Since Shang Zhen returned to Shanxi last year, he has been under de facto house arrest since he was appointed chairman of Shanxi Provincial Political Axe by Nanjing Political Axe. As the provincial chairman, Shang Zhen not only could not intervene in any affairs of the provincial government, but even his regular actions were restricted.

It's not that Shang Zhen has lost his freedom, on the contrary, except for leaving Taiyuan, Yan Xishan doesn't pay attention to his whereabouts at all. It's just that Yan Xishan, in the name of protecting Shang Zhen's safety, sent a company of gendarmes to Shang Zhen, and Shang Zhen was surrounded by more than 100 gendarmes every time he traveled, and the scene was more majestic than Yan Xishan, the king of Shanxi.

It's okay to say, it's just that Shang Zhen had nothing to do, so he had to visit his old friends and colleagues, but everywhere he went, the military police guarding him would tightly surround the other party's office and even his home, and all idlers and miscellaneous people were forbidden to enter and exit, causing great inconvenience to the other party and a greater psychological burden. After a long time, everyone avoided Shang Zhen's visit when they heard about it. Angry, Shang Zhen ran to the commander of the military police, Zhang Dasan, to make a big fuss, and then closed the door.

Song Zhewu did not shy away from it, and asked Ye Qing to pull a sheriff on the street who was patrolling with people to ask where Shang Zhen lived, this sheriff patrolled Song Zhewu's origins, and did not dare to hide it, and took the initiative to arrange a patrol policeman to show Song Zhewu the way, and he quickly ran back to the police station to report.

Shang Zhen's residence is in an alley behind the political axe in Shanxi Province, although the residence is not large, but the security is very strict, there are military police guards of the Jin Sui Army at the entrance of the alley, and there are military police patrols around the house. Although it is not forbidden for the people to pass, the people are not willing to cause trouble, except for the people who live in the alley, everyone else tries to bypass as much as possible, so Shang Zhen's door looks very deserted.

The commander of the military police battalion, who had been notified by the military police headquarters, ran to the entrance of the alley early to greet Song Zhewu, and respectfully led Song Zhewu to Shang Zhen's residence.

Shang Zhen's residence was guarded by Shang Zhen's own platoon guards, and the people from the military police battalion of the Jin Sui Army did not dare to enter, after all, Shang Zhen was still the chairman of Shanxi Province and the general of the Jin Sui Army, and he did not explicitly oppose Yan Xishan. Therefore, although these people are called protection, they are actually surveillance, but they don't dare to mess around with Shang Zhen.

At the signal of Song Zhewu, Liang Bi stepped forward to ask Shang Zhen's guards to go in and report: "Song Zhewu, deputy commander-in-chief of the Northern Route Army of the Republic of China, commander-in-chief of the Fourth Route Army, and director of the Taihang Administration, came to meet Chairman Shang. These guards all knew Song Zhewu, and someone hurriedly went in to report.

Soon a second lieutenant ran out, came to Song Zhewu's horse and saluted, and reported with an unnatural expression: "Report to the general, Chairman Shang has an order, I don't see the deputy commander-in-chief of the Northern Route Army of the Republic of China, the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Route Army, and the director of the Taihang Administration." After saying that, he turned around and was about to go back.

"Slow, if you go to report again, just say that Song Zhewu came to visit Chairman Shang." Song Zhewu called out to the second lieutenant.

Before returning from Henan, Liang Bi was not as complicated as it is now when he reported to Song Zhewu, just reported "Song Zhewu, commander-in-chief of the Fourth Route Army", but with the rise of Song Zhewu's rank, the ranks of the Fourth Route Army continued to expand, and Song Zhewu's prestige inside and outside the Fourth Route Army continued to rise. Many of Song Zhewu's official positions reported by Liang Bi were done according to Xiao Guodong's instructions.

Xiao Guodong's meaning Song Zhewu is clear, the Fourth Route Army is a young army with a very short history, unlike other armies in the country that are from the old army, and there has long been a strict hierarchy. In addition to a few early officers of the Fourth Route Army, such as Song Zhewu, and the officers and soldiers of the Gui Department and the Northwest Army who later joined the Fourth Route Army, everyone else grew up from peasants, citizens, and students, and even Xiang Xu Fang and other senior officers trained and studied together with many soldiers a few years ago. Therefore, the superiors and subordinates of the Fourth Route Army were very easy-going.

For this point, Tao Rong, Li Wentian, and Li Sichi are very unaccustomed to it, and they have all privately suggested to Xiao Guodong, and their suggestions are naturally attached to Xiao Guodong, and it is also because it is very necessary.

Although Song Zhewu is still a little unaccustomed to it, he also knows that it is indeed time to start in this regard, and Song Zhewu is very satisfied with Xiao Guodong's approach from the bottom of his heart. However, it can be reported outside, even in Chiang Kai-shek and Yan Xishan, but it is a little difficult to do in Shang Zhen, after all, Shang Zhen helped him in the initial stage of Song Zhewu, and he was still his nominal superior until he became the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Route Army, not to mention that it is now a sensitive period.

Soon, the second lieutenant ran back and saluted Song Zhewu in a more respectful manner. Chairman Shang said that he was very grateful to General Song for coming to see him! It's just that he is sick in bed, and he can't really see guests, and he also asks General Haihan, after Chairman Shang recovers, he will personally visit the general. The general is busy with official business, so please return home for the time being. ”

Song Zhewu came to visit Shang Zhen with great fanfare this time, and he was not afraid of Yan Xishan's dissatisfaction and suspicion. After Shang Zhen came to Shanxi on the order of Nanjing, he handed over the 32nd Army to his classmate Li Peiji. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Shang Zhen organized the people's army outside the pass, Li Peiji was Shang Zhen's chief of staff, after the disintegration of the people's army, Li Peiji went to Yanjing to participate in the second revolution, and went to Shanxi in the sixth year of the Republic of China to seek refuge in Shang Zhen again, starting from the battalion commander until he was promoted to the commander of the first army of the third army of the Jin Sui Army, and he has always been Shang Zhen's most trusted person.

In order to reduce Shang Zhen's military power, after Shang Zhen left Beiping, Yan Xishan first reduced the 32nd Army to the 32nd Division on the pretext of responding to the disarmament of Nanjing, and then let Li Peiji concurrently serve as the acting chairman of Chahar Province. After a while, Yan Xishan was still not at ease, and after a short time, he transferred the 32nd Division back to Shanxi, appointed Li Peiji as chairman of Suiyuan Province, and left his military post. After Li Peiji went to Suiyuan, he dismembered and scattered the 32nd Division, and transferred the 94th Brigade of Huang Guanghua, Shang Zhen's most trusted unit, to the 42nd Division, intending to completely eradicate Shang Zhen's forces in the Jin Sui Army.

Since Yan Xishan had achieved his goal, Yan Xishan naturally wouldn't care about Song Zhewu's visit to Shang Zhen, a toothless tiger. Song Zhewu did this, in fact, he wanted Yan Xishan to know that he, Song Zhewu, was doing things above board and above board, and he had nothing to hide from Yan Xishan.

Shang Zhen didn't see him, Song Zhewu understood, Shang Zhen was afraid that the two would see each other, which would make Yan Xishan suspicious of Song Zhewu. However, it doesn't matter whether he sees Shang Zhen or not, as long as Song Zhewu comes to Shang Zhen's door, his goal has been achieved.

Returning to his residence, Li Dayong reported that on this day, Zhang Weifan, Li Xingzhong, Deng Zhexi, Liu Zhizhou, and Chen Jiyan came to visit, in addition, there were Bai Yunti, Pan Yizhi, Liu Xizhong, Deng Hongye, as well as Hu Jiesan, Gao Mengqin, Huang Yiou, Chu Jingwei, Ge Guangting, Liu Juemin, Liu Shaoting, Kang Yushu and others.

Zhang Weifan, Li Xingzhong, Deng Zhexi, Liu Zhizhou, and Chen Jiyan came to know, Song Zhewu didn't need to ask, and he had already told Li Dayong before leaving, if Zhang Weifan and others came, tell them about Feng Yuxiang, and he, Song Zhewu, would definitely try his best to turn around, please rest assured; Ge Guangting's visit is only a visit by the surname of etiquette, and Zhang Xueliang's attitude must be very clear to him, at most, he is here to find out Song Zhewu's attitude towards anti-Jiang.

Bai Yunti should have wanted to try his luck and see if Song Zhewu could help him, the former leader of the Inner People's Party, who had just been removed from his post. Although the office and several senior leaders of the Inner People's Party in Kulen were eliminated by Wei Guanghui in one fell swoop, the main leaders are still active in Inner Mongolia, and Bai Yunti is likely to think about regaining the leadership of the Inner People's Party. As for the insider party, Song Zhewu will never let it develop, Wang Xu's intelligence personnel have been closely investigating and monitoring their movements, and Song Zhewu will never show mercy to their subordinates when he has the opportunity.

Others are basically here to contact him, and there is no specific business. However, Song Zhewu was very concerned about Liu Shaoting, the representative of Jing Yuexiu, and Kang Yushu, the representative of Ma Hongkui.

Jing Yuexiu guarded Yulin in the name of the town guard envoy of northern Shaanxi and the commander of the 86th Division. He actively exterminated Duan Maogong and other bandits, advocated education, appointed Du Bincheng, a Ming cook, as the principal of Yulin Middle School, supported the establishment of Yulin Female Teachers and Yulin Vocational School, subsidized students to go out for further study, supported the establishment of "Shangjun Yuebao" and the establishment of local industrial banks in northern Shaanxi, encouraged the people to set up factories and gun factories in partnership, introduced machines and technologies, and introduced thermal power generation, thus creating Yulin's modern industry, and was a very enlightened person.

Over the years, Jing Yuexiu has been portrayed as a heinous reactionary warlord, and has even been interpreted and vilified. In Song Zhewu's view, this is really a violation of historical justice. As a historical figure of the Republic of China, his contributions in the following aspects should be recognized: 1. He was the first to respond to the Wuchang Uprising in the northwest; 2. In 1925, in response to the Northern Expedition, Jing Yuexiu organized the Northern Shaanxi National Revolutionary Army in Yulin, and appointed himself as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Shaanxi National Revolutionary Army.

And the most shining thing about Jing Yuexiu is that he has been alone in his life to maintain national unity. After the "9.18" incident in 1913, 1925, and 1931, he tried to block the internal [***] attempt three times with his own strength.

A person like Jing Yuexiu, if he is well connected, will help Song Zhewu a lot, at least his good relationship with the princes of Inner Mongolia will help Song Zhewu stabilize the situation in Inner Mongolia.

As for Ma Hongkui, who is currently the commander of the 11th Army of the Rebel Army and the commander of the 64th Division, and a member of the Henan Provincial Political Axe Committee. Although it did not help Song Zhewu much, his troops were stationed in Ningxia in the future, and Ma Hongkui was very resolute in the Suixi War of Resistance in history, which was also what Song Zhewu needed to use.

"Where do Liu Shaoting and Kang Yushu live? Can you ask them to come over for a moment? Song Zhewu asked Li Dayong.

"Both of them left their addresses, Kang Yushu lives in the Shanxi Hotel, and Liu Shaoting lives in the Taiyuan Huiji Military Clothing Society, which according to Liu Shaoting said was opened by their town guard Jing Yuexiu."

"Good fellows! This Jing Yuexiu actually opened his industry to Taiyuan, and it seems that this Jing Yuexiu is still very smart. Song Zhewu not only secretly admired.

After another thought, Song Zhewu called out to Li Dayong, who had already walked to the door to convey the order, he had changed his mind, it was okay for him to go to see Shang Zhen, but if he wanted to meet with Jing Yuexiu and Ma Hongkui's people overnight, it would inevitably arouse Yan Xishan's suspicions.

Song Zhewu called Liang Bi and ordered Liang Bi: "Send someone to tell Kang Yushu that Zhang Tao's division stationed in Zhengzhou will support Ma Hongkui's 1,000 rifles of the 11th Army, hoping to support each other with Commander Ma in the future; asked Sun Jiahui to go to Taiyuan Huiji Military Clothing Club to find Liu Shaoting, so he said that I said that they would customize 50,000 sets of military uniforms in their Taiyuan Huiji Military Clothing Society, and asked Manager Sun to pay the payment first, and the price would be preferential......"

After dealing with all the things, it was already past 8 o'clock in the evening after Song Zhewu finished dinner, and he was going to go to bed early, because Yan Xishan would definitely meet him tomorrow.

As soon as he got into bed, Ye Qing came in to report that Yan Xishan had come to visit......

(To be continued)