Yan Xishan's plan didn't matter to Song Zhewu, he would never act according to Yan Xishan's orders, and he could take this opportunity to start his "Turtledove Project".

Therefore, Song Zhewu called back to express his agreement after discussing with Feng Yuxiang, and at the same time, he agreed with Feng Yuxiang that Song Zhewu's 13th Army would change into the military uniform of the Northwest Army and secretly take over the Lushan defense line.

Then, on the grounds that after his troops entered Hubei, they would have to go down the river and there would be no road to transport his troops, so Song Zhewu transferred all the 800 trucks he had bought to Liulin in Zhengzhou to stand by.

These 800 trucks Song Zhewu has seen a big bargain. Because the whole West is in an economic crisis and the market is extremely depressed, although the major American automakers have already reduced production a lot, or even stopped production, they are still like other industries, and many small companies have closed down because they cannot repay bank loans in time. Even a large company like Ford is facing difficulties in capital turnover because it has a large amount of inventory that cannot be sold. If anyone buys their car, it's the God who saves them, even if this God is very stingy and only gives them the cost price.

Therefore, Wang Dong, who has become the most important assistant of Song Zhewu's eldest brother in terms of vehicles, through participating in a series of bankruptcy auctions, and Wang Dong, who appeared in front of major automobile manufacturers as a savior, and bought their inventory at cost price, more than a dozen models of 800 trucks are lower than their cost price.

Looking at these 800 brand-new trucks, Song Zhewu's joy was beyond words, and the happy Song Zhewu even drove the truck around Zhengzhou several times.

When Song Zhewu, who was reluctant to give up, returned to his headquarters from Liulin, he was very surprised to see Zhao Pilian.

Zhao Pilian told Song Zhewu that he had come to Zhengzhou with Zhou Jue, who had been sent by Yan Xishan to deliver food to Feng Yuxiang, and went directly to Feng Yuxiang. Because Song Zhewu wanted to attack the Pinghan Line and the Longhai Line, in order to facilitate contact, Yan Xishan needed to send people to follow Song Zhewu's troops to act together, so Zhao Pilian asked Yan Xishan for this errand and came to Zhengzhou with a liaison team.

Yan Xishan sent people to Zhengzhou to follow the army, to put it bluntly, he sent people to monitor and supervise Song Zhewu's actions, which Song Zhewu absolutely understood.

However, Song Zhewu is not disgusted with Zhao Pilian, although Zhao Pilian's ability is not particularly outstanding, at least he is inferior to Jia Jingde, but Zhao Pilian is very prestigious in Shanxi, especially in the education world. Over the years, Yan Xishan has vigorously developed national education in Shanxi, and Zhao Daiwen and Zhao Pilian are his main assistants. During his tenure as the principal of Shanxi Provincial National Normal School, he not only actively advocated innovation and improvement of education, but also founded Shanxi Institute of Education. During Zhao Pilian's 28-year tenure as vice minister of the Ministry of the Interior, he did not forget to establish education, and established a cultural university with Shao Lizhi and Ge Tianming.

Therefore, Song Zhewu doesn't mind Zhao Pilian's role as a supervisor of the army, anyway, he won't really attack the Pinghan Line, if he can coerce Zhao Pilian back to Shanxi at this time, it would be a good thing, with Zhao Pilian's support, he will be recognized by the people in Shanxi faster.

Song Zhewu set up a luncheon in his headquarters to entertain Zhao Pilian, although only Wang Xu was accompanied, but the wine and food were very rich, which made Zhao Pilian very happy. Between a few people pushing the cup and changing the lamp, Zhao Pilian's slightly melancholy expression gradually relaxed, and he was already smiling at the end of the banquet.

After the banquet, Song Zhewu let Zhao Pilian into his office, and the two chatted.

The two were alone together, and Zhao Pilian's expression became a little melancholy. Song Zhewu poured water for Zhao Pilian personally, and said jokingly: "Mr. Zhiqing, you, the chief eunuch, have the power of life and death in my Song Zhewu, why are you still unhappy?" Is it still too small to be an official? ”

Zhao Pilian smiled bitterly and came out with a foul sentence that was extremely inconsistent with his identity: "Wen Ge said that he was joking, I am not uncommon with this bullshit prison army, I came to Wen Ge to take refuge here, Wen Ge made fun of me." ”

Zhao Pilian's words made Song Zhewu can't help but feel his heart moved, and he could feel dissatisfaction and helplessness from Zhao Pilian's words. Still, the word "refuge" surprised him.

"Refuge? Mr. Zhiqing, what do you mean by that? Song Zhewu asked in surprise.

Zhao Pilian pondered for a long time, sighed and said, "Wen Ge still remembers that after we returned to Taiyuan from Wutai, I went to Shi Yousan on the order of Baigong?" ”

After saying this, Zhao Pilian did not continue, but said very sadly: "Wen Ge, I am a literati, nearly fifty years old, I can neither dance a gun, let alone a stick, it can be said that I have no power to tie the chicken, but I think I am still proficient in literature and ink, and I can also do it in government affairs, I want to find a position here in Wen Ge, I don't know if Wen Ge can agree?" ”

Zhao Pilian's words made Song Zhewu couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised, and even said: "Okay! Good! I have long wanted to invite Mr. Zhiqing to come to me, but I have not dared to open this mouth, if Mr. Zhiqing is willing to come, I welcome it! It's just that Commander-in-Chief Yan can agree? ”

Zhao Pilian smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, I will definitely agree." ”

Seeing that Song Zhewu looked disbelieving, Zhao Pilian continued what he had just said and said: "I went to Shi Yousan's place, Wen Ge knew that he was instructed by Baigong to persuade Shi Yousan to oppose Jiang in person. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Pilian showed a look of extreme disgust and said: "These warlords are all the same, they only care about personal interests, and there is no righteousness at all. After Shi Yousan saw me, he simply said, anti-Jiang can come, then take the money, and if you don't have money, you don't have to talk about it. I was good at talking, and finally negotiated to give him a driving fee of 800,000 yuan. I didn't expect Baigong to scold me in front of everyone, saying that I would regard myself as an emperor when I went out, and give away Shanxi's hard-earned money casually. ”

"Baigong has been cold to me since then. In the past, the matter of external liaison was entrusted to me, but after that time, Jia Yuru came to handle it, and this time he went to the Northeast to persuade Zhang Xueliang to go to Jia Yuru. ”

Zhao Pilian sighed and said: "Baigong doesn't want to see me, it's okay, I just want to hide for a while." But the world is hot and cold, and Baigong is surrounded by some villains with a tendency to be inflammatory, and these people see that Baigong is like this to me, and they also have a lot of complaints about me, and even the Ming Dynasty is sarcastic. My heart is cold! ”

Zhao Pilian continued with a gloomy expression: "I asked Baigong several times to resign from his position, but Baigong didn't allow it, I knew that Baigong was afraid of chilling other people's hearts, and he wouldn't let me go, but I really couldn't stay there, so I took this opportunity to come to you during the Cultural Revolution, Wenge won't look down on me, right?" ”

"It's too late to welcome, where will I look down on Mr. Zhiqing, I think so, now I am a senior senator here, after this war is over, there must be another reuse, I will call Commander-in-Chief Yan in a while."

Song Zhewu, who knew what was going on, was so happy that he smiled and agreed to Zhao Pilian's request.

Originally, Zhao Pilian was still a little worried that Song Zhewu was afraid that Yan Xishan would be unhappy and didn't dare to take him in, but Song Zhewu took him in so happily, which showed that Song Zhewu was not afraid of offending Yan Xishan, if Song Zhewu suffered gains and losses, what was the point of staying here.

Moreover, Song Zhewu can be a senior senator here, although he has no power, but his status is not low, Song Zhewu said that he will be reused after the end of the war, and he may be able to be a provincial chairman. This made Zhao Pilian's already cold heart warm up again, he is only 49 this year, and it is a bit too early for him to go home early to live idle.

Zhao Pilian, who was relieved, nodded and said appreciatively: "Wen Ge, it's not that I flatter you, Wen Ge, you are not only talented but also tolerant of the sea, you are indeed a person who does great things, but it's a pity that Baigong is too small-minded!" ”

Seeing that Song Zhewu did not respond immediately, Zhao Pilian, who had a lot less scruples about Yan Xishan and more gratitude to Song Zhewu, explained: "Wen Ge, I don't say this just because I am wronged in my heart, I will give you a few small examples, and you will know that what I said is true." ”

"Before the war, Baigong announced that he would win the battle and reward 200,000 yuan, and later occupied Jinan and forced Han Fuyu, who obeyed the central government, and the chief of staff Gu Renfa asked Baigong to give a bonus, and Yan Xishan went to the official document to ask how many enemies were captured? Gu reported: "The enemy fled in the desert and was not captured. And Bai Gong used "the pursuit was powerless" as an excuse to remember him as a major mistake and was punished for merit, in order to save a bounty of 200,000 yuan, but the result was that the soldiers had no fighting spirit. ”

"In the fierce battle, the various armies distributed flour, and Bai Gong, despite the shortage of personnel in wartime, ordered Fu as the quartermaster of the righteous army to return the flour bags as usual; Xue Dubi and Jia Jingde, who were sent to the Northeast for activities, only had 50 yuan a month, and they didn't even dare to play cards for 10 yuan or 20 yuan. When Jia Yuru came back to report to Baigong, he also complained to me in private, every time Zhang Qing and Wu Tiecheng went to Zhang Xueliang, there were special people carrying bags full of oceans, and the people around Zhang Xueliang would get dozens or hundreds of oceans, just like that, Jia Yuru was often blocked by these people when he went to see Zhang Xueliang, and Zhang Qun and them were like no one. ”

"Also, on the Eastern Front, Shi Yousan fought hard, Baigong was very happy, and also agreed that Shi Yousan should be the chairman of Shandong, and he would be replaced by Qin Jianbin during the battle. However, after Baigong took Jinan, he was a little reluctant to be the chairman of Shandong Province, and began to act as the de facto chairman of Shandong, putting a county magistrate today, and a garrison commander tomorrow, and Shi Yousan, the chairman of Shandong, has nothing to do with it. ”

"Baigong is like this, the generals below don't take Shi Yousan seriously, when Jinan was defeated, there were 4 people who were not sent by the generals to serve as the Jinan police chief, and Shi Yousan's people had to go back in disgrace, how do you say this can make Shi Yousan fight with peace of mind?"

(To be continued)