Film and Television: Starting from the Journey to Guandong
Chapter 118 Think Tank
Chapter 118 Think Tank (1w)
Yang Taiyong is a bit like Jia Xu in the Three Kingdoms. He is good at using poisonous tricks, but he is not that poisonous, and his ability is not even the slightest bit worse.
However, this person was deeply trusted by Lao Chang, and he followed the staff route. During his tenure as the secretary-general of the camp, he contributed many strategies to Lao Chang and won Lao Chang's trust.
This time I came to the capital to contact Zhu Chuanren, and being able to send someone named Yang out is enough to show that Lao Chang attaches great importance to this matter.
Because he was here to visit relatives on behalf of Lao Chang, the man named Yang didn't make too much of a fuss. He traveled in a light car. He had a secretary, a secretary, a driver, and a small team to protect him secretly. For people of this level, it is really not a big move.
Yang Taiyong, Lao Chang once said that the first thing he values in employing people is morality, and the second is ability.
But for the talented Yang Taiyong, he made an exception and changed his principles.
As Lao Chang's chief military adviser, he was praised by the picky Lao Chang as "the contemporary Wolong".
Yang Taiyong may be able to compete with Zhuge Liang in terms of talent, but his biggest problem is his lack of moral sense and belief. From this aspect, he is not even worthy of Zhuge Liang's shoes.
This is why Zhu Chuanren feels that he is more like Jia Xu, but not as good as Jia Xu.
In his early years, Yang Taiyong followed Lao Sun in Guangdong Province and devoted his life to disaster.
At that time, there were two forces in Guangdong Province, one was the Guoming people headed by Lao Sun, and the other was the local powerful faction represented by the Yunnan and Guangxi warlords Lao Tang and Lao Lu.
At first, Yang Taiyong gave full play to his "tightrope walking" ability and was able to get both sides of the aisle without offending anyone.
At that time, Lao Sun admired his talent and invited him to serve as the Minister of Finance. As a result, Yang Taiyong thought that Lao Sun was just an empty air, so he made excuses again and again to shirk him. He also colluded with the warlords to do many behind-the-scenes activities to exclude Lao Sun. .
In 1921, when Lao Sun came to power, Yang Taiyong's original scandal was exposed and he was unable to gain a foothold in Guangdong Province, so he went to the capital to look for new opportunities.
Unfortunately, the results of Yang Taiyong's speculation were very unsatisfactory. He defected to Beiyang and spent more than 7 yuan to run for Senate President. In the end, he failed to get an official position, his reputation was ruined, and he still owed huge debts. He could only rent a house in Shanghai and close up. Not out.
A few years later, Yang Taiyong met Chiang Kai-shek through the introduction of an old friend.
Yang Taiyong received a strict old-style education since childhood. When he grew up, he studied abroad in Neon and learned a systematic Western education. He can be said to be talented in both literary and military affairs, and is also proficient in legal and administrative affairs. He is a true all-rounder.
In the past few years when he had been staying behind closed doors, he had been busy observing world events, so when they first met, Yang Taiyong gave Lao Chang a great gift - cutting off the feudal vassal.
As I said before, at that time, warlords were divided in various places, and there were four major forces.
The Gui Clan led by Lao Li and Lao Bai, the Northwest Army led by Lao Feng, Yan Laoxi entrenched in Shanhaiguan Province, and the Northeastern Army eyeing the outside of Shanhaiguan.
Yang Taiyong's suggestion has a lot of words, but it can be summed up in 12 words: "Reduce the military into parts, and the finance from parts into parts."
The so-called "military reduction into parts" means to separate these warlords piece by piece like cutting a cake, and then defeat them one by one;
"Financial consolidation" means controlling the economic lifeline of various regions and collecting all taxes to the central government, leaving warlords with no money to raise troops and taking the opportunity to disarm.
The great thing about Yang Taiyong is that he doesn't just talk without practicing, and just make useless and empty theories.
He was really capable, and he proposed different solutions to different warlords.
His approach was to use economic methods to dismantle Lao Feng, use Zhengzhi methods to deal with Yan Laoxi, use military methods to deal with Lao Li and Lao Bai groups of the Guangxi clique, and use diplomatic methods to deal with Zhang Laoliu.
After hearing this suggestion, Lao Chang slapped his thigh and regretted not knowing this wizard a few years earlier. He fully adopted Yang Taiyong's suggestion, sharpened his sword and took action against the group of warlords who gave him a headache.
The first one to fight was the Guangxi clique. When the war broke out, Yang Taiyong's solution to the powerful Guangxi clique's "one-word long snake formation" from Guangdong and Guangxi through the two lakes to Shanhaiguan was to attack the head and abdomen first and then cut off the tail. The Jiangcheng and Pingjin Gui armies then went straight to Guangxi, the home base of the Guangxi clique, using a two-pronged approach of attacking with force and dividing Zheng Zhi.
Yang Taiyong has a really sharp eye, and he immediately discovered the weakness of the Gui family - its unstable foundation.
For example, Xiao Li from Guangdong Province has never been recognized by Xiao Chen and Xiao Zhang from the Guangdong Army;
Most of Lao Bai's subordinates in North China are the remnants of the old Tang Dynasty; Lao Li's most powerful generals are not his cronies, but take orders from his own cousin, and his own cousin is very hostile to Lao Li.
So Lao Chang followed his plan, first dismantling the Guangdong-Guangxi alliance and placing Li Jishen under house arrest;
Then he appointed someone surnamed Tang to go to Jidong with a huge sum of money to buy off the old troops and disintegrate the Guangxi troops in the north;
Yang Taiyong personally took action to persuade Lao Li's cousin to come forward to mobilize Guangxi general Xiao Li to defect.
The three-month "Guangxi Clan War" ended with Lao Li and Lao Bai fleeing Xiangjiang.
Then Lao Feng was severely beaten because of his weak economic foundation.
Lao Feng's Northwest Army was one of the best among the warlords in combat effectiveness. Unwilling to fail, he fled to Yan Laoxi's territory in Shanxi and dragged Yan Laoxi into the water, who was shrewder than a fox and more tolerant than a tortoise.
He also joined forces with Lao Li, Lao Bai and others who had fled to attack Lao Chang, and the largest warlord melee in modern history - the Central Plains War broke out.
The coalition forces attacked with force. Lao Chang panicked a little, but Yang Taiyong remained calm: "Don't worry, it was all as expected."
Yang Taiyong still has the same policy of beating and coaxing before.
First, the army and air force were dispatched at the same time. Although those planes were not useful in combat, they could still deter this rabble.
The second is to spend a lot of money, sending people with huge sums of money to the Northeast to win over Zhang Laoliu, and to the most powerful Lao Feng in the Northwest Army, using silver bullets (silver dollars) and "meat bombs" (a pretty woman) to win over his generals.
Soon, Yang Taiyong's tactics showed great power.
In early July, He broke up the greatly weakened Lao Li and Lao Bai.
In early August, Yan Laoxi's Jinsui Army was also beaten to pieces.
In mid-September, Lao Feng's elite Northwest Army was completely wiped out. The warlord melee lasted for five months, and Lao Chang won a complete victory.
Just after knowing Yang Taiyong for a few years, the warlord who gave Lao Chang a headache was convinced.
With this military exploit, Yang Taiyong will soon serve as the Secretary General of the camp.
Don't think that Yang Taiyong is a god. He also has weaknesses. In addition to helping Lao Chang with advice, he has not changed his greedy nature and wants to be a master who is inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people.
Yang Taiyong knew very well that if he wanted to expand his own interests, he must cling to Lao Chang's thigh.
To this end, he tried every means to take advantage of the situation.
Whenever he gave a report, he had both front and back strips in the left and right pockets of his Mao suit.
During the conversation, Yang Taiyong would explore Lao Chang's tendencies, and then take out a prepared note and hand it over.
At first, Lao Chang was pleasantly surprised, thinking that only Yang Taiyong knew him best. Later, after hearing his subordinates jokingly call Yang Taiyong's pocket the "Qiankun Bag", he stipulated that Yang Taiyong's official documents must be sent to the Attendant's Office One or Two for review before being handed over to him. yourself to prevent being confused by him.
Throughout Yang Taiyong's life, he served the public in various ways in name, but in fact he maximized personal interests under the banner of Lao Chang.
As Lao Chang's most trusted aide, Yang Taiyong has great power and often regards himself as the "second in command".
All important military and political messages from the factions must be reviewed by him before they can be submitted to Lao Chang. Many military and political dignitaries came to see Lao Chang and had to be arranged by him.
There are many hills within the faction, forming various small groups.
There is the Huangpu Department, which is mainly composed of graduates of the Huangpu Military Academy, and the CC Department, which is headed by Er Chen. The one that can compete with them is the Department of Political Science, headed by Yang Taiyong.
Different from the tight organization of Huangpu Department and CC Department, the Political Science Department is a loose alliance, but don't underestimate it. There are many capable people in it, all of them are resourceful and highly valued by Lao Chang.
In order to fight for power, Yang Taiyong did everything he could.
Since 1928, the power within the faction has been concentrated in the hands of the CC faction, forming a pattern of "Chang Jia Tian Xia Chen Jia Faction".
Yang Taiyong was keenly aware of his master's dissatisfaction with Er Chen, so he gave in to his wishes and proposed the establishment of the Office of the Administrative Inspectorate of the centralized management department.
Lao Chang obeyed Yang Taiyong's suggestion and immediately followed it.
In fact, his move did not get the consent of the nominal boss at the time, nor was it approved by the Legislative Yuan and the Executive Yuan, so it was considered an illegal product.
But Lao Chang said it would be done, and no one dared to object.
By the way, Yang Taiyong also persuaded Lao Chang to transfer the employment and administrative rights of the "Administrative Supervisory Commissioner's Office" in more than ten provinces to his name.
In this way, he reaped great benefits and at the same time offended the powerful CC faction, the Executive Yuan and the Legislative Yuan.
Simply put, all the faction leaders were dissatisfied with him.
Relying on Lao Chang's favor, Yang Taiyong ignored the supercilious looks of these people and had to deal with the CC system that was a thorn in his side whenever he got the chance.
Once, Er Chen had something urgent to report to Lao Chang in person. Yang Taiyong interfered with it, saying that Lao Chang was busy and had no time to receive guests. If there was an urgent matter, he could give it to him first, and then he would forward it to Chiang Kai-shek, leaving Er Chen in vain. Waited for more than two hours.
Later, a fire broke out at the airport, and more than 10 Joffre bombers purchased from Italy were burned.
Lao Chang was furious and ordered Deng Yiwen, chief of the camp investigation section, to take charge of the investigation.
After Deng Yiwen investigated, he declared the fire an accident.
Yang Taiyong smelled a distinctive smell, and immediately asked Lao Chang for instructions, and teamed up with Jin Yunong to conduct a secret investigation. The investigation found the problem.
It turned out that this was a man-made arson case, and the main culprit was Xu Peigen, the director of aviation.
He used public funds to buy gold, but lost everything. He couldn't make up the shortfall, so he burned down the warehouse and destroyed the accounts.
Unexpectedly, the weather was hot and the fire got out of control, burning the plane as well.
Xu Peigen is an important figure in the CC department. In order to protect him, Er Chen specially sent a check of 10 US dollars to Deng Yiwen, who was in charge of the investigation.
I originally thought that this matter could be covered up, but Yang Taiyong interfered and Xu Peigen was ordered to be shot (later changed to imprisonment). The CC faction was greatly shocked.
Seeing that Yang Tai would never give anyone a way out, Er Chen decided to use all his strength to destroy him.
The opportunity soon came when Wang Gou, the president of the Executive Yuan, was assassinated. The ambitious Yang Taiyong planned to seize the opportunity to win this high position.
Unexpectedly, he offended too many people and his wish soon came to nothing.
In order to blackmail Lao Chang, the shameless Yang Taiyong proposed to resign as secretary-general and go abroad for inspection. Lao Chang said a lot of good things to retain this talent.
However, the opposition to Yang Taiyong within the faction became increasingly serious. In order to balance the forces of all parties, Lao Chang decided to temporarily transfer Yang Taiyong away from his side and sent him to Hubei Province to be the boss.
This move may seem like Yang Taiyong has fallen out of favor, but in fact Lao Chang has deep considerations.
Yang Taiyong offended people so hard that he was asked to become a feudal official to temporarily avoid it and then be transferred back after the limelight passed. Perfect!
Er Chen never misses any opportunity to bring down Yang Taiyong.
Before Yang Taiyong took office, they incited students to cause trouble, saying that Yang Taiyong and his Department of Political Science were pro-Japanese.
The excited students were immediately filled with indignation and shouted slogans such as "Oppose Yang Taiyong to take over as the boss", which put Yang Taiyong in a dilemma.
At the critical moment, Lao Chang took action and sent a telegram to He Chengjun, the head of the Hubei Provincial Office of Appeasement, asking him to find out if someone was causing trouble secretly. If so, punish the person responsible according to military law.
It can be seen that in order to support Yang Taiyong, Lao Chang did not hesitate to operate on Er Chen.
The CC Department of Hubei Province immediately panicked and sent people to Jinling to state to Lao Chang face to face: This is all done by the students themselves and has nothing to do with us.
Although Lao Chang gave Yang Taiyong great spiritual support, Yang Taiyong knew very well that once he left Lao Chang's protection, danger might come at any time.
Therefore, on the surface he was very polite to the officials of Hubei Province, but in his heart he was filled with fear and was heavily guarded all day long. Even for the weekly joint meeting, he had to bring several guards with him.
Unfortunately, even all the precautions could not withstand the enemy's desire to kill him.
Yang Taiyong was invited to a banquet at the Neon Consulate in Hankou. When he was waiting for the dedicated ferry terminal at Jianghanguan to return to Wuchang, he was knocked down by an assassin and died from two bullets.
The dying Yang Taiyong also told the guards that he had known that this day would happen and that he would die for the country, so he had nothing to complain about. His only regret was that he could no longer contribute to the country.
The 56-year-old "contemporary Zhuge Liang" passed away. When Lao Chang learned about it, he was immediately furious and ordered the Investigation Department to investigate the assassin's whereabouts.
Although the case was solved, many people later speculated that the real murderer should be Er Chen. After all, the two sides had long been incompatible with each other, and both wanted to get rid of the other quickly.
Since ancient times, when Yuan Rong used troops, he would always have wings to assist him, the most important of which was the "heart".
Regarding confidants, "Six Tao" defines their responsibilities as: "Heads in charge of planning and planning, responds to the soldiers, monitors the changes in the sky, takes charge of strategies, and protects people's lives.", that is, "in charge of counselor planning, coping with sudden events, observing astronomical phenomena, and eliminating disasters." , take charge of military and political affairs and protect people’s lives.”
In other words, this person must be far-sighted and able to see through the essence of things at a glance;
Be able to make various plans based on reality; be able to cope with various emergencies and nip various disasters in the bud;
Be able to formulate appropriate military and political strategies based on the situation and be responsible for implementing them...
In Lao Chang's heart, Yang Taiyong is such a person.
In the past few years, Lao Chang had a very urgent need for various talents, and he could be said to be "thinking about them day and night" and "thirsty for talents."
In just a few years after 1924, Chang jumped from an ordinary person to the boss and even a leader with a tendency to autocrat the country. The speed of his rise was astonishing.
With the victory of the Northern Expedition, a united front against Lao Chang was formed within the faction, and its power was very powerful.
If Lao Chang wants to successfully complete the transition and open his mansion in the southeast, he must establish his own think tank team, especially an assistant who can coordinate the overall situation.
However, after careful observation, Lao Chang found that his power and influence within the faction were too single and weak. In fact, it was only limited to the military circle, and his power in other systems was very weak.
Especially in the administrative system, those who control the power are some prestigious old people.
They need to have seniority and qualifications, and they need to have strength and strength. Many of them are veterans. It is really not easy to defeat this group of people and seize power.
On the other hand, most of his direct cadres are young people who have just embarked on a life-changing road and cannot compete with their opponents.
Therefore, Lao Chang began to make plans among the talents outside the party: from Beiyang to the newspapers in Shanghai, as long as they are talented, knowledgeable, famous, have a certain history of life-changing and are not abnormal, they will be included in the trap. .
As soon as the Northern Expeditionary Army occupied Hongcheng, Lao Chang sent envoys everywhere to recruit talents. Facing the talents from all directions, Lao Chang asked questions with great humility.
From the perspective of old Beiyang people such as Yang Taiyong and the Political Science Society, since the closure of the old Congress, a large number of literati and politicians in the original Beiyang system have lost their platforms. No matter how talented these people are, they cannot display their talents, and many of them are trapped. Live in Chou City.
For these strategists who have made great changes in the past, such days are undoubtedly hell.Now that something is happening between the north and the south again, it can be said to be a godsend.For these people, if they want to defect to the "life-saving" camp, it seems that they can only do it as usual.
The elders regard them as enemies; the Xingui clique is very xenophobic and basically distrusts the personnel of the Beiyang clique;
In short, the faction regards them as reactionaries and ferocious beasts, and they must be wiped out as soon as possible.
One is thirsty for talents, and the other suffers from lack of platform. It is natural for the two to come together.
Second, it is the close-confidence collision between Lao Chang’s knowledge structure and Yang Taiyong’s knowledge structure.
Lao Chang received traditional education since he was a child. When he grew up, he went to Neon to receive some basic military education. Later, he followed Chen Nao in the Magic City and followed Sun after Chen's death.
Generally speaking, his knowledge structure is based on traditional education, especially traditional Confucianism, with some Western military knowledge and Chinese Jianghu culture mixed in, and later some Christian concepts were added.
Yang Taiyong was a scholar and attended a new school. He was familiar with traditional classics and had in-depth research on Western politics and diplomacy. He had translated Western "Foreign Policy" and "Modern Democratic Politics".
More importantly, he has an introductory three-point observation and systematic solution to China's reality.
In this context, when two people collide, they will feel a sense of knowing each other.
Lao Chang feels that the other party is "unfathomable". Yang not only thinks that many of the problems that have puzzled him for a long time are very important, but has already thought of solutions;
Yang Taiyong felt that the other party was quite knowledgeable and "courteous and virtuous", and he finally met the Ming Lord.
Lao Chang is a person who has great ideas but no great talents. This often creates an embarrassing situation - he can see the strategic direction and the key points of things, but in the actual process of handling things, he is always "at a loss" Or "Just by doing it, things get lost" or even "Just by doing it, good things turn into bad things."
This strange situation of "being able to see the problem but not being able to solve it" is not uncommon in reality.
For ordinary people, there are problems but it is impossible to solve them. They will just pass away as mediocre and confused, and they will stay like this for the rest of their lives;
But for a Zheng Zhi character, this is an unforgivable flaw.
After Lao Chang left the field in stages, he has deeply felt this major flaw in himself.
Yang Taeyong, on the other hand, is not only very sophisticated when it comes to issues, he is also very good at administration and likes to do trivial work.
He is able to quickly classify, summarize, and organize complex government affairs, and then quickly analyze and respond to each government affairs, and propose three strategies, upper, middle, and lower, for Lao Chang to choose.
This greatly simplified Chiang Kai-shek's work intensity, making Chiang Kai-shek's central decision-making system more efficient and with higher decision-making quality.
In the next eight years, Lao Chang made very wise and efficient decisions in dealing with one thorny military problem after another in Zheng Zhi. He basically made no major mistakes and made one victory after another.
Because of this, the two of them feel at ease with each other.
According to historical experience, once such an "official match" appears, it means that their enemies will be unlucky.
Lao Chang was originally just a soldier. What he learned and thought were basically military-related matters, and he was barely competent in handling the commander-in-chief's affairs.
But as Zheng Zhi's status rose, especially after he became the boss, his workload increased sharply, and various complicated issues such as military affairs, government affairs, and factional affairs were waiting for him to make decisions, which he could no longer cope with.
The most prominent manifestation is that he often focuses on one thing at the expense of the other when doing things, and is unable to perform multiple tasks at the same time;
Uncertain rewards and punishments, putting off doing things you think you should do, and being unable to stop doing things you shouldn't do in time even though you know you shouldn't do them;
The most frightening thing is that his decision-making is very rash, and once the decision-making is implemented, there is no supervision, and many things go without progress. This is also the biggest criticism of Chang and his administrative agencies.
Lao Chang himself has reflected on this issue:
"[-]. The mind is too concentrated, so there is uneven weight, focusing on one thing and losing another. This is because there is no organization.
[-]. When it comes to important tasks, people are not selected, rewards and punishments are unclear, good people cannot be used, and evil people cannot be eliminated. This is not due to cadres.
[-]. We cannot be dictatorial and handle matters lightly. There is no review and responsible authority for hiring and acting. This is why this separation of fate cannot be achieved.From now on, there must be an organization of cadres, and there is no need to do everything in detail. Moreover, there must be no guests at home and no documents left in the records, so that we can get twice the result with half the effort. "
How to solve this problem, Yang Taiyong suggested to Lao Chang that he should imitate the system of the inner dynasty established by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and set up a direct office next to Lao Chang as the military and political center of Chang, assisting Lao Chang in handling official affairs and making decisions on world affairs.
In the early days of its establishment, Hongcheng Camp followed the previous practice and had a rather complex organization. Later, in order to implement the anti-public suppression strategy of "three parts military and seven parts politics", it was changed to three departments, one department and six departments. It also had the special forces and reformatory, which became the old permanent and Yang Taiyong’s internal court system.
The camp has: Secretary-General's Office - assists Lao Chang in handling comprehensive situations. It has several secretaries under its jurisdiction, and is under the charge of Yang Taiyong, secretary-general of the camp;
General Office - Responsible for the general affairs of the camp, with Yang Taiyong's friend Xiong Hui as the director.
Xiong is a leader in the Department of New Dealership and often attends various events on behalf of Lao Chang.
The First Department - This department, also known as the "Third Department", is in charge of military affairs. He serves as the director. It has two divisions and six sections, with more than 200 staff officers.
All military work related to the camp, such as military orders, combat plans, military administration, rear service, ordnance supplies, etc., are responsible for the first department.
The Second Department - This department is also known as the "Seventh Branch Department". It is in charge of Zheng Zhi's work. The Secretary-General Yang Taiyong also serves as the director. All matters such as administrative civil affairs, education and local government organizations, rural economy, and economic blockade are handled by the Second Department. The department is responsible.
In practice, it gradually evolved into the direct administrative superior of each province and became the de facto Executive Yuan.
The Zhengzhi Department - in charge of the "political training" work of the army. He, one of the Three Heroes of Huangpu, is appointed as the director, and Yuan is the deputy director. For the army (more than 80 divisions) under the command of the Hongcheng Camp, the Zhengzhi Department is headed by Congratulations on moderation.
He is also a rare ideological work genius under Lao Chang. He is quite trusted at this time, but his ambition has long been tabooed by Lao Chang.
Six divisions—namely, the Audit Division, the Transportation Division, the Aviation Division, the Manager's Division, the Military Medical Division and the Military Law Division.
The Audit Office has great authority and is responsible for reviewing the personnel and funds of the 10 provincial governments and 3 special municipal governments within the faction. Some major projects and plans also need to be approved by it;
The Transportation Department is in charge of operational transportation work;
The Aviation Department was responsible for air force raids during the fifth encirclement and suppression campaign;
The manager's office is responsible for distributing the salaries of the troops participating in the "encirclement and suppression" campaign;
The Military Medical Department is responsible for distributing medical and health supplies and has established more than 30 hospitals for wounded soldiers in various places; the Military Law Department is responsible for enforcing military law.
Rangers - the full name is "Hongcheng Camp Suppression Bandit Rangers Corps", headed by Kang.
This is an armed special agent team, composed of middle- and lower-level officers who were born in the Whampoa Military Academy. It is mainly responsible for propaganda and grassroots political power reconstruction in the newly occupied areas. Later, its scope of responsibilities became wider and wider, and its role became wider and wider. The existence of a "universal dog skin plaster".
In addition to these, according to Yang Taiyong's proposal, an attendant's room was also set up inside the camp. As the name suggests, it is mainly responsible for some "attendant" work around Lao Chang, such as food, clothing, housing, transportation, security, etc., and Yan Daogang is responsible for it.
It can be seen that although this "inner court" is small, none of the institutions and functions it should have have been left behind. Among them, the first department is responsible for military staff work, and the second department is responsible for political work. They are the two most critical departments;
The Zhengzhi Department is responsible for the ideological and political work of the army, and the Rangers are responsible for the political and economic work at the local grassroots level. They are also two important starting points for the implementation of the "seven-point politics" strategy.
After the establishment of the "Inner Dynasty", Lao Chang's central work processes and working methods gradually underwent great changes.
Previously, various letters, reports, requests for instructions, suggestions and other official documents from various places were sent directly to Lao Chang's desk. Lao Chang complained that he had a headache;
Later, these official documents were first collected in the secretary-general's office, sorted into categories, and then sent to Lao Chang for review and processing. However, there were still too many documents, and it was still a bit difficult for Lao Chang to process them.
As the Secretary-General, Yang Taiyong came up with a way to classify a large number of official documents from all over the country. He first sorted out the main points of each official document, and then put forward three targeted processing opinions after the main points: upper, middle and lower.
Finally, he put all these contents (main points of official documents and processing opinions) into a new type of "official document submission form" he designed, and then prioritized them and sent them to Lao Chang for review.
For all major matters, Lao Chang will first discuss with Yang Taiyong, and then convene everyone in the camp to discuss, brainstorm and make a decision. The decision is then implemented through the first or second department or the Zhengzhi Department and other agencies.
It now appears that Yang Taiyong has reconstructed Lao Chang's "decision-execution" center through the Hongcheng Xingying organization, which mainly includes four aspects.
First, optimize the decision-making process.
In the past, Lao Chang's decision-making process was very simple. The confidential department directly fed back a large amount of information to Lao Chang himself. Chang himself read the information, understood it, analyzed it, found some staff to meet and study, and finally made a decision.
Such work processes and working methods are undoubtedly unbearable for Lao Chang, who has limited talents.
In Yang Taiyong's view, he often has "unequal priorities" and "focuses on one thing at the expense of the other." He is unable to deal with numerous military and national affairs in a timely manner. His decision-making on many matters is very hasty, and he ignores it after making the decision. This is actually related to this backward decision-making process. .
Now, the Confidential Office feeds back a massive amount of information to the Secretary-General's Office. The secretary categorizes the information and quickly sorts out a few key points (structured thinking). Yang Taiyong then gives three processing opinions: upper, middle and lower based on these points.
After these key points and opinions are sent to Lao Chang according to their priorities, Lao Chang will decide whether to hold a meeting to study and finally make a decision.
Obviously, the new workflow first rescued Lao Chang from the ocean of official documents. In the past, he had to read tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of texts every day without necessarily knowing what others were saying.
Now you only need to read a few thousand words a day to fully understand various developments;
Secondly, the new workflow greatly simplifies and optimizes Lao Chang's decision-making process. In the past, he needed to make judgments and decisions based on complex information. Now, judgments and decisions are right in front of him, and there are at least three options for him to choose from for each decision. ;
Thirdly, the new work process was sent to Chiang Kai-shek for approval based on priority. In the past, he often faced seemingly endless tasks, often focusing on one thing and not the other;
Finally, the new work process should highlight the supervision after decision-making is implemented. In the past, many of Lao Chang's tasks were always done and then gone.
Yang Taiyong's idea is actually not difficult to understand. First, the complex affairs are divided into categories through business departmentalization, and work efficiency is improved through the professional division of labor and collaboration among staff;
The second is a structured way of thinking. Everything is simplified and concreted with a certain structure, whether it is a summary of an official document (such as "tell your business clearly in three sentences") or a solution to a problem (such as "quickly"). Give three solutions"), all illustrate this point;
Again, the templated working method fully displays the decision-making process through a table, which is both concise and efficient.
Of course, the most important part of this process is that after he or his secretary summarizes the affairs, he writes three solutions, and he submits them to Lao Chang "according to priority." This is where Invisibly highlighting the huge role of Yang Taiyong himself.
In other words, through this method, Yang Taiyong mastered the "voting power" similar to that of the chief and assistant ministers of the Ming Dynasty cabinet, and also mastered the power of flexible delivery of memorials similar to that of the great eunuch of the Ming Dynasty.
In practice, with the victory of the war, this system became more and more authoritative and more central-looking, while Jinling's original power was greatly weakened.
In any case, this series of work organizations, work processes and working methods with distinctive Yang Taiyong style have greatly improved the work efficiency of Lao Chang's military and political center. Coupled with Yang Tai's always extraordinary insight, Lao Chang's decision-making The quality has also been greatly improved.
Lao Chang's faction is a relatively loose organization, and it became even more loose after April [-]. It is also highly corrupt, inefficient, has poor communication between provinces and counties, and has little control over grassroots political power below the county level.
This creates an extremely strange situation: Although Laochang occupies territory in several provinces, due to loose organization and poor administrative system, the actual power that can be mobilized may not be as much as a province controlled by others.
So Yang Taiyong's selfishness aside, this matter is extremely beneficial to Lao Chang.
The significance of speaking to Zhu Chuanren on behalf of Lao Chang this time is not unimportant. To a certain extent, it can be regarded as a face-to-face conversation with Lao Chang.
Zhu Chuanren made a lot of preparations for this. He had all the money and women. It just depended on what Yang Taiyong needed and what he needed.
He was not seeking an official position or gaining any benefits, he simply did not want to offend the chief internal officer.
In fact, before he came, Zhu Chuanren's mother-in-law had told him the news, and she probably knew Yang Taiyong's intention.
"Master Zhu San~" Yang Taiyong was wearing sunglasses. As he reached middle age, he began to act handsome.
"I don't dare to take it seriously. Secretary Yang can just call me Chuanren~"
"Haha~ Before I came here, I heard people say that your third young master has a bad temper, and that you are arrogant and domineering. It seems that the rumors are untrue~"
"Secretary-General Yang is wise, rumors stop with wise people."
"Haha, what a rumor that stops at a wise man. Now I'm looking forward to our conversation~"
After he finished speaking, he turned his attention to Ni Sichun. Over the years, Ni Sichun's figure has become plumper, but not fat at all. To use a fashionable saying, the flesh is growing where it should be.
And the title of Third Young Mistress is not for nothing. Over the years, her status has risen along with Zhu Chuanren's, and now her mother's family has also gained momentum. Even Yang Taiyong, the head of the household, has to take a high look at Ni Sichun.
No, he bowed respectfully:
"Third Young Mistress, it's our first time meeting you. Mrs. Chang asked me to bring you some specialties from my hometown. The Chairman also asked me to bring you some goodies."
Ni Sichun thanked her gracefully, showing the generous demeanor of the mistress of the Zhu family.
On this occasion, let alone Xiner, even Wei Chunfang was speechless.
However, Yang Taiyong knows how to behave and does not put on airs. This may also be related to Ni Sichun's identity. After all, he is Mrs. Chang's natal family. No matter how awesome he is, can he be more powerful than his wife?
Yang Taiyong was worried, so when he came to Zhu's mansion, he didn't dare to act like a secretary-general and shake hands with the Zhu family one by one.
In the restaurant, the master chef from Louwailou specially brought ingredients and prepared a sumptuous family banquet. Knowing that Yang Taiyong is from Guangdong Province, he specially cooked a table of Cantonese dishes today, which Yang Taiyong enjoyed very much.
Look, when I arrive at the home of the Magic City tycoon, I will be treated with the most enthusiasm and sincerity.
"The third young master is very thoughtful. This table of dishes looks very authentic."
In the middle of the large dining table is a roast suckling pig, which is particularly eye-catching.
If we really want to trace the history of roasted suckling pig, we can trace it back to the Western Zhou Dynasty. People believe that one of the "Eight Treasures" recorded in "Zhou Li Tianguan", "Pao Dolphin", is the predecessor of roasted suckling pig.
This dish was specially made for Emperor Zhou to enjoy. The suckling pig must be roasted and then fried and then stewed in water. The process is complicated, and the final product is soft and rotten. It is more suitable for eating only meat. It is still different from the current roasted suckling pig with crispy skin and smooth meat. Not a small gap.
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the "roasted pig" recorded by Jia Sixie of the Northern Wei Dynasty in "Qimin Yaoshu" was very similar to the current roast suckling pig method.
Mr. Yuan Mei, a big foodie, even outlines the key points of grilling in "Suiyuan Food List":
"Roast the internal organs first, and then the outer skin. When the color on all sides turns dark, apply butter on it. Grill and smear again and again."
Looking at it this way, the roasted suckling pig we are eating now may be the same as the "roasted piglet" that people in the Qing Dynasty ate.
But people in Guangdong Province have a particularly deep affection for roast suckling pig. On the one hand, when the tomb of the Nanyue King of the Western Han Dynasty was unearthed, archaeologists unexpectedly found many cooking utensils among the funerary objects.
One of the ovens has four little pigs tattooed on the wall, with the pig's mouth facing upwards, and many grilling slits and iron hooks. Scholars believe that these utensils are used to roast suckling pigs. This shows that this Dao cuisine has a long history in Guangdong Province.
On the other hand, the production process of roasted suckling pig is relatively complicated. Generally, if you want to eat this dish, you have to make a reservation several days in advance, and it is expensive.
Therefore, whether it is a wedding or a funeral, or the opening of a new store, whenever someone has a wedding or a funeral, offering a roast suckling pig is undoubtedly a sign of respect for the visitors.
This is why Yang Taiyong got a little excited after seeing the roasted suckling pig.
To make a good roast suckling pig, the ingredients are naturally the first step.
Generally speaking, Cantonese-style roast suckling pig will choose a suckling pig of about 8.5 pounds, because suckling pig is often served as the first dish in banquets. Pigs of this weight are "generous in appearance", larger in size, and moderately fat.
After choosing the ingredients, craftsmanship is the key.
First, cut the backbone of the hairless suckling pig into pieces, remove the internal organs and remove debris; then let the suckling pig alternately float and sink in hot and cold water. This step can make the suckling pig's skin quickly shrink and shape, and the meat will become firmer.
At this step, the master chef at Louwailou will brush the suckling pig with "crispy water" - a blend of maltose, red vinegar, white vinegar, rice wine, and water. The purpose is to make the pig skin become crispy during the subsequent roasting. Crispier and brighter in color.
After the blanched skin is air-dried, it enters the marinating stage. Different chefs will use different marinades, some use five-spice powder and salt, some use Zhuhou sauce, fermented bean curd sauce, and some restaurants will prepare secret recipes. The "suckling pig sauce" makes the pork more delicious.
The marinated pig can be grilled. Most Cantonese-style suckling pigs still maintain the "open oven" barbecue method, that is, manually turning and brushing oil to make the pig skin color more evenly, and the inside and outside are roasted at the same time. Ripe.
Interestingly, if a slow fire is used during the roasting process, the pig skin will appear smooth and translucent, which is called "smooth-skinned roast pig";
If you choose to roast it over high heat, keep brushing oil and pricking the skin with a needle during the process, the pores exploded by the oil will loosen the skin and form dense bubbles like sesame seeds, which is also called "roasted pig with pockmarked skin".
Some chefs will fill the belly of the suckling pig with glutinous rice in advance and sew it up before grilling it, just like making Babao duck. The skin will become thinner and crispier because the pig body is stretched out, and the glutinous rice inside will become thicker because it has absorbed the fat. It is more fragrant and glutinous, so it is also called "roasted rice pig".
But no matter which way it is done, after the Cantonese style suckling pig is roasted, it is customary to cut it into small pieces and serve them on the table. It can be dipped in sugar, sweet noodle sauce, hoisin sauce, yellow mustard sauce, etc., but Zhu Chuanren believes that the original flavor is the best .
The only important thing is to eat it while it's hot to get the crispy texture. Under the action of heat, the fat is about to condense but not yet, and the aroma is overflowing.
After cooling, the taste will be greatly reduced and it will become fattier.
(End of this chapter)
Yang Taiyong is a bit like Jia Xu in the Three Kingdoms. He is good at using poisonous tricks, but he is not that poisonous, and his ability is not even the slightest bit worse.
However, this person was deeply trusted by Lao Chang, and he followed the staff route. During his tenure as the secretary-general of the camp, he contributed many strategies to Lao Chang and won Lao Chang's trust.
This time I came to the capital to contact Zhu Chuanren, and being able to send someone named Yang out is enough to show that Lao Chang attaches great importance to this matter.
Because he was here to visit relatives on behalf of Lao Chang, the man named Yang didn't make too much of a fuss. He traveled in a light car. He had a secretary, a secretary, a driver, and a small team to protect him secretly. For people of this level, it is really not a big move.
Yang Taiyong, Lao Chang once said that the first thing he values in employing people is morality, and the second is ability.
But for the talented Yang Taiyong, he made an exception and changed his principles.
As Lao Chang's chief military adviser, he was praised by the picky Lao Chang as "the contemporary Wolong".
Yang Taiyong may be able to compete with Zhuge Liang in terms of talent, but his biggest problem is his lack of moral sense and belief. From this aspect, he is not even worthy of Zhuge Liang's shoes.
This is why Zhu Chuanren feels that he is more like Jia Xu, but not as good as Jia Xu.
In his early years, Yang Taiyong followed Lao Sun in Guangdong Province and devoted his life to disaster.
At that time, there were two forces in Guangdong Province, one was the Guoming people headed by Lao Sun, and the other was the local powerful faction represented by the Yunnan and Guangxi warlords Lao Tang and Lao Lu.
At first, Yang Taiyong gave full play to his "tightrope walking" ability and was able to get both sides of the aisle without offending anyone.
At that time, Lao Sun admired his talent and invited him to serve as the Minister of Finance. As a result, Yang Taiyong thought that Lao Sun was just an empty air, so he made excuses again and again to shirk him. He also colluded with the warlords to do many behind-the-scenes activities to exclude Lao Sun. .
In 1921, when Lao Sun came to power, Yang Taiyong's original scandal was exposed and he was unable to gain a foothold in Guangdong Province, so he went to the capital to look for new opportunities.
Unfortunately, the results of Yang Taiyong's speculation were very unsatisfactory. He defected to Beiyang and spent more than 7 yuan to run for Senate President. In the end, he failed to get an official position, his reputation was ruined, and he still owed huge debts. He could only rent a house in Shanghai and close up. Not out.
A few years later, Yang Taiyong met Chiang Kai-shek through the introduction of an old friend.
Yang Taiyong received a strict old-style education since childhood. When he grew up, he studied abroad in Neon and learned a systematic Western education. He can be said to be talented in both literary and military affairs, and is also proficient in legal and administrative affairs. He is a true all-rounder.
In the past few years when he had been staying behind closed doors, he had been busy observing world events, so when they first met, Yang Taiyong gave Lao Chang a great gift - cutting off the feudal vassal.
As I said before, at that time, warlords were divided in various places, and there were four major forces.
The Gui Clan led by Lao Li and Lao Bai, the Northwest Army led by Lao Feng, Yan Laoxi entrenched in Shanhaiguan Province, and the Northeastern Army eyeing the outside of Shanhaiguan.
Yang Taiyong's suggestion has a lot of words, but it can be summed up in 12 words: "Reduce the military into parts, and the finance from parts into parts."
The so-called "military reduction into parts" means to separate these warlords piece by piece like cutting a cake, and then defeat them one by one;
"Financial consolidation" means controlling the economic lifeline of various regions and collecting all taxes to the central government, leaving warlords with no money to raise troops and taking the opportunity to disarm.
The great thing about Yang Taiyong is that he doesn't just talk without practicing, and just make useless and empty theories.
He was really capable, and he proposed different solutions to different warlords.
His approach was to use economic methods to dismantle Lao Feng, use Zhengzhi methods to deal with Yan Laoxi, use military methods to deal with Lao Li and Lao Bai groups of the Guangxi clique, and use diplomatic methods to deal with Zhang Laoliu.
After hearing this suggestion, Lao Chang slapped his thigh and regretted not knowing this wizard a few years earlier. He fully adopted Yang Taiyong's suggestion, sharpened his sword and took action against the group of warlords who gave him a headache.
The first one to fight was the Guangxi clique. When the war broke out, Yang Taiyong's solution to the powerful Guangxi clique's "one-word long snake formation" from Guangdong and Guangxi through the two lakes to Shanhaiguan was to attack the head and abdomen first and then cut off the tail. The Jiangcheng and Pingjin Gui armies then went straight to Guangxi, the home base of the Guangxi clique, using a two-pronged approach of attacking with force and dividing Zheng Zhi.
Yang Taiyong has a really sharp eye, and he immediately discovered the weakness of the Gui family - its unstable foundation.
For example, Xiao Li from Guangdong Province has never been recognized by Xiao Chen and Xiao Zhang from the Guangdong Army;
Most of Lao Bai's subordinates in North China are the remnants of the old Tang Dynasty; Lao Li's most powerful generals are not his cronies, but take orders from his own cousin, and his own cousin is very hostile to Lao Li.
So Lao Chang followed his plan, first dismantling the Guangdong-Guangxi alliance and placing Li Jishen under house arrest;
Then he appointed someone surnamed Tang to go to Jidong with a huge sum of money to buy off the old troops and disintegrate the Guangxi troops in the north;
Yang Taiyong personally took action to persuade Lao Li's cousin to come forward to mobilize Guangxi general Xiao Li to defect.
The three-month "Guangxi Clan War" ended with Lao Li and Lao Bai fleeing Xiangjiang.
Then Lao Feng was severely beaten because of his weak economic foundation.
Lao Feng's Northwest Army was one of the best among the warlords in combat effectiveness. Unwilling to fail, he fled to Yan Laoxi's territory in Shanxi and dragged Yan Laoxi into the water, who was shrewder than a fox and more tolerant than a tortoise.
He also joined forces with Lao Li, Lao Bai and others who had fled to attack Lao Chang, and the largest warlord melee in modern history - the Central Plains War broke out.
The coalition forces attacked with force. Lao Chang panicked a little, but Yang Taiyong remained calm: "Don't worry, it was all as expected."
Yang Taiyong still has the same policy of beating and coaxing before.
First, the army and air force were dispatched at the same time. Although those planes were not useful in combat, they could still deter this rabble.
The second is to spend a lot of money, sending people with huge sums of money to the Northeast to win over Zhang Laoliu, and to the most powerful Lao Feng in the Northwest Army, using silver bullets (silver dollars) and "meat bombs" (a pretty woman) to win over his generals.
Soon, Yang Taiyong's tactics showed great power.
In early July, He broke up the greatly weakened Lao Li and Lao Bai.
In early August, Yan Laoxi's Jinsui Army was also beaten to pieces.
In mid-September, Lao Feng's elite Northwest Army was completely wiped out. The warlord melee lasted for five months, and Lao Chang won a complete victory.
Just after knowing Yang Taiyong for a few years, the warlord who gave Lao Chang a headache was convinced.
With this military exploit, Yang Taiyong will soon serve as the Secretary General of the camp.
Don't think that Yang Taiyong is a god. He also has weaknesses. In addition to helping Lao Chang with advice, he has not changed his greedy nature and wants to be a master who is inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people.
Yang Taiyong knew very well that if he wanted to expand his own interests, he must cling to Lao Chang's thigh.
To this end, he tried every means to take advantage of the situation.
Whenever he gave a report, he had both front and back strips in the left and right pockets of his Mao suit.
During the conversation, Yang Taiyong would explore Lao Chang's tendencies, and then take out a prepared note and hand it over.
At first, Lao Chang was pleasantly surprised, thinking that only Yang Taiyong knew him best. Later, after hearing his subordinates jokingly call Yang Taiyong's pocket the "Qiankun Bag", he stipulated that Yang Taiyong's official documents must be sent to the Attendant's Office One or Two for review before being handed over to him. yourself to prevent being confused by him.
Throughout Yang Taiyong's life, he served the public in various ways in name, but in fact he maximized personal interests under the banner of Lao Chang.
As Lao Chang's most trusted aide, Yang Taiyong has great power and often regards himself as the "second in command".
All important military and political messages from the factions must be reviewed by him before they can be submitted to Lao Chang. Many military and political dignitaries came to see Lao Chang and had to be arranged by him.
There are many hills within the faction, forming various small groups.
There is the Huangpu Department, which is mainly composed of graduates of the Huangpu Military Academy, and the CC Department, which is headed by Er Chen. The one that can compete with them is the Department of Political Science, headed by Yang Taiyong.
Different from the tight organization of Huangpu Department and CC Department, the Political Science Department is a loose alliance, but don't underestimate it. There are many capable people in it, all of them are resourceful and highly valued by Lao Chang.
In order to fight for power, Yang Taiyong did everything he could.
Since 1928, the power within the faction has been concentrated in the hands of the CC faction, forming a pattern of "Chang Jia Tian Xia Chen Jia Faction".
Yang Taiyong was keenly aware of his master's dissatisfaction with Er Chen, so he gave in to his wishes and proposed the establishment of the Office of the Administrative Inspectorate of the centralized management department.
Lao Chang obeyed Yang Taiyong's suggestion and immediately followed it.
In fact, his move did not get the consent of the nominal boss at the time, nor was it approved by the Legislative Yuan and the Executive Yuan, so it was considered an illegal product.
But Lao Chang said it would be done, and no one dared to object.
By the way, Yang Taiyong also persuaded Lao Chang to transfer the employment and administrative rights of the "Administrative Supervisory Commissioner's Office" in more than ten provinces to his name.
In this way, he reaped great benefits and at the same time offended the powerful CC faction, the Executive Yuan and the Legislative Yuan.
Simply put, all the faction leaders were dissatisfied with him.
Relying on Lao Chang's favor, Yang Taiyong ignored the supercilious looks of these people and had to deal with the CC system that was a thorn in his side whenever he got the chance.
Once, Er Chen had something urgent to report to Lao Chang in person. Yang Taiyong interfered with it, saying that Lao Chang was busy and had no time to receive guests. If there was an urgent matter, he could give it to him first, and then he would forward it to Chiang Kai-shek, leaving Er Chen in vain. Waited for more than two hours.
Later, a fire broke out at the airport, and more than 10 Joffre bombers purchased from Italy were burned.
Lao Chang was furious and ordered Deng Yiwen, chief of the camp investigation section, to take charge of the investigation.
After Deng Yiwen investigated, he declared the fire an accident.
Yang Taiyong smelled a distinctive smell, and immediately asked Lao Chang for instructions, and teamed up with Jin Yunong to conduct a secret investigation. The investigation found the problem.
It turned out that this was a man-made arson case, and the main culprit was Xu Peigen, the director of aviation.
He used public funds to buy gold, but lost everything. He couldn't make up the shortfall, so he burned down the warehouse and destroyed the accounts.
Unexpectedly, the weather was hot and the fire got out of control, burning the plane as well.
Xu Peigen is an important figure in the CC department. In order to protect him, Er Chen specially sent a check of 10 US dollars to Deng Yiwen, who was in charge of the investigation.
I originally thought that this matter could be covered up, but Yang Taiyong interfered and Xu Peigen was ordered to be shot (later changed to imprisonment). The CC faction was greatly shocked.
Seeing that Yang Tai would never give anyone a way out, Er Chen decided to use all his strength to destroy him.
The opportunity soon came when Wang Gou, the president of the Executive Yuan, was assassinated. The ambitious Yang Taiyong planned to seize the opportunity to win this high position.
Unexpectedly, he offended too many people and his wish soon came to nothing.
In order to blackmail Lao Chang, the shameless Yang Taiyong proposed to resign as secretary-general and go abroad for inspection. Lao Chang said a lot of good things to retain this talent.
However, the opposition to Yang Taiyong within the faction became increasingly serious. In order to balance the forces of all parties, Lao Chang decided to temporarily transfer Yang Taiyong away from his side and sent him to Hubei Province to be the boss.
This move may seem like Yang Taiyong has fallen out of favor, but in fact Lao Chang has deep considerations.
Yang Taiyong offended people so hard that he was asked to become a feudal official to temporarily avoid it and then be transferred back after the limelight passed. Perfect!
Er Chen never misses any opportunity to bring down Yang Taiyong.
Before Yang Taiyong took office, they incited students to cause trouble, saying that Yang Taiyong and his Department of Political Science were pro-Japanese.
The excited students were immediately filled with indignation and shouted slogans such as "Oppose Yang Taiyong to take over as the boss", which put Yang Taiyong in a dilemma.
At the critical moment, Lao Chang took action and sent a telegram to He Chengjun, the head of the Hubei Provincial Office of Appeasement, asking him to find out if someone was causing trouble secretly. If so, punish the person responsible according to military law.
It can be seen that in order to support Yang Taiyong, Lao Chang did not hesitate to operate on Er Chen.
The CC Department of Hubei Province immediately panicked and sent people to Jinling to state to Lao Chang face to face: This is all done by the students themselves and has nothing to do with us.
Although Lao Chang gave Yang Taiyong great spiritual support, Yang Taiyong knew very well that once he left Lao Chang's protection, danger might come at any time.
Therefore, on the surface he was very polite to the officials of Hubei Province, but in his heart he was filled with fear and was heavily guarded all day long. Even for the weekly joint meeting, he had to bring several guards with him.
Unfortunately, even all the precautions could not withstand the enemy's desire to kill him.
Yang Taiyong was invited to a banquet at the Neon Consulate in Hankou. When he was waiting for the dedicated ferry terminal at Jianghanguan to return to Wuchang, he was knocked down by an assassin and died from two bullets.
The dying Yang Taiyong also told the guards that he had known that this day would happen and that he would die for the country, so he had nothing to complain about. His only regret was that he could no longer contribute to the country.
The 56-year-old "contemporary Zhuge Liang" passed away. When Lao Chang learned about it, he was immediately furious and ordered the Investigation Department to investigate the assassin's whereabouts.
Although the case was solved, many people later speculated that the real murderer should be Er Chen. After all, the two sides had long been incompatible with each other, and both wanted to get rid of the other quickly.
Since ancient times, when Yuan Rong used troops, he would always have wings to assist him, the most important of which was the "heart".
Regarding confidants, "Six Tao" defines their responsibilities as: "Heads in charge of planning and planning, responds to the soldiers, monitors the changes in the sky, takes charge of strategies, and protects people's lives.", that is, "in charge of counselor planning, coping with sudden events, observing astronomical phenomena, and eliminating disasters." , take charge of military and political affairs and protect people’s lives.”
In other words, this person must be far-sighted and able to see through the essence of things at a glance;
Be able to make various plans based on reality; be able to cope with various emergencies and nip various disasters in the bud;
Be able to formulate appropriate military and political strategies based on the situation and be responsible for implementing them...
In Lao Chang's heart, Yang Taiyong is such a person.
In the past few years, Lao Chang had a very urgent need for various talents, and he could be said to be "thinking about them day and night" and "thirsty for talents."
In just a few years after 1924, Chang jumped from an ordinary person to the boss and even a leader with a tendency to autocrat the country. The speed of his rise was astonishing.
With the victory of the Northern Expedition, a united front against Lao Chang was formed within the faction, and its power was very powerful.
If Lao Chang wants to successfully complete the transition and open his mansion in the southeast, he must establish his own think tank team, especially an assistant who can coordinate the overall situation.
However, after careful observation, Lao Chang found that his power and influence within the faction were too single and weak. In fact, it was only limited to the military circle, and his power in other systems was very weak.
Especially in the administrative system, those who control the power are some prestigious old people.
They need to have seniority and qualifications, and they need to have strength and strength. Many of them are veterans. It is really not easy to defeat this group of people and seize power.
On the other hand, most of his direct cadres are young people who have just embarked on a life-changing road and cannot compete with their opponents.
Therefore, Lao Chang began to make plans among the talents outside the party: from Beiyang to the newspapers in Shanghai, as long as they are talented, knowledgeable, famous, have a certain history of life-changing and are not abnormal, they will be included in the trap. .
As soon as the Northern Expeditionary Army occupied Hongcheng, Lao Chang sent envoys everywhere to recruit talents. Facing the talents from all directions, Lao Chang asked questions with great humility.
From the perspective of old Beiyang people such as Yang Taiyong and the Political Science Society, since the closure of the old Congress, a large number of literati and politicians in the original Beiyang system have lost their platforms. No matter how talented these people are, they cannot display their talents, and many of them are trapped. Live in Chou City.
For these strategists who have made great changes in the past, such days are undoubtedly hell.Now that something is happening between the north and the south again, it can be said to be a godsend.For these people, if they want to defect to the "life-saving" camp, it seems that they can only do it as usual.
The elders regard them as enemies; the Xingui clique is very xenophobic and basically distrusts the personnel of the Beiyang clique;
In short, the faction regards them as reactionaries and ferocious beasts, and they must be wiped out as soon as possible.
One is thirsty for talents, and the other suffers from lack of platform. It is natural for the two to come together.
Second, it is the close-confidence collision between Lao Chang’s knowledge structure and Yang Taiyong’s knowledge structure.
Lao Chang received traditional education since he was a child. When he grew up, he went to Neon to receive some basic military education. Later, he followed Chen Nao in the Magic City and followed Sun after Chen's death.
Generally speaking, his knowledge structure is based on traditional education, especially traditional Confucianism, with some Western military knowledge and Chinese Jianghu culture mixed in, and later some Christian concepts were added.
Yang Taiyong was a scholar and attended a new school. He was familiar with traditional classics and had in-depth research on Western politics and diplomacy. He had translated Western "Foreign Policy" and "Modern Democratic Politics".
More importantly, he has an introductory three-point observation and systematic solution to China's reality.
In this context, when two people collide, they will feel a sense of knowing each other.
Lao Chang feels that the other party is "unfathomable". Yang not only thinks that many of the problems that have puzzled him for a long time are very important, but has already thought of solutions;
Yang Taiyong felt that the other party was quite knowledgeable and "courteous and virtuous", and he finally met the Ming Lord.
Lao Chang is a person who has great ideas but no great talents. This often creates an embarrassing situation - he can see the strategic direction and the key points of things, but in the actual process of handling things, he is always "at a loss" Or "Just by doing it, things get lost" or even "Just by doing it, good things turn into bad things."
This strange situation of "being able to see the problem but not being able to solve it" is not uncommon in reality.
For ordinary people, there are problems but it is impossible to solve them. They will just pass away as mediocre and confused, and they will stay like this for the rest of their lives;
But for a Zheng Zhi character, this is an unforgivable flaw.
After Lao Chang left the field in stages, he has deeply felt this major flaw in himself.
Yang Taeyong, on the other hand, is not only very sophisticated when it comes to issues, he is also very good at administration and likes to do trivial work.
He is able to quickly classify, summarize, and organize complex government affairs, and then quickly analyze and respond to each government affairs, and propose three strategies, upper, middle, and lower, for Lao Chang to choose.
This greatly simplified Chiang Kai-shek's work intensity, making Chiang Kai-shek's central decision-making system more efficient and with higher decision-making quality.
In the next eight years, Lao Chang made very wise and efficient decisions in dealing with one thorny military problem after another in Zheng Zhi. He basically made no major mistakes and made one victory after another.
Because of this, the two of them feel at ease with each other.
According to historical experience, once such an "official match" appears, it means that their enemies will be unlucky.
Lao Chang was originally just a soldier. What he learned and thought were basically military-related matters, and he was barely competent in handling the commander-in-chief's affairs.
But as Zheng Zhi's status rose, especially after he became the boss, his workload increased sharply, and various complicated issues such as military affairs, government affairs, and factional affairs were waiting for him to make decisions, which he could no longer cope with.
The most prominent manifestation is that he often focuses on one thing at the expense of the other when doing things, and is unable to perform multiple tasks at the same time;
Uncertain rewards and punishments, putting off doing things you think you should do, and being unable to stop doing things you shouldn't do in time even though you know you shouldn't do them;
The most frightening thing is that his decision-making is very rash, and once the decision-making is implemented, there is no supervision, and many things go without progress. This is also the biggest criticism of Chang and his administrative agencies.
Lao Chang himself has reflected on this issue:
"[-]. The mind is too concentrated, so there is uneven weight, focusing on one thing and losing another. This is because there is no organization.
[-]. When it comes to important tasks, people are not selected, rewards and punishments are unclear, good people cannot be used, and evil people cannot be eliminated. This is not due to cadres.
[-]. We cannot be dictatorial and handle matters lightly. There is no review and responsible authority for hiring and acting. This is why this separation of fate cannot be achieved.From now on, there must be an organization of cadres, and there is no need to do everything in detail. Moreover, there must be no guests at home and no documents left in the records, so that we can get twice the result with half the effort. "
How to solve this problem, Yang Taiyong suggested to Lao Chang that he should imitate the system of the inner dynasty established by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and set up a direct office next to Lao Chang as the military and political center of Chang, assisting Lao Chang in handling official affairs and making decisions on world affairs.
In the early days of its establishment, Hongcheng Camp followed the previous practice and had a rather complex organization. Later, in order to implement the anti-public suppression strategy of "three parts military and seven parts politics", it was changed to three departments, one department and six departments. It also had the special forces and reformatory, which became the old permanent and Yang Taiyong’s internal court system.
The camp has: Secretary-General's Office - assists Lao Chang in handling comprehensive situations. It has several secretaries under its jurisdiction, and is under the charge of Yang Taiyong, secretary-general of the camp;
General Office - Responsible for the general affairs of the camp, with Yang Taiyong's friend Xiong Hui as the director.
Xiong is a leader in the Department of New Dealership and often attends various events on behalf of Lao Chang.
The First Department - This department, also known as the "Third Department", is in charge of military affairs. He serves as the director. It has two divisions and six sections, with more than 200 staff officers.
All military work related to the camp, such as military orders, combat plans, military administration, rear service, ordnance supplies, etc., are responsible for the first department.
The Second Department - This department is also known as the "Seventh Branch Department". It is in charge of Zheng Zhi's work. The Secretary-General Yang Taiyong also serves as the director. All matters such as administrative civil affairs, education and local government organizations, rural economy, and economic blockade are handled by the Second Department. The department is responsible.
In practice, it gradually evolved into the direct administrative superior of each province and became the de facto Executive Yuan.
The Zhengzhi Department - in charge of the "political training" work of the army. He, one of the Three Heroes of Huangpu, is appointed as the director, and Yuan is the deputy director. For the army (more than 80 divisions) under the command of the Hongcheng Camp, the Zhengzhi Department is headed by Congratulations on moderation.
He is also a rare ideological work genius under Lao Chang. He is quite trusted at this time, but his ambition has long been tabooed by Lao Chang.
Six divisions—namely, the Audit Division, the Transportation Division, the Aviation Division, the Manager's Division, the Military Medical Division and the Military Law Division.
The Audit Office has great authority and is responsible for reviewing the personnel and funds of the 10 provincial governments and 3 special municipal governments within the faction. Some major projects and plans also need to be approved by it;
The Transportation Department is in charge of operational transportation work;
The Aviation Department was responsible for air force raids during the fifth encirclement and suppression campaign;
The manager's office is responsible for distributing the salaries of the troops participating in the "encirclement and suppression" campaign;
The Military Medical Department is responsible for distributing medical and health supplies and has established more than 30 hospitals for wounded soldiers in various places; the Military Law Department is responsible for enforcing military law.
Rangers - the full name is "Hongcheng Camp Suppression Bandit Rangers Corps", headed by Kang.
This is an armed special agent team, composed of middle- and lower-level officers who were born in the Whampoa Military Academy. It is mainly responsible for propaganda and grassroots political power reconstruction in the newly occupied areas. Later, its scope of responsibilities became wider and wider, and its role became wider and wider. The existence of a "universal dog skin plaster".
In addition to these, according to Yang Taiyong's proposal, an attendant's room was also set up inside the camp. As the name suggests, it is mainly responsible for some "attendant" work around Lao Chang, such as food, clothing, housing, transportation, security, etc., and Yan Daogang is responsible for it.
It can be seen that although this "inner court" is small, none of the institutions and functions it should have have been left behind. Among them, the first department is responsible for military staff work, and the second department is responsible for political work. They are the two most critical departments;
The Zhengzhi Department is responsible for the ideological and political work of the army, and the Rangers are responsible for the political and economic work at the local grassroots level. They are also two important starting points for the implementation of the "seven-point politics" strategy.
After the establishment of the "Inner Dynasty", Lao Chang's central work processes and working methods gradually underwent great changes.
Previously, various letters, reports, requests for instructions, suggestions and other official documents from various places were sent directly to Lao Chang's desk. Lao Chang complained that he had a headache;
Later, these official documents were first collected in the secretary-general's office, sorted into categories, and then sent to Lao Chang for review and processing. However, there were still too many documents, and it was still a bit difficult for Lao Chang to process them.
As the Secretary-General, Yang Taiyong came up with a way to classify a large number of official documents from all over the country. He first sorted out the main points of each official document, and then put forward three targeted processing opinions after the main points: upper, middle and lower.
Finally, he put all these contents (main points of official documents and processing opinions) into a new type of "official document submission form" he designed, and then prioritized them and sent them to Lao Chang for review.
For all major matters, Lao Chang will first discuss with Yang Taiyong, and then convene everyone in the camp to discuss, brainstorm and make a decision. The decision is then implemented through the first or second department or the Zhengzhi Department and other agencies.
It now appears that Yang Taiyong has reconstructed Lao Chang's "decision-execution" center through the Hongcheng Xingying organization, which mainly includes four aspects.
First, optimize the decision-making process.
In the past, Lao Chang's decision-making process was very simple. The confidential department directly fed back a large amount of information to Lao Chang himself. Chang himself read the information, understood it, analyzed it, found some staff to meet and study, and finally made a decision.
Such work processes and working methods are undoubtedly unbearable for Lao Chang, who has limited talents.
In Yang Taiyong's view, he often has "unequal priorities" and "focuses on one thing at the expense of the other." He is unable to deal with numerous military and national affairs in a timely manner. His decision-making on many matters is very hasty, and he ignores it after making the decision. This is actually related to this backward decision-making process. .
Now, the Confidential Office feeds back a massive amount of information to the Secretary-General's Office. The secretary categorizes the information and quickly sorts out a few key points (structured thinking). Yang Taiyong then gives three processing opinions: upper, middle and lower based on these points.
After these key points and opinions are sent to Lao Chang according to their priorities, Lao Chang will decide whether to hold a meeting to study and finally make a decision.
Obviously, the new workflow first rescued Lao Chang from the ocean of official documents. In the past, he had to read tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of texts every day without necessarily knowing what others were saying.
Now you only need to read a few thousand words a day to fully understand various developments;
Secondly, the new workflow greatly simplifies and optimizes Lao Chang's decision-making process. In the past, he needed to make judgments and decisions based on complex information. Now, judgments and decisions are right in front of him, and there are at least three options for him to choose from for each decision. ;
Thirdly, the new work process was sent to Chiang Kai-shek for approval based on priority. In the past, he often faced seemingly endless tasks, often focusing on one thing and not the other;
Finally, the new work process should highlight the supervision after decision-making is implemented. In the past, many of Lao Chang's tasks were always done and then gone.
Yang Taiyong's idea is actually not difficult to understand. First, the complex affairs are divided into categories through business departmentalization, and work efficiency is improved through the professional division of labor and collaboration among staff;
The second is a structured way of thinking. Everything is simplified and concreted with a certain structure, whether it is a summary of an official document (such as "tell your business clearly in three sentences") or a solution to a problem (such as "quickly"). Give three solutions"), all illustrate this point;
Again, the templated working method fully displays the decision-making process through a table, which is both concise and efficient.
Of course, the most important part of this process is that after he or his secretary summarizes the affairs, he writes three solutions, and he submits them to Lao Chang "according to priority." This is where Invisibly highlighting the huge role of Yang Taiyong himself.
In other words, through this method, Yang Taiyong mastered the "voting power" similar to that of the chief and assistant ministers of the Ming Dynasty cabinet, and also mastered the power of flexible delivery of memorials similar to that of the great eunuch of the Ming Dynasty.
In practice, with the victory of the war, this system became more and more authoritative and more central-looking, while Jinling's original power was greatly weakened.
In any case, this series of work organizations, work processes and working methods with distinctive Yang Taiyong style have greatly improved the work efficiency of Lao Chang's military and political center. Coupled with Yang Tai's always extraordinary insight, Lao Chang's decision-making The quality has also been greatly improved.
Lao Chang's faction is a relatively loose organization, and it became even more loose after April [-]. It is also highly corrupt, inefficient, has poor communication between provinces and counties, and has little control over grassroots political power below the county level.
This creates an extremely strange situation: Although Laochang occupies territory in several provinces, due to loose organization and poor administrative system, the actual power that can be mobilized may not be as much as a province controlled by others.
So Yang Taiyong's selfishness aside, this matter is extremely beneficial to Lao Chang.
The significance of speaking to Zhu Chuanren on behalf of Lao Chang this time is not unimportant. To a certain extent, it can be regarded as a face-to-face conversation with Lao Chang.
Zhu Chuanren made a lot of preparations for this. He had all the money and women. It just depended on what Yang Taiyong needed and what he needed.
He was not seeking an official position or gaining any benefits, he simply did not want to offend the chief internal officer.
In fact, before he came, Zhu Chuanren's mother-in-law had told him the news, and she probably knew Yang Taiyong's intention.
"Master Zhu San~" Yang Taiyong was wearing sunglasses. As he reached middle age, he began to act handsome.
"I don't dare to take it seriously. Secretary Yang can just call me Chuanren~"
"Haha~ Before I came here, I heard people say that your third young master has a bad temper, and that you are arrogant and domineering. It seems that the rumors are untrue~"
"Secretary-General Yang is wise, rumors stop with wise people."
"Haha, what a rumor that stops at a wise man. Now I'm looking forward to our conversation~"
After he finished speaking, he turned his attention to Ni Sichun. Over the years, Ni Sichun's figure has become plumper, but not fat at all. To use a fashionable saying, the flesh is growing where it should be.
And the title of Third Young Mistress is not for nothing. Over the years, her status has risen along with Zhu Chuanren's, and now her mother's family has also gained momentum. Even Yang Taiyong, the head of the household, has to take a high look at Ni Sichun.
No, he bowed respectfully:
"Third Young Mistress, it's our first time meeting you. Mrs. Chang asked me to bring you some specialties from my hometown. The Chairman also asked me to bring you some goodies."
Ni Sichun thanked her gracefully, showing the generous demeanor of the mistress of the Zhu family.
On this occasion, let alone Xiner, even Wei Chunfang was speechless.
However, Yang Taiyong knows how to behave and does not put on airs. This may also be related to Ni Sichun's identity. After all, he is Mrs. Chang's natal family. No matter how awesome he is, can he be more powerful than his wife?
Yang Taiyong was worried, so when he came to Zhu's mansion, he didn't dare to act like a secretary-general and shake hands with the Zhu family one by one.
In the restaurant, the master chef from Louwailou specially brought ingredients and prepared a sumptuous family banquet. Knowing that Yang Taiyong is from Guangdong Province, he specially cooked a table of Cantonese dishes today, which Yang Taiyong enjoyed very much.
Look, when I arrive at the home of the Magic City tycoon, I will be treated with the most enthusiasm and sincerity.
"The third young master is very thoughtful. This table of dishes looks very authentic."
In the middle of the large dining table is a roast suckling pig, which is particularly eye-catching.
If we really want to trace the history of roasted suckling pig, we can trace it back to the Western Zhou Dynasty. People believe that one of the "Eight Treasures" recorded in "Zhou Li Tianguan", "Pao Dolphin", is the predecessor of roasted suckling pig.
This dish was specially made for Emperor Zhou to enjoy. The suckling pig must be roasted and then fried and then stewed in water. The process is complicated, and the final product is soft and rotten. It is more suitable for eating only meat. It is still different from the current roasted suckling pig with crispy skin and smooth meat. Not a small gap.
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the "roasted pig" recorded by Jia Sixie of the Northern Wei Dynasty in "Qimin Yaoshu" was very similar to the current roast suckling pig method.
Mr. Yuan Mei, a big foodie, even outlines the key points of grilling in "Suiyuan Food List":
"Roast the internal organs first, and then the outer skin. When the color on all sides turns dark, apply butter on it. Grill and smear again and again."
Looking at it this way, the roasted suckling pig we are eating now may be the same as the "roasted piglet" that people in the Qing Dynasty ate.
But people in Guangdong Province have a particularly deep affection for roast suckling pig. On the one hand, when the tomb of the Nanyue King of the Western Han Dynasty was unearthed, archaeologists unexpectedly found many cooking utensils among the funerary objects.
One of the ovens has four little pigs tattooed on the wall, with the pig's mouth facing upwards, and many grilling slits and iron hooks. Scholars believe that these utensils are used to roast suckling pigs. This shows that this Dao cuisine has a long history in Guangdong Province.
On the other hand, the production process of roasted suckling pig is relatively complicated. Generally, if you want to eat this dish, you have to make a reservation several days in advance, and it is expensive.
Therefore, whether it is a wedding or a funeral, or the opening of a new store, whenever someone has a wedding or a funeral, offering a roast suckling pig is undoubtedly a sign of respect for the visitors.
This is why Yang Taiyong got a little excited after seeing the roasted suckling pig.
To make a good roast suckling pig, the ingredients are naturally the first step.
Generally speaking, Cantonese-style roast suckling pig will choose a suckling pig of about 8.5 pounds, because suckling pig is often served as the first dish in banquets. Pigs of this weight are "generous in appearance", larger in size, and moderately fat.
After choosing the ingredients, craftsmanship is the key.
First, cut the backbone of the hairless suckling pig into pieces, remove the internal organs and remove debris; then let the suckling pig alternately float and sink in hot and cold water. This step can make the suckling pig's skin quickly shrink and shape, and the meat will become firmer.
At this step, the master chef at Louwailou will brush the suckling pig with "crispy water" - a blend of maltose, red vinegar, white vinegar, rice wine, and water. The purpose is to make the pig skin become crispy during the subsequent roasting. Crispier and brighter in color.
After the blanched skin is air-dried, it enters the marinating stage. Different chefs will use different marinades, some use five-spice powder and salt, some use Zhuhou sauce, fermented bean curd sauce, and some restaurants will prepare secret recipes. The "suckling pig sauce" makes the pork more delicious.
The marinated pig can be grilled. Most Cantonese-style suckling pigs still maintain the "open oven" barbecue method, that is, manually turning and brushing oil to make the pig skin color more evenly, and the inside and outside are roasted at the same time. Ripe.
Interestingly, if a slow fire is used during the roasting process, the pig skin will appear smooth and translucent, which is called "smooth-skinned roast pig";
If you choose to roast it over high heat, keep brushing oil and pricking the skin with a needle during the process, the pores exploded by the oil will loosen the skin and form dense bubbles like sesame seeds, which is also called "roasted pig with pockmarked skin".
Some chefs will fill the belly of the suckling pig with glutinous rice in advance and sew it up before grilling it, just like making Babao duck. The skin will become thinner and crispier because the pig body is stretched out, and the glutinous rice inside will become thicker because it has absorbed the fat. It is more fragrant and glutinous, so it is also called "roasted rice pig".
But no matter which way it is done, after the Cantonese style suckling pig is roasted, it is customary to cut it into small pieces and serve them on the table. It can be dipped in sugar, sweet noodle sauce, hoisin sauce, yellow mustard sauce, etc., but Zhu Chuanren believes that the original flavor is the best .
The only important thing is to eat it while it's hot to get the crispy texture. Under the action of heat, the fat is about to condense but not yet, and the aroma is overflowing.
After cooling, the taste will be greatly reduced and it will become fattier.
(End of this chapter)
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