Chapter 42 Chapter 42: Weighing the Pros and Cons
At Huang Yu's home, Chiang Kai-shek was discussing with Huang Yu, Zhu Shaoliang, Chen Lifu, Chen Guofu and others how to return to Nanjing.It seems that they have been discussing for a long time, and they still haven't found the best solution.Unable to hold back, Chiang Kai-shek stood up from his seat, took a few hurried steps in the room, and cursed: "He Jingzhi is really nothing!"
Among the obstacles to Chiang Kai-shek's reinstatement, He Yingqin was a key figure.Since the preparatory meeting of the Fourth Plenary Session of the Second Central Committee of the Kuomintang, Chiang Kai-shek has cleared the political obstacles for his reinstatement. The resolution that the Committee must obtain the approval of the Preparatory Meeting of the Fourth Plenary Session when deciding on major cases is an obvious restriction on the power of the Guangxi Clan.Through Kong Xiangxi's wooing, the two powerful factions Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan both expressed their support for the motion passed by the Preparatory Meeting of the Fourth Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and agreed that Chiang Kai-shek should be reinstated as soon as possible, and sent telegrams of support.Chiang Kai-shek returned to the center, and everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.However, at the same time, Li Zongren attached great importance to the collusion between Jiang and Wang and his restoration activities.After the Western Expeditionary Army occupied Wuhan, Tang Shengzhi's troops had all returned to Hunan, and it was imminent to solve the Hunan problem and the Guangzhou Zhang and Huang problems.In order to deal with Chiang Kai-shek's restoration activities, Li Zongren had to hand over the expedition to Hunan to Bai Chongxi, and he and Cheng Qian hurried back to Nanjing to sit in charge.As soon as Li Zongren returned to Nanjing, he made it clear that the central organs would continue to exercise their powers, and the political and military operations would continue.Immediately afterwards, the Military Commission of the Nanjing Nationalist Government issued a crusade order against Zhang and Huang, and the Nanjing Nationalist Government ordered the investigation of Wang Jingwei, Chen Gongbo, etc. This action scared Wang Jingwei so much that he dared not gain a foothold in Shanghai and was forced to leave Europe.In order to destroy Chiang Kai-shek's restoration politically, Li Zongren then issued a solemn statement denying the legitimacy of the preparatory meeting of the Fourth Plenary Session of the Second Central Committee of the Kuomintang held by Chiang and Wang in the French Concession in Shanghai. The preparatory meeting held in the Shanghai Concession has no legal value."
Li Zongren's punch hit Chiang Kai-shek's vitals. At present, Nanjing is still controlled by the hateful and terrifying "White Fox" group. Although the troops on the Shanghai-Nanjing and Jinpu lines were originally Chiang's direct descendants, But now He Yingqin is in charge, and He Yingqin doesn't speak, how dare Chiang Kai-shek risk entering Beijing?Besides, He Yaozu, the commander of the Nanjing Garrison, is currently commanding the war on the Jinpu line, and He has no relationship with Jiang Yuan.At this time, Zhou Fengqi, the deputy commander of the garrison in Nanjing, had great conflicts with Jiang, and would never welcome Jiang to Nanjing.If Chiang Kai-shek couldn't enter Nanjing and couldn't control the army, his attempt at restoration could only be a dream.Now, He Yingqin is a figure of great importance.Reminiscing that He, Li and Bai forced him to leave the field, and after he left the field, He tried every means to seize his army, which made Chiang Kai-shek very angry. He really wanted to cut off He Yingqin's head and kick it into the Huangpu River go.Chiang Kai-shek was resentful, and suddenly reported that He Yingqin's secretary-general, Li Zhonggong, came to see him.
"What is he here for?"
Chiang Kai-shek turned his eyes filled with anger, and immediately signaled to Huang Yu and others to avoid temporarily, and he wanted to talk with Li Zhonggong alone here.After Huang Yu and others hid in his room, Li Zhonggong, dressed in suits and leather shoes, came in to meet Chiang Kai-shek. As soon as they met, he bowed a standard ninety-degree bow to Chiang, and then stood respectfully.
Chiang Kai-shek blinked, and seemed to find something he needed from Li. He immediately turned from anger to joy, and pulled Li to sit on the same sofa with him. The first sentence was: "Yeah, You came just in time, the preparatory meeting for the Fourth Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has been held, and I am going to ask you to be the future Secretary General of the Central Executive Committee."
Li Zhonggong was startled, he didn't expect Chiang Kai-shek to use him so much, who belonged to He Yingqin, and stood up to express his thanks.Chiang Kai-shek paused for a moment, then suddenly asked, "How is Jingzhi doing?"
Li Zhonggong knew that the conversation had come to the point, so he replied cautiously: "Jingzhi is very busy, he came to Shanghai recently."
Chiang Kai-shek suddenly changed his face and said: "Now that Feng Huanzhang and Yan Baichuan have sent me a telegram of support, and I am going to return to Beijing immediately, why hasn't He Jingzhi sent a telegram of support? You can ask him, what the hell is he trying to do? Om !"
When Li Zhonggong came to see Jiang, he wanted to imitate Jiang and He. When he saw that Jiang was angry and the governor was not doing well, he first smiled and explained: "Jie Gong doesn't have to worry too much about this. This just proves that Jiang is very respectful. If he is insensitive to politics, I will go and urge him to send it out immediately."
"Yeah." Chiang Kai-shek's face was still so sullen, and his words became more severe, "Go and tell Jingzhi, don't make a mistake. Last time Bai Jiansheng forced me, if he said a word, why would I step down! He needs to know, And you must know: Without me, Jiang Zhongzheng, there would never be any Yingqin. He is afraid of Bai Chongxi, so isn't he afraid of me, Jiang Zhongzheng? This time, he has not sent the telegram of support, what is his intention?"
Chiang Kai-shek became more and more agitated as he talked, and finally he hit the coffee table with his fist and shouted loudly: "Tell him to get out of the ocean, and see if I can leave him!"
Chiang Kai-shek's scolding made Li Zhonggong trembling and at a loss. Fortunately, he had some historical relations with Chiang and He, and Chiang wanted to mention him as the future secretary-general of the Central Executive Committee. Therefore, although Chiang Kai-shek was furious, But he was still calm in his heart. He saw that after Jiang lost his temper, his anger had just calmed down, and before the second climax started, he nodded and bowed and smiled at Jiang, in a tone that was both painful and sincere. Said: "Please calm down, Mr. Jie, Jingzhi is a person who doesn't understand politics, doesn't understand the revolutionary environment, has a simple mind, and acts slowly. But according to my opinion, he not only has no dissent, but also dares to have dissent."
"He Jingzhi not only has Wei Yan's rebellion, but also has the heart of Sima Zhao!" Chiang Kai-shek still did not let He Yingqin go, he was not only suspicious of He Yingqin, but also hated him to the extreme.
"Ah, Jiegong, Jiegong," Li Zhonggong's mind reacted quickly, and he hurriedly made a vivid metaphor, "Jingzhi has followed you for many years, of course you know his personality, he is indeed loyal to you. However, due to mediocrity, it is as if he is your two arms. His every move should be directed by the mind, and indeed he obeys your orders. But due to the limitation of his talents, you order He moves both arms at the same time, and reaches a certain distance in a certain direction within a certain period of time. He moves, but only moves one arm or moves both arms very slowly, and sometimes even loses his way. Under such circumstances, he thinks he is obeying orders, but you see him disobeying orders, and even think that he is suspected of making changes, but he is indeed loyal to you, this is respect. The root cause of recent misbehavior and mistakes. Therefore, I can guarantee that he will not have a different intention, let alone dare to have a different one."
"Well, well, this, this, that's good." Chiang Kai-shek finally had a smile on his frosty face, "Then I'll just wait for his support message, you go back and tell him, send it today, immediately !"
"Don't worry, Mr. Jie, this matter is on my shoulders." Seeing that Jiang had changed his mind, Li Zhonggong stood up and said goodbye.
Li Zhonggong didn't dare to be negligent. After leaving Huang Yu's house, he went straight to He Yingqin's apartment on Huanlong Road.
However, it is said that He Yingqin was originally commanding the operation in the southern section of Jinpu Road, and he has suppressed the offensive of Sun Chuanfang's army, and is slowly advancing towards the northern section of Jinpu Road.But in recent days, he has always felt in a trance, like sitting on pins and needles, and kept waking up from nightmares in the middle of the night.One day, while he was sitting in the headquarters, he suddenly heard a gunshot, as if a bullet had passed through his chest, and he fell to the ground, closing his eyes, thinking that he was going to die.But when the guards lifted him up, he groped from head to toe, only to find that he was not wounded or blooded, and suddenly he yelled, "There is an assassin!"
Commander He's scream scared the guards to search around immediately, but they didn't even find the shadow of the assassin.It turned out that the gunshot just now was an accidental fire from a sentry outside the gate. The bullet flew into the sky, and there was no loss.Because He Yingqin was afraid that Chiang Kai-shek would send someone to assassinate him, he thought too much, and became turbulent and panicked.Following Chiang Kai-shek's collusion with Wang Jingwei in Shanghai, Chiang and Wang conspired to successfully hold the preparatory meeting for the Fourth Plenary Session of the Second Central Committee of the Kuomintang, and calls for Chiang Kai-shek's comeback were even louder.The extent of He Yingqin's fright became more and more serious day by day, which made him unable to eat well and could not sleep at night.Fortunately, Liu Zhi and Gu Zhutong, the two army commanders under him, were still very obedient to him. Although Liu Zhi followed Chiang Kai-shek to the city of Wuchang during the Northern Expedition, and then moved to Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Nanjing, he always listened to He Yingqin. In front of He was the same as in front of Jiang, and he could only say "yes".Gu Zhutong entered Fujian with He Yingqin from Guangdong during the Northern Expedition, and attacked the Beiyang warlord Zhou Yinren. When they reached Fuzhou, He promoted Gu to the commander of the third division. To fight against Sun Chuanfang's army crossing the river, He Yingqin commanded Gu Zhutong's third division to participate in the battle of Longtan. Gu Zhutong fought quite hard, and the relationship between He and Gu became closer.He Yingqin knew very well that Chiang Kai-shek was unwilling to fail and would make a comeback, and wanted to take this army away from him. Therefore, after Chiang left the field, why did he promote Liu Zhi and Gu Zhutong to the first army and the first army respectively in order to cultivate his own power? Commander of the Ninth Army.Since He Yingqin is easy-going and well-trained, most of his subordinates are willing to follow him.When He Yingqin was using Gu Zhutong's Ninth Army as the core to win over Liu Zhi and secretly established the "He Yingqin faction", Chiang Kai-shek also used Zhu Shaoliang to frequently engage in activities to win over Liu, Gu and his generals. If the two pressures are not handled properly, not only the troops will not be able to grasp them, but their heads will have to be moved.Apart from shouting "Mo San, Mo San" all day long, he also said "Jingfu, Jingfu". He looked quite like an old woman in the countryside in Guizhou and Guizhou. I heard that her grandson was frightened and lost her soul. , At dusk, he held his grandson in one hand and the fishing rod in the other. While calling his grandson's name, he kept fishing to the side of the road, trying to "catch" his grandson's soul back.Although Mo San and Jing Fu are still as obedient as before, He Yingqin always feels that his spine is limp, and the lost "soul" seems to be difficult to possess.Only then did he remember that the tough Li Zongren and the wise Bai Chongxi were not around, and no one could make up his mind for him.At this time, Li and Bai were far away in Wuhan. Although Tang Shengzhi had been defeated, the problems of the two lakes and Zhang Fakui in Guangdong were probably enough for them to worry about. Li and Bai couldn't take care of themselves, so how could they manage He Yingqin?He Yingqin panicked even more now, although he was accompanied by the obedient Mo Sanhe Jing, but he was born timid and always relied on others to back him up.Mo San, although Jingfu is more than courageous, he lacks support. Looking at the military and political circles in China today, only Chiang Kai-shek, Li and Bai can support He Yingqin.Now that Li and Bai are on an expedition to Hubei and Hunan, Chiang Kai-shek is eyeing him in Shanghai.He Yingqin lost his backbone for a while.His secretary-general, Li Zhonggong, was a person with a lot of political vision. He saw that Chiang Kai-shek would soon return to power. If He Yingqin lingered and waited and tried to prevent Chiang's reinstatement, he would suffer a great loss, or even lose his life.He took the opportunity to persuade He to go to Shanghai to live for a few days, to see the direction of the wind, and let him deal with Jiang, observe Jiang's attitude, and then make a decision.Li Zhonggong's move, in essence, pulled He Yingqin to Chiang Kai-shek's side, promoted Jiang and He to cooperate again, and made Jiang return to his post smoothly.He Yingqin was looking around, and couldn't come up with a decent idea to deal with the current situation, so he had no choice but to agree to go to Shanghai to have a look.When they arrived in Shanghai, He returned to his apartment on Huanlong Road, and Li Ze went to Huang Guo's house to thirst for Jiang.Just when He Yingqin's heart felt as if fifteen buckets were fetching water—up and down, Li Zhonggong came back.He Yingqin hurriedly asked:
"What's Jiang's attitude?"
Li Zhonggong had already thought about the words to deal with it, and after sitting down, he said: "Jie Gong still trusts you as in the past. In his conversation with me, he described the rebellion from the suppression of the merchant group, the crusade against Liu and Yang, and the two Eastern Expeditions." Especially in the battles of Tamsui, Hepo, and Huizhou where he lived and died with you."
"Oh, doesn't he have any doubts about me?" He Yingqin knew that Chiang Kai-shek always said one thing and another in his heart. really do.
Since Li Zhonggong could turn Chiang Kai-shek's anger into joy, he could also turn He Yingqin's worry into joy. He said: "Even if he has some doubts about you, I don't think it matters. After all, you have a deep history with him, and he He is also a person who puts a lot of emphasis on emotional interests. You know his temper. He can say what he loves, and evil can fall into the abyss. Since he exists for a day, you have no certainty of bringing the Huangpu army over. Then, if you want to fight him, you won’t be able to win him. Also, the thing he’s jealous of you the most is your relationship with the Guangxi Clan. I think you must deal with this matter kindly in the future..."
Li Zhonggong's words are soft and hard, hard and soft, both soft and hard, he sometimes speaks from He's standpoint, and suddenly speaks from Jiang's standpoint, explaining He Yingqin's situation clearly, and thoroughly analyzing the advantages and disadvantages .He Yingqin is also a person who lacks a strong heart when encountering problems. Hearing these words, his flat forehead was wrinkled for a moment, and his wide-brimmed black-rimmed glasses were lifted up. He pondered for a while, and then he asked hesitantly: " What does Jiang want me to do?"
"He is waiting for the support telegrams from the generals of the first army. Feng and Yan have already sent them. Why haven't you sent them yet?" Li Zhonggong looked at He Yingqin's embarrassment, as if he was a mediocre student who was stumped by an ordinary exam question. like.
He Yingqin stood up straight, and most of his frown disappeared immediately. Like Wang Jingwei and Li Jishen, he knew very well what Chiang Kai-shek wanted from him.However, He Yingqin was different from Wang and Li. Wang and Li asked Jiang, but now He Yingqin did not ask Jiang, but Jiang asked him.Thinking of this, He Yingqin said with some dissatisfaction: "I'm not like his dictatorial style. The first army issued a support call. I have to ask Mo San, Jing Fu and other front-line generals first, because they have not yet This indication was not issued.”
Li Zhonggong understood that He Yingqin wanted to take a hand in this issue, but if the support telegram from the First Army was not sent out, not only would he not be able to explain to Jiang, but also He Yingyin might be killed, so he had to clarify his words further. : "Last time when Bai Jiansheng forced him to leave, you didn't support him. He was already dissatisfied with you. If you don't send your support telegram now, wouldn't it increase his suspicion of you? You are his soul, and you have to ask the generals for their opinions, how can you use this reason to reply to him?"
"Hmm—" He Yingqin didn't want to send a support call right away, and couldn't find a strong reason for it.
"I think you have to send out the electricity today, otherwise..." Li Zhonggong stared at He Yingqin for a minute, and then whispered: "Shanghai is a place, of course you understand that gang forces are everywhere, killing people and kidnapping people, shooting black guns, Jiang has a great potential in Shanghai, Huang Jinrong, Du Yuesheng, Yu Qiaqing, Yang Hu, Chen Qun... are almost all Jiang's seniors and brothers, as long as Jiang gives them a wink, you will be in trouble!"
He Yingqin immediately panicked. He was already somewhat afraid of the gangster forces in the ten-mile foreign market. Now that he entered this tiger's mouth and wolf den alone, if Lao Jiang really wanted his life, it would be like trampling to death. Ants are easier.He regretted that he really shouldn't have come to Shanghai at this time. If he was still sitting in his general headquarters in Xuzhou or in Nanjing, everything would be safer. When something happened, calling out "Mo San" or "Jingfu" would also give him courage. .But now...he felt that he had made a mistake!Of course, his first thought was to keep his life safe and keep the green hills. Even if there is no firewood, He Yingqin has no principle of right and wrong. What's more, he really needs a strong person to support him, just like a cowardly woman , need a capable husband to preside over housekeeping.However, He Yingqin is He Yingqin after all. Over the years, his status has improved and his face has become bigger and bigger. If he wants to send such a support telegram immediately, he feels that his face will always be a little disgraceful.Li Zhonggong knew He Yingqin's thoughts very well. Seeing that He Yingqin didn't speak for a while, he said: "Commander, you should cooperate with Jiegong again. He is at the helm, and you row the boat. No one can do without the other."
"Hmm." He Yingqin nodded, then slowly took off his glasses, and weighed them in the palm of his hand habitually. He thought that if he sent a telegram as a prerequisite for Jiang and He's cooperation, he would save his face by welcoming Jiang back. It is also passable.At the same time, he is also quite troublesome about political issues. The country is currently in chaos and the political struggle is very complicated. He is indeed difficult to deal with. Save a lot of trouble.As for how Li and Bai would treat him when he sent a telegram of support, he was quite thoughtful about this point. No matter whether Jiang was on stage or off stage, Li and Bai, as local powerful factions, could not do without He Yingqin. When Chiang Kai-shek came to power again, the struggle between Chiang and Li and Bai would become more intense. In the struggle between Jiang and Gui, He Yingqin would be drawn and valued by both sides as a special role.Thinking of this, He Yingqin said to Li Zhonggong: "Well, please draw a call for me."
Seeing that He Yingqin agreed to generate electricity, Li Zhonggong drew up the telegram in support of Jiang and submitted it to He for review and issuance.
After the telegram of support from the former generals of the First Army headed by He Yingqin was sent out, another obstacle on the road to Chiang Kai-shek's reinstatement was cleared away.However, Chiang Kai-shek still did not dare to enter Nanjing to preside over the Fourth Plenary Session of the Second Central Committee of the Kuomintang, which was of decisive significance to him.Because Li Zongren, Cheng Qian, Tan Yankai and other tough anti-Chiang figures were all based in Nanjing, although the main force of the Guangxi faction went on an expedition to Hubei and Hunan, there were still a small number of troops stationed in Beijing. Cheng Qian, Tan Yankai, etc. are all related, but have no relationship with Jiang Ze, and Zhou Fengqi, the deputy commander of the garrison, would not welcome Jiang to Nanjing.After He Yingqin sent a support telegram in Shanghai, he met Chiang Kai-shek in a hurry, and said that he needed to go back to Xuzhou to control the troops during this extraordinary period, and left Shanghai for Xuzhou by car the next day.The troops of Liu Zhi and Gu Zhutong were all placed in the Xuzhou area, and there were no troops of Jiang on the Shanghai-Nanjing line.He also knew that at present, He Yingqin could only send support telegrams at most, and it was absolutely impossible to return to Nanjing to welcome Jiang to power.Even if Chiang Kai-shek could forcibly pull Liu Zhi and Gu Zhutong's troops back to Nanjing to carry out a mutiny to support Chiang, this would be a bad strategy. At that time, Liu and Gu's troops would definitely be attacked by other armies, and victory or defeat is hard to predict.Even if they win by luck, Li Zongren, Cheng Qian, Tan Yankai, Li Liejun and others will send troops to crusade as they did against Zhang Fakui and Huang Qixiang, and Nanjing will surely evolve into the second Guangzhou.At that time, let alone Chiang Kai-shek's return to power, I am afraid he can only follow in Wang Jingwei's footsteps.But Chiang Kai-shek's great talent and flexible wrists are by no means comparable to Wang Jingwei, who is only superior in facial expressions and words.He didn't believe that he would fall to Wang Jingwei's situation.
Chiang Kai-shek could only enter Nanking by peaceful means - he had no other way.However, who has the ability to invite him to Nanjing?At the moment, there is not even a shadow of hope. I really worry Chiang Kai-shek and his advisers and strategists to death!
After Li Zongren and Cheng Qian returned to Nanjing from Wuhan, the crumbling Nanjing government stabilized again because of the addition of two huge pillars.Li Zongren visited Tan Yankai, Li Liejun and Cheng Qian every day at the special committee, the national government and the military committee.He respected these three veterans of the Kuomintang who had followed Sun Yat-sen's revolution for many years.Lin Hu, a veteran general of the Gui Army, was Li Zongren's commander-in-chief, and Lin Hu was once Li Liejun's former army. They were all influential figures in the Yuan Dynasty.Zhang Ji, Zou Lu, Xie Chi, Juzheng and others in the special committee were called "Xishan Conference faction" at the time, but they were also veterans of the Kuomintang who followed Sun Yat-sen's revolution for many years. He ordered Juzheng to be the commander-in-chief of the Yuan army for Shandong, and Chiang Kai-shek was just a chief of staff under Juzheng.Their qualifications are older than Chiang Kai-shek, and no one can compare with them except Wang Jingwei and Hu Hanmin.Chiang Kai-shek wanted to hold high the banner of Sun Yat-senism, but Li Zongren was able to successfully win over a large number of veterans who followed Sun Yat-sen's revolution to Nanjing, respecting them in high positions and treating them as guests. up, but fluttering over Stone City.The elders were high above them, and when Li Zongren saw them from afar, he stood at attention and saluted, as if he was one of their soldiers or a general under his command.However, Li Zongren is the soul of Nanjing and the highest orderer of the party, government and army.For this reason, Bai Chongxi once made a rather vivid and funny metaphor to Li Zongren in private: "Mr. De, when playing military chess, the military flag is the biggest chess piece. Even the commander-in-chief is under its control, but the commander-in-chief can Order the engineers to carry it away at will!" Li Zongren laughed when he heard this.Since Li Zongren returned to Nanjing to sit in town, the three big machines of the special committee, the national government, and the military committee have been operating normally again.Then, on December 14 and 16, orders were issued to attack Zhang Fakui and Huang Qixiang and to investigate Wang Jingwei and Chen Gongbo.Wang Jingwei was besieged on all sides and had to flee abroad. Zhang and Huang also left their troops and fled to Hong Kong.The effect of these two orders made the people of the country look at the Nanjing government with admiration. Many veterans were all amazed that Li Zongren, who was as humble as a chief adjutant with a three-pointed smile on his face, had such awe-inspiring power.They couldn't help fantasizing about it for a while, and started their own wishful thinking. If they can use the strength of Li and Bai to unify the world and make them work for me, it's like the animal trainer who can drive all the lions and lions with a small whip. It's as if the evil tiger makes money by performing skills for himself, what a pleasant business it must be!It's a pity that although Li and Bai's Guangxi troops are fiercer than lions and tigers, they are not beasts that can be trained and driven at will, and Bai Chongxi's head is filled with the economics and tricks of Guan Zhong and Kong Ming, which makes the elders While they were amazed and fancied, they couldn't help but feel a sense of confusion and indescribable fear.
He Yingqin came to see Li Zongren cautiously with eight-character steps.After entering the gate, the two guards saluted with guns and eyes.He Yingqin has long been accustomed to this common etiquette, but when the sentry "clicked" to stand at attention, he was frightened and trembled: "Will Li Delin detain me?" After entering Li's general headquarters, he regretted not throwing himself into the trap.This time he listened to Li Zhonggong's words and went to Shanghai alone, but was held hostage by Chiang Kai-shek, and he reluctantly sent that involuntary support telegram.He left Shanghai and went back to Xuzhou via Nanjing. Li Zongren would not have been alarmed, but on the car, he was always conflicted.In view of his current and future relationship with Li and Bai, he had no choice but to say hello to Li Zongren, express his grievances, and express his heart. You can continue to cooperate in order to leave a way out for yourself.Especially before Chiang Kai-shek returned to Beijing, he had to do this in order to get Li and Bai's understanding.However, he was full of doubts and uncertainties. Would Li Zongren accuse him of betraying the covenant between them, supporting Jiang alone, destroying the situation in Nanjing, and detaining him on this ground?After thinking about it, he thinks probably not, firstly, because Li Zongren is more lenient; secondly, in the fight against Jiang's reinstatement, Li and Bai will still catch him and not let him go; thirdly, if Li Zongren really detains him, Mo Sanhe Jingfu will not give up. Now Li and Bai are struggling with the reinstatement of Hunan, Hubei and Guangdong, and Jiang's reinstatement. How can they cause trouble for themselves in Nanjing.On the train, he took off the black-framed wide-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose several times like a divination, weighed them in his palm, and weighed them repeatedly before deciding to see Li Zongren.
In Li Zongren's living room, there are several pots of vigorous and distinctive plum blossoms, with a faint fragrance.Li Zongren pulled He Yingqin, not talking about the party's struggle for the state, but first looked at plum blossoms. "He Jinggong, this plant is a green calyx. When it blooms, the sepals are green. The petals are snow-white and double. They are extremely fragrant. They are rare. It's a pity that you came a few days early, and you can't catch up with the flowering."
"Oh, what a beautiful flower!" He Yingqin nodded absent-mindedly. He didn't know why Li Zongren still had such a leisurely mood when he was busy with everything.
Li Zongren then introduced to He Yingqin several advanced varieties such as "Bone Red", "Zhaoshui" and "Longyou". Finally, he pointed to a plum branch with just blooming buds and said to He Yingqin: "He Jinggong, just now you see The ones I got are all flower plums, only this one is different, it is a fruit plum."
"Hmm, can it still work out?" Although He Yingqin was absent-minded, he was somewhat interested in Li Zongren's interesting introduction.
"The fruit plum blossoms have many single petals, and they bear fruit after flowering. 'Looking for plums to quench thirst' is this kind of fruit plum." Li Zongren smiled, "You must have seen Lao Jiang in Shanghai. He wants to come to Nanjing to resume his job. Someone is going to Shanghai again, and I am going to ask him to send this pot of plums to Lao Jiang."
When He Yingqin heard this, he trembled as if struck by lightning on the spot. He really regretted that he shouldn't have come to see Li Zongren.Only after he collected himself did he act like a woman who had lost her virginity, and tremblingly told Li Zongren how he committed himself to others in Shanghai.Unexpectedly, Li Zongren was quite manly. Instead of accusing He Yingqin of "losing his virginity", he laughed and said, "Both Feng and Yan in the north have already sent support telegrams. You, Jingfu and Mo San are all his former subordinates. If you don’t post it, you won’t be able to justify it in face.”
"Degong, yes, yes!" He Yingqin saw that Li Zongren not only did not question his "lostness" issue, but tolerantly put himself in his place, he felt relieved, grateful to Li Zongren, and hurriedly declared He said: "Mr. De, what we did in the past and what we will do in the future, you and Jiansheng know how I am, He Yingqin."
"I know, I know." Li Zongren smiled heartily again, then stared at He Yingqin, and said, "After you go back, you must make it clear to Mo San and Jing Fu that Nanjing will never become a second Guangzhou. Those who have Zhang and Huang's delusions and Wang Zhaoming's desire for restoration will all die without a place to bury them!"
Although Li Zongren spoke lightly, the weight in those words was no less than ten heavy iron fists. He told He Yingqin clearly: You can "lose yourself" to others, but you can't "remarry".He Yingqin naturally understood the background of Li Zongren's words, nodded repeatedly and said: "Mr. De can only issue orders in Nanjing, and Xuzhou will definitely be fine."
After He Yingqin bid farewell to Li Zongren, he didn't dare to stay in Nanjing for a while, and immediately drove back to Xuzhou.His headquarters was set up in Xuzhou's old feudal yamen. Liu Zhi and Gu Zhutong heard that Commander He had come back from Shanghai via Nanjing, and knowing that there must be something important to tell, they rushed to the headquarters to see He.
"When will Commander-in-Chief Jiang return to Beijing to watch things?" After all, Gu Zhutong's head is more flexible than Liu Zhi's. He observed something wrong with Commander-in-Chief He's complexion. There seemed to be a faint layer of obscurity, so he asked.
"I saw a pot of flowers named 'Wangmei Quxi thirst' at Li Delin's place!"
Because He Yingqin had no knowledge of flowers and was preoccupied, he called the pot of fruit plums in Li Zongren's living room "the flower of 'looking for plums to quench thirst'".Liu Zhi and Gu Zhutong looked at each other in dismay when they heard the words "Looking at plum blossoms to quench thirst".
But it is said that since Li Zongren returned to Beijing to sit in town, he not only went all out to prevent Chiang Kai-shek's restoration activities, but also dispatched troops and generals, and at the same time launched two major campaigns against Guangdong and Hunan.In Guangzhou, although Wang Jingwei, Zhang Fakui, Huang Qixiang and other core figures left one after another, and suffered a major political blow, the new commander of the Fourth Army, Miao Peinan, was not discouraged. The commander of the second division is an outstanding general.In the face of Li Jishen's two-pronged attack, Miao Peinan adopted the principle of internal operations and withdrew from Guangzhou. The division and Xu Jing Tang arrived and turned the tide of the battle.Li Zongren saw that the Guangdong-Central War had won the battle, but the Hunan Bureau was not optimistic. Tang Shengzhi's troops had already retreated into Hunan. The 17th Army, Ye Qi's Department is the 18th Army, with a total strength of about 120,000 troops, led by Li Pinxian, He Jian, and Liu Xing respectively in the name of the commander-in-chief of the First, Third, and Fourth Front Armies, claiming to prevent foreign invasion. Maintain local law and order.For this relatively strong force, Li and Bai wanted to incorporate it, Chiang Kai-shek wanted to get involved, and Cheng Qian and Tan Yankai also wanted to take it with the help of the Hunan people.Because Li Pinxian and Ye Qi, the commanders of the five armies of the Tang Dynasty, and Liao Lei, the division commander of Liu Xingjun, were all from Guangxi. For this reason, Li and Bai once sent people to Hunan to negotiate with Li Pinxian, He Jian, Liu Xing and others to peacefully reorganize the Tang army. , so that the territory of Hunan can be won without a fight.But Chiang Kai-shek cast a pawn at this critical moment.Jiang saw that after the defeat of Miao Peinan's army, the Guangxi clique had regained control of Guangdong. If Hunan was captured by the Guangxi clique again, large areas of Guangdong, Guangxi, and two lakes would be owned by the Guangxi clique.Therefore, in order to resist the entry of the Guangxi army into Hunan and cut off the connection between Hubei and Guangdong, Chiang Kai-shek frequently sent personnel to Hunan to win over the generals of the Tang Dynasty. He proposed that the troops from other provinces should not enter Hunan. In charge and reorganization of the Tang army into four armies, the military salary will be subsidized by the central government, and all conditions such as the allocation of 500,000 yuan will be recognized.Li Pinxian, He Jian, Liu Xing and others saw that the conditions promised by Chiang Kai-shek were better than those of the Guangxi faction, so they sent a telegram and waited for the resolution at the Fourth Plenary Session of the Second Central Committee of the Kuomintang.The representatives sent by Li and Bai returned without any answers.Li Zongren naturally understood what Chiang Kai-shek did in Hunan. This is absolutely unacceptable. Li and Bai decided to resort to force, with Cheng Qian as the commander-in-chief of the Hunan Army and the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Route, and Bai Chongxi as the former enemy. The commander-in-chief commanded the Third Route Army on behalf of Li Zongren. After receiving the order, Cheng and Bai went south to Hunan in two routes from the Wuhan supervisor.Cheng Qian led the sixth, thirteenth, and forty-fourth armies to attack Linsu and Yuezhou along Wuchang Road. Bai Chongxi led Xia Wei's seventh army and Hu Zongduo's nineteenth army from Tongcheng to Pingjiang, and then fought with Cheng Qian's troops will attack Changsha.
Chiang Kai-shek saw that the Guangxi faction took Hunan with strong means and broke his plan to control Hunan and win over the Tang army. He had no choice but to stare at Nanjing with his eyes wide open. It is definitely not an opponent of the Guangxi faction, and it is a matter of time before Hunan falls into the hands of the Guangxi faction.When Chiang Kai-shek came back from Japan, he colluded with Wang Jingwei and successfully held the Fourth Plenary Session of the Second Central Committee of the Kuomintang in the Shanghai Concession. He won over Feng and Yan through Kong Xiangxi, and He Yingqin through Li Zhonggong. In the struggle of the Guangxi Clan, the banner was won.However, in Guangdong and Hunan, he was successively defeated by the Guangxi faction. To this day, he still can only look at Nanjing from the concession in Shanghai, and has been unable to return to Beijing for a long time.The literati who had such a good thing actually wrote an article on the tabloid in Shanghai and Nanjing with the title "Li Zongren sits in the capital, Chiang Kai-shek looks forward to the plum and stops revealing". Chiang Kai-shek was upset and irritable. Hippie".However, since marrying the younger sister of the Song family, Jiang's temper and personality have been greatly restrained. When he is angry, he just wanders around the room: he no longer speaks unscrupulously.He often couldn't fall asleep at night, so Soong Meiling read the Bible to him. Meiling's melodious voice made him fall asleep quickly.However, he often shouted in his dreams: "Nanjing! Nanjing!" When he woke up in the middle of the night, he held his head in his hands and stared blankly at the ceiling in a daze...
Li Zongren sits at the center in Nanjing. Although he is extremely busy, things are done quite smoothly.The elders saw that he was young and promising, less than forty years old, and able to deal with military and state affairs with ease, so they also valued him very much.But it is said that time flies like an arrow, the sun and the moon fly like a shuttle, and in a blink of an eye, the troubled sixteen years of the Republic of China were sent away.In the 17th year of the Republic of China, New Year's Day came, and various party and government organizations in Nanjing gathered together to launch various activities to commemorate Mr. Sun Yat-sen's overthrow of the Qing emperor 17 years ago and the establishment of the Republic of China.李宗仁比平时更为忙碌，不断应邀到各处去演讲报告他坚持孙总理之三民主义，实行两广合作，推动北伐，将革命事业推进到长江流域的经过。因李宗仁北伐以来，功勋卓著，特别是在保卫南京的龙潭血战中，表现得非常出色，各方对他印象不错，因此，他的演讲也颇受人们欢迎。
这天上午，李宗仁应邀正要到某机关去演讲，忽接国民政府主席谭延闿打来的电话：“德邻兄，听说蒋介石今天上午将乘车抵达南京，你听说了吗？”
“啊？”李宗仁倏地一惊，但随即一想，这恐怕是些别有用心之人散布的谣言，或者是老蒋故意叫人放出的空气。
记得去年十一月二十二日，南京各界举行庆祝讨唐胜利大会，游行群众到复成桥地段时，游行队伍中忽有人与维持秩序人员发生冲突，接着双方开枪射击，以致死伤多人，世称“一一·二二复成桥惨案。”经调查，始知这一惨案是由蒋、汪合谋，由南京市党部的谷正纲和中央党务学校的康泽亲自策划和指挥的，其目的在打倒中央特委会，为蒋介石返京复职铺平道路。“一一·二二”事件发生后，南京一片混乱，汪精卫正在上海看热闹，蒋介石则已准备好军装，宋美龄也已梳妆打扮一番，准备陪蒋进京复职。谁知此时李宗仁由武汉赶回南京坐镇，迅速平息了混乱，汪精卫只得沮丧地把脑袋缩回来，宋美龄也只好把衣装收起，蒋介石进京复辟的计划又一次受挫。因此，李宗仁估计，谭延闿所说很可能又是蒋介石指使人在南京制造新的混乱所致。
“谭主席，谣传绝不可信，这必是奸人妄图扰乱政府的活动，一旦察明，我即予狠狠打击！”李宗仁毫不含糊地说道。
“德邻兄，据我得到确实消息，首都戒严司令贺耀祖已于今日拂晓率第四十军第二师由陇海线上的许家集回到南京。车站码头已实行戒严，并已占领狮子山、雨花台等战略要地……”谭延闿忧心忡忡地说道。
“啊！”李宗仁这才感到问题严重。他放下电话后，当即给贺耀祖打电话：“贺司令，你由前线带部队回京，奉谁的命令行事？”
李宗仁厉声质问道。
“德公不是曾发表过声明，说四中全会必须到首都召开吗？我是带部队回京维持秩序，以便给四中全会的召开创造一个良好的政治环境。”贺耀祖有恃无恐地答道。
李宗仁仿佛听到头上炸响了一个晴天霹雳，他实在没想到与蒋介石毫无渊源的贺耀祖会投蒋反对特委会，并利用其南京戒严司令的职权，突然由前线回师，控制南京，迎蒋入京复职。他抑制着满腔怒火，问道：“是你打电报请蒋介石回来的吗？”
“是的，蒋总司令于今日上午将乘沪宁专车到达，唔，再过半小时就到啦，请德公与各位元老到车站迎接，我将保证各位的安全！”贺耀祖说完便很有礼貌地放下了电话。
李宗仁霎时间象跌进了深渊黑谷，卷入旋流恶浪，他感到身体失去重心，在下沉，下沉，在旋转中下坠，眼前一片漆黑。好久好久，才定下神来，他抬眼看到的，竟是那一盆被何应钦称为“'望梅止渴'的花”的果梅，他感到嘴中沁出一片酸溜溜的味道来。他奔过去，抱起那盆果梅，狠狠地往地下砸去，“嘭”地一声，那泥褐色古色古香的花盆，立刻破碎，梅枝残断，刚绽的花蕾裁倒在地上，象在抱怨主人的残暴无情，哀叹自己的身世不幸。李宗仁气味琳地掏出一支香烟，尚未点燃，便一把拧碎扔在地上，接着掏出一支烟，照样拧碎……他虽然是位身经百战的出色将领，一位德智超群的统帅，在险恶的战争环境里，他以冷静沉着刚强不屈著称。但是，在政治斗争中，他还没有经受过严酷的考验，在失败和挫折面前，他显得太简单和幼稚……
李宗仁已经点燃了一支香烟，狠狠地吸了几口，心情开始缓和下来，他蹲到地上，拾起破碎了的花盆，随即命副官另找来一只花盆，然后小心翼翼地将那株被摔伤的果梅，连土一起捧到那新盆中，动手栽好，又浇了水，一边抽烟，一边端详着带伤的梅枝。副官忙谨慎地说道：“德公，这梅枝已经残了，没有观赏价值啦！”
“哼哼！”李宗仁狠声狠气地说道，“现在和将来，它的作用是让我永远记住'望梅止渴'那神酸溜溜的味道，这便是它的全部价值——比观赏价值更有价值的价值！”
“是，是。”那副官似懂非懂地点着头，“我一定要花工多加照料。”
不一会，国民政府主席谭延闿又打电话来：“德邻兄，我们要不要到火车站去迎接蒋介石呢？”
“当然应该去，我们不是一直都在准备欢迎蒋、汪、胡到京来开二届四中全会的么？”李宗仁轻松地说道。
当李宗仁和众元老驱车到达车站时，蒋介石的专车也进了站，贺耀祖除了布置严密的警戒线外，还派来了一支军乐队和仪仗队，蒋介石的专车刚停稳，那军乐队便吹吹打打高奏起迎宾曲来。车门开处，戎装毕挺，挂黑色披风，着高统军靴的蒋介石，神采奕奕地出现在车门口，在他身后，是他新婚的妻子宋美龄。宋美龄一身旗袍显得珠光宝气，她目光闪烁，神采飞扬，使人有顾盼自雄之感。蒋介石偕宋美龄下车，南京戒严司令贺耀祖首先过来敬礼。蒋介石庄重地答礼，然后和贺耀祖紧紧握手。蒋介石是通过朱绍良以日本士官学校同期同学的关系，出其不意地把贺拉过来的。蒋介石与前来欢迎的元老们一一握手问候。他那副模样，仿佛是代表政府到国外访问回来似的，对元老们既亲切又敬重，压根儿没有使人感到他们之间存在的敌对关系。接着，他和宋美龄双双来到李宗仁和夫人郭德洁面前，宋美龄抢上前几步，首先挎住了李宗仁和郭德洁的一条胳膊，蒋介石微笑着，拍了拍李宗仁的肩膀：“德邻兄，你辛苦啦！”
“你发福啰，哈哈！”李宗仁拉着蒋介石的手，爽朗地一笑。在这不到半天的时间里，他政治上有了惊人的长进，对台上握手，台下踢脚的这一套高深莫测的政治斗争技巧，象儿时玩陀螺一样玩得团团转了。
沪宁一带的报纸纷纷发表号外：“民国十七年元月四日，蒋介石偕其新婚夫人宋美龄从上海进入南京。”
五天后，蒋介石在南京发出通电，宣布继续行使国民革命军总司令职务。
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