The special plane of sisters Soong Meiling and Soong Ailing arrived at Chunxiang City at 11 noon on the second day of the first lunar month. An Yi, Ou Chuer, and Feng Jieyun personally went to Chunxiang Airport to greet them.
After a year of treatment in the United States, Soong Meiling recovered from her injuries. Then she brought Kong Lingyi, Kong Lingwei sisters, and Kong Lingkan who were studying here to join her, and conducted diplomatic activities in the United States for half a year. During this period, she lived in the White House for a long time, and
The Roosevelts and Churchills had close exchanges with Hopkins, Marshall and others, and were invited to deliver speeches to members of the House and Senate in the U.S. Congress many times.
Eleanor, the wife of the President of the United States, praised Soong Meiling's speech as "not only one of the most spectacular, but also unique in the world."
I am extremely honored by Yi's achievements, and when Yi spoke, she was no longer a woman, but a great man who was fighting with strength on every battlefield in the world!"
Brohm, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, said: "The elegance of Mrs. Chiang's speech, the thoroughness of her explanation of the world situation, and her fluent and deft use of English not only enabled every audience member to understand its meaning, but also to hold the same views.
The only foreign guests from the United States who have influenced the American people are the former southern leaders An Yi and Madame Chiang Kai-shek!"
Soong Meiling's speech in Congress was broadcast to the United States via radio, causing a strong response from the American people. People from both the government and the public wrote letters to pay tribute to Soong Meiling or invited her to travel and give speeches. As many as 4,000 letters were received every day, and newspapers and magazines from all walks of life in the United States published them.
There were more than 5,000 editorials and comments, and a whirlwind of praise for Soong Meiling set off in the United States.
Later, Soong Meiling and Roosevelt jointly held a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House. The number of people was unprecedented, and it once again aroused an upsurge of admiration from the media and the public.
While in Washington, Soong Meiling and her party went to Mount Vernon to pay homage to the Washington couple's mausoleum, laid wreaths, and visited Washington's former residence. Not long after, she attended a press conference held by Mrs. Roosevelt and refuted the insults raised by some reporters on the spot.
Provocative questions.
Unfortunately, Japan's invasion of the American continent brought the flames of war to the United States. The U.S. government was overwhelmed with self-care and military supplies became increasingly tight. At the beginning of last year, Soong Meiling returned to China with a US$500 million aid loan.
During their stay in Culun last year, An Yi and Chiang Kai-shek had a serious argument about Lu Yixuan and An Jiajun's entry into the Great Wall. There was not much private communication between An Yi and Soong Meiling. In addition, Soong Meiling was not satisfied with Chiang Kai-shek's actions after she left China.
I was very angry about the corruption of my private life for many years, and I was not in the mood to make peace with Chiang Kai-shek. Now that the matter has been resolved, and Chiang Kai-shek's career is closely related to the interests of the Song family and the Kong family, that's why Soong Meiling paid this visit.
As for Song Ailing, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, as the Nanjing government formulated a series of wartime economic systems, the Kong family took advantage of the introduction of various policies to speculate wildly in the foreign exchange, securities, gold standard, cotton yarn, flour and other markets to seek huge profits.
It is said that "eight million pounds were made" in the speculation of arbitraging foreign exchange alone. (-< Shuhaige>-Net.)
Two years after the Anti-Japanese War, Song Ailing's deposits in the United States ranked first in the Nanjing government's "all deposits of dignitaries in American banks" and was called "the Chinese people's money bag" by American journalist Sullivan. Song Ailing's eldest son Kong Lingkan served as
When he was the executive director of the Central Bureau of Letters and Translation, he shouldered actual responsibilities, used the arms trade to obtain huge kickbacks, and used his own transportation company to master the "national special transport" privileges, taking advantage of the opportunity to ship private goods, smuggle and trade, and obtain huge profits.
Kong Lingkan's ability to "make money in business" was praised by Song Ailing. The second daughter Kong Lingwei was like a strong woman, taking charge of enterprises such as Xiangji Company, Guangmaoxing, Jinfengtai, etc., taking advantage of the power of industry, business, and hoarding, as well as the power of wealthy families, to
They engaged in hoarding and other operations to enrich the country's wealth.
At the end of last year, according to the investigation data of the U.S. Treasury Department, at least 80 million U.S. dollars of the 500 million U.S. dollars obtained by the National Government had been deposited in the Kong family's private account. Although Soong Meiling specially called Roosevelt to give some explanations, she still
It was strongly disliked by the United States. If the Americans had not hoped to rely on the power of the Chinese Army, they would have turned their backs!
Chiang Kai-shek's nephew and An Yi's Huangpu senior brother Jiang Xiaozhen once said to Dai Li, the leader of the military commander: "Only Song Dynasty can cure the disease caused by entrustment; only Confucius can cure the disease caused by his wife; no one can cure Confucius' disease." Here.
, Song refers to Song Meiling, Kong refers to Kong’s wife Song Ailing, and Kong Zhibing refers to the serious harm caused by corruption in the Kong family.
Because of this, even though the Kong family hinted many times that they would invest in the south, An Yi declined them all. He did not want to cultivate a deformed economic monster around him that would affect his own business.
Ou Chu'er was the goddaughter of Kong Xiangxi and his wife, and Feng Jieyun was the goddaughter of Soong Meiling. They were extremely affectionate as soon as they met and couldn't stop talking.
An Yi looked around with a smile and waited until the greetings were finished before he stepped forward and said, "Master, hello, Mrs. Kong!"
Song Meiling looked up and down and nodded repeatedly: "You are still so young, you are still so handsome... How about it, do you miss your master's wife?"
"Of course I do!"
An Yi smiled and greeted: "Master, are you recovering well? After you returned to China last year, I asked Uncle Dao to take our medical team to Nanjing to check you. When I came back to tell you that everything was fine, I felt relieved.
Come on. When I was in Culun last year, I saw that you looked very bad, but I didn’t dare to ask more about it. Now it seems that you have recovered quite well!"
Naturally, Soong Meiling would not explain that she had an emotional problem with Chiang Kai-shek at that time. She smiled and said nothing. Soong Ailing on the side pretended to be angry and said: "Xiao Yi, you only serve as a consultant to your wife, why don't you worry about my health? Speaking of which,
, I’m still your godmother, right?”
An Yi turned his head and said without being humble or arrogant: "Mrs. Kong is now famous in the industrial world. I heard that this time we split the industry with our southwest allies, and the shares of many companies were acquired by the consortium controlled by Mrs. Kong. With such a heroic appearance, if An Yi
Isn't it magnanimous to act like a little girl and make people laugh?"
Song Ailing smiled heartily and said: "Compared to Chu'er, I'm far behind... By the way, I heard that Jiangnan Group's industries in Jiangxi, including shipyards, daily chemical factories, textile factories, and paper mills, have recently...
For sale, can I get involved?”
An Yi waved his hand nonchalantly: "Of course, I wish for it! It is expected that by the end of this year, we will completely fade out of Nanchang and the areas around Poyang Lake. Before that, all properties will be publicly auctioned. The Kong family has strong financial resources, so naturally we can
Go to bid.(-< Shuhai Pavilion>-Net.)”
Song Ailing rolled her eyes: "Okay, I will definitely come to support you when the time comes."
The guests and hosts got into the car respectively. An Yi and Soong Meiling took the same car, while Ou Chuer and Feng Jieyun accompanied Soong Ailing in the car behind. The motorcade drove out of Dongjiao Airport and drove west on the spacious road, with people on both sides.
There are neat street trees. Behind the street trees are rows of garden houses and flat lawns. In the distance, Xuan Huong Lake is rippling with blue waves, surrounded by red flowers and willows, and the scenery is pleasant.
Different from the dense factory areas and tall chimneys in other cities, as well as the unique landmark buildings in industrialized cities-red brick tube buildings one after another, the buildings here in Xuanxiang City are sparse, there are not many high-rise buildings, and they look like...
There is not much difference within the country.
You should know that Xuan Huong City, which has been connected with three railways, has undergone strict planning in the urban area and the surrounding area of 100 kilometers. There are almost no heavy industrial enterprises located there. They mainly focus on light processing such as tea factories, woodware factories, food factories, bamboo weaving factories, and handicraft factories.
Factories, postal and telecommunications, commerce, tourism, and finance are the main industries. Therefore, although the scenery looks pleasing to the eye and the air is very fresh, without the huge visual impact brought by the industrialized city, the Song sisters do not feel that it is very special.
Along the way, they chatted about the past and couldn't help feeling sad. An Yi also asked about the situation of Soong Meiling and Chiang Kai-shek's daughter, Jiang Jingyi. After knowing that the little junior sister was in good health, he smiled and asked if the little one was satisfied with the gift he gave her. Soong Meiling repeatedly said that she was sincere, and then
They talked about the situation of An Yi's children again, and before he knew it, the motorcade returned to Xuanxiang Palace.
After a sumptuous lunch, Song Meiling, who had something on her mind, took An Yi for a walk by Xuan Huong Lake.
After walking for about ten minutes, the two came to sit down on a wooden bench by the lake, bathing in the warm winter sun and enjoying the gentle breeze blowing against their faces. Then Song Meiling asked:
"An Yi, tell me the truth, what are you thinking? If you really don't want to give up your domestic foundation, I can plead with your principal to maintain the status quo. After your principal has passed a hundred years, you will inherit his career and continue
Lead China forward."
"Master's wife, it's not like you don't know that I don't want to fight a civil war!"
An Yi shook his head with some regret: "As the saying goes, too much is not enough, now the territory I control is large enough. There are more than 300 million Chinese on this land, and new changes will happen every day. Slowly looking at a white
I slowly filled the paper with it, and this feeling of satisfaction cannot be expressed in words...
"Looking at the country, although the country has long been unified, when have military and political orders been truly unified? Today, although the bandits have been expelled from the country, Yan Baichuan, Zhang Hanqing, Fu Yisheng and the various departments of the Northwest Army in the north are wary of each other.
The base areas of the upper reaches are intertwined with each other.
, the interest entanglements among them are intricate, and if you are not careful, friction will go wrong, causing loss of life. In the south, there are Guangxi clique, Guangdong clique and the growing Hunan and Guizhou troops who have abandoned me. I really don’t want to get involved too deeply and put the limited
All the energy is used in endless internal consumption.
"I plan to completely handle the industries in Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Jiangxi before the end of this year, and then focus on overseas development, strive to regain millions of square kilometers of land, and completely solve the problem of insufficient land and resources that has plagued the Chinese nation for thousands of years...
…But here I would like to ask my master’s wife to intercede with the principal and ask Zhang Hanqing to restrain himself, otherwise I cannot guarantee that my troops will not fight back in self-defense, and it will not look good if everyone is at odds with each other!”
Speaking of this, An Yi looked angry. Due to the impact of the sudden rise of the Anjia Army, not only the Guangdong Army and the Northwest Army were not exhausted in the continuous series of battles in Nanjing, Xuzhou, Wuhan, etc., even those who were supposed to disappear in
The Northeastern Army has also been preserved in the long history, resulting in a situation where local warlords are unable to defeat the enemy.
Jealous of the strong industrial production capacity of the Northeast that An Jiajun had completely taken over from Japan, Chiang Kai-shek took the initiative during Christmas last year and took Zhang Xueliang to inspect the old Northeastern Army headquarters, and officially appointed Zhang Xueliang on January 1 this year.
He became the chairman of Hebei Province and deployed all six armies of the Northeast Army to eastern Hebei, northern Hebei and southern Chahar.
In the past month, the generals of the Northeast Army have frequently made tough remarks on radio stations, newspapers and magazines, saying that all the soldiers of the Northeast Army who are unable to leave their homeland are very eager to leave the country and return to their homeland. They hope that the Anjia Army can take the initiative to withdraw from the Northeast region, otherwise they will not rule out homesickness.
Eager soldiers used force.
The lower-level officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army who were instigated frequently invaded the defense areas of the Northeast Military Region and the Mongolian Military Region of the Anjia Army in groups and committed various provocative behaviors, triggering serious military confrontations and attracting nationwide attention.
Song Meiling's heart trembled. She knew very well that this was Chiang Kai-shek's strategy to drive away wolves and tigers.
But if An Yi is really angered and sends troops into the pass regardless of old feelings, with the powerful strength shown by An's army to defeat the German army, the Central Army, which has expanded to five million, will definitely not be an opponent. The strength of the Northeast Army is already different from what it used to be.
Don't count on it, it will definitely collapse at the first touch, there is no doubt about it.
If it inspires An Yi's ambition to compete in the Central Plains and become the central government, then the problem will be serious.
Thinking of this, Song Meiling said quickly: "I will ask your principal to restrain Zhang Hanqing and his group of arrogant soldiers. However, the Northeast Army has been living in the pass for eleven years, so it is understandable to be homesick!"
An Yi snorted: "If that were not the case, how could I tolerate the continuous excesses of those ruffians of the Northeast Army? It's not like I don't allow the officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army to go home to visit relatives. As long as they don't carry weapons, they can pass me safely at any time.
The defense area of the army, and report to the household registration management department of our Military Control Commission on a regular basis while returning home. Everything is easy to discuss. But if anyone wants to bully An Yi's compassionate heart of not fighting the civil war, I will let him understand that there are certain mistakes that cannot be made.
of!"
Song Meiling was dumbfounded. She didn't expect An Yi to be so tough, but thinking about An Yi's status today, she felt relieved. After a while, she asked tentatively: "How can Xiao Yi solve the remaining problems in Northeast China, Mongolia and Recha?
"
An Yi pondered for a moment and said: "At least until the end of the war, I am not ready to give up the Northeast and Recha regions. After all, our Andong Military Region and Dahan Military Region still need supplies from the Northeast Military Region. After the war, we will auction most of the industries
, and organized immigration to the Far East and Siberia based on the principle of independence, and then our troops completely withdrew.
"As for Mongolia Province, I will not give up. I plan to spend ten to twenty years gradually diverting water from Siberia to the south, improving the desert landscape in central and southern Mongolia, easing water pressure in North China, and allowing the spring and autumn seasons to wreak havoc.
The sandstorms will disappear!"
Song Meiling breathed a sigh of relief. Chiang Kai-shek and she had never cared much about bitter cold places like Mongolia. As long as the Northeast and Recha could be recovered completely, as well as Hainan Island and Taiwan lost in the late Qing Dynasty, the National Government could be considered safe.
By ensuring the integrity of territory and sovereignty, greatly boosting national and national ambitions, we can leave a lasting mark in history.
Song Meiling said with gratitude: "Xiaoyi, I know I have wronged you! Thank you for everything you have done for your principal and me! Fortunately, you have also created such a big foundation now, and your development is no worse than in China, so I feel better.
Tell me, what do you need my wife to do for you?"
An Yi said: "Mother, next month I will hold a grand ship review in Nanhua Bay, and then our navy, land and air force will launch an attack on the Japanese pirates entrenched in Hainan Island and the Indian Ocean Islands. With Germany's expansion in West Asia
Failure, and the restoration of the Indian Ocean-Atlantic route, the international situation will fundamentally change, and a world-wide allied summit will definitely be held.
"I hope the president can demand at the meeting that Taiwan, including the Ryukyu Islands, be taken back after the war, to once and for all hijack Japan's development and open up a channel to the ocean.
Song Meiling had no concept of the Anjiajun Navy in her mind. She thought it was just a formation of a few old warships, and she felt very relaxed:
"I thought it was a big deal. This is easy to handle. I will tell your principal when I get back! But defeating Japan is not easy. Even the Japanese invaders on American soil have not been eliminated. When will the allied fleets have enough strength?
Launching a counterattack in the Pacific? Moreover, now that Japan has taken root in Australia and immigrated in large numbers for colonization, the end of the war is far away!"
An Yi said with a smile: "Master, please relax. The expansion of Germany and Japan has reached its limit. It is said that prosperity will inevitably lead to decline. Once it collapses, the speed will be much faster than we imagined. I believe it won't be long before you will
Seeing this change..."
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