Chapter Forty-Six: The Pen and the Knife
9.46 Pen and knife
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Before noon, Wang Zhaoming, who served as president of the Executive Yuan, had already learned the news of Huang Haoran's "dismissal." The person who brought the news to his mansion was Zhou Fohai, the second deputy director of the attendant room.
Because Wang Zhaoming misjudged the situation during the "Xi'an Incident", his ambitions and intentions were prematurely exposed. Therefore, after the highest authorities got out safely, Wang Zhaoming's small system was immediately suppressed by the highest authorities!
Although Wang Zhaoming is still a veteran of the Wuhan government, the officials within the government know that Wang Zhaoming has been blacklisted by the highest authorities, and his small group is gone! Wang Zhaoming himself realized that the relationship between him and the highest authorities had been knotted, so in order to ensure the safety and future of himself and his subordinates, Wang Zhaoming began to intensify his act of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country.
has done too many shady things, Wang Zhaoming is naturally afraid that he will be seized by the highest authorities and dealt with. In order to grasp the actions of the highest authorities in a timely manner, Wang Zhaoming made great efforts to win over Zhou Fohai and put him under the nose of the highest authorities to be his "spy".
"Brother Zhaoming! Now is the perfect opportunity! If we can take this opportunity to put Huang Haoran to death, or take Huang Haoran's military power, they will definitely be very happy! It's also going to be a lot easier to negotiate......"
On the issue of Huang Haoran, Zhou Fohai's proposition is to "fall into the well"! In his opinion, there is no better meeting gift than suppressing Huang Haoran! It is really cost-effective to exchange Huang Haoran's head for "the success of peace and national salvation"!
Wang Zhaoming, who was sitting opposite Zhou Fohai, kept looking at Zhou Fohai and never spoke. In Wang Zhaoming's opinion, it is not easy to bring down Huang Haoran! Over the past year or so, the Chinese army has won several big victories, and Huang Haoran has either participated in them or commanded them all! If you want to kill such a "famous general of the Anti-Japanese War" with one blow, it is obviously unrealistic! Fortunately, Zhou Fohai's mind is still quite sober, and the focus is on taking away Huang Haoran's military power!!
After the fall of Nanjing, Wuhan became the military, political, and economic center of China during the war. With the direct support of Wang Zhaoming, and with the direct support of Wang Zhaoming, an organization called the "Art and Culture Research Association" was established in Hankou with the core elements of the "low-key club" such as Zhou Fohai, Tao Xisheng, Mei Siping, and Luo Junqiang as the center.
The "Art and Culture Research Association" has its headquarters in Hankou, and there are four branches in Changsha, Guangzhou, Chongqing, and Xi'an, as well as correspondents in important cities such as Chengdu and Kunming. In terms of its name, the "Art and Culture Research Society" seems to be an academic group that studies culture and art, but in fact it is a completely political group.
The "Art and Culture Research Association" has a council, and Wang Zhaoming, Zhou Fohai, and Tao Xisheng are all directors. Wang Zhaoming is responsible for the actual guidance. The Council has two parallel directors general of general affairs and design, with Zhou Fohai as the general affairs director and Tao Xisheng as the design director-general. At the time of the establishment of the "Art and Culture Research Society", the military committee of the Wuhan government had completed its reorganization, abolished its base camp, and removed Zhou Fohai from his post as deputy minister of the second department. Therefore, in addition to still serving as the second deputy director of the chamberlain of the highest authority, presiding over the "Art and Literature Research Society" has become Zhou Fohai's main job.
Wang Zhaoming, Zhou Fohai, Tao Xisheng and others desperately advocated that "peace should be sought with Japan," which was inseparable from the unfavorable situation of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression at that time. The fall of Nanjing, the occupation of vast areas in North China and Southeast China by the Japanese army, and the severance of Sino-Japanese diplomatic relations made Wang Zhaoming, Zhou Fohai, Tao Xisheng, and a handful of defeatists despair about the future of the war. In their view, seeking a compromise with Japan is the only way out for China.
In fact, the purpose of Wang Zhaoming's establishment of the "Art and Literature Research Association" was to "make peace with the outside world and sabotage the War of Resistance." The purpose of the Art and Culture Research Society is to control the direction of public opinion and make the government "warlike and peaceful." In other words, it is a desire to control public opinion and incite feelings of surrender. That's why he instructed the "Art and Culture Research Society" to edit and distribute the "Art and Culture Series" published by the Commercial Press, and also set up an "independent publishing house" under the publishing group to compile and print various pamphlets. It is hoped that a theoretical basis for the decline of the War of Resistance can be formed.
From the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War to the present, the "Art and Culture Research Association" has actually become a half of the spy agency for the Japanese! It's no wonder that Zhou Fohai always puts the attitude of the Japanese in the first place when thinking about problems!
After thinking for a while, Wang Zhaoming actually said something that was not related to Zhou Fohai's question, as if he was talking to himself:
"Both the Gui faction and those frustrated elements knew very well that anti-Japanese resistance was actually their only means of resisting the supreme authorities. It was because they wanted to overthrow the supreme authorities that they sang about the protracted and all-round war of resistance against Japan. The supreme authorities wanted to subdue his opponents in a higher tone, but these people took advantage of the supreme authorities' own high profile to force the supreme authorities to get into the bull's horns. As a result, the higher the tune is sung, the horns have to drill deeper and deeper. When the tune of the War of Resistance to the End is sung into the clouds, who dares to sing the low-key of peace? I'm afraid it's just us! ”
Typical gold on your face! And it's an extremely shameless kind!
In fact, it is not difficult to see from these words that Wang Zhaoming's thinking logic is very strange, in Wang Zhaoming's eyes, all those who support the War of Resistance to the end are for "selfish desires"! And he, a traitor who advocated surrender, became a "hero of salvation"!
However, in the ears of Zhou Fohai, who is also a "ready traitor", these words of Wang Zhaoming have become wise sayings! He said excitedly:
"Yes! Brother Zhaoming! But how many people understand our hearts? The result of the government's main battle is actually a gradual retreat! The city is either lost or burned, and if it continues like this, sooner or later it will destroy the country! ”
Zhou Fohai said that he was excited, and suddenly got up from the sofa! He loudly persuaded Wang Zhaoming that he should make a decision early! Huang Haoran is not a person in their small circle, there is really no need to offend the Japanese for him!
"Dean Wang! It's better to do this sooner rather than later... If it weren't for Huang Haoran, the highest authorities would have softened a long time ago! Although the victories fought by Huang Haoran could not affect the overall situation of the defeat of the Anti-Japanese War, they could delay the time of the Anti-Japanese War! In case the Japanese are pushed into a hurry, maybe there will be a second Nanjing! The Third Nanjing ......"
At this time, Zhou Fuhai has completely revealed his traitorous face! His mentality at the moment is no longer just pessimistic about the war, but extremely hopeful that China will fail! Wang Zhaoming was a little shocked at first, but after thinking about it, he understood.
That's right, these members of the "low-key club" have already become big traitors and traitors in the eyes of the Chinese people! If Japan really defeats China, they can still be sheltered, but if China wins against Japan, it can only end up with no place to die!
There is no turning back from the bow! It's impossible to go back!
However, Wang Zhaoming couldn't say such explicit words to Zhou Fohai anyway, after all, he was also the hero who assassinated the regent back then. Compared with Zhou Fuhai, Wang Zhaoming still cherishes face more, so he always likes to find some reason for his behavior.
"The people of the main battle also have their reasons, but what is the purpose of the main battle? But not many people figure it out! In order for the country to survive independently, making peace with Japan is also a means. It is not right to blindly advocate a scorched earth war of resistance! People who sing high profiles should be honest and honest. In my opinion, the Japanese occupation area is expanding day by day, most of the important seaports and communication routes have been lost, and the government's finances are becoming more and more scarce, and the 40,000,000 people who are gasping for their breath from the scourge of war are sinking into misery. In order to end the war as soon as possible, I have repeatedly made statements to the highest authorities to open the door to negotiations. It's a pity ......"
Seeing that Wang Zhaoming was always sighing in front of him but just refused to make up his mind, Zhou Fuhai couldn't help it, he decided to move the Japanese to pressure Wang Zhaoming! Usually this trick will work!
"So! Dean Wang! We'll do it ourselves! There is no less loss on Huang Haoran over there! I heard that there was also a reward of 50,000 oceans to buy Huang Haoran's head! And doesn't Ying Zuo Zhenzhao also want Huang Haoran to die? ”
"It's not impossible to start, but yesterday at the meeting, I stood up and expressed my opposition to the promotion of Huang Haoran, which can be regarded as a position exposed! If I had come forward this time, it might have backfired! As you know, the highest authorities are a little unkind to us people! Gu Mosan and Hu Shi have changed their attitudes again, and there is really no suitable person to go out at the moment! ”
Wang Zhaoming's analysis is very pertinent, there is no intention of shirking, Zhou Fohai thought for a while, and then said to Wang Zhaoming: "Or is it still the same?" Let Hong Kong write some articles, and then find some reporters to go to China! In these years, the newspapers in Wuhan have little credibility, and foreign monks still chant scriptures!"
Zhou Fohai's "Hong Kong side" refers to the Hong Kong International Compilation Society, which is affiliated with the Hong Kong Branch of the Art and Culture Research Association. The International Compilation Press publishes three journals: "International Issues", "International Weekly" and "International Newsletter". Lin Baisheng, a close confidant of Wang Zhaoming, presided over all general affairs, Mei Siping edited "International Issues", Fan Zhongyun edited "International Weekly", and Zhu Pu edited "International Newsletter". They held a weekly forum on international issues, and after the meeting, they drafted two reports on international current affairs, which were forwarded to Wang Zhaoming by Zhou Fohai. "International Compilation Agency" is only the internal name of Wang Zhaoming's system, and it is not open to the outside world, while the public name of "International Translation Agency" is "Azure Bookstore".
The three publications "International Issues", "International Weekly", and "International Newsletter" are the three sharp blades in Wang Zhaoming's hands to control public opinion! If you want to deal with Huang Haoran to curry favor with the Japanese, you have to highlight your skills!
Sometimes a pen is a knife! And it's more profitable, killing people without seeing blood...... (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )