China Civil Rights Protection League, the inaugural meeting of the Beiping Branch.

On the rostrum, Hu Shi was making a personal speech: "We established this alliance for two purposes. First, to help individuals, and second, to supervise the government. Now that the national crisis is at hand, the central government will not actively resist Japan and will not practice democratic ......."

Zhou Hexuan sat in silence in the audience, and this vigorous civil rights league will be forced to stop its activities in a few months. Because of the assassination of Director General Yang Xingfo, the Civil Rights League lost its organizational and executive power, and the rest of the people could not afford to support such a big stall.

Therefore, Lao Jiang has a ruthless vision, if he assassinates Mrs. Sun, Lu Xun or Hu Shi, it will only provoke a greater wave of resistance. But he killed Yang Xingfo, which was equivalent to cutting off the limbs of the Civil Rights League, and the rest of the people had nothing to fear.

Zhou Hexuan also thought about saving Yang Xingfo, but he was helpless and couldn't save him at all.

Even if Zhou Hexuan reminded him, Yang Xingfo escaped an assassination, and there was a second and third ...... This Mr. Yang is too ostentatious, sparing no effort to rescue the Communist Party everywhere, and he also has fame, means, and execution, and has long been regarded by Chang Kaishen as a thorn in the side of unhappiness.

Although the Chinese Civil Rights Protection League has just been formed, it is very powerful, and its members include the left, center, and right of today. People who may have quarreled when they met before joined the Civil Rights League, and it is inconceivable that this organization will continue to grow smoothly.

So Chang Kaishen must kill people, kill the most critical one.

However, Yang Xingfo does not know how to protect himself, he likes to participate in various public activities, and he is simply a live target for the Kuomintang spies.

After Hu Shi finished speaking, Yang Xingfo, the host of the meeting, said: "Next, I would like to invite Mr. Zhou to speak!" ”

Zhou Hexuan paced up to the rostrum, looked at the nearly 100 members of the Beiping branch below, and said: "At the beginning of this month, the Japanese broke through the Shanhai Pass, and then the Great Wall defense line was extremely critical. Once Rehe Province is occupied, the entire North China Plain will be unsafe, and the iron hooves of the Japanese invaders will be like no one. Nowadays, when the national crisis is at hand, China's first priority is to resist Japan, regardless of political parties, classes, men, women, young and old, everyone has the responsibility of defending the land and resisting the war. I believe that when we set up the China Civil Rights Protection League, we should call on and urge the government to get rid of political differences and all the people to work together to resist the enemy! Brothers are against the wall, and the civil war should have stopped a long time ago. If Chairman Chiang's million-strong army of bandits could be transferred to the Great Wall defense line to resist the Japanese, I think it would be impossible for the Japanese to easily occupy Rehe. And now, the Japanese invaders have broken through the Shanhai Pass, and the soldiers of the Great Wall defense line are fighting hard, but Chairman Chiang personally went to Nanchang to command the suppression of bandits. How unwise! It really hurts the relatives, and the enemies are fast! I went to Europe last year, and the British and French powers were in strong domestic anti-war sentiment, and their rulers pursued a policy of appeasement, and it was impossible for the League of Nations to speak for China! In the face of the iron hooves of the Japanese invaders, we can only unite and unite as one, and we can no longer use our fragile national strength for civil war, which will only make the Japanese invaders see jokes and be looked down upon by the great powers......"

Zhou Hexuan's speech mainly revolved around the anti-Japanese resistance, which was the consensus of everyone present. As for other topics, that can only cause controversy, because the composition of the Civil Rights League is too complex.

Historically, the split in the Civil Rights League stemmed from Hu Shih's expulsion.

Just as the future historiography has commented, there are two views of civil rights within the Civil Rights League, namely the "revolutionary view of civil rights" represented by Madame Sun, and the "comprador bourgeoisie's view of civil rights" represented by Hu Shih.

Hu Shih's "comprador bourgeoisie's concept of civil rights" is premised on the recognition of the legitimacy of the current regime and the movement to protect civil rights on this basis. Madame Sun's "revolutionary view of civil rights" does not recognize the legitimacy of the current regime and demands the unconditional release of all political (harmonious) criminals.

The concepts of civil rights are different, and it is natural that there will be strong differences when carrying out the movement to protect civil rights.

"Bang bang bang!"

Zhou Hexuan's speech on the War of Resistance won applause from the audience, and no matter which faction he was, they all recognized his idea of the War of Resistance against Japan, which was the consensus of all patriots.

But Chang Kaishen must have been unhappy when he heard it, because Zhou Hexuan was openly opposing the national policy of "fighting outside must first settle inside".

Zhou Hexuan didn't bother to care about this, he was really, really angry. The Japanese invaders were storming the defense line of the Great Wall, and Chang Kaishen, as the head of state, actually mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops and personally ran to direct the so-called "suppression of bandits" operation.

Zhang Xueliang needs to be responsible for the fall of Rehe Province, but Chang Kaishen's responsibility is even greater!

At least Zhang Xueliang really wanted to resist Japan this time, and Chang Kaishen only sent two central armies to help, and the main force Quan was busy attacking the red zone.

Zhou Hexuan has now finally completely figured out why so many people with lofty ideals would choose to sympathize, help, or directly join our party. Because Chang Kaishen is too disappointing, he does some bullshit things, and completely regards the interests of the country and the people as child's play.

After speeches by several leading figures, Yang Xingfo reaffirmed the purpose of the Chinese Civil Rights Protection League - to oppose the persecution of the Kuomintang government, to help protect progressives, to fight for civil rights such as freedom of association, speech, press, and assembly, and to call on the government to actively resist Japan.

Next is the election of the leader of the Beiping branch.

Due to Zhou Hexuan's resolute refusal to resign as chairman, Hu Shi was finally elected as the president of the Beiping Branch, Li Ji was the vice president, and Hu Shi, Li Ji, Zhou Hexuan, Cheng Sheme, Chen Bosheng, Jiang Menglin, Ma Youyu and other nine people were executive members.

After the meeting, Yang Xingfo found Zhou Hexuan, Hu Shi and Cheng She to talk secretly, and he said: "I have contacted Commander Zhang Xueliang, and with his consent, we can go to the Beiping Army Prison to visit and understand the basic situation of the Beiping political (harmonious) prisoners, which will also be conducive to the future work of the Beiping Branch." ”

Hu Shi said excitedly: "Okay, let's just go over and have a look." ”

I also chimed in: "This is the way it should be. ”

Zhou Hexuan looked at Yang Xingfo in surprise, because Yang Xingfo's behavior was too abnormal. The Beiping branch had just been established, and he immediately went to the prison to investigate, and he was too anxious.

There is only one truth, Yang Xingfo has already discussed it with Mrs. Sun. This time I went to the Beiping Army Prison to investigate the situation just under the guise that their fundamental purpose was to rescue the Communist Party imprisoned inside, and Hu Shi and Cheng She were all tools to be used, including Zhou Hexuan.

Mrs. Sun and Yang Xingfo just want to use the fame and influence of Zhou Hexuan, Hu Shi, and Cheng She to build momentum for the next rescue of the Communist Party, and they have not explained it to Zhou Hexuan in advance.

Hu Shi was the kind of naïve person who went happily in history, but later found out that he was being used as a monkey, and in anger, he immediately wrote a letter to publicly satirize Mrs. Sun, which led to a split within the Chinese Civil Rights Protection League.

Zhou Hexuan doesn't care, he is very happy to save a few communists, and he will be used by others. Seeing that Hu Shi and Cheng She had already expressed their positions, he also smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go to the prison with a few people." ”