In the meeting the next day, Fan Xuande put forward a request to Jiang Intermediary for an inspection in various places, and sure enough, as Jensen guessed, Jiang Intermediary agreed to Fan Xuande's investigation of Yunnan, but Fan Xuande's request to go to the north, especially Yan'an, was immediately vetoed, Jiang Intermediary said that the Japanese army in the north was very strong, and it was difficult for the Nationalist Government to guarantee the life safety of the delegation in the north. Fan Xuande was also allowed to go to the front line in Central China to observe the actual combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, and even said that he could launch a small-scale campaign for Fan Xuande, but as soon as he talked about the Red Party issue, Jiang Zheng immediately vomited bitterness, while talking about how arrogant and domineering the Chinese Red Party was, relying on the support of the Soviet Union, grabbing territory everywhere, looting the squire, and expanding the army. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Fan Xuande gradually felt that the Chinese Red Party was indeed not a thing, and only knew his own party interests and forgot the overall situation.

But Fan Xuande still remembered Ye Ting's matter, so he asked, "Then can General Ye Ting be released?" If your party is willing to release General Ye Ting to show its sincerity, and if we in the United States make peace with it, we will certainly be able to make the two parties work together to confront the great enemy. ”

Jiang intermediary heard that Fan Xuande asked him to release Ye Ting, and he also hesitated, although Ye Ting said that he was a famous general of the Northern Expedition and had a good reputation, but according to the news he learned later, Ye Ting did not agree with many people in the New Fourth Army, but Ye Ting was the commander of the original New Fourth Army after all, and now the Red Party has not said anything about it, and he took the initiative to release people, isn't that a weaker than the Red Party? This show of weakness, Jiang Intermediary will not do it.

Jiang Zheng immediately shook his head and said, "The New Fourth Army attacked the government army, disobeyed the government's orders, and created a very bad impact, Ye Ting has the main responsibility as the army commander, we detained him not because of his background, and Mr. Fan Xuande, you can go and inquire, he Ye Ting is not a Red Party at all, saying that Ye Ting was detained because of his party identity, it is pure nonsense, besides, this is my China's internal affairs, it seems a little inconvenient for your country to participate in it, right?" ”

Fan Xuande was not very happy when he touched the nail given by Jiang Mediation, and he also felt that the matter between the Red Party and the White Party might not be as Jiang Intermediary said, so he said, "It's me Meng Lang, so I won't talk about this matter anymore." ”

Fan Xuande and Jiang Intermediary talked about other matters, and Jiang repeatedly asked about the aid, but Fan Xuande kept saying that the matter of assistance could only be decided after he returned to China to report to President Roosevelt after the inspection.

Although Jiang Intermediary was a little disappointed, he also knew that this was the meaning of the question, but he was also a lot less enthusiastic about Fan Xuande.

On the other side of Yan'an, the rectification of the Soviet Union reached its climax, the telegrams from Moscow and Yan'an, although they were kept secret, but many people heard the rumors, and the Red International also sent people to Yan'an to communicate with the Central Committee of the Chinese Red Party. Stalin, who made Moscow suspicious, finally looked into the interior of the Soviet Union, once again raised his butcher's knife, and conducted another audit and purge of all possible people.

When the people in Yan'an saw that the accusations of the Soviet Union and the Red International against the Chinese Red Party were just such frivolous arguments, they immediately understood that the Chinese Red Party could really become independent from the Soviet Union. The focus of Kang Sheng's rectification gradually changed from criticizing the Soviet Union to arresting 'traitors', 'spies', and 'traitors', and more than two or three hundred people were arrested within a week, but they were soon released for unknown reasons, only to understand the situation, because the number of people was small, and the turmoil was not big, except for some well-intentioned people, many people did not notice it at all. also made the activity of finding traitors end quickly, and returned to the rectification of the Soviet Union.

Gradually, the discussion shifted from criticizing the Soviet Union's betrayal of China's sovereignty to how China should truly achieve independence and self-determination, and how to truly achieve prosperity and strength. Tangerine Sheng Huaibei used the ancient saying of Mandarin to explain why a simple reproduction system is not feasible, and it was quickly recognized by the whole party.

At the same time, the Central Committee of the Red Party of China reinterpreted the concept of the Chinese nation, and the Central Committee of the Red Party of China first denied the concept of nationality that is now popular in China, believing that the Chinese nation should not be five ethnic groups in a simple sense, and criticized the concept of nationality in the Soviet Union, because the concept of nationality in the Soviet Union is the four major criteria, that is, a common language, a common region, a common economic life, and a common psychological composition shown from common cultural characteristics. If this standard is followed, the Chinese nation will not be able to stand on a theoretical footing, and the chairman will use the Han nationality to question this standard, there are many cultural differences between southern and northern China, and the phonetic differences are also very large, and people in the northeast basically can't understand what people in Fujian are saying when they go to Fujian, so aren't everyone Han Chinese? So the concept of nationality in the USSR was not accurate! However, the Central Committee of the Red Party deliberately did not immediately put forward a new theory, but let everyone discuss it within the party.

The great discussion of this nation is more enthusiastic than the previous discussion of criticizing the Soviet Union, because many people have doubts about the criticism of the Soviet Union, so many people in the discussion of the criticism of the Soviet Union are not active, but for this national concept, everyone has no scruples, so there are more people who discuss and speak than before, in fact, the statement of the Chinese nation was first put forward by Liang Qichao in the 19th century, and it has not been 50 years now, even Liang Qichao himself has changed this definition many times, and it is naturally difficult to appear at once a definition that everyone agrees on.

Seeing that it is almost, the chairman put forward a specific interpretation of the Chinese nation at a conference, first proposing that the whole world was a large and small tribe in ancient times, and then slowly merged with each other, becoming a tribe, and today, becoming a country, so it can be seen that for the whole world, the integration from small to large is an irreversible trend, and for the definition of the nation, it should also stand at the forefront of the times to define, so the Chinese nation should be a pan-national concept, and should not be distinguished by nationality, It should not be distinguished by culture alone, but by cultural identity, that is, people who identify with Chinese culture and take the interests of the Chinese nation and the interests of China as their core interests can call themselves a member of the Chinese nation, that is, regardless of nationality, color, blood, party, gender, or race, that is, even if it is a white man, he was born in the United States, but then he came to China, came into contact with Chinese civilization, and recognized it. At the same time, when the interests of the Chinese nation and the interests of China are regarded as their own highest interests, then this person can be said to be a member of the Chinese nation.

Such a definition immediately aroused widespread controversy in the whole base area, especially the workers and technicians from various countries who did not participate in the discussion, and also joined the discussion, among which the Chinese Americans and workers from the United States discussed the most enthusiastically, because the United States itself is a pure country of immigrants, and the American nation is actually a living and artificially created national concept, so they are the easiest to accept the national concept recognized by such a civilization, and many Americans who have come to China for a few years even said that they have fallen in love with China. They are willing to live in China for the rest of their lives, and they feel that they are also a part of China, so they should also be part of the Chinese nation.

-- In the cave

"Chairman, our national outlook has laid a theoretical foundation for the future." Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "I think we can modify our national view and sell it, I can guarantee that whether it is Germany, Japan or the United Kingdom, they will be very interested in this theory, well... The only thing he doesn't like is probably the United States, which has always called for national independence, because only in this way can he break the current colonial division.

The chairman nodded and said, "Indeed, we can think about it, they will definitely like this theory, but there is something else to ask you to come this time, the Americans have already arrived in Chongqing, and Jiang Zhong and the American delegation have also met." What we mean by this is that you leave for Chongqing right away and try to get on the line with the U.S. delegation, and it would be nice if you could get them to come to us. ”

Jiang Cheng immediately agreed, "This is what I said at the beginning, of course it's no problem, I'll set off immediately." ”

Zhou Guansheng beckoned and said, "Don't worry, there is another thing, we want to add more burden to you, according to our discussion in the Politburo a few days ago, the rectification movement will gradually become a common task in the construction of party style and clean government, and the work of criticizing the Soviet Union will also be gradually put down after the negotiations between the representatives of the Soviet Union and the Red International, so Comrade Kang Sheng's burden should also be liberated, and we still hope that you will be the head of the audit department." Little ginger, what do you think? ”

Jiang Cheng immediately refused, "Vice Chairman Zhou, how many times have I said it, I am really not suitable for this, if you do this again, you will force me to leave." ”

Zhou Guansheng looked at the chairman helplessly and smiled, the chairman smoked a cigarette and said, "Xiao Jiang, you should also know that Kang Sheng is extremely 'left'." This problem was discovered in this campaign, do you know how many people he reported as spies and suspected of being a traitor? Yan'an alone reported more than 1,000 people! Among them, there is even Comrade Jinshan in the list of suspicions! I didn't believe that there were so many problems among our comrades, so I immediately talked to him, and changed the suspects to internal surveillance, and did not allow arrests unless there was conclusive evidence. However, his ultra-'leftist' problem has not been changed now, and I don't think it will be able to change it in the future. I really don't feel at ease about handing over the audit department and the social department to him again, you can pick one yourself, otherwise, you will just sit and watch us make mistakes! ”

Where did Jiang Cheng dare to choose the Social Department, and what does the Social Department do? The purpose of its establishment was to find internal spies and spies, and the Qilipu of the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Zaoyuan Training Class of the Central Social Affairs Department, and the Sanlipu Training Class of the Security Department of the Border District can be said to be the three cradles of the secret front of the Chinese Red Party. Jiang Cheng finally said helplessly, "Then I will be a deputy minister in the audit department, and ask the chairman to find another minister." ”

The chairman clapped his hands and applauded: "The man's word is out, and the horse is hard to chase!" Good! That's it, Xiao Jiang, you go to Chongqing first, you can rest assured about things here. When you come back, you'll have to take on some of the work of the audit department. ”

Jiang Cheng knew that he had been appointed by the chairman, nodded with a wry smile, and responded.

-- U.S. Embassy in Chongqing

Fan Xuande and Lattimore sat opposite each other and talked.

"Sure enough, as Jensen said, Jiang Intermediary did not allow us to go to the Red Party's place to investigate, and was even more unwilling to release Ye Ting, you say, how can we go to Yan'an to investigate? This is a special assignment given by Mr. President, and we will complete it no matter what. Fan Xuande touched his beard and looked at Lattimore and asked.

Lattimore shook his head and said, "Now that the Nationalist Government in Chongqing knows that we have this idea, it will definitely strengthen its surveillance of us, even if it is Bao Ruide and Xie Weisi, it is not a simple matter for them to reach Yan'an safely, it is best for us to contact the Red Party of China and let them arrange, they are the head snakes, there will definitely be a way." ”

Fan Xuande nodded, and said worriedly, "But if we follow their plan to investigate, it is likely that all we see are arranged things, I mean it is best to find a third party." ”

The "third party" Lattimore was also embarrassed.

While the two were thinking, Lattimore suddenly said, "I think of a person, he has always been more mysterious in our intelligence, he is a major general on the side of the Chongqing government, he is a big businessman in the United States, he also has a lot of business in Europe, and he has dealings with many chaebols, and he has great powers, maybe he can be used to match." ”

Fan Xuande asked curiously, "Who are you talking about?" Are there still such people in China? ”

Lattimore nodded and said, "His name is Jiang Cheng, he is a very mysterious businessman, although he is a major general, but he does not have any military merits, in fact, his real official position in the White Party is the military logistics director of Jiang Zhong's son, but according to our understanding, he is not very concerned about things, most of the time is still busy with his own affairs all over the world, he has a good relationship with our president's friend Mr. Situ Meitang, several major underworld leaders in China call him brothers, this is a figure who can eat both black and white, However, I haven't heard that he has anything to do with Yan'an, but I think such a businessman will definitely not put his eggs in one basket, and he will definitely have a way. ”