.   Chen Zikun stared at Mai Zilong's eyes and saw everything. The sharp eyes made the cunning policeman's leader feel a little scared.

Mai Zilong is not here to die. He wants to live two more years more than anyone else. But he also knows deeply that Chen Zikun's temper attacks the Supervisory Office and has killed so many people in the battle. In this tone, the other party will never swallow it easily, so he pretends to be pitiful. I hope Chen Zikun can spare himself without dying.

"I won't kill you, our old Beiyang won't promote this." Chen Zikun said lightly

Mai Zilong breathed a sigh of relief for only ten seconds. He felt like half a century had passed.

Chen Zikun really claimed that he would not kill political opponents as an old brand. He was like Xu Shuzheng. After all, he was an alien. He felt relieved and began to consider whether to go back to his hometown in the countryside to be a rich man or to be an apartment in the Shanghai Concession.

"But I can't let you go." Chen Zikun changed his mind and made Mai Zilong's heart hang up again

"What did you do to govern Jiangdong for three months? People are living in poverty! How many people died during the purge? You dare to say that none of them are innocent!" Chen Zikun's series of questions made Mai Zilong speechless

"The crime you committed should be tried by the court, the jury ruled by the judge, and I will not interfere with the jury. You go home to pack up your things and prepare to go to prison for a while." Chen Zikun waved his hand and asked the guards to take Mai Zilong down.

Mai Zilong walked out and looked regretfully at the new walls and floor tiles of the office. The office was repaired with new renovated. The office was originally planning to be his official residence. Unexpectedly, he still worked for Chen Zikun. Things are impermanent. This is because he has made great calculations but he forgot that Chen Zikun is not only old Beiyang but also a new member of the United States. When he meets and smiles, he can't do anything. It seems that a prison disaster is inevitable.

...

Chen Zikun returned to Jiangdong without a military parade without a big celebration. He acted very low-key, but the people were happy, firecrackers were set off on the streets and alleys, and the people were running around to tell Marshal Chen was back.

Marshal Chen did not disappoint the people. When he took office, he even issued an order to cancel various taxes levys that Mai Zilong had levyed, arrested the culprit Mai Zilong and his accomplice. The newly recruited police force announced that he would give up the office to establish Jiangdong Province No. 1 Experimental Middle School.

The signatures of these orders are different from the past. Chen Zikun's new official title is Jiangdong Provincial National Zhèng fu Chairman Jiangdong Provincial Security Commander-in-Chief of the 99th Army of the National Revolutionary Army

Now Chen Zikun is the provincial chairman and security commander appointed by President Hu Hanmin himself. Military and Political Department is the head of Jiangdong Province who is serious.

Liu Cunren returned to the province and still wrote for Chairman Chen at work. The printed notices were written by him. His position was also upgraded from the original clerk to the senior clerk of the secretariat to increase the monthly salary of 30 yuan. All the pens, inks, papers and inkstones in the pawnshop were redeemed. Not to mention that the family can also eat rice, white flour, wine and meat.

The only regret is that Liu Ting failed to return to the provincial government, but she is a top student at Jiangdong University and doesn’t have to worry about not being able to find a job. Soon, she found a teaching assistant job in the Chinese Department of Jiangdong University. The salary is not low. The Liu family’s life is booming again.

...

Chen Zikun vigorously cleaned up Maizilong's remnants and wiped out all the senior police officers in one place. All the senior police officers were dismissed from office. The officers of the First Division and the officers of the Water Police Corps who were loyal to him were replaced. Anyway, maintaining public security and solving cases depends on grassroots detectives to change them all.

A team of police officers searched Mai Zilong's mansion and collected countless gold, silver and soft land deeds and real estates into the national treasury. They were all filled with an empty house. The police also searched the hometown of Mai's countryside. Unfortunately, the wanted criminal Mai Ping got the news in advance and ran away. He left only a wife with a big belly.

The provincial capital has calmed down, but the Jiangdong army still confronted Tang Shengzhi's army. During the process of recovering Jiangdong, the two armies had a friction. It was not the Seventh Mixed Brigade but the Chen Qilin's teaching regiment took over. This battle made the Jiangdong army convinced and finally saw the ferocity of the Northern Expedition Army.

In the war, the two armies often fired guns several miles apart. The generals played mahjong in the concession to decide the victory or defeat. The Jiangdong Army was a rising star in the Beiyang Army who dared to fight to the death. So Lian Zhan and Lian Jie made a name for themselves. Now, when compared with the Northern Expedition Army, they realized that they were small and big.

The Northern Expedition Army was the first to jump out of the trench and hold a muffled shell gun and rushed forward. The regiment commander rushed forward. The battalion commander was so embarrassed to retreat. The entire regiment officers and soldiers rushed forward, rushed forward, and rushed through their ears without blinking. They rushed in Cantonese and cursed in Cantonese: "Don't lose your mother" that made Jiangdong Army, who was born in a bandit, feel ashamed.

Although Tang Shengzhi's team is also known as the Northern Expedition Army, it is actually adapted by the Hunan Army. The soldiers of Hunan are naturally very combat-effective, but compared with the teaching regiments of the Whampoa Military Academy as the backbone, they are just like scumbags, so the battle was very smooth and there were no casualties. The Tang army was driven out of Jiangdong. Now the two armies are confronting each other on the border of Jiangxi and Hubei.

The war in Jiangdong has a wide impact. Zhang Zuolin took office as the Grand Marshal of the Army and Navy in Beijing. Although he was not president, he actually exercised his power as the head of state at the end of July. At the end of July, An** took advantage of the internal strife of the National Army to move south to regain the empty troops. The front line of Xuzhou was directly targeted at the capital Nanjing.

Just as the people were preparing to fight back, a major event occurred on August 1st. Zhang Fakui's troops were 20,000 people in the uprising of the Communist Party in Nanchang, Jiangxi, under the organization of the Communist Party, Wuhan, and the strength of the attack on Nanjing was greatly damaged. Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, He Yingqin, also had the intention of reconciliation. Only Tang Shengzhi still aggressively claimed to "dispute Jiang"

In August, Jiangdong Province, zhèng  fu welcomed a secret envoy, Chen Zikun, who had become sworn brother in Guangzhou in his early years, and presented a secret letter jointly signed by Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi to invite Chen Zikun to fight against Chiang and promised to transfer Shandong Province to Chen Zikun after the matter was completed.

Chen Zikun did not immediately reply to send someone to entertain the envoy to find Chief of Staff Yan Su to discuss countermeasures

Yan Su said: "Nanjing has been occupied by the Guangxi clan, the commander of the first army of Chiang Kai-shek. He Yingqin is very ambitious and has a lot of grudges with Li Bai and others. When I was in Nanjing, I discovered that Wuhan had always wanted to eliminate Jiang and then quickly. Now the general situation of overthrowing Chiang has become our participation is just the icing on the cake and it has no main effect."

Chen Zikun sneered: "I'm just adding icing on the cake? I think it's just a matter of putting in trouble. Whether it's Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, He Yingqin, Tang Shengzhi, etc., no one who holds military power will accept any more than one who will overthrow Chiang? Who will be the next one? Besides, who can raise astronomical funds like Chiang Kai-shek? How can you unify the Northern Expedition? Since these people cannot become grand, they must ask Chiang Kai-shek to come out instead of being a bad person, so it's better to help Chiang Kai-shek in time to support Chiang."

Yan Su nodded and said, "It is necessary to sort out the situation. Chiang Kai-shek, let's see how they are internally trashed. Let's just guard Jiangdong well."

After sending the envoy perfunctorily, Li Baihe really made it difficult to unify the people. zhèng  fu threatened Chiang Kai-shek to step down. Only Jiangdong Provincial Chairman Chen Zikun issued a telegram to support Chiang Kai-shek, but it was useless. Under the strong pressure from both inside and outside, Chiang Kai-shek resigned as commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army and left the country sadly

After Chiang Kai-shek stepped down, the monthly military pay of 2 million yuan was cut off. Fortunately, Chen Zikun's rule stabilized the civil taxes and increased the number of troops and the expenditures were sufficient.

The war broke out again in the south, encirclement and intercepting the rebels in Nanchang, in the north, Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang, Zhang Zuolin, the former general of the five provinces, Sun Chuanfang was not willing to be lonely, and he sent 50,000 troops across the Yangtze River to occupy Longtan between Zhenjiang, Nanjing. Li Bai and He resisted the bloody battle between the two sides for six days and six nights.

At the critical moment, Chen Zikun sent surprise troops to harass Sun's rear war often won the last five minutes. Sun Jun, who had reached the limit, was finally defeated by the enemy from both sides and returned. Sun Chuanfang's last chance to regain his strength was shattered.

The Beiyang Army retreated from outside threats to resolve the internal strife of the National Army. Tang Shengzhi, who had always been ambitious, took advantage of Chiang Kai-shek's departure from the country and joined forces with Sun Chuanfang to take Nanjing. Nanjing sent troops to fight against the National Revolutionary Army for the first time.

The battles are continuous everywhere. Only Jiangdong Province is a pure land. Chen Zikun stays out of the matter and does not participate in internal struggles and seeks development. After Huijin Bank goes bankrupt, Chen Zikun invests in asking Gong Jiaxiang to establish a new Jiangdong Industrial Bank. The reserve of 10 million yuan is officially issued. Jiangdong tickets printed with Chen Zikun’s military bust.

Using financial means to resolve the financial difficulties is a step that Chen Zikun had to take, but the effect is very good. Jiangdong Industrial Bank is the official one. It is not only 10 million reserves, but more importantly, the strong combat effectiveness of the Jiangdong Army. For a time, Jiangdong bills quickly replaced the banknotes issued by various miscellaneous banks. In terms of credit, it is close to old banknotes such as Bank of China and Bank of Communications.

Mai Zilong's case sentenced the court to sentence former police chief Mai Zilong to ten years in prison for confiscation of property for crimes such as corruption and abuse of power.

After the verdict, Chen Zikun visited Mai Zilong in the provincial prison. In just a few months, he became old and unbearable. Although the prison gave preferential treatment, he lived in a sunny cell and had a dedicated person responsible for cleaning the toilet, but the pain of the prison still made the iron-fisted police chief quickly look like he was in his seventies.

"Thanks Chairman Chen for having a love for his life. Cough cough..." Mai Zilong was not pretending, he did suffer from tuberculosis. He was killed. Send him home to recuperate. In fact, he was waiting to die.

"No need to thank me for justice** I didn't plead for you." Chen Zikun said, then inspected the prison and also looked at Mai Zilong's medical records and said to the warden: "Does the prisoner consider taking medical parole if he is seriously ill?"

Warden Nono said that it was Mai Zilong and was even more grateful

After Chen Zikun left, Mai Zilong lay on the narrow bed, coughing and panting, saying to himself: "Actually, you have to thank me for helping you do something you want but can't make up your mind."
Chapter completed!