The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

After Liang Qichao finished his marriage testimony, he left alone and went home, not even attending the wedding banquet at noon. After he left, the atmosphere of the wedding eased up a bit, at least not as embarrassing as before.

However, Zhou Hexuan was looking for Hu Shi. Didn't later generations always say that the witness of this wedding was Liang Qichao, and the host was Hu Shi? He searched the scene for a long time, but he didn't even see Hu Shi's shadow.

After the wedding, some guests bid farewell and left, and the rest went to restaurants for dinner. There were only two or three tables at the wedding banquet, which seemed extremely shabby.

When setting out the wine, Zhou Hexuan took the opportunity to ask, "Did Mr. Hu Shi not come to the wedding?"

"He traveled abroad in May." Xu Zhimo explained.

Zhou Hexuan was sweating wildly, the rumors on the Internet were really unbelievable. What else is there to say about Xu Zhimo's wedding, although it was embarrassing, but under the presidency of Hu Shi's witty words, it was finished happily and lively in the end, it's a lie!

But Hu Shi is indeed the introducer of Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman, commonly known as a matchmaker.

This matchmaker has to be quoted, it is just a job, and it is indispensable in Chinese weddings. The so-called "the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker", since the pre-Qin period, marriages without a matchmaker have been considered unethical.

At the strictest time, marriage without a matchmaker was even classified as elopement and sexual intercourse.

Liang Qichao was forcefully persuaded by the matchmaker Hu Shi to be a witness, and that's why he made the unprecedented speech today.

According to legend, Hu Shi has four major hobbies, namely: playing cards, smoking, drinking and being a matchmaker.

In his life, he has been a matchmaker (including marriage witnesses and officiant marriages) more than 150 times, and he can be called the number one matchmaker in the Republic of China. Among them were Bing Xin and his wife, Shen Congwen and his wife, and Hu Shi was among them.

As for Hu Shi's love of playing cards, you can get a glimpse of it from his diary, and I believe many people have read it.

His study abroad diary wrote: "On July 2, it was too hot to do anything, so I played cards for entertainment. On July 3, today's weather was 110 degrees (Fahrenheit), playing cards. On July 5, I registered for the summer school. In the afternoon Playing cards. July 6th, the first day of summer school, chemistry, playing cards. July 7th, class, playing cards. July 8th, nothing to do, playing cards. The weather is a little cooler... September 5th, reading novels, Playing cards. September 6th, yesterday, I quit playing cards with Mr. Jin Tao."

Only in July of the year Hu Shi studied abroad, he played cards 11 days a month. However, Hu Shi's strength lies in that he said in his diary that he quit gambling, and he quit immediately. He said in his diary that he quit smoking, and he quit quickly.

This person's self-control is terrible, no wonder he later achieved extraordinary academic achievements.

In fact, it is very interesting to read the diaries of the masters of the Republic of China. For example, Mr. Ji Xianlin, a national treasure-level academic master, his diary is true enough. Later, when the diary was sorted out and published, the editor advised him to delete some of the content, and Mr. Ji Xianlin's answer was "not to change a single word".

The editors of the publishing house think that the contents that need to be deleted are as follows——

"September 11th, my manuscript hasn't been published yet, damn it."

"On September 23, I just went to work in the morning, and my buttocks hurt from sitting."

"December 21, to be honest, watching women play basketball...was looking at their thighs. The thighs of the female students in the attached middle school were dark, and they only watched half of the game and returned."

"On April 29, because the girls' dormitory was open, I went to see it. More than half of them were not in the house."

"On March 13th, I didn't do anything meaningful--damn, these bastard professors not only don't know that they are discouraged, but also take exams all day long. Either you take the exam, or I take the exam. What the hell is it?"

"On May 17, I have no other hope in this life. I only hope that I can have a few women for a few days and contact women from all over the place."

Although Mr. Ji wants to have a few women for a long time, he is impeccable in character, and he grows old with his married wife, which is far cuter than those hypocrites. Just like Li Zongwu who wrote "Thick Black Studies", he is full of dark human nature and corrupt officialdom, but he treats people sincerely and has a clean hand.

Zhou Hexuan really wanted to get acquainted with these celebrities and have a drink and chat with them face to face. It's a pity that Hu Shi has gone abroad, Ji Xianlin has just graduated from middle school, and Li Zongwu is far away in Sichuan.

Gossip aside, back to the topic.

Zhou Hexuan's table was full of New Moon School poets, including Rao Mengkan, Zhu Xiang, Liang Shiqiu, Liang Zhen and others, which was deliberately arranged by Xu Zhimo. It is estimated that he thinks that Zhou Hexuan's poems are outstanding, and he must have a common topic when sitting with these poets.

Liang Zhen said in shock: "Mr. Ren Gong is really powerful, he is too shameless. If I were the bridegroom, I would die of shame today!"

"Cough cough, be careful," Liang Shiqiu reminded, "Today is Zhimo's big day, don't mention such unpleasant things."

Zhu Xiang raised his glass and said, "Yes, yes, drink!"

Everyone clinked glasses quickly and began to chat about other topics.

Rao Mengkan asked, "Shiqiu, how was your life at Southeast University (the predecessor of Nanjing University)?"

"It's still not the same," Liang Shiqiu shook his head and smiled wryly. "I thought the south would be stable and I could study with peace of mind, but I didn't expect to go to war."

Zhu Xiangdao: "Do you think the Northern Expedition of the Revolutionary Army can succeed?"

"It's hard to say," Liang Shiqiu said, "Our Commander Sun (Sun Chuanfang) is expanding his army and preparing for war again. I heard that he has fought two battles and beaten the revolutionary army very badly."

Liang Zhen suddenly said to Zhou Hexuan: "Mr. Zhou is well versed in politics and military affairs. What do you think of the current situation in China?"

Everyone looked at Zhou Hexuan after hearing the words. The book "The Rise of Great Powers" made him famous, and he seemed to have become an expert on international issues, and he knew everything about military affairs and politics.

Zhou Hexuan did not answer directly, but said with a smile: "Whether the revolutionary army will succeed in the Northern Expedition, I dare not predict, but Wu Peifu is definitely finished."

"How?" Zhu Xiang asked.

Zhou Hexuan analyzed: "When the Northern Expeditionary Army attacked Hunan and Hubei, Zhang Zuolin and Sun Chuanfang were watching the fun. Now that Wu Peifu's main force has collapsed, the two generals immediately acted. , one marching towards Zhiyu, it is obvious that he wants to take the opportunity to swallow Wu Peifu's four provinces. Wu Peifu is facing a three-way attack from the revolutionary army, Zhang Zuolin and Sun Chuanfang at the same time, can he hold on?"

Liang Zhen sarcastically said: "These warlords are really dark enough. If you are a good friend in front of you, but stab a knife in the back, Marshal Wu will admit it this time."

Liang Shiqiu sneered and said: "In these days, only the mean and shameless can get along well, and the pure and good people should live an honest life."

Zhou Hexuan suddenly popped out a few words: "Despicableness is the passport of the despicable, and nobleness is the epitaph of the noble. Black and white are reversed, but that's all."

As soon as this remark came out, all the poets at the table looked at him.

"Why, there are flowers on my face?" Zhou Hexuan asked jokingly.

Liang Shiqiu said anxiously: "Mr. Zhou, can you repeat the two sentences you just said?"

Zhou Hexuan said: "Despicableness is the passport of the humble, and nobility is the epitaph of the noble."

"Good sentence!" Liang Zhen clapped his hands and praised.

Zhu Xiang also said: "These two sentences can be compared with Mr. Zhou's 'The night gave me black eyes, but I use them to find light'."

Rao Mengkan also said: "Yes, these two sentences are deeply philosophical, and they can be obtained by accident, and they cannot be chiseled."

At this moment, Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman came over to toast. Xu Zhimo asked with a smile: "What are you discussing, so happy?"

Liang Shiqiu pointed to Zhou Hexuan and praised: "Mr. Zhou's two poems just now are really wonderful."

"What poem?" Xu Zhimo was interested.

Liang Zhennian said: "Despicableness is the passport of the humble, and nobility is the epitaph of the noble."

Xu Zhimo pondered for a while, and forgot to toast, happily put down his glass and took Zhou Hexuan's hand, saying, "Mr. Zhou, you must give me this poem, and it will be published in "Poems" in two days."

Here we go again, your wife is right by your side, why touch me if you have nothing to do?

Zhou Hexuan dragged his hand back silently, and promised: "Yes, there are other sentences in this poem, I will write them to you after dinner."