Yan Qingyu ran away, ran without a trace, and it was too late to block the airport station, this Jiangyang thief disappeared from then on, and it was difficult to find a trace again.

A group of people from the police department were sincerely frightened, desperately investigated, and finally came to the conclusion that among the women who came to visit Yan Qingyu, someone secretly sent in a file or other tools to help him open the shackles and shackles and escape.

Chen Zikun just smiled, saying that since there was no death, forget it, and let the Civil Affairs Bureau compassionate the civilians, he said that a thief can think about the suffering of the people, you officials just care about your own brains, no matter whether Li Min's family has overnight food, if this continues, I will cut off your skulls first.

In short, the snitch case that made a lot of noise was over, and no one would mention it again.

A few days after the Spring Festival, a major event occurred in Nanjing, it was rumored that the National Assembly would formulate a presidential election law, Hu Hanmin wanted to collude with the two broad forces to compete with Chiang Kai-shek for the presidency, and the conflict between Chiang and Hu was inevitable, although Hu Hanmin was a senior in the party, Chiang Kai-shek still put him under house arrest in Tangshan, the eastern suburb of Nanjing, and since then the Kuomintang has been fighting again.

First of all, the leader of Guangdong, Chen Jitang, made a difficult move, asking Chiang Kai-shek to treat Hu Hanmin, who was also a Cantonese, and then Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi returned to Guangxi with bad intentions, and the civil official of the Nationalist Government, Changgu Yingfen, sent a telegram to resign, Wang Chonghui, president of the Judiciary, and Sun Ke, minister of railways, stayed in Shanghai without returning, and Lin Sen, a member of the Central Supervisory Committee, sent a telegram to impeach Chiang Kai-shek.

Nanjing is about to come, Chen Zikun hurriedly returned to Ningbo, accompanied by Liu Ting, who had just resigned from Jiang University, and now she is Chen Zikun's personal secretary, responsible for the exchange of official documents, and on the day of arrival in Ningning, the various documents and files of Chen Zikun's office were sorted out in an orderly manner.

Chiang Kai-shek and his wife once again invited Chen Zikun to a banquet at the Xiaohongshan Villa in the eastern suburbs, during which they talked about Chen Zikun's position, and Chiang Kai-shek said that some adjustments should be made within the government recently, and with the qualifications and abilities of his elder brother, he should take on more important responsibilities.

Chen Zikun seems to have a mirror in his heart, the Minister of Military Affairs belongs to the Minister of Real Power, although he has a good relationship with Chiang, but it is always a collaborator's relationship, not a subordinate and a subordinate, and it will not be easy to use.

"There is no distinction between high and low revolutionary work, and I obey Chairman Chiang's arrangement." Chen Zikun did not complain, and Chiang Kai-shek and his wife glanced at each other, and they were all appreciative.

Chiang Kai-shek said: "China has been weak for a hundred years, bullied by the great powers to this point, nothing more than the country is not rich and strong enough, the military strength is not enough to protect itself, now the country has been basically unified, it is time to build, the first is the military industry, there is no strong national defense force, nothing else can be talked about, Zi Kun, I am ready to set up a national defense construction committee to supervise and guide the country's heavy industry, troop adjustment, railways, highways, aviation and other work closely related to national defense. Aviation has research, and it is definitely up to the job. ”

Song Meiling added: "The Supervisory Committee has a great responsibility, and the affairs in charge are numerous and messy, and non-ordinary people are not competent. ”

Chen Zikun didn't expect that the job assigned by Chiang Kai-shek to himself turned out to be this, the National Defense Construction Supervision Commission, it looks like a fictitious title, but if it is operated well, there is still a lot to be done, his mind turned quickly, and in a moment he thought of Beitai under construction.

"Madam, Chairman Jiang, when it comes to national defense construction, I have some immature views, the national defense industry, the first push for steel, without steel, you can't make guns and bullets, you can't resist foreign captives, although Hubei has Hanyang Iron Works, but it is far from enough, I suggest in the middle and lower reaches of the Huaijiang River in Beitai County, where coal and iron resources are abundant, labor is sufficient, water transport and railways are developed, you can reach Nanjing within one day, and Shanghai can be reached within two days. The national defense industrial base based on chemical plants, coking plants, iron and steel plants, and machinery factories will certainly play an important role in China's national defense undertakings. ”

Song Meiling bowed her head and said: "Darling, you really chose the right person, Zikun has already had a draft for national defense construction, do you also share your thoughts." ”

Chiang Kai-shek said: "Three years ago, our army no longer hired Soviet advisers, turned to Germany to look for, after the European War, a large number of German professional soldiers urgently need to work, now for the National Revolutionary Army to do advisers is General Verzell and his team, the German adviser's opinion is to build a lean, modern army, aviation and navy can be suspended, the construction of the Jiangnan Railway, the capital and the southwest provinces, China sooner or later with Japan to war, this army, is our decisive force." ”

Chen Zikun said: "One year of the army, ten years of the air force, a hundred years of the navy, the construction of the army is certainly a wise choice, but also the fastest way to achieve results, but air power is also indispensable. Du Hei's "Air Supremacy" and the "Theory of Air Defense" by William Mitchell, deputy commander of the US Army Air Corps, General Mitchell said that among the things that have appeared that can change the face of war, there has never been anything as great as the influence of air power, air power has changed the war from a plane to a three-dimensional, and the battle line has also changed from a line to a non-line, that is, the entire territory of a country will become a battle line, China's transportation network is underdeveloped, and the construction of railways and highways requires a lot of time and money, but it is very convenient to build airports, Building a strong air force is another countermeasure to contend with Japan. ”

In the end, he is a high-achieving student from a professional military academy, and his ideas are ahead of his time, which is incomprehensible to a person like Chiang Kai-shek, who was born in a non-commissioned officer school, but fortunately, his wife supported him, and he listened to him with great interest: "I also like airplanes, when I fly in the sky, I look down on everything, and I have a god-like feeling. ”

Chiang Kai-shek said: "Zikun, you submit a report to me when you go back, and I will ask the Ministry of Finance to approve the funds for you. ”

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Chen Zikun also has an official residence in Nanjing, because he does not live permanently, Yao Yilei Jianbing and others are unbearable to travel, so they do not live here, and the house is full of adjutants and guards, not like an official residence but like a barracks.

After coming back, Chen Zikun was stunned at the blank manuscript paper, bragging and chatting, but he didn't have the ability to resort to words and form systematic written materials, and he didn't know where to start.

Liu Ting came in and asked if there was anything to serve, Chen Zikun said the main purpose of the report, and Jiang University said: "This is the work of the secretary, you can leave it to me." ”

It took one night to freshly brew a book of 10,000 words, Chen Zikun read it first, and couldn't help but be amazed by the richness of Liu Ting's knowledge, although it was still superficial when it came to professional aspects, but this report was handed over to Lao Jiang to see, this level was enough.

Soon after the report was submitted, Chen Zikun was appointed by the Nationalist Government as chairman of the National Defense Construction Supervision Commission, which was of a very high rank, but there was only one empty shelf, and all the personnel were recruited by Chen Zikun himself, and his first appointment was to appoint Liu Ting as the senior administrative secretary of the secretariat of the Supervision Committee.

He Yingqin, who succeeded the Minister of Military Affairs and was a veteran of the Whampoa Department and second only to Chiang Kai-shek in military seniority.

After Gai Longquan flew solo, the troops of an army under his jurisdiction were originally transferred to Hunan by the Ministry of Military Affairs to deal with the threat of Liangguang, but halfway they were transferred to Jiangxi to suppress the Communists, repeatedly defeated, miserable, most of his subordinates were captured by the Red Army, their strength was greatly reduced, and they regretted not being at the beginning, and wrote to Chen Zikun again and again, asking him to dredge up from it and transfer Jiangdong, which coincided with the beginning of the second encirclement and suppression, and the Minister of Military Affairs He Yingqin personally served as the commander-in-chief, and the new officer took office with three fires.

Qingming is approaching, Xia Xiaoqing wants to take his son back to Cangzhou to sweep his father's grave, Chen Zikun intends to accompany him, after Yan'er heard about it, she also made a fuss about going, this is terrible, Yao Yilei and Jianbing have to follow, three ladies and two children, maids and maids, old mothers, at least fifty or sixty people, and the guards are not counted.

Now that the country is reunified, the railway traffic has been restored smoothly, Chen Zikun is the chairman of the National Defense Construction Supervision Commission, and he is also a high-ranking official with the prefix of the national character, so it is natural for the family to hang a special train, and the family set off from Nanjing, along the Jinpu Road to the north, first to Tianjin, and then to Cangzhou.

The car arrived at Tianjin Station, Zhang Xueliang, the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Security, sent someone to pick up the station, after the Central Plains War, Beijing and Tianjin became the bag of the Zhang family, old friends visited, and naturally hospitality, plus Yao Yilei's uncle-in-law was also in Tianjin, so he had to be here for a few days.

Approaching Cangzhou, Xia Xiaoqing was like an arrow, but she had to stay in Tianjin, dealing with those hypocritical dignitaries and nobles all day long, which made her very unhappy and urged Chen Zikun to leave quickly.

Chan said he had an important friend to visit.

Xia Xiaoqing was very impatient: "You have many friends, which one is this time?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "It's Pu Yi and his two wives, please come to Jingyuan to be a guest, but he and I have also had the status of a monarch and a minister, received other people's yellow coats, and made money with other people's signboards, this entertainment is not easy to refuse." ”

Xia Xiaoqing said: "As far as you have a lot of business, what do you say, yellow coat, Puyi?" ”

"That's right, it's Pu Yi, Emperor Xun Puyi, the one who was driven out of the Forbidden City by Feng Yuxiang."

Suddenly, Xia Xiaoqing's expression changed greatly, and he became solemn: "Good girl, isn't that Lord Xuantong, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, can I really meet the Lord Long Live and the concubine?" ”