After coming out of the Peking Army Prison, Cheng Shewo said: "I think we should appeal through newspapers to prevent such inhumane things from happening again."
"We should make a strong appeal and urge the government to improve the conditions of prisoners." Hu Shi nodded in agreement. He still didn't realize that he was being used as a weapon by leftists.
Yang Xingfo said solemnly: "I will make arrangements. I hope the three gentlemen will cooperate with you."
"Definitely, definitely!" Everyone agreed.
Hu Shi and Cheng She and I both lived in Peiping, so they each called rickshaws to go home.
Zhou Hexuan followed Yang Xingfo to the hotel. On the way, Zhou Hexuan whispered: "Brother Hongfu, are you preparing for a big battle?"
Yang Xingfo was stunned for a moment, and then smiled awkwardly: "Mingcheng has a sharp eye, and I can't escape your judgment. I am going to use you and Hu Shizhi to gain my influence and publish a newspaper calling on the central government to release all political (harmony)
) to punish the criminal. Because he was afraid of leaking the news, he did not inform him in advance. Please forgive me, Brother Mingcheng."
Zhou Hexuan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I don't care, I'm afraid Hu Shi will be furious when he finds out."
"Behead first and report later, this is the only way," Yang Xingfo said, "Hu Shizhi and I have been friends for many years, and with his temper, he will definitely not agree with our approach."
Zhou Hexuan reminded: "Whether this matter succeeds or not, Brother Hongfu, you are in extreme danger. I hope you can go overseas to avoid the limelight and return to China in a year and a half, otherwise Chiang Kai-shek will definitely attack you."
Yang Xingfo refused flatly: "Brother Mingcheng, thank you for your kindness. But at this time when the country is in crisis, the Civil Rights Alliance is a new one, and I need to contact and work with it. If I leave, many affairs of the Civil Rights Alliance will be disrupted.
Stop, how can I ignore the interests of the country and the people for my own selfish interests?"
"But if you are poisoned by the authorities, the Civil Rights Alliance will also be doomed! A gentleman will not stand behind a dangerous wall. Brother Hongfu, please think twice." Zhou Hexuan continued to advise.
"No need to persuade me anymore, I have made up my mind." Yang Xingfo waved his hand and said.
"Alas!" Zhou Hexuan could only sigh.
Unless Chiang Kai-shek was determined to kill the people he wanted to kill, unless they fled abroad or to the territory of the warlords, how could they possibly be spared?
There is no point hiding in the concession. Historically, Yang Xingfo was assassinated in the French Concession in Shanghai, and Dai Li personally planned and arranged it.
Seeing Zhou Hexuan's sad look, Yang Xingfo smiled and consoled him: "Brother Mingcheng, life and death have their own destiny. As long as you die in a proper place, don't be a girl. Besides, Chiang Kai-shek may not dare to kill me, anyway.
I, Yang Quan, was also Mr. Zhongshan’s secretary.”
Zhou Hexuan smiled bitterly and said: "Then I won't talk too much. Let's go and have a drink with Zhimo!"
Xu Zhimo had a very wide circle of friends, whether they were warlords, politicians, scholars, entrepreneurs...it seemed that he had all the friends he knew. For example, Yang Xingfo was Xu Zhimo's close friend. In history, the last words Xu Zhimo left before his death in the plane crash were
It is a note written to Yang Xingfo and is regarded as "Xu Zhimo's last letter to his friends".
The two of them walked together to the street near Peking University, where Xu Zhimo lives now. He has moved out of Hu Shi's house.
This is a three-story building with more than a dozen households living together. Although Xu Zhimo lived a tight life, he still rented three rooms, a study room, a bedroom, and a living room.
"Zhimo, go have a drink!" Yang Xingfo knocked on the door and shouted.
When Xu Zhimo opened the door and took a look, he immediately said happily: "Hongfu, Mingcheng, why are you here together?"
Zhou Hexuan grabbed his sleeve and pulled him out: "Lock the door quickly, let's drink together."
"Wait a moment, I'll get the key." Xu Zhimo ran back to the room happily.
The three of them found a small restaurant nearby, ordered a few home-cooked dishes, and started drinking and chatting.
Zhou Hexuan asked smoothly: "Are you and Xiaoman okay?"
Xu Zhimo forced a smile and said: "She still doesn't agree to live in Peking. I can only go back two or three times a month. Alas, after finishing this semester, I plan to resign and return to Shanghai. After all, it is not easy for husband and wife to be separated for a long time."
"Just cut it off." Zhou Hexuan advised. When he returned to China this time, he heard many bad rumors about Lu Xiaoman in Shanghai.
Xu Zhimo smiled and said nothing. He had been trapped by Lu Xiaoman and really could not make the decision to divorce.
Zhou Hexuan didn't want to persuade him any more and turned to talk about the Great Wall War of Resistance. Yang Xingfo was filled with righteous indignation and scolded Chang Kaishen for being indifferent to the Japanese invaders' massive attack.
By the way, Chang Kaishen was going all out to "suppress bandits" at this time, and not a single soldier was sent to the north to help. It was not until the Japanese invaders occupied Changde, the provincial capital of Rehe, that due to the noisy public opinion across the country, Chang Kaishen transferred three soldiers
Two divisions went to the Great Wall to fight the Japanese. One of them was formed by integrating miscellaneous troops before the Central Plains War. Although it was the most organized, its weapons and equipment were relatively backward.
Yang Xingfo cursed a lot, drank a few glasses of wine, and started to get a little drunk. However, he had good self-control, and he refused to drink anymore when he was tipsy, saying that he still had business to do tomorrow.
What is Yang Xingfo’s business?
Of course, they are acting against the central government, and they are moving very quickly.
The next day, an English letter exposing the shady story of the prison was published in the newspaper and was even widely distributed as propaganda material for the Civil Rights Alliance.
This letter was probably secretly given to Yang Xingfo by the underground party when they visited the prison that day. I don’t know what method they used. Zhou Hexuan didn’t notice it at the time. Maybe it was given to Yang Xingfo during the final handshake.
Under the deliberate promotion of Mrs. Sun, Lu Xun and others, the entire League of Leftists and many media helped publicize it, and even published it in newspapers around the world, causing an uproar in the public opinion.
"How can this not make sense? How can it not make sense!"
Hu Shi learned about the incident from the newspaper, and immediately called Yang Xingfo and scolded his old friend. He carefully recalled the whole incident and immediately understood that he had been tricked. He went to the prison to visit the Peking branch on the day it was established.
The English letter revealing the prison's shady story was published two days later. It was said that it was not planned in advance. Who would believe it?
What Hu Shi felt most angry about was that he didn't know any English letters and was kept in the dark from beginning to end. And Yang Xingfo and others also used his name as Hu Shi in publicity, and kept saying that Hu Shi was a prison shady.
of witnesses.
What a big fool I am!
Hu Shi felt that his intelligence had been insulted.
It was so pitiful that on the day he visited the prison, he made suggestions to Wang Zhuoran, asking to improve the living conditions of prisoners. Wang Zhuoran also wrote back to him, saying that he had informed Zhang Xueliang's business office and hoped that all his suggestions could be realized.
But as a result, just three days later, he received an express letter from Mrs. Sun's secretary Smedley, which also included a "Peking Military Branch Reflection on the Administration (Harmony) Prisoners' Indictment" and demanded the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners.
(Harmony) Cure criminals.
Hu Shi was so angry that he immediately wrote to Cai Yuanpei and Lin Yutang, resolutely disowning all relations. He said that he had not seen the prisoners being tortured, and that someone pretended to be him and wrote a letter of accusation. That letter was also forged.
Immediately afterwards, Hu Shi wrote another letter to the newspaper, firmly denying that prisoners in the prison were abused, and saying that the English letter exposing the shady story was also a forgery.
This was not the end, Hu Shi simply wrote another article and published it in the newspaper. After expressing his ideas on civil rights, he also claimed that the Civil Rights Alliance was manipulated and used by one or two people. The "one or two people" actually alluded to Mrs. Sun and
Yang Xingfo, this is too much and is equivalent to drawing a political line with Shanghai.
As a result, a meeting was held at the headquarters of the Civil Rights League to vote to discuss whether to expel Hu Shi.
The "Chinese Civil Rights Protection Alliance", which has become a huge success, has only been established for a month or two, and has now become a big joke. Even before the Kuomintang Party took action, the organization had already split itself, and a large number of right-wing democrats planned to
Withdraw from the alliance.
Until March 7, Rehe was completely occupied by the Japanese. People across the country were filled with indignation and unanimously condemned Chang Kaishen and Zhang Xueliang for losing their power and humiliating the country.
Zhang Xueliang was determined to resist Japan this time, but he got such a result, and he felt disheartened. Faced with the bad public opinion and situation, Zhang Xueliang called the central government on the day of the fall of Rehe, saying that he would take the blame and resign, and then he was telegraphed to step down.
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Of course, going to the wild is fake.
The army is still in the hands of Zhang Xueliang's confidants. When he returns from his trip to Europe, everything will be business as usual.
Because Zhang Xueliang suddenly left the country, the political situation in Peiping remained chaotic for a few days. Wang Zhuoran took advantage of the chaos and released several underground party members from prison without attracting anyone's attention.