Zhang Xueliang stood on the ship deck, looking at the port terminal in the distance, and sighed with emotion: "After five years, I finally came to Shanghai again!"
Zhou Hexuan smiled and asked: "Which old friend did the Sixth Commander think of?"
Zhang Xueliang looked slightly embarrassed, then smiled and said: "There are really many old friends in Shanghai."
To say that Zhang Xueliang’s most wonderful experience in Shanghai five years ago was his encounter with Soong Meiling. One described the other person as a “knight on the Rhine”, and the other said to reporters in front of his wife in his later years, “If I hadn’t already had a wife at that time,
, I will chase Song Meiling fiercely."
The young marshal spent his whole life wallowing in fame. Not long after Concubine Zhen’s niece married Puyi’s younger brother, she had an ambiguous relationship with Zhang Xueliang. The daughters of former Beiyang Prime Minister Zhu Qiqian and two young ladies from the wealthy Liang family in Tianjin all had an eye with Zhang Xueliang.
Even Mussolini's daughter Ada later fell in love with Zhang Xueliang. Ada's husband was a diplomatic envoy in China, and the two met on official business. Zhang Xueliang accompanied Ada for a few days in Peking, and then sent a car to take her there.
She went to Tianjin to take a boat.
Ada cried loudly on the way to Shanghai because Zhang Xueliang didn't pay much attention to her. After Zhang Xueliang heard about it, he was baffled. He really had never flirted with Mussolini's daughter. The contact between the two was purely diplomatic.
Later, Zhang Xueliang went to Shanghai to quit acupuncture (he used morphine to quit opium and became addicted to morphine). Ada would call Zhang Xueliang's doctor every morning and secretly inquire about Zhang Xueliang's condition. This unrequited love was crazy enough.
Regardless of his status as a warlord leader, Zhang Xueliang was extremely charming. Not only did women easily fall in love with him, but even men easily developed a liking for him and considered him worthy of being a close friend.
As long as you are friends with Zhang Xueliang, you don’t have to take the initiative to ask when you have difficulties. As long as he knows, he will definitely help. Whatever charity activities, educational undertakings, anything that benefits the country and the people, even if a stranger finds Zhang Xueliang, he will be very helpful.
They spend generous amounts of money, often more than 100,000 yuan.
This is a good friend, a good brother, and a good boss, but he is not a good leader.
Zhang Xueliang only brought a few adjutants and attachés with him when he came to the south this time. His wife Yu Fengzhi was still doing charity work in the Northeast and would not come to Shanghai for a while to join them. Then the couple went to Nanjing to take up their posts together.
When the ship docked, Zhou Hexuan followed Zhang Xueliang down the gangway and saw the tsunami coming up from the pier. The welcoming scene was particularly grand.
Zhang Qun, the mayor of Shanghai and head of the Shanghai branch of the Kuomintang, led his team to greet him, shook hands warmly and said: "Commander Zhang, I finally looked forward to having you here!"
"Brother Yue Jun," Zhang Xueliang said with a smile, "This is not a formal occasion, just call me Han Qing."
Zhang Qun and Zhang Xueliang were also old acquaintances. During the Central Plains War, this person was the one who played political mahjong with Zhang Xueliang every day. Behind him were Gu Weijun, Jiang Lufu and others, all of whom were Zhang Xueliang's old friends.
After everyone shook hands with Zhang Xueliang and greeted them, Zhang Qun took the initiative to shake hands with Zhou Hexuan: "Mr. Zhou, we meet again. There was some misunderstanding last time, please forgive me."
The misunderstanding mentioned by Zhang Qun is naturally that the Shanghai Party Headquarters banned Zhou Hexuan's works.
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "No, no, trivial matters are not worth mentioning."
Gu Weijun also said enthusiastically: "Mr. Zhou, I have admired your name for a long time, and today I am finally lucky enough to meet you."
"Each other." Zhou Hexuan said sincerely. How could anyone who knows a little bit about the history of the Republic of China not have heard of Gu Weijun's name?
This greatest diplomat of the Republic of China had been wanted by the Nanjing government for the past two years. Because of the Central Plains War, Chang Kaishen wanted to win over Zhang Xueliang, so he canceled the wanted order and invited Gu Weijun back as a lobbyist.
As for Jiang Lufu next to Gu Weijun, he is also a diplomat. The most important thing is that Jiang Lufu has a daughter named Jiang Shiyun, known as Miss Jiang Si.
Zhou Hexuan soon saw the true appearance of Miss Jiang Si at the reception banquet that night. She had both the gentleness of a Suzhou woman and the European fashion style, and her dress had a unique charm to her body.
"Hello, Mr. Zhang, do you still remember me?" Miss Jiang Si looked at Zhang Xueliang with a sweet smile, with a bit of shame in her eyes.
Zhang Xueliang's eyes lit up when he saw Miss Jiang Si, but he couldn't remember it, so he could only ask: "Who is this lady?"
Jiang Lufu introduced: "This is the little lady Yun, who had dinner with Han Shuai three years ago."
"Oh, it's Miss Jiang, hello, hello!" Zhang Xueliang actually had no impression at all. Three years ago, Jiang Shiyun was only 13 years old, a yellow-haired girl, but now she is as mature as a flower, completely different from two other people.
Zhou Hexuan looked at it funny. Zhang Xueliang and "Four" were really destined. In the past, there were Miss Zhao Si and Miss Zhu Si, and now there is Miss Jiang Si.
Miss Jiang Si had been secretly in love with Zhang Xueliang since she was 13 years old. When she saw her again, she was so moved that she focused all her attention on Zhang Xueliang, completely ignoring Zhou Hexuan, a great scholar.
It was not until someone introduced that Miss Jiang Si came back to her senses, shook hands with Zhou Hexuan excitedly and said, "Hello Mr. Zhou, I like your works very much, especially the poems and novels you wrote."
"Thank you for your wrong love." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.
The protagonist of today's dinner is Zhang Xueliang. Zhou Hexuan deliberately kept a low profile and ate in silence. But he obviously cannot be ignored. Diplomats such as Gu Weijun, Jiang Lufu, and local officials in Shanghai such as Zhang Qun took turns to toast, and unknowingly he had drunk ten
Many cups.
Zhang Xueliang was well-rounded and could have an interesting conversation with anyone. However, he occasionally deliberately talked about topics that young people liked to attract the attention of Miss Jiang Si. Before the meal was finished, the two of them were already flirting with each other.
In the following days, Zhang Qun arranged a program every day, either hosting banquets or dances, and invited all the leading figures in Shanghai. Even the Youth Gang bosses like Du Yuesheng became very familiar with Zhang Xueliang.
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Whenever Zhang Xueliang appeared, Miss Jiang Si was always present, and the two of them often whispered in English, quite in a friendly manner.
The scandal between Zhang Xueliang and Miss Jiang Si spread all over Shanghai in an instant, and Miss Jiang Si also became a popular socialite in Shanghai because of her frequent attendance at balls.
It's just that Miss Jiang Si and Miss Zhao Si are still different. She happily went to Peking to visit Zhang Xueliang next spring, only to find that there was Miss Zhao Si next to him. She left without saying a word until more than half a century later.
We only met again when both of them were in their twilight years.
In the words of Zhang Xueliang in his later years: "Yu Fengzhi is the best wife, Zhao Yidi is the most difficult wife, and Mrs. Bei (Jiang Shiyun) is the loveliest girlfriend."
These are the three most important women in his life, and none of the others are ranked high.
Zhou Hexuan was too lazy to attend social events with Zhang Xueliang. He preferred to hang out with literati like Xu Zhimo, without so much scheming and interest entanglements.
Just when Zhang Xueliang and Miss Jiang were showing off their affection, Luo Mingyou brought Ruan Lingyu to see Zhou Hexuan to discuss specific matters about cooperating in the filming of "The Goddess".
