The Family and the Country Chapter 49 The Beer Hall
According to Wang Chonghui, who once translated the German Civil Code, the city of Munich was built in 1158 AD with the Alpine barrier, and the then Duke of Bavaria, Henry the Lion, built a bridge over the Isa River, making Munich a necessary place for merchants to transport salt and other goods from Salzburg to Augustburg. Munich was able to extract the salt tax and prospered as a result.
With nearly 1,000 years of construction and cultural accumulation, Munich has become the capital of Bavaria, ancient and beautiful. It's just that at this time, Munich, like other cities in Germany, is in an indescribable frenzy, and there is chaos everywhere, and through the train window, just a short distance out of the train station, Wang Chonghui found several robberies.
Seeing that he was puzzled, Zhu Hezhong, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "Inflation kills people!" Germany was originally the largest power in Europe, but now it is slaughtered by others, and it cannot defeat France, so it has to make this decision......"
Zhu Hezhong is a native of Jianchun, Hubei, studied military affairs in Germany in the former Qing Dynasty, and joined the Xingzhong Society before the establishment of the League and became the German liaison of the League. After the overthrow of the Manchu Dynasty, he taught at the Army University, and after the Yunnan Constitutional War, he took the initiative to resign. Now he is the contact person of the revolutionary party in Berlin, and Wang Chonghui was personally greeted by him on this trip to Germany, and he was worried that he would have an accident on this trip, so he escorted him here.
"Hey......" The outcome of the European war, Wang Chonghui knew it when he was in Tilanqiao Prison, and when he saw Germany, he remembered China, which made him have to admire Yang Jingcheng's first-class speculative kung fu again. But thinking of Yang Jingcheng and thinking that he was going abroad in violation of the bail regulations this time, this made him very uneasy.
"Ziying. How did the Germans treat the Chinese? Wang Chonghui didn't want to think about the future and fate, so he only asked subconsciously.
"How so?" That's a really hard question to answer. Zhu Zhonghe thought for a while before saying, "It can be said that there is a mixture of love and hate." They thought it was the Germans who helped us build the country, which was Leo. Marshal William those guys. But apparently we ended up ungrateful, that's what some people think. Others, however, believe that the Kaiser's ministers betrayed us first, and that the two countries had a plan against Russia, but Germany did not comply.
Although we sent troops to Europe and attacked the fortress of Verdun when the Germans were about to win after the occupation of Paris, the German offensive was immediately restrained - the French army was able to breathe and not disperse, and the British army was not driven out of the sea because of the limited number of troops, but the battle was fought on the waist of the German army, and the possibility of victory was completely lost for Germany. But this is war, after all. Besides, after the war, China provided the most aid to Germany, and many of it was gratuitous, and the Paris Peace Conference also frequently spoke for Germany......"
As a revolutionary, no matter how ruthlessly the revival society is, Zhu Hezhong still has to praise the revival army in the first war, and the battle to capture Verdun rewrote the outcome of the European war, and then changed the history of Europe, and every Chinese should be proud of this.
"I heard that the only daughter of Field Marshal Wilhelm remained in Germany." Wang Chonghui understands the psychology of Zhu Hezhong, who was once an officer. But the closer he got to the Chinese consulate in Munich, the more he wanted to speak -- if the news of his escape from prison in China reached Germany, and the consul Gu Shaochuan did not remember his old feelings in the United States, he would probably be like Mr. Zhongshan before. Locked up by the consulate and sent back to China in a large box, he did not believe that he had the luck of Mr. Chungsan.
"Yes. Field Marshal Wilhelm's only daughter remained in Germany after the war, even if the country was divided into fiefdoms. She didn't go back either. By the way, last year I read the newspaper that she was in Munich. is a beautiful and fragrant country, a duchess with a real fief, and the only daughter of Marshal Wilhelm, and a large group of German men surround her to be courteous. Once she went to Hamburg, the whole city was in a state of flux, the city was stuck in traffic for hours, and the veterans of the European war volunteered to keep order for her - the Germans were not reconciled! They thought that if Field Marshal Wilhelm had not been assassinated by the shameful Jewish Communists, perhaps the war would have been won, and they called this a 'stab in the back'......"
Zhu Hezhong was sent to Germany after going abroad, and he was very clear about the many changes in Germany. What happened to Marshal William during the war reminded him of the poem 'Die before you get out of the army, and the hero will be full of tears'.
Zhu Hezhong said that Wang Chonghui listened to it, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the car arrived in front of the Chinese consulate in Munich. After taking out a few rubles and paying them to the ecstatic driver, Zhu Hezhong said: "I'll wait here, in case you ......, I will definitely find a way to save you." ”
"It's not that unlucky." Wang Chonghui, who absconded thousands of miles from Shanghai, said with a smile, but he smiled very reluctantly, "Gu Shaochuan and I had dinner when we were studying in New York, so I invited it." ”
Those who are familiar with Wang Chonghui know that this person is extremely stingy and never brings a wallet to dinner. He emphasized so much that he had invited Gu Weijun to dinner, as if that meal was a lifesaver. Zhu Hezhong knew from his pale face that he was extremely nervous, so he didn't say anything, just patted him on the shoulder, and watched him get out of the car and walk into the consulate.
It was extremely cold outside the car, and Wang Chonghui, who got out of the car and walked on the snow, couldn't help but shiver a few times. The consulate is a small three-story building, and the yellow dragon flag of Greater China is fluttering in the wind on the roof of the third floor. When the costumed guards at the entrance of the consulate were about to stop him, he showed his passport, which he had already clutched in his hand, which he had done when he had gone to Japan for a meeting after the founding of the country. When he was worried that the guards would take his passport and check it carefully, the other party saluted and turned sideways to invite him in.
Maybe it was because of happiness, or maybe it was because of the hot wind of the central air conditioning of the consulate, Wang Chonghui, who entered the office hall through the glass door, suddenly oozed tears from his eyes. He took off his glasses and wiped them carefully, then walked to the middle service desk and said, "I want to find Mr. Gu Shaochuan, I am his classmate, and my surname is Wang ......."
Wang Chonghui saw Gu Weijun as he wished twenty minutes later, and Gu Weijun, who was still surprised, stepped forward to shake hands with him cordially, which completely reassured Wang Chonghui. "Brother Liangchou, why did you come to Germany?" Gu Weijun said in surprise.
"I ......" Many things are difficult to explain, Wang Chonghui only shook his hand with Gu Weijun's enthusiasm and said: "I am now working in a law firm, and I heard that the value of the Deutsche Mark has depreciated significantly. Shanghai companies poured out their nests and came to Germany to sweep the goods. That's how I came. I heard that Shaochuan was here, so I wanted to come and see ......."
Eight years ago, the case of Wang Chonghui and Yang Yinhang's favoritism was well known to the whole country. Although it violates the law of the country, it can be seen by the world, especially the gentry and scholars, that this is completely a righteous act. Gu Weijun himself can have today because of his father-in-law's kindness, if his father-in-law is in trouble one day, he will definitely bend the law for personal gain. Therefore, Gu Weijun didn't do anything at all, only held Wang Chonghui's shoulder and said, "Brother Liangchou will stay here for a few days, I... I'm going to treat you to dinner every day! ”
"Haha...... Good. Putting down the restless rice king, he laughed, and he said loudly: "Then I will stay with you for three or five days." ”
The two laughed in the hall regardless of etiquette, and Gu Weijun, who felt uncomfortable, quickly invited him to the office upstairs. Small talk for half a day. In the evening, Gu Weijun took him out to the restaurant, and after three rounds of drinking, Wang Chonghui began to reveal his intentions, and he then drunkenly and tentatively said: "Shaochuan, what do you brothers want to do?" This time, Cai Xiaomin blew up his own family scandal, and the people of the Revival Association lost their hearts, and I heard that the Renaissance Army was going to change the military system, can't you seize the opportunity......"
Gu Weijun went to St. John's University in Shanghai, and his history of joining the Brotherhood was earlier than Wang Chonghui. However, the two ended up in different places. Because he is a native of Guangdong and was born in Hong Kong, Wang Chonghui met Sun Zhongshan when he was at Yale, and also helped Sun Zhongshan write a political essay on "The True Solution of the China Problem", while Gu Weijun read international law. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Sino-US relations were hot, and after some operations, he actually graduated with a doctorate ahead of schedule and entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Which country does China have good friends with? By the way, international students studying in this country will also become popular. Gu Weijun, who holds the title of doctorate from Columbia University, was very popular in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and his position was promoted again and again. But when the war between China and Japan ended and China and the United States became hostile, his career was not very smooth. But even so, under the care of the brotherhood, he became the consul of the consulate in Munich at the age of twenty-five, which is worse than the historical age of twenty-seven to become a minister to the United States, but this age to reach this position is still outstanding. Trapped in a cage and losing his career, Wang Zhong's favor can join the revolutionary party, but he is still a diplomat of the Greater China government.
Gu Weijun, who didn't notice what Wang Chonghui was planning, burped and said: "Since the military system has been changed, the democratic republic will not be too far away, so why should we be in a hurry to ......." Come on, have another drink......"
Wang Chonghui loves beer the most, Munich beer halls are everywhere, he raised his glass and toasted with Gu Weijun again, and then said: "But what if Yang actually just made a false shot?" This is not what the China Times said, who knows whether the military system is real or false. ”
"Hehe......" With the pride unique to people in the system and the Zhao family, Gu Weijun endured the discomfort in his abdomen and pointed at Wang Chonghui and said with a smile: "Why is your lawyer's industry so ill-informed, and you are going to revise the constitution again, don't you know?" It is said that the article 'protection of private property' should be made into a separate paragraph, listed in Article 4 or 5 of the Constitution, as if those in the Tingwei Mansion should change this sentence to read: 'Property rights are the source of all the people's rights, and they are the foundation of the system of the National Prosecutor's Court in Greater China, and the infringement of the people's property rights is tyranny! ’”
"Ahh Wang Chonghui was taken aback when he heard this, he didn't know that the constitution would be changed like this, because he was surprised that he forgot to cover it up for a while, and he said: "But any property belongs to the state, if the country needs it, can't the government compensate for the expropriation of national property through legislation?" ”
"Both the Turkish bill and the bill on public ownership of property passed by Cai Xiaomin's coercion on the representatives of the Suspect Yuan show that the government is unreliable." Gu Weijun didn't notice that Wang Chonghui was wrong for the time being, but he really hadn't heard about it. "Once someone manipulates or coerces, the government will loot property from the people at a very low cost. It was right that the protection of private property was written into the constitution separately and that property rights were the source of all national rights. This time, the Revival Society really wanted to change the previous practice in order to make China more civilized, and the Brotherhood praised this. ”
After Gu Weijun finished speaking, he raised his glass and invited Wang Chonghui to drink, but this time the two didn't do it, Wang Chonghui still shook his head at this, he said: "Property rights are just a trick of the bourgeoisie to fool the people, and all power should actually belong to ...... It belongs to the masses of the people. Now this way of doing is tantamount to acknowledging that there is inequality between people, and that the situation that will emerge in the future will be that the poor will surpass the poor, and the rich will exceed the rich, and in such a country, only a small number of rich people will always hold state power, while the masses of the people will be cattle and horses......"
Every time Wang Chonghui said a word, Gu Weijun's heart was cold, and he finished speaking. He suddenly remembered the order issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs last year, that is, the Chinese Revolutionary Party was assembling in Europe. There were many who even secretly traveled to Soviet Russia. Wang Chonghui has always been close to Sun Zhongshan of the revolutionary party, and this time he suddenly appeared in Germany. Didn't you just go to Soviet Russia via Germany? Thinking of this, Gu Weijun suddenly asked, "Brother Liangchou, are you going to Russia this time?" ”
"Yes..., ah!" was suddenly asked by Gu Weijun, and Wang Chonghui answered casually. He didn't react until he missed it, and he stayed there all of a sudden. I knew that Gu Weijun was very smart, and I didn't want him to even guess this. After being stunned for several moments, Wang Chonghui said uneasily: "How did Shaochuan know that I was going to Russia?" ”
"Hey......" Gu Weijun sighed, and he said, "Brother Liangchou really shouldn't be impulsive. Even if Soviet Russia will support your party's revolution. That's also the ambition of the wolf. Now the situation in the country is improving, and there is even news that Yang Jingcheng will withdraw from the next election for prime minister, saying that even if the people trust the Renaissance Association, the Renaissance Association will push back the love and set the rule that nothing can be done. ”
"Ahh Wang Chonghui was surprised again, even more surprised than Gu Weijun guessed that he was going to Russia, he glared and said, "Yang is so power-hungry, how can he ...... How can it not be re-elected? Before the third cabinet, it was reported that he would be re-elected until 20 years later. Shaochuan. You're not kidding, are you? ”
"It's true!" Gu Weijun said seriously: "This is what Yang Jingcheng said in front of ambassadors at a diplomatic reception a few days ago. He also said that before he stepped down, the Revival Society would improve the constitution and ensure true civilization and stability in China in the future. His speech was heartily praised by all, including the United States Ambassador, Mr. Reinsch, who referred to him as the Washington of our country. However, he hoped that the envoys would not make the news public for the time being. so as not to make the political situation of the country unstable. ”
"That's the case......" Wang Chonghui suddenly felt a little lost. This time, he came to Gu Weijun to find out what he wanted to do within the Brotherhood and why he no longer kept in touch with the revolutionary party through his personal relationship.
"Brother Liangchou, are you really going to Russia?" Now that I've said it, I've opened it. Gu Weijun simply asked directly.
"Probably so." As a prison escapee, Wang Chonghui doesn't have too many options. He didn't want to go back to that cold, gloomy prison, and revolution was his only option. He defended rather palely: "Shaochuan. It's not that we don't know the wolf ambitions of the Russians, but when the revolution has come to this day, is there any other choice? To use a not-so-good analogy, after the Oiran of the Eight Great Hutongs lost power in old age, they suddenly knew that there was a way to return to their twenty-eight years, do you think they would do whatever it took to regain their youth?
We used to be the proud sons of heaven and the attention of all the people, if this life is really so ordinary and lonely, who can be willing?! The eldest husband can't eat five tripods in life, and he should cook five tripods when he dies. In that case, let's talk about poison as well. ”
Gu Weijun experienced when China and the United States were at odds with each other, and his future was bleak: how terrible it would be for a politician to lose power. Ordinary pawn peddlers and cart sellers will never have this feeling, and only the concubines of large families who are favored by the lord can only know the taste after they are suddenly taken away by younger concubines. Many people frankly admit that they despise Sun Wen of the revolutionary party, but they greatly admire his perseverance and perseverance in his revolutionary spirit for decades.
Judging from Gu Weijun's experience, the people who say this are people who have never been in politics and have never enjoyed the benefits of power. The reason why Sun Wen insisted on revolution for decades was not that he really loved the revolution, but that he could no longer do without the revolution. I think that when he was received by dignitaries from various countries in Europe, he was also quite influential after returning to China, and he was ready to run for the presidency of The Republic of China, but the result was just a lost dog. With such a big gap in circumstances, he must have been stimulated by indescribable stimulus, and now he is like a man who is about to die when he falls into the water, as long as there is a straw, he will hold on to it, and he doesn't care what the rescuer wants.
Sun Wen is like this, and so is Wang Chonghui, who didn't want Yale to graduate with a doctor of law, Gu Weijun sighed helplessly, but he didn't know how to talk about it. At this time, Wang Chonghui, who had no choice, said bluntly again: "Mr. Zhongshan thinks that it is wrong for you to compromise with Yang Jingcheng like this. If we want to change the backward appearance of our country, we can only imitate Soviet Russia, and only then can the Bolsheviks truly represent the interests of the masses of the people and represent the most advanced social system! ”
Wang Chonghui said this, but Gu Weijun smiled and said, "Brother Liangchou, do you believe it?" ”
"Me?" Knowing that he couldn't convince Gu Weijun, looking at his smile, Wang Chonghui suddenly laughed at himself: "Only fools can believe it!" ”
"Haha......" Gu Weijun laughed rarely. Only then did he find some of the feelings that the two of them had drunk at Columbia, which was the feeling of two promising young people expressing their hearts and looking forward to the future. I don't want to think that after 15 years, everyone's situation has changed.
"Shaochuan is not an outsider. Let's be honest. Now only Russia will support us, and Mr. Takayama can only hope that Russia will be able to overthrow the Baath government and establish the Republic of China. Now that all the party members are concentrated in Russia, I have also been released on bail and rushed directly to Russia. Wang Chonghui said, he regarded Gu Weijun as his own at this time.
"But Russia has signed peace treaties with us before, saying that it cannot support the establishment of the Bolshevik Party in China and Japan and other countries, and is it not a breach of contract for them to do so?" Gu Weijun said.
"They didn't support the Bolshevik Party, they supported an anarchist doshisha, they believed in anarchism." Wang Chonghui knew that even if he betrayed. Gu Weijun will not betray himself, so he has a lot of things to say, "Besides, how can this kind of thing be said clearly, we are all abroad, even if Xichang ignores international law and catches people, we may not be able to get evidence." ”
"Seems to be the truth." Gu Weijun knew that what Wang Chonghui said was right, Xichang could not arrest people in many countries, let alone kill people, otherwise it would be a violation of public international law. Although it is. But as a friend, he still reminded: "Brother Liangchou, the revolution is really not so easy to do, if it really doesn't work, I think you should go to the lawyer, and use your reputation to open a law firm in Shanghai." It won't be any worse. Whether it is the Bolsheviks or the Chinese Revolutionary Party, they will not be merciless in killing people......"
"How about revival?" Wang Chonghui knew that Gu Weijun cared about him, but he was still unwilling to ask a rhetorical question.
"Fuxinghui's killing was just Cai Xiaomin's deliberate doing. That's not what Revival intended. Gu Weijun said.
"But Shaochuan, why do you say that Yang didn't kill people? His students betrayed him, and Cai Xiaomin betrayed him. Can he rest assured? Knowing that Gu Weijun was an insider in the system, Wang Chonghui suddenly asked a question that he had been thinking about for a long time.
"Murder?" Gu Weijun was a little surprised. "Why did Yang become a murderer?"
"Wouldn't it be good to kill all those who disobey him and who he doesn't trust?" Wang Chonghui said. "Many people in the revolutionary party think that after he grasps the situation, he will kill people like Cai Xiaomin, but when I heard you just now, this is not the case, and he wants to retreat. Do you say that he Yang Jingcheng is no longer powerful in the revival association, and there is no way to kill people? ”
"That's not the problem at all." Gu Weijun frowned and said, "Let me ask you, if the kettle for boiling water is broken, will you replace it or make up for it?" ”
"If you can make up for it, if you can't make it up, you can change it." Wang Chonghui said.
"What if it's too late?" Gu Weijun asked again, he knew about the US threat theory.
"Then we can only make up for it." Wang Chonghui suddenly understood what he meant, and he asked puzzledly: "Why is it too late to change it?" It's better to have it in time than to use a kettle that might leak. ”
"What if the newly bought pot also leaks?" Gu Weijun asked again, and then continued: "Cai Xiaomin's murder almost made the Revival Society lose the hearts of the people, and it all relied on the suicide note he wrote during the public trial of Dali Temple to turn the situation back. If Yang Jingcheng kills people again, isn't that just a real revival really authoritarian and brutal? The original person is impossible, and it will be reliable to kill the original and replace it with a new batch of new people? How is this possible! Even if it is reliable, it is only twenty years; Besides, it has become a routine for you to kill, everyone knows that you will be killed as soon as you lose power, and the result is that Yang Jingcheng will not die well in the end.
Politics is not a revolution, and if you lose power, you will step down and be judged for breaking the law, so that you will become more and more civilized. You guys, you are still single-minded, have you ever seen a rich man who wants the world to be in chaos? They are the most chaotic, only those singles who have nothing think every day that the more chaotic the world, the better, the more chaotic they are, the more opportunities they have, anyway, they have nothing, just take advantage of this to fish in troubled waters and take advantage of the chaos. Those people in your party hope that Yang will become a murderer, don't they just have this mentality? ”
What Gu Weijun said seemed to be reasonable, and it seemed to be unreasonable, Wang Chonghui was about to ask: Is this equivalent to saying that Yang Jingcheng was still fully in control of the Revival Society, when a consulate secretary came in a hurry. He spoke in Gu Weijun's ear, Gu Weijun's expression became more and more solemn the more he listened, and after the document was finished, he put down his knife and fork, took off the napkin and said, "Brother Liangchou, I'm sorry I can't accompany you, I'm out here... Something happened. Secretary Wang will take you back to the consulate, the hotel has been arranged, and the consulate is very close......"
After Gu Weijun finished speaking, he hurriedly went, Wang Chonghui was confused, just now he only heard the secretary whisper about the beer hall. What can a beer hall do? Is there any important person somewhere? (To be continued.) )