What is Historical Truth? We can never restore 100% of any historical truth, all we can do is to get infinitely close to history and restore the truth. But can it really be done? I'm afraid not. This is because it is impossible to replicate the people, things, environment and even places at that time, and it is impossible to restore the original face of history without any historical fragment. Moreover, it seems unclear whether the fragments of history you have are authentic or reliable. Therefore, we will have thousands of thoughts and thousands of thoughts, and have different or even diametrically opposed attitudes and views on the same event.

In short, when all the elements that form an era disappear one after another, the era will naturally disappear with it. It may be even more difficult for future generations to truly understand the past era of their own country through those half-claws of historical materials than it is to understand foreign countries of the same era.

As a result, as the so-called "distance produces beauty", many historical scenes that were originally quite unbearable have been gradually beautified over time.

Wang Qiu has a deep understanding of the above-mentioned "memory trap" in the past few times - the mysterious Mayan civilization, the romantic European Middle Ages, and the glorious Roman Empire...... After stripping away that glamorous coat that has been artistically processed, what is left?!

The wonderful journey of traveling through time and space again and again, exploring foreign lands, and conquering the world, quickly polished Wang Qiu's horizons more broadly - he is no longer the naïve and enthusiastic college student who does not know the world, but has begun to be able to analyze the shijie around him with his own eyes.

Nowadays, everywhere he goes, Wang Qiu will not only see those shiny surfaces. You can still see the dark corners behind these shiny surfaces, but it will not overkill and negate everything - this beautiful and ugly shijie is always accompanied by light and shadow......

The local tyrants are always proud of their various luxury collections. But he can see that these things are not hungry, cold, and useless to the country.

The people at the bottom will only see the spendings of the upper class, and he can see the rot and emptiness, greed and squalor under the drunken money.

Angry youths often miss the years of burning passion in the past, but Wang Qiu knows that the "spiritual atomic bomb" is not worth a real nuclear weapon after all.

Therefore, Wang Qiu has now seen very clearly what kind of true face is hidden under the elegant skin of the "Republic of China style", which is a true face of losing power and humiliating the country, worshipping foreigners, decadent and backward, class oppression, and suffering - it is not an exaggeration to say that this is the painted skin in "Liao Zhai"!

Outcome. When Wang Qiu casually explained her above feelings to Jin Qina, it immediately triggered a burst of laughter from her.

“…… Haha. It turns out that your view of this era is so bad...... Are you a staunch Bolshevik who, at the sight of this old society, cannot help but want to smash it to pieces? Jin Qina put down the Xuande furnace she was fiddling with. smiled at Wang Qiu.

“…… Staunch Bolsheviks? No, no, no! I'm just a pragmatist with ideals and a bottom line. As long as there is the prosperity of the nation-state to satisfy vanity; There is a rough equilibrium of social wealth to satisfy a sense of fairness; You can eat the food of the small people deciminably with your own skills; It makes me feel like I have a future to look forward to. Then the country is considered good. I believe that the vast majority of ordinary people also think the same way.

So. In the 21 st century, China has all its shortcomings, but it can barely meet the above points. And those who want to change the sky, none of them are asking for the people's lives, but they are thinking about putting the people to death all day long, shouting 'the poor die'...... But what about in this day and age? Hehe, I understand that the early red regime in Weishenme was so full of problems, and there were still people who were willing to sacrifice everything and join the revolution! ”

Wang Qiu stretched out his finger and pointed to the rookie underground party who were helping to bargain with antique vendors, looking thin and full of vegetables. and the countless homeless beggars lying at the base of the city walls, which were filled with many strange patients—some of whom had tumors the size of hot water bottles used in winter. Some people have rotten sores that are still bleeding pus, and some people have legs as thin as hemp stalks, but their stomachs are high and bulging...... There are also a few unkempt beggar women with bare upper bodies, just holding their children on the street to breastfeed, and the people around them also have strange expressions, which shows that in this era in the Chinese countryside, "the big girls are so poor that they have no clothes and pants to wear", it seems that it is not an exaggerated joke......

“…… Their days have already passed like this, unless they wait for death in a daze, can they still not revolutionize? ”

-- The Chinese people of this era are really struggling under the three mountains of imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucratic capitalism, and are regarded by those in power as "lemons that are discarded at will after squeezing out the juice", suffering incredible oppression and humiliation, and living as if they were in the Middle Ages.

“…… But the problem is that apart from stuffing a few handfuls of banknotes, you don't seem to have any intention of 'aiding the Communists' and 'resisting Japan......"

Jin Qina pointed out the inconsistency between Wang Qiu's words and deeds, "...... From the beginning of the crossing, you didn't think about saving the Central Soviet District! ”

“…… Aiding the Communist Party? How to do it? The Jiangxi Soviet Region is different from the Yan'an Soviet Region in that the development space is limited, the room for maneuver is small, the hostility is strong, and the strategic environment is really unfavorable to development. The most important thing is that it is too close to Nanjing, and Chairman Chiang can gather a million troops here to launch an encirclement and suppression......"

Wang Qiu shrugged his shoulders, "...... If it's Yan'an...... Hehe, you asked Lao Jiang to cross the entire Central Plains with a million troops and send them to northern Shaanxi? Logistics supplies alone can bring down his Nanjing Nationalist Government! Therefore, the Red Army could not do without a long march. If they are always trapped in this small ravine in the south of Jiangxi, and they still dump each other and kill their own people all day long, then the result may not be much better than that of the future Japanese Red Army.

What's more, before Lao Mao came to power, the current Party Central Committee was a group of fundamentalists. If I recklessly rushed over to a meeting with two thousand mercenaries who did not believe in Marxism...... What happened next was probably enough for Chairman Chiang to send me a one-ton medal!

As for aiding Lao Chiang to resist Japan. Not to mention that I am also a party member, our team is also under the leadership of the party, and helping Lao Jiang will involve a politically incorrect issue of principle. What's more. Mr. Jiang, who opened up the territory on the map and saved the country by diary, is really unreliable.

Not only was he anti-communist to the point of madness, openly declaring that he was 'willing to be a slave to the country' in order to suppress the communist, but he was also a well-known captain of the transport brigade...... I don't want all kinds of modern weapons that I have worked so hard to carry to be used by the Japanese to fight the Chinese in a few days - this is not alarmist! In the later stage of the Anti-Japanese War, when the Battle of Henan-Xianggui was defeated, the Kuomintang made outstanding contributions to General Gangmura Ningji and helped the Japanese 'Chinese Dispatch Army', which lacked guns and ammunition, to arm two divisions of 'American Devils' in one go! It's a shame that these 'American devils' were not transferred to Iwo Jima and the Philippines. Otherwise, MacArthur and Spruance would have been so angry that they would have ordered the bombing of the Japanese spies in Chongqing......"

“…… Watch out! It's been a student! (The name of the old Beijingers for the student parade) is the student again! Everyone is optimistic about their stalls! ”

“…… These students are really good! Why do you always make trouble in the city? Have the ability to carry a gun to Tongzhou to fight the Japanese! ”

Just as they were chatting casually, a commotion suddenly broke out among the pedestrians of the street vendors not far away. A few sudden shouts interrupted their conversation...... Wang Qiu looked up in surprise. A scene with a more contemporary atmosphere suddenly appeared quietly at the end of the street:

“…… Return me to the Northeast! Defend Hebei! Down with Japanese imperialism! ”

“…… Down with the traitors and reactionaries! Protest against the compromise with Japan! Down with the traitorous government that does not act! ”

“…… If you can't bear it, don't bear it anymore! There is no way to retreat, how can you retreat again?! ”

“…… The year before last, he lost Liaodong. Trapped in the Great Wall last year! China is big. How can you go back step by step?! ”

Accompanied by banners and small flags, there were white pieces of paper floating in the sky. Progressive youths in student uniforms lined up in the streets, shouting in unison to the pedestrians on both sides, their faces flushed in the autumn wind......

I have to admit that after the baptism of the May Fourth Movement, Beijing is indeed more experienced in student demonstrations, and it is obviously much more imposing than Shanghai, and the organization leaders are also better at guiding the mood of the masses. In addition to shouting slogans. There are also people who sang the "Anti-Enemy Song" impassionedly: "...... Who is the master of China's splendid country? 40,000,000 of our compatriots. Forcibly invade the Kou and be violent, and quickly and permanently resist the enemy and take revenge. The family can be broken, the country must be protected, the body can be killed, indomitable, one heart and one effort, unity is strong! Fight the head for the country! Fight hard to kill the enemy and swear not to spare ......"

In addition, when the leading student officials spilled leaflets, they did not forget to give a short speech, basically accusing the Nanjing government of "inaction," "flattering Japan," and "betraying the country...... It's a pity that there is no beginning or end to the speech, and Wang Qiu was stunned because he didn't understand what the reason for their march was.

Are you still indignant at the fall of the three northeastern provinces? This one...... It seems that almost three years have passed since the 918 incident!

Wang Qiu pursed his lips and pulled through a rough mimeographed leaflet to look at it, only to realize that it was against the Japanese "North China Autonomy Movement".

-- The North China Autonomy Movement, also known as the North China Specialization and North China Separation Work. The reason is that since the end of the Great Wall War of Resistance in 1933 and the signing of the "Tanggu Agreement", Japan has temporarily stopped its blatant aggression against China by "swallowing it by force" and has changed to an orderly "gradual encroachment" method, that is, it is trying to devour China one bite at a time. In this way, after Northeast China, North China naturally became the next target of Japanese aggression.

After the signing of the Tanggu Agreement in May 1933, the Nationalist Government established two administrative commissioners' offices in the eastern Hebei region, which was facing the Japanese invaders. The office of "Jimi District" is located in Tongxian (Tongzhou), and the office of "Luanyu District" is located in Tangshan. Yin Rugeng served as the commissioner of the "Jimi District", and Tao Shangming served as the commissioner of the "Luanyu District". Soon after, Tao Shangming was dismissed by the Japanese authorities because he did not obey the Japanese, and Yin Rugeng also served as the commissioner of the "Luanyu District". From then on, the great traitor Yin Rugeng monopolized the military and political power of the entire eastern Hebei region, and began to actively advocate the "specialization of North China" in an attempt to split the 22 counties in eastern Hebei centered on the important industrial town of Tangshan like a puppet Manchukuo and manipulate them behind the scenes by Japan.

Hence the so-called North China Autonomy Movement. It is an absurd farce of self-deception created by the Japanese invaders. That is, they bribed a small number of traitors, disregarded public opinion, and fabricated the illusion of "local autonomy" out of thin air. "Autonomy" under the threat of bayonets, and then "independence" under bayonet control.

In the face of such an urgent situation, round after round of anti-Japanese patriotic movements were set off in various parts of the country to expose and struggle against the conspiracy of the Japanese invaders. However, the Nanjing Nationalist Government was a group of high-ranking Chinese who ate foreign food, read foreign books, and believed in foreign religions. He has long been accustomed to kneeling with his spine bent, and has never had the determination to defeat foreigners, nor has he had the intention of fighting foreigners. He was even more unprepared to fight with foreigners, and went so far as to claim that he would "give priority to the extermination of the Red Bandits," continued to adhere to the policy of compromise and concession with Japan, repeatedly dismissed and replaced patriotic officials, and constantly lost power and humiliated the country. Step by step, retreat.

And the small warlord Song Zheyuan, who actually controlled the Pingjin region. In the face of the Japanese pressing step by step, they are also the first rats at both ends, neither willing to shrink their territory, but also unwilling to fight out the army. The Japanese side is stepping up its efforts to persuade him, wanting to make him the second Puyi Emperor to lead the "overall situation of North China's autonomy...... In the end, the Japanese army gained an inch and became more and more insatiable, plunging the Chinese nation into an unprecedented and serious crisis.

Obviously. He was in the former capital of Beiping, less than 100 kilometers away from the Japanese army (at that time, Tongzhou was already controlled by the Japanese army, and the entrance and exit throat of Sijiu City was stuck). Seeing the plaster flag hunting and recruiting under their noses, the teachers and students of many colleges and universities in Peking are now unable to study with peace of mind, and they have taken to the streets like during the May Fourth Movement, and let out a lament of worrying about the country and the people, and an impassioned roar!

Facing the faces full of anger, sadness and perseverance, and looking at this group of progressive young people who were full of love for the ruined motherland, Wang Qiu was also infected by this atmosphere at first, and only felt a burst of blood boiling in his chest, thinking that he should pay some respect to them.

But the problem is that when he carefully read the slogan on the leaflet, his heart suddenly became half cold, and he became embarrassed and energetic -- what "Shenyang will be restored in January, Jilin in two months, and the whole northeast in half a year", and "40,000 compatriots will work together, what is the danger of just a few widows"...... It's almost all bookish talk and empty talk, like a pipe dream. There is not the slightest feasibility except to lie to yourself!

- Please, you are also high-level intellectuals of this era, you just want to promote patriotism, and you can't run the train with your mouth full!

“…… Hey, these legendary progressive youths are really the same as the angry young people who were clamoring for the destruction of the sun and the slaughter of beauty at that time! ”

Looking at the procession that was gradually moving away, Wang Qiu crumpled the leaflet into a ball and threw it away, "...... I wonder if the Japanese car will be burned next? ”

“…… I'm afraid it's unlikely - there aren't many cars in Peking today, and if they do, most of them are either American or British......"

Jinchina shrugged her shoulders and pouted, "...... Even if they had the intention to set fires, where would they get Japanese cars to burn? ”

“…… In any case, I am afraid that the yen banknotes we brought this time will not be spent......" Wang Qiu shook his head and sighed - although the Nanjing Nationalist Government has retreated one after another and handed over the thieves, the anti-Japanese sentiment of the people has reached a crazy level that is about to explode.

I remember that a few days ago, when Sonia took out yen bills to buy something, she was "inhumanely" watched by countless patriotic young people with angry faces, and the scene looked like she was almost about to attack in groups...... It's a shame that Sonia is a blonde and blue-eyed foreign woman, and the charges of "traitor" and "widow" can't be deducted from her head, otherwise she will really be "hoeed and raped" if she doesn't get it......

Fortunately, Wang Qiu and others also have a lot of dollars, pounds, francs, and banknotes from the Central Bank and the Bank of Communications, so they don't have to worry about running out of money.

However, the day's turmoil and drama were far from over – more than an hour after the student march had passed, another propaganda van had driven up. It's just that unlike the marching students who shouted slogans all the way, this propaganda car appeared to be silent, except for a few strong men standing on the carriage, constantly throwing paper leaflets out. And the pedestrians and peddlers, after picking them up and looking at them, spit on the leaflets in anger and threw them under their feet...... In this regard, Wang Qiu, who was quite curious, also took a flyer to read, and then immediately understood the mystery - meow! This is actually a traitor literati who are making a show for the 'North China Autonomy Movement'!

“…… Betraying the country is not a serious mistake, but betraying the people is. If, on the contrary, the standard of living of the people on a piece of land is raised and their rights and interests are expanded after being administered by others, then this transfer of territorial sovereignty is not only not to be opposed, but also to be welcomed...... The advanced Japanese should carry out comprehensive social management of backward China and realize China's progress in one fell swoop......"

Looking at the rows of words that were reversed in black and white, referring to deer as horses, praising surrender and refuting resistance, Wang Qiu didn't read much, and couldn't help but feel dizzy, "...... Guy who can write this kind of thing, I'm afraid this and cheek are too bad to pick up...... Well? The main writer of this article: Lu Erxuan?! Oh my God, Sister Kim! It's not ...... Is your ex-husband's name? (To be continued......)