The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

There are two buildings in the    Young Marshal's Mansion. One was bought by Zhang Zuolin for the fifth concubine a few years ago and belongs to the main house;

   "Mr. Zhou, you will live here in the future." The housekeeper led Zhou Hexuan into a room on the ground floor of the main house.

   "Thank you!" Zhou Hexuan clasped his fists.

  The servants helped carry the luggage in. Zhou Hexuan glanced at the furnishings in the house and found that it was much more advanced than Chu Yupu's. There was even a special writing desk, which he was very satisfied with.

   After a while, a herald finally led him upstairs.

  Zhang Xueliang was reading a book. When he saw Zhou Hexuan coming in, he immediately got up and greeted him with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, I have been admiring you for a long time. Today I finally look forward to it."

   This attitude is much more enthusiastic than when I was at the Pan Mansion yesterday.

   Zhou Hexuan smiled and said, "Thanks to the wrong love from the young marshal."

   "You can't go wrong," Zhang Xueliang took Zhou Hexuan's hand and came to his desk, "Look, Mr. Zhou, I must read your "Rise of a Great Power" every day, and it has been copied into a book!"

   Zhou Hexuan looked down and saw that it was indeed a manuscript of "The Rise of Great Powers", and there were signs of wear and tear on the corners. It seemed that Zhang Xueliang did often read this book.

   Doing it like this really makes people feel like a spring breeze, different from the gambler I saw yesterday, and I feel good about him.

   At least one hundred times stronger than Chu Yupu! No comparison doesn't hurt.

   There was a lot of controversy about Zhang Xueliang in later generations. Some people said that he was personable and sincere, some people said that he had no talent at all, some people said that he served the country with blood, loved the people like a son, and some people said that he lost his teacher and lost his land and was a prodigal.

  People are very complex and hard to articulate.

  Let's talk about Zhang Xueliang's situation at this time——

   When he was young, Zhang Xueliang truly loved his country and the people and longed for national reunification. He belonged to that kind of passionate youth. He is studious, recruits talents, and is determined to forge ahead, so he does not hesitate to confront his father face to face. He is also enthusiastic about public welfare undertakings. During the fundraising activities for disaster relief, Zhang Xueliang personally went to the street to appeal for running. He also invited well-educated people to spend two hours a day learning English and familiarizing themselves with the history of Western countries.

   With the efforts of Zhang Xueliang, Zhang Zuolin agreed to reorganize the army, and the new faction in the Northeast Army rose rapidly, and its combat effectiveness was very strong.

   Then the factional infighting begins...

The rise of the   Jiangwutang School seriously threatened the status of the old school and the non-commissioned officer school. The non-commissioned officers even wanted to use the war to trap and kill Guo Songling, the representative of the Jiangwutang faction. Fortunately, Guo Songling ran fast when he saw the opportunity and staged Zhang Xueliang's version of "Xiao He Yue Chasing Han Xin". The two held their heads in a thatched hut near the battlefield. sobbing.

  The situation of the Northeastern Army at that time was that Zhang Zuolin wanted to play the faction check and balance, while the Jiangwutang faction got closer to Zhang Xueliang, and the factional battle soon became fierce.

   To what extent has the conflict intensified?

   Guo Songling even encouraged Zhang Xueliang to seize power, saying briefly: "General (Zhang Zuolin) is too old-fashioned, surrounded by small groups, there is no way to save it."

   Zhang Xueliang "couldn't help being astonished" when he heard it, turned around and quietly ran away on the train.

   From here, we can see the complex character of Zhang Xuecang. He is determined to forge ahead, recruit talents, and reform and innovate, which greatly improves the combat effectiveness of the Northeast Army, but it also provokes internal conflicts in the Northeast Army. When the conflict intensified to the point where it could not be reconciled, he always took a chance on it. During the period, he could not effectively reconcile and stop it. Guo Songling gave birth to revolt and he did not act decisively, which caused the situation to deteriorate completely.

   Under the pressure of the old school, coupled with the irreconcilable political ideas, Guo Songling finally rebelled.

   Guo Songling is not only Zhang Xueliang's teacher, but also his best friend and his confidant. As soon as Guo Songling turned his back, Zhang Xueliang was instantly stunned, and he became addicted to smoking at that time.

   Since then, Zhang Xueliang has become depressed.

   He used to study and make progress in his daily life and participate in various progressive activities. Now he is playing cards and listening to operas, eating, drinking and having fun all day long.

   Such a huge change, on the one hand, Zhang Xueliang gave up on himself, on the other hand, he also had a low-key dormant mind. After all, Zhang Xueliang's number one general just betrayed Zhang Zuolin last year.

   However, in Zhou Hexuan's view, at least 80% of Zhang Xueliang's playthings were made for his father to see.

   When playing cards last night, that Yang Yuting belonged to the representative of the non-commissioned officers of the Northeast Army, and he had a sense of surveillance. Zhang Xueliang then acted like he was addicted to gambling, completely belonging to the swinger's style. But now seeing Zhou Hexuan, Zhang Xueliang looks like a polite corporal again, which shows that his enterprising spirit has not disappeared.

   If he didn't know what kind of person Zhang Xueliang was, maybe Zhou Hexuan would really be willing to assist him.

   But this young marshal can't help him against the wall. He's usually fine, but he can't make up his mind when something big happens. Yang Yuting jumped like that, and Nima forced the palace. This kind of disobedient subordinate was replaced by the principal and killed him directly.

  How did Zhang Xueliang make the decision?

   Guessing coins... oh no, guessing silver dollars. Live on the positive side, die on the negative side, buy and leave!

  Yang Yuting nodded and was executed.

   Of course, this is a joke, killing must be killing. But Zhang Xueliang guessed the coin for a reason, probably to embolden himself and find a reason to kill.

  The young marshal is soft-hearted and generally reluctant to kill people, even those who betray him.

   With such a boss, you absolutely don’t have to worry about life-threatening, even if you stab the big basket, he will try his best to take care of you. But it is definitely not possible, because Zhang Xueliang's character can be summed up in eight words: indecision, the kindness of women.

  Zhang Xueliang took Zhou Hexuan and sat on the sofa, opened the handwritten copy of "The Rise of Great Powers" and said, "Mr. Zhou, I read the American article serialized today. Why is your article so different from what the English teacher taught before?"

   "What's different?" Zhou Hexuan asked with a smile.

   Zhang Xueliang pointed to a text and said: "Here in the Boston Tea Party, isn't the American people rebelling against the British ****?"

"Hehe, people resist the ****, then someone has to organize it," Zhou Hexuan explained, "Who will organize it? Businessmen! At that time, the tea trade was a profiteering industry, and the British government wanted to monopolize the trade, so it re-exported tea from the United States to the United States. Heavy taxation. Later, the "Tea Act" was enacted to prohibit the sale of private tea in the colonies. The tea that North Americans drink can only be provided by the British East India Company. What do you mean by that?"

   Zhang Xueliang thought for a while and said, "It means that the tea merchants in the United States have suffered heavy losses."

"That's right," Zhou Hexuan said with a smile, "this move has produced two results. First, local coffee merchants took advantage of the opportunity to rise up, taking advantage of the people's dissatisfaction and calling on everyone not to drink British tea, but only coffee. This is similar to the current boycott in China. Foreign products are the same as supporting domestic products.”

   Zhang Xueliang nodded and smiled.

   Zhou Hexuan added: "There are also tea traders in North America, all of whom have changed their careers to become smugglers, because it is illegal for them to sell tea."

   Zhang Xueliang asked: "What does this have to do with the Boston Tea Party?"

   "Of course it has something to do with it," Zhou Hexuan explained. "The so-called tea incident was created by local coffee merchants and tea smugglers in North America who, for their own interests, encouraged to bribe the common people."

   "Isn't it because of the riots caused by the British taxation of North America?" Zhang Xueliang asked.

   Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "After the founding of the United States, the government's tax revenue was much heavier than that of the British colonists. Why haven't the people revolted and resisted?"

   Zhang Xueliang was silent, as if thinking of the struggle between the new faction and the old faction in the Northeast Army, and murmured: "It's all about interests."