Song Zhewu knew that Yan Xishan was going to lead the conversation to the point. Song Zhewu had a purpose, that is, he would not take the initiative to raise the matter of opposing Jiang, and he had to bring it up by Yan Xishan himself, so that he could occupy a powerful position, so he just listened quietly and did not say anything.

Yan Xishan said to himself: "My league leader said, 'If you have to ask the central government to borrow money, you can do it, but Shanxi must raise 40 percent of the funds, and after the construction is completed, it must be handed over to the Ministry of Railways, which will be managed and dispatched by the central government.'" The construction of railways not only benefits the people and businesses, but also increases local fiscal revenue, which can be used by local governments to do more things that benefit the people, so that local finances can form a good cycle. If the railway is handed over to the central government, then Meng will not make a wedding dress for others. ”

According to Chiang Kai-shek's idea, 60 percent of the Tongpu Railway was funded by the central government, and the remaining 40 percent was raised by the Shanxi localities. If Shanxi has an urgent desire to build a railway, it is normal to take out some of the funds, and if Shanxi does not pay a penny, Chiang Kai-shek will not be able to account for other provinces, which is really unfair.

Moreover, Chiang Kai-shek, who had a strong army, was not at ease at all, and he was even afraid that Yan Xishan would misappropriate the funds for the construction of the railway; Chiang Kai-shek agreed to contribute 60 percent of the funds to the nationalization of the railways after they were completed, and this was understandable; at present, the various railway bureaus in China are still fighting their own battles, not to mention intermodal transport, that is, there is very little mutual cooperation, and the huge transport capacity of the railways cannot be brought into play at all; if the central authorities nationalize all the railways and unify their powers, they will be able to smoothly carry out intermodal transport and bring into play the greater effectiveness of the railways.

In fact, to put it bluntly, Yan Xishan still did not want Chiang Kai-shek's tentacles to reach into his Shanxi. Yan Xishan's Jin Sui army was relatively stable, and in addition to Yan Xishan's good command, Yan Xishan's efforts to maintain Shanxi's relative reading power and not to contact the outside world as much as possible also had a lot to do with it. Yan Xishan's thoughts, Song Zhewu, a descendant, couldn't be clearer.

On this topic, Song Zhewu really couldn't think of anything to blame Chiang Kai-shek.

After thinking for a while, Song Zhewu said to Yan Xishan: "Commander-in-chief, I met Chen Gongbo and the two Yuan generals in our Jin Sui army in Siwei Zhai today. ”

Song Zhewu's words made Yan Xishan feel a burst of surprise, not only Song Zhewu and Chen Gongbo, but also all the representatives of various forces in Taiyuan were also under his comprehensive surveillance, and their every move could not escape his Yan Xishan's eyes.

What Song Zhewu did today, except for the things in Song Zhewu's Xinghua factory area, Yan Xishan is not clear, because there has not yet recruited a single Shanxi native there, and the forces of the political and health group have not been able to intervene, all of Song Zhewu's activities today Yan Xishan is clear, and even Chen Gongbo and Song Zhewu, as well as the content of the conversation with Li Fuying and Li Shengda, Yan Xishan also roughly knows. Not to mention the fact that Song Zhewu went to see Shang Zhen with great fanfare. Even after Chen Gongbo returned to the Shanxi Hotel, he immediately drafted a telegram to Wang Jingwei to report the good news, and sent someone to Tianjin by train half an hour ago to send this matter, Yan Xishan was also very clear.

Regarding Song Zhewu's initiative to mention meeting Chen Gongbo, Yan Xishan was both surprised and overjoyed. What was surprising was that Song Zhewu told him about the confidential event that surprised Chen Gongbo in this way; Happily, this shows that Song Zhewu is an understanding person, and he is not interested in the fame and fortune promised by Chen Gongbo at all.

Although Wang Jingwei is famous, strength is the most important, and only being with him Yan Xishan is the most promising and practical. Moreover, Yan Xishan also believes that Song Zhewu has already implicitly confessed to himself to a certain extent his anti-Jiang attitude with him, which is definitely something that makes Yan Xishan overjoyed.

However, Yan Xishan didn't want Song Zhewu to feel the surprise in his heart, so he just said lightly: "Gongbo is a literati, he talks elegantly, and he likes to contact with my generation of soldiers very much recently. ”

Yan Xishan's words changed sharply, and he said with a pun: "Literati often retreat in danger, even towards Qin and Chu. Wengo, you probably don't know yet, right? Gongbo was one of the thirteen founders of the Republic of China when it was established in the tenth year of the Republic of China. When Meng was in Nanjing, Zhou Fuhai, who had been the acting secretary of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China, told me that their first congress was held at the residence of Li Hanjun of the Communist Party in Shanghai on the evening of July 23. Zhou Fuhai laughed and said that Gongbo was frightened by the French patrol and ran back to Guangdong. So much so that now [***] only admits that there are twelve founders. ”

Song Zhewu has always believed that Chen Gongbo is one of the founders of the first meeting, although there were actually thirteen representatives at the first meeting, but Bao Huiseng of the Wuhan group was appointed by Chen Duxiu to represent him personally to attend the meeting, as for whether [***] does not recognize Chen Gongbo's representative qualifications, Song Zhewu is not very clear. It was the first time he had heard of what Yan Xishan said, but it came from the mouth of Zhou Fuhai, who was also the founder of the First University, and the credibility was still very high.

Song Zhewu could hear the meaning of Yan Xishan's words, that is, to tell Song Zhewu that Chen Gongbo was unreliable, and the implicit meaning was that he Yan Xishan was Song Zhewu's best choice.

Yan Xishan ignored Song Zhewu, who was a little stunned, and continued with some sadness: "Shu Min, Mu Yan and Yisheng, Tong Xuan, and Yin Fu are all brave generals and loving generals of Meng. ”

Song Zhewu knew that Yan Xishan was talking about Li Shengda, Li Fuying, Fu Zuoyi, Zhang Yinwu, and Zhao Chengshou, among these people, Li Shengda, Fu Zuoyi, and Li Fuying were the most closely related, while Zhang Yinwu and Fu Zuoyi were incompatible, and even Zhang Yinwu threatened in Beiping that 'Fu Zuoyi is not worthy of being in the same column as him'.

Yan Xishan's mood Song Zhewu understands it very well, and the fact that Li Shengda, Li Fuying and Chen Gongbo are close shows that they have an outside heart for Yan Xishan. These two people were both pulled up by Yan Xishan!

Yan Xishan leaned back in his chair and said quietly: "In the fifteenth year of the Republic of China, when the Northwest Army besieged Datong City, Shu Min served as the commander of the 1st Battalion of the 10th Regiment of the Shanxi Army, responsible for the defense of the north gate of Datong, and was violently attacked. At the height of the fighting, the Li battalion threw nearly 30 boxes of grenades per soldier day and night, which shows the fierceness of the battle. The Jin army in the city worked hard for a long time, and the army's heart was shaken, and there was gradually a discussion of opening the door and surrendering. At that time, because of Shu Min's bravery, he was promoted to the acting head of the 10th Regiment, and Shu Min strongly resisted. The two sides confronted each other for 5 months, but the Northwest Army was finally unable to overcome it, and because the overall situation was contained, it was unable to gather the main force at Yanmen Pass, and was forced to withdraw to the Wuyuan area west of Suiyuan. As a result, Meng repeatedly promoted him within a few months, and Shu Min was promoted from battalion commander to regiment commander and brigade commander, and was promoted to commander of the 15th Division and commander of Jinbei Town, until the current commander of the Fourth Army. ”

"But since the Northern Expedition, some people's minds have changed, when the Feng army retreated outside the Guan, Chiang Kai-shek came to Beiping, Shu Min learned about it, and took the initiative to take a train from Tianjin to the south five stations to meet Chiang."

Yan Xishan sighed and whispered with a gloomy expression, "It's a pity! Meng now has no higher position for him, and only those who sit in that position in Nanjing have such ability. ”

At this moment, Yan Xishan leaned back in his chair slightly, his face was very ugly, and he did not have the look of dominating one side and dominating the situation in the past.

Song Zhewu not only had a trace of sympathy for Yan Xishan, but this was also a change of thought, Song Zhewu comforted Yan Xishan and said: "Commander-in-chief, the two Li commanders may have met Chen Gongbo by chance, their loyalty to you is not something that can be taken away by just that person, the commander-in-chief is too worried." ”

Yan Xishan smiled a little apologetically and said: "What Wen Ge said is that even if they are confused for a while, sooner or later they will understand, even if our people in the Jin Sui Army are temporarily reused elsewhere, they will still be miscellaneous after all, and only in Mongolia will they be regarded as orthodox descendants." ”

Yan Xishan said that Jin Suijun and miscellaneous cards were particularly serious. Song Zhewu understood that Yan Xishan's words were also listening to him, and told Song Zhewu that he was a miscellaneous player in Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army, and no matter how capable he was, Chiang Kai-shek would never treat him as a descendant.

"Wen Ge, this alliance of mine has always only reused the personnel of the four departments of Huang, Lu, Zhejiang, and Yi, you must know this. The rest of the people are basically given an idle position, and the people in the Northwest Army and our Jin Sui Army system are better, which is why he wants to divide and disintegrate us. Take Wenge as an example, the contribution to the annihilation of the Soviet army in the east and the return of Outer Mongolia in the north is not insignificant, not counting Wenge's contribution to attacking Wuhan and responding to Han Fuyu. But Chiang Kai-shek only gave you a director of the Taihang Administration, and the vice chairman of Outer Mongolia was taken away by him. Although it also added a few numbers to you, the military expenses were not distributed according to the actual amount required by the Fourth Route Army. But Zhang Xueliang is very generous, the annual military expenditure is 10 million, and he does not want the tax of the Northeast. ”

Speaking of this, Yan Xishan couldn't help but pat the arm of the chair. Seeing that Song Zhewu was just smiling and silent, Yan Xishan picked up the teacup and took another sip.

Song Zhewu is a little strange, it is said that Yan Xishan never drinks water outside, and every time he goes out, he brings his own water, how can he change his habits today. Hurriedly called Liang Bi to come in and refill Yan Xishan's tea.

In fact, it is true that Yan Xishan never drinks water outside, Yan Xishan never drinks water when he is outside, even if he is thirsty, he endures it, and only when he returns to his accommodation will he drink the water he brought, even in the territory of his two generals in Beiping and Tianjin, let alone in Nanjing. It's just that today is an exception, first, Yan Xishan is not so careful, for fear that Song Zhewu will be unhappy; Second, Yan Xishan thought that Song Zhewu would never dare to do anything unfavorable to him in Taiyuan, let alone plot against him.

After Liang Bi withdrew, Yan Xishan continued: "But it is different for us, Chiang Kai-shek has collected all the finances and taxes of all provinces to the central government in the name of unified taxation in the past two years, and even the salt transportation of Tianjin has also been collected. This is not counting, Chiang Kai-shek has repeatedly delayed even the military expenses of the garrisons in Beiping and Tianjin in the past six months, and he has not paid a cent...... in the past six months."

Seeing that Song Zhewu looked willing to be taught, but he didn't say a word, Yan Xishan was a little anxious and decided to add another fire.

On New Year's Day this year, Chiang Kai-shek published an article in the "Central Daily" entitled "Taking Integrity and Honesty as the Foundation of the Founding of the Country". He scolded all those who opposed him, 'taking opportunism as wisdom, rebellion as courage, integrity as depravity, and shame as mourning', and he also taught murderous lessons that he 'fought against rebellion with obedience, planted the opposite, and surveyed civil strife, as simple as destroying withering and decaying......

(To be continued)