The expedition was Sun Yat-sen's long-cherished wish; the Northern Expedition was the best of the grassroots prime minister's will, Chiang Kai-shek, then promoted the Northern Expedition on various occasions. In his military report at the Second National Congress, he also promoted the Northern Expedition. In his public speech, he even asserted that no warlords had a fate of more than three years. His remarks became more left-leaning, including the Three Principles of the People, Marxism, and the slogans of the Third International. All speeches were kept silent. Chiang Kai-shek did not change, and Zhou Enlai's report was a false alarm.

But just when Chiang Kai-shek vigorously encouraged the Northern Expedition, Borotin was ordered to return to Guoshan to take over his position on January 6, which made Chiang Kai-shek feel a little regretful, but did not attract his attention. Borotin bid farewell to Guangzhou in bitterness during the farewell of the senior officials of the National Government, and he was defeated in the internal struggle of the advisory group.

What Chiang Kai-shek didn't know was that Borodin's departure represented changes in the internal Communist International's work policy towards China.

In November 1925, Feng.: Attacked, and in December, Li Jinglin retreated to Shandong and joined forces with Zhang Zongchang to form the Zhilu coalition, Feng Li, and Beijing and Tianjin.

The development of the situation in northern China has greatly inspired the Communist International, which has always provided help to Feng Yuxiang. Soviet ambassador to China, Galahan proposed a plan for a central revolution, and the Kuomintang and ** jointly launched the capital revolution. Tens of thousands of Beijing workers and students surrounded the government and occupied the police station. Although they did not achieve final success, they shocked the whole country politically.

At this time, looking at the map of northern China, the Fengtian clan Zhang Zuolin still occupied the three eastern provinces, but Guo Songling rebelled against Feng and caused him to lose most of it, Li Jinglin and Zhang Zongchang occupied Shandong, and Feng Yuxiang occupied Zhili, Beijing and Tianjin, Henan, Chahar, Gansu and Suiyuan.

Wu Peifu raised the banner of the coalition forces to fight against the thieves. At this time, he announced that the thieves were Fenglian factions and asked to use Henan to attack the Zhilu coalition forces in Shandong. Yue Weijun, the governor of Henan, dared not agree. The story of the false destruction was staged two thousand years ago. He sent his general Jiang Shijie to defend his faith and did not allow Wu army soldiers to leave Wusheng Pass. Wu Peifu took the reason and turned to Fenglian. He announced that the thieves were Feng Yuxiang and sent Yingjie to attack Xinyang, triggering the Xinyang War. The Xinyang War made Wu Peifu lose all his face and made Sun Chuanfang have a different mind.

At the end of December, Guo Songling was defeated and died. Zhang Zuolin, who had recovered, took a break and sent troops to North China. Feng Yuxiang calmed down and found that he was surrounded by two Zhang and Wu. On the day the Kuomintang announced the opening of the Second National Congress, he announced that he would step down and Zhang Zhijiang would act as commander-in-chief to ease the pressure.

Despite this, the military strength of the National Army was much stronger than that of the National Revolutionary Army in the south. After weighing the political forces of all parts of China, the Communist International decided to increase its support for the National Army. At the same time, Wu Peifu's attitude was unpredictable. The Communist International believed that it could promote Wu Feng's cooperation to fight against Feng.

Changes in the policy of the Communist International caused different reactions among the representatives sent by the Communist International. The representatives of the Communist International in China should be three institutions. Beijing is the Minister to China Galahan, who is under the command of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Shanghai is Vikingsky, and Guangdong is under the direct command of the Far East Bureau of the Communist International, and Guangdong is under the direct command of the Communist International Headquarters.

Galahan was an advocate of the northern strategy and naturally firmly supported it. Vychensky also supported this decision. He made the work of the Central Committee, but Borotin insisted on the Northern Expedition and began to formulate relevant political and economic policies. However, the delegation led by Borotin had different opinions. Ji Jiashan took the opposite attitude. For this reason, the Communist International decided to transfer Borotin to let Ji Jiashan implement the new strategy in China.

Chiang Kai-shek was not aware of Moscow's policy changes, and he still talked about the Northern Expedition every meeting. After Zhuang Jihua confirmed that Chiang Kai-shek would not return to the garrison headquarters for the time being, he went to Chiang Kai-shek's villa in Dongshan to ask for Chiang Kai-shek's house. Chiang Kai-shek soon met him in the study, and there was a young man with Chiang Kai-shek.

"Lifu, come on, let me introduce you to me. This is my best student Zhuang Jihua." Chiang Kai-shek said to the young man. The young man walked to Zhuang Jihua's ground and stretched out his hand and said, "Hello, my name is Chen Zuyan, and my name is Lifu."

This name is a bit familiar, and it should be a celebrity. Zhuang Jihua immediately held his hand and said with a smile: "Principal Miao Zan, my name is Zhuang Jihua, and my courtesy name is Wenge."

The two hands were tightly clasped together, but their eyes were interacting in the air. Chen Lifu was young and handsome, with a decent brown suit, and a pair of black leather shoes under his feet. He was so handsome that he couldn't tell. If he was replaced in another occasion, he would be a very creamy young man.

Zhuang Jihua is also a talent in Chen Lifu's eyes. The combined gray military uniform, the bright horse boots, the faint bookish spirit between his eyebrows and the murderous aura tempered on the battlefield mixed together to form a different temperament.

"Okay, stop standing, sit down, Cultural Revolution." Chiang Kai-shek looked at the two people who were still holding their hands together and couldn't hide their joy: "Lifu, the Cultural Revolution also came back from the United States, you should learn more from him in the future; Lifu just returned from the United States and had no experience, so you should help him more."

"The principal is joking. A talent like Mr. Chen should naturally stay with the principal. I am far away and can't even speak. And how dare I say something to advise me?" Zhuang Jihua looked serious and didn't care at all. Chen Lifu was very surprised. He studied mining in the United States. He returned to China last year and did not want to go into politics, but his brother Chen Guofu advised him to come to Guangzhou.

Uncle, Chiang Kai-shek and their uncle Chen Qimei were sworn brothers. Chiang Kai-shek arrived and asked Lifu to go to Guangzhou after returning to China. He was unwilling to go to politics, so he delayed for a while before setting off. In the past two days, with Chiang Kai-shek everywhere. Everyone respected Chiang Kai-shek wherever he went, and his students and subordinates were even more respectful. Unexpectedly, Zhuang Jihua was so casual. But what surprised him even more was that Chiang Kai-shek was not angry at all.

"Lifu is not working by my side. I want him to go to your place and start with the deputy section chief." Chiang Kai-shek said to Zhuang Jihua.

Zhuang Jihua became cautious now: "Principal, are you kidding?"

Chiang Kai-shek smiled at the corner of his mouth. Zhuang Jihua's reaction was as expected. He said angrily: "Of course, this is still fake. You are becoming less and less decent now. There are people who talk to the superior like this."

Zhuang Jihua seemed not to hear Chiang Kai-shek complaining. He stood up excitedly: "It's better for the principal. I understand me, there is no problem. I will definitely speak everything. But, principal, where will I go?"

"If you go there, of course you will still be your section chief, Colonel Zhuang Jihua." Chiang Kai-shek did not tell the truth, deliberately teasing Zhuang Jihua.

"Principal. I'm already a colonel, and the section chief is the position of major." Zhuang Jihua also walked up the pole.

"You colonel, you have lost your mind, why are you not satisfied?" Chiang Kai-shek asked deliberately, and he knew clearly what Zhuang Jihua had promoted to the colonel.

Zhuang Jihua came down and reported to him.

Zhuang Jihua curled his lips and smiled contemptuously, saying, "Col. You can still consider it."

Chiang Kai-shek smiled and said, "What a big tone, I am the general, you just want to be the general."

"Napoleon said that he didn't want to be a marshal's soldier was not a good soldier. I just called a general, but I haven't said marshal yet." Zhuang Jihua was a little rascal, while Chen Lifu was speechless. Chiang Kai-shek had always been very serious, but now he was interested in accompanying Zhuang Jihua to talk nonsense.

"Haha, I'll be a marshal at such a young age. What should I do from now on?" Chiang Kai-shek asked with a smile.

"Well, the marshal is already the top of the military. In the future... it will be boring to do it again. In the future... I will retire and change my career." Zhuang Jihua said in thought.

"Change career? What else can you do?" Chiang Kai-shek became more interested now.

"Doing business. If I hadn't come to Huangpu, I would have been a businessman and principal. To be honest, I'm better at doing business than being a soldier. I was promoted to colonel after two years. If I were a soldier, I should have a few million in two years." Zhuang Jihua shamelessly bragged for himself, at least Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Lifu thought he was bragging.

"Haha," Chiang Kai-shek finally couldn't help laughing: "Okay, okay, I'll have to invest in that time."

Zhuang Jihua's answer reassured him. This boy had a stunning vision and had endless conspiracies and tricks. What's rare is that he had no desire for power. With such great contributions to the reorganization of the Sichuan Army, he would have to mention a division commander if he had no reason to neglect him. He was not angry. He was still working very vigorously in the intelligence department and even set up an intelligence school. However, it was this intelligence school that made him decide to transfer him from the intelligence department.

"How about giving you a regiment?" Chiang Kai-shek asked tentatively. The regiment commander was relatively low for Zhuang Jihua. Hu Zongnan, his former subordinate, had served as regiment commander.

"Thank you for the cultivation of the principal." Zhuang Jihua agreed without hesitation at all, but he agreed too quickly. Chiang Kai-shek looked at him suspiciously, wondering if he was sincere.

After a long time, Chiang Kai-shek said: "After the Cultural Revolution and the reorganization of the Sichuan Army, everyone else was promoted. Only you, the captain, still stayed there. You finally built the intelligence department again and the situation was opened up. Are you blaming me in your heart?"

Zhuang Jihua now restrained his joke and said seriously: "The principal misunderstood. I said at the beginning that I was not a piece of information, but I had no candidates for a while, so I barely supported it until now. Since there are good candidates, I should give it to the wise."

Chiang Kai-shek nodded. Zhuang Jihua had said this to him at the beginning, but he didn't expect that he would still remember it. This shows that he was very clear and really wanted to give up the intelligence department.

"Today I have something to ask the principal," Chiang Kai-shek signaled Zhuang Jihua to continue, "Wang Dongcheng (i.e. Wang Maogong) has asked me to report to him the information department work several times, but I have pushed it over, but he wants to find me again, what should I do?"

After Chiang Kai-shek's Eastern Expedition, Wang Maogong acted as the commander of the Guangzhou Garrison. After the Eastern Expedition, Chiang Kai-shek stayed at his head, and Wang Maogong continued to act. However, Zhuang Jihua didn't know what Wang Maogong was thinking. He actually wanted to help him get upright. He asked Wang Jingwei for advice every now and then, either to Boroting or Ji Jiashan. He was also winning over Zhuang Jihua. However, Zhuang Jihua knew that he had violated Chiang Kai-shek's taboo, so he did not dare to get too close to him, and he did not dare to let him know about the work of the intelligence department.

When talking about Wang Maogong, Chiang Kai-shek's face turned gloomy. When he appointed him as the commander of the Second Division, Wang Bailing privately told him that Wang Maogong was a capricious and unreliable person. Unexpectedly, he was right, but now that Wang Maogong is getting close to Wang Jingwei, he is a little afraid of being a weapon, and there is no good way yet.

"Don't worry about him, don't let him know about the work of the intelligence department." Zhuang Jihua asked what to do, meaning whether Wang Maogong or whether Chiang Kai-shek trusted the land. Chiang Kai-shek's answer was very clear, and he no longer believed it.

Thanks: "Cultural Revolution, Lifu, you must remember that the work of the Intelligence Department is directly responsible, and no one else can interfere in the Intelligence Department."

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The two answered separately. Then Zhuang Jihua gave his eighteen arhats a detailed report to Chiang Kai-shek. Zhuang Jihua gave his eighteen seeds a nice name, the eighteen arhats plan; since Chiang Kai-shek had decided to let Chen Lifu preside over the intelligence department, Zhuang Jihua now began to familiarize Chen Lifu with the work of the intelligence department.

"In the next few years, our army will inevitably make the northern expedition, and the targets of the Eighteen Arhats are Nanjing, Shanghai, Wuhan, and Beijing. Li Zongren decided to bring Tang Shengzhi over. I think even if he cannot succeed, he can still cause chaos within Hunan. At that time, Wu Peifu will determine the fate of Hunan, so Wuhan will be the focus of future intelligence work. Then Sun Chuanfang, if our army fights Wu Peifu, Sun Chuanfang's attitude will become very important; Japan will use a long line to catch big fish."

"Why should I add Japan?" Chiang Kai-shek looked at Zhuang Jihua with confusion.

"Northeast. Japan has interests in the Northeast. If it goes well, I think we can fight to Shanhaiguan in three years, and then we will have to face the Japanese Kwantung Army. Guo Songling's defeat is proof of this, so we must strengthen intelligence work against Japan from now on, but it is too late to start deploying Japan now. I hope it will play a role in that time." Zhuang Jihua said nonsense, but it was really prepared for twelve years later.

"Northern Expedition. Well, okay!" Chiang Kai-shek was excited when he mentioned the Northern Expedition. He couldn't help but stand up and walk to the middle of the room: "The flags are pointed to the north. Realize the Prime Minister's long-cherished wish. The Cultural Revolution. If this year's Northern Expedition, do you see if we can attack Wuhan?"

Zhuang Jihua was silent, but Chiang Kai-shek did not pay attention. He continued to say to himself: "If there is civil turmoil in Hunan, we will take Hunan and attack Wuhan; take Wuhan and then go downstream. Arrive in Nanjing, then divide the troops into two groups, one along the Beijing-Han Railway, one along the Jinpu Railway, the two groups return to the army in Henan, and then go straight to Beijing, completely destroying the Beiyang government. Cultural Revolution..."

Speaking of this, Chiang Kai-shek noticed that Zhuang Jihua's expression was very reluctant. He immediately fell into a sense of loss, just like an actor who had been acting for a long time, but found that there was no audience in the audience, or the audience was not interested at all.

"What? Do you think it's not necessary to fight the Northern Expedition or we can't win?" Chiang Kai-shek asked with a frown.

"Well, the principal wants to ask, I'll tell the truth. I think there is no big problem simply in military terms. Although there are many Beiyang troops, there are conflicts between them and they cannot act together. We can defeat them one by one. But we are not politically prepared, and the Northern Expedition is likely to fail due to political differences."

"Oh! Then tell me." Chiang Kai-shek remembered Boroting's political and economic strategies. Zhuang Jihua's vision was no longer surprising, but since he saw it, he also wanted to hear Zhuang Jihua's opinions.

"Political, I think it is mainly about the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the workers and peasants' movement, and the cadres' issues." Chiang Kai-shek advocated the Northern Expedition, and Zhuang Jihua seriously considered the issue of the Northern Expedition: "The basis of the Northern Expedition was the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, but the separatist activities of the Xishan Conference faction affected the cooperation between the two parties, and the way of cooperation between the two parties was also reflected in the *** way. The evidence is the article published by Mr. Chen Duxiu in "New Youth" and their negotiations with Sun Ke and Ye Chuchan at the Soviet Consulate in Shanghai; so I think at the appropriate time, the current cooperation within the party will be changed to non-party cooperation."

Zhuang Jihua's consistent proposition was Zhuang Jihua's consistent proposition, and Chiang Kai-shek knew very well, but at present, the ** side has not clearly stated its intention to modify the way of cooperation between the two parties.

"On-party cooperation is still a cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, which does not violate the three major policies; the advantage is that the two parties have a clear distinction and are not allowed to cross the party. In this way, the two parties will openly compete, and whoever wins and loses, and whoever is in power and who is in power will be decided by the people."

"Secondly, the workers and peasants movement, we do not have clear guidelines for the workers and peasants movement. The bottom line of the workers and peasants movement is there. In the Soviet Union, when the workers and peasants movement develops to the end, factories are nationalized and rural areas share the land equally. Finally, there are cadres. Both us and ** lack cadres. After the policy is formulated, cadres need to be implemented. If there are not enough cadres, the peasant movement is likely to be separated from the bottom line of policies and regulations."

Chiang Kai-shek heard that Zhuang Jihua and Boroting's focus was different. Boroting's first thought was how to mobilize the masses, and Zhuang Jihua thought about how to control the masses. Perhaps this is the difference between the Kuomintang members and the ** members.

"So we should start immediately by formulating laws, first of all, the Constitution, and then the Labor Protection Law and the Peasant Protection Law. These two laws will become the basis for the agricultural and industrial movement, and also tell the people of the whole country that the national government is different from the Beiyang government."
Chapter completed!