Just when Luo Yaoguo hurriedly returned to Wuhan from Europe, Chiang Kai-shek was summoning Kong Xiangxi, He Yingqin, Yang Yongtai, Gu Zhutong, Chen Lifu, Chen Bui and others to discuss the atrocities in the northwest of the Youth Army, the most critical of which was the relationship between Luo Yaoguo and the Youth Army.

The current Kuomintang Revolutionary Army has formed a system of two major factions of Chiang Kai-shek and Luo Yaoguo, these two factions are not only mutually containing, but also cooperating with each other, jointly forming the balance of power in the Kuomintang military circles, and also the guarantee that the Kuomintang will eventually move towards constitutional government. However, so far, both Chiang Kai-shek and Luo Yaoguo have carefully maintained the balance within the party and the army, and neither of them dares to act lightly, lest it cause unease in the faction of Hu Hanmin and Xu Chongzhi. Although they no longer have many protégés in the National Revolutionary Army, the influence of the principal and deputy leaders of the National Government cannot be ignored.

"The atrocities of the youth army must be investigated to the end!" As soon as Chiang Kai-shek opened his mouth, everyone present felt a murderous atmosphere: "Our country must follow the road of constitutional government of the people, and cannot become a centralized state like Soviet Russia. "There was a silence in the office, and all the civil and military officials present here were the civil and military officials of the national 'government', so they naturally knew the background of Wang Zijiu, and they also knew that Lao Jiang was Xiang Zhuang dancing the sword, which meant Pei Gong! However, if they really want to tear their faces with Luo Yaoguo, these people are still a little hesitant, and Chiang Kai-shek is a little unhappy when he sees that no one agrees.

"What are you worried about? Speak up if you have any concerns.

Chiang Kai-shek glanced at everyone coldly, and the temperature in the room seemed to have dropped by a few degrees, and a chill enveloped everyone's hearts.

He Yingqin glanced at Chiang Kai-shek, who was gloomy, sighed secretly in his heart, and opened his mouth to persuade: "Jiegong, the main generals of this youth army are also from the Huangpu family, and the credit for pacifying the northwest for the party-state cannot be erased." Moreover, the Hui-Han conflict in the northwest has been extremely acute since the end of the Qing Dynasty, it can be said that the Hui Han feud, since the Republic of China, it is the Hui people who have prevailed, and the Han people have been oppressed, but the generals of the Youth Army are all Han Chinese, and their youth party advocates Han nationalism more, so it is understandable to adopt Han nationalization in the northwest. To be honest, the benefits to the country and the nation outweigh the disadvantages..............." Speaking of this, He Yingqin glanced up at Chiang Kai-shek, and saw that he had no expression, so he continued: "And the Youth Army has always been supported by Luo Fuwen behind, once we want to move them, it will inevitably cause us to oppose Luo Fuwen, and his strength is slightly better than ours... The uncles and nephews of the Luo family are all deputy chiefs, An Sihua, Bai Jiansheng, and Li Delin are all members of the General Committee, and a number of generals and lieutenant generals of the Guangxi Gang, the Guangdong Army, and the Sichuan Department also listen to him, plus there are more people in the Huangpu Department, and his people also control the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Air Force, and in the navy, Long Tenghui, Zhao Zheng, and Zhang Yiming are also all single-handedly promoted by him. In addition, there are many henchmen of the Luo family in the Ministry of Armaments, even Sun Dagongzi also has a close relationship with Luo Fuwen, "The situation he introduced is basically true, although Chiang Kai-shek's power skills are higher than Luo Yaoguo, but he has not many good generals. In this case, it is indeed a bit risky to use the atrocities of the responsible army to attack Luo Yaoguo.

Gu Zhutong took He Yingqin's words: "We must also consider the reaction of the GCD, if we hold the senior leaders of the Youth Army accountable, it will inevitably start a war with them, and the GCD will definitely take the opportunity to unite the Youth Army, and then the gains will outweigh the losses." ”

His words were more tactful, and in fact they also showed his "true" thoughts, the original cause of this incident was not aimed at Luo Yaoguo and the Youth Army, but to rectify the Central G, but no one expected that the matter was only halfway through, and the atrocities of the Youth Army in the northwest were actually exposed. Chiang Kai-shek, who had a keen sense of politics, soon realized the opportunity, so he united with Hu Hanmin, took advantage of Luo Yaoguo's absence in the country to deliberately let the situation expand, and quietly turned the spearhead of the struggle to the Youth Army. The purpose is, of course, to fight Luo Yaoguo's forces. It's just that Luo Yaoguo is not an ordinary person, and now that he has rushed back from Europe, it is time to compromise on this matter, if he can get a few important positions from the Luo family, it will be enough.

"What the commission said is very true!" Chen Lifu stood up at this time and expressed his support for Chiang Kai-shek's views: "It is an axiom to hold Wang Zizheng responsible, even Luo Yaoguo is difficult to defend him, and I don't think that the Youth Army dares to break up completely, their salaries and weapons are all supplied by us, and our six divisions have been stationed in the northwest one after another, and they have no chance of winning once the war starts."

In the end, this matter can only end with Wang Zizhi and others going into the wilderness, and Luo Yaoguo's forces will definitely suffer heavy losses under the joint suppression of Jiegong and Zhangong! It is even possible to step down with Wang Zijiu. Chen Lifu's wishful thinking played well, but Yang Yongtai and Kong Xiangxi shook their heads slightly almost at the same time, they had a deeper understanding of Luo Yaoguo, and knew that the other party was also an unscrupulous politician, Chen Lifu thought things too simply. Chiang Kai-shek looked at the reaction of both of them... opened his mouth and asked, "Changqing... Yongzhi... How do you guys take it into account? Speak it up and hear it... Tell me all about the gains and losses. ”

"Jie Gong, even if Hu Zhantang and Xu Ruwei join forces with us, we only have a slight advantage in the [Lord] group, but in the military, Luo Fuwen's strength is still a little stronger, especially since he still controls the Military Intelligence Bureau! It's a lawless department. Maybe there are a number of members of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee and the Central Military Commission who have the handle to fall under the Military Intelligence Bureau! If we really start the Central Standing Committee and the Central Executive Committee, we will not necessarily have an advantage. Moreover, Duofuwen concluded an anti-Soviet pact with Germany and Bolan this time, and those Whampoa Shaozhuang officers regarded it as a major diplomatic victory! In the eyes of those people, Wang Zizi's little thing is nothing at all......," Yang Yongtai analyzed.

"I don't know anything about military affairs, but at present, the Guangdong Consortium and the Nanyang Consortium behind Hu Zhantang and Xu Ruwei want to make Luo Yaoguo and Sun Ke the successors of the two of them." Kong Xiangxi analyzes the problem more from the perspective of financial shortcomings. In this time and space, the influence of Caique is far stronger than in history, and the uncle and nephew of the Luo family have always pursued the SI camp department as the main force to develop industry and revitalize the economy, and they have long been regarded as the spokesmen of interests by these chaebols.

"Although the current National Revolutionary Army is jointly controlled by Jiegong and Luo Fuwen, the Military Intelligence Bureau is controlled by the Luo family, and if he uses the strength of the Military Intelligence Bureau to fight back, it will be difficult for us to defend." Yang Yongtai added: "It is impossible for the regular army to intervene in the internal disputes of the Kuomintang at present, they are all under the control of all kinds of rules and regulations, and the regiment commanders who actually hold the military power are all from Whampoa and Lu Da, and they are more inclined to Luo Fuwen ideologically." I suggest that we should not completely turn the other cheek with Luo Fuwen, but should fight and pull at the same time, and continue the incident of the Youth Army to challenge the Military Intelligence Bureau, demand Wu Ziliang's resignation, hand over the Military Intelligence Bureau to the direct jurisdiction of the Military Commission, and arrange for our people to control the Military Intelligence Bureau. ”

Yang Yongtai knew Chiang Kai-shek's mind very well, and knew that he was angry about Luo Yaoguo's growing power in the army, and he had been trying to weaken the other party, but he also reminded Chiang Kai-shek that it was not okay to completely turn his face with Luo Yaoguo, because the other party's strength was too great.

Chiang Kai-shek nodded slightly, Yang Yongtai's suggestion was very pertinent, he knew that Luo Yaoguo had more capital than him, but this person had always paid more attention to the overall situation of the unity of the Kuomintang, so he did not use the advantages in his hands to usurp power.

"The Military Intelligence Bureau is so important, I'm afraid Luo Fuwen won't let him out, right?" He Yingqin shook his head and said: "And Luo Fuwen has returned to China, I am worried that he will launch a counterattack soon, and we should let our people be careful, so as not to catch them." ”

Chiang Kai-shek glanced at Kong Xiangxi when he heard this, in his system, it was this haha Kong "hair" with the most problems, Kong Xiangxi had been the mayor of Wuhan for many years, and he single-handedly controlled the key departments such as urban infrastructure construction and public land sales, and his hands and feet were not very clean, and he had always been the target of those people in the supervision institute.

"It is true that we can't have a showdown with Luo Fuwen now, but the Military Intelligence Bureau can't let his people continue to control it, this incident of the Youth Army is the Military Intelligence Bureau's negligence, and the Military Intelligence Bureau should be directly under the jurisdiction of the Military Commission in the future, and the Director of Military Intelligence must get it. Respectfully, you go and talk to Luo Fuwen. Chiang Kai-shek thought for a while, and added: "The suppression of the Youth Army cannot be stopped now, but our people had better not come forward again, and let Xie Huisheng of the Propaganda Department fight with Luo Yaoguo, he is Hu Hanmin's person, and he also controls the Central Investigation Bureau." We'd better get our hands on both intelligence bureaus, at least one, or we'll be too passive. ”

Looking at the report sent by Wu Ziliang on the activities of various factions within the Kuomintang. Luo Yaoguo also felt a slight headache. Chairman Jiang of the Military Committee, who was always unwilling to be subordinate to others, and Hu Hanmin, who was not suitable to be a leader at all, actually joined forces this time and used the "Youth Army Incident" to attack themselves! It seems that with the "reunification" of China, the long-suppressed political struggle within the Kuomintang is about to begin again.

In the memory of his previous life, the main reason why the Kuomintang lost the country was not ** and social problems, but internal strife! Infighting seems to be a stubborn disease of this century-old party, which has been infighting since the time of Sun Yat-sen, and in the era of Chiang Kai-shek, it was even more divided into several large pieces to fight a melee of new warlords, even when it came to the battle of Xu Beng, the country-state was already in danger, and the struggle between the Kuomintang lineage and the Gui line did not stop for a moment.

And now...... The Kuomintang seems to have been defeated, and although the Central G is still supporting troops in the six northern provinces, no one takes them seriously.

Without external pressure, if this Kuomintang, which has a long tradition of internal strife, can still be like a monolith, then there will be ghosts! However, it is not easy for Lao Jiang to endure until this time.

"Third brother, the most important problem now is to quickly quell the "Youth Army incident", and only in this way can we avoid this fire from burning more and more. "Naturally, like Wang Zizhi, Director Wu of the Military Intelligence Bureau, who is being roasted on the fire, this little fat man, has actually lost a lot in the past two days, and I don't know if it is because of the experience of more than a million people in the northwest? Still reluctant to let his military intelligence director Northwest matter come to light, the Military Intelligence Bureau immediately became the target of public criticism, as if everyone believed that this youth army was supported by the Military Intelligence Bureau. Although Wu Xiaopang has repeatedly clarified the relationship between the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Youth Army through the media controlled by the Military Intelligence Agency, no matter how he explains, people don't believe it. Moreover, the press control of the Nationalist "government" seems to have suddenly failed, and the newspapers are full of public opinion attacking the Military Intelligence Bureau every day, and they are eager to disband this Kuomintang secret service! At the same time, Chiang Kai-shek and several senior members of Hu Hanmin's system also put pressure on Wu Ziliang openly and covertly, hoping that he would take the initiative to resign from the post of director of the Military Intelligence Bureau. The attack on the Kuomintang in public opinion ended early, but Director Wu, who usually looked humble to everyone and seemed to be very talkative, simply ignored all the hints and indications, and it was not until the afternoon of July 1 that he rushed to Luo Yao's country to ask for a meeting. At this time, Luo Yaoguo had just returned from Luo Yiqun's annex in Hankou.

"Oh? I also want to quell the Youth Army incident as soon as possible, but this matter is not something I can say alone, Chonglou, your report also said that it was Hu Hanmin and Chiang Kai-shek working together behind the scenes. One is the Kuomintang [Chairman" and the "Nationalist Government" Chairman, and the other is the Kuomintang Deputy [Chairman" and the "Chairman" of the Military Commission. What do you think I should do to calm it down? Luo Yaoguo asked lightly, and did not seem to take to heart the strong political and public opinion pressure he was facing now.

"But the things that the Youth Army did were not instructed by us, and we only supported Wang Junhao to prevent Soviet Russia from getting involved in the three northwestern provinces, and the starting point was good. For Wang Junhao's later misdeeds, we can't be responsible, and we can't afford it. Now it is time to let Wang Junhao go out of the wilderness, purge the youth army, and give an explanation to the people of the northwest. This should calm the pressure on public opinion, right? ”

Pressure on public opinion? Luo Yaoguo snorted coldly in his heart. The rhetoric gradually became sharper: "Where does public opinion dare to 'mess' up? We are not the United States here, and this is not constitutional time!

We still have the power to control the press! Moreover, Wang Junhao's behavior in the northwest cannot be wrong, since those people can oppress the Han people there in the past few decades, it is only natural that they are now retaliated against by the Han warlords who have seized the military and political power in the northwest. It may not seem civilized, but it is very effective...... For thousands of years, the Northwest has pursued the law of the jungle, never regarded the butcher's knife as a crime, and the hero they worshipped, wasn't his hands covered with blood? The benevolence of our Han people is nothing but weakness in their eyes. So this Wang Junhao can't move, and he needs to clean up Soviet Central Asia in the future! Brother Chonglou, you tell Jun Hao what you mean, just let him rest assured, I have my own way to calm the situation. ”

Wu Ziliang's face has changed a little, and if Wang Zijiu is not allowed to take responsibility, wouldn't he let himself come out as a scapegoat? Is this position of military intelligence chief really going to be relinquished? By the way, Chiang Kai-shek seems to have stretched out his claws, and there is already intelligence coming over from Lushan......

Seeing Wu Ziliang's face, Luo Yaoguo smiled slightly: "Brother Chonglou, you don't have to worry, I won't hand it over to the Military Intelligence Bureau." This department is the most important thing for me, and there are a lot of things that you can only do. I have my own way to calm down this Northwest Youth Army incident, so you don't have to worry about it. He took out another document from a pile of documents on his desk and handed it to Wu Ziliang: "Do you know such a thing as sodium?" Next to the gold word, add a reason for "from". ”

"I don't know." Wu Ziliang took the document full of German and looked at it, like a book from heaven, he didn't know it at all, he shook his head: "Third brother, does this sodium have anything to do with the current Youth Army incident?" Could it be?"

"No, no, it doesn't matter, you don't have to worry about the affairs of the Northwest, I will solve it, now you have to find a way to help me get sodium." Luo Yaoguo's fingers lightly tapped on the tabletop and pondered for a moment: "This is a natural ore, and now its main role is to produce porcelain, as if it is used for porcelain shafts." Well, now our country has begun to develop steadily...... In the future, people's living standards will improve rapidly, and people need a lot of beautiful porcelain, so we need sodium ore, the more the better. Let the Pacific Trading Company set up a porcelain branch to import and store this sodium ore. If you don't understand something, go to the Sino-German Institute of Technology and ask a chemistry professor for advice. By the way, I heard that sodium had been found in the Kolyma Mountains of the Soviet Union, so I could ask the Japanese to organize North Korean laborers to dig it. We can buy all the products and pay for them with iron ore and coal mines. However, we must pay attention to secrecy, exchange precious iron ore and coal mines for sodium ..............., if public opinion knows about it, they will scold us for betraying the country! ”

Wu Ziliang frowned, his chubby face wrinkled slightly, this Luo Yaoguo's order is getting less and less. In order to produce porcelain, sodium ore is procured!? Moreover, he had to go to the territory of the Trotskyists in the Soviet Union...... There must be a conspiracy in this, and it is estimated that there must be some compromise reached with the day himself. If you let people outside know, the military intelligence bureau will definitely make people scolded to death, alas, it is really hard to meet such a master! (To be continued...)