As an adjutant, you naturally have to follow the commander, at least not too far, and ensure that you are on call. Zhuang Jihua and Jiang Xianyun thought this was the case at first, but Sun Yat-sen only gave them a bunch of books, including the Kuomintang's First Manifesto, Sanming Cook's Speech, and the history of imperialist aggression against China, and then let them read, and handed over their reading experience to him for review every day. Jiang Xianyun was a little embarrassed, Zhuang Jihua knew why he was embarrassed, but he couldn't persuade him. He doesn't care, he doesn't know what he believes, every time he writes an article and hands it in, but he still unconsciously writes out some things from his previous life.

For example, he believes that Sun Yat-sen's method of verifying the national land price is not feasible, and proposes to adopt the method of increasing income tax to smooth the gap between the rich and the poor. This is common for later generations, but it is very new in this era.

Jiang Xianyun disagreed with this, and the two argued in front of Sun Yat-sen.

Jiang Xianyun quoted the Comintern's theory of landlords and rich peasants to refute Zhuang Jihua, arguing that this was a concession to the exploiters, and that the exploiters should be allowed to return the wealth they exploited to the working people.

Zhuang Jihua believed that exploitation could not be completely eliminated, and that forcibly equalizing wealth was a violent infringement on private property and violated the principle of freedom, and that the wealth of most landlords and rich peasants came from their own hard work and good management, and the bully landlords were a minority.

Jiang Xianyun sarcastically said that the essence of good management is *, and the process of wealth accumulation is the process of exploitation, and at the same time quoted Marx's description of capital, showing that this kind of accumulation itself is a crime.

Zhuang Jihua agrees with Marx's description of capital, but does not think that exploitation is a crime, he explained that since the birth of commerce, exploitation has objectively existed, and a basic purpose of capitalists to open factories is to make money, if they do not open any factories to make money, the same farmers have diligent and thrifty housekeepers, and there are also people who eat grain, aside from other reasons, once a natural disaster [***], the latter must borrow, but no one has the responsibility to lend you, and it is inevitable to pay the price, so exploitation is not a crime, It is the inevitable result of the development of commercial society. In order to be completely exploited, it is necessary to completely eliminate commerce, and it is impossible to eliminate commerce.

Jiang Xianyun retorted that it was possible to eliminate exploitation, and Soviet Russia had done it.

Zhuang Jihua was a little embarrassed, he could not say that the Soviet Union completely failed in the 90s of the 20 th century. But he still insisted that the Soviet Union did not do it, because there was still commercial exchange in Soviet Russia, but its exploitation had not yet been recognized.

Sun Yat-sen listened to the arguments between the two of them with great interest at first, and finally couldn't help but join in. He agreed with Zhuang Jihua's view on the wealth of the majority of landlords and rich peasants, but he believed that Zhuang Jihua's method was too slow, and he also longed for the rapid increase in the national strength of Soviet Russia after the revolution, believing that it would serve as a reference for China.

Zhuang Jihua said that the rapid increase in Soviet and Russian strength included a great crisis, and that it was a vigorous development of heavy industry at the expense of light industry and agriculture, which led to an unbalanced economic development and was a distorted economy, and this distortion would cause the country's economy to collapse to a certain extent.

They were tied in this land-sparked discussion of exploitation.

However, they both had the same views on the tactics of the revolution, and both believed that the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was the basis for the victory of the revolution. However, differences have arisen in foreign relations, and the main points of disagreement are the main hostile countries. Jiang Xianyun thought it was the United Kingdom, and Zhuang Jihua did not hesitate to choose the book.

Zhuang Jihua believes that Britain's strength has weakened after the European War and is no longer capable of large-scale interference in China's internal affairs, but it is different, it has not suffered the slightest loss in the European War, and the country's strength has risen instead of falling, and it has been pursuing a policy of foreign expansion since the reform of the people's rule, and the main direction of its expansion is China.

Jiang Xianyun partially agreed with Zhuang Jihua's view of the book, but he believed that Britain had great interests in China, especially in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and that the revolution would first develop in this area, and that the recovery of the concession alone would make the British jump over the wall. He cited the British political axe behind the incident of the merchant group.

Zhuang Jihua also agreed that the resumption of the concession would be very painful for the British political axe, but the key was that Britain did not have the strength to send a large number of army forces to intervene. At most, a few warships will be sent to demonstrate, and it is absolutely impossible to send an army.

The two argued many times, sometimes in front of Sun Yat-sen, sometimes in the room of the two, time passed slowly, Sun Yat-sen was no longer in a hurry to urge the armies to go north, just a telegram symbolizing the surname, which did not hurt a few words of criticism, which made the armies have their own different understandings, but Sun Yat-sen did not explain, Zhu Peide, who had arrived in Shaoguan, came to the camp several times to scratch, Sun Yat-sen only simply comforted a few words, the only thing that understood Sun Yat-sen's purpose was Chiang Kai-shek and Liao Zhongkai, The two received an order from Sun Yat-sen in secret, telling them to make all preparations to suppress the merchant group by force.

On this day, Sun Yat-sen reviewed the notes of the two again, and after talking a few words, he suddenly asked: "What do you think should be done to solve the merchant group incident?" ”

Zhuang Jihua and Jiang Xianyun reacted at the same time, what Sun Yat-sen needs now is a reason. In the early stage, the political axe has reached an agreement with the merchant group, and now it has to be resolved by force, if there is no good reason, then the prestige of the political axe will inevitably be affected, and it will fall into political passivity.

Jiang Xianyun first said: "The students suggested that the students of the Whampoa Military Academy and the Workers' League and the Peasants' Regiment Army be assembled outside the city of Guangzhou, and then mobilize the workers and peasants to petition the political axe, asking the political axe to disarm the merchant group. ”

Zhuang Jihua thought about it but said: "The student thinks it's okay to wait." ”

Wait, Sun Yat-sen and Jiang Xianyun were a little puzzled, Zhuang Jihua then explained: "The members of the merchant group are all composed of some children of rich families, and it is okay to scare ruffians and hooligans in ordinary times, but it is not possible to really go to the battlefield, and there is no need to gather a lot of troops." As for...., do you know, rich people have a bad problem, that is, they love to cause trouble, these people are usually arrogant, and now they have suffered such a big loss, and they have long wanted to vent. So we're just waiting for them to come out and make trouble, and then it's time for us to do it. As for the troops, the students suggested that they should not be transferred from Shaoguan, but only quietly arm the Huangpu students and the trade union army, as long as the command center Xiguan was defeated in the first battle, and the city of Guangzhou should be controlled as quickly as possible, and the merchant groups in other places could be dispersed. ”

After Sun Yat-sen heard this, he angrily reproached: "Wait for them to cause trouble? How many people are going to die when they cause trouble? Aren't these people our revolutionary masses? Just let them die in vain? What if they don't cause trouble? Are you trying to provoke them into trouble? * Revolution cannot be an end or a means, and such means can only succeed for a while. Revolution is a righteous and bright cause, which cannot be achieved by shady means. ”

Zhuang Jihua's face turned red when he heard this, he meant this, what he imagined was that there was only one reason missing, so he would look for a reason, or create a reason, Lao Mei often did this in his previous life, it was very easy.

Then Sun Yat-sen said: "The merchant group is actually not a bad organization, and the contribution to the revolution in the past few years is not small, I remember all this, but now his leader's ambition is inflated, let's say that he buys guns, with his existing armament, he can completely protect the trading company, what is he going to do when he buys so many guns?" These cannot but make the political axe vigilant, which is why I am determined to solve the business group. ”

Zhuang Jihua's face was flushed, and he apologized to Sun Yat-sen: "Prime Minister, I was wrong, I was anxious for quick success and thoughtless. ”

Sun Yat-sen said earnestly: "There are many people who think this way, but this method is wrong. Tang Taizong Li Shimin once said that if I treat people with sincerity, then people will treat me with sincerity. Such success is more terrible than defeat in order to achieve the end by any means, and in the long run the revolution will lose its original position. ”

Although Zhuang Jihua apologized, he didn't think so, politics is dirty, politics relies on integrity,..., prime minister is too idealistic.

Jiang Xianyun saw that Zhuang Jihua was embarrassed and had the intention to solve the siege, so he asked: "Then what does the prime minister think should be resolved?" ”

Sun Yat-sen said: "The business group has existed since the early years of the Republic of China, and its members are all over Guangdong, and they have a relatively wide influence, so it is best to solve them politically, and it is best if they can be co-opted, if not, then it is not bad to let them maintain the status quo for the time being." ”

Zhuang Jihua and Jiang Xianyun were taken aback when they heard this, knowing that Sun Yat-sen had retreated from the position of resolute suppression.

Sun Yat-sen seemed to know their thoughts, and then said: "Do you want to ask, my position has changed again, no, I have never changed, * There is a saying that is very true, the combat effectiveness of the merchant group is not strong, if there is no Chen Jiongming, only with the merchant group, no matter who can do anything, our henchmen are still Chen Jiongming, without the merchant group, Chen Jiongming can still attack Guangzhou, or can block the border between Jiangxi and Guangdong, or can buy the unstable elements in our ranks, so if Chen Jiongming is not solved, he cannot go on a northern expedition." ”

Jiang Xianyun still didn't believe it, and asked, "But..."

Sun Yat-sen interrupted him: "But we stay in Shaoguan, neither advancing nor retreating, right? It's because I'm going to take another look.... ”

Zhuang Jihua and Jiang Xianyun understood that what Sun Yat-sen said was to look at the business group.

After this conversation, the two of them obviously felt that Sun Yat-sen had reviewed their notes in more and more detail, and even some small points of view were commented on in a large number of words.

However, the development of events ultimately disappointed Sun Yat-sen.

On October 10, the Double Tenth Festival, all walks of life in Shaoguan held a meeting to celebrate the National Day, and Sun Yat-sen delivered an enthusiastic speech at the meeting, and the central topic was naturally the Northern Expedition.

In the afternoon, there was a tragic incident in which the merchant group shot at the crowd of the Double Tenth Festival in Guangzhou, killing more than 20 people and injuring more than 100 people.

On October 11, he ordered Hu Hanmin to disband and disarm all the Guangzhou merchant groups, and ordered the Shaoguan Guard Army and the Northern Expeditionary Army to return to Guangzhou to fight the rebellion. At the same time, a warrant was issued to "pacify the merchant group," and Chiang Kai-shek Liao Zhongkai, who had been prepared earlier, led the Whampoa student army, the ironclad convoy, and the peasant self-defense army to quickly capture Xiguan that night, and Chen Bolian and Chen Gongshou fled to Hong Kong. On the 12th, the merchant groups in various places were scattered one after another, and on the 15th, all shops in Guangzhou were opened.

When the news came, the generalissimo marched into camp and was jubilant, and the Whampoa students of the escort unit were happy but also a little worried, worried about the casualties of the Whampoa classmates, who were the main force in countering the rebellion.

Zhuang Jihua didn't know that because of his intervention, the rebellion of the merchant group was put down two days early. The wind stirred up by the butterfly's wings is gradually strengthening.

14 Sun Yat-sen returned to Guangzhou, never mentioning the Northern Expedition, and the Whampoa student escort team returned with it, and was soon ordered to return to school.

17. Sun Yat-sen summoned Hu Hanmin, Liao Zhongkai, Wang Jingwei, and Borodin to a meeting to discuss the Eastern Expedition and Chen Jiongming.

However, soon news came that Wu Peifu was defeated, and the situation in China suddenly changed.

On October 22, Feng Yuxiang returned to Yanjing with his troops from the front to imprison President Cao Kun, forced Yanjing to issue an armistice order, and announced the dismissal of Wu Peifu. Subsequently, the direct army commanded by Wu Peifu was defeated at Yangcun in Tianjin, which led to the collapse of the main force of the direct army at Shanhaiguan, and Wu Peifu fled to the south in a warship in Tanggu.

Wu Peifu in the north was busy escaping, Zhang Zuolin was busy driving his troops to the front line of Pingjin, Feng Yuxiang was busy contacting all parties to prepare for the threat from the Feng faction, and Duan Qirui was busy dreaming and wanted to make a comeback.

In the south, however, an army that China has never had before is slowly being formed, and in two years' time, this army will set off a frenzy that will sweep through half of China.