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"Big news! "Declaration" and "Oriental Prospects" expose the eight major crimes of opium smuggling, corruption and oppression of the people of the two lakes by the Gui warlords"

In the conference room of the concubine building in Tangshan Hot Springs, Li Zongren, the commander of the Gui department, angrily threw a large pile of newspapers and two "Oriental Hope" magazines on the wide table, glanced at a circle full of generals, and finally stopped his gaze on the stunned face of Chiang Kai-shek:

"Ruining my reputation, spreading rumors and causing trouble, insulting and slandering for no reason, his heart can be punished! It's a dastardly conspiracy, a big conspiracy! On behalf of the Wuhan Political Branch and the 280,000 soldiers in Guangxi, Hunan and Hubei, I would like to ask the Central Committee to immediately and thoroughly investigate the masterminds behind the scenes, severely punish those who spread rumors and confuse the public, and restore the reputation of our soldiers to their innocence! ”

Li Zongren, Chiang Kai-shek, Feng Yuxiang, Li Jishen, and Yan Xishan gathered together for a meeting early in the morning, and had a hasty lunch at noon, and the meeting continued, except for Li Zongren, who had been hurriedly called out by the confidential secretary half an hour earlier, and when he returned, he was furious and threw a large pile of newspapers and magazines in front of everyone.

Feng Yuxiang, Chiang Kai-shek and Yan Xishan were all inexplicable, glanced at each other, and then all put their surprised eyes on the face of Li Zongren, who was angry and gaffe, seeing that Li Zongren did not explain and still looked at Chiang Kai-shek with gritted teeth, and swore not to give up without explaining clearly, they all picked up the major newspapers and magazines on the table and read them carefully. Xia Wei ruthlessly refuted it, and many of the texts also pointed the finger of criticism directly at the Gui coach Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi.

Chiang Kai-shek, Yan Xishan, and Feng Yuxiang raised their heads almost at the same time, looked at each other's smiling and slightly mocking expressions, and lowered their heads to look at the newspapers and magazines in their hands.

Li Zongren saw that everyone was at a loss, including Chiang Kai-shek, who was behind the speculation, was also carefully reading the newspaper and groaning slightly. He sat down and scanned everyone in the room with suspicion, wondering who was targeting him.

After more than ten minutes of awkward silence, Feng Yuxiang put down the third newspaper, pointed to one of the catties, and sighed loudly:

"Amazing, how can this newspaper be so detailed? Even the details of the secret intrigue and competition for fame and fortune between the two divisions of the Seventh Army and the Nineteenth Army are really unexpected, and these two teams are arguing endlessly over the position of a mere anti-smoking director, and almost fight, and say that in the end, it was the German brothers who mediated and transferred the salt tax to the Seventh Army. The tobacco tax went to the 19th Army, and this was settled.

Gee! Look, here's it. The Eighteenth Army, what happened to the army commander Tao Jun? It is unseemly to shout out such unseemly words as "I would rather kill 3,000 by mistake than let go of a catty", if this is the case, the people of Wuhan call it "butcher, it is not an exaggeration!" Brother Delin, tell me what's going on? ”

Li Zongren was originally annoyed by the open and secret struggle between the three generals under his command, and finally settled the conflict of interests for the three of them, and took care of Bai Chongxi's face, and did not hesitate to damage the interests of the generals at all levels of his lineage, and mediated the contradictions between Bai Chongxi's senior brothers, Hubei generals Hu Zongfeng and Tao Jun, and his descendants Xia Wei, Zhong Zupei and other Guangxi generals. At this time, when he heard Feng Yuxiang's schadenfreude inquiry, he was full of resentment and could not vent it, so he could only bite half of the cigarette roll and smoke in large gulps, and his iron-blue face was extremely ugly in the smoke.

Yan Xi thought of Li Jishen and Bai Chongxi's public difficulty in not paying the Gui family's military salary in the meeting yesterday afternoon, and he was angry and had nowhere to go, and he knew that Ran could easily let it go when he caught this year, so he spread out "Oriental Fat" and looked at Chiang Kai-shek with a rather surprised look:

"Jiegong, today's reporters are really pervasive, and this rumor is also well organized.

You see, it says that the emerging warlords Hu Zongfeng and Tao Jun are proud to return to their hometowns in fine clothes, and they are rampant and domineering in their hometowns. The communiqué is a personal vendetta, and privately launched Zhang Zhiben as the puppet chairman of Hubei Province, and invited Yan Lisan, Zhang Nanxian, Shi Hengqing, etc. to serve as the director of the Department of Civil Affairs, Finance, and Construction. and colluded with the old warlord Fang Benren, who opened the hotel. Fang Benren offered the best delicacies and beauties to them to enjoy, and secretly provided a number of shares in exchange for Hu and Tao to support his Yangtze River Hotel, and rerouted the urban planning road under construction in a grand manner. He dared to send a large army to Xiangfan and Laohekou to boast of the prosperous commodity and cotton trading markets. has already fought with the Henan Overseer Yue Weijun's department, and it is imminent! This rumor-monger is too bold, right? ”

"Pure nonsense! This series of reports is definitely a big conspiracy with ill intentions, the purpose of which is to cause chaos in the locality, negate the legitimate leadership of the Wuhan political branch, and drive a wedge between the military and the people. ”

Li Jishen, who was in the same boat as Li Zongren, also finished reading the newspaper in his hand at this time, and immediately said loudly with a dark face.

Yan Xishan smiled slightly: "Brother Ren Chao." Don't be so arbitrary, here is an article about you, not only does not criticize, but also praises Brother Ren Chao for the restoration of Guangdong's people's livelihood A series of effective economic stimulus policies, which are worth our reference! ”

Li Ji was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly took the magazine "Oriental Lookout" from Yan Xishan's hand, found the article and read it carefully.

Chiang Kai-shek saw that there were people who wanted to do but didn't have time to do what they wanted to do, and Xiao Qishan Gong did it all so well, but his heart was happy, as long as there was an opportunity to crack down on dissidents, Chiang Kai-shek was never willing to let go, not to mention such a sensational and lethal social public opinion?

The five newspapers and three magazines in front of me are almost all the most influential news media in China today. Far more convincing and influential than the "Central Daily" of the Central Party Department of the Kuomintang, it exposed his important opponent Li Zongrengui, how could Chiang Kai-shek not be satisfied and overjoyed.

Chiang Kai-shek smiled slightly at Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan, and when he saw Li Zongren staring at him with blazing eyes, he coughed lightly, put away his smile and said with a serious face:

"It's time to investigate thoroughly and set the record straight! After the meeting, the Zhongzheng sent a telegram to Nanjing, asking the central government and the central party department to jointly form an investigation team, and immediately set off to Wuhan to carry out in-depth and meticulous work, thoroughly investigate one by one according to the rumors in the newspapers, clarify the facts, and give the soldiers of Lianghu and Guijun an innocence Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan nodded happily in agreement, Feng Yuxiang smiled meaningfully at Li Zongren: "Brother Delin doesn't need to care too much, the pure ones are self-purifying, the turbid ones are turbid, and the selfless world in the bottom of the heart is wide!" As long as the investigation team goes to Hunan and Hubei to visit around, any problems will be clarified, and Brother Delin can rest assured, and when the time comes, the mastermind behind this evil rumor and confusing the public will be found out. Everything is easy to do, if Brother Delin feels that it is necessary, Brother Fool and Brother Baichuan can also send a few clerks to join the investigation team to increase their strength. How about playing a supervisory role?

The younger brother completely agreed with Brother Huanzhang's suggestion. As long as Brother Delin thinks it is necessary, the younger brother can immediately pick out a few candidates to participate in the investigation team, we are all revolutionary troops, and we will be both prosperous and lossy! How could such a big thing be sloppy, Yan Xishan didn't know Feng Yuxiang's true intentions, and immediately echoed and expressed his attitude.

Li Zongren suddenly understood, knowing that if this investigation team was formed, I am afraid that there would be more shady scenes dug up, especially Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan seemed to be fair, but in fact, they were struggling to fall into the well, which suddenly made Li Zongren realize his recklessness. But the words have been said and there is no way to change them, so I have to look at Li Jishen and solemnly ask for advice: "What is the opinion of Ren Gong?" ”

"I believe that the central government and I and others are waiting to go all out to solve the many important matters, and it is not appropriate to use the limited manpower and material resources on secondary affairs, and it is better to first form an investigation team with the Political Propaganda Department of the Wuhan Political Branch and the Political Department of the Seventh, Nineteenth, and Eighteenth Armies to thoroughly investigate the sources of the rumors, and if necessary, then ask the central authorities to assist in resolving them."

Li Jishen was old and refined, and he also heard the true intentions of Chiang Kai-shek, Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan, and very safely relieved Li Zongren, who was in a dilemma.

Chiang Kai-shek glanced at Li Jishen with deep meaning. Nodding generously: "Then let's do it according to Brother Ren Chao's opinion, last night Zhongzheng received a telegram from Nanjing, more than 60 people from Hubei in Beijing knelt outside the gate of the central government, and proposed that Gui was guilty of many crimes in Hubei, and even called on the central government to carry out a crusade X Allegedly, the person was named Fang Zilou, who somehow recruited many Hubei out-of-the-line officers to support him, and thousands of Nanjing citizens watched. Dozens of Chinese and foreign reporters gathered to cover the news, and the impact was extremely bad.

The Central Committee replied to the telegram last night, ordering the military police headquarters to disperse it, but this matter should be taken as a warning, and the Wuhan political branch should vigorously publicize the positive image of the revolutionary army, and at the same time, it should also rectify military discipline, strictly enforce its political stance, and not be truthful. ”

These words sounded generous, but they were actually arrogant and vicious, which made Li Zongren hate it so much, but he couldn't be angry in front of everyone, so he had to grit his teeth and sulk.

Finally calming down the turbulent emotions, Li Zongling immediately sensed the strangeness of it, wondering why the "Declaration", "Times", "Daily News" and "Oriental Hope" weekly, which were originally only in the Yangtze River Valley, were transmitted to the Pingjin area so quickly.

Li Jishen saw Li Zongren hurriedly checking the dates of the newspapers and magazines in front of him, and he also realized the problem. Hurriedly picked up the "Daily News" in front of him, pointed to the date of yesterday marked on the masthead and told everyone:

"Everyone, please see, this is a Shanghai newspaper that has only been published in the Yangtze River basin and Fujian and Guangdong provinces this year, and it was only printed yesterday, and it will be in the market in Beiping today, don't you think it's strange?"

Feng Yuxiang smiled and waved his hand: "It is not surprising that this newspaper itself knows very well that it has sent reporters to interview me for a month, and has become famous for its fairness, openness, accuracy and objectivity. I heard that this news agency is located in the French Concession of Shanghai, which is owned by Americans and whose employees include many well-known journalists in China. It's no surprise that their newspapers and magazines make it here. ”

Li Zongren was taken aback, and Li Jishen, who was also shocked, looked at each other, and immediately realized that this kind of problem was far more serious than he imagined, and the good reputation he had built up over the years was very likely to be ruined because of this.

Chiang Kai-shek smiled slightly when he saw this: "Brother Huanzhang is right, as early as the beginning of the year, this little Oriental News Agency also conducted two exclusive interviews with the younger brother, I heard that several popular reporters and several editors-in-chief of the newspaper have a good relationship with our young general An Yi, if you want to know more about the situation, you might as well wait for An Yi to come back from his speech tonight to ask him, I believe An Yi will tell Brother Delin truthfully."

Li Zongren was startled again, as if he remembered something, and leaned heavily on the chair, staring blankly at the newspaper in front of him, and remained silent for a long time.

Li Jishen's brows tightened, and his ears suddenly recalled what An Yi said last night:

The Gui army is no longer the revolutionary army in the early days of the Northern Expedition, and there is nothing wrong with General Li Delin having great ambitions, but he should not achieve his goals with military confrontation and endless interrogation of the people of the two lakes, because this will lose the support of the people, and the good reputation he has earned with blood and sweat is likely to be wiped out under the drive of unrealistic ambitions."