Chapter 6: Shi Hai's sinking (3)
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After hearing what Huang Sande said about the grudges and entanglement between the Hongmen Zhigongtang and Sun Yat-sen in the Americas, Zhao Zhenzhong saw Huang Sande, and Situ Meitang was uneasy, so he comforted him: "Actually, I think it is a good thing that the two brothers and Zhigongtang can recognize Sun Yat-sen early and break up with him. At least there is no need to worry about being assassinated by his followers because of disagreement."
"Hmph, just because Sun Wen and his subordinates want to touch us? I, Brother Hong, are not easy to mess with." Situ Meitang said disdainfully.
"I know that the two brothers have many brothers under the Hongmen, but they can't help but hide their guns, but it's hard to defend against the hidden arrows. Think about Tao Chengzhang, the leader of the Restoration Association, who started his career by assassinating Qing court officials. There are also many brothers under his command, but weren't they still assassinated by Sun Wen's sidemen?" Zhao Zhenzhong advised seriously.
"After Tao Chengzhang was assassinated, some people said that it was done by Chen Qimei, but there was no real evidence. Sun Yat-sen publicly announced to the newspaper industry that this was a bloody case of "using personal gain to revenge and committing revenge killings," and publicly issued a condolence message and a telegram to kill the murderer in the newspaper. Later, in the 5th year of the Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen personally wrote a plaque of "Awesome Mountains and Rivers" for the Tao Chengzhang Memorial Hall. Is everything Sun Yat-sen doing to deceive the world? Is there a basis for the statement of the little brother?" Although Situ Meitang parted ways with Sun Yat-sen, it was still difficult to believe that Tao Chengzhang was assassinated by Sun Yat-sen and his followers. You must know that Tao Chengzhang was not an important member of the Qing court or Yuan Shikai, but a prestigious leader who was in the revolutionary camp with Sun Yat-sen at that time. If Tao Chengzhang was assassinated by Sun Yat-sen's side, then his nature would be a completely different story.
Although the Duke Chiang confessed his own story in his diary, Zhao Zhenzhong cannot use this as evidence at present. However, Zhao Zhenzhong has another statement: "It is not necessarily groundless to be without cause. However, what I am talking about is not those rumors, but based on someone's personal experience of facts."
"Two brothers should listen to Xiaotian. Xiaohao said about me opening a school in Qingdao. In the past few years, in order to solve the shortage of primary and secondary schools, I published a newspaper in Qingdao and surrounding areas to post the news of hiring teachers at a high salary. During this period, a middle school teacher from Shandong who had taught in a school in Shanghai was left behind. Later, in another chat, the teacher said something that he heard from Cao Muguan, the principal of his school when he was in Shanghai."
"Cao Muguan is from Zhejiang. In the first year of the Republic of China, he lived in Shanghai Guangci Hospital due to illness. At that time, Tao Chengzhang also lived next door to him due to illness. One evening, Zhejiang acquaintance Jiang Zhongzheng came to Cao Muguan's ward to chat. When he left, Jiang said to Cao Muguan, 'They will do something big tonight'. As a result, Tao Chengzhang next door was shot and died in the middle of the night that day."
"Two brothers, this shouldn't be considered a nonsense between me, right?" Zhao Zhenzhong asked after he finished speaking.
Huang Sande sighed and said, "It's not nonsense."
"Some people say that Chen Qimei ordered Jiang He and the traitor Wang Zhuqing of the Refuge Association. This should be considered a fact. However, I think that there is inevitably the shadow of Sun Yat-sen. I heard that Tao Chengzhang was the most determined person among the revolutionary leaders at that time. Not only did he lead the Refuge Association to withdraw from the Tongmenghui because of his disagreement with Sun Yat-sen, he later attacked Sun Yat-sen several times. Therefore, I think Sun Yat-sen should have been informed or acquiesced to the assassination of Tao Chengzhang. You must know that Tao Chengzhang is aware of the assassination of Tao Chengzhang. You must know that Tao Chengzhang is aware of the assassination of Tao Chengzhang.
He was the leader of the Resurrection Association, not Chen Qimei could do it at will. Moreover, after Tao Chengzhang was assassinated, the members of the Resurrection Association were scattered everywhere, and the most profitable was the Tongmenghui controlled by Sun Yat-sen and his followers. Since then, among the revolutionary parties, there was no one who could compete with Sun Yat-sen. Besides, Sun Yat-sen hurriedly declared the Tao case as a bloody case of "using personal revenge and revenge, and doing revenge killings without investigation. In addition, the subsequent release of condolences and writing plaques was like Zhuge Liang crying for Zhou Yu."
Situ Meitang pondered: "Tao Chengzhang did not deal with Sun Yat-sen in history. After withdrawing from the Tongmenghui, Tao Chengzhang first contacted the overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia with Li Xiehe, the leader of the Tongmenghui, and listed twelve charges of Sun Yat-sen and seven post-care measures, accusing Sun Yat-sen of embezzling donations from overseas Chinese and using the revolution to make private private matters. Zhang Taiyan also wrote the "Fake (People's Report) Report" to criticize Sun Yat-sen, which echoed Tao Yao. The prestige of Sun Yat-sen and others among overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia was greatly reduced. Later, after the Wuchang Uprising, the Tongmenghui led by Sun Yat-sen wanted to share the Republic of China regime with Yuan Shikai from the north and the south through the north-south discussions and sharing the power of the Republic of China, and Tao Chengzhang launched a strife to attack Sun Yat-sen in the attack of improperly being the interim president. The Restoration Army led by the Restoration Society was also committed to the Northern Expedition. From these aspects, there were indeed many historical grievances between the Restoration Society and the Tongmenghui."
"Not only these," Huang Sande interrupted, "After Tao Chengzhang's death, the Tongmenghui did make the most profit. Not only did Zhejiang fall into the hands of the Tongmenghui, the Tongmenghui also killed the Restoration Association and its party armed forces under its leadership. The Shantou Civil Army led by Xu Xueqiu, a member of the Restoration Association, was disarmed by Guangdong's governor Hu Hanmin in May of the first year of the Republic of China. Xu Xueqiu was shot dead soon, and the Restoration Association was destroyed. At that time, I negotiated with Hu Hanmin in Guangzhou about filing a case on the Hongmen Zhigongtang, and I also calculated the matter of Hu Hanmin strangling the last force of the Restoration Association. It was through Sun Wen and his party members who killed his former allies and filed a case on the Zhigongtang that I began to recognize their true faces."
Seeing Huang Sande and Situ Meitang and the other two were still shocked. Zhao Zhenzhong decided to add some more information and said: "It has been 17 years since Tao Chengzhang was assassinated, and the Restoration Association has also disappeared from the dust of history. Many things are difficult to verify, and it is inevitable that the two brothers will find it difficult to accept for a while. However, I also know that a assassination incident caused by the Sun Party a few years ago, and what Sun Wen did afterwards was exactly the same as the Tao case."
"The two brothers now elect Mr. Chen Jiongming as Prime Minister of the China Democratic League. I think we should have some understanding of the case of Deng Keng being killed in 11th in the Republic of China." Seeing the two old men nodded, Zhao Zhenzhong continued: "After this case, the Sun Party and the Communist Party both claimed that the case was caused by Chen Jiongming. However, I heard another statement."
"When we established the Zhigong Party a few years ago, we talked with the representatives Chen Yingquan and Ye Shaoshi, who were sent by Jingcun, and mentioned the case of Deng Shiyuan." Huang Sande continued, "Chen and Ye had guaranteed their personality that Jingcun and Shiyuan were not only fellow villagers in Huizhou, but also worked together since 1911, and were also brothers. This matter was definitely not done by Jingcun. The murderer was a member of the Sun Party. Moreover, after Shiyuan was shot, he knew that he was inevitable, so he urgently ordered the driver to drive back to the provincial office to sue Jingcun and his family and friends. After Shiyuan was carried into the headquarters, he sighed to the public: 'I know the status of the chief of staff is dangerous, why bother to kill his own people?' Someone asked who the murderer was, Deng sighed and said, 'I recognize it, I really didn't expect him to kill me.'"
"After listening to the two of us, we also believed that the murderer was not Jing Cun. Otherwise, why would Shi Yuan ask to return to the provincial office immediately after being shot and send someone to notify Jing Cun? Moreover, Jing Cun and Shi Yuan's relatives were still in the same way as the Tong family. It can be seen that Shi Yuan's relatives did not think that Jing Cun was behind the scenes. In addition, Deng Shi Yuan's family later said that the murderer was sent by Hu Hanmin. However, we don't understand the specific situation. Do you have any other statements with your little brother?"
"I also heard from Newber, the acting consul of the US Consulate in Qingdao. Americans also believe that the Deng Keng case was done by Sun Wen and his party members." Zhao Zhenzhong explained, "Xiaotian and Xiaohao and I rescued several Americans who were traveling near Laoshan from the 11th year of the Republic of China, including this Newber. Later, he became a shareholder of our Sihai Industry, and everyone often chatted together. In the 12th year of the Republic of China, Newber once told us about the Sun Party in the South after drinking, which was the fact that Deng Keng was killed."
"After Deng Keng was assassinated, the U.S. deputy consul in Guangzhou sent back three reports to Washington in the United States on the case in one year. In addition, the report of Major Feron, the U.S. military officer in China at that time, was a total of four. This surprised Newber, who was also the U.S. consul in China, and learned the truth through relevant channels."
"On March 27, 2011, the U.S. Vice Consul in Guangzhou reported to Washington, declaring Deng Keng's murder case on the 21st. However, at that time, he directly quoted Sun Yat-sen's statement, saying that the case was not a political murder case, but because of the poor popularity of the Deng family, and that Deng and Chen disagree with the Northern Expedition, etc."
"But on April 4 of the same year, the vice consul reported to Washington, saying that it was obtained from Guangzhou and that there were only two possible murders of Deng Keng, one was done by the Guangxi party members, and the other was done by the Kuomintang spies, as a warning to Chen Jiongming."
"It was still the US vice consul in Guangzhou. On June 12 of that year, he reported to Washington again, and said that based on the information he obtained, Deng Keng was killed by the Sun Party, who had planned to murder Chen Jiongming, and said that Sun Chang used as an assassination as a way to eradicate political enemies."
"In a report submitted to Washington on August 5 of that year, Major Fei Long pointed out that Deng Keng was murdered on the eve of the split between Sun Yat-sen and Chen Jiongming. At the same time, Chen's commander Hong Zhaolin, the commander of Chen's second division, left his Shantou headquarters to Shanghai. After Sun broke up, Chen's third division commander Wei Bangping first declared neutrality, and then was appointed by Sun as the commander of Guangzhou garrison by Sun after Chen left and came. This Major Fei Long further pointed out that Chen lost three division commanders who were loyal to him at the moment, and it was obvious that 'all this was caused by the Sun Party's mafia'."
"Also, after Deng Keng was killed, Sun and his followers openly claimed that the case was done by Chen Jiongming, and Sun even asked someone to set up a statue of Deng Keng. This method is exactly the same as Sun's practice of writing a plaque for his memorial hall after Tao Chengzhang was assassinated!"
After hearing Zhao Zhenzhong's explanation, Situ Meitang and Huang Sande were even more shocked. Huang Sande was so upset that he couldn't calm down and said angrily: "Hehe, so that's it! So that's it! This is President Sun, who always fights for the nation and people's livelihood! He doesn't even let go of his own revolutionary fellows, but he talks about the nation and people's livelihood?!"
"Haha, brother, don't be too angry. As I said before, being able to recognize Sun Wen's face and break with him should be considered a good thing for the two brothers and the Hongmen Zhigongtang. At least you don't have to worry about the black guns from behind." After comforting, Zhao Zhenzhong continued: "These two cases should be considered relatively clear, and there is another case, Sun Wen and his followers, who are also deeply suspicious. However, it has been difficult to verify it for many years."
"What other case?" Huang Sande asked strangely.
Chapter completed!