Shanghai French Concession, Haig Road, Zhou Mansion.
Cai Yuanpei held a large bundle of scrolls and shouted happily: "Mingcheng, come and take a look, I have brought you something good."
"What good stuff?" Zhou Hexuan walked slowly to the living room.
Cai Yuanpei put the scroll on the table, unfolded one and said: "This is the handwriting of Commander-in-Chief Chiang Kai-shek."
Zhou Hexuan looked at the words playfully and saw that it said
Mingcheng brother Yazheng
A wise man, full of words
Chang Kaishen (Zhongzheng Seal)
"Commander-in-Chief has a good word." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.
Chang Kaishen's calligraphy is just like the person himself. His writing is upright and upright, with the charm of Liu Gongquan and Ouyang Xun. It is characterized by clear rhythms, moderate structure, strong bones, and rigorous composition. Unfortunately, it is too formal, too rigid, and lacking in aura.
Cai Yuanpei took out another calligraphy and said: "This is written by Brother Zu'an (Tan Yankai)."
Tan Yankai is a powerful figure in the Nanjing government. During the Northern Expedition, he served as the chairman and executive president of the Nanjing National Government. He was also the one who brokered the marriage between Chang Kaishen and Soong Meiling. However, Tan Yankai fell ill two years ago and has basically stopped doing anything.
He will die of illness in two months.
Tan Yankai wrote:
Mr. Mingcheng is correct
If you dare to speak out for the sake of truth, you will be harmed by the sun. How can writing a book be like observing the virtuous mind?
Tan Yankai (Tan Yankai seal, group seal)
Zhou Hexuan couldn't put it down while holding Tan Yankai's calligraphy: "Mr. Zuan's writing is so good. He deserves to be one of the four great calligraphers of the Republic of China!"
If Chang Kaishen's calligraphy is given 80 points, then Tan Yankai's calligraphy can be given 95 points. Comparing the two, we can see clearly that the former is a handicraft, while the latter is a work of art.
Cai Yuanpei said with a smile: "There is also Brother Zhihui."
Wu Zhihui is also one of the four major calligraphers in the Republic of China. He writes seal script
Mr. Mingcheng's elegant family
If the ears and eyes are wide, the sky and the earth will be narrow; if the disputes are short, the sun and the moon will be long.
Wu Jingheng (Zhihui Seal)
Zhou Hexuan happily put away Wu Zhihui's calligraphy and opened the other scrolls one by one. Most of them were works by important members of the Kuomintang and famous calligraphers from Nanjing and Shanghai. Unfortunately, there were no calligraphy by Yu Youren in them. Yu Youren was Wang Zhaoming's calligraphy.
On the other side, Chang Kaishen and Chang Kaishen can’t pee in the same pot.
"Mingcheng, do these satisfy your wishes?" Cai Yuanpei asked with a smile.
Zhou Hexuan raised his eyebrows and put the calligraphy scroll back: "No reward for no merit, Mr. Jiemin, your singing makes me scared! Tell me, what's the matter?"
Cai Yuanpei said: "Now wars are raging, the people are miserable, and the country is in disaster again. Commander-in-chief Chiang is determined to unify China, seek benefits for Li Ming, and create peace for China..."
"Stop, stop, stop," Zhou Hexuan interrupted before Cai Yuanpei could finish, "The war was also started by the central government. When Feng Yuxiang was under house arrest, as long as Commander-in-Chief Chiang was not so greedy, there would be no such war in the Central Plains. Don't go there.
He has a golden face, if you have anything to say, just tell him."
Cai Yuanpei said awkwardly: "Commander-in-chief Chiang hopes that Mr. Zhou can persuade Zhang Hanqing to enter the pass to quell the war and bring peace to the country as soon as possible."
"I'm just a scholar, but I don't have that much dignity." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.
Cai Yuanpei said: "The Ministry of Education has decided to appoint Jiang Zhaoxian as the president of Peking University, and he will take up his post in Peking at the end of August."
Zhou Hexuan asked: "What does this have to do with me? It is what the Ministry of Education should do."
Cai Yuanpei was obviously not a good lobbyist. He was at a loss for words and could only emphasize: "Mingcheng, you don't want to see the lives of people in ruins. If the war ends as soon as possible, the people will be able to take a breath."
Zhou Hexuan stared at Cai Yuanpei and asked, "Have those people really considered the common people?"
Cai Yuanpei bit the bullet and said: "Whether we consider the people or not, it will definitely be good for the people to finish the war early."
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "Now the anti-Chiang coalition seems to have the upper hand. If we want to end the war as soon as possible, we should help Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang and the others."
Cai Yuanpei said anxiously: "If the Central Army fails, then China will be doomed and will inevitably fall into a warlord melee again. By then Wang Zhaoming will control the political party, Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang will control the army, and warlords from various places will have to divide the spoils. In order to control the power of the government, Wang Zhaoming
It is inevitable that Li Zongren and other warlords will attack Yan Xishan. Now Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army is powerful and contributes the most on the battlefield, but the leader of the anti-Chiang coalition is Yan Xishan. When the time comes, there will be no need for Wang Zhaoming to provoke Feng Yuxiang, and the Northwest Army will have different ideas.
A conflict with the Jin army is a certainty. How long will this battle last?"
"Mr. Jiemin, these are all your imagination. Maybe the Central Army fails and the new government can coexist peacefully after Commander-in-Chief Chiang steps down?" Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.
"As far as Wang Zhaoming's ability to govern the country is concerned, he only succeeds and fails more than he does. He can only stir up trouble and has no means to coordinate the conflicts between the parties!" Cai Yuanpei crazily belittled Wang Zhaoming, and then said, "The conflict between the Northwest Army and the Jin Army is difficult to resolve. Mingcheng
You should know very well that Feng Yuxiang contributed a lot during the Northern Expedition, gained very little, and suffered great injustice. With Yan Xishan’s old-fashioned character, if he became the chairman of the government, he would not benefit Feng Yuxiang too much. Feng Yuxiang
Can you bear it? His Northwest Army is much stronger than Yan Xishan’s Jin Army!"
Zhou Hexuan sighed and said: "Mr. Jiemin, to tell you the truth, I am just Zhang Hanqing's adviser, and it is he who makes the final decision."
Seeing Zhou Hexuan's loose tone, Cai Yuanpei immediately said happily: "As long as Mingcheng can help convince Zhang Hanqing."
Zhou Hexuan said: "You can't convince Zhang Hanqing with just one mouth. You go back and tell Commander-in-Chief that if he wants to get help from the Northeastern Army, he must do two things: first, support with huge military expenditures. Northeastern China is currently in financial difficulty, and there is no money."
It is absolutely impossible to divert; secondly, the Central Army must achieve some victories in the battlefields of Shandong or Henan so that the Northeast can cooperate, otherwise Zhang Hanqing will not act rashly."
"I will tell you exactly what you said and say goodbye!" Cai Yuanpei said with cupped hands.
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Nanjing, Qilu.
Chang Kaishen asked with a happy face: "Zhou Mingcheng really said that?"
Cai Yuanpei nodded and said, "That's true."
"Can you tell how confident he was when he said this?" Chang Kaishen asked.
"He was very determined," Cai Yuanpei recalled. "Zhou Mingcheng seemed to know Zhang Hanqing very well, and he also admitted that he was Zhang Hanqing's adviser, and he might be able to represent Zhang Hanqing's opinions to a certain extent."
Chang Kaishen nodded, and after sending Cai Yuanpei away, he asked his cronies to take 10 million yuan to Beidaihe.
The central government's finances are also stretched thin. Recently, the provincial finances were used as collateral to issue a large number of military bonds, all of which were distributed to businessmen, large and small. Originally, the Kuomintang wanted to control the chambers of commerce in various places, but now it has given up in order to obtain financial support from the chambers of commerce.
plan to control the Chamber of Commerce.
"Zhou Mingcheng, Zhou Mingcheng," Chang Kaishen sighed, "I hope it is true as you said, and Zhang Hanqing can help."
If Zhang Xueliang enters the border to help the anti-Chiang coalition, Chang Kaishen will have no other choice but to step down. Not to mention that the old warlords from various places have different intentions, the direct relatives of the various factions of the Central Army will also become new warlords, and China will 100% fall into the chaos of warlords again.