The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

Hebei Baoding.

Song Zheyuan, the "King of North China", was sitting in the shade of a tree, listening to the shrill chirping of cicadas all over the garden, feeling particularly agitated.

Today, Song Zheyuan is a powerful man who holds the three important positions of Chairman of Hebei Province, Director of the Hebei-Cha Appeasement Office, and Chairman of the Hebei-Cha Government Affairs Committee.

Song Zheyuan sent people to collect the main salt taxes and customs duties in North China, and he was extremely rich.

But Song Zheyuan was very unhappy. He had to please the Northeastern clique, win over old warlords and traitors, resist the central government, deal with the Japanese Kwantung Army, and at the same time make friends with powerful northern factions such as Han Fuju and Yan Xishan. But Song Zheyuan was a soldier at heart, and he didn't know how to dance long-sleeved. To him, the complicated situation in North China was like a mess that he could never sort out.

To be honest, Song Zheyuan didn't know what to do. He couldn't see his future.

Chiang Kai-shek would not tolerate him, and neither would Feng Yuxiang. The Japanese wanted to tolerate him, but Song Zheyuan did not dare to accept it. The majestic King of North China is actually trapped in North China at the moment. If you are not careful, you will be pierced by thousands of arrows.

As a result, Song Zheyuan turned into an ostrich, hiding all day and not daring to see people, especially the Japanese and people sent from Nanjing.

The guard came over and announced: "Chairman, Dr. Yahara is here."

"No, no, the Japanese have no good intentions." Song Zheyuan waved his hand irritably.

"Then shall I block it?" the guard asked.

"etc!"

Song Zheyuan suddenly stopped the guard and said in annoyance: "Damn it, he came four times in a month. If I push him this time, he will come again next time. Let him come in!"

Kenkichi Yahara carried a medicine box on his back and walked to the hospital with a smile: "Chairman Song, I heard that you can't afford to get sick, so I came here specially to diagnose and treat you."

"It's up to you to decide what to do." Song Zheyuan sat up and said.

The Chinese called Song Zheyuan the "King of North China", but the Japanese gave him another nickname - the sentimental Chairman Song.

The origin of this nickname is very interesting. Song Zheyuan's attitude towards the Japanese was "friendly on the surface, perfunctory in reality, and never yielding." His policy towards Japan was "not to say hard words and not to do soft things." The Japanese often came to negotiate with him, and Song Zheyuan would hide whenever he could. In addition to "going back to his hometown to sweep graves" and "going out on inspections," the most common excuse he used was that he was "unable to calm down and had constant ringing in his ears."

In one month, Song Zheyuan suffered from "heart disease" for at least half of the month.

Yahara Kenkichi checked with a stethoscope and said in surprise: "Chairman Song, your blood pressure is unstable and your heart rhythm is also very disordered. You really need to rest. In this way, I will prescribe you some medicines, which are the most advanced today." Good medicine.”

After taking out several bottles from the medicine box, Yahara Kenkichi told Song Zheyuan how to use and how to take care of them, and then left respectfully.

Song Zheyuan kicked over the medicine bottles and shouted: "Here comes someone. Throw all these medicines into the pit for me. The little bitch wants to harm me. I'm dreaming!"

The guard left carefully holding the medicine, and the secretary came in immediately: "Chairman, there is news from Tianjin."

Song Zheyuan grabbed the telegraph newspaper, glanced at it, and cursed angrily: "Zhang Zizhong wants to rebel!"

The attendant secretary did not dare to say a word. He watched his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, quietly waiting for instructions.

After being angry for a while, Song Zheyuan finally waved his hand and said: "Forget it, forget it, let it go, do whatever you want."

Song Zheyuan's North China forces were not only surrounded by external enemies, but also faced many internal contradictions.

When Zhang Xueliang recruited Song Zheyuan's troops, the actual commanders were Zhang Zizhong, Feng Zhian, Zhao Dengyu and Liu Ruming. They privately agreed that if the army develops in the future, Song Zheyuan will always be the commander and will be promoted in the order of Zhang, Feng, Zhao and Liu.

Now that the power is getting bigger and bigger, Song Zheyuan can hardly suppress these four people.

Just two months ago, Zhang Zizhong had a quarrel with Xiao Zhenying, Song Zheyuan's close aide. Song Zheyuan was deeply afraid of Zhang Zizhong, so he had to remove Xiao Zhenying from the post of mayor of Tianjin and appointed Zhang Zizhong as mayor of Tianjin.

Now that Zhang Zizhong has officially taken office, he immediately took action as soon as he arrived in Tianjin and replaced several important officials in the local government, including many of Song Zheyuan's confidants.

Tianjin's position is very important, controlling most of the financial resources in North China.

What Zhang Zizhong was doing now meant that Song Zheyuan was beginning to lose control of the army. Not only that, according to their original agreement, after Zhang Zizhong was promoted, Feng Zhi'an, Liu Ruming, and Zhao Dengyu would also be promoted.

It is very possible that the four generals under Song Zheyuan are joining forces to stage a show.

Song Zheyuan calmed down and said to the attendant secretary: "Pass my order to promote Feng Zhi'an to the chairman of Hebei Province and Liu Ruming to the chairman of Chahar Province. Zhao Dengyu... Zhao Dengyu asked him to wait. There is no suitable official to do it for him. !”

This is to draw territory for the four subordinates. Zhang Zizhong wants Tianjin, Feng Zhian wants Hebei, and Liu Ruming wants Chahar.

Song Zheyuan only has so much territory in his hands, and Peiping will definitely not be able to give it to him. It will be controlled by his confidant Qin Dechun. Zhao Dengyu was the weakest, so he could only admit that he was unlucky and continued to stand outside Beiping City to drink in the wind.

In proper old warlord style, the boss eats the meat and the brothers share the soup. If the boss refuses to share the soup, then the brothers have to stand up and do something to force the boss to share the soup.

This is also the fundamental reason why Song Zheyuan did not dare to be a traitor. The four generals under him were all "die-hard anti-Japanese faction". As long as Song Zheyuan shows any signs of surrendering to the sun, he will be taught how to behave by his subordinates in minutes.

Zhang Zizhong and Zhao Dengyu were both passionate men who died on the anti-Japanese battlefield.

To be honest, Xiao Zhenying has pretty good abilities. He did a lot of practical things during his tenure as mayor of Tianjin, and his political achievements are remarkable. However, in order to appease Zhang Zizhong, Song Zheyuan could only remove this confidant from his post and send him to travel abroad for inspection.

This is the situation in China at this time. The whole country is in chaos, and various local forces are also in chaos.

The attendant secretary did not leave after receiving the order. Instead, he hesitated and took out a newspaper and said: "Chairman, this is today's Ta Kung Pao. There is an article about you."

"If you don't read it," Song Zheyuan said distractedly, "Ta Kung Pao will stir up trouble. Reading it will give you a headache."

The attendant secretary said: "It was Zhou Hexuan who wrote the article himself... scolding you."

Hearing Zhou Hexuan's name, Song Zheyuan had an even greater headache. He spread his hands and said, "Let me see. Are you calling me a traitor again?"

"That's not true," said the attendant secretary.

Song Zheyuan opened the newspaper and read it carefully. His face became gloomy as he read it, and he said nothing after reading it. After a long time, he looked pale and clutched his chest and said, "Call me a doctor!"

"Chairman, what's wrong with you?" The attendant secretary quickly supported him.

Song Zheyuan said uncomfortably: "My heart is so tight, I can't breathe, and my ears are ringing terribly."