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  They saw off Zhuang Jihua and his group, and Jiang Xianyun and Li Zidong also left together. Li Zidong was the translator of the chief adviser Borodin, and another identity was **liaison officer with Borodin, responsible for contacting the Guangdong Provincial Committee. Young and promising, he had always thought himself a genius, but today he suffered a small defeat, and couldn't help feeling a bit frustrated. Jiang Xianyun knew what he was thinking, but although he didn't agree with Zhuang Jihua's views, he couldn't come up with better evidence either. So he comforted him by saying:

  "In the field, it seems that Huangpu will gather China's current best talents. I thought He Zonghan was already an outstanding figure, but unexpectedly, Zhuang Jihua is even more outstanding."

  "He Ge Han, I had heard of him when I was in Hankou before, he wrote well, but Zhuang Jihua I hadn't heard of, his theory is at odds with our party's understanding of the Chinese revolution, yet it's hard to refute." Li Zhilong felt a bit down.

  "It's hard to refute that our own study of Marxism is not enough. Since you and I joined the revolution, we've been busy every day and rarely have time to calmly and systematically study revolutionary theory. We must strengthen our studies. If outsiders understand Marxist theory better than us party members, it won't just be a laughing matter." Jiang Xianyun said seriously.

  "Hmm, you're right." Li Zhilong said with his mouth, but he didn't think so in his heart. Jiang Xianyun saw it in her eyes and could only sigh silently.

  On March 27th, while the north was still enduring the last gusts of the northern wind, Guangzhou's spring had already arrived in full bloom.

  Xiaonan Gate, at the entrance of Guangzhou Higher Normal School, a banner was hung, "National Revolutionary Army Military Officer School Examination Site". Next to it was posted the "Notice of the Military Officer School Examination Committee". Candidates from all over the country entered the examination site one after another. On the first day, they took exams in composition and history; on the second day, mathematics and geography; and on the third day, oral exams were held, presided over by Liao Zhongkai, Deng Yanda, and Zhang Shenfu. Chiang Kai-shek had not returned yet, so Liao Zhongkai had to take charge of all matters related to the Whampoa Military Academy.

  "Please discuss the relationship between imperialism and national revolution." After Zhuang Jihua came in, Liao Zhongkai looked at this candidate who was recommended by Chiang Kai-shek and Deng Yanda, and since that day, he had not had a chance to talk to him again. Therefore, he gave out a question that he thought was relatively difficult.

  "The purpose of the revolution is to overthrow the warlords and restore national sovereignty, so the revolution and imperialism are sworn enemies. The contradiction between them is inevitable and cannot be avoided. However, the imperialist powers are not a monolithic entity, they also have contradictions among themselves, and their strengths vary.

  After World War I, Britain and France's strength declined, making it impossible for them to directly send troops to intervene in China's national revolution, or even if they wanted to, they didn't have the power. After President Wilson, the United States adopted an isolationist policy, so although its strength was the world's first, it also couldn't send troops to intervene in China's revolution.

  Moreover, the US had long been dissatisfied with the unfair trade practices of Britain and France in their colonies, so under certain circumstances, the US might become our ally. Our most dangerous enemy is Japan. Since the Meiji Restoration, Japan has consistently pursued a policy of continental expansion. In World War I, Japan did not suffer any losses, and after the war, it took over Germany's colonies in the Far East, increasing its strength.

  At the same time, the decline of Britain and France's strength presents an opportunity for Japan, so I believe that Japan will accelerate its invasion of China. Among the imperialist powers, only Japan may possibly send troops to intervene in China's national revolution."

  Zhuang Jihua fully elaborated on the impact of the revolution on the interests of the powers in China, the evolution of international politics after the European war, and the changes in policies towards China resulting from these changes. Finally, he also roughly analyzed the attitude of the powers towards the National Revolution and the possible countermeasures they might take.

  Liao Zhongkai let out a soft sigh "Shen Fu, what do you think?"

  "This article is indeed a good one. To be honest, I only had a vague understanding of some issues before, but now it's suddenly clear. This Zhuang Jihua is surprisingly so young, rare, really rare. Is he a member of the KMT?"

  Liao Zhongkai knew that Zhang Shengfu's problem was **'s joining the Kuomintang, and Zhang Shengfu had expressed his disapproval of this decision before. In terms of revolutionary methods, the Kuomintang advocated for top-down revolution, while **advocated for bottom-up; therefore, **'s joining the Kuomintang encountered opposition within both parties, but the Kuomintang was suppressed by Sun Yat-sen's authority and the Communist International's decision, which could not be disobeyed.

  Zhang Shenfu asked Zhuang Jihua if he was a member of the Kuomintang, knowing what it meant, and replied calmly: "No, but introduced by Chiang Kai-shek and Tse-ven." After finishing, he put Zhuang Jihua's file into the drawer.

  Zhuang Jihua is actually very contradictory. He wasn't unaware that the views he expressed in his writing were different from mainstream consciousness, and when he first saw this topic, he wanted to write according to mainstream consciousness. However, historical development has proven that this consciousness contains errors. In the past, textbooks attributed the failure of the Great Revolution solely to the split and rightist opportunism of the Kuomintang's right wing. But these rightists were mainly early followers of Sun Yat-sen, such as Zou Lu, Xie Chi, Zhang Jingjiang, Wu Zhihui, and Dai Jitao. Because they played a negative role in politics, their images were fixed during periods of tense political atmosphere. As the political atmosphere relaxed and research on this aspect increased, their images gradually shed, and people came to know that these individuals also had extraordinary experiences. Later, someone made a simple comment about the two parties of this era: **The Communist Party was like internationalists, while the Kuomintang was like nationalists.**

  Zhuang Jihua was in a dilemma, he believed that the split between the KMT and the CPC was the main reason for the failure of the Great Revolution; after suffering heavy losses, they took the road of armed resistance to seize power. The KMT won on the surface but lost in reality, from then on it fell into internal divisions and never established a completely unified country, until its defeat and departure from the mainland, it still failed to achieve military and political unity. As someone who understood the historical development of this era the most, he couldn't "praise" the current mainstream consciousness, so he gritted his teeth and took this opportunity to remind the high-level leaders, as for what consequences would follow, he didn't care.

  In April, the military academy announced its admissions results, with Jiang Xianyun ranking first and Zhuang Jihua second.

  Chiang Kai-shek returned to Guangzhou in mid-April, nearly ten days ahead of schedule.

  On May 3, Sun Yat-sen resigned as the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy and was succeeded by Chiang Kai-shek. Liao Zhongkai became the party representative of the academy, Li Jishen became the head of the training department, Deng Yanda became the deputy head of the teaching department, and He Yingqin became the chief instructor.

  May 5-7, all admitted students officially entered the school, divided into teams 1-4 to receive new student education. Jiang Xiyun, Zhuang Jihua and He Zhenhan were assigned to Student Team 1, Hu Zongnan was assigned to Student Team 4, Li Zhilong and Yu Jishi were assigned to Student Team 2.

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