In early and mid-January, less than seven days apart, Wan Rong and Liao Yaquan gave birth successfully, and both gave birth to sons.
Zhou Hexuan did not bother the masters of Chinese studies to help him this time. He named his son by reading "Chu Ci" by himself. The second son was named "Shuoming", which means "the sky is bright"; the third son was named "Yang Jian", which means "the sky is bright".
"Sail forward".
Now that the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War is being fought hard, the names Zhou Hexuan gave his sons are all good wishes for China's future. He hopes that China will usher in a prosperous future as soon as possible, and that it will be smooth sailing in the future, and it will once again stand among the world's great powers.
January this year was truly eventful.
On the 3rd, Shanhaiguan was captured by the Japanese army.
On the 4th, an anti-Nazi demonstration of 100,000 people broke out in the German capital.
On the 5th, former U.S. President Coolidge passed away.
On the 7th, the Provisional Central Committee of the Communist Party was forced to move from Shanghai to Ruijin.
On the 10th, the Japanese Army Ministry increased the budget for Manchuria by more than 30 million yuan. On the same day, the Communist Party publicly stated its proposition of resisting Japan and saving the nation.
On the 15th, the U.S. government announced to all countries that it would not recognize the legal status of the puppet Manchukuo.
On the 22nd, Chang Kaishen personally went to Nanchang to direct the "suppression of bandits".
On the 30th, Hitler officially came to power as German Chancellor, and the German Third Reich was formed.
January 30th was also the day when the Peking branch of the China Civil Rights Protection League was officially established. Zhou Hexuan left a day early, planning to stay in the Gongzi Hall of Tsinghua University that night and go directly to the meeting the next day.
As for why you don’t live in the dormitory of Peking University?
Of course it's because the accommodation conditions at Tsinghua University are better, and the teachers' dormitories at Peking University are not even as good as third-rate hotels.
After arriving at Tsinghua University, Zhou Hexuan originally planned to talk to Wang Guowei, Li Ji and others to reminisce about old times, but it turned out that none of them were at school. It was said that they had already lived in the Forbidden City for more than half a month.
The first batch of cultural relics from the Forbidden City will be moved south!
Zhou Hexuan hurriedly ran to see the excitement and saw wooden boxes piled up in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Yi Peiji, former Minister of Agriculture and Mines, former Minister of Education of the Nanjing National Government, and current director of the Palace Museum, was personally directing the packing of cultural relics. Ma Heng,
Wang Guowei, Li Ji and others are providing technical guidance.
"Brother Yincun, is the situation going well?" Zhou Hexuan stepped forward and asked.
Yi Peiji said anxiously: "I have been busy for half a year and have only sorted out more than 2,000 boxes of cultural relics. Time is not waiting for me!"
The plan to move the cultural relics of the Forbidden City to the south was proposed as early as the September 18th Incident. The leader was Yi Peiji. He knew very well what the Republic of China government was like and was afraid that Japan would loot cultural relics after occupying Peking, so he couldn't wait to move it.
They want to move the Forbidden City southward.
When Japan attacked Shanghai last year, the Peking political committee members held a meeting and proposed a resolution to auction cultural relics to purchase 500 aircraft. Yi Peiji, Ma Heng and others ran around, and finally, with the support of Zhang Xueliang, calmed down the turmoil over the auction of cultural relics.
The entire plan to move the cultural relics of the Forbidden City to the south was also formulated in Zhang Xueliang's villa. Although Zhang Xueliang lost power and humiliated the country and lost the Northeast, he made great efforts in protecting cultural relics. Without Zhang Xueliang's support, the cultural relics of the Forbidden City would probably have been destroyed.
Relocating cultural relics is very difficult. It took half a year to pack the first batch (more than 2,000 boxes) of cultural relics from the Forbidden City that were moved south.
Even professionals such as Ma Heng, Li Ji, and Wang Guowei have no experience in large-scale relocation of cultural relics. They gathered antique experts to work together to study and try out the most reliable method. Each box of cultural relics must contain at least tissue paper, cotton, and straw.
And the four-layer defense of the wooden box ensures that it will not be damaged regardless of rollover, water intrusion, etc.
Even more difficult is how to ensure that cultural relics are not lost after traveling long distances!
Yi Peiji made very strict arrangements for this. Before the cultural relics were moved south, each item was counted, checked, numbered, and cataloged. A responsible team was composed of experts, civil servants, and leaders, who classified the cultural relics according to their categories and recorded the persons.
, the reviewer, vote teller, and supervisor must all sign, and each box is also individually numbered. As long as one of the boxes or cultural relics is lost, the person responsible can be accurately found.
Five batches of precious cultural relics were moved southward, and the troops were divided into three groups. It spanned 14 years and 20,000 miles, and they had to avoid wars on the way. It is a miracle that none of them was damaged or lost.
People who escort cultural relics value cultural relics more than their lives.
They slept in the open and traveled over mountains and ridges. They would rather die on the way than leave any cultural relics behind.
The Chinese people are really strange. They usually have all kinds of bad qualities, but they can burst out with extremely noble personalities at critical moments. During the transfer of cultural relics from the Forbidden City, the troops along the way knew that they would escort them spontaneously instead of using guns and cannons to rob. Passing by a
Local people will also volunteer to help, whether they are wealthy businessmen or farmers, they all actively lend a helping hand.
For example, a batch of cultural relics was transported to Leshan and needed to be stored in the local ancestral hall. Without a word, the tribesmen in several villages not only vacated the ancestral hall, but also took the initiative to help recruit workers, find ships, and negotiate prices. It seemed that this was their bounden responsibility.
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Perhaps in the minds of the Chinese people, rescuing wartime cultural relics is equivalent to rescuing Chinese civilization, which has a more noble and sacred meaning than life.
In front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Yi Peiji once again counted today's packed cultural relics, registered them in a book, and asked everyone to sign. He turned around and asked Zhou Hexuan: "Mingcheng, look at this huge city of Beiping, when will the Japanese invade?
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Zhou Hexuan thought for a while and said: "In less than five years."
"That's okay, five years is enough to transfer the cultural relics," Yi Peiji breathed a sigh of relief, "I'm afraid I'll only be given five months."
Yi Peiji's original plan was to pack all the cultural relics into boxes before moving them. However, more than half a month ago, the Shanhaiguan Pass was breached. Seeing that the Japanese were about to march in, Yi Peiji immediately started the plan to move the cultural relics southward in advance and packed the cultural relics.
More than 2,000 boxes of cultural relics were moved away.
While the two were saying this, an old man wearing a long gown, glasses, and gray hair suddenly came. The old man looked at the boxed cultural relics angrily and cursed: "It's like moving them all, move them all away. The Japanese
Before the fight came, you surrender factions were thinking of escaping. Just run away, wait until the Japanese occupy the whole of China, and see where you can escape!"
Zhou Hexuan asked in confusion: "Brother Yincun, who is this old gentleman?"
Yi Peiji said: "Zhou Zhaoxiang, the director of the Antiquities Exhibition Center, don't pay attention to him."
Zhou Zhaoxiang's body was very thin, and his long white beard was swaying in the wind. It seemed that he would be blown down by the wind at any time. He pointed at Yi Peiji's nose and said: "Yi, you are an eternal sinner of the Chinese nation.
It is easy to transport these cultural relics, but I see how you gathered them together, and they have been stolen and sold by corrupt officials before they even arrived in Shanghai!"
Zhou Hexuan stepped forward and said hello: "Mr. Zhou is well, I am Zhou Hexuan."
Zhou Zhaoxiang stroked his white beard, nodded and said: "It turns out that it was Zhou Mingcheng in person. You are a sensible person, so you come to comment! Now that the national crisis is at hand, the Japanese have broken through Shanhaiguan. What does it mean for us to move cultural relics at this time? Isn't this a clear statement?
Ordinary people, if the government doesn’t dare to fight, can’t Peiping be defended? These cultural relics are extremely valuable. Once they are transported away, how can they be recovered?”
After hearing these words, Zhou Hexuan realized that Zhou Zhaoxiang was not stubborn, but had his own considerations.
Indeed, moving the cultural relics from the Forbidden City south at this time is equivalent to sending a signal to the people that the government does not dare to resist. Moreover, the relocation of tens of thousands of cultural relics is very risky. If Zhou Hexuan was not a time traveler, he would not believe the miracle that none of these cultural relics were damaged or lost.
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Zhou Hexuan could not explain anything to this old gentleman. He could only say: "I am not from the Palace Museum, so I dare not make any judgments. I just hope that Mr. Yi will protect these treasures."
"Huh, it's like a raccoon dog from a hill, it's like a raccoon dog from the same hill!" Zhou Zhaoxiang was heartbroken.
Zhou Hexuan quickly slipped to the side to rest, not wanting to argue with the old man, for fear that he would be so angry that he would vomit blood and fall to the ground. When he asked the staff, he found out that the Forbidden City has been arguing all day long in the past six months, and the main people responsible are divided into three factions.
Director Yi Peiji advocated moving cultural relics to Shanghai, deputy director Zhang Ji advocated moving cultural relics to Xi'an, and Zhou Zhaoxiang firmly opposed the relocation of cultural relics.
Zhou Hexuan suddenly thought of what would happen to Yi Peiji in the future. It seemed that he was unlucky because of the relocation of cultural relics.
Zhang Ji was defeated in the cultural relics relocation plan. He felt that he could not lose face, and he also felt that he had lost control of the Palace Museum. So he came up with a conspiracy and actually spread rumors that Yi Peiji had embezzled and resold cultural relics. Yi Peiji made Yi Peiji angry.
His reputation was ruined, his property was confiscated, and he died in poverty only a few years later.
It was not until after the founding of the People's Republic of China that anyone cleared Yi Peiji of his grievances. Yi Peiji was the principal of Taizu when he was studying in normal school. It can be said that he was Taizu's teacher. It is certain that he would be overturned.
Zhou Hexuan suddenly felt that the water was very deep. Yi Peiji also had his own political background. Zhang Ji alone could not spread rumors to slander him, let alone confiscate Yi Peiji's private property. It is very likely that Yi Peiji wanted to protect these
The cultural relics offended too many dignitaries in the Nanjing government, and were finally attacked by the crowd, unable to defend themselves.
Seeing Yi Peiji in front of him who was concentrating on registering cultural relics while being scolded by Zhou Zhaoxiang, Zhou Hexuan felt that he should help him.
