The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China - Chapter 1055

   Zhou Hexuan saw the Emperor of Japan’s “Edict of Armistice” in London. After reading it, he sneered, this is all exhausted and still dead.

In the “Edict of the Armistice” or the “Edict of the End of the War”, the description of the time of the war is “four years have been read”, only counting from the date of declaration of war, there is no mention of the September 18th and July 7th Incidents, nor is it recognized at all China and Japan fought a total war for eight years.

   Not only that, this so-called “Edict” kept saying “liberate East Asia” and always claimed to be the savior of the world. He also described the killings and injuries caused by the Allied forces to Japan as “frequently killing innocents and causing tragic harm”.

   After reading the whole article, the general meaning can be summarized as: The purpose of the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese government is to make the Japanese people happy and peaceful, and to make all countries in the world happy and prosperous. The reason why Japan declared war on the United Kingdom and the United States (deliberately not mentioning China) is for the stability of East Asia, so it is an accident that it violated the sovereignty of other countries. The Japanese people worked hard and united for the great cause, but the enemy was too ferocious. For the continuation of the nation, for the civilization of mankind, and for the peace of all ages, the Emperor of Japan had no choice but to end the war.

   There was no word of surrender, no confession of guilt, and no mention of anything about China.

   But this is an edict of surrender, because the real point is only this line: I have ordered the imperial government… to accept its joint proclamation.

   The content of the “Potsdam Proclamation” is to make Japan surrender unconditionally. If Japan is willing to accept the proclamation, then it is to accept unconditional surrender, and the rest are **** and nonsense.

  It is ridiculous that Japanese newspapers are still blocking the “Potsdam Proclamation”, and the Japanese have no idea of ​​the specific content of the proclamation accepted by the emperor. Japan’s “Yomiuri News” is even more brazen, with the title “Peace for all generations”, claiming: “The war we are fighting is a just war, a war of self-defense and self-existence, and the purpose of the war is the liberation of East Asia and billions of dollars. well-being of the people.”

  Many Japanese soldiers in the occupied areas of China could also receive the broadcast. Some officers and soldiers chose to commit suicide by caesarean section, while some turned off the radio and claimed that it was the enemy’s conspiracy. For example, some Japanese troops in the northeastern region are still stubbornly resisting. They say that the emperor’s broadcast is fake, and then continue to fight with the Soviet Red Army.

   Anyway, Japan lost and China won.

  In addition to cheering and celebrating, the Chinese people are more concerned about the future situation. The overwhelming public opinion cannot be controlled by the National Government at all. All walks of life are calling for the formation of a democratic coalition government, while the Communist Party has clearly put forward the three slogans of peace, democracy and unity, which are widely recognized and supported by the people.

   Faced with such a situation, Chang Kaishen had to choose to compromise. He could not directly suppress public opinion, but invited Taizu to negotiate in Chongqing, thinking that Taizu would not dare to go to Chongqing.

   So, the Chongqing negotiation began, and the two sides signed the “Double Ten Agreement”.

  …

   End of August.

   Zhou Weilie, Zhong Kailai and Min Sihe left Kunming and came to Hong Kong. They have to take a boat from Hong Kong to study in the United Kingdom and the United States respectively.

  The train was traveling along the Canton-Kowloon Railway, and the three young people couldn’t help frowning as they passed the junction of the New Territories and Kowloon.

  The National Army has recaptured the New Territories, and Kowloon is still occupied by the Japanese army.

  According to Chang Kaishen’s order, the national army should recapture the whole territory of Hong Kong. However, Churchill, who had stepped down, pushed the British government and continued to put pressure on the United States. Chang Kaishen was constrained by Truman and had to stop the Chinese army in the New Territories.

  The British army is still coming slowly. During this period, Hong Kong is still controlled by the Japanese army. The British actually entrusted the Japanese army to be responsible for the security of Hong Kong.

   The three got off the train at Kowloon Station, and as soon as they walked onto the platform, they saw someone holding up a cardboard with their names written on them.

   “Uncle Zhu!” Zhou Weilie walked over happily.

   Zhu Guozhen smiled and said, “Eldest young master has grown taller again.”

   Zhou Weilie said: “Uncle Zhu, these two are my classmates Zhong Kailai and Min Sihe. Brother Zhong and Brother Min, this is Mr. Zhu Guozhen, a famous martial artist.”

   “Hello Mr. Zhu!”

   “The two classmates are good, they are both pillars of talent!”

   Zhou Weilie asked curiously, “Why is Uncle Zhu in Hong Kong? Is my dad here?”

   Zhu Guozhen said: “I came to Hong Kong on a British warship with my husband. I am afraid you will have to stay in Hong Kong for a few more days. The British and Japanese troops are going through the handover procedures. To ensure safety, the port is temporarily closed during the handover.”

   “Why did China win but Hong Kong couldn’t take it back?” Zhou Weilie said indignantly.

   Zhu Guozhen said: “You have to ask Mr. I, a rude person, can’t answer.”

  Zhu Guozhen took the three to the Kowloon Ferry Terminal, took the small ferry to Hong Kong Island, and then took the cable car to the Peak of Taiping.

   In front of a western-style villa, Zhu Guozhen pointed to the villa and said, “This used to be the hilltop villa of the Governor of Hong Kong. Now it was bought by the husband, and he will bring his wives next year.”

   “I thought I was going to move back to Tianjin Sanletang.” Zhou Weilie was full of doubts.

   The Governor’s Peak Villa is the future Peak Park in Hong Kong, but there were only a few guard rooms left at that time. This dilapidated house has many disasters and disasters. It was blown down by a typhoon in the second year after it was built. It was blown down by a typhoon in the second year when it was rebuilt. It was abandoned for decades and then rebuilt. , once again shelving the construction plan.

   During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, the hilltop villa of the Governor of Hong Kong was severely damaged and the repair cost was extremely high. In addition, there is also a Hong Kong Governor’s villa on the other side of Fanling. When the new Hong Kong Governor was chatting with Zhou Hexuan, he sold the hilltop villa to Zhou Hexuan.

  The new Hong Kong Governor Johnson is just “acting Hong Kong Governor”, not official. In fact, he was still in a prisoner of war camp a month ago. The British government was afraid that it would be easy to change after too long, so it hastened to promote Johnson to be the governor of Hong Kong to host the handover.

   Zhou Weilie followed Zhu Guozhen into the villa, and found it was in tatters and tatters, and several workers were taking care of the weeds that were more than one meter high in the garden.

   In a garden that has been tidied up, Zhou Hexuan is drinking afternoon tea with “Hong Kong Governor” Jason, and British Rear Admiral Xia Wei is drinking tea with him. In Hong Kong in the early post-war period, Xia Wei was the Supreme Emperor. He was about to establish a military government in Hong Kong. He served as the head of the military government and the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces.

   The current situation in Hong Kong is very strange. Johnson serves as the acting governor and establishes a provisional government, but the provisional government has no real power, and the Japanese army is responsible for all political security. And soon Harcourt was about to form a military government, but the relevant personnel of the military government had not yet arrived, so Harcourt let Johnson’s provisional government continue to manage Hong Kong.

  The two of them are now ignoring the handover and the political situation in Hong Kong. They came to Zhou Hexuan’s hilltop villa to drink tea. In fact, they were discussing the issue of the military government and the interim government.

   “Dad!” Zhou Weilie stepped forward and shouted.

   “My son,” Zhou Hexuan introduced the two Englishmen, and then said to Zhou Weilie, “This is your Uncle Harcourt (Xia Qi), this is your Uncle Jinxun (Jensen).”

   Zhou Weilie was obviously hostile to the two British guys and asked on the spot, “Why can’t China take back Hong Kong?”

  Xia couldn’t understand Chinese, but Jason could understand. The latter said, “Children, because the British lease term for Hong Kong hasn’t come yet.”

   “That is an unequal treaty signed by the Qing government, and it should be voided!” Min Sihe immediately retorted.

  Jason smiled and shook his head: “Young man, you still don’t understand politics.”

  Min Sihe’s eloquence was not good, he didn’t know how to justify it, Zhong Kailai and Zhou Weilie also shut up under Zhou Hexuan’s eyes.

   After chatting for a while, Xia Wei and Jason got up to say goodbye. Before leaving, Xia Wei invited: “Mr. Zhou, please be sure to attend the establishment ceremony of the Hong Kong military government tomorrow.”

   “I’m so sorry, I have other things to do.” Zhou Hexuan refused directly. Although he must have a good relationship with these two British guys, it does not mean that he agrees with the British colonial rule in Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong military government is even more nonsense.