Wang Zhenyu summarized a relatively mature idea after discussing with four people for a whole night, and everyone agreed. That is to form the party in a hurry, but first develop a batch of reliable cadres within the scope of the military academy.

  Wang Zhenyu decided that since Chen Shao's Anjiang Construction Project was already on the right track, he would promote Chen Quzhen to be the commander-in-chief of the project instead.

  As for Chen Shao, he was added to the first senior class of Xiangxi Army Officer School to study. His task had only one, which was to organize and develop the Chinese National Revival Society within the military school. The purpose of the organization was also very clear: to support the commander-in-chief and revive China (is there any necessary connection between these two?).

  As for Zhou Lan, it is likely that the current work in hand will be transferred, and Wang Zhenyu, the commander of the Second Brigade, will dispatch another officer to take over. Zhou Lan, who is already a major general, will be responsible for military affairs work, similar to Ma Xicheng, but with some differences:

  Zhou Dun will secretly lead an investigative agency, mainly responsible for collecting intelligence externally and suppressing dissidents internally. This agency is semi-public, partially externalized as the Fourth Chamber of the Imperial Guard. Zhou Dun's public identity will be the Director of the Imperial Guard, while Zhao Dongsheng will be fully in charge of the work of the Imperial Guard Brigade, which will also be considered a pilot for the party's militaryization in the future.

  Ma Xi Cheng's organization was called the Communications Bureau, and its activities were completely covert, which Wang Zhen Yu didn't ask about.

  He Jian led the Military Intelligence Agency, Zhou Lan was in charge of the Investigation Bureau, Ma Xicheng led the Communications Bureau. Now, under Wang Zhenyu's command, there were three special agencies, but outsiders only knew about the Military Intelligence Agency. Such a strong emphasis on espionage politics, Wang Zhenyu's mind is indeed very dark and sinister.

  Time flies, and it's already early March. Ye Zhiwen's belly is almost four months old and is very prominent. Chen Shi, the mother, is very anxious about this. Every day, she personally cooks soup, not to mention that she also specially sewed a pair of cloth shoes for her daughter-in-law, saying that they are comfortable for her feet and good for the child. To prevent Ye Zhiwen from falling down while moving around in the house, Chen Shi also asked Wang Zhenkun, the eldest brother, to buy a carpet and lay it out in Wang Zhenyu's private residence.

  Ye Zhiwen has been in a bad mood lately, after all, she's only seventeen years old. Suddenly, she can't go here or there, it's strange if her mood is good. When Wang Zhenyu's mother was with him, he could still control himself, and when Ye Xiaoyue was watching, he was still calm. But as soon as Wang Zhenyu showed up, his temper would flare out of control: "It's all because of you, you big scoundrel, you're a bad egg, you've ruined my life, I hate you to death..."

  Then he would grab whatever was in his hand and throw it, so Wang Zhenyu specially ordered the servants to take advantage of his wife's outing to process all the sharp objects in the room, even replacing the water cups with bamboo tubes.

  Facing this situation, Wang Zhenyu's choice was to let the guards roll away, and then he himself thickened his skin, with a smile on his face, and stuck up: "Wife, you've worked hard, it's my fault, big rascal, big villain. Let me listen to the child's heartbeat..."

  Ye Ziweng got even angrier, grabbed the pillow and hit him with it. Wang Zhenyu didn't dodge, instead he chuckled and leaned his head against Ye Ziweng's belly. While leaning, he said: "Baby, if you're a boy, don't have a temper like your mom's, or else no one will marry you; if you're a girl, you must look like your mom, otherwise you won't be able to get married."

  Anyway, it's all nonsense, Ye Zhiwen was so angry that she had no temper left, and could only wipe away two tears.

  Wang Zhenyu understood Ye Ziyuan particularly well, knowing that this was a normal reaction during pregnancy. However, as Ye Ziyuan came from a different background and was at an energetic age, it was inevitable that her symptoms would be more severe than others. Therefore, every night he would stay by Ye Ziyuan's side until she fell asleep before quietly getting up to leave.

  After a while, Ye Xiaoyue couldn't help but say: "Miss, I think General is really good to you."

  Ye Zhiwen's eyes were red as she said softly: "I know, but I just feel uncomfortable in my heart..."

  Wang Zhenyu would read a book in his study every night before going to sleep, and the name of the book he was reading was "National Socialism", which was actually a small booklet compiled by Chen Shao with the help of Mr. Hans from Lihua Yanghang.

  This little booklet roughly explains what is national socialism?

  The state is an absolute entity, all individuals and groups are relative, the state is the true embodiment of personal reason and free will, individuals must absolutely obey the state.

  In terms of the relationship between productive forces, Wang Zhenyu roughly understood the essential differences between so-called state socialism and capitalism, as well as the socialism advocated by Marx:

  National socialism opposes the capitalist system of private ownership of the means of production, instead advocating for a state-led control of production and distribution that corresponds to socialized large-scale industrial production. This is similar to **'s socialism, but there are essential differences between them. **'s socialism emphasizes public ownership of the means of production, while national socialism emphasizes control over the means of production under the influence of the so-called national will. On the surface, the government does not directly control the allocation and use of the means of production, but rather represents the state's absolute control, usage rights, and distribution rights. However, in reality, all distribution rights are concentrated in the hands of a few individuals (bureaucrats, dictators), which is essentially different from capitalism's sacred and inviolable private property. On the surface, it manifests the will of the nation as the largest and only absolute entity.

  Wang Zhenyu gently closed the book, Germans really have nothing to do after eating their fill, these isms are ultimately empty, they are a summary of the essence behind life phenomena.

  Actually, Wang Zhenyu didn't plan to play with this system because history has proven that it doesn't work. However, considering the current semi-feudal and semi-colonial social situation in China, there is indeed no better way to inspire young people's thoughts than state socialism. And now we are in dire need of knowledgeable and motivated young people, the more the better.

  Nationalism and patriotism have always been the fig leaf of political scoundrels, whether this view is correct or not is unknown, but at least for now, Wang Zhenyu, a big political scoundrel, has decided to use this piece of cloth to deceive people.

  Yuanjiang Daily has received sufficient funding from the government in the past three months, and its development speed is extremely fast. It has branches in major cities of Hunan Province. To meet the needs of future propaganda, Wang Zhenyu also instructed Chen Hao to establish the Hunan Evening News, which followed Yuanjiang Daily to open branches everywhere.

  In the past few months, a large number of young Wangmen disciples in Changsha also followed Chen Shao's letter of persuasion and entered Xiangxi with a steady stream of patriotic youths from all over the country. However, they were not participating in industrial and agricultural construction, but were responsible for political organization work. As for these people, Wang Zhenyu's intention was very clear: to arrange them to study politics first, and then let Chen Shao be responsible for using their talents.

  Wang Zhenyu has also become somewhat restless recently. He hasn't gone to Qiancheng to check on the railway construction in the past few days, nor has he gone to the industrial zone to check on the steel plant's situation. Instead, he is staying at home, waiting for some very important news.

  Wang Zhenyu's heart was in a dilemma, if he didn't remember wrongly, it was just these few days ago that Song Jiaoren, the most influential political figure in the country at present, was going to be taken down.

  Although many years later, there are many versions of the truth about Song's case, such as Yuan Shikai killing Song and Chen Qimei killing Song. However, for Wang Zhenyu, the truth is not important at all, because the person is already dead.

  It can even be said that Song Jiaoren's death was a turning point in the politics of the early Republic, before which everyone could still sit down to negotiate politics, and after which Chinese politics would only have you die or I live.

  Wang Zhenyu still admired Song Jiaoren, a veteran politician who became one of the country's top politicians at a young age and performed well in the Xinhai Revolution. If such an admirer of Anglo-American politics hadn't died, China's fate might have been different, Wang Zhenyu even thought about finding a way to inform Song Jiaoren.

  However, he didn't do so in the end. The one who remains sober while others are drunk is dangerous himself. Even if he could speak out once, Song Jiaoren's fate would not have been improved at all. This is the national condition; this is human nature.

  On the afternoon of March 22, Wang Zhenyu was having lunch with Ye Ziyun when Zhu Cihuan suddenly came in to report: "Report to the commander, Director He of the Military Affairs Bureau requests an audience, saying it's an urgent telegram from Shanghai."

  Chopsticks fell to the ground, and Wang Zhenyu didn't even wear his coat, got up and went to the study. He Jian was searched by the guard and entered the study, stood at attention and saluted, reporting: "According to the report from the Shanghai Station of the Military Intelligence Agency No. 1, last night around 11 o'clock, Song Jiaoren, the leader of the Kuomintang, was assassinated at the Shanghai Railway Station. It is said that he died this morning."

  He Jian finished his report and stood there in silence, looking at Wang Zhenyu's solemn face.

  Wang Zhenyu really regretted it, if he had informed Song Jiaoren in advance or sent someone like Long Tingjiu to protect him, whether the Second Revolution could have been avoided. He knew clearly that this was a tragedy, but did not stop the tragedy from happening, Wang Zhenyu fell into deep self-blame...

  After a long time, Wang Zhenyu did not make a sound. He sat quietly, and He Jianmu stood woodenly, the atmosphere in the study was very eerie.

  He Keyi was puzzled, last time Song Jiaoren's envoy Zhang Xueji came, the commander wouldn't even see him, how come now that he heard of Song Jiaoren's death, he became like this? It really doesn't make sense.

  After a while, Wang Zhenyu closed his eyes and leaned back on his neck: "Got it, retreat!"

  He Jian retreated with a mixture of fear and respect in his heart, unable to comprehend what had just happened, but feeling even more that the Grand Marshal was an unfathomable person.

  That night, Wang Zhenyu ordered a meeting of all officers above the regimental level. The first sentence at the meeting was: "Gentlemen, the era of peace has ended."