Chapter 882 881 [Yangming Cave]
The car came to a stop soon after leaving Xiuwen County, and we had to walk the rest of the mountain road on foot.
Feng Yong hired several porters to deliver some daily necessities to Zhang Xueliang. Before they climbed halfway up the mountain, they saw a group of military police standing guard. These military police did not step forward to stop them, but watched from a distance, watching Zhou Hexuan and others go up the mountain.
Longgang Mountain has towering ancient trees and dense cypresses, making it a good place for travel and relaxation.
About 300 meters away from Yangming Cave, Zhou Hexuan and the others were finally stopped. They carefully checked Chiang Kai-shek's warrant several times before letting them go. Previously, a student accidentally broke into the restricted area and was detained by guards for a full day and night. He was released only after the school provided a guarantee.
Zhou Hexuan admired the scenery along the way and joked: "Old Jiang has found a good place for the Sixth Commander to retire."
Feng Yong said with emotion: "Mr. Yangming can realize the Tao here, but Xiao Liuzi can't understand anything."
The place where Zhang Xueliang was under house arrest at this time was called Longchangyi in the Ming Dynasty. It was the Longchangyi where Wang Yangming realized his enlightenment in Longchang. I don’t know what Chiang Kai-shek had in mind when he chose such a place for Zhang Xueliang. Did he want Zhang Xueliang to realize it?
A man with glasses in a Chinese tunic suit came over and said with a serious smile: "Mr. Zhou, General Feng, and I, Liu Yiguang, are responsible for taking care of Commander Zhang's daily life. Please follow me!"
"Please lead the way." Zhou Hexuan nodded.
Liu Yiguang was a fourth-year graduate of Huangpu. He was bound to Zhang Xueliang for half his life. He monitored Zhang Xueliang from 1937 to 1962. This guy looks gentle and elegant, but he is extremely harsh and harsh on others, so he is nicknamed "Hitler".
The porters were all blocked outside, and Liu Yiguang called several spies to strictly inspect the belongings of Zhou Hexuan and Feng Yong. After the weapons of Sun Yongzhen and Zhu Guozhen were confiscated, Liu Yiguang took Zhou Hexuan and others in and arranged them in Binyang Hall.
Binyang Hall was the place where Wang Yangming entertained guests. The original building had been damaged long ago and was not rebuilt until last year by County Magistrate Xiuwen.
Opposite Binyang Hall is the Great Buddha Hall, which was built during the Jiaqing period. At that time, the gentry built the Wencheng Temple for Wang Yangming. Considering that the ancestral hall would be easily damaged if it was left unattended, they hired a monk to manage the ancestral hall. In order to chant sutras and worship Buddha, the monks raised their own funds to build the Great Buddha Hall.
When County Magistrate Xiuwen renovated Binyang Hall last year, he thought that the dedicated temple site was not suitable for worshiping Buddha, so he moved all the Buddha statues and monks in the Big Buddha Hall to Zhifei Temple.
Zhou Hexuan and Feng Yong didn't wait long before Zhang Xueliang came with Miss Zhao Si. The two were wearing sportswear and holding badminton rackets in their hands. It looked like they were playing for fun just now.
"Fifth brother, Mingcheng!" Zhang Xueliang was quite happy. No one had come to see him for a long time.
Feng Yong punched Zhang Xueliang on the chest and asked: "The secret agents here didn't make it difficult for you, right?"
Zhang Xueliang smiled bitterly and said: "Fortunately, except that I can't go down the mountain, I am relatively free at other times."
Zhang Xueliang is really "free". He can even swim and fish in the Lujia River at the foot of the mountain. There is a basketball court here in Yangmingdong. Zhang Xueliang often organizes military police agents to play basketball. He volunteers as a coach, and sometimes as a referee and player. His spare time life is relatively rich.
"Alas..." Feng Yong sighed, not knowing what to say.
The agent brought a pot of tea, and Miss Zhao Si took the initiative to pour it for everyone. Zhang Xueliang said to Zhou Hexuan: "Mingcheng, you have predicted this. You are really the contemporary Zhuge Liang. Alas, the country's power is declining day by day, and there is nothing we can do. The newspapers we see every day are about another defeat."
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "Sixth Commander, I not only said that Japan will attack China, I also said that China will win the war of resistance."
"Can China really win?" Zhang Xueliang saw no hope.
Zhou Hexuan said: "Of course China can win. Chiang Kai-shek has begun to deal with the Communist Party again, which shows that he is very confident about the future of the war of resistance."
Zhang Xueliang pointed outside and reminded Zhou Hexuan that walls have ears and not to talk nonsense.
Zhou Hexuan laughed loudly and said: "I am not afraid that they will hear it. Chiang Kai-shek is still very generous. He knows that I have always opposed the internal strife between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. By the way, what did you think at the beginning? You actually sent Chiang Kai-shek back to Nanjing in person. I warned you earlier. But please pay attention to your safety."
Zhang Xueliang sighed and said: "The situation is out of control. The Communist Party and Yang Hucheng are forcing President Chiang to sign, and He Yingqin leads the army to the northwest, and President Chiang is determined not to sign. If this fails, a civil war will break out. I can only let President Chiang go." We have to personally escort him, so I don’t feel comfortable sending other people—the Northeast Army’s noise of killing Chiang was very loud at that time.”
The three of them chatted about the situation of the Anti-Japanese War for a while, and then Zhang Xueliang took them to the east wing of the ancestral hall. It is an ancient building with a brick and wood structure, built during the Xianfeng period. The upstairs is the living room, and the downstairs is Zhang Xueliang's study and living room.
While waiting for dinner, Zhou Hexuan visited Zhang Xueliang's study. There are many newspapers piled in the corner, a pile of books on the history of the Ming Dynasty on the bookshelf, and a large number of books on the study of mind.
Wang Yangming was originally demoted to Longchangyi, and was chased by Liu Jin on the way. He only escaped death by pretending to commit suicide by diving. When he first arrived at Longchangyi, Wang Yangming didn't even have a house and could only live in a cave. That cave was the origin of Yangming Cave.
Having also offended the powerful and being "exiled", Zhang Xueliang naturally felt sympathy for Wang Yangming. So when he was bored, he studied Ming history and Wang Yangming in various ways, and regularly sent his research results to Chiang Kai-shek, but Chiang Kai-shek never even read them.
"Mr. Zhou, Fifth Brother Feng, it's time to eat!" Miss Zhao Si shouted outside.
The food is good, including fish and meat, and the young commander has a lot of money in the bank.
After the meal, Zhang Xueliang took them to visit the mountains, where they visited the cave where Wang Yangming originally lived, and also visited Wang Yangming's "He Cottage". "He Burrowed House" was a thatched house built by local natives for Wang Yangming. It was of course destroyed over the past few hundred years, and now only the rebuilt brick and wood houses can be seen.
The cypress tree planted by Wang Yangming himself is still there and has grown into a towering tree. It was named "Wencheng Cypress" by literati.
The most deplorable thing is Longgang Academy, where "Yangming Xinxue" was promoted and spread, and it is the spiritual holy place for the disciples of Xinxue. Decades later, some Japanese took the initiative to pay for a statue of Wang Yangming in Yangming Cave.
Zhou Hexuan and Feng Yong stayed here for two days. When they left, Mr. Zhou suddenly had a bad idea and wrote "Unity of Knowledge and Action" and asked the secret agent to find someone to carve it on the stone wall of Junzi Pavilion. He had no other intention, he just wanted to see what he should write instead of "Unity of Knowledge and Action" when Chiang Kai-shek visited Yangming Cave seven years later.
Feng Yong flew directly back to Chongqing to assist Zhou Zhirou in reorganizing the air force, while Zhou Hexuan went to Yunnan. Since we have all come to Guizhou, why don’t we go to Yunnan? The main purpose is to visit the famous Southwest Associated University.