The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

Zhou Hexuan saw the Emperor of Japan's "Edict of Armistice" in London. After reading it, he sneered.

In the "Edict of the Armistice" or the "Edict of the End of the War", the description of the time of the war is "four years", and it is only counted from the date of the declaration of war. There is no mention of the September 18th and July 7th incidents, and it is not recognized at all. The Sino-Japanese all-out war lasted eight years.

Not only that, but this so-called "edict" kept saying "liberate East Asia", always pretending to be the savior of the world. He also described the damage caused by the Allied forces to Japan as "killing innocent people frequently and causing serious damage", which is simply like robbers killing people and calling for their own grievances.

After reading the whole article, the general meaning can be summarized as follows: the purpose of the Japanese emperor and the Japanese government is to make the Japanese people happy and peaceful, and to make all countries in the world happy and prosperous together. The reason why Japan declared war on Britain and the United States (deliberately not mentioning China) was for the stability of East Asia, so it was an accident that it violated the sovereignty of other countries. The Japanese people worked hard and united for a great cause, but the enemy was too cruel. For the continuation of the nation, for the civilization of mankind, and for the peace of the world, the Emperor of Japan had no choice but to end the war.

There is no word of surrender, no confession of guilt, and no mention of anything about China.

But this is a capitulation letter, because the real point is only this line: I have ordered the imperial government ... to accept its joint announcement.

The content of the "Potsdam Proclamation" is to make Japan surrender unconditionally. If Japan is willing to accept the announcement, then it is to accept unconditional surrender. Everything else is bullshit and nonsense.

It is ridiculous that Japanese newspapers are still blocking the "Potsdam Proclamation", and the Japanese do not know the specific content of the Proclamation accepted by the Emperor. Japan's "Yomiuri Hochi" is even more shameless. It even used the title "Opening Peace for the World", claiming: "The war we are waging is a just war, a war of self-defense and self-survival. The purpose of the war is to liberate East Asia and protect billions public welfare."

Many Japanese soldiers in the occupied areas of China could also receive the broadcast. Some officers and soldiers chose to commit suicide by cutting open their stomachs, while others turned off the radio and claimed that it was an enemy conspiracy. For example, some Japanese troops in the Northeast are still stubbornly resisting. They say that the emperor's broadcast is forged, and then continue to fight with the Soviet Red Army.

In any case, Japan lost and China won.

Apart from cheering and celebrating, Chinese people are more concerned about the future situation. The overwhelming public opinion was beyond the control of the national government. All walks of life shouted for the formation of a democratic coalition government, while the Communist Party clearly put forward the three slogans of peace, democracy, and unity, which were widely recognized and supported by the people.

Faced with such a situation, Chang Kaishen had no choice but to compromise. He could not directly suppress public opinion, but invited Taizu to Chongqing for negotiations, thinking that Taizu would not dare to go to Chongqing.

As a result, the negotiations in Chongqing began, and the two sides signed the "Double Ten Agreement".

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end of august.

Zhou Weilie, Zhong Kailai and Min Sihe left Kunming and came to Hong Kong. They will depart from Hong Kong by boat to study in the UK and the US respectively.

The train was running along the Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway, and when passing the junction of the New Territories and Kowloon, the three young men couldn't help but frown.

The national army has recovered the New Territories, while Kowloon is still occupied by the Japanese army.

According to Chang Kaishen's order, the national army should recover the entire territory of Hong Kong. However, Churchill, who had stepped down, pushed the British government and kept putting pressure on the United States. Chang Kaishen was restrained by Truman and had to stop the Chinese army in the New Territories.

The British army was still coming slowly. During this period, Hong Kong was still controlled by the Japanese army, and the British actually entrusted the Japanese army to be responsible for Hong Kong's security.

The three got off the train at Kowloon Station. As soon as they stepped onto the platform, they saw someone holding up a cardboard with their names written on it.

"Uncle Zhu!" Zhou Weilie happily walked over.

Zhu Guozhen smiled and said, "The young master has grown taller again."

Zhou Weilie introduced: "Uncle Zhu, these two are my classmates Zhong Kailai and Min Sihe. Brother Zhong, Brother Min, this is Mr. Zhu Guozhen, a famous martial artist."

"Mr. Zhu, hello!"

"Hello, two classmates, you are both talented people!"

Zhou Weilie asked curiously, "Why is Uncle Zhu in Hong Kong? Is my dad also there?"

Zhu Guozhen said: "I came to Hong Kong with my husband on a British warship. I am afraid you will have to stay in Hong Kong for a few more days. The British army and the Japanese army are going through the handover procedure. In order to ensure safety, the port is temporarily closed during the handover."

"Why can't Hong Kong take back China's victory?" Zhou Weilie said indignantly.

Zhu Guozhen said: "You have to ask your husband, I am a rough person and I can't answer it."

Zhu Guozhen took the three of them to the Kowloon Pier, took a small ferry to Hong Kong Island, and then took the cable car straight to the top of Victoria Peak.

When he came to a Western-style villa, Zhu Guozhen pointed to the villa and said, "This used to be the villa on the hilltop of the Governor of Hong Kong. Now it has been bought by my husband. I will bring my wives over next year."

"I thought I was going to move back to Tianjin Sanle Hall." Zhou Weilie was full of doubts.

The Governor's Peak Villa is the future Hong Kong Peak Park, but at that time there were only a few guardhouses left. This dilapidated house was full of disasters. It was blown down by a typhoon the second year after it was built, and it was blown down by a typhoon again the second year after it was rebuilt. , The construction plan was once again shelved.

During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, the Governor's Hilltop Villa was severely damaged and the cost of repairs was extremely high. In addition, there is a Hong Kong governor's villa on the other side of Fanling. When the new Hong Kong governor was chatting with Zhou Hexuan, he sold the hilltop villa to Zhou Hexuan.

The new Hong Kong governor Johnson is just an "acting governor", not official. In fact, he was locked up in a prisoner-of-war camp a month ago, and the British government, fearing that the delay would be too long, might cause changes, so they hurriedly promoted Johnson to be the governor of Hong Kong to host the handover.

Zhou Weilie followed Zhu Guozhen into the villa, and found that it was dilapidated, and there were a few workers who were tending the weeds in the garden that were more than one meter high.

In a garden that has been tidied up, Zhou Hexuan is having afternoon tea with "Hong Kong Governor" Johnson, and British Rear Admiral Harcourt is drinking tea with him. In Hong Kong in the early post-war period, Xiacourt was the overlord. He was about to establish a military government in Hong Kong, and he himself served as the head of the military government and the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces.

The current situation in Hong Kong is very strange. Johnson served as the acting governor and established a provisional government, but the provisional government has no real power, and all political security is in the charge of the Japanese army. And soon Xiacourt will form a military government, but the relevant personnel of the military government have not yet arrived, so Xiacourt let Johnson's interim government continue to manage Hong Kong.

Now that the two of them are neglecting the major issues of the handover and Hong Kong's political situation, they came to Zhou Hexuan's hilltop villa to drink tea. They were actually discussing the issue of the military government and the provisional government.

"Father!" Zhou Weilie stepped forward and shouted.

"My son," Zhou Hexuan introduced to the two Britons, and then said to Zhou Weilie, "This is your Uncle Harcourt (Shacourt), and this is your Uncle Jinxun (Jason)."

Zhou Weilie was obviously hostile to the two British guys, so he asked on the spot: "Why can't China take back Hong Kong?"

Harcourt couldn't understand Chinese, but Johnson could. The latter said, "Little friend, because the British lease of Hong Kong has not yet expired."

"That is an unequal treaty signed by the Qing government, and it should be invalidated!" Min Sihe immediately retorted.

Johnson smiled and shook his head: "Young man, you don't understand politics yet."

Min Sihe's eloquence was not good, and he didn't know how to explain. Zhong Kailai and Zhou Weilie also shut up under Zhou Hexuan's gaze.

After chatting for a while, Xiacourt and Jason got up to say goodbye. Before leaving, Xiacourt invited: "Mr. Zhou, please be sure to attend the establishment ceremony of the Hong Kong military government tomorrow."

"I'm really sorry, I have other things to do." Zhou Hexuan refused directly. Although he must have a good relationship with these two British guys, it does not mean that he agrees with the British colonial rule in Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong military government is even more nonsense.