Chapter 7 7. Who is the real culprit behind the assassination of Song Jiaoren

At ten o'clock in the evening on March 20, 1913, Song Jiaoren, accompanied by Huang Xing, Yu Youren and others, came to Shanghai-Nanjing Railway Station to prepare to go north to form a cabinet.Just when the crowd reached the ticket gate, a black figure suddenly shot out from the slant, and only heard a "bang" gunshot. Song Jiaoren, who was walking in front of the line, had a painful expression on his face. He held on to the iron fence beside him and endured Crying in pain, "I've been shot!" Amidst the exclamation, the murderer was agile and disappeared into the misty night rain in a blink of an eye.At this time, Song Jiaoren had already fallen to the ground, his hands were still clutching his injured waist tightly. After being sent to the nearby railway hospital, he was already dying.After inspection, the bullet was hit from the back and penetrated obliquely to the waist, both the kidney and the large intestine were hit, and what was even more terrible was that the bullet was poisonous!

Since Song Jiaoren had just led the Kuomintang to victory in the parliamentary election, there is no doubt that this was a well-planned political assassination with the purpose of putting him to death. After the operation, although the bullet was taken out, Song Jiaoren's face was as white as paper at this time. He knew that his life was about to come to an end, so he moaned and dictated the will to Yu Youren, who was accompanying him: First, he will be killed in the hospital. All the books deposited in Nanjing, Beijing and Tokyo were donated to the Nanjing Library; second, his family has always been poor, and his mother is still alive, and he hopes to ask Huang Xing and other old friends to take care of him after his death; Abandon responsibility for him.

After speaking, Song Jiaoren was in extreme pain, sometimes he put his arms around his shoulders, sometimes he made a cross, it seemed that there were endless sufferings, and the group of friends who died beside him also wept for it.After the second intestinal suturing operation, Song Jiaoren's injury worsened, and he moaned and said: "I have worked so hard to reconcile the north and the south, but the rumormongers and ordinary people don't know the reason, and every time they misunderstand, I really feel sorry for them." I will die with peace." At four o'clock in the morning on March 22, surrounded by Huang Xing, Yu Youren and others, Song Jiaoren passed away in agony at the age of thirty-two.Before he died, Song Jiaoren stared straight into his eyes, clenched his fists tightly, and there were still tears in his eyes, which showed how nostalgic and reluctant he was for this beautiful world.

Song Jiaoren, courtesy name Dunchu, nicknamed Yufu, was born in Taoyuan, Hunan. He was born in a farming and studying family. At the end of 1904, Song Jiaoren went into exile in Japan after the failure of the Changsha Uprising, and participated in the establishment of the Tongmenghui the following year, becoming an important leader of the early revolutionary party. After the Wuchang Uprising, Song Jiaoren served as the dean of the Legal System in the Nanjing Provisional Government and assisted Sun Yat-sen in formulating laws and regulations.But on the issue of the political system, Song Jiaoren advocated the responsible cabinet system, which conflicted with the grand presidential system advocated by Sun Yat-sen. Later, when the peace talks between the North and the South were successful, Tang Shaoyi, the first prime minister of the cabinet, nominated him to be the chief of agriculture and forestry, but this position obviously could not satisfy Song Jiaoren's ambition.After Tang Shaoyi resigned, Song Jiaoren also resigned from the cabinet.After the Tongmenghui was reorganized into the "KMT" and won the parliamentary election, Song Jiaoren was very hopeful to become the new prime minister, but no one expected that this would be the final result.

Who is the culprit behind the murder of Song Jiaoren? Of course, the first object of suspicion was Yuan Shikai, because he had too many reasons to kill Song Jiaoren.Yuan Shikai once admired Song Jiaoren very much and tried to pull him into his team. For example, when Song Jiaoren was going back to his hometown in Hunan to visit his relatives, Yuan Shikai once gave him a check of 500,000 yuan from the Bank of Communications for Song Jiaoren. You can spend it at will, but Song Jiaoren will return the basic original of the check except that he spent two or three hundred yuan.In addition, Yuan Shikai also ordered suits for Song Jiaoren, and even the measurements were very accurate, which shows his good intentions.However, under Yuan Shikai's goodwill, Song Jiaoren was so "ignorant of flattery". In his speeches everywhere, he unscrupulously attacked Yuan Shikai's government and made a move, which aroused Yuan Shikai's anger and hatred. Also in the meaning of the words.Now that the Kuomintang has won the congressional election, Song Jiaoren is about to become a formidable opponent. How could Yuan Shikai not want to kill him?

What makes people speechless is that before his death, Song Jiaoren asked Huang Xing to call Beijing as a ghostwriter, and reported the assassination to Yuan Shikai. If it is not solidified, the people's well-being will not increase, and if you let go suddenly, there will be lingering regrets after death. President Fuji sincerely preached justice and tried his best to protect the rights of the people so that the country can establish an indomitable constitution. Although the day of death is still alive. Death mourning, I still pray for appreciation." People who are about to die are eagerly looking forward to it. Zhang Shizhao said that he "doesn't realize it until death".

Yuan Shikai was also very surprised when he heard the news of Song Jiaoren's assassination. He immediately called Cheng Dequan, the governor of Jiangsu, and asked for the murderer to be arrested quickly and dealt with strictly according to the law to maintain the country's discipline.After the bad news of Song Jiaoren's death came, Yuan Shikai even issued an order, asking the State Council to give preferential treatment, saying: "Song Jiaoren, the former head of agriculture and forestry, ran the state affairs and created a republic. He made great contributions. It is suitable for the establishment of a unified government. Supporting the affairs of the state, especially being able to inform the general public. Planning and labor, and making great achievements in the future, why did you hear about the tragic changes? The Republic of China was newly established, and talents were rare. The murderer dared to attack Xunliang in full view, and the police in charge did not arrest him on the spot Escaping, reading the telegram is extremely frightening. All the citizens of our country are deeply saddened."

At that time, it seemed that President Yuan Da could not be identified as the murderer behind the scenes.The reason is very simple. If Song Jiaoren was stabbed to death at the sensitive period after the congressional election, Yuan Shikai would undoubtedly be the most suspected. According to his usual way of handling affairs, he would definitely not make such a bad move.Therefore, although the Kuomintang members at that time had doubts in their hearts, they did not show it at least on the surface. After the Song case happened, Cheng Dequan, governor of Jiangsu Province, ordered Shanghai to arrest the murderer immediately, and the concession authorities and the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway Bureau also offered rewards for his arrest.Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man, and those Shanghai policemen and inquisitors were dispatched one after another, looking for information to solve the case.Contrary to the unsolved assassination cases in the past, the detection of the Song assassination case was unexpectedly smooth and unbelievable.

On the third day after Song Jiaoren was assassinated, Wang Afa, an antique calligraphy and painting dealer, went to the British Concession to report the crime, claiming that he had gone to the home of Ying Kuicheng (Ying Guixin), a leader of the Shanghai Youth Gang, because of selling calligraphy and painting a week ago. He took out a photo and offered to stab the person in the photo to death with a reward of 1,000 yuan. At that time, Wang Afa did not agree.After the Song case happened, Wang Afa saw that the photo of Song Jiaoren published in various newspapers was the person in the photo given to him by Ying Guixin, so he rushed to report the case.

After receiving the report, the police from the International Settlement immediately arrested Ying Guixin in a brothel and immediately searched Ying's home.Paradoxically, when the patrols searched Ying's house, they found that one of them looked nervous, and this person was the murderer, Wu Shiying, who killed Song Jiaoren.What is even more puzzling is that when Ying Guixin was captured by the police, Samurai Ying was also in the brothel, and was entrusted by a friend to report to Ying's family, but was captured by a strange coincidence. According to common sense, if Wu Shiying was the murderer, he should have fled immediately when Ying Guixin was arrested. Why did he throw himself into the trap at Ying's house?After Wu Shiying was arrested, he immediately bluntly admitted the assassination of Song Jiaoren. He confessed that his real name was Wu Fuming, and he was from Shanxi. Because the army was laid off, he came to Shanghai for a visit. While drinking tea in a teahouse, he met a friend surnamed Chen. Through his introduction, he met the president of the Gongjin Association (Ying Guixin). Ying Guixin asked the warrior Ying to assassinate him. One person said that this person was an anarchist, and killing him was to kill 400 million compatriots, and promised to pay a thousand oceans after the work was done, so Samurai Ying agreed to go.

On the day of the assassination, a friend surnamed Chen told Samurai Ying that the man was surnamed Song, and that he was going to board the train tonight, so he happened to be there to deal with him.After finishing speaking, he gave Samurai Ying a five-shot pistol, and recruited two other people to go to the train station.After they bought platform tickets and entered the station, they happened to meet Song Jiaoren entering the reception room, so Chen pointed out the target to Wu Shiying and asked him to do it later.After a while, Song Jiaoren and others came out of the reception room. Halfway through the walk, Samurai Ying shot him, and then fled back home to repay his meritorious service.After Ying Guixin learned that Song Jiaoren was indeed assassinated, she also praised the warrior for his ability and promised to send him to study abroad in the future.Samurai Ying returned the pistol, which was later found at Ying's house. Ying Guixin, the leader of the Youth Gang, was a well-known figure on the beach. He had two titles at the time, one was the president of the Communist Association of the Republic of China, and the other was the chief inspector of Jiangsu Stationed in Shanghai.Chen Qimei got acquainted with Ying Guixin when she was planning the revolution in Shanghai. Chen himself often lived in the house provided by Ying Guixin, which became the secret stronghold of the revolutionaries at that time.During this period, Chen Qimei and Ying Guixin joined each other's organizations. During the Shanghai Restoration War, the Youth Gang became a staunch ally of the revolutionaries. Thousands of gang members fought. After the recovery of Shanghai, Chen Qimei established the Shanghai Army Governor's Mansion, which also received the full support of the Green Gang at that time.At the beginning of the revolution, the Green Gang and the Revolutionary Party had a honeymoon. For example, Ying Guixin was appointed as the chief of Chen Qimei's intelligence section. When Sun Yat-sen returned to Shanghai, Ying Guixin was sent by Chen Qimei to be directly responsible for receiving and protecting Sun Yat-sen. .When Sun Yat-sen went to Nanjing to take office as interim president, Ying Guixin formed a guard and accompanied him to Nanjing. Originally, Ying Guixin should have a good political future after the success of the revolution, but this person has too much charlatanism and hooliganism. She was more polite, but later when more people came, Ying Guixin just waited for the food to be served, and sometimes spoke harsh words to the guests.Seeing that he was not suitable for this kind of work, Sun Yat-sen transferred him to the chief of general affairs of the interim government, but Ying Guixin was involved in corruption and bribery in his daily work, so Sun Yat-sen sent him back to Shanghai when the interim government was about to dissolve. In June 1912, with the support of Chen Qimei, the governor of Shanghai, Ying Guixin became the president of the Communist Party of the Republic of China, a quasi-party organization jointly established by the Shanghai Youth Gang, Hongmen and Gongkou. The product of gang organizations being made public.When the revolutionaries in Wuchang tried to launch the Nanhu Cavalry Riot to overthrow Li Yuanhong, Ying Guixin also participated on behalf of the Gongjinhui. Later, she was wanted because of the failure and fled back to Shanghai in a hurry. Since many gangs participated in the Revolution of 1911, the quality of these personnel was generally not high, which caused great chaos in the society. Therefore, after Yuan Shikai came to power, he took measures to solve the gang problem in order to maintain local stability.When the Beijing government learned that Ying Guixin had participated in the riots in Wuchang, it sent Hong Shuzu, Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, hoping to ban the Gongjin Association and properly handle the issues of gangs and local security. Hong Shuzu is not simple. He is the great-grandson of Hong Liangji, a famous scholar in Qing Dynasty.This man was talented but not virtuous. Although the scientific examination was not smooth, he later entered the officialdom through donations and worked as an aide for Liu Mingchuan, Yu Liansan, Zhang Zhidong and others.However, Hong Shuzu was very greedy and bold, and he was expelled after a period of appointment every time.After the Wuchang Uprising, the North and the South negotiated peace, which gave Hong Shuzu a godsend opportunity, because at that time the representatives of the North and the South were discussing with Zhao Fengchang, Zhang Zhidong's chief aide, and Hong Shuzu and Zhao Fengchang were not only old acquaintances, but also relatives.As a result, Hong Shuzu became Yuan Shikai's eyeliner during the peace talks between the North and the South, and made great contributions. After the fall of the Qing court, Tang Shaoyi originally planned to let Hong Shuzu be the secretary of the State Council, but considering his previous bad deeds, he was later changed to the secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Hong Shuzu didn't have a deep personal relationship with Yuan Shikai and Zhao Bingjun, the chief of internal affairs, so when he got close to new masters like Yuan and Zhao, he worked extra hard and was eager to win favor and make meritorious service. Hong Shuzu was also a member of the gang in Shanghai, so he hit it off with Ying Guixin soon. He represented the Beijing government in dealing with the issue of the Qinghong Gang, and finally adopted the method of bribery, and helped Ying Guixin relieve the opposition His wanted warrant.After the revolution, Ying Guixin was treated coldly by the revolutionaries, so she quickly took advantage of the wind and took refuge in Yuan Shikai's group.At the same time, Ying Guixin did not cut off the relationship with Chen Qimei and others, which was a bit like a "double agent" (after all, Shanghai was still ruled by the Kuomintang at that time). For Ying Guixin's opportunistic behavior, Chen Qimei and others have also been aware of it for a long time. Especially when the Song case was cracked, the Kuomintang members played a very important role, such as exposing and arresting Ying Guixin, and finding Ying Guixin and Hong Shuzu from Ying's family. As well as a large number of confidential telegrams from the Minister of Internal Affairs Zhao Bingjun, etc., there are shadows of Chen Qimei's forces behind them. The secret telegram is an important evidence for deciphering the assassination of the Song Dynasty. Mr. Lu Di made a unique analysis in the article "Research on "Destroying the Song Dynasty and Rewarding Xun", and Mr. Sigong also focused on this in the book "The End of the Late Qing Dynasty is the Republic of China" Pay attention, it should be said that this issue has been clarified.Among these confidential telegrams, it was mainly the information exchange between Ying Guixin and Hong Shuzu. When the Kuomintang led by Song Jiaoren was in sight of victory in the parliamentary elections, the words "fierce articles" began to appear in their telegrams.For this, historians have two explanations. One is that Ying and Hong planned to assassinate Song Jiaoren, and the other is that Ying and Hong planned to buy Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing, and Song Jiaoren from Japan. To vilify the revolutionaries in the newspapers. After entering March, the words "destroy Song Dynasty" appeared in Ying and Hong's telegrams, and this "destroy" also has two interpretations.To make matters worse, the Chief of Internal Affairs Zhao Bingjun and Ying Guixin also passed two sealed telegrams. Although it was a routine matter, other telegrams between Hong Shuzu and Ying Guixin revealed that Yuan Shikai and Zhao Bingjun knew about "destroying the Song Dynasty". Judging from the analysis of the telegram, the meaning of "ruining the Song Dynasty" at the beginning should be to vilify Sun Song and others through the media, but because Ying Guixin could not produce substantive evidence (the so-called "bad history"), Hong Shuzu raised a considerable level. Therefore, Ying Guixin decided to take the risk, and "destroying the Song Dynasty" became "going to the Song Dynasty", that is, to get rid of Song Jiaoren in order to obtain a huge reward.As far as this point is concerned, only Hong Shuzu and Ying Guixin knew about this matter, and there is no direct evidence to prove that Zhao Bingjun and Yuan Shikai knew or participated in this matter. What is strange is that Wu Shiying overturned all the previous confessions in court a week later, claiming that he killed Song Jiaoren this time because of his own intention, and denied that he had ever met Ying Guixin.Not only that, Wu Shiying also claimed that he was killing harm for the Beijing government, and seemed to intend to exonerate Ying Guixin and turn people's attention to the Beijing government.Since Samurai Ying's confessions were too outrageously translated, it has to be suspected that someone colluded and deliberately instigated the confession behind the scenes. What's even more strange is that after being arrested, Wu Shiying has always been calm and shows no signs of fear. Have fun." Samurai's back and forth behavior is puzzling, and his background is never clear: his arrest is strange, his confession is absurd, and his death is a mystery. Wu Shiying and Ying Guixin were initially detained in the British and French Concession, and were later extradited to a Chinese court. However, the day before the preliminary trial, the fit and healthy Wu Shiying died suddenly, and there was no clue about the whole incident.Since there is no record of outsiders contacting prisoners, Samurai Ying is most suspected of being poisoned by guards.What's more terrible is that the murderer did it so well that he didn't leave any traces, so that there was no valuable evidence left at that time (of course, the evidence may also be destroyed by the guards). The current historical theory holds that Yuan Shikai murdered Samurai Ying, which is probably a nonsense of "blaming others".Wu Shiying's experience and background have nothing to do with the Beijing government. It is not only untenable to say that Yuan Shikai murdered and silenced him, but also technically impossible.At that time, Shanghai was the stronghold of the Kuomintang forces, and the work of solving crimes and trials at that time was basically under the control of the Kuomintang.After being extradited to a Chinese court, Wu Shiying was detained in the barracks of the 61st Regiment of the Shanghai Army of the Shanghai Maritime Bureau, which was adapted from the old unit of the Shanghai Army Governor Chen Qimei.If it is said to kill people, the most likely reason is from Ying Guixin's gang system or Chen Qimei's forces.At least, Wu Shiying's confession and its sudden silence, until the man behind the scenes is completely revealed (it is very likely that the same person who instigated Wu Shiying to retract his confession and silence him), the Song case will always remain a mystery. After Ying Guixin was arrested, he fled during the "Second Revolution" and hid in the German Concession in Qingdao.After Yuan Shikai defeated the revolutionaries, Ying Guixin made a serious political mistake. He jumped out unwillingly and publicly sent a telegram to the Beijing government at the end of 1913 requesting "redress of the unjust prison".Ying Guixin used the pretext of rehabilitating the assassin Samurai Ying, saying that "Song Jiaoren is the mastermind of the civil strife, but he has more honors in his death; Samurai Ying sank to the bottom of the sea for the people's rebellion." Not only that, Ying Guixin found Hong Shuzu in Qingdao (Hong Shuzu fled to the Qingdao Concession immediately after the Song incident) and after failing to demand a reward, she ran from Qingdao to Beijing and wrote to Yuan Shikai asking for a reward for killing Song.This Ying Guixin was in a daze at the time, and he didn't weigh his own weight. He asked for 500,000 yuan in cash and asked him to be awarded the "Second Honor", both of which are indispensable. Yuan Shikai is still very good at dealing with gangsters like Ying Guixin.One night, four burly men climbed the wall and entered Ying Guixin's residence under the pretext of searching for smoke and dirt. Fortunately, Ying himself was not there.When Ying Guixin heard the news, he was so frightened that he didn't even dare to pack his luggage, so he fled to Tianjin in a hurry, but he still died in the end.When the train arrived near Langfang, Ying Guixin was stabbed to death in the carriage. In a certain sense, Ying Guixin's murder was considered revenge for Song Jiaoren.Later, there was evidence that it was Hao Zhanyi and Wang Shuangxi from the Beijing Law Enforcement Department who responded, and the person who gave the order was most likely Yuan Shikai.This is what happens to a rogue who goes back and forth and breaks his promise.But on the other hand, if Yuan Shikai really instigated Ying Guixin to assassinate Song Jiaoren, it is possible to secretly give him a sum of money to send him away; If it was a scapegoat, it would be normal for Yuan Shikai to suddenly become murderous in response to Gui Xin. What is even more disturbing is that just over a month after Ying Guixin was killed, another suspect who was most attacked in the Song case, Zhao Bingjun, also died suddenly, which made the Song case even more confusing.After the Song case, Zhao Bingjun resigned as prime minister and became the governor of Zhili after the news passed.At present, many history books claim that Zhao Bingjun was poisoned to death by Yuan Shikai, but this kind of major incident of the president poisoning the former prime minister will seem a bit bizarre. At least in the relevant records, there is no conclusive evidence that Zhao Bingjun was poisoned to death.In fact, Zhao Bingjun's death is very likely to be a normal death, but because the time of death coincides with Ying Guixin's murder too much, this is probably the charm of historical accident.According to historical records, Zhao Bingjun participated in the Western Expedition with Zuo Zongtang's army in his early years. He once encountered a heavy snowstorm in the Gobi Desert of Xingxing Gorge. As a result, he and his horse were buried in the snow for three days and nights. She is close to female sex, but depends on opium smoke for life. Zhao Bingjun has been an official for many years. He made his fortune while training soldiers at Yuan Shikai's small station, and specialized in police administration.After Yuan Shikai became the governor of Zhili to carry out the New Deal, Zhao Bingjun prepared to build the earliest police system in Tianjin, creating a precedent for China's modern police system.Zhao Bingjun followed Yuan Shikai all the time in the late Qing Dynasty, and later served as the right servant of the Patrol Department. He was in charge of police affairs and civil affairs all the year round, and he had no special bad deeds.The most interesting thing is that, at least on the surface, the relationship between Zhao Bingjun and Song Jiaoren is fairly close. When Song Jiaoren was working in Beijing, it was inconvenient for Song Jiaoren to live outside the city, so he often stayed at Zhao Bingjun's house.When Song Jiaoren returned the check of 50000 yuan to Yuan Shikai, he also entrusted Zhao Bingjun to handle it and asked Zhao Bingjun to pay the 50000 yuan debt from the check on his behalf.If the relationship between the two is not good, it is absolutely impossible to have this entrustment. After the news of Song Jiaoren's assassination came, Zhao Bingjun was presiding over a regular cabinet meeting. He was shocked when he heard it, and while circling around the table, he said to himself: "If people say that I killed Song Jiaoren, wouldn't it be me?" How can you count as a person who sells friends?" After a while, the presidential palace sent a telegram to invite the prime minister, and Zhao Bingjun left in a hurry.Judging from the on-site records left by people at the time, it seems that Zhao Bingjun's serious gaffe was not performed intentionally, but because he was at a loss because of ignorance. If he had known the plan to assassinate Song in advance, it would not have been like this.However, Zhao Bingjun was aware of Hong Shuzu's "destroying the Song Dynasty" activities, so he said, "If people say that I beat Song Jiaoren to death, it is not that I am selling friends, how can I be counted as a person".It seems that although Prime Minister Zhao also made some small moves against Song Jiaoren politically, he should bear the responsibility for Song Jiaoren's killing for lax control of his subordinates. According to records, Zhao Bingjun had been sick and working before his death, and there was nothing unusual before.At 5 o'clock in the morning, Zhao Bingjun suddenly felt severe pain in his abdomen. His family hurriedly sent people to invite Qu Yongqiu, Xu Deshun and Wang Yannian, the most famous military medical officers in Tianjin, but the three famous doctors were helpless. He died that morning, and his family members, doctors and others did not mention that he died of poisoning.Therefore, it is somewhat too arbitrary to determine that Zhao Bingjun was poisoned to death by Yuan Shikai. Hong Shuzu, the most insidious and cunning secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Song case, fled to the Qingdao German Concession as quickly as possible after Song Jiaoren was stabbed to death.However, the Skynet was fully restored, and Hong Shuzu ran to Shanghai in the spring of 1917. As a result, he was recognized by Song Jiaoren's son Song Zhenlu (who was only 15 years old at the time) and Song's secretary Liu Bai. The ancestor was confiscated to the Shanghai District Court, and later sent to the Beiping Court, and was finally sentenced to hang in the eighth year of the Republic of China (1919), and this was the first time that hanging was used in the Republic of China.During the execution, for some reason, Hong Shuzu's head and neck were separated (perhaps because he was too fat or the wringer was a substandard product), and his appearance was horrific. When Hong Shuzu was in prison, he knew that his death was inevitable. He once wrote an elegiac couplet to defend himself, saying: "Serving the government will bring disaster to himself, and he has a clear conscience; in troubled times, life is better than death. Where is the dust?" Since Hong Shuzu is not convinced, then go to Yincao Difu to see Song Jiaoren and Ying Guixin to argue. As for the other major suspect, Chen Qimei, it is more like retribution for wrongdoing, reaping the fruit of oneself.Although Chen Qimei performed outstandingly in the revolution, Chen Qimei's personal reputation is very bad, such as personal life corruption, hooliganism and so on.When Chen was the governor of Shanghai, public opinion often attacked him as "the governor of Yangmei" due to his frequent visits to indecent places.It is said that once Tao Chengzhang came back from raising funds in Nanyang, Chen Qimei asked Tao Chengzhang for money as a revolutionary fund, Tao not only refused to give it, but also said to Chen Qimei: "Shanghai has enough money for you, and I will give the money to the revolutionary comrades in Zhejiang." You can't use it for whoring." As a result, Chen Qimei and Tao Chengzhang formed a relationship. Chen Qimei is a person who is both a revolutionary and the Qinghong gang. He has always been bold and reckless, and he is ruthless. He was involved in many famous political assassinations in the Republic of China.For example, the assassination case of Tao Chengzhang of the Restoration Society was planned by Chen Qimei. It is really astonishing that he played such a black hand on the revolutionary party because of his personal interests.What is even more ironic is that after the "Tao Case", everyone announced that they would send a telegram to arrest the murderer, and Chen Qimei also said that they would arrest the murderer, but the murderer was none other than Chen Qimei instigated Chiang Kai-shek to do it. Two months after the Song case, Chen Qimei planned another assassination of Xu Baoshan, the great salt lord of the Hong Gang (who also participated in the revolution at the time), by making a specially-made antique vase time bomb, and then sending it to the police by a fake antique dealer. Go to Xu's house and blow up Xu Baoshan to death.It is worth noting that the informant in the Song case was also an antique dealer who claimed to be selling paintings. Xia Ruifang, the founder of the Commercial Press, and Zheng Rucheng, a general of the Northern Army who defended Shanghai, were also planned to be assassinated by Chen Qimei. He also sent someone to assassinate Li Xiehe, the leader of the Restoration Army who was fighting against him for the governorship of Shanghai. Although he failed this time, But it also scared Li Xiehe away from Shanghai.Chen Qimei's style has always been arbitrary. On December 12, 1911, without any legal procedures, he shot Tao Junbao, the chief of staff of the Zhenjiang military government and the chief of staff of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang coalition army who had made great contributions to the capture of Nanjing, and planned to assassinate the governor of the Zhenjiang military government. , Lin Shuqing, commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition Army Linhuai (Lin Shuqing later died inexplicably in 1912). In the Song case, Chen Qimei's shadow seems to be everywhere, but there is no direct evidence to prove what role Chen Qimei played in it.During the "Second Revolution", many original files of the Shanghai Procuratorate were deliberately destroyed by Chen Qimei's soldiers, and the truth was even more difficult to ascertain.Perhaps there was a will in the dark, Chen Qimei, who was good at assassination, was finally assassinated in 1916, but this time the mastermind was Zhang Zongchang, a gang figure who participated in the revolution at the same time, and he was from the same sect. The most incredible thing is that most of the current history books, whether it is official history or unofficial history, or even historical novels, all conclude with one voice that Yuan Shikai was the culprit behind the assassination of Song Jiaoren, and then he killed Samurai Ying and Ying Gui Xin, killed Zhao Bingjun, and sent someone to assassinate Chen Qimei the month before his death.If Hong Shuzu had been arrested and killed earlier, Yuan Shikai would probably have to blame him. Huang Xing once said angrily after the Song case: "I killed Wu Luzhen the year before last, Zhang Zhenwu last year, and Song Jiaoren this year; you said it was Ying Guixin, he said it was Hong Shuzu, and I said it was Yuan Shikai." Gentlemen are evil, and all the evil in the world comes to him." Yuan Shikai was identified as the culprit of the murder, just because Yuan Shikai was a bad guy who proclaimed the emperor and restored it, so history can disregard the identification of evidence and scrutiny of details, and just buckle the shit pot. On Yuan Shikai's head, this kind of politicization of history is ridiculous and irresponsible.In Song Jiaoren's assassination case, history is not a little girl who can be dressed up by others. Zhang Yilin, a confidential secretary who had followed Yuan Shikai for many years, once commented on the assassination of Song Dynasty. He said: “At the beginning of the Song Dynasty case, Hong Shuzu volunteered to destroy it. , and then caused a huge disaster. Yuan also has no way to explain himself. The villain can't be tricked, so it is." Yu Youren was a good friend of Song Jiaoren, and the inscription he wrote on the statue was tragic and painful.As for who killed Song Jiaoren, there are many historical books with different opinions. At least until now, I have to regret to say that the assassination of Song Jiaoren is still a mystery.Mr. Yu Youren's wish in the inscription "Le Zhikongshan, Qi Zhiliang History" has not been realized so far. The Sri Lankan has gone, and the breath will last forever. On April 13, in the third week after Song Jiaoren's death, the Kuomintang members held a memorial meeting in Shanghai, and more than 20,000 people came to pay their respects to Song Jiaoren. On April 25, Tan Renfeng and others requested the government to cast a statue of Song Jiaoren and open a park to commemorate it. In June 1914, the park was completed, and the address is not far from the place where Song Jiaoren was killed (now Zhabei Park).On the day when Song Jiaoren's body was moved into the cemetery, tens of thousands of people came to mourn. Tan Renfeng, Wang Huichong, Ju Zheng, Zhang Taiyan and other Kuomintang dignitaries and celebrities also came to attend the funeral. There is a bronze sculpture of an eagle fighting a snake on the top of Song Jiaoren's tomb. The tomb faces south and is approximately square. There are 24 round-headed square columns around it, connecting them into stone railings.There is a large stele in front of the tomb. The inscription "Mr. Song Jiaoren's Tomb" and the number are written in ink by Mr. Sun Yat-sen.In the middle of the tomb area, there is a sitting statue of Song Jiaoren in a full-body suit. On the front of the statue is engraved the word "Fisherman", which is written in seal script by Zhang Taiyan; on the back is an inscription: "Mr. What do you remember? Is it a straight pen? A straight pen kills people! Is it a curved pen? Good history. Inscribe all hearts and souls, and quality all heaven and earth", which was written by Yu Youren. Song Jiaoren’s cemetery was originally in the countryside. After decades of development, it has already lived in downtown Shanghai. In today’s Zhabei Park, Song Jiaoren’s tomb still stands, and there are many people working out here. , but the deeds of Song Jiaoren, the pioneer of constitutionalism, have long been known to few people.In this forgotten corner, the statue of Song Jiaoren seems somewhat lonely and lonely. Maybe it's a trick of fate, Song Jiaoren's too young body may really not be able to bear such great ambitions.When he was about to reach the pinnacle of his political life, a dark trap had already been laid, and the fire of Song Jiaoren's life at the age of 32 and the ideal of constitutionalism that countless people were excited about were also mercilessly extinguished. The huge waves of the times pushed this young hero to the forefront of politics, but the final result was an irresistible death. Although this is the fate of Song Jiaoren, why is it not the fate of countless citizens?