The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

Nanjing, dock.

Ding Ling held her daughter who was less than two years old and said to Zhou Hexuan: "Mr. Zhou, goodbye!"

"Take care of Bingzhi!" Zhou Hexuan said with a grin, "By the way, I would like to say hello to the gentlemen from Yan'an."

"I will." Ding Ling also smiled.

The operation to rescue Ding Ling was a success. Zhou Hexuan went to Lao Jiang that night and interceded for Ding Ling as an old friend. Chang Kaishen was very considerate and asked his adjutant to call Xu Enzeng on the spot without making any request.

After Ding Ling regained her freedom, she immediately broke up with Feng Da and prepared to take her mother and children back to her hometown in Hunan. After settling down her family, she will go to Yan'an to participate in the revolution. She is the first well-known writer to go to Yan'an.

Zhou Hexuan took out a bill, put it into Ding Ling's hand and whispered: "This bill of exchange for two hundred thousand oceans can be cashed directly at Northwest Bank. Please be sure to help me forward it to my friends in Yan'an."

"Mr. Zhou is thoughtful." Ding Ling admired him.

"Farewell!"

"Farewell!"

After watching Ding Ling board the river ship, Zhou Hexuan returned to the Yangtze Hotel with his bodyguards. Zhang Xueliang was still waiting for him in the hotel.

Zhang Xueliang has been in the northwest for more than half a year on orders to "suppress bandits." This time he came to Nanjing for a meeting, the upcoming Second Plenary Session of the Fifth Central Committee of the Kuomintang.

Compared with last year's depression, Zhang Xueliang is obviously much more cheerful now. When he was "suppressing bandits" in the northwest, he not only contacted Yan'an, but also verbally submitted an application to join the party.

That's right, Zhang Xueliang was ready to join the Communist Party, and asked Yan'an to send people to develop party members in the Northeast Army and help the Northeast Army train middle and low-level military cadres. It is a pity that after the Xi'an Incident, Zhang Xueliang was placed under house arrest by Chiang Kai-shek, and the matter of joining the party was dropped. Otherwise, he would have at least gained a founding general of New China.

The Communist International strongly opposed Zhang Xueliang's joining the party, but their opposition had no effect at all. The gentlemen in Yan'an were sober-minded.

"Mingcheng, do you want to go to the northwest with me? I live very happily there." Zhang Xueliang was still in the mood to joke.

"I'll forget it," Zhou Hexuan said with a smile, "As long as you are happy, I wish your cooperation all the best."

"What kind of cooperation?" Zhang Xueliang especially didn't know.

Zhou Hexuan poured a glass of red wine for Zhang Xueliang, poured the wine on the coffee table, dipped his finger in the wine and wrote the word "Red", then wrote the word "Yang" and "Feng", and then circled these three words together.

Zhang Xueliang laughed loudly: "Mingcheng is really sharp, I can't hide anything from you."

Zhou Hexuan erased the writing on the coffee table and warned: "Don't trust Chiang Kai-shek too much, or he will bite you back."

"How dare I believe him." Zhang Xueliang shook his head and sighed.

The two people's minds were obviously not on the same page. What Zhou Hexuan was talking about was that after the Xi'an Incident, Zhang Xueliang should be allowed to escape as soon as possible to avoid being placed under house arrest. Zhang Xueliang had not yet had the idea of ​​capturing Chiang Kai-shek. He thought what Zhou Hexuan said was a reminder to him not to let Chiang Kai-shek control the Northeast Army.

Zhou Hexuan still couldn't explain the erroneous chat, so he couldn't possibly say that he had foresight.

The young marshal is still the same young marshal. He plans to lead the Northeast Army to join the party collectively, and he is still so playful. In the afternoon of that day, Zhang Xueliang invited Zhou Hexuan to go to the theater with him. In the evening, he attended a dance and had a heated relationship with the beautiful girls in the dance hall.

The next morning, Zhou Hexuan finally took his wife and set off for his new home in Chongqing.

Sister-in-law Zhang Manyi excitedly wanted to accompany her, but was forced to stay in Nanjing by Zhang Mouzhi. She planned to make friends with Kong Lingyi while the iron was hot, and tried her best to gain connections with the Kong family.

After several days of traveling on the river, everyone finally arrived at Chongqing Chaotianmen Pier, which was more prosperous and lively than in previous years.

At this time, Liu Xiang had unified Sichuan and became the veritable "King of Sichuan". He was awarded the title of Army General by Nanjing and his official residence was moved from Chongqing to Chengdu.

The final battle between Liu Xiang and Liu Wenhui is extremely funny.

At that time, Chiang Kai-shek asked Liu Xiang to "suppress the bandits" with all his strength. Liu Xiang imitated "to pacify the internal situation before fighting foreign forces" and came up with "to suppress the Red Army, we must first stabilize the rivers". The civil war was very lively.

As for Liu Wenhui, he withdrew to Xikang after his defeat. He sent a telegram to the whole country that he would "consolidate national defense" and try his best to defend the western border for the country. If Liu Xiang continued to pursue and fight, he would be a national traitor.

Liu Xiang's overall governance in Sichuan was of great significance to Sichuan and the entire China. Sichuan's transportation, industry, culture and education developed rapidly in the past two or three years. In particular, transportation construction was impossible to carry out during the civil war. If Sichuan was not unified, logistics and transportation during the Anti-Japanese War would be extremely difficult.

Just two months ago, the highway from Chengdu to Guiyang via Chongqing was finally opened to traffic. This is Sichuan's first external transportation artery. When Guangdong is occupied by Japan, this highway will become China's transportation lifeline, and a steady stream of foreign materials will be transported from here to the capital Chongqing.

Not to mention Liu Xiang's wonderful performance in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, just talking about his internal affairs development in Sichuan is enough to be called a patriotic hero.

Zhou Hexuan's new home was built near Liziba, which later became the Yuzhong Anti-Japanese War Heritage Park. Zhang Mouzhi was personally responsible for the design and construction. The total area is 5,000 square meters, with built-in gardens and lawns, and the beautiful Jialing River at the door. We also bought a private small river boat as a travel tool.

Zhou Hexuan arrived home this time on a small riverboat. A simple dock was built on the riverside. Walking 150 meters along the winding stone steps, you will reach the towering villa wall. The words "Zhou Mansion" are engraved on the top of the big iron gate.

The main building is a three-story foreign-style building with walls painted gray and white. There are a total of 19 rooms upstairs and downstairs.

Zhou Hexuan is very satisfied with everything. The only drawback is that the garden villa was only completed at the end of last year, and the vegetation inside has not yet grown up, so it looks bare at first glance.

The aunts and wives took their daughters to the river to greet them. Cui Huifu directed the porters to help carry the luggage, which attracted fishermen on the river to drive their boats to watch from a distance.

A few fishermen who had been working all day were rowing their boats and leaning on the shore, smoking leaf cigarettes and chatting animatedly:

"Who is this big shot?"

"You don't know yet? Did you see the words on the door, Zhou Mansion!"

"Mei Laokan, you're bragging again. You haven't even read the book yet and you know the word shovel."

"I heard from the teacher at school that this place is Zhou Hexuan's mansion. He has won awards in the West and is the most powerful cultural figure in China."

"Zhou Hexuan who fought with Liu Shenxian?"

"Why, it's not him. Didn't you hear that Liu Shenxian had a falling out with Commander Liu, and now he is wanted with notices posted everywhere. Why did Liu Shenxian have a falling out with Commander Liu? It's because Zhou Hexuan is coming to Chongqing, and there is no room for two tigers in one mountain. There is no room for two gods in one Sichuan!"

"That's awesome!"

"Hey, it's more than amazing. I heard that the Chairman of the National Committee in the UK would ask Zhou Hexuan to cast spells to exorcise evil spirits when his son was sick. He usually flies when he goes out. He flew from China to the UK in a short time, and when he put on his Taoist robes, he started to dress up. .”

"Fart, Zhou Hexuan is a god descended to earth. He rides Bai He'er when he goes out. Why does he need to take a plane?"

"Then why does he have to take a boat to get home?"

"There are too many things to bring when moving, even the crane can't carry them."

"That makes sense."