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Chapter 900: The Coldness Behind the Smile (1)

In July, when the major floods in the Yangtze River and Huaihe valleys gradually receded, the "Flood Prevention and Disaster Relief Committee" formed by the Nanjing central government quickly dispatched to the disaster-stricken areas with rare enthusiasm and speed to direct the "relief and reconstruction of the homes of the disaster-stricken people." Although Nanjing government officials did not send a penny to the disaster-stricken areas, their beautiful slogans were shouted loudly, and the mouthpieces of the Kuomintang, the "Central Daily" and the "Republic of China Daily," waved their flags and shouted for several days in a row, and also published photos of Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Ching-wei visiting the disaster-stricken areas to visit the injured people. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As the floodwaters of the Yangtze River and the Huai River receded, China's political scene was plunged into an intensifying political maelstrom and rapidly escalating civil unrest.

On 1 July, when the news came out that the board of directors of the Sino-British Geng Fund had completed the loan contract for the Guangdong-Hankou Railway through the Ministry of Railways with a total amount of 4.5 million pounds, the domestic opposition, the warlords of Guangzhou, Guangzhou, and Fujian, immediately telegraphed to oppose it, questioning the true use of the loan, and demanding that the central government publish all the proposed funds for the loan agreement. The Left Alliance, which takes the world as its own responsibility, has raised its voice as yet another heavy oppression of the people of the whole country and another ironclad proof of compromise with imperialism.

On the afternoon of that day, a fierce battle broke out between Deng Xihou's department and Liu Wenhui's department of the Sichuan army, and the two sides invested more than 38,000 troops in four divisions, and Deng Xihou, who had taken the preemptive strike, waved his division across the river after the fierce artillery bombardment, and Liu Wenhui's troops, who had suffered heavy casualties, retreated step by step, and when Deng Xihou commanded the army to cross halfway, bursts of artillery shells suddenly flew, and Liu Wenhui's troops cleverly hid artillery and mortars that were more than twice as large as their opponents roared in unison, beating Deng Xihou's troops to the point of crying wolves and losing nearly half.

The coalition army headed by Liu Xiang received an urgent report and immediately appointed Pan Wenhua, Tang Shizun, Wang Zhangxu, Li Jiayu, and Luo Zezhou as the commander-in-chief of the five routes, and led 60,000 fresh troops to aid Deng Xihou.

Liu Wenhui, who had just bought a division's elite equipment from the southern Sichuan disarmament a week ago, did not show weakness and appointed his generals Zhang Qingping, Lin Yungen, Xia Zhongshi, Tang Ying, Chen Hongwen, and Leng Yindong as the commander-in-chief of the Sixth Road, and led 45,000 men and horses to bravely meet the battle. In order to gain the support of public opinion and the political initiative, Liu Xiang, who was the supervisor of the aftermath of Sichuan, went so far as to telegraph to the central authorities, saying that most of the troops of the Sichuan-Central Allied Army would join the armies of Tian Songyao, Yang Sen, and Liu Cunhou to advance and suppress the red bandits in northern and eastern Sichuan, and only use one of them to the west to "stop" the conflict between Liu Wenhui and Deng Xihou.

On 2 July, a regiment of red armed forces, which was active in the mountains deep in the Sichuan-Hunan border area, suddenly attacked the transport convoy of the garrison unit under the southern Sichuan government on the Yangxing Town section of the Sichuan-Guizhou Highway, 32 kilometers west of Daozhen County, and snatched a batch of weapons and ammunition that had been transported from the Xiangxi Arsenal to southern Sichuan.

As soon as the news was reported, the name of "Huang Han, commander-in-chief of the independent division of the Hunan-Hubei-Sichuan Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army" once again spread throughout the country, and the armed forces of all walks of life were very surprised that the increasingly powerful Huang Han army had such courage, and they could not help but set their eyes on the An Jia army, which had clear grievances, and wanted to see if the Huang Han Army, which had sacked the southern Sichuan county seat of Liu Xiang three times and made the Sichuan army dizzy, could stop the crazy revenge that the An Jia army would inevitably launch.

When public opinion across the country was in turmoil, in an inconspicuous corner of the Kuomintang Central Newspaper, a notice from the Department of Taxation of the Ministry of Finance was published:

The verification of the four detained cargo ships belonging to Jiangnan Group to Nanyang has been successfully completed, and after verification by various parties, the procedures for the export goods are complete, and the customs duties have been collected by the Finance Department of the Jiangxi Provincial Government, and have been released and approved.

The circular issued by the Department of Taxation of the Ministry of Finance was ignored by most readers, but it was taken seriously by the business community and European and American countries as the beginning of reconciliation between the central government and the local government of southern Sichuan.

Lushan Guling, the official residence of the chairman of the committee.

Chiang Kai-shek, who was exhausted by the suppression of bandits and the ensuing natural disasters, took the secret report from Guangzhou handed by Chen Lifu, and his face suddenly turned pale:

More than 20 people, including Chen Jitang, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, Hu Hanmin, and Chen Shuming, the warlords of Guangzhou, gathered in Guangzhou, and Ye Xia, a representative sent by Feng Yuxiang, also quietly arrived, and these representatives of the opposition forces, who were extremely dissatisfied with the central government and Chiang Kai-shek, will discuss the "establishment of a central government in Guangzhou" and form a resolution during the three-day meeting.

"Immediately call Mr. Lu Qing (Shi Ying) and Huang Jikuan, who have returned to Shanghai to rest, and ask them to work hard again, rush to Hong Kong, and stop the rebellious behavior of Li Zongren, Hu Hanmin, and others. Clearly told Li Zongren and Hu Hanmin that if they did not immediately stop splitting the party-state, in the end, there would only be soldiers to meet each other! Chiang Kai-shek decisively ordered.

"Yes."

Chen Lifu agreed, but his body did not move, still standing in front of the desk, looking at Chiang Kai-shek expectantly.

Chiang Kai-shek annotated a line on the document, and found that Chen Lifu was still standing in front of him, so he put down the brush and said earnestly: "Zu Yan, I know what you want to say, and I also know that you want to take this opportunity to attack Yang Changqing and the Department of Political Science, but I don't approve it, and you must immediately stop all internal friction."

"You and Yang Changqing are both pillars of the party-state, and each shoulders the heavy responsibility entrusted by the party-state, so we should work together to tide over the difficulties. Zu Yan, to put it mildly, you are my minister of the humerus, and I have high hopes for you, but I don't want you to be like Ziwen, covered with thorns. Although the current situation is relatively passive, it is far from being uncontrollable, don't worry too much, don't be burdened, no matter how hard it is, haven't we all come over? As long as we work together and unite sincerely, there will be no difficulties that cannot be overcome. ”

Chen Lifu nodded heavily: "Yes...... Third uncle, nephew thinks it's better not to continue to suppress An Yi, if necessary, can you delay it for a while? At present, the situation in the whole of North China is still chaotic, the political situation in South China is turbulent, the civil war in central Sichuan has broken out again, the prosperous world in the northwest has become more bold and reckless, flying and domineering, and the general Huang Musong sent by the central government has been detained, and the melee of the various factions in the northwest has just shown signs of suspension in the past two years, but because of the bad relations between the central government and southern Sichuan, the situation is becoming tense day by day, but Soviet Russia is eyeing the north, waiting for the opportunity for expansion. In this case, if the southwest is chaotic again, the consequences will be unimaginable! The day before yesterday, Yan Baichuan had unscrupulously bought back twelve fighters and two large transport planes from Xiangxi, and it seemed that the Jin Sui army was also restless......"

"You are confused! Confused! ”

Chiang Kai-shek stood up angrily: "It is an extremely serious mistake for you to only look at the phenomenon and not at the essence!" Why don't you analyze in detail, why Yan Baichuan did this? He did it for the central government and for me to see, this time the North China regime adjustment, he thought that he had suffered a loss, and did not get the leadership of Shijiazhuang and Baoding that he had coveted for a long time, so he was resentful and deliberately helped An Yi at this time, but in fact, his speculative character was making trouble.

"Didn't you just buy a dozen planes? He has long wanted to buy it, during the Anti-Japanese War in North China, the generals of the Jin Sui Army saw that the aviation brigade of An Jiajun played such a big role, they had long been inspired, and they had already coveted it, if my estimate was good, he Yan Baichuan would buy air defense combat vehicles from An Yi in the next step, as well as advanced communication command vehicles, military trucks assembled by Jiangnan Group with German and American parts, and so on.

"Hmph, let's let him buy it, the more he buys, the better, otherwise he won't be able to consume the financial resources of the Jin Sui army, and he won't be able to resist the Japanese invaders attacking Suiyuan and northern Jin, which will only benefit us and not harm. There is also that Sheng Shicai in the northwest, this person is cunning and cunning, and he does everything, and he will definitely not tolerate Soviet Russia sitting on his head and and peeing, what are you worried about? Everything else is the same, don't always think about things in the worst way, where did you go with so many Eastern and Western philosophies that you learned? ”

"The third uncle has learned a lesson."

Chen Lifu hung his head and stood solemnly, not daring to come out.

Seeing this, Chiang Kai-shek felt a lot better, walked up to Chen Lifu, and said kindly: "Zu Yan, a firm leader, cannot give in in to any difficulties, the more difficult it is, the more wisdom and strategy are needed. You are worried about An Yi's reaction, which is very good, it proves that you are doing your best for the party and the state, and you are sharing my worries, but you should also see that An Yi is not a careerist like Yan Baichuan, Li Delin and Feng Huanzhang, you know from An Yi's pure heart for the people of the country over the years that he is not the kind of person who does not hesitate to sacrifice thousands of lives for his own selfishness. I know him better than you do, and I'm sure he will never break with me openly, at least not for years.

"You should also see that the Anyi Group has grown to the extent that it can influence the central government's decision-making, and if it is not resolutely stopped and weakened, those people around him who are not willing to be lonely will influence his thinking, and the chaebols who are united with him economically will gain an inch, control the lifeline of the national economy, and let it develop, and you and I can't predict what the outcome will be in the future.

"Therefore, for the sake of the interests of the party-state, for the authority of the Central Committee, and for our own dignity, it is necessary to continue to suppress An Yi and his clique, and then balance the forces of all parties and ensure the supreme leadership of the Central Committee, which is an unnegotiable principle, no matter how difficult it is!"

"Got it! The nephew will definitely go all out and actively cooperate with Mr. Changqing's work. Chen Lifu raised his head and replied.

Chiang Kai-shek nodded with satisfaction: "That's how it should be!" It is precisely because of the existence of this Poyang Lake Marine Police Division that the Jiangnan Group has developed rapidly in the whole of Jiangxi, like a loose horse. Once this greatest military support is lost, the Jiangnan clique will lose its monopoly strength, and only then will other national capitals have the opportunity to develop and grow, and only then will they be able to better balance and control the intervention of the nation's capital forces in state policies.

"After you go back, you must use all the forces of the Central Party Department and use the Party representatives at all levels stationed in the Marine Police Division to do a good job and ensure the smooth progress of this important merger. In addition, I will secretly summon He Jian and ask him to contain Zhang Hongluan's troops in Xiangxi, and I can't let this lawless warlord continue to grow and develop. ”

Chen Lifu replied solemnly: "I will do it immediately when I go back, and my nephew will personally supervise it." ”

Chiang Kai-shek patted Chen Lifu on the shoulder and said with satisfaction: "Very good! In addition, I have ordered Mr. Yizhi to get in touch with Mr. Ou Yaoting, who is still in Nanyang, and asked Jiang Mingsan, who is resting in Jiangxi, and Chen Cixiu, who resigned to rest at his home in Nanchang, to do An Yi's work in southern Sichuan in the name of the Military Commission sending him to investigate the banditry in eastern Sichuan. There is nothing that cannot be done badly by taking such a multi-pronged approach, taking advantage of the rights granted by the central government, standing on the commanding heights of legal principles and morality, and doing it calmly and unhurriedly.

"Also, Chang Qing has realized his mistake and realized that in the process of suppressing the An Yi Group, he was used by the public opinion of **, which made it boiling, and the world knows it, which caused us to be extremely passive during this period, he is very remorseful, and I hope you don't hold on to this pigtail, understand?"

"Understand ......"