C52 Death of the prime minister

The middle-aged man's eyes became brighter and his cracked lips moved. He whispered to his aide-de-de-camp. The middle-aged man said with difficulty, "Is there any news about Bo Yang?"

The aide shook his head, and the middle-aged man revealed a look of disappointment. The aide took out another newspaper, which was called "Reporting in", and the aide-de-camp read: "On March 19th, Sun Zhongshan died and did not affect the eastward expedition of the Guangzhou government. The army on the right side of the road, with Jiang Zhongzheng as the principal, was like a hot knife through butter. Since 1922, Xing Ning, who had been settled for three years, has returned to the jurisdiction of the Guangzhou Government. "

Every breath of the middle-aged man made a "puchi" sound, like an old bellows breathing heavily, and every breath seemed to be filled with all his strength. He closed his eyes and muttered, "Qing Feng, I'm afraid I can't hold on."

The aide-de-camp's eyes were red, he choked and said: "Commander, it will be fine, I have already sent many people to send a letter to Huangpu Military Academy, Young Master Boyang will be fine, it will be fine."

The middle-aged man looked at the white ceiling and saw his cousin. He slowly closed his eyes and murmured, "Cousin will never forgive me."

The aide-de-camp watched as the middle-aged man slowly fell asleep. He slowly wiped away the tears at the corner of his eyes, saluted a proper military salute, and left the ward.

Outside the ward stood a group of soldiers on both sides of the corridor. A few doctors were waiting at the door.

The aide closed the door lightly, bowed his head, and said to the doctor, "Use the best medicine, and ask the best doctor. If Chinese medicine can't find western medicine, then domestic can't find foreign medicine."

The doctor looked at each other in dismay, the attending physician revealed an awkward expression: "Commander Lin, this is an old ailment, the burden is too heavy to return, it is not something that can be treated with medicine or pills. Even if we were to call on a foreign doctor, I'm afraid we would not be able to do anything. "

The aide stepped in front of the doctor and spoke in a low voice: "I don't care about that. My order to you is to cure the commander. If the commander makes a mistake, I want your life."

When the main doctor heard this, he became frightened. His lips trembled as he said, "Then it's better if you shoot me now." The doctor is helping the dying and the wounded, but he's not a deity. "

The aide stood still. After a while, he raised his head with a mournful look and said to the doctor, "How much longer?"

The attending physician looked at the aide-de-camp's expression. After a moment of silence, he said, "One month. You'll be able to hold on for another month."

The adjutant waved his hand, and the doctors quietly withdrew.

At this time, the sound of hurried footsteps echoed from the corridor. An officer quickly came up to the adjutant and whispered something in his ear. The adjutant's face changed: "The commander is not dead yet. Do they dare to rebel?"

The military officer said, "The news has already spread around the family that the commander has not recovered from his serious illness. Now everyone is panicking and looking for a backer."

The aide-de-camp was anxious but could do nothing about it. He sighed and said, "If Young Master Bo Yang was here, it would be great. If father dies and son continue on, no one can gossip about it."

The officer had a weird expression on his face as he asked hesitantly, "Is Young Master Bo Yang really the commander's illegitimate son?"

The aide-de-camp looked at him and said, "At this point, there is nothing that can be hidden. In fact, our family just knows everything."

Just in the east, the victory was won, the Huangpu Military Academy teachers and students. While the soldiers were celebrating and dancing, a grievous news spread to the confidential room in the military headquarters.

Jiang Jieshi was teaching the third group to inspect Xinfeng Street, and Li Boyang was accompanied by a group of three groups of officers. Just as they were watching the soldiers attack in formation, the chief of staff, Chen Chao, quickly walked in front of Jiang Jieshi, handed over a message and cried out in grief: "Principal, something bad has happened! Grand Marshal Sun has passed away."

Jiang Jieshi was originally talking and laughing with Li Boyang, but when he suddenly heard this, he did not react in time. He was stunned, staring with his eyes wide open as he asked: "Say it again."

Chen Chao's eyes were filled with tears and he said in a choked voice: "The Grand Marshal's Mansion sent a telegram at 14: 36 PM. Marshal Sun died on the 13th."

Li Baiyang stood to the side and quickly supported him. This piece of information was too heavy, and not only did Jiang Jieshi's brain go blank, all the generals present did not dare to believe it. They looked left and right, and on their faces, they did not know what was going on.

Only after a long while did Jiang Jieshi react, he grabbed the message, after reading it, his face immediately became livid, he did not say a word, and led everyone back to the main body.

After Li Boyang sent Jiang Jieshi out of the three regiment's encampment, he immediately summoned all the officers there.

Lan Yundong, Yu Jishi, Yu Haibin, Liu Chichen, Sun Changjun, Yu Cheng Wan, Song Xilian and the others were present.

Li Boyang rushed into the pars communis, waved his hand to interrupt the salutation of the officer, and cut a long story short: "Everyone is clear about the situation the other day, I'm afraid it's true."

Everyone's face changed. Before the revolution succeeded, the Prime Minister Sun had already passed and they were all confused about the future of the revolution.

Li Boyang saw the expressions of everyone, but in truth, he was also worried. Leaving the Prime Minister Sun to lead them, it was like the sky was falling down. However, he was still the leader of the group, and was everyone's backbone. He could not show too much panic in front of his subordinates, so he calmed himself down and said with a calm expression, "I'm going to the headquarters, go back to your units and control the soldiers. During this period of time, you must be calm."

"Yes."

Inside the headquarters of the school, everyone was gathered outside of the confidential room, with Jiang Jieshi and Liao Zhongkai inside. After Jiang Jieshi returned to the main body, he ordered He Wen Jun of the Telegraph operator to report this to the Residence of Grand Marshal in front of him.

Five minutes passed, but for the people waiting outside, it felt like a long night.

At 1520 hours, following the sound coming from inside the confidential room, Hu Hanmin personally called. The message only had one sentence: "The Prime Minister passed away in Beijing at 9.30 a.m. on the 12th."

Jiang Jieshi took the message and his eyes blacked out, as though the sky was spinning and he was about to fall down. At this point of time, Liao Zhongkai looked at him in grief, and stopped him.

Jiang Jieshi's eyes were brimming with tears as he sobbed, "Zhong Kai, how can the Prime Minister leave?"

Liao Zhongkai was also unable to accept the grievous news of the death of Prime Minister Sun, but the two of them were still the backbone of the school army, and he could not let their guard down. With much difficulty, he stabilized his mind and grabbed onto Jiang Jieshi's arm, and shouted: "Ji Shi, it's normal for people to die of old age, we wish for the prime minister to live for ten thousand of years, but that's not realistic. "Accept the reality, the school is isolated and the situation in Guangzhou is unknown. You have to cheer up, Whampoa is the Prime Minister's hope, you have to take Whampoa and walk down there, not dishonoring the Prime Minister's will."

Jiang Jieshi quickly walked out of the sadness in his heart. He passed the message to Liao Zhongkai and said, "Please pass it to everyone."

"You go out too." Jiang Jieshi was like a wooden person as he walked in front of the chair and sat down, and said to Telegraph operator.

After Telegraph operator left, Jiang Jieshi fiercely punched on the table, his chest moving up and down, thinking about the effect that the passing of the Prime Minister had on him and Huang Po. Whether it was in terms of status in the Party or the military, he was not in the forefront. Especially now that the Prime Minister had gone, his position in the Party had plummeted even further. The successor to the Prime Minister Sun was not his, and everyone in the Kuomintang knew, the most promising people were Hu Hanmin, Wang Jing Wei and Liao Zhongkai.

Amongst the three of them, Liao Zhongkai was the first one to be eliminated by him. He knew that Liao Zhongkai did not have much interest in politics, so even if there was a nomination, he would probably reject it.

Hu Hanmin was the acting marshal of the Kuomintang, and he was also one of the people who contributed to the East expedition. Wang Jingwei, on the other hand, stayed by the side of the Prime Minister all year round, acting as the drafter of the prime minister's will and the idol of many young people.

Wang Jingwei was a true left-winger, and especially agreed with the three policies of the Communist Party of China and the United Soviet Union. As the leader of the right faction in the Kuomintang, Hu Hanmin always complained about the cooperation of the Communist Party of China, and was very wary of the activities of the Soviet Union and the Communist Party of China in the Party.

From a political point of view, Jiang Jieshi wholeheartedly recognized Hu Hanmin. However, in reality, it was more advantageous for him to support Wang Jingwei. Wang Jingwei may have a high status in the party, but he had no influence in the army. If Wang Jingwei wanted to have a say in the army, he had no one but himself to win over.

Jiang Jieshi's mind raced, when he heard the cries of the people outside, they could not help but cry out.

It was true that he had his own selfish thoughts, but it was also true that he was loyal to the Prime Minister Sun. The death of the Prime Minister Sun, regardless of whether it was in public or private, was a huge blow to him.

Jiang Jieshi's face was haggard, as though he had aged a decade or so. He dragged his feet to push open the door, and looked forward with a startled face.

The entrance of the confidential room was filled with all sorts of officers from all levels of the headquarters. All of them were there, looking at Jiang Jieshi intently, all of them came forward and spoke at once: "Principal, I beg of you."

"The Prime Minister has gone, but the concept of revolution is still there."

"We need the principal to continue leading us. Please don't be too sad."

"…"

Jiang Jieshi took a deep breath and raised both his hands, signalling for everyone to stop talking. He said in a low voice: "I know that the Prime Minister has passed away and everyone is in pain, but the revolution has not succeeded.

Liao Zhongkai said from the side: "What should we do next? You should talk about the agenda."

Jiang Jieshi said: "I want to hold a memorial service for the Prime Minister Sun, to pay respects to the Prime Minister's spirit in heaven.

Then, Jiang Jieshi turned to the generals of the First Brigade and said: "The troops cannot be in chaos.

Very quickly, the news of Prime Minister Sun's death spread across the East Expeditionary Force's front lines. The Whampoa Academy Army was immersed in great grief, as everyone thought back to his three visits to the island.

On the 25th, after Jiang Jieshi observed the wounded soldiers in the field hospital, he wrote a speech as follows: "To cut the grass, one must eliminate the roots. To capture the thief, one must first capture the king.

At noon on March 27th, Jiang Jieshi gathered at Xing Ning County's east gate to gather all the officers of the Huangpu Military Academy to teach the First Brigade. and gave an important lecture: "The death of the Prime Minister is the saddest and most unfortunate thing in our school, in our Party, and also the greatest loss to mankind in our world. When the Prime Minister left for the North last year, he passed by our school and said to me, 'People are always going to die. I can see today that the officers, students, and soldiers of Whampoa are working so hard to carry on with my life, so I can rest easy even if I die. ' The illness of the Prime Minister, and his death, were all due to the fact that the doctrine could not be fully implemented. And it has been three years since Chen Liangming betrayed the Party, but the Party members could not get rid of this little rebellion, so they became anxious and angry and died. "

Jiang Jieshi walked to the front of the group amidst the tears of the students from Huang Po and said with extreme grief: "Even though the Prime Minister has passed away, his soul is in the shadows, he will definitely come to protect us. As long as we work hard, we can always live up to the efforts of the Prime Minister! "

On the 30th, the "General Assembly for the Remembrance of the Grand Marshal and the War Dead" was held outside the North Gate of Xing Ning County. About 5000 people were lined up for the ceremony, including the officers and soldiers of the army, as well as the county governor, the government, the university, the peasants and the workers. Jiang Jieshi respectfully read the sacrificial text at the meeting as follows: "Since the hero (Chen Qimei) is dead, my master (Sun Zhongshan) shall follow up his career as a hero; the letter (Zhu Zai) shall end with his death, and my master shall be responsible for his death. Remembering that since the attendants, they had been through a lot of hardships, yet they had had less peace and joy. In the face of death, they had been very generous and sad. "Today, we can only educate our students, train our soldiers, continue to live and revive China in order to console the spirit in heaven!"

After the public offering, Jiang Jieshi then read out an oath in front of Sun Zhongshan, "All members of my Army Officers School shall honor the will of the Prime Minister, inherit his will, and carry out a national revolution so that they won't change even if they die. "I swear it."

After that, Director Zhou brought all the officers and soldiers of the school, and read out the "Prime Minister Sun Language Sacrifice": "March 30, 1914, Republic of China, Army Military Academy, all the officials and soldiers remote Sacrifice the spirit of our Party's Prime Minister, the Mr. Sun Spirit.

After the memorial service ended, Jiang Jieshi, who was in too much grief, was escorted by the military officers back to the main campus. After returning to the main campus, he locked himself in his room.