In the last month of 1927, Feng Yuxiang was like a god of war, and he fought without defeat, besieging Sun Chuanfang, Zhang Zongchang and Chu Yupu in Xuzhou City. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

He Yingqin was also ordered by President Chang to go north along the Jinpu line and join forces with Feng Yuxiang to attack the city. After two days and two nights of fierce fighting, the city of Xuzhou was breached on December 16, and Sun Chuanfang, Zhang Zongchang and Chu Yupu led the remnants to flee north.

The war situation in the south has collapsed!

Zhang Zuolin was anxious, but there was nothing he could do. In fact, two months earlier, in order to gain the support of the Japanese, he had signed a traitorous treaty called the "Manchurian-Mongolian New Five-Way Entente".

The Japanese were afraid that Zhang Zuolin would turn his face and refuse to admit it, so they forced him to sign the secret agreement. Zhang Zuolin had no choice but to reluctantly write the word "read" as evidence of agreeing to betray the country.

But the Japanese suffered too much in this kind of thing, and they still refused to trust Zhang Zuolin. Therefore, Zhang Zuolin was forced to exchange letters with the Japanese minister, hoping to change the previous personal secret agreement into a formal agreement between China and Japan.

Zhang Zuolin is not a bad pen, as soon as this kind of treaty is signed, he really can't turn over. Yu Gong is a traitor to the country and bears the infamy of the ages; Yu is a seller, and his interests in the Northeast will be seriously damaged.

Just when the two sides were negotiating, Zhang Zuolin deliberately leaked the news, and for a while public opinion was in an uproar, and the southern government scolded Zhang Zuolin to the blood.

Zhang Zuolin took the opportunity to ask Yang Yuting to issue a statement, declaring that it was fake news and that Zhang Dashuai had never signed a secret agreement with Japan.

The Japanese side was furious and sent letters to question Zhang Zuolin many times.

Zhang Zuolin turned around and pretended to be his grandson again, saying that he was also forced to do so, anyway, he refused to turn the private secret agreement into a formal agreement between the two countries.

The Japanese were disgusted by Zhang Zuolin's rogue behavior, but they were afraid that he would not fulfill the agreement signed before, so they had to pinch their noses and admit their debts.

Although Zhang Zuolin's trick succeeded, it completely angered the Japanese, and many radicals on the Japanese side clamored for Zhang Zuolin to be killed, so as to solve the Northeast issue once and for all.

Sun Chuanfang, Zhang Zongchang, and Chu Yupu suffered defeat at the end of the year, and when the war in the south collapsed on all fronts, Zhang Zuolin was harassed by the Japanese all day long, forcing him to hurry up and fulfill the private traitorous pact he had just signed.

In the face of the crisis, Zhang Zuolin really betrayed the country this time.

Unexpectedly, after betraying the country, the Japanese actually rebelled, not only did not help Zhang Zuolin deal with the Northern Expeditionary Army, but persuaded him to give up the territory in the Guanxi and honestly retreat to the Northeast.

It is conceivable that our Zhang Zuolin and Zhang Dashuai have to scold the Japanese for how many words of "mom pull a bag" a day.

But the battle still had to be fought, Zhang Zuolin no longer cared about Yan Xishan, who was a shrunken turtle, and transferred the main force of the Fengjun army to the Jinghan line to fight against Feng Yuxiang, sent Zhang Zongchang and Chu Yupu to guard the Jinpu line, and placed Sun Chuanfang in the western part of Shandong to jointly deal with President Chang's Northern Expeditionary Army.

In this way, the tide of battle stabilized a little.

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Just as the warring parties were licking their wounds in preparation for another battle, Tianjin grew taller.

The 61.6-meter-high Tianjin Department Store was finally completed and opened, and the old Tianjin people called it the Central Plains Company.

The Centaline Company originally planned to open a department store in the French Concession, but was hit by the British Xiannong Company to raise the price of the land, so it had to choose another address. Due to China's boycott of Japanese goods, the Japanese concession market was deserted, and the Japanese consul in Tianjin promised all kinds of preferential conditions in order to prosper the economy, and hit it off with the Central Plains Company.

As a result, the tallest building in Tianjin was built in the Japanese Concession.

On the day of the opening, the leading figures of the entire Tianjin received invitations, and Zhou Hexuan was naturally no exception.

Huang Wenqian, the deputy manager of the department store, even visited in person. Zhou Hexuan really couldn't shirk it, so he had to reluctantly agree to participate in the opening cocktail party.

Early in the morning, the entrance of the department store was crowded.

Many Tianjin citizens who didn't buy anything at all made a special trip to see the excitement. This is the tallest building in Tianjin, and it is also the industry of our Chinese, if you don't come to see it, is it still worthy of being a Tianjin person?

Department stores took the opportunity to carry out promotional activities, and imported goods from Germany, Japan, Britain, the United States and other countries were already in demand, but now they are discounted by nine or eight percent, which makes Tianjin people who have some spare money very happy. People rushed into the mall, brandishing silver dollars and rushing to buy them, even squeezing a counter.

In the evening, the opening reception went smoothly.

The Japanese Consul General in Tianjin was present to congratulate him, and some other bureaucrats and capitalists were present, and the rest were cultural celebrities like Zhou Hexuan.

Zhang Leyi came to her aunt today, so she didn't accompany Zhou Hexuan to the reception. After he separated from the Sun brothers, he stepped into the banquet hall alone and saw Pu Yi surrounded by everyone at a glance. There is also a beautiful woman beside Pu Yi, with short hair and dressed up in a fancy way.

Zhou Hexuan's eyes froze, and his heartbeat accelerated a little. Instead of being fascinated by that woman, he recognized the identity of the other party - Yoshiko Kawashima!

Yoshiko Kawashima left too many photos in later generations, girl photos, palace costume photos, military uniform photos, and suit photos...... has everything, how could Zhou Hexuan recognize the wrong person?

According to the original history, Yoshiko Kawashima had already cut her ambition at this time, dressed as a man all day, and had just married a Mongolian royal family. She is actually coming to Tianjin now, and she is still wearing women's clothes, so she must have another purpose.

Zhou Hexuan walked over casually, took a glass of red wine from the waiter's tray, and raised his glass to Pu Yi to signal in the air.

Pu Yi didn't have a good face when he saw Zhou Hexuan, he had already heard the scandal between Zhou Hexuan and Wanrong, so he turned his face away and ignored it.

Yoshiko Kawashima asked, "Who is that person?" ”

"Zhou Hexuan." Pu Yi said.

"Oh, I've heard of his name." Yoshiko Kawashima glanced at Zhou Hexuan with interest, but that's all. She came to Tianjin from Dalian this time to help the Mongolian royal family and the Japanese find Pu Yi to talk secretly.

As for what to talk about? Fools know.

The Japanese had already made up their minds to eradicate Zhang Zuolin, so they naturally had to support the new puppets to go up, so that they could send troops to occupy the northeast in the proper name. And they have many puppet targets, including Zhang Xueliang and Yang Yuting, and Pu Yi is just one of the standbys.

"Mr. Zhou, rare guest!" Several Chinese businessmen said goodbye to Pu Yi and walked briskly towards Zhou Hexuan.

After introducing himself, Zhou Hexuan learned that these people were: Lan Xiangzan, the prime minister of Zhongyuan Company, Lin Ziyuan, the manager, Lin Shoutian, the deputy manager, Chen Guangyuan, the shareholder, and Yang Tingbao, the architect.

The composition of the shareholders of the Central Plains Department Store is very complex, mainly consisting of a tripartite cooperation between national capital (compradors), overseas Chinese in Japan (fund-raising) and bureaucratic capital. The background is very powerful, all sides are supporting, and there may be Japanese spies among the shareholders.

Zhou Hexuan didn't dare to be interested in those managers and shareholders, but took a few more glances at Yang Tingbao, the architect of the department store.

Speaking of Yang Tingbao, it is estimated that many people have never even heard of this name. But the buildings he participated in designing in his life are famous: the Purple Mountain Observatory, the Monument to the People's Heroes, and the Great Hall of the People......

This is a great bull in the field of modern Chinese architecture!

"Hello Mr. Yang." Zhou Hexuan took the initiative to toast.

Yang Tingbao was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Hello Mr. Zhou." ”

Zhou Hexuan complimented: "Mr. Yang is a great talent, and he has designed the department store so beautifully and generously. ”

Yang Tingbao said modestly: "Where, do your best." ”

"Don't be too modest," Zhou Hexuan said with a smile, "Mr. Yang is very famous in the American architectural world." ”

"It's just a nickname." Yang Tingbao became more and more modest. Before graduating from college, his work won the first prize in the National Architecture Student Design Competition, and was included in the book "Architectural Design Exercises", which is still an important reference book for architecture majors in European and American universities decades later.

Zhou Hexuan didn't see any friends at the reception, so he chatted with Yang Tingbao. Yang Tingbao is introverted and doesn't like to speak, almost the time Zhou Hexuan is talking, he listens attentively, and occasionally interjects a sentence or two.

After a while, Chu Yufeng suddenly came in with Liao Yaquan, and Lao Yuan hugged his fists and laughed: "Boss Lan, Boss Lin, congratulations!" ”

"Captain Chu, welcome! It's rare for you to be able to come and join in. ”

Lan Xiangzan and Lin Ziyuan hurriedly stepped forward to greet them, but without saying a word, their faces were not good-looking.

Chu Yufeng actually came to apportion the public debt on the day of the opening of the house, and the lion opened his mouth to ask for 10,000 yuan, which is simply not giving face.

Chu Yufeng promised to be deflated this time, because the background of the Central Plains Company was too large, and the Chinese compradors, bureaucrats, and Japanese all had shares in it, and at most he would be given a few hundred yuan as a flower child.