Zhang Xueliang had just put out the cigarette butt when he suddenly heard someone talking. He looked up and saw Zhou Hexuan standing beside him with a smile on his face. He suddenly 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?"
Zhang Xueliang had a little anger on his face, and he spat out: "I just received a telegram that "Xinsheng Weekly" is under control, and the Jiangsu High Court has filed a case to summon Du Chongyuan."
Du Qianxue, courtesy name 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?" Zhou Hexuan was a little surprised. He had met Du Chongyuan several times before and had a good impression 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 will wait patiently, he will try his best to deal with the Japanese. Dealing with the Japanese 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 it seems that he is also 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, and Zhang Xueliang had a good relationship. They originally wanted to guarantor the people, but the Japanese kept pressing forward. At first, the Japanese rogues gathered to make trouble in Shanghai, and then Japan simply sent troops to Shanghai to threaten them.
Historically, just the next month, Wu Tiecheng could not withstand the pressure of the Japanese. Not only did he completely seal down "Xinsheng Weekly", he also replaced the Shanghai Public Security Director and officially announced the trial date for Du Chongyuan. Du Chongyuan was sentenced to one year and two years. Months in prison for "spreading common defamation".
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 affairs 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 Emperor of Japan, but praised it academically. The author believes that if the Emperor of Japan had not been an emperor, he would have made more achievements in biology. The Emperor of Japan would have made more achievements in biology. I am 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 Japanese emperor pulled a gun truck carrying a Nobel Peace Prize certificate, which insinuated the Japanese high They claim to be peaceful and friendly, but in reality they are militaristic.
The Japanese made serious protests against this, but "Zi Lin Xi Bao" is a British newspaper, and the original author of the cartoon is an American. Although this cartoon, which truly insulted the Japanese Emperor, was taken to court, the outcome was nothing.
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Comparing the two aspects, Du Chongyuan's sentence is truly unjust.
Why Zhou Hexuan can clearly remember the "News 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 to the northwest by Chiang Kai-shek to "suppress bandits". Such a situation made
Everyone in the Northeastern Army felt that their future was uncertain.
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 take advantage of the opportunity in the northwest to contact Yang Hucheng, stop the civil war, organize a great alliance in the northwest, use the northwest as an anti-Japanese base, 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 was absolutely no other way. If he didn't do this, the Northeast Army would be swallowed up by Chiang Kai-shek sooner or later. Even if Zhang Xueliang couldn't make up his mind, his think tanks and subordinates would help him make a decision.
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It was the collective will of the entire Northeast Army to force Chiang to resist Japan.
The Northeast 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 has secretly made various efforts. In the first one or two years of the Anti-Japanese War in the Northeast, more than 80% of the Northeast civil anti-Japanese groups were supported by the Northeast Army. The Northeast Civil Anti-Japanese Salvation Association,
Although it is said to be a non-governmental organization, it is actually 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. However, he went to Europe to investigate and saw that Germany was beginning to recover under the leadership of Hitler, so after returning to China, he openly promoted fascism, believing that it would
Under the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek, a powerful fascist China can 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, Yan Baohang and other Zhang Xueliang 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 continues to do so.
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 sacrifice everything for her lover. Who knows that the lover is a heartless man who only wants to steal 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 asked with a smile: "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.