Chapter 29 In the second quarter, Wen Yiduo and Fu Sinian challenged each other

Mei Yiqi was disappointed in the victory because things did not turn around as Wen Yiduo and Pan Guangdan said.When he braved the cold wind and rain at 10:00 a.m. on the 17th, trembling, he and Fu Sinian went to inspect the new campus of the United Nations University, but there was no one in class.As a result, the two panicked in disappointment and adjusted in a guilty conscience.At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Mei asked the professor to have a tea talk with colleagues in a dejected mood: "Report the past few days and I (and Fu) feel hopeless, so I have to retreat from the virtuous way." The tone said: "For the future of the school and the fate of the students, in the midst of helplessness and hopelessness, as the person in charge of school affairs, we can only take the blame and resign. There is no other way to ask for it." It flowed down the cheek unconsciously.He took off his glasses and kept wiping them with a handkerchief, wanting to speak but unable to speak.Affected by the emotions of Mei and Fu, many professors became pessimistic and disappointed about the future of the school, so they offered to resign one after another.Faced with this situation, Zhang Xiruo, who had always been on the same line as Wen Yiduo and Pan Guangdan, stood up at the right time and said to the professors: "Why bother? Stand up." After saying this, the professors who looked around in a daze had to stand up to express their condolences, and Mei and Fu had no choice but to give up their resignation.

The performance-like tea party was not yet over. Someone proposed to switch to the sixth professors meeting this year. Mei and Fu agreed, and Dean Pan Guangdan signed the signature. The number of participants reached 88. Zhou Binglin was the chairman of the meeting. Wen Yiduo still Responsible for records as clerk.At the meeting, the debate on the resumption of classes and the punishment of criminals was launched again. Most of the professors headed by Fu Sinian advocated that the date of resumption of classes should be extended for another three days. You should persuade students to resume classes on the 20th. Had to resign."

In response to this proposal, Wen Yiduo, Pan Guangdan, Qian Duansheng and others took the opposite approach and came up with a counter-proposal, that is, "ask the government to remove Li Zonghuang immediately, and if this cannot be done, all of them will resign." .This counter-proposal once again turns the matter back to the old path of "resume classes first and then punish the perpetrators, or punish the perpetrators first and then resume classes", which has been debated endlessly in the past.As a result, the two factions had a back-and-forth quarrel over the proposal and the counter-proposal for more than 5 hours without a decision.Fu Sinian was out of breath, and impatiently knocked on the table with his huge pipe, while Wen Yiduo put down the holder of his writing pen from time to time, holding a pipe one size smaller than Fu's, and smoked with each other while smoking. Fu started a heated debate.The more they argued with each other, the more annoyed they became, and the more they talked, the more they deviated from the topic. After Wen Yiduo took a drag on his cigarette, he said loudly to Fu Sinian: "Well, why don't you go and shout long live in front of Lao Jiang!" According to Zhang Xiruo, who was present at the meeting, Said, Wen Yiduo is exposing Fu Sinian's old scars, few people know about it.Therefore, Zhang and other professors began to persuade them, saying, "Everyone is arguing, why bother to bring up the old things?" They intended to accuse Wen Yiduo of going too far.At this time, Fu Sinian's face was more than half darker than pig liver, and he was silent for two minutes, then suddenly stood up with his body like a hill, raised his arms and shouted "Gentlemen—" After a short pause, he trembled again. The voice shouted hurriedly: "Get out of the party with special parties!" Then shouted: "Bolsheviks get out of me!"

Facing Fu Sinian's scolding and yelling, Wen Yiduo stood up suddenly, and angrily said to Fu: "I am a Bolshevik!" It means what do you want?This very challenging tone made Fu Sinian even more irritable and furious. He slammed the large-size pipe on the table with a "bang", the violent collision made the pipe bounce and the wind brushed past Feng Youlan's ears. Pale.Fu Si Nianfu shouted loudly: "Get out of here, you Bolshevik!" This obviously trembling shout shocked the people present, and everyone looked at the student leader of the May 4th Movement, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing parade, the current member of the Standing Committee of the UN General Assembly and the acting president of Peking University with a kind of strange eyes. Fu Sinian, the director of the Institute of Liberal Arts at Peking University, the director of the Institute of History and Philology of the Academia Sinica, and a member of the National Political Council, has mixed feelings in his heart, full of emotions about the past and the past.When everyone forced Fu Sinian back on the chair, Feng Youlan who was sitting next to her stretched her head, and whispered to Fu Sinian half-jokingly, "You used to be the leader of the students, and you only made troubles with the school authorities. Now it's your fault, It's really 'Look at the man who shaves his head, people shave their heads'." Fu glanced at Feng Youlan, his face was livid, and he was panting heavily, unable to speak.

The meeting finally came to an end in the endless noise, and finally three resolutions were reached: the general idea is: the representatives of this association will call all the representatives of the student self-government association from tomorrow to persuade the students to resume classes and listen to their opinions.Wen Yiduo, who served as a clerk, recorded in the third key item: "This association believes that classes should be resumed this Thursday." Zhou Binglin, the chairman of the meeting, thought that the record was not clear enough during the review, and changed it to: "When persuading students and explaining Classes must be resumed this Thursday, and if they refuse to resume classes, professors and colleagues have no choice but to resign." But an additional condition was added: "As long as there is one student attending class all day on Thursday (20th), the professors will not resign collectively."

The counter-proposal that Wen Yiduo and others had been clamoring for was rejected in this meeting and was not included in the minutes of the meeting.In this regard, the telegram sent to Chongqing by the Kunming branch of the Central News Agency clearly stated, "In the meeting of all professors this afternoon, after the two Standing Committee members reported this process, all professors unanimously advised not to resign, and decided to persuade all professors again on the 18th. Once a student, if he does not resume classes on the 20th, he will always resign. At the same time, I also hope that the government will remove Li Zonghuang as soon as possible." Yun Yun.

The decision made by the professors' association amidst the turmoil and quarrel has not yet been approved by the representatives of the student government.Mei, Fu and others dispatched heads of departments and a large number of professors to intensify their work of persuading students. Yao Congwu and other leaders of the Kuomintang branch of the Kuomintang went all out to mobilize party and group forces in the school, and either overtly or covertly wooed, divided, and disintegrated students internally. The forces of all factions held their breath for the last fight.At this time, seeing that President Truman had publicly announced his China policy, demanding that the Kuomintang must expand its government base, accommodate other domestic political forces, and implement democratic reforms, Marshall's special plane had already landed in China.For the Kuomintang government, the issue of the Kunming student movement has come to a showdown.

On the morning of December 18, Lu Han sent an urgent and confidential telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, saying: "The final disposal of the student movement is ready." At present, "the last effort is being made."It also implies that if persuasion fails, it will be resolved by force. The knife is out of the sheath, and the arrow is on the string. At 3 p.m. on December 18, Chiang Kai-shek sent Zhu Jiahua a "National Government Telegram" stamped with the red seal of "National Government of the Republic of China".The text says: Honored by Minister Zhu of the Ministry of Education.The Kunming student movement was manipulated by a small number of reactionary students, and it was prolonged and repeated, which greatly hindered the studies of all students. If students who did not resume classes after the delay, all students should be expelled immediately.In addition to telephoning Chairman Lu of Kunming to check and deal with it, while still preparing the military training method to be implemented, it is important to inform the authorities of each school and quickly inform them.

Zhongzheng. (34) Hai Qiao.Letter from the government army. After Zhu Jiahua received the call, he saw that Chiang Kai-shek had announced that the deadline for students to resume classes could be postponed to the 20th, and realized that Chiang had made a concession out of extreme patience, and his hanging heart eased a little.He forwarded Jiang's order to Kunming, specifically admonishing Fu Sinian, Lu Han and Huo Kuizhang, all military and political officials, especially emphasizing that "how and when to implement" Jiang's order must be "handled carefully".The implication is that even if the time limit is up, you should think twice and not use force rashly, so as not to repeat the mistakes of Li and Guan.At the same time, he explicitly asked the authorities of Lian Da and Yun University to "do their best and earnestly persuade students to resume classes on the same day, so as to focus on their studies and fulfill their expectations."

Zhu Jiahua tried his best to mediate between Chongqing and Kunming, and Fu and Mei, together with most professors from Lian Da and Yun Da, also actively tried to persuade them, and the student self-government association began to loosen.Hong Deming, the head of the CCP branch, approached Wen Yiduo and formally entrusted Wen to meet with Mei Yiqi alone, saying that the student union's resumption conditions could be modified, and tried to persuade Mei to dispel her concerns and stand by the student union.Wen Yiduo met Mei Yiqi alone that night, and explained to Mei the conditions of the student union.Knowing well, Mei Yiqi and Fu Sinian agreed to convene the faculty meeting again on the 19th, and passed a written resolution to advise the students. At the same time, Feng Youlan, Zhou Binglin and others were recommended to meet Lu Han and ask him to cancel the "prohibition of free assembly" The previous order, if this order is cancelled, the students will reduce their hostility and things will be eased.After hearing this, Lu Han agreed very happily.Government authorities made concessions, notices were posted, and it became apparent that divisions began to take place among the students.By the 20th of the deadline, students from all departments of the United Nations University came to the classroom to attend classes one after another.

Faced with this development, Fu Sinian still had doubts, but Yao Congwu, who was secretly manipulating the Kuomintang and the Three Youth League inside the General Assembly, was overjoyed and excited. He immediately sent a secret letter to Zhu Jiahua in Chongqing by post and telegram, announcing this " Exciting" news.The letter wrote: "Professors at the Lianhe University insist on not resuming classes for 20 days, and all resign. This point is extremely important. First, if the professor resigns, all coffin-carrying parades to incite student riots across the country and demonstrations against US Special Envoy Marshall are meaningless. This is the most important strategy. Second, when the General Assembly is disbanded, the neutral students are extremely panicked, so they can be made to submit. The third and 20th will be the last moment, and the professors will be firm. They can dispel the conspiracy of a few traitors, encourage party members, and Support the neutral faction. Meng Zhen insisted on this matter firmly, and with the strength of the Lord, if you can resume classes from now on, this policy is really an important key. I heard that five out of ten students have resumed classes, so I would like to let you know first.” Now that some students have started to attend classes, it means that things have turned for the better. In this situation, whether it is Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing, or Lu Han in Kunming and the school, it is inconvenient to take other measures to force all students to attend classes, so they can only wait and see. progress towards their desired goals.During this period, Yao Congwu and others directed the party members to intensify their activities and divide the students.The student self-government association supported by the CCP’s underground party also took tit-for-tat “anti-differentiation” measures. This made the majority of neutral students in a dilemma, and things fell into a stalemate.After dragging on for two days like this, the situation did not change much, and the number of people attending the class was still less than one-fifth. The irritable Fu Sinian lost his temper again. At 3:00 p.m. on the 22nd, Fu and Mei once again organized a meeting of professors, chaired by Mei Yiqi, and attended by 86 people including Zhu Ziqing, to discuss how to further promote the resumption of classes.Professors from various factions actively contributed their ideas and finally came to a resolution in a compromise way: In the meeting on the 17th, it was proposed that the government should first dismiss Li Zonghuang, and the students would resume classes. If this could not be done, all the professors would resign .This resolution, which was not passed at the time, is hereby supplemented as "From today, two months will be the maximum for the realization of this matter."In fact, this decision not only accommodated the tough attitude of Wen Yiduo and others, but also acquiesced in Fu Sinian and others' proposal of "resuming classes first and then dismissing them".Regarding this resolution, the Student Self-Government Federation expressed its basic satisfaction. Hong Deming, head of the CCP’s underground party branch and the National Youth Organization, believed that Wen Yiduo “had indeed made great contributions here.”In order to show the attitude of the school, the faculty association decided to authorize Mei Yiqi to deliver a written statement to the student self-government association. Students are not allowed to stop or take other actions. The student union has taken actions against the students in class in the past two days, depriving the students of their due rights. This is a violation of school discipline and should be corrected immediately. If there is such an action in the future, I will definitely execute it School discipline, severe punishment to maintain order." On the evening of the 22nd, Mei Yiqi wrote in his diary: "At 3:00 p.m., the professor's meeting and the student's union sent another letter, reporting that the 'strike union' will revise the conditions for resuming classes. It seems that he wants to end the meeting as soon as possible. Hearing that he did not attend the meeting, he sent Shoumin to take his place temporarily. Meng Zhen was quite anxious, and Gai had already decided to return to Chongqing tomorrow, so he did not ask about the school affairs. After the meeting ended, Zhou, Feng, and Zhao stayed for dinner , "Talk" No. 2. After dinner, I followed Zhou and Zhao to visit Fu and persuaded him to return to Chongqing a little later, but he was not forgiven. From now on, I have to support myself." At this time, Fu Sinian believed that the overall situation was settled, and he did not need to stay for long , but Mei Yiqi and others were rather reluctant that Fu would leave prematurely before the matter was clear.It can be seen from Mei's diary that there is a desolation of being alone and helpless. To Mei Yiqi's surprise, things were progressing rapidly towards his desired goal, and they took a sharp turn for the worse. On the 21st, Marshall flew from Shanghai to Nanjing and held the first meeting with Chiang Kai-shek.In consideration of the pressure of public opinion at home and abroad and the quelling of the student movement as soon as possible, and at the same time to achieve the goal of eradicating the grassroots, Jiang reluctantly gave up his love and ordered Li Zonghuang to go to Chongqing to report on his work. Handle with care." It was also the fact that Marshall had come to China to "mediate" the fact that the CCP, which had secretly promoted the student movement, quickly changed its original method.Zheng Boke, Secretary of the Underground Yunnan Provincial Working Committee of the Communist Party of China, received an urgent telegram from the Southern Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. The democratic movement is leading to a deeper level.” In other words, this matter has almost become a commotion, and it’s time to close the stall. On December 24, Li Zonghuang rolled up his clothes and sadly left Kunming and flew to Chongqing amidst the condemnation of the crowd. On the same day, Mei Yiqi, a member of the Standing Committee of the UN General Assembly, and Xiong Qinglai, President of Yunda University, jointly held a press conference to report the truth about the "12.1" tragedy, and clearly pointed out that the local party, government, and military authorities made a "big mistake" and "should be forced into class strikes." Responsibility for the trend” and guaranteed that the school would prosecute the murderer in accordance with the law.Newspapers at home and abroad have reproduced the news. On the 25th, the Kunming students' "strike union" was discussed and unanimously passed the "Declaration on Resumption of Classes", declaring that in order to take into account the overall situation, "endure the pain and suppress the grief, stop the spirit and resume classes", and students from all schools in Kunming will resume classes immediately.So far, the school strike that lasted for a month has come to an end.As to who was responsible for the quelling of this incident, the US Consulate in Kunming had a secret report at the time: "Dr. How much initiative should we show?" This conclusion cannot be said to be comprehensive, but it is still relatively appropriate. The student riots subsided temporarily, but the "January 1st" tragedy was not over yet, and four cold corpses were still lying in the dark coffins of the UNU library.The four black coffins and a bloody thigh specimen hanging from the purlin are all controlled by the Student Government Association.Can the Kunming Student Movement break out again, and where will the four corpses and one leg go?It depends on the results of the Chongqing National Government's handling of Li Zonghuang within two months.