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

Chapter 83

Over the past few days, Wang Yaqiao ate, drank, and slept while playing mahjong on the surface. When he was free, he would put on makeup and go for a walk along the Xijiang River with "Hengha Erjiang" to see the scenery of the southern country. However, his heart But like the water of the West River rolling eastward, it has never been calm.

Yu Likui was arrested, which surprised Wang Yaqiao.After leaving Hong Kong, he still insisted on sending monthly living expenses to the Yu family. Many people expressed their opposition, thinking that doing so would expose the target and set him on fire.However, Wang Yaqiao explained earnestly: "It doesn't matter how much money you have, what matters is revolutionary friendship. Likui is my man, and I have been with me for many years, and he has made a lot of contributions to opposing the 'grass head Chiang'. Now we are in jail, we How can we cut off contact with him in consideration of personal safety? I also know that the military spies have a good sense of smell, but we are in an independent kingdom in Guangxi, even if they know, what can they do? How dare they do it?... If there is no Dai Li Strict protection, I have already asked 'Cao Tou Jiang' to see Lord Yan. This guy is really hateful! If, one day, any of you brothers are assassinated by military special agents, I will definitely put the account on Dai hat and ask him to pay back Blood debt; if something happens to me, you have to find ways to avenge me within ten years and make Dai Li die!"

Later, he also wrote to Chen Mingshu, Cai Tingkai and others in Hong Kong, asking them to raise huge sums of money and find a way to "fish" Yu Likui out of prison, but there was no reply; Li Jishen discussed with Li Jishen, but Li Jishen himself did not have the strength, so he went to Nanning to lobby Li Zongren himself, but he did not raise money...

Wuzhou has a beautiful scenery, and it is by no means a place to stay for a long time.Where do you go next?Hong Kong and Shanghai are both dangerous places; Nanning has taken refuge in Nanjing. Although there is no problem now, it is hard to say in the long run.After thinking about it, he could only listen to the advice of Zheng Baozhen, Yu Yanong and others, take the last move, go to Yan'an, where the anti-Chiang is the most resolute, and defect to the Communist Party.

But, can they take themselves in?

Speaking of it, Wang Yaqiao has dealt with the Communist Party for many years, and he has repeatedly sent charcoal to the underground party.

In March 1924, after Li Lisan participated in the National Congress of the Kuomintang in Guangzhou, he came directly to Shanghai and served as the secretary of the Labor Movement Committee of the Shanghai Prefectural Party Committee. "I remember that Comrade Li San and his elder brother Yaqiao often talked late into the night. Wang Yaqiao mobilized Shanghai workers, students, and citizens to oppose Cao Kun's election bribery, and he received great support from Comrade Li San. It was also Yaqiao who organized the "Shanghai Labor Federation" In cooperation with Comrade Li San, most of the backbones of the Labor Federation were recommended and selected by Comrade Li San." Wang Shuqiao once recalled.

Wang Yaqiao's year-end friend Chen Wangzhi is an underground party.Through his introduction, Wang Yaqiao's goddaughter Yin Pengjie also joined the party organization.At that time, Chen Wangzhi had no formal job, and his wife was a worker in a foreign-funded yarn factory in Xiaoshadu, Huxi, with a meager income.A family of three, living at the mother-in-law's home on Robertson Road (now Changshou Road, Putuo District).Often, he would ask Wang Yaqiao for help when he couldn't get rid of the problem after eating the last meal, and Wang Yaqiao always responded to his requests.In order not to add to his mental burden, when giving the money, Wang Yaqiao declared with black humor: "My money was also cheated, you just use it and don't have to pay it back."

In April 1931, Wang Yaqiao was entrusted by the Southwest faction and was planning to assassinate "Caotou Jiang".One day, Li Kenong secretly met with Wang Yaqiao through Chen Wangzhi.Although the two did not know each other, Wang Yaqiao knew for a long time that Li Kenong was a fellow from Chao County, Anhui Province, 4 years younger than himself.

In a teahouse, two people sat facing each other.Li Kenong is as simple and honest as a farmer, but full of inner beauty, he knows Wang Yaqiao's experience like the back of his hand.He brought a letter of invitation from the party organization.Wang Yaqiao opened it and saw that the letter was not long, but it was very important. First, he fully affirmed Wang Yaqiao's anti-Chiang style of fighting evil and daring to fight, and then made two suggestions: one is to invite him to join the revolutionary army in the Soviet Area of ​​Jiangxi; He joined the CCP's underground armed forces and served as the person in charge.

Li Kenong said: "One gang of three heroes, one fence and three stakes. For Chiang Kai-shek, who has a million soldiers in his hands, it is difficult to rely on personal strength. I don't know what Brother Wang wants?"

Wang Yaqiao took a sip of tea and said, "I am very grateful that you are considerate of me. But then again, I, Wang Jiu, have been in the world for many years, and I am used to flying around. I am afraid I cannot get used to the iron discipline of your party. "

"There is a process of getting used to everything. For Mr. Wang, we will not be reluctant."

"I know this. I think the time is not yet ripe."

"Mr. Wang, this letter in your hand is very important. If it is spread out, it is a road, but if it is erected, it may be a wall. Please think twice."

Wang Yaqiao smiled lightly and said, "It's a bit serious to say that." He took out a match, burned the invitation letter, and said, "I will neither spread it out nor erect it, just as if there is no such thing. But , I can ask you to send a message, one is to thank your party for its trust, and the other is that if your party needs me, Wang Jiu, in the future, I will definitely do it."

After many days, one day, Chen Wangzhi (the then general secretary of Shanghai Wen and the party secretary of the Socialist Federation) approached Hua Kezhi and said: "There is a problem at home (referring to the underground party). Who do you think can help solve this urgent problem?"

It turned out that in order to block news of the underground party and public opinion propaganda, the Nanjing government reached an agreement with the concession authorities that all printing factories in the Shanghai area were not allowed to print CCP newspapers and periodicals. No one dared to print secret newspapers. "Red Flag Daily" was founded on August 1930, 8, and became the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee from February 15, 1931.

Hua Kezhi said: "The only way to commit crimes against the wind is to ask Brother Wang Jiu to try."

The next day, they came to Zheng Baozhen's house, and Wang Yaqiao came by appointment.

Wang Yaqiao thought for a while and said, "It's best to set up a printing factory by yourself. In this way, it will not be controlled by others, and it will also help keep secrets."

However, starting a printing factory requires a lot of money, where does it come from?Several people felt that Wang Yaqiao's opinion was very pertinent, but no one was able to raise this huge sum of money.

"To be honest, I'm also clean and penniless. However, this matter is of great significance. Although I can't guarantee it, I have to give it a try. See you here in three days."

Come on, Wang Yaqiao got up and left first.

Three days later, Wang Yaqiao handed over a Shanghai Commercial Bank check to Hua Kezhi.Hua Kezhi took it over and saw it, and was very surprised that there was 7500 yuan; there was an English signature on the check. "Brother Wang Jiu is really powerful!"

After the secret printing factory opened, in order to thank Wang Yaqiao, Chen Wangzhi invited him to visit.Wang Yaqiao waved his hand, neither wanting to know the specific location nor knowing the relevant situation.He said meaningfully: "May it live a long life!"

Wang Yaqiao strolled along the Xijiang River, watched the ebb and flow of the tide, watched the boats come and go, thought about the past and the future, and the only place to go was the remote northern Shaanxi plateau. The wall, Guanshan Wanli, if you go there rashly, people will not take you in, but this old face of yourself is second, dragging your family with more than a dozen people, you should not go to the ground every day, and you will not stay in the field, but what should I do?

On September 9, he, Wang Yaying, Zheng Baozhen, Yu Yanong and others took a speedboat and went straight to Li Weizi to ask Li Jishen who had just returned to Cangwu for advice.After listening to his confession, Li Ji raised his neck and laughed loudly.

"Ren Gong, is my idea too naive to be laughed at?" Wang Yaqiao blushed, only the pockmarks burned by the cigarette butts glowed white.

"No, no, old nine, you misunderstood." Li Jishen stood up, patted him on the shoulder, and explained, "I don't laugh at you for anything else, I just want to laugh at you, who is not afraid of anything, even Lord Yama How can you be indecisive on this issue, a brave man who is not afraid."

Then, Li Jishen showed his own experience and talked about his tortuous experience of "not getting acquainted without fighting" with the Communist Party.He said: "Many leaders of the CCP and I once united under the banner of Sun Yat-sen's 'Three People's Principles' to fight against feudalism, warlords and imperialism, and we have worked together with some of them, and some are still good friends. I knew Mao Zedong, the current top leader of the Communist Party of China, very early. On January 1924, 1, the National Congress of the Kuomintang was held in Guangzhou. He was a representative of Hunan. During the meeting, he was elected as an alternate executive member of the Central Committee. At that time, I was Zhongshan Mr. personally appointed the commander of the First Division of the Guangdong Army and the supervisor of Xijiang aftermath. I remember that in early February, after the conference was over, before he left Guangzhou, he bid farewell to Tan Yankai (one of the 20 executive committee members of the "National University"). , I visited Mr. Tan’s house that day. Therefore, the two of us got acquainted. I have a closer relationship with Zhou Enlai. After the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy, I was the major general director of the coaching department and later became the vice principal; Mr. Zhou just came from France. After returning, he served as the director of the Political Department. In July 2, after the establishment of the Guangzhou Nationalist Government, the Cantonese Army was reorganized into the Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army. During the Second Eastern Expedition, Mr. Zhou was the director of the political department. It can be said that we have gone through hardships together. However, if we are united for a long time, we will be divided, and if we are divided for a long time, we will be united.

Later, due to the political disagreement between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, we had to fight for our own masters and fight to the death. After 'April 4', the whole country purged the Party, and Chiang Kai-shek took the lead in massacring in Shanghai. Three days later, that is, on April 15, I was in command in Guangzhou and followed up with all my strength.Later, the troops of the August 1935st Nanchang Uprising and the Autumn Harvest Uprising were all defeated by my troops to "encircle and suppress"... It can be said that my hands were stained with the blood of the Communists.However, over the years, I have gradually realized that Chiang Kai-shek is China's dictator and the biggest stumbling block on China's way forward.The reason is simple, dictatorships are the enemy of democracy.A dictator reigns over the world. In his eyes, the whole world is the land of the king; the shores of the land are the ministers of the king.Except that he is human, other people are either his lackeys, minions, or his enemies.Sacrificing the wisdom of the world with one's own wisdom, devouring the world's wealth with one's own wealth, what is the justice without contradicting him?What about human rights? In July 7, I established the Chinese National Revolutionary Alliance in Hong Kong with Chen Mingshu, Jiang Guangnai, Cai Tingkai, etc., and put forward the slogan of "strive for national independence and establish people's power", which was supported by the CCP.Not long ago, they sent people to do united front work, and Mr. Mao wrote to me, saying: "I hope to conclude a new agreement in accordance with the new struggle program, and jointly make the most sincere efforts towards the goal of resisting Japan and saving the nation." 'Mr. Wang Jiu, look, I can reconcile with the CCP. You have helped them do so many things, can they keep you thousands of miles away? "

"Listening to Ren Gong's words is really better than reading ten years of books!" Wang Yaqiao's mood immediately became clear after a thunderstorm.The people present are also rejoicing, and everyone's eyes are full of hope.

"However," Wang Yaqiao coughed a little embarrassedly, and said, "I'm going to Maicheng now, and I'm going to join them at this time, will it be..."

"Wang Jiu, you are worrying too much. You know, in ancient and modern times, as far as I know, no one has been able to practice solo with the king of a country for more than ten years, and make him terrified all day long. Whenever he mentions you, he has a toothache. There is nothing in the world, Chen Sheyan resigned, and some guests want to leave and travel together. Think about it, since the Northern Expedition, Chiang Kai-shek has made great efforts to rule the world, causing public anger. How many people raised tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops to fight with him? I'm not afraid, why do you just bully you? This is called four or two to pull a thousand catties, one thing to one thing. Wang Jiu, your unique value, no one can compare."

"Thank you, Mr. Ren, for your encouragement." Wang Yaqiao was a little embarrassed, took a sip of tea, and said, "The Communist Party likes to engage in mass movements and fight collectively, but we have always fought alone. What can we do when we go to Yan'an?"

"In my opinion, their collective fighting and your individual fighting are just like Chinese medicine decoction and Western medicine's scalpel. Both are indispensable. Chinese medicine treats diseases, pays attention to the root cause, and needs to work slowly to treat the root cause; while Western medicine's scalpel , then go straight to the affected area, cure the disease with the knife, and treat the symptoms. To overthrow the dictatorship requires a collective battle to disintegrate the enemy from the basis of governance; it also needs to fight alone. Treat both symptoms and root causes, the curative effect is good!"

That night, Li Jishen wrote a letter to Zhou Enlai, introducing Wang Yaqiao to him.

The next day, Wang Yaqiao solemnly handed over the letter of recommendation and 2000 yuan of travel expenses to Yu Yanong and Zhang Xianting, and asked them to pay attention to safety, travel day and night, and return as soon as possible.Looking at the figures of Yu Yanong and Zhang Xianting drifting away, Wang Yaqiao confessed to his comrades-in-arms: "Bai Jiansheng's anti-communism is not under the 'grass head Jiang'. Let Bai Jiansheng know about the news, and he will never let us go."

At night, it rained heavily, and the strong wind set off huge waves on the Xijiang River, rolling like thunder, which lasted for a long time.Wang Yaying advised him to rest early, but Wang Yaqiao didn't feel sleepy.Under the light, with mixed feelings, he laid out a piece of paper and filled out the song "Nian Nujiao":
Misty rain on the Xijiang River, weeping land and sinking, demons and foxes and rabbits.The Northern Lands fell to the Yellow River, and the Central Plains lost their way with the flames of war.Sorrow and hatred continue, thousands of miles of smoke and dust, where do the mountains and rivers know?The majestic Chinese, endure the rampant Japanese pirates.

Drunk and dreaming of civil war, flattering the Japanese for survival, what can you say to the people of the country!Master Xingyi in Yangcheng, Minhai, Cangcang is too ruthless.At the ends of the earth, there are no footprints, and tears will be left for thousands of years.Oumeng Mountain is heavy, and North Guyan River is not a lone cloud.

(End of this chapter)