Chapter 365: The first round of talks doomed to fail
Deng Chenggong and Taizu were both optimistic about the proposals made by the National Party. However, when they learned that Chairman Jiang seemed to have insufficient sincerity in the negotiations, they knew that this tripartite talks would not make any substantial progress. Therefore, what the final result of the talks would look like, I actually know that it would be better if I think about it.
As expected, in the first round of tripartite talks, the Kuomintang proposed that some southern provinces could be appropriately abandoned and handed over to the People's Party and the Militia Corps to enter. At the same time, in the future, the People's Party and the Militia Corps members would also be added to the national government, and the power of participating in politics and policy-making will be added, Xu Mingyuan directly put forward different opinions.
In front of the Senator of the State Government, Xu Mingyuan said bluntly: "Vice Chairman Li, in fact, Vice Chairman Zhou and I are very welcome. You can hold this tripartite meeting with a heart that hopes that the country will achieve peaceful liberation as soon as possible. But to be honest, we do not agree with the suggestions you put forward.
Let’s not talk about the difficulties you are facing now, as well as the government officials in the government who only know how to fill their pockets. They are not worthy of becoming government leaders who lead the people. Don’t look at me like this. You should know that what I, Xu Mingyuan, said, will not be wronged for no reason.
As long as you want to see, you have the ability and determination to eliminate those national scum, I can now give you a bunch of information about these people's violations of laws and regulations. What's more, I have provided these information to your National Party intelligence department before, but what is your result of handling it?
Not to mention the fact that the army has formed gangs and factions, they often engage in internal conflicts. The promotion of officers depends entirely on nepotism and discipleship. They do not consider whether the promoted officer is capable of leading the troops to complete combat tasks. It would be strange if such troops could beat the Japanese.
And those guys in your army who can even sell prohibited materials in the army, but you are mostly just given a demotion or transfer and have to do it. The ones dealt with are those commanders in the army who have no relationship, and those who have close relationships and backgrounds, but they are regarded as not seeing them. Such an army should be glad that they do not harm the country or the people.
As for your government, there are a lot of officials who speak verbally. How many people really seek welfare for the people? Everyone is staring at their own interests, but the interests of the country and nation are left behind. With such a government, how do you believe that you can lead China to the path of rejuvenation, strengthening the country and enriching the people? Therefore, the suggestion you put forward to let us participate in politics and make decisions is not necessary, and we will not agree."
After Xu Mingyuan was not polite and directly directed the biggest problem facing the Kuomintang, Vice Chairman Zhou also nodded and said, "I don't think I need to say anything more. You should all know. The Kuomintang will not change the current situation, and it is undoubtedly a whim to gain the recognition of domestic parties and the people.
In fact, for the People's Party, our conditions should not have changed. As long as your National Party can really bear the courage and qualities that a ruling party needs, it is actually impossible for us to participate in politics and make decisions. But you should be clear. Chairman Jiang does not like others to point fingers at the policy guidelines he has made. It can be said that this situation will occur in the National Party at present, and he needs to bear a considerable responsibility.
Director Xu and I know that the National Party and the National People's Government and the soldiers have also paid a heavy price in this battle to protect the country and the country. You have made contributions to the country and nation, and no one can erase this. But the current situation is that you dare not and have no choice but to clean up these worms that have devoured the country's vitality and the interests of the people.
Because their background and backers have direct relationships with Chairman Jiang. They are either his most valued disciples or their big relatives’ interests. You don’t dare to deal with these people at all and have no way to deal with them. Even if the new government is still the ruling party in the future, if these pests are not eliminated, China will still repeat the same mistakes and increase the gap between the people and the nobles and wealthy families. How can such a ruling party demand the recognition of the people and other political parties?”
Although Vice Chairman Zhou did not directly call the name, Li Ren and the National Party representatives present knew that Vice Chairman Zhou was talking about those people. These Chinese wealthy families, known as the four major families of the Republic of China, have a close relationship with the National Party in all aspects. The reason why Chairman Jiang has been able to ensure that the leader position has not fallen over the years is that in most cases, it is beneficial to the support of the four major families.
The four major families benefit from this support, and the family's property is different every year. Even the National Party often has to borrow money from the four major families when they have no money to use. Such a wealthy family, let alone these representatives of the National Party, even the Vice Chairman Li Ren, who wants to deal with them with ruthless measures, may seem a bit difficult.
In the last time, the intelligence department of the militia army provided the National Party with the example of collusion with enemies and treason, the majority of people who were related to the four major families accounted for the vast majority. But most of these people have transformed themselves and changed their departments to continue to make a fortune in China. They did not care about the most basic patriotic concepts that a Chinese should have.
The reason why these people dare to be so unscrupulous is that, on the one hand, they naturally rely on the protection of Chairman Chiang, and on the other hand, they are aware of their influence in the National Party and even the country. Therefore, they are not afraid of the National Party’s military discipline and regulations. They are too ugly to make trouble, and at most they can go abroad to avoid the limelight.
When the limelight passed, it turned into a new and unpredictable appearance on the list of important members of the National Party’s military and political affairs. If this continues for a long time, it will be normal for the National Party to be rampant. Therefore, the Militia Corps expressed firm opposition to the National Party’s suggestion that the National Party should serve as the ruling party. Although Vice Chairman Zhou’s words were more rigorous, his meaning also showed that the People’s Party would not only require the power to participate in politics and make decisions.
The current situation itself is that the People's Party has the upper hand and has the support of the militia. In this tripartite talks, they are more confident than the National Party football team, which is in a critical situation. Therefore, they will definitely not accept the many restrictions on the National Party as they did with the first two-party cooperation.
Faced with the rebuttal of the two chief representatives, Li Ren quickly smiled and said, "I don't know what suggestions do you have for the future new government? Since you don't agree with our opinions, you can also express your opinions. Anyway, we have already negotiated here, so we will naturally talk about our respective conditions. Seek survival and common ground!"
Regarding the proposal of the coalition government, Xu Mingyuan did not speak and handed over the dominant right to Vice Chairman Zhou. When Vice Chairman Zhou proposed to adopt the method of people's representatives, the people across the country chose the head of state and the ruling party. On the side of the National Party, someone quickly put forward different opinions.
Because in this case, the national people's representative election will be adopted, for the Kuomintang, whose prestige is rapidly declining in China, not to mention that it will lose the qualifications of the ruling party, even the elections of important national leaders will be wiped out. In this way, in the future, the power of participating in politics and the Kuomintang can occupy will probably be completely compressed by the militia corps and the People's Party. This is no different from asking them to choose to surrender.
Looking at the situation in the talks room, it was said that it was a tripartite talk. To put it bluntly, it was a two-party talks. Li Ren saw this situation very clearly. When it comes to forming a coalition government, the militia corps seemed to be intentional to let the People's Party dominate. After all, the militia corps today do not have their own party concepts. In addition, the political program they implemented in the liberated areas is very similar to the People's Party's liberated areas. Therefore, the talks they came to the meeting this time were actually a two-party talks between the Kuomintang and the People's Party.
Seeing that the atmosphere of the talks became increasingly stiff, Li Ren proposed to suspend the talks at a time and discuss them again at a date. In response, neither Xu Mingyuan nor Vice Chairman Zhou refused, and readily agreed to the proposal to temporarily suspend the talks. Instead, he adopted a small-scale private talks to see if he could reach an agreement as much as possible.
However, when choosing the future ruling party, neither the KMT nor the BJP dared to stop, so such talks could not achieve any substantial progress. Although Li Ren had already thought about the ending of the talks when he came. But seeing that there were still such big differences between the two sides, Li Ren knew that the future path was really hard for the KMT to go.
When the talks representatives representing Chairman Chiang reported the situation of the talks to the top leaders of the National Party, those senior leaders who were unwilling to give up their power and status directly announced the end of the talks. What these senior leaders of the National Party were a little confused was that Li Ren, the vice chairman of the National Party, did not leave with the delegation.
On the contrary, he proposed to look at the militia-liberated areas and the People's Party's liberated areas. At the same time, he proposed that he hoped to have a private meeting with Deng Chenggong and Taizu. For a time, the Kuomintang side indeed became more vigilant about Li Ren's behavior.
Regarding his stay and continuing to discuss with the Militia Corps and the People's Party, Li Ren knew very well that the military and political officials who were truly loyal to the Chiang Kai-shek faction would definitely be worried about his small actions. But Li Ren knew very well that the Chinese National Party in the future was about to achieve something and had to give up the previous extravagant desire to control the state power.
What we should really consider is how to liberate the whole country as soon as possible, and strive for some favorable conditions for the National Party in the military and government. Even if we are a political party participating in politics and policy-making, as long as we can change our concepts and styles, we will become the hope of the ruling party again in the future.
What's more, the Kuomintang's army belonging to the Huangpu system, with the support of Chairman Jiang, their army will not have to worry about having no food. But for the Gui army, who is also under the National Party but is supported by the stepmother, if there is no financial assistance, they will soon fall into a situation of food shortage.
Therefore, at this time, Li Ren had no choice. Even if he could not borrow funds for the National Party to overcome this crisis, he had to borrow some funds from the Militia Corps that could allow the Guangxi Army to overcome the difficult-to-get funds in front of him. Without the support of these direct troops, Li Ren, would probably be considered if he could maintain his old territory! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!