Because of the crucial location in Hunan, where He Jian was located, and Chiang Kai-shek did not dare to be indifferent to the generals who were under his command and openly signed against him on the other, this could easily cause a chain effect. Therefore, this matter must not be taken lightly. Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek immediately went to ask He Jian.

And He Jian resolutely denied it, saying that he didn't know the signature on the power call at all, and even before that, he didn't know the content of the power call at all, it was Yan Xishan himself who forced He Jian to install it on him.

At this time, He Yingqin had already arrived in Hankou, and the Wuhan camp had already begun to operate, so Chiang Kai-shek was no longer polite to He Jian, and immediately asked He Jian to telegraph to express his attitude.

Originally, He Jian was very dissatisfied with Yan Xishan's appointment of only one front commander, if that was the case, he might as well continue to be his provincial chairman here with Chiang Kai-shek? Moreover, now his two close neighbors in Hunan are not only Zhu Peide in Jiangxi, but also the Central Army personally led by Yingqin in Wuhan! Unless he was tired of being the provincial chairman, he and his troops would immediately confess if Chiang Kai-shek was dissatisfied.

At this time, the anti-Chiang coalition army was not ready, but he did not have the reinforcements of Li Zongren who went north, let alone the Jin Sui army and the northwest army that went south to save him. Moreover, even if there are reinforcements from Li Zongren, he, the provincial chairman, will not go back smoothly, not to mention that Li Zongren will not forget him, even Hu Zongduo, Tao Jun, Xia Wei and others will always "remember" him.

He Jian thought about it, and finally gritted his teeth and decided to "run for a while" with Chiang Kai-shek again, and then look at the situation, if he couldn't find Yan Xishan again, presumably Yan Xishan would be able to understand his current hardship.

Therefore, He Jian sent a telegram the next day stating: "It means that the telegram with his signature sent by Yan Xishan is fake, and he He Jian resolutely supports the central government in eradicating the riots and will never be in the company of the warlords who claim to have ceded their own land." ’

He Jian's power-on made Yan Xishan very angry, but he also knew that he was too anxious to show his strength. If He Jian doesn't show his attitude, I'm afraid He Jian will be solved by He Yingqin, Zhu Peide, and even Cheng Qian and others immediately.

Yan Xishan, who lost a piece of powerful force before he made a move, felt that he had suffered a big loss from this stupid trick he made, but he couldn't help it, he and Feng Yuxiang's troops had not yet moved in place, and they had to hit Chiang Kai-shek's arrogance in public opinion before making a move.

Yan Xishan still felt that the previous telegram was not strong enough, so he sent another telegram to Chiang Kai-shek on February 24, reiterating the main points of the telegram and asking Chiang Kai-shek to hand over power to the party and "make amends." This telegram can be regarded as Yan Xishan's "letter of mourning" to Chiang Kai-shek:

"I am informed of the maintenance of electricity. The reply to Junzuo is as follows: First, the intention of canceling the retreat can be canceled, and the intention of the retreat of Xishan cannot be canceled. Second, Xishan and Huanzhang went to sea, and the Junzao force stopped, and Huanzhang was in Jin, originally free, and there was no use. ”

Yan Xishan told Chiang Kai-shek, 'Since you are unwilling to give up your rights, you Chiang Zhongzheng can cancel the intention of retiring, but I, Yan Xishan, cannot.' This is one of them; Second, I, Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang, didn't go abroad, it was because you Jiang Zhongzheng tried to stop us, so we didn't leave.

In fact, this is a word game played by Yan Xishan, Chiang Kai-shek did not prevent Feng Yuxiang from going abroad, but did not let Yan Xishan go abroad. Moreover, Yan Xishan also proudly told Chiang Kai-shek that Feng Yuxiang doesn't need to worry about you, he is very free now.

"As for the implementation of the section on reorganization, Xishan had done his best to implement it, cutting the 36th Infantry Cavalry Artillery Regiment and inspecting the report of the committee, but now he wants to carry out the reorganization, and Xishan will inspect the situation, and it will be difficult to carry out the implementation of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Group Armies without returning the military power of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Group Armies to the Party. This reply is also a gentleman. ”

On the matter of disarmament, Yan Xishan completely ignored the fact that he had wantonly expanded the army, and told Chiang Kai-shek in a matter of words that he had just cut off the 36th Regiment of the infantry and cavalry artillery of his Jinsui Army. If you Chiang Kai-shek talk about disarmament, then I think you want to dismantle the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th armies, or we will all hand over the army to the command of the "real supreme leadership of the Kuomintang." The implication is that Chiang Kai-shek still does not recognize Chiang Kai-shek as the leader of the political axe of the Republic of China, and even now as the leader of the Kuomintang. This made Chiang Kai-shek even more furious.

Yan Xishan then wrote: "The Xishan Electric Power Station stated two points, the plenary meeting is the highest organ of the party-state, and it must not be slandered and must be eliminated. The party-state has the party as the main body, and the force of the individual's center is an obstacle to the party-state, and it should be returned to the party at the same time, and then the deployment should be carried out. In Xishan, recognition is the key to the safety of the party and the state, so I dare to ask for instructions. ”

Yan Xishan arrogantly determined that the Central Army was either a national army or an army of Chiang Kai-shek.

"Junzuo is sorry for the prime minister's humility, Xishan thinks that the prime minister's concession to Yuan is forced to be strong, and the return of military power to the party by our generation is to return justice, and the two are really different. There are 406 delegates to the Sanquan Congress, 211 are designated, 122 are circled, and only 73 are purely elected. Those who are upright and bold in the Jun Seat think that the organization and crusade are carried out in accordance with the party's resolutions, and those who are not in the vicinity think that the Three Plenums of the Ruling Party are designated by more than half of the Nationalists, and that they are not the Three Plenums of the Kuomintang, but the Three Plenums of the Jun Seats. Organizing a crusade is tantamount to an order from Jun Zuo alone. The crisis of the party-state is really caused by this, and there is still a way to make up for the loss. May Jun Zuo observe. and begged for repetition. Yan Xishan respects the seal. ”

Regarding the comity of courtesy, Yan Xishan found that he had made a mistake and was unknowingly caught by Chiang Kai-shek on Sun Yat-sen and Yuan Shikai, which did not benefit his argument at all, so Yan Xishan only mentioned the meaning of Sun Yat-sen's courtesy to Yuan Shikai when Chiang Kai-shek reprimanded him.

Instead, at the end of the message, Yan Xishan sent his magic weapon, pointing out that Chiang Kai-shek's self-conceived de jure acceptance of the Three Plenums was in fact illegal. There were a total of 406 delegates to the Third Plenary Congress, of which 211 were directly designated by the Central Organization Department controlled by Chiang Kai-shek, 122 were personally designated by Chiang Kai-shek, and only 73 were purely elected, less than one-fifth of all the delegates. Of course, such a congress would not represent the Kuomintang, nor could it be legitimate.

Chiang Kai-shek had to maintain the legal surname of the Third Plenum in order to determine his own legal unity, and because Yan Xishan repeatedly entangled himself in this issue that Chiang Kai-shek was very reasonable, Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to reply to Yan Xishan on February 26, saying:

"The method of selecting delegates to the Third National Congress was decided by the Second Executive Committee of the Central Committee. The appointed delegates shall also be put forward to an executive meeting and voted by the people. Brother is called the Three Plenum Congress, which is the Three Plenum Assemblies, because it is called a crusade, which is tantamount to the order of one of them, and it is not a particularly generous accusation against an individual, and it is a generous accusation against the Second Central Executive Committee and all Party members. ”

Although these designated candidates were all pro-Chiang faction figures designated by Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek could not easily admit it, so his legal surname would really be questioned by the Chinese people.

Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek pointed out that the reason why he was like this was not the original creation of Chiang Zhongzheng, Sun Yat-sen did it at that time, and Wang Ching-wei did the same, and the appointment of the circled representatives was also discussed and approved at the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang. You Yan Xishan said that the Third Plenary Congress is my Jiang Zhongzheng's conference, but it is not just framing me Jiang Zhongzheng, but framing the second Central Executive Committee and all party members, you must know that these Standing Committee members were all elected by the second session.

"The party-state is in danger, and for a long time, the frustrated and careerists collude to make trouble, attach to the law, and undermine party discipline. Those who oppose the method of selecting delegates to the Three Plenums today may have tried their best to advocate the appointment of the delegate at that time; Unexpectedly, he used this to slander the central government, and his brother picked up his spit. And the brother himself has been elected as a member of the Central Executive Committee for a year, and if he is not satisfied with the assignment, why has he never objected to it, nor has he refused to be elected. True love party patriots, is that so? It is no wonder that the brother has ulterior motives, and he only uses this as a pretext to advocate chaos.

Chiang Kai-shek's accusation of Yan Xishan in his telegram meant that since you said that the Third Plenum was illegal, why didn't you say it at that time, that it had been a year since you had been elected as a member of the Central Executive Committee, and you only wanted to mention this matter now. It's obviously an ulterior motive.

then took out Yan Xishan's old background and accused Yan Xishan of "not knowing the principles of revolution and not knowing the history of the party"; "In the past, he persuaded Yuan, but now he wants to claim to be Yuan." Finally, he warned Yan Xishan and said: "The brothers of China and the Jews will not come to this point, so they will not be worried and give the last advice, and the result will be useless debate and stop the ominous behavior." Restrain the horse from the precipice, maintain peace, and consolidate the party and the country. ”

Seeing that he could not take advantage of the telegram controversy, Yan Xishan immediately stated in a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek on February 28 that he would not engage in any further verbal dispute with Chiang Kai-shek:

"Youdian has been informed. Xishan retreats to a section, difficult to cancel, to the point of national safety, Xishan sees and Jun Zuo sees different, Jun Zuo thinks that he is responsible for peace of mind, Xishan thinks that he retreats to peace of mind, so he has to do his own thing. Jun Zuo ordered to end the useless debate, stop the ominous actions, rein in the precipice, and maintain the peace, and since then, Xishan will no longer talk about national affairs. Peacekeeping, this is a pure ambition, and I hope that I will be here. Yamamoto didn't move, so why stop it? If you are not on the precipice, why should you restrain the horse? ”

Chiang Kai-shek, who was deeply annoyed by Yan Xishan's vexatious troubles, was even more angry with Wang Ching-wei, and on 1 March convened the Second Plenary Session of the Third Central Committee of the Kuomintang, at which he passed a bill expelling Wang Ching-wei from the party and finding out the truth about Yan Xishan's actions. He also instructed Chen Guofu to destroy the headquarters of the reorganization faction in the Shanghai concession and shot Wang Leping, the head of the headquarters of the reorganization faction.

(To be continued)