It doesn't matter what others say, in fact, whether this matter is big or small, and the key is to see what Chiang Kai-shek thinks.

As long as necessary, Chiang Kai-shek will never care how many more people he kills, all he cares about is what is most beneficial to stabilizing the situation in Outer Mongolia. If necessary, even if Song Zhewu was removed from the post of commander-in-chief of the Fourth Route Army and completely turned against Song Zhewu, Chiang Kai-shek would not hesitate to do so.

It's just that Chiang Kai-shek already had an idea in this matter, and after he saw Song Zhewu's telegram, he already understood Song Zhewu's thoughts. He wanted Song Zhewu to suffer a little, and he wanted him to say nothing, he wanted Song Zhewu to understand, and when he played tricks with him, he should be prepared to steal chickens and rice.

Chiang Kai-shek looked at the crowd and said calmly: "The methods of Yue Jun and Guofu are not appropriate, Outer Mongolia is different from Inner Mongolia, and it is even more different from Tibetan Province. Tibet Province is not only far away from the Central Plains, but also the environment is harsh, since ancient times there has not been much contact with the Central Plains, the central government just wants to garrison troops, and there are no troops to send; Inner Mongolia does not need to send troops to garrison at all, because it is close to the northeast, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu and other provinces, and those rebels who are making trouble will be resolutely attacked by us if they make any changes. ”

"Jing Yuexiu, the town guard of northern Shaanxi, did a good job. Although this person belonged to Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army, he was not active in the civil war, on the contrary, he spared no effort to crack down on the separatist forces, not only deterring the Mongolian princes in Western Mongolia, but also cooperating with Bai Yunti, the former chairman of the Inner People's Party, who had just split from the Inner People's Party in Inner Mongolia, to actively attack the 12th Regiment of the puppet Inner Mongolian People's Revolutionary Army led by the Sini Lama of the Wushen Banner of the Yikezhao League. The last time the Inner People's Party met in Kulen, Bai Yunti was not only removed from his post, but also almost died in Kulen. ”

Chiang Kai-shek paused for a moment and said: "Among these local forces near the Inner Mongolian provinces, except for Feng Yuxiang, who is entrenched in Shaanxi and Gansu, it is possible to indulge the separatists in Inner Mongolia who are connected with Soviet Russia, and other forces, including Yan Xishan, will never sit idly by." Therefore, even if Inner Mongolia does not send personnel to manage, there will be no big mess. ”

Chiang Kai-shek said in an aggravated tone: "However, Outer Mongolia is very different, it is far away from the Central Plains, and once an accident occurs, the central government will not be able to take effective measures to stop it in time." Therefore, Outer Mongolia must not adopt the Inner Mongolia model, otherwise it is very likely that a second Choibalshan will appear there, which will be taken advantage of by Soviet Russia. And without the house thief, the ghost will not be able to enter. There must be a strong force representing the central government's political axe in Outer Mongolia, and we must resolutely crack down on any dissident elements who dare to collude with Soviet Russia and intend to split, and we will never be soft. ”

Seeing that everyone was listening carefully, Chiang Kai-shek slowed down his tone and said: "The Central Army does not have the strength to station a strong force in Outer Mongolia now, and since Wen Ge has recovered Outer Mongolia, his cavalry army is the largest force in Inner and Outer Mongolia, and I think it is most suitable for the cavalry army to be stationed in Outer Mongolia." As for the fact that they have killed too much in Outer Mongolia, it is understandable, their cavalry army is only more than 30,000 people, and it is not easy to deal with more than 100,000 puppet Mongolian troops. ”

"What's more, most of the puppet Mongolian military and political personnel are the backbone elements of the separatist forces, and it is not enough to deter those small ones if they don't kill them. There is the killing god of the cavalry army Wei Guanghui, who is in Outer Mongolia, and those dissidents do not dare to move. ”

After a pause, Chiang Kai-shek frowned, sighed and said, "It's just that Wen Ge has taken too hard action on Choibalshan and other leaders." ”

"Chairman! ……”

He Yingqin listened to Chiang Kai-shek's previous words, and had a lot of intentions to defend the cavalry army, and a stone in his heart fell to the ground.

Since Chiang Kai-shek was able to defend the cavalry army, the initiator, he would not blame Song Zhewu, the commander who was thousands of miles away. He Yingqin even glanced at Chen Guofu proudly from the corner of his eye, and said in his heart, "You have to do extraordinary things in extraordinary times, and you, a literati, know the danger ahead, but fortunately, the chairman of the committee still understands the difficulties of the soldiers ahead." ”

But as Chiang Kai-shek's words changed, He Yingqin was startled again, this is obviously a child who can be spared, but the child's parents are held responsible. He already somewhat understood Chiang Kai-shek's intentions, and couldn't help but secretly scold Chen Guofu for meddling in his affairs and pulling up this matter. wanted to distinguish Song Zhewu again, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say it.

Chiang Kai-shek glanced at He Yingqin and said in a heavy tone: "The rebels led by Choibalshan and his gang are naturally guilty, but they should also be handed over to the central government to deal with. Besides, there are also some civilian personnel who have been coerced......"

Chiang Kai-shek did not wait for everyone's reaction, picked up a stack of telegrams, raised them in his hand, and said lightly: "Wen Ge is a smart person, I didn't want to mention this matter, this is the third telegram sent by Wen Ge this evening, within an hour, Wen Ge himself has realized that he was wrong, and he also asked for punishment." ”

Since Chiang Kai-shek said that 'Song Zhewu is a smart man', that is to say, Chiang Kai-shek also thought that Song Zhewu had done something wrong in this matter, and everyone dared not do it, and it was difficult to say more.

Everyone here, including Wang Zhengting, knew Chiang Kai-shek's surname, that is, once Chiang Kai-shek decided or decided something, and then let him make a change, the difficulty was not ordinary, even if he could force him to change, he would keep it firmly in his heart, and whenever he had the opportunity in the future, he would explode in a more violent form. On the contrary, if he feels that he has done something wrong, or has done too much, then the person who has been dealt with by him will take advantage of it, and Chiang Kai-shek will comfort you with unexpected benefits, so that now the people around Chiang Kai-shek have been reprimanded by Chiang Kai-shek and are proud.

What's more, Yang Yongtai, Zhang Qun, He Yingqin, Chen Guofu, Lin Wei and others have already seen some clues from Chiang Kai-shek's words and Song Zhewu's request for punishment, so naturally they will not say anything more at this time.

But Song Ziwen still felt that Chiang Kai-shek was a little sorry for Song Zhewu, a great hero, so he added his lips, straightened his body and wanted to explain again for Song Zhewu, even if Chiang Kai-shek wanted to deal with Song Zhewu, he should be lighter, so as not to separate Song Zhewu from Chiang Kai-shek in the future.

He Yingqin gently touched Song Ziwen's arm on the armrest of the sofa with his hand in time without missing a trace, and when he looked at him through Song Ziwen, he inadvertently shook his head slightly, Song Ziwen looked at Yang Yongtai and Lin Wei who were silent, sighed softly, and leaned back into the sofa helplessly.

Chiang Kai-shek did not continue to dwell on this matter, but behind his back his hands, he paced slowly, and said slowly: "Regarding the affairs of Outer Mongolia, none of you have Wen Ge to see clearly and think about it thoroughly. Wenge also came up with a plan, but Wenge was very careful, he had many concerns, and in the third telegram to me, he repeatedly emphasized that this was just his personal opinion. However, this can't be blamed on him, as the old saying goes, "dragons have reverse scales", he is afraid that I, Jiang Zhongzheng, will be suspicious of him. ”

Speaking of this, Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help but smile a little. Song Zhewu, a powerful local faction that had recently risen strongly, had always been cautious and respectful to him Chiang Kai-shek, which could not help but make him very proud and happy.

"Weiwen, you can tell Wen Ge that I, Jiang Zhongzheng, am not the emperor, and I don't have any backlash, as long as he is dedicated to national affairs, even if he is wrong and wrong, I, Jiang Zhongzheng, will never blame him, no matter what happens, don't hide it, just tell me directly."

Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand to signal Lin Wei to sit down, and then said: "Wen Ge's plan is to establish an autonomous province of Outer Mongolia, set up two vice chairmen of Mongolia and Han, and set up departments of religion, health, agriculture and animal husbandry, water conservancy, industry, commerce, justice, police, education, and finance, and the vice chairman of the Han people is in charge of trade, justice, police, education, and finance. In each hall in charge of the vice chairman of the Han people, the Han people are appointed as the main positions, and the Mongolian people are appointed as deputy positions; In each of the offices under the charge of the Mongols, the Mongols were appointed as the principal and the Han as the deputies. The composition of the staff of each department below the level of each department shall also be handled in the same way. ”

"Except for not interfering in their religious affairs, the central government has the same respect for Outer Mongolia in all other aspects as the other provinces. Of course, the central government should also appropriately reduce or exempt the fiscal and tax paid, and the living standards of the people there need to be improved quickly, so that the people of Outer Mongolia can know whether it is better to return to our Republic of China or under the Soviet and Russian policies of Choibalshan. In addition, Wenge proposed that the Mongol chairman should be Zhuoren, the second son of Gongsang Norbu. What do you think of Wenge's plan? ”

Without waiting for everyone to speak, Zhang Qun said with emotion: "Wen Ge is really talented!" Not only is it the best choice in the military, but it is also far-reaching in government affairs, which is very within the reach of people! Wenge's method seems to be autonomous by the Mongolian people, but in fact, the key departments are under our control, especially the vice chairman is very innovative. Okay, good, I agree with Wengo's plan. ”

Yang Yongtai is also very interested in Song Zhewu's plan, and even a little surprised, the Central Plains regimes of all dynasties have a headache about the gathering places of ethnic minorities in Mongolia, Tibet and Xinjiang, in order to win over the high-level of these ethnic minorities, they will give them almost complete autonomy, but this will give these ethnic minorities a time to live in peace, once their power is strong, they will be ambitious and uncontrollable, and when they see the opportunity, they will bite his nominal master fiercely, just intending to be self-reliant is good.

During the period of the Beiyang political axe, Outer Mongolia was a little too powerful, believing that Outer Mongolia could also be completely controlled by the Han people, just like Xinjiang Province. As everyone knows, Xinjiang Province is completely different from Outer Mongolia, there are many ethnic groups in Xinjiang Province, there are more than 40 ethnic groups of all sizes, and it is precisely because of the large number of ethnic groups that it is difficult for them to form a joint force to deal with the central political axe, and it is precisely because of this that the central political axe can set up a political axe where the Han people control everything.

But Outer Mongolia is the opposite, where almost all Mongols, the same language, the same religion, and when something happens, almost all of them will be unanimous with the outside world, and it would be strange if there was a political axe in such a place that was not managed by them, and did not have a conflict of interest with them. Therefore, as soon as Xu Shuzheng returned to the Central Plains, Outer Mongolia made a fuss with the support of Tsarist Russia.

On the surface, the rights of the Mongolian people are not much smaller than their previous self-care, and even the Mongolian people are still the supreme governor here, but in fact, as long as the central government is willing, they can take back the rights in their hands at any time by virtue of strong force.

Although the various functional departments of Mongolia and Han are cross-posted, seemingly equal, but the key departments are still dominated by Han people, and the most important thing is that they have a strong army behind them, and with such a strong army to support them, the situation in Outer Mongolia will definitely be as safe as a rock from the inside. Moreover, if the Mongolian people come forward in civil affairs, even if the people are dissatisfied, it will not be completely attributed to the Han people, which can greatly reduce the antipathy and resentment of the Mongolian people against foreign races. And the most clever thing is that this autonomous political axe is definitely a political axe that will be accepted by all sides.

Yang Yongtai also said with appreciation: "If Wen Ge is in politics, I think it is most suitable to be the president of the Executive Yuan, and it is a pity that his talents are only used in military affairs!" I also support Wengo's proposal. ”

Zhang Qun and Yang Yongtai, the two heads of the political science department, praised and clearly expressed their support for Song Zhewu's proposal, and the others could not say anything more, and they could feel that Chiang Kai-shek was also inclined to this plan, so they all expressed their support.

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Chiang Kai-shek coughed, and when everyone calmed down, he said: "Since everyone has no objections, then the affairs of Outer Mongolia will be handled according to Wenge's plan, that Gongsang Noble is very authoritative in Inner and Outer Mongolia, and since his son Zhuoren is willing to help Wenge maintain order in Outer Mongolia, it shows that their father and son agree with Wenge's approach." Since this is the case, let this Zhuo Ren be the chairman of the Outer Mongolia Autonomous Province, and let someone like him do it, which will be more acceptable to the people of Outer Mongolia. ”

"This Han vice chairman......"

Chiang Kai-shek groaned slightly, smiled and said to Zhang Qun and Yang Yongtai: "Yue Jun and Changqing, both of you are veterans with rich political experience, and the candidates for this vice chairman, including cadres at all levels dispatched by the central government, are recommended by you. ”

Chiang Kai-shek's decision made Zhang Qun and Yang Yongtai overjoyed, and now if their political science department was not supported by several of their veterans here, I am afraid that they would have been beaten down by the CC department of the Chen brothers, but they have no choice, their political science department only has power in the center, and their power in the local area is far behind. However, the Chen brothers are in charge of party affairs, and not only have a strong influence in the central party affairs organization, but also have strong support from various local party departments at the local level. This time they finally had their own local power, although Outer Mongolia was far north of China's territory.

Chen Guofu was also stunned by Chiang Kai-shek's decision, but he quickly regained his composure. Chen Guofu was familiar with Chiang Kai-shek when Chiang Kai-shek was in Shanghai in his early years, and he knew Chiang Kai-shek's surname very well, so he saw the opportunity to join Song Zhewu's book, and wanted to take this opportunity to get a de facto provincial chairman for his people in the local area, but he did not expect Chiang Kai-shek to hand over this position to his political enemies without warning.

Since he missed the first blow, Chen Guofu made up his mind not to shoot again. Although Chiang Kai-shek did not give this position to his people, it also allowed him to thoroughly understand Chiang Kai-shek's mind.

Chiang Kai-shek glanced at everyone and said to Zhang Qun and Yang Yongtai: "This candidate must be selected as soon as possible, this person must not only be proficient in government affairs, but also have some understanding of minority affairs, and the most important point is that this person must be honest and honest." ”

Chiang Kai-shek saw that Zhang Qun and Yang Yongtai were still immersed in excitement, and did not deeply understand what he meant, and said in an accentuated tone: "As you know, I have always agreed with the saying 'If the water is clear, there will be no fish,' however, this vice chairman of Outer Mongolia must not engage in any corrupt behavior, and if this person is too greedy and stretches his hand too long, he will be easily taken advantage of by people with intentions, and may even arouse the antipathy of the Mongolian people towards the central authorities, which is absolutely not allowed." However, since he is a provincial official representing the central government, especially in Outer Mongolia, the central government naturally cannot treat him badly. The salary of the Fourth Route Army is very high, and Wei Guanghui's current monthly salary is more than 1,000 yuan, and I think so, the monthly salary of the chairman is 15,000, the monthly salary of the vice chairman is 10,000, and the monthly salary of the chief and deputy directors is 2,000, and the salary of cadres at all levels is far higher than that of the provinces, and the salary of the lowest ordinary staff is 50 oceans. There is also a three-year term, which can be rotated at that time. ”

At that time, the salary of section-level staff in Shanghai was 30 oceans, university professors were more than 200 oceans, and the highest number of ministerial-level officials in the central government was ** officials, and the monthly salary was 1,000 oceans, that is to say, the minimum standard of Mongolian and Han staff in Outer Mongolia was also higher than that of Shanghai's political axe section chief, and the chairman and vice chairman were much more than Chiang Kai-shek's own salary.

The reason why Chiang Kai-shek set the salary standard so high was that he was afraid that once these people arrived in Outer Mongolia, where the mountains were high and the emperor was far away, once these people did whatever they wanted, it would be easy to provoke a popular uprising. Moreover, Chiang Kai-shek thought that it was better to say that the vice chairman and the various directors and deputy directors were not necessarily willing to go, and that only by setting the salary higher and adding rotation would they find enough manpower. Of course, he also had one thought, that is, to let the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Route Army in Outer Mongolia know that they could get a high salary for doing business for the central government, and it would even be higher than that of the Fourth Route Army. However, he could not tell anyone else this thought.

(To be continued)