"What rumors?" Chen Mingshu was very interested and asked repeatedly, and Deng Yanda said that he also showed an interested look. Whole \ Ben // Small \ Say // Net

"All the funds for the development of the southwest are Zhuang Jihua's own money, not any overseas Chinese donations." Seriously.

Deng Yanda and Chen Mingshu were stunned, and after a long time, Chen Mingshu asked in disbelief: "So many factories, mines, railways, and education funds, all of which he paid out of his own pocket?" This is not one or two hundred million, at least billions, where does he have so much money? ”

"This is a rumor," he smiled bitterly: "If Tian Songyao hadn't quietly checked with me, I would never have thought about it, to be honest, I always thought it was a donation from overseas Chinese, and I laughed at it when there were rumors, who could take such a large sum of money?" What was Zhuang Wenge like before he went abroad, we don't know how much we can earn in just a few years, but when I choose a life today, I have five points of faith. ”

"Does Zhilong Lee know?" Deng Yanda asked after thinking about it.

"I haven't asked, I feel that if anyone knows, Li Zhilong should be counted as one, his secretary Gong Xiuhua should be counted as one, and in addition, Mei Yuntian should know, Liu Yinshu probably doesn't know the details." Shaking his head seriously, he said, "Find a chance to ask Li Zhilong." ”

"There's no need," Chen Mingshu took out a cigarette and lit it, exhaling the smoke: "With Zhuang's shrewdness in the Cultural Revolution, he will not fail to take precautions, Li Zhilong will never admit it, and we don't need to ask for verification, so as not to let him have any misunderstanding." ”

Speaking of this, Chen Mingshu paused, thought about it and said to Deng Yanda: "Our focus should still be farther, to prevent Chiang Kai-shek from engaging in **, but also to prevent him from compromising with Japan, Li Jishen proposed that everyone join forces, Zhang Bojun also agreed, but I always feel that it is impossible for us to achieve this goal alone, China's political tradition is that you will only pay attention to you if you have strength in your hands, and the Zongheng family can only have room to play when the strength is equal." ”

In order to meet the needs of the development of the new situation, Li Jishen proposed to unite with the political league, the Youth Party, the rural construction faction and other political parties to form a party organization independent of the Kuomintang. Chen Mingshu came to Chongqing to seriously discuss with Deng Yanda.

"I support Ren Chao's opinion, now is the best time for us to vigorously promote the first form of government, use the war to incorporate the armed forces of the two parties into the national armed forces, no longer the private armed forces of the parties, implement the first election, the first supervision, reform the organizational form of state power, and limit the power of Chiang Kai-shek." Deng Yanda thought about it and said that he was very worried, with the victory of the squadron, the prestige of the Nationalist Government and Chiang Kai-shek was also increasing, and Deng Yanda was very worried that this would strengthen Chiang Kai-shek's ** rule.

"Although Zhenru's opinion is good, we have no soldiers in hand, Yu Peidi's engineering troops are building the Sichuan-Tibet Highway, more than two years, only to pass through Qamdo, it is still very early to complete, and the British are still looking for trouble, ** are about to become the puppets of the British." Serious doubts, the Sichuan-Tibet highway is more difficult than imagined, the road into Tibet is a mountain to a mountain, a river to a river, the Tibetans are still creating disputes, the progress is very slow, not only Yu Peidi complained, even the escort Liu Wenhui also complained, the last time in Chengdu encountered, publicly declared that he was willing to go to the battlefield, unwilling to build the road, was Qiao Yifu Zhang Sike for a while.

"But now there is a candidate, Zhuang Wenge," Chen Mingshu sat back in his chair: "He doesn't look down on the Communist Party, he is also dissatisfied with Chiang Kai-shek, and he has a certain foundation with us, I think he can be developed, in addition, Deng Xihou, Liu Wenhui, Tian Songyao and others in Sichuan are also facing the pressure of Chiang Kai-shek, and they can contact them to form a force that restricts the Kuomintang and the Communist Party." ”

"Cultural Revolution," Deng Yanda was calm, if Zhuang Jihua could be pulled into the organization they were talking about, of course it would be good, but Deng Yanda was very unconfident.

"I think it's okay," Deng Yanda hesitated, and immediately expressed his attitude: "The Cultural Revolution still has certain illusions about Chiang Kai-shek, thinking that only he can lead China to victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, but as time goes by, I believe that he can come to his senses, as long as he can come to his senses, with his ability and influence, the effect is extraordinary, and I am afraid that you can't imagine it." ”

"However, I have spoken to him many times, and he does not approve of the use of force to overthrow Chiang Kai-shek." Deng Yanda still has no confidence.

"Let's not be in a hurry, this change is slow, especially for the Cultural Revolution, but I think it is achievable." Sighing seriously, Deng Yanda is good at everything, but as long as he gets into the tip of the horns, it is very difficult for him to turn around.

"Choosing a life, you don't know, the influence of the Cultural Revolution in Sichuan, let's put it this way, as long as he stands up, Liu Xiang, Deng Xihou, Yang Sen, and even Zhang Lan, they will support us, in the past seven years, the Cultural Revolution has done too many good things for the Sichuan people, his roots have been firmly rooted in this land, in addition, he also has a very great influence among overseas Chinese, as well as American politics, even US President Roosevelt attaches great importance to his opinions." Seriously the past few years here have not been in vain, although some of Zhuang Jihua's secrets have not been involved in him, he has also seen a lot.

Deng Yanda and Chen Mingshu were shocked, they didn't expect Zhuang Jihua's influence to have expanded to such a far-reaching level, Deng Yanda finally nodded: "If you want to pull him over, there must be someone around him, and you have to find a way to influence him." Brother Qiaoyuan, who do you think you want to go? ”

This is a difficult problem to solve, and I can't think of a candidate for a while, Chen Mingshu thought about it and said, "Brother Qiyuan, how are you going?" ”

Shook his head seriously: "He is on guard against me, Chiang Kai-shek is not at ease with me, it is not appropriate for me to go, in fact, most of the things that have been exposed by our third party are not suitable, on the contrary, I think Yu Peidi is more suitable, but it is a pity that he lacks skills." ”

There was silence in the room, and after a long time, Deng Yanda sighed: "Look for it slowly, there is always a suitable one, and there is no hurry to meet for a while." ”

Li Zhilong quickly broke up with Jiang Jingguo under the pretext of going to the office, and called Yang Yongtai in the office, and informed him of Liu Xiang's imminent death, but he estimated that Yang Yongtai probably already knew the news, and then lingered in the office for a while before leaving the office.

When he left the office, he didn't go home, but walked out of the development team to Zhang Jingjiang's home in Guanyinqiao. After Zhang Jingjiang moved to Chongqing, under the pretext that he didn't like the hustle and bustle of the city center and didn't want to be too close to the Shangqing Temple, which was full of high-ranking officials, he bought a small farm yard at the southern end of Guanyin Bridge to live in, which was very close to the southwest development team, less than ten minutes away.

Li Zhilong is a frequent visitor here, after the servant opened the door, he let him in, Zhang Jingjiang happened to be at home alone, and the wife and children went to Chengdu at the invitation of Yu Qiaqing's wife.

"Mr. Jingjiang, although the Cultural Revolution called and said that I would first sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, I am still worried that the forces in Sichuan are not monolithic, if someone secretly defects to Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek can completely push the boat down the river and push him up, so as to control the Sichuan situation."

Zhang Jingjiang picked up the teacup with a smile, gently blew the tea leaves floating on it, and then looked up and said: "In the field, drink saliva first, this is an authentic Longjing, and you can't find a few taels in Chongqing." ”

Li Zhilong helplessly picked up the teacup, pretended to take a sip, and then put it down, took a deep breath, and watched Zhang Jingjiang's performance.

After Zhang Jingjiang finished drinking tea, he picked up the kettle and rushed it up, and then said slowly: "You, this point is not as good as the Cultural Revolution, cultivate your mind and temperament, what are you anxious about, even if Liu Xiang dies tonight, it is impossible to appoint a provincial chairman tomorrow." What's more, the Cultural Revolution has already said, let's wait and see what happens, these guys in Sichuan are not fools, he will definitely not let Chiang Kai-shek be at the mercy of him, not to mention that this also involves the Sichuan Development Company, do you know how scary this company is now? ”

Of course, Li Zhilong knows that the war catalyzed investment, and the company has continued to invest on a large scale in the past two years, and the company has developed more rapidly, and at the shareholders' meeting just opened, Mei Yuntian's digital output value is as high as 500 million legal currency, and the distributable profit is as high as 220 million, even if the income of Luo Zezhou, which has the least shares, is as high as millions.

"In my opinion, even if Tian Songyao and they lose Sichuan, they will not let go of the development company." Zhang Jingjiang said leisurely.

"What do you mean?" Li Zhilong immediately seized the information revealed in Zhang Jingjiang's words.

Zhang Jingjiang nodded with a smile: "Yes, our bottom line is the Sichuan Development Company, the provincial chairman can protect it, and if he can't protect it, he will abandon it, think about how the Cultural Revolution cleaned up Lu Shanming at the beginning." ”

Li Zhilong's eyes lit up, although Lu Shanming retreated after the Xi'an Incident, but in fact, he was secretly set up by Zhuang Jihua long before that, and he just fulfilled the formalities later.

"Yes, as a last resort, you can give up the provincial chairman to the central government, but the secretary general and the security commander, as well as the candidates of various departments, cannot be moved, and Zhang Sike Qiao Yifu wants to enter the provincial government, what do you think?" Li Zhilong said with some excitement.

Zhang Jingjiang smiled and shook his head, but he still felt a little sorry in his heart, this Li Zhilong was too anxious: "If you do this, I'm afraid you will throw yourself in." ”

Li Zhilong understood at once, and lowered his head a little ashamedly: "It seems that I am too anxious, I will not express my position first, see how they move, wait for their attitudes to come out, and then decide according to the situation, come up with that kind of plan, is that so?" ”

Zhang Jingjiang nodded with a smile, but asked rhetorically: "In addition to this, do you have a plan?" In your mind, who is the most suitable and beneficial to us to be the provincial chairman? ”

Li Zhilong was silent, just like Zhuang Jihua, he didn't think of who was suitable, the twenty-first military department, except for Liu Xiang, everyone had helpers, but no one could convince the public, measured and measured, he felt that Pan Wenhua was more suitable, but Pan Wenhua was on the front line, and among the remaining important generals, Wang Lingji was counted as one.

"What do you think of Wang Lingji?" Li Zhilong asked tentatively.

"He," Zhang Jingjiang shook his head: "He can't do it, this is a guy who is a guy who has milk, and he can't be trusted." ”

Li Zhilong smiled bitterly and stood up a little irritably: "To be honest, since Liu Xiang is seriously ill, I have gone through the 21st Army up and down, everyone has shortcomings, Zhang Si is more suitable, but those martial artists who lead the troops will not obey him, and Deng Hanxiang is the same, it is really nerve-wracking." ”

"If you hurt your brain, it won't hurt, even if it changes." Zhang Jingjiang picked up the teacup for a long time.

"But we also have to have a choice." Li Zhilong frowned: "Otherwise, what will I say when I go to Chengdu?" ”

Zhang Jingjiang squinted his eyes and thought for a while and said: "I have a candidate in my heart, Deng Xihou, but it is not appropriate to propose it now, the 21st military department will not easily agree, and it must wait for a while." ”

"Deng Xihou," Li Zhilong pondered for a moment and nodded: "Yes, this is a personal choice, but can twenty-one people agree?" ”

"So I said to wait, let Chiang Kai-shek play his cards first, and then watch, see how they react." Zhang Jingjiang's somewhat thin face showed a hint of helplessness: "That's it, my wife has been going to Chengdu for many days, and I'll go to Chengdu with you tomorrow, and by the way, I will handle the bank's affairs in Chengdu." ”

"It's for the best." Li Zhilong nodded slightly, he knew that Zhang Jingjiang was worried, worried that he would be reckless, the provincial chairman seemed to have nothing to do with them, but in fact he was one of the two pillars supporting the development of the southwest, if the people in this position made it difficult, the work of the development team would be ten times more difficult.

Liu Xiang's critical illness was like dropping a bombshell in Chengdu and Chongqing, which not only shook the political arena of Chengdu and Chongqing, but also extended to Wuhan.

Two days later, Liu Xiang died of illness, and the telegram was quickly delivered to Chiang Kai-shek's desk. Chiang Kai-shek immediately sent a special envoy Chen Bui to Chengdu to attend Liu Xiang's funeral, and at the same time solicited the opinions of the Sichuan people on the candidates for the chairman of Sichuan Province and the commander of the security guard, but on the other hand, the Wuhan political circles began to plot to seek the position of chairman of Sichuan Province.

Kong Xiangxi and Song Ziwen have launched their own people, Chen Lifu is not far behind, and recommends Zhang Lisheng, an important backbone of the CC department, but the Department of Political Science did not participate, and the head of the Department of Political Science Yang Yongtai secretly telegraphed Zhang Qun, Xiong Shihui, Wu Tiecheng and others, telling that this matter is important, "The chairman of Sichuan Province must have the support of the Zhuang Cultural Revolution to make the trip, otherwise he is only a puppet, and the situation in Sichuan is complicated, the various factions are entangled, it is difficult to distinguish, the Sichuan Development Company and the Development Bank control the financial industry and commerce in Sichuan, even if the chairman wants to appoint the provincial chairman, It is also necessary to consult the opinions of Zhuang Cultural Revolution.... ”

After receiving Yang Yongtai's reminder, everyone in the Department of Political Science stopped fighting, did not participate in this matter, and stood on the shore to watch Kong Songchen and others fight. After attending Liu Xiang's funeral, Chen Bui returned to Wuhan, where Chiang Kai-shek immediately summoned him.

"I talked with Liu Xiang's cronies Zhang Sike and Deng Hanxiang, as well as Liu Wenhui, Tian Songyao and others, and they said that in order to ensure the stability of Sichuan and facilitate the War of Resistance, it is best to appoint a person who is familiar to the Sichuan people as the provincial chairman, so as to support the hearts of the people in Anchuan." In the face of Chiang Kai-shek's inquiry, Chen Bui calmly said that these people in Sichuan are all treacherous and cunning guys, and no one will tell the truth.

"Didn't mention a specific candidate?" Chiang Kai-shek asked with a frown.

"No, however, according to my observation, although they have not proposed a candidate, they still hope to find someone among the forces in Sichuan to be the provincial chairman." Chen Bui said with a wry smile that he knew what Chiang Kai-shek was thinking, but these guys in Sichuan were too slippery, and they were all cultivated: "Chairman of the Committee, I suggest that you ask for the opinions of Yang Changqing and Zhuang Wenge, they are very familiar with Sichuan." ”

"Meet." Chiang Kai-shek was expressionless: "Mr. Hardship, let's go back and rest first, I'll think about it first." ”

Chen Bui smiled bitterly in his heart, this person who is not a person who has cultivated to perfection, there must have been a candidate in his heart, but he just refused to reveal it.

"Mr. Weilei, you're back, Wuhan is lively these days."

Chen Bui bumped into Lin Wei when he went out, Lin Wei pulled him to his office, and the two closed the door and chatted.

"What, did the Japanese make those moves again, or did they win the battle again?" Chen Bui asked knowingly, he knew that there were many people who wanted to be the chairman of Sichuan Province, but this matter had nothing to do with him, anyone could be it.

A hint of appreciation flashed in Lin Wei's eyes, it seemed that Chen Bui was very cautious. After the Battle of Yucheng, the Japanese did not do anything for the time being, but there was a lot of noise in Japan, and people from all walks of life blamed the Konoe and the military department and the Chinese army.

The battle of Yucheng dealt a very big blow to the Japanese army, especially the confidence of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army on the front line was worried about being surrounded and annihilated, so they chose to retreat on their own initiative. The Japanese army on the northern front retreated from the north bank of the Yellow River to the front line of Xinxiang, the Japanese army on the eastern front retreated to the east bank of the Wanfu River under the coercion of Xue Yue, after the Japanese army in the direction of Yucheng was annihilated, the middle line was empty, and the remnants successively abandoned Dangshan, Fengxian, and Peixian, Gu Shoufu led his troops to help, and the Japanese army retreated to Suxian County, Xuzhou, and the Japanese army on the southern line abandoned Maozhou, Wuyang, and retreated to Mengcheng. The squadron regained Huaibei and re-threatened the Jinpu line.

"Mr. Weilei is like gold, Zhuang Wenge is afraid of the Japanese, they are honest now, Zhuang Wenge also stopped to take a breath," Lin Wei quipped: "However, you don't know why Wuhan is lively." ”

"So many people think about that provincial chairman, I'm afraid it's not so easy, Brother Weiwen, don't think, don't think." Chen Bui also pretended at this time, and he also made a joke about Lin Wei, and at the same time secretly reminded the other party.

"I," Lin Wei shook his head and smiled: "I don't dare to think like this, now the Manchu Dynasty civil and military who doesn't stare at it, this trip is too muddy, too muddy, I don't dare to go down, I can't get up if I go down." ”

"Then you're still..." Chen Bui didn't continue, and looked at Lin Wei with some doubts.

Lin Wei shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands: "No way." ”

Chen Bui understood, someone must have asked him to inquire about the news, and said with a faint smile: "Go and ask Zhuang Cultural Revolution, I think the chairman of the committee will still ask for his opinion in the end." ”

"Zhuang Wenge?" Lin Wei looked at Chen Bui suspiciously.

"Yes." These days with the communication with the Kawauchi Qunhao, he finally found that the most suitable candidate was actually Zhuang Wenge, but this could not be said by him, as a close confidant of Chiang Kai-shek, he knew that during this time, the relationship between Chiang Kai-shek and Zhuang Jihua was a little delicate, and it all started with that damn Moses report, which made Chiang Kai-shek's heart change subtly. However, he believed that Zhuang Wenge must be a candidate in Chiang Kai-shek's mind, but this appointment may be difficult to make, but even so, with Zhuang Jihua's connections in Sichuan, Chiang Kai-shek must also seek his opinion if he wants to appoint a provincial chairman.

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