In May, the Second Northern Expedition was in full swing. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Wuhan Nationalist Government marched into Henan, Feng Yuxiang went out of Tongguan, and the two sides agreed to meet in the Central Plains.

Faced with a siege on three sides (the Feng army was also fighting him), Wu Peifu was defeated, led the remnants to flee west into Sichuan, and defected to Yang Sen, the emperor of Sichuan, and the direct warlord who had once been Xuan He was destroyed for a while.

And there are still several troops of Zhang Xueliang's descendants in Henan, which originally planned to reap the benefits of the fishermen, but now they have to face a flank attack from the north and south. Zhang Xueliang didn't care to help lead the "work for relief", so he rushed to the front line overnight and personally commanded the battle in Henan.

Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army was so strong that all the departments under his command had members of our party as political commissars, and they were strictly disciplined, and they did not commit any crimes against the people, and they won the enthusiastic support of the people. Zhang Xueliang's new army is also considered to be the elite of the Feng department, but when it encounters the Northwest Army, it is still defeated and retreated, which makes Zhang Xueliang so sad that he can't sleep all day.

Zhang Zuolin also had a headache, but he had divided the Northern Expedition forces. But I never expected that the Northern Expeditionary Army, which was divided into two, was also so strong, and most of Henan that it had finally occupied, was now about to be handed over.

As for our President Chang, after announcing the establishment of the Nanjing Nationalist Government, he has been focusing his energies on "purging the party" and has not been involved in the fighting between the two sides for the time being -- he is also sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight.

The war in Henan is fierce, but there are signs of severe drought in Hebei and Shandong, and the rain has not fallen for a while, and the grain planted in the fields has dried up and turned yellow.

The Red Gun Society in Hebei and Shandong provinces organized a resurgence and spread rapidly into a prairie fire. Every once in a while, uprisings broke out, not to mention killing local tyrants and distributing grain, and the government offices of many prefectures and counties were breached.

More and more refugees are flocking to Tianjin, but fortunately, most of them are only temporary stops, and their final destination is the northeast. Since the late Qing Dynasty, it has almost formed a tradition, as long as the Shandong disaster, the victims will drag their families to the northeast, which is called "breaking through the eastern part of the country".

Zhang Xueliang was not in Tianjin, and the method of uniting foreigners to "provide relief through work" in the name of the central government was incapable of carrying out it. Zhou Hexuan had to do his best to provide life-saving food to the victims.

Because the number of victims was too large, those who were sick could no longer take care of it, so Zhou Hexuan could only turn a blind eye and let them fend for themselves. Tianjin's corpse collection team has to collect at least double-digit corpses every day.

Most of the funds raised by the Jimin Association in the early days had already been used up at this time, and Zhou Hexuan had to publish a newspaper to call for donations, which was barely maintained.

……

Tianjin, Shangle Stage (Beiyang Theater).

It's a bustling and crowded theater scene, in stark contrast to the hellish scene outside the city, which is completely two worlds.

Li Keyong, played by Meng Xiaodong, was stroking his long beard and singing: "Lonely and virtuous brother talk about the old roots." Recalling the five phoenix buildings in the past, hundreds of civil and military officials celebrated the thousand autumns...... fell to death his uncle Duan Wenchu, and the Tang King was angry and wanted to behead someone. Since the separation that year, we meet today in Northstate. ”

"Good!"

The audience applauded like thunder, and cheers rang out everywhere.

"Bead Curtain Village" is a traditional play, and Li Ke uses the book as a net angle. Later, Tan Xinpei, a famous artist of the Tan School, re-choreographed and played Li Keyong as an old student, and the result was a great success.

At this time, Meng Xiaodong had already integrated the skills of Tan and Cheng, and won the essence of the two schools. If she doesn't open her mouth, she will be a blockbuster, and her singing voice is so beautiful that the audience is intoxicated.

"Good!"

Wanrong also clapped her hands and praised, even ignoring Zhou Hexuan next to her, staring at Meng Xiaodong vigorously.

At the end of the performance of "Bead Curtain Village", Xun Huisheng, one of the four famous Dans, took the stage to perform "Fishing and Killing Home". Xun Huisheng sings about Dao Ma Dan, not only looks charming and beautiful, but also has sharp skills, and the fight scenes are pleasing to the eye.

This is a charity performance, except for Meng Xiaodong, Tianjin's famous Peking Opera actors have spontaneously signed up to participate, and all the tickets sold are used to help the victims.

Although the drama is looked down upon and belongs to the lower ninth-rate industry, there are many righteous people who love the country and the people.

After all the performances, the theater manager Guan Xingquan came to the stage and said: "Thank you to all the bosses for your wonderful performance, and thank you for your support. Today's charity performance is for disaster relief, and all proceeds go to charity. We also set up a donation box at the door, so that interested donors can go and give love. Here, I would like to thank you on behalf of the victims. Of course, donations are voluntary, not mandatory, and are entirely up to you. ”

"Good!"

"Boss Ren Yi!"

The fans clapped their hands and applauded, and Guan Xingquan left the scene with a smile. Although he is a big man in the Qinggang Clan, he really hasn't done anything bad, and he basically only accepts opera practitioners when he opens the incense hall to accept disciples.

Guan Xingquan is only the manager of the theater, and he persuaded the boss to organize a charity performance, and he was inevitably apprehensive. But judging from the situation in the past few days, although the charity performance is not profitable, it can gain fame and influence, and the popularity of the Beiyang Theater will definitely be higher in the future.

"Boss Cheng, Boss Xun, Boss Meng, Boss Zhang, Boss Yang...... Thank you for your hard work! ”

Guan Xingquan came to the backstage of the theater and saluted everyone one by one.

Cheng Yanqiu waved his hand and said: "Mr. Guan is polite, it is a great thing to help the victims, and it is an honor for Cheng to be able to participate in it." ”

Cheng Yanqiu is not surnamed Cheng, he is a Manchu, Guerjia, and Xun Huisheng are the "Four Famous Dans".

Xun Huisheng had already removed his makeup at this time, and changed from a charming woman to a handsome guy, he smiled and echoed: "Yes, if there is a charity performance in the future, Mr. Guan can speak, and Huisheng will be on call." ”

Meng Xiaodong was packing up his things and said to everyone: "Brothers, Xiaodong still has important matters, and he will retire first." ”

Guan Xingquan hurriedly said: "Boss Meng, tonight the contemptible people set up a banquet to entertain, why are you in such a hurry?" ”

"I have an appointment with Mr. Zhou." Meng Xiaodong explained.

"Oh, it turned out to be Mr. Zhou, it's me who is too talkative." Guan Xingquan laughed.

Xun Huisheng teased: "Xiao Dong and Mr. Zhou are really talented and beautiful, go quickly, don't delay the date." ”

Meng Xiaodongqiao's face was slightly red, she didn't say anything, and left directly with her fists hugged.

Walking to the gate of the theater, Meng Xiaodong found Zhou Hexuan and Wanrong waiting there. There are also many people around the donation box next to it, and the sound of copper plates hitting is heard from time to time.

"Brother Zhou has been waiting for a long time," Meng Xiaodong said and looked at Wanrong again, and greeted, "Sister Wanrong is good." ”

Wanrong is only a few months older than Meng Xiaodong, and in Meng Xiaodong's opinion, Wanrong is not a threat to her.

Although Zhou Hexuan and Wanrong are very close, the relationship seems to be very ambiguous. But Wanrong is the queen after all, even if she and Pu Yi are officially divorced, it is difficult to marry Zhou Hexuan as a wife, at most she is only a lover, not even an aunt's wife.

"Hello Xiaodong." Smile back. She was a little jealous, and she was faintly repulsed by Meng Xiaodong, but the Wenxiu incident made Wanrong take warning, and she didn't want to upset men anymore because of competing for favor.

The two women had met a few days ago, and to Zhou Hexuan's surprise, they actually got along very well, at least on the surface.

Men in the Republic of China are really happy, provided that you are rich, famous, and status.