In the early morning of the next day, after making a circle from Nanjing, the telegram was delivered to Chiang Kai-shek, who was staying at the Sixiang Hotel in Quzhou and was temporarily on the chairman's side.

"Niang Xipi, what does this Wu Ming want, ah he is crazy and shouting, wanting to use half of the new second division to fight against the two regular divisions plus all the central guards, and he also vainly said that he wants to win this exercise...... Arrogance, simply too arrogant"

In a guest room on the fourth floor, which had been transformed to serve as an office, Chiang Kai-shek held a telegram and scolded loudly, and his whole body trembled with anger.

Xuan Tiewu, director of the Zhejiang Provincial Security Division, carefully took the telegram from Chiang Kai-shek's hand, and after reading it carefully, he said in surprise: "Chairman, I can't see through Wu Ming...... Could it be that he wanted to use a defeat to ease relations with the Guards of the Chairman? ”

"From what I know about this person, it seems unlikely"

Qian Dajun, director of the first division of the attendant's room, who rushed to Hangzhou by plane in the morning and then arrived in Quzhou by train for another six hours, shook his head:

"Wu Ming has a strong personality, he will repay his eyes, and he is thoughtful, and he will never fight a battle that he is not sure of...... Ti me (Xuan Tie Wu Zi), are you sure that it is the two main brigades of the New Second Division that are building national defense fortifications on the line from Zhapu to Jiaxing in northeast Zhejiang? ”

Xuan Tiewu replied with some hesitation: "I don't know if it's or not...... I spent two weeks in Jiaxing, Jiashan, Pinghu, Zhapu, and other places in northeastern Zhejiang, during which I witnessed with my own eyes the spiritual outlook of the troops that built the Zhajia defense fortifications. ”

"During the inspection, my guards once had a one-man confrontation with the officers and soldiers of a company that repaired the defense line in Pinghu, but they were defeated without even holding out for half an hour.

Chiang Kai-shek bowed his head and said: "Most of the officers and soldiers of my guard have been eliminated from my guard, although I dare not say that one out of a hundred miles is one in the army, but there is always one out of ten...... This Wu Ming does have a set of training, but if you want to say that the newly recruited troops can easily defeat the guards of Ti Me, I still don't believe it, Ti Me's words should be true, you can tell me, this Wu Ming asked for a must-lose exercise, what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd? ”

A young man with a thin face but a radiant look who was listening attentively next to him suddenly said:

"Maybe it's a way to show your heart...... After all, with a division-level unit and a large military enterprise comparable to the Jinling Arsenal directly under the Military Commission, it is impossible not to feel panic in his heart, so Wu Mingyu simply brought all the troops stationed in western Zhejiang to the exercise area, and threw Quzhou, Changshan, and Maoliangwu aside to see how the central government would deal with it... As for the outcome of the exercise, Wu Ming either gave up without a fight, or he was confident that he would be able to win the ultimate victory in the exercise with his weak forces."

"Jianfeng (Jiang Jingguo), then do you think we should bring the Phoenix Mountain Arsenal under the jurisdiction of the central government?" Chiang Kai-shek asked with a smile.

It turned out that this young man was Chiang Ching-kuo, who had just returned from Soviet Russia last month.

At this time, Chiang Ching-kuo had just turned 27 years old, which was the age of his life, and because he had undergone great training in the Soviet Union, the whole person seemed to be quite practiced.

Chiang Ching-kuo arrived in Quzhou this morning, and in order to avoid getting along with this eldest son, Soong Meiling took a train back to Hangzhou yesterday afternoon, which shows that Chiang Kai-shek's family was not as harmonious as the outside world sees.

"Father, I don't think it's a good idea to take the arsenal back to the central government, if that's the case, in a few years a good arsenal will be ruined in the hands of corrupt officials who stretch out their hands up and down. After returning from the Soviet Union, from Hangzhou to Fenghua, all I saw along the way was a scene of decay and dilapidation, even in the bustling Shanghai, what I felt was a piece of decay and loneliness, the people were numb, and they did not know the meaning of the country and the nation

Listening to Chiang Ching-kuo's words, Chiang Kai-shek's face became ugly, but Chiang Ching-kuo was unconscious and continued: "Only this visit to Quzhou gave me a refreshing feeling. The train passed Longyou, it is the boundary of Ganzhou, the houses along the railway and highway are obviously much more regular than those in Jinhua, and the deepest feeling is Yu Jing, whether it is on the streets of Quzhou, or in the countryside, you can't see the situation of defecating everywhere, everywhere is refreshing, making people feel like they are in the Soviet Union. ”

"After my visit, I learned that the local garrison not only volunteered to help build bridges and pave roads, dredge ditches, help the disabled and lonely elderly carry water and repair houses, but also cooperated with the local public office to set up literacy classes to guide the people to learn cultural knowledge, understand the relationship between the country, the nation, the family and the individual, and know the truth of protecting the family and defending the country, so the people here will enthusiastically join the army and support the work of the government and the army."

"When I was in Fenghua, I heard about the changes in Quzhou's economy in the past few years from Director Dai's report, and this time I felt it more deeply. Since the landlords and capitalists received far more from their trade and business activities than they had from their land, there was little resistance when the local administrative offices called for rent and interest reductions...... In other parts of Zhejiang, the ratio of taxes and land rent to the harvest is generally as high as 70 percent, but in Quzhou it is only 30 to 40 percent, which greatly eases the local class contradictions, and the people have new material pursuits after they have eaten enough, which in turn promotes the development of industry and commerce."

"Father, can you let me serve in the Quzhou Administration or the new Second Division, I want to get in close contact with the two generals Wu Ming and Fang Youchun, who made this series of political and economic decisions, and follow them to understand their spirit and enrich and improve themselves."

Chiang Kai-shek was shocked, and then slapped the table suddenly: "Nonsense, have you finished reading all the books I asked you to read?" You have been in the Soviet Union for so long, you have been poisoned by the redness of Soviet Russia, and you don't need to reconcile and resolve it with the Confucian classics and the Three People's Principles of the former prime minister, how can you understand loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith? How can we understand the truth of self-cultivation and Qi family governing the country and leveling the world? Wu Ming has never even gone to school, he is illiterate at all, what do you have to learn from him? ”

Chiang Ching-kuo did not plead, and laughed confidently:

"Well, father, shall we make a bet? If Wu Ming, who has not studied or attended a regular military academy, leads his troops to win over the generals under your command who have drunk foreign ink or studied at the Central Military Academy, you will let me go to the new Second Division to take up a post, and if Wu Ming fails, I will obediently listen to you and go back to Fenghua to study hard. How's that, father? Aren't you all optimistic about Wu Ming's application, but I think that since he dares to take the initiative, he must have the confidence to win, and this time it is just a good time to test our respective visions

"Wu Ming wants to make a bet with me, you also want to bet with me, it seems that you want to go together, I really don't know where you got your confidence"

Chiang Kai-shek suddenly became interested in competing with his son: "Okay, I promise you, I want to see how Wu Ming can deal with the attack of my two divisions and three regiments with his broken army, and I will win the gamble."