When everyone looked at him, Zhou Hexuan restrained his smile, took out a few newspapers and said: "This is the 'Ta Kung Pao' from late June to early July, in which the 'Beiping Newsletter' mentioned many times that the Japanese army conducted military exercises at Lugou Bridge and Wanping River. What does this remind me of? I remember that before the outbreak of the 918 Incident, the Japanese army conducted many exercises outside Shenyang. ”

Poets from both the left and the right all looked grim when they heard this.

"The Japanese are going to attack Beiping?" Li Jinfa couldn't help but ask.

Li Jinfa was a sculptor, a classmate of Xu Beihong, and a modernist poet. Because his poems are grotesque and difficult to read, he is quite Li He style, so he is called "poetry monster". Li Jinfa was serving as the principal of an art school in Guangzhou at this time, and when he returned to Shanghai during the summer vacation, he happened to be invited by Dai Wangshu to hold a poetry meeting.

The most famous article by this person in history is the one "From Zhou Zuoren to 'Literati Without Action'", scolding the traitors Wang Zhaoming and Zhou Zuoren.

No one expected that this sculptor and poet would go to the United States to open a farm to raise chickens after World War II, and it only took one year to develop into an American intermediate farm.

Facing Li Jinfa's question, Zhou Hexuan nodded heavily and said: "Judging from the movements of the Japanese army in North China, within a week, there will be an incident in Beiping. ”

"Have you ever informed General Song Zheyuan?" Feng Zhi asked.

Feng Zhi, a free-form poet, holds a Ph.D. from the University of Heidelberg and is now a teacher at Tongji University.

"Song Zheyuan?" Zhou Hexuan sneered, "General Song is notoriously sentimental, and he is still recuperating in his hometown, so it is estimated that he can't see the danger of Beiping." ”

The poet Pu Feng said indignantly: "What else will he do besides recuperate? ”

"I also sweep graves." Yang Sao said suddenly.

"Hahahaha!"

Although it was very out of place, everyone was still amused, and the laughter was full of sarcasm for Song Zheyuan.

In fact, as early as two months ago, the Japanese army in North China began to move.

The Japanese contacted Song Zheyuan all day long, wanting Song Zheyuan to be a traitor, but Song Zheyuan couldn't bear to be disturbed and went back to his hometown to sweep the tomb for half a month. Not long after returning to Beiping, the Japanese came to the door again, Song Zheyuan fell ill instantly, and he was still recuperating in his hometown at this time.

Tomb sweeping, recuperation, recuperation, tomb sweeping...... It has almost become Song Zheyuan's daily routine, so that even southerners know that General Song Zheyuan is a person who misses his hometown.

Whether it is Song Zheyuan in Hebei or Han Fuyu in Shandong, they are like ostriches with their heads stuck in the sand. They did not dare to fight with the Japanese, nor did they dare to be traitors, they turned a blind eye to all kinds of small actions of the Japanese army, and lived with a passable mentality.

Even if Zhou Hexuan went north in person now and told Song Zheyuan in person that the Japanese were going to attack Beiping, Song Zheyuan would probably take this warning as wind in his ears.

You must know that Song Zheyuan in history, after the outbreak of the July Seven Incident, still thought that he could peacefully solve the North China problem - he could only think like this, because there was no way out.

With a heavy heart, Zhou Hexuan continued: "Although I don't want to admit it, I still have to say it. Once the incident in Beiping occurs, North China will not be able to hold it, and North China will soon become the second Northeast. I'm not alarmist, please take a look at these newspapers, I've ticked them all out with a red pen. ”

Zhou Hexuan took out a large stack of newspapers, as many as 50 or 60 sheets, all of which were the movements of the Japanese army in North China in the last two or three months.

The crowd was passing newspapers to each other, and at first there was a noise, but gradually it became a dead silence.

The content of these news is very common, and it is nothing more than that the Japanese puppet army has attacked Suiyuan again, the Kwantung Army has conducted exercises in a certain place again, and Japanese planes have again distributed leaflets in Pingjin...... If you read it separately, you will only feel angry and want to slap the table and scold the government for being incompetent and the military cowardly. But when these news are taken together, the intention of the Japanese army to step up its aggression is very clear, and as long as you are not a fool, you can have a premonition that the Japanese army will make a move in North China.

Zhou Hexuan can see it, the Kuomintang can see it, the Communist Party can see it, and countless people of insight can also see it, so now the whole country is shouting for a unified war of resistance.

For the next hour, Zhou Hexuan didn't speak, leaving time for the attendees to watch the news slowly.

Finally, the voices of each other sounded again in the venue:

"When do you think Japan will make a move on Beiping?"

"I'm afraid it will be soon, within half a year at the latest."

"Mr. Zhou said it was within a week."

"It's also possible. Alas, how can the huge China be so wretched! ”

"I hope that the Nanjing government will quickly dispatch the central army north."

"Who can say when the war will start? It's all up to the Japanese. People say when they fight, they will fight when they want. If the Central Army had moved north before the start of the battle, it was estimated that Song Zheyuan would have fought with the Central Army first, and the Japanese would have been happy to watch the excitement from the side. ”

"Damn warlord!"

“……”

Zhou Hexuan clapped his hands and motioned for everyone to be quiet: "Today is a poetry meeting, I think of Du Fu's "Spring Hope". The country is broken by mountains and rivers, and the city is deep in spring. When I feel the tears, I hate the birds. We are unfortunate to have been born in an era when warlords were fighting each other and the country was weak and the people were weak. But there is a saying that the poet is fortunate in the country's misfortune, and the feelings of the family and the country are always poetry. I admire Mr. Lu Xun very much, and before his death, Mr. Lu Xun called on the Chinese literary circle to abandon the distinction between the left and the right factions, and jointly focus on saving the country and trying to survive. I agree with this, and I have this poetry meeting today, mainly to talk to you about this issue. Just now, everyone was arguing about the issue of poetry, which I don't think is necessary. I think that for a long time to come, we should write patriotic poems, anti-Japanese poems, and salvation poems! Patriotic anti-Japanese poems not only reflect the war, but also reflect the current situation of society and express one's own personal feelings. For example, Du Fu's "Spring Festival Gala", this is a patriotic poem. Poets who like sentimentality, such as my good friend Mr. Xu Zhimo, can also continue his style, but I hope that Shima will focus more on the country and the nation, rather than the love between men and women......"

Xu Zhimo was named by Zhou Hexuan, and he was suddenly a little embarrassed, and subconsciously nodded to deal with it.

Zhou Hexuan also said: "I appreciate the works of the Chinese Poetry Society very much. But I would like to make a suggestion, do not cling to ideology, the proletariat is Chinese, and the bourgeoisie is also Chinese. The main problem in China now is how to drive the Japanese out, and we must unite with the outside world! ”

Mu Mutian raised his hand and said: "I have reservations about this, the Japanese will resist, and the bourgeoisie will also attack!" ”

"The money of the bourgeoisie is also hard-earned." Shao Xunmei retorted.

Yang Sao smiled: "I don't know about others, I'm afraid Shao Gongzi's money was not earned by yourself." ”

Shao Xunmei said: "That was also earned by my grandfather and father. ”

"It's just the people's fat and the people's ointment." Yang Sao said.

Seeing that the two sides quarreled again, Zhou Hexuan hurriedly stopped: "Okay, okay, let go of internal contradictions and face external contradictions together." ”

Shao Xunmei smiled and agreed: "I have no problem, for the sake of the country and the nation, what about scattering all the family wealth?" ”

Don't think that Shao Xunmei is an idle second ancestor, people are also patriotic. Since the 128 Incident, Shao Xunmei founded the "Current Affairs Daily" to call on the whole people to rise up and resist. Historically, Shao Xunmei had no income during the Anti-Japanese War, and was so poor that she took out all the jewelry of his wife Sheng Peiyu, but he still insisted on the publication business and followed his concept of publishing to save the country.

After Taizu's "On Protracted War" was published in Yan'an, it was Shao Xunmei who first promoted it to the Kuomintang region, and he commented: ""On Protracted War" is a work that everyone can understand, everyone can appreciate, thousands of people can transmit, and China and foreign countries praise. ”

And Xiang Meili, Shao Xunmei's foreigner aunt's wife, also took the lead in translating "On Protracted War" into English, and added: "In the past ten years, among Chinese publications, there is no other book that has attracted the public's attention more than this one." ”

Shao Xunmei not only serialized it in her own magazine, but also paid for the publication of both Chinese and English editions of "On Protracted War".

Taizu himself wrote a preface to the English version of the booklet: "My friends in Shanghai are translating my "On Protracted War" into English, and I am of course very happy to hear it, because the great Chinese War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression is not only a matter for China, the East, but also for the world......

In order to insist on publishing, Shao Xunmei eventually became a poor egg. And all this he did was done under the noses of the Japanese, because he stayed in Shanghai, a Japanese-occupied area. For his own safety, he specially bought a pistol for self-defense, usually hid in Xiang's beautiful apartment and did not dare to show his face, and also hired a French bodyguard.

Among the poets who came to the poetry meeting at this moment, there were many like Shao Xunmei.

In the past, they were sad and sad one by one, but when it really came to the time of national disaster, they all turned into patriotic poets. Their poetic style has changed greatly, and their gentle words have become as sharp as knives, and some of them simply throw their pen directly from Rong to the battlefield.

The July Seven Incident, for the modern Chinese poetry circle, directly gave birth to a genre - the July Poetry School!

Discovering and praising the vitality of the nation and expressing a distinct subjective fighting passion are the main creative contents of the July Poetry School, and the representative figure is Ai Qing.

Zhou Hexuan didn't want to engage in any poetry school, nor did he want to steal the limelight from Ai Qing, he said: "I am going to start a poetry magazine, the title of which is "Spring Hope", the content is mainly to save the world, and I hope everyone can actively contribute." ”

Well, the main reason is that the class flavor of the July Poetry School is too strong, and Zhou Hexuan wants to accept more patriots, regardless of class position.

"I'll be the editor-in-chief of "Spring Hope"!" Xu Zhimo was the first to respond.

Zhou Hexuan smiled: "Of course you can." However, one thing to be said is that "Spring Hope" is willing to publish poems of any class. You don't want to shoot the works of left-wing poets because of your subjective likes and dislikes. ”

"No problem." Xu Zhimo blushed a little, because he had done this kind of thing in Beiping before, when he was the editor of the "Morning Post".

"I support it too!" Dai Wangshu was the second to echo. He is also the editor-in-chief of the magazine, but he is not afraid of Zhou Hexuan stealing business, because "Spring Hope" belongs to a pure poetry magazine.

"Count me in." Yang Sao raised his hand.

Yang Sao raised his hand, Pu Feng and others also expressed their support, and their group of left-wing poets is best at writing patriotic poems.