The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

There are two buildings in the Marshal's Mansion, one was bought by Zhang Zuolin for the Fifth Aunt a few years ago, and it is the main house; the other was built this year and is used as a warehouse and servants.

"Mr. Zhou, you will live here from now on." The butler 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 room, and found that it was much more advanced than Chu Yupu's, and 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 stood up and greeted him with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, I have admired you for a long time, and today I finally look forward to it."

This attitude is much more enthusiastic than yesterday's at Pan Mansion.

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "Thanks to the young marshal's wrong love."

"No mistake," Zhang Xueliang took Zhou Hexuan's hand and came to his desk, "Look, Mr. Zhou, I must read your "Rise of Great Powers" every day, and it has already been copied into a book!"

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

Such a style really makes people feel like a spring breeze, and they are completely different from the gambler they saw yesterday, and they feel good about him.

At least a hundred times stronger than Chu Yupu! There is no harm without comparison.

Later generations have great controversy about Zhang Xueliang. Some people say that he is personable and sincere;

People are very complicated, and it is difficult to explain clearly.

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

When Zhang Xueliang was young, he really loved the country and the people, and longed for national unity. He belonged to that kind of passionate youth. He is diligent and studious, recruits talents, and is determined to make progress, so he does not hesitate to contradict his father face to face. He is also enthusiastic about public welfare. During the disaster relief fundraising activities, Zhang Xueliang personally went to the street to appeal. He also invited well-educated people to spend two hours a day learning English and getting familiar 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 their combat effectiveness was very strong.

And then the faction infighting begins...

The rise of the Jiangwutang faction seriously threatened the status of the old and non-commissioned officer factions. The non-commissioned officer faction 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 Heyue Chasing Han Xin". The two hugged their heads in a thatched hut near the battlefield cry bitterly.

The situation of the Northeast Army at that time was that Zhang Zuolin wanted to play with factions to check and balance, and the Jiangwutang faction got closer to Zhang Xueliang, and the factional struggles quickly became fierce.

To what extent has the conflict intensified?

Guo Songling even encouraged Zhang Xueliang to seize power, briefly saying: "The general (Zhang Zuolin) is too old-minded, surrounded by small groups, and may be irreparable", and proposed "father to let son succeed" in order to reform the situation in the three eastern provinces.

Zhang Xueliang "couldn't help being shocked" when he heard this, turned around and quietly ran away on the train without changing his expression.

From this, we can see the complexity of Zhang Xueliang's character. He forged ahead, recruited talents, reformed and innovated, which greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the Northeast Army, but this provoked internal conflicts in the Northeast Army. When the conflict became intensified beyond reconciliation, he always took chances on it. During the period, he could not effectively reconcile and stop it. Guo Songling became rebellious and he did not act decisively, which led to a complete deterioration of the situation.

Under the pressure of the old school, coupled with the irreconcilable political ideas, Guo Songling finally raised the flag to rebel.

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

Since then, Zhang Xueliang has become depressed.

His daily life used to be to study and progress, and to participate in various progressive activities, but now he plays cards, listens to operas, eats, drinks and has fun all day long.

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

But in Zhou Hexuan's opinion, at least 80% of Zhang Xueliang's playthings are for his father to see.

When playing cards last night, that Yang Yuting belonged to the representative of the Northeast Army's non-commissioned officer faction, which seemed to be a bit of surveillance. Zhang Xueliang then acted like he was addicted to gambling, completely like a swinger. But now seeing Zhou Hexuan, Zhang Xueliang once again looked like a corporal, showing that his aggressiveness 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 support the wall. He's usually fine, but he has no idea when something big happens. Yang Yuting jumped like that, and Du Nima was forcing the palace. If this kind of disobedient subordinate was replaced by the principal, he would kill him with a single knife.

But how did Zhang Xueliang make his decision?

Guessing coins... oh no, guessing silver dollars. Heads live, tails die, buy and leave!

Yang Yuting recited a little, so he was executed.

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

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

Following such a boss, there is absolutely no need to worry about the danger of life. Even if you poke a big basket, he will try his best to cover it for you. But it will definitely not work out, because Zhang Xueliang's character can be summed up in eight words: indecision, benevolence of a woman.

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

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

Zhang Xueliang pointed to a piece of text and said: "In the Boston Tea Party incident, isn't the American people rebelling against the British Communist Party?"

"Hehe, someone has to organize the people's rebellion against the Communist Party," Zhou Hexuan explained. "Who will organize it? A businessman! At that time, the tea trade was a huge profiteering industry. In order to monopolize the trade, the British government turned to American tea Heavy taxes were imposed. Later, the "Tea Act" was simply promulgated to prohibit the colonies from selling private tea, and the tea drunk by North Americans could only be provided by the British East India Company. What do you think this means?"

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. One is that the local coffee merchants took advantage of the opportunity to rise up, taking advantage of the people's dissatisfaction, calling on everyone to drink coffee instead of British tea. 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 who have all 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 party incident was caused by local coffee merchants and tea smugglers in North America, instigating to bribe ordinary people for their own benefit."

"Isn't it because of the riots caused by Britain's taxation on 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 didn't the people revolt?"

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