1928: The rise of giant merchants

In late January, Hu Shi published two articles in "Crescent" magazine -

"That Way We Go" and "Human Rights and Conventions".

In the former, he proposed the "Five Ghost Theory" and shouted: What we want to eradicate and defeat are the five enemies of poverty, disease, ignorance, corruption and chaos.

Among these five enemies, imperialism is not one of them, because imperialism cannot infringe on those countries that are invulnerable to the five ghosts.

Later, in 1933, Hu Shi mentioned a sixth "ghost" in a conversation with journalists, called hatred. This ghost not only caused trouble in the Republic of China, but also brought disaster to friendly countries and even made trouble in Tokyo.

Hu Shi believed that the hatred caused by the Japanese warlords' atrocities in China had been difficult to eliminate by then, and had still formed so-called "ghosts" in the country. The Japanese invaders should not continue to use this method to invade China, because it would only Let China continue to generate hatred.

Regarding Hu Shi and his "six ghosts" theory, Lu Yucai sarcastically said in "The Secret of Selling Your Soul":

Dr. Hu Shi is worthy of being the dog-headed military advisor of the Japanese invaders. If the Japanese invaders show mercy and adopt Dr. Hu's principles, then the inherent Chinese culture of "loyalty, filial piety, love, trust, justice and peace" can be restored.

Because without violence, there would be no hatred!

Before the outbreak of all-out war, Hu Shi had always advocated peace talks with Japan. Although he had always criticized the dictatorship of the Kuomintang and the principal in the early years, he later went to Baodao to serve.

In short, this is a very complicated guy. Some people say he is good, others say he is bad.

The fact that he had always advocated peace talks was a black spot in his life. Lu Yucai and others were disgusted by his rhetoric.

The relationship between Ye Luo and him can only be described as an acquaintance. "Lin Huiyin's common friend" and "witness of the wedding" are the closest relationships between them.

I had just met this guy at Tianjin Port before, because Lin Huiyin was also there. Ye Luo didn't want such a great writer to be involved in various political issues, so he mentioned something very vaguely.

Unexpectedly, this guy couldn't sit still at all. He was still playing in Jinling, but he had been arrested in Shanghai.

The problem lies in his second article.

The article "Human Rights and Conventions" points out that human rights are seriously lacking in today's society. It is not individuals or groups that often violate human rights, but the Jinling National Government.

Hu Shi demanded that a law be formulated as soon as possible, or at least a so-called "conventional law".

Not long ago, Hu Shi also published articles such as "When Can We Make an Agreement" and "Although It Is Hard to Do, It Is Hard to Do", strongly calling for an agreement. He emphasized that this is the basis of everything, and the Jinling National Government must not continue to be arrogant and dictatorial.

Hu Shi's remarks reflected the position of liberal intellectuals and caused a great shock in the public opinion circle.

Luo Longji, Liang Shiqiu and other articles responded to his appeal, and some people supported Hu Shi on different occasions.

This really triggered the "rules of heaven" of the Jinling National Government. Even if Hu Shi and the principal and his wife had a good private relationship, they would not be able to escape sanctions.

Dai Li banned the Crescent Poetry Magazine on charges of "wanton reaction", arrested Hu Shi at his residence in Shanghai, and sent him to Longhua Prison.

Everyone related to these articles and the Crescent Newspaper has suffered eighteen lifetimes of bad luck, one after another, and no one has escaped the capture of the intelligence agents.

Dai Li even sent people to Jinling and Beiping to arrest the members of the relevant poetry societies. He wanted these literati to know who was the genius and that their pens were not free to write whatever they wanted.

After Tang Fulu and Ye Luo talked about this, Lin Huiyin, who was far away in Tianjin to help Ye Luo design the headquarters building of Ye Luo's department store, called urgently, hoping that he could fish Hu Shi out of Longhua Prison.

"Sister Huiyin, don't worry. Since you are the one who has spoken, I will definitely get things done." Ye Luo knew that even if he did not come forward, the principal would "accidentally" let Hu Shi go and let him "study" in various countries, so Happy to be a favor.

"Arlo, woo woo, you are the most reliable as expected." Lin Huiyin burst into tears, because he suddenly discovered that no matter how good his knowledge, no matter how famous he was, it was all in vain. In the face of power, only connections are everything.

After appeasing Lin Huiyin, Ye Luo did not dare to neglect and immediately set off back to Shanghai with Meng Xiaodong.

Before leaving, Zhang Leyi cried so much that she gave her god-sister a lot of jewelry and jewelry, and told her to come to the Song Mansion to play often when she was free.

Zhang Leyi does love to listen to operas, and often spends a lot of money to support her favorite actors, but it is like a rich person applauding a star. He does not regard the actors as equals to himself, but more like cats and dogs that he raises casually.

Meng Xiaodong, who has many years of experience in Liyuan, knows this better than anyone else.

And now the finance minister's wife is so close to him, obviously because of her man.

For the first time, Meng Xiaodong felt the pleasure of having a man to rely on.

When she was with Mei Lanfang, she was frightened all day long. Although they were both masters of Peking Opera during the Republic of China, they were no different from ordinary people when they were away from the stage.

The warlord leaders were eyeing her body, and even those who had been in the field for a long time dared to play tricks on famous opera masters like them, let alone those who were still in high positions.

Mei Lanfang couldn't protect her, and he couldn't even give her the status of a concubine.

Now, following Ye Luo, I don't have any status yet, but I can already chat and laugh with the wives of high-level military and political officials without having to apologize at all.

Zhang Leyi also told her: "If it's too annoying to dislike those women, just kick them out. You are Aluo's woman. Regardless of whether you have status or not, you don't need to pay attention to them."

This is the confidence his man brings to her.

Perhaps in Ye Luo's eyes, this was a trivial matter, but to the former Meng Xiaodong, this was something so far out of reach.

On the train, after hearing this, Ye Luo didn't say anything. He just hugged her gently and comforted her. Jiang Meiying also wanted to hug her, but she held back in the end.

Although she and Ye Luo had a happy relationship, seventeen-year-old Jiang Meiying still had to focus on her studies. When she arrived in Shanghai, she was asked to recognize her baby mother Bi Yunxia as her godmother.

Among Ye Yuqiao's several women, except for the third aunt Peifen who ran away after the Ye family's accident last time, the eldest eldest wife Li Shuzhen has three children, and the second aunt Li Wenting has a daughter, but Ye Yuqiao didn't recognize her and kept her in the care of her maternal grandparents. , Ye Luo and Ye Yuqiao mentioned this matter many times, but Ye Yuqiao was unwilling to let go.

Only the little mother, Bi Yunxia, ​​has no children.

She is only one year older than Lin Ruxianxu. She is just thirty this year, at the age of a wolf and a tiger. Ye Yuqiao, who is forty-one this year, is overworked and already somewhat incompetent in matters between men and women.

The little mother may not have any children in her life.

Therefore, Ye Luo thought about asking Jiang Meiying to recognize her baby mother as her godmother, so that it would be convenient for her to stay at Ye's house. (End of chapter)