Hebei, Baoding.

Song Zheyuan, the "King of North China", sat in the shade of the tree, listening to the piercing sound of cicadas in the garden, and his heart was extremely irritable.

Today's Song Zheyuan calls for wind and rain, and serves as the chairman of Hebei Province, the director of the Jicha Pacification Office, and the chairman of the Jicha Political Affairs Committee.

The main salt taxes and customs duties in North China were collected by Song Zheyuan, and they were simply rich.

But Song Zheyuan was very unhappy, he had to curry favor with the Northeast system, win over the old warlords and traitors, resist the central government, perfunctory the Japanese Kwantung Army, and at the same time make friends with Han Fuyu, Yan Xishan and other powerful factions of the Northern Expedition. It's just that Song Zheyuan is a soldier in his bones, he doesn't know how to dance with long sleeves, and the complicated situation in North China is like a mess that can never be sorted out for him.

To put it bluntly, Song Zheyuan didn't know what to do, he couldn't see his tomorrow.

Lao Jiang will not allow him, Feng Yuxiang will not allow him, the Japanese want to tolerate him, but Song Zheyuan does not dare to accept it. The majestic King of North China is actually trapped in North China at the moment, and if he doesn't pay attention to it, he will be pierced by ten thousand arrows.

As a result, Song Zheyuan became an ostrich and hid all day long and did not dare to see people, especially the Japanese and those sent from Nanjing.

The guard ran to report: "Chairman, Dr. Yahara is here." ”

"No, no, the Japanese are not at ease." Song Zheyuan waved his hand irritably.

"Then I'll block it back?" The guard asked.

"Wait!"

Song Zheyuan suddenly called the guard to stop, and said in annoyance: "Damn, I came here four times a month, and I postponed it this time and came back next time." Let him in! ”

Yahara Kenkichi carried a medicine box on his back and walked to the hospital with a smile: "Chairman Song, I heard that you can't afford to be sick, so I came to treat you." ”

"If you want to do it, you can do it." Song Zheyuan sat up and said.

The Chinese called Song Zheyuan the "King of North China," but the Japanese gave him another nickname—the sentimental and sick Chairman Song.

The origin of this nickname is very interesting, Song Zheyuan's attitude towards the Japanese is "superficially friendly, but in reality perfunctory, and never give in", and his policy toward Japan is "not to say hard things and not to do soft things". The Japanese often came to him to negotiate, and Song Zheyuan hid whenever he could, except for "going back to his hometown to sweep the grave" and "going out to inspect", the most commonly used excuse was "the fire in the heart fell south, and the tinnitus kept going".

For a month, Song Zheyuan was suffering from a "heart attack" for at least half a month.

Yahara Kenkichi did an examination with a stethoscope and said in surprise: "Chairman Song, your blood pressure is unstable, your heart rhythm is also very chaotic, and you really need to recuperate." In this way, I will prescribe you some medicines, all of which are the most advanced and good medicines today. ”

Several bottles were taken out of the medicine box, and Yahara Kenkichi told him the dosage and usage, and told Song Zheyuan how to maintain it, so he left respectfully.

Song Zheyuan kicked over those medicine bottles and shouted, "Someone, throw these medicines into the pit for Lao Tzu." Dog X's little Japanese wants to harm me, dreaming! ”

The guard left cautiously with Western medicine, and the attendant secretary came in immediately: "Chairman, there is news in Tianjin." ”

Song Zheyuan grabbed the newspaper, only glanced at it, and scolded angrily: "Zhang Zizhong is going to rebel!" ”

The attendant secretary did not dare to squeak, looked at his nose and nose, and waited quietly for instructions.

After being angry for a while, Song Zheyuan finally waved his hand and said, "Forget it, forget it, let him be, do whatever you like." ”

Song Zheyuan's forces in North China were not only surrounded by foreign enemies, but also full of internal contradictions.

At the beginning, Zhang Xueliang incorporated Song Zheyuan's troops, and the actual commanders of the troops were Zhang Zizhong, Feng Zhi'an, Zhao Dengyu and Liu Ruming. They privately agreed that if the army developed in the future, Song Zheyuan would always be the commander, and that he would be promoted in the order of Zhang, Feng, Zhao, and Liu.

Now that the power is getting bigger and bigger, Song Zheyuan can no longer suppress these four people.

Just two months ago, Zhang Zizhong had a quarrel with Song Zheyuan's confidant Xiao Zhenying. Song Zheyuan was deeply jealous of Zhang Zizhong, so he had no choice but to remove Xiao Zhenying from the post of mayor of Tianjin and reappoint Zhang Zizhong as mayor of Tianjin.

Now that Zhang Zizhong has officially taken office, as soon as he went to Tianjin, he immediately started to change several important members of the local government, including many of Song Zheyuan's henchmen.

Tianjin's position is very important, controlling most of the financial resources in North China.

Zhang Zizhong's current play means that Song Zheyuan began to lose control of the army. Not only that, according to their original agreement, after Zhang Zizhong was promoted, Feng Zhi'an, Liu Ruming, and Zhao Dengyu would also be promoted.

It is very likely that the four generals under Song Zheyuan are working together to make a play.

Song Zheyuan calmed down and said to the secretary of the attendant: "Pass on my order to promote Feng Zhi'an to the chairman of Hebei Province and Liu Ruming to the chairman of Chahar Province." Zhao Dengyu...... Zhao Dengyu asked him to wait first, there is no suitable official to do it for him! ”

This is to divide the territory for the four subordinates, Zhang Zizhong wants Tianjin, Feng Zhi'an wants Hebei, and Liu Ruming wants Chahar.

Song Zheyuan has so much territory in his hands, Beiping will definitely not be able to give it, and Qin Dechun will be controlled by his henchmen. Zhao Dengyu's strength was the weakest, so he could only consider himself unlucky and continued to be stationed outside Beiping to drink the wind.

Proper old warlord style, the boss eats meat, and the brothers share the soup. If the boss refuses to share the soup, then the brothers will stand up and do something to force the boss to share the soup.

This is also the fundamental reason why Song Zheyuan did not dare to be a traitor, and the four major generals under him were all "stubborn anti-Japanese factions". As long as Song Zheyuan reveals the slightest sign of surrender, he will be taught by his subordinates to be a man in minutes.

Zhang Zizhong and Zhao Dengyu, they were both hot-blooded men who died on the battlefield of resistance against Japan.

To be honest, Xiao Zhenying's ability is not bad, and he has done a lot of practical things during his tenure as mayor of Tianjin, which can be called his outstanding political achievements. But in order to appease Zhang Zizhong, Song Zheyuan could only remove this confidant from his post and send him to travel abroad.

This is the situation in China at this time, the whole country is in chaos, and the various local forces are also in chaos.

The secretary did not leave after receiving the order to take office, but hesitated to take out a newspaper and said, "Chairman, this is today's Ta Kung Pao, there is an article about you. ”

"If you don't look at it, you won't watch it," Song Zheyuan said upset, "Ta Kung Pao will stir up trouble and have a headache when you read it." ”

The secretary said, "It's an article written by Zhou Hexuan himself...... Scold you. ”

Hearing Zhou Hexuan's name, Song Zheyuan had an even more headache, and spread his hands and said, "Show me, are you calling me a traitor again?" ”

"Not really." Said the chamberlain's secretary.

Song Zheyuan opened the newspaper and read it carefully, his face was gloomy as he read it, and he didn't say a word after reading it. After a long time, he covered his chest with a pale face and said, "Give ...... Call me a doctor! ”

"Chairman, what's wrong with you?" The attendant secretary hurriedly held on.

Song Zheyuan said uncomfortably: "My heart is so stuffy, I can't breathe, and my ears are ringing badly." ”