The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

Zhu Shaoliang was a very knowledgeable person and personally drove Zhou Hexuan to pick up the bandits outside Xicheng. Along the way, he also gave guidance and introduction to Lanzhou, which was undergoing urban construction, and took all the credit for Mayor Cai Mengjian.

In fact, Lanzhou Mayor Cai Mengjian and Gansu Provincial Chairman Gu Zhenglun are in the same group, and both have close ties with the CC faction.

Historically, Gu Zhenglun wanted to force Zhang Daqian away from Dunhuang, and he was probably secretly instructed by Chen Lifu, one of the leaders of the CC faction. Chen Lifu was in charge of the Ministry of Education. As a result, the Ministry of Education ordered the northwest history and geography inspection team sent by the China Academy of Sciences to be defeated by Zhang Daqian. This was equivalent to Zhang Daqian slapping Chen Lifu in the face.

But this doesn't mean there's no need to fall out. After all, Yu Youren's veteran faction is already "indifferent to the world", so there's no need to create inconveniences to offend him. However, the struggle between Zhu Jiahua and the CC clique has become fierce, and even a direct armed fight has occurred. The two sides have already been at odds over the political power in the northwest.

In order to balance the factional struggle, Chang Kaishen sent Gu Zhenglun's brother Gu Zhengding to serve as a member of the Shanxi Party Committee. Gu Zhengding originally did not want to get involved in the struggle between the Zhu Jiahua faction and the CC faction, so he specifically showed his favor to Yu Youren, the veteran faction, and recommended Zhang Geng, a close confidant of Yu Youren, to be the party secretary-general.

Zhang Geng couldn't stand being caught between the Zhu Jiahua faction and the CC faction, so he resigned voluntarily after only working for a few months. Gu Zhengding could no longer be a facilitator, so he completely switched to the CC department. Together with his brother Gu Zhenglun, who was the chairman of Gansu Province, he also completely switched to the CC department.

As a result, the government affairs and party affairs of several northwestern provinces were basically controlled by the CC faction, and the Zhu Jiahua faction could only barely support them.

Gu Zhenglun continued to force Zhang Daqian to leave Dunhuang. He was probably assigned by Chen Lifu to put pressure on Yu Youren, the elder faction - the Zhu Jiahua faction had a better relationship with the elder faction. The purpose was probably a warning to keep Yu Youren away from the Zhu Jiahua faction, so as not to watch the excitement and get blood all over him.

The CC series is still very interesting. Although it has a bad reputation, it is the most determined group fighting against Japan.

In the mid-1930s, the CC faction, which advocated war, fought fiercely with the political science department, which advocated peace. Yang Yongtai, one of the leaders of the political science department, was directly assassinated by the CC faction. This faction, which advocated that in order to fight against foreign aggression, must first stabilize the country, declined. It was through the power of the CC clique and the Huangpu clique that Chang Kaishen was able to subdue so many leaders and bureaucrats and carry out the anti-Japanese war with great difficulty.

Zhu Jiahua is even more interesting. He used to be an educator and has a very good personal relationship with Zhou Hexuan. He was able to rise to the top, firstly because of his strong personal ability, and secondly because of the recommendation of the veteran Dai Jitao. To put it bluntly, Lao Jiang was not at ease with the CC department and arranged for a capable young man to go up and compete with the CC department.

Zhu Jiahua was initially a polished commander, and often had to compromise and rely on brothers Chen Guofu and Chen Lifu, so he was also regarded as a member of the CC department at the beginning. When Zhu Jiahua became full-fledged, he actually started working directly with the CC department. Moreover, many of his "Zhu Jiahua faction" are extremely capable and practical factions. With the support of Lao Chiang Kai-shek, they often suppressed the CC faction.

So the CC Department started playing tricks again. When they killed the Department of Political Science, they were doing assassination. Now that Chiang Kai-shek is keeping a close eye on people and does not dare to use assassination methods again, he will take advantage of the situation and beat people openly. When beating people, they also cut off the phone lines, beating the nominal top leader of the Shaanxi Kuomintang Party (Secretary-General of the Shaanxi Party Department) to the point where he can no longer do anything. Be an official.

Seeing that the Zhu Jiahua faction was being fought over by the CC faction, Chiang Kai-shek called in Gu Zhengding, who was not affiliated with any faction, to act as a balance. Unexpectedly, Gu Zhengding fell into the arms of the CC faction within a few months. In desperation, Chiang Kai-shek finally made a big move and frantically strengthened Hu Zongnan's power, hoping that Hu Zongnan, who held military power, would suppress the CC clique's tyranny in the northwest - Hu Zongnan was close to Dai Li, and Dai Li was a mortal enemy of the CC clique.

When Hu Zongnan ascended to the throne and became the "King of the Northwest," the first unlucky person was not the CC faction, but Zhu Shaoliang, the top officer of the Eighth War Zone.

What a pity, Zhu Shaoliang couldn't deal with the CC department, and he was accidentally injured because Chiang Kai-shek wanted to suppress the CC department. By that time, Zhu Shaoliang, the commander-in-chief of the Eighth War Zone, was completely useless and could only survive by flattering Hu Zongnan.

Zhu Shaoliang, who lost his military power, completely let himself go and devoted all his energy to making money.

How greedy is he?

He actually let his wife and his confidant Ban Gan embezzle the anti-GCP funds allocated by the central government, squandering all the "bandit suppression" funds, and even dared to eat alone. Other officials in the military control area in Gansu worked hard for a long time, but found that they could not get a penny. Due to the uneven distribution of the spoils, they took the lawsuit to Chang Kaishen.

Lao Jiang was furious, that was a special fund for anti-G, and I actually took all this money!

Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek immediately sent his son Jiang Weiguo to investigate, and Lanzhou staged a drama of asking his wife to sacrifice his son. Ban Gan entrusted his wife and children to Zhu Shaoliang to take care of him, and he bit the bullet and claimed that all the special funds were destroyed due to the plane crash. He was then dragged to be shot, and all the money was eaten by Zhu Shaoliang.

From 1940 to 1945, the Kuomintang factional struggle in the northwest was really interesting, and it caused a mess in the military and political affairs of several northwest provinces.

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As we said, Zhu Shaoliang belongs to that kind of servile bureaucrat. As long as there is no conflict of interest with him, he will try his best to please, and Zhou Hexuan is undoubtedly such a noble person - so is Yu Youren. Some time ago, when Yu Youren visited various places in the northwest, Zhu Shaoliang asked Ma Hongkui to personally lead the troops to escort him throughout the process, and also gave various green lights to facilitate Zhang Daqian's stripping of paintings in Dunhuang.

Zhu Shaoliang was very proud of Zhou Hexuan and drove to the outside of the West City in person. He nodded and praised in front of the bandits: "Sure enough, they are all strong men who voluntarily surrendered to the army. Their military appearance has been neatened and they are all heroes!"

Zhou Hexuan introduced: "This is Commander Zhu Shaoliang, commander of the Eighth War Zone."

Zhu Shaoliang said in fear: "The deputy commander is just the deputy commander. President Jiang will serve as the commander himself."

Ma Yongkui was overjoyed when he heard this. The commander of the theater actually came to greet him personally. They made the right decision to join the army this time. This guy was a soldier. He immediately stepped forward to salute the military and said, "Young man Ma Yongkui and 500 volunteers have met Commander Zhu!"

"It's the deputy commander, haha, it's the deputy commander," Zhu Shaoliang reassured and encouraged, "I heard from Ming Gong that there are righteous men who have come to surrender, which shows that the people's support can be used. Why can't we win the war against Japan? Come with me to the military station. Let's work together from now on. Let’s fight against the Japanese pirates together!”

"I humble my position and obey my orders!" Ma Yongkui hit the snake with a stick and had a good impression of Zhu Shaoliang. He really thought that Zhu Shaoliang was the kind of good official who respected the righteous people.

Zhou Hexuan also took Wanrong out from the bandits. Ma Yongkui held back a hand. He was afraid that Zhou Hexuan would send troops to attack him. He had used high-sounding excuses to leave Wanrong outside the city.

Everyone did not enter the city this time, but went around the city to the theater headquarters outside the east city.

Not far from the headquarters is the military station, where young men from all over Gansu are sent here for training and reorganization. The director of the military station was Ban Gan who later took the blame for his wife and son. This man was also one of Zhu Shaoliang's financial resources. He had no idea how many soldiers' blood he had eaten and how many young men had been killed.

"Supervisor, these are volunteers who came to join the army. You must arrange them properly and don't neglect them." Zhu Shaoliang ordered.

Ban Gan stood upright and saluted: "I humble my duty and obey my orders, and I will not let the righteous people suffer any injustice!"

Zhu Shaoliang nodded, and then said to Zhou Hexuan and Wanrong: "Ming Gong, madam, it's getting late. You two have been tired from the journey, why don't you go to the humble house to rest first."