The warlord melee of the Republic of China can be summed up in one sentence, that is, the more the country fights, the poorer it becomes, and the more soldiers fight, the more soldiers fight. Anyone who is a warlord and wants to do a good job in the promising cause of a warlord is a warlord, and they all like to have more soldiers. In order to cure their headaches, they have to do everything possible to expand their financial resources and scrape the land by any means, in addition to fighting a civil war to grab the land, so that there is more land to scrape. As for what to develop the economy and benefit Sangzi, wait until the people have money in their pockets and then scrape, in history, there is probably only Yan Laoxi, but I haven't seen him end up well. At least it is far worse than Xiong Kewu, who invented the defense zone system to develop the Sichuan army.

The so-called "defense zone system" is to hand over all the civil affairs and finances of the army garrisons to the warlords, big and small, and let them wantonly loot to expand their strength. The fact that the Sichuan civil war was fought like this can be said to have contributed to the "defense zone system," and it is entirely due to the fact that Sichuan province was able to scrape out so much oil and water to feed hundreds of thousands of troops. In other provinces, usually only the head of the army can also serve as the regent and the government, and the head of the small and medium-sized soldiers such as the regiment commander and the brigade commander can only manage the army but not the people, unless they also serve as an official position such as a town guard. And in Sichuan, often a regiment commander can also manage a small piece of territory, he is the emperor of the defense area where the army is located! Huang Muyan, the leftist general of the Kuomintang who actively demanded progress, was the lord of a county in history! The "Duobao Daoist" Liu Wenhui was assigned to the treasure land of Syria with the status of brigade commander, and under the efforts of his fifth brother Liu Wencai, he became a big warlord. In other provinces, the warlords often have a lot of vacancies in their troops, and there are few overstaffed, only the Sichuan army often has a soldier in a division, and a brigade has a division of guns, which shows how much the Sichuan people have suffered from this Xiong Kewu! And Xiong Kewu is still clinging to the defense zone system and refuses to let go.

"Brother Jinfan, if you want to retain the defense zone system of the Sichuan army, I am afraid that it is not enough to rely on our strength in Sichuan, right? Will the above agree? But Nugang's eyes flickered slightly, and he looked at Xiong Kewu as if he was expecting something.

Xiong Kewu smiled slightly, and said: "Zibing is active in Guangzhou, and he has already contacted Wang Zhaoming, he is now opposed to Hu Zhantang and Xu Chongzhi, and he wants to fight for the top spot, but he doesn't have a gun in his hand." "Feng Tian was recommended by Xiong Kewu to Sun Yat-sen, so naturally he wanted to support Xiong Kewu, and Wang Jingwei also knew the truth that the gun came out of power, so the two sides hit it off and it has been good for a while.

"Wang Zhaoming, it's enough to have him speak for us in Guangzhou." But Nu Gang sighed lightly and said, "Then in what name do we want to propose the reservation of the defense zone system?" ”

"Nominally?" Xiong Kewu laughed and said, "Hundreds of thousands of Sichuan Army brothers are in name!" It is said that the troops in central Sichuan are very large, and if they are suddenly dispatched for fear that they will fall into the grass and disturb the localities, the only way to achieve long-term stability is to first retain the defense area for stability, and then gradually try to properly resettle them. ”

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Guangzhou has long been a peaceful scene of singing and dancing, and the hottest topic now is not the ongoing civil war in Sichuan, but the upcoming wedding of Lao Jiang and Song Meiling. According to the gossip information of various tabloids in Guangzhou, Sun Yat-sen's sister-in-law, Miss Soong Meiling, finally broke through many obstacles and was ready to marry Chiang Kai-shek. This biggest obstacle is said to be Song Meiling's sister Song Qingling. This lady was very disdainful of being a relative of such an upstart as Chiang Kai-shek. Although Lao Chiang had already sat on the throne of the chairman of the Military Commission in advance in this time and space, within the Kuomintang, his qualifications were still very shallow, and ordinary veterans did not look down on him very much. This is probably why he pursued Song Meiling, right?

When Luo Yaoguo's telegram for advice was sent to Jiang's Mansion in Dongshankou, Guangzhou, Lao Jiang and several henchmen were drinking tea and chatting in the living room. They had just had dinner at Lao Jiang's house, and since Lao Jiang was not very accustomed to talking during meals, he usually discussed important matters with his cronies after dinner.

Yang Yongtai and Zhu Peide are now sitting in Lao Jiang's spacious living room, due to the hot weather in Guangzhou, the two and Lao Jiang have a very close relationship, so they just casually wear a silk gown, take a pu fan in their hands, and drink tea and chat while fanning the fan, the atmosphere is very relaxed and casual.

"What do you think?" Lao Jiang waved the copy of the telegram in his hand and asked the two with a smile.

This is a telegram sent by Luo Yaoguo, asking for advice on how to deal with the problems of the Sichuan army generals who have turned into the Kuomintang.

Yang Yongtai took a sip of tea, chuckled, and said, "What do you think of Wang Zhaoming's proposal?" Now Xiong Jinfan can be regarded as Wang Zhaoming's ally. ”

"This Wang Zhaoming is too confused." Zhu Peide shook his fan on the side and smiled: "I actually want to go crazy with a gun, I want to cooperate with Xiong Kewu, and I also want Xiong Kewu to dominate Sichuan and lead the members of the military committee." ”

This is the condition of cooperation put forward by Wang Jingwei's people when they met with Yang Yongtai this afternoon. Now the bigwigs in Guangzhou City are staring at the chair under Sun Yat-sen's buttocks, not knowing who will sit on it in the end. The favourites for this top spot are now Hu Hanmin and Xu Chongzhi. Both of them are veterans and confidants of Sun Yat-sen, and Hu Hanmin is now the chairman of the presidium, and Xu Chongzhi is the vice chairman of the Military Commission. The two of them have always been in the same faction, and now they happen to be in Yiwen and Wuwu to take over Sun Yat-sen's class.

And Chiang Kai-shek is naturally also hot on that throne, and marrying Song Meiling is going to that big position. After marrying Song Meiling, Chiang Kai-shek became a relative of Sun Yat-sen, and this relationship was closer than Hu Hanmin. However, this one seems to be a bit wishful thinking.

Chiang Kai-shek glanced at Zhu Peide, smiled slightly, and said, "Let's just support it, Xiong Kewu can sit on the throne of the king of Sichuan?" Hu Zhantang and Xu Chongzhi and Xie Zhi are definitely going to oppose it. We might as well echo Wang Zhaoming and give him face. "Lao Jiang knew Zhu Peide's little Jiujiu, and he was worried that Xiong Kewu would come to top his member of the Military Commission. However, let Xiong Kewu squeeze out Zhu Peide, Lao Jiang can't agree, only Zhu Peide is the most obedient in the Military Commission, how can he squeeze it out?

Yang Yongtai gently turned the teacup in his hand and pondered for a while, the current situation is very complicated, and the cooperative relationship between Lao Jiang and Wang Jingwei is difficult to be as close as Hu Hanmin and Xu Chongzhi. Jiang and Wang both want to be the boss, and there is no way to cooperate at all, just to use each other. Thinking of this, Yang Yongtai smiled slightly and said: "Jiegong, now the prime minister's body is quite tough, this position will not be in a hurry for a while, and cooperation with Wang Zhaoming will not have much effect, it is better to use this opportunity to let Wang Zhaoming rush forward and fight with Hu Zhantang, and when Wang Zhaoming collapses, his position will naturally be our people." The prime minister will not let Hu Zhantang's people dominate. ”

"Will Wang Zhaoming collapse? The prime minister still trusts him very much. Zhu Peide shook his head, expressing disbelief.

"Hehe, but the prime minister doesn't trust Xiong Jinfan!" Yang Yongtai smiled and said: "Xiong Jinfan has Xie Huisheng (Xie Zhi) and others as enemies in the center, and he is opposed to Luo Fuwen in Sichuan. Antagonism with Luo Fuwen is equivalent to antagonism with his uncle Luo Yichen, Luo Yichen and Xie Zhi are the prime minister's henchmen! In addition, Wang Zhaoming and Xiong Jinfan will definitely fight for power with Hu Zhantang, so Hu Zhantang, Xu Ruwei, Xie Huisheng, and Luo's uncle and nephew will fight Wang Zhaoming and Xiong Jinfan together, how can they not fight? ”

Lao Jiang nodded, shook the pu fan in his hand, and said with a smile: "I understand what Brother Chang Qing meant, but how should this Luo Fuwen's telegram be replied to?" ”

"Land grabbing, salt taxes, opium bans. In this way, Chuanzhong is naturally a dragon fight. After a little thought, Yang Yongtai came up with three poisonous plans to deal with the powerful faction in Sichuan.