This is the principal's bottom line, no matter how close you are to him.
A few years ago, the principal's brother-in-law, the eldest son of the Song family, set up some kind of tax police group. He bought American weapons and hired American instructors. As a result, after the training was completed, the eldest son of Song was not ready. After making a fuss, he was immediately nationalized by the principal and made a wedding dress for others in vain. The two even had a big quarrel over this.
Mr. Kong Da is a smart man, so naturally he will not touch the principal's bottom line again, even though he really wants to.
Now that he knew that Zhou Wen had military connections, Mr. Kong Da wanted to adopt a roundabout strategy.
First, he mobilized the connections around him and kept talking about Zhou Wen's pharmaceutical factory and steel factory in front of the principal.
It is said that purple red medicine and high-quality steel are national strategic materials and cannot be easily taught to others. It is safe to have them in the hands of the state.
Secondly, let’s take Zhou Wen’s unruly attitude as an example.
Just disobeying the orders of the Military Commission, and actually having the audacity to kill state officials. How can we tolerate and tolerate such a domineering person?
The purpose of Mr. Kong Da's operation was not to expect the principal to directly order Zhou Wen to be dealt with.
In the history of the Republic of China, no matter how bad the reputation of this principal was, one thing is still worthy of recognition, that is, he was more loyal to the community and was more tolerant to those who saved him and helped him.
For example, General Chen, who was once the founding general of the Republic, saved the principal's life during the Northern Expedition.
General Chen was accidentally discovered and arrested by spies while he was recovering from an injury in Shanghai. However, the principal ordered that his life should not be harmed, and after sending people to persuade him to surrender many times without success, he released General Chen.
It was only after Zhou Wen understood the principal's characteristics very well that he tried every means to save him in the Central Plains War. The purpose was to prevent the principal from doing any thorough research on his subsequent business development out of favour.
Mr. Kong Da has followed the principal for many years and naturally knows his habits.
But with so many people speaking out, and with everyone talking about it, the principal has to consider everyone's emotions, and he will inevitably have some grudges against Zhou Wen.
After Mr. Kong Da finds an opportunity to take action against Zhou Wen, he will not be held accountable excessively.
Anyway, everything he did as Mr. Kong Da was for the overall interests of the country and to relieve the principal's worries, and no one else could say anything bad about him.
And now, the opportunity has finally come.
After the staff member walked out, General He stopped talking about the matter with a smile, but chatted with Mr. Kong Da about other topics.
He knew that Mr. Confucius must have something to say.
I just pretended to be confused about this matter first, and when Mr. Kong Da took the initiative to bring it up, I could make him owe me a favor.
As for the tactic of killing someone with a borrowed knife, General He, a veteran of the Republic of China, was very skilled at using it.
What's more, this time there is no need to use any force on one's own. As long as the two sides stop fighting on the grounds of a truce, the goal can be achieved easily and skillfully with the help of little Japan. It is completely easy to do. It just depends on how Mr. Kong Da bids.
Mr. Kong Da secretly cursed, "Old fox."
But he knew that to accomplish this, he needed the cooperation of the highest military commander in the northern part of the Republic of China.
Therefore, Mr. Kong Da vaguely told Zhou Wen about the secret recipe of Ziqing Red Medicine and about the steel factory.
Finally, he said: "Brother Jing, think about it. The healing medicine and high-quality steel like Ziqinghongyao and high-quality steel are the most urgently needed strategic materials for the country. Now they are in the hands of a junior. This is not taking advantage of the country." Are you kidding about the future?"
"The principal is too embarrassed to personally intervene in this matter, but how can we, the party-state ministers, not share the principal's worries? And I also heard that Jiangxi found that the red bandits also had a large amount of purple clear red medicine. This Isn’t it a naked collaboration with the enemy? We can’t ignore it!”
Mr. Kong Da can be said to be able to move people with reason and emotion, but General He knew very well that he was probably interested in someone else's property. Sure enough, he was a greedy businessman, and he even claimed to have national justice. His words were high-sounding, but his thoughts were Sima Zhao's, and everyone on the road knew it.
But he said calmly: "But that person's property is all in Shanxi. I'm afraid your hands won't be that long, so don't make a wedding dress for others in vain."
You must know that in Shanxi now, Marshal Yan still dominates the sky and makes trouble in his territory. It is impossible not to alarm the King of Shanxi.
Even if we succeed this time and kill Zhou Wen with the help of the Japanese, those properties will most likely be swallowed up by the King of Shanxi himself, so it won't be your turn!
Mr. Kong Da smiled slightly and said: "Haha! Both the steel factory and the pharmaceutical factory have shares in my brother. All I need to do is get the management rights. The key is the formula of the purple clear red medicine. This is the most important thing."
Next, the two of them conspired for a long time. It was not until both parties had discussed the details and interests that Mr. Kong Da took his leave.
He now wants to rush back to Nanjing as soon as possible to make arrangements.
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The time came to April 11, three days had passed since Zhang Xiaoping sniped and killed Masaemon Sakamoto and Miura Yamada.
Zhou Wen was in a critical situation on the front line, and the remaining personnel of the mercenary group in Taiyuan did not know about it. Only Marshal Yan of the Jinsui Office received Zhao Changshu's secret report.
Marshal Yan is not a powerless scholar-politician. He has been on the battlefield for a long time and knew that Zhou Wen and the others were in danger after seeing Zhao Changshu's telegram.
With thousands of troops trapped behind enemy lines where the Japanese army has heavily concentrated, the prospect is not good.
You know, how many Japanese troops did Zhou Wen's troops destroy after they came to the Great Wall?
The Mishan Brigade, the mixed 14th Brigade, and the scattered ones are also nearly a thousand smaller.
It can be said that Zhou Wen's troops have become the most hated enemy of the Japanese army that they want to get rid of quickly.
Now China and Japan have strangely stopped fighting. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the little Japanese must concentrate their forces and turn around to deal with Zhou Wen.
He sent three telegrams to General He of the Peking Military Commission, requesting the Military Commission to bring back Zhou Wen's teaching corps as soon as possible, and promised that upon success, he would give the Peking Military Commission a truckload of arms for free.
It can be seen that from the bottom of his heart, Marshal Yan still wanted to save Zhou Wen. Otherwise, as he was known as "Old Dig" in the political circles of the Republic of China, how could he be willing to give up a whole truckload of arms.
However, Admiral He pushed back with just one sentence on the grounds that the armistice between China and Japan was imminent and he could not start a war rashly.
Marshal Yan had no choice now. After all, he still had to worry about the principal's suspicion and did not dare to directly order Zhao Changshu's model brigade to go out to meet Zhou Wen.
Moreover, he didn't feel that the Model Brigade, with less than 10,000 troops, could bring Zhou Wen and the others back, and it would be even worse if both troops were trapped.
