The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

The secret preparatory meeting only attended a few times, and Zhou Hexuan didn't want to go again, because he disagreed with some people's ideas, especially in his attitude towards strikes.

Zhou Hexuan is in favor of organizing strikes in Japanese-funded enterprises, and also in favor of a general strike on the "September 18th" anniversary day, but strongly opposes strikes by workers in domestic enterprises. Because this kind of strike has no effect at all, but will also affect the development of national industry.

This can be regarded as the ass decides the head. Zhou Hexuan looked at the problem from the standpoint of a capitalist, while the other party represented the proletariat.

Some people also want to organize the masses to rob Japanese warehouses, shops and factories to relieve the unemployed and hungry. Although this can attack the Japanese invaders, it is obviously too radical and suspected of terrorism, which will inevitably disrupt social security and economic order. You know, they even want to grab Japanese goods imported by Chinese businessmen, and Zhou Hexuan has no idea how to refute them.

Also regarding the organizational structure to be established, Zhou Hexuan also had a big disagreement with some people, and they couldn't agree on it over and over again.

This event was initiated in the name of Mrs. Sun, and many group representatives also came here for Mrs. Sun's sake. The Communist Party did not show up in public from the beginning to the end. It doesn't matter even if it is caught by the KMT agents, it can be argued that it is participating in patriotic activities, which is in line with the laws of the Republic of China.

But soon everyone discovered that there were obviously too many traces of the Communist Party this time, and many people retreated one after another.

At the same time, the Kuomintang secret agents and the concession police were frequently dispatched. Obviously, the other party had received the news, which also prevented the smooth progress of the preparation work.

The secret preparatory meeting has been held for nearly half a month, and there has been no substantive progress at all. Coupled with the harassment from the KMT secret agents, everyone finally got impatient to continue working on it—there were too many differences and too many involvements, and it was impossible to negotiate a result that was satisfactory to each other.

Zhou Hexuan felt very helpless about this. When shouting slogans and expressing determination, everyone was very active. But when it comes to more practical issues, there are suddenly many contradictions, and the distribution and supervision of anti-Japanese donations are enough for half a year.

Haig Road, Zhou Mansion.

Yu Peichen helped Zhou Hexuan organize his briefcase and said, "Mr. Zhou, when are you going out tonight?"

Zhou Hexuan said with a wry smile: "Burn all the materials in the bag, and there will be no more meetings in the future."

"Is everything settled?" Yu Peichen asked.

"The discussion can't go on," Zhou Hexuan said with emotion, "Why am I unwilling to join politics and the army? It is because the coordination of interests is too troublesome. It is not easy for Lao Jiang. He has to balance so many factions, no wonder he is so worried that he lost his hair. gone."

Yu Peichen couldn't help laughing, and said with a smile: "Generalissimo Jiang shaved his head to show his ambition, but he didn't let his hair be shaved."

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "I am still planning to devote myself to the cause of the Anti-Japanese War and try my best to do my part. Now that I think about it, let's forget it. It is more suitable for me to do a small business and write a few broken articles."

Zhou Hexuan was really hit. He encountered too many bad things in meetings these days. He can't persuade others, and he doesn't want to be persuaded by others. Different ideas make it difficult to communicate happily.

Simply follow the original historical development, and let the Communist Party completely organize and lead the "China National Armed Self-Defense Committee". Professional matters are handled by professionals. Zhou Hexuan only needs to donate money and materials, and write a few articles to boost morale.

In fact, the people in charge of this matter on the Communist Party side are also very troubled. They plan to bypass people outside the party and various differences to prepare on their own. It's just that at that time, the "China National Armed Self-Defense Committee" seems to be a bit of a misnomer, and it is difficult to be accepted by major civil organizations across the country.

Yu Peichen asked: "Since there is no meeting, when will we return to Tianjin?"

"Don't worry, I have to give a speech at Jiaotong University tomorrow," Zhou Hexuan thought for a while and said, "By the way, help me book a boat ticket to Xiamen. Master Hongyi invited me to Nanputuo Temple to attend the Buddha Bathing Festival."

Yu Peichen asked: "Does Mr. Zhou believe in Buddhism?"

"I only respect other people's religious beliefs, but I don't believe in them anyway," Zhou Hexuan said.

"Then what doctrine do you believe in?" Yu Peichen asked tentatively.

"Me," Zhou Hexuan thought seriously, "I should be a liberal, but I also tend to be nationalist and socialist."

Yu Peichen asked again: "What about communism?"

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said nothing, he didn't want to answer Yu Peichen's question because he couldn't understand it at all.

There is still a big difference between socialism and communism. Communism was now hostile to the European powers, but socialism developed rapidly in Western Europe. Whether it is Britain or France, there are many believers in socialism today. Even Hitler gave the Nazis a coat of socialism.

Yu Peichen hesitated to speak, as if he wanted to promote communist ideas to Zhou Hexuan. But in the end she still didn't speak, because she already knew that Zhou Hexuan's understanding of various doctrines was far better than hers, and it was just playing tricks when she said it.

The next morning, Yu Peichen followed Zhou Hexuan out with Sun Yongzhen, carrying a briefcase.

Zhou Hexuan now lives on Haige Road, and the National Jiaotong University (Shanghai Jiaotong University) also has a school gate on Haige Road, which can be said to be next to each other. There was no need to hail a rickshaw to go out. After walking for more than ten minutes, the three of them came to the gate of Jiaotong University.

"Mr. Zhou, rare guest, rare guest!" Li Zhaohuan, president of Jiaotong University, greeted him warmly.

Zhou Hexuan went over to shake hands with a smile and said, "Brother Yaosheng, it's a pleasure to meet you!"

At this time, Shanghai Jiaotong University was not called Shanghai Jiaotong University, but its full name was "National First Jiaotong University". This school is directly under the Ministry of Railways of the Republic of China, and the principal (vice principal) is usually concurrently held by the Minister of Railways or the deputy minister.

For example, Li Zhaohuan in front of me was formerly the deputy minister of the Ministry of Railways, but now he has resigned from the Ministry of Railways and is now concentrating on running a school in Shanghai Jiaotong University.

According to Zhou Hexuan's self-proclaimed age (28 years old when he just crossed), he and Li Zhaohuan are the same age, both of them are 36 years old. But judging from appearance, Zhou Hexuan is obviously much younger, and Li Zhaohuan is aging quickly like most people in the Republic of China.

This gentleman has a bald forehead and a pale face. He is wearing a Zhongshan suit with a pen in his chest pocket. He looks like a scholarly bureaucrat.

Li Zhaohuan took Zhou Hexuan's hand and walked in, said with a smile: "Finally, Mr. Zhou is here, and today I have to explain the truth to the students of Jiaotong University."

"Where is it?" Zhou Hexuan said with a smile, "I live on Haig Road, and I am a neighbor to Jiaotong University. Neighbors should move around more."

Speaking of it as a speech, Zhou Hexuan was actually invited to the Jiaotong University to attend the graduation ceremony.

College students in the Republic of China have to go on a graduation trip before graduation (starting in March). This trip can be a real trip, a research trip, or an internship in a factory. After the one-month graduation trip, the students will return to school, submit their graduation trip reports, and then attend the graduation ceremony, have a breakup meal and go their separate ways.

Shanghai Jiao Tong University students are the luckiest when it comes to graduation trips. Because it is a school directly under the Ministry of Railways, they can apply for a special train for graduation travel and travel around in a beautiful way on the train.

Take this year’s graduates of Shanghai Jiaotong University as an example. They took their own graduation train, which took 18 days and passed through six or seven provinces in the north and south. When the train arrived in Shandong, they wanted to go to Mount Tai to play, so the train stopped at the foot of Mount Tai and waited until the students finished their tour before moving on.

Graduation tour ah, play really advanced.

Surrounded by fresh graduates from Shanghai Jiaotong University, Zhou Hexuan entered the campus and went straight to the auditorium where the graduation ceremony was held.

Before the graduation ceremony started, Zhou Hexuan sat in the leadership seat in the front row, next to the principal, vice-principal, secretary-general, department head and other leaders. The students also sent him a booklet called "Commemorative Journal of the Second and Third Grades of the Jiaotong University".

This brochure is a commemorative publication for this year's graduates. Zhou Hexuan casually flipped through the catalog page, and suddenly couldn't help laughing. He saw a line of small characters—art design: Qian Xuesen.

Well, the class emblem and illustrations of this commemorative magazine were all designed by Qian Xuesen.

Qian Xuesen is also a graduate of this class, and he also serves as the director of the art department of the grade. He is also very proficient in art.