Chapter 14 Chapter Fourteen: The Zhongshan Ship Sailing into the Mystery

On the outskirts of Changsha, Juzizhou in the Xiangjiang River is a good place to overlook the river. It is very quiet all around, only a few birds chirping among the autumn mountains and autumn waters. Mao Zedong stepped out of the pavilion, looked at the distant mountains and near the water, and suddenly felt a warm feeling in his heart.This sentiment was born a week before he was about to go to Guangzhou to attend the 2nd National Congress of the Kuomintang and take office as the acting head of the Kuomintang Central Committee’s Propaganda Department.In the morning, he reported to the Hunan Committee of the Communist Party of China the situation of the farmers' movement in Shaoshan area, and he spoke enthusiastically. In the afternoon, he came to Juzizhoutou to pay a visit to the Xiangjiang River.He swam for a while first, and then came to Shixing.When he had a premonition that the cooperation between the two parties would promote a new round of climax in the Chinese revolution, he had to express his pride.

He chanted words.The title of the word is "Qinyuanchun·Changsha".Facing the moist wind on the river at this moment, he chanted melodiously: From the pavilion behind him, a hoarse exclamation came faintly: "Good!" Mao Zedong didn't care, didn't turn around, and continued to hold his head up and chant: "Good! Good words!" Someone in the pavilion behind patted the railing. "Good words, the twists and turns are endless, and there is nothing left. Good words, the scholar rides the horse, and it is dripping!" Mao Zedong turned around and found an old man.This is a thin old man with a straw hat and rags. A thin sparse braid pokes out of the straw hat, coiling around the top of the straw hat like a small snake.

"Who are you?" The braided old man sat leaning against the pavilion, and patted the pavilion railing again: "It's been a long time since I heard such a generous word, good words, good words!" "who are you?" The old man with braids took off his straw hat, picked up three fingers with long nails, pinched the thin gray braids and flicked them back lightly, saying: "Although the old man is not talented, he is like a waste shoe. The number one scholar, one who has passed the imperial examination." Seeing Mao Zedong's curious expression, the braided old man was even more proud, saying: "The world is no longer my generation's world. I am old, and I should have thrown myself into the river. Why are there so many rivers in China? The rivers in China It is reserved for people with lofty ideals. Didn’t Dr. Qu Yuan throw himself into the Miluo River? Ah, ah, why didn’t I die? It seems that God wants me to meet another strange person. Today, as expected, let me see you! Can sing Isn’t a person with such strange words a strange person? According to my opinion, a person who can sing the word dung already understands the entire history of the world!”

Mao Zedong nodded: "Yes, you half understand my state of mind!" "To tell you the truth, sir, since the old man won the first prize, he has also been granted the title of proctor by the Holy Grace, and his official rank has been from the second rank. Since God let me be the proctor, he must let me meet some real talents? Sure enough, I saw you today. Seeing you, it is not in vain for the heavens!" After listening to the old man's words, Mao Zedong still felt puzzled, "Then why don't you ask my name?" "The old man not only doesn't ask Mr. Mr.'s surname, he also doesn't ask Mr. Mr. Geng."

"And why?" The old man with braided hair turned his eyes to the sky and said, "The heavens already know, why bother me to ask!" Mao Zedong laughed, and then he said: "You are also a strange person, at least the braid on your head is strange. Your braid shows that you don't understand politics, reality, people, and cold and heat. In fact, you I don’t understand the chanting of thousands of households in the dung soil!” "I understand, sir, the cold and heat are piercing through the bones, who doesn't understand? It's just that the emotions are hard to let go!"

Suddenly a person came hurriedly outside the pavilion.The person who came was He Shuheng, and when he saw Mao Zedong, his eyes lit up. "Runzhi, I finally found you. I guess you are in Jiangzhongzhou, as expected!" He Shuheng waved a booklet in his hand, "Look, there are strange people in the world again!" "Who is the strange man?" He Shuheng didn't answer, but his expression was angrily: "It's really unreasonable!" "Who is it?" "If you read this strange article, you will know who the strange man is!" Mao Zedong took the pamphlet: "Dai Jitao?"

What He Shuheng showed Mao Zedong was the pamphlet "The National Revolution and the Chinese Kuomintang" just published by Dai Jitao.The effective leading role of the Communist Party of China in the May 30th Movement shocked the new and old rightists of the Kuomintang.Dai Jitao regarded himself as a loyal follower of the Three Principles of the People, publicly condemned the CCP and opposed the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.His views and theories formed the influential Dai Jitao Doctrine throughout the country for a while. Putting down the pamphlet, Mao Zedong frowned and said, "The rain is about to come, and the wind is blowing over the building!" He Shuheng also saw the beggar-like old man with braids, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help being shocked: "Isn't this my distant third uncle? Runzhi, this old bastard has a bad stomach, he was Zhang Jingyao's number one customer back then!"

Mao Zedong said: "Really?" "If Zhang Jingyao had ten bad ideas, at least eight of them came from him! I thought he would have thrown himself into the river long ago, but he is still alive!" The old man with braids covered his face with his hands, as if showing shame.Mao Zedong couldn't bear it, so he said: "He Huzi, don't be so demanding on this braid." "how?" "He who knows dung will know the world." He Shuheng still didn't understand. Mao Zedong said: "He told me that he already knew the truth about the ten thousand households in the dung soil. Although this person did evil in the past, but now that he understands the truth, you should stop demanding and let him go."

The old man with braids put on his straw hat again, hid his face in a crying state, and walked away in a panic. Mao Zedong stared at his back, and said to He Shuheng: "In China, there is no market for this type of people. Their goods can be seen as tattered by a discerning eye, and few people care about them. However, what Dai Jitao hawks is still There are a lot of people who want to buy it.” "You mean, the mountain rain is definitely coming?" Mao Zedong nodded with a serious face: "Chinese communists, now more than ever, must be careful. We must keep an eye on the warlords in the north and guard against the allies around us."

He had a strong hunch.The wheel of cooperation between the two parties is about to face another big hurdle. The allies around him defected a lot.Needless to say, the right wing of the Kuomintang danced and danced when they heard Dai Jitao's gong.And people like Shen Xuanlu, who have always been known for their red color, also danced to the new beat. The prop in his hand is a bag of dried radishes. He knew that the entire Kuomintang party responded to Dai Jitao's supporters.Dai Jitao's words were convincing, and he felt that the words that harmed the CCP were very pleasant.So he repeatedly invited Dai Jitao, a member of the Central Committee, to Yaqian Village, Xiaoshan, his hometown, and at the same time invited more than forty Kuomintang representatives from Zhejiang Province.In the name of the newly established Xiaoshan County Party Headquarters of the Kuomintang, he planned to invite representatives from all over the province to gather at his home to hold a Kuomintang Yaqian meeting, so that all members of the Kuomintang in Zhejiang would gather under the banner of Sun Yat-sen's Three People's Principles , the pattern of this flag was newly drawn by Dai Jitao.

Shen Xuanlu appeared in the living room with this bag of dried radish. Seeing Shen Xuanlu's arrival, all the committee members stood up together. "Sit down, sit down," Shen Xuanlu smiled.After asking Dai Jitao to sit at the head of the round table, he began to speak, holding up the paper bag in his hand while speaking. "Before the meeting, I would like to invite all representatives to taste the special product of my hometown, Xiaoshan dried radish. Come and take one each." Everyone was happy, and stretched out their fingers one after another to grab the dried radish and taste it. "Is there any taste?" "Taste," the representative from southern Zhejiang praised, "mellow and flexible, full of flavor, taste, taste!" Asked Dai Jitao, Dai Jitao also nodded, saying it was very tasty. Shen Xuanlu said: "There is only one word for radishes: cheap! No matter how you burn them, they have no taste. However, once radishes are dried, their taste will become stronger. It is both fragrant and mellow, and it is better than wild ginseng. Therefore, all knowledge is worthwhile. In a post. I think Mr. Sun’s Three People’s Principles used to be radish, which was tasteless no matter how you chew it. Now it’s for Mr. Dai Jitao to dry it once, twice, and three times. After drying, the real taste comes out. Already!" Hearing this, Dai Jitao pursed his lips and smiled, thinking that Shen Xuanlu was quite interesting. Shen Xuanlu added: "I warmly support Mr. Dai Jitao's reinterpretation of the Three People's Principles! The Communist Party even wants to rob my daughter-in-law and my granddaughter, so what kind of true friends can they be?" Suddenly a representative stood up and said: "Today's dried radish is not for nothing. I propose that in the name of the Kuomintang's Zhejiang Provisional Provincial Party Headquarters, immediately issue a declaration of support for Mr. Dai Jitao!" Shen Xuanlu laughed loudly: "Your brother's suggestion is also published, this meeting in front of the Yamen will be dried up like a radish for your brother!" Chen Duxiu asked Zhang Guotao and Qu Qiubai to eat noodles at Chunlai Noodle Restaurant on Sima Road in Shanghai.Because of the spicy oil, all three of them ate until their faces were sweating. "Simply, the Communist Party members quit the Kuomintang!" Chen Duxiu said in the stuffy private room. He always had some deep-rooted doubts about the cooperation between the two parties in his heart.Java is Java, and China is China, so why bother Marin to twist melons. "Guo Tao, you didn't approve of it at the beginning, why did you agree later? It was me who twisted your melon!" When mentioning what happened two years ago, Zhang Guotao just smiled.He always believed that the Kuomintang was not a good party, but when Chen Duxiu turned around, he had no choice but to follow suit. Chen Duxiu saw that the two were just eating noodles without making a sound, so he took out one of his bamboo chopsticks, reached out and pulled out another chopstick from Zhang Guotao's hand, and pulled out another chopstick from Qu Qiubai's hand. "Why use two chopsticks?" Chen Duxiu said, "In my opinion, one is enough. You see, one chopstick can still eat noodles!" He bowed his head and took a few bites.Zhang Guotao took a few bites with a single chopstick, and then commented: "To be honest, it's faster to eat with one chopstick than with two chopsticks!" Chen Duxiu looked at him and smiled.In some respects, Zhang Guotao's straightforward temperament suited Chen Duxiu's taste very well. Qu Qiubai remained silent all the time. Later, he stretched out his hand and silently took back his own chopstick from Chen Duxiu's hand. Chen Duxiu wiped his oily mouth with a handkerchief, and looked at Qu Qiubai with interest.Qu Qiubai lowered his head and eyebrows, still eating noodles with his pair of chopsticks, calmly. "Although Qiubai didn't say anything, he has already expressed his opinion with his chopsticks. He still insists on close cooperation between the two parties." Chen Duxiu saw the trick. Qu Qiubai continued to eat the noodles, making noises. Chen Duxiu sighed again: "Oh, I just don't have such a good temper as Qiubai. I often encounter hot pots and want to sprinkle a lot of salt. When I am in a hurry, it is easy to explode things quickly. The cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party is a good thing. It's not easy, we still have to be calm, and we can't let Dai Jitao's rat shit ruin a pot of soup." After saying that, he shook his head, grabbed his own pair of chopsticks again, and handed over the chopsticks he took from Zhang Guotao Return it to the other party.Unexpectedly, Zhang Guotao took the chopstick and threw it out of the window without looking at it. Ah, this person has shown his attitude, Chen Duxiu thought.Chen Duxiu knew that Zhang Guotao's displeasure was not so much annoyed at Dai Jitao as it was aimed at himself.But Chen Duxiu was not disgusted by this.Zhang Guotao really dislikes his wobbly leader, which should be his advantage.Similarly, Qu Qiubai's gentleness is also a countable advantage, especially gentle and persistent, which is really good.If you think about it, the cooperation between the two parties has brought about great development of the organizations of the two parties. Chen Jiongming's rebellion has been wiped out, the Guangdong revolutionary base has been unified, and the worker-peasant movement in the whole country has been on the rise. These are all facts after all.Qu Qiubai insisted on eating noodles with two chopsticks, which is really a reasonable eating posture. So Chen Duxiu got up, opened the greasy calico curtain, and shouted, come here, fetch a clean chopsticks! Deng Yingchao sat in the third-class compartment of the train, shaking from side to side following the rhythm of the wheels.She was dressed in gray cloth and wore a bun on her hair, looking like a housewife. She went south secretly on the Jinpu Railway, went to Guangzhou via Shanghai, and reunited with Zhou Enlai. In the summer of the year when the Chinese Communists were seriously concerned about the prospect of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Deng Yingchao was wanted by the authorities for serving as the chairman of the Tianjin Federation of All walks of life during the May 30th anti-imperialist patriotic struggle.So she had to bid farewell to her mother and Tianjin, where she had lived for thirteen years, disguised as a housewife, and went south overnight.Zhou Enlai said in a letter: Come to Guangzhou to work.The air in Guangzhou makes my heart warm. We have been separated for a long time. I will wait for you. Deng Yingchao found Zhou Enlai's apartment sweating profusely under the southern sunshine on August 7, 1925. It was the dripping rickshaw driver who dragged her all the way here.The air in Guangzhou felt hot when I smelled it, Deng Yingchao could really feel it, how could it be so hot! Carrying her suitcase and fanning herself with her hands, she stood in front of the porter, dripping with sweat.Without the key, she cannot enter the house.Zhou Enlai neither came to pick him up at the dock nor waited at home.Of course he is busy, she thought.In addition to being busy, he may also have some other reasons.He said to her in the letter: The choice of a life partner naturally needs to be cautious.She thought: Is this sentence a general guiding principle for him to deal with emotional problems, or is it a specific reference to the relationship between him and her, so that it has a special meaning?As she rocked from side to side on the train to Shanghai, exciting visions and some kind of ominous thoughts always alternated. Chen Geng ran towards her.Before he jumped out of the car, he saw the girl waiting at the gate of the apartment.Chen Geng is Zhou Enlai's adjutant. He graduated from the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy. "Ah, you are Comrade Deng Yingchao, right? My name is Chen Geng, and I'm Director Zhou's adjutant. Director Zhou is too busy and asked me to pick you up at the pier, but I couldn't find you. I guess you will come here." "It's okay, it's okay, he's busy, and revolutionary work is always a big deal." "Let's go into the house and have a rest." The adjutant touched the key. Deng Yingchao hesitated for a while. "If you have any ideas, just tell me." Deng Yingchao boldly said: "I want to see him right away, right away, the sooner the better." "Alright, I'll take you there right now. He's talking about work at the Federation of Trade Unions right now!" Deng Yingchao thought calmly, no matter what, it doesn't matter whether it's wind or rain, let's talk about it when we meet.She thought again, maybe he was really too busy to separate himself. Half an hour later, she saw him at the door of a big house.He was wearing a military uniform, with sword eyebrows and big eyes, and a heroic face.His appearance was the same as she had imagined countless times, not much different.This large room appears to be a conference room. In the building of the Guangdong Provincial Federation of Trade Unions, the words "Provincial and Hong Kong Strike Committee" are posted on the door.She saw a group of people discussing work around a large table. Many people came in and out, and the faded floor was always shaking.The atmosphere of the entire room is similar to the combat headquarters at the beginning of the battle. She saw Deng Zhongxia, Chen Yannian, and Su Zhaozheng talking to him nervously. Of course, Deng Yingchao couldn't name these people at that time, and they were all strangers to her.She just stood at the door and stared at Zhou En. She saw him writing something with his head buried in his head.She wished he would look up at this moment and see her. Chen Geng said, "Go in?" "I'm standing right here, and he'll see me." So Chen Geng walked over, and she saw Chen Geng leaning over and whispering a few words to his director, and then she saw Zhou Enlai's raised eyes. They look at each other.Deng Yingchao trembled slightly.But her heart soon calmed down.She found a lot in the eyes of each other in an instant, and it seemed that she hadn't found anything.Looking at each other is looking at each other, the eyes of a pair of former comrades-in-arms.The white bayonet of Tianjin and the white dove of Paris passed silently between their sights at the same time. Zhou Enlai stood up, tall and straight. Deng Yingchao stared at him.But that's just a one-sided view.Line of sight was interrupted.She wanted him to walk towards her and meet his gaze again.She hoped his steps were fast. Zhou Enlai's pace was indeed fast, but he disappeared.He said a few words with Chen Yannian and Su Zhaozheng respectively, then turned around and disappeared through the other door of the meeting room. Deng Yingchao smiled.She didn't smile on her face, but in her heart.She smiled to herself.Because she has such a mood of preparation for a long time, when she faced Chen Geng's apologetic explanation, her expression was relaxed. Chen Geng said: "Director Zhou is too busy! He has to rush to the Guangdong District Committee meeting with Chairman Chen Yannian." Deng Yingchao said: "I know. You can go to work too. I will hire a car later and go back by myself." Chen Geng said: "No, no, I'll take you back, you sit for a while, and I'll take you right away." That night, when Deng Yingchao settled down in Zhou Enlai's apartment, Zhou Enlai was sitting in Chen Yannian's room in the office building of the Guangdong District Committee.It was a rather muggy late night.The windows were open, the floor was covered with straw mats, and there was no wind.They sit opposite each other.More time is spent in silence than talking. The two fans kept ringing.Fan the air, fan the mosquitoes, fan the irritability of the mood. "It's not necessarily bad horses that eat grass, but there are good horses." Chen Yannian waved his fan and said slowly, "I've eaten grass. You know, I have always believed in anarchism. , I was scolded many times by Comrade Duxiu, but I didn’t listen. Later, I turned around and converted to Marxism. I changed my belief, okay? I think it’s good. Surrendering to the truth is the most glorious thing in the world. thing. I never thought of myself as a bad horse." "Then what kind of horse am I? A good horse or a bad horse?" "Enlai, I can see that you are conflicted. Want to drink some wine? I still have half a bottle of liquor here." Zhou Enlai slapped himself on the neck, and then twisted a mosquito with mottled feet from his shoulder blade.I don't want to drink, he said. Chen Yannian said: "She joined the party, did you know?" Zhou Enlai shook his head. Chen Yannian said: "She is still the Women's Minister of the Tianjin Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of China. I considered her when she came to work in the Guangdong District Committee this time, and I still called her the Women's Minister." Zhou Enlai felt that such a work arrangement was appropriate. "I don't encourage you to turn back, and I don't encourage you to move forward. Marriage is a lifelong event, and the Cowherd and Weaver Girl can make up their own minds. I'm so sorry, you and I are the same age, but I'm chatting here like an elder." "When a person is in distress, he only wishes that the people he meets are like elders. Yannian, tell me more, I am very fond of it." In the Pearl River, the boat flute sounds as low as the roar of a bull. "Then I'll say a few more words. Enlai, now you are standing on the threshold, taking a step, and entering the room. If you think about it, you are not willing. If you take a step back, you are leaving the house. If you think about it, you are unwilling." Zhou Enlai thought to himself, indeed.What is a dilemma, this is called a dilemma. "Eighteen changes in the female college. When you parted, she was only sixteen years old, and now five years later, she is twenty-one years old. You may have been thinking, what has become of this little girl now? In your sleep Here, she is like a flower. Once you meet her, and you see that she is not the most beautiful flower, you will hesitate a lot, don’t you?” Zhou Enlai shook his fan, slower and slower. "The second possibility is that you have been celibate before, and later you broke the taboo and were willing to find a revolutionary partner. However, when you met, you saw a lively woman standing in front of you, waiting for you to marry her, waiting for you to marry her. You are afraid of taking on her life's happiness. Because your life is too turbulent, bullets are your three meals a day, you feel that you can only be responsible for yourself in this life, and you are afraid of taking the responsibility of others." "Do you have a third possibility?" "I can name ten possibilities." "No need to talk," Zhou Enlai said softly, "Comrade Yannian, I thank you very much, from the bottom of my heart. Every word you say can hit me like a bullet. It was I who first expressed my love to her." , I should take responsibility, I have no reason to retreat, on this issue, if I turn back, I will undoubtedly be a bad horse!" Hearing what Zhou Enlai said, Chen Yannian felt relieved.He got up and picked up Zhou Enlai's tea mug to refill the cold water. "Go home tomorrow!" "Come home tomorrow. You will come home with me." Chen Yannian's eyebrows twitched, what does this mean? Zhou Enlai: "Office my wedding. I will get married tomorrow." Chen Yannian suddenly felt very moved: "Enlai." "What's wrong?" "I admire you." Zhou Enlai didn't understand this sentence.Chen Yannian said: "Your fluctuations and your choices are both very beautiful." Zhou Enlai heard this sentence, thought about it sideways, and was moved for himself.Of course, there is a lot of guilt in the moving. The next morning, he went home as soon as he had washed up.He saw Deng Yingchao packing flower pots on the balcony and wearing an apron.At the same time, he heard Chen Geng happily reminding her: "Comrade Deng Yingchao, the director is back!" Deng Yingchao turned around abruptly.He saw that she had circles under her eyes, faintly.She saw him too.Zhou Enlai stood at the door with his hands folded, his face full of sunshine, and his smile like a blooming flower. Deng Yingchao didn't move, and didn't say hello, she didn't know what to do for a while.She was indeed surprised. Zhou Enlai said, "Xiao Chao!" Deng Yingchao smiled like a flower, but she still didn't move. Zhou Enlai turned his head and said, "Chen Geng, it's none of your business for now." Chen Geng responded with a "yes" and quickly turned around to leave. Zhou Enlai greeted again: "Xiao Chao!" Deng Yingchao jumped up suddenly, rushed towards Zhou Enlai like a gust of wind, and buried her head on Zhou Enlai's chest.Zhou Enlai took off his military cap and hugged his lover tightly.His cheek was pressed against his dark, soft hair.There was no wind in the house, but he could feel her hair moving. "I'm too busy with work," he muttered. "Don't say anything." "I should have come back yesterday." Deng Yingchao stretched out her hand and firmly covered Zhou Enlai's mouth. "Don't say anything." She really didn't want him to say anything.If he said anything else, she would feel uncomfortable. A large swath of sunlight poured into the window, wrapping the couple.The sun warmed them up a little more.Zhou Enlai said, "Bring Mom to Guangzhou, let's settle down in Guangzhou." Deng Yingchao nodded. Zhou Enlai's next suggestion surprised Deng Yingchao quite a bit.Zhou Enlai suggested that the wedding be held that night, not tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, but that night.Deng Yingchao hurriedly took off her apron and said, "Then how come it's too late?" Zhou Enlai acted vigorously and immediately ordered his adjutant to buy new bedding and wine.Deng Yingchao went to a clothing store and bought a purple floral blouse.The wedding was held on time that night. Chen Yannian, Secretary of the Guangdong District Committee of the Communist Party of China, personally set off a string of hundred firecrackers for the couple at the door of the bridal chamber.After the crackling of the firecrackers went off smoothly, Chen Yannian said, remember, you are going to have two children! On the streets of Guangzhou in August 1925, there were many noises, including firecrackers and piercing cold guns similar to firecrackers. On August 20, a prominent Kuomintang member fell, due to a cold bullet. Liao Zhongkai was assassinated in front of the Central Party Department of the Kuomintang. He was 48 years old.The gunfire was harsh, and the smoke from the muzzle blackened newspapers across the country the next day. Of course, this is a big conspiracy by the rightists of the Kuomintang to attack the leftists and destroy the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. A month later, a seized pistol was slapped heavily on the conference table of the Central Party Headquarters of the Kuomintang. Chiang Kai-shek stood up, pointed at the gun, and said in a stern voice: "It has now been found out that this gun is the pistol used by the thug Chen Shun, and its license number was issued by Mei Guangpei, the commander of the South Road of the Guangdong Army! Military Minister Xu Chongzhi cannot absolve himself of the responsibility. I order to surround Xu Chongzhi's mansion immediately!" When Chiang Kai-shek said these words, he was righteous and strict.No one disagreed with him, and no one seriously questioned the breadth and depth of the investigation.Chiang Kai-shek met a historical opportunity, and this kind of opportunity is not easy to meet.The Jiang residence was brightly lit all night.In the next period of time, Chiang Kai-shek made heavy blows. He used the Liao case to drive away Hu Hanmin, a member of the Standing Committee of the Kuomintang Central Committee and former Guangdong Governor, and his brother Xu Chongzhi, the military minister, and the commander-in-chief of the Guangdong Army. Xu Chongzhi's Guangdong Army became the commander of Guangzhou Weixu, gained all the military and political power in Guangdong, and became the central figure of the Kuomintang. Chen Duxiu walked along the river, looking anxious.All around him are the sound of the flute and the white wings of Jianggu. Chiang Kai-shek's rapid rise in the Kuomintang made Chen Duxiu think hard.His smoking volume has obviously increased, and the bags under his eyes are often loose.The prospect of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party is full of uncertainties at the moment.How to accurately analyze and grasp the current situation in China has always been a serious issue for the Chinese Communist Party, which is constantly growing its ranks.In this eventful autumn of 1925, Chen Duxiu's hard thinking also involved his own family affairs.Housework is often a source of trouble, especially for someone like Chen Duxiu. Chen Duxiu walked up and down, restless.His forehead was glowing dimly under the reflection of the setting sun. He finally saw Wang Mengzou, an old friend who had returned to Shanghai from a business trip, from the pier. Chen Duxiu waved and waved, very happy.Wang Mengzou ran towards him quickly with his suitcase in hand, and asked him how he knew his old friend's return journey today. Chen Duxiu told him that it was his son Wang Yuanfang who told him about the itinerary.Chen Duxiu also told him that the conflicts in his family had reached a fever pitch, and he now needed his direct intervention. Chen Duxiu and his wife finally officially separated this month.Wang Mengzou spent a lot of thought on threading the needle.The breakup agreement was finalized through tears. Gao Junman took his two children to live in a thatched house on Dongchang Street, Nanjing, where the living expenses were very low because the house was his own, and Chen Duxiu promised to mail the living expenses every month. When sending the family to the North Railway Station, Chen Duxiu's heart twitched rarely.He handed the luggage into the compartment one by one, followed by Wang Mengzou. Heizi, who was about to get into the car, suddenly choked up and yelled "Dad", and rushed forward, grabbing his neck tightly.Xizi also called out "Dad" and hugged her father with tears streaming down her face. Chen Duxiu hugged his son and then his daughter.He didn't have anything more to say, he just said "Listen to your mother and read more". Upon hearing this, Gao Junman burst into tears again.Chen Duxiu couldn't see tears, so she yelled for Wang Mengzou to get out of the car and help. "Meng Zou, the child is about to get in the car!" Wang Mengzou coaxed and persuaded, and sent the two children to the car.Chen Duxiu approached his wife and said, "Junman." "What else can I say? I really hate you." Gao Junman wiped away tears. "It's hard for you, Junman." "I hate you. Hate you to death." "I also hate myself very much. But, there is no way. When love strikes, any man will be helpless. Isn't it the same when I secretly took you away from Anqing's hometown? I really want you to forgive me. When we broke up, I still Bring it up again." "You are so heartless, rare in the world." "You are wrong, Junman. I am a person who opposes hypocrisy all my life. I am the same as the outside and the inside, and the heart is the same. I like women, so I like women. I can't live without women, so I can't live without women. In fact, You count every inch of my heart." "That's why I said you have no conscience, that's right." Chen Duxiu sighed: "Get in the car, Junman." Before Gao Junman got into the car, he said the last sentence to Chen Duxiu.She said: "I really want to slap you twice. First, for the sake of the chairman of the Communist Party, and second, for the sake of the child and Mr. Wang. I won't slap you. You can slap yourself twice at night." Keep your mouth shut, after you finish smoking, think about it again, are you right!" In the evening, Chen Duxiu really thought of this sentence.He thought of this sentence at Shi Zhiying's home.The battery is low and the lights are yellow.He said gloomyly in the yellow light: "Junman wants me to slap myself twice at night." The sound of the train starting and the crying of the child kept moxibusting his heart.He didn't feel this kind of moxibustion before, but at this moment he felt a little pain.So he said, "I smoke now." "You want to smoke?" "It's going to be pumped," he said, and then he slapped himself lightly on the mouth. Shi Zhiying pressed his hand.She said, "The other one, leave it to me." She slapped herself, harder than Chen Duxiu. "You are so kind." Chen Duxiu held her fair round face in his hands. "Two mouths ended a marriage, it's worth it." She said. After lying on the bed, Chen Duxiu sighed, and said, "Gao Junman and I broke up as soon as we said we broke up, but the Communist Party and the Kuomintang cannot break up just as soon as we say we break up." "What you think about every day is the party." "Now there is a Dai Jitao doctrine, who wants to drive us away. Dai Jitao is the person whose pseudonym is Tianqiu. You may have read his articles. He used to regard Yuan Shikai as his enemy, but now he regards the Communist Party as his enemy. He wants to drive us away. He is I'm daydreaming. Sun Yat-sen's policy of tolerance and alliance with the Communist Party reflects the public opinion of China, and this cannot be changed by Dai Chuanxian!" "Dai Jitao, do you have the final say?" "It doesn't matter if you hold a pen." "Who's in charge? The one with the gun?" "It was Chiang Kai-shek who took the gun. He drove away Xu Chongzhi and took all the Cantonese army into his own hands. This man has a lot of knowledge in his stomach and a strong wrist. What kind of person is he? Say To be honest, looking at flowers through the fog, I still can't see through this person." Entrusted by his brother Chiang Kai-shek, the lame Zhang Jingjiang rolled a wheelchair to visit Soong Ching Ling. His wheelchair was old and creaked and creaked when it turned.Zhang Jingjiang, a cripple nearly half a century old, was pushed by a soldier. As Zhang Jingjiang walked slowly, he thought to himself that it was time to add some oil to the shaft. His wheelchair was pushed into a European-style building in Nandi, Guangzhou, and was pushed directly into the flower corridor.This building was temporarily arranged for Mrs. Sun to live in. Mrs. Sun came to Guangzhou to attend the Second National Congress of the Kuomintang, and she was going to live there for a while, so Zhang Jingjiang had a chance.There are some important things that must be exported as soon as possible. Zhang Jingjiang is a veteran of the Kuomintang. He gave Sun Yat-sen huge sums of money during the Tongmenghui period.Mrs. Sun was really polite, she repeatedly ordered tea, and asked about the condition of the foot disease in detail, and then said politely: "Mr. Jing, since Jiang Zhongzheng has something to ask you, just say it, don't worry about it." Zhang Jingjiang said: "Then I will be bold." "Let's talk." Soong Ching Ling sipped her tea with her face down, as if she had guessed two or three points in her heart. Zhang Jingjiang weighed his words carefully, and said slowly: "Mr. Sun has gone west by crane, and it has been a year. The whole party is mourning, and I especially hope that Madam will live a stable life and have some spiritual sustenance." "Listen to Mr. Jing's words, there are overtones. Isn't Mr. Jing here to be a matchmaker?" "What Mrs. Sun said hits the nail on the head. I've probably drunk a hundred times under the moon, but I haven't been hot enough to be an old man under the moon. Mrs. Sun, Jingjiang came to the door this time to be a big matchmaker. " Soong Ching Ling closed the teacup, and the lid of the teacup was neither light nor heavy: "Is it really entrusted by President Chiang Kai-shek?" "It was entrusted by Zhongzheng. Jiang Zhongzheng has always admired his wife. He said that his wife is a high mountain and flowing clouds in the daytime, and a bright moon in the sky at night. It is really unattainable. However, he has admired him for a long time and has a sincere affection, so he can't help entrusting me with this." Lame legs come here to ask for help, let me speak for you, I am willing to make friends with Qin and Jin, carry out the prime minister's legacy, and go to the country together to save China. This love is endless, this intention is earnest, I don't know if my wife will show pity?" Soong Ching Ling looked at the crippled elder with a smile, and said, "Is it finished?" "This matter is too sensitive, Jingjiang really dare not say a word, but listen to Madam's instruction." "Mr. Jing can tell Jiang Zhongzheng," Soong Ching Ling said dignifiedly, "This move of his is not love, but politics." Zhang Jingjiang was in a hurry: "Mrs. Sun, allow me to say something boldly. The current situation is chaotic. Every move of the Kuomintang attracts the attention of the whole country. Love and politics are inseparable." "Old Jing, you have two shoes, why is one clean and the other dirty?" Zhang Jingjiang looked down at the shoes, smiled, and said, "Mrs. Sun, I am crippled, and occasionally get out of the wheelchair to walk, and the shoe that strays will inevitably get muddy." "I'm not making fun of Mr. Jing's legs. I just want to tell Mr. Jing that love may also be mixed with politics, but this politics, like your shoes, has clean politics and dirty politics. The politics you brought here is your shoe! It's dirty politics!" Zhang Jingjiang bid farewell to Mrs. Sun and went all the way home, feeling angry all the time.The next day he went to Jiang's house in Dongshan, Guangzhou, and told Chiang Kai-shek what he said, and Chiang Kai-shek was also angry. "What is dirty politics?" Chiang Kai-shek sneered, "Politics is all about politics, can it be clean?" The screen window was half open, and a twenty-one-year-old woman with a face like a full moon stood leaning against the window, secretly listening to the conversation under the eaves of the corridor.She is Chen Jieru, Chiang Kai-shek's cohabiting wife in Guangzhou, and she has to express concern about her husband's sensitive topic today.In fact, when Zhang Jingjiang's wheelchair entered the door, she ran out to meet it first.She met Chiang Kai-shek at the home of Zhang Jingjiang in Shanghai. She was only thirteen years old at that time. Later, Zhang Jingjiang and his wife acted as big matchmakers. When she was sixteen years old, they matched her to marry Chiang Kai-shek.But this time before Chiang Kai-shek talked to the cripple, he pushed her away. The cripple also had an ambiguous attitude towards her when he smiled, and she felt that the taste was wrong at a glance. Listening to their whispers now, she also feels tense in her heart. Zhang Jingjiang looked a little frustrated, and kept stroking the armrest of the wheelchair. “唉，本来，倒是一步绝妙好棋。”他长长叹息一声，“说实在话，谁驾驭了孙夫人，谁就驾驭了国民党。谁驾驭了国民党，谁就驾驭了国家大局。可以预计，国民革命成功之时，便是你老弟登基之日。” 窗后的陈洁如听得脸色黯然。一些她日夜担心的事，偏偏会无情地浮出水面。而接下去蒋介石说的一番话，更使她心如沉铅。她听见蒋介石拍了一下轮椅的扶手，轻声轻语说：“静老，其实依我看，宋美龄比她二姐宋庆龄要漂亮得多。说起来，也是四年前了，我在孙先生家一见她，就舍不得移眼睛。我看她对我也是蛮有意思的。我同她后来还通过电话，各写了几封信，虽然彼此间没有把纸捅破，但那种意思，静老，真的是很有一点的。我想，我应当向宋美龄求婚。我蒋某人做不成孙科的父亲，兴许倒可以做成孙总理的连襟呢？” 张静江听得呵呵而笑。蒋介石的有些绝妙的构思，他是想也没有想过的。他越来越琢磨着蒋中正这个人，将来必有特别的出息。而悄悄伫立在窗后的陈洁如，此刻则除下了她的精致的金丝眼镜，开始揉眼。她满眼都是泪。 蒋介石如愿与宋美龄成婚，是在两年之后。而在他正式成婚的两年之前的这个诡谲的1926年早春，他却在广州为实现他的宏阔的政治抱负而进行了一次极为大胆的预演。这就是后来震惊全国的中山舰事件。他的舞台是由水面和陆地两部分搭成的，气势极为不凡。 3月20日零时，蒋介石借口海军局代局长、共产党员李之龙擅自调动中山舰进黄埔港，突然宣布广州紧急戒严，下令立即缴工人纠察队枪支，扣押第一军和黄埔军校学生中的共产党员，严密包围苏联顾问团驻地。凌晨3时，在广州文德路海军局大院文德楼内的一处住所里，响起了惨叫声，海军局代理局长、共产党员李之龙在家中遭到逮捕，逮捕时被士兵施以毒打。 李之龙在黑暗中连打几个滚，避蜷于房间角落，床头柜子倒翻的药瓶子和军衣落在他头上。李之龙以薄薄的军衣遮脸，举手抵挡着黑暗中不断袭来的皮靴，尖声喊：“别打了！你们太不讲道理！” 他的新婚妻子则被一杆枪逼在阳台上，蓬头散发，呜咽不止。 参与执行逮捕的秘密共产党员石头心里发急，好几回喊：“算了算了，别打了，押走他算了！” 打得性起的士兵还不肯歇手。石头使劲挤向屋角，试图以身掩护，黑暗中自己也挨了好几拳。 “你们打谁了？长不长眼睛？”石头捂住右脸，发火了。这一发火，倒十分奏效，几个士兵气咻咻说，好了，拉这小子起来，下楼吧！ 鼻青脸肿的李之龙被拉起来，几乎站立不住。士兵们前后夹着他，推推搡搡下楼。在楼梯转弯的之处，走在李之龙后面的石头突然一手拉住李之龙，一手猛推前面的士兵，直教士兵在黑暗的楼梯上滚作一团。 在这一阵混乱的闷雷中，石头飞起一脚，旁边的玻璃窗便整个儿倒了下来。楼梯上烟尘弥漫。 “快逃！跳下去！”石头对李之龙耳语，“地势不高！” 李之龙弯腰呻吟：“我，不逃。” 楼梯下传来摔伤者的惨叫声和咒骂声。 “什么？”石头不相信自己的耳朵。 李之龙说：“我要讨还清白。我没有做任何亏心事。” 石头叹口气，猛然大喝一声，一把拎起李之龙的后领子：“你小子想逃？没门！” 一辆小汽车卷着阳光和烟尘，疾风似的开到广东造币厂大门口。周恩来曾经到这里来过，他知道造币厂是国民革命军第一军的惠东升团团部所在地。他看见门口警卫比往日森严。 周恩来跳下车，一脸怒容。他昨夜也是被零乱的枪声惊醒的，他起身才知道全城戒严了。接着就是蜂拥而来的大逮捕和大缴械的消息。他坐在床头惊得张大了嘴。邓颖超急忙给他递水压惊，他也没有接杯子。他刚从东江平叛前线回来没几天，征尘还未洗净，就遭遇上了毫没来由的风暴。天亮之后，他打听到蒋介石的行踪，知道他正在惠东升团坐镇指挥，造币厂已成为蛛网中心，他便直扑造币厂而来，纵然被蜘网粘住他也在所不惜。 “我有要事见蒋校长！我知道他在你们团部！”被大门口的卫兵拦住之后，周恩来怒不可遏。 “有特许通行证吗？” “我是陆军军官学校政治部主任周恩来！”周恩来大喝一声，一把推开横栏似的手臂，强行闯进大门。 卫兵手足无措了，好一会儿，才抓起一只铜哨子拼命吹起来。 蒋介石听见了铜哨子，也听见了副官紧急报告。他平静地说，见见他吧，人家既然闯营了，我不见也不好。所以他见周恩来的时候，心境波平浪静。 “校长，这难道是正常的吗？一军和军校学生中的所有共产党员都被扣押了！”周恩来见他就嚷。 蒋介石请他坐下，吩咐上茶，然后说：“事出有因啊，情形如一团乱麻呢。共产党员并非逮捕，是集中保护，恩来你不必着急。” “我们在东江前线与陈炯明残部浴血奋战，可是后方呢，我们的同志却被五花大绑！我今天就要向校长讨问个明白！” “告诉过你了，事情很复杂。有人要谋害我，要谋害国民革命！” “我们共产党人视两党合作为生命，校长你打人板子不能没有证据！校长不放人，我不走了！” 蒋介石脸色一板，不高兴了，说：“不走，也好，留在我这里吃饭！来人，送周主任休息！” 一下子就扑上来四个士兵，扭住周恩来的手脚，卸了手枪。 周恩来想挣扎，但是手脚已被制住，围着他的所有的手臂都如铁钳。 “校长！”周恩来的身子歪倒了，但依旧双目喷火，“历史会证明，你是破坏两党合作的罪人！” 周恩来的咒骂声渐渐远去之后，蒋介石转了个圈，生气地喊：“来人！” 一个连长应声而进。 “你们这个团部是怎么回事？几十个兵，三层岗哨，就挡不住一个周恩来？” 连长说：“弟兄们不敢挡。” 蒋介石说：“难道士兵里还有共产党分子？” 连长嗫嚅着不敢做声了，最后才说：“校长放心，从现在起，哪怕一只鸟，我也不叫它飞进来！” 话犹未了，又是一阵令人吃惊的踏踏踏的脚步声，还夹着一个女性的喊叫声。冲进门的真个是一位泼辣的女性，被突然推开的木门像一个耳光一样打在连长脸上。 蒋介石一看，吃一惊。女人是何香凝。这个多事的女人竟然也知道他坐镇于造币厂了。 何香凝一见蒋介石就气得眼睛出血：“好你个蒋中正，你是无法无天啊！” 蒋介石心里直叫苦，脸容还是平静无波：“请不要动怒，廖夫人！” 何香凝几乎要扑过去：“孙先生和仲恺尸骨未寒，你蒋中正就敢公然背叛三大政策！你抓共产党，你缴工人的枪，你包围苏联顾问团，你说你对得起谁？” 蒋介石慢慢坐到椅子上。何香凝抓住椅子背就要掀翻它：“你像什么校长！我刚才见周恩来了，也被关押了！军校的政治部主任你也说抓就抓，你发昏啦？” 椅子摔倒了，蒋介石及时蹿了起来，没有同时倒下去。“廖夫人，”他跺着脚说，“这打打闹闹的，成何体统？” 连长带了两个士兵，跃跃欲试，意欲制住何香凝，但是没有蒋介石的明确命令他们不敢动。他们认得这女人是廖仲恺遗孀。天下尚有“忌讳”两字，忌讳往往是连一根毫毛都不能碰的。 对于连长的虚张声势，蒋介石忽然不满意了，他击桌而骂连长：“长不长眼睛？她是廖夫人！你们想怎么样？你们都给我滚出去！” 士兵们退走之后，蒋介石又召进副官，脸色阴沉地对副官说：“既然苏联顾问团已有三次抗议……” 副官说：“四次了。” 蒋介石说：“那么，就撤岗吧。我蒋中正是对人不对俄。还有，那个周恩来，请他一顿饭，要有压惊之酒，要有鱼。吃饱了，就请他走路。” 副官应声走了之后，蒋介石对何香凝说：“廖夫人，中正这么做，你消气了吧？” 何香凝满眼泪水，一时不知从何说起。蒋介石马上喊：“来人，送廖夫人回府休息！用我的车送！不准再有闲人打扰廖夫人休息！” 当天夜里，毛泽东与被拘押了半天的周恩来不约而同赶到了李富春家中。李富春是中共党员，其时任国民革命军第二军副党代表。客人一进门他就拉拢了所有的窗帘子。在前一天刚刚就职于广东农民运动讲习所第六任所长的毛泽东，一坐下就对李富春说：“这里有三只茶杯盖了，你再取三只来。” 李富春不明所以，拉开方柜抽屉，又找出三只杯盖。 毛泽东迅速将茶杯盖分成两堆，摆成五比一模样。 毛泽东说：“蒋介石这块石头，并不是一块怎么了不得的大石头。他能抓住的，只有第一军。恩来你看，富春的二军、还有三军、四军、五军、六军，这五个军的军长都跟蒋介石有矛盾，不是一般的矛盾，而是明显的矛盾，因此，都可以争取他们反蒋！” 李富春听得有理，说：“起码我们二军是有把握的！” 周恩来突然跳起来，抓过那只孤零零的茶杯盖，也一同归入了五只茶杯盖的阵营。 “润之，”他说，“你也没有摆对！” 毛泽东请他解释。 周恩来说：“就是蒋介石直接指挥的一军，大部分政治骨干，也是共产党员！因此，不是五比一，可以说是六比零！” 门推开了，陈延年出现在门口：“润之这笔账我听到了，算得是对的，五比一！恩来的意见我也听见了，很好，六比零！不管是五比一，还是六比零，都说明一个明显的道理，那就是革命者占绝对优势！我们要立即反击，事不宜迟，动作要快！” 周恩来说：“应当立即通电讨蒋，削其兵权，除其党籍，公布事实真相，办他一个违反党纪国法！” 毛泽东说：“同时鼓动工人罢工，以民众之力量呼应！” “唉呀，”陈延年忽然叹一声，站起来又坐下去。“我现在千怕万怕都不怕，就有一怕！” 大家不知道他怕什么。他说：“我怕一个人。此人不是国民党的蒋介石，而恰恰是共产党的委员长。” 一说到陈独秀，大家都沉默起来。总决策，当然应该是陈独秀作的。陈独秀远在上海滩，他于黄浦江畔想象珠江风浪，这份想象将很可能是夹生的，更何况情况又是瞬息万变，不在广州实施紧急指挥，事情很难奏效。 陈延年又说：“真的，我真的是怕，我真的怕独秀同志！我怕他前怕狼后怕虎！我有个明显的感觉，自从孙中山去世，他整个情绪都是担惊受怕！” 写字桌上散落着好几个茶杯盖，陈独秀当着张国焘的面，气呼呼拎出其中两个，摆在一边。他瞪着这两个茶杯盖说：“我能怕什么？我千怕万怕都不怕，就怕我们党内出一两个冒失鬼！”张国焘双手抱臂，坐在上海北四川路安慎坊中共中央宣传部的办公室里，瞧着陈独秀发火，觉得有点有趣。 陈独秀说：“一个是周恩来！一个是毛泽东！” 张国焘心想，还好，没有把我列入其中，脸上却笑嘻嘻说：“仲甫经常把我也看作是第三个冒失鬼吧？” “你现在不是了。”陈独秀说，“过去，你也算一个。其实我告诉你，最大的冒失鬼，是我。我同你一样，常以血气代替志气，闻及一星半点即拍案而起，逞一时痛快。现在，你与我，都能学点孙猴子了，眼观六路，耳听八方，什么都要先抬眼望一望，或者拿在手心里掂一掂。” 陈独秀昨夜掂量了一夜。他觉得实在不宜与国民党新贵蒋介石对决，对决就是引爆，国共合作的架构将会在瞬间崩裂。更何况蒋介石的莽举可能真的是起因于一场误会呢？他说的那番话，比如：中山舰无端“落械走火，经一昼夜”，比如“中正防其扰乱政府之举，为党国计不得不施行迅速之处置”，也许真的是有几分道理呢？某些共产党人的冒冒失失的言论和行动也是大量存在的，这些都是磨擦的火星子，有时候也真怪不得人家，起码不能百分之百地怪人家。 他在起初几天内都不了解广州事变的真相，中共中央没有电台，无法及时捕捉广州详情，只有从沪上各报中关注事件的发展。陈独秀起初还以为周恩来被捕了，震惊和伤心了好一阵。直到三月底，从广州回俄国的苏联布勃诺夫使团路经上海，陈独秀才知道一些详情。 布勃诺夫也是个对蒋介石很宽厚的人。他的使团虽然在事变中也被黑黑瘦瘦的国民革命军士兵软禁了好一阵子，但他还是认定蒋介石这匹勇夫是情有可原的。他关起门窗对苏联使团的全体人员作报告说：“这次事件，是由于军事工作和总的政治领导方面的严重错误而引起的。”他还作了这样一个比喻：中国将军脖子上戴着五个套，这就是参谋部、军需部、政治部、党代表和顾问。他说，这种情况，与中国军队历来的习惯是毫无共同处的。因此，他请求苏联顾问们，要特别注意到中国军阀们的过敏的民族主义，外国军事专家的任何一个压力都会引起他们的强烈不满。他到了上海之后，也握着陈独秀的手说：我以为，你们中国共产党人，必须十分审慎地行事，决不能突出自己作为助手和领导者的地位。 听得这话，陈独秀当然就冷静下来了。他过去看不得高鼻子蓝眼睛的人指手画脚，现在听听这些高鼻子的言论，还真个寅是寅，卯是卯，皆成道理。他为了心里更踏实，还一再追问布勃诺夫：“我党对国民党的政策是否照旧？”这位高鼻子对此提问沉吟再三，说：“不久的将来，莫斯科会作出决策的。”布勃诺夫虽然没有明确作答，但他对中共最高领袖的这种谦逊态度是颇为满意的。 陈独秀事后对张国焘说起这番请示时，也觉得自己的话挺窝囊。但是自从党的二大确定了共产国际的领导地位之后，陈独秀也慢慢地习惯了接受，他知道从自己鼻孔喷出来的浓浓的雪茄雾里，有一大半是人家吸的。但是从另外一个方面说，稳健行事确实还是必要的。对蒋介石要斗争，但这种斗争应是适当的，不能撕破脸面。国民党毕竟是个有四十万党员的大党，共产党在与它的紧密合作中也获得了空前的发展，这种使得帝国主义和直奉军阀惊惶不安的局面，决计不能轻易断送，若断送这种局面，正好中了国民党右派的计，这些国民党右派分子的能量还不可小觑，他们从处理廖案的打击中遭受惨败之后，已于去年11月聚在北京西山碧云寺孙中山灵前，召开了一个所谓的“国民党一届四中全会”，之后又在上海成立中央党部，与广州的中央党部唱起了对台戏。林森、邹鲁、张继、谢持这些“西山会议派”，从骨子里恨透了共产党，他们时刻准备着看共产党的笑话，也准备着看广州国民党的笑话。两党的笑话都是不能让他们看的，一个重要的前提是两党都不能有笑话。 陈独秀想，形势如此微妙，共产党人做事实在应当“如履薄冰”，这不是右倾，是稳妥。所以陈独秀对广州共产党人的激愤是大不以为然的。他再三对张国焘说：“此蒋介石，决不是一块小石头，不是一块寻常石头，虽然此石拦路了，但这只是眼前，是暂时的，对于整个中国革命运动而言，这是一块柱石。” 柱石？张国焘吓一跳，这也太高看这块不大不小的蒋介石了吧？但是陈独秀坚持说：“该争取者，定要争取！” 张国焘说：“仲甫之意思，让这块石头抓在人民手里，去砸军阀？” “就是这个意思。”陈独秀说，“所以派你去一趟广州，你马上动身。你去，任务有二，一是查明真相，第二，也是更重要的，是与那块拦路之石协商妥协之路。我总觉得，蒋中正不应归属国民党右派，此人立场，与此人之名可能相仿。” “仲甫什么意思？” “他的名字不是叫中正么？” “是啊，蒋中正。” “他的政治立场可能也是中正的，他既非左派，亦非右派。” “仲甫，你怎么成测字先生了？” “测字，那是迷信。我不测字，我是测心。我是从他的种种行动和种种宣言中，测他的心。” 在陈独秀议论着蒋介石之名的那些日子里，蒋介石也没有少议论自己的名字。他曾专门走了一趟广州大东路的苏联顾问团驻地，并且是带夫人陈洁如一起去的，他要给他们细细讲解几个中国字。 陈洁如学过俄语，可以将他的意思译给这些北方洋人听。蒋介石未开口之前，先指使副官将一张大纸抖开，临时覆盖了墙上的一张中国地图。他笑嘻嘻地对这些表情严肃的俄国人说：“苏联同志在事变中受惊了！今日，中正特来教几个中国字，给同志们压压惊。” 纸上写有硕大的四个名字：吴佩孚、张作霖、孙传芳、蒋介石。 蒋介石说：“同志们千万不要以为，我蒋介石，跟这些中国反动军阀，是一丘之貉。我告诉同志们，他们是邪人，我是正人！何以见得？请看这些中国字，中国字奥妙啊，千古是非曲直皆在其中啊！首先请同志们看吴佩孚之佩字：就隐藏着一个邪人！” 他从副官手中接过一枝红笔，勾出了佩字的单人偏旁。 “同志们看，明明是一个站得正坐得稳的人字，融在这个佩字里头，就写斜了，写偏了，写歪了。能不能把这人字写正呢？不