Back to the Republic of China as a commander

In the early morning of August 8, Wang Zhenyu arrived at Nanjing Xiaguan Wharf on his own ship Yongfeng. According to his order, no military and political officials were arranged to greet him. Only a convoy of 7 Ford cars was waiting for him. arrival.

The team went straight to the No. [-] meeting building of the National Government. Wang Zhenyu came to Nanjing suddenly at this time, not to see the excitement of Sun Wen's resignation, but to discuss more important matters.

But at this precarious time, Wang Zhenyu's arrival inevitably brought about two results.The first result was that all the local military and police in Nanjing were mobilized. From Xiaguan to the seat of the Nationalist Government, the road convoy must pass through was fully guarded and guarded, which made the citizens who did not know the situation even more nervous.The second result is the reaction of the political and economic circles in Nanjing. Everyone is paying attention to those people that Wang Zhenyu, a powerful person in southern China, will interview during his sudden trip to Nanjing. It is still an important presence of the Nanjing National Government in the days.

However, judging from the roll call in Wuhan, the assassination of Wang Zhenyu has basically drawn a not-so-perfect end.Except for Sun Wen, the chairman of the national government who is about to take sick leave, Sa Zhenbing, the minister of the navy who is under house arrest, Wang Jingwei, the minister of labor who has absconded in fear of crime, and Lin Sen, the minister of agriculture and forestry who has been secretly arrested for participating in the conspiracy, the entire national government All important officials were invited to talk, which made those who were worried about being purged involuntarily sigh and feel relieved.

In fact, this is just a trick of Wang Zhenyu. What he wants to talk about this time is mainly the three rural issues, that is, agriculture, rural areas, and farmers.This question is relatively professional, and all ministers are required to participate!Inviting everyone to talk is more of a gesture.Those who were actually named by Wang Zhenyu to participate in the internal meeting were Xiong Xiling, Liang Qichao, Hu Hanmin and other bigwigs, Zhou Zhiyun, Tang Shaoyi, Zhang Qian, Cheng Dequan, Cai Yuanpei and other members of the Government Council, and then the Minister of Finance Liao Zhongkai, the Minister of Justice Xu Qian, the Public Security Bureau Minister Hao Bing, Minister of Communications Zhan Tianyou four people.

Historically, there have been disputes over the naming of this conference. Some scholars believe that it should be named "Sannong Work Conference" based on the main content of the conference, and some scholars believe that it should be named "Three Courts Talks" based on the departments participating in the conference. Is full.

However, after Wang Zhenyu arrived at the National Government, he did not get off the car in a hurry, but waited in the car for Wang Yaqiao to get on the car and report.

Although Wang Yaqiao is only the head of the Jiangnan Station of the Party Affairs Investigation Department, but because he is responsible for intelligence work against Japan and has made outstanding achievements repeatedly, in the entire Party Affairs Investigation Department system, except for Minister Zhou Lan, he is qualified to meet Wang Zhenyu directly.This time he came from Shanghai overnight by train, and he had to report to the commander in person for confidential matters.

"Marshal, this is what we seized, because it is related to diplomacy, so we have to ask you for instructions"

Wang Zhenyu opened the document Wang Yaqiao handed over, looked at it, and said in surprise: "Kenji Doihara, this person is now the military officer of the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai?"

"Yes, Commander. And according to Wang Jingwei's secretary, this person provided the funds for Wang Jingwei's planned assassination."

"Oh, then let him be. It's a disaster to keep this person."

"Marshal, it's easy to kill him, but will it provide an excuse for Japan to send troops?"

"Yaqiao, you have considered it very carefully, but you just do it, but just remember to make it an accident."

Wang Zhenyu considered this point more carefully. For one thing, Doihara was in Shanghai. If he was in Nanjing, it would be a bit difficult, but Shanghai would not have so many taboos.Secondly, the British and the Japanese are still allies on the surface. If a diplomat dies in an accident, I am afraid that it will not cause any disturbance. Just don't die unexpectedly.So Kenji Doihara, who was well-known in history, was changed by Wang Zhenyu. No matter how powerful he is in history, he is still like an ant when compared with Wang Zhenyu at this time. Wang Zhenyu is cheating.

Chapter 382 Sannong Issue ([-])

When Wang Zhenyu walked quickly into the hall of the No. [-] conference building, Wang Longzhong, the full-time vice chairman of the National Government who was about to be righted, Zhang Taiyan, the vice chairman and chairman of the Civil Affairs Committee, Xiong Xiling, the prime minister of the Political Council, Liang Qichao, the president of the Senate, and Hu Hanmin, the president of the Legislative Yuan. They all took the lead in applauding to welcome Wang Zhenyu's arrival.

At this moment, the whole of Nanjing understood who was the real boss in the national government, and it was none other than this 27-year-old young man in front of him.

After everyone was seated, Wang Zhenyu started talking to himself: "Suddenly decided to meet with you for this meeting. The main reason is that I have a few things to talk to you about. The first thing is to pay attention to the old Li Hongzhang, a Qing figure, made an objective and fair evaluation. My secretary, Chen Bulei, drafted a document. Everyone will circulate it later, and then reprocess it to restore the innocence and justice of history. The nation's humiliated dignitaries escape the judgment of history."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, thinking that Wang Zhenyu was going to talk about Sun Wen's problems after his illness, but this came up with the evaluation of Li Hongzhang, who was out of reach.Please, everyone in this room is engaged in politics. This kind of commentary is right or wrong, which is not something everyone should worry about!

Wang Zhenyu didn't care about everyone's attitude, but continued: "The second issue is the issue of agriculture, rural areas and rural areas. To be precise, our rural areas need to be reformed. This time I visited the countryside around Wuhan and found that in this rural area, the power of feudal clans is still strong, the income of farmers is still low, and their dependence on the land is still strong. After the chance of the European War took hundreds of thousands of strong men from this area, one can imagine what happened to other provinces. All of you here are the elites of the national government, and I want to hear everyone’s opinions.”

Hu Hanmin, who had finally persuaded Sun Wen to retire due to illness, now naturally stood up and opposed it unceremoniously, "Chairman Wang, if Hu remembers correctly, at this time last year, this land reform plan had already been announced once, but in You encountered many problems in the promotion, and then you stopped it yourself, why did you start the plan again after a year? This should give us a reasonable explanation or reason.”

Wang Zhenyu's state of mind at this time is quite different from the past. Before the assassination, he still had illusions about these historical figures in front of him. He always felt that they would serve the country and the people wholeheartedly. Politicians want to fight for power, and they don't even hesitate to kill themselves who give them power.My practice of continuously delegating power in the past is obviously playing a dangerous game of feeding a tiger with my body, so now Wang Zhenyu is going to gather power, and all of this must start with the land reform in front of him, because land is almost the core and most essential thing in Chinese society up.

"If you talk about learning, everyone here can be my teacher Wang Wenzheng. Don't be modest about this. I know how much ink I have. But there is one thing that you don't think as much as I do, so now it is I came to be the chairman of the committee, not you. You must want to know what it is, which is the way of rise and fall in history. I have read the history of the Ming Dynasty, and everyone said that the demise of the Ming Dynasty was really only because of the eunuchs Did it harm the country? Let’s take a look at why the Qing Dynasty, which was closest to us, collapsed?”

Before everyone could answer, Wang Zhenyu went on to say, "Actually, there is no one else, just a little bit, which is unpopular. Everyone will say that the one who wins the hearts of the people wins the world, but how many powerful people take the hearts of the people seriously? How many people take the hearts of the people seriously?" What has been figured out? Some people think that as long as the people have food to eat, the government will win the hearts of the people. This view cannot be said to be completely wrong, but it is by no means correct. People’s needs are generally stepped. When you are born, you want a daughter-in-law, and when you have a daughter-in-law, you want a baby, and then you want to be rich and honorable... The final ideal is the same as everyone here, to seek a world without shame, and to be famous in history."

Everyone laughed, and Wang Zhenyu himself laughed too.

"Eating and sleeping are only the basic needs. The development and progress of life is the core content of the needs. If you meet the core needs of most people, then you will win the hearts of the people and win the world. The establishment of all dynasties is to satisfy people Based on the basic needs, and their demise is without exception because their own system can not meet the core needs of the people. Take the Qing Dynasty as an example, the Eight Banners system is above all the people, and some people can be born There are no worries about food and clothing, and they love leisure and work hard. Some people are born to work hard, but they have no clothes and no food to eat. But poverty is not the most terrible thing, the most terrible thing is that there is no hope. Children who study hard can still gain fame through the imperial examinations, and they can be promoted by fighting bravely. I am still a soldier, but the military officer is a member of the military academy, mostly nepotism. Government-run enterprises, no matter how hard the children of ordinary people work, they are also contract workers, and their children are business executives casually. Such a suicide system However, the Manchu Qing government is still complacent, claiming to be learning from the New Deal of the Western powers. In fact, when you solidify the existence of all social classes, monopolize power and income, and cut off the channel for others to change their destiny, you are close to destruction Far away. And we, the National Socialist Party, have gained power today, so we must not follow the old path that our predecessors walked. Mourn for posterity."

As soon as Wang Zhenyu said this, everyone present nodded and exchanged opinions in low voices. Finance Minister Liao Zhongkai applauded excitedly.Only Hu Hanmin still frowned after hearing this and said, "What Chairman Wang said is true, but does it have anything to do with the land reform we are going to carry out?"

Wang Zhenyu said with a smile: "The development of this country is not only the responsibility of the knowledgeable and cultured people, but also the farmers who you despise. And I can clearly say that they should even bear the main responsibility. But if It is to put them in the countryside and tie them to the land. Their ability is only a few thousand catties of millet a year. But I want to tell you that farmers are just a profession, not an identity. It should be a normal phenomenon in the future social structure of our country. We need to build a system so that truly talented and capable people in our nation will not be buried because of their birth, family, background or relationship. Only in this way, our citizens will welcome our system and not be full of complaints and loss; only in this way, our citizens will identify with our country, and will not hang on to nothing. In history, 20 Manchuria After entering the customs, the [-] million Han people were helpless, and it was a profound lesson to let others slaughter them."

"Then may I ask Chairman, how should we carry out reforms in rural areas to realize your ideas and requirements just now?" Xiong Xiling interjected softly when he heard this, and it was the first time he found Wang Zhenyu so eloquent.

Wang Zhenyu stretched out three fingers: "Actually speaking, there are only four basic tasks. If they are done well, the idea I just had just hoped to be realized and can be realized. The first is to break the feudal clan power's rule over the countryside. status, the feudal clan system has stabilized the society to a certain extent, we do not deny this. But on the other hand, it also breeds many social problems, such as the control of the population, such as the replacement of national law with family law, which eventually leads to There is only a family but no country. And the system of county people governing counties that we are currently implementing has reached a bottleneck because of this feudal clan system. Not allowing others to put their hands into his territory, this is a very selfish small peasant consciousness. So my idea is to set up a rural police system, and let that family law be abolished first. As for the rural police, they all belong to the scope of the police sent by the central government. They are not recruited from the local area, they are all served by veterans, and they are directly under the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Public Security. Then the second is that the village level resolutely does not engage in an independent election system, and even allows hereditary existence, allowing authoritarianism on the basis of not violating the law Existence. I also have my point of view on this. Rural areas are generally lived in clusters, and we Chinese have always helped our relatives and not helped each other. Prostitution in such a place will result in four different results. It is better not to do it. So based on the second, I also came up with the third. There is no administrative agency at the village level, but only a service agency. Usually, the village head or patriarch takes the lead, repairing roads, digging ditches, etc., and don’t collect rent. The administrative power of the government has been mixed in. Organizations such as the agricultural and fishery associations in commercial towns can take over the work undertaken by the gentry in the previous dynasty. On the one hand, they help farmers produce and sell, and on the other hand, they contract some government functions. Ten years before the Republic of China, all the farmers in the town where they lived were elected and managed by themselves. I even think that they should have a part of the development fund for low-interest loans to farmers. The fourth point is also the most critical point. We only use the above three The project is done, but it is only to alleviate the contradictions in the countryside, and it can play a very limited role in the development of the whole country. So for this last point, my idea is very clear. We must adopt various policies to make our agriculture Bringing in the direction of farmization, including a large amount of government agricultural subsidies. At the same time, we must find a way to introduce the resulting surplus agricultural population into the city, making them the main force of industrial workers and consumption. This is the point of the Ministry of Education Minister Cai, you should pay attention. Don’t just pay attention to the investment in universities and basic education, but also set up more technical occupations dedicated to training industrial workers. I would like to remind you here that in the past year, we have so many Many projects, businessmen in Nanyang and Zhejiang have opened so many factories, and they all seem to be making money, but that is based on the surge in demand from the outbreak of the European War. Once the European War is over, the demand will inevitably turn from outward to inward. What the national government has to do is to make the people rich. Otherwise, the result of insufficient consumption demand will be very serious. I will say so much. You can add up the specific methods. I will mention one last point. You should choose a province to do it first. Pilot, for example, Jiangxi Province. . . "

Chapter 383

Land reform is destined not to be accomplished overnight. Sun Wen's sick leave and "Jiangxi Land Reform" caused unprecedented controversy in the two houses of Nanjing, and many members even fought in the parliament for this.But these are not what Wang Zhenyu wants to worry about. He has his own way. Just the night before Sun Wen’s sick leave, Wang Zhenyu told everyone very clearly that either the Nanjing government will actively implement it, or if it fails to implement it, it will be changed to a military-administrative area. , he does not mind using violent means to promote social progress.

After Sun Wen retired from illness, he would no longer live in the chairman's mansion. In fact, although everyone agreed on a one-year term, even Sun Wen himself did not believe that the agreement would be fulfilled by then. He took Soong Ching Ling, who was pregnant, to Shanghai. "Healing" went.

From the beginning to the end, until the moment Sun Wen got on the train in Nanjing, Wang Zhenyu didn't show up, and he didn't intend to talk to Sun Wen any more. Sun Wen had no choice but to leave for Shanghai with the loss in his heart. . .

Wang Zhenyu didn't mean not to give Sun Wen face on purpose, but the situation in the north is getting more and more serious.

In many cases, it really depends on how bold people are and how productive the land is.Zhang Zuolin, who played the role of Huang Que in the Zhiwan War, now has thicker arms, stronger spirit, and more ambitious ambitions.

Only a month ago, the Northeast King, who was still lying in Shenyang, was lured by the Japanese, and finally brought 20 troops to the political stage in Beijing ahead of schedule.At this time, the Zhiwan and Anhui armies were at their weakest, and with the support of the Japanese Kwantung Army (a full infantry brigade was lost), Zhang Zuolin not only sat in the Zhongnanhai Jurentang, but also the Fengjun under his command. Like a blown balloon, it swelled to an astonishing 50. The Shanxi Governor Yan Xishan, the Shaanxi Governor Chen Shufan and others were so frightened that they were thinking about how to survive alone.

People are such a strange animal. Before they are proud of themselves, they are honest and self-sufficient. Once the scenery is good, they can't help being arrogant.Now our Marshal Zhang is very crazy. Every day in Beijing, he is debating with a group of Japanese consultants whether he should take advantage of the opportunity of the main force of the southern army in Europe, and simply add two to five, and the 50 troops will go south one at a time. Push it and you're done.After this, the world belongs to our old Zhang's family. For the first time, Zhang Zuolin felt that the deer in the world was so close to him, and it was so easy to get!

However, if you want to attack the south, you still have to go through the direct line of Henan and the Anhui line of Shandong. This is naturally the scope that Zhang Zuolin wants to push, but the direct line is the first to refuse.Wu Peifu gathered the third division in Luoyang, and the main force of the 11 straight army dominated by the No.[-] division was deployed along the Yellow River, waiting for the Feng army to fly over.

Although there are many pure men in the Northeast, most of these pure men can't swim, and they can only sigh when they look at the Yellow River.But it doesn't matter, if you want to cross the Yellow River, you don't have to go to Henan. Shandong is also a good place.Moreover, the total strength of the Anhui Army in Shandong is less than [-].In this way, Commander Zhang Zongchang first led the [-] Fengjun into Shandong and into Jinan without any hesitation.

Compared to Wu Ziyu and the Gongxian arsenal left behind by Lao Yuan to replenish ammunition and restore vitality, Xu Shuzheng is not so lucky at this meeting.He had lost everything. If it wasn't for him, he still had some means to retreat to Xuzhou with the [-] troops of his direct line in time.In fact, Zhang Huaizhi, the governor of Shandong who refused to withdraw to Xuzhou with him, was a tragedy. Not only was the fifth division under his command disarmed and incorporated, but he was also robbed by Zhang Zongchang, a bandit, and driven out of Jinan. , It is estimated that he has wiped his neck and committed suicide.

This Feng Jun is obviously a bunch of local tyrants who have never seen the market. They don't play their cards according to the rules at all. While boasting that they are the most authentic, they really treat other people's things as their own.

We must know that Zhang Zongchang recognized his family with Zhang Huaizhi on the day he first entered Jinan, and worshiped the master, but within three days, the words were still in his ears, and he took away his foundation.This made Xu Shuzheng, who had always regarded himself as cruel and ruthless, break out in a cold sweat. No matter how he looked at it, these people from the Anhui Department were no match for Feng Jun.

After Zhang Zongchang won the title of Shandong Military Affairs Supervisor given by Zhang Zuolin, he immediately went to Qingdao to visit the Japanese, and then obtained a large amount of arms. In less than a week, Zhang Zongchang's Fengjun expanded to eight divisions with 20 people. scale.After these numbers were sent to Wang Zhenyu, Wang Zhenyu, who had always prided himself on being calm, couldn't help but order the divisions of the Youth Army to resume full-strength military mobilization.This made Little Japan toss, and Feng Jun estimated that it would not be surprising to break through one million!

The envoys of Britain, France, the United States and other countries were also very surprised by this change in the north. They have already interviewed the Japanese side. They hope that the military power of China in the north can be reduced in size. The current expansion speed looks like it will continue to fight the war.Going further down would naturally lead to the south, which is not allowed. Britain and France are now the big creditors of the national government.And the United States strongly protested Japan's violation of the original agreement. Just kidding, American capital has already entered the southern provinces. Back to running for parliament.

By this time, the direct line, which was still in a state of delay, immediately made a breakthrough in the negotiations between the Anhui line and Nanjing.

At first, both Wu Ziyu and Xu Shuzheng judged that Fengjun would stop after getting Beijing. After all, Fengjun's strength was limited, so in several communications with Wang Zhenyu's representative, both of them still had the idea of ​​making a comeback. The only requirement is to change flags, retain the army and territory, and at the same time receive a subsidy of 1000 million silver dollars from the national government every year.In this way, the two survived in the form of a north-south buffer zone, and it is not impossible to develop in the future.But who would have thought that Feng Jun's strength would expand so rapidly after entering the customs, and it would rush to the size of a million troops like blowing up a balloon.And these men from the Northeast are really solid. Once they have the strength in their hands, they don't plan to give you a way to survive.

As a result, Xu Shuzheng was the first to bear the brunt of the negotiation, because now he had no capital other than Xuzhou and more than 3 Anhui elites.Thinking about it makes people feel sad. Just over a month ago, the Anhui faction with 40 troops was still the most powerful existence in this country, and it also had the righteous name of the central government.But just over a month later, the Anhui Clan was almost wiped out, leaving only [-] bones and blood.

It's all come to this point, naturally the unspoken agreement is void, Xu Shuzheng agreed to accept the adaptation on August 8, and handed over the territory and army.And Wang Zhenyu was also very interesting, and did not replace any officers. The 14 Anhui Army was reorganized into the First Frontier Defense Army of the Youth Army. Thirty-six thousand people.Followed by a large number of military staff officers, political and military cadres were added to the army.

But Wu Ziyu's side still hasn't made any progress. Our Yushuai is too busy, too busy struggling to die. . .

After Zhang Zuolin received the promise of Japanese aid, he ignored the joint protests of the envoys of the United Kingdom, the United States, France and Russia, and issued an order to the Fengjun to fight the Southern Expedition.Among them, Zhang Zongchang served as the commander of the Zhi-Shandong Allied Forces, and the 20 commanders were the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front.Sun Liechen served as the commander of the Zhiyu Allied Forces, commanding 15 troops as the commander-in-chief of the western front.Zhang Jinghui's [-] troops are the general reserve team, while Zhang Zuolin himself sits in Beijing. . .

In Hongkou, Shanghai, a medium-sized Japanese came out of the Japanese Navy Club slightly drunk, ready to go home.

This Japanese is called Kenji Doihara. In the past year, he has been reprimanded for lack of sufficient progress in intelligence work on Southern China.But just this month, he successfully instigated the civil strife in Southern China. Although it failed to cause much effect, there is no doubt that cracks have appeared. Wang Jingwei fled to Japan, Lin Sen was arrested, Sa Zhenbing was placed under house arrest and the nationals The retirement of government chairman Sun Wen is a clear proof.According to Kenji Doihara's analysis, the government officials of the League will start to fight with Wang Zhenyu next, and at this time better news comes that the Fengjun supported by the Empire of Japan has gathered 60 troops and is preparing to launch the South levy.This made Ken Doihara, who had been extremely depressed for the past year, very happy, and it was rare for him to relax his vigilance and come out to drink and celebrate with his friends.

In fact, there are still many good things recently. Due to the breakthrough in the intelligence work of the Southern branch, the Tokyo side praised Kenji Doihara. Set up a secret spy agency in Shanghai, which is the notorious Mei agency in history.And Kenji Doihara, who is about to be the head of the agency, is naturally proud of his horseshoe disease, so he couldn't help but drink a few more tonight. This is something that is taboo in spy work, but I can't stand it. People are in a good mood, Kenji Doihara But it doesn't matter that much.

According to my next vision, it is true to find a way to obtain relevant information about the youth army's combat troops and logistics troops through various channels.However, the spy work in the southern branch was obviously several grades higher than that in the northern branch, almost on par with the super-high courses in the empire.In this case, how can we achieve the goal?

The anesthetic effect of alcohol and over-focused thinking made Kenji Doihara unknowingly ignore the danger that was coming to him. . .

In a car parked at the Japanese Navy and War Department with a license plate of the French Concession Ministry of Industry, a spy chief named Dai Chunfeng said to a man with a face full of faces beside him: "Jin Jiu, what you are going to deal with is the man just now." , wait until the hands and feet are clean, and execute according to the original plan..."

Chapter 384

Wang Yaqiao is no longer the porter who worked hard on the pier in Shanghai. He is now a person who can make the whole Shanghai beach tremble by stomping his feet.Even though Kenji Doihara was famous in history, he is still an unpopular character in Shanghai today. Although it was a task assigned by Wang Zhenyu himself, it is obviously not necessary for Wang Yaqiao to do it himself.