Chiang Kai-shek not only set the selection criteria for the personnel sent by the central government to Outer Mongolia, but also set the salary standard, and even took into account that most people would not be willing to go to Outer Mongolia thousands of miles away to take up posts, so he also set a three-year rotation system, and everyone knew in their hearts that this was something that Chiang Kai-shek had long considered in his heart.

What everyone didn't expect was that Chiang Kai-shek said unhurriedly: "What are your opinions on Wen Ge's self-request for punishment?" ”

After Chiang Kai-shek said this, he didn't say much, just quietly observed the demeanor of everyone.

Although what Chiang Kai-shek just said had great entanglements of interests with Zhang Qun, Yang Yongtai, and Chen Guofu, the three of them looked at Chiang Kai-shek calmly at this time. These three people belonged to the people with outstanding minds, not only delicate thoughts, but also extremely deep in the city, and their expressions had long been expected by Chiang Kai-shek.

Wang Zhengting's demeanor was also very indifferent, it was not that he understood Chiang Kai-shek's thoughts, but he didn't think about it at all, he already knew that Chiang Kai-shek was very dissatisfied with him, if it weren't for Song Ziwen speaking for him, maybe he was not qualified to sit here now, he was now thinking about how to deal with the Sino-Soviet dispute, he knew his responsibilities very well, if this time because of diplomatic problems to dislike Chiang Kai-shek, then he, the foreign minister, would really come to an end.

The look on Lin Wei's face was a little helpless, but it was just a flash, and he immediately returned to indifference. He Yingqin seemed to be a little unbearable, but he hesitated for a moment, and saw Song Ziwen sitting up straight to speak, so he returned to a calm demeanor, but this time he didn't stop Song Ziwen again.

All this was seen by Chiang Kai-shek, Zhang Qun, Chen Guofu, Yang Yongtai, and Wang Zhengting, needless to say, what they were thinking in their hearts could not be hidden from Chiang Kai-shek.

Lin Wei's performance was also expected by Chiang Kai-shek, he had a good relationship with Song Zhewu, it was just that Lin Wei was very affectionate, but he was more cautious, which was one of the reasons why Chiang Kai-shek was willing to make an exception and reuse him. Although Lin Wei is a native of Zhejiang and a graduate of Lu University, he was not born in Whampoa and has never been in the First Army, which does not conform to Chiang Kai-shek's principle of employing people. Although Chiang Kai-shek was very worried at first with Chen Yi's recommendation, after two years of observation, he now has complete trust in Lin Wei.

However, He Yingqin's demeanor made him a little puzzled, he deliberately taught Song Zhewu, who thought he was smart, a lesson, with He Yingqin's upright surname, he did not defend his love general He Yingqin loved today, which really made Chiang Kai-shek very strange.

Without allowing Chiang Kai-shek to think too much, Song Ziwen's face turned red and said: "Chairman, Wen Ge's battle not only determined the situation in the northeast, but also snowed the shame of the oppression suffered by the foreign powers in the past hundred years, not to mention the great merit of recovering Outer Mongolia. Although Wen Ge killed too much in Outer Mongolia this time, he did not kill innocents indiscriminately, and all the killings were soldiers and separatists. Chairman Fang Cai also said that killing more of these people is conducive to stabilizing the situation in Outer Mongolia. At this time, Wen Ge was still leading the army, and he had to vigorously bear the affairs of the Northeast and Outer Mongolia, even if Wen Ge made a thousand mistakes, he must not punish Wen Ge at this time. ”

Seeing that no one spoke except Song Ziwen, Chiang Kai-shek nodded, sighed and said: "Ziwen, you are a gentleman who is frank and open-minded, but things in the world are not worthy of the people of heaven and earth can be done well, and Wen Ge is much better than you in this regard." ”

Seeing that Song Ziwen was very confused, Chiang Kai-shek did not explain, and said to everyone: "However, what Ziwen said is reasonable, don't say that Wen Ge is not at fault, even if he is wrong, he should not be punished at this time." Although Wen Ge was at fault, he reported me in time and did not hide it, which is really rare. In my opinion, for a young man like Wen Ge, it is still necessary to strictly restrain him in order to make him a pillar of the party-state. This time, the merits and demerits will be offset and will not be investigated. ”

Chiang Kai-shek raised his hand to stop Song Ziwen, who was still about to speak, and then said: "The vice chairman of the Han people in Outer Mongolia is still appointed by the central government, but the Han officials at all levels below are appointed by the Central Committee and Wen Ge and half each, and the Mongolian officials in Outer Mongolia are jointly selected by him and Zhuo Ren. ”

Then Chiang Kai-shek said in an unquestionable tone: "In addition, in order to ensure the long-term peace and stability of Outer Mongolia and maintain national defense security, the central authorities need to set up a Outer Mongolia Garrison Command in Outer Mongolia to be responsible for the national defense and public security of Outer Mongolia. It's just that Outer Mongolia has a vast territory, he only has 30,000 people, and the strength is not enough, so he let the two supplementary divisions of Wen Ge now in Manchuria enter Outer Mongolia, and the Ministry of Military Affairs gave them official numbers, all the troops in Outer Mongolia were uniformly established, and the cavalry corps was abolished, and the original units of the cavalry army were organized into the first, second, and third divisions of the Outer Mongolian Garrison Cavalry, and the two supplementary divisions were organized into the first and second divisions of the Outer Mongolian Garrison Infantry, and these troops were all under the jurisdiction of the Outer Mongolia Garrison Command. ”

"Since these two supplementary divisions entered Outer Mongolia, Wenge's strength in the northeast was weakened, and Jingzhi could give Wenge another division number, and the soldiers were recruited on the spot in the northeast. In the first battle of Manchuria, Wenge annihilated tens of thousands of Soviet troops, and his own casualties would not be small, as the saying goes, 'Kill 10,000 enemies, lose 8,000 yourself.'" Ziwen allocated another 2 million oceans to Wenge for the purpose of bereavement. ”

He also said to Chen Guofu: "Since other affairs in Outer Mongolia must be handled according to ordinary provinces, then the provincial party department must be established, and Guofu will handle this matter." ”

After Chiang Kai-shek motioned for Chen Guofu to sit down, he said solemnly: "After all, Outer Mongolia is different from the interior, and the duty of the party department in the interior is to supervise and guide the work of the political axes of various provinces, while in Outer Mongolia it is mainly to supervise. ”

"In addition, the great victory in Manchuria and the recovery of Outer Mongolia will be published in the newspapers tomorrow, and all newspapers will publish them, and they will all be published on the front page, and Wenge's telegram of victory will also be reprinted."

Chen Guofu knew that Chiang Kai-shek would not just put the Department of Political Science as a chess piece in the far away place of the emperor in Outer Mongolia, so Chiang Kai-shek was very uneasy and let himself set up a provincial party department, that is, he wanted the department to monitor and restrain them. Chen Guofu glanced at Zhang Qing and Yang Yongtai inadvertently, and said in his heart, let's see how long you can be happy.

Chen Guofu looked at his watch, saw that the time was close to midnight, and said to Chiang Kai-shek: "Chairman of the National People's Congress, most newspapers have basically finished their editions and need to revise their editions, and some newspapers may be too late." ”

Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand and said categorically: "If there is not enough time, we will not send it, in short, all newspapers tomorrow must have these two pieces of news." It is also necessary to organize some editorials, which should not be published in the central newspapers, but should be published by other newspapers. ”

Chiang Kai-shek pondered as he paced: "The tone of the editorial should be high, in addition to publicizing the great victory in Manchuria and the recovery of Outer Mongolia, which are two things that greatly please the hearts of the people, and also in a people's tone, we should demand that Soviet Russia return the more than 1.5 million square kilometers of land in Northeast China and Xinjiang Province that Tsarist Russia took from the Manchu political axe." Their former leader, Len, promised to hand over to us the lands that the Tsar had ceded from the Manchus by unequal treaties after the reunification of our country, and now that the Republic of China had achieved complete reunification, it was time for them to fulfill their promise. If Soviet Russia takes the initiative to negotiate with us, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will also insist on this condition. ”

Chiang Kai-shek paused for a moment, and then said resolutely: "No, this is not a condition, this is our bottom line, and this bottom line must be adhered to." Moreover, Tsarist Russia did not even have an unequal treaty to cover up its shame, and the Jiangdong 64tun and Boli areas that it forcibly occupied must be returned to us immediately and unconditionally. ”

Chiang Kai-shek's bottom line startled Wang Zhengting, Wang Zhengting peeked at Zhang Qun, and saw that Zhang Qun lowered his head and was silent, and he lost his opinion for a while. But Wang Zhengting was the foreign minister, and he had to remind Chiang Kai-shek of this matter, otherwise the negotiations would not succeed, and he was afraid that Chiang Kai-shek would blame him again.

Wang Zhengting hesitated for a moment and said: "Chairman of the committee, we have also discussed this issue privately with Soviet and Russian diplomats in the past, and as far as we know, their current leader, Sidl, will never return those lands to us, unless we seize them by force." But we don't have that strength right now. ”

Seeing that Chiang Kai-shek was silent, Wang Zhengting said cautiously: "I don't think this is the case, we will talk about the issue of Outer Mongolia together with the Middle East Road and the territorial matter, and if Soviet Russia promises not to interfere in the return of Outer Mongolia, we will ......."

After listening to Wang Zhengting's words, Chiang Kai-shek's face immediately became gloomy, and before Wang Zhengting finished speaking, Chiang Kai-shek interrupted his words and said word by word: "Outer Mongolia is the inherent territory of our Republic of China, which is recognized in the international community, and it is natural for us to recover our own land, and no one has the right to interfere with it. If Soviet Russia wants to talk about the Outer Mongolia issue, then we will bring the whole of Siberia to talk about it together. When the ancestors of the Chinese nation hunted there, their ancestors probably did not know where the Ural Mountains were. ”

After the general policy was decided, the meeting was dismissed after the meeting was discussed with some details.

As soon as everyone walked out of Chiang Kai-shek's official residence, Yan Daogang chased him out again and called Chen Guofu back. Everyone knew that this was Chiang Kai-shek and had something to explain to Chen Guofu alone, Zhang Qun and Yang Yongtai glanced at each other, but they didn't make a sound, Zhang Qun made a look, Yang Yongtai followed Zhang Qun and left, it seemed that the two of them were going to discuss the candidates for Outer Mongolia overnight.

He Yingqin pulled Song Ziwen and said in a low voice: "The Finance Department of Outer Mongolia has to deal with your Ministry of Finance." ”

Song Ziwen understood, and immediately called out to Zhang Qun and Yang Yongtai, who were about to get into the car, and said with a smile: "Mr. Yue Jun, Mr. Changqing, I still have a few good financial managers in the Ministry of Finance, if the two of you need manpower, tell me." ”

Yang Yongtai and Zhang Qun glanced at each other, and said with a smile: "Brother Yue Jun and I really can't find a candidate who understands finance for a while, since Ziwen is willing to help, then there is Lao Ziwen." ”

After Zhang Qun, Yang Yongtai, and Wang Zhengting left, Song Ziwen did not get into his car, but ordered the driver to follow He Yingqin's car, and he got into He Yingqin's car himself.

As soon as the car drove away, Song Ziwen complained and said: "Chief He, Wen Ge has made great contributions to the country by fighting in the northeast and capturing Outer Mongolia this time, and it can be said that after he recovered Outer Mongolia this time, our Republic of China has truly achieved reunification." Although I have always advocated that the chairmen of the provinces should be appointed by the central government, rather than by the military, as is the case now, the current situation in our country is such that the central government will not be able to exercise effective management over the localities. Since this situation cannot be changed now, then Waimeng, the vice chairman who holds real power, should be handed over to Wen Ge, otherwise it will inevitably make Wen Ge feel that those who obey the central government will suffer a loss, and those who disobey the central government will take a big advantage. ”

"Wen Ge is different from Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan and the like, you Chief He knows, he has always obeyed the central government. But this time he made such a great contribution, and he only gave him the position of commander of the Outer Mongolian garrison, which was afraid that it would make Wen Ge feel cold. Why don't you fight for Wenge, only your words will be seriously considered by the chairman. ”

He Yingqin looked at Song Ziwen, sighed and said, "Yes, according to the usual practice, this vice chairman should indeed be recommended by Wen Ge, or by him." It is considering that Outer Mongolia is far away from Cyprus, and the central government cannot take care of it, not to mention that the garrison there is also Wenge's troops, and these alone are the most suitable for Wenge to be the vice chairman. However, after all, he killed too many people in Outer Mongolia this time, and he was afraid that the people's resentment would be too great when he served there, which would not be conducive to the stability of Outer Mongolia. Wen Ge is just dissatisfied, and he can't say it, didn't he himself admit his mistake to the chairman? ”

Song Ziwen said dissatisfiedly: "It wasn't Wen Ge who killed people in Outer Mongolia, it was his subordinates, besides, that cavalry commander Wei Guanghui didn't receive any punishment, and he was also entrusted with a heavy responsibility, why did he have to ask Wen Ge, who was thousands of miles away, to take on the cylinder?" ”

He Yingqin looked at Song Ziwen sideways, and saw that Song Ziwen had a sincere face and was not pretentious, so he patted Song Ziwen's leg and said with emotion: "Ziwen, you are really a good person!" ”

After a pause, He Yingqin leaned back into his seat, squinted his eyes and said slowly: "Chairman and Wen Ge are both masters of the world, this is the two of them playing a mind game." ”

"What! The two of them are playing a game? Song Ziwen's mouth opened wide in surprise.

Seeing He Yingqin nodding, Song Ziwen thought for a while and asked suspiciously: "You mean, they have discussed, this is Zhou Yu beating Huang Gai, one is willing to fight, and the other is willing to suffer?" ”

He Yingqin shook his head and said with certainty: "There is no discussion, if they have discussed it in advance, then they are not heroes." And I'm afraid that Song Zhewu, the Huang Gai, thinks that Zhou Yu won't really fight, or at least he will raise the wrench high and drop it gently, just to make a show, he definitely didn't expect that now Zhou Yu would really knock him a few boards lightly. made Huang Gai suffer a loss. ”

Thinking of Song Zhewu's helpless and regretful expression after Song Zhewu knew Chiang Kai-shek's decision, He Yingqin couldn't help but laugh softly.

Seeing Song Ziwen's surprised face, He Yingqin stopped laughing and comforted Song Ziwen: "Ziwen, don't worry too much, although Wen Ge is a little aggrieved, he has also achieved his goal to a certain extent." Let's not look at the Three Kingdoms shed tears and worry about the ancients. ”

He Yingqin looked at Song Ziwen and said: "Actually, the chairman of the committee is not wronged Wen Ge, you just said that Wei Guanghui did in Outer Mongolia Wen Ge did not know, but I can say with certainty that Wen Ge must know, and even his order." The purpose of Wenge is to completely eliminate the separatists who are making trouble with the reading power, and only in this way can the long-term stability of Outer Mongolia be guaranteed. I agree with Wenge's actions, and even the chairman must also agree. ”

"If the chairman agrees, why does he still do it?"

He Yingqin's words made Song Ziwen even more confused.

He Yingqin explained: "In the battle to recover Outer Mongolia, tens of thousands of pseudo-Mongolian soldiers were killed, or how many backbone diehards who made a lot of trouble, Wen Ge could not say anything, as long as he didn't say it, it would take at least half a year for outsiders to know about this matter, and then everything would be calm." Even if he did, he could have narrowed down the number, and the stakes in it would not have been unknown to a smart person like Wenge. ”

"You mean, Wenge is deliberately trying to let the outside world know?"

"Yes, he deliberately wanted people to know." He Yingqin said with certainty.

"Didn't Wenge deliberately pour dirty water on himself? Others can't hide, why did he do it? Doing this will only be bad for him, not good! ”

He Yingqin sighed and said, "Wen Ge's cleverness lies here. ”

He Yingqin decided to give Song Ziwen, a good person, a thorough explanation.

Wen Ge personally led a large army to Manchuria, thousands of miles away, to fight against the Soviet army, and completely annihilated tens of thousands of Soviet troops in the Great Wuli area in World War I. You must know that the Soviet army not only has planes and artillery, but also tanks, which are not paper-paste, but they fought on the Eastern Front and made the elite of the Northeast Army abandon the city and flee, Wenge's move is definitely a great achievement in the eyes of the Chinese people; Secondly, he quietly regained Outer Mongolia, which had been actually separated for more than ten years, in one fell swoop, which is a great merit. As soon as these two events are reported tomorrow, the whole country will be shocked and the people will rejoice. ”

"What the chairman of the committee said in the telegram that Wen Ge gave him before he went to the Northeast, 'Feng Wolf Juxu' and 'Champion Hou', these have come true, and the people are afraid that Wen Ge will really be regarded as the great hero of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to expand the territory. In that way, not only will the prestige of the Fourth Route Army be greatly enhanced, but Wen Ge, the commander of the Fourth Route Army, will also have a great reputation and become a national hero. If Wen Ge has the slightest dissent, there will be many local forces like ants. You say, will the chairman take it in stride? ”

Although Wen Ge repeatedly claimed in the telegram that the recovery of Outer Mongolia and the northern march to resist the Soviet army were all under the orders of the chairman, the chairman of the committee would also have a high reputation because of these two major events, and his position in the party and the country would be more stable. But because of the presence of Wenge, a big hero, the aura on the chairman of the committee will inevitably be much darker. What do you think the chairman of the committee will think? ”

Wen Ge splashed himself with dirty water, which is naturally a little unbeautiful for him as a big hero, but it is not a big problem, but it will make his glorious image darker, and in comparison, the aura on the chairman of the committee will be brighter. You said that Wen Ge thinks about the chairman like this, and this matter is still done without leakage, will the chairman be unhappy? ”

Song Ziwen, who was stunned by He Yingqin's words, opened his mouth wide, and only came back to his senses after a while and said: "What a Song Wenge, it's really not simple, just this scheming is not in vain." ”

He Yingqin smiled indifferently and said: "Ziwen, don't praise him first, although Wen Ge has good intentions and good means, he is still no match for the chairman......"

(To be continued)