Volume 2 King of the Northwest Chapter 9: Supervisory Corps and Song Cheng
"Oppose the president's illegal personnel appointments and the appointment of Li Genyuan as governor of Shaanxi Province!"
"We oppose the fact that the governor of Shaanxi and the governor of Shaanxi are not from Shaanxi. We strongly demand that the people of Shaanxi govern Shaanxi!"
The Chinese have always followed their leaders' instructions without staying overnight.
At Dai Jiliang's command, Shaanxi and Beijing simultaneously launched a struggle against Yunnan native Li Genyuan's appointment as governor of Shaanxi Province.
Not only did the Shaanxi congressmen point at the presidential secretaries Lin Changmin and Ouyang Baozhen and curse the president for his reckless orders, but the so-called Citizens' Group also held banners and demonstrated in the streets of Beijing after receiving the special expenses allocated by the Shaanxi Marshal.
"Brother Yangxi, don't worry, the President will not take back this personnel order."
Jiang Zuobin, a military aide to the Presidential Palace who was called one of the four villains in the palace by Duan Qirui, was persuading Governor Li Da, who was thinking of resigning.
"To be honest, I didn't expect Dai Zhixiang to be such a person. Not only did he suppress the anti-Yuan struggle in Shaanxi, but he also used such despicable means to try to prevent Brother Yangxi from entering Shaanxi to govern. This is really a shame for Lu Shisheng."
He looked earnestly at the 37-year-old Li Genyuan in front of him with a worried look on his face. Although Li Genyuan was older than both him and Dai Jiliang, he entered school one term later, so he looked after him in the tone of a senior.
"But there are still forces of justice in Shaanxi, and the comrades in northern Shaanxi will support you."
"I'm not doing this for this position."
Li Genyuan spoke Japanese when talking to Jiang Zuobin, otherwise no one would be able to understand his strong Yunnan Mandarin.
"The civil war in Shaanxi has just ended. If I were to become the governor, would it exacerbate the conflict between the two sides?"
Li Genyuan thought far ahead. The peace between the two sides of the civil war in Shaanxi was fragile, and he was unwilling to bear the burden of provoking a civil war.
"That's why Brother Yangxi must become the governor."
Jiang Zuobin's reasons were also very sufficient.
"If you hadn't checked Dai Zhixiang, he would have completely fallen into Duan Qirui's arms. Who knows, he might have gradually become a warlord who brought disaster to the region. Brother Yangxi, I also know that this is very difficult. You should just do it reluctantly."
"It's hard, you know I'm doing it hard!"
Li Genyuan shook his head and sighed.
"Look, I haven't even started yet, but Senior Dai has already instigated the legislators to oppose, mobilized citizen groups and newspapers to criticize, and even sent troops to southern Shaanxi for an armed demonstration. Does this count as a determination to win?"
"The more this happens, the more it shows that he is guilty."
Jiang Zuobin's analysis also makes sense. If Dai Jiliang really had power, he would not have temporarily ceased fire with northern Shaanxi, and he would not have made these small moves. The so-called "when the enemy is weak, make him strong, and when the enemy is strong, make him weak" is a universal principle in military science.
"If Brother Yangxi doesn't go, I'm afraid this will be exactly what he wants."
"Forget it, forget it. Senior Yu Yan has said so much. It seems that if I don't force it, I will be sorry for your hard work."
Li Genyuan gave a bitter smile. He was determined to win here, so he had to agree. However, since he had nodded, Li Genyuan's face straightened, and his military majesty was evident.
"I'm leaving tonight. When I get to Xi'an, I want to see what tricks this senior who studied in Japan and Germany has."
"Zhixiang, I just received a telegram. Marshal Zhang Bian invited the military governors of various provinces to hold a meeting in Xuzhou. The military governors of thirteen provinces, including Shandong, Fengtian, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Henan, Zhili, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hubei, Jiangxi, Suiyuan, Chahar, and Rehe, have already sent telegrams to participate."
Since E Tao was ordered to go north, all the affairs of the Military and Political Department were handled by Dai Jiliang himself, so he was so busy for a while that he didn't even notice Wang Danping coming in.
"Zhixiang, did you hear that? Do you think we should send someone to participate as well?"
"Zhang Xun of Xuzhou? What does he want to do?"
Dai Jiliang raised his head in confusion, leaned weakly on the back of the chair and thought, Oh, it was probably still the matter of the Supervisory Corps.
"Brother-in-law, do you think we should send someone?"
"In my opinion, this meeting was approved by Premier Duan rather than Zhang Xun's proposal. Look at the provincial governors who participated. Except for the three governors in the Northeast, they were all from the Zhili clique or the Anhui clique."
Although Wang Danping's words did not completely awaken the dreamer, they indirectly confirmed Dai Jiliang's inference that this warlord group was another invisible hand of Duan Qirui.
“That makes sense.
It seems we should send someone there as well.
Even if the meeting does not produce any results, building relationships with all parties is also an achievement.”
Having said that, who should be sent? Li Genyuan didn't know whether he would enter Shaanxi. At this time, Dai Jiliang would definitely not let his only trusted helper go east.
"But who should we send?"
It was indeed a problem as to who to send. Dai Jiliang himself could not leave Shaanxi without gaining a firm foothold, and the generals under his command were either busy with training or fighting, and the only two who were free were also sent out.
As for Li Yuanding and other members of the Kuomintang, it was even more impossible. Sending them to attend this meeting, which was aimed at the Kuomintang and the President, would only be asking for trouble.
"Brother-in-law, do you have any candidates?"
"Why don't we let Shuheng go?"
Wang Danping gave an incredible candidate.
"Who? Let the second brother go? No, no!"
Dai Jiliang knew his own brother's capabilities and wanted to use this method to establish a relationship with Zhang Xun, but he didn't realize that he was courting disaster.
Although Zhang Xun was loyal, generous, frank, honest, righteous, cheerful, daring, grateful, and never went back on his word or sold out his friends for fame, and had none of the insidious and cunning intentions of the warlords of the time, he was absolutely first-rate at land grabbing. Anyone who wanted to get an advantage from him had to be prepared to risk his entire fortune and life.
Besides, the blame for being the mastermind behind the restoration will always be placed on Zhang Shaoxuan, and Dai Jiliang definitely doesn't want his family to be involved.
"I've decided. Let Sima go! Oh, and let Sima attend this meeting as my personal representative."
Although Sima's rank was a little low, it just fits in with Shaanxi's low-key attitude. Dai Jiliang finally thought of a solution.
"It's a good opportunity for him to go to Gaoyou and bring his father and mother to Xi'an to stay temporarily. It's also time for Ji Liu to meet his grandparents."
"It's up to you to decide."
Since you, Dai Jiliang, are unwilling to let your own brother stand up for yourself, why should I be the one making things difficult for him? Wang Danping has no objection.
"I'm going to go out first, you are busy."
"Report, Deputy Director Chu called."
As soon as Wang Danping went out, communications staff officer Song Chengji was reporting outside the door.
"Come in!"
Dai Jiliang responded, and looking at Song Cheng's agile figure, Dai Jiliang's mind moved.
"Read it first."
"The goods have been shipped, five thousand green aphids, and are now going to Shanghai, and will return via Han."
Yes, an old gun plus 20 bullets can actually be sold for 50 yuan. It seems that the arms business in Sichuan can continue for a long time. Dai Jiliang nodded, but he did not let Song Cheng leave immediately.
"Ze Gang, come and sit down, I have something to talk to you about."
Seeing Song Cheng's anxious look, Dai Jiliang smiled.
"Don't be nervous. You have been under my command for four years, right? You were a second lieutenant at first, but now you are a major in just four years. Not bad, you have a bright future. I want to hear your opinion. What do you think we lack the most now?"
"Report to the Marshal, it is thanks to the Marshal that Zegang is where he is today."
Hearing Dai Jiliang's words, Song Cheng jumped up from his chair, saluted, and then sat down again at Dai Jiliang's signal.
"I personally think that our successful capture of Xi'an is due to Director He's internal intelligence transmission. Therefore, what we lack most now is intelligence on northern Shaanxi and the surrounding forces."
"Hmm, that's insightful!"
Dai Jiliang didn't expect Song Cheng to have such a clear understanding. What a talent.
"Tell me, how can we obtain intelligence from all aspects?"
Dai Jiliang wanted to test Song Cheng to see if he was the right candidate for him.
"Reporting to the commander, I think we should use two approaches at the same time. On the one hand, we should bribe them with money, and on the other hand, we should also send trustworthy people to lurk behind them."
Song Cheng didn't think much about it and blurted out everything he had been thinking about for a long time.
"Of course, some intelligence can be collected openly through newspapers and telegrams, but this is far from enough."
"You graduated from the Army Nakano School, right?"
Dai Jiliang suddenly asked in Japanese with a strong Tokyo accent.
It's no wonder that he was suspicious. You know, since he could travel through time, other people could do the same. But it's more likely that Song Cheng was a Japanese spy lurking among the various warlords in China. Otherwise, how could someone who had never been exposed to intelligence matters consider so many things so comprehensively?
"Marshal, what did you just say?"
Song Cheng looked at Dai Jiliang blankly, obviously at a loss.
"Nothing, I'm just praising you."
Dai Jiliang smiled.
"Your idea is good, but I think timely communication is also the guarantee of our success. I plan to ask Director E to buy a few radios in Tianjin. Do you know how to operate them?"
Seeing Song Cheng nodding, Dai Jiliang's suspicion grew even stronger, but he remained calm and avoided the question.
"I plan to buy about 20 of them and deploy them to the regiment. So, go back and write a lesson plan. You are a top talent. The modernization of our Shaanxi Army's communications depends on you."
"Thank you for your trust, Marshal. I will definitely live up to your trust."
Dai Jiliang's hint was very clear. Since Song Cheng was to be responsible for teaching all the telecommunications soldiers, the position of chief of the telecommunications department would definitely be reserved for him in the future. Song Cheng stood up straight and saluted respectfully again.
"Okay, let's go out first!"
Dai Jiliang nodded and started to look through other documents. Song Cheng immediately stepped out, but as soon as Song Cheng's back was out of sight, Dai Jiliang gave orders.
"Sima, hurry up, let Guo Sinan come to me immediately."
After a while, Guo Bingchang came in hurriedly, panting. Before he could speak, Dai Jiliang immediately closed the door and gave an order.
"Immediately arrange a group of people to keep a close eye on Song Cheng and Song Zegang in the headquarters 24 hours a day. No matter who he contacts, check them out. Also, immediately go to Song Cheng's hometown with his photo and resume to check for this person."
"Can I ask why?"
Guo Sinan found it unbelievable that such a huge amount of resources were spent to investigate an old man who had followed Dai Jiliang for several years.
"I want to use him more, but his performance today surprised me."
In fact, Dai Jiliang didn't need to explain, but he was afraid that Guo would feel grief over his death, so he explained it clearly.
"If I don't find out the truth, I won't be able to sleep or eat well!"
Dai Jiliang stood up and turned around.
"I will give you a privilege. With the exception of the Chief of Staff, Director E, and several brigade commanders and regiment commanders, you must check all those who are selected to join the General Staff and the Headquarters."
"Do you want to investigate Director Zhao and Deputy Director Chu as well ?"
Seeing Dai Jiliang nodding, Guo Bingchang paused.
"Understood!"
Although this power was astonishing, there was not much satisfaction in Guo Bingchang's eyes at the moment.
"I will not let any flies in!"
