Wu Ming's words immediately made everyone understand.

Zhou Wenyan admired his old friend, Zhang Lisheng also sighed, and he wanted to salute Wu Ming when he picked up the cup: "Brother Wu, I have been famous for a long time before, but I didn't expect my brother to be so good in all aspects, it seems that your lack of politics is also a big loss in the political arena."

Everyone laughed, and seemed to agree with Zhang Lisheng's opinion.

Wu Ming stood up politely, picked up the wine glass, took the initiative to touch Zhang Lisheng, showed the bottom of the glass after pouring it down, picked up the wine bottle in a cheer, and respectfully filled the wine glass in front of everyone, and then returned to his place and sat down.

Zhou Wenyan asked Xu Enzeng with interest: "Seat, when do you expect the army to move?" ”

Everyone here is his own people, and Xu Enzeng did not hide it, and introduced:

"We must make adequate preparations now, and it is expected that we must move within three months at the latest, the situation in North China is becoming more and more tense, and we have no time to grind foreign workers with those separatist forces in the two Guangzhou...... If we do not eradicate the country's largest separatist clique and the Guangxi separatist clique as soon as possible, we will not be able to deter the powerful forces of warlords large and small in various localities, and all the policies and policies on party affairs and currency reform that have been formulated since the Fifth National Congress will not be able to be carried out smoothly, and will also endanger the foundation of the party-state, which will lead the country to gradually return to the state of division and separation in the early days of the Republic of China. Imperative"

Xu Enzeng's righteous and stern words won everyone's echo, but Wu Ming, who had a calm face, didn't say anything, silently lifted the chopsticks and ate slowly

Zhang Lisheng and Xu Enzeng glanced at each other, the former's heart moved, smiled and asked Wu Ming, "Brother Wu, what do you think about this?" ”

Wu Ming from the first time he saw Zhang Lisheng, he had deep scruples about this dignified and shrewd person who could speak authentic official language, and he knew that not everyone could climb from a returned student to a high position in the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang in just ten years, so he was very polite to Zhang Lisheng.

"To be honest, I really don't want to fight a civil war, because the pace of aggression by the Japanese army is getting closer and closer...... Presumably, all the monarchs in the party and the military know that the war between China and Japan is inevitable, and it is only a matter of time sooner or later, but I very much agree with Director Xu's incisive view just now, and if the split between the two countries is not resolved as soon as possible, it will be extremely harmful to the whole country."

"Although Li Zongren, the head of the Gui faction, has been shouting about anti-Japanese aggression recently, and has also put forward the 'scorched earth war of resistance, policy, which shocks China and foreign countries and is also admired by many people, but I still don't believe his words, if he really bent on resisting the war, he would not have so many contradictions with the central government at the moment of the great enemy."

"To put it bluntly, this person is more concerned about his own position and the interests of the group, otherwise he can make reasonable demands to the central government, and then lead his steel army and iron army to the front line in North China, I think whether it is Chairman Chiang, the central government, and even the people of the whole country, they will support his actions."

Everyone nodded frequently, agreeing with Wu Ming's analysis.

Wu Ming continued: "Let's talk about Chen Jitang, the king of the Southern Heavens, who has not only not handed over hundreds of millions of yuan of taxes in Guangdong to the central government every year, but has asked the central government for such and such funds and policies...... What cannot be forgiven is that he had just arrived in Nanjing at the end of last year to hold in-depth talks with the chairman of the NPC National Committee, and before leaving Nanjing, he specially held a news conference to announce to Chinese and foreign reporters that Guangdong would never engage in separatism and that he and the army under his leadership would absolutely obey the central leadership

"However, two days after Chen Jitang went back, he rebelled with Li Zongren and others, such behavior, no matter what he himself thought, no matter how hard he was, he was an untrustworthy person, let alone a real soldier, so although I was unwilling to fight a civil war, I could not tolerate his behavior."

"And in the Guangdong Army and the Gui Army, there are many people who have the same idea as Chen Jitang and Li Zongren, and I Wu Ming have no psychological burden to crusade against such people, and I am willing to rush to the front line and fulfill the responsibilities and obligations of a revolutionary soldier...... That's all."

"Well said"

Xu Enzeng praised loudly, Zhang Lisheng took the lead in applauding, followed by applause, Zhou Wenyan, a die-hard member of the Three People's Principles, stood up excitedly, walked to Wu Ming with a wine glass, and clinked glasses with his old friend Wu Ming very solemnly and happily, and then drank it all happily, which once again attracted full applause.

Fang Youchun, who clapped his hands frequently, breathed a long sigh of relief, and suddenly found that his brother-in-law Wu Ming was becoming more and more like a soldier, and the invisible majesty revealed by his body was becoming more and more prosperous

Xu Enzeng and Zhang Lisheng were very satisfied, it can be said that the trip was very successful, and they knew Wu Ming's character and personality better, and they were completely relieved of Wu Ming's position.

Wu Ming, who returned to Changshan's home that night, was in a heavy mood, but in the face of his happy wife and sleeping daughter on the side, he had to squeeze out a smile until his wife fell asleep contentedly, Wu Ming still couldn't sleep.

On the Chinese New Year's Eve, Changshan Fangfu was very lively, Wu Ming's daughter and Fang Youchun's two children got together to make trouble, and Wu Ming, who went to Jiangshan County to comfort the officers and soldiers under his command, also rushed home in the afternoon, and accompanied the two elders to have a reunion dinner with Fang Youchun and his wife, making the two elders happy and unable to close their mouths.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Wu Ming, who was in Kaihua to express his condolences to the officers and soldiers of the Second Regiment under his command, received a telegram from Yu Jishi, immediately put down all the work in his hand and drove to Hangzhou to meet Yu Jishi, who had returned home to save his relatives.

After arriving in Hangzhou, Wu Ming did not greet anyone, and drove directly to the Huanglong Hotel on the shore of the West Lake, where he had a secret conversation with Yu Jishi, who had just returned to Hangzhou from his hometown of Fenghua, in a luxurious suite for a day and a night.

Yu Jishi, who was about to attend the Party Congress, attached great importance to Wu Ming's opinions and views, except for concealing his relationship with the CC Department and the Maoliangwu Arsenal, Wu Ming knew everything about other issues, and was very frank, and finally sincerely expressed his willingness to obey the call of the old chief Yu Jishi at any time.

Yu Jishi was very pleased, and instructed Wu Ming to wait patiently for the opportunity and train the troops well and not to be in a hurry; at present, the entire territory of Sichuan has been brought under the substantive jurisdiction of the central authorities, and the reorganization and dismantling of the Sichuan army, the Guizhou army, and the Yunnan army are in full swing, and the strength of the troops directly under the central government is bound to be further expanded; The northwest side's attack on northern Shaanxi and Yan'an was quite smooth, and Wang Yaowu's 51st Division also became the main force in the northwest operation, and although the 58th Division was still stationed in Yichang, it had been smoothly expanded into a finishing division, and the next step would be Wu Ming's new 10th Brigade.

Wu Ming took the opportunity to ask Yu Jishi's views on the situation between the two Guangzhous.

Yu Jishi said with a smile This is also an important reason why I called you, the committee has already made up its mind to use troops against Liangguang, and it will be clear in May at the latest. Yu Jishi's thoughts were almost the same as those of Xu Enzeng and others, requiring Wu Ming to be ready to fight in the south at any time, as long as he made military achievements, it would be much easier for the new 10th Brigade to be expanded into a division, and it would definitely become the main division in the Central Army.

On the evening of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Wu Ming quietly returned to western Zhejiang, and rushed to Shangrao, Jiangxi Province the next morning, and went to Chenfu in Huanggu Town to pay New Year's greetings.

This is the first time Wu Ming asked Wang Daohan and the Shangrao Chamber of Commerce to do things for him, in the just-concluded central monetary reform, a year ago Wu Ming reminded Wang Daohan and the Shangrao Chamber of Commerce, boldly and Mao Liangwu Chamber of Commerce hand in hand, taking advantage of the rise in silver prices and the implementation of the fiat currency in the process of the people's panic to make a lot of money, and now they are preparing to take advantage of the slow rise in gold prices to take advantage of the opportunity to take advantage of the slow rise in gold prices.

Wang Daohan and the leaders of the chamber of commerce agreed to Wu Ming's request, but they felt very difficult to recruit three regiments of recruits within a month, and after discussing the matter, they could only guarantee 3,000 people, of which 1,500 were still the recruits recalled by Wang Daohan a month ago to ensure the safety of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi railway under construction.

Wu Ming secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as soon as he opened his mouth, asking for three regiments of recruits was just his way of bargaining, and he originally thought that it would be very good to get two thousand recruits from the six counties of Shangrao, so he agreed with the opinions of Wang Daohan and others without any hesitation, and also received a good evaluation of being reasonable, generous and easy-going.

In fact, even if there are no 3,000 soldiers in Shangrao, Wu Ming can form three new regiments within a month, and only need to draw half of the troops from the militia groups in Kaihua County and Maoliangwu to easily form a regiment, and they are all excellent soldiers with more than a year of training foundation, but at an important juncture, Wu Ming will not use these two pieces of self-reserved land that have been deeply branded by himself, and he must recruit as many qualified soldiers as possible from other places.

In the face of the increasingly severe situation, Wu Ming, who has been low-key for several years to develop and make money, has escaped the civil war, but has also lost the opportunity to develop and grow, seeing that the Sino-Japanese all-out war is getting closer and closer, Wu Ming can no longer continue the previous strategy, he must seize any opportunity to expand his strength, and the minimum goal must be expanded to a division and promoted to the rank of general, in order to give full play to the strength accumulated for several years, in order to better safeguard the fundamental interests of himself and all his brothers who follow him

Wu Ming finished talking with Wang Daohan and the leaders of the Chamber of Commerce, and his sister Chen Yi, who was becoming more and more mature and beautiful, took his hand and didn't let him leave, Wu Ming knew that this was not only Chen Yi's meaning, but also the expectations of Chen Jiyao and the third wife, so he stayed, and instructed the adjutant Cheng Yuan to bring a big red envelope and a few gifts, and followed the third master Chen to the Qi's house in the south of the town to worship for a year, in order to thank the Qiqi family for their hospitality to him when he was in trouble.