Chapter 23 Section 23 Climbed friends with Commander-in-Chief Jiang

On March 22, 1927, Shanghai was regained and the National Revolutionary Army officially entered the urban area. Late at night on the 26th, Chiang Kai-shek, commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition, arrived in Shanghai by boat.The Songhu Negotiations and Envoys Office was set up in Fenglinqiao, and the more important entourages included Chen Lifu, the chief of the special affairs department, and Yang Hu, the chief of the special affairs department. On the 27th, the news of Commander-in-Chief Jiang's arrival in Shanghai spread throughout Shanghai.On this day, all the citizens of Shanghai welcomed Commander-in-Chief Jiang and the Northern Expedition Army. Early in the morning, the whole city was flying red national flags, and every household opened their doors that had been closed for many days. .

Huang Jinrong, Du Yuesheng and Zhang Xiaolin had already made preparations and led a team to the venue to participate in the welcome event.However, just as they started to set off separately, a phone call came from the arresting room, saying that there were rumors outside: workers' armed pickets were going to take the opportunity to attack the concession today. He patrols and guards every passage leading to the Huajie, and no one is allowed to enter or leave at will. They were so disappointed that their plans to attend the event were cancelled.In the evening, Du Yuesheng and Zhang Xiaolin were both at the poker table, betting happily.Wan Molin came to report in a low voice. He said that Jun Peili Huang's mansion called, and the boss asked Du and Zhang to come over immediately to discuss something urgent.

Du Yuesheng said to his gambling friends: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Then he got up, called Jiang Zhaoming to replace him, pulled Zhang Xiaolin up, and the two walked out of the gate.Wan Molin had already ordered the driver to prepare the car. The spring was cold and the night was as cold as water. Zhang Xiaolin was dragged from the lively gambling game to the deserted street. When the car arrived at Junpeili, the gatehouse of Huang's mansion opened the door. Gu Zhangsheng and Ma Xiangsheng ran to the door to greet them. The four of them walked across the courtyard. Du Yuesheng saw a lot of people in the living room. On the way, he glanced at Ma Xiangsheng and said:

"Today seems to be singing a meeting of heroes." "Almost." Ma Xiangsheng smiled, and added: "Everyone is busy now, it's really not easy to get together." Du Yuesheng and Zhang Xiaolin looked at each other and smiled, as if to say: How can there be no reason to meet up with old friends in the middle of the night for no reason, just to "get together"? At this time, Boss Huang smiled and shouted: "Yuesheng, Xiaolin, you are here!" The two hurriedly went forward to say hello to the boss, and then made out with the old brothers, making a mess for a while.Then, everyone sat down on a group of red velvet sofas. Du Yuesheng's seat was next to Boss Huang in the middle. Huang Jinrong looked very happy, as if he had changed.

"Yuesheng," he said with a smile, "today I will call you an old friend." Du Yuesheng looked around, pretending to be surprised and said: "Aren't all the old friends here?" "Hey," Boss Huang shook his face, "This group of old friends often meet. The one I want you to meet now is an old friend who has been separated for many years." So Du Yuesheng asked again: "Which one is it?" Huang Jinrong smiled without answering, turned his face back, and shouted loudly: "Hey, are you out now?" Before the words were finished, there was a burst of hearty laughter from behind the screen, which shook the room. Du Yuesheng was startled, and a big man with a thick waist and arms and thick eyebrows flashed out.With a joyful smile on his face and a pair of sparkling eyes, he quickly turned around on Du Yuesheng, and then he said with heartfelt admiration:

"Yuesheng, you are alive now!" Du Yuesheng saw his face clearly, was full of surprises, and cried out loudly: "Oh, you are Brother Xiaotian!" "Thank you for remembering me." Yang Xiaotian smiled again, and patted Du Yuesheng on the shoulder affectionately: "Come on, Yuesheng, let me introduce you." A middle-aged gentleman with sharp eyes, dignified demeanor and a shrewd face came up to Du Yuesheng: "This is Chen Qun, Mr. Chen, Dahe Renhe, my best friend in Guangdong, Mr. Chen is eighth, and I usually call him Chen Laoba." "Long admiration, long admiration."

Du Yuesheng stepped forward and shook hands with Chen Qun warmly.When he said "Jiu Yang", it really came from his heart, at this moment, he already knew the weight of the two honored guests in front of him.In the early years of the Republic of China, Yang Hu, an old friend who ran with him and planned, once followed Mr. Sun Yat-sen to lead the naval fleet to the south, and joined the army at the Grand Marshal's Mansion.Chen Qun used to be the secretary under Sun Yat-sen's account.Now that the Northern Expeditionary Army has pacified the southeast, and the Eastern Route Army has regained Huangpu, it is self-evident where the two honored guests come from, how valuable they are, and how important their mission is.

"Everyone sit down, everyone sit down!" Boss Huang came in and asked everyone to sit down. The two distinguished guests stood side by side with Boss Huang. The generals of Huangmen, headed by Du Yuesheng, Zhang Xiaolin, Jin Tingsun, Gu Zhangsheng, Ma Xiangsheng and others sat down in two rows.The boss's aunt Qiao Niang made tea again, Boss Huang winked, and the servants in the living room quietly left. "Yuesheng." Yang Hu said with a smile, "I have a friend who always mentioned the boss and you when he was in the south." "Which one is it?" "Wang Bailing."

"Ah." Du Yuesheng felt very honored, and couldn't help saying complacently, "Does he still remember me?" Yang Hu made him a joke and said: "It's not easy for a person like you to forget!" The well-meaning compliment caused an uproar in the house.Du Yuesheng was very grateful in his heart, and immediately responded: "Brother Yang Hu has become a climate, after all, his words are extraordinary." The old friend Wang Boling mentioned by Yang Hu was a graduate of the tenth class of the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy.After the Northern Expedition, he was honored as the deputy commander of the first army and the commander of the first division. His career was in full swing, but unfortunately, during the siege of Nanchang, he led his troops as the commander of the general reserve team to fight, and the army went deep alone. However, he was frustrated and disappeared, and there is no news until now.

However, what Du Yuesheng wanted to know most at this time was what official titles were Yang Hu and Chen Qun?However, the two of them cleverly avoided talking about it, so it was inconvenient for Du Yuesheng to inquire.He knew in his heart that they risked to cross the barriers of the martial law in the concession tonight, and entered the French Concession in disguise, there must be an extremely confidential and important task.Huang Jinrong, who once lived in seclusion and didn't show up when things happen, warmly welcomes Yang and Chen, and his sincerity in speech and demeanor also shows their extraordinary identities.However, when they met that night, Yang Hu and Chen Qun only talked about Qikuo, not business affairs. When they parted at the end, they repeatedly told them to keep their whereabouts a secret and not to reveal them easily. Du Yuesheng smiled and said:

"Brother Xiaotian, do you need to take care of this kind of thing?" Everyone laughed and the atmosphere was very harmonious. The next night, everyone got together again. After exchanging pleasantries, Chen Qun said: "This time, Commander-in-Chief Chiang traveled from Jiujiang to Shanghai. On March 19, the Commander-in-Chief's ship arrived in Anqing." However, after only a few sentences, Chen Qun cleverly changed the subject. He talked about how the Communist Party used the Kuomintang as a cover, and followed the revolutionary army's banner to the north, plotting to seize power.Wherever they went, they used workers' and peasants' riots as a means to cause unrest and disorder in the localities, and so on. When Chen Qun asked a question, Huang Jinrong, Du Yuesheng and the group of friends immediately realized it. They were like waking up from a dream. We thought it was the Kuomintang at first, so we were embarrassed to say anything, who knew there was a big insider behind it.” At this time, Huang Jinrong raised his voice to suppress the noise of the crowd, and asked Chen Qun: "How did Commander-in-Chief Jiang let the Communist Party sneak in?" "Over the years, Mr. Jiang has been consolidating the army, conquering the east and west, and he is only responsible for part of the party and government." Then, Chen Qun explained to them in detail, "At the same time, the 'Union Communist Party' was originally Sun Mr. Jiang's proposition, and Commander-in-Chief Jiang, he also said: "I am not partial to the Communist Party, but I want to help China's weak revolutionary groups to join the revolution with the party and increase the strength of the national revolution." However, the Communist Party's today How did you expect to hide evil intentions and carry out a rebellion?" Du Yuesheng said with emotion: "The workers' riots a few days ago made fun of people's lives and turned Shanghai into a dark mess. The Kuomintang has come, and if it continues like this, I'm afraid it's not the way to go." "It's not just in Shanghai, it's the same everywhere." Taking this opportunity, Chen Qun briefly talked about the red disasters in Wuhan, Changsha, Guangzhou, Jiujiang, Nanchang, Anqing, and Nanjing.Then, he got to the point and said: "For example, when Mr. Jiang arrived in Anqing on the 19th, Guo Moruo, the leader of the Communist Party in Anqing at that time and deputy director of the General Political Department, and Guangsheng, an executive member of the temporary provincial party committee, actually scheduled to convene a provincial congress on the 21st and ordered the disbandment of the anti-communist workers in the Luban Pavilion. The Federation of Trade Unions sent trade union representatives to petition Mr. Jiang, and Mr. Jiang agreed to investigate and deal with them immediately. However, as soon as the representatives left the general headquarters, the communists immediately created conflicts and fought with anti-communist workers. This was clearly intentional Show disrespect to Commander-in-Chief Chiang and demonstrate against them." At this time, Huang Jinrong said angrily: "It really doesn't make sense!" "They have a plan for everything," Yang Hu interjected, "If someone is beaten, the villain must file a complaint first. Guo Moruo, the Communist Party, didn't even think that Mr. Jiang was the leader of the revolution, and his own highest official, aggressively I broke into Mr. Jiang's office, yelled, and insisted that the anti-communist workers beat them, and Guangsheng was injured. His rude and rude attitude made me want to run up and punch him down. " Chen Qun said angrily. Boss Huang asked with great concern: "Mr. Jiang must have lost his temper?" "Of course I'm a little angry," Yang Hu hurriedly replied, "Mr. Jiang told him to investigate impartially immediately, and warned him: 'Your attitude towards the public servants in the future should always be impartial!'" "On the morning of the 23rd, the five major organizations in Anqing held a town meeting to welcome Commander-in-Chief Jiang," Chen Qun went on to say. "Someone in the meeting demanded that Guangsheng be replaced and the Communist Party be expelled. So when the meeting was adjourned, the Communist Party sent a large number of thugs to fight. In front of Commander-in-Chief Jiang, it is really too deceitful and unseemly." "This time," Chen Qun looked at Yang Hu and smiled slightly, "Brother Xiaotian couldn't bear it anymore. He climbed up and led the workers of Lubange, punched and kicked all the way, and beat those thugs to death , run away like a mouse!" At this time, Yang Hu added complacently: "Anqing is my hometown. There are many friends in Luban Pavilion. They are all my little brothers. Of course they listen to my greetings." "Fight well, fight well!" Zhang Xiaolin clapped his hands and laughed loudly, "This is called tit for tat, violence for violence. The only way to deal with unreasonable people is to punch and kick!" "It was a good fight," Yang Hu stood up, gesticulating, "Didn't the thugs beat us off? I thought to myself, anyway, I just fought all the way to the end, so I could do it for Lubange's friends." To vent our anger, we successively attacked the provincial and municipal party headquarters occupied by the Communist Party, several leftist trade unions, and Guo Moruo’s Political Department of the Jiangyou Army. We wounded six of them. Hey! More than ten years This is the first time I have fought with my hands!" Everyone laughed, and Chen Qun said with laughter: "Brother Xiaotian made great contributions in this battle. First of all, Guo Moruo fled to Nanchang on the 28th, and the vitality of the Communist Party in Anhui Province was severely damaged. Anti-Communist elements have since raised their heads, and this has left Anhui with a clean earth." "Later they filed a complaint with the Central Committee of Wuhan and named me Yang Hu." Yang Hu pointed his nose with his backhand, "They said that I injured Guangsheng. Actually, I happened to have never bumped into Guo Moruo and Guangsheng that day. Hmph, isn’t it just wounding? The beating made me excited, so it’s no wonder I didn’t beat them to death!” After laughing out loud, Zhang Xiaolin said eagerly: "One day, the Communist Party in Shanghai will beat him once!" Yang Hu looked at him and said meaningfully: "Don't worry, you're the one to fight!" Du Yuesheng is a smart man. He heard Chen Qun tell a long story about the first purge of the Kuomintang, and added Yang Hu's last meaningful sentence. so he said sincerely: "As long as Mr. Chen and Brother Xiaotian give orders, even if we go through fire and water, we will be happy to obey!" "Yuesheng, you are really amazing——amazing," Yang Hu slapped his thigh, and said happily, "It's just like what it said in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, three days after a man's farewell, you'll be amazed. I didn't expect you to be able to say it now! " As soon as he finished speaking, there was another burst of laughter led by Boss Huang. At this time, the clock struck one o'clock, and Boss Huang realized that it was too late. He looked at Yang Hu hesitantly and asked: "Tonight—?" "We're not going back," Yang Hu asked jokingly, "Boss, can you book two rooms for us?" "Why do you need to book any room?" Boss Huang replied with a smile, "As long as you two don't dislike it, I have a few rooms here at least." "Thank you," Yang Hu arched his hands to him, turned his face to ask Du Yuesheng again: "When are you free tomorrow?" "Anytime," Du Yuesheng replied, "Brother Xiaotian can just accompany Mr. Chen over here." "Okay," Yang Hu nodded and said, "It's not too early, we just broke up today. At two o'clock tomorrow afternoon, I will accompany Lao Ba to Huagebei Road." As residents of Huagebei Road, Du Yuesheng and Zhang Xiaolin said in unison: "welcome." At two o'clock in the afternoon on the second day, Du and Zhang received Yang Hu and Chen Qun in the antique room set up for VIPs in Du's house on Huagebian Road.The host and guest greeted each other and sat down respectively. After Yang Hu finished his opening remarks, Chen Qun continued to talk and analyzed in detail, telling Du Yuesheng and Zhang Xiaolin about the Communist Party's "selling dog meat" in Shanghai. "We understood a little about these things yesterday," Du Yuesheng smiled deeply, and continued Chen Qun's narration, "I just didn't know the problem would be so serious. Now we only hope that the KMT can use us. Be sure to do your best!" "Excellent!" Yang Hu shouted excitedly, "Yuesheng, we only need to hear your words." "I think," Du Yuesheng glanced at Marshal Zhang and said, "Brother Xiao Lin's meaning must be the same as mine." "Of course." Zhang Xiaolin quickly agreed generously. Chen Qun smiled slightly, and he added: "Our task is very important. In addition to Mr. Du and Mr. Zhang volunteering to help each other, we also need to unite friends from all walks of life in Shanghai." Yang Hu thought that Chen Qun's words were a little ignorant. He was afraid that Du Yuesheng would not like it, so he was about to wink at Chen Qun, but Du Yuesheng didn't think he was disobedient at all. He slapped his chest and said: "Of course, friends from all walks of life, we will try our best to contact you two." Yang Hu listened and admired him sincerely. He gave Du Yuesheng a thumbs up and said: "Yuesheng, we haven't seen each other for ten years. In the past ten years, your progress is really remarkable. Du Yuesheng, a well-known name on the beach in Shanghai, really lives up to its reputation." This afternoon, after a full two hours of discussion, several steps were initially determined on how to welcome the National Revolutionary Army and cooperate with the Kuomintang Central Committee to completely eliminate the Communist Party. These steps and practices are: 1. Now that Du Yuesheng and the others have understood the conspiracy of the Communist Party, they will not only refuse Wang Shouhua's various support requests, but also use their iron fist to fight the organization with the organization, and use the masses to deal with the masses. In turn, attack the Communist Party. 2. Du Yuesheng established a civil armed force as soon as possible. This civilian armed force has dual tasks: on the one hand, it assists the Northern Expeditionary Army to maintain order and ensure the tranquility of Shanghai; on the other hand, it monitors the armed workers controlled by the Communist Party. to be resolved. As for the steps, they decided to start by winning over all the powerful people in Shanghai.So, that night, Du Yuesheng went to have a secret talk with Jinrong again. In front of Brother Jinrong, he represented Yang Hu and Chen Qun to make a request: "Yang and Chen want to pay homage to Mrs. Zhang Jinghu." "I'm afraid I'm not qualified to introduce them yet?" Huang Jinrong said hesitantly. "Brother Jin Rong," Du Yuesheng said with a smile, "Maybe you don't know yet, there are two phrases in the Youth Gang: 'Introductions are not big or small, missionary points are high or low.'" "This matter——" Huang Jinrong finally said frankly, "Yuesheng, you know that they insisted on my introduction, and I am really embarrassed." This is because Boss Huang has a high social status, and he never asks others for anything in person. Du Yuesheng said to Huang Jinrong: "Yang Hu and Chen Qun work in Shanghai with such a high status and value. People, this kind of spirit is extremely respectable. I hope Brother Jin Rong can see their sincerity and be reluctant to do it." For the country and the people!Boss Huang was full of enthusiasm and passion when he said it, and immediately threw down the pipe, and said with a "huh": "Okay! Everyone is saying that I am old! Before I die, I want to do something for the country for everyone to see!" "Brother Jinrong." Du Yuesheng said very happily: "Our group, Jackie Chan and Phoenix, attained the Tao and ascended to heaven, that's all because of this. Don't say that Brother Jinrong is never old, even if you lose your teeth, You have to lead us to complete this important event." "Yes!" Huang Jinrong said happily, "We will do what we say."