Chapter 33 Mount Lu: Political Weather Observatory

Just a few days ago—July 20, after Zhu De participated in the enlarged central meeting in Wuchang, he was still assigned to return to Nanchang in view of his intimate knowledge of Nanchang, and to report to the general headquarters at any time about the situation of the troops related to the uprising, regardless of whether these troops Whether to support or oppose the uprising.He first went to Jiujiang by boat.At the entrance of the Jiujiang Police Command, he happened to meet Jin Handing, his old friend for many years, the commander of the Ninth Army and the commander of the Jiujiang Security Command.Jin Handing told Zhu De that Zhu Peide called him and said that Wang Jingwei and Zhang Fakui had gone to Mount Lushan and had important matters to discuss, so he was asked to rush there.

"What's the matter?" Zhu De asked. "I don't know either. It's just that the wind has become more and more serious recently, and there are many rumors, as if something is going to happen." Jin Handing invited Zhu De to a boat to avoid everyone. "What's Yizhi's (Zhu Peide's) attitude recently?" Zhu De asked further. "Under the current situation, of course he is leaning towards Wang Jingwei." "Zhu Jiu," Zhu De called Jin Handing's name, and asked, "What are you going to do?" Jin Handing looked gloomy, resigned to fate: "What choice do I have? Let's do it with Zhu Peide."

"Zhu Jiu, these people in Jiangxi are gray and unwilling to make revolution. Let's go to Guangdong together to establish a new revolutionary base and revive the great cause of the Northern Expedition. What do you think?" Jin Handing looked at Zhu De, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, obviously he didn't agree with Zhu De's words, but he seemed helpless.He advised Zhu De to be careful when he first arrived in Jiangxi, as the current situation is unpredictable.Boat to Lotus Cave.The last bus to Nanchang has left.Jin Han Ding invited Zhu De to stay overnight in Lushan Mountain, and returned to Nanchang the next day.Zhu De declined Jin's invitation and stayed in Lianhua Cave, waiting for the next day's bus.Jin Handing arrived at Guling at 4:00 p.m.Zhu Peide's adjutant led him to the Garden Hotel, where he met Zhu Peide, Zhang Fakui, Huang Shi and other dignitaries.He felt that all of them, except Zhang Fakui, looked a little unnatural.Zhu Peide said: "The current situation in Jiangxi is loose on the outside and tight on the inside. The situation is serious." He asked Jin Handing to go to Nanchang quickly and ship all military materials and supplies to Ji'an.

On the 29th, most of the anti-communist leaders in Wuhan arrived at Mount Lushan.Wang Jingwei presided over the meeting: "After being entrusted by the two presidiums, the brothers left Hankou on the evening of the 28th and arrived in Jiujiang on the 29th. As soon as they arrived in Jiujiang, they approached Commander Zhu, Huang Shi, Huang Qixiang, and Zhu Huiri. The strange news is that the 20th Army marched to Nanchang without being ordered. Everyone knows that He Long should not have gone to Nanchang in terms of the battle plan. There was another army in Nanchang. Why did He Long march to Nanchang? It is a free movement, so we know that there is a problem inside. There are also slogans that brothers saw when they went to Jiujiang: Oppose the Wuhan government, oppose the meaningless war against Chiang, etc. At the same time, Jiujiang "National News" is a party newspaper under the arrangement of the Communist Party. I have always opposed the Central Executive Committee, abused them unreasonably, and provoked the relationship between the various armies, and recently it has become even more serious.”

Wang Jingwei's behavior is quite confusing.Li Zongren in the Kuomintang once saw him as penetrating: Wang Zhaoming is handsome and full of poems and books.Speech and demeanor are personable, making people relative, like sitting in the spring breeze.At the beginning of contact, most of them are convinced, so they can quite appeal to some young people.However, the skills of Wang's Guizhou donkey don't stop there.His true personality is that he is keen on fame and fortune, has a strong desire to be a leader, and is impetuous and impulsive when encountering problems.In order to achieve the goal, neither the means nor the faith are disregarded.Whenever there is a major event, the reassessment is unstable and the mind is uncertain.This kind of mood is often fully expressed at the meeting table.Every time Wang presided over an important meeting, his mind was very restless, he swayed all over his body, and kept rubbing his hands, which was contrary to his usual graceful and harmonious demeanor.The same is true of Wang Jingwei at this time.

Zhang Fakui had already posted Wang Jingwei, and his words were just to add: Jin Handing called to say that Jiujiang declared martial law, and the city and county party committees, trade unions, and "National News" were all organs controlled by the Communist Party. They were all disbanded. Please send someone to take over. Wang Jingwei tried hard to control the twitching teeth: "Why did the Communist Party policy find out the orders given to Borodin and Luo Yi by the Third International, and didn't arrest them and shoot them one by one? Now the facts have changed drastically, and the Communist Party has blatantly Do it, our enemies, start war with us, and whoever says Rong Gong is a traitor, catch one and kill one!" Wang Jingwei said "ruthless words", and there was an atmosphere of hatred and killing.

In this atmosphere, the anti-communist leaders made a resolution: 1. Strictly order He Long and Ye Ting to withdraw their troops back to Jiujiang within a time limit; 2. Close down the Jiujiang City Party Headquarters, Jiujiang Bookstore, and Jiujiang National News, and arrest the person in charge; 3. Yun Daiying, Liao Ganwu, Gao Yuhan and other 4 people are wanted. The hot anti-communist masters already had some psychological satisfaction after making a decision.When the meeting was adjourned, they formed a group of twos and threes and wandered around Lushan Mountain, looking for a cool place to chat.

Ye Jianying also rushed back to attend the Lushan meeting, and couldn't sit still when she heard the "resolution".While other people were traveling in the mountains, he went down to Mount Lu again to find Liao Ganwu and Gao Yuhan.Ye Jianying handed a letter that had already been written to Liao Ganwu. He said in a hurry, "Lao Zhang (referring to Zhang Fakui) is unreliable. He told me that I was forced to surrender. I had no choice but to surrender to the rightists. They have decided to deal with Ye , Hey, let's quickly report this news to the comrades in charge."

Ye Jianying said to Gao Yuhan again: "I plan to leave them, go to Moscow, and join the CP there. They have no hope. Do you think there is any way?" Ye Jianying did not reveal her party membership. Liao Ganwu and Gao Yuhan told him: "We are going to Nanchang." "It's fine for you to leave, because the Lushan meeting has already caused problems for the two of you. I have an appointment with Xiyi (Ye Tingzi) for a password. Please call and tell me how to proceed." After Ye Jianying left, it was already dark.Liao Ganwu and Gao Yuhan came to Zhu Qihua's residence in the dark.He was the fourth person blacklisted by the Lushan Conference.Originally, he was going to Mount Lushan early tomorrow morning, so he went to bed very early today.When he fell asleep in the middle of the night, someone pushed him awake.He wiped his eyes and looked up, it was Liao Ganwu and Gao Yuhan.

"Shut up, get up quickly, I'm telling you." Liao Ganwu said close to Zhu Qihua's ear. Zhu Qihua got out of bed and followed Liao and Gao to a small room behind.At that time, Guo Moruo was still lying on the two Eight Immortals table put together in the outer room, fast asleep. "It's not good, we have to leave immediately." Liao Ganwu said to Zhu Qihua. "What's the matter, so serious?" Startled by Liao Ganwu, Zhu Qihua, who was still ignorant, suddenly woke up. "Wang Jingwei, Tang Shengzhi and others decided at the Lushan meeting that the four of us—Daiying, Yuhan, you and I—were all arrested by secret order. If we don't leave, we will be in trouble." Liao Qianwu explained.

"How do you know?" "Chief of Staff Ye came down the mountain overnight to inform me." After listening to Liao Ganwu's words, Zhu Qihua understood everything, and immediately went back to the house to pack his things.They rushed to Nanchang overnight to report to Zhou Enlai.