Hu Shi's voice came from the radio, and this was the speech he was invited to give on Radio Columbia:

"Although I fully sympathize with and understand the desire of your people to stay out of war. However, passive appeasement, unbacked by a policy of peace, is by no means sufficient to guarantee the peace you desire. What China expects from the United States is an active leader in international peace and justice, a leader who stops war, curbs aggression, and cooperates with the world's democracies......"

"China's War of Resistance was a just war, just like the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary War, and the Turkish War of Liberation! During the American Revolutionary War, why was Washington able to carve out the Valley of Fuqi and embark on the road to victory in Yorktown? In addition to the determination to work hard to the end, there was also the support of the international situation for the United States at that time, especially the strong support of France for the United States. China has proved its determination to persist in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and we are confident that we will win, but we are also inseparable from the support of international forces, especially the United States. ”

"We do not expect the United States to send troops to directly help China, but we must avoid the United States from continuously importing strategic materials and resources into Japan. Because Japan is already a public enemy of more than 50 countries in the world, including the United States. ”

"Japan is an authoritarian country, while China, like the United States, is a democracy. Japan's war of aggression against China was a war between an autocratic country and a democratic country. Although Japan is economically successful, they have maintained their most stubborn ignorant and backward culture while using Western science and technology. China has achieved a democratic republic, while Japan is still a feudal emperor......"

In his radio speech, Hu Shih talked a lot about China's democratic politics, and even blew Chinese culture to the sky, while devaluing Japanese political culture to the point of being useless. This is just the opposite of his article in China, but it is understandable, he should be scolded in his own country, and he still has to be praised when he goes abroad, and his family ugliness should not be publicized.

Since coming to the United States during the Songhu Anti-Japanese War last year, Hu Shi has given countless speeches. His English speeches were of a high level and he often quoted scriptures, which not only won the approval of many American people, but even attracted the attention and hatred of the Japanese government.

Hu Shih's speech in the United States lasted for several years, and it is likely that he was supported by Roosevelt. Because Roosevelt wanted the United States to enter the war, but the neutral atmosphere in Congress was too serious, and someone had to guide public opinion among the people, and Hu Shih was the right person.

In particular, in September 1941, the United States and Japan secretly discussed the situation in China and the Southwest Pacific. For the sake of its own interests, the United States chose to compromise with Japan and sold China without hesitation.

After learning the news, Hu Shih immediately insisted on meeting US Secretary of State Hull in his capacity as Chinese ambassador to the United States. Hull was extremely reluctant to present a provisional draft of the US compromise with Japan, and Hu Shih was extremely angry when he saw it, and immediately begged Roosevelt to prevent the draft from taking effect.

Hu Shih then asked the British ambassador to contact Churchill, who immediately called Roosevelt and said that Britain was firmly on the side of China.

After two months of back-and-forth arguing, the draft compromise between the United States and Japan was finally scrapped - and Japan's response was: a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor!

Therefore, the famous American historian Charlie Beale regarded Hu Shih as the culprit of the Japanese army's attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. In it, he wrote: "The war between the United States and Japan could have been avoided, and President Roosevelt, in order to protect the interests of the capitalists in Asia, unfortunately fell into the trap of the Chinese ambassador Hu Shih, which provoked the Japanese army to attack Pearl Harbor and finally dragged the United States into a terrible world war." ”

Hu Shi has not officially served as ambassador to the United States at the moment, and his identity is the same as Zhou Hexuan, which belongs to China's special envoy to the United States. This guy has to give a public speech on average once a month or two, and occasionally speaks on the radio station, and has become a household name in the United States as a Far Eastern orator.

The content of Hu Shi's speech can be summarized into four points, namely: the Chinese love peace, and China is fighting hard; The Japanese are ferocious and evil, and Japan is the public enemy of the world; It is in the interest of the American people for the United States to help China; The United States is undoubtedly helping Japan, undoubtedly raising tigers for trouble.

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as well as U.S. capitalists whose interests were damaged by the Sino-Japanese War, also continued to push behind this time. The reason why American radio stations keep inviting Hu Shih to give speeches is that most of the time the capitalists are secretly in contact.

After giving a speech at the broadcasting company, Hu Shi took the train to Washington, D.C., and soon met Chen Guangfu and his party. He couldn't wait to ask: "The telegram says that you have just met with President Roosevelt, how are the loan talks?" ”

"It's not going very well," Chen Guangfu shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Mr. President thinks it's too much involved, and there will be a meeting to discuss it." ”

Hu Shi found that Zhou Hexuan was not present and asked, "What about Mingcheng?" ”

"He disappeared when he disembarked in San Francisco, and he was looking for an American business consultant," Chen Guangfu said confusedly, "and by the way, he also said that he wanted to contact an American magazine called it." He also said that he had contacted the German Rabe, who was heading towards the United States, and Rabe had evidence of the Nanjing Massacre. ”

Hu Shi said: "I have been exposed to the Nanjing Massacre until the Japanese invaders slaughtered tens of thousands of civilians in Nanjing. ”

"How can such a thing happen?" Sid Mao exclaimed.

Ren Sida also gritted his teeth and said: "The Japanese are brutal, what else can't be done!" ”

At this moment, the embassy's telecommunications staff ran and said: "Deputy Envoy Chen, there is an urgent telegram from the base camp, and the chairman of the committee inquires about the progress of the negotiations. ”

Chen Guangfu said depressedly: "What are you urging? I just came to the United States, and my ass is not hot, how can I make progress! ”

The telegraph officer said: "The chairman said that Special Envoy Zhou sent a telegram back to China in San Francisco, claiming that he was sure that he would facilitate the United States to borrow money from China. Therefore, the chairman of the committee asked Deputy Envoy Chen, why did he not report to the base camp quickly when there was progress? ”

"What the hell is Zhou Mingcheng doing? Bypassing us to send a telegram privately! Calling back to the chairman, the negotiations had not yet begun, and Roosevelt still had doubts about the loan. Chen Guangfu was quite angry.

Wuhan, base camp.

Chang Kaishen received a call back from Chen Guangfu, and scolded angrily: "Niang Xipi, this Zhou Mingcheng is not honest!" ”

Kong Xiangxi, who was urgently summoned, asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"See for yourself." Chang Kaishen threw a telegram over.

The telegram was sent back by Zhou Hexuan from San Francisco, and the content was mainly twofold:

First, Zhou Hexuan said that he had received news from the Zhi Gong Dang that donations from overseas Chinese had been wantonly embezzled by some officials, and asked Chang Kaishen to thoroughly investigate the matter.

Second, Zhou Hexuan said that he was fully confident that he would facilitate the US borrowing, but Chang Kaishen had to make a commitment that the loan funds would be supervised by US personnel throughout the process, and that if corruption and misappropriation were discovered, the transfer of follow-up funds would be terminated immediately.

After reading this telegram, Kong Xiangxi was immediately angry.

What "some officials are wantonly corrupting", this is an obvious allusion to someone else. Because overseas donations and arms trade are all handled by Kong Xiangxi, except for him, no one else can do it if they want to embezzle.

Kong Xiangxi sneered weirdly: "I'm afraid I'm bragging." Guangfu and others said that the negotiations had not started yet, and he Zhou Hexuan actually had a perfect plan, hehe. ”

Chang Kaishen glanced at Kong Xiangxi with some dissatisfaction, closed his eyes and said, "You don't care about this matter, go to Chongqing as soon as possible to preside over the work of the Executive Yuan." ”

"Uh......" Kong Xiangxi's scalp tightened, and he stopped talking, and finally chose to retire.

Just half a month ago, Chen Qiyou, the head of the Zhigong Court Committee and Lao Jiang's personal representative, had arrived in Wuhan by train.

Chen Qiyou accused Kong Xiangxi of embezzlement of donations in front of Chang Kaishen, and Chang Kaishen promised to investigate thoroughly. Chen Qiyou waited for several days without hearing from him, and immediately exposed Kong Xiangxi's corruption in the newspaper, which made Lao Jiang and Kong Xiangxi very passive.

Chang Kaishen was furious, and secretly arrested Chen Qiyou and threw him into a "military prison" where political prisoners were held.

Although he dealt with the ignorant Chen Qiyou, Chang Kaishen was also extremely dissatisfied with Kong Xiangxi, but because of the overall situation and personal feelings, he did not deal with Kong Xiangxi's corruption case. This time, the telegram that called Kong Xiangxi to Zhou Hexuan was also Lao Jiang knocking on Kong and asking him to temporarily restrain himself.

This time, when seeking US aid to China for loans, money is just a trivial matter, and what is more important is the attitude of the United States toward China. Once the loan negotiations are successful, it means that the foreign policy of the United States has begun to tilt towards China.

Just like the cotton and wheat loan contract that Soong Ziwen talked about at the beginning, the US company must also be responsible for the transportation of wheat and cotton from US stocks at a higher price than the international price, and the Chinese capitalists are complaining about the purchase and sale at a loss of 100 percent. However, Song Ziwen still signed the cotton and wheat loan contract, but Japan obstructed it in every possible way, as if it was afraid that China would suffer the loss of the Americans.

It's not that Song Ziwen is too stupid, it's not that the Japanese think about China, everything stems from international diplomatic strategy.

Chang Kaishen did not call his staff to discuss, and directly said to the adjutant: "Telegraph Zhou Hexuan, as long as he can talk about the US loan for China, everything will be done according to his wishes!" Ask him when he can start negotiating. ”

The adjutant immediately ran to the telecommunications room, and the next morning, he finally received a call back from Zhou Hexuan.

The adjutant took the telegram and reported: "Mr. Zhou said that negotiations can start at any time, but to facilitate the loan, it will take at least three months to prepare. He is in contact with the American media and is also in line with the American capitalists, and he should start from both the aspects of public opinion and the power of capital. ”

Hearing this reply, Chang Kaishen was very satisfied.

A year and a half is not too long for this kind of negotiation, which has a bearing on the international diplomatic situation, and three months is already a very short time to prepare. If Zhou Hexuan said that he could do it immediately, Chang Kaishen would doubt the authenticity, and he smiled and said: "Zhou Mingcheng has a strategy, and this matter can be done." The telegram order, let Zhou Hexuan not worry, be sure to prepare for negotiations, and strive to be stable! ”

"Yes!" The adjutant hurriedly ran to the telecommunications room again.

Chang Kaishen thought of Zhou Hexuan, who was confident, and Kong Xiangxi, who couldn't come up with a plan, and had mixed feelings in his heart.

Comparing goods has to be thrown, people are more dead than people!

Although Kong Xiangxi negotiated a series of loans last year, they were all exchanged for benefits.

For example, the loan in the United States was to sell the silver that China had deposited in the United States as reserves to the United States at a low price, and then use the money from the sale of silver to buy American gold, and deposit the gold in the Federal Reserve as a loan guarantee.

To put it simply, it is to sell the reserve silver of China's fiat currency and exchange it for gold to mortgage the dollar, and China has suffered a lot of losses at both ends. The only thing to be happy about is that the gold worth 28 million US dollars was loaned to a total of 50 million US dollars in foreign exchange, which solved the urgent need for tight military spending in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War.