Su Zongzhen nodded, indeed! Jiang Zhongzheng has something extraordinary, otherwise he would not have stepped into today's position. You must know that he was able to reach the top under the siege of Wang Zhaoming, the son of the father of the nation and the revolutionary veteran, and others!

How can such a character be easily dismissed?!

"Things won't change much, and looking at those pro-Japanese factions, I know that they can't do anything big!" Tu Qianjun smiled at Su Zongzhe and said indifferently: "He can't even make up his mind to kill Jiang Zhongzheng, what else can he do?!" It's no wonder that Wang Zhaoming's forces were dismembered, and it was really a major event in Nancheng! ”

Wang Zhaoming is indeed difficult to achieve a big thing, but He Yingqin is ready to move! On December 16, at a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Nanjing State Government, He Yingqin instigated the "crusade" faction to besiege Kong Xiangxi again.

Some people in the Huangpu department and the Central Army, especially a group of young generals in the Huangpu department, even used "crusade" to show their loyalty to the Huangpu department and leaders, rebuked Kong Xiangxi's "incompetence", and demanded "bloody Xi'an"!

He Yingqin advocated the "crusade", ostensibly mainly to rescue Jiang Zhongzheng by force. In fact, however, Zhang and Yang's telegrams had already shown to the whole country and even the whole world that they were reprimanding Jiang Zhongzheng with force and "ensuring his safety."

He Yingqin's "crusade" is likely to put Jiang to death as a consequence!

This meeting record was quietly telegraphed by Kong Xiangxi and others to Jiang Zhongzheng, who was in Xi'an, and Zhang Xueliang and others naturally sent this telegram to Jiang Zhongzheng in order to stop the attack of the Central Army.

On the 16th, just over an hour after the end of the meeting, Jiang Dingwen, who had been detained along with Jiang Zhongzheng, suddenly took a special plane to Nanjing, and he took Jiang Zhongzheng to personally issue a warrant to He Yingqin.

On the morning of the 17th, Jiang Dingwen arrived in Nanjing, and he did not directly meet He Yingqin, but first contacted Song Meiling and others. Subsequently, Kong Xiangxi came forward to preside over an emergency meeting of the Nanjing government!

Participants included Feng Yuxiang, He Yingqin, and Sun Ke...... et al. meeting. Jiang Dingwen showed Jiang Zhongzheng's handwritten message. Meantime. Jiang Dingwen also asked Feng Yuxiang and others to read this edict.

When this warrant was announced, He Yingqin Tie blushed and said nothing. But I saw that the warrant read:

"Respectfully, my brother: I heard that the air force bombed Weinan yesterday, and I hope to stop it immediately. Observe it up close. China (i.e. Jiang Zhongzheng) can return to Beijing before this Saturday (19th), so there must be no conflict before Saturday. And stop the bombing. ”

He Yingqin's face became extremely ugly when he looked at this edict! Although he raised the majority of the arguments, the Nanking government decided to suspend the bombing from the 17th to the 21st; Both Nanjing and Xi'an have stopped military operations!

This oracle is so powerful! This greatly enhanced the confidence of Song Meiling and others in saving Jiang Zhongzheng from danger. Song Ziwen asked He Yingqin to fly to Xi'an to face Chiang. He Yingqin was angry because he was forced to suspend the "crusade", and yelled angrily at Song Ziwen.

"You know what?! This is a national event! Be obedient to military orders!! Song Ziwen did not show weakness, and coldly confronted He Yingqin and said: "I am a civilian who does not hold public office, not a soldier!" "The implication is that you can't control me.

He Yingqin became angry immediately, and scolded Song Ziwen indiscriminately! There was a lot of noise at the meeting. Seeing this, Song Meiling had no choice but to play a round: "Ziwen is also worried about the chairman, and he is willing to risk his life to go to Shaanxi, but he has no intention of serving the country." Fist patriotism, respect should not be suppressed ......"

Under the persuasion of Song Meiling. He Yingqin reluctantly agreed to let Song Ziwen go to Xi'an. However, it must be noted in the resolutions of the meeting. Song Ziwen was sent to Xi'an in a private name to understand the situation. Although the military operations of the Central Army attacking Xi'an did not completely stop, the "crusade" had to be delayed.

Same. He Yingqin received a call from Zhang Xueliang and said, "The issue of releasing Jiang remains to be discussed." ”

"During this period, it is better to refrain from military operations. The younger brother did not advance at the beginning, and your department has entered Tongguan in the west and bombed wantonly, who will move Goye? Who started the civil war? If the brother department is completely withdrawn to the east of Tongguan, the younger brother can stop moving. Otherwise, each other's soldiers, who doesn't know the key to this?! After reading the message, He Yingqin fell into deep thought.

He was thinking about whether he was right to be on Wang Zhaoming's side. In case Jiang Zhongzheng comes back and finds clues, it will undoubtedly be extremely unfavorable to himself! At this time, He Yingqin himself began to sway!

In order to make a fool of himself, He Yingqin gritted his teeth and drafted a telegram - he planned to use a certain old Xi'er to contain Zhang and Yang and isolate Xi'an!

If Yan Xishan really mediated from it, he was able to move Jiang Zhongzheng to Taiyuan, and his own contribution was indispensable. If you decide, you'll do it! At that moment, He Yingqin found Kong Xiangxi to discuss, drafted a letter to Yan Laoxi, and sent his fourth brother He Jiwu, who was a member of the Guizhou Provincial Government at the time but had not yet taken office, to ask Feng Yuxiang and other dignitaries to sign it.

Although Kong Xiangxi and the others were puzzled by He Yingqin's change of attitude, as long as it was conducive to rescuing Jiang Zhongzheng, they naturally did not object. So with their help, Sun Ke, He Yingqin, Ye Chuling, Wang Chonghui, Kong Xiangxi, Ju Zheng, Feng Yuxiang ...... and other dignitaries of the state government signed the letter one after another.

The letter reads: "Looking around the country, you can understand the crux of this matter, and you are familiar with the right between public and private, and there is no one like Mr. Wu beggar earnestly persuaded Han Qing on the same day, and sent Jiegong to Taiyuan on the same day......"

At the same time, the letter stated that Yan Xishan would be appointed with the important task of "handling with full powers". At the same time, Huang Shaohong (then chairman of the Hubei Provincial Government) was sent to Jin to face business.

And Yan Xishan, who got the letter, couldn't help but be overjoyed, he didn't expect that his wish to return to his hometown would come true so quickly! Of course, he also knew that he owed He Yingqin a favor.

At this time, Song Ziwen hurriedly went to Xi'an to meet Jiang Zhongzheng. Jiang Zhongzheng directly instructed Song Ziwen to "If you don't march quickly at this time, you can't save the country from danger." ”

At the same time, he also explained how to enter the army in order to achieve great results, Jiang Zhongzheng repeatedly warned Song Ziwen: "According to Yu's plan, Xi'an can be besieged within five days, and Yu is safe, although it is dangerous, there is nothing to fear." ”

After Song Ziwen returned to Nanjing, he secretly told He Yingqin with Jiang Zhongzheng's intentions. He Yingqin knew that he was afraid that his abacus would fail! He first announced another four-day truce, and then after some struggle, he chose to follow Jiang Zhongzheng's order: the east and west "rebellious" armies will encircle Xi'an according to Jiang Zhongzheng's plan and press Zhang and Yang into submission!

These secret things did not escape the eyes of the Wehrmacht in the slightest. Every action was faithfully recorded and transmitted back to Mukden.

In the conference room. Everyone sipped tea and looked at the reports, and couldn't help but admire the performance of the people in this pantomime that they didn't meet, it was so incisive!

"Awesome! Jiang Zhongzheng deserves to be the hero of the moment. Although he was in prison, he was stuck to death with just a warrant! Forced him to change his ways! This ability is beyond the reach of ordinary people! ”

Yang Yuting looked at the reports one by one, and couldn't help but sigh: "If it's an ordinary person." Maybe He Yingqin has already squeezed out ......"

Yan Zhengqing couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and said to Yang Yuting: "This time, when it comes to wrists, Jiang Zhongzheng is indeed the best choice. The response is fast enough, the action is big enough, and the processing is timely. But where he really wins. He Yingqin is too stupid. ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be stunned! Then Yang Yuting respectfully asked Yan Zhengqing for advice: "Please also ask Mr. for advice......

"I don't dare to give advice, but we can talk about it." Yan Zhengqing smiled at everyone: "Nanjing State Mansion, Jiang Zhongzheng has been in business for a long time. He Yingqin is just in charge of military power. Even, we can say that it is a military power other than Jiang Zhongzheng. In other words, in fact, He Yingqin was only commanding the Central Army when Jiang Zhongzheng was unable to give orders. ”

Everyone nodded, and it was! Yan Zhengqing picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip lightly and continued: "As for the party and politics, he He Yingqin can't intervene completely. Not even the slightest bit of power. The command of the whole does not move those officials. ”

"Even Jiang Zhongzheng has been in business for so many years, but he has not completely reached the point of being completely commanded. What's more, how should he be chin?! What we need to note is that except for a few people such as Sun Ke, Ju Zheng, Zhang Jingjiang and so on. The rest are almost all political forces that depend on Jiang Zhongzheng. ”

Department, Department of Political Science, Feng Yuxiang...... Wait a minute. These political forces were originally dependent on Jiang Zhongzheng, and the threat theory of Jiang Zhongzheng threatened their interests. There was a pause. Yan Zhengqing continued to face everyone.

"Even the elders of the state are worried that this time things are out of line and will lead to a backlash from Jiang Zhongzheng in the future. So it's basically just He Yingqin waving his flag and shouting, and it's just He Yingqin himself and his henchmen who want to charge into battle. ”

"This Xi'an event was originally He Yingqin's best opportunity! Because no one expected such a move in Xi'an, if He Yingqin had received the news at the beginning, he would have contacted those original anti-Chiang factions such as Sun Ke and others, and then Feng Yuxiang and others, who were very likely to support him, maybe he would have really succeeded. ”

It's a pity that after he blocked the news at the beginning, he only consulted with his own confidants. This is understandable, but he did not find any political allies to balance political interests, and only thought about his own profits! This is extremely undesirable! When Feng Yuxiang and the others came to the door to talk about this matter, in fact, he He Yingqin was already passive! ”

"One mistake, every step of the way!" Yan Zhengqing smiled and said to everyone: "He Yingqin himself lacks confidence, and the political party has a congenital disadvantage. Although he later came to his senses and contacted Wang Zhaoming, it was too late. Moreover, this has threatened the interests of Feng Yuxiang and others, who were originally very likely to neutralize or even support him. As a result, his decision was eventually politically passed. He Yingqin was only able to rely on his prestige in the Whampoa Department to lure those Whampoa students into starting a war. ”

"And Jiang Zhongzheng himself is the principal of the Whampoa Department, and his power is much stronger than He Yingqin! When Jiang Dingwen brought back Jiang Zhongzhen's handwritten letter, He Yingqin's last bit of dependence disappeared. He had to compromise! ”

As he spoke, Yan Zhengqing drank all the tea in the cup! said to everyone: "I'm afraid the matter in Xi'an is coming to an end." It is impossible for Jiang Zhongzheng to look at He Yingqin so unscrupulous, and Xi'an's request is not unacceptable. Jiang Zhongzheng will compromise in the end. ”

Yang Yuting and the others couldn't help but nod their heads when they heard Yan Zhengqing's analysis, He Yingqin was indeed unclear at first. Or rather, he's too ambitious! actually thought that he could swallow the power left by Jiang Zhongzheng in one bite.

It's a pity that when Feng Yuxiang, Sun Ke and others opposed it with the party and political forces, he He Yingqin discovered his shortcomings in the party and government. Although he relied on his Whampoa forces and forcibly launched the war, he helplessly found that he was not the only one with the power of the army!

Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang, etc., which one is not the former boss in the army?! If they are tough and mess around, they will also go back to pull up the army, He Yingqin will definitely not be able to eat and walk around.

Secondly. He Yingqin is basically in charge of military affairs. Except for government affairs. Finance is also his great shortcoming! Even Wang Zhaoming and other veterans of the state government were directly killed by Jiang Zhongzheng on the financial office, what tricks can he Yingqin play? !

He Yingqin didn't marry a woman from the Song family as a wife, and without the protection of the chaebol, even if He Yingqin forcibly took a high position, he couldn't maintain it! It's a pity. He Yingqin discovered these problems only after they were launched.

When he came to his senses and went to Wang Zhaoming to cooperate, it was too late. Because his opponent Jiang Zhongzheng's reaction was much stronger than his. And Jiang Zhongzheng's teammates are not He Yingqin's pig teammates.

They obtained Jiang Zhongzheng's handwritten letter and directly abolished the possibility that He Yingqin would use the army to attack Xi'an. Subsequently, Feng Yuxiang and others also chose to stand on Jiang Zhongzheng's side for the sake of their own political interests - He Yingqin contacted Wang Zhaoming, and after Wang Zhaoming took office, they could still have the current political power? !

No one can say for sure, and Wang Zhaoming is in a foreign country and has a falling out with Sun Ke early, where can he wave his political advantage thousands of miles away?! One wrong step, one wrong step! He Yingqin became more and more difficult, and he finally chose to be led by Jiang Zhongzheng.

There is no way, the situation is forced! He can see that even if something happens to Jiang Zhongzheng, he He Yingqin may not be left behind. Even. I can't even keep my current power.

Wang Zhaoming did not launch his political advantage, but Song Ziwen and others had already tied Feng Yuxiang and others together! Even if Jiang Zhongzheng is killed, what he Yingqin will face next is likely to be the split of the Whampoa department itself.

What followed. It was he He Yingqin who became the target of public criticism - the greater good is better if one less person shares. It's just that he He Yingqin is in control of the Whampoa family and doesn't have too many political allies. Even whether Wang Zhaoming will be on his side is a question......

On the 22nd, Song Meiling, Song Ziwen and Dai Li arrived in Xi'an by plane. The group expressed their willingness to negotiate on the basis of the "eight proposals" of Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng. Jiang Zhongzheng offered that he would not come forward. Represented by the Song siblings; The terms agreed upon in the negotiations were guaranteed by him in the form of a "leaderhood", but he refused to sign in writing.

This caused a huge controversy between Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng!

"I insist that he sign it himself!!" Yang Hucheng said in a deep voice to Zhang Xueliang: "It's not a matter of trustworthiness, but if you don't even want to sign, how can I believe in his sincerity?!" ”

"But now it's the case that we've been holding him for ten days!" Zhang Xueliang was also a little uncalm, and said to Yang Hucheng: "Now the Japanese are eyeing us, he is unwilling to sign with us, but it is the same if we make this negotiation public!" The current situation is known to the whole country. If he doesn't admit it, he'll be denounced......"

"Does he care about denunciation?!" Yang Hucheng sneered and said, "He has ordered us to shoot the crowd of marchers, will he care about denouncing?!" Who can denounce him?! denounced him, and he relented?! I don't believe he's like that! ”

The two sides were arguing, and the red representative Wu Hao spoke. He said in a deep voice to the two of them: "The current situation is that we don't have many options!" This is the information sent to us by the Wehrmacht, you can take a look at ......"

As he spoke, he took out a document and handed it to Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng to look at. The two were stunned for a moment, then took the document and looked at it carefully. These two documents are written about all the actions of the Japanese since the Xi'an Incident.

In the early morning of 13 December, when news of the Xi'an Incident reached Tokyo, the Japanese authorities ostensibly decided to "wait and see how the situation develops and refrain from taking positive action," but secretly they actively encouraged He Yingqin to start a war so that the Japanese could reap the benefits of the fishermen.

Consuls from all over Japan, especially those from Shandong and Hokuheima, constantly came and went to the residences of the dignitaries. They tried to get Han Fuyu, Song Zheyuan and others to call for killing Jiang!

Since Chiang Chung ordered He Yingqin to cease the war, the Japanese side has been extremely concerned about whether to persist in the "crusade" or to resolve the war politically. On the 19th, Foreign Minister Arita invited Xu Shiying, ambassador of the Nationalist Government to Japan, to talk, claiming that if the Nanjing government compromised with Zhang and Yang under the conditions of the anti-Japanese alliance with the Communist Party, "Japan will resolutely oppose it."

Japanese Prime Minister Hirota reported at a meeting of the Privy Council that if the Nanjing government "made a compromise with Zhang Xueliang on the condition of accommodating the Communist Party, Japan would categorically attack it." ”

At that time, He Yingqin asked Foreign Minister Zhang Qun to try to explain, repeatedly stating that he would deal with everything with the decision of "crusade" and "crusade". After the Kuomintang government had explicitly suspended the military operation, when he met with the Japanese ambassador to China, Chuan Yue, He Yingqin still told Japan that the "crusade" would be carried out as planned and would never be stopped.

To the southeast, Japan has mobilized more than 10 divisions and more than 200,000 troops! According to observations, the garrisons in Shanghai, Qingdao and other places are also increasing! Tianjin has even increased its troops to more than 4,000 people in a brigade!

"The knives are already on our necks, and if we don't move, the Japanese won't wait for us......" Wu Hao said in a deep voice to Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng: "We have no choice......"

(To be continued)