In the JoongAng Ilbo, published the next day, the central government refuted the rumors. The central authorities' conclusive statement that the negotiations were purely false, and that Zhao Tinghui, the negotiator who was circulating in society, was still serving his sentence in the Nanjing Special Prison, so how could he come out and participate in the negotiations?

The article said that the central government deployed a war against Japan, achieved a great victory in the Burmese battlefield, and organized counterattacks in an orderly manner on the major battlefields. These people are destined to be national scum.

While refuting the rumors, the article also warned the general public that in the current critical period of the All-People's War of Resistance, the people of the whole country should unite as one, unite as one, not be deceived by illusions, and persist to the end will eventually achieve a great victory in the War of Resistance.

This article is refuted with reason and evidence, and the analysis of this nonsense is the first thing to do, and the streets and alleys naturally regard the articles of "Hu Bao" as a joke of indiscriminate revelations, and they will pass after talking about it.

After this rumor-refuting article came out, many angry people gathered at the entrance of the "Hu Bao" newspaper and denounced it as a traitorous newspaper and disturbed the overall situation. The frightened Hu Jinsheng did not dare to open the door for several days, and finally the newspaper had to publish a statement admitting that the report was unfair, and only after making an apology did he understand.

Jiang Zhongzheng in Wuhan smiled meaningfully after seeing this report from the "Central Daily". He is not a casual citizen who can be fooled on the street, so he naturally knows the trickiness in it, and this rumor refutation article seems to be reasonable and well-founded, but in fact, it is not vulnerable at all.

Chen Lifu approached Jiang Zhongzheng for instructions, "The intelligence department has copied a group photo taken at the meeting, including Takeo Imai, Ouyang Huizi, Zhao Tinghui and others", and asked if this photo would be made public?

Jiang Zhongzheng waved his hand after seeing it, and said in a thick Fenghua accent: "Forget it, let's end this matter." If you make too much of it, not only will Nanjing be ugly, but in the end it will still damage the overall situation of the Anti-Japanese War. ”

Chen Liren nodded in agreement. This is the end of the matter.

After learning of the incident, the US side ordered its ambassador to China to send a note to the Nanjing Government, demanding that the Nanjing side explain the issue and that if it was true, it would sever the alliance between China and the United States.

Of course, Huang Ke understood that these were scaring words, and the Americans naturally knew that if Nanjing held peace talks with Japan, it would be extremely unfavorable to them.

However, they are both politicians, so they naturally know each other. At this time, pretending to be angry is nothing more than wanting to get some more chips in the next cooperation.

Foreign Minister Soong Tzu-wen replied to the US side that the negotiations were made out of nothing. The alliance between China and the United States is unbreakable, and we must not fall for the enemy's tricks because of this incident.

Subsequently, the United States also said that it fully trusts its allies in this matter and believes that the cooperation between the United States and China can be even closer.

Of course, in order to show its sincerity in cooperation, the US side has decided to speed up the construction of the Suzhou airfield and the Sino-US joint bomber formation, and strive to launch an early attack on the Japanese mainland.

Nanjing said that the construction of Suzhou Airport will start from now on, and 40 days later, preliminary test flights will be conducted. The Sino-US joint bomber formation is also in full swing.

It was not until three months later, when dozens of B-29 bombers of the Sino-US joint bomber formation took off from Suzhou Airport and flew across the ocean to frequently bomb Japan's Hiroshima, Kyushu, Tokyo, and other important military sites, that the Japanese side also realized that the Nanjing side had completely torn off its camouflaged negotiating mask, so Tokyo ordered the negotiating team to be abolished, and its strategy toward China was changed from co-opting to being tough. In view of this, the Japanese army launched the autumn campaign to attack Suzhou and other places, and the army groups of both sides once again engaged in bloody battles.

Of course, that's all for later.

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In the past few days before and after refuting the rumors, Huang Zhengzhong attended several youth league gatherings in Nanjing, and then prepared to leave for Kunming.

The topic of discussion among the Youth League on these occasions was the matter of "the Nanjing Government's peace talks with Japan" mentioned in the newspapers. One of the opinions that everyone holds is that this is an outright rumor.

An officer who served in the military staff office said disdainfully: "As far as I know, of course, it is not a secret, and a new round of negotiations is underway between China and the United States on attacking Japan." It can be seen from the current stage of the war of our army on the Burma front that the war between China and Japan is still fierce. ”

"Yes, I've heard about that, too." Another young man also said: "Now that China and Japan have entered the stage of standoff proposed by General Jiang Baili during his lifetime, we need to open up overseas battlefields at this stage. At the same time, it is also necessary to maintain the existing strength, and at this time, it is natural that someone will take the opportunity to make trouble. In my opinion, that "Hu Bao" is a tabloid with nonsense. ”

"Naturally, it's a tabloid." A bespectacled young man from the Propaganda Department stood up and said: "Hu Jinsheng is a typical master who has milk and is a mother, and his ethics are probably not as good as a prostitute!" ”

"Yes, it's ridiculous that the negotiator mentioned in this newspaper is Chen Liewen. It's really ridiculous, thinking that when the Japanese army pressed the border and besieged Nanjing, Chen Liewen followed the chairman and did not retreat. At that time, they didn't negotiate, but now that they have defeated the Japanese army, they want to negotiate? Isn't that a joke? ”

"But thing"

After everyone chattered and talked about it, it was not until the presiding officer of the meeting, Chen Liewen, the leader of the Youth League, walked in, that they stopped the discussion and stood up and applauded to welcome Chen Liewen in.

Chen Liewen was wearing a national costume with lapels, and he pressed the crowd before everyone quieted down.

Most of the people here know Chen Liewen's identity, especially the things exposed in the newspaper, and even accuse Chen Liewen of being one of the negotiators, and he came here today to be able to prove it to everyone.

"Young comrades, please be quiet, I have just heard some discussions on the current situation, and many of them are worthy of affirmation. But ......"

Chen Liewen changed his words and said, "Have you ever thought about it? We are different from those angry youths who only have enthusiasm and can only wave their flags and shout, we are progressive youths, and we should be the mainstay of this society, so we should be more rational when considering problems. ”

When he said this, Chen Liewen continued: "I think everyone should ask me, how much do you know about this matter? Did the central authorities negotiate with the Japanese? As for me, as the newspaper said, I participated in the negotiations on peace talks with Japan, and I am still a negotiator. ”

When he said this, Chen Liewen couldn't help laughing, and everyone laughed too.

After everyone laughed, Chen Liewen said with a straight face: "This matter is definitely out of nowhere, everyone can laugh at it as a joke, but the impact of this * on us is immeasurable!" ”

When they heard this, they all fell silent.

"This incident has taught us a lesson and a wake-up call, and that is the low cost and power of rumor spreading. Just imagine, this "Hu Bao" newspaper only needs to trigger tens of thousands of newspapers, and the cost is only a thousand yuan, but it will cost countless manpower and material resources to refute the rumors. However, even debunking rumors will not compensate for the impact. So, what should we do about things like this? ”

Chen Liewen is good at mobilizing emotions, and in a few words, he mobilizes the thoughts of the members of the existing Youth League. If he hadn't known some inside information in advance, I'm afraid Huang Zhengzhong would have been inspired by him.

Everyone talked nonsense, Chen Liewen pressed it with his hand and said: "We can only change ourselves first, maintain a rational and objective mind and a pure heart to serve the country, and then through our influence, we will continue to influence the people around us, so as to influence more people." ”

Everyone thought so, and then, Chen Liewen took the opportunity to launch the Youth League rules that he had already prepared, he said that these are simple drafts, and if you disagree, you can discuss.

As a result, the "Youth League", an organization that was not tightly established, was officially established. This organization is different from other political party organizations in that it mainly recruits young people, many of whom belong to the backbone of this social class. Relying on this organization, Huang Zhengzhong won a lot of political chips in the subsequent universal suffrage, and also laid an important foundation for promoting the anti-corruption reform in the future.

Huang Zhengzhong didn't realize these at this time, he simply thought that communicating with such a group of like-minded young people, in addition to broadening his horizons and increasing his knowledge, the most important thing is to be able to meet a lot of new friends.

After attending the Youth League gathering, Huang Zhengzhong set off for Kunming. He is still a student in school, so everything is naturally focused on his studies.

Before returning to Kunming, he also went to Suzhou to visit his brother Huang Zheng. My brother is now the commander of the Airborne Forces, with the rank of colonel, and if nothing else, in five or six years, he will be the commander of the Airborne Forces, that is, promoted to major general, and called a general.

Thinking that his brother Huang Zheng is expected to become a major general in his thirties and become a young general, although there are many family factors, but it is categorically inseparable from his own efforts.

Huang Zhengzhong has always had a good relationship with his brother, but because of the war, he didn't go home much, and there was a lot less contact between them. This time, taking advantage of this rare holiday, Huang Zhengzhong decided to go to Suzhou to see his brother, after all, Suzhou and Nanjing are not far away, and now the railway passenger transportation between the two places has also resumed, even if it is only a few hours by car.

After making up his mind, Huang Zhengzhong set off for Suzhou.

He asked for a first-class seat on the Blue Steel Express, packed his luggage and went straight to Suzhou.