The young marshal wanted to defend himself a few more words, but Mr. Jiang suddenly said angrily: "Get out, both of you, Han Qing, I am the commander-in-chief, you must obey my orders, otherwise I will issue an order starting next month
Cut off your military pay."
The young marshal was also so angry that he could not speak. Lu Ming quickly pulled his sleeves, and the two of them stood up from the funny square stools and walked out.
After the two of them came out, they couldn't help but hold their waists. After sitting on this stool for almost an hour, it was really uncomfortable.
The attendants waiting outside the door hurriedly saluted when they saw the young commander coming out. The expressions on their faces were also very ambiguous, and they had obviously heard the quarrel inside.
When Lu Ming came here this time, he did not see Mr. Wenbai, nor did he see Deng Wenyi and He Zhonghan. He did not know whether they had returned to Nanjing or were hiding.
Of course, Mr. Jiang had prepared this in advance and did not give them a chance to find anyone to intercede.
The two walked out in silence, and when they got outside, the young marshal cursed, "What the fuck."
Lu Ming smiled. This was the old marshal's favorite curse word, and now it was the young marshal's turn to use it.
The young marshal's adjutant and attendant opened the car door and let the young marshal get in. The young marshal got in the car and waved to Lu Ming, intending to go with him.
Lu Ming didn't drive here. The young marshal sent a car to pick him up, so he got into the young marshal's car together.
The adjutant sitting in front looked back at the two people, wanting to ask how the conversation was going, but as soon as he saw the expressions on the two people's faces, he naturally understood, and quickly turned back without saying a word.
Back at the young marshal's house, the young marshal finally vented his anger. He threw a cup of tea brought to him by a maid on the ground, which made everyone behind him tremble.
"What's going on?" Miss Zhao Si quickly came out to check and asked with a smile.
Lu Ming made a face to Miss Zhao Si, which meant that the young marshal had a bad start today.
"You two brothers have been scolded in the past, right?" Miss Zhao Si understood immediately.
The young marshal did not speak, but led Lu Ming into the study, and Miss Zhao Si also followed in.
"Brother, I'm sorry for making you suffer." After entering the study and sitting down, the young marshal said with an apologetic smile.
"Nonsense, he doesn't like me in the first place, so he specially gave us square stools to sit on today, just to wear small shoes." Lu Ming said nonchalantly.
"What do you mean by giving you a square stool to sit on?" Miss Zhao Si asked the young marshal curiously.
"The old man has this kind of virtue. He never gives others a place to sit in his office. Today he wanted us to be scolded by him a few more times, so he got two ugly square stools for us to sit on. He thought it was a favor.
It's over." The young marshal said helplessly.
"There is no place to lean on. Sitting there makes your back hurt. I don't know what entrusting a seat means." Lu Ming said in confusion.
"It doesn't mean anything. He must think this is a reward for both of us. What he thinks in his mind is different from others."
The young marshal still knows Mr. Jiang better, and his judgment will not be wrong. However, since he has been given a seat, can't he find two chairs?
Miss Zhao Si couldn't help but laugh and said: "Haha, Chairman is quite interesting. He wants to be a good person, but others don't appreciate it."
"What kind of good intentions does he have? He called us here with the purpose of letting the Northeast Army fight against the Communist Party. I have already promised to cooperate with them to fight against the Japanese. If he interferes like this, he will become a coward again." Marshal
Sighed.
"Why does the Chairman dislike you? How did you offend him?" Miss Zhao Si asked Lu Ming curiously.
In fact, Miss Zhao Si knew that their trip to see Mr. Jiang would be unhappy, but she couldn't understand why the Chairman didn't want to see Lu Ming.
In the eyes of the outside world, although Lu Ming was not from Huangpu and was not even a soldier, he was particularly valued by Mr. Jiang and even looked at him differently.
Mr. Jiang never hesitates to praise and praise Lu Ming on various occasions, and often compares other people's shortcomings with Lu Ming's strengths when training others.
Why is this happening? No one knows the mystery. At most, they think that Lu Ming is up to something and is a little clever.
But the situation was different today. Mr. Jiang regarded Lu Ming as an accomplice of the young commander's alliance with the Communist Party to fight against Japan, so the two of them scolded him together.
"I have been urging the government to respond to the Communist Party's initiative and form an anti-Japanese national united front as soon as possible. This is a taboo. In addition, I have been urging the government to guard against possible surprise attacks by Japan on North China this year and next. The Military Commission's
Many people think I am alarmist." Lu Ming said with a smile.
"Uh, brother, do you really think Japan will attack North China this year or next?" the young marshal asked with concern.
"I analyzed all aspects of intelligence, especially the last mutiny of the Japanese First Division, and came to this conclusion. I think the possibility is very high. Of course, I also predicted that no one would dare to do this before it happened.
To conclude, information is not omnipotent." Lu Ming said rigorously.
Miss Zhao Si nodded, thinking that Lu Ming had his own point of view and did not exaggerate at all. The little brother the young marshal met was a reliable person.
"Do you think forming an anti-Japanese national united front is the best choice for China at present? Is it the only way to save the nation from peril?" the young marshal asked.
"Indeed, only when all parties give up their disputes, accept unified instructions from the central government, and temporarily achieve the unification of political and military orders can we most effectively resist Japanese aggression. If each party and force now goes their own way, it will only be defeated by the Japanese one by one."
Lu Ming said seriously.
"I have the same idea as you on this point. If they go their own ways, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party will be eaten up by the Japanese. But if the Kuomintang and the Communist Party join forces, life will be difficult for the Japanese." The young marshal nodded.
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"It can be summed up in one sentence: If the anti-Japanese national united front is successfully formed, the Chinese nation will not perish even if it is defeated. If the anti-Japanese national united front fails to be formed, the Chinese nation will become a subjugated slave of the Japanese Empire and lose its homeland and freedom.
." Lu Ming said decisively.
"So I don't understand. The establishment of the anti-Japanese national united front is a huge benefit to the old man himself and the government. It is also the key to the survival of the nation. Why is he firmly opposed? The Communist Party has promised to obey the command of the Central Committee.
Why can't he accept his military orders?" the young marshal asked in anger and confusion.
"He may be afraid that the Communist Party will use this period of time to continue to grow and expand. Once he drives away the Japanese, he will not be able to defeat the Communist Red Army." Lu Ming said sharply.
"After all, he is still as afraid of the Communist Party as a tiger." The young marshal lamented.
"You two brothers, let's have a good talk. I'll go to the kitchen to get you some food, and you can drink some later." Miss Zhao Si said and went out.
Lu Ming sighed. It seemed that the young marshal could hardly withstand Mr. Jiang's pressure. This was the first round of pressure, and the follow-up measures had not been used yet.
If Mr. Chiang really cuts off the pay of the Northeastern Army, the Northeastern Army will have no way to survive. Food, clothing, and housing cannot be snatched everywhere.
"Brother, I don't think the committee's current attitude will change. What are you going to do?" Lu Ming asked.
"I don't know now, let's wait and see." The young marshal said with a wry smile.
Lu Ming really wanted to solve the military pay problem for the young marshal, but how long would it take him to solve it?
A few months, half a year or a year?
What's more, in Mr. Chiang's eyes, this kind of behavior is a seizure of power, and he will never tolerate it if he is competing with him for military power.
"I think back then, during the Great War in the Central Plains, if I hadn't come out to help him, he would have been defeated and resigned. In that case, the head of the government now would be Wang Zhaoming. Wang Zhaoming still hates me now." The young marshal suddenly said
Talked about the past with Lu Ming.
"Brother, you made the right choice at that time. It doesn't matter what Mr. Wang does to you. The key is that the committee has clung to the principle of 'residing with foreign countries before settling at home'. This is a great harm to the country and the nation."
Lu Ming said.
"The September 18th Incident was certainly due to my misjudgment, and it was also he who gave me the order not to resist. I never mentioned it to anyone. I took all the responsibility on myself. I suffered so much abuse that I could only have my teeth and teeth knocked out.
He swallowed his blood, lost the Battle of Rehe, Wang Zhaoming forced him to step down, but I took all the responsibility and had to go abroad for two years for inspection. I have done my best to him." The young marshal said with deep affection.
"Brother, the committee actually cares about you. He is afraid that you will be won over by the Communist Party, and then he will lose you as a brother." Lu Ming comforted the young marshal.
"You don't understand. I am not saying this because I regret doing these things, but because I finally understand who he is. As long as he is not from Huangpu, as long as he is not the direct force he built with his own hands, he is an outsider and a dissident.
It must be eradicated. I really can’t accept this.”
The conflict between the young marshal and Mr. Jiang has actually existed for a long time, but the young marshal has been waiting for him to change, and now it seems that there is no hope of change.
"Brother, no matter what, I will always stand by your side. I will share weal and woe with you and fight side by side." Lu Ming was also moved and expressed his stance.
"I know, in fact, you have a better impression of the Communist Party than I do. I have my own difficulties. He drove me to fight in the Red Army. He just wanted to use us dissidents to work for him and take the opportunity to kill us.
Strength, and then devour us." There was a bit of desolation in the young marshal's words.
"Things will not develop exactly according to the committee member's ideas. Changes in the situation may change his thinking. I think the committee member still values eldest brother very much."
Lu Ming believes that once Sino-Japanese relations deteriorate, Mr. Chiang may have no choice but to change his mind. Without uniting with the Communist Party to resist Japan, the Kuomintang will be dead.
"Your idea is still too simple. I used to imagine that he could treat me differently from others. Now it seems that I am too simple. He said that I don't understand politics. He is really right. Not only do I not understand
Politics don’t understand people’s hearts.” The young marshal almost shed tears as he spoke.
"Brother, there is no need to be so sad. People treat me as a national scholar, and I treat others as a national scholar. People treat me as a mortal, and I will treat others as a mortal. The most important thing is to be able to recognize a person's true heart." Lu Ming consoled him.
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"That's right. You're right. Now you can see clearly what kind of person he is, right?" the young marshal said.
"Of course I've seen it clearly a long time ago, and no matter what people outside think, I will never be his." Lu Ming said with a smile.
"That's true. You were brought out by Duke Sheng, and his relationship with Duke Sheng is also Pili Yangqiu. Duke Sheng once talked to me and told me not to trust Jiang too much, so as not to be deceived. I didn't believe it at the time.
, Now it seems that Duke Sheng is still smart and has seen through his character a long time ago." The young marshal said with a bitter smile.