Heading into December, there's a lot going on.

First of all, China and the Soviet Union resumed diplomatic relations, and at the beginning of the Nanjing government, the lion opened its mouth and argued for the settlement of the Outer Mongolia and Middle East Road issues. However, when the "Investigation Report of the League of Nations" was released, Chang Kaishen's attitude immediately took a 180-degree turn and completely agreed to the unconditional resumption of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.

Immediately afterwards, the Kuomintang convened the Third Plenary Session of the Fourth Central Committee, and factional struggles within the Party resumed.

The current situation is that Chang Kaishen is in charge of the army and Wang Zhaoming is in charge, but Sun Ke has nothing to gain. As a result, at the plenum of the Kuomintang, Sun Gongzi tried to promote democratic constitutionalism, which was widely supported by people from all walks of life, and he wanted to take advantage of this popular will and momentum to come to power.

Chang Kaishen and Wang Zhaoming felt extremely troubled by this, if someone else stood up and spoke against him, he could solve it with one shot by sending an assassin. But who would dare to kill Sun Ke? That's the son of Mr. Sun Yat-sen. No matter who killed him, as long as Sun Ke had an accident, Chang Kaishen and Wang Zhaoming would have to take the blame.

The Kuomintang was still engaged in infighting, and Mrs. Sun, together with Cai Yuanpei, Lu Xun, Yang Xingfo and others, formally established the China Civil Rights Protection League in Shanghai.

Mrs. Sun and Cai Yuanpei served as the chairman and vice chairman respectively, Yang Xingfo served as the director general, and Lu Xun served as the executive member of the Shanghai branch. Although Zhou Hexuan did not attend the inaugural meeting of the "Civil Rights League", he was also elected as one of the national executive committee members, and was also responsible for the preparation of the establishment of the Beiping branch.

To be honest, Zhou Hexuan has no hope for this organization, but something is better than nothing, at least he can save a few people from the guns of the Kuomintang.

At the end of December, Zhou Hexuan came to Peking and went straight to Hu Shi's house.

"Mingcheng, you are finally here," Hu Shih said enthusiastically, "but unfortunately I was busy all day and did not have time to visit Mr. George Bernard Shaw in the south, and I did not have the opportunity to meet the face of an international master." ”

Zhou Hexuan picked up the tea bowl and said with a smile: "It's better not to see it, it's inevitable to be disappointed when you see it." ”

Hu Shi was surprised: "It's really like some people say, Mr. George Bernard Shaw's character is problematic. ”

Zhou Hexuan shook his head and said: "It's not that bad, but it's not so sacred, it's just a well-known university scholar with mixed results." ”

"I see." Hu Shi was really a little disappointed.

George Bernard Shaw's evaluation in China is polarized, liking him as a saint and disgusting him as a scum, both of which are actually biased. For example, the article written by Fu Sinian later denounced George Bernard Shaw as a complete hypocritical villain, but the subjective emotions in the article were too heavy and obviously biased.

Zhou Hexuan asked: "Brother Shizhi, I came to Peking this time to prepare for the establishment of the Civil Rights League, how is the contact with you here?" ”

Hu Shi said with a smile: "The situation is very smooth, and many people from Peking University and Tsinghua University are willing to join. For example, Jiang Menglin, Li Ji, Ma Youyu, Ren Hongjun, etc., they are all very enthusiastic about this matter, and they each introduced their friends to join. ”

Zhou Hexuan nodded: "I also wrote to contact some newspaper figures, and I and Chen Bosheng expressed their support. Although the heads of many newspapers in Tianjin and Beiping were reluctant to join, they agreed to help publicize the shouts. ”

"That's good!" Hu Shi said happily, "As long as the democrats and press leaders in Beiping and Tianjin unite, they will certainly be able to urge the Nationalist Government to carry out democratic constitutional government!" ”

Zhou Hexuan could only smile in agreement, historically, Hu Shi was the chairman of the Beiping branch of the Civil Rights League, but he was expelled after only two months.

The reason is simple: one of the purposes of the Civil Rights League is to rescue political (harmonious) criminals, and it is to rescue all political (harmonious) criminals indiscriminately. Hu Shi believes that they should be distinguished, relying on national laws to punish crimes, and only rescuing those innocent prisoners.

It seems that Hu Shih's approach is more rational, but in fact it is very wrong, because according to the Kuomintang, none of the prisoners they arrested are innocent.

Moreover, Hu Shi was very dishonest, he hated communism from the bottom of his heart, and regarded it as the same kind as fascism. Therefore, he deliberately covered up the fact that the Communist Party prisoners were severely tortured, saying that the Communist Party in the prison was not tortured to extract confessions, and the anger of Mrs. Sun, Lu Xun and others was enough to choke, and everyone quickly voted to expel Hu Shi.

The purpose of the Democratic League is threefold: first, to demand democratic constitutionalism; second, to call for active resistance to Japan; Third, rescue the imprisoned political (harmonious) prisoners.

The reason why Hu Shi joined this organization was just to promote democratic constitutionalism, and he didn't care about the latter two points at all, so he was not the same kind of person as Lu Xun from the beginning.

However, it is undeniable that Hu Shi's appeal among intellectuals is very great, and he has made great efforts in the preparation of the establishment of the Beiping Branch of the Democratic League.

Zhou Hexuan did not want to get involved in this kind of chaotic ideological dispute, he said: "There is a telegram from Shanghai saying that Yang Xingfo will go to Beiping next month to preside over the inaugural meeting, and then a democratic election will be held. You will be the chairman of the Beiping branch, I don't like to run mundane affairs. ”

Hu Shi waved his hand again and again: "No, no, Mingcheng, your knowledge and reputation are greater than mine, and you should obviously assume the position of branch chairman." ”

"I'm preparing to set up another organization, so I don't have that much energy. ”

"What organization?" Hu Shi asked curiously.

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "The International Anti-Fascist League, also known as the 'World War Committee Against Imperialism'. This organization was established in the middle of the year, and I was in charge of preparing for the China chapter. ”

Hu Shi was surprised: "This is an international organization!" ”

Zhou Hexuan nodded and said, "It's just an international non-governmental organization, Mr. Romain Rolland is the chairman, Mr. Barbiser and I are the vice chairmen, and Mr. Einstein is the member." ”

When Hu Shi heard that Romain Rolland, Barbisset and Einstein were attending, he immediately said excitedly: "Mingcheng, such a grand event, how can you forget me?" I must participate in your organization! ”

"Okay, you will be the director general of the China branch." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

"Forget it, the director-general," Hu Shi smiled, "I will be the vice chairman of the China branch, and the director-general will let those who have the ability to do it." ”

Hu Shi is similar to Zhou Hexuan, he also specializes in shouting and shouting, and he doesn't want to run around all day to deal with trivial affairs.

Zhou Hexuan stood up, sorted out his clothes and said, "That's it, you can also help me publicize more propaganda to see who else is willing to join the International Anti-Fascist League." ”

"No problem, I'm good at tandem, wrap it up on me!" Hu Shi patted his chest and said.

Zhou Hexuan asked: "By the way, are you free on New Year's Day?" ”

"What's the matter?" Hu Shi asked.

Zhou Hexuan said: "My wife Xiaodong has officially made a comeback and is going to sing on stage in Tianjin. ”

"Hahaha," Hu Shi laughed, "Don't worry, I'll definitely come to cheer!" ”