"Tuk, tuk, tuk......"

Chiang Kai-shek's fingers unconsciously tapped lightly on the coffee table, and next to him, Kong Xiangxi, Chen Guofu, Chen Lifu, and Qin Wei each occupied a seat. In addition to the five of them, Song Ziwen, who came to attend the engagement banquet of his nephew's daughter, was also present. However, Qin Wei thought that none of the generals in the army such as He Yingqin and Bai Zhengxi that Yu Youren said he could meet appeared. After asking Kong Xiangxi, I learned that He Yingqin and others were busy dealing with the end of the Battle of Changsha, so the salute had not arrived. However, even if the generals in the army are in the future, it is enough to judge the life and death of the Qinghai Ma family with these few people in the house.

"Ma Jiajun is not so easy to move." After pondering for a long time, Chiang Kai-shek finally spoke, but the chairman of the committee was obviously a little hesitant: "The central government sent Sun Dianying to Qinghai to reclaim the land, but Sun Dianying led his troops to Ningxia, but they were rejected by Ma Hongkui, Ma Hongbin, Ma Bufang and Ma Buqing. However, Sun Dianying was defeated and forced to withdraw from the northwest. …… The Ma family has a very strict view of Qinghai, Gansu, and Ningxia. ”

Moreover, when the Anti-Japanese War broke out the year before last, Ma Bufang and Ma Buqing sent troops to participate in the Anti-Japanese War, and requisitioned more than 8,000 people from the militia groups in the three counties of Datong, Mutual Aid and Huangyuan to form a cavalry temporary division to go to the battlefield. After that, the two sent an additional division to attack again in the name of the provisional second cavalry division. Ma Jiajun fought bravely on the battlefield, was known for his cavalry, and once inflicted a lot of casualties on the Japanese army. During this period, there was also a feat of Ma Jiajun soldiers who were unwilling to be prisoners and hundreds of cavalry committed suicide by throwing themselves into the river......" Chen Lifu also followed Chiang Kai-shek's words and said: "Ma Jiajun shed blood and sweat for the War of Resistance, but at this time, the central government attacked them, and it was easy to be scolded as 'relatives are painful, enemies are happy'." ”

"But Qinghai can't be controlled by Ma Bufang all the time, right?" Song Ziwen has been quite angry recently. Although he and Kong Xiangxi are relatives of Uncle Lang, the relationship between the two families has always been very tense. In particular, the competition between the two for the financial power of the Nationalist Government began almost after Soong Meiling married Chiang Kai-shek. Originally, Song Ziwen took advantage. took the lead as Minister of Finance, but within a few years, because of disobedience, he was removed by Chiang Kai-shek and replaced by Kong Xiangxi. For more than ten years, although Song Ziwen has been serving as the chairman of the central bank and has a lot of power, his actual power is far inferior to Kong Xiangxi, especially after Kong Xiangxi became the premier. Although Song Ziwen asked people to help him make noise. But it has always been difficult to achieve much results. I thought that I might not have much chance to turn over again, but I didn't expect that last year, Qin Wei suddenly united many celebrities in the cultural world to fire at Kong Xiangxi...... For a time, Kong Xiangxi almost became a street rat. Chiang Kai-shek, on the other hand, became a little hesitant after the initial stiffening. Later, he was extremely dissatisfied with Kong Xiangxi's corruption...... Song Ziwen immediately seized the opportunity and exerted a lot of force behind his back. The result was exactly as he expected. Chiang Kai-shek finally made up his mind that he didn't want to use Kong Xiangxi anymore, and even asked Chen Bui to publish an article in the newspaper, intending to force Kong Xiangxi to resign. At the same time, Chiang Kai-shek appointed him as vice chairman of the board of directors of the "General Office of the Four Joints".

What is the "Quadruple General Office"? It is a joint office of the Central Bank, the Bank of China, the Bank of Communications, and the Farmers' Bank of China, the four most important banks in China, and is responsible for handling various special businesses related to the government's financial and economic policies during wartime. Chiang Kai-shek served as chairman of the council. In charge of all affairs, Kong Xiangxi, Song Ziwen, and Qian Yongming served as executive directors. The Council is composed of the Chairman of the Military Commission, the Executive Yuan, the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Economy and the leaders of the four elements. In other words, the headquarters of the Quadruple was the central decision-making body of the financial center in wartime, above the four major banks. The four banks can be commanded and manipulated at will, and in fact hold the financial power of the whole of China.

Song Ziwen was overjoyed at the time. In his opinion, as long as Kong Xiangxi resigns, he will naturally become the premier. He also believes that with his ability, he will definitely be able to improve China's economy, which is now riddled with holes. Unexpectedly, day after day, I don't know how much time has passed, Kong Xiangxi still resigned with his face. Not only that, but the relationship between his eldest brother-in-law and Chiang Kai-shek seems to have gradually recovered, and Lao Chiang does not persecute Kong Xiangxi very much, and Kong Xiangxi's originally crumbling position seems to be stable again. So, Uncle Guo, who had been waiting for a long time to take over as the premier, was dumbfounded, and almost ran to Chiang Kai-shek to question this brother-in-law, asking him why he was so inconsistent...... But no matter how unhappy he was, Song Ziwen had to accept the fact that his habitual disobedient performance made Lao Jiang wary, and if he wanted to be the premier, he probably had no way.

Therefore, Song Ziwen had no choice but to press his mind and run his Silian General Office wholeheartedly. Unexpectedly, he retracted, and Kong Xiangxi's side began to churn again. He and a group of experts worked hard to come up with several financial policies, almost all of which were stopped by Kong Xiangxi at the council meeting...... As a result, the feud between the two people is getting bigger and bigger, and they almost don't see each other at ordinary times, and as long as they meet, they almost have to quarrel. If it weren't for the eldest sister Song Ailing calling and inviting herself, he might not have come to Kong Lingyi's engagement banquet this time. On the other hand, he was dissatisfied with Kong Xiangxi, and he was also dissatisfied with Chiang Kai-shek, who began to support the Kong family again. Especially dissatisfied with Chiang Kai-shek's hypocrisy of being a bitch and wanting to set up a memorial arch...... obviously wanted to swallow Qinghai, but he had to pretend that he couldn't bear to do it. Evil or not disgusting? If you really miss the old so much, Liu Xiang led his troops out of Sichuan, and died in Hankou, why do you still want to bully other people's younger brothers, and you don't even want to leave a place for others?

Mr. Song was right. Qinghai is China's territory, there is no reason to be controlled by one family all the time......" Qin Wei was very satisfied with Song Ziwen's strength, "What's more, Ma Bufang didn't do much good in Qinghai. What he did in Qinghai was not much the same, if not up to the common anger of people and gods. This man is shameless, cruel and unkind, so to speak...... He should have died a long time ago! ”

"Chief Qin has gone a little too far." Chen Guofu is now not only in charge of the Organization Department of the Kuomintang, but also the director of the third division of the old Jiang Attendant's Office, and the chairman of the Agricultural Bank of China. Even if you want to take him, you shouldn't hurt his life. ”

That is to say. Director Chen is in favor of the elimination of the warlord army of 'Green Horse'? Qin Wei asked rhetorically.

"Hmm." Chen Guofu didn't say much, but nodded very seriously.

"Then it's three to two now!" Qin Wei pointed at Song Ziwen, Chen Guofu and himself, and then pointed at Chiang Kai-shek and Kong Xiangxi, and then glanced at Chen Lifu: "Minister Chen, what do you think?" ”

"I also think that 'green horses' should not exist for a long time." Chen Lifu glanced at Qin Wei. This guy is going to mess around. Chiang Kai-shek and Kong Xiangxi, didn't they want to cut the feudal domain? With Lao Jiang's temperament, not to mention the "green horse" that can't be splashed with water and can't be pierced by needles, which province in the country he doesn't want to be taken over by the central government? It's just that people are big bosses, and their own positions and considerations are different from theirs.

"Four to two!" Qin Weicai didn't bother to care about Chen Lifu's thoughts, and he didn't want to care what Chiang Kai-shek thought. Seeing that Chen Lifu had already expressed his position, he immediately reported the "voting results": "Most people think that Qingma should be cut off." …… Chairman Chiang, it's up to you now. ”

"The Ma family has been operating in Qinghai for more than 40 years, and has inherited the official position and authority in the form of 'Gan, He, Hui, and Ma' (Gansu people, Hezhou people, Hui people, and Ma surnames) as the employment standard. After decades of development, it has long been deeply rooted in Qinghai. Even in normal times. It is not easy to drive it out of Qinghai. What's more, now we have to face the threat of the Japanese......" Qin Wei's behavior was a little "forcing the palace", but Chiang Kai-shek didn't mind much about it...... Everyone knows that since he became the leader of the government, he has been thinking about cutting the feudal domain, not only the Communist Party, but also the Kuomintang in various places...... Although the Qinghai Ma family is not as threatening as Feng Yuxiang, Li Zongren, Yan Xishan and others before, today, Chiang Kai-shek can cut almost everything. In addition to the Communist Party, only those "horses" in the northwest are the most powerful, who will not cut them? But the problem is, Ma Bufang is in Qinghai!

"If it were so easy to deal with, Qinghai and Tibet would not have been outside the Central Plains regime for thousands of years." Kong Xiangxi sighed. "Chief Qin, it's easy for you to say this, everyone is willing to take down this 'green horse', but have you thought about the difficulties involved?"

"The Battle of Changsha has basically ended, and the Japanese still have to 'serve' the Soviets, so it should be unlikely that they will launch any more military operations in the short term...... Everyone should agree on this, right? Qin Wei looked at everyone and asked.

"Recognition." Chen Guofu nodded. This is something that everyone knows. In fact, Japan is not rich, and it has fought several major wars in succession, and the Far East still has to deal with the Soviet Union, and the consumption is definitely not small. What's more, after the battles of Nanchang, Guinan, and Changsha, the total number of troops directly lost by the Japanese was enough to have five to six divisions and regiments, about 100,000 people, and all of them were the main force of field warfare, and they were veterans. This loss was devastating, and if it had not been for the series of victories against the Soviet Union in the Far East, Japan would have been in turmoil again. But even so, the Japanese are extremely unhappy. Therefore, the Military Commission estimates that the Japanese will have to wait at least half a year to a year before they can recover this breath.

"But the problem is that even if the Japanese can't attack us, I'm afraid we won't be able to counterattack the Japanese...... Our losses are also significant. At this moment, what can be used to deal with the 'green horse'? Chen Lifu suddenly asked again.

"The scenario I envisioned was...... Paratrooper! Qin Wei said.

"Paratroopers?" Lao Jiang was stunned, "Haven't they finished training yet?" ”

"If you really want to move Ma Bufang, the preparation will take at least a few months, plus the preliminary training, so-so should also be able to be used." Qin Wei smacked his mouth: "My plan, with the parachute army as the assault force, set off from Chongqing, pass through Xi'an and Lanzhou, and raid Xining, and take Ma Bufang himself first." ”

"And then?" Everyone's eyes lit up. The paratroopers are powerful, and all of you here know the way. Most of Ma Bufang's troops are defending at the junction with Gansu and other provinces, and Xining has not many troops left, and if the paratroopers make a surprise attack, there is a chance that they will be able to succeed in one blow. And as long as Ma Bufang is caught, the Ma family's army is leaderless, and the central government has more opportunities.

"And then? No then! Qin Wei said: "We should have encouraged the people in Sichuan to make a move before. Pan Wenhua, Liu Wenhui, and Deng Xihou have always been dissatisfied with the central government's efforts to enter Sichuan? Since they are dissatisfied, then don't stay in Sichuan and let them go to Qinghai...... And they were sent in the name of 'changing guards.'" At the same time, it is necessary to mobilize Zhu Shaoliang in Gansu and Ma Hongkui in Ningxia to put pressure on Qinghai...... In this way, even if our paratroopers take Ma Bufang, Ma Jiajun may not dare to easily turn back to Xining to 'save the car'. ”

"Good idea." Song Ziwen thought for a while, "Exchanging Qinghai for Sichuan also used the name of the central government's 'righteousness'...... Not only is the reputation much better, but it can also appease Pan Wenhua's gang, which is extremely beneficial to the central government's reception of Sichuan. ”

"It's good, it's good, but the problem is that it's all taken for granted. What if Pan Wenhua doesn't agree? Can Qinghai and Sichuan be compared? Kong Xiangxi said: "Moreover, although the 'Northwest Gunma' occasionally fights infighting, they can always unite when they encounter foreign enemies. Just like the battle of the 'Four Horses Rejecting the Sun', Ningma, Ganma, and Qingma were united...... Who can guarantee that when we move our horses this time, the other 'horses' will watch the play safely and even stand on our side? (To be continued......)