Wang Xu said to Song Zhewu with some hesitation: "Zhang Xueliang called back to Shang Zhen and appointed Shang Zhen to continue to serve as the chairman of Shanxi Province, which has been approved by Nanjing. ”

Because Song Zhewu used to be Shang Zhen's subordinate, Wang Xu and others knew that Song Zhewu wanted to give Shang Zhen some face, so they had some scruples when they mentioned Shang Zhen in front of Song Zhewu.

However, this time the situation was a little different, Shang Zhen was obviously snatching food from Song Zhewu's mouth, which made them all a little angry, but because of Song Zhewu, he didn't make any moves, otherwise, Shang Zhen and his provincial political axe would probably have been "invited" out of Taiyuan a long time ago.

Xiao Guodong took over and said, "Shang Zhen called me early in the morning and asked us to hand over the provincial political axe of Shanxi Provincial Bank to him. ”

Song Zhewu frowned slightly and asked Wang Xu, "Didn't you say that there are two things?" What's the other piece? ”

When referring to the second incident, Wang Xu was much more fluent in language, and reported: "Yang Hucheng called, first, to once again express his sincere gratitude to the commander for assisting him in the occupation of Shaanxi; Second, he asked the commander for help, and the military rations he carried were somewhat insufficient. He Chengjun was a little annoyed, he didn't say hello, he acted without permission, and he was looking for trouble with Yang Hucheng, and the military rations had not been supplied to him for a long time. ”

"The disaster in Shaanxi, the hungry people are very numerous, and it is difficult to collect food on the spot, Yang Hucheng has directly sent a telegram to Nanjing to ask for it, but it is difficult to quench the thirst of the near water, and he hopes that the commander can lend him 5,000 loads of grain first, in order to solve the urgent need."

After he helped Yang Hucheng to occupy Shaanxi, Chiang Kai-shek had to officially appoint Yang Hucheng as the commander-in-chief of the 17th Route Army and chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Political Axe, so that Yang Hucheng realized his wish of "opening the government and sealing the territory". Now, Yang Hucheng is definitely grateful to him Song Zhewu, Yang Hucheng's friend, he Song Zhewu has completely befriended.

Song Zhewu said very understandingly: "Yang Hucheng's 17th Route Army originally had more than 40,000 people, this time he entered Shaanxi, and incorporated a lot of the Northwest Army's defeated army, and now his troops have more than 50,000, Yang Hucheng would rather his 17th Route Army be hungry than bear to forcibly recruit on the spot, with him in Shaanxi, the people of Shaanxi can take a breath." ”

"However, 5,000 quintals of grain is only enough for him to last for 10 days at most, and now the Central Army in Henan is busy integrating the Northwest Army, and He Chengjun will inevitably make things difficult for him, and the food and salary given to him may not be able to arrive in ten days." , Song Zhewu smiled slightly, and said to Xiao Guodong: "If we want to do it to the end, let's give him 10,000 quintals, and ask Chief of Staff Xiao to arrange it, send him across the river as soon as possible, and let Yang Hucheng send someone to the west bank of the Yellow River to receive it." In addition, he telegraphed Jing Yuexiu again that Yang Hucheng was his alliance, although he was not rich when he was in Yulin, but he always had some food left in Yulin, so he left it to Yang Hucheng. Inform Yang Hucheng to take over Yulin, not only did we give him Yang Hucheng a big gift, but also made Chairman Jiang feel at ease. ”

After Xiao Guodong nodded in agreement, he put away his smile with some unease, and said to Song Zhewu: "Also, the military situation has been tense these days, and I didn't report to you in time about the Jin banknotes. ”

"Even if the depositors were saving Xianyang at that time, these silver numbers are now only willing to pay the same amount of Jin banknotes, and only the Dadetong branch of Qiaojia, a famous Jin merchant time-honored brand in Qi County, Shanxi Province, in Taiyuan is paid to Dayang when depositors withdraw money."

Speaking of Da Detong, Xiao Guodong said with emotion: "Qiao Yingxia, the current head of this Da Detong, is really a character, he could have been like others, using Jin banknotes to pay for other people's deposits, and taking the opportunity to make a windfall, but he didn't do it." ”

Xiao Guodong sighed and continued: "Dadeheng and Dadetong, the two silver numbers that can rank in the top three in Shanxi, were both opened by the Qiao family in Qi County. Jia Jiying told me that he was born in Dadeheng in his early years, he can have today, he is very grateful to his old club, in the past, Yan Xishan took advantage of it, and many ticket numbers in Shanxi could not hold on to it, and the Qiao family's two silver numbers were able to persevere, thanks to his intercession with Yan Xishan, but the Qiao family is no longer what it used to be. ”

"But Jia Jiying said that this time was originally the opportunity for the Qiao family to take advantage of the situation to regain and grow, but Qiao Yingxia told him, 'If Dadetong goes bankrupt because of this, a big consortium like the Qiao family will never be reduced to the point of having no food and clothing, but for ordinary depositors, if they are still cashed in the banknotes, it will threaten the lives of many people." Compared with the two, the importance is self-explanatory. He would rather sacrifice his life for righteousness than let the depositors suffer! Jia Jiying also said that this time the Qiao family used the provident fund stored in the ticket number over the years, and if this continues, the Qiao family's two ticket numbers may not be guaranteed, at least Dadetong will close down. ”

After listening to Xiao Guodong's words, Song Zhewu also said with emotion: "Jia Jiying is right, this depreciation of the Jin banknote is indeed a good opportunity for the Qiao family to make a comeback, in fact, he hasn't told you yet, in 1926, on the way to the northwest of the Northwest Army, the showdown of 5 million stone grain and 1.5 million silver dollars to the Qiao family's firm and silver number, almost robbed the Qiao family's several branches outside the mouth, which greatly hurt the vitality of the Qiao family's capital. ”

Song Zhewu snuffed out the cigarette butt in his hand, and asked Xiao Guodong again: "Now that the Jin banknote is depreciating, how is the situation of the people in the city?" ”

Xiao Guodong shook his head and said: "The situation is very bad, a few days ago, the people in the city began to rush to buy food and other daily necessities, the merchants have not only begun to increase the price of sales, but also collectively refused to Jin banknotes, and individual merchants who also received Jin banknotes are also calculated at a price of ten to one. ”

Now, although it can be said that the war is basically over, Song Zhewu should now consider the issue of Jin money, and he and Jia Jiying have also discussed a set of countermeasures to force Chiang Kai-shek and Zhang Xueliang to compromise with him.

But hearing that the people endured the pain and exchanged the Jin banknotes at a low price, Song Zhewu still felt a little unbearable, but it was still a little early to save the Jin banknotes, which was making a wedding dress for Zhang Xueliang, and he wanted Chiang Kai-shek and Zhang Xueliang to take the initiative to throw this "piercing hedgehog" to him Song Zhewu, then someone had to make some sacrifices.

As for Shang Zhen's discussion of the Shanxi Provincial Bank, this is in Song Zhewu's hands, and the provincial bank is handed over to the chairman of Shanxi Province, which is already in Jia Jiying's plan, and the reason why it has not been handed over now is because Zhang Xueliang has not officially appointed Shang Zhen. After all, Shang Zhen is still nominally a member of the Jin Suijun, and whatever goes wrong in Shanxi under Shang Zhen's rule can be attributed to Yan Xishan's name, which is not what Song Zhewu wants to see.

But now it is different, since Zhang Xueliang has officially appointed the chairman of Shanxi Province, he will be responsible for Shanxi's affairs.

Song Zhewu thought for a while, and did not continue to talk about the Jin banknote, but said to Xiao Guodong: "Since there is Zhang Xueliang's newly appointed chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Political Axe, the Shanxi Provincial Bank is naturally going to be handed over to him, and I, the commander of the northern border defense, have no right to interfere in local government affairs. ”

Song Zhewu looked at the map of Shanxi Province, smiled slightly, and said: "However, you can't hand it over casually, trouble the chief of staff and Zhao Pilian to take a trip, and ask Zhao Pilian to contact the famous gentry and major newspapers in Taiyuan City, and carry out the handover under their supervision and proof, so that the people of Taiyuan and Shanxi can understand that I, Song Zhewu, have not taken a penny from the provincial bank." ”

Xiao Guodong smiled knowingly and said, "Okay, I'll do it right away." After we occupied the Provincial Bank, all the doors and windows were sealed, but we didn't even enter the gate. ”

Because of the sudden change in the war, Song Zhewu and the others almost didn't sleep all night last night, and now the situation is basically clear, except for Mengxi staying on duty in the war room, Xiao Guodong went to arrange for Yang Hucheng to transport supplies and hand over the provincial bank, Song Zhewu, Tao Rong, and Wang Xu all went back to sleep with peace of mind.

Since the beginning of the implementation of the "Turtledove Plan", Song Zhewu's nerves have been highly tense, and now although Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang are still in Shanxi, they are toothless tigers after all, and there is no longer any threat to him, he can finally completely relax his mind and let the nerves that have been tense completely relax. Therefore, Song Zhewu slept very deeply this night, from more than nine o'clock in the morning until seven o'clock in the evening before waking up.

During this time, although there were many military situations that needed to be reported to Song Zhewu, they were all stopped by Xiao Guodong, who knew Song Zhewu best in the Fourth Route Army, and he could almost guess most of Song Zhewu's thoughts, and he really couldn't bear to disturb Song Zhewu's rare and completely relaxed rest.

During the period when Song Zhewu was in his sleep, Zhang Xueliang and Chiang Kai-shek respectively issued telegrams, and each sent telegrams to Song Zhewu himself.

Since the major newspapers in Peiping, Tianjin, Shanghai, Nanjing, and other places all published reports reflecting the Fourth Route Army's arduous resistance to the Northwest Army and the Jin Sui Army, Zhang Xueliang and Chiang Kai-shek both felt the tremendous pressure of public opinion, and they knew that if they did not take effective measures, they would not be able to withstand the surging onslaught of public opinion, and their image in the eyes of the people would be greatly damaged.

In fact, Zhang Xueliang didn't want to see Song Zhewu's jokes, and he didn't want Song Zhewu's strength to suffer huge losses, Song Zhewu's strength and his relationship were not great. It's just that the generals of the Northeast Army, especially the general veterans, reluctantly agreed to Zhang Xueliang's dispatch of troops to Guannei, a very important reason is because after Song Zhewu's counterattack, the anti-Chiang coalition army was undoubtedly defeated, otherwise they would continue to wait.

At this time, the Northeast Army sent troops, and it did not have to pay much price, and it could get huge benefits. In the eyes of these veterans of the Northeast Army led by Zhang Zuoxiang and Zhang Jinghui, the price paid by the Northeast Army was more important than the benefits they obtained, which was also the main reason why they had been obstructing Zhang Xueliang from sending troops.

Therefore, Zhang Xueliang sent troops this time, has been very careful to avoid losses, he tried his best to avoid armed conflict with the Jin Sui army, he did not want to force Yan Xishan because there was no way out, and fight to the death with him, the strategy he adopted was to chase the Jin Sui army's butt beating, the Jin Sui army ran fast, he advanced fast, the Jin Sui army ran slowly, he chased slowly.

However, when he saw this article that reflected Song Zhewu's hard work, Zhang Xueliang understood that he couldn't go on like this, unless he had to retreat to Guanwai, otherwise, his image of Zhang Xueliang would be worthless in the eyes of the Chinese people.

(To be continued)