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Chapter 1214 is not that I am hard-hearted

Hangzhou is still very cold in March this year, and the shores of West Lake, which should be in full bloom and full of purple and red, are still in the middle of winter. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After Chiang Kai-shek signed a few documents, and then issued a guiding telegram to the National Disaster Relief Committee, he walked out of Chenglu worriedly, and slowly paced along the cold and damp path.

The continuous low temperature weather that has not been encountered for decades has triggered a wide range of natural disasters, and the most severely affected Jiangnan region and the southwest region have been hit by wind and snow, freezing rain continuously, and there is hardly a day of sunrise weather in Yunkai, and the two provinces of Sichuan and Guizhou, which have been the most severely affected, have become more and more intense, and the number of people who have frozen to death and starved to death in the past month and a half has exceeded 7,000.

What's worse is that the ice and snow disaster has seriously affected agriculture, which means that there will be a widespread famine in five to seven provinces in Jiangnan and southwest China this summer.

"It's been another year of many disasters and hardships...... Bray, what is the report of the Sichuan camp today? Chiang Kai-shek asked as he walked, his eyes looking at the gray lake.

Chen Bui can understand Chiang Kai-shek's feelings, not only the natural disasters in Sichuan Province are still continuing, as of yesterday, more than 4,600 people have frozen to death in central Sichuan and northern Sichuan, which is worse than Guizhou Province, which is poor and backward and has inconvenient transportation, and the death toll announced by the propaganda organization, which has always been good news but not bad news, is only 1,007 people, and the Sichuan warlords conceal it for the sake of their own face, not only do not care about the life and death of the people, but take advantage of the public resentment caused by this disaster to provoke a Sichuan people's first movement. The officials at all levels appointed by the central government refused to accept them, competed for power and profit among themselves, and continued infighting, all kinds of rumors flew all over the sky, and the so-called "nursery rhymes" and "visions from heaven" containing conspiracy were spread everywhere in an attempt to regain military and political power from the hands of the central government.

Among them, the one who was most affected and slandered was He Guoguang, the acting director of the Sichuan Xingying who firmly implemented the central government's policies after Gu Zhutong went north. The blow of local forces to He Guoguang was immediately pale because He Guoguang got two batches of disaster relief grain totaling 100,000 tons in time.

"As of yesterday afternoon, more than 2,870 people had died of freezing and starvation in Chongqing alone, and the situation would have been even worse if it had not been for the great help of General An Yi. The second batch of rice totaling 50,000 tons can be sent to Chongqing from the artesian well strategic warehouse today, and General He Yuanzhang (He Guoguang) made a special call for this purpose, asking for a commendation for General An Yi. The steady Chen Bui hoped that this news would reassure Chiang Kai-shek.

Chiang Kai-shek suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen An Yi this morning, looked around, and then beckoned, and said a few words to the attendant staff officer who came up quickly, and the attendant staff nodded and left to call An Yi.

Chiang Kai-shek continued to move forward: "This ice and snow disaster throughout the seven provinces, let me feel a lot, the same unruly warlord, Guizhou's Shizhen did a very good job, unexpectedly donated 300,000 tons of grain, 50,000 cotton clothes, 100,000 quilts in seven days to help the province's victims, Guizhou Province is now grateful to him, a piece of praise, he, the first vice chairman of Guizhou Province, has always given us the feeling of doing his own thing, insatiable, although the development of Guizhou's economy and transportation contribution is not small, But always can't get rid of the selfish and selfish little family spirit, this time he stepped forward, organized all-out disaster relief in a timely manner, far ahead of the affected provinces, quite a bit of a no-sound, blockbuster taste, to the central and local shocks, it seems, his position is more and more stable. ”

"Among them, I'm afraid An Yi plays a role behind Shi Zhen."

Chen Bui smiled slightly: "Actually, it is General An Yi and General Zhang Hongluan who should really be praised, and the governments at all levels in southern Sichuan and Xiangxi have also experienced serious disasters, only the southern Sichuan region has not starved to freezing to death, and the number of deaths in the jurisdiction of General Zhang Hongluan in Xiangxi is only less than 100 people, the reason why the vast majority of people can't see this achievement is entirely because An Yi and they did not sing praises for themselves, compared with the warlords in other provinces and regions, they make judgments!" ”

Ten minutes later, An Yi arrived, saw Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Bui walking side by side in the courtyard, walked over quickly and whispered hello, and walked on Chiang Kai-shek's right after a few words.

Chiang Kai-shek glanced at An Yi: "What time did you sleep?" ”

"I just fell asleep at dawn, and I've been sleeping for three and a half hours, which is enough." An Yi ****** astringent eyes, and subconsciously tightened the discipline button.

Chiang Kai-shek sighed: "It's good to be young! During this time, a few of you are tired, pay more attention to rest, tomorrow the Chinese negotiators will arrive, you must maintain your mental outlook, and you will not hold any more meetings and discussions tonight. ”

"Yes!"

An Yi replied in a low voice, he could feel the deep concern revealed in Chiang Kai-shek's seemingly bland words.

"I know that during this time, someone in the central government made a big statement about you An Yi, saying that you should have made greater efforts in this disaster relief, which means that you An Yi did not do your best. This statement is unfair, and it is extremely irresponsible for a country to expect a person to spend a huge amount of money on disaster relief every year when it encounters a disaster. I called the Central Committee early in the morning and seriously criticized this ridiculous remark, hoping that you will not care about it and will not be affected. The task you are now undertaking is very heavy, and after the KMT-CPC negotiations are completed, you will have to fly to North China and Northwest China to inspect the various armies, so you must have a good attitude. Chiang Kai-shek comforted An Yi.

An Yi smiled indifferently: "Principal, please rest assured, students will not deal with those grandsons who can only play with their mouths." ”

Chen Bui couldn't help laughing, and there was a faint pleasure in his heart. An Yi is not at all afraid of Wang Jingwei and Sun Ke's gang, and I am afraid that only An Yi dares to offend these people unscrupulously in the whole of China.

Chiang Kai-shek was not in the slightest unhappy with An Yi's rudeness, shook his head and smiled, and asked An Yi: "This time, except for General Yuanzhang's Sichuan camp, you did not provide any help to any place, nor did you express any opinions, many people can't understand it, can you tell me, what is the reason why you are so low-key?" ”

"It's not that the students are hard-hearted, but that the Sino-Japanese war is coming soon, and once the war starts, I am afraid that a more severe and long-lasting disaster will follow, and it is impossible for the students to contribute generously to governments at all levels, not to mention that the southern Sichuan region is also the hardest hit area of this ice and snow disaster, and the industrial and agricultural losses are greater than any other region.

"Secondly, it is not easy to fill the four newly opened large-scale strategic storage warehouses in southern Sichuan, and now they are not full, they have already cost hundreds of millions of students, and this year we have to buy millions of tons of flour and rice from the United States and the Nanyang region, and we also have to buy hundreds of thousands of tons of meat and fish canned food from my father-in-law's Nanyang factory as reserves. Moreover, this year, the requisition of summer grain in southern Sichuan and southern Yunnan must all be transported to the newly completed Fuling grain reserve warehouse, otherwise there will really be a wave of refugees, and the capital will really have to be moved, and it will not be as simple as a few thousand people starving to death. An Yi replied helplessly.

Chiang Kai-shek felt a little fever on his face, and as the head of state, after listening to An Yi's words, he could imagine how he felt. Chen Bui's expression was complicated, both moved and helpless, and more worried. As his friendship with An Yi deepened, Chen Bui understood An Yi more deeply, he admired An Yi's personality and thoughts very much, and knew that An Yi was a person who really put the interests of the country and the nation first.

At the mention of the Fuling grain reserve warehouse, Chen Bui and Chiang Kai-shek immediately remembered the Fuling military airfield built by An Yi in the name of the Second Route Army Headquarters, the air defense positions that were completed at the same time as the airport and were kept strictly secret, and the air defense unit of the Yichang base, which had just been formed last month. Including the auxiliary facilities and road and bridge construction of the above two major projects, An Yi invested more than 40 million yuan in this regard, in the silent dedication to the country and the people, An Yi did not shout a word of tiredness, did not say a word, and did not take pride in his merits, singing praises for himself, and even Chiang Kai-shek wanted to give the award euphemistically refused, and said an extremely touching sentence: the most willing award for students is the award in the War to Defend the Homeland and Patriotic War, and various disaster relief and national defense facilities investment in the past few years, Speaking of which, it is all the money that students earn from the people, so it should be taken from the people and used for the people.

The three of them continued to stroll, and An Yi deftly turned the topic to tomorrow's KMT-CCP negotiations.

Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Bui did not want to bring up too heavy topics again, so they analyzed and discussed with An Yi the identity of the ** representative and the possible requirements, although the preparations for the whole negotiation were very perfect, and the tone and conditions had been formulated after repeated deliberation, but it did not prevent everyone from preparing more for possible differences.

At noon the next day, a Juncker transport plane of the Central Airlines landed at Hangzhou Airport, where Chen Cheng, vice minister of military and political affairs, An Yi, deputy chief of general staff, Zhang Chong, and He Jinhan, chief and deputy heads of the negotiation team, greeted Chiang Kai-shek at the airport.

"Hello Director Zhou!"

An Yi respectfully saluted the former director of the Whampoa Military Academy, who had been absent for ten years.

Director Zhou, who was wearing a navy blue tweed coat, was still so personable and gentle, he was quite surprised to see An Yi who was wearing a uniform, he didn't expect An Yi, who had not participated in the negotiations a few times ago and had always been reluctant to get close to ***, would appear, and he was very happy to come forward and shake hands: "I saw in the newspaper that you are the deputy chief of staff again, congratulations!" You are the pride of Whampoa! ”

"Thank you Director Zhou for your encouragement!" An Yi smiled respectfully.

Director Zhou nodded and walked towards Zhang Chong, and An Yi and Ye Jianying immediately saluted each other and greeted each other politely in Cantonese.

Ye Jianying and An Yi met for the second time, and the last time they met was traced back to Li Jishen's family banquet before the Northern Expedition, knowing that An Yi and Li Jishen had an extraordinary relationship, and they were still the son-in-law of Guangzhou, so they happily talked with An Yi.

When it was the turn of the fourth person to shake hands with the ** negotiator, everyone was taken aback by An Yi's surprise call, and the sentence "Your grandson is not dead" suddenly surprised everyone.

Li Xiaolong was very excited, shook hands tightly with An Yi, who was also excited, and couldn't help blurting out: "Old sir......"

An Yi didn't care about the surprised and complicated gazes around him, lightly punched Li Xiaolong, and looked Li Xiaolong up and down in a tweed suit and carrying a French-made briefcase:

"Tsk...... You kid still looks good in a military uniform, this dress is not worthy of you, but it also looks polite and old-fashioned, but the color and style are too trendy, just did it? ”

Li Xiaolong smiled: "I only did it when I arrived in Shanghai, I can't hide it, it's the first time I've worn a suit, and I don't know if it's suitable." ”

"Very good! Haha, I'll invite you to drink tonight, and I'll invite you to visit the West Lake at night when I'm done, and find a few famous beauties in Jiangnan to accompany you, I guess your kid will be very popular. An Yi joked without hesitation.

Everyone didn't expect An Yi, who was a member of the Standing Committee of the ****** Committee and deputy chief of the General Staff Department, to make such a joke on such a formal and serious occasion, and they looked at each other one by one, extremely surprised, Li Xiaolong was even more worried, and his face turned red.

Only the joy in Director Zhou's eyes flashed and he let out a hearty laugh, and everyone laughed along.