After Sun Yunteng and Wang Sheng left, Chiang Ching-kuo sat on the sofa, staring motionlessly at the calligraphy and paintings on the opposite wall, he was often like this since he became the "President" in 1978. The waiters in the Qihai Official Residence have become accustomed to it.

After a long time, Chiang Ching-kuo moved his body and ordered his personal assistant to say, "Weng Yuan, give me the notebook on the desk."

Weng Yuan was the personal assistant to Chiang Kai-shek in the 1940s. After Chiang Kai-shek passed away, he continued to serve as Chiang Ching-kuo's personal assistant to Chiang Ching-kuo for more than 30 years. He knew Chiang Ching-kuo's temper and character well. Therefore, when he held the notebook with both hands, he saw that his expression was normal but the corners of his mouth were tense, and he knew that this ordinary laptop was extraordinary.

Jiang Jingguo touched the cover of the notebook with his old-spotted palms and said, "Weng Yuan, President Wei's grandson-in-law, is very unusual."

Before retiring, Wei Jingmeng was the president of the Central News Agency. Jiang Ching-kuo always called him this position. Weng Yuan and Jiang Ching-kuo were different in terms of different conditions, not as reserved as ordinary adjutants. He smiled and said, "It's just too unusual, so President Wei is reluctant to let go. He is in his 70s and is still busy everywhere to pave the way and build a bridge for this junior."

"President Wei is happy to see the hunt. Talent is the source of the family and the foundation of the country." Jiang Ching-kuo held the notebook and did not open it for a long time, saying, "If Xiaowu and Xiaoyong can have half of Shen Chong's ability, why should I still be 70 years old and still be in love with the position of president and not retreat?"

"The second young master is in the broadcasting company and the third young master is in the ZTE electrician. They all do well, and the president doesn't have to blame his family too hard."

"Xiaowu is the general manager of a broadcasting company, and he has made few jokes? Don't think I don't know. The Taipei cultural circle has given him the name of the second prince." Jiang Ching-kuo was so disappointed that he shook his head and scolded: "Everything is like wine, sex, money, and you don't know how to restrain yourself at all. It doesn't matter if your reputation is broken. If your body is destroyed, what's going on? Isn't his elder brother's appearance miserable enough?"

"The second young master has changed a lot."

"That's because I'm very careful. If I'm gone, how do you see him look like?" Jiang Ching-kuo calmed down and said, "Of the three children, Xiaoyong is still sensible, but he has no intention of politics and is devoted to business. It's a way to make a living. But he has never experienced the storm. He relies on the Jiang family's signature and has a unique monopoly. Now all the large-scale air-conditioning equipment in Taiwan will be handed over to ZTE Electrician for contracting and installation. Do you think that if I'm gone, how long can he do this business?"

"President, you don't have to hurry. The second and third masters have been smart since childhood. As long as you have more experience, you will soon be the only one."

"Time doesn't wait for anyone. My case list at Rong General Hospital is all waist-high." Jiang Jingguo raised his hand and said, "I know what my health is. I know if I can last for another ten years. It's hard to say. If they still have to live by but not improve, they will suffer a lot in the future."

Weng Yuan kept silent and dared not discuss this topic.

Jiang Jingguo was stunned for a while, then opened the notebook. Weng Yuan secretly looked at it and found that it was not the words written inside, but small notes were posted. Looking at the material, it seemed that they were cut from the newspaper.

This notebook was reused by Shen Chong's old tricks and replicated what he did in Guangzhou last month. However, Guangzhou cuts the policy of reform and opening up, and this time it cuts the news reports from media around the world, especially the United States and Taiwan, before and after the outbreak of the "Beautiful Island Incident".

On 10th of 1979, under the agitation and call of "Beautiful Island" magazine, a large-scale demonstration broke out in Kaohsiung, with more than 100,000 citizens participating. At around 8:30 pm, the crowd was in a commotion and the scene was out of control. At around 10 o'clock, the police and the riot troops began to release tear gas and drive away the crowd. The people present fought back with stones and sticks. Larger conflicts broke out between the two sides. At the same time, someone caught fishing in troubled waters and attacked the private houses. The scene was in a mess, and the people did not gradually disband until midnight.

Before the march, Chiang Ching-kuo ordered the military and police who maintained order to "don't fight back, scold them, and not to bring weapons." Therefore, after the riot, the official statistics of about 18 military and police were injured. The people involved in the march also confirmed to officials of the American Association for Taiwan that the military and police only used shields to block the attack and did not use force. The news media fell to the ground and blamed the people participating in the event, and the constitutional police were the victims. This situation made some Taiwanese citizens very disgusted with the non-party movement. Song Chuyu showed excellent media control ability when dealing with this emergency, and received attention from Chiang Ching-kuo.

Originally, public opinion was developing in a favorable direction, but the Kuomintang was used to high-pressure rule. After the incident, it quickly made a resolution to arrest non-party members on a large scale. On March 18, 19RU, the military court was opened to interrogate the eight non-party members at the core for insurgency. However, under international pressure led by the United States, the Taiwan authorities were forced to agree that in addition to internationally renowned media reports, newspapers on the island could also publish the interrogation process and the defendant Chen Ci. After the 9-day trial, although all the eight non-party members were sentenced to guilt and sentenced severely, the direction of public opinion has changed. Whether it is the international media or the media on the island, they have become supporters of the "Beautiful Island", and the one-party dictatorship, and the rule of the family and the world has become the target of public criticism.

The dozens of pages of newspaper clipping are all accusations and dissatisfaction with the government. The island is still implicit, while the United States is nakedly calling Chiang Ching-kuo a dictator, which is a stumbling block to democracy and is extremely evil. Among them, there are many members of Congress and senators who express their opinions and call on President Carter to promote Taiwan’s political reform...

After the report on the "Beautiful Island Incident", there are several news clippings that made Chiang Ching-kuo's eyes twitch.

For example, on October 1979, South Korean President Park Chung-hee was assassinated by his subordinate Kim Jae-gyu. Kim Jae-gyu later claimed that the assassination of the president was to "eliminate dictators" and "restore democracy". Before Park Chung-hee's death, she had already had a feud with the US government due to the dictatorship. The clippings posted in her notebook read sensational, "This assassination is an arrangement of the US intelligence department."

For example, in 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. The mainland believed that this was the Soviet Union's arrangement of a clamp-shaped encirclement to deal with China, so it introduced a series of measures to strengthen its ties with the United States. The content on the clippings was a photo of Beijing's senior management visiting the United States.

For example, Lin Yixiong is one of the eight defendants in the "Beautiful Island Incident". During the detention period, a tragic mass murder occurred at home. Although a large number of police forces were used to investigate thoroughly, there was no clue. The Kuomintang intelligence agency was suspected of being a melon field and the image of the entire party plummeted. The newspaper clippings were posted with news that before the incident, Jiang Xiaowu had publicly threatened to teach Lin Yixiong a lesson at a gathering of extreme right forces丨

Jiang Ching-kuo slowly flipped through the notebook page by page, looking at various reports expressionlessly. When he turned to the last page, there were no clippings, only three handwritten lines of words.

"How long can one party dominates?"

"Who will take over the Jiang family? How can we survive?"

"Today's media is the gun of the party and the country. Who will tell the gun of the media tomorrow? Who will tell the right and wrong, merits and demerits?"
Chapter completed!