Chapter 530 529 [Young Marshal Goes Down]

Coming out of the Beiping Army Prison, Cheng Shewo said: "I think we should appeal through newspapers to prevent such inhuman things from happening again."

"It's time to appeal and urge the government to improve the conditions of the prisoners." Hu Shi nodded in agreement. He didn't realize until now that he was being used by leftists.

Yang Xingfo said solemnly: "I will arrange it, and I hope the three gentlemen will cooperate."

"Definitely, definitely!" Everyone agreed.

Hu Shi and Cheng She and I both lived in Beiping, and each called a rickshaw to go home.

Zhou Hexuan followed Yang Xingfo to the hotel, Zhou Hexuan said in a low voice on the way: "Brother Hongfu, are you planning to have a big fight?"

Yang Xingfo was stunned for a moment, then smiled awkwardly: "Mingcheng's insight is like a torch, and I really can't escape your discernment. I am going to use the influence of you, Hu Shizhi, and Cheng Shewo to publish a newspaper calling on the central government to release all political (harmonious) officials." ) to punish criminals. Because I was afraid of leaking the news, I didn’t inform you in advance, so please ask Brother Mingcheng Haihan.”

Zhou Hexuan shook his head and smiled wryly: "I don't care, I'm afraid Hu Shi will be furious when he finds out."

"Cut first and play later, that's the only way to go," Yang Xingfo said, "Hu Shizhi and I have been friends for many years. With his temper, he definitely disagrees with our approach."

Zhou Hexuan reminded: "Whether this matter succeeds or not, Hongfu brother, you are extremely dangerous. I hope you can go overseas to avoid the limelight, and return to China after a year or so, otherwise Lao Jiang will definitely attack you."

Yang Xingfo refused straight away: "Brother Mingcheng, thank you for your kindness. But at the moment when the country is facing a crisis, the Civil Rights League is a new creation, and I need to contact and run from it. If I leave, many affairs of the Civil Rights League will be in jeopardy." Stop, how can I disregard the interests of the people of the country because of my own selfishness?"

"But if you are murdered by the authorities, the Civil Rights League will be doomed! A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, Brother Hongfu, please think twice." Zhou Hexuan continued to persuade.

"You don't need to persuade me any more, I've made up my mind." Yang Xingfo waved his hand and said.

"Oh!" Zhou Hexuan could only let out a long sigh.

Those who Lao Jiang is determined to kill, unless they escape to a foreign country or a warlord's territory, how can they be spared?

It's useless to hide in the concession. The historical Yang Xingfo was assassinated in the French Concession in Shanghai, and Dai Li personally planned and arranged the arrangement.

Seeing Zhou Hexuan's sad look, Yang Xingfo smiled and comforted him: "Brother Mingcheng, life and death have their own destiny, as long as you die well, don't act like a daughter. Besides, Lao Jiang might not dare to kill me, anyway. I, Yang Quan, was also Mr. Zhongshan's secretary."

Zhou Hexuan smiled wryly and said, "Then I won't talk too much anymore, let's go, let's find Zhimo for a drink!"

Xu Zhimo has a wide range of acquaintances, whether it is warlords, politicians, scholars, entrepreneurs... It seems that he has friends he knows. For example, Yang Xingfo is Xu Zhimo's best friend. Historically, Xu Zhimo's last ink before his death in the air crash was a note to Yang Xingfo, which was regarded as "Xu Zhimo's last note to his friends".

The two went to the street near Peking University together, where Xu Zhimo lives now, and he has moved out of Hu Shi's house.

This is a small three-story building with more than a dozen tenants living in it. Although Xu Zhimo lived a tight life, he still rented three rooms, a study room, a bedroom, and a living room.

"Zhimo, go drink!" Yang Xingfo knocked on the door and shouted.

Xu Zhimo opened the door and looked happily, "Hongfu, Mingcheng, why are you here together?"

Zhou Hexuan grabbed his sleeve and pulled it out: "Lock the door quickly, let's drink together."

"Wait a minute, I'll get the key." Xu Zhimo happily ran back to the room.

The three of them found a small restaurant nearby, ordered a few home-cooked dishes, and started drinking and chatting.

Zhou Hexuan asked casually, "Are you and Xiaoman okay?"

Xu Zhimo forced a smile and said, "She still doesn't agree to live in Peiping. I only have to go back two or three times a month. Well, after this semester is over, I plan to resign and return to Shanghai. After all, it is not good for a husband and wife to live apart for a long time."

"Let's break it up." Zhou Hexuan persuaded, when he returned to China this time, he heard many bad rumors about Lu Xiaoman when he was in Shanghai.

Xu Zhimo smiled and said nothing, he was already trapped by Lu Xiaoman, and he really couldn't make a decision to divorce.

Zhou Hexuan couldn't persuade him anymore, and turned to talk about the Great Wall War of Resistance. Yang Xingfo was filled with righteous indignation about this, and scolded Chang Kaishen for disregarding the seriousness of the situation, and for ignoring the large-scale attacks of the Japanese invaders.

By the way, Chang Kaishen was doing his best to "suppress the bandits" at this time, and not a single soldier was sent to the north to help. It wasn't until the Japanese invaders occupied Chengde, the provincial capital of Rehe, that Chang Kaishen transferred three divisions to the Great Wall to fight against the Japanese due to the raucous public opinion across the country. But the weapons and equipment are relatively backward.

Yang Xingfo scolded, drank a few more glasses of wine, and then he started to feel a little overwhelmed. However, he has good self-control, and when he is slightly drunk, he refuses to drink any more, saying that he still has business to do tomorrow.

What is Yang Xingfo's business?

Of course, it is against the central government, and the action is very fast.

The next day, an English letter exposing the shady scene in the prison was disclosed in the newspaper, and was even widely distributed as a promotional material for the Civil Rights League.

Most of this letter was secretly slipped to Yang Xingfo by the underground party when he 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 during the final handshake.

Under the deliberate promotion of Mrs. Sun, Lu Xun and others, the entire Left Federation and many media helped to publicize it, and even spread it in newspapers around the world, causing a public outcry for a while.

"It's unreasonable, it's unreasonable!"

Hu Shi learned about this from the newspaper, and immediately called Yang Xingfo to scold his old friend. He thought carefully about the whole incident, and immediately realized that he had been tricked—the Peking branch visited the prison on the day it was established, and the English letter disclosing the shady scene in the prison was published the next day, saying that it was not planned in advance, who would believe it?

Hu Shi was most annoyed because he didn't know any English letters and was kept in the dark from beginning to end. However, Yang Xingfo and others used his name, Hu Shi, in their publicity, saying that Hu Shi was a witness to the shady scene in the prison.

I am such a fool!

Hu Shi felt that his IQ was insulted.

God is sorry to see you, on the day he visited the prison, he made suggestions to Wang Zhuoran, asking to improve the living conditions of the 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 in the end, only three days later, he received a letter from Mrs. Sun's secretary, Smedley, with a copy of the "Peking Army Branch Reflecting on Yuanzheng (Harmonious) Criminal Indictment", requesting the immediate and unconditional release of all politicians. (Harmonious) rule criminals.

In anger, Hu Shi immediately wrote letters to Cai Yuanpei and Lin Yutang, resolutely disregarding all relations. Said that he did not see the prisoner being abused, and someone pretended to be him and wrote a letter of complaint, and that letter was also forged.

Immediately afterwards, Hu Shi wrote another letter to the newspaper office, firmly denying that the prisoners in the prison were abused, and said that the English letter exposing the shady scene was also forged.

This is not over yet, Hu Shi simply wrote another article and published it in the newspaper. After telling his civil rights ideas, he said that the Civil Rights League was manipulated and used by one or two people. The "one or two people" actually alluded to Mrs. Sun and Yang Xingfo. This is a bit too much, and it is equivalent to drawing a political line with Shanghai.

Ever since, the Civil Rights League headquarters held a meeting to vote to discuss whether to expel Hu Shi.

The vigorous "China Civil Rights Protection Alliance" has only been established for a month or two, and now it has become a big joke. Even before the National Party took action, the organization has split itself, and a large number of right-wing democrats are planning to withdraw from the alliance.

Until March 7, Rehe was completely occupied by the Japanese, and the people of the whole country were filled with righteous indignation, and unanimously condemned Chang Kaishen and Zhang Xueliang's loss of power and humiliation of the country.

Zhang Xueliang was determined to resist the Japanese this time, but with such a result, he also felt disheartened. Faced with bad public opinion and the situation, Zhang Xueliang called the central government on the day Rehe fell, saying that he would take the blame and resign, and then sent a telegram to the field.

Of course, Xia Ye is a fake.

The army is still in the hands of Zhang Xueliang's confidants, and when he returns from a trip to Europe, everything will be as usual.

Due to Zhang Xueliang's sudden resignation, the political situation in Beiping was still in chaos for a few days. Wang Zhuoran took the opportunity to act in chaos and released several underground party members in the prison, but no one noticed.