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Satisfied, Wang Zhenyu stood up, then lightly pressed on the shoulder of Bai Chongxi, who was not far away from him, and said, "Then everyone will listen to me and finish the second half of the story. A heroic boy who went to fight the dragon. The village head held a meeting with the villagers to discuss how to prevent the boy from becoming a dragon after killing the dragon. Finally, the village head promised that if the boy could return safely, he would leave a large piece of land in the village. This young man married the most beautiful girl in the village to this young man as his bride. At the same time, the villagers put forward another condition, that is, to tie the young man with explosives. If the young man insists on turning into a dragon, the young man will be smashed to pieces. The young man agreed to the villagers' request , and walked to the dragon's lair. The heroic boy successfully stabbed the dragon to death. Like other heroes, he stared at the glittering jewels in a daze, and there were bursts of voices in his ears: "Become a dragon! These jewels are all yours, and you can enjoy the infinite wealth in the world. At the same time, another voice came from the boy's brain: "Your beautiful wife is waiting for your return. The explosives on your body will smash you to pieces, and all your wealth will disappear in the rumbling explosion." The young man closed his eyes and stopped looking at the jewels. He knew that he would be crushed to pieces. He returned to the village silently, still full of slight regrets in his heart. But soon, the villagers gave him great honor and married The kind and beautiful wife has a large piece of land that can be cultivated, and has lived a happy and peaceful life. Now tell me, what do you hear from this story?"

Wan Yaohuang was the first to stand up to answer Wang Zhenyu's question. He shouted excitedly: "The humble official understands the meaning of the appointment, and power must be locked in a cage."

"After much deliberation, the meaning of the committee should be that we should not forget the contributions you have made to the revolution, but at the same time, everyone should not take credit for it, and become a dragon after greed... In short, we should cherish the most practical happiness." The second The first person who stood up to answer was Dai Jitao. Although he was already a lieutenant general, he insisted that he was not a soldier but a literati.So every time he held a meeting, he usually wore a long gown, which also made other generals who were not surprised by this gave him the title of a long gown general behind his back.

Wang Zhenyu listened to the generals talk about their feelings one by one, and finally decided to sit down and give everyone the final brainwashing.

"No matter how we choose, we are destined to become history in the end. Since we are destined to become a part of history, why should we give ourselves and our descendants a bad reputation? Why don't we work hard to create a What about a good development environment? In fact, I read the book of **, and the one that impressed me the most is to promote the all-round development of individuals. How to achieve this, and how to give talented, capable and moral people the opportunity to serve the country and the nation Donate your strength instead of becoming an opponent? The first thing to bear the brunt is to establish a good social system. Our current social system is more democratic than the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Aren’t the members of the Nanjing Congress all voting? Voting? But let me tell you, this system has little to do with democracy? If you want to talk about it, it’s only half a dime, and its essence is a fake democracy. Why is Nanjing’s democracy a fake democracy? One of the main reasons is that the people here Gentlemen, we are actually a military group that exists beyond the law." The words became more and more straightforward, but due to Wang Zhenyu's prestige, the generals present did not dare to express any opinions to interrupt the general's speech.

"Our military is almost unrestricted, but the ruling party and the national government are subject to our constraints. Do you think it is reasonable? Do you think it is necessary for me, Wang Zhenyu, to learn from Washington and return the army to both houses of Congress?"

When Bai Chongxi asked Wang Zhenyu to pat his shoulder just now, he couldn't help but thumped in his heart. He knew his own affairs.For a long time, among Wang Zhenyu's confidantes, there were three people who disagreed with Wang Zhenyu's political views. These three people were Bai Chongxi, Chen Shao and He Jian.From their point of view, everything now is brought down by the army, so there is nothing wrong with letting the army control everything.They were very dissatisfied with Wang Zhenyu running the national government, thinking that he was taking off his pants and farting.

Among these three people, He Jian has been dismissed because of his involvement in the "assassination incident", and his whereabouts are said to have entered Wuhan Army University to study.However, Bai Chongxi sent someone to secretly investigate and found that there was indeed He Jian, a student of Wuhan Army University, but He Jian never went to Wuhan Army University to report.That is to say, He Jian, the spy chief who was once very famous in the youth army system, has probably been dealt with. Even if he is still alive, his political life has ended without accident.As for Chen Shao, because he was quite upright, he was not eliminated even though Wang Zhenyu was taboo. He was just sent to take charge of Tibet affairs, and his influence was minimized. You must know that he was the first civil servant to follow Wang Zhenyu.

From the heart, along the way, Bai Chongxi still admires Wang Zhenyu very much.You must know that among so many brigade commanders under the Nanjing Left Behind Mansion, Wang Zhenyu finally got out, and led everyone to defeat the Beiyang Army and occupy most of the country. Looking at it now, if there are no accidents, the world in the future must be Wang Zhenyu to complete unity.But Bai Chongxi is also a talented and ambitious person. He doesn't understand Wang Zhenyu's thoughts of democracy. Doesn't the political power come out of the barrel of a gun?Don't we who have created all the glory dare not enjoy this achievement and should hand it over to others?

This is why after Wang Jingwei had a secret meeting with Bai Chongxi, Bai Chongxi did not choose to inform.He even looked forward to the death of Wang Zhenyu and the arrival of the post-Wang Zhenyu era, but unfortunately all this did not come true.

In fact, Bai Chongxi's whereabouts were reported to Wang Zhenyu by the Party Affairs Investigation Department at that time, which is now the National Security Bureau.Wang Zhenyu generally trusted his old subordinates. He even expected Bai Chongxi to take the initiative to explain after Wang Jingwei's assassination.

But the result disappointed him. Bai Chongxi was fine and didn't mention the meeting with Wang Jingwei at all.This made Wang Zhenyu give up the idea of ​​appointing him as the commander of the Northern Expedition Army, and instead appointed him as the Chief of Staff of the Northern Expedition Army. At the same time, he arranged for Jiang Fangzhen, the deputy chief of staff, to take him out of the actual work.After the Battle of Xuzhou, Bai Chongxi, the chief of staff of the Northern Expedition Army, had nothing to do. Tao Zhiyue's First Army headquarters was abolished, and Tao Zhiyue himself was transferred to Wu Peifu as the chief of staff to participate in the Western Expedition. , and the Northern Expeditionary Army became a big empty frame, an empty frame without even the subordinate combat units.It just happened to be such an empty frame, and Wang Zhenyu never issued an order to withdraw, so it was impossible for Bai Chongxi to serve as the minister of the Ministry of the Military Commission.

Wang Zhenyu felt his guard against Bai Chongxi to some extent, but since Wang Zhenyu spread out this political idea today, Bai Chongxi couldn't care less, he stood up and asked his own question: "Mr. Is it true that we will be invincible if we have democracy, or will all our current problems be solved if we have democracy?"

Wang Zhenyu looked at Bai Chongxi very regretfully in his heart, he knew that from now on, he was doomed to only use his talent but not his ambition to Bai Chongxi.But after all, it was still at the high-level meeting of the Military Commission, Wang Zhenyu frowned and thought about it, and still answered whether these two were right: "Of course not!"

"At the current stage, our country is not completely unified, and the big powers are still eyeing our rich China. This is the time when our entire nation needs dedication and sacrifice the most. Talking about democracy and fairness at such a time obviously cannot help We get rid of the semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, ah, this is a new term, all of which are written down." Wang Zhenyu shamelessly plagiarized once: "That's why I came up with the military committee, but you generals, put the army above society , It’s not much different from the bullying of the foreign powers, the only difference is that the perpetrator is changed. Our soldiers eat and use the common people, but instead of protecting the common people, they bully the common people. Do you think this is kind?”

"Democracy is a process and a goal. It is the same as the revolution that their old Maozi said. Whether it can be realized is a big question mark! But in the process of pursuing democracy, through our own efforts and the efforts of the whole nation, we will make the country rich and strong. Is it possible to achieve the goals of unity, independence and freedom? I think it is completely possible. This is responsible to everyone present here and to future generations. Our politics needs a good social system to maintain it. There must be communication and There are channels. We must face up to all kinds of social contradictions that are constantly emerging and highlighted in the course of social development, and do not play the self-deception of centralized politics, and do not play house politics. Let the people have peaceful means to influence politics without bloodshed Otherwise, when you become dragons, there will be a new revolutionary party, a new young hero, and a new youth army to stand up and kill you. Then our nation will fall into an endless vicious circle. I As I said just now, we cannot achieve democracy, at least all the democracies in the world have not yet achieved true democracy. So there is only one job we have to do, which is to do our best to complete the unification of the whole country and expel Great powers, let Chinese democracy stand in the east of the world. At the same time, don’t forget to set up the social system so that all mistakes can be corrected in time, and don’t let one person have a fever and cause the whole country to have a fever.”