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

Chapter 50 Chen Mingshu issued an assassination order

It was later confirmed that the throwing of stones into the courtyard of Sanyousha and the beating of five Japanese monks were all planned by Takashi Tanaka and carried out by Chang Yuqing.After succeeding, Chang Yuqing received a generous reward, but pushed China and Japan deeper into the quagmire of war, causing huge sacrifices of life and property.

According to incomplete statistics, during the "January 7th" war, the Japanese army participated in the war with a total force of more than 80 troops, about 300 ships of various types, and more than 5 aircraft; the National Government participated in the war with a total force of about 30 troops and more than 19 aircraft . No. The officers and soldiers of the 4270th Route Army and the Fifth Army sacrificed more than 9830 people and injured more than 8000 people; the Japanese army suffered more than [-] casualties.The "History of the Pacific War" compiled by the Japanese Historical Research Association disclosed: "The reason why Japan failed in the Battle of Songhu was because of the resistance of the Chinese people, especially the heroic fighting of the [-]th Route Army at the forefront.  …Military The failure of the military department lost confidence, which made it temporarily give up the idea of ​​​​invading China's headquarters and concentrate on managing 'Manchuria' and North China."

On April 4th, on the battlefield, the Chinese and Japanese armies were in a state of confrontation, but on the negotiating table, swords were drawn and the smell of gunpowder was choking.The negotiators on both sides have a mission to fight with each other, hoping to impress or conquer the opponent through clever words and tricks, so as to consolidate and expand the results of the battle.The signing of the "Songhu Armistice Agreement" jointly drafted by Tang Youren and Yin Rugeng will be announced soon.Chiang Kai-shek summoned Jiang Guangnai and said to him: "I hope you can tell Chen Mingshu not to be Chen Jiongming's second." Chen Mingshu, who was ill in bed, heard Jiang Guangnai's report and smiled coldly: "He is worried about the victory of the 20th Route Army against Japan. Gaizhu. Therefore, holding a heavy army in hand and watching us fail. The war has been going on for more than 20 days, and no reinforcements have been sent, but the troops have not yet been concentrated. They are simply playing hooligans. Such political morality will sooner or later lead to betrayal and loss of the country!"

Afterwards, dragging his sick body, he quietly came to Shanghai, met with Wang Yaqiao urgently, introduced the drafting process of the "Songhu Armistice Agreement", and said angrily: "Pro-Japanese factions like Wang Jingwei, Tang Youren, Yin Rugeng, etc. "Qin II" (Qin refers to Qin Hui), is in vain as a descendant of Yan and Huang, and it is really not enough to be angry with the common people!" And Wang Yaqiao was given a difficult task: on April 4, during Japan's Tianchang Festival (Showa Emperor's birthday), Japan will hold the "Songhu War Victory Conference" in Hongkou Park to further publicize the victory of the imperial army, insult the Chinese nation, and undermine the self-confidence of the Chinese people, and the Chinese are not allowed to participate.You have to prepare early, find a way to sneak in, assassinate the Japanese chief Shirakawa on camera, and destroy the prestige of the invaders.

Chen Mingshu and Wang Yaqiao met through the introduction of Li Guofeng. They have known each other for many years and have already become hard-core friends who can talk about everything and trust each other in everything.

Do princes and generals care about each other?Chen Mingshu (1889-1965), the word Zhenru.A native of Zhangjia Village, Quzhang Township, Hepu, Guangdong (now part of Guangxi), he was born in a poor family and lost his mother since childhood.A motherless child is like grass.The stepmother didn't care about him, didn't wash or wash him, and his clothes were dirty and torn. He suffered from "faji blindness" (Cantonese, night blindness), and his eyes were almost blind; The flesh and blood were bloody, and there was a strange smell all over his body, which was filthy and unpleasant.The stepmother always said bad things about him behind his back, and his father was under a lot of pressure in life and didn't like him. He was bored at home on rainy days, so he often beat him for an excuse to chat.Every time he ate, he didn't dare to add more to his stepmother, for fear of offending his father and getting another violent beating. In September 1906, the Guangzhou Army Primary School recruited students. The 9-year-old Chen Mingshu seemed to have found a life-saving straw. He begged his grandpa to sue his grandma and begged for 18 yuan from door to door.Before going to Whampoa, Guangzhou to take the exam, he made a poisonous oath: If he fails the exam this time, he will commit suicide in Baietan.Fortunately, he won the gold list title among more than 20 candidates.Soon, Zhu Guangzhen, his fiancée who has not met yet, came to Chen's house from Bobai Songshan, a hundred miles away, and became the "Wang Baochuan" who guarded the cold kiln.

During the three-year study period, through the introduction of Chen Hanzhu, Chen Mingshu joined the Tongmenghui, and together with Zhang Jingsheng and Deng Yanda, he was called the "Three Masters of Lu Xiao".One day, he met Zhao Sheng, the school supervisor with a burly figure and a heavy face, and he talked about Neo Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties, and he admired it very much. "Living Guan Gong" Zhao Sheng's face changed drastically after hearing this, and he scolded angrily: "China's ethics have been intensified after Zhu Xi, and it has become a cannibalism. Those of us who have devoted ourselves to the revolution should hate it deeply, and we must not accept it again." It is poisonous." Chen Mingshu was greatly shocked, and after some thinking, he suddenly came to his senses; later, Zhao Sheng also inscribed the word "Hongyi" on him as a sign of encouragement.After finishing Guangzhou Lu Primary School, he successfully entered the Nanjing Army No. [-] Middle School.

In January 1911, Huang Xing and Hu Hanmin came to Hong Kong one after another and set up a coordination department at 35 Happy Valley, with Huang Xing as the minister and Zhao Sheng as the deputy minister.Scheduled to launch an attack in Guangzhou on April 4, Zhao Sheng was unanimously elected as the commander-in-chief, and Huang Xing was the commander-in-chief of the former enemy.When the uprising failed, Pan Dawei, a revolutionary in Guangzhou, secretly collected and buried 13 remains of the revolutionary party members who died, and buried them in Huanghuagang on the outskirts of Guangzhou, known as the "72 Martyrs in Huanghuagang".Due to the repeated setbacks of the uprising, Zhao Sheng was so sad that he didn't want to live. On May 72, he shouted in Hong Kong, "I bear the death of my friends, and you wait for him to avenge the shame of the dead", and died in despair.The famous poet Liu Yazi chanted in the poem "Crying for Zhao Boxian":

Qianqiu Beifu soldiers are invincible,
There are waves in the south of the river at night.

When will Huanglong lay a cup of wine,
The skull drinking vessel is dragged horizontally.

On October 10, the Wuchang Uprising broke out. Chen Mingshu signed up for the Second Death Squad of the Central Committee and fought bloody battles.The new army fell in Hankou, and the Hubei military government appointed Huang Xing as the wartime commander-in-chief of the revolutionary army.Huang Xing organized more than 10 people including Chen Mingshu into the student army.After a bloody battle, more than half of the student army fled. Only a few backbones such as Chen Mingshu and Jiang Guangnai stayed and continued to fight.After the founding of the Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen personally met Chen Mingshu, Jiang Guangnai and others, and sent them as reserve talents to Baoding Army Academy for further studies.After the failure of the Second Revolution, Chen Mingshu came to Japan and entered Omori Haoranlu School to study military affairs.

During the difficult revolutionary years, "Hakka girl" Zhu Guangzhen not only shouldered the burden of the family, but also worked to support her husband's career.One year, Chen Mingshu lived in Shanghai without food and clothing. He rented a pavilion and relied on his wife to work as a nanny for a wealthy family.And the head of this big family is Li Guofeng.One day, Li Guofeng saw that the nanny was diligent and virtuous, and she had nothing to do, so she asked Chen Mingshu to visit the mansion.During the conversation, I learned that he was also a member of the Tongmenghui, had participated in the Wuchang Uprising, had great ambitions, and spoke well, so he immediately gave him a set of wing rooms to live in, and paid for all living expenses.Since then, the two families have become good friends.

Chen Mingshu's nickname is "The Lame Tiger". In March 1929, Chen Mingshu, then chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Government, traveled to Hong Kong to prepare to take a boat to Nanjing for a meeting and stayed at the Queen Hotel in Hong Kong.In the middle of the night, the hotel caught fire, flames blazing in the corridors, and thick smoke billowing.In desperation, he jumped off a building to survive and injured his foot. He was treated in a Hong Kong hospital for more than a month. Although he was cured, he remained disabled and walked with a limp.One day, students in Guangzhou held a strike, and Chen Mingshu went to the auditorium of the High School Attached to Sun Yat-sen University to lecture.A few naughty students deliberately didn't enter the auditorium, stuck their heads into the window from the outside, and shouted loudly: "Lame tiger, what are you talking about (Cantonese dialect: what)!" Come, let the lame tiger teach you!" Since then, the name of "the lame tiger" has spread.

After Chen Mingshu made his fortune, he never forgot the old friendship. When he came to Shanghai, he would always visit Li Guofeng's house, and thus made friends with celebrities from Anhui such as Bai Wenwei, Chang Hengfang, Xu Shiying, Wang Yaqiao, especially Wang Yaqiao, who hated all evil and regarded death as home. Hit it off.While chatting, he said to Wang Yaqiao: "When I was not in the Baoding Military Academy, I met Chen Zifan in Shanghai. He was a member of the old Tongmenghui and a Fujian Houguan. He used to be the editor-in-chief of the "Wanjiang Daily" in Wuhu. Workers, who can make bombs and specialize in assassinations. At that time, everyone was deeply influenced by the Russian Nihil Party, and envied the heroic actions of Xu Xilin and Qiu Jin. Even Cai Yuanpei, who has a scholarly style, was also obsessed with assassination at that time Activities, assassination has become a fashion at that time. Chen Zifan sighed in the poem: "Going out of the mountain to take the bridle and want to clarify, there are millions of soldiers with Yin Fu in his chest. Fu Ting long neighs infinite hatred, draws his sword and dances and screams. The Guan River is broken and divided into north and south." , Heroes are wandering and accompanying death and life. Every meal is unforgettable, and dragons and tigers occupy the stone city. "Leaded by him, I, together with Lin Gengbai, Jin Zhongxian, Wu Yiwu and others, set up the "Iron Blood Eradication Team", each with a pistol One team, each alive and well, planned to assassinate Yuan Shikai many times, but unexpectedly, 'Yuan Datou' died too early, and the plan fell through...Wang Jiu, as long as you don't kill innocent people indiscriminately, I support your actions."

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