Chapter 11 "Northern Expedition"
In the debate competition, Huangpu elites appeared one after another. The first team was led by Jiang Xianyun, He Zhonghan, Deng Wenyi, Zeng Kuoqing and Song Xilian; the second team was led by Li Zhilong, Yu Jishi, Huang Cai, Xu Jishen and Gui Yongqing as team members; the third team was led by Cao Yuan, Chen Geng, Du Yuming, Guan Linzheng and Sun Yuanliang as team members; the fourth team also surprised Zhuang Jihua, and the leading team was Liu Yun, Hu Zongnan, Fan Hanjie, Xuan Tiewu, and Leng Xin; the fifth team was led by Cai Shenxi, and the team members were Zuo Quan, Li Mo'an, Chen Mingren, and Huang Yong.
These five teams of men were verbally quarreled on the court, and according to classics, they could not tell the story of the relationship. The military academy students naturally could not do without military routines, such as luring the enemy into depth, chasing and fighting hard, and everyone tried the thirty-six strategies except the beauty scheme. Zhuang Jihua's host was also very funny, and often caused the audience to burst into laughter. It turned out that the three "experts" who were just in love (Liao Zhongkai was too busy to attend because he was too busy) also became more excited as the competition progressed.
Chiang Kai-shek basically had to come to every game. At first, he heard that Zhuang Jihua was not on the stage but was just a host. As the debate proceeded, he found that Zhuang Jihua was not needed to appear. As Zhuang Jihua expected, the classmate of the opposition had found all the reasons, and the incident of Xuan Xiafu began to fade. He praised Zhuang Jihua in his heart, and resolved the "crisis" without bloodshed. He calmly made everyone his pawns, and no one offended him, and all parties wanted to buy his good. If Yunqiao was just a preliminary understanding of Zhuang Jihua, then Zhuang Jihua was now ranked first among his cages.
The success of the debate competition not only made the best debater Jiang Xianyun famous among his classmates, but also made Jiang Xianyun's mouth a synonym for being eloquent. Zhuang Jihua was not without gains. His organizational ability was recognized by everyone, so looking for Zhuang Jihua became the best solution to the problem.
In addition to hosting the debate competition, Zhuang Jihua also devoted considerable energy to establish a troupe, which was a test for him. It is easy to say that he had participated in the debate competition in later generations, but the troupe... At the beginning, he was not a person in the entertainment industry, so he finally decided to find an actor first. If there is no experience, it is not an experience. The most important thing for the troupe to open a script is the script. Just like a director, the person who first confirmed the actors and then found the script must have dropped out of Clayden University.
The selection of actors brought unexpected surprises to the organizing committee members, and actually discovered a small band, which was of course mainly erhu and supplemented by Western musical instruments. The first band of the Whampoa Military Academy was composed of a combination of Chinese and Western musical instruments. The accident was accidental, surprise was surprise, what should I do?
There are many talents in the Whampoa Military Academy, including literary and artistic, publicity and agitation, and many experts, performing talents, and many programs that can be produced. There are all kinds of Qin Opera and Shandong quick-pronged. When discussing the performance, Zhuang Jihua muttered to the fact that the grass-roots team should be set up. If the program is good, they would sell their skills in Guangzhou on Sunday to earn some living expenses. All the students present laughed loudly, and the laughter was bitter. At this time, the Whampoa Military Academy was like Yang Bailao. It was a typical meal but not the next meal. The money sent by Liao Zhongkai was one day later, and all the teachers and students in the school would go hungry. Liao Zhongkai was the governor but had no money. Guangzhou's tax revenue was mainly controlled by the Yunnan and Gui Army. Every time they asked for it, they were forced to take all his wife He Xiangning's dowry. You can imagine the hardships of school life.
However, Jiang Xianyun did not laugh. After thinking about it, he made suggestions, not to act in these messy programs, and rehearsed a drama. His suggestion was immediately approved by He Zhonghan. He Zhonghan then suggested rehearsing Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet". Li Zhilong immediately opposed pointing out that this kind of aristocratic drama affects the morale of the school, and everyone felt that it was right. Then he made various suggestions, and Jiang Xianyun's proposal was invisibly recognized.
Zhuang Jihua didn't say anything and seemed to be thinking silently. In fact, he was recalling. Jiang Xianyun first noticed his silence and asked him what he was thinking. Zhuang Jihua said that he thought of a script, and then brought out the famous "blocking the gun hole", of course, and changed the background with the background in the Northern Expedition. He also thought of many other stories, such as Wang Cheng firing at me, Dong Cunrui's bombing of the bunker, the Five Warriors of Langya Mountain, etc., and it was still appropriate to compare this; like bombing of the bunker, I don't know if the ** bag appears.
During his story, everyone was deeply attracted and immediately decided to let him write it out and act this. So Zhuang Jihua immediately started writing, and Jiang Xianyun and Zhonghan began to select actors.
A few days later, Zhuang Jihua handed over the script. Of course, the script was very rough. He was not a professional at first. Fortunately, everyone didn't care about it. There was trouble when determining the actors. This was because everyone wanted to "show" on stage. The competition was extremely fierce. Each character had three to four competitions. The only role that no one wanted was the protagonist's fiancée. So the role was first determined and was forced to be sent to Chen Geng by Zhuang Jihua. Maybe there were too many people who "offended" him. Chen Geng accepted the role generously while everyone was cheering. Then he distributed the protagonist to him on the grounds of the sunshine of Li Zhilong's image. He finally allocated ten thousand yuan. During the rehearsal, he made many jokes. After everyone's efforts, he finally solved various problems.
On the day of the official performance, the stage was set up on the playground of the Whampoa Military Academy. Political Commissar Liao Zhongkai, Principal Chiang Kai-shek attended the premiere. Chiang Kai-shek originally did not plan to attend, and he was not interested in this. At the beginning, he agreed to form a troupe, but he just hoped that the students would no longer pay attention to the Xuan Xiafu incident. Now the incident has disappeared, at least in his opinion. However, when Zhuang Jihua and Jiang Xianyun came to invite him to change their minds, he also planned to see how much role the troupe could play.
The curtain opened, and the protagonist talked with his classmates' fiancée and others about the dark warlord rule in China and the oppression and plunder of China by imperialism. At this time, it was heard that Mr. Sun Yat-sen formed the Northern Expedition Army and was about to carry out the Northern Expedition. The protagonist and others expressed their intention to participate in the Northern Expedition Army and fight to save China, but his actions were blocked by his parents. Finally, with the support and help of his fiancée, the protagonist and his classmates ran away from home to participate in the Northern Expedition Army.
The protagonist on the Northern Expedition battlefield was brave and good at fighting and made many achievements. During an attack, an enemy's battalion blocked the company's attack. He took the initiative to blow up the bunker. When he was injured in three places and had ammunition exhausted, the protagonist shouted that the comrades defeated the warlords, and for the sake of the new China, they flew over to block the enemy's gun hole and opened the way for the victory of the entire army. When the news of his sacrifice came home, his fiancée resolutely left home in grief and joined the Northern Expedition battlefield.
The plot of the whole play is simple, but the lines are very inspiring. Li Zhilong performed passionately. The atmosphere was tragic under the music set off. Zhuang Jihua added some elements of later stage plays. All the audience was deeply attracted. After the performance, all the audience stood up and applauded, shouted slogans, and Liao Zhongkai wrote "The Blood of the Martyrs, the Flower of Revolution". The people around him were excited, and Chiang Kai-shek was also infected. He proposed that the troupe was named the Blood Flower Theater and delivered a passionate speech, claiming that revolution was not afraid of sacrifice, revolution was dying for ideology, and the martyrs fell in front of him. We latecomers must advance in the footsteps of the martyrs, and our responsibility is to save the country and the people...
"The Northern Expedition" became the most enthusiastic topic on Huangpu Island in the following period, and the theme song "The Northern Expedition Soldier" (see the theme song "The Middle-aged Man") became a popular song on Huangpu Island. Chiang Kai-shek was finally sure that the Xuan Xiafu incident completely disappeared, and since the debate and the troupe were held under the direct instructions of Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek's prestige increased instead of decline among students. In the second executive election, he was elected with a high vote. The butterfly wings were first incited, but Zhuang Jihua's poor and weak historical knowledge made him unaware that history quietly drew an arc here.
The successful performance made Zhuang Jihua feel excited. He didn't expect that Li Zhilong would grasp the role so well. In the end, he watched it with tears. The huge success made Liao Zhongkai think of letting the troupe go out. You should know that Huangpu is like a child who is hiding in a deep house. Now the growth of the children is beyond the parents' surprise. The parents are happy and want others to know the excellence of the children. When they first discussed the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy, not only did the Yunnan and Gui Army but also many veterans in the party did not support it. Yang Ximin even said in front of Chiang Kai-shek that it was a group of children, and one platoon could be defeated. Not only were the various materials and expenses of the military academy misappropriated, but they were also in danger at all times. It can be said that the islands are enemies, and now they can use this opportunity to expand the influence of Huangpu.
After receiving the order, the troupe quickly divided the work. Zhuang Jihua became the actual person in charge of the drama club, and he assigned all the work. Li Zhilong brought people to contact the Naval Officer School, Jiang Xianyun brought classmates in Yunnan to the Yunnan Army Cadre School, He Zhonghan contacted Guangzhou Normal School, Zhuang Jihua searched for thoughts and He Zhonghan. In his opinion, it was quite appropriate to exchange feelings with the mm in the normal school. Unexpectedly, Jiang Xianyun thought that there were several places that needed to be modified and suggested that he stay in the school to modify the script to ensure the success of the performance. Others agreed. Zhuang Jihua had no choice but to stay and temporarily gave up on understanding the ideas of women in the 1920s.
According to Zhuang Jihua's estimate, he would perform in the military academy first. Unexpectedly, the Guangzhou Normal School was the first to agree to the performance of the Blood Flower Drama Club, but other military academies refused for various reasons.
Zhuang Jihua of the normal school was not unfamiliar with Zhuang Jihua. He was here to register for the exam and met Hu Zongnan and He Zhonghan and others here. However, most students are empty during the summer vacation. Zhuang Jihua is not sure if he doesn't go. After hesitation, he feels that it is rare to give up. On Sunday, August 10, all members of the troupe gathered at the school gate and prepared to go to Guangzhou. When everyone was joking, a burst of rapid military call came. Jiang Xianyun and Zhuang Jihua looked at each other and shouted: "Emergency gather!". The others also reacted immediately, but there was no action. Zhuang Jihua shouted anxiously and said: "The performance was cancelled, return to the team immediately." After that, he immediately ran to the playground. Everyone understood and came over and followed quickly.
When he ran to the playground, the students who stayed in the school arrived from all directions. Within a few minutes, all the students in the school stood neatly on the playground. Deng Yanda stood in front of the front with full arms and nodded with satisfaction. After the duty officer finished his report loudly, he returned a standard military salute, then walked to the front of the team and said loudly: "There are illegal vendors smuggling military orders. The Grand Marshal's Office ordered the Changzhou Fortress and the Whampoa Military Academy to be responsible for the detention. Now Principal Jiang has led the warships to investigate and order all the students to be on standby at the Changzhou Fortress. A team is in front, and each team follows in sequence and sets off."
Zhuang Jihua felt that something big was going to happen, so he walked and recalled what was going to happen in history. Is there any record? After thinking for a long time, I couldn't remember it. I had to secretly scold the book until I used it. Now I can't keep up with the situation and have no choice but to take one step at a time.
All the detained were arms, and moving these boxes made everyone sweat. However, the students were very excited and quietly discussed whether these guns were left in the military academy and whether each person could release one. However, Zhuang Jihua had no sound of pitfalls, and he instinctively thought that things were not that simple.
Sure enough, the next day, the newspaper reported that the leader of the business group, Chen Bolian, protested to the Marshal's Office, saying that the detained military weapons had been obtained and that the government seized firearms was purely illegal, claiming that if the government did not issue the firearms, the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce would strike in the province. Afterwards, things became more and more serious, and the detained firearms became a center for discussion on Huangpu students. The newly established Blood Flower Drama Club was not interested in performing. Soon Huangpu Island announced martial law, and all teachers and students in the school were strictly prohibited from going out. At the same time, defensive fortifications began to be laid on campus.
This series of orders suddenly made the air on the island tense. Then martial law was imposed in the Changzhou Fortress, and the trainees began to dig trenches and field training, but fire was strictly prohibited.
Then, news came that the business regiment incident intensified, the Chamber of Commerce stopped the market, and thousands of regiments were dispatched to siege the Grand Marshal's Office in the name of petition. The generals of the Yunnan-Guangxi Army, who held heavy troops, hoped that Sun Yat-sen would agree to send back the detained guns. At the same time, the Guangdong Army generals also disagreed with the revocation of the permit, and the Hunan-Jiangxi-Henan Army stood by. Liao Zhongkai urgently transferred the second and third teams of the military academy students to Guangzhou City to maintain public order, and at the same time preached the truth about the detaining weapons. Now the only army that Sun Yat-sen could rely on was the Huangpu students who were still teaching, while the commander of the Yunnan Army Yang Ximin had claimed to send a company to Huangpu Island to pay the military academy's weapons.
The news came and all the teachers and students in the school were indignant. The air was extremely tense. Sun Yat-sen was angry and ordered the merchant group to resume the market within a time limit. Otherwise, the most prosperous Xiguan in Guangzhou would be bombarded. This order not only caused tension among the Yunnan army, but also caused tension among the Hong Kong authorities. Nine British ships sailed into Baishuitan, Guangzhou. The British Consul General informed the Marshal's Office that if the government suppressed by force, the British Navy would interfere. Sun Yat-sen became even more angry and sent a diplomatic note to the British government, asking the British government to explain whether it was related to the merchant group incident. The British government hurriedly came out to deny it, claiming that this was an act of overreach of power in Hong Kong and the British government would not interfere in China's internal affairs.
Chapter completed!