Xu Yongchang only learned the news that Yan Xishan had returned to Shanxi the next day, and only learned about it more than 30 hours after Yan Xishan arrived in Datong, when Jin Suijun was now the nominal number one person.

What made Xu Yongchang feel most depressed was that this was not what Yan Xishan told him, or even the generals of the Jin Sui Army, but Chairman Jiang, who was most concerned about Yan Xishan, told him Xu Yongchang.

The day after Yan Xishan returned to Shanxi, early in the morning, Xu Yongchang received two telegrams from Chiang Kai-shek in succession.

In the first telegram, Chiang Kai-shek, in his capacity as chairman of the Central Political Axe Military Committee, formally appointed Xu Yongchang as chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Political Axe. This position has been vacant since Shang Zhen left Jin.

Chiang Kai-shek's appointment of him, after Shang Zhen left, the generals of the Jin Suijun led by Yang Aiyuan, Sun Chu, Wang Jingguo and others contacted the gentry and celebrities in Shanxi, and jointly wrote to Chiang Kai-shek several times, recommending him Xu Yongchang to take over, but Chiang Kai-shek did not agree. According to the news from those sent to Nanjing, Chiang Kai-shek was not ready to hand over the post of chairman of Shanxi Province to the Jin Suijun, even those who had anything to do with the Jin Suijun.

This time, Chiang Kai-shek took the initiative to give him the chairman of this province Xu Yongchang, which made Xu Yongchang very happy for Jin Suijun.

If it weren't for Chiang Kai-shek's second telegram, Xu Yongchang would have immediately telegraphed Yang Aiyuan in Datong and Fu Zuoyi in Suiyuan, and would have summoned the senior generals of the Jin Sui army in southern Jin to celebrate.

In the second telegram, Chiang Kai-shek first expressed that he was very satisfied with Xu Yongchang's achievements in stabilizing the Jin Sui army, and told Xu Yongchang that the Central Committee and himself had great hopes for Xu Yongchang, believing that only Xu Yongchang was the best leader of the Jin Sui Army, and that the Central Political Axe would give full support to him in leading the Jin Sui Army, and hoped that Xu Yongchang would continue to work diligently for the party-state in Shanxi and live up to the trust of the party-state.

Then, he told Xu Yongchang that Yan Xishan had returned to Datong. Then he asked Xu Yongchang with a pun, 'Presumably Xu Yongchang already knows about this'.

"Yan Xishan has returned to Datong?"

How is this possible, if Yan Xishan comes back, how can he not tell him about this "number one" of the current Jin Sui Army? This made Xu Yongchang somewhat overwhelmed, and even doubted whether Chiang Kai-shek's source was accurate.

Chiang Kai-shek also said in a stern tone in the telegram that Yan Xishan was a wanted criminal by the party-state, and this time, with the help of the people, he secretly sneaked back to Datong, in a vain attempt to regain control of the Jin Sui army and then endanger the party-state. In this regard, the central authorities will absolutely not sit idly by and watch Yan rebel go into trouble in Shanxi again, and will take stern and resolute action in light of the situation. Considering Xu Yongchang's status in the Jin Sui army, it was inconvenient for him to arrest Yan Xishan. Therefore, Xu Yongchang was asked to persuade Yan Xishan to leave Jin and go abroad.

At the end of the telegram, Chiang Kai-shek also warned Yan Xishan, and Xu Yongchang also understood that this was also a reminder to Xu Yongchang, "If Yan rebels and insists on going his own way and does not leave Shanxi, he will order Zhang Xueliang, Song Zhewu and Liu Zhi in Henan to arrest Yan Xishan by force, revoke the number of the Jin Sui Army, and dismiss all the troops of the Jin Sui Army." ’

For Yan Xishan to say hello to himself, he secretly returned to Datong, which made Xu Yongchang very surprised.

In order to confirm the authenticity of this matter, Xu Yongchang called Yang Aiyuan in Datong to inquire, and soon got Yang Aiyuan's affirmative answer.

Xu Yongchang, who was full of unpleasant feelings, thought about it for a long time, and finally asked the adjutant to call Sun Chu and other generals of the Jin Sui Army in southern Jin, and asked these generals to go with him to Datong to see Yan Xishan.

What Xu Yongchang didn't expect was that none of the generals of the Jin Sui Army in Jinnan were there, and after careful inquiry, the result surprised him even more, these people all went to Datong quietly yesterday afternoon.

Feelings are in the Jin Sui Army, and he, the nominal supreme commander of the Jin Sui Army, is the last to know that Yan Xishan is back!

If Yan Xishan hadn't deliberately let people hide it from him, these generals of the Jin Sui Army would never have done this. Xu Yongchang also really understood a truth, that is, Jin Suijun is still surnamed Yan, and Yan Xishan's prestige and imprint in the Jin Suijun are by no means something that he Xu Yongchang can easily erase.

This made Xu Yongchang's idea of transforming the Jin Suijun into a real national army completely come to naught.

However, he was still very clear about Chiang Kai-shek's purpose of appointing him Xu Yongchang as chairman of Shanxi Province at this time, and if Jin Suijun was allowed to easily return to Yan Xishan's side, it would really live up to Chairman Chiang's ardent expectations.

However, Xu Yongchang also knows very well that this depends on the attitude of Jin Suijun, and it also has a lot to do with the domestic situation. If the Jin Suijun resolutely supported Yan Xishan, and the domestic situation did not allow Chiang Kai-shek to make a big move against Yan Xishan, then there was really nothing to do about Yan Xishan.

Xu Yongchang believed that if Yan Xishan had not left Shanxi, Chiang Kai-shek, who had just pacified Shi Yousan and was holding back the prestige of the great victory, would now really order Zhang Xueliang, Liu Zhi, and Song Zhewu to join forces to solve the Jin Sui army by force. In that case, Shanxi will be in war again, and now this good situation that has just settled down will be destroyed.

Because Song Zhewu vigorously developed industry and commerce in Taihang Administration, Suiyuan, and North and South Mongolia, in order to absorb foreign and provincial private capital and technology, it was stipulated that all new factories invested and registered in these areas would be exempt from tax in the first year, and the taxes in the later period would be one percent lower than the domestic commercial tax, and it was guaranteed that in addition to the normal taxes, no additional taxes would be added.

For foreign investment, except for the only condition that it must be investment in electronics, chemical industry, machinery and equipment manufacturing, medicine, metal smelting and other industries, other conditions are more favorable than domestic enterprises.

Due to the tax revenue of these four provinces and regions to external funds is greatly discounted, the safety and security of enterprises, and the supply of water and electricity is sufficient, especially the strong technical force of the Taihang Administration, a new technology promotion auction is held every six months, which makes the businessmen who suffer from the lack of technology very happy.

For some high-tech enterprises, the Northern Investment and Development Bank can also provide loans to support them. As a result, private capital and enterprises with technical content from Hebei, Henan, Shandong, and Shaanxi have poured into the Taihang Administration in large numbers, and even in Tianjin and Wuhan, which have always been economically developed, some enterprises have moved to Taiyuan.

For example, the telephone on his desk was produced by the Zhongtian Electric Machinery Factory, which had been relocated from Tianjin to Taiyuan, and it is said that Chairman Chiang was surprised that domestic enterprises could also produce automatic telephones. And this is the cooperation between Zhongtian Electric Machinery Factory and the Electronics Research Institute of Song Zhewu's Scientific Research Institute.

According to the newspaper, this Zhongtian is also the first factory in China that can manufacture automatic telephones.

(To be continued)