In early and mid-January, with a difference of less than seven days, Wanrong and Liao Yaquan gave birth smoothly, and they all gave birth to sons.

Zhou Hexuan didn't bother the masters of Chinese culture to help this time, he flipped through "Chu Ci" and named his son. The second son is called "Shuoming", which means "the sky is bright"; The third son is called "Yangji", which means "sail forward".

Now that the Great Wall War of Resistance is being fought hard, the names Zhou Hexuan gave his sons are all good wishes for China's future. It is hoped that China will usher in a prosperous future at an early date, and that it will be smooth sailing in the future, and that it will once again stand tall among the world's great powers.

This January has been an eventful one.

On the 3rd, Shanhaiguan was broken by the Japanese army.

On the 4th, an anti-Nazi march of 100,000 people broke out in the German capital.

On the 5th, former U.S. President Coolidge died.

On the 7th, the Provisional Central Committee of the Communist Party was forced to move from Shanghai to Ruijin.

On the 10th, the Japanese War Department added more than 30 million yuan to the budget of Manchuria. On the same day, the Communist Party openly expounded its stand of resisting Japan and saving the country.

On the 15th, the U.S. government notified the countries that it did not recognize the legal status of the puppet state of Manchukuo.

On the 22nd, Chang Kaishen personally went to Nanchang to command the "suppression of bandits".

On the 30th, Hitler officially came to power as German Chancellor, and the German Third Reich was formed.

January 30 is also the day when the Beiping Branch of the China Civil Rights Protection League was officially established. Zhou Hexuan set off a day early, preparing to stay in the I-shaped hall of Tsinghua University that night, and went directly to the meeting the next day.

As for why don't you live in the dormitory of Peking University?

Of course, it's because the accommodation conditions in Tsinghua University are better, and the teachers' dormitories at Peking University are not even as good as third-rate hotels.

After coming to Tsinghua University, Zhou Hexuan originally planned to talk to Wang Guowei, Li Ji and others, but none of them were in school, and I heard that they had lived in the Forbidden City for more than half a month.

The first batch of cultural relics in the Forbidden City is about to move south!

Zhou Hexuan hurriedly ran to see the excitement, only to see that there were wooden boxes piled up in front of the Taihe Palace. Yi Peiji, former Minister of Agriculture and Mining of the Nanjing National Government, former Minister of Education, and current director of the Palace Museum, is personally directing the packing of cultural relics, while Ma Heng, Wang Guowei, Li Ji and others are providing technical guidance.

"Brother Yincun, the situation is going well, right?" Zhou Hexuan stepped forward and asked.

Yi Peiji said anxiously: "I have been busy for half a year, and I have only sorted out more than 2,000 boxes of cultural relics, and I can't wait!" ”

The plan for the southward relocation of the cultural relics of the Forbidden City was proposed as early as the outbreak of the 918 Incident, and the leader was Yi Peiji in front of him. He knew very well what the government of the Republic of China was, and was afraid that the Japanese would loot cultural relics after occupying Beiping, so he couldn't wait to move the Forbidden City south.

When the Japanese attacked Shanghai last year, the political councilors of Beiping held a meeting and proposed a resolution to auction off cultural relics to buy 500 planes. Yi Peiji, Ma Heng and others ran around, and finally with the support of Zhang Xueliang, they calmed down the storm of auctioning cultural relics.

The entire plan for the southward relocation of cultural relics from the Forbidden City was also formulated in Zhang Xueliang's villa. Although Zhang Xueliang lost his power and humiliated the country and lost the Northeast, he made a great contribution to the protection of cultural relics, and without Zhang Xueliang's support, the cultural relics of the Forbidden City are likely to be destroyed.

The difficulty of relocating cultural relics is very great, and the first batch (more than 2,000 boxes) of the Forbidden City cultural relics moved south took half a year just to pack.

Even professionals such as Ma Heng, Li Ji, and Wang Guowei have no experience in large-scale cultural relics relocation. They gathered antique connoisseurs to work together to study and try the most secure method, each box of cultural relics has at least four layers of defense, straw, straw and wooden boxes, to ensure that no matter the situation of overturning, water and other situations will not be damaged.

What's even more difficult is how to ensure that the cultural relics are not lost after a long journey!

Yi Peiji made a very strict arrangement for this, before the cultural relics moved south, each piece was counted, checked, numbered, and registered, and the responsible group was formed by experts, civil servants and leaders, and classified according to the category of cultural relics. As long as one of the boxes or a cultural relic is lost, the person responsible can be accurately found.

Before and after the five batches of precious cultural relics moved south, the soldiers were divided into three routes, with a history of 14 years, spanning 20,000 miles, and they had to avoid the war on the way. It is a miracle that none of them were damaged or lost.

The people who escort the cultural relics regard the cultural relics as more important than their lives.

They ate and slept in the open, crossed mountains and mountains, and would rather die on the way than leave a single cultural relic behind.

The Chinese are really peculiar, usually all kinds of inferior roots, but at critical moments they can burst out of extremely noble personalities. During the transfer of cultural relics in the Forbidden City, the army along the way knew that they would spontaneously escort them, instead of looting them with guns. Passing by a place, the local people will also spontaneously help, whether it is a wealthy businessman or a farmer, they will actively lend a helping hand.

For example, a batch of cultural relics are transported to Leshan and need to be stored in the local ancestral hall. Without saying a word, the clansmen of several villages not only vacated the ancestral hall, but also took the initiative to help recruit workers, find boats, and negotiate prices, as if it was their bounden duty.

Perhaps in the minds of the Chinese people, rescuing wartime cultural relics is equivalent to rescuing Chinese civilization, which has a more noble and sacred meaning than life.

In front of the Taihe Palace, Yi Peiji counted today's boxed cultural relics again, registered them and asked everyone to sign them, he turned around and asked Zhou Hexuan: "Mingcheng, look at this huge Beiping City, when will the Japanese come in?" ”

Zhou Hexuan thought for a while and said, "In less than five years." ”

"That's okay, five years is enough to transfer cultural relics," Yi Peiji breathed a sigh of relief, "I'm afraid it will only give me five months." ”

Yi Peiji's original plan was to pack all the cultural relics into boxes and then transfer them. However, more than half a month ago, Shanhaiguan was broken, and seeing that the Japanese were about to drive straight in, Yi Peiji immediately started the plan to move cultural relics south in advance, and moved away more than 2,000 boxes of cultural relics that had been boxed.

While the two were talking this, an old man in a long gown and glasses with a gray beard suddenly came. The old man looked at the packed cultural relics angrily and scolded angrily: "It's like moving, all of them are moved." Before the Japanese could fight, you surrenderers were thinking about running away. Flee all of them, and when the Japanese occupy all of China, see where you can escape! ”

Zhou Hexuan asked confusedly: "Brother Yincun, who is this old gentleman?" ”

Yi Peiji said: "Zhou Zhaoxiang, the director of the antiquities exhibition hall, don't pay attention to him. ”

Zhou Zhaoxiang's body was very thin, and his long white beard was swaying in the wind, as if he would also be blown down by the wind at any time. He pointed to Yi Peiji's nose and said, "The surname is Yi, you are a sinner of the Chinese nation through the ages." These cultural relics are easy to transport, I see how you can gather them, they have been stolen and sold by corrupt officials before they are transported to Shanghai! ”

Zhou Hexuan stepped forward to greet him: "Mr. Zhou is well, contemptible Zhou Hexuan." ”

Zhou Zhaoxiang stroked his white beard, nodded and said: "It turned out that Zhou Mingcheng was in person, you are an understanding person, so you will come to evaluate the theory!" Now that the national disaster is at hand, the Japanese have broken through the Shanhai Pass, and we are relocating cultural relics at this time, what is this? Didn't you clearly tell the people that the government would not dare to fight, and that Beiping would not be able to hold it? These cultural relics are priceless, once they are removed, where can they be recovered? ”

After hearing these words, Zhou Hexuan knew that Zhou Zhaoxiang was not stubborn, but had his own considerations.

Indeed, at this time, the relocation of the cultural relics of the Forbidden City to the south is tantamount to sending a signal to the people that the government does not dare to resist. Moreover, the relocation of tens of thousands of cultural relics is very risky, if Zhou Hexuan is not a traverser, he can't believe that none of these cultural relics have been damaged and lost.

Zhou Hexuan couldn't explain anything to the old gentleman, he could only say: "I am not from the Palace Museum, so I don't dare to judge, I just hope that Mr. Yi will protect these treasures." ”

"Hmph, a raccoon dog on a hill, a raccoon dog on a hill!" Zhou Zhaoxiang was heartbroken.

Zhou Hexuan hurriedly slipped to the side to rest, not wanting to reason with this old man, for fear that the other party would be so angry that he would vomit blood and fall to the ground. He asked the staff, only to learn that the Forbidden City had been arguing all day long in the past six months, and the main person in charge was divided into three factions. The curator Yi Peiji advocated moving the cultural relics to Shanghai, the deputy curator Zhang Ji advocated moving the cultural relics to Xi'an, and Zhou Zhaoxiang was firmly opposed to the relocation of the cultural relics.

Zhou Hexuan suddenly thought of what happened to Yi Peiji in the future, and it seemed that he was unlucky because of the relocation of cultural relics.

Zhang Ji lost the cultural relics relocation plan, felt that he could not wipe his face, and felt that he had lost control of the Palace Museum. So he came to Yin, and actually spread rumors that Yi Peiji was corrupt and resold cultural relics. Yi Peiji's reputation was ruined, his property was confiscated, and he died after only a few years of poverty.

It wasn't until after the founding of New China that someone cleared Yi Peiji's grievances - Yi Peiji was the principal of Taizu when he was a teacher, and it can be said that he was Taizu's teacher, and it was certain that he would overturn the case.

Zhou Hexuan suddenly felt that the water was so deep, Yi Peiji also had his own political background, and he couldn't spread rumors to slander him with just one Zhang Ji, let alone confiscate Yi Peiji's private property. It is very likely that Yi Peiji offended too many Nanjing government magnates in order to protect these cultural relics, and was finally attacked by the crowd and couldn't argue.

Looking at Yi Peiji, who was scolding Zhou Zhaoxiang in front of him and was engrossed in registering cultural relics, Zhou Hexuan felt that he should help him.