Chapter 35 Zhang Guotao fell into isolation

Zhang Guotao arrived in Nanchang on the morning of the 30th.As soon as he left the train station, Guan Xiangying and Yun Daiying took him to the horse post.Zhou Enlai, Li Lisan, Deng Zhongxia, Tan Pingshan, Peng Pai, Ye Ting, Zhu De, Liu Bocheng, Lin Boqu, Zhou Yiqun and other CCP dignitaries were already sitting in the conference room waiting. The weather is cool in the morning, but most people are still habitually shaking cattail fans, drinking tea, and thinking about things.When Zhang Guotao came in, everyone stood up habitually and gave him the seat.Zhang Guotao's chubby figure was sweating all over the way, so he wiped it off with the towel he handed over, and called for a meeting.

Zhou Enlai greeted a few words, so he asked Zhang Guotao to speak first. Zhang Guotao talked about the meeting on the 26th: "Apart from Comrade Enlai, several of our Standing Committee members met in the French Concession, and the main topic was the Nanchang riot." All the participants listened quietly.Zhang Guotao continued: "The representative sent by the Comintern to replace Borodin, Comrade Rominaz has arrived in Wuhan. After we talked about the riots, he will ask the Comintern for instructions. The International has called back, to the effect that we should stop taking risks and advocate We worked together with Zhang Fakui, fought back to Guangdong, and then developed the revolution from south to north."

Those who were shaking the fans stopped shaking, and those who were drinking water put down their teacups, their eyes widened and they seemed puzzled. Li Lisan, who had always been impatient, patted his thigh with a fan, couldn't believe it, and said in an almost shouting tone: "Everything is ready, haha, we are still sitting here discussing, what are we discussing?" Contrary to Li Lisan, Ye Ting has always been reticent to talk, his mind is still on the matter of Zhang Fakui, he still hopes: "It would be good if we can postpone the split with Zhang Fakui, if we can work together with him..."

Tan Pingshan disagreed: "If our comrades in the army are so hesitant and still unable to do it, then wouldn't all our previous work be done in vain? Can this be regarded as our party's military work?" Zhou Enlai sat upright, listening to the arguments of several people, without hiding his point of view: "We should do it!" Zhang Guotao couldn't find supporters, so he lost his confidence, and changed his tone of discussion: "I just arrived, and I don't know the situation here. I mainly listen to you. However, the international telegram said that there is hope for success. It is only in favor of doing it. If you are not absolutely sure, it is better not to do it. Galen’s opinion is also to postpone it a bit.”

At this time, no one expected that Zhou Enlai, who has always been gentle and elegant, slammed the table, which made the teacups on the table clang. Do you mean what you said, or the International? The Central Committee sent me to organize riots, and you said that the International does not approve of riots. How do you ask me to implement it? I resign! Today’s special committee I I won't be there either!" He said, pushing his chair away to go outside.His chest heaved and fell, as if he still had anger that could not be vented, and his whole body was tossed about in waves of emotion.

Zhang Guotao was not convinced, and murmured: "Why don't you resign? How can you not join the special committee? I mean everyone is busy. You can ask a comrade to tell me the situation here, and I will see you later." Prepare the declaration, let’s discuss it again.” Someone yelled at Zhang Guotao: "Why do you want to read the declaration? Are you in favor of doing it, or do you want to stop us from doing it?" Zhang Guotao was a little overwhelmed: "It's not that I don't understand the situation! If the conditions are ripe, I should do it. How could I not agree to it? The problem is that the time is not ripe now." Seeing that no one was yelling at him anymore, his tone hardened again : "You said you are ready, what about the declaration? What about the plan? Who is the commander-in-chief?"

Deng Zhongxia said: "These are all ready. The commander-in-chief is He Long." "He Long?" Zhang Guotao snorted: "He can be the commander-in-chief? He is a bandit, don't you all know?" Tan Pingshan couldn't bear it anymore, and almost touched Zhang Guotao's nose with his finger: "Nonsense! You are the bandit!" Tan Pingshan was so angry that he sat down and gasped for breath. Zhou Yiqun took his words and said: "I understand He Long's situation. He came from a hard background. After pulling up the team, he also generously donated money and did not disturb the people. After joining the Chinese Revolutionary Party, he followed Sun Yat-sen all the time. He is sincerely close to the Communist Party and has proposed to join the Party many times, but we have not developed.”

Zhang Guotao interrupted Zhou Yiqun: "Don't talk about whether he joined the party or not now. Since he is not a member of the Communist Party, it is inconceivable to ask him to be responsible for the riot!" Yun Daiying, who also served as the General Counselor of the 20th Army, strongly opposed Zhang Guotao's view of He Long.He was very sure that he had said twice: "The Nanchang riot is inevitable, and there is no room for discussion. The commander-in-chief of the riot is He Long, and he is none other than him!" Unable to get support, Zhang Guotao blushed anxiously: "Why can't we re-discuss? No one is convinced by your insistence!"

"Because the matter has already been decided, there is no need to wait until you come to discuss it." Yun Daiying smiled strangely, took off his glasses, wiped them with the corner of his clothes and put them on again. "The mistakes of the Communist International and Chen Duxiu killed the Chinese revolution and ruined thousands of comrades; their leadership was completely bankrupt. Now that the Nanchang riots were all ready, suddenly some international instructions came to stop our actions, I swear to the death against it." Yun Daiying didn't look at Zhang Guotao, but he said to him: "If you shake people's hearts again, I will knock you down!"

Zhang Guotao was puzzled by Yun Daiying's angry speech.He knew that Yun Daiying was usually an upright and polite person, never had any personal grudges against others, and had no ambition to compete with others. He was known as "Gandhi" among the communists and had always been friendly to him.But this time he was as angry as a leopard.Zhang Guotao sat back in his chair dejectedly, breathed out, and suddenly came to his senses again: He vaguely remembered that he seemed to agree with his point of view at the beginning of the meeting, so he turned to Ye Ting with a glimmer of hope: "Don't you also think that riots are not easy to succeed? What do you think."

Ye Ting had the idea of ​​returning to Guangdong with Zhang Fakui, so that the Communists hiding in the Fourth Army would not be assassinated.In addition, he and He Long are different in personality and experience, and they don't get along very well.But after hearing everyone's speeches, he immediately dismissed his original thoughts: "According to the facts, we have to go on recklessly!" Tan Pingshan couldn't sit still for a long time. Seeing Zhang Guotao asking for help and chatting endlessly, he slapped the table and gritted his teeth: "You you! If you continue to point fingers, look at me..." Tan Pingshan really wanted to do it. Li Lisan also helped Tan Pingshan: "What else are we discussing? The news of the riot has already leaked out, and we are still waiting to die!" This sentence also surprised Zhang Guotao: "Ah, does anyone know?" "Nearly a hundred people." Li Lisan suppressed his anger and said, "There are already a lot of people who know this secret. It is easy to be noticed in the transfer of personnel, the tone of propaganda, and the attitude expressed by a few people." Zhang Guotao had no way out, spread his arms and legs, looked at the ground: "Okay, I obey the majority, you decide." When the meeting was adjourned, Tan Pingshan quietly said to Zhou En: "I don't think this guy is reliable, just tie him up." Zhou Enlai made a stop gesture: "He is a representative of the Party Central Committee, how can he be tied up? Let's do the work again."