"Brother Bi Cheng, what's the situation now?" In Chongqing, Zhou Fohai was chatting with a middle-aged man in a suit with a square face and big ears in a hidden courtyard.

"Please rest assured that I have contacted more than 20 colleagues in Huangpu. They all wanted to come with us. The man smiled and said to Zhou Fohai: "The current situation, everyone understands it. O this country...... I'm afraid I can't hold it. ”

The man's name was Miao Bin, and he was a former telecommunications and political instructor in Whampoa. In summary, he is also Jiang Zhongzheng's confidant. Relying on his personal connections, he was the first to get the news of Jiang Zhongzheng's death.

And he was the one who revealed the news to Zhou Fohai.

This Miao Bin, we have to write a pen. Because this person is extremely special, both in terms of birth and work.

Speaking of which, Miao Bin is undoubtedly the backbone of the national government and even the Huangpu department. This can be seen from his resume. He joined the government in 1922, and the following year he began to serve as a telecommunications and political instructor in the newly opened Whampoa.

Jiang Zhongzheng led Whampoa to the east twice to defeat Chen Jiongming, both of which he personally participated. Even during the First Crusade, he also served as the captain of the death team and led the team into Tamsui City.

During the Northern Expedition, Miao Bin concurrently served as the director of the Political Department of the General Reserve, the deputy party representative of the 1st Army, the director of the Political Department of the General Headquarters of the Eastern Route Army, and the director of the Quartermaster Division.

Subsequently, he served as a member of the Party Council, a member of the Legislative Council, and a member of the Central Executive Committee of the State Government...... and so on.

In the 20th year of the Republic of China, he was impeached for dereliction of duty, so he resigned from his post and went to Japan. In the 22nd year of the Republic of China, he returned to China, and then wrote the book "On Martial Virtue", advocating that force is morality, and soldiers take obedience as their duty.

Pay attention to the key point, after the start of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in history, that is, in 1937, this Whampoa elite and backbone immediately surrendered to the Japanese side. He participated in the pro-Japanese regime of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China established in Peiping, and at the same time served as the head of the Central Command of the Xinmin Association.

Soon, he had a close relationship with Ishihara and focused on promoting the "East Asian Alliance Movement".

Then Wang Zhaoming's puppet government was established, and Miao Bin was even more elated. Naturally, Wang Zhaoming will not treat him badly, Miao Bin once served as a member of the Central Political Committee, a standing member of the Constitutional Implementation Committee, an honorary director of the Sino-Japanese Cultural Association, and an honorary chairman of the China Education Construction Church.

At the same time, he also served as the vice president of the Xinmin Association and a member of the North China Political Affairs Committee. In December, he was elected to Wang Zhaoming's Central Executive Committee.

It can be said that the official fortune is prosperous, but if it is only so, it will not be worth my special mention. The reason why I say he is special is because he went to Japan for peace negotiations on behalf of Jiang Zhongzheng in "The Notes of Chongguang Aoi".

Miao Bin made contact with Chiang Zhongzheng in 1943, and then visited Japan on the secret order of Chiang Zhongzheng, and negotiated with Koiso Kuniaki's cabinet to achieve "comprehensive peace" on the condition of the withdrawal of Japanese troops.

On the Japanese side, Prime Minister Kuniaki Koiso and Minister of State and Director of the Intelligence Agency, Taketora Ogata, took the lead in the negotiations. However, Foreign Minister Shigemitsu Aoi, War Minister Sugiyama Moto, and Navy Minister Mitsumasa Yonechi were not at all interested in Miao Bin's so-called "peace", and they were only vigorously opposed to negotiations through Miao Bin.

Hirohito also showed no interest in Miao Bin's proposal, and as a result, Miao Bin returned to Nanjing without any results. Subsequently, the Koiso cabinet, which caused a commotion, announced its general resignation. However, Miao Bin's work was still affirmed by Jiang Zhongzheng, who awarded him a bonus of 80,000 yuan and a commendation order signed by him in February 1946.

(For Miao Bin's work in this paragraph, please refer to page 449476 of "Chongguang Kwai Notes")

After the war, Nanbu Keisuke (Toyamamitsu's confidant) and Miao Bin's eldest son Miao Zhong both proved that Miao Bin was really secretly going to Japan for Jiang Zhongzheng to conduct "peace negotiations".

However, such negotiations clearly violated the Potsdam Proclamation, and after the war, MacArthur discovered the archives of the Japanese cabinet discussing Miao Bin's activities and the "Records of the Peace Talks between Miao Bin and Higashikurenomiya".

MacArthur, who got the news, began to investigate the matter angrily, and the Soviet Union directly accused: "The Chongqing government contacted the United States to send Miao Bin to Japan to plot a compromise with Japan."

MacArthur also angrily telegraphed Jiang Zhongzheng: Why did he hide from the United States and Japan to make peace alone? is also preparing to summon Miao Bin to Tokyo as a witness.

In a panic, Jiang Zhongzheng immediately arrested Miao Bin.

The stupid old Miao didn't know that death was coming, and he wrote "My Work to Japan" in prison to try to justify. As a result, the more you talk, the faster you die, and it only takes five days from arrest, deliberation, sentencing, and shooting. He even became the first traitor to be shot after the war. In this regard, he surpassed his old boss Chen Gongbo.

The verdict of Miao Bin's Supreme Court was sent to the execution site four hours after he was executed.

Everyone is dead, Jiang Zhongzheng naturally thinks that there is no proof of death, and the United States does not want to pursue it. So the matter was closed.

And Miao Bin was miserable, not counting his death, when he was ten years of catastrophe, his grave was still opened, and his bones were scattered without a trace. There is no place to die.

When I say this, I actually want to tell everyone that the chairman of the NPC National Committee is really peace-loving. Even in 1945, I still wanted to negotiate peace with Japan. I really think that the Nobel Peace Prize should be awarded to the chairman of the committee.

"Sir, what I want to know most is our route." After Miao Bin resigned from Jiang Zhongzheng at this time, he has been idle at home. was found by Zhou Fohai, or the two sides hooked up. And Miao Bin's task now is to use his connections and identity to help Zhou Fohai get in touch.

"The route is not a problem, the Imperial gunboats are already on their way. They will cover our withdrawal, and what matters now is how many people are willing to go with us. The more people who go, the more we have the right to speak."

Zhou Fohai looked at Miao Bin and said meaningfully. The latter nodded, and that was indeed their focus right now. If a few of them took refuge in the past, their status would definitely be inferior to Wang Zhaoming's.

After all, whether Wang Zhaoming is in the party, the state government, or in the country, his influence is definitely much greater than that of them. Yes, the Japanese side will definitely be dominated by Wang Zhaoming.

But if you want to be taken seriously, then you have to increase your chips. The army is the best bargaining chip.

"Hmm...... I'll give you five days to get everyone together. When the time comes, we will begin to discuss the retreat, which will be carried out in secret, and shall not be revealed to anyone but a few military ranks......"

Miao Bin nodded, signaling that he knew, and then turned to leave.

Three days later, at 2 p.m., in a small courtyard on the outskirts of Chongqing, people kept coming from all directions in various ways. These people were either on their own or with their retinues.

Far away, he had already dismounted, and after several circles to make sure that no one was following, he turned into the small hidden courtyard.

At 8 p.m., the group gradually dispersed. And they didn't go together, they left separately. Some people returned to the city of Chongqing, and some went to the barracks.

Some rushed to the temporary government office, while others went straight home.

In the early morning of May 25, 1938, Song Ziwen went to his office to work as usual. After sitting in the office for a while, I felt uncomfortable and chose to go home.

Song Ziwen will go to work if he wants to, and if he doesn't want to come, no one dares to ask him. But when he greeted the secretary, he saw the secretary smile and said, "It's a coincidence today, Director Zhou also said that he didn't come to work in the morning because he was not feeling well......

Song Ziwen didn't care when he heard this, he smiled and asked the secretary to call him if he had something. Then he went home.

As soon as I got home and sat down, the phone rang urgently. Song Ziwen picked up the phone impatiently, but heard the eldest sister on the other end of the phone screaming at him: "Ziwen has an accident, Hu Boyu just came to report that more than 6,000 troops and some officers are missing."

Song Ziwen was taken aback when he heard this, and immediately shouted: "Sister, don't worry, I'll go to the presidential palace right now."

After speaking, Song Ziwen left home in a hurry, jumped into the car and rushed to his second sister's home. On the way, he remembered that Zhou Fohai didn't come to work for no reason, and a chill rose from his heart.

"Don't go to the presidential palace to Director Zhou's house first, block" The driver also felt Song Ziwen's nervousness, and without saying a word, he turned the head of the car and rushed towards Zhou Fohai's home in Chongqing.

When he arrived, Song Ziwen's face turned white with a "brush~", and the door was closed, and there was not even a trace of sound. Song Ziwen jumped out of the car and went to knock on the door for a long time, but no one answered.

Song Ziwen's heart suddenly fell from his chest, and he began to feel that something was wrong, so he rushed to his second sister's house. When he arrived, Hu Boyu stood in the hall with a pale face.

The soldiers under his command lost 6,000 people in one night for no reason, what is this called?

"Deliberate...... is scheming" saw Song Ailing gritting his teeth and said fiercely to Hu Boyu and his younger brother: "These people are really painstaking, first forcing you Hu Boyu to transfer them to the periphery." If you take advantage of the night to pull the troops away, this hand will definitely not be done by one or two people working together."

"Madame...... It's all my fault, it's me who was too careless. will drill a hole for them...... "Hu Boyu didn't dare to say anything, so he could only bow his head and say to Song Ailing.

"It's none of your business, it's true that these people are hiding too deep and cunning." Song Ailing knew that Hu Boyu could not be blamed for this matter. After all, there are not many people who can use it on their own now.

Although Hu Boyu is at fault, he is his brother-in-law's confidant after all.

"Eldest sister, there are more serious things now...... Song Ziwen looked at his eldest sister and said with a pale face: "I went to see it just now, and Zhou Fohai seems to have run away ......" (to be continued)

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