1928: The rise of giant merchants

"Everyone is here today." Dai Li looked at this group of unkind bosses, sweating on his forehead, and it took him a long time to squeeze out a sentence, but before he finished speaking, he was impatiently interrupted by Zhang Hanqing.

"I just want to say one thing. If you don't let Aluo go today, I will send tanks to bulldoze your place." After Zhang Hanqing finished speaking, he crossed his legs and said, "I'm done, please do as you please."

"I also think it is inappropriate to so hastily identify Mr. Ye as a member of an underground organization."

Mrs. Sun is a real member of the underground organization, but her identity is that she is the principal's second aunt. Who dares to arrest her?

As soon as she opened her mouth, others responded and turned their attention to Dai Li, the bastard spy leader who had recently caused a lot of complaints in Shanghai. They looked like they wanted to eat him alive.

Dai Li was not sure how many of these people were sincerely coming to save Ye Luo.

But he knew that if there was a chance to disgust him or add insult to injury, they would be happy to do so.

This is the current situation of the Intelligence Division——

If it hadn't been for the principal's protection, they might have been shot to death by black guns as soon as they walked out the door.

After all, too many people’s cakes have been touched.

"This matter has not yet been decided." Dai Li could only use official rhetoric to support himself.

"If you haven't decided yet, why don't you arrest the person here and torture him?" Zhang Hanqing frowned, and his tone became even more aggressive.

Dai Li was miserable.

Did he say that this batch of documents was drafted by the principal himself?

Whenever underground organizations are involved, the principal is frightened and would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go.

But for criticizing and arresting Ye Luo, Dai Li will definitely take the blame.

This is also the reason why the principal favors Dai Li.

That's his role.

"Commander Zhang, our intelligence department did not torture the second young master." Dai Li knew that the picture would only get darker and darker at this moment, but he had no other good idea and could only hold on.

Wait until the principal calls.

Chen Gongshu had already secretly sent a telegram.

"Madam, I can't wait any longer. You know, I'm still in a hurry to go to Peking." Zhang Hanqing gestured to stand up, and several consuls general behind him also stood up.

"Ye and we still have a lot of business to discuss. Every minute wasted means a lot of oceans are moving away from us. Director Dai, can you and your intelligence department shoulder this responsibility?"

Foreigners are best at using power to overwhelm others.

In this era when foreigners were the first class, not to mention Dai Li, the small director of the intelligence department, even officials of Song Ziwen's level did not dare to have conflicts with the consul general of the concession.

Who makes the country less powerful than others?

Moreover, being pro-American and pro-British is a policy set by the principal himself.

"this"

Why hasn't the call come yet?

Dai Li was so anxious that he felt dizzy.

Isn't it just to capture Ye Luo once and destroy his prestige?

Why is it more troublesome than arresting high-level officials?

This year in Shanghai, the Intelligence Department was in every possible direction, but every time it bumped into Ye Luo and the Ye family, it hit a wall and couldn't get any favors.

"Director Dai! I have an urgent call from you." Chen Gongshu came over in a hurry, holding the phone in his hand.

When everyone looked over, Zhang Hanqing frowned even more.

He knew before he came that the approval document was written by the principal himself.

But he firmly believed that Ye Luo was not a member of the underground organization. The reason was very simple. Mrs. Sun beside him had already rejected this possibility.

In this way, it will be easy to recruit people.

But it seems that something unexpected happened.

"Send it over quickly." Dai Li raised the corners of his mouth slightly, but luckily he caught up.

He took the receiver from Chen Gongshu and apologized to everyone: "Sorry, everyone, I'll answer the phone first."

"Party seat! Hello! Yes, I am Dai Li. Please give instructions!"

He shouted loudly so that they could hear him.

The principal's call came at this time, and Mrs. Sun also felt that something was wrong.

"Yes, yes. What?"

Dai Li's voice suddenly rose a few degrees, and the smile at the corner of his mouth froze.

"No, no, no, I will of course abide by the party leader's instructions! Please continue."

"Okay, okay, I understand, I'll do it now, don't worry. Goodbye! Take care of yourself, party leader!"

After hanging up the phone, Dai Li's expression was uglier than crying.

Zhang Hanqing understood that this situation was stable and smiled broadly: "Director Dai, is this my adopted brother's phone number?"

He and the principal became brothers with different surnames in public after changing their banners. They were usually cousins ​​and treated each other as sworn brothers and sworn brothers.

"Well, it's the party leader's call." Dai Li couldn't figure out why the party leader's attitude suddenly changed 180 degrees.

Previously, I heard that seven members of the underground organization were captured in the Black Cat Dance Hall in Zhabei, and they were suspected to be related to Ding Li and Yue Lang. The party leader was very angry and personally approved a document asking him to arrest Ye Luo for questioning.

It can be seen that when it comes to underground organizations, even Ye Luo's face is not easy to deal with.

But now, the party leader called and severely condemned Dai Li for not following the rules and regulations and arresting people rashly, which had a very bad impact on Shanghai's business community, military and political circles, concessions and other places.

This matter quickly spread to Jinling, alarming many senior officials in Jinling. Even Song Ziwen, Kong Xiangxi and Chen Guofu came forward to plead for Ye Luo.

The Intelligence Service somehow put itself on the fire.

Dai Li was not angry, but he also understood one thing.

He needs to re-evaluate Ye Luo's influence and energy in the country.

Jinling National Government, Office of the Presidential Palace.

The principal put down the phone, took a long breath, and thought about the aftermath of this matter.

He was really shocked when Dai Li called him not long ago, worried that Ye Luozhen had something to do with underground organizations.

After all, when she was in the United States, Mrs. Sun paid a special visit to Ye Luo. The content of the secret conversation between the two was unknown. However, Mrs. Sun then followed Ye Luo back to China at great risk.

However, he met Ye Luo at the Tangshan Artillery School a few days ago and gave a bitter speech to stabilize Ye Luo and prevent him from going astray and becoming the second Song Ziwen.

Recalling the content of that conversation, I didn’t think there was anything wrong with Ye Luo.

If he was really from an underground organization, then the logic of many things would not be smooth.

Moreover, if the underground organization sends undercover agents, no one would dare to climb to such a high position.

After thinking about it, the principal felt that it was more likely that he wasn't.

The approval document asked Dai Li to arrest Ye Luo just in case, to scare him. If Dai Li really got something out of him, it would be a good thing.

It's just that the principal never thought that such a small thing would alarm so many forces.

Not to mention the relationship network in Shanghai, it is reasonable for them to come forward to protect Yeluo.

Needless to say, Zhang Zhijiang and a group of Ye Luo's old friends on the Jinling side came to the Presidential Palace to intercede with him as soon as they received the news.

In addition, Song Ziwen and the principal's wife were also the first people to come to plead for mercy.

After all, both of them owed Ye Luo so much money, it would be inappropriate not to come.

But the principal didn't expect that so many senior military and political officials would come.

What shocked him most was that Kong Xiangxi, who had not dealt with Ye Luo before, and Chen Guofu, who had always had nothing to do with the Ye family, also came.

If he delayed further, he was afraid that warlord leaders like Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang, as well as someone Wang who was against him in Jiangcheng, would also get involved.

These people don't want to save Ye Luo at all, but they want to use this to make things worse and ruin Jiang's reputation!

Everyone knows that Ye Luo was recruited by you, and you also introduced many policies to facilitate his business.

At least in the eyes of the outside world, the Ye family has a close relationship with the four major families.

With such a wealthy ally, if you do whatever you say, no one will dare to be friends with you in the future.

Before the matter escalated, he had no choice but to immediately come forward to calm the matter and put the blame on Dai Li.

"Why is Dai Li so unreliable in his work?" the principal was filled with resentment.

He never thought that the cause of the incident was that he repeatedly jumped around, wanting to win over Ye Luo, but also worried that he was an undercover agent of the enemy, and was always wavering, causing his subordinates to do bad things.

Anyway, if something goes wrong, the party leader will definitely have to blame someone below him for taking the blame.

The National Government of Jinling won the battle in the north, and now divided the north and south with Zhang Hanqing, and Zhang Hanqing also surrendered to Jinling to save face.

Speaking of which, the principal can call himself the "President". At least in the eyes of many people, his status is no less than that of Yuan Shikai back then and Mr. Sun earlier.

But in fact, Jinling was in chaos.

None of his words could reach the presidential palace.

There are many factions within the Kuomintang, and high-level government departments are fighting with each other, and no one is convinced by the other.

A few years later, an incident occurred and he was directly forced to step down.

This is the situation of the principal.

Why could he play such a good hand of cards to pieces?

Looking at Ye Luo's case, we can understand that the crux of the problem lies in the principal's personal character.

Suspicious and cunning, selfish and indecisive, his revolutionary heart is not firm enough.

Return to the intelligence base camp.

Now that the matter had been concluded, Zhang Hanqing and others took their leave.

Mrs. Sun actually wanted to stay a while to see if she could save the other seven people, but at this time she had just returned to China and was crossing the river as a mud bodhisattva. She could not save herself, so she had to give up and leave first.

Everyone dispersed. In the office, Chen Gongshu couldn't help but ask: "Director, is this Ye Luo..."

"It doesn't matter anymore." Dai Li sighed. This confrontation ended in his complete defeat. "Even if he is real, look at this Shanghai, who else can touch him?"

"How about me?" Chen Gongshu's eyes turned cold. His marksmanship was very accurate and he could kill people very quickly.

"There is no need to resort to this last resort." Dai Li shook his head, "And have you forgotten? There are many foreigners and Japanese invaders who want to kill him. Who do you think has succeeded?" (End of Chapter)