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After Liao Zhongkai persuaded Wang Jingwei, he immediately came to Hu Hanmin's mansion.These two enemies in the Kuomintang are happily setting up a banquet in the flower hall at the moment, drinking and chatting, as if they have been close friends for many years.

Hu Hanmin just remained calm, gently turning the wine glass in his hand, as if thinking about something.Liao Zhongkai's proposal is indeed very attractive.But Hu Hanmin didn't believe a word.If the CCP and Zhang Zuolin really have the sincerity of peaceful reunification, why didn't Sun Yat-sen mention it when he was alive?Now that Sun Yat-sen has just passed away, it is the time when the Kuomintang's power structure is most unstable.If peaceful reunification is achieved at this time... then the system of the five big bosses will naturally disappear. If the national government and the central government merge, the military committee affiliated to the national government will also disappear.In this way, the Kuomintang's control over the National Revolutionary Army can only rely on the political awareness of those division commanders and brigade commanders!

To put it bluntly, under the current system, those people are just dogs raised by the military committee!They will bark at whoever they bite.But if there is no Military Commission, there will be no Army Department, Staff Headquarters, and multi-level and all-round control of various arms headquarters.These guys have become warlords!At that time, it has to be the same as before, and it has to be coaxed with sweet words of gold and silver.

Of course, the national government can also hand over the entire military control system of the General Committee, the Ministry of War, and the General Staff to the central government in Beijing.But in this way, the National Revolutionary Army is no longer the Kuomintang!It would be fine if each faction had no private soldiers, but is this the case?

Hu Hanmin smiled coldly: "Zhong Kai, Prime Minister Xian has just passed away, and we are all in disarray. How can we care about 'peaceful reunification'? The top priority right now is the funeral of Prime Minister Xian. Other things will wait for the funeral Let’s discuss it slowly later, do you think it’s okay?”

Liao Zhongkai took a deep breath and looked at Hu Hanmin with extremely regretful eyes: "Cousin Zhan! The Prime Minister is gone, and you, as the chairman of our party, should take responsibility. How can you use the reason that the square inch has been messed up?" Come to evade? Besides... this time the Communist Party and the Feng Faction are about to electrify the whole country and propose a method of peaceful reunification and democratic elections. If our Kuomintang does not follow up in time, but procrastinates, when the time comes, the people of the whole country will They will all oppose us! Is our party going to become the same dictatorship as the Beiyang government?"

Hearing this, Hu Hanmin's old, thin and long face immediately pulled down: "Comrade Zhong Kai, please pay attention to your words, the political training practiced by the National Government was first proposed by the Prime Minister and led us to implement it." Yes. As for democratic elections... There is also a clear stipulation in the law of the period of political training that when the 16-year political training period comes, it will naturally return to the people. Guangdong Province started political training in the 13th year of the Republic of China, and it will naturally happen in the 29th year of the Republic of China To achieve democratically elected provincial presidents and legislatures."

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Although they failed to convince the top KMT leaders, Zhou Enlai, Liao Zhongkai, Deng Yanda and others did not give up their efforts.In the next few days, they began to travel frequently in the three towns of Wuhan.Visit figures from various factions of the Kuomintang, democrats, journalists, and national capitalists in the Kuomintang-controlled areas.Introduce them to the CCP's political proposition of "peaceful reunification and democratic elections", seek the support of these "opposition forces" in the Kuomintang-controlled areas, and use them to exert pressure on the ruling Kuomintang authorities.

At the same time, the trade unions and student organizations led by the Southern Bureau of the CCP also received instructions to organize peaceful petitions in major cities in the Kuomintang-controlled areas to support the idea of ​​"peaceful reunification and democratic elections."The major newspapers in the Kuomintang-controlled areas have also begun to publicize the CCP's propositions in lengthy articles.All of a sudden, there was an uproar in the Kuomintang-controlled area, and the five bigwigs at the top of the Kuomintang's power pyramid also began to feel the seriousness of the problem.

There was a snap.In the conference room of the Central Party Headquarters of the Kuomintang, there was another sound of slapping the table.Then there was a roar with a bit of Fenghua accent: "Mother Xipi! This gang of Communists, the prime minister's bones were not cold yet, and they ran amok right under our noses, instigating student workers and that group of fools to oppose us! How can this go on? Come on! How can it be done! I propose to immediately ban the Communist Party in the training area and arrest these reactionary elements who are disrupting society!"

Looking at the furious Chiang Kai-shek, Luo Yaoguo shook his head lightly, thinking: "This old Chiang keeps saying that he wants to arrest people, but what will he do after he is arrested? Isn't it better to eat and drink well, take care of him, or shut him down for a few days symbolically?" It’s about to be let go. And with regard to the ‘party situation’ that the veterans of the Kuomintang go around everywhere, if they intercede and clear it up at that time, won’t they break the threshold of a few big brothers’ families?”

Hu Hanmin glanced at Chiang Kai-shek with a livid face, and said a few words in a calm voice: "Comrade Jieshi, don't be impatient, our training area has relevant laws to punish criminals who disturb the society. But... now they have no It's illegal, it's just a peaceful petition, how can we, as politicians, not have this grace?"

Although he said this on his lips, in his heart, Hu Hanmin also knew that the CCP had seized a god-sent opportunity.Taking advantage of Sun Yat-sen's death, the Kuomintang lost its political support, and used "peaceful reunification and democratic elections" as an excuse, which was actually a political attack on the Kuomintang.Thinking of the current difficult situation, I can't help but miss Sun Yat-sen in my heart. If he is still alive, he can easily defuse the CCP's offensive with just one sentence.But right now...the KMT no longer has such a great master.

The bigwigs who participated in the presidium meeting also fell into silence. After a long time, Luo Yiqun broke the silence with a deep sigh. His eyes flickered: "Mr. Zhan (Hu Hanmin), should we start the peace talks with the north? Let's wait for a while. Time, let's talk about stabilizing our situation, maybe there will be a turning point at that time."

Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help shaking his head when he heard the words. Negotiations with the CCP can only be delayed for a while, and cannot fundamentally solve the problem.And once the negotiations start, the political initiative will fall into the hands of the CCP.If we can't reach an agreement at that time, we can fight again... But it will be the same as Yuan Shikai back then. Even if he gains the upper hand in the military, the popular support will be irreparable.

"We should express our attitude towards this, whether we agree or disapprove of 'peaceful reunification' and 'election of the National Assembly'. I think this will be very helpful for us to win back the political initiative?" Luo Yaoguo said softly , there was no expression on a fair face: "Now the country's economy has just improved, and the lives of ordinary people have some hope. Under such circumstances, civil war is the most unpopular. Therefore, the banner of 'peaceful reunification' First of all, we should hold it high, and as for...the unification method, we should not accept the CCP’s proposition, but should come up with our own method.” Luo Yaoguo’s tone suddenly became more serious: “We must never abandon the Nationalist Government, let alone combine the National Revolutionary Army and the National Revolutionary Army. The so-called merger of the central army! The two complement each other and are an important tool to realize our party's proposition and fulfill the last wish of the former Prime Minister. Our method of "peaceful reunification" and "election of the National Assembly" should be after the southern provinces have completed the political training. Implemented within the framework of the Nationalist Government and the Legislative Yuan . . . and for now, our concessions to the northern factions should be limited to the recognition of the Beijing government as the central government."

Chapter 0460 the greatest crisis of the Kuomintang (five)

Since the Kuomintang version of the "peaceful reunification" and "democratic constitutional government" roadmap was put forward, the turbulent situation in various parts of the south was quickly subsided.On March 18, 22th year of the Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen's funeral was held smoothly as scheduled.Prior to this, on March [-], the KMT Central Committee and the CCP delegation also reached a consensus on launching "peaceful reunification" negotiations.Known in history as the "March [-]th" consensus.

The carriage carrying Sun Yat-sen's coffin and the long procession to Tibet consisting of KMT military and political officials, representatives of various factions, celebrities, and allies left the Moshan mansion early on the morning of the 22nd.Along Zhongshan Avenue, enter Wuchang City westward, circle the city for a week, and then enter the "Zhongshan Memorial Hall" where the coffins are temporarily parked.On both sides of the avenue, there have long been crowds of Wuhan citizens who spontaneously came to mourn, and the number of people is no less than one million!On both sides of the road, there was a lot of crying.

At the front of the solemn and solemn procession was a group of KMT cavalry in khaki military uniforms, riding tall Western horses and holding sharp sabers, advancing slowly.Behind them is a hearse with a coffin, and on both sides of the hearse are the five big bosses of the Kuomintang and Sun Ke, the eldest son of Sun Yat-sen.After the hearse came Sun Yat-sen's family members and other high-level members of the Kuomintang, and behind them were representatives of various factions in the north, celebrities from all walks of life, and people from friendly countries.Walking at the end of the line was a phalanx formed by students from the Central Military Academy and the Army University. The young soldiers were neatly dressed, holding bayonet-mounted rifles, and lined up neatly, like a slowly advancing steel forest.

Luo Yaoguo supported the hearse and walked slowly, but out of the corner of his eye, he kept staring at Chiang Kai-shek on the other side of the hearse.Everyone in the world thought that after Sun Yat-sen, the so-called five big bosses maintained the situation of the Kuomintang. In fact, how could they have imagined that among these five big bosses, the real pillars were only Chiang Kai-shek and Luo Yaoguo!The other three big bosses are either mediocre and ineffective, or they are too old to be responsible. Their role is only to maintain balance.The Kuomintang is now a three-legged stool, Luo Yaoguo has one leg, Chiang Kai-shek has one leg, and three other big men have one leg together.Only when these three legs exist can the Kuomintang, which rules over half of China, be supported.If one of the legs is broken, the balance will be broken immediately... The Kuomintang will immediately fall into disintegration, and history will return to the original track.But how do I maintain the strength of this third leg?

The general situation of the world has changed drastically. The Kuomintang, a behemoth, should shift its main energy to the inside in the next few years, right?Where should the energy of the CCP go?Thinking of this, Zhou Enlai, who was walking in the middle of the sending team to Tibet with a sad expression on his face, turned his gaze to Zhang Xueliang, Young Marshal Zhang with his head hanging down and a deep expression not far away.The nominal central government in Beijing is a team formed by the CCP and the Feng faction.In order to turn this regime into a real people's regime, we must first transform and revolutionize the Feng family.Similarly, Manchuria in the hands of the Feng Faction is also the most ideal base for the Chinese revolution. If you have Manchuria's rich resources and fertile land, you should have the capital to compete with the Kuomintang, right?But how will the CCP transform the Feng Clan and control the Northeast?

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"Xixian, what places have they arranged for you to visit these few days? How do you feel?"

After attending the funeral, Zhou Enlai asked Deng Xixian, who was in the same car with him, about the situation of the visit during the past two days on the way back to the headquarters of the Southern Bureau of the Communist Party of China in Hankou.Deng Xixian is currently the party secretary of the CCP's heavy industry base - Baotou Special Economic Zone, leading the overall construction of the CCP's heavy industry.In addition to attending Sun Yat-sen's funeral, I came to the south this time to take the opportunity to observe the heavy industry enterprises in the south.

"Comrade Enlai, we have been wandering around Wuhan in the past two days, and we have not gone far. We have seen the arsenal and power plant in Hanyang, the steelmaking plant in Daye, and several hydropower stations under construction. The feeling of these factories Well...it’s big! It’s comparable to those factories I saw in France. Hanyang’s arsenal occupies almost half of the city, and its products range from rifle bullets to heavy howitzers. The trade bureau of their Armament Department has the same surname Director Lu also showed me the newly assembled 210mm heavy-duty howitzer, which is said to be a copy of the German 1910 model. A shell weighs 120 kilograms and can hit a distance of about 10 kilometers. The surname Lu also asked us about the construction of The Dagukou Fortress in Tianjin seems to want to sell this artillery to us as a fortress... The Daye Iron and Steel Plant is also very large, even larger than the Schneider Iron and Steel Plant I worked in France. It is said that This year's annual output will exceed 100 million tons! And it is still under construction, not fully completed... Finally, I went to see a university, which is on the other side of the East Lake. The name is the Sino-German Joint University of Technology. It is co-organized by the Polytechnic University, but the management is completely controlled by the Germans, and the professors are all from Germany. It is said that the education level is very high and the management is very strict.”

Deng Xixian's face was serious, and speaking Mandarin with a strong Sichuan accent, he introduced to Zhou Enlai in detail what he had seen and heard in the past few days.

Zhou Enlai listened with a serious face. When Deng Xixian mentioned the United University of Technology, he frowned: "This university trains talents in engineering and technology, and it is very difficult to pass the exam! Almost all the people we arrange to apply for the exam are The army was wiped out, and only two or three people were recruited. To develop heavy industry, we need a large number of engineers and technicians. Comrade Xixian, do you have any thoughts on this?"

Deng Xixian nodded lightly: "We need engineers and technicians to develop heavy industry. We can't just rely on the universities in the Kuomintang-controlled area to train us. The top science and engineering universities here are too difficult to get into. Moreover, there is a shortage of engineers in the Kuomintang-controlled area right now, so the salary is very good. I am worried that the students we send will be tempted... so we can only rely on the help of the Soviet Union for now."

Zhou Enlai was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, and then said after a while: "The students we send to study are at least members of the Communist Youth League, and some are party members. They are all Marxists. How could they be confused by the bourgeois way of life?" Speaking of Here, Zhou Enlai was a little hesitant when he saw Deng Xixian's expression, as if he wanted to say something, but couldn't say it.

"Xixian, there are no outsiders here, so if you have something to say, just say it."

Deng Xixian smiled wryly and nodded lightly: "Comrade Enlai, to tell you the truth, our Baotou Special Economic Zone is short of not only engineers, but also skilled workers! Now the industry in the south is developing rapidly, and the treatment of skilled workers is also very generous. Few people are willing to stay in Baotou. This time, the skilled workers sent to Baotou by China Iron and Steel and China Military Industry to take charge of the factory construction are not willing to stay in Baotou. No matter how we mobilize, it will not work! Most of the workers and masters of the Dexian Arsenal They refused to come to Baotou, and even if they came, they would always think about leaving, which made us very embarrassed! After all, they are all working class..."

Zhou Enlai took a deep breath, and his thick eyebrows were tightly knit into a ball: "Skilled workers must seize the time to train themselves, and choose from among the red army soldiers who have been cut down. Even the active Red Army can also be selected. The salary should also be favorable. , and promotion can be prioritized. As for... the engineers, please ask the Soviet Union for help. Xixian, is there any difficulty?"

Deng Xixian bowed his head and thought for a while: "It's still a lack of funds! It's hard to keep people. To put it bluntly, it's the same reason. I don't know if this heavy industry is going to be done. Only after doing it, I found out that the money is really being spent like running water! And after a long time For a period of time, only going out but not coming in!"

"Didn't I allocate 5000 million silver dollar certificates to you? Have you spent all of them?" Zhou Enlai looked at Deng Xixian and asked calmly.

Deng Xixian let out a long sigh, and counted it to Zhou Enlai with his fingers: "5000 million of the 4000 million silver dollar certificates are used to pay for the construction costs of arsenals, steel plants, power plants, railways and other projects. The remaining 1000 million The plan is to serve as the start-up funds for these projects, as well as the resettlement costs of the [-] Production and Construction Corps. Our funds are already very tight, and the silver dollar certificates seem to... show some signs of depreciation recently, so it is even more insufficient."

Zhou Enlai nodded and sighed softly.Of course, he also knew that the silver dollar coupons began to depreciate slowly.During this period of severe drought in the Northwest, food prices rose; the customs area started to operate again, so the price of imported materials also increased; the Japanese Bank of Korea and Zhengjin Bank received British capital injections and resumed the opening of banknotes issued by them. In addition, after South China abandoned the silver standard, the Central Bank of the Nationalist Government and the major banks in the South sold silver to buy gold in the international market. As a result, the price of silver itself also fell, and the silver dollar notes linked to it naturally Also depreciate.The combination of all these resulted in the weakening of silver dollar certificates, which also increased the difficulty of the CCP's heavy industry construction.

"Comrade Enlai, the difficulties we are currently encountering in the construction of heavy industry are ultimately due to the lack of financial resources and resources at our disposal." Deng Xixian approached Zhou Enlai and lowered his voice:

"Heavy industry is built on the basis of real money. The Kuomintang has invested hundreds of millions of dollars every year over the years, and capitalists and foreign businessmen have also invested together. That's why the scale is now... Relying on the financial resources of our Soviet area. It’s because we can’t afford many heavy industries. Now we have to find a way to find another source of income. If we can control the central government and use the central government’s money to invest, then the situation will be greatly improved.”

"Control the central government..." Zhou Enlai frowned and nodded noncommittally.

Zhou Enlai didn't speak again, but stared straight ahead, his thick eyebrows were tightly frowned, and his gaze was extremely serious.Deng Xixian who is familiar with Zhou Enlai knows that Zhou Enlai must have some very difficult decision in his mind.

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The Yangtze River rolls eastward.Perhaps because of a few spring rains, the water level of this great river across the land of China also began to rise, rolling and churning towards the sea.

On the south bank of the Yangtze River, Liao Zhongkai and Deng Yanda were standing side by side on the newly completed embankment with their hands behind their backs.However, what we are facing is not the big river rushing eastward, but the urban area of ​​Wuchang, which is protected by embankments as tall as mountains.What caught the eye was a dozen or so huge construction sites.About a hundred new buildings are being wrapped in scaffolding made of moso bamboo, and construction is underway.

In the past few years, the economy in the south has developed very rapidly, and major cities are expanding at an unimaginable speed.Every year, millions of young people flock from rural provinces to cities in search of opportunities.It not only provides sufficient cheap labor for the development of urban industry and commerce, but also creates a lot of demand.

Especially after the major banks in the south began to issue "real estate mortgage loans", the spring of the real estate industry seems to be coming...well, it may also be the arrival of a bubble, but Liao Zhongkai and Deng Yanda, two big leftists, have no opinion on this.

Liao Zhongkai looked at the city scenery for a while, shook his head and said with a smile: "Zhesheng, in fact, these rightists have done a good job. Whether it is heavy industry or people's livelihood, they should have handed over a good report card in the past few years. Some Such achievements...why don’t these people dare to run against the Communist Party?”

Deng Yanda sneered: "They develop the economy entirely for their own interests, and the results of economic development mainly go to the big capitalists and big bureaucrats. How much benefits do workers and peasants get? The Communist Party develops the economy for the people, and their leaders live a simple life. There is no privilege at all! Even most of the working class here are richer than them, and their food and clothing are better than theirs. So once we start to implement a democratic constitutional government, although our Kuomintang can temporarily win power, it will eventually lose For the Communist Party. This should be the reason why those rightists in our party refuse to engage in democratic constitutionalism.”

Liao Zhongkai smiled: "But why do they reiterate the 16-year political training period? For example, Guangdong Province will have a democratically elected provincial chairman and legislature representatives in the 29th year of the Republic of China. But it's still only 11 years."

Deng Yanda let out a sigh, his face full of contempt: "These people are just trying to delay the army... When the period of Guangdong's political training expires in 11 years, they will definitely find some reason to prevaricate."

Liao Zhongkai frowned, just about to say something.Suddenly he clearly felt his chest was hit by something, followed by a burst of heart-piercing pain.He wanted to yell loudly, but all his strength disappeared from him, and he couldn't even utter the last cry.There was only one thought that gradually dissipated in his mind, that he had finally become a victim of a conspiracy and was about to follow the former Prime Minister!But who is behind this conspiracy?Who hated himself so much that he insisted on putting himself to death?In the end, he also heard Deng Yanda's loud cry...

On March 18, 22th year of the Republic of China, on the day of the funeral of Mr. Sun Yat-sen, the former prime minister of the Kuomintang, Liao Zhongkai, the leftist leader of the Kuomintang, was assassinated on the Yangtze River Embankment!What took his life was the most common 7.62mm rifle bullet... exactly the same as the bullet used by the Kuomintang Army infantry machine rifle!

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Central Military Academy shooting range.

Luo Yaoguo also had several such 7.62mm rifle bullets in his hand, and also had a rifle in his hand.This is a new type of rifle code-named "Zhongshan Style", which was designed and developed by the firearms factory of China Military Industry according to the Chinese people's figure.The original code name was the Eighteenth Form of the People's Republic of China, but it was changed to the current name in memory of Sun Yat-sen.This kind of rifle has a full gun length of 1110mm, a bayonet full length of 1335mm, an empty gun weight of 3.9kg, a barrel length of 600mm, and a muzzle velocity of 810m/s.In addition, there is a model with a folding bayonet named Zhongshan Riding Rifle.

Not far from him, several non-commissioned officers lying on the shooting line, each of them held a Min 100-style rifle like this.The blued blue on the steel parts of the rifle is brand new and dazzling, and it is obvious that it has just left the factory.[-] meters away, there was a row of targets, and the center of the target was densely packed with bullet holes.These non-commissioned officers are all the squad leaders of the infantry squad in the teaching corps, and they were transferred here today to test their guns.

In addition, there was another person standing beside Luo Yaoguo, wearing a general's uniform and a hat with a big brim.However, this military uniform is not the National Revolutionary Army standard. It turns out that he is the commander-in-chief of the Youth Army Wang Zixing who came to Wuhan to attend Sun Yat-sen's funeral.As soon as the funeral was over, he and Luo Yaoguo came to this shooting range to watch the shooting with the freshly baked Zhongshan-style rifle.

Luo Yaoguo pressed the bullets in his hand into the magazine one by one, and pushed the bolt on with a snap.Then he threw the rifle to Wang Zixing who was beside him, and said with a smile: "Jun Hao, come and shoot a few shots to see how it feels. Your youth army will soon start to equip this rifle."

After receiving the rifle, Wang Zixing did not shoot it immediately, but admired it a little bit, and repeatedly sighed: "Teacher, this rifle is much more refined than the Min Shisan we used before, and it is full of German colors all over the body. It smells...if the caliber is changed to 7.92mm, it will be a German gun."