Chapter 656: Pie in the Sky
The old man finally left, it can be said that he left in a hurry, because of the limited time, and there were too many things to explain, so the family affairs only had time to explain a few words in a hurry, and then he died.
After the old man's death, Chongqing did not mourn immediately, but urgently convened a ministerial-level meeting and a military meeting at the level of the commander-in-chief of the Central Army Group Army, the main content of the meeting was to discuss the old man's will, although the old man's designated heir was surprising, but thinking of Chen Feng's current status and prestige, everyone was relieved.
As the old man said, today's China is not very peaceful, and what is needed during the war years is not politicians with long sleeves and good dances, but all-rounders who are both military and political, even if their political performance is poor, as long as they have outstanding military attainments.
Chen Feng is not only an excellent general, but also an excellent political master, at least in the eyes of He Yingqin, Chen Cheng and others. The old man's death directly pushed Chongqing to the precipice, and neither He Yingqin nor Li Zongren was sure to lead the Nationalist Government through this difficulty.
This is not an ordinary small door, if you succeed, you can leave a name in history, and if you succeed, you can become famous, but if you fail, you will lose the country, and you will be poked in the backbone by future generations.
Fame and fortune are tempting, but if fame and fortune are guillotines, I'm afraid no one likes it, after two days of deliberation, the military and political leaders of the national government finally decided to fully implement the old man's will, and elected Chen Feng of the Saibei department to become the new generation of leaders of the national government. While it may seem absurd to put a young man under the age of 30 in charge, it is the only option for Chongqing.
After receiving a telegram from Chongqing inviting him to go south. Chen Feng was very surprised, because the death of the old man was extremely secret, except for individual and individuals, including the generals who participated in the previous high-level meeting of the national government, everyone thought that the old man was only injured, and it was very serious, and even on the verge of death, but no one knew that the old man had passed away two days ago, so Chen Feng did not know that the old man was dead.
Regarding the invitation from Chongqing, the high-level officials of the Saibei Department were not cold. Many people, including the old man, strongly advised Chen Feng not to go south. On the one hand, because the Eighth War Zone and the Second War Zone have just been merged, and Shanxi's government affairs have just taken over, there are so many things that need to be dealt with, and some things need to be handled by Chen Feng himself. No one else can replace it. I really can't pull away.
On the other hand, it is because the old man and others are very uneasy about Chongqing. They were worried that Chongqing would detain Chen Feng because of the matter of the Jin Suijun, and then achieve the goal of dividing the northern Saibei system. This is how the Northeast Army was disintegrated by the old man, a lesson from the past. I have to guard against it!
But before Chen Feng could think clearly, telegrams from Chongqing came one after another, urging Chen Feng to leave. Originally, Chen Feng was preparing to go south, he didn't believe that Chongqing would attack him at this time, and he didn't believe that Chongqing had this strength, but Chongqing's successive telegrams aroused Chen Feng's suspicions, and Chen Feng planned to dry Chongqing first to see what these people wanted to do.
The self-defeating He Yingqin and others had no choice but to send a telegram to Kang Ze, and told Kang Ze the news that the old man had died of his injuries, and ordered Kang Ze to go to Chen Feng's place in person to explain the reason, but he did not say anything about the old man's will.
Chen Feng, who learned the original story, immediately flew to Chongqing by special plane, and Chen Feng was very worried on the way, not because of anything else, but because the old man's death was too sudden, which will leave China with an unprecedented mess, no matter who took over this mess, it would be a big trouble, and he was very worried that because of the old man's death, the united front of the all-people war of resistance that had been formed with great difficulty would collapse, which would be an unprecedented disaster for the entire country and nation.
After several hours of flight, the plane finally landed at Chongqing Nanshan Airport, to Chen Feng's surprise, his arrival was highly valued by Chongqing, the plane just passed the Henan National Government sent a fighter brigade to escort, after the plane landed, Chen Feng found that the person who came to pick up the plane was He Yingqin, Li Zongren and Chen Cheng and others, the specifications were surprisingly high!
On the way to the Huangshan Mansion, He Yingqin and Li Zongren roughly told the story of the old man's injury to the point of being seriously injured, although Chen Feng learned from Kang Ze that the old man had passed away, but he did not know anything about the specific process, let alone that Roosevelt's personal doctor had been treating the old man during this period, and he did not know that the old man had only been awake for less than half an hour from the injury to the death of the last man.
Now listening to He Yingqin and Li Zongren, Chen Feng himself is also quite sad, although the old man has various shortcomings, but his essence is not bad, at least he is not a tyrant. Quote Brian. Crozier said: "As a politician and political leader, Chiang was a tactician rather than a strategist. He is slightly above his competitors and is good at controlling them. But despite the fact that he ruled the majority of the Chinese population. But he actually does not understand the social basis of the regime as a whole. Summing up Jiang *Shi's life, Jiang *shi has his own courage, energy and leadership qualities, and he is not only a very flawed character. And in the sense of Greek tragedy. He is also a tragic figure – his tragedy is of his own personal making. ”
It stands to reason that the old man will end up on Bay Island, not Chongqing, but because of his appearance, many things have changed, such as Li Fuying, such as Yan Laoxi, and then Tojo Hideki, but Chen Feng never thought that the old man would also be changed by his foreign butterfly.
With inexplicable complicated feelings, Chen Feng came to the Huangshan Mansion, Chen Feng first went to the ward to see the old man's remains, and then followed Madame Jiang to the conference room.
There were not many people in the conference room, Madame Jiang, He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, Dai Li, Xue Yue, Wei Lihuang, Long Yun, except for Long Yun and Chen Feng, everyone else belonged to the core figures of the Jiang family.
After everyone sat down, Mrs. Jiang took out a document and said: "Mr. left, he left in a hurry, and he left without even taking care of the aftermath. ”
"The will of the gentleman was recorded by me and witnessed by Jing Zhi and Degong, which is the original document. All of you here, except for Commander Chen and Chairman Long, who are not very clear about the content of the will, everyone else knows the truth, so the document will not be given to you to see in person, I will now hand over Mr. Commander's will to Commander Chen and Chairman Long, you two will read it first, and then we will have a meeting! ”
After speaking, Mrs. Jiang handed the document in her hand to Long Yun, who was the next leader.
Long Yun's speed was very fast, and he finished reading the entire document in less than three minutes, but after reading the document, Long Yun looked at Chen Feng with the same eyes as if he had seen a ghost.
But Long Yun didn't say anything, but directly handed the document to Chen Feng, making Chen Feng inexplicable!
After the result of the document, Chen Feng began to read it, in fact, this document does not look at Chen Feng and knows that it is the old man's opinion on the successor of the national government, this is like the emperor Lao Tzu is dead, and before he dies, he must get an edict to determine his heir and pass the throne to a certain son!
Chen Feng was very curious about who the old man would pass on his "throne" to, He Yingqin? Li Zongren? But it is certainly not Xiao Jiang, in history, Lao Jiang did not play a little trick in order to make Xiao Jiang succeed to the throne smoothly, it was a big project that lasted for decades, even at the age of 82, he still implemented the shrimp "party and government innovation", in order to pave the way for Xiao Jiang to succeed.
Now that the old man is in such a hurry, he has no time to pave the way for Xiao Jiang, and now that the national government is full of bigwigs, it is impossible to hand over the "throne" to Xiao Jiang, Chen Feng judged that He Yingqin and Li Zongren are the most popular candidates to "win the championship".
Sure enough, when the old man said that the most suitable candidates in his mind were He Yingqin and Li Zongren, Chen Feng felt a feeling in his heart that this was indeed the case.
But the following record made Chen Feng not calm, when he saw that the old man finally decided to pass on the "throne" to him, Chen Feng's whole person was directly petrified, this Nima is really a god turn! Scared to death is not worth his life, and now Chen Feng finally knows why this old boy Long Yun feels like a ghost after reading the documents, in fact, he feels like this.
It stands to reason that no matter how this "throne" is passed on, it is impossible to pass it to other people's homes, tossing and tossing is still a royal matter, now it's okay, this throne actually ran under his ass in a blink of an eye, what kind of rhythm is this?
Chen Feng always thought that after the old man's accident, the successor was very likely to be He Yingqin or Li Zongren. Why do you think so, because these two in the national government military and political prestige is second only to the old man, in 1936 "Double Twelve Incident", after the old man was detained by Zhang Yang, many people suggested that He Yingqin temporarily take over the military power of the national government, and then send troops to attack Shaanxi to rescue the old man, although the most Lu was categorically rejected by Madame Jiang, but it can be seen that He Yingqin's prestige in the national government.
And Li Zongren is even more amazing, he himself was originally the boss of the Gui Army, and he made great achievements during the Northern Expedition and the Anti-Japanese War. Now that the old man has an accident, it is logical for this big man to become the successor of the old man, but he didn't expect the old man to come to a god turn when he was at the end of the year, and praised these two to the sky, and the last one actually passed the "throne" to him, an outsider.
However, in Chen Feng's opinion, this is not a good thing, the emperor in peacetime is good, and he is willing to be, there is nothing to eat, drink, and have fun, but in this troubled world, the higher the position, the greater the responsibility.
As the saying goes, when the sky falls, there is a tall man on top, he is already a tall man now, if he really takes this hot potato, then he will become the tallest one in the whole country, and he will become the backbone and pillar of the whole country and nation! Chen Feng is really worried about whether his backbone can hold up the whole of Greater China, if his backbone is broken, IELTS is not one or two people, but thousands of Chinese. So pie in the sky is not necessarily a good thing, and the pie is likely to kill people. (To be continued......)