so he summoned the servant and motioned him to reduce the fire in the fireplace, and then continued: "Zhuang Wenge is Chiang Kai-shek's most capable student, and there are so many high-ranking officials in the national political axe, there are not two who can compare with him, Kong Xiangxi has not controlled prices with great effort, he has made this trick to control prices, and then look at the southwest, seven years ago, he entered Sichuan alone and built China's largest industrial base in a barren land, Lao Jiang is afraid that it is only when he sees this base that he has the confidence to fight. ”

"It's a pity that the industrial base that was built so easily is probably about to be destroyed by the war." Chen Bijun deliberately said loudly: "It is said that this plane has only attacked a few times, and the arsenal in Yuanjiaxiang has been bombed, but fortunately, it is not heavy, but if I concentrate on bombing Yucheng, I am afraid that so many factories in Yucheng will not be able to be saved. ”

Chen Gongbo sighed slightly in his heart, he knew very well that the reason why Wang Jingwei and his wife sang and harmonized, but he still didn't want to talk about it, but now, he felt that he couldn't afford not to talk about it.

"I heard that Zhuang Wenge began to mobilize last year to build air-raid shelters in Chongqing, establish air defense units, and move important equipment from factories to air-raid shelters, and these measures are estimated to reduce some losses." Chen Gongbo felt a little bitter in his mouth, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea: "I think the War of Resistance is still promising, didn't the United States provide us with a large loan, I talked with Deng Xihou and their generals who came back from the front line, they think that the combat effectiveness of the army during the Wuhan operation is very much lower than that of the army fighting in Songhu and Shanxi, and the gap in material support is also very large, and the army has to adopt the strategy of supporting the war with war, and the country is no longer able to support the war. ”

Wang Jingwei heard the implication of Chen Gongbo's words, peace talks are not timely, and there is hope for the War of Resistance. Chen Bijun also heard it, her face sank, and she wanted to have a seizure, but her words changed again.

"The army adopts the strategy of feeding the war with war, and the people in the occupied areas are afraid that they will be even more miserable." Chen Bijun shook his head lightly: "I don't understand, after Songhu, Tao Deman's conditions were more harsh, but Chiang Kai-shek thought that it could be discussed, this time his conditions were obviously much better and much more lenient, why didn't you agree?" ”

Chen Gongbo hid in Chengdu and refused to come back, Wang Jingwei sent Zeng Zhongming to Chengdu and told him his conditions, so Chen Gongbo understood the content of the treaty, but his attitude remained unchanged.

"Madam, I still say that even if there is a peace talk, it should be Chiang Kai-shek who will come forward to make peace with them," Chen Gongbo said: "Since the Northern Expedition, our party has been divided, the country has been in turmoil, and the war has lasted for ten years. ”

"But the problem now is that Lao Jiang is unwilling to negotiate peace, and he himself is not willing to talk to him," Chen Bijun said loudly: "Gongbo, only if we go first, others will follow." ”

"If I don't want to talk to Chiang Kai-shek, then we will continue to fight, sir, my opinion is still the same, the whole country should act in unison, we have already suffered enough from the split of the party, why should we still suffer from that hardship." Chen Gongbo was simply bitter, he felt very embarrassed, his relationship with Wang Jingwei was too deep, he couldn't leave like Bai Sitong, and he couldn't stand the strange eyes of others.

"Gongbo," Wang Jingwei stood up and walked slowly in the living room: "It's not that I don't support Lao Jiang, but he doesn't listen to me at all, since he retreated to Yucheng, I have talked to him several times, but he didn't listen to anything, no matter whether the country is in danger, just blindly war, fight, but can this battle still be fought?" Gongbo, you said that I am difficult, aren't we difficult? China's economy is less than one-tenth of its original capital, and although material control controls prices, what about the common people? Still in turmoil. They say that I am a traitor, if I am selling the country to myself, then Chiang Kai-shek is selling the country to the Americans, and GCD is selling the country to Soviet Russia! ”

Wang Jingwei was very excited, Chen Gongbo was his closest comrade, and he had been supporting him and following him for ten years, but now he didn't want to go with him, which made him very sad.

"Sir, has you ever thought about it, can the war be stopped if Chiang Kai-shek does not support it? Can peace come? Chen Gongbo thought about this question for a long time, and his conclusion was that no, Chiang Kai-shek controlled most of the army, in terms of the southwest, Longyun in Yunnan has been eliminated, the warlords in Sichuan were controlled by Zhuang Jihua, and Zhuang Jihua was resolutely the main battle, and the warlords in Guizhou were all transferred out of Sichuan, what about the northwest? After the collapse of the Northeast Army, the Central Army was stationed in Xi'an, and since then Chiang Kai-shek has controlled the northwest, in fact, even if there are only three southwestern provinces, Chiang Kai-shek can fight down.

"Yes," Wang Jingwei hesitated slightly, but still said resolutely: "Shanxi Yan Xishan driver doesn't want to fight, Mrs. went to Guangdong some time ago, Yu Hanmou also said that he can make peace, I talked to He Jian, he also agreed, as long as the army is withdrawn, no compensation, no land, you can make peace, and Long Yun also supports peace talks, Gongbo, this is an opportunity." ”

Chen Bijun took out the secret agreement at this time and handed it to Chen Gongbo: "Gongbo, take a look, this is the condition that Zong Wu and Siping negotiated with Yu himself in Hong Kong, which is much wider than the conditions that Tao Deman brought back." ”

It was the first time Chen Gongbo had seen the treaty, and Zeng Zhongming only brought a message. After Chen Gongbo finished reading it, Wang Jingwei wrote: "Has Mr. Jiang read this treaty?" ”

"Nope." Wang Jingwei said: "If he is in favor of peace talks, I will show him." ”

"Sir's move is inappropriate, he should still show him, this condition is much stronger than the original Toddman's condition, he should be able to agree." Chen Gongbo said solemnly.

"No, he won't approve of it," Chen Bijun said disdainfully: "Gongbo, why don't you understand, this treaty was negotiated by Mr. Wang, how could Mr. Jiang agree, he wants to agree, how to show his patience." ”

As he was talking, there was a sound of parking outside the door, and the two of them came inside with a smile, Wang Jingwei smiled: "Fohai and Zhongming are here." ”

As he spoke, he walked to the door, opened the door and went out, Chen Gongbo and Chen Bijun also went out, and before they reached the door, Wang Jingwei and Zhou Fohai Zeng Zhongming came in.

"Gongbo, you're finally back." As soon as Zhou Fohai entered the door, he saw Chen Gongbo, and said very happily: "Mr. Wang, I have been looking forward to the stars and the moon, and I hope you will come back." ”

"I just arrived today, and I'm not as idle as your brother." Chen Gongbo and Zhou Fohai are old acquaintances, both of them have the same experience, they both participated in GCD in their early years, and they were still the founding party representatives of GCD, but later they both broke away from GCD, Chen Gongbo was earlier, Zhou Fohai was still [***] in 1925, note that it was [***], not expelled. They all joined the Kuomintang, but one followed Chiang Kai-shek and the other followed Wang Jingwei, and now the two of them coincidentally walked to Wang Jingwei's side.

Chen Gongbo said that Zhou Fohai was not a lie, and he did not know the strict control of news in Yucheng when he did not go to Yucheng, and there were only a few newspapers in Yucheng, and all propaganda matters were under the control of the Southwest Development Team, and there was also the support of the Three Youth League and the Party Department, and the Propaganda Department suddenly became a clean and idle yamen.

"Idle?" Zhou Fohai snorted coldly: "What kind of deposit did Zhuang Wenge make, it is still one million, except for Mei Youlan's Yuzhou Evening News, other newspapers are not allowed to publish, Zhang Jiluan and Zhou EN came to me every day to make trouble, asking for the publication of Ta Kung Pao and Xinhua Daily, and there are also young people surnamed Zuo, who are also there to join in the fun, but the Yucheng Political Participation Conference just refuses to change, let you talk about it, and don't do it, I'm all anxious, how about Sichuan?" ”

Chen Gongbo was happy, the Sichuan Political Participation Council also has this rule, this Zhuang Jihua didn't know how to come up with it, and he stuck all the foreign newspapers with just a deposit, and what is even more absolutely is that the local political participation meetings still support it. It turned out that those newspapers in other provinces were only under simple attacks, but now these people know that they are powerful, so they make a fuss.

"Chongqing is not allowed to send it, and Chengdu is naturally even more not." Chen Gongbo said with a smile, both Zhang Jiluan and GCD knew that they had to capture Yucheng before they could open up the situation elsewhere.

"This Zhuang Cultural Revolution is tricky and weird, and the things that come out are always trapped," Wang Jingwei said as he walked: "Back then, his company replaced the customs, making the British dumb and eating coptis, and they couldn't tell if they had bitterness." Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile: "Fohai, you don't know, Chen Youren didn't agree at first, and he was unwilling to stop in the end." ”

"This Zhuang Cultural Revolution has done its best to make three bad moves," Chen Bijun was still angry about Zhuang Jihua's refusal to win over Wang Jingwei, and at this moment he was even more ridiculous: "This is the case in Guangzhou, and it is still the same in Chongqing, how can this Chiang Kai-shek make full use of such a person." ”

But to her surprise, Chen Gongbo and Zhou Fohai refused to accept it, Wang Jingwei shook his head in his heart, Chen Bijun's words were too unfair, not to mention the social reform in Chongqing, just say that the construction of this factory and enterprise is also a great achievement, and it will never be a little ruffian-like figure.

Zhou Fohai walked to the living room, saw the treaty on the coffee table, picked it up, looked at Chen Gongbo and said, "Gongbo, have you seen this?" ”

(To be continued)