The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

After chatting about American history, Zhang Xueliang then talked about the domestic situation: "Mr. Zhou, what do you think of the current North-South situation?"

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "I said last night that the north and the south are fighting endlessly, and whoever stabilizes the interior first will win."

There are conflicts among the major warlords in Beiyang, and there are factional struggles among the warlords themselves. Zhang Xueliang himself has suffered from internal fighting, and he feels deeply about this. He said: "I know the situation in Beiyang, but what is the situation in the south? Please explain in detail, sir."

"Let's talk about the internal affairs of the Kuomintang first," Zhou Hexuan analyzed. "After the death of Mr. Zhongshan, Hu Hanmin and Liao Zhongkai had the highest prestige. Mr. Liao was assassinated suddenly last year, and it turned out that Mr. Hu's cousin did it. Does the Marshal know about this?"

"I know." Zhang Xueliang nodded.

Zhou Hexuan chuckled: "The two most prestigious members of the Kuomintang, one has been assassinated, and the other has been forced to leave the Soviet Union. Who is the biggest beneficiary?"

Zhang Xueliang's eyes widened: "You said the real murderer was actually Jiang..."

"I didn't say anything. No one can tell about this." Zhou Hexuan shook his head and smiled. This is really an unsolved case, even after 50 years, there are different opinions.

Zhang Xueliang said: "Then tell me about the current situation."

Zhou Hexuan introduced the internal conflicts in the south in detail without any personal touch. This information has been thoroughly researched in the future, but at this moment it is like seeing flowers in a fog. The more Zhang Xueliang listens, the more energetic he is, and he keeps asking questions.

It was noon soon, and Zhang Xueliang asked his servant to bring the food into the study, and chatted with Zhou Hexuan while eating.

"Sir, you are truly a genius who has such insight into domestic and foreign situations." Zhang Xueliang put down his chopsticks, admiring him, and his heart was extremely excited.

Zhou Hexuan pretended to laugh and said, "In fact, a lot of information can be found in newspapers, and you can understand it after a little analysis."

Zhang Xueliang shook his head and said: "Not everyone can do it by seeing the small things."

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said nothing, thinking about how to handle it. He absolutely cannot disclose a lot of news inside our party. Zhang Xueliang is still a reactionary warlord now, so he must hold his butcher's knife high.

"Aha!"

As he was talking, Zhang Xueliang fell into another cigarette addiction, yawning and beckoning to the adjutant.

Soon Gu Ruiyu came in with a smoking set, seeing Zhang Xueliang impatiently striking a match, she said distressedly: "Master, you still have to quit smoking."

Zhang Xueliang exhaled a puff of smoke, with an expression of intoxication on his face, he enjoyed it for a long time before he sighed and said, "Oh, why don't I want to quit? It's easier said than done."

Gu Ruiyu said: "I asked foreign doctors about it, and they said that injecting morphine can help you quit smoking."

"Really?" Zhang Xueliang was quite moved.

Zhou Hexuan seized the opportunity of meritorious deeds and hurriedly stopped him: "Don't do it!"

"Why?" Both Zhang Xueliang and Gu Ruiyu looked at him strangely.

Let alone the Chinese, even Western medical scientists only know that opium is harmful to people, but they do not clearly understand the dangers of morphine.

Zhou Hexuan explained: "Morphine is more addictive than opium, and it is more troublesome to quit."

Gu Ruiyu didn't doubt that Zhou Hexuan was lying, and said dejectedly, "Then what should I do?"

Zhou Hexuan said: "It's simple, if the young marshal wants to smoke opium, just tie him up, and he will be able to quit completely in two or three months."

This is how New China got rid of opium, and the effect is very obvious. For example, Li Shoumin became addicted to smoking because of writing novels. He was a smoker for 20 years and returned to normal after being educated by our party for two months.

Both Zhang Xueliang and Gu Ruiyu smiled wryly, who would dare to persuade the young marshal if he was addicted to cigarettes? Not to mention bundling.

Well, there is someone who dares. When Du Yuesheng helped Zhang Xueliang quit smoking, he forced to play bundled Play, and the young marshal was very grateful to him.

Zhang Xueliang is very eager to quit smoking. Historically, he will ask a doctor to inject morphine in two months. As a result, I successfully quit opium, but became addicted to morphine, and I regretted it too much.

"Hey!"

Zhang Xueliang broke the bong violently, gritted his teeth and said to the adjutant: "Heru, next time I relapse into smoking, you will tie me up. Even if I call for help, you are not allowed to untie it. Do you hear me? This is a military order!"

The adjutant hesitated for a few seconds, then suddenly raised his hand to salute the army and said, "Yes!"

Zhou Hexuan watched coldly. With Zhang Xueliang's perseverance, it is hard to say whether he can successfully quit smoking.

Zhang Xueliang asked the adjutant and Gu Ruiyu to step down, and said sincerely, "Mr. Zhou, are you willing to be my confidential secretary?"

The confidential secretary is much more advanced than the Russian secretary.

But Zhou Hexuan was resolutely unwilling to step into the muddy water, and euphemistically refused: "Young commander, forgive me for my limited ability, so I dare not take on important responsibilities."

If it were Chu Yupu, he would have been so angry that he would have scolded his mother. But Zhang Xueliang was just a little disappointed, sighed and said: "Forget it, since Mr. Zhou is not willing, then I will not force it. In the future, if I have the opportunity, I will ask more advice from Mr. Zhou."

Zhang Xueliang loves learning very much. He learned a lot from Guo Songling, including loving the country, loving the people, and hating Japan. Well, you heard it right, Zhang Xueliang hates the Japanese, he has long seen Japan's attempts and threats to the Northeast.

But hate is one thing, the Japanese are really calling, huh, huh.

Later, Zhang Xueliang became obsessed with red theory again. His several confidential secretaries after the 1930s were all traitors to our party. He understood "Das Kapital" better than many party members.

The strange thing is here, Zhang Xueliang very much agrees with the red theory, but he is afraid of it, and the contradiction is extremely extreme.

Zhou Hexuan suddenly asked: "What's the young commander's plan?"

Zhang Xueliang was taken aback for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "What plans can I have?"

Zhou Hexuan said: "It's better to be a yamen with peace of mind for a few years. A yamen who can make a difference without threatening."

"How?" Zhang Xueliang realized that Zhou Hexuan was advising him.

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said, "Publish the newspaper."

"run a newspaper?" Zhang Xueliang was stunned.

"Do you think which party in the south doesn't run a newspaper? Public opinion is people's hearts, and people's hearts are destiny," Zhou Hexuan pointed to the ceiling, "The things the general did in Beiping are very unpopular."

Zhang Xueliang nodded: "It's really too much to send troops to surround Peking University."

Zhou Hexuan added: "There is still a school."

"Are you running a university?" Zhang Xueliang asked.

Zhou Hexuan shook his head and said, "Running primary schools and promoting basic education, the young commander still remembers how strong Germany was?"

"It's time to run education." Zhang Xueliang is as good as others.

The most important thing is that Zhang Xueliang is in an embarrassing situation now. In name, he is the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, but in fact he can't control the military power. He doesn't even dare to contact his former subordinates, so he has to hide his strength and bide his time.

Zhou Hexuan's suggestion, on the surface, said to run newspapers and schools, but in fact it was for his support, and it would not arouse Zhang Zuolin's fear.

"Thank you for your advice, sir." Zhang Xueliang said sincerely, already treating Zhou Hexuan as a counselor. He used to have some talents around him, but unfortunately due to Guo Songling's rebellion last year, most of these talents were scattered.

Zhou Hexuan smiled happily. Being able to borrow Zhang Xueliang's strength to run more primary schools and train more talents can be considered as a contribution to the country.

As for the hellish hope, when the "September 18th" comes, all hope will disappear.