1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

After thinking these things through, combined with the teachings of Marxism, Marshal Zhang suddenly recalled all of his father Zhang Zuolin's teachings, and he became much more mature all of a sudden.

At least, he did not get furious and want to do something to certain people. He even began to admire Fujiwara Kanezane more for using the tools of class struggle to attack the Northeast Army.

There is no point in being angry, solving the problem is the most important thing;

But the question is, does Zhang Xueliang have a way to solve the current predicament?

The answer is, no.

Even if he surrenders to the Communist Party right now, there is nothing he can do.

Zhang's father and son were warlords, and naturally they had a bunch of warlords of varying sizes under their command, each controlling their own army. They even strictly adhered to the principle of "my vassal's vassal is not my vassal";

Therefore, as long as Zhang Xueliang did not want to trigger a major internal conflict in the Northeast Army and as long as Zhang Xueliang still wanted to continue the entire Northeast Army, he would never dare and could not openly favor one side, and could only mediate in the situation.

The so-called "patriotic generals" would inevitably alienate the lower-level soldiers and other generals who were already very fond of Fujiwara no Kanezane's policies and very dissatisfied with their superiors' orders to massacre the people.

But what about the middle and lower-level officers and soldiers?

Humph, unless Zhang Xueliang is able to control the thoughts and actions of the lower-level soldiers, do you think he can withstand the rebellion of the upper-level officers?

In the past, Zhang Xueliang could at least control the entire army by controlling the senior officers, but now he can only be a peacemaker. No one dares to offend him, and he has become a two-faced person.

Therefore, after much thought, the only solution Zhang Xueliang could come up with was to introduce a brand new force that would not pose much threat to him and break the current deadlock.

Who to look for?

The "Five-Star Eastern Republic" at the center of the issue and Chiang Kai-shek, who had already fallen out, were naturally excluded first;

Ambitious bastards like Feng Yuxiang, Yan Xishan, and Han Fuqu, who always wanted to annex the Northeast Army, were also excluded;

He thought about the CCP and ruled it out;

Zhang Xueliang studied Marxism not to become a Communist;

Besides, where is the Communist Party?

If the Communist Party can control Nanchang, how can it control the affairs of Beijing?

Just when Zhang Xueliang was having a headache, Song Ziwen came to him:

One wanted to protect his interests in the South by resisting Japan, and the other wanted to maintain his control over the Northeast Army through T.V. Soong. They hit it off right away.

Just as the two sides had finished discussing the matter, the "New 412 Shanghai Incident" broke out. Soong Ching Ling openly "rebelled" and it blossomed in the heartland of the Chiang Kai-shek government.

Zhang Xueliang thought it was a joke, but who would have thought that the enemy would not only defeat the General Taxation Police Corps, but also make Chiang Kai-shek dare not attack again!

It's fucking amazing.

So, regardless of whether Song Ziwen's Tax Police Corps could help Zhang Xueliang hold on to the situation, things returned to the starting point.

Who can I turn to for help?

You can't really find someone from the Northeast.

Just as Marshal Zhang was about to call Pan Wenyu, Yan Baohang and other secretaries and staff members to discuss the matter, an aide-de-camp ran in with a panicked look on his face:

"Commander-in-Chief! Oh no! Something happened!"

"???"

Peking, the capital of the previous dynasty, is where countless dignitaries reside.

Naturally, a large amount of gold, silver, treasures and precious cultural relics are gathered here.

I dare not say that every piece is worth a fortune, but at least most of them have certain historical significance for Chinese civilization.

Especially the Forbidden City.

Although it was sold again and again by a certain emperor who had already dispersed, and although he believed during his lifetime that "there were no more valuables in the Forbidden City", that was just the arrogant view of the pampered young master;

In reality, the treasures accumulated through centuries of creation and plunder were vast and boundless. How could he and the eunuchs easily sell them all in just a few years or even decades?

In fact, even after repeated screening by experts led by Yi Peiji, director of the Palace Museum, there were still more than 9000 pieces of calligraphy and paintings, more than 2.7 pieces of porcelain, more than 2600 pieces of bronzes... a total of 13491 boxes of cultural relics were packed up.

What are you packing for?

Take it away, go south, and send it to Nanjing.

After the "September 918th Incident", Yi Peiji proposed a plan to move national treasures south. After the fall of Rehe, this plan was immediately implemented and approved by the central government of the Nationalist government.

Although Shanhaiguan was not directly captured in three days as in history, according to the secret agreement signed between Chiang Kai-shek and Fujiwara no Kanezane, what difference does it make from being captured?

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that as long as that prince completely digested the Northeast and headed south again, it would only be a matter of time before Shanhaiguan was breached and Peking fell.

Therefore, Yi Peiji firmly advocated the immediate relocation of cultural relics and not leaving a single brick or tile to the Japanese. He even planned to move all the dragon thrones and plaques in the Forbidden City.

The Nationalist government, especially Chiang Kai-shek and others who had long coveted these cultural relics, of course wholeheartedly supported the relocation of the cultural relics to the south, but almost all sectors of society in Peiping strongly opposed it.

Before his death, the famous poet Xu Zhimo wrote a letter to the government, requesting that "no matter how big or small, any cultural relics in the Forbidden City should leave the Forbidden City."

Hu Shi, Dean of the School of Literature at Peking University, believed that "the number of cultural relics is huge and valuable. Migrating them south could easily lead to accidents, and no one can bear the responsibility. Moreover, with international friends present, the Japanese should not dare to touch any of the cultural relics."

Lu Xun even wrote a new doggerel based on Cui Hao's "Yellow Crane Tower":

"The rich have ridden away the culture, leaving only the cultural city. Once the culture is gone, the ancient city will remain deserted for a thousand years.

"The special motorcade stops at the front gate, unlucky college students. As the sun sets over Yumen Pass, where can we find resistance? No one is alarmed at the fireworks display."

Apart from naive and responsible idiots like Hu Shi, the biggest reason for people like Lu Xun to oppose was:

"Why would you move the cultural relics if the people haven't moved yet? Cultural relics are living things as long as people are here. If the people are gone, what value do the cultural relics have?"

To put it bluntly, everyone had no confidence in the Nationalist government and Zhang Xueliang, believing that they were just trying to pursue personal gain under the banner of "protecting cultural relics."

Well, they were right. In history, before the last batch of cultural relics had been transported away, the "Forbidden City Cultural Relics Theft Case" was exposed, and a large number of cultural relics were resold or disappeared.

Who did it?

It's really hard to guess.

In short, people from all walks of life in Peking were very excited about the relocation of cultural relics to the south. Ma Yanxiang, a student from Fudan University in Shanghai who came all the way to protect the cultural relics, put it very bluntly:

"Aren't we supposed to resist the Japanese? Let's start with the determination to sacrifice our ancient artifacts!"

Therefore, after learning that the Kuomintang government wanted to move the cultural relics, the streets of Peking were filled with banners and leaflets that read "Moving cultural relics south is tantamount to running away", "If people don't leave, the cultural relics won't leave", and "We firmly oppose the government's abandonment of the ancient capital of Peking".

Zhou Zhaoxiang, former director of the Palace Museum's Antiquities Exhibition Hall, even sent a threatening letter to Yu Xuezhong, the representative of the "pro-relocation faction" and commander of the Beiping garrison:

"If you dare to transport the cultural relics, I will plant bombs on the train station and the railway! I will blow you up, you bastard!"

With the situation getting to this point, and the situation not being critical enough at the time, the plan to remove the cultural relics in the first half of 1932 was naturally abandoned. Some people even suggested selling the cultural relics first to buy weapons to fight against the Japanese, and then redeem them after victory.

Lost?

If we lose, the Chinese nation will perish, so what is the point of cultural relics?

After the fall of Rehe, Chiang Kai-shek, deeply disturbed, ordered the immediate relocation of cultural relics southward. However, Zhou Zhaoxiang and others actually led the workers on strike and even resorted to bomb threats, repeatedly preventing the relocation of cultural relics southward.

Originally, according to the original history, the fool Zhang Xueliang would have been fooled by Chiang Kai-shek at this time, cooperated with Song Ziwen to arrest Zhou Zhaoxiang, and came out to guarantee with his personal integrity that "once Peking is stabilized, the cultural relics will be returned intact."

But in this world line, he finally saw through Chiang Kai-shek and naturally would not do such a stupid thing. Given his character, it would be impossible for him to forcibly move cultural relics south despite opposition from all walks of life in Peiping unless it was a matter of life and death.

However, just because Zhang Xueliang didn't do it doesn't mean Chiang Kai-shek wouldn't act, and just because Chiang Kai-shek couldn't free up the hands to act doesn't mean he didn't have people flattering him.

The representative figure of this flattery is called Jiang Xiaoxian.

Jiang Xiaoxian, a native of Xikou, Fenghua, Zhejiang, was the great-nephew of Chiang Kai-shek and a graduate of the first class of the Whampoa Military Academy. At that time, he served as the deputy commander of the Peking Military Police Command, in charge of the Fourth and Third Regiments of the Central Military Police. He was an important tool used by Chiang Kai-shek to monitor Peking.

This guy had long understood his great-uncle's intentions, so after learning that the relocation of cultural relics to the south had been repeatedly blocked, he found Yi Peiji, the director of the Palace Museum, and gave him an idea:

"Why don't we just load the cultural relics onto trucks in batches and secretly transport them away under the guise of 'military supplies'?"

Although Yi Peiji firmly advocated the relocation of cultural relics, he also knew that this was definitely a bad idea.

First of all, how many trucks does your military police have? How long do you plan to transport them?

Secondly, how many people are there in your military police corps? Do you need so much "military supplies"?

Again, such a big thing happened multiple times, who could have hidden it from them?

Finally, do you think that group of people didn't keep an eye on the Forbidden City? Do you think they didn't dare to stop the military vehicles?

Yi Peiben originally didn't want to pay attention to this Chiang family descendant who seemed to be crazy, but as the situation became more and more critical, he had no choice but to agree to Chiang Hsiao-hsien's suggestion with the idea of ​​"try everything possible".

As Yi Peiji expected, the secret of the first batch of cultural relics transportation was leaked, and then the entire convoy was blocked in front of Taihe Gate and could not move.

"...Deputy Commander Jiang! What do you want to do?"

Zhou Zhaoxiang, chairman of the Peking Public Association for the Protection of Antiquities, had eyes blazing with anger, his gray beard trembling with rage. He first berated Jiang Xiaoxian, then pointed at Yi Peiji and cursed:

"And you! At this moment! Removing national treasures and shaking people's hearts. Yi Peiji! What on earth do you want to do? Do you want to be the eternal sinner of the Chinese nation?"

Calling a peer by his first name clearly meant he was extremely angry.

Yi Peiji also knew that this was not a decent thing to do, but he still insisted:

"I had no choice but to take this risky action to protect cultural relics! If the northern enemy marches south and national treasures are lost, then you and I will be the sinners of the Chinese nation!

"If the country is gone! If the people are gone! What's the use of national treasures!

What followed was some "routine" debate, with one side believing that the Nationalist government and Zhang Xueliang were planning to abandon the city and flee, while the other side believed that this was to prevent national treasures from falling into enemy hands.

Judging from the heated atmosphere at the scene, the former will inevitably win the debate, and the national treasure will once again be unable to be transported away and will have to return to the Forbidden City.

Seeing that things were about to return to the same state, Jiang Xiaoxian became impatient and felt that Yi Peiji was too thin-skinned. When he was caught just now, he refused to admit that the items were cultural relics. Wouldn't it be better to just say that they were military supplies and rush through with them?

Therefore, Jiang Xiaoxian decided to "put filial piety first":

"Shut up! The central government has made a decision. If you dare to block the transportation of military supplies again, you will all be charged with treason and treason! You will be shot immediately!"

The noisy scene quieted down, and everyone looked in astonishment at the deputy commander of the gendarmerie, who was notorious in Peiping.

This is Zhang Xueliang's territory. He didn't say anything, and you're complaining?

Do you think Nanjing is still at its peak?

Treason?

Over the years, weren't you the one who most fiercely suppressed the patriotic masses in Peking and the patriotic movement?

Shot?

Why don't you try shooting one?

Jiang Xiaoxian had been so successful in the first half of his life that he had no idea what was happening. He thought everyone was frightened by him, which made him even more proud. He pulled out his pistol and continued to threaten:

Get out of my way! Get out of the way! Drive! Anyone who dares to stop me will be crushed to death!

Jiang Xiaoxian dared to say this, but the driver didn't dare to do it.

Crushed to death?

If any of these celebrities gets hurt, his whole family will be ruined!

Seeing that his order had not been carried out and that there were faint laughter from the crowd, Jiang Xiaoxian flew into a rage. He pulled the commander out of the driver's seat, got in himself, started the car, and rushed towards the crowd!

He didn't dare to actually drive his car into anyone, but he was betting that the group of people before him wouldn't dare to stop him!

Sure enough, the crowd was frightened and fled in all directions, and the few people lying on the ground trying to block the convoy with their bodies were frightened and jumped up.

It's not that they are weak. Not everyone can remain motionless when seeing a giant steel object rolling towards them.

Jiang Xiaoxian braked to a stop, stuck his head out, and laughed at the crowd:

You're all a bunch of hypocrites! Get out of here! Everyone! Follow me! Get out!

What is taunting?

This is the custom of ridicule.

If this sentence had not been said, perhaps the convoy behind could have really rushed out with this momentum, but with this sentence, it immediately stimulated the obstructionists on the scene.

A literati!

In private, you can curse him or even hit him twice, but in such a public place, you slap him left and right. Doesn't he have any dignity?

An old man jumped out of the crowd, looking incredibly agile, unlike someone in their sixties or seventies. He roared, picked up his cane, and slammed it hard at Jiang Xiaoxian in the car!

"Crack!" The car window glass was smashed directly, and Jiang Xiaoxian, who was caught off guard, was scratched by the fragments on his eyelids. The severe pain made him mistakenly think that his eyes were blind, and he immediately lost his mind!

"Bang bang bang" After emptying the magazine, the old man fell in a pool of blood, but before Jiang Xiaoxian could say anything, he heard Yi Peiji and Zhou Zhaoxiang wailing together:

"Cultural relics! Cultural relics!"

"National treasure! National treasure!"

Everyone then realized that not all of Jiang Xiaoxian's shots had hit the old man. Several of them had missed and hit another jeep transporting cultural relics!