Chiang Kai-shek paced slowly and said slowly: "However, don't worry about the affairs of the Northeast, the reason why Zhang Hanqing supports the central political axe is because only the central political axe can give him a prominent position of power." Therefore, as for how to win Zhang Hanqing's support, now it is me Jiang Zhongzheng who has this advantage, as for how to make Zhang Hanqing return to his heart, I have a plan, and I will talk about this later. However, one thing is certain, that is, as long as Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang do not have a clear advantage on the battlefield, Zhang Hanqing will never support him, and the veterans of the Northeast Army who oppose entering the customs will not agree to him sending troops. ”

"Therefore, as long as we have an advantage on the battlefield for one day, even if it is a tie with these new warlords, Zhang Hanqing will not support Yan Xishan for a day."

Chiang Kai-shek's analysis of Zhang Xueliang was reasonable, not only Dai Jitao, Zhang Qun, Song Ziwen, and Wu Zhihui breathed a sigh of relief, but even He Chengjun and Zhang Zhizhong, two soldiers, also nodded frequently. He Yingqin admired Chiang Kai-shek even more, he knew that Chiang Kai-shek had changed the attitude of these worried people at least on the northeast issue, and he thought that if he had tried to persuade these people instead, he would never have achieved this effect in such a short period of time.

Chiang Kai-shek stopped and said to Wu Tiecheng: "Tiecheng, you have made great contributions to lobbying Zhang Hanqing and Yi Zhi back then, and have established a very good personal relationship with Zhang Hanqing. ”

What Wu Tiecheng is most proud of is that he lobbied Zhang Xueliang to change his banner back then, and it was precisely because of his repeated persuasion that the Northeast once again made it clear that it was actually under the jurisdiction of the central government. This also made it easy for the Northern Expeditionary Army to march into the northeast to provoke him to stir up trouble like Jinan; and was afraid that the Gui faction in North China would increase its strength dramatically because of its entry into the Northeast; I am even more afraid that because the Northeast has been outside the jurisdiction of the central government for a long time, Chiang Kai-shek, who has given people with evil intentions a chance, breathed a sigh of relief.

Wu Tiecheng stood up proudly and replied: "Compared with the major matters related to the safety of the party and the country, whether Tiecheng has a good Spring Festival is just a trivial matter, Tiecheng has no complaints, everything depends on the orders of the chairman." ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "I mean, although I judge that Zhang Hanqing will not easily fall to Yan Xishan's side, I can't take it lightly, you will go to Shenyang after the fifth day of the new year, and it is best to go with Mrs. Zun." Because I don't think Zhang Hanqing will take a position easily, and you will probably have to stay in the Northeast for a long time. You are going to the Northeast for only one purpose, that is, to see Zhang Hanqing, and to call me at any time if there is a situation. If necessary, I will send Yue Jun to help you. ”

Chiang Kai-shek also advised: "I will grant you a special fee, the amount of which is one million yuan, and you can withdraw it at will, and you do not need to report my consent to the use." Remember, this money is not for you to buy Zhang Hanqing, Zhang Hanqing is rich and rivals the country, and he can't look down on this little money. This money is for your activities, and you have to try your best to make friends with the people around Zhang Hanqing, his family, adjutants, guards, and even his family servants and cooks. ”

Seeing that Wu Tiecheng was a little dazed, Chiang Kai-shek explained: "Don't underestimate these little people, these people may not play a role in others, but for Zhang Hanqing, a young and vigorous person, who remembers old feelings and stresses righteousness, it is different." If you have a good relationship with these people, you will be able to grasp all the movements of the people sent by Zhang Hanqing and Yan Xishan, and even these people can influence Zhang Hanqing's attitude towards sending troops to a certain extent. ”

Wu Tiecheng agreed, he knew Zhang Xueliang very well, and Wu Tiecheng thought deeply about Chiang Kai-shek's opinion of Zhang Xueliang, and couldn't help but secretly admire Chiang Kai-shek.

Chiang Kai-shek turned to everyone and said, "Fang Cai, we have finished talking about Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang, Li Zongren, and Zhang Hanqing, and now I will talk about Song Wenge." ”

As soon as Song Zhewu was mentioned, everyone present raised their spirits. It's not that these people haven't seen the world, it's just that this rising star is now too famous, not only annihilated tens of thousands of Soviet troops in World War I, but also the most valuable and most exciting and praised by the Chinese people is the recovery of Outer Mongolia. Now this hero with a heavy army has unbelievably fallen to the side of the warlord Yan Xishan, which can't help but worry them.

"Song Wenge, like Zhang Hanqing, also has more than 400,000 people, but the combat effectiveness of the Fourth Route Army is stronger than that of the Northeast Army, and the main generals are also closer to Song Zhewu, although since last year, there have been Tao Rong, Li Sichi, and Li Ruifang of the Gui family; Li Wentian and Zhao Fengwu of the Northwest Army; There were also high-ranking generals such as Han Guangdi and Liang Zhongjia of the Northeast Army who joined his troops, but these people seemed to be grateful to Song Wenge. ”

Chiang Kai-shek pursed his lips slightly, and said with some emotion: "This Song Wenge is young, but he is very sophisticated, open-minded, and very generous. These people who later joined the Fourth Route Army were all reused by him, especially the commander of the mountain division, Li Ruifang, who was only a battalion commander when he was in the Gui Department, but when he arrived in the Fourth Route Army, he was promoted to division commander in just over a year, how could this Li Ruifang not be grateful to him Song Wenge! ”

He Yingqin said with some concern: "Wen Ge is young in the end, and he is still a little rash in doing things. Even if these people will be grateful to him, if he lacks talent, he will suffer a great loss sooner or later. Among these people, except for Tao Rong and Li Sichi, who are worthy of great responsibilities, the others are all brigade commanders in the Northwest Army and the Northeast Army, and their talents are not very outstanding, otherwise they would have appeared in the original army a long time ago. ”

Chiang Kai-shek glanced at He Yingqin, shook his head and said: "This is a bad word, everyone's talent is not enough for them to get ahead, he still has to have opportunities to show his talents, only when he encounters opportunities and performs well, he will be recognized by everyone." Even if a peerless talent, if there is no opportunity, he will only be regarded as a very ordinary person. This time, Song Wenge gave them a chance, and it depends on how they play. I have studied the information of these people, Song Wenge is very discerning, if they are my subordinates, I will also promote them. ”

"Zeng Wenzheng is good at connoisseurship and knowledge. Wen Zhenggong can judge the merits of a person based on his perception alone, and Wen Zhenggong can make judgments and choices based on his own experience mainly through a person's speech and demeanor, temperament, and spiritual outlook. There are some people he only needs to meet once, and he can basically determine what this person can do, whether he can reuse it, and so on. It is very important to know people: pay attention to ability rather than academic qualifications, and pay attention to quality rather than qualifications. For example, when Li Hongzhang first won Wen Zhenggong's appreciation, he was just a showman. ”

Chiang Kai-shek glanced at everyone, walked to his desk, patted the "Complete Works of Zeng Wenzheng Gong" on the case with his hand, and said: "Zhongzheng highly respects Wen Zhenggong, and he obeys this public alone in his life." With his not transcendent qualifications, he turned the tide and helped the building to fall, and he was actually the first minister of Zhongxing. In his life, he promoted and reused countless later famous ministers and loyal people, and his criteria were three: first, loyalty and blood surname; the second is to be silent and simple; The third is tenacity and hard work. If you have this one, you can use it. Wenge employs people, and he has won the essence of Wenzheng Gongjian! ”

Then Chiang Kai-shek said with regret: "Let's just say that in our Central Army, there are many talents who are worthy of great responsibilities in those Whampoa students, but because of their qualifications, they are now promoted the fastest by Hu Zongnan." The reason why this is so is because we have too many 'talents'. You can take a look at the Huangpu students who went to [***], Jiang Xianyun, Chen Geng, Zhou Shidi, Cai Shenxi, Zhao Zixuan and others were famous figures as early as Huangpu, so I won't say it, now Jiangxi follows Zhu Mao's fourth phase [***] is their main column commander, and there is also a period of Xu Xiangqian, who is the deputy commander of the Red Bandits in Hubei, Henan and Anhui......"

As soon as Xu Xiangqian was mentioned, Chiang Kai-shek's face was hot, and he couldn't help but think of when he inspected talents in Huangpu, because Xu Xiangxiang was shy and didn't like to talk, he asked Xu Xiangqian and answered, no more words, plus Xu Xiangqian's Shanxi accent, which made him sound very difficult, and saw that Xu Xiangqian's back was not straight, and he didn't look very "mighty". So without much talk, let him go. After Xu Xiangqian left the office, he said to his subordinates, "It's not available."

But it was Xu Xiangqian, who made him look away, and he is currently making trouble in Hubei, Henan and Anhui, and the troops that have been encircled and suppressed several times can be said to have been defeated at the hands of his students. This made him, who always thought that he had made great achievements in observing people, very remorseful.

In fact, when Chiang Kai-shek founded the Whampoa Military Academy, he had a lot of experience in appreciating and recognizing people, for example, he was very fond of Jiang Xianyun who was [***], and after 4.12, he once gave Jiang Xianyun who was criticized by the party conditions, as long as Jiang Xianyun was willing to follow him, he would immediately appoint him as the division commander. At that time, the largest official position of student in Whampoa was only the head of the regiment. In addition, Chen Cheng, who is short in stature and not good-looking, and Hu Zongnan, who is also short in stature and has a stubborn and competitive surname, are all talents that he paid attention to when he was in Whampoa, and now he is now his most effective general in the Central Army.

Chiang Kai-shek felt that the topic was a little far away, put aside the topic that annoyed him, and continued: "That cartoon is right, Song Wenge is indeed a very patriotic general, do you know? Since he sent Wei Guanghui to recover Outer Mongolia, Song Wenge has been constantly transporting large quantities of weapons and ammunition, as well as food and medicine to Outer Mongolia. In addition, he also purchased or imported a large amount of steel and cement in Tianjin, which he first transported from the Pingsui Line to Zhangjiakou, and then used his own car to transport these materials to Outer Mongolia, and these cement and steel bars were used by him to build fortifications and defense facilities. And all these expenses are his own money, and he has never opened up with the central government. ”

He Yingqin always thought that Song Zhewu would never willingly do a stupid thing to take refuge in Yan Xishan, and he wanted to suggest to Chiang Kai-shek to bring Song Zhewu back, but every time Song Zhewu was mentioned, Chiang Kai-shek always talked about him left and right, which also made He Yingqin feel that there was something strange in this, so he didn't mention it anymore. However, at this time, he still wanted to say a few good words for Song Zhewu, a young man he liked very much.

"Just as the chairman of the committee said, Wen Ge is indeed a very patriotic soldier, and he has made such great contributions, if he were someone else, he would have regarded himself as a national hero a long time ago, asked the central government for food and money, and even filled his own pockets, how could he even dig out his own pockets."

Zhang Zhizhong also interjected at the right time: "Chief He is right, although I have been in contact with Wen Ge for a short time, I can feel that he is a very honest and excellent soldier, not only does he not love money, but he does not even force his official position, if possible, the chairman of the committee still has to pull him." ”

Zhang Zhizhong's words made Chiang Kai-shek's heart sink suddenly, what should a person who "doesn't love money, and doesn't even force an official position" use to move him to the center of the earth?

(To be continued)