Shi Jue did not dare to punish Chu Yunfei easily, so he could only send a telegram to Tang Enbo.

When Tang Enbo received Shi Jue's telegram, he had already arrived in Chongqing by ship.

This time when he returned to Chongqing, Tang Enbo returned under the order of Chang Kaishen. He first reported the disaster in Henan, and secondly, he reported his work, emphasizing the difficulties faced by the War Zone I to Chang Kaishen.

After receiving the telegram from Shi Jue, Tang Enbo was immediately angry.

The people of Henan called Tang Enbo, floods, droughts, and locust plagues, and waters, droughts, and locust plagues. It is not without reason that this dog-dog-stricken search of the people of Henan is really spared no effort.

The great famine in Henan in 1942 was definitely a contribution from Tang Enbo.

So how did Tang Enbo's plundering of Henan be achieved? It was achieved through confidants like Shang Tianliang and white gloves like Tian Sibao. Moreover, the division of labor between the two is clear. Confidants like Shang Tianliang are responsible for plundering troops, and white gloves like Tian Sibao are responsible for plundering the vast number of people in Henan.

With the golden sign "President Chang's favorite disciple", Tang Enbo's tentacles extended to every city in Henan, and Xingyang, as an important town in central Henan, is naturally no exception.

But now that Chu Yunfei had just arrived at office, he first shot Shang Tianliang, the military chief of the 89th Division who had already defected to him, and then arrested a group of grain merchants headed by Tian Sibao in Xingyang City, and had to be tried publicly? What did Chu Yunfei want to do? Is he trying to rebel? Is there anyone else in his eyes as the deputy commander-in-chief?

At that moment, Tang Enbo speeded up and prepared to file a complaint in front of Chang Kaishen.

As Chang Kaishen's favorite disciple, Tang Enbo knew very well that all the honors and disgraces of these disciples were all tied to Chang Kaishen. In the final analysis, as long as you can get Chang Kaishen's favor, you can still hold a high position even if you are a wine bag. You can only eat empty salary and blood, and make the people's livelihood in a province thousands of miles away.

On the other hand, if you don’t get Chang Kaishen’s favor, you will be able to understand the world and even if you fight flowers on the battlefield, you will still not be used to defeat the Japanese army and will still be the life of cannon fodder. For example, Liang Gang, the commander of the 94th Brigade, wasn’t he a cannon fodder?

So, although Tang Enbo is the deputy commander-in-chief of the war zone, and Chu Yunfei is just a small division commander, according to the official ecology of the party and the country, Tang Enbo is really unable to win Chu Yunfei with his own strength. If he wants to drive Chu Yunfei out of the 13th Army, he must rely on the principal.

Therefore, the principal's favoritism for Chu Yunlong must be broken first.

Then, Chu Yunfei could only let him Tang Enbo control it.

I went to Yunxiu Tower to meet Chang Kaishen, and first introduced the difficulties faced by the First War Zone, and then briefly explained the disaster in Henan. At present, Henan has been barren for thousands of miles, with tens of millions of people displaced and millions of people starving to death in the wilderness. However, when Tang Enbo's mouth was just a small-scale famine.

It’s just that a few people in a few county towns have run out of food.

Moreover, the HEN provincial government and the First World War Zone have already taken out food to provide disaster relief.

Although Chang Kaishen knew that Tang Enbo was talking nonsense, he did not expose it.

The reason is very simple. Once a problem occurs, Chang Kaishen wants to block others' words with Tang Enbo. You can't say that I don't care about the disaster in Henan. I really don't know, because Tang Enbo told me that there is no disaster in Henan at all, so I was also deceived and didn't know.

This is the same as Cao Cao's method of using Wang Wu to calm the morale of the army.

Cao Cao had no military rations, so he could only borrow Wang Ye's head to stabilize the morale of the army. Chang Kaishen could not provide food to provide disaster relief, so if something happened, he could only blame Tang Enbo, but he would not kill Tang Enbo. At most, he would scold him and demoted him, and then wait a few months later to restore his position.

And it may not be that way.

Politicians don’t care about the lives and death of ordinary people.

"Okay, I understand." Chang Kaishen said, "Enbo, thank you for your hard work."

"This is what students should do, so why not talk about hard work?" Tang Enbo bowed and whispered, "Principal, there is another thing that students don't know whether to say or not?"

"You talk." Chang Kaishen said gently.

"Then the students were brave enough to say it." Tang Enbo whispered, "Although there is no large-scale famine in Henan at present, it is an indisputable fact that the supply of grain is very tight, both among the people and the army. Therefore, in order to stabilize the food prices and avoid illegal acts of hoarding and price gouging, the students dared to issue orders to grain merchants in major cities in Henan, ordering them to sell grain at prices within the prescribed range."

After a pause, Tang Enbo continued: "But the amount of grain stored in the grain merchants is limited after all. Due to the meager profits, grain merchants are unwilling to buy grain from other provinces. Therefore, a large-scale closure of stores will inevitably occur over time, which will eventually lead to an artificial grain shortage. Therefore, students dared to take out a part of the reserved military rations to sell them to stabilize the market."

When he heard this, Chang Kaishen knew what was going on. He was nothing more than reselling military rations to make profits. However, Tang Enbo could say that it was to stabilize the market and avoid artificial food shortages.

However, Chang Kaishen did not care about this. He felt that as long as it was not too excessive, a certain degree of corruption was tolerated. When the water was clear, there was no fish, and when the people were careful, there was no disciple. Integrity in absolute meaning was not desirable.

At this moment, Chang Kaishen said: "Enbo's move is an old and successful move to the country, and there is nothing inappropriate."

"But, but..." Tang Enbo whispered, "Yun Fei didn't know whether it was because of the misunderstanding of the students or because he was deceived. He actually regarded the students' move as colluding with grain merchants to resell military rations. Not only did he shoot Shang Tianliang, the military chief of the 89th Division who was ordered, but he also arrested all the grain merchants in Xingyang City. It is said that there will be some public trial and confiscating the assets of all grain merchants in Xingyang City. This is really..."

"Is there such a thing?" Chang Kaishen was stunned when he heard this.

I thought to myself that Chu Yunfei, this naughty young man, would really cause trouble for me.

Tang Enbo said again: "Yun Fei's military ability is beyond words, and the students admire him very much. This time the principal transferred him to the 13th Army as the commander of the 89th Division. The students also welcomed him with both hands. They thought that with this tiger general in our war zone, they could fight with Chongtian Desong, but the students did not expect this to happen."

After a pause, Tang Enbo said again: "What should students do with it? Please tell me the principal."

Chang Kaishen pondered for a moment and said, "In this way, you go back first. I will investigate clearly before telegraphing you how to deal with it. Now that the national crisis is in the face of national crisis, we should try not to be cold. Do you understand the hearts of generals like Yun Fei. "

"Students understand." Tang Enbo said happily, "Students know that Yun Fei is actually full of enthusiasm."

"Just understand." Chang Kaishen waved his hand and said, "Enbo, go back first, I will ask clearly when I look back."

After sending Tang Enbo away, Chang Kaishen called the third group of servants and asked Tang Zong to send a telegram to the 89th Division directly, but Tang Zong came to his study first.

"Principal, the 89th Division sent an urgent call." Tang Zong said respectfully.

"Yun Fei's telegram?" Chang Kaishen was stunned and reacted very quickly.

Tang Enbo just finished complaining, and Chu Yunfei's private complaint also called him?

Chang Kaishen felt a little tired and waved his hand and said, "Naijian, what did Yunfei say in the telegram?"

Tang Zong said: "Principal, Yun Fei said in the telegram that Shang Tianliang, the military chief of the 89th Division, and the grain merchants in Xingyang City were doing too much. The ration quota set for the officers and soldiers of the 89th Division was only 2 taels of meters per day. The porridge was so thin that it could show the figure. The brothers were not full and they didn't even have the strength to stand in a queue."

"What?" Chang Kaishen's face immediately collapsed.

Chang Kaishen can tolerate a certain degree of corruption, but doing this like Shang Tianliang is challenging his bottom line. His bottom line is to at least allow officers and soldiers to barely fill their stomachs. The 89th Division is the Central Army. Even the officers and soldiers of the Central Army can only drink the porridge that can reveal the figure. What about other local troops?

How much combat effectiveness can such an army maintain?

It is no wonder that the troops of the National Army are always about to collapse on the battlefield.

Chang Kaishen felt that he had discovered the reason for the low combat effectiveness of the National Army, but no matter how he discovered it, he was powerless because he had no ability to rectify it.

People's hearts are dispersed and the team is difficult to lead.

At that moment, Chang Kaishen sighed and said, "So, that Shang Tianliang and those grain merchants are all dead?"

"It's definitely a matter of death." Tang Zong and Chu Yunfei did not spend a long time together. That is, when the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army was in full swing with the Japanese army in northwest of Shanxi, Chu Yunfei was often called to help by Chang Kaishen, so he had a period of time to work together, but Tang Zong had a very good impression of Chu Yunfei.

So Tang Zong didn't mind saying a few good things about Chu Yunfei.

"Human nature is greedy, and Enbo is probably kept in the dark by them." Chang Kaishen said.

Tang Zong remained silent about this. Of course, he knew that Tang Enbo would never be kept in the dark, but since the principal believed that he was innocent, there was no need to argue.

Arguing with the principal, isn’t that stupid?

Chang Kaishen said again: "Yun Fei is still young. Although his approach is good, he is too hasty. If he is not careful, he will lead to a mutiny in the army. After all, he has no foundation in the 89th Division. However, Shang Tianliang, Gou Yu'an and others are deeply rooted in the 89th Division. This matter is probably difficult to be good."

Chang Kaishen is even considering which army to transfer Chu Yunfei to?

However, Tang Zong smiled and said, "The principal is worried. Yun Fei has completely controlled the situation of the 89th Division. Although dozens of officers have tried to gather people to cause trouble, they are all suppressed by him using thunder means."

"Oh, is that?" Chang Kaishen asked in surprise, "How did he control the 89th Division?"

Chang Kaishen was a soldier and had also led troops. He knew that it was not easy to control the troops. Division commanders like Chu Yunfei who were airborne would be more likely to be undermined.

So, he was really curious about how Chu Yunfei did it?

Tang Zong smiled and said, "Yun Fei said in the telegram that his method to control the 89th Division is very simple, that is, let all the officers and soldiers of the division have a good meal and then make up for all the wages!"

"After these two orders are issued,"

"Yun Fei instantly gained the sincere support of most of the officers and soldiers of the 89th Division."

"The dozens of officers who tried to gather together to cause trouble immediately became lonely. Yun Fei cleared them out of the 89th Division without any effort."

"That's so simple?" Chang Kaishen was a little disbelieved.

Tang Zong sighed and said, "It's that simple."

Chang Kaishen's expression became serious: "Does the front-line troops really can't eat or receive salary? But the party and the country have clearly given enough military salary and enough military rations!"

Tang Zong had no choice but to say this, so he could only choose to remain silent.

But that's the case. If you don't resell military rations or embezzle military pay, is that still the national army? How many senior generals of the national army are not worthy of their own pockets? After all, there are only a few generals like Chu Yunfei.

...

Xingyang, the 89th Division stationed.

It was lunch time, and there was a rumbling sound in the military camp yard.

However, more than 3,000 officers and soldiers from the 89th Division were drinking porridge with mixed grains and steamed buns.

Although it still has two meals a day and one meal in the morning and afternoon, the food of the 89th Division has improved a lot compared to before Chu Yunfei came.

Before, it was absolutely impossible to have mixed grain steamed buns.

The porridge is so thin that it can be seen. I got hungry again after drinking it, just like I didn’t drink it.

But since Chu Yunfei arrived, the porridge was so thick that it could hold the chopsticks. Each person had four grain steamed buns, and they could even get a small plate of pickles every now and then, which was so delicious.

The officers and soldiers of the 89th Division were eating, and suddenly the sound of chaotic footsteps sounded outside.

Then a voice sounded: "The teacher is here!"

When he heard that Chu Yunfei had arrived, the officers and soldiers who were dining quickly stood up and stood attentive.

When he turned around and saw Chu Yunfei walking in surrounded by several senior officers such as Fang Ligong, Chief of Staff.

"Teacher seat!Teacher seat!Teacher seat!" The officers and soldiers nearby stood at the right place and saluted Chu Yunfei. It can be seen that these officers and soldiers all respected Chu Yunfei from the bottom of their hearts.

To be honest, these big-headed soldiers have very little requirements.

They will be grateful if they only have two dry meals a day and pay military salaries on time.

Chu Yunfei replied to the gifts one by one, and when he met the officers and soldiers he knew would whisper a few words. This is a routine operation.

After a round of patrols, Chu Yunfei returned to the center of the yard and shouted: "Brothers, if you find that military supplies are deducted from food and salary in the future, or the food standards are reduced, just come to me! I, Chu Yunfei, have no other skills, but at least I can ensure that my brothers fill their stomachs and can also receive their own life-long money!"

Fang Ligong then shouted: "Why don't you thank the teacher quickly?"

"Thank you the master's seat! Thank you the master's seat!" The officers and soldiers present responded with a loud bang.

"Okay, everyone keep eating." Chu Yunfei smiled slightly and turned around and left the military camp.

Fang Ligong took a few steps and followed Chu Yunfei and whispered: "Mr. Master, Chief Tang's special envoy has arrived. We asked us to release Tian Sibao and others immediately, and to return the confiscated grain and assets to them."

"Ignore him." Chu Yunfei sneered, "I always believe that Chief Tang would not be such a person. The so-called special envoy must be pulling the tiger's skin and pulling the banner. It must be doing evil outside under the banner of Chief Tang, so I don't have to pay attention. Just continue to dig deep into the crimes of those grain merchants. Oh, by the way, as long as it involves hoarding and price gouging, you don't have to stick to the grain merchants. Those cloth merchants, tea merchants and drug merchants are arrested. Those who should be killed, those who should be killed will be killed, and those who should be confiscated will be confiscated and confiscated. Unless the principal directly issues an order, you don't have to pay attention to him when the emperor comes!"

"Yes!" Fang Ligong responded with a serious expression, "I understand."
To be continued...