The true biography of Yaqiao, the first chivalrous king of the Republic of China

Chapter 27 Wang Leping was killed in the middle of the night

At 1930 a.m. on February 2, 19, the night was as dark as ink and the wind as cold as a knife.When the phone rang, Wang Yaqiao woke up from his sleep, took out the "palm treasure" under the pillow, shook his wrist vigorously, and loaded the bullet.

He pulled himself together, the phone was still ringing. "It's not a dream!"

Wang Yaying pressed the phone handle, looked at the luminous watch, and said nothing.

Years of assassination career have made Wang Yaqiao develop the habit of not answering the phone easily to avoid revealing his whereabouts.

The phone rang a few times, and then hung up; after 2 minutes, it rang a few more times, and then hung up.

"It's my own!" Wang Yaying muttered.

"Yes." Wang Yaqiao replied.

Back then, there was no direct dial telephone, and all calls had to be transferred through the switchboard before they could be dialed.Wang Yaqiao deliberately set the two ringtones with an interval of 2 minutes, as a secret signal for his own phone calls. Only a few cronies such as Wang Shuqiao, Zheng Baozhen, and Zhu Dagang knew who knew it.

When the phone rang again, Wang Yaying picked up the phone handle, and Zheng Baozhen's anxious voice came from the receiver: "It's not good, Mr. Wang Leping was assassinated. Woooooo...Mr. Chang told Brother Nine to go to the palace for a while Come on, I have something important to discuss."

"Got it." After saying that, she hung up the phone.

Then, the two put on their clothes.Wang Yaying went downstairs first, and five or six minutes later, Wang Yaqiao saw from the glass window upstairs that she had started the car, and then locked the door.

The black Ford limousine sped toward the French Concession.Wang Yaqiao frowned tightly, and couldn't help but recall his fighting friendship with Wang Leping——

Wang Leping is from Zhucheng, Shandong. On December 1884, 12, he was born in a farming and studying family.His father, Wang Jilong, was a Juren in the late Qing Dynasty. At the age of 8, Wang Leping was admitted as a scholar; in 18, he was admitted to Shandong Higher School. After being introduced by his teacher Ding Weifen, he secretly joined the League and actively participated in the national liberation movement. He was expelled from the school; Organized uprisings in Qingzhou, Zhucheng and other places, and served as the commander of the revolutionary army; after the founding of the Republic of China, he was entrusted by the Shandong revolutionaries, went to Beijing to meet Sun Yat-sen, and was sent by Sun Yat-sen to serve as the secretary-general of the Yantai military government; the "May 1906th" movement After the outbreak, he led a petition delegation from Shandong to Beijing, forcing the Beiyang government President Xu Shichang and Prime Minister Gong Xinzhan to meet the petition representatives, and contributed to the Chinese representative's refusal to sign the Paris Peace Treaty.He also proposed a motion in the parliament with conclusive evidence to impeach Zhang Shuyuan, the governor of Shandong who suppressed the patriotic movement of the people and embezzled 300 million yuan in military expenses. He won the victory and caused a sensation; The Shandong representative appointed by Sun Yat-sen was appointed as the preparator of the Shandong Provisional Committee at the First Plenary Session of the First Central Committee, and returned to Shandong to establish the Kuomintang organization; in April, the Shandong Provisional Provincial Party Headquarters of the Kuomintang was established in Jinan, and Wang Leping was elected as an executive member.

At the beginning of 1926, Zhang Zuolin, a warlord of the Feng faction, marched into the pass, and the warship sailed into Dagukou, Tianjin.Feng Yuxiang led the national army to block the Dagu port and not allow ships to enter. On March 3, the Japanese warships covered the two Feng ships sailing into Dagukou and bombarded the national army, and the national army fought back.The next day, the Japanese envoy protested to Duan Qirui's government.The people of Peiping and Tianjin were outraged and organized large demonstrations to strongly protest against foreign aggression.The Japanese government entangled the ministers of Britain, the United States, France and other countries to submit an "ultimatum" to the Chinese government, demanding that the National Army withdraw the defense facilities at Dagukou, otherwise, "necessary measures will be taken."At the same time, various countries assembled more than 12 warships in the sea of ​​Dagu and threatened with force.

The people of Beijing couldn't bear it anymore. At 3 am on March 18, more than 10 citizens and students held the "National Demonstration Against the Eight-Nation Ultimatum" in Tiananmen Square, chaired by Communist Party member Li Dazhao and KMT leftist Xu Qian.After the meeting, a petition group composed of more than 5000 people went to the State Council (Iron Lion Alley, now No. 2000 Zhangzizhong Road) to petition.At 3:1 in the afternoon, the parade and petition team chanted slogans such as "Down with imperialism" and "Expel the envoys of eight countries" in front of the gate of the State Council. Five people, Wang Leping, were selected as representatives to enter the State Council to negotiate.The government guards did not receive an order from the ruling government, and suddenly opened fire. Liu Hezhen and Yang Dequn from Beijing Women's Normal University, Peking University students Zhang Zhongchao, Huang Keren, Li Jiazhen, Wei Shiyi from Yenching University, including 5 people were killed, and Wang Leping injured more than 47 people.This is the famous "March 150 Massacre" in history.Duan Qirui was deeply shocked when he received the report, and immediately rushed to the scene, knelt down in front of the deceased, looked up to the sky and sighed: "The reputation of the whole life will be ruined once!" and immediately ordered the murderer to be severely punished.From then on, I stopped eating meat and began to eat vegetarian food to express my deep remorse for killing the students.

On August 8, the Northern Expeditionary Army sent troops to Wuhan to attack the Zhili warlord Wu Peifu.A week later, Hanyang and Hankou were conquered one after another.Wu Peifu huddled in Wuchang City, relying on the high walls and thick walls to resist stubbornly.The two sieges failed.31 officers and soldiers, including the commander of the First Battalion of the Ye Ting Independent Regiment and Cao Yuan, the leader of the Siege Death Squad, were bloody on the battlefield.Subsequently, the Northern Expeditionary Army changed its tactics, from a storm to a siege.

Wuchang City, built in the period of the Three Kingdoms, "near the mountains and the river, relying on the danger of the embankment", the nine city gates are as solid as gold. In the early morning of October 10, the eve of the Northern Expedition's general offensive, Wang Leping took the initiative to ask Ying to go to Ximen to negotiate with He Duiting, chief of staff of the 10rd Division of the defenders in the city, in order to save lives from suffering. Moved with emotion, He Duitingfan realized it, opened the city gate, and the Northern Expedition army occupied Wuchang without bloodshed.Subsequently, He Bu was reorganized into the First Mixed Brigade of the Northern Expedition Army, and He Duiting served as the brigade commander.Wang Leping's courage once again won the admiration of people all over the world.

In February 1928, after the Fourth Plenary Session of the Second Central Committee of the Kuomintang, Chiang Kai-shek gradually revealed his dictatorial features, singing "A country should have one doctrine, one political party, and one leader". The autocratic situation of "being a minister" has been criticized by all sectors of society, and calls for reorganizing the government and implementing democracy are getting louder and louder.In the winter of the same year, Wang Leping and Chen Gongbo, Bai Wenwei, Chang Hengfang, Gu Mengyu, Wang Faqin, Zhu Jiqing, Guo Chuntao, Zhao Tieqiao and others decided to establish the "Chinese Kuomintang Reorganization Comrades Association" (referred to as the "reorganization faction"), with Wang Jingwei as the leader, Put forward slogans such as "down with dictatorship and implement democracy".The Reorganization Faction is headquartered in Shanghai, with Chen Gongbo in charge. It has three internal departments: Organization, Propaganda, and General Affairs. Wang Leping is in charge of the Organization Department.Chen Gongbo published a comment on the "Revolutionary Review", insulting the Chiang government as a "genital government" and denouncing Wu Zhihui, a veteran of the Kuomintang who had shielded Chiang Kai-shek, as "a bearded old thief with a handsome head." His venomous words were welcomed by young students. In January 2, Chen Gongbo went to France, and Wang Leping became the de facto general manager.Thanks to his active efforts, the Reorganization faction has grown rapidly. 1929 provinces and cities including Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Shandong, as well as Japan, Vietnam, France, Hong Kong, etc., have successively established branches with more than 1 members. Challenging the authority of the government, Chiang Kai-shek was like rubbing sand in his eyes, and he was very entangled in his heart.

Hengfang often introduced that Wang Leping met Wang Yaqiao, and the two talked about everything and became confidants.Wang Yaqiao always liked to make friends with anti-Chiang people. He even became close to Wang Leping, who was "willing to cut himself and dared to pull the emperor off his horse". He cooperated with the reorganization faction and organized Shanghai workers to carry out anti-Chiang activities many times.Chiang Kai-shek hated the "two kings" to the bone. Not long ago, rumors spread from inside that Chiang Kai-shek personally drew up a "blacklist" of ten people, and ordered Chen Xizeng, the director of the Shanghai South City Public Security Bureau, to be responsible for carrying it out. Chang Hengfang, Wang Leping, and Wang Yaqiao Waiting for "on the list".Everyone reminded each other and strengthened precautions, but Wang Leping said without fear: "Since I started the revolution with Premier Sun, I have put my life and death aside. If 'Jiang Damn' has the guts, he will come in person! He thought we were trying to scare the big ?” However, for the sake of safety, under the persuasion of his friends, he no longer meets guests in the meeting room on the second floor, nor does he receive unfamiliar people.The comrades discussed things, and they all changed to a secret room at the corner of the third floor.

"Who leaked the secret?" Wang Yaqiao was quite confused.

More than 40 minutes later, Wang Yaqiao arrived at No. 314, Mersie Road (now Maoming South Road, Luwan District) in the French Concession.The Wangfu is a three-story alley house with a back door leading directly to Xiafei Square (now Huaihai Square).

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