Li Weimin did not come to Saigon, but he entrusted a deputy supervisor who went to Pingdong Industrial Village on a business trip to bring a lot of gifts to the children, and by the way, brought a 16-page handwritten letter.

From 1955 to the present, every time he goes abroad, he will bring something to Wu Lishui and Wu Tinghui's sisters and brothers, and the courtesies are exchanged, which is too normal and has nothing to do with the increasingly tense relationship between the two families.

Ngo asked his nieces and nephews to take the gifts, put on reading glasses, and read the letter carefully.

The content can be roughly divided into three parts, the first part focuses on a series of foreign policies of the United States since the Republican Party came to power, especially the attitude towards South Vietnam; The second part gives an overview of his meeting with the members of the "Association of Friends of Vietnam"; Finally, he expressed serious concern about the government's attempt to transfer the national army from the fourth tactical zone.

Li Weimin described the relationship between the two people as "cold lips and teeth", pointing out that once the signal to the outside world that the government and the industrial investment company are tearing their faces, it will inevitably cause extremely serious consequences, and it will only make "relatives and enemies happy".

is reasonable, well-founded, and bluntly puts forward all kinds of assumptions, which makes Diem have mixed tastes, which is very unpleasant.

After reading it, he immediately asked the secretary to send a telegram to his father-in-law who was stationed in the United States to confirm the authenticity of the news, and asked his father-in-law Chen Wenwen to collect Notin's personal information as soon as possible.

When Wu Ting-yu heard the news, the letter was passed around in the hands of the three people, and after reading it, he sat around the smoky office and studied the issue of the "industrial investment department" again.

"Third brother, it's not that I don't believe in serving the people. It's about not trusting the people around him. He didn't have an idea. Chen Jiachang had no idea. It does not mean that Tran Shiguo, Vu An Dong, Nguyen Chi Ren, Nguyen Hong and Le Da Hung have no ideas. Someone, money, guns, influence, and the Americans are hotly fought, and they are more dangerous than the opposition on the surface. ”

The Chinese identity determines that Li Weimin, Liu Jiachang and others cannot jump out against the government like Pan Guangdan.

Even if they do oppose it, it is impossible for them to govern, no matter how appealing they are, no matter how good their relations with the Americans. After all, if you want to govern, you must solve the problem of identity, and if you can't solve this problem, you can't get broad support.

Company veterans such as Tran Shiguo and Vu An Dong are different, they are natives of Vietnam, they had a certain amount of influence before the country was divided, and with the rapid development of industrial investment companies, their popularity is skyrocketing.

If it weren't for the "Hua-Yun" on the embankment trying to assassinate Li Weimin and other high-level company officials, completely angering the "industrial investment department" and forcing them to launch a vigorous public opinion war, perhaps even North Vietnam would not have pushed them to the opposite side so quickly.

Ngo Hth Kyu strongly agrees with Ngo Dinh Mye's view. Lighting a cigarette, he said: "The idea of serving the people is simple, he wants to maintain the status quo of the industrial villages. It is hoped that the Chinese who follow him will be able to live and work in peace and contentment and gain a certain political status. The problem is that we can give what others can give the same. In order to seek supreme power, those with ill intentions will even harm the interests of the country and the nation by promising him more, whether or not they will be fulfilled in the end. ”

Wu Tingyan never believed that Li Weimin would oppose him, remembered everything in Paris, shook his head and said: "If you want to talk about wooing, Ruan Wenxin has been wooed, Li Wenyuan has been wooed, even Pan Quang Dan has hope for him, but he has never been moved. He chose to support it in the most difficult time, is it more difficult now than before? ”

"At that time, he was alone, and now he has a group of people under him, and those people can easily sway his thoughts."

Chen Shiguo received the news, and Gui Qingshan collected the intelligence.

After the meeting at Vung Tau Airport, Li Weimin received a top-secret message from the intelligence system of the "Vietnamese Chinese Literature and Art Research Association."

Ngo Dinh Diem, who had great hopes for Kennedy to come to power, learned through the Foreign Ministry Embassy in the United States that Li Weimin's relationship with the Kennedy administration was far greater than that of the Eisenhower administration, which had just stepped down.

The President, Vice President, Mrs. President, Secretary of State, White House Chief of Staff, National Security Advisor, Attorney General (Kennedy's younger brother), Secretary of Defense, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, CIA Director...... and other Washington dignitaries, almost all of whom have been friends of him for many years.

Some of the members of the "Association of Friends of Vietnam" are his teachers, some are his friends, and some are his business partners, and the entire "outside group" almost serves the "Department of Industry and Investment", not the government of the Republic of Vietnam.

As ambassador to the United States, if Chen Wenwen wants to meet President Kennedy, he must first meet with the assistant secretary of state in charge of Asian affairs, and he has to wait for the secretary of state and the chief of staff of the White House to arrange for him, and he does not know how long he will have to wait before he can go to the White House.

Li Weimin did not need to be so troublesome, the first day he arrived in Washington, the second day he was received by Kennedy, talked for more than an hour, and after the talk, he actually invited him to lunch at the White House. Not to mention senior officials such as Secretary of Defense McNamara, who goes to the State Department, Capitol Hill, and the Pentagon as easily as he comes to the Independence Palace.

It is said that even his sister Li Weiqing has become a socialite in Washington, and often participates in some social activities initiated by high-ranking officials and wives.

Ngo Dinh Diem finally realized that the nationalization of the industrial investment company within three years was purely a delaying tactic, and that it was tantamount to a fool's dream to reclaim the power that should have belonged to the government through the support of the Americans. Therefore, under the continuous persuasion of Ngo Dinh Yao, he agreed to the compulsory recovery plan that had been formulated long ago.

If you want to solve the problem once and for all, you must cut through the mess quickly.

Ngo Dinh Lian was appointed ambassador to Britain and planned to transfer the garrisons in the six provinces, but they were just two smoke bombs that "advanced by retreating."

In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, four armored battalions have been secretly transferred from the 1st and 2nd Tactical Zones to launch a surprise attack to occupy the newly established Border Guard Command of the Kim Ou Peninsula and to incorporate the security forces subordinate to the Department of Industry and Investment.

The preparations that should be made are all done, just waiting for my brother's order.

The "Industrial Investment Department" became bigger and bigger, and Wu Tingjiao did not dare to delay it any longer, and tried his best to persuade him: "Third brother, we just took back our power, and we didn't think about what we wanted to do for the people." He was our friend after the operation. ”

The arrow is ready to fly, and there is no need to hesitate at this critical moment.

Wu Tingyu echoed: "Ensure the safety of his family and protect his family's property, even those shareholders will not touch." After the repossession, the industrial investment company followed all the rules and regulations, and only reorganized the security team of the industrial village. If he wants to, we still have a lot of responsibilities to do, and he can be ambassador abroad, but not vice premier. ”

At the same time, Li Weimin, who was supposed to be at his home on Phu Quoc Island, was sitting in the border guard headquarters of the Kim Ou Peninsula next to Can Tho Industrial Village, watching with a blank face as Nguyen Chi Nhin, Tran Yun Wei and other "industrial investment system" armed forces bigwigs deployed troops.

"Division Commander Zhong, it's 4:26 p.m., please complete the assembly before 8 o'clock tonight, and prepare for the battle of urgently reinforcing Pingdong Industrial Village, right...... That's right, in that sense, if you can't fight, you won't fight, but you must show your momentum! ”

"The shipping company is all connected, just wait for you to assemble and board the ship, don't think about logistics and supplies, Vung Tau Industrial Village has everything, and your self-defense forces will listen to the command of Chief of Staff Wang after they arrive, okay, the speed must be fast, wait for your good news."

"General Gao, my Border Guard Command Nguyen Chi Ren, I believe you have received the news, maybe you have received the order, Mr. Min is sitting next to me, and he entrusted me to ask you, which side is your department on?"

……

Wu Tingjiao was even crazier than he imagined, and he dared to wait for himself to come back and do it.

Li Weimin racked his brains, he couldn't figure out where his confidence came from, let alone that he came back, even if he didn't come back, they didn't have much chance of winning, and the result of his rash action would only trigger a civil war applauded by the North Vietnamese, and would only accelerate the process of their downfall.

From the bottom of my heart, this is not a good time to go to war.

The question of whether to fight or not lies entirely with them, and the only thing the "industrial investment department" can do is to show its strength and influence, deter the other side as much as possible, and drag it out until the US government intervenes.

Just thinking about it, Sun Ningyu held the phone microphone and reminded: "Chairman, General Du Gaozhi's phone is connected. ”

"Oh."

He took the phone, cleared his throat and said: "General Zhi, I'm Li Weimin, in the past hour or so, I have spoken with generals Chen Shanqian, Zhong Lianbo, Gao Wenyuan, Wu Guangchang, Huang Chunlan, Huang Wengao, Li Yuankang, and Ruan Yueqing. At this critical juncture, I would like to know your attitude and the position of your ministry. ”

Du Gao Zhiyuan, who was in Hue and knew nothing about the actions conspired by the Wu brothers, asked in surprise: "Mr. Min, at the critical moment, can you be specific?" ”

"The President's Political Adviser Ngo Dinh Mye, who intends to forcibly nationalize the company, has ordered the special forces of the People's Workers' Party and the police forces of the Ministry of the Interior, as well as the 7th and 21st divisions loyal to him, to launch an attack on the company's headquarters in Vung Tau, Binh Dong Industrial Village and Can Tho Industrial Village at 6 a.m. tomorrow.

It is no exaggeration to say that his special forces are vulnerable, and the police forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are not to be worried. As for the 7th and 21st divisions, young officers and American advisers who sympathize with us are doing their work, and many relatives of officers and soldiers who are employed in our industrial village, will not obey the order to shoot at the security forces, I express serious doubts. ”

He ...... He...... He's crazy, he's ...... What does he want to do? ”

"North Vietnam is engaged in a sabotage war, the enemy is current, God knows what he wants to do!"

Li Weimin looked at his watch and continued: "General Zhi, the U.S. Council in Hue will call you soon, and I sincerely hope that you and your subordinates can listen to the advice of your allies and not do things that are happy for those relatives and enemies because of the indiscriminate orders that have not been directly ordered by the General Staff. ”

There is no doubt that he is worried about the Da Nang Industrial Village, which hangs alone in the first tactical district.

Although he did not understand the situation, he did not hesitate to assure: "Mr. Min, rest assured, no matter who gives the order, whether it passes through the General Staff Headquarters or not, the First Army will not attack the Da Nang Industrial Village, unless they remove me." (To be continued.) )