When Meng Xia in Beijing arrived, the Nationalist Government held a grand and solemn funeral for their recently deceased Lord, Sun Yat-sen. Including Hu Hanmin, Chen Duxiu, Xu Chongzhi, Xie Zhi and other government officials who stayed in Nanjing, all went north to attend the funeral, but Jiang Jshi, the king of the northeast, and Xiong Kewu, the king of Sichuan, did not appear at Sun Yat-sen's funeral. After the funeral, Sun Yat-sen's coffin was temporarily placed in Biyun Temple in Xiangshan. Later, the leaders of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in Beijing convened a "joint meeting of the two parties" in front of Sun Yat-sen's coffin to decide on the distribution of power and personnel arrangements.

Sun Yat-sen's post of "Chief" of the Nationalist Government was succeeded by Deputy [Chief" Hu Hanmin, and the "Chairman" of the Military Commission was held by Chang Ruiqing, and the "General" of the Kuomintang was forever reserved for this leader. The party's top leader was renamed the "Chairman" chair, a position also held by Hu Hanmin, and the deputy "Chairman" of the Nationalist Government was given to another of Sun Yat-sen's confidants, Xie Zhi.

Sun Yat-sen's wife Soong Ching-ling and Grand Duke Sun Ke served as the vice chairman of the Kuomintang and the executive member of the Central Committee under the strong support of Chang Ruiqing.

After this series of personnel arrangements were finalized, the Nationalist Government also announced the date for the "return of the capital" to Nanjing. According to Chang Ruiqing's Jianyi, the Republic of China will implement the two-Beijing system, and Beijing will be the northern capital of the country.

The situation seems to have calmed down. After the news of Sun Yat-sen's death broke, it seemed that the civil war that had worried the people would not happen. But anyone who knows anything about the political situation in China has noticed the warlords who are still supporting their own troops. Does the 265th Central Security Bureau still have a monthly pass? In addition to Lu Yongxiang and Zhao Zhen, who have a very close relationship with Chang Ruiqing, they have clearly expressed their support for the Central Committee. All of them were in silence.

Yan Xishan wore a Chinese-style robe, and walked with Zhao Daiwen and a few other attachés in the original palace and now the Palace Museum. When the Northern Expeditionary Army reached Beijing a few months ago, it was nationalized! Chang Ruiqing, who did not have a good impression of the Manchu remnants, did not hesitate to issue an order to expel the Qing family from the palace...... However, the little emperor Pu Yi did not live here for a long time, and after being released by the Red Brigade, he hid in Zhang Yuan in the Japanese concession in Tianjin, and after the Northern Expeditionary Army arrived in Beijing, he even ran to the Kanto Prefecture under the control of the Japanese to avoid the limelight. This palace, which once symbolized the supreme power of China, has become a museum for tourists to enter and exit. Yan Xishan, as an ordinary tourist, bought a ticket to visit, and he and Zhao Daiwen and others stopped when they walked to the place where the Qing Dynasty military aircraft was originally located in Longzongmen. Looking at the small and dilapidated tiled houses with infinite emotion, he sighed: "This is the Military Aircraft Department!" If he had been an official in the previous dynasty and had become a minister of military aircraft, he should have been satisfied. ”

Zhao Daiwen smiled faintly, he knew what kind of calculation Yan Laoxi, his friend and father-in-law, was making in his heart. He said with a smile: "The current Military Commission is equivalent to the Military Aircraft Department of the previous dynasty, and the members of the Military Commission are the Minister of Military Aircraft. If he concurrently holds the chairmanship of the State Planning Commission, he will almost be the Zhongtang of the previous dynasty. ”

Yan Xishan looked back at Zhao Daiwen and said lightly: "Cilong, according to your meaning, I still want to enter the court as an official?" ”

Zhao Daiwen smiled: "It depends on what Brother Baichuan's expectations are?" Now into the court. There must be a princely position. Moreover, the chairman of the State Planning Commission seems to be an extremely powerful official, only a little lower than the "president" of the "Government Affairs Yuan," and the same as the deputy "president," and the real power is even greater than that of the deputy "president." ”

Yan Xishan's expression was a little gloomy. He asked again: "Am I not the hero who can fight for the world?" ”

Zhao Daiwen smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Brother Baichuan is a person who does things and engages in construction, but he wants to fight for the world." It is not enough to just engage in construction, but also to engage in destruction. ”

Hear this. Yan Xishan also burst out laughing: "Cilong, then which of the two of them, Chang Ruiqing and Jiang Jishi, do you say will be more capable of sabotage?" ”

Zhao Daiwen knew that Yan Xishan was asking who would be the final winner of the competition, and he shook his head slightly: "If you want to say who has the greatest ability, it must be Chang Yaoru!" If it is placed in ancient times, there is no suspense about the outcome of the Chang-Chiang dispute, but the situation is different now, and now is not the time to fight a civil war behind closed doors to win the world. ”

"Then you still want me to take refuge in Chang Yaoru?"

"Don't you take refuge? Chang Yaoru's army of more than 300,000 is on the edge of Shanxi, are our four brigades opponents? Can your Yan Baichuan's ability to fight with soldiers be comparable to Chang Yaoru? ”

Yan Xishan was silent for a long time, and then hesitated: "He is now suffering from internal and external troubles, so he shouldn't move Shanxi, right?" ”

Zhao Daiwen smiled bitterly: "He may let it go in other places, but Shanxi Chang Yaoru must seize it!" ”

"Why?"

"Because Shanxi is so well governed by us! Shanxi was originally a model province, but in the past two years, it has imitated the model of Fujian and Guangdong to build political power in towns and villages, and there is also a four-year compulsory education and military service mobilization system. After Chang Yaoru took control of Shanxi, he could promulgate the 'Yongtian Eternal Rest' system with a little rectification, and in less than six months, he would be able to turn Shanxi into a military source base like Fujian, Yuegui, and Guizhou...... Shanxi Province has a population of more than 10 million, and it is also the hometown of Yan and Zhao, and it has been a place to send good soldiers since ancient times, and according to the standards of Fujian and Guangdong, it is not a problem to recruit and send more than 200,000 soldiers. Baichuan, do you say that Chang Yaoru will let go of Shanxi? ”

Yan Xishan sighed heavily, and said helplessly: "If you manage the territory well, and you don't have a strong force, you are making a wedding dress for others after all!" However, I, a warlord of Shanxi, am now dead, and I don't want to be an official of the "chief" of the State Planning Commission, so I still want to retreat to the mountains and forests. ”

Zhao Daiwen looked at Yan Xishan quietly, and then shook his head and said, "I think this Planning Commission is still going to be the chairman, and I have to ask Chang Yaoru again for a member of the Military Commission." He took Yan Xishan's hand and said, "Brother Baichuan, you have the talent to govern the country." I also want to do something for the country and Shanxi...... I know that you are not a prince on this side of Shanxi, not for yourself, nor for your Yan family, but to create a paradise for more than 10 million Shanxi fathers and elders in this troubled world. You are being this warlord for the Shanxi fathers. Now it is even more necessary to do this "chairman" seat of the Planning Commission for the sake of Shanxi's fathers and elders. Shanxi is rich in resources, there is coal and iron, and the railway is also very well built, it is the base for the development of heavy industry, and if it is done well, it is the Ruhr industrial zone of China, and then the fathers and elders of Shanxi will be blessed...... Brother Baichuan, you, the "Chief" of the Planning Commission, are actually doing it for our tens of millions of fellow villagers in Shanxi! ”

He said something like that. In fact, he is acting as a lobbyist for Chang Ruiqing. Chang Ruiqing had met with him secretly two days ago, and he also gave him the truth. The central government must firmly hold Shanxi in its hands no matter what! The Jin army must also be fully reorganized into the Central Army. It is also hoped that Zhao Daiwen will continue to serve as the "chief" of Shanxi Province, but he must cooperate with the land reform working group of the "Central Committee" to implement the reform of the "Yongtian and Eternal Rest" system in Shanxi. As for Yan Xishan, Chang Ruiqing hoped that he would go to the Central Committee to serve as the chairman of the State Economic Planning Commission. Chang Ruiqing was of course kind when he prescribed these conditions. However, Zhao Daiwen knew very well that once he or Yan Xishan rejected the other party's conditions, what was waiting for them would be eliminated! And Yan Xishan, the rich man of Shanxi, who is good at judging the situation and sizing up the situation, naturally knows that his Shanxi is powerless to resist Chang Ruiqing's hundreds of thousands of national defense troops, if he doesn't drink the current toast. I'm afraid it won't be long before I have to go down to accompany Sun Yat-sen!

……

At No. 2 Tieshi Hutong in Beijing, the former War Department and now the Beijing Left-behind Mansion, these days, it has become a stronghold for the activities of the Kuomintang in Beijing. Every day is a constant stream of people coming and going. In this quiet and elegant alley, there are always long cars and carriages parked. One was dressed in a thin white suit in summer. A middle-aged man wearing a sun hat got out of a carriage that had just stopped and strode into the gate of the Beijing Left-behind Mansion. After passing through the two porches, he saw Hu Hanmin already waiting in front of a hall: "Brother Ji Tao, you are back!" You know, we're waiting here every day, brother! What do you think? What exactly did Jiang Jishi plan? ”

That middle-aged man turned out to be Dai Jitao. He took off his sun hat and walked into the house with Hu Hanmin, and said in a low voice as he walked: "J Shi actually still wants to fight, but he is a cautious person who does things and is unwilling to fight a battle that he is not sure of." Chang Ruiqing's strength is much greater than him, and he is not sure about fighting, so he wants to rectify the Northeast Army first, and then get a batch of good weapons from the Japanese himself, and then talk about it depending on the situation. By the way, Zhan Gong, what do all the comrades in Beijing mean? Are you willing to break with Chang Ruiqing? ”

Hu Hanmin just sighed and pulled Dai Jitao to sit down. These days, he has been very worried, for fear that Chang Ruiqing will take thunderous measures to wipe out these Kuomintang figures, and then engage in the dictatorship of the proletariat in China! However, after thinking about it, the basis of the force that Chang Ruiqing relied on was the officer corps of the Baoding Department and the Huangpu Department, and they were all children of the propertied class. And Chang Ruiqing is also trying his best to appease them, Sun Yat-sen's funeral is extremely glorious, Mrs. Sun and Sun Gongzi have also arranged corresponding high positions, and he, Sun Yat-sen's successor, has also become the "lord" of the national government, and the Kuomintang Cantonese people in the army have not been touched, and they are still sitting in their original seats. It seems that Chang Ruiqing still intends to continue to maintain the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party!

And he also knows that the relationship between the Standing Chairman and the GCD is not as close as he imagined...... Until now, he has not sat in the position of the central [main] seat! It seems that he wants to put himself and the Wehrmacht above the party and become an arbiter who "represents the whole people", right?

After roughly figuring out Chang Ruiqing's thoughts, the minds of the Kuomintang figures also changed. Their party was originally a hodgepodge of elites in China, and radicals like Hu Hanmin and Jiang Jshi were only a small part...... If Chang Ruiqing had adopted a radical proletarian revolutionary line, these people might have been forced to rebel, but now Chang Ruiqing's "National Founding Strategy" line has not touched their bottom line, nor has it deprived them of their black yarn hats to GCD people, so why should they help Jiang Jshi as cannon fodder? These elite figures are very shrewd in their calculations!

Even Hu Hanmin himself, after hearing that Jiang Jishi had no intention of tearing his face with Chang Ruiqing immediately, the pride of fighting for the world in his heart suddenly disappeared. After he and Dai Jitao sat down separately, they sighed: "Most of the princes in Beijing are not in favor of the break. Everyone felt that it would be better to maintain the cooperation or to continue to do so. After all, the outcome of the fight is unpredictable, even if the battle is won...... The chairman of the Military Commission is also going to be Jiang Jshi, and if he loses, everyone's current status will be gone. If you don't do it, you will even lose your life! Who is willing to die for Jiang Jshi? ”

This is a bit of a shocking statement, but it is also true! The Kuomintang was not a united party in the first place, and there was always a master when Sun Yat-sen was there, and now that Sun Yat-sen is dead, the following people are just a plate of loose sand. Their own small abacus is extremely shrewd, but they want them to sacrifice for the sake of the party, for the ideals of the three people, and for Lao Chiang. That's a fool's dream! Historically, this group of people has completely demolished Jiang Jshi's platform! How can it be possible to shed blood for Lao Jiang now?

Dai Jitao was stunned, shook his head with a wry smile: "Chang Ruiqing has not infringed on their interests now, of course they are not willing to take risks." But what do those comrades who hold military power in their hands think? ”

Hu Hanmin snorted coldly: "Those people can't be counted on!" They all want to protect their own military territory. and did not have the courage to fight to the death with Chang Ruiqing...... By the way, that Yan Xishan has already taken refuge in Chang Ruiqing, and he agrees with Chang Ruiqing's method of reorganizing the army, and the Jin Army will soon be reorganized into the 16th Army of the National Defense Army! Yan Xishan went to the Central Government to serve as the "chief" of the State Planning Commission, and Zhao Daiwen also served as his "chief" of Shanxi Province. Moreover, Shanxi's land reform will also be launched in the second half of the year. If we include Fujian and Guangdong, which have already completed land reform, Guangxi, which is in the process of land reform, and Zhejiang and Jiangsu, which are preparing to start land reform in the second half of the year, they will reach the first half of next year. Six provinces will be able to complete the land reform, and at the same time establish the initial national mobilization system.

Furthermore. Currency reform and customs reform are also ready to start in the second half of the year, and now the central government has 500 tons of gold in its hands. It should not be difficult to issue the Chinese dollar, and when the American money printing machine arrives, the stencil of the banknote can be made and it can begin. As for the implementation of tariff autonomy, there should be no problem, and if the diplomatic negotiations have not yet yielded results, Chang Ruiqing may have to incite the masses to move again...... But now that the United States is behind him, there is nothing the British can do. ”

"Is the United States now supporting Chang Ruiqing?" Dai Jitao frowned and asked.

"Of course they do, or who else do they want to support? Is Jiang J-shi, pro-Japanese? ”

Hearing this "answer", Dai Jitao's heart was also half cold. In the eyes of these Kuomintang, the United States is almost the embodiment of God! At most, Jiang Jshi is a devil, relying on the support of the devil, can he beat Chang Ruiqing, who has God's backing?

……

At this time, in a very heavily guarded small courtyard in Zhongnanhai, a "security organ" under the direct jurisdiction of the Military Commission had been quietly set up. The name of this "security organ" is "Central Security Bureau" The director is Luo Yiqun, a well-known rotten good man in the Kuomintang Cantonese department, and the deputy director is Chang Ruiqing's confidant Meng Li, and the directors and section chiefs below are also officers of the original military intelligence bureau system and Sun Yat-sen's and Chang Ruiqing's guard system.

This organization was proposed and established by Soong Ching-ling after the assassination of Sun Yat-sen, and its public duty was to protect the senior leaders of the Nationalist Government and the National Defense Forces from being murdered by imperialist agents, and to protect the important institutions of the Nationalist Government and the National Defense Forces from being destroyed by the enemy. According to the plan, a large number of highly trained "security personnel" will be sent to serve as bodyguards in the vicinity of senior officials of the National Government, senior generals of the National Defence Forces, or to serve as guards in important organs of the National Government and the National Defence Forces. At the same time, a network for monitoring important people and organs has also been secretly established, and all kinds of information obtained by this network will eventually be summarized in the office of Major General Meng Li, deputy director of the Central Security Bureau. At this moment, he was looking at the secret reports with a gloomy face.

“…… Dai Jitao arrived in Beijing from the northeast today, and was taken by car from the Beijing Left-behind Government to Tieshi Hutong to meet Hu Hanmin and Chen Jiongming, and the conversation lasted about two hours, the content of which was unknown. ”

“…… Vice Foreign Minister Chen Youren arrived in Beijing yesterday and went to Zhongnanhai Juren Hall today to meet Mrs. Sun, where they talked for about one hour, and then had lunch together. ”

"Zhao Jiawen, the first secretary of Sun Yat-sen's Chamberlain, died of poisoning in the guest room of the Liuguo Hotel in Beijing on June 1, and the symptoms of poisoning were exactly the same as those of Sun Yat-sen. According to investigations, before Zhao Jiawen was killed, he had met with Nakagawa Hidenao, a staff member of the Tianjin branch of the Bank of Korea. In addition, according to the investigation of the Tianjin Branch of the Military Intelligence Bureau, Zhao Jiawen has a huge amount of deposits in the Tianjin branch of the Bank of Korea in Japan......"

"Liang Qi, the former chef of the Nationalist Government's 'Lord' Chair, escaped from the surveillance of the Central Security Bureau a few days ago, and this person is one of the six suspects suspected of murdering Sun Yat-sen's 'Lord'......

Meng Li pressed his forehead tiredly, and on his desk, there were still a large number of reports on the training of agents of the Central Security Bureau, which had not yet been approved, but the news sent by the monitoring network was readable at any time. He now has to find the most critical content from this information every day and submit it to Chang Ruiqing himself. And the most important information today is probably the report about Sun Yat-sen's secretary and cook, right? It seems that Sun Yuexun's girl was most likely wronged ............)!!