Chen Feng's ransom plan is indeed surprising, especially for people like Li and Bai, as long as they are willing to hand over their troops to the state for reorganization, they can not only get a one-time cash compensation of 100 million US dollars, but also have a certain amount of dry shares in the large companies invested by the Chen family's billion-dollar investment.

The Chen family's ability to make money is obvious to all, not to mention that the old man Chen has become the largest grain merchant in the four northern provinces in just a few decades with a white ding, and his family has a family output of tens of millions of oceans, it is not an exaggeration to say that since Chen Feng started the drug business, the Chen family has made money every day, and the one-time investment of more than 10 billion US dollars to buy Nanyang Ling is enough to prove the financial strength of the Chen family.

The temptation of the redemption plan is obvious, take the Gui warlords as an example, they control the military and political power in Guangxi, the taxes of Guangxi Province are at the disposal of the Gui warlords themselves, and the resources such as mines and lakes in the province are also mined by themselves, and the profits earned are not small, but feeding an army is not a joke, and the daily consumption is a bottomless pit, especially when fighting a war, the military expenditure consumed is several times and dozens of times the surge, so although Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi and others have quite a lot of family resources, But that's just millions of oceans.

What is the concept of $100 million? In this era, this is an astronomical amount, according to the current exchange rate between the US dollar and the fiat currency, 1 US dollar is equal to 28 fiat currency, and it is still priceless, 100 million US dollars is equal to 2.8 billion legal currency, even Li Zongren and others have worked hard for decades to earn such a huge amount of money without eating or drinking.

The most important thing is that they have not completely lost power in their hands, although the troops are to be handed over to the state for reorganization. But these people still have to be entrusted with important tasks, but they are not as free to command as before.

However, as Chen Feng said, if they don't have the intention of being the king and becoming the emperor, letting go of some military power will benefit them and not harm them, and there is such a huge amount of self-compensation, even Li Zongren and Long Yun are a little moved.

Just when everyone was thinking, Chen Feng added another fire: "Ladies and gentlemen, looking at the political stage of modern China, there are many great warlords who have been prominent in China for a hundred years, and some even reached the peak of power for a time. But how did it end? A few of them can die well. How many can last forever, and how many can hand over the power in their hands to their children and grandchildren? ”

Chen Feng's words went straight to the heart, few warlords can die well, and the great warlord Yuan Shikai has been stinking for thousands of years. Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Zhang Zuolin, Wu Peifu and others have been famous for thousands of years. In addition to Zhang Zuolin, he left the foundation he laid to his son. Which of the others is not a passer-by in the power field.

It is difficult for power to complete the alternation of father and son, but property is different, and property can be left to future generations. No one can snatch it.

After pondering for a long time, Li Zongren opened his mouth and asked: "Suyan, this ransom plan of yours can solve the problem of nationalizing the army, but you have to think clearly, the funds needed to complete the nationalization of all the armies in the country are not a small amount, it may be billions of dollars, it may be tens of billions of dollars, can you come up with so much money at once?" ”

Chen Feng said with a smile: "The last thing the Chen family lacks is money, and the redemption plan is only applicable to the Gui Army, the Dian Army, the Sichuan Army, the Ma Family Army, the Northeast Army and the Little Northwest Army. ”

"That's good, but it's a big matter, I need to discuss it with the senior officers of the Gui Army, and I'll give you an answer later, okay?"

"Okay!"

"Solemn, even if you are willing to be this good money boy, but Yan'an may not accept your plan, do you know that they can be a group of idealists?" This time it was Chen Cheng who spoke.

Chen Feng replied: "I have met with Mr. Mao and others in Yan'an, they are a group of real national fighters, and the princes of Yan'an give me the feeling that they are a group of people who can accept any opinion that is beneficial to the country and the nation, as long as the decisions we make are beneficial to the country and the nation, I think they will agree." In addition, the political wisdom of the princes of Yan'an is very high, and I believe that they will understand the predicament we are facing now, and I will personally go to Yan'an at that time. ”

The meeting lasted until late in the evening, and after the meeting ended, Chen Feng rested for the night in the guest room of the Huangshan official residence; the next morning, accompanied by He Yingqin and others, Chen Feng visited the government institutions and schools in Chongqing and the places where the army was stationed, and in the afternoon he continued to hold the meeting at the Huangshan official residence.

At the beginning of the meeting, Li Zongren, on behalf of hundreds of thousands of officers and men of the Gui faction, agreed in principle to Chen Feng's ransom plan, but the Gui warlords also put forward three conditions: First, Chen Feng was asked to ensure that all officers and men of the Gui clan were treated equally with the officers and men of the central government and the officers and men of the Saibei faction, especially in the process of rank and promotion, and that they could not be discriminated against because they had been born in local warlord units.

Second, after the officers and men of the Gui family were disrupted and reorganized, they could accept anyone's wisdom, but they refused to become cannon fodder.

Third, in order to recruit soldiers in recent years, we have promised many preferential policies to the fathers and villagers in Guangxi, which is also a last resort, so I hope that these preferential policies will not be canceled after the Gui Army is integrated, especially those enjoyed by military families!

Chen Feng immediately said that he agreed to all these three conditions, and this was the legitimate interest of the officers and men of Gui and should be satisfied.

Then, on behalf of hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers of the Yunnan army, Long Yun agreed to Chen Feng's ransom plan, but Long Yunque substituted a condition that made Chen Feng very difficult, that is, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Yunnan army could not disarm a single person.

The reason why Long Yun put forward this condition has a lot to do with the style of the Yunnan army, the Yunnan army has the habit of smoking, and some people smoke big cigarettes, and some smoke dry tobacco, but whether it is big tobacco or dry tobacco, professional tools are needed - chimneys, so the Dian army is almost a cigarette holder per person, so the Dian army also has a nickname - "double spearmen".

This is not a good reputation, everyone in Yunnan can turn a blind eye, but if the palace army accepts the reorganization, some of the double spearmen obviously do not meet Chen Feng's recruitment standards, especially those who smoke big cigarettes. Therefore, the officers of the Yunnan army feared that Chen Feng would be disarmed because of this, and hoped to keep the double spearmen serving in the army.

Chen Feng is aware of this bad habit of the Yunnan army, to be honest, when he proposed the redemption plan, Chen Feng had already decided to rectify all the warlord troops, focusing on the Sichuan-Yunnan Second Army and the Ma Jiajun in the northwest, and this condition proposed by Long Yun really made Chen Feng difficult.

"Chairman Long, this condition of yours is very difficult for me, I know that what you are worried about is the fate of those two-spear soldiers. To tell the truth, those double-spearmen will definitely be eliminated, but I can keep the officers and soldiers who smoke dry tobacco, and those who smoke big cigarettes must not stay! Chen Feng said to Long Yun.

"Solemn brother, although some of the palace army smoke, their combat effectiveness is not as inferior as the outside world says. In the Battle of Taierzhuang, the Yunnan Army fought for ten days, the 184th Division stained Yuwang Mountain with blood, and Hani's "Divine Crossbow" attacked the Japanese ammunition depot at night, making great contributions to the victory of Taierzhuang. Besides, there are not many officers and soldiers who smoke big cigarettes, so I hope that the solemn brother can accept them! "Long Yundao.

Long Yun said that Chen Feng also knew that in the Battle of Taierzhuang, the 66th Army of the Yunnan Army also participated in the battle, and performed well, especially the 184th Division stationed in Yuwang Mountain, the Japanese army was fiercely blocked in Yuwang Mountain, and could not break through the defense line of the 184th Division for several days in a row, after the successive defeats, the Japanese army was annoyed and angry, and increased a large number of troops, with the cooperation of aircraft, tanks and artillery, and launched an attack on Yuwang Mountain without stopping for more than 10 days.

The 184th Division, from division commander Zhang Chong to the brigade and regiment commanders, never left the line of fire, commanded the battle, and depended on the soldiers for life and death, sharing weal and woe. Therefore, in the entire battle of Yuwang Mountain, although the Yunnan soldiers participated in the battle for days, fought hand-to-hand with the enemy, and lost a lot of troops, their morale was not reduced. Li Zuolian of the 1086th Regiment alone carried out several replenishments of troops, and suffered as many as 300 casualties. And most of the surviving Yunnan soldiers have become "bloody people" who are wounded all over their bodies and insist on fighting. In this battle, Xiang Qilong, the nephew of Zhang Chong, commander of the 184th Division and the battalion commander of the 1085th Regiment, died heroically. It was indeed fought well and heroically, which was rare among the forces of local warlords.

Chen Feng sighed and said: "Chairman Long, it's not my brother, I won't give you this face, the soldiers who smoke a lot are indeed not suitable to stay in the army, but I won't let them go, if the number of these people is not very large, I will gather them and transfer them to the logistics department, and I won't let them fend for themselves." But the officers who smoked big cigarettes were determined not to stay, not a single one. The soldier's influence is limited, if any, but if the commander smokes a lot, the impact is extremely bad. Besides, if an officer makes a mistake, the consequences will be extraordinary, not to mention affecting the lives of dozens or hundreds of people, and if they are in a key position, they will even affect the outcome of a battle. ”

What Chen Feng said was reasonable, and Long Yun also knew that it was not easy for Chen Feng to do this step, which showed Chen Feng's sincerity. With Chen Feng's assurance, Long Yun also accepted Chen Feng's plan on behalf of the Dian army.

The Gui and Dian armies agreed to accept Chen Feng's ransom plan, which was a crucial step in the unification of military orders. After the compromise of these two major military groups, the remaining troops are easy to say. The Central Army had no reason to object, the Jin Sui Army was completely under Chen Feng's orders, and the only remaining were the Sichuan Army, the Ma Family Army, the Northwest Army and the Northeast Army.

Since Liu Xiang's death, the Sichuan army has no leader, and with the Gui army and the Dian army as examples, those bigwigs in Sichuan will definitely not object, and the vast majority of the generals in the Sichuan army are still relatively aware of the righteousness.

And the Northeast Army and the Little Northwest Army have basically been divided by the old man in recent years, as long as Zhang Xiaoliu and Yang Hucheng don't jump out to make trouble, these two local armies will not become an obstacle, and now Chen Feng is most worried about the Ma Jiajun in Ningganqing. (To be continued......)