Chapter 11 Uprising figure - Lin Boqu: once carried the secret order of Chiang Kai-shek

In late March, the Central Military Commission of the Kuomintang in Wuhan, in view of Chiang Kai-shek's gradual reaction, had drawn up a plan to arrest Chiang Kai-shek when he could, and wanted to hand it over to Cheng Qian for execution.Lin Boqu, the representative of the Sixth Army Party who participated in the meeting, told Zhang Guotao about the situation: "As a result of the meeting of a few dignitaries in the past few days, it was decided to order the Second and Sixth Armies to control the Nanjing area, so as not to make Jiang's conspiracy to build another center in Nanjing succeed. .”

Zhang Guotao was not without worry: "Chiang Kai-shek has a surly temper, and he will not be arrested without a fight." "If he disobeys, the commander-in-chief of the Jiangyou Army can arrest him according to the secret order of the national government." "Who came up with the idea?" "At first it seems that Borodin proposed it, and everyone agreed." On March 25, Cheng Qian called to report that the Jiangyou Army had occupied Nanjing. At 6 am on the 26th, Lin Boqu rushed from Hankou to Nanjing with a secret order.Because the matter is of great importance, he had another discussion with his old friends before leaving.The Kuomintang leftists Deng Yanda, Gu Mengyu, and Zhang Fakui also rushed to Lin's apartment to see him off.

Lin Boqu went to Nanjing this time, in the name of openly expressing condolences to the frontline soldiers on behalf of the Kuomintang Military Committee.Accompanying him were several attendants.Guo Moruo was originally one of the condolence representatives, but he was detained in Nanchang for something and was unable to accompany him.Lin Boqu had long been filled with righteous indignation at Jiang's perverse behavior. This time he shouldered the important task of capturing Jiang, and his mood was naturally excited and nervous.The secret order was written by Tan Yankai, chairman of the Wuhan Nationalist Government, on the silk material, and Lin Boqu sewed it into the seam of the clothes.On that day, he had just passed his 41st birthday.His image at that time was pretty much what he was later: a pair of glasses, hair neatly combed back, and a short beard on his upper lip.Sitting on the boat with nothing to do, Lin Boqu's mind was full of scenes of arresting Chiang, even a public trial and taking him to the execution ground.

How did he know that since the day he set off, the capture of Jiang has been in vain: It turned out that just a few days before Wuhan decided to arrest Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek sent someone to Hankou to tell Chen Guofu, who was also condemned by the Wuhan government, to leave Hankou immediately, and asked him to contact Tan Yankai once before leaving. After Chen Guofu contacted Tan Yankai, he didn't see him until after 1 o'clock in the evening.Tan Yankai asked Chen Guofu to bring a message to Jiang, saying: "My opinion is not as good as that of Mr. Jiang. At first I thought the situation here was not serious, but after looking at it now, I realized that the seriousness is far beyond my imagination. Now I can't be like you. I am free, and it is impossible to leave. But I will return to Nanjing to follow Mr. Jiang in the future, and I will definitely listen to Mr. Jiang in the future. Please tell Mr. Jiang that we will meet in Nanjing soon." When he said, he almost burst into tears .

That night, Chen Guofu bid farewell to Tan Yankai and disembarked at about 2 o'clock.When he left Hankou, Chiang Kai-shek was still in Anqing. It is likely that before Chiang went to Nanjing, he telegraphed what Tan said to Chiang Kai-shek, which aroused Chiang Kai-shek's vigilance. On the second day, March 25, Chiang Kai-shek sailed from Wuhu to the Nanjing River, and sailed to Shanghai the next day. That is to say, when Lin Boqu left Wuhan, Jiang had already gone to Shanghai.Another situation is that when Lin left Wuhan, Chiang Kai-shek had summoned Cheng Qian to Shanghai, appointed Cheng as the commander of the Nanjing Garrison, and allocated part of the 20 million yuan anti-communist funds given to him by the imperialists and Shanghai comprador bourgeoisie to Cheng Qian.Cheng Qian learned that Chiang Kai-shek and others were going to "purge the party" and break with Wuhan through participating in the military meeting held by Chiang Kai-shek and contacting Li Jishen, Huang Shaohong, He Yingqin, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi and others.Although he did not fully agree with the propositions of Chiang Kai-shek, Wu Zhihui and others at that time, he advocated "reconciliation" and expressed his willingness to go to Wuhan to persuade peace.Under such circumstances, it is impossible for him to arrest Chiang Kai-shek, no matter how you look at it.

Lin Boqu knew nothing about it.When he rushed to Nanjing full of hope, what awaited him was naturally not good luck. At dusk on March 30, Lin Boqu walked down the pier.After he stayed, he learned that Cheng Qian, Bai Chongxi, and He Yingqin had just returned from Shanghai, so he went to the door overnight, took the "secret order" out of his clothes, and handed it to Cheng Qian face to face.Cheng Qian immediately unfolded the silk material, and saw a few words that jumped into his eyes: Chiang Kai-shek will go east from Anqing on a warship and arrive in Nanjing, please detain him immediately.

Cheng Qian's hand holding the secret order trembled slightly, his eyes stared fixedly, he was silent for a while, facing the wall in thought.After a while, Cheng Qian suddenly opened the chatterbox and poured out to Lin Boqu.Although it was all about Chiang Kai-shek's retrograde behavior, he didn't say a word about what the secret order said.Lin Boqu was anxious: "Song Yun, about the secret order..." "Zu Han, the situation is complicated after all, and good wishes cannot dominate everything." Cheng Qian said while lighting the silk material on fire, watching it melt in the flames.

Lin Boqu was surprised, and asked puzzledly, "Is this how you treat him?" The silk material was burned out, and Cheng Qian's mood seemed to have calmed down.He pulled Lin Boqu to sit down and have tea, and listened to him speak slowly: There are three things that cannot be done about detaining Jiang—— At the beginning of the restoration of Nanjing, the south of the Yangtze River has just been settled, and all parties in the military and government are waiting to be raised.Feng's Zhang Zuolin's heavy troops gathered in Jiangbei, plotting day and night, peeping into my gap.Jiang Jun has done many misdeeds, but the veil has not been removed, the original shape has not been revealed, and the people of the country have not yet noticed it.Withholding Chiang at this time, there is a repeat of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's great cause and internal strife first. If so, what will the people of the country say about me?What will history say about me?People in the country do not sympathize with this move. I will fall into a passive position and give people an excuse.The reason why the second is not feasible.

The Sixth Army set out from the Yuexing Division, traveled thousands of miles, and fought for many years. The big ones fought in Nanchang in the first battle, Nanxun in the second war, and the Sun and Zhang allied forces in Nanjing in the third battle. Dozens of small battles have not yet been counted. , Teacher Shi is tired and needs to rest vigorously.The first army set out from Guangdong, took advantage of the main force of Sun's army to gather Nanchang and Nanjing, and when the defense was empty, it settled in Fujian and Zhejiang without a fight, and stationed in Suchang.At this time, Jiang was detained, and the First Army rose up and blamed him. How can we deal with the aftermath?In the battle, I used the long-fighting division to block the angry soldiers. Even if the Sixth Army can fight again, it will be difficult to last for a long time, and victory is not certain.The reason why this is not feasible.

Jiang is now the commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army. Although we are not worthy of what he does, we are still his subordinates. In the past, a country with a thousand vehicles was a country, and those who killed their monarchs must have a hundred vehicles.The future will be long, won't my subordinates use the excuse of "one encounter" to follow suit and offend me?If you commit the following crimes, how can you lead your subordinates in the future?It was supposed to be a revolution, it was supposed to fight against the enemy together, but instead it was an internal vendetta.This is why the three are not feasible.

Although this was Cheng Qian's later recollection, it was also to the effect at the time. Lin Boqu looked at Cheng Qian disappointedly, and asked, "Although you are right, how can you explain if the secret order is not carried out?" "I've already said what I said before, so that's all I can do. Think twice and act according to circumstances. Who can understand my situation!" Cheng Qian asked Lin Boqu to go back to Wuhan with him immediately to "persuade cooperation". Thinking about the impossibility of capturing Chiang, Lin Boqu visited Bai Chongxi and He Yingqin the next day, met with Li Fuchun and some members of the Sixth Army, and returned to Han with Cheng Qian that night. Neither Cheng Qian nor the dignitaries of the Kuomintang in Wuhan expected that Chiang Kai-shek would soon get the Second and Sixth Armies and quickly control Nanjing.Cheng Qian returned to Wuhan with Lin Biaoqu on April 4. At the beginning, he tried his best to publicize that he should compromise with Jiang, confessing to others: he does not want to cooperate with Jiang, but he has no money if he does not cooperate.At this time, Wang Jingwei had returned to China, and jointly issued a declaration with Chen Duxiu, saying that it was a rumor that the Kuomintang leaders expelled the Communist Party. At this time, the important figures of the Wuhan Kuomintang and Bao Luoting also thought that the situation would not be too far to be out of hand, and wanted to wait for Wang Jingwei to arrive in Wuhan before discussing how to deal with Chiang Kai-shek. But in reality it was too late.