Chapter 31 third quarter

In the two months after the July 7th Incident, Ye Qisun, Wu Mi, and Xiong Dazhen all moved out of Tsinghua University. His father attended the funeral, and many professors including Zhang Xiruo, Tang Yongtong, and Zhao Yuanren were also in the city, so Tsinghua University set up a temporary office in Tianjin to support teachers and students going south and take care of Tsinghua’s property. The office was presided over by Ye Qisun, and Zhou Peiyuan, Xiong Dazhen assisted. Unexpectedly, at this time, Ye Qisun was seriously ill. From "Wu Mi's Diary", we can know that Wu Mi and Ye Qisun often got together for a few days after moving out of Tsinghua University.In mid-August, Wu Mi first had a "sore throat". At the end of the month, that is, on August 27, Wu Mi recorded in his diary: "I woke up at 2:00 in the night and was sick. It took about two hours on average, and I had diarrhea. Once, a cold." This is a typical typhoid symptom.

Ye Qisun suffered from typhoid fever. Wu Mi's illness did not recover until early September, but Ye Qisun fell ill within a few days after arriving in Tianjin in early September. The illness lasted for two months, and it was so serious that it was life-threatening.The information about Ye Qisun's illness is recorded in "Wu Mi's Diary", for example, on September 12: "...It is also known that Ye Qisun lives in state hotel race-course rd (British Concession, Victoria Road 191a, Suite No. 3) in Tianjin ). Seriously ill in Tianjin." On October 26, there was also the words "see Ye Qisun, he has recovered from his illness, but needs to rest".

Tsinghua moved south to Changsha, and the preliminary work was completed by Ye Qisun. He was the director of the preparatory committee, and he made all the decisions.After the branch school was built, he was in charge of the rear. The task was to transfer the Tsinghua teachers and students scattered in the Beijing-Tianjin area to the south in an organized manner. Because the autumn semester had passed, Principal Mei repeatedly urged him. Excessive, perhaps because of Wu Mi's infection, when he arrived in Tianjin, when the gongs and drums were ready and was about to open, he suddenly fell ill.Ye Qisun was originally in good health and knew how to keep in good health. He was usually not sick, but once such a person was knocked down by the disease, he was often much worse than a person who was often sick.

Even though he was seriously ill, Ye Qisun still couldn't forget the "transfer" work.Wu Mi is one of his transfer tasks. When the war came, Wu Mi's original world-weary thoughts added another layer of sadness.Think about a scholar who suffers from international disasters, but has no practical ability to serve the country.He considered himself an unfortunate man, unhappy in his marriage, unhappy in love, unhappy in his career.The most unfortunate of all misfortunes is love.His hope for love is so strong, in order to pursue true love, he abandoned the normal family and marriage, chasing after him, turned out to be the moon in the mirror, leaving only a haggard heart and a haggard body.The emotional world is about to collapse, and everything in the real world seems to be no longer important, and the pain of the country's peril is also much numb.Wu Mi was determined not to go south again, he wanted to stay, see if he could save a hopeless love, and launch a final offensive against his student girlfriend "K", if he failed, he would commit suicide.He knew that staying meant trying to survive, but his forbearance was for love, and if there was no love, he would rather die.A dying person, let alone patriotism!

Therefore, he wrote a poem in his diary: Ye Qisun has always had insight into the inner world of old friends.Wu Mi's behavior did not happen overnight, and Ye Qisun was well aware of this, otherwise, he would not have introduced Wu Mi as a confidant.Knowing that Wu Mi is determined to stay in Beijing, playing table tennis all day long, focusing on the relationship between fans and women, decadent and lost, and the future of development is in danger, Ye Qisun is determined to mobilize him to regain his strength, continue to teach in Changsha, and take on the responsibility of educating the country when the country is in crisis responsibility of the author.

At this time, Ye Qisun had diarrhea several times a day, high fever persisted, his hair was like weeds, his eye sockets were sunken, and he was out of shape in appearance.Xiong Dazhen took a photo when Master Ye was not paying attention, and conveyed very clearly the serious illness of Ye Qisun at that time. It was at the time when he was most ill that Ye Qisun dragged his sick body to write a letter to his old friend, advising him to cherish himself so as not to be used by the Japanese.At this time, the Japanese had already launched a Huairou offensive of "goodwill and common prosperity" against celebrities from all walks of life in Peiping, either inviting them to join or forcing them to submit. Qi Baishi, Mei Lanfang, Zhou Zuoren, Chen Yinke, etc. all received various invitations.It seems that it is not an easy task to maintain a reputation.Chen Yinke encountered the Japanese "invitation to a banquet at the embassy", so Chen and Wu discussed, "If people come to persecute them directly in the future, in order to save the whole festival, then Yinke and Mi will also go to the embassy. He has no choice but to subdue and leave here.” ("Wu Mi Diary" 1936-1938 volumes, p. 219) A literati is no better than an artist. Qi Baishi can stop writing and refuse, and Mei Lanfang can grow a beard to express his ambition, but literati are not. Or it can be imitated, so Chen and Wu "had to subdue it and let him go."Ye Qisun hoped that the old friends would look farther and devote themselves to the society, and their mood might change a little.He hoped that Wu Mi would come to Tianjin as soon as possible and go to Hunan with him.

Ye Qisun's letter seems to have played a decisive role. Chen Yinke was in favor of Wu Mi studying in Peiping for a year. The reason why Wu Mi stayed in Peiping was "studying". Chen Yinke naturally believed it to be true, but only Ye Qisun knew in his heart that Wu Mi's stay in Peiping was mostly because of emotional difficulties. If it continues, Wu Mi will be very dangerous.If he is not drowning in the mire of emotion, he will be overwhelmed by a heavy mental burden. Therefore, not only did he write a letter in person, but he also sent word of mouth to someone over and over again, asking him to come to Tianjin for an interview.

Wu Mi was finally persuaded. On November 7 of that year, he came to Tianjin one after another with Chen Yinke, Tang Yongtong, He Lin and others, and set foot on the road to the south by boat three days later. Ye Qisun and Xiong Dazhen did not go with Wu Mi.The first reason is that Ye Qisun’s health has not yet recovered, the second is that the school property affairs of Tsinghua University have not yet been completed, and the third is that there are still many teachers and students stranded in Beijing and Tianjin who have not yet been arranged. After the Japanese occupied Beiping, Japanese troops were stationed in Tsinghua Garden.In the past, China's imperial academy, where the soul of China's 5,000-year civilization was stored, was trampled and humiliated by the Japanese cavalry.Japanese soldiers lived in the dormitory of the teaching staff, the vermilion lips of comfort women flickered in the sound of lotus and vines, and the sound of chrysanthemums and knives was no longer the sound of books in the willow waves.The original gymnasium is now a stable, and the pungent stench of horse urine and feces fills the entire gymnasium.Japanese soldiers armed with live ammunition recklessly rampaged in Tsinghua University, driving away the Chinese in Tsinghua University.Many school workers who guarded the school were driven away, beaten, or even killed by the Japanese while protecting the school property.

Yan Yuchang, a laboratory technician in the Department of Physics, was wounded in both legs by Japanese soldiers. The Department of Physics has the most property in the entire Tsinghua University. During the relocation process, due to the state of war and the school being on holiday, there was not enough manpower, so all the tasks fell on Yan Yuchang. The property of Tsinghua University is roughly divided into two parts, one part is working capital and the other part is fixed assets.The withdrawal of funds should be withdrawn, and if the withdrawal fails, it will be discussed in the future; but most of the fixed assets are hardware equipment, such as buildings, laboratories, stadiums, etc. in the school, and these things cannot be taken away.Ye Qisun gave orders to the left-behind people that the house can be kept, and all the things in the house must be disposed of. Everything that can be taken away should be taken away, and those that cannot be taken away should be secretly transferred, hidden or moved, and they must be accounted for.Ye Qisun's order has the meaning of "strengthening the wall and clearing the wild". Its purpose is not to be left behind by the Japanese, and not to be destroyed by the Japanese, because these are the hard work of the Tsinghua people.

Among many departments, the Department of Physics has the most, most complete and best equipment.These were all managed by Ye Qisun during his tenure, and every instrument and equipment seemed to have his palm prints and aura. Therefore, the transfer work of the Department of Physics is heavier than that of other departments. But Ye Qisun was not worried about the physics department, because there was Yan Yuchang in the physics department. Yan Yuchang was originally a worker, but Ye Qisun saw his ingenuity and skill, so he promoted him to become a technician.In the laboratory, Ye Qisun called him "teacher" in front of many students. This title has been continued since Mr. Wang Ganchang's first class.

In today's terms, Yan Yuchang was promoted from a worker to a cadre thanks to Ye Qisun's support.Therefore, deep in Yan Yuchang's heart, Mr. Ye treats him with kindness and regeneration. Not only that, Mr. Ye also has the virtue of regeneration for him and his family.Not long after Yan Yuchang was promoted as a technician, he became sick from overwork and suffered from what was then called terminal illness "consumption", which is now called tuberculosis.In those days, most of those who got this disease could only wait to die at home.At the critical moment, it was Mr. Ye Qisun's words that allowed Yan Yuchang to be admitted to the school hospital, and Ye Qisun paid for all the expenses himself.Tuberculosis is called the "disease of the rich", and the poor cannot afford it.In the eyes of outsiders, this is a bottomless pit, no amount of money can fill it and hear no echo.The Yan family is from a poor family, with many children, and their daily livelihood is worrying. How can they have extra money to see a doctor?But Ye Qisun Yi didn't look back, and saved Yan Yuchang's life with all he had, and borne all his living expenses during the several years of Yan Yuchang's recuperation. Misfortunes never come singly, and Yan Yuchang infected his elder son Yan Kuiyuan with tuberculosis while resting at home.At this time, it was Mr. Ye Qisun who stood up and ignited Yan Yuchang's hope for life.Ye Qisun ordered double servings of milk for the father and son, and often sent eggs, fish and other nutritional products until the father and son recovered. Yan Yuchang has a dull personality and doesn't like to talk, but he is a warm-hearted person in his heart.Ye Qisun's kindness to his Yan family is as great as a mountain, but he rarely expresses his thanks in front of Mr. Ye.But within the family, Ye Qisun is the god worshiped by their Yan family. Yan Yuchang often educates his children, the kindness of a drop of water is repaid by the spring, and Mr. Ye's great kindness to their Yan family will never be forgotten.In Tsinghua Garden, as long as Mr. Ye said a word, Yan Yuchang would give his life for him at any time! With such a friendship, Ye Qisun is certainly pleased. Yan Yuchang led colleagues Zhang Ruiqing and others in the department to work hard day and night, and finally installed most of the equipment properly before the Japanese came in. Just when the last batch of equipment was transferred, the Japanese had already entered the school. The Japanese did not allow Chinese people to sleep beside them, and drove them around in Tsinghua Garden.Once, Yan Yuchang was accidentally discovered by the Japanese, and his legs were beaten to pieces by Japanese soldiers' rifle butts, and he lay at home for several days. When it got better, Yan Yuchang led another worker to Tsinghua Garden again.They want to complete the important task entrusted by Mr. Ye. In the laboratory, there was a wooden box lying quietly in a corner, with the English words "very poisonous" marked on it.Before the transfer, Mr. Ye had told him not to move the box yet, and he would be informed when it was time to move. Hearing that Yan Yuchang was wounded by Japanese soldiers, Ye Qisun came to visit him personally and asked his workers to bring rice, white flour, soybean oil and other nutritional products. Is it bad?Ye Qisun asked. It's not in the way, there's no muscle damage, maybe it'll be fine in a few days.Yan Yuchang replied. If it's okay... If... At this point, Mr. Ye hesitated. This does not seem to be Mr. Ye's style.Yan Yuchang thought to himself, although Mr. Ye didn't talk much, but never evasive, he must have something on his mind. Mr. Ye, if you have anything to say, just tell me.You also know that the lives of me and my child are given by you, no matter how difficult it is, if you can tell me, I can do it. Well, I can rest assured that you are the only one who handles this matter... Just said the "radium" thing. It turned out that in the box was the radium purchased by Ye Qisun Tuo Shishiyuan from Marie Curie's laboratory in Europe.In the eyes of physicists, this is something more precious than life.During the war, if radium fell into the hands of the Japanese invaders, the consequences would be disastrous. Before leaving, Ye Qisun clasped his fists and said: I will leave this matter to you.After getting out the Tsinghua Garden, I will put the things in your house first, and I will find a way to transport them to Changsha later... As a technician, Yan Yuchang lived in the physics laboratory, so he certainly knew that this matter was of great importance.For now, if we have these radium, Tsinghua University's scientific research will not stop, and the entire Chinese nation will have a hope.If these things are seized by the Japanese, the Chinese nation will face even greater disasters. Radium is highly radioactive. If you are accidentally exposed to radiation, it will bring misfortune to your family and individuals.Although Yan Yuchang knew that the radium was in the special metal box inside the wooden box, he was still a little worried.This is the top secret of Tsinghua University, and Mr. Ye asked him to keep it strictly confidential.But to complete this task, two people must cooperate, so he thought of Zhang Ruiqing, a worker in the Faculty of Science. Zhang Ruiqing is honest and has a very strict tone. He has a very good relationship with Xiong Dazhen in private. He often goes to Mr. Ye's house to play, and he especially respects Mr. Ye.Yan Yuchang approached Zhang Ruiqing and said that it was Mr. Ye's task, and he agreed without saying a word. This is the Tsinghua Garden. When he arrived at the Science Museum, he saw that there was no one around, and Yan Yuchang slipped in.Open the door of the physics laboratory, fortunately, it seems that the Japanese have not patronized yet.After closing the door, he went straight to the wooden box, opened it, and saw a metal box lying in it. Before he had time to think about it, he took it out with his hands like holding a baby.Hearing that there was no movement outside the door, he went to the back window and knocked, and at this moment he heard a sound from outside the window.Opening the window, Zhang Ruiqing was smiling at him as a farmer who was threshing grass with a full straw basket on his back. Yan Yuchang passed the box through the iron railing, Zhang Ruiqing quickly stuffed it into the straw basket, turned around and winked at him, then ducked into the bushes... They trotted all the way to bring the box home. Yan Yuchang never told his family what was in the box, nor how dangerous it was, but he just told him that it was very important, and no one should tell anyone about it. A few months later, when it was handed over to the person sent by Mr. Ye, he did not tell his family what was in the box until he knew it had arrived safely at the Changsha branch. Several years later, when the Tsinghua alumni who came back mentioned this incident, his children realized that the box contained radium, which was a precious school property preserved by his father Yan Yuchang and his fellow workers with their lives. Many years later, relevant historical materials revealed that in order to escort the baby, Ye Qisun entrusted his foreign friend Wen De to use his American identity to safely send the radium to Changsha.Wen De is an English teacher at Tsinghua University. Back then, he and Ye Qisun came to Tsinghua from Southeast University together. After that, the two were neighbors of No. 7 of the North Campus, and they had a close friendship.Wen De and another foreign friend slept together with Radium in the sleeper quilt to avoid the inspection of the Japanese on the train. The foreign friend was injured by the radiation and died of illness soon after. Ye Qisun originally planned to take away the radium in person and go to Hunan together with Xiong Dazhen and his party, but at this time, an unexpected incident occurred, which made him change his plan.And it is this change that leads to an earth-shattering patriotic story, and at the same time leads to a unique injustice, which has been accompanying Ye Qisun's life since then, until the protagonist is completely swallowed by it. It means that the wind touches the sound.Near the end of the year, Xiong Dazhen bid farewell to a few good friends. During the meeting, they talked about various stories of the War of Resistance. It's cold, and the strong man will never return when he's gone."These words immediately moved Xiong Dazhen. The person who said this was called Sun Lu. Sun Lu is from Tianjin. He was originally a student of Fu Jen Catholic University, but later transferred to Tsinghua University. He lived in the same dormitory with Xiong Dazhen and became friends.Sun Lu had a friend named Zhang Zhen, who was originally his classmate at Fu Jen Catholic University.Zhang Zhen is an underground member of the Communist Party of China. After the July 7th Incident, she responded to the party's call and returned to her hometown in Jizhong to mobilize the masses and organize resistance against Japan.With the development of the anti-Japanese work, the Jizhong Military Region is in urgent need of scientific and technological, medical and other talents, just as Lu Zhengcao said in "Jizhong Memoirs": "Because war will kill and wound people, and medicine will not work; communication also needs to send and receive newspapers; war It is also necessary to make grenades, landmines, shells, and bullets. Urban work is very important." It is for this reason that Zhang Zhen was ordered to return to Beiping, with the purpose of mobilizing a group of intellectuals and technicians from the city to the anti-Japanese base areas, and secretly Establish underground passages to transport large quantities of medicines, medical equipment, components of transceivers, machinery and equipment for manufacturing weapons and ammunition, etc.After returning to Beiping, Zhang Zhen’s first target was Sun Lu. “I found Sun Lu. He studied chemistry and shared a dormitory with me at Fu Jen Catholic University. When I found him, he was sick and was recuperating in the hospital. , can’t go to Jizhong. I said it doesn’t matter if you are sick and can’t go, you can help mobilize other patriotic young people to go, and he agreed.” Sun Lu returned to Tianjin due to illness, and unexpectedly met Xiong Dazhen in the Tsinghua Alumni Association, so the previous scene happened. Did Sun Lu and Xiong Dazhen meet by chance, or did he come prepared? Judging from the existing historical data, it seems that he is more inclined to be "prepared".Mr. Sun Lu once recalled: "I was originally at Fu Jen Catholic University, and later transferred to Tsinghua University. I lived in the same dormitory building with Xiong Dazhen. I knew him very well. He was one level above me. When the July 7 Incident, I was suffering from pneumothorax. I have to go to Xiehe Hospital for treatment on a regular basis. Zhang Zhen found me and told me to come back and build a traffic station, and then find some people to go. Since I couldn’t go by myself, he asked if he could help find some people, and I agreed to try. A few days later I found Huang Hao and took the lead. He is in Xicheng, not far from Fu Jen Catholic University. My task is to find the right person, bring him to Huang Hao’s house and hand it over to him.” (Hu Shenghua’s “Mr. Ye Qisun and Xiong Dazhen Case", see "A Generation of Teacher Ye Qisun", p. 263) From this passage, we can learn the following information: First, Xiong Dazhen's going to Jizhong was completely passed by the "United Front" and was "underground" by the CCP's underground party. Second, Xiong Dazhen was attracted by the anti-Japanese armed struggle, which was inevitably driven by the surging patriotism in his heart. Sun Lu wants to complete the task of "finding the right person", and his first goal is Xiong Dazhen.Xiong Dazhen is very popular among the teachers and students of Tsinghua University. He not only studies well, but also has a good physique. Between schools, he communicated the progress of the war to teachers and students. He was a passionate young man with a sense of patriotism and justice.At this time, Sun Lu sent outstanding talents to the Jizhong Anti-Japanese Base Area with a heart of loyalty to the motherland. Of course, he could not be perfunctory.He locked on to Xiong Dazhen after many observations and in-depth understanding. Sun Lu said, I was going to Lu Zhengcao's troops to fight the Japanese, but pneumothorax entangled me, and I couldn't go for a while, but I would go anyway.Xiong Dazhen said, I'm leaving too, but whether I'm going to study in Germany or teach in Changsha is still uncertain, I have to listen to Mr. Ye.Mr. Ye said that he will set off on another day when he recovers. Whether he goes to Germany or to teach, he has to go to Changsha to decide... Sun Lu said: Can you choose the third way-go directly to fight the Japanese!Mr. Ye often taught us to take the road of saving the country through science and technology. Now Jizhong is in need of scientific and technological talents. Isn’t this what Mr. Ye said about saving the country through science and technology? Xiong Dazhen was a little moved.In the past, he followed his teacher's orders, that is, before he finished his studies, he should not act rashly, and not to shed blood and life needlessly.The motherland does not need to be incomplete and barren to save, but to be defended by abundance and abundance.That's exactly what he did.However, Sun Lu's words made Xiong Dazhen feel turbulent. Sun Lu said that reading and studying is for the prosperity of the country and personal happiness, but now, people come to destroy our country and destroy our species. Think about it, the country is gone, where is the home?Home is gone, where is happiness?Where does the book end?After reading at home and abroad, after reading and reading, even the country is gone. If there is no skin, how can Mao be attached? Sun Lu's words hit Xiong Dazhen.Mr. Ye had never discussed these words with him.Apart from studying and scientific research, the content of the two people's exchanges is traveling in the mountains and rivers, or making friends, and other topics are rarely covered.Especially politics, Mr. Ye was not interested in it at all, and he never mentioned it. He told Xiong Dazhen very succinctly in the tone of someone who had experienced it. Xiong Dazhen felt that it was both reasonable and exciting. His mind was alive.Xiong Dazhen said: Yes, whether it is going to Changsha or Germany, isn’t it still serving the country after learning and learning?If the country is gone, what is the use of studying well? Sun Lu said: If you go to Jizhong, with your influence and appeal, you will definitely attract a large number of students to join the army. This is a great contribution to the anti-Japanese work! Xiong Dazhen said: I haven't told Mr. Ye yet, I don't know if he agrees or not? Sun Lu said: The Jizhong anti-Japanese base area is not the Red Gun Association in the past. Long guns and broadswords cannot deal with the armored vehicles and machine guns of the Japanese devils. Therefore, the leaders of the military region instructed to absorb a large number of intellectuals and technical personnel to participate, and use scientific and technological power to increase the attack on the enemy. Strength, in this sense, Jizhong is another scientific research activity base of our Tsinghua University. If Mr. Ye knew these things, I think he would agree...Xiong Dazhen was a little excited, and his thinking followed Sun Lu's. Words, like a flying bird soaring away. How to get to Jizhong?he asks. If it is confirmed, I can take you to the home of Elder Huang of the Beiping Presbyterian Church.He has his own way to escort you to the Jizhong base. As Sun Lu said, he brought the full wine glass to Xiong Dazhen: Brother Dazhen, if he goes to Jizhong in person, he will surely do a great job. On behalf of our Tsinghua students, I would like to offer you a toast! Xiong Dazhen hurriedly stood up, and touched the wine glass he was holding: I don't have to go yet, this matter needs Mr. Ye's nod to make it happen!