Chiang Kai-shek tried to calm the unhappiness in his heart, and said to Dai Jitao: "Ji Tao, what you said is indeed a way, not only you have this idea, but now many people in the party and the political axe also think so. It's just that it takes a long time, and for those of us who are the believers of the former prime minister, it is precisely this time that we lack the most. ”

Chiang Kai-shek sighed slightly, and then continued: "When the former premier was alive, he determined a three-step strategy for our country politically, which is the three stages of military administration, training and constitutionalism, and this is the national building plan formulated by the premier according to the actual situation of our country. After the Second Northern Expedition, we officially ended the military and political stage, realized the training of the government, and did not implement the constitution, which was also a last resort. The essence of constitutionalism is to cook open, and in today's new warlord rampant period, it is absolutely impossible to cook open, so discipline is the most suitable choice at present. ”

"However, this period should not be too long, otherwise it will affect the realization of the last wish of the former prime minister, and to a certain extent, it will also affect the image of our country in the world. The biggest obstacle to constitutionalism is the new warlords. These people cede land and claim to be self-respecting, support the army, control the local military and political power, steal the land and public property of the state for private ownership, never think about the country in what they do, and blindly seek benefits only for themselves and their own small groups; in their jurisdiction, the local people only know that there are warlords, but do not know that there is a state, their will is the law, their actions are the national policy, and they are simply an emperor. Chiang Kai-shek said with some resentment.

"If it is allowed to develop, the Republic of China, which the former prime minister fought for all his life, will be in a state of de facto fragmentation, let alone national construction. Therefore, what Ji Tao said, although it is a safe way, but the shortcomings are also obvious, that is, time. ”

Chiang Kai-shek said faintly: "If this method is adopted, I am afraid that our generation will not see the constitutional period." ”

For Chiang Kai-shek's confession and explanation, everyone did not agree very much, these Chiang Kai-shek's most trusted subordinates knew that Chiang Kai-shek actually admired the rule of reading talents practiced by Mussolini in Italy. However, none of these people would be stupid enough to say this.

Chiang Kai-shek looked at everyone, pretended to smile lightly, and said: "Although the new warlords Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang seem to be powerful, in fact, they have many internal contradictions and have their own calculations, they will never really unite, and it is not difficult to defeat them." Hermann of the German Advisory Group? Kribair has made a good military plan with them, and we are fully sure that we will defeat them. ”

Seeing that Chiang Kai-shek was so resolute, Dai Jitao knew that Chiang Kai-shek was determined to solve Yan Xishan and others by force, and knew that no further dissuasion would not be effective, and what Chiang Kai-shek said was reasonable, and these local forces were indeed making trouble, so he nodded and said: "Since the chairman is so confident, then I can rest assured, and I will also walk around these days, visit my old friends, and tell them about this, so that they can rest assured." However, since the soldiers are in danger of fighting, I still ask the chairman to be careful. ”

Chiang Kai-shek was very satisfied, he knew that Dai Jitao was genuinely worried about himself, although people like Dai Jitao and Zhang Qun may have some different views from him on some things, but once they make their own decisions, they will not hesitate to follow them to the end.

In order to comfort Dai Jitao and the others, Chiang Kai-shek nodded and said, "Then there is Lao Jitao, I will be careful." ”

Chiang Kai-shek said with confidence: "You want them to rest assured, as long as there are people in this world who love officials and money, I, Chiang Zhongzheng, will have the means to do anything." ”

Chiang Kai-shek suddenly remembered something, stood up with great interest, paced to the table with his hands behind his back, looked at everyone and said: "Last year, a cartoonist in Shanghai drew a cartoon for Yan Xishan, in which Yan Xishan is holding an abacus in one hand and a scale in the other. I'm sure you've all seen this picture, right? ”

Seeing everyone nodding, Chiang Kai-shek smiled and said, "But you don't know yet, do you?" This painter painted three more paintings, and put them together with Yan Xishan's one a few years ago and republished them. ”

"One painting is Feng Yuxiang, Feng Yuxiang in the painting is different from Yan Xishan, the vicious Feng Yuxiang is holding a big knife in one hand and a nest head in the other. It is a metaphor for Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army, which is poor and has no money to buy weapons and ammunition, and even the army lives very hard, and can only eat cornmeal to barely survive. But that's it, Feng Yuxiang is still extremely vicious and wants to rebel! ”

Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help but laugh at the thought of that painting, and Chiang Kai-shek was very happy with his enemies who satirized him.

This second painting is of Song Wenge, who is carrying a saber in one hand and holding a map of China in the other, implying that Song Wenge is a hero who always wants to protect the country. Song Wenge in the painting is painted with a handsome face, which shows that this painter has great respect for Song Wenge. ”

"This third painting is of me Jiang Zhongzheng, in which I am holding a bomb in one hand and the ocean in the other. It means that I, Jiang Zhongzheng, not only have a strong force, but also countless oceans, and it also means that I, Jiang Zhongzheng, not only have a hard hand to deal with these warlords, but also have soft means to buy and win over these people and their subordinates. ”

Chiang Kai-shek touched the top of his head and said with some self-deprecation: "However, this painter's painting of my Jiang Zhongzheng is not as good as Song Wenge." ”

Then he asked Chen Guofu: "Guofu, can you find this painter?" ”

Chen Guofu stood up with some anxiety and said: "Chairman of the Committee, this painter has slandered the image of the chairman, and I have asked Xu Enzeng to take him to the Investigation Section of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee for reprimand, and he is still with me." ”

Chiang Kai-shek knew what Chen Guofu's so-called admonition meant, frowned and said: "Comics should be exaggerated in terms of character images, this is the form of comics, and it cannot be regarded as slander." Moreover, I think this painter is very discerning, and he portrays the four of us to the point, which is very good. You have to go back and release the people and apologize to them, and you have to do this yourself. In addition, I will send him 200 oceans in my name, one is condolences; The second is as my remuneration for him. ”

Chen Guofu wanted to report this matter to Chiang Kai-shek alone, but he didn't expect that Chiang Kai-shek had not only seen these cartoons, but also admired these paintings by this painter. Knowing that he had photographed the horse's hooves, he had to admit that he was unlucky, and it was a trivial matter to pay 200 oceans, but it was not okay for him to apologize to this poor painter, and he said in his heart, let Xu Enzeng do it, who let him arrest people on his own initiative.

Chiang Kai-shek then said with great interest: "The reason why I say that this painter is very discerning is because he sees the characteristics of Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang and Song Wenge. Feng Yuxiang was reckless, but he was extremely ambitious, and in order to realize his ambitions, he would rather his Northwest Army eat chaff and vegetables, but also confront the central government; As for Song Wenge......"

Chiang Kai-shek stopped talking, thought for a while, and said lightly: "He is still very patriotic." ”

Chiang Kai-shek paused for a moment and continued: "Feng Yuxiang is fine to unite with others, but it will not last long with Yan Xishan, the rich man, Feng Yuxiang himself has no way to solve the funds of the Northwest Army, and Yan Xishan will never have the mind to help Feng Yuxiang in the same boat, and the treatment of his own Jin Sui Army and Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army will definitely be very different, after a long time, even if Feng Yuxiang focuses on the overall situation and does not care about Yan Xishan, but his subordinates may not care about Yan Xishan, Sooner or later, their contradictions will erupt......"

Chiang Kai-shek's heart suddenly moved, and he turned his head to Chen Guofu and said: "You want this painter to change Yan Xishan's painting again, and then Ji Tao will find a way to get newspapers and periodicals around the country to reprint it through the Propaganda Department, especially to find a way to let the Northwest Army in Shaanxi and Gansu see it, remove the scale in Yan Xishan's hand, and let Yan Xishan take a roast chicken." ”

As soon as Chiang Kai-shek's voice fell, Song Ziwen couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Chiang Kai-shek glared at Song Ziwen dissatisfiedly and asked, "Ziwen, what are you laughing at?" ”

Song Ziwen admired his brother-in-law who was resolute and resolute in charge of state affairs, but he really didn't dare to compliment his aesthetics, he wanted to laugh when he thought of the funny picture of Yan Xishan holding roast chicken, but although he was Chiang Kai-shek's eldest brother, he didn't dare to let this brother-in-law not come down in front of everyone, and hurriedly said: "The chairman's idea is very good, if the generals of the Northwest Army in Shaanxi and Gansu see this cartoon, they will be so angry that they will vomit blood." ”

Chiang Kai-shek said excitedly: "Yes, I just want this effect." Guofu, if you add another 200 oceans to that painter as an advance payment, you must do this immediately. ”

Chen Guofu nodded apprehensively and agreed, and entered Xu Enzeng's investigation department, this painter must have been repaired very badly, and he didn't know if this painter could continue to paint.

Although Zhang Qun almost couldn't help laughing, he still couldn't help it, and then he finally breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Chairman of the committee, Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan are easy to say, but that Song Zhewu didn't send someone to comfort him, so that he didn't get involved with Yan Xishan, this is a talent, it's a pity." ”

Zhang Qun actually had another meaning, that is, he thought that Song Zhewu's Fourth Route Army was very strong, and if he joined the anti-Chiang coalition army, it would be very detrimental to Chiang Kai-shek, but this was a little discouraged, and he was not easy to say.

Of course, Chiang Kai-shek understood the meaning of Zhang Qun's words, shook his head and said, "I just want to see what kind of heart this Song Wenge has?" ”

Chiang Kai-shek walked to the window, squinted his eyes slightly, looked at the sky in the distance, and said faintly: "Although it is hard to search for thousands of waters, the sand is blown away and the gold is reached." This poem in Liu Yuxi's "Waves and Sands" is well written! ”

After a long time, Chiang Kai-shek turned to Chen Guofu and said, "You can introduce to you the situation of these new warlords in Taiyuan......

(To be continued)