The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

"Why don't Sixth Handsome go dancing?"

Zhang Xueliang had just put out his cigarette butt when he suddenly heard someone speaking. He looked up and saw Zhou Hexuan standing beside him with a smile on his face. He immediately smiled bitterly and said, "Mingcheng is here, sit down."

"Snapped!"

Zhou Hexuan snapped his fingers, asked the servant for a glass of red wine, and asked, "What's bothering you?"

With a little anger on his face, Zhang Xueliang spat out and said: "I just received a telegram that "Xinsheng Weekly" is under control. The Jiangsu High Court has filed a case to summon Du Chongyuan."

Du Qianxue, also known as Chongyuan, is a patriotic industrialist, the first person in Northeastern national industry, Zhang Xueliang's staff friend and core think tank, the main leader of the Northeastern People's Anti-Japanese Salvation Association, and the chief editor and chief publisher of the anti-imperialist and patriotic magazine "Xinsheng Weekly" .

"Mr. Du was summoned by the court? When did it happen?" Zhou Hexuan was a little surprised. He had met Du Chongyuan several times before and was very fond of this man. At that time, he also donated 50,000 yuan to the Northeast People's Anti-Japanese Salvation Association.

Zhang Xueliang said helplessly: "Just yesterday, the charges were 'insulting the emperor' and 'harming diplomatic relations'."

Zhou Hexuan laughed in anger: "Haha, this crime is really serious. Aren't you going to save him?"

"Save him? How can I save him?" Zhang Xueliang drank half a glass of red wine and said excitedly, "I called Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek's secretary told me nonsense. I sent a telegram to Wu Tiecheng, and Wu Tiecheng asked him to I'll wait patiently, he will try his best to deal with the Japanese. Dealing with him is nothing!"

Zhang Xueliang has every reason to be angry. His confidential secretary was shot dead by Chiang Kai-shek some time ago. Now his friend and think tank has been summoned by the court, and he seems to be preparing to sentence Du Chongyuan severely.

Putting aside personal feelings and talking only about the political confrontation, Zhang Xueliang felt that his right and left arms had been cut off, and Chiang Kai-shek's knife had been placed on his neck.

"well!"

Zhou Hexuan sighed, and he suddenly remembered that this was a "new event" in history.

Wu Tiecheng, the mayor of Shanghai, had a good relationship with Zhang Xueliang. He originally wanted to guarantee his life, but the Japanese side pressed harder. At first, Japanese ronin gathered to make trouble in Shanghai. Then, Japan simply sent troops to Shanghai to threaten.

Historically, the very next month, Wu Tiecheng could not withstand the pressure of the Japanese. Not only did he completely shut down "Xinsheng Weekly", he also replaced the Shanghai Public Security Director and officially announced the date of Du Chongyuan's trial. Du Chongyuan was sentenced to one year and two months in prison for "spreading common slander".

How did Du Chongyuan "slander" the emperor?

Just an article.

"Xinsheng Weekly" published an article "The Gossip Emperor". When referring to the Emperor of Japan, the article said: "The Emperor of Japan is a biologist. As an emperor, because of the hereditary relationship, he has to do...Japan's military department and the bourgeoisie are the real rulers of Japan.”

It was this passage that aroused dissatisfaction among the Japanese. In fact, this article did not criticize the Japanese Emperor, but instead praised it academically. The author believes that the Japanese Emperor would have made more achievements in biology if he had not been an emperor. The Japanese Emperor himself is extremely smart.

How the hell can the editor-in-chief of a publication be sentenced to prison?

What's even more ridiculous is that at the same time that Du Chongyuan was sentenced, "Zi Lin Xi Bao" also published a satirical cartoon. In the cartoon, the Emperor of Japan pulls a gun cart carrying a Nobel Peace Prize certificate, insinuating that Japan shouts peace and friendship, but in fact it is militaristic.

The Japanese raised serious objections to this, but "Zi Lin Xi Bao" is a British newspaper, and the original author of the comics is an American. This cartoon, which truly insulted the Emperor of Japan, was brought to court, but ended in nothing.

Comparing the two aspects, Du Chongyuan's sentence was truly unjust.

Why Zhou Hexuan can clearly remember the "New Incident" is because this incident was the internal trigger of the "Xi'an Incident". Shortly after Du Chongyuan was sentenced and imprisoned, Zhang Xueliang was transferred by Chiang Kai-shek to the northwest to "suppress bandits." This situation made the Northeast Army feel uncertain about its future.

As a result, members of Zhang Xueliang's think tank collectively went to the prison to hold a meeting with Du Chongyuan to discuss the future of the Northeastern Army. That secret prison meeting changed the history of China. Du Chongyuan, who was still in prison, proposed a plan: "Zhang Xueliang should use the opportunity in the northwest to contact Yang Hucheng, stop the civil war, establish a great alliance in the northwest, and use the northwest as an anti-Japanese base area, and Contact all powerful factions in the country.”

This set the tone for the "Xi'an Incident".

Why did Zhang Xueliang force Chiang to resist Japan? There is absolutely no other way. If he does not do this, the Northeast Army will be swallowed up by Chiang Kai-shek sooner or later. Even if Zhang Xueliang cannot make up his mind, his think tank and subordinates will help him make a decision.

Forcing Chiang to resist Japan was the collective will of the entire Northeast Army.

The Northeastern Army was not all cowards. Countless officers and soldiers wanted to fight back to the Northeast and return to their hometown, but Chiang Kai-shek forced them to fight against the Red Army.

Since the Northeast region was occupied by the Japanese invaders, the Northeast Army secretly made various efforts. In the first one or two years of the resistance war behind enemy lines in Northeast China, more than 80% of the Northeast civil anti-Japanese groups were supported by the Northeast Army. The Northeast Civilian Anti-Japanese Salvation Association is said to be a non-governmental organization, but in fact it is directly led by Zhang Xueliang, and the core leadership members are all Zhang Xueliang's think tanks.

Zhang Xueliang’s ears are really soft.

After Zhang Xueliang left office the year before last, he once began to study communism and believed that communism could save China. But he went to Europe for inspection and saw that Germany was beginning to revive under the leadership of Hitler. So after returning to China, he openly promoted fascism, believing that under the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek, a powerful fascist China could be built.

It can be said that Zhang Xueliang last year really wanted to assist Chiang Kai-shek and was willing to serve Chiang Kai-shek's dictatorship.

For this reason, Zhang Xueliang's friends and think tanks, including Du Chongyuan and Yan Baohang, expressed dissatisfaction and even broke away from Zhang Xueliang's group for a time.

But Zhang Xueliang's flirtatious looks were purely for the blind. Instead of being grateful, Chiang Kai-shek sent Zhang Xueliang to "suppress bandits" to fight the civil war. He also shot Zhang Xueliang's confidential secretary. Now he wants to throw Du Chongyuan into prison, and he keeps doing it. He refused to let Zhang Xueliang return to Peking and wanted to usurp Zhang Xueliang's territory in North China.

This is like an infatuated girl who is willing to give everything for her lover. Unexpectedly, the lover turned out to be a heartless man who only wanted to seize the girl's property and frame the girl's relatives and friends.

Zhang Xueliang was that girl. He finally became angry and gave up on Chiang Kai-shek.

"Mingcheng, what do you think I should do?" Zhang Xueliang said with a wry smile.

Zhou Hexuan smiled and asked: "What is the most important thing in China now?"

Zhang Xueliang said: "Stop the civil war and unite to resist Japan."

"Then you can just do this. Why bother thinking about the minutiae?" Zhou Hexuan said.