Chapter 28 27. The survival and survival of the country, the death and death of the country?

Nanjing, it's time to make up your mind. The beacon fire in the Northeast has been ignited for four or five days, and the anger of the people has also ignited throughout the country, and the power-on declarations of all parties have been circulated.The Kuomintang Central Committee in Nanjing felt compelled to publicly display a formal gesture. This morning, all members of the Kuomintang in Nanjing gathered in the auditorium of Zhongda University to hold an anti-Japanese and national salvation meeting.More than 6000 participants.Chen Haicheng is the chairman of the Standing Committee of the party committees of the 11 districts in Nanjing.Members of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang attended the meeting, including Chiang Kai-shek, Dai Jitao, Zhu Jiahua, Chen Bulei, Zhang Daofan, Yu Jingtang, Fang Juehui, etc.The atmosphere at the venue was tense and solemn, and the righteous indignation of the participants was evident.

At the meeting, Chiang Kai-shek made a report on "National Survival and Survival, National Decline and Perish".In the report, Chiang Kai-shek talked about the situation in the Northeast from the situation in the world, and talked about the central government's proposition.In fact, after the incident, the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang has issued instructions to party departments at all levels.Therefore, the audience said to Chiang Kai-shek that "our country has suffered this great shame and humiliation. All comrades and compatriots must deeply understand it and rise up together to save the peril." Enduring pain with anger, temporarily adopting an attitude of resignation, waiting for the judgment of international justice", I don't think it is new.What made everyone solemn and nervous was that they heard a trace of worry from Chiang Kai-shek's speech with a strong Zhejiang accent.

This incident can test whether our country can be united in the whole country and have a true patriotic spirit to prevent foreign aggression.I remember a Japanese book titled "The Significance of the Manchurian Issue", which briefly mentioned that the Chinese were loose and did not care about state affairs, such as the Gengzi War in the Sino-Japanese War. People in the south watch from the sidelines and don't care; people in the north don't feel anything about what happens in the south.The main idea in the book is this, so Japan dared to openly invade, and it really treats our people as nothing, which is very sad.In this severe national disaster, whether our people can unite as one, unite as one, and display the true patriotic spirit to save the country is also a big test.Yu firmly believes that all the people of our country value this day when the fundamental survival of the nation is at stake, and they will rise up together to save the peril, so as to frustrate Japan's ambitions and prove their observations are wrong.However, when a major event occurs in the country, the spirit of the people must not be depressed and loose, especially in actions that must not be frivolous.Power comes from the organization. It must be consistent in action, consistent in steps, strict discipline, obedience to unified command, single-minded and one-hearted, and a mortal struggle before it can be effective.

Among the more than 6,000 listeners, except for a few KMT dignitaries who could understand Chiang Kai-shek’s worries, it was difficult for the general audience to understand his intentions, because the masses were not insiders of political decision-making, and it was impossible for them to understand China’s current situation and the Sino-Japanese situation. How accurate is the real gap between the national power and military power of the two countries. At the end of the speech, everyone finally heard some encouragement: Forbearance at this moment is by no means a surrender. When international treaties and trustworthiness are all nullified, peace is hopeless, and patience is unbearable until the last point where it is unbearable, then the Central Committee has the final determination and final preparations. At that time, it will lead All citizens would rather be broken than jade, and use the strength of 400 million people to defend our nation's survival and national personality.

Zhongzheng committed himself to the revolution, disregarding life and death early on. At this time of critical survival, since the survival of the country, the survival of the country, and the perishing of the country, we must stand at the forefront of the people, be the vanguard of the people, and go to the country together to do our best. of vocation. Although the audience heard some morale-boosting words, they still couldn't help but feel confused—in Chiang Kai-shek's speech, it was full of criticism of the Chinese people's laxity and lack of discipline, full of expectations for resorting to the League of Nations, full of Along with the admonition to obey the unified leadership, in all of this, it seems that the belief and determination of "the country survives and survives, and the country dies and perishes" cannot be reflected.According to people's general understanding, such belief and determination should always be connected with the resistance to Japan to the end.Listening to Chiang Kai-shek's speech, it seems that the determination and sacrifice of "the country survives and survives, and the country dies and perishes" is only a matter for him as a leader, and has nothing to do with the general public. How meaningful is it to invade the Chinese people, who are more painful?

We cannot say that Chiang Kai-shek's worries were superfluous.Everyone refers to him as a dictator with great power, but he himself knows how scattered and weak the country he leads and how fragile the government he controls is.But none of these can be told to the people directly, only in a tactful and tortuous way——Chiang Kai-shek quoted the Japanese in his speech to express his criticism of the "bad nature" of the people.How painstaking the design of all these techniques is.However, Chiang Kai-shek was still far from the very beginning, and he was always trying to tell the people: How difficult it is for me to be a leader, you must obey the central government, be patient and patient!In front of the people who are filled with righteous indignation, if you can only say the word "patience", then no matter what nice name you put on it, such as "the nation survives and survives, the nation perishes and perishes", in the end the result will be nothing but patience. It can be one, and that is to irritate the people and eventually make them point the finger at you as a traitor.After the September 18th Incident, the public sentiment started to be anti-Japanese, and within a few days they began to blame the government's policy of non-resistance. This is a clear proof.

Chiang Kai-shek likes to use every opportunity to highlight his role as a leader who committed himself to the revolution and disregarded life and death. It seems that it is not the entire Chinese people who live and die with the country, but only himself. There is nothing wrong with the people, and everyone just listens to him. .Politicians who think highly of themselves in front of the people and regard the people as nothing are not belittling the people, but just belittle themselves. Chiang Kai-shek's weakness also deeply affected the entire Nationalist government.In a certain sense, the failure of the national government on the mainland was due to its indifference to the people.

Chiang Kai-shek's speech titled "National Survival and National Destruction and Perishment" did not have a very positive effect on the people - the people did not see a resisting government that was preparing to fight the Japanese invaders, and the government did not I have not seen a single people who are willing to obey the central government. The conference finally passed five resolutions: 1. Send telegrams to military and political leaders across the country to stop internal strife and jointly resist foreign aggression; 2. Petition to the central government to announce the severance of diplomatic relations with Japan immediately and prepare for war;

3. Power up the general mobilization of the people across the country; 4. Urgent telegrams from the Central Committee sent Zhang Xueliang to the Northeast, and all officers and soldiers temporarily fought against Japan; Fifth, electrify the country to permanently sever diplomatic relations with Japan. Judging from subsequent historical facts, none of these five resolutions were implemented. At this time, the Kuomintang is still in a state of division, and the two national governments of Ningxia and Guangdong are facing each other at a distance. Of course, the so-called "the whole country is of one mind" cannot be discussed.The most urgent task now is to seek unity within the Kuomintang and unify the two national governments.After the meeting, all the members of the presidium of the conference went to Hu Hanmin's residence, urging Hu to take care of the matter immediately and conspire with the state affairs.

Hu Hanmin was put under house arrest by Chiang in Tangshan, Nanjing, because of a dispute with Chiang Kai-shek at the beginning of the year about the "contract during the political training period". This incident also became an opportunity for Ningyue to split; Of course, they wanted to open up an opportunity for Ningyue to reconcile. But Hu Hanmin did not accept this. He did not want to succumb to Chiang Kai-shek's realistic pressure in his capacity as an old alliance member and Sun Yat-sen's political secretary.On the issue of dealing with Hu Hanmin and the Guangzhou Nationalist Government, Chiang Kai-shek finally failed to do it with ease.