Chapter 14 Chapter Fourteen Friendship is Priceless

Although the advance of troops was temporarily prevented, Song Meiling's mood was not relaxed because of this. Those words of persuading her not to risk her life were, at best, for the sake of her safety, but it was really unpleasant to listen to. It seemed that Chiang Kai-shek was really in danger. Doubtless, grief and disappointment, gloom and sorrow, would assailed this unfortunate woman again and again, but she had to hold on. Since she could not go there in person, Soong Meiling decided to send a foreign consultant, Australian Duan Na, to Xi'an to investigate the situation after approval.

Duanna used to be an advisor to Zhang Xueliang. After the foreigner’s negotiation, Xi’an agreed to release him, but it was not Chiang Kai-shek who was released, but one of the hostages, Jiang Dingwen, an important government official. The latter told everyone: Chiang Kai-shek still alive! This is of course good news. However, Song Meiling's heart is still hanging there: living now does not mean living forever. She expected Zhang Yang to be unable to resist the Central Army and besieged from all sides, the most likely possibility would be to flee with Jiang by plane. Speaking of airplanes, Song Meiling is not a layman.She herself has been to the Northwest by plane, and knows that most of the mountains there are rugged, and it is difficult for planes to land, and the decent airports are all controlled by the Central Army, so Zhang Xueliang's plane cannot go there.

If you must fly, where can you fly to? It is likely to be the Northern Shaanxi Soviet Area. The thought made her restless. She was about to go to Xi'an again, but at the last moment before boarding the plane, she was pulled back again, but this time it was not because she was an "ordinary woman" or "ordinary citizen", on the contrary, her identity and status Has reverted to "special nationals". Chiang Kai-shek is still alive, which means that her wife is still the first lady whom everyone looks up to and who no one dares to offend. How can she take risks so easily!

The one who flew to Xi'an on behalf of Song Meiling was another important figure of the Zhuhe faction, Song Ziwen, Song Meiling's brother and Chiang Kai-shek's brother-in-law. Speaking of which, the Song family was really great back then, and it may take 300 years to come out of this family.In addition to the emergence of two first ladies and one quasi-first lady, Song Ziwen is also a great man who can make a living on his own. He and his brother-in-law Kong Xiangxi are not only called the God of Wealth in the Republic of China, but also entered the government as politicians At the highest level, served as the president of the Executive Yuan or the acting president of the Executive Yuan.

Chiang Kai-shek was not mentally prepared for his brother-in-law to come to Xi'an to rescue him at this time. Although Song Ziwen and Kong Xiangxi were both relatives of Chiang Kai-shek, they were also good at managing money, but Chiang Kai-shek always liked Kong and hated Song.The reason is that Song Ziwen has foreignized almost every pore from top to bottom, from head to toe. He usually likes to talk about the rules of foreigners, and this makes Chiang Kai-shek extremely upset. Although Chiang Kai-shek himself didn't collect money, he had to spend it. He couldn't explain exactly what it was used for, but he knew it.However, Minister Song could neither understand nor cooperate, and kept asking over and over again: What are you going to use this money for?

Or simply clarify: which account is the money transferred from and where is it remitted? Can I tell you all of this, Chiang Kai-shek felt terribly uncomfortable, as if he was reaching out to beg someone. Kong Caishen is different.This brother's position is very clear: I am just Boss Jiang's accountant, the money belongs to the boss anyway, what does he use it for, who does not give it to whom, it has nothing to do with me, I just need to know when he wants it, Just take out the silver and give it to him at any time. In such a comparison, Chiang Kai-shek believed that Song Ziwen was deliberately confronting him, so the two often had verbal and even physical conflicts.Just before the Xi'an Incident, they had a big quarrel over excessive military expenditures, and they almost started fighting, which made Song Ziwen leave in anger.

Now everyone knows that the city of Xi'an is the most dangerous, who is willing to jump into this pit of fire so easily? It seems that noisiness is nostalgia, and noisiness is no more, but friendship is priceless. Chiang Kai-shek had mixed feelings and could hardly speak.After seeing the note brought by his wife, saying that if Song Ziwen couldn't return to Nanjing within three days, he would come to live and die with him, he couldn't hold back emotionally anymore, and burst into tears. The strongman turns out to be quite fragile. Talking about how to get out of danger, Chiang Kai-shek's plan is still to force peace by fighting, that is, as long as the central army outside pushes harder, Zhang and Yang may become weaker.

But Song Ziwen felt completely different.Through the conversation with Zhang and Yang and the observation of the atmosphere in Xi'an, he poured cold water on his brother-in-law and advised him: Zhang and Yang are more likely to go to extremes because of the urgent pressure outside, and heroes don't suffer immediate losses , I think it's better for you not to be hard-topped. From Song Ziwen's tone of voice, Chiang Kai-shek noticed something strange and knew that this was not a joke, so when Zhang Xueliang came to see him again, his attitude had obviously softened. But what makes Zhang Xueliang dumbfounded is that at this time, Chiang Kai-shek still wants to use the trick of avoiding the truth.

He proposed two things on his own initiative, one was to allow the Northeast Army to go to Suiyuan to fight against Japan, and the other was to reorganize the Shaanxi provincial government, and Yang Hucheng nominated candidates. But for the political conditions that Zhang and Yang were most concerned about, Chiang Kai-shek evaded and said that it should be discussed in Nanjing, because what he alone said could not be counted. This can only be used to deceive children and foreigners who are not familiar with China's national conditions. Who doesn't know that in the Nanjing government, as long as you, Chiang Kai-shek, nod, any conference is just a formality.

Zhang and Yang were dissatisfied, Chiang Kai-shek refused to agree, and Song Ziwen felt helpless, so he decided to return to Nanjing with Duanna immediately. Chiang Kai-shek was woken up by his brother-in-law in his sleep, and he couldn't help being shocked when he learned that the other party was leaving soon. In fact, Song Ziwen was anxious to leave this place of right and wrong, not to save his life. If he had thought so, the God of Wealth would not have come to Xi'an alone. He was in a hurry to return to Nanjing to find a way to break the situation. Song Ziwen, who once served as the acting dean of the Executive Yuan, not only knows how to manage money, but also is familiar with the national conditions and has a high political vision.This trip to Xi'an allowed him to come to judgments and conclusions that were completely different from those of the main faction and the main battle faction in Nanjing, as well as Chiang Kai-shek himself.

The peace advocates said that they could drive a wedge between Zhang and Yang, but Song Ziwen clearly saw that although the two men had different attitudes on some issues, they had the same fundamental interests, and there was no possibility of turning heads and fighting each other. The military officers and soldiers all supported and supported the launch of the Xi'an Incident. That is to say, the detention of Jiang was at least in Xi'an, which won the hearts of the people and followed the wishes of the people. The main combat faction said that as long as the army is dispatched and attacked from east to west, Xi'an will soon be captured, and Chiang Kai-shek will be able to escape. Song Ziwen believes that things are not so simple.The Northeast Army, the 17th Route Army, and the Red Army have formed a "trinity". This is a formidable military group. Although Xi'an is relatively difficult to defend, they can retreat to the vast Soviet area in northern Shaanxi. With the favorable terrain in the northwest, there is absolutely no problem in guarding for a month. Song Ziwen couldn't agree more with Chiang Kai-shek's strategy of forcing peace through war.He believed that if a large-scale civil war started, the first person to be unlucky would be Chiang Kai-shek himself. Let alone letting him go, it would be hard to say whether his life would be saved or not. When he left Nanjing, Song Ziwen was still hesitating whether to solve it militaryly or politically. By this time, I have firmly believed: there is only a political solution! Therefore, he hurried back to Nanjing to do persuasion work. Injury and parting, parting is just around the corner.At this time, Jiang and Song were full of sadness: Will they have a chance to meet again?Or can we only meet again under the Nine Springs? Lao Jiang cheered up, pretended to be brave and fearless, and told Song Ziwen not to return to Xi'an, and of course not to let his wife who vowed to live and die together die. He asked Song Ziwen to tell He Yingqin that he must complete the plan to besiege Xi'an within five days, so that he would be safe. Song Ziwen nodded again and again, but he was thinking of another matter. I'm leaving, and I'll see you the day after tomorrow. Walk out the door, but return again, and emphasize the tone: I will definitely come back! Chiang Kai-shek's tears almost couldn't hold back from falling. If we say goodbye today, we may never see each other forever, so let's just take one more look. Chiang Kai-shek wrote a suicide note to his family and the people. In his heart, he had no plans to return Song Ziwen at all, which was tantamount to "entrusting his wife and son." Song Ziwen is in Xi'an, whether he can walk or not can be decided by himself. Zhang Xueliang and Song Ziwen used to be close buddies. He said to Song Ziwen: Just don't leave, it's useless to go back to Nanjing anyway. At this time, in response to Chiang Kai-shek's "stubbornness" and the increasing internal and external pressure, Zhang and Yang also became a little dejected. Song Ziwen hurriedly told them that he was determined to promote a political settlement, and one of the most urgent tasks now was to change Chiang Kai-shek's state of resignation to fate. How to change it? Go to Nanjing to pick up Soong Meiling and let her do the work of persuading Chiang Kai-shek. Hearing this, Zhang Xueliang was quite surprised. He persuaded Song Ziwen not to do this, saying that if war broke out in Xi'an, he might not be able to fully guarantee Song Meiling's safety. But Song Ziwen is full of confidence because he has already conceived a preliminary solution. In addition to bringing his own sister to Xi'an, he also invited two more people. One is Jiang Dingwen, who has just returned to Nanjing, and he is responsible for dealing with military issues that may arise. It is said to solve military problems, but in fact, on the one hand, it is to represent the military, and on the other hand, it is also for Zhang and Yang to see: we travel between the two places for peaceful negotiations, and we are definitely not fooling everyone, or never going back. The other one is Dai Li. To a large extent, Dai Li also plays a symbolic role.Since Whampoa students accounted for a large proportion of the soldiers who supported Chiang Kai-shek, if he could come to Xi'an, he could represent the Whampoa faction and reassure Zhang and Yang. The plan proposed by Song Ziwen is exactly what Zhang and Yang wanted. Since Jiang Dingwen returned to Nanjing last time, they couldn't help worrying about whether the other party was playing a trick to escape the shell. Zhang Xueliang's refusal to let Song Ziwen go, more or less had this concern. Now this kind of concern may prove to be really worrying. Zhang and Yang had no doubts about Song Ziwen's return to Beijing, but the dignitaries in Nanjing were very suspicious. Song Ziwen is Chiang Kai-shek's eldest brother-in-law, and his influence in the government is beyond Jiang Dingwen's reach. In their view, since Xi'an cannot release Chiang, what reason do Zhang and Yang have to release Song Ziwen safely? It would be right to hold him hostage as well. What's more, the relationship between Song Ziwen and Zhang Xueliang is well known in the ruling and opposition parties, and everyone knows that they have been close friends for many years.If these two people are playing tricks behind everyone's back, who knows? In order to explain and pass his plan, Song Ziwen, who has always been proud of his talents, had to bite the bullet and sit down to accept the torture of doubters. Or: Did the "committee" sign the political conditions under the persecution of Zhang and Yang? Regarding the issue of Chiang Kai-shek's "integrity", Song Ziwen quickly clarified: Don't you know who the "committee" is? How could he sign against his will?This is an insult to his personality! With Chiang Kai-shek still alive, of course no one dared to speak ill and "sulphur". Some people went down the slope, grasping at this point: You are right, as long as the "commissioner" is still detained in Xi'an and under duress, he cannot agree to any conditions. Song Ziwen was speechless, speechless. From a military point of view, He Yingqin thought it would be fine for Song Ziwen to go to Xi'an again, but it would be inappropriate for Jiang Dingwen and Dai Li to go together. why? Because both Jiang and Dai belonged to the military system, if Zhang and Yang "coerced" them to reveal all the military offensive plans in Nanjing, what would they do? Questions come and go, nothing more than two possibilities: Either the "committee" himself "succumbed", or the person surnamed Song betrayed the "committee" by wearing a pair of pants with Zhang and Yang. Song Ziwen usually dared to fight against Chiang Kai-shek, and other civil and military officials were not in his eyes. Naturally, he offended many people.Taking advantage of this opportunity, those who were jealous of him gathered behind him and attacked him, and poured dirty water on him, calling him: the chief planner of the Xi'an Incident! Seeing that the point of attack was about to be directed at him, Song Ziwen became angry: Now that time is so tight and every minute counts to solve the incident, you still doubt me here, what's the point? I, Song, am so full that I have to go to Xi’an to get my fill of food, why don’t you go? The dignitaries who questioned looked at me and I looked at you, and raised a core question. Don't talk about anything else, just tell us directly, what does "Chairman" mean, and whether it is a military solution or a political solution. Of course Song Ziwen understood in his heart that Chiang Kai-shek made it clear before he left that it must be resolved militaryly. He cannot tamper with the "sacred will", but he also knows that a non-political solution will not work. For this reason, Song Ziwen had no choice but to take a slant and answer in diplomatic terms: If we can find a peaceful solution, the "Chairman" certainly does not want to see a civil war happen! This answer is really level, not only insisting on the "way of peace", but also not distorting Chiang Kai-shek's original intention. After Song Meiling, Song Ziwen finally took hold of the "group of Confucians" again, and the main combat faction agreed to act according to his plan, but made a request: You are only given three days. After three days, if peace talks fail, a final attack on Xi'an will be launched. The total attack! Knowing that the situation was serious and her husband was not getting farther and farther away from the danger, but getting closer, Song Meiling immediately prepared to go with her. In her opinion, peacefully rescuing Chiang Kai-shek was like building a house. Duanna laid the foundation, and Song Ziwen then built the pillars and walls. Of course, she had to participate in the final work of erecting the beams and covering the roof. Just as the plane was about to take off, a woman ran over crying, desperate to get on the plane. At first glance, it was Jiang Dingwen's wife. When Jiang Dingwen was detained in Xi'an, Mrs. Jiang was naturally dizzy and anxious, not knowing what to do.When the husband was miraculously the first to escape and return to Beijing, there was another feeling of weeping with joy.Suddenly, within a few days, the people around her were about to return to what she thought was the dragon's pond and tiger's lair, facing the possibility of death again, and the whole person was about to collapse immediately. One kick in the sky, one kick in the ground, and roller coasters don't play like this. She had no way to prevent her husband from going, all she could think of was to go together and die together. Of course Song Meiling couldn't let her go.Everyone was there to run errands, not to go to the execution ground. The couple cried and cried all the way, even if they went to Xi'an, it would be unreasonable. After persuading Mrs. Jiang, Soong Meiling herself was in a panic, not knowing what was waiting for her ahead. When she reached the sky above Luoyang, she looked down and saw that the bombers were lined up neatly on the airport, ready to depart. The group immediately stopped in Luoyang for a short time.Soong Meiling took the posture of the mother of the Air Force and warned the generals of the Air Force: Absolutely no attack! Then board the plane to fly to Xi'an, the closer you get to the target, the more disturbed you feel, and finally when it reaches the sky above Xi'an Airport, the strong woman can't hold it anymore. She quietly drew out a revolver and thrust it into Donner's hand. If the army mutiny, out of control, if the soldiers want to touch me, please shoot me immediately, don't hesitate. Duanna quickly comforted the other party: No, they won't touch you. Please promise me. She almost looked at the foreigner consultant beside her with pleading eyes. When the plane actually landed in Xi'an City, Song Meiling immediately recovered her calm expression, as if nothing happened to her just now. Upon hearing the news, Zhang and Yang rushed to see him.For them, this scene is rather embarrassing.Generally speaking, if you catch someone's husband, even if the wife doesn't play with you like a shrew and rolls around on the floor, at least she will be full of anger and ask the teacher for the crime. But Soong Meiling's appearance is the same as before, as if she was on a business trip and happened to pass by to see everyone. The embarrassment soon became natural, and it was much more convenient for everyone to talk again. Song Meiling dared to come to Xi'an to take risks, not simply "wanting to die together" like Jiang Dingwen's wife. She judged from the perspective of a politician that Zhang Xueliang would not do anything to her, at least he would not lock her up as a hostage.Even when her emotions were almost out of control, she was still worried about the uncontrollable soldiers, not Zhang Xueliang himself. After the meeting, she noticed that Zhang Xueliang was "very haggard, embarrassed and ashamed", which further strengthened her judgment. Of course, that's not enough.She wants to test it a little from the side. Song Meiling said to Zhang Xueliang in a very casual tone: later on, don't let your subordinates search my luggage. Zhang Xueliang turned pale with shock when he heard this. Madam, why did you say that, how dare I do this. At this time, Song Meiling was almost certain of her own safety. Li, very important.Only with courtesy can there be respect.With respect comes fear.Only when there is fear, can we slowly persuade. She observed all the way and found that the chaotic scene she had imagined did not appear on the streets of Xi'an.This shows that Zhang and Yang can still control the army. Now the nervous person has become the young marshal. As soon as Soong Meiling was brought to Zhang Zhai, he hurriedly asked if he wanted to arrange to meet the "Chairman" right away. Song Meiling smiled: No rush, just sit down and have a cup of tea. Of course she hoped to see her husband right away, but there was no rush for this matter. Zhang Xueliang had to realize that she had always been in a calm mood and had always trusted him. Many details since then have been explained in the old version of the movie "Xi'an Incident".The most memorable scene is this scene: Chiang Kai-shek flipped through the "Old Testament" in the morning, and there was a sentence written on it, to the effect that the heroes used to save the beauty, and now it is time for the beauty to save the hero. But in fact, the mood of this down-and-out man was very complicated.After seeing Song Meiling suddenly appearing in front of him, he couldn't believe it at first—didn't he already tell Song Ziwen not to come?Then he closed his eyes, "shaking his head in embarrassment, tears streaming down his cheeks": It's over, aren't you throwing yourself into a trap? Next, naturally "beauty" has to appease the "hero" first, but the most important thing is to consider how to rescue the "hero". At this time, in addition to the Zhuhe faction represented by the Song brothers and sisters, the second force had already entered Xi'an. Regardless of whether it was the Zhuhe faction or Zhang and Yang themselves, without the cooperation of this force, the Xi'an Incident would still have been impossible to achieve peace. solve. Song Meiling persuaded Chiang Kai-shek to meet someone. This person is Zhou Enlai. When the Xi'an Incident broke out, the Northern Shaanxi Central Committee was also unaware of it.After the news was proved to be true, everyone's first reaction was to be happy, and the second reaction was to "remove Chiang Kai-shek and hand over to the people's public trial." It is difficult for outsiders to imagine the grievances between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. It is a real blood feud. Ten years of fighting and fighting have made each other a sworn enemy in the eyes of the other party. That is to say, for the Whampoa students who are divided into two camps, ten years ago, they were classmates and friends, and they could greet each other, but ten years later, they could no longer find any reason to hug each other. At that time, Hubei, Henan and Anhui were the main battlefields where the Kuomintang and Communist Party generals fought in Whampoa.Cai Shenxi, commander of the 25th Red Army (Whampoa Phase I), was only 25 years old when he died in battle.When he was dying, he said to Chen Geng, if you can meet "Principal Jiang", ask him to make a contribution to the history of Huangpu School, remembering that on a certain day in a certain year and month, Cai Shenxi in the first period died at the hands of Hu Zongnan in the first period , Alas. Chen Geng was later arrested in Shanghai. When he saw Chiang Kai-shek, he relayed Cai Shenxi's words.Of course, whether Cai Shenxi really said this sad statement is really a question mark.After all, the situation and environment of the KMT and the Communist Party are completely different, and the languages ​​used by the two sides are quite different. Moreover, the eradication of counter-revolutionaries in the Hubei, Henan, Anhui and Soviet regions was quite terrifying, especially for the Red Army generals who were born in Huangpu. Almost never. Think about it, Commander Cai usually avoids Huangpu origin and "Principal Jiang" for fear of being too late. Although he is dying, it seems that he would not be so unscrupulous in front of Chen Geng. It can only be said that classmate Chen is really smart enough. He is familiar with the rules of favor in the Kuomintang and Chiang Kai-shek's psychology.Sure enough, Chiang Kai-shek was greatly touched after hearing this, and his eye circles were red, saying that he heard the resentment of the Whampoa students, and he felt distressed. Since it is "distressing", there is no need for another "voice of resentment", so Chen Geng escaped safely. After the Red Army arrived in northern Shaanxi after a 25,000-mile long march, the situation was extremely difficult. Suddenly someone said that Chiang Kai-shek had been captured in Xi'an. It should be pointed out that at this time, due to the sudden occurrence of the Xi'an Incident and the lack of news, the Northern Shaanxi Central Committee did not fully understand the reactions of various parties to the incident, so it was only at the beginning that it proposed to "trial Jiang". It wasn't until Duke Zhou was invited to Xi'an that Zhang and Yang Shi were isolated and helpless. Not only the local factions and the army did not respond, but the public opinion also strongly opposed it. Looking at the academic circles of the Republic of China, there is a saying that "before there was Liang Rengong (Liang Qichao), and then there was Hu Shizhi".At that time, Hu Shi was in an absolute leadership position both in the academic and public opinion circles.After the Xi'an Incident broke out, he called Zhang Xueliang in the name of the principals of the major universities in Peking, saying that the "Shaanxi Incident" was an act of self-destruction of the Great Wall. If something happened to Chiang Kai-shek, "China will go back 20 years." Impulsively, Hu Shi even changed his previous attitude of opposing and criticizing the Kuomintang on politics, claiming to join the Kuomintang to resist the Xi'an Incident launched by Zhang and Yang. Obviously, such an atmosphere of public opinion is extremely unfavorable to Xi'an. This is inside. Externally, the positions of the Soviet and Japanese governments are intriguing. At this time, Stalin realized that because the Soviet Union was focused on dealing with Germany, it was difficult to take into account the two-front war with Japan. If Chiang Kai-shek had troubles, it would be difficult for China to unite and fight against Japan. This was obviously not in line with the interests of the Soviet Union. Therefore, he said that the Xi'an Incident was a conspiracy by the Japanese to lead China into civil war, and everyone must not be fooled. Unlike the Soviet Union, which has claims, Japan has no claims. After the incident, the Japanese cabinet held consultations many times, but after discussions and discussions, they still failed to come up with a specific attitude or method for dealing with it, so they could only wait and see first. Combining these factors, the Central Committee of northern Shaanxi finally gave up the idea of ​​"trial Jiang" and adopted the policy of "protecting Jiang's safety" and uniting with Chiang to resist Japan. At that time, the situation in Xi'an peace talks was that the Song brothers and sisters could only be on the side of Chiang Kai-shek, and the position of middleman was given to Zhou Enlai, who was convinced by both Zhang and Yang. Tang Degang, a well-known overseas scholar, once said that there were two and a half diplomats in modern Chinese history.He left one and a half of them to Li Hongzhang in the late Qing Dynasty and Gu Weijun in the Republic of China, and the last one was Zhou Enlai. It is conceivable that with Duke Zhou's wisdom and experience, especially his skills in domestic and foreign affairs and his ability to adapt to changes, it is beyond the reach of ordinary people.Seeing that Chiang Kai-shek refused to sign the political conditions, and Zhang and Yang were at a loss what to do about it, he offered to meet with Chiang Kai-shek for a detailed discussion. But Chiang Kai-shek refused to meet. Because in his "unification by force" plan, the most unacceptable thing is the Communist Party and the Red Army.No matter how life-and-death he fought with the northern and southern princes, after all, it was still a matter within the Kuomintang, while the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were naked ideological struggles, which had far exceeded the boundaries of intra-party conflicts. In addition, Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help being suspicious of Zhou Enlai's intervention, thinking that the Communist Party might be the mastermind behind the Xi'an Incident. At this time, Chiang Kai-shek was already a bit broken, especially in front of his wife, he had to show a little "heroic spirit". I'm being hijacked by them now, and of course I can't make any promises.You must not try to persuade your husband to sign, and I will not agree to meet Zhou Enlai.In short, I will not give in easily. Knowing Chiang Kai-shek's temper, Song Meiling could not persuade him from the front, but had to induce him from the side. You have to tell the old man first: Not only have you not been reduced to a broken jar, but you have also evolved into a huge sweet pastry. Song Meiling said, you don't know it yet, since you were detained here, the people of the whole country are going crazy, and that kind of "worried and anxious" look has never been seen before.Even your opponents are the same. In order to exaggerate the atmosphere, she exaggerated intentionally or unintentionally, saying that the children in school are crying like tears, and they are more sad than the death of their parents. As for those who are soldiers, they look sad , After hearing the news that you may be dead, someone actually committed suicide. It is one thing for Chiang Kai-shek to believe these words or not, but it is true if he likes to hear them. His self-confidence rose again. It turned out that I was still the leader that no one could replace. Not only did the aura of this leader not be overshadowed by the Xi'an Incident, on the contrary it became even more radiant. Seeing that Chiang Kai-shek's eyes lit up again, everyone should understand what to say next. You can never say this: ants are greedy for life, you should cherish life. In that case, Lao Jiang Zhunbao would still shake his head violently and put on a cool look of "died for the country". You have to tell him: As the leader of the country, you can't die easily, and you have to save your life to "complete the revolution to save the country." Song Meiling also used herself as an example. Although I am not a leader, I am a Christian. If God wants me to die, there is no doubt that I have to die without blinking an eye. But if God does not want me to die, I cannot disobey him. the will of the elders. This was also said to Lao Jiang. Once the face is gained, Lao Jiang's posture can call it a day: Then don't die, it's not that I, Jiang, are afraid of death, but the country and God agree that I can't die. He finally agreed to meet Zhou Enlai, but instead of going by himself, the Song brothers and sisters went successively. Before meeting Zhou Enlai, the Song brothers and sisters actually had no idea. Thinking about the fact that the two sides had been sworn enemies for so many years, and the Communist Party might be the mastermind of the incident, would they easily let Chiang Kai-shek go? Moreover, if the other party opens his mouth like a lion, or asks for a lot of money, what should we do?The asking price was too high, and Nanjing would never agree to it. Even if Chiang Kai-shek nodded to this, it would definitely affect the latter's prestige and future in the Kuomintang in the future. But after meeting, Song Ziwen realized that all his original worries were unnecessary. Zhou Enlai's attitude is very clear: as long as Chiang Kai-shek is willing to lead everyone to resist Japan, out of the righteousness of the nation, the Communist Party agrees to abolish the Soviets and obey the Nanjing government. These are the "six propositions" of the CCP and the Red Army in history. Although some contents of the "Six Propositions" were completely consistent with Zhang and Yang's political conditions, they did not clearly require signatures, which made Song Ziwen feel relieved.The most important thing is that the "price" proposed by Zhou Enlai is far within the bottom line set by Chiang Kai-shek, which makes the prospects for the peace talks between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party bright. When Song Meiling came forward, she once again received a solemn promise from Zhou Enlai: We will support the anti-Japanese "chairman" as the national leader. Soong Meiling, like Soong Ziwen, has never heard that the Communist Party would call Chiang Kai-shek a leader over the years.From this, she keenly felt that the CCP's intervention would not only not kill Chiang Kai-shek, but would also be the gospel to save Chiang Kai-shek. Of course, no matter how satisfied the Song brothers and sisters were, it would be useless if Chiang Kai-shek himself disagreed. The CCP's answer was also beyond Chiang Kai-shek's expectations.This forced him to ponder whether his "unification by force" should continue, or whether it could continue. At this time, what echoed in Chiang Kai-shek's mind must be the "disease policy" left by Huang Yu: For internal affairs, we must insist on the word "forbearance" first, and use politics instead of force to resolve disputes! Huang Yu has thoroughly considered the strengths and weaknesses of his foster brother's personality.He once said in front of Chiang Kai-shek that a scholar cannot live without Hongyi. In my opinion, you have done a good job in "Fortitude", and the rest is to work harder on "Hong". Indeed, the strength of Chiang Kai-shek is perseverance, and the more difficult it is, the more he refuses to give up his established goals.But his shortcomings are also obvious, that is, he is not magnanimous enough, and he is irritable and irritable. He is often eager for success and even makes too many enemies. During the period of the Republic of China, the reason why Chiang Kai-shek was able to achieve a career came from "will", but he failed many times. In the final analysis, he had to say that he was defeated by the word "macro". Only those who have fallen into the bottom are the easiest to listen to harsh words. After careful consideration, Chiang Kai-shek finally nodded in agreement with Zhou Enlai's mediation proposal on behalf of the CCP.