"You can give him the money and let him do it himself, and such a large sum of money can help him do a lot of things." Zhang Jingjiang himself did this before, whether it was Sun Yat-sen or Chiang Kai-shek, he would give money if he wanted it, and never asked where to go, so he also suggested that Zhuang Jihua take this way.

Zhuang Jihua shook his head: "The principal will not build a factory, he will use it to suppress the Communist Party, in his opinion, suppressing the Communist Party is more important than resisting, but he was wrong, think about it, since 4.12, the Kuomintang has killed many Communist Party members, but why has it been repeatedly killed, now there is more territory and army, our Kuomintang has mastered the country's main wealth, the main manpower, and millions of troops, but even tens of thousands of Red Army can not be eliminated, why is this?" Therefore, the problem of the Communist Party is not a military problem, but a political problem, an economic problem, and a social problem, and it is impossible to eliminate the Communist Party by relying on the military alone. ”

Zhang Jingjiang's proposal in the United States Mr. Mei also proposed that it is better to donate a large amount of money to the national political axe, and let the national political axe go to the construction itself, but Zhuang Jihua resolutely refused, he repeatedly explained that Chiang Kai-shek would only use this money to suppress the Communist Party to cut down the feudal domain, not to engage in construction, and to engage in construction can only be done by themselves, and cited the example of donating planes and money to the 19th Route Army, which were all deducted by the national political axe, and finally persuaded Old Man Mei.

Zhang Jingjiang did not object, he just sighed: "I didn't expect that after the success of the Northern Expedition, the country became more and more chaotic, and the banner of the Kuomintang was played everywhere, but everywhere did not obey the central government, from 27 to 30, and now I am here again, how long will this world be chaotic, it seems that the decision of the 412 division is too hasty." ”

Zhang Jingjiang was resolutely supportive of the division of the Communist Party of China, and originally thought that after the division of the Communist Party, unity within the Kuomintang would be realized, interference would be eliminated, and the Northern Expedition would be completed, but he did not expect that the Split Communist Party would be divided, but the Kuomintang would also be divided, politically, Wang Jingwei, Hu Hanmin, and Chiang Kai-shek each had their own ideas, and militarily Chiang Kai-shek, Feng Yuxiang, Yan Xishan, and Li Zongren were constantly attacking, plus large and small warlords, new and old, almost all parts of the country were not fighting, and the country fell into a deeper melee.

"You still saw far away." Zhang Jingjiang looked at Zhuang Jihua very regretfully, he used to be a little incomprehensible to Zhuang Jihua's advocacy of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, but now it seems that it is a better strategy.

"The past is over, let's face the reality," Zhuang Jihua also regretted, but now when he says this from time to time: "Sir, the principal is wrong again this time, on April 12, he took [***] as the banner, united a group of comrades in the party, and successfully divided the Communist Party, this time he still insisted on [***], but he ignored that the main problem now is not the Communist Party, but himself, resisting the invasion has become the consensus of people from all walks of life across the country, but the principal is still talking about the outside must first be safe, This will not only waste our time preparing for the war of resistance, but will also make those who originally supported him turn against him, and then plant a big fight, and then he will wake up. ”

After thinking about it, Zhang Jingjiang nodded and admitted that the party was now very dissatisfied with the political axe's tactics, and even he was estranged from Chiang Kai-shek, and even couldn't help but hope that he would fight.

"He's becoming more and more rigid now, and he can't listen to his discordant words at all." Zhang Jingjiang was very dissatisfied when he thought of his face with Chiang Kai-shek, he had done a very good job in Zhejiang, building railways, holding expositions, promoting Zhejiang's economic development, and doing several things that caused a sensation throughout the country, but because of his disagreement with Chiang Kai-shek, he was actually removed from the post of provincial chairman, which made him very puzzled.

"I also heard about Mr. in Zhejiang in the United States, and the New York Times of the West Lake Expo also reported that it had a great impact on the international community. Zhuang Jihua complimented, but to be honest, Zhang Jingjiang deserves this compliment.

"Oh, New York knows, too." Zhang Jingjiang was a little surprised, the West Lake Expo was a major achievement when he was in charge of Zhejiang, and it was also a precedent for opening the China Expo, so as soon as he mentioned this, Zhang Jingjiang was full of interest: "The prime minister said that only industry can save the country and strengthen the country, and I run the West Lake Expo to practice the premier's purpose, and many people opposed it at the beginning, and the start-up fund was only less than 100,000 yuan, but in the end, there were tens of thousands of manufacturers, more than 10 million exhibits, and the final award was 3,216, and the old man could do it. The remaining wishes are sufficient, the remaining wishes are sufficient. ”

"Enough wishes? No, sir, you are wrong, it's just a pie to satisfy your hunger. Zhuang Jihua looked at Zhang Jingjiang with a smile on his face, and he didn't show a real smile for the first time since he entered the door. But Zhuang Jihua couldn't let him maintain such a mentality, and poured a basin of cold water on his head.

Zhang Jingjiang was stunned for a moment, staring at Zhuang Jihua with some anger, but Zhuang Jihua did not flinch, but stared at him: "A West Lake Expo will satisfy you like this, your ambition is too small, industry to save the country, steel production is less than a fraction of the cost, not to mention the United States, have we built cars, ships, and airplanes?" The West Lake Expo is essentially just a light industry and agriculture fair, what about heavy industry? The Northeast is a little, but now it is occupied by me, looking around China, in addition to the legacy industry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, where have we developed any heavy industry," Zhuang Jihua said and couldn't help but stand up: "Our country is too weak, and the heavy industry is too weak It has a lot to do with it, but now Mr. has enough wishes, although the year is not high, but it is dull, and I am deeply unworthy." ”

Zhang Jingjiang's face flashed with anger, he was silent for a while, and suddenly smiled: "Cultural Revolution, this radical plan is too traced, can you change it to other ways, besides, I am not young, I am more than fifty." ”

Zhuang Jihua smiled, but the old man's shrewdness was greatly admired in his heart: "The West Lake Expo is just a small test for Mr., I know that Mr. and the principal have a problem, as a junior, I am powerless to resolve the contradictions between you, but I think there are two ways to contribute to the country, one is through the political axe, the other is through the people, Mr. does not want to pass the political axe, why not try the people." ”

"What do you do with this folk?" Zhang Jingjiang said strangely, since ancient times, the folk have learned the art of literature and martial arts, sold to the emperor's family, the traditional Chinese orthodoxy has a large market in the folk, most of the people believe in the political axe, as long as the political axe is not too bad. It is the first time Zhang Jingjiang has heard of this kind of proposal to strengthen the country through the people.

"That's running an industry, doesn't the principal think about it? Then we will prepare in the civil sector to evaluate a country's war capability at two levels, one is hard power and the other is soft power; Hard power refers to weapons and equipment, the number of troops, and the level of training; Soft power is the country's manufacturing capacity, the people's organizational status, the country's resources, the people's education level, for the former we can't do, then we can do the latter, we can at least improve the country's manufacturing capacity, the development of resources, we can also run some schools, open the people's wisdom, so that the country's soft power can be improved, which is also for the country. Zhuang Jihua did it in one go.

Zhang Jingjiang didn't speak after hearing this, he seemed to see himself from this gushing person, and he didn't care about the gains and losses, just do it.

After Zhuang Jihua finished speaking, he looked at the other party quietly, he had already used all his eloquence, and now he was only waiting for Zhang Jingjiang's reply, but the latter's face sank like water, and he seemed to be deaf to his very inflammatory speech.

Slowly Zhuang Jihua's heart began to sink, Zhang Jingjiang is a very cheerful person, a promise is a promise, a long wait like this shows that he is at war in his heart, and the possibility of not agreeing is increasing.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhang Jingjiang opened his mouth, he let Zhuang Jihua know that his purpose of coming today was frustrated.

"Cultural Revolution, you are a good lobbyist, you almost convinced me, but I still can't promise you, political axe, the country has disappointed me very much, I have done a lot to the country, enough, the rest is up to you." Zhang Jingjiang said tiredly.

Zhuang Jihua gave him a deep salute: "Sir, in this case, the junior will leave, I don't have much time in Shanghai, there are still a lot of things to do, five or six days later, I will leave for Wuhan, and then go to Yucheng, if Mr. can come to Yucheng in the future, we will have a long talk and conspire to get drunk." The younger generation has taken his leave. ”

After finishing speaking, Zhang Jingjiang looked at his back and suddenly shouted: "Slow," Zhuang Jihua's heart suddenly welled up with joy, and he turned around with a smile.

Zhang Jingjiang pushed the wheels with great effort, walked in front of Zhuang Jihua, raised his head slightly, and looked at him.

"Let's go after lunch, we were friends before."

"No," Zhuang Jihua shook his head and said: "We will also be friends in the future, but I really don't have time today, Mr. rejected me, I have to find a second candidate, in addition, I also go to see if the bank's money has arrived, and when I arrive, I have to register the company, and I have to see my former adjutant Song Yunfei, I must finish the affairs of Shanghai as soon as possible, and I can leave one day earlier, and there is not much time left for us." ”

"The second candidate?" Zhang Jingjiang frowned and thought for a while: "Who?" ”

"Yu Qiaqing." Zhuang Jihua gently spit out three words, Zhang Jingjiang nodded and reminded him: "This person is scheming, you have to be careful when you cooperate with him." ”

"Don't worry, sir, I understand that the way of cooperation with him is different, just business cooperation." Zhuang Jihua was very disappointed in his heart, Zhang Jingjiang could agree, then he could hand over everything in Shanghai to him, and Mei Yuntian could come to Yucheng to help him after a year and a half.

"You entered the river alone?" Zhang Jingjiang was a little surprised.

Zhuang Jihua nodded: "It's not a big deal, I was also a person when I started a business in Europe, and this is still my motherland after all." The juniors said goodbye. ”

Zhuang Jihua gave up his hand, turned around and left Zhang's house, Zhang Jingjiang sat in a wheelchair, looking at Zhuang Jihua's bleak back was so lonely, but his waist was so straight, Zhang Jingjiang couldn't help but be a little stunned.

"Renjie, who is this young man?" A woman's voice came from behind him, it was his wife Zhu Yimin.

"A fool."

(To be continued)