The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

Even though Zhou Hexuan and Soong Meiling chatted easily and solved the problem in a few moments, the incident this time was really big.

Kong Xiangxi, who was far away in Shanghai, received the news and immediately sent his secretary back to Nanjing, and sent a telegram to his wife and son, asking Song Ailing to go to the police station in person to apologize to Zhou Hexuan.

Kong Xiangxi's character is very complex. He is greedy, selfish, and unconcerned with people's livelihood, but also cowardly, cautious, and kind-hearted - a typical Shanxi rich man.

For example, in the financial turmoil in Shanghai a few years ago, Kong Xiangxi was behind it, adding fuel to the flames and screwing up Du Yuesheng who wanted to speculate. Du Yuesheng lost money in the stock market and went to find Kong Xiangxi to settle the score. This was similar to asking the banker for compensation after losing money in a casino. Kong Xiangxi could have completely ignored Du Yuesheng, but he still chose to solve the problem peacefully and found a lucrative construction project for Du Yuesheng to contract.

Kong Xiangxi's status in the family was not high, and Song Ailing had the final say in everything. He was on equal terms with his children, and he never said harsh words, let alone beat, scolded, or punished them corporally.

This time when he learned that his son was only injured and that he was at fault, Kong Xiangxi immediately chose to settle the matter. Because he knew that Zhou Hexuan had great social influence, and if this matter broke out, it might delay his becoming an official and making a fortune.

As for using any means to retaliate against Zhou Hexuan, Kong Xiangxi never thought about it. He was too lazy to do anything that harmed others but was not beneficial to himself. What about reputation? So what about face? In Kong Xiangxi's eyes, making money is not important.

Chang Kaishen was inspecting the Jinling Arsenal when he got the news.

The Maxim heavy machine gun imported from Germany has been officially made domestically and is named the Type 24 heavy machine gun. At the same time, Jinling Arsenal began to manufacture 82 mortars, and Chang Kaishen went over this time to watch the test.

Compared with self-produced heavy weapons, what are Zhou Hexuan and Kong Lingkan's trivial matters?

When the adjutant came to report, Chang Kaishen was not moved at all. He just nodded slightly and said, "I understand, let Madam handle it properly."

On the contrary, newspapers at home and abroad became excited after receiving Zhang Leyi's "mass" telegram, and they were eager to make big news. The two parties involved in the incident, one is a Nobel Prize winner in literature, and the other is the son of the Minister of Finance. What they represent is newspaper sales!

The response from Hongmen was also very swift. After learning that Min Zhou, a red stick, was shot and hospitalized, the Zhi Gong Party headquarters (Hong Kong) immediately sent a stern telegram demanding that the Nanjing government severely punish the murderer.

Not only are there external disturbances, there are also undercurrents surging within the Kuomintang.

The CC faction headed by Chen Guofu and Chen Lifu had a fierce fight with Kong Xiangxi. This time I heard that Kong Lingkan had provoked Zhou Hexuan, and the CC newspapers immediately started to attack Kong Xiangxi to shame.

There was no way. Kong Xiangxi, who held financial power, offended too many people and made too many people die of jealousy.

Zhou Hexuan didn't bother to ask about these messy things. After leaving the police station, he did not return to the Yangtze Hotel immediately. Instead, he took a rickshaw to the Central Hospital. After all, Min Zhou was injured because of him, so Zhou Hexuan had to care.

"Brother Min, are you awake?" Zhou Hexuan came to the ward.

Zhu Guofu said: "I was in a coma for three hours. I just woke up for a while and now I fell asleep again. The doctor said that as long as there is no post-operative infection, there is no big problem. I can just stay in bed for a while."

"That's good." Zhou Hexuan had nothing else but enough sulfa drugs.

Zhu Guolu asked curiously: "Mr. Zhou, has the Kong family matter been resolved?"

"Solved," Zhou Hexuan nodded and said, "Kong Lingkan was sent to study abroad and was not allowed to return to China within three years."

The Zhu brothers were surprised by this. They had lived in Nanjing for several years, and this was the first time they heard that the Kong family had given up. This Mr. Zhou is very powerful!

Zhou Hexuan spent money to hire a special nurse for Min Zhou before taking the Zhu brothers back to the Yangtze Hotel. As soon as they showed up, Zhang Leyi and the others gathered around to ask about the situation. When they learned that the matter was successfully resolved, Zhang Mouzhi breathed a long sigh of relief.

"That's good, that's good!" Zhang Mouzhi was afraid of being targeted by the Kong family. He is in business, and if he offends the Kong family, he will have to go to the territory of the local warlord.

Zhou Hexuan smiled and comforted him and said, "It will definitely be okay. The Second Plenary Session of the Fifth Central Committee of the Kuomintang will be held next week. It is impossible for the Kong family to slip up at this juncture and provide his political opponents with materials to criticize."

Zhang Mouzhi said sincerely: "My dear son-in-law, you must be calm when doing things in the future. Don't be so impulsive again."

"I understand, I understand." Zhou Hexuan didn't want to explain more.

As Zhou Hexuan said, the Kuomintang Party is about to hold its congress again. At such a critical moment, no one with a little bit of brains will create any complications.

The upcoming Second Plenary Session of the Fifth Central Committee of the Kuomintang will mainly discuss military and diplomatic issues, with three contents:

First, continue to implement the foreign policy of "bonding friendly relations", but in Sino-Japanese relations, if it "exceeds the limit of tolerance", it will be "resolutely motivated by the war of resistance."

Second, the threat of "red disaster" was reiterated, but "the cessation of civil war and peaceful reunification are the tenets of the whole country", and "the suppression of bandits by force" was changed to "peaceful incorporation", requiring the Red Army to lay down its arms and surrender to the central government.

Third, elect a new National Defense Committee, deal with the "Guangdong and Guangxi Incident", annex Guangdong without bloodshed, and politically bring Guangxi under the Nanjing government.

Some of the contents of these meetings seem like nonsense, but they have a huge impact on China.

Perhaps due to the rising anti-Japanese sentiment in the country, Chang Kaishen revealed his "anti-war" tendency for the first time, softened his attitude towards dealing with the Communist Party issue, and completely resolved the warlord troubles in Guangdong and Guangxi. These three articles provided the political basis for the establishment of the National United Front and also paved the way for the peaceful resolution of the "Xi'an Incident".

From a political and legal perspective, the Second Plenary Session of the Fifth Central Committee of the Kuomintang was so important. It made the subsequent unified resistance of the whole people reasonable and well-founded. At least for warlords such as Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, Han Fuju, Yan Xishan, Song Zheyuan, and Liu Xiang, not following the anti-Japanese order meant opposing the central government and the people of the country.

"Brother Xuan, haven't you eaten yet?" Zhang Leyi quietly brought a bowl of seafood noodles to Zhou Hexuan without any complaints.

"Thank you." Zhou Hexuan smiled. It's great to have a sensible wife.

Zhang Leyi stood beside Zhou Hexuan, watching him eat noodles and said, "A reporter came over just now and wanted you to write an article criticizing Kong Lingkan, but I sent him away."

"Well done, these guys react so quickly!" Zhou Hexuan sneered.

If any newspaper is willing to scold Kong Lingkan, Zhou Hexuan will certainly welcome it. But it would be a bit suspicious to want him to write an article to criticize himself. It is clear that he wants to use Zhou Hexuan as a gunman.

Needless to say, the reporter who came to visit me was probably a reporter from the CC department of the Kuomintang.

If Kong Xiangxi is a blood-sucking worm, then the CC series is not a good bird either, and Zhou Hexuan is not willing to get involved.

After Zhou Hexuan had eaten, he went to bed and regained his energy to attend the dance. He didn't bother to remind the newspapers that he had been released by the police. How the newspapers scolded the Kong family was none of his business.