Zhou Enlai returned to Guangzhou a few days earlier than Chiang Kai-shek, he came back with Chiang Kai-shek's suggestion, because the Second National Congress was about to be held, representatives from all walks of life came back one after another, Xu Qian in the north, Yu Youren, Ye Chuqi in Shanghai, Dai Jitao all arrived in Guangzhou, and for a time Guangzhou was crowned with a large number of covers. The [***] Central Committee in Shanghai also sent Zhang Guotao to Guangzhou as the party secretary of the Second National Congress, and at the same time conveyed the spirit of the Second Plenary Session of the Fourth Central Committee.

Zhang Guotao's decision made the comrades of the Guangdong District Party Committee angry, and this unconditional concession was difficult for them to accept, and in Wende Building, where the district party committee was located, Chen Yannian, Deng Zhongxia, Yang Yin, Peng Pai, Feng Jupo, and others criticized the Central Committee in front of Borodin, and pointed the finger directly at General Secretary Chen Duxiu. Huang Mingcheng was not qualified to attend such a meeting, he was now Chen Yannian's secretary, and he couldn't help but feel a trace of worry in his heart as he listened to the quarrel outside the living room, and he faintly felt that the judgment of the central government was too conservative.

Peng Fentian, who was sitting next to him, was very quiet, and the young man opposite, Li Haoyi, had also just been promoted from the grassroots and was now the secretary of the Youth League Committee of Sun Yat-sen University.

"Comrade Mingcheng, they are often like this?" Li Haoyi asked quietly.

Huang Mingcheng shook his head, there are not no differences in the party, nor is there no debate, but even Peng Fentian has seen such a fierce controversy for the first time.

"I don't understand why we should limit ourselves, now that the Kuomintang is in power by the left, it is the time for us to take the opportunity to develop, and the Second National Congress should drive all the rightists out of the Central Committee." Li Haoyi looked very confused, in his opinion, the situation was very good, why did the central government put forward a strategy of retreat.

"Heh, what's not to understand about this," Peng Fentian said softly: "They are in heaven and on our earth, so they have to look farther, and we have to see more realistically." ”

Huang Mingcheng couldn't help but be happy, this Peng Fentian looked quiet, but in fact, he was also a troublemaker, like his uncle, he heard that he had eaten Zhuang Jihua's secret loss in Xinqing, and was transferred back to give a lecture at the Agricultural Lecture Center, but he was not discouraged at all, and he still acted like a nobody.

"Alas, the central government should have moved to Guangzhou a long time ago." Huang Mingcheng also believes that the main reason why the central authorities are conservative about the situation is that they have detached themselves from the center of the revolution.

Li Haoyi took out a delicate cigarette case from his arms, took out a cigarette from it and handed it to Huang Mingcheng, Huang Mingcheng shook his head, said no, and handed it to Peng Fentian, Peng Fentian also shook his head, Li Haoyi didn't care, put the cigarette case on the coffee table, took out the lighter, and smoked it by himself.

Huang Mingcheng reached out and took the cigarette case, the silver-white appearance, there was a faint relief on the surface of the box, but there was a circle of white stainless steel around the edge, and the man looked very comfortable.

"It's beautiful." Huang Mingcheng praised, and as he spoke, he pressed the spring on the side, and the cigarette case silently bounced open a crack, and when he opened it, there were two rows of cigarettes neatly lined up, and the row on the left was already half missing.

"Well, that's it, and I'm going to buy one." Huang Mingcheng asked.

"Don't you smoke? How do you plan to correct and return to evil? Peng Fentian asked lazily.

"Send my father, he smokes." Huang Mingcheng explained.

"This thing is not sold in Guangzhou," Li Hao smiled slightly, feeling a little satisfied: "This is given to me by Li Zhilong, at this time they checked the smuggled booty, and when they met him another day, I will ask for you to see if there is anything else." ”

He remembered that Li Zhilong still had a few more, but he was not sure that he would be able to get it, this was the day he accompanied Pan Huiqin to the Admiralty to find Li Zhilong, and just happened to meet them coming back, Li Zhilong took out one of the gifts prepared for Pan Huiqin's father and gave it to him.

In front of Li Zhilong's straight general's uniform, he always felt that he lacked confidence to speak, when everyone marched together, he was a student, Li Zhilong was also a student, it was only a year, he was already a major general, driving a foreign car to the school and pulling the beautiful Pan Huiqin all over Guangzhou; As for himself, he is a small secretary of the Youth League Committee, and the palace embroidery painting that he thought about at night was related to that Zhuang Jihua, but now it seems that he has not, but it seems to be on good terms with Peng Fentian opposite. Thinking of this, Li Hao looked at Peng Fentian, who was dressed in coarse cloth, with a complicated look.

Li Haoyi thinks he is talented, handsome and chic, but he just doesn't understand why Gong Xiuhua would fall in love with this mediocre person who is dressed in the dirt; But this person is also a comrade in the party, and he is also the nephew of the famous Peng Pai, and he can't take a direct attack like he did against Zhuang Jihua.

"That's it." When Huang Mingcheng heard that the smuggled loot was investigated, he immediately gave up: "We can't let people make mistakes." ”

"If there is anything wrong, there are so many things in Tian that I don't count them at all, Li Zhilong said that as long as they are not in storage, there is no problem." Li Haoyi somewhat shows off his relationship with Li Zhilong.

Huang Mingcheng and Peng Fentian exchanged glances, and both sides saw worry in each other's eyes: "Forget it at this time, even if I have it, I can't afford it." By the way, Li Zhilong and Pan Huiqin, when will they get married? ”

"It's coming, Pan Huiqin plans to hold a wedding during the Spring Festival." Li Haoyi said.

At this time, there was another fierce sound inside, Peng Fentian was very familiar with this sound, it was his fiery uncle who was angry.

He looked at the closed door worriedly, Huang Mingcheng sighed and said: "It's okay, as long as you don't fight, besides, even if you fight, your uncle will not suffer, Secretary Chen is consistent with his position." ”

Li Hao burst out and laughed, but Peng Fentian frowned and looked at him strangely, Huang Mingcheng was a little inexplicable: "What's wrong with you?" ”

"What is your relationship with Zhuang Wenge?" Peng Fentian asked.

"What?" Huang Mingcheng was even more puzzled: "What happened to the Cultural Revolution in Guanzhuang?" ”

"How can you speak in the same way as him, learn from him?"

After saying that, the two laughed at the same time, but they covered their mouths at the same time, and then carefully looked at the closed door, saw that there was no reaction, and then gently.

Zhang Guotao's voice was loud and sharp, he did not give a step, insisting that the Guangdong District Party Committee must implement the decision of the Central Committee, which is the party's organizational principle, Chen Yannian and others felt both aggrieved and unwilling; However, no one dared to raise a word against the Central Committee, and the meeting reached a stalemate.

Hearing that it was quiet inside, the people outside breathed a sigh of relief, Peng Fentian and Huang Mingcheng knew that now it was only up to who Borodin supported, and sure enough, Borodin's voice came out, and just when everyone thought that the meeting was about to end, another Russian voice also came out, and it was obvious that he and Borodin's views were not the same, because the two of them quarreled.

"Who is this? Actually quarreled with Consultant Bao? Li Haoyi was very surprised, he did not expect that someone would dare to quarrel with Borodin, even if it was a Russian.

"Ji Jiashan, political adviser to the advisory group." Huang Mingcheng introduced softly, Li Haoyi quickly glanced at Peng Fentian, and saw that he was not in the same place, and his expression did not change at all, he couldn't help but tighten his heart, knowing that Peng Fentian knew this person, and looked around at the people waiting in the room, he once again felt his low status.

Borodin knew why Ji Jiashan would put forward a different opinion, and dared to quarrel with him as a Chinese comrade, in the Comintern Ji Jiashan belonged to Radek, that is, to Trotsky, and he belonged to the Stalinists, and Ji Jiashan, the Soviet Russian ambassador to China, Ganahan, and Vychensky in Shanghai were joining forces to drive himself back from Guangdong.

While the two Russian advisers were arguing, Zhou Enlai came in through the door, he glanced at the people outside, and then walked into the conference room with a slight nod, although he did not speak, but seemed to greet everyone again.

Borodin was very surprised by the news brought by Zhou Enlai, and he realized that Chiang Kai-shek's attitude was beginning to change, but he thought that it was [***] that he had done too much in the Kuomintang and occupied too many high-ranking positions, so he more firmly supported the decision of the [***] Central Committee, on the contrary, Ji Jiashan believed that Chiang Kai-shek had slipped to the right, and it was more necessary to strengthen the power of [***] and the left, so he should not implement the strategy of pushing and conceding.

The argument between the two of them was not over, Deng Zhongxia and Peng Pai were angry, and Peng Pai slapped the shore.

"Chiang Kai-shek wants to be China's Kemor, and he must be defeated."

"I think the workers and peasants should be mobilized immediately, Chiang Kai-shek's conspiracy should be exposed, and Deng Yanda should be removed from his post and made Deng Yanda the commander of the First Army." Deng Zhongxia also shouted.

However, this is impossible, Chiang Kai-shek has just won the victory of the Eastern Crusade, his popularity is on the rise, and some people in the Kuomintang are preparing to hold a triumphal ceremony for him, and at this time they will challenge Chiang Kai-shek, how to explain to the ordinary people, how to explain to the leftists in the Kuomintang, I am afraid that even the famous leftists such as Deng Yanda and He Xiangning cannot agree with it.

Chen Yannian said the above reasons, Peng Pai and Deng Zhongxia suddenly felt tricky, and the reason was not easy to find. After a long time, Zhou Enlai suggested: "Simply reorganize the army, withdraw all the [***] members from the first army, and form a new army." ”

When Zhou En said this, his heart was very heavy, in the first army he had successfully developed a team of one and a half regiments commanded by pure [***] members, the second regiment of the Battle of Huizhou suffered great losses, the regiment commander Liu Yaochen was killed, more than half of the platoon-level cadres were killed, the political commissar Jiang Xianyun was wounded, Hui Dongsheng, who was the replacement regiment commander, was not a [***] member, and 2/3 of the additional platoon-level cadres were Kuomintang members, so it could only be regarded as half a regiment.

"No, if that's the case, the Kuomintang rightists will put the charge of sabotaging the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party on us." Zhang Guotao immediately objected: "The change in Chiang Kai-shek's attitude is a change in the attitude of the Kuomintang centrists, comrades, we must first push back, Lenin said that the revolution is not smooth sailing, and it is time to take two steps forward and one step back." Also, who in the military academy is criticizing Sun Yat-sen and Sanming Zhuyi? This is a serious incident of sowing discord between the two parties, and you should deal with it seriously. What's going on with that Lee Zhilong? ”

"General Jiang can still fight for it, I have observed him for a year, his thinking is still progressive, this is just his momentary angry words, I will talk to him when he returns to Guangzhou." Borodin recalled Chiang Kai-shek's words and deeds over the past year or so, and he thought that Chiang Kai-shek was impulsive, especially when he heard that some people in the military academy openly criticized Sun Yat-sen, which hurt his feelings. More importantly, among the four armies that have been reorganized and the Fifth Army is being reorganized, only Chiang Kai-shek is the most suitable candidate, and he does not believe that Deng Yanda, who has left the military academy for a year, can replace Chiang Kai-shek.

"In addition, I solemnly propose to end the strike in due course." Borodin said to Chen Yannian.

"Well, we are also thinking about the timing and ways to end the strike." Chen Yannian nodded his head to indicate that he understood what Borodin meant, and that after the end of the strike, the pressure from Britain was reduced, and the workers' pickets, which were deeply feared by the Kuomintang, were disbanded, and one of the key points of the right's accusations disappeared, which could go a long way in easing the dispute between the two parties.

In fact, even if Borodin does not say it, the strike committee is also considering ending the strike, and the new governor of Hong Kong, Clementan, sent officials from the Auxiliary Secretary to Guangzhou to negotiate after taking office, but they did not make the slightest concession; After the defeat of Chen Jiongming and Tang Benyin, Clementi has relented and is trying to invite Soong Ziwen, the Minister of Finance of the Nationalist Axe, to visit Hong Kong. These actions indicate that if negotiations are renegotiated, the British side in Hong Kong is likely to accept the demands of the striking workers.

"What's going on with Ezerolong? Recently, many comrades have reported that he lives a corrupt life and swaggers around in cars all day long, so you can find a time to talk to him, and Yang Qigang of the Youth Army Association also wants to talk about it, and the purpose of establishing the Youth Army Association is to unite the youth, not to split the youth, let alone fight and fight. Chen Yannian's tone was very stern and dissatisfied, although Zhou Enlai was in Chaoshan, and the affairs of Guangzhou should have nothing to do with him, but he was the secretary of the Military Commission, so he must be held responsible.

Even Zhou Enlai was criticized, Chen Yannian's mood should be extremely bad, but Zhang Guotao took the opportunity to fall into the ground, Zhou Enlai did not defend, he silently accepted the criticism of his comrades, but Lin Zuhan defended him.

"En's people are in Chaozhou, and he is beyond the reach of the whip commander in Guangzhou, and to put it mildly, our leadership in the military academy is not effective, and Shao Lizi is not only the director of the Political Department, but also the secretary of Chiang Kai-shek, and he is too busy."

"Shao Lizi, don't mention him," Chen Yannian sighed: "Comrade Yun Daiying and Comrade Gao Yuhan are coming to Guangzhou, and I suggest that Yun Daiying be recommended to the Kuomintang to be the director of the political department of the military academy, and Gao Yuhan should go to the military academy as a political instructor." ”

The proposal was swiftly adopted. Then there was a dispute over the number of places to enter the Central Standing Committee, the district party committee insisted on at least seven, Borodin said that it was better to only three, and finally Borodin's proposal was adopted, Ji Jiashan did not speak next to him, he just looked at Borodin coldly, Moscow's decision was coming.

(To be continued)