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

Chapter 29 Walker's apprenticeship
Soon, Wang Yaqiao began to arrange to assassinate Zhao Tieqiao, and rented a two-story building at the Taipingqiao Small Vegetable Market near China Merchants Steamship, opened a small restaurant downstairs, and used the upstairs as a stronghold.In order to keep it secret, he took a radical from Zhao Tieqiao's "Zhao Tie" (traditional characters: Zhao Tie) and named it "Xiao Jin".In this way, the participants have no psychological concerns when they are assassinated, and if they are captured by the police in advance, they will not reveal their secrets.In the dark, Zhao Tieqiao's life began to enter a "countdown" state.

At this time, in a "pavilion room" located at No. 232 Xinxin Nanli, east of Dapuqiao Private Law and Political College on Father Jin Road in the French Concession, a few young people gathered together, and they were also working for the future of the country and their personal future. worried.The leader was Hua Kezhi, and Chen Yuzhi, Zhang Siming, He Poguang and other peers often came to chat.Whenever we talked about Chiang Kai-shek's dictatorship, the corruption of the Nationalist government, and the hardships of the people's lives, everyone made generous statements and disagreed with each other, and even fought with blush and thick necks, but what everyone was fighting for was justice, not personal loyalty.Therefore, after the argument, no one cares about other people's words, and they are still good friends.The only uncomfortable thing is that everyone doesn't have a proper job, and their pockets are often empty. When it's meal time, they eat whatever they encounter;A few times, when he was so poor that he couldn't get rid of the pot and couldn't pay the rent, Hua Kezhi bit the bullet and went to Wang Yaqiao, asking for ten or eight yuan, and resisted for a while.He mocked himself to several friends: "Our brothers are really penniless, worrying about the world."

One morning, Hua Kezhi received a notice from Zhu Dagang and came to Huaiyang Restaurant on Limei Road.

Walking into the Wanghuai Hall, the table was already filled with dishes such as braised pork with pickled vegetables, five-flavored chicken drumsticks, braised fish, drunken chicken, etc. The smell of meat hit Hua Kezhi's nose, and his stomach gurgled. He instinctively Swallowing a mouthful of foam, he said, "Jiu Ye, why spend so much money?"

"Come, come, sit down quickly. You little brothers, life is very difficult in the dilapidated building, and I will reward you. Open up your belly and eat, if you don't have enough... Xiaoer, let me have a pot of Huadiao!"

As soon as the words were finished, a waiter opened the door and came in, nodded to Hua Kezhi, said hello, brought a pot of Huadiao that was already hot, filled it up for the two of them, then turned around and went out, closing the door behind him.

"Da Gang!" Hua Kezhi murmured in his heart, admiring Wang Yaqiao's thorough and rigorous security work.

The two chatted while eating, talking about some recent street talk in Shanghai.

After half a round of drinking, Wang Yaqiao asked, "Kezhi, do you see anything important for me?"

"Jiuye," Hua Kezhi thought for a while, then raised his glass to drink again, as if he had made up his mind, and said, "Jiuye, your ambition, personality, skills, and courage, we all admire you .We are like duckweed in the water. We want to do it, but we have no clue. We want to worship you as our teacher, follow you, go up the mountain of swords, go down into the sea of ​​fire, and fight the dictatorship together!"

"Okay, look like a man!" Wang Yaqiao also drank a cup and said thoughtfully, "You are all passionate young people who are willing to do something for the country and the people. In this society where everyone is only for themselves and walking dead everywhere It is very rare. However, you have all drank foreign ink, and you should understand that we fight big with small things, and fight against the vicious state machine with our personal wealth and lives. When an egg hits a stone, our brains will explode at any time. I know, you don’t Not afraid of death. Not afraid of death is good, but it is not enough. Not afraid of death does not mean that we are going to die. Although we are weak like water, the dictator is in the light, and we are in the dark; There are people and justice behind it. Therefore, I hope that you will start with small things, experience courage, wisdom and skills, and then join our organization after you are fully prepared..."

"Thank you master!"

After Walker heard this, his heart suddenly became clear.Wang Yaqiao thought of them everywhere, which made him more convinced of his choice.

Then, Wang Yaqiao carefully asked about the personal situation of the brothers in Weilou.One of Walker made an introduction.He said that Chen Yuzhi and Zhang Siming were both from Baoying; Zhang Siming was also an unemployed student at Jinling University; He Shaoru was from Danyang and a primary school teacher.

Chen Wangzhi, also called Chen Chutai, is Hua Kezhi's middle school classmate, active in thinking and eloquent.He graduated from middle school and was admitted to Anhui University. He is an active member of the student movement and is currently a student at the Shanghai University of Law and Politics.

On November 1928, 11, Anhui University and the Provincial No. 23 Girls High School clashed due to a misunderstanding, and immediately expanded into a student movement.It happened that Chiang Kai-shek visited Anhui and came to Anqing, the provincial capital.The student representatives asked for an interview, but Chiang Kai-shek did not agree. Instead, he sent Dai Li, a member of the Confidential Section of the headquarters, and Rao Jifu, an inspector of the Anqing Public Security Bureau, to thoroughly investigate the real situation.Dai Li and Rao Jifu rushed to the Provincial No. 11 Girls Middle School. After on-the-spot investigation, they learned that after the conflict, the principal Liu Wendian did not apologize as promised. "Chiang Kai-shek, who was already deeply dissatisfied with the academic style in Anhui and the corruption in the academic circle, learned of Dai Li's investigation report, adding fuel to the flames, and prepared to use it to rectify the academic style in Anhui to build his own authority." So, At about 29:1 p.m. on November [-], Chiang Kai-shek summoned Cheng Mian, the principal of the girls' middle school, and Liu Wendian, the principal of Anda University, at the hotel where he was staying.

Liu Wendian studied at Waseda University, studied under Zhang Taiyan, and worked as Sun Yat-sen's secretary. He has always been known for his aloofness.That day, he wore a shabby squirrel fur coat and a top hat, and went straight into the living room. He saw Cheng Mian and Chiang Kai-shek waiting there, and found a seat and sat down alone without saying hello.

While speaking, Hua Kezhi handed Wang Yaqiao a "Declaration" dated December 1928, 12, on which was published the article "Chairman Jiang Severely Rebukes An Dasheng for Troubling Girls' Middle School":
After everyone sat down, Chiang Kai-shek first asked Cheng Mian: "The girls' middle school was destroyed, what do you want?" Cheng Mian replied: "I just want to ensure the safety of the school so that students can go to school with peace of mind, and don't care about the rest."

Chiang Kai-shek turned to Liu Wendian and asked Liu Wendian: "How do you plan to deal with the student who caused the accident?" Liu Wendian ignored it and replied coldly: "The content of this matter is complicated, and there is still a shady scene. Before the matter is investigated, I cannot severely punish the student who caused the accident. student."

Seeing Liu Wendian's attitude, Chiang Kai-shek stood up angrily, patted the table, and flew into a rage: "The teaching is not strict, the teacher is lazy! The students destroy the girls' school at night and disrupt the order of the Northern Expedition. It is you, a new student!" If you run amok, I will not dismiss you and investigate, I am sorry for the spirit of the Prime Minister!"

Liu Wendian was also unequivocal, stood up "swish", and faced him directly, his tone was still unhurried and unhurried: "Speaking of the Prime Minister, when he and I made a revolution in Tokyo, we didn't know your name yet. .Although young students are in their prime, it does not mean that they are rational and mature. Don’t use small topics to make a big fuss. If I am a new student, then you must be a new warlord!"

"Happy! This fellow from Hefei is not afraid of hegemony, dares to speak up, and has a lot of backbone!" Wang Yaqiao saw it and couldn't help but admire it.

Hua Kezhi went on to say: "Chiang Kai-shek became angry and imprisoned Liu Wendian in Houlexuan. However, all walks of life criticized his dictatorship, so Chiang Kai-shek had to withdraw his order and released Liu Wendian on December 12. It is said that when When someone asked Liu Wendian to come out, Liu Wendian refused to come out: "I, Liu Wendian, shut down as soon as I said it, and let me go as soon as I said it! If you want to invite me out, please return my innocence first!" After hearing the news, my mentor Zhang Taiyan , with a pen inscription to present a couplet: "Health is not envied by Ji Zhongsan, and disease and evil are really promoted by You Zhengping." After being released from prison, Liu Wendian left Anhui with hatred, and Chen Yuzhi was also expelled from Anda and came to Shanghai. I live in He helped find that dangerous building."

After listening to the introduction, Wang Yaqiao silently smoked half a cigarette and said, "Kezhi, you little brothers have unlimited potential and will definitely be of great use in the future. For you, I don't want to hold any apprentice ceremony. As long as You have me in your heart, that’s all. You see, is this good? I will send Zhu Dagang to do some basic training for you first. When the time is right, I will fight independently. Okay?”

Walker nodded.Then, Wang Yaqiao glanced outside the door and shouted: "Xiao Er, serve another pot of good tea!"

"Okay, boss!" As soon as the voice finished, Zhu Dagang pushed the door in with a teapot in hand, and filled the empty cup with tea.

Wang Yaqiao explained to him what he just said, and then took out a stack of banknotes from his wallet, put them in front of Hua Kezhi, and said, "Don't think too little. The three of you will each be given a monthly allowance of 10 yuan. , first this month. From now on, Zhu Dagang will assign jobs to you on behalf of me, and pay monthly allowances. For the sake of confidentiality, we don’t want to meet casually unless it’s absolutely necessary.”

Hua Kezhi, who was struggling with living expenses, felt warm when he saw Wang Yaqiao sending charcoal in the snow.

(End of this chapter)