Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Know Yourself and Your Enemy

When Huang Yu went north as an envoy, he was ordered by the government to take charge of the government affairs in North China, and his position was higher than that of He Yingqin and Huang Shaohong.But apart from the empty title of chairman of the Peking Political Reorganization Committee, he has almost nothing, and the only thing he can rely on is his skills and abilities in political operations. First of all, we must know each other. At that time, the actual situation in China's diplomatic circles, and even the entire political circle, was "emphasis on the West and light on the East".The so-called "military study of the East, political study of the West", you have to work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, without a diploma of British or American origin, people will not even look at you, so even those who run Japanese diplomacy are British and American students.These people's understanding of Japan and Japanese people, just like ordinary Chinese, is basically superficial.

Although Gu Weijun and Yan Huiqing are known as the Gemini constellations in China's diplomatic circles, they are only good at dealing with Western countries, while the Japanese way of thinking and working style are quite different from Westerners. After "September 18th", anyone who could get in touch with the Japanese became a mouse crossing the street, and everyone shouted and beat them, making diplomacy with Japan even more scarce. The enemy of North China is mainly Japan. If you don't know the enemy, how can you fight? In order to know the enemy, one must do everything possible to search for talents, even if it is to go to "heretics".

In Huang Yu's political rectification meeting, "Japanese hands" accounted for half.These people are represented by Yin Tong, Li Zeyi, and Yin Rugeng. In the past, they were either unappreciated or disdained by celebrities, but there is no doubt that this generation is indeed very capable in spying on Japanese intelligence and negotiating with Japan. Some are even super strong. Wang Anshi criticized Mr. Mengchang, saying that most of his three thousand followers were thieves who could not enter the elegant hall. However, the fact is that if there were no "thieves", Mr. Mengchang might not even be able to escape from Qin State. elegant.

Everything in the world, but make the best use of it. Whether it's "cock crowing" or "dog stealing", as long as you firmly control them and prevent them from derailing, everything will be accomplished. In other words, if Huang Yu could only or would only use people like him, then he would not be able to get out of Moganshan at all, and his 20-year political career would be considered a waste of money. The other half of the Political Reorganization Committee is not talented, not only not talented, but some are stupid, useless, and garbage. This is out of confidant considerations, it has to be so.

Huang Yu has a clear understanding of the domestic situation: In North China, frustrated warlords and politicians are everywhere. They are like a mess to the outside world. They can only retreat but not advance. flying all over the sky. These people are most likely to be used by the Japanese to make trouble for you. Huang Yu's method is to hold back those "pimps" who have connections and friendships with them, and use one to control the other.Such figures are represented by Wang Kemin. In the past, when Huang Yu was an official, he was always unwilling to be careless in the selection and appointment of people, let alone the existence of redundant staff, and now he had to try his best to fill the Political and Reorganization Council with people, even if it was to fill this temporary organization to the brim.

On May 15, 1933, Huang Yu went north by train to Tianjin. Two days later, when the train arrived at Tianjin Station, it was attacked before it even stopped. A bomb was thrown in the car, the target was very obvious, it was directed at Huang Yu.Fortunately, he also commanded wars in his early years, and his movements were considered nimble, and he was not injured at all, but his guards and a few innocent passengers fell in a pool of blood. It was not the Japanese who made the move, but some radical non-governmental groups. The latter even publicly claimed that anyone who dared to contact the Japanese was a traitor, and it must be repaired.

Do you know what this is called? It's called Xia Mawei. Shout out to Amitabha, if you are hanged up as a "traitor" like this, it would be too wronged. The person who came to pick him up at the station was Yu Xuezhong, then chairman of Hebei Province.Now he is sitting in the city of sorrow, and every day he is counting on the guidance of an expert to help him out of the predicament. When Huang Yu arrived in Tianjin, it was like a long drought and sweet rain for him. He didn't even care about the politeness, so he hurriedly asked Huang Yu if he had any way to get out of trouble, and at the same time repeatedly said that as long as the other party can come up with a solution to the North China problem , he must resolutely obey.

Because not long ago, the Kwantung Army launched the second battle of Luandong, and the Northeast Army retreated again, defeated like a mountain, and the Japanese army was about to approach the city of Tianjin. When Huang Yu arrived in Beiping, he saw that there was an emergency there, and it was surrounded on three sides. At the North China Military Conference, most of the generals present lost confidence in the battle situation, saying that the troops could not hold on anymore, and maintaining the defense line could no longer be counted in days, but only in hours. Xu Tingyao withdrew from Nantianmen, and the three main divisions were injured and disabled, and they could barely defend Beiping City.

When the 29th Army first arrived at Xifengkou, it was still "advancing like a tiger", and since it lost Xifengkou, it "retired like a dog". Like a sheep, the degree to which it does not move". On the contrary, Shang Zhen, who was criticized for losing his cold mouth, agreed to stay for another day at the meeting and became the most responsible person in the audience! The original "two giants" He Yingqin and Huang Shaohong were helpless, and they couldn't even command the army. Everyone was waiting anxiously for Huang Yu to come up with a "way out of trouble".

Huang Yu's strategy was to contact the "moderate faction" in the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and start armistice negotiations in order to gain a breathing space. In fact, the matter had progressed to a certain extent. Unexpectedly, a sudden "victory" achieved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs disrupted all Huang Yu's steps. When the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' complaint to the League of Nations was invalid, it persuaded US President Roosevelt and Song Ziwen to jointly issue a communiqué, which demanded that Japan immediately stop its military operations in North China.

For domestic public opinion, this is undoubtedly a shot in the arm, and everyone is excited again, thinking that there is no need to take a moderate attitude towards Japan. But in fact, this kind of yelling across the ocean can only be counterproductive. The "hardliners" in Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the military have regained the upper hand. They say, "Look, look, what's the matter?" No sincerity. The door of negotiation was suddenly closed, Huang Yu did not expect this, and all the previous efforts were in vain. We can't fight wars, we can't negotiate negotiations, but there are a lot of troubles. The Japanese "Garrison Garrison" in North China also stepped in, blatantly asking China's Pingjin side to prepare vehicles for them, claiming that they would send Japanese soldiers to Peiping to protect the overseas Chinese in accordance with the provisions of the "Xin Chou Treaty". This is not the most troublesome thing, the most troublesome thing is that there is no money. All kinds of troops gathered around Pingjin, although almost none can fight, but there are many people, all of them open their mouths to eat, if there is not enough money and food to maintain, the situation in North China will only worsen, and even worse. Chaos. When he was in Shanghai, Wang Jingwei, the head of the Executive Yuan, personally promised Huang Yu that he could raise 6 million yuan to North China. The reason is that a large part of the money of the Ministry of Finance has to be borrowed, otherwise it cannot be used for turnover.But when the North China War broke out, Tianjin was in danger, and Tianjin Customs revenue, which was one of the government's repayment guarantees, was naturally in danger. The financial circles were worried that the government would not be able to pay back the money, so they refused to buy government bonds.If the bonds cannot be sold, the money cannot be borrowed. In this way, let alone the allocation of money to Huang Yu, even the food and salaries of other troops and the wages of most civil servants have become problems. Huang Yu, who had neither money nor soldiers, was so sad that outsiders could hardly imagine the days after he arrived in Peiping. However, even in this kind of predicament, he still convened meetings with his "mentors" every day to think of good strategies, and even "day and night" Planning, too busy to warm up."