Chapter 202 Lin Quanzhu’s efforts

When it comes to the issue of changing the flag, Zhang Xueliang himself is actually very troubled. The reason is very simple. Although he wants to change the flag, both the old school and the new school are extremely opposed to the trend of changing the flag! The old school, led by Tang Yulin, firmly opposes the decision of changing the flag!

After all, they think that Chiang Zhongzheng and the others cannot defeat the Northeast, and they "would rather have a chicken head than an oxtail"! For this reason, they are not willing to join Chiang Zhongzheng and the others just like that. They would rather continue their work in the three northeastern provinces.

The career of the separatist regime. The sergeant faction headed by Yang Yuting also fiercely opposed the Guo Min Party who joined Chiang Kai-shek and the others. After all, the Feng faction is much stronger than the Guo Min Party! If you want planes, you have planes, and if you want tanks, you have tanks.

!It can produce artillery, light and heavy machine guns and even has the most powerful navy in China!

On this basis, it is completely unthinkable for them to seek refuge with an army that relies solely on force to force them back. Moreover, most of the sergeant faction also believe that this defeat is just a temporary incident. They will still have to do so in the future.

How can he join Chiang Zhongzheng to achieve great things by entering the pass?

In fact, due to historical and origin reasons, the Feng clan has been roughly divided into several factions for a long time. According to time, they are: the Elder Sect (the old sect), the Young and Strong Sect (the new sect), and the new sect is divided into the martial arts sect.

The faction and the sergeant faction had different political views and fought from time to time.

Among them, the elder faction now headed by Prime Minister Zhang Zuolin advocates a cessation of troops and peace talks to protect the territory and the people. This idea was implemented by Zhang Zuolin as early as 1922 after the first Zhili-Fengtian War, but it was only possible to implement it with the support of Japan's force.

At this time, there were only a few among the elders who had a favorable impression of Japan. They advocated the independent protection of the country and the people, that is, ensuring the country's political and economic rights and interests on the basis of occupying the territory in the Northeast. This group of people actually looked down on Chiang Zhongzheng and the others.

, thinking that they just rely on their numbers to fight! With equal strength, they are no match for Fengjun!

The new faction headed by Zhang Xueliang, under the guidance of the idea of ​​"ending internal strife and resisting foreign aggression", advocated stopping the civil war and realizing national reunification first. Then they would pursue their own interests. After all, national reunification is the general trend in China now.

!This general trend is irreversible, and now Britain and the United States have directly or indirectly recognized Chiang Kai-shek's government. So even if it continues, there will be no other results in the end.

So Zhang Xueliang actually advocated changing the flag. He wanted to eliminate the hostility of the entire Northern Expeditionary Army and silence the Japanese through changing the flag! He even wanted to get those Manchu and Mongolian interests back from the Japanese at the right time. He was not too different from his father Zhang Zuolin.

Similarly, the young Zhang Xueliang is more energetic and has a kind of passion that only young people have.

This kind of passion is both a good thing and a bad thing. The good part is that he will break some rules and do some jaw-dropping things in his own way. But the bad part is the most obvious: reckless! Sometimes, reckless

It will cost you your life!

Fortunately, with Zhang Zuolin's lesson learned, Zhang Xueliang did not dare to relax! He tensed up and kept communicating with Zhang Zuoxiang of the old school and Yang Yuting of the new school. As for the martial arts department in the new school, he didn't have to worry, because that was what he wanted.

Based on the small group gathered by Zhang Xueliang, naturally only Zhang Xueliang follows the lead!

The pro-Japanese faction in the Feng faction was directly ignored by Zhang Xueliang. These people must have hoped that they would surrender or even directly defect to the Japanese! And Zhang Xueliang, who had the hatred of killing his father against the Japanese, naturally could not defect to the Japanese.

When Zhang Zuolin was at the funeral that day, it took a lot of effort for Zhang Xueliang not to pull out his gun and shoot down all those Japanese who were crying like cats and mice!

The turning point came in August, at the end of August. When the U.S. Minister to China, Ma Murui, arrived in Fengtian, Zhang Xueliang sent Yang Yuting as a representative for secret talks, and Ma Murui expressed the support of the U.S. government in front of Yang Yuting.

Yang Yuting, the "Yi Zhi" of Northeast China, reluctantly agreed to Yi Zhi's decision.

The other elders discussed for a while and reluctantly agreed with Zhang Xueliang's decision to change the flag. The elders were considering cooperation with the Japanese, which was definitely impossible. But without the support of the great powers, they would have to cooperate with the Japanese.

Chiang Kai-shek, who was involved in Anglo-American relations, and other veterans who fought with millions of troops, really had no confidence in their hearts. So they reluctantly agreed to Zhang Xueliang's decision to change the flag.

At this time, the Fengtian army had completely arrived outside the pass, and Zhang Xueliang finally breathed a sigh of relief. After all, there was no army in hand, and the Kwantung Army was on the side, which really made him very uneasy! This time the army was back, and it was finally

It made him relieved!

After the Feng Faction completely withdrew from the pass, the so-called "Northern Expeditionary Army" united by the four factions also began to have internal conflicts. After all, their combination was largely to solve the biggest problem of the Feng Faction entrenched in the pass.

Problem, and now that the Feng faction has withdrawn from the pass, and most of China has been occupied, it is almost time to divide the spoils.

It’s not that they don’t want to fight directly outside the customs, but they are worried that the Feng clique will be forced to join the Japanese directly! That would be a big trouble. After all, everyone knows that the Japanese covet the three northeastern provinces, and that’s not a day or two.

It's a matter of fact. And it's not unheard of to assist Fengjun in fighting.

Once the Feng Clan is forced to defect directly to Japan, then coupled with the Feng Clan's own strength, they may have to lose all the troops they have on hand! Therefore, in Chiang Zhongzheng's view, it would be better if the Feng Clan can change its flag and not enter the pass again.

They don't really care about the rest.

Under the guidance of this idea, Chiang Zhongzheng sent Zhang Qun and then Kong Fanwei as the representative of Guo Minzhengfu to directly represent Guo Minzhengfu and the current Feng clique to hold talks to discuss the change of flag.

In order to show his importance, Zhang Xueliang directly sent a Northeastern delegation headed by Yang Yuting, including Wang Shuhan, Xing Shilian, Mi Chunlin, Xu Zuyi and others, to secretly go to the customs to discuss the matter of changing the flag with the National Government.

Zhang Xueliang approved Yang Yuting and told Jiang Zhongzheng: There is no doubt about the change of flag and the implementation of the Three People's Principles, but there are four issues that need to be resolved urgently, namely, diplomacy, party affairs, political branch issues and the suspension of military operations in Rehe. Properly deal with them.

After all these problems are solved, it will be possible for the three eastern provinces to change their flags.

Zhang Xueliang's approach attracted Yang Yuting's praise! At least Yang Yuting now believes that the commander is not as useless as he imagined, and some things are still clear. However, Yang Yuting still does not want Yi Zhi to succeed.

In his view, the separatist rule of the Northeast was the perfect opportunity for the Feng Faction to rise. After all, the Northern Expeditionary Army seemed to have a large number of people, but in fact they were not united in their thinking. Their cooperation would break down sooner or later.

And at that time, it was An's chance to return to Guan Nei again! But unfortunately, Zhang Xueliang was now the leader of the Feng Faction, and what he said made sense, so Yang Yuting could only follow Zhang Xueliang's decision and come to Guan Nei.

And began to discuss with Jiang Zhongzheng and others on the issue of installing the flag.

At this time, the United States sent the famous journalist Duanna to Fengtian to lobby Zhang Xueliang again. They expressed their absolute support for Zhang Xueliang's action of changing the flag. They also said that if Zhang Xueliang encounters obstruction from the Japanese, they can take some stance on this.

This further reassured Zhang Xueliang, so Zhang Xueliang asked the elders to participate in the meeting with Duanna. This calmed the elders' minds.

At this time, Japan was anxious! Prime Minister Tanaka Giichi kept calling Hayashi Gonsuke and others! Demanding that they must stop Zhang Xueliang's behavior of changing the flag and ensure Japan's interests in Manchuria and Mongolia! After all, if Zhang Xueliang really changed the flag, then

It is not so easy for the Japanese to find some excuses to intervene. You must know that Zhang Xueliang will not just join them, but will also have some contact with the United States, Britain and other powers!

When the time comes, these great powers will naturally not watch Japan grow bigger in Northeast China, but will want to carve up the interests here together. What's more, they will also restrict Japan's rights and may force Japan to spit out what it has already obtained.

Benefit!

Therefore, Tanaka Yiichi was very anxious but helpless about the situation in Northeast China. After receiving the urgent message from the Prime Minister, Hayashi Kwonsuke and others did not dare to neglect, and met with Zhang Xueliang again overnight. At this time, they did not dare to issue any more threats.

After all, at this time, hundreds of thousands of security forces have withdrawn outside the Guanzhong. If they really wanted to fight, their more than 20,000 Kwantung Army troops would really not be enough!

And they were also vaguely aware of the involvement of the United States. If a fight broke out, no one could guarantee whether the United States would take action! So they could only ask Zhang Xueliang and hope that they could persuade Zhang Xueliang not to change the flag easily.

attitude.

Zhang Xueliang met Lin Quanzhu and the others in his study. At this time, Lin Quanzhu no longer had the arrogant attitude of oppressing Zhang Xueliang. His face became a little older. The look in Zhang Xueliang's eyes was also a little pitiful.

He looked at Zhang Xueliang and said slowly.

"Commander-in-Chief Zhang, our Prime Minister of the Empire of Japan, Mr. Tanaka, has sent an urgent telegram. In the telegram, he clearly asked us to tell you: As long as you do not lean toward the south and adhere to a neutral attitude of protecting the territory and the people, then Japan is willing to

We support your current position and consider assisting in resisting the Southern Army’s attack. Of course, we have no ambitions towards you or Manchuria, so please rest assured!”

"Furthermore, we also guarantee that if you have any needs in the future, the empire will give you full help, you can rest assured." Lin Quanzhu saw that Zhang Xueliang didn't seem to have any expression, so he increased his bet: "Also

Please take care of yourself! Think about it a lot, but you must be aware that there are people who are eyeing you, plotting against you, trying to take your place!"

Hearing Lin Quanzhu's words, Zhang Xueliang's eyes narrowed! The expression on his face gradually became colder. Lin Quanzhu was secretly happy when he saw Zhang Xueliang's expression! Could it be that... he mentioned Zhang Xueliang's heartbeat?!
Chapter completed!