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Chiang Kai-shek took a sip of his wine and gave a wry smile: "To be honest, brother Hanqing, there are indeed many differences between Liao Zhongkai and the presidium of our party. It is all about fighting for power and profit. I am ashamed to think about it. The spirit in heaven! But the matter of assassinating Comrade Zhong Kai... Brother Yu believes that it was definitely not done by anyone in the presidium. It is not because of the noble character of the five of us. There is really no need to kill him, who is powerless and powerless, but just The old man who talks strange things."

Zhang Xueliang smiled, but nodded noncommittally.Who killed Liao Zhongkai? This matter has nothing to do with the Zhang family. Zhang Xueliang didn't bother to think about it. All he had to consider was the interests of the Feng family and the Zhang family.

Chiang Kai-shek seemed to see that Zhang Xueliang was not interested in this topic, so he changed the subject: "Brother Han Qing. When the Prime Minister was alive, the most important concern was the sovereignty of the three northeastern provinces, so among the northern factions, you are the most important Fengjun. We are often told to do our best to help Fengjun, to do our part to defend the Northeast, and to recover the sovereignty of the Kantung State Concession and the South Manchuria Railway as soon as possible. Today, we are taking this opportunity to discuss what Fengjun is currently lacking. What? What kind of help do we need from our national government?"

Young Marshal Zhang was most interested in this topic. He clasped his fists together and said with a smile, "Since brother Jieshi has spoken, I will be more polite to you. What our Fengjun lacks most now is military pay and heavy weapons. Especially Heavy artillery is the most lacking. In addition, the arsenals of the three northeastern provinces have been trying to make their own gun steel for the past two years, but they have not succeeded. There are no good planes, and the warships are quite old, if they cannot be updated, it would be good to remodel them.”

"Okay, okay, okay. You Fengjun came to our national government with difficulties, which shows that you don't treat us as outsiders! We are naturally willing to provide assistance." Chiang Kai-shek nodded with a smile, gently turning the wine glass in his hand, After pondering for a while:

"The military salary can be given 1000 million French currency first... Heavy artillery, right now our army has two models, one is the 150th-style 210mm caliber heavy field howitzer, and each infantry division-level artillery regiment of our National Revolutionary Army is equipped with a battalion ten Eight. The other is the [-]-type [-]mm caliber heavy howitzer. This artillery has just started production and is also imported from German Krupp technology. It is planned to equip several independent heavy artillery brigades, but it can also be used as a bank Anti-aircraft guns are used. I don’t know which one you Fengjun needs?”

Zhang Xueliang's face changed slightly when he heard the words, and he glanced at Chiang Kai-shek with complicated eyes. After pondering for a moment, he said: "Brother Jieshi is really bold, so the younger brother will not be polite. Our Fengjun now has a heavy artillery brigade, but there is only one regiment." Equipped with 36 Japanese-made Meiji 38-year 150mm caliber howitzers. The other regiment is still using 75mm mountain guns. If your party is convenient... We want to replace this other regiment with Shangmin 150-type 36mm heavy artillery, a total of [-] , each with five hundred rounds of ammunition."

"Okay, no problem." Chiang Kai-shek seemed to make a decision without even thinking about it: "Besides, Paogang, I will discuss this matter with Mr. Sun Zhesheng (Sun Ke) after the funeral of the Prime Minister is finished. What's the problem. As for the Air Force... the planes are not a problem. We will give you 200 planes first. If you don't have enough, you can give them more. The Sino-German Aircraft Company has a monthly output of more than [-] planes, but it is difficult to train pilots. You Fengjun now has Aviation school? If you don’t have one, you can come to our Central Military Academy’s flight school for training. All fees are free. I’m not good at warships, so why not wait for Mr. Sun Zhesheng to finish the funeral of the Prime Minister? Brother Hanqing, you What do you think?"

Zhang Xueliang nodded slightly, rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "Okay! Then I would like to thank brother Jieshi for his help. When I return to Fengtian, I will try to select talents and send them to the Central Military Academy."

Chiang Kai-shek smiled, and waved his hands nonchalantly: "These things are not brought from Brother Yu's house. As long as our southern society is not messed up by the Communist Party, they will be produced very quickly. Just like the Soviet Union, when the Tsar was at the beginning When they were in power, they produced more than 500 million tons of steel a year! Battleships could also be produced by themselves, but now? Shouldn’t they be imported from us? And they are imperialist industrial countries after all, and they can withstand tossing. We can’t do it now. This heavy industry is the family property that the Prime Minister has worked so hard to maintain, if it is in chaos like Russia for a while... it will be poor and empty again."

Zhang Xueliang just smiled: "Brother Jieshi said, my younger brother knows it well. In fact, my father and Feng Jun have no intention of disputes inside the customs. They just want to withdraw from the customs and defend this piece of land for the country."

Chiang Kai-shek nodded frequently, and laughed loudly: "Naturally, the Northeast is ruled by the Fengjun, and our national government has no intention of interfering with the autonomy of the Northeast. Brother Yu here promises that as long as Brother Yu is in power, the surname of this Northeast will be Zhang, and the National Government will only Fengjun defends the backing of the Northeast."

A hint of surprise flashed across Zhang Xueliang's face, and then he smiled again: "The younger brother also assured the elder brother that our Fengjun will never interfere in the internal disputes of the Kuomintang, nor will we join forces with the Communist Party to exert pressure on your party."

……

Spring is getting stronger in Beijing, and even the normally dry and cold climate has become warm and humid.Like this weather of recovery, the current Beijing city has once again returned to the center of the Chinese political arena after almost a whole year of solitude.However, Wuhan, the "capital" of the Southern Nationalist Government, gradually faded from the sight of people in the North. People only knew that it was the ruling center of a small group of Kuomintang rightists who had betrayed Mr. Sun Yat-sen's will and gave orders.But that group of people obviously won't be proud for long.Because the real Kuomintang Central Committee has been re-established in Beijing!

As the Kuomintang presidium repeatedly and resolutely refused to thoroughly investigate the assassination of Liao Zhongkai, the unbearable leftists of the Kuomintang finally left Hanbei in anger on April [-], ten days later.After arriving in Beijing, he announced a formal break with the right wing of the Kuomintang, and held a congress of the Kuomintang democrats at No. [-] Iron Lion Hutong in Beijing, and established the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee.He also announced that he would adhere to Sun Yat-sen's three major policies of "uniting with Russia, uniting with the Communist Party, and supporting farmers and workers", resolutely opposed the dictatorship of the five right-wing leaders of the Kuomintang, and called on all members of the Kuomintang to break with the right-wing elements, stand on the side of the people and the central government, and fight for peaceful reunification and the National Assembly. Fight against the early convening of the Kuomintang... In short, the Kuomintang has finally embarked on the road of splitting again!For a while, the common people in Beijing were discussing a lot, thinking that the half of the Kuomintang really couldn't last long.

"Drink! Sun Dapao's bones were not cold, and the Kuomintang was divided into two. This posture looks at Beiyang, which Yuan Datou passed away! One direct line and one Anhui line made troubles, and the Kuomintang finally made trouble... This time the Kuomintang is also making trouble like this, look. In the end, the whole world might belong to the Communist Party!"

"That's not necessarily true. The current president of the central government is Marshal Zhang! He is sitting in the three eastern provinces, as well as Zhili and Rehe, with 40 troops! There are also navy and air force. But they are second only to the Kuomintang. Pai. How many members does the Communist Party have?"

"Well, that's right. Right now, the Kuomintang is a grasshopper after autumn, and it won't be around for long. In the future, the surname will either be Communist or Zhang."

"What? They still have to compete? Aren't they united?"

"Hey...who can't understand this matter? Now unite against the Kuomintang, and when the Kuomintang is over, don't you have to fight to the death?"

"Keep your voice down, you can't talk nonsense..."

The people in the market and the people can see it clearly, and the dignitaries in Beijing naturally have their own thoughts.If it is said that when Sun Yat-sen just passed away, the big guys still couldn't see the direction.So now that the Kuomintang has split, at least in Beijing, the market for the CCP and Fengzhang has risen again.As for which of the two of them is more optimistic, it is naturally the CCP. After all, the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee announced "unity with Russia, alliance with the Communist Party, and support for farmers and workers"!There is nothing to explain here... It seems that the Kuomintang who came from the south is also optimistic about the Communist Party.

……

In the palace of Shuncheng County, Beijing, in the flower hall, there are two cups of tea with a fragrant fragrance, and a father and son are sitting opposite each other at this moment.

"Little Six, what do you think of the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee? Is it possible for them to fight against Wuhan?" Zhang Zuolin leaned on a sofa, half-closed his eyes, holding a letter written by Deng Yanda in his hand.The other party wanted to persuade Zhang Zuolin to mobilize the main force of the Feng army to press south, so as to force the right wing of the Kuomintang to agree to a thorough investigation of the Liao case.

There was a hint of sarcasm on the corner of Zhang Xueliang's mouth: "Father, Chiang Kai-shek gave us 1000 million French currency; he also promised to give us 36 150mm caliber heavy guns with [-] rounds of shells; he gave us [-] planes, and he also wanted to help us Training pilots. And what did he give to Deng Zesheng? It’s just a personal letter! Don’t you understand who really made friends with us? In my opinion, we still have to base ourselves in the Northeast, and Zhili should not put too much The army, let alone divert its main force to the south, let alone follow the CCP and the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee to harass the south. And... you must be on guard against others!"

Zhang Zuolin frowned, and after a long silence, he said, "Little Six, what you mean by being defensive..."

Zhang Xueliang leaned closer to his father and lowered his voice: "If we transfer the main force of the Feng army into the pass and press south... First, the northeast is empty, giving people an opportunity to take advantage of; For the Wan Dajun, the logistics can only go to the east of Jidong and Tianjin. Neither Chahar nor the city of Beijing is what we have the final say at the moment. If an army invades Tianjin and cuts off our retreat, the foundation of the Northeast It belongs to others! Commander-in-Chief, the Kuomintang wants to unify China, but others may not want to unify the North!"

"Others!" Zhang Zuolin just shook his head: "It shouldn't happen, right? And the Japanese have been urging me to send troops into the border to put pressure on the Kuomintang. Kenji Doihara said that this is a golden opportunity that should not be missed. Even Yang Lin Ge also thinks you can give it a try, Little Six. What do you think?"

"No, no." Zhang Xueliang shook his head hastily: "I have already made obeisance to Chiang Kai-shek with your son. He is my eldest brother who is married to Jinlan. And he has received so many benefits from him...I will sell him later Now, what should I do in the future? We can’t do this! Besides, what if the Kuomintang insists on ignoring us? Put pressure on us? Come to the door! From my point of view, these Japanese didn’t follow their good intentions, they might also plot our Northeast!”

Zhang Zuolin was silent for a long time, then nodded lightly: "You're right, but...your father, how can I reject the CCP and the Japanese? After all, they are all our friends, and we can't do anything about it."

A trace of joy flashed across Zhang Xueliang's face, and he smiled and said, "That's easy. Father, you can call yourself sick... You just say you want to go back to Fengtian to recuperate, and leave the mess in Beijing to that Mao Zedong to take care of it. Let them the Communist Party and the Kuomintang Let’s fight, let’s save energy in the Northeast, and no one will help.”

Zhang Zuolin slapped his thigh: "Forget it! Just listen to you, I am very tired as the president... I should go to Fengtian to raise him for two days, or I will die of exhaustion. You make arrangements, I will spend two days Just go, and you don’t stay in Beijing anymore. This place is a den of right and wrong, let’s go to Tianjin. I can rest assured that Guo Maochen (Guo Songling) is there to protect you.”

……

With a bang, the chess piece landed lightly on the board.A chess game is at the moment of entanglement.The players who played the game were Luo Yaoguo and Luo Yiqun, the most popular pair of uncles and nephews in the Kuomintang.

Since the leftists of the Kuomintang left Hanbei one after another, Luo Yiqun, the executive president, also seemed a little lonely.In the history of another time and space, he was once a leftist, or to be more precise, a peripatetic, but his relationship with leftists is still relatively close.But now, because of his nephew's favor, he has become a rightist early on.And most of his leftist old friends have gone to Beijing now... which made him somewhat depressed during this period, so Luo Yaoguo, a cheap nephew, naturally had to come to play chess with his uncle from time to time to relieve his boredom.

"The current situation is just like this chess game. It's only reached the middle game. It's really unpredictable!" Luo Yiqun tapped the chessboard lightly: "Let's take one step at a time, Fuwen, you said that the current situation will be very unpredictable!" Wouldn't there be a real fight? Chiang Kai-shek seems to be yelling for beating and killing every day!"

Luo Yaoguo smiled and shook his head: "I don't think it will be possible. Chiang Kai-shek gave the Feng Faction 1000 million, and is going to give a batch of planes and cannons to bribe them to maintain neutrality between us and the CCP. With the Feng Faction's neutrality How can we fight this battle? The CCP family came to fight us one-on-one? They are not that stupid, right? I don’t think Chiang Kai-shek really wants to fight, and Hu Zhangong and Xu Rugong don’t allow it, so he can’t fight if he wants to. I think it’s just Singing a high-pitched voice is all it takes to boost your popularity."

Luo Yiqun stroked his beard: "Hehe...that's because he wants to compete with you for the direct lineage of Huangpu. I think they are probably the ones who want to fight the most now. Only by fighting can you get promoted and get rich!"

Luo Yaoguo picked up the tea bowl and took a sip: "He was already a part of the Whampoa Department, but he has neglected it these years. It is only natural to want to catch it now, let him do it. But it is true that it is not a war right now. At that time... our focus should still be on the economy, especially the land reform in Henan, Shandong, and Shaanxi, and we cannot stop it just because the leftists leave.”

"Of course I'll catch this myself." Luo Yiqun thought for a while, and then said: "Hu Zhangong came to talk to me this morning about the expulsion of the CCP's agencies in the southern provinces, and they have now expelled our Beijing party headquarters... Do you think we should take relative action?"

Luo Yaoguo frowned slightly, this question was really a headache.In fact, the CCP is not really "expelling" the Beijing Party Headquarters of the Kuomintang at the moment, but simply does not recognize the status of the Kuomintang Central Committee in Wuhan, and regards the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee in Beijing as the Kuomintang Central Committee!Therefore, the Beijing Party members who still obeyed the orders of the Wuhan Kuomintang Central Committee were expelled.This is probably a bad idea from the Communist International, which is a dog and a mouse.This approach is actually not beneficial to the CCP, because the KMT does not have much party activities in the north, but the Southern Bureau of the CCP is quite active.If the Kuomintang adopts the same method, the only one who will suffer is the CCP.

"Or... let's send them out of the country. Don't embarrass these people, after all, they are all very good young people!" Luo Yiqun sighed deeply, shaking his head: "Why bother! When the Prime Minister is here, everyone is gay. But the Prime Minister has just left and we are going our separate ways."

Chapter 0464 Upheaval ([-])

As the Nationalist government in the south began to expel the CCP agencies in the south, the already tense North-South relations were once again on the verge of collapse.

Beijing Fragrant Hills, Shuangqing Villa.

The leaders of the Politburo in Beijing once again gathered in the meeting room. The meeting place was full of smoke, and no one spoke. Mao Zedong sat at the meeting table and smoked heavily, while Zhou Enlai sat on the other side with his bushy eyebrows tightly furrowed. , also without saying a word.It can be seen that the leaders of the CCP are caught in a dilemma.

The banning of the KMT’s Beijing right-wing headquarters was strongly demanded by Deng Yanda and other leftist leaders of the Kuomintang. As the most sincere friend of the leftists of the Kuomintang, the CCP naturally could not refuse.However, the Kuomintang rightists in the south used this as an excuse to send all the CCP’s public institutions in the south out of the country.Such a violent reaction was indeed far beyond the expectations of the leaders of the Communist Party of China.Although the CCP still has another secret underground party system in the South, the CCP’s activities in the South have mainly relied on open agencies for so many years. Now that these agencies have been expelled, it is still a big blow to the work of the entire South!

As for what kind of retaliation the CCP should take, the members of the Politburo were divided into two factions. Li Lisan, Wang Ming, Zhang Wentian and the Communist International adviser Mif were one group.At the same time, Miff tactfully stated for the first time that the Soviet Union was ready to provide military assistance to the CCP.The other faction, headed by Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Zhu De, believes that although the Kuomintang rightists are at a political disadvantage, they still have certain military advantages.Moreover, the right wing of the Kuomintang, which has the upper hand, also adopted a posture of defensive contraction, placing the line of defense along the banks of the Yellow River.Under such circumstances, it is obviously a great military adventure to use the inferior Northern Central Army to attack the superior enemy army that is in danger and defending.Once the military offensive fails, the political advantages will also disappear.

In addition, various factions in the north also have great differences on whether to take military action. The Feng faction has an ambiguous attitude. The youth army controlled by self-examination will definitely join the war on the right side of the Kuomintang!In the end, under the banner of the CCP, the Seventh Route Army stationed in Mongolia is also a huge hidden danger.Although the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has expressed the greatest goodwill to Wang Zhongyi, he was elected as a member of the Politburo at the Sixth National Congress.However, this person still went his own way, ignoring the central government's instructions...

At this moment, hurried footsteps suddenly came from the door of the meeting room, and then the door was pushed open, and Zhao Shiyan walked in with a solemn expression.

"I just received a notice from the Feng Department that Zhang Zuolin is not feeling well and will go back to Fengtian to recuperate. I will leave tomorrow by special train. I may have to live in Fengtian for a few months. I would like to ask Comrade Runzhi to do it for me. In addition, Zhang Xueliang He has also left Beijing to sit in Tianjin."

Mao Zedong snuffed out the cigarette butt in his hand, lighted another cigarette conveniently, his brows were always furrowed, and the atmosphere in the meeting room did not improve because of the "good news" that Mao Zedong was about to act as President, but became more dignified up!

Right now is the critical moment of confrontation between the North and the South. As the leader of the Feng Faction Warlord, the most powerful faction in the north, Zhang Zuolin actually wants to go back to Fengtian to recuperate from his illness!Even a blind person can see the hidden secrets here.Moreover, since Sun Yat-sen's funeral, the relationship between the Feng family and the CCP has obviously cooled down. Although they still maintain a harmonious and united appearance in public, private exchanges have almost stagnated.

"Hmph, these feudal warlords must have been bought by the Kuomintang reactionaries!" Li Lisan slapped the table and shouted angrily, but turned his eyes to Mifu, the advisor of the Communist International.

When Miff heard the news, a hint of surprise slipped across his face, but he returned to normal in an instant.His eyes turned to Mao Zedong, who was smoking a stuffy cigarette: "Zhang Zuolin's departure is also an opportunity for us, because our Comrade Mao Zedong will act as the president. This is equivalent to allowing the CCP to temporarily obtain the central power and become the leader of the Communist Party of China. The ruling party in the real sense! The significance of this incident can almost be compared with the October Revolution in Russia!"

Mao Zedong nodded slightly, as if he approved of Miff's analysis, and the atmosphere in the venue became a little more relaxed.Miff went on to say: "After taking control of the central government, the prestige of the CCP will definitely be further enhanced, and it can also start to reform the central government and the central army, striving to revolutionize the central government and a part of the central army in a relatively short period of time. If this goal can be achieved, it will be very beneficial for the CCP to defeat the Kuomintang reactionaries in the future and win the victory of the national revolution!"

Zhou Enlai also nodded slightly. He heard something from Miff's speech. Miff had apparently temporarily given up the idea of ​​fighting against the right wing of the Kuomintang, and turned his attention to consolidating and expanding the CCP's influence in the north.If Miff's tone changes, it means that the "Bolsheviks" will also change their views.Perhaps the tense North-South relations can be eased a little bit.

"Comrade Miff, since the focus of our next work will turn to the transformation of the central government and the central army, can our relationship with the South be eased?" Zhou Enlai's tone was relatively slow, and his eyes wandered in the conference room, as if He is paying close attention to the expressions of the committee members: "If we want to start the transformation of the central government and the central army, it will inevitably violate the interests of some people, and even...do not rule out the outbreak of fierce conflicts. In this case Therefore, we should no longer confront the Kuomintang rightists with powerful forces, lest they join forces with the counter-revolutionary forces in the north to deal with us.”