The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China - Chapter 1059

   (PS: After this chapter, there are several chapters afterwords.)

   Early morning.

   Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin were walking in the garden, while Zhang Leyi, Meng Xiaodong and other women were drinking morning tea and chatting. After the children had finished practicing martial arts, they carried their schoolbags and walked to the riverside. Blind A Bing was pulling the erhu as always.

  Zhu Guozhen instructed the servants to carry two large boxes downstairs. When passing the garden, Liang Sicheng asked with a smile, “Brother Mingcheng, is this moving?”

   “Some information.” Zhou Hexuan said.

   “Academic historical materials?” Lin Huiyin asked.

Zhou Hexuan said with a serious expression: “Information about Japan’s war crimes in China. Since the ‘September 18 Incident’, I have secretly asked people to collect evidence, and over the past ten years, I have accumulated two large boxes. The trial is over, and I’ll send it to the prosecutors.”

  Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin immediately put away their smiles, and Liang Sicheng asked, “Can I take a look?”

   “Let’s watch in the car, time is a little tight, prosecutor Xiang will take a boat to Shanghai in the afternoon.” Zhou Hexuan said.

  The two set off from the back gate of Zhou Mansion and took a car to the hotel where Xiang Zhejun stayed. Xiang Zhejun went to Shanghai with his family after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. He was ordered to return to Chongqing two weeks ago to form a Chinese delegation to the Far East Military Tribunal together with Mei Ru’ao.

  Mei Ruao served as the Chinese judge of the Tokyo Trial and was responsible for the overall situation. Xiang Zhejun served as the Chinese prosecutor in the Tokyo trial, and one of his jobs was to collect evidence, and these materials were the most suitable for him.

  Liang Sicheng was sitting in the car. He was depressed after reading only a few documents. He closed his eyes and did not speak any more.

   Soon he arrived at the Guanyin Bridge. Zhou Hexuan found Mei Ruao and Xiang Zhejun in the hotel: “Mr. two judges, the things have been delivered.”

   “These are all?” Mei Ruao and Xiang Zhejun were very surprised.

Zhou Hexuan said: “There are three types of materials. The first is written materials, including newspaper news, victim oral content, and witness oral content; the second is photo data, with text descriptions and eyewitness testimony; the third is The video materials are also accompanied by eyewitness testimony. A small part of them also includes witness information and signatures.”

   Xiang Zhejun said excitedly: “It’s very comprehensive, it would be even better if you can find witnesses to appear in court!”

Zhou Hexuan said: “There are 200 minutes of film in the box. In addition to the images of the Nanjing Massacre, I also recorded the testimony of many American missionaries and their families. Most of these American witnesses are still alive, and you can invite them to testify in court. They not only witnessed the Nanjing Massacre, but also other atrocities by the Japanese in the Shanghai, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Nanjing areas.”

   “Great, great!” Xiang Zhejun was so excited he didn’t know what to say.

   One of the arduous tasks of the Tokyo Trial is finding evidence, and even more difficult than finding evidence is finding witnesses to appear in court. In history, Xiang Zhejun traveled all over the occupied area. It took two years to find a lot of evidence and successfully persuaded Puyi and others to testify in court.

   Zhou Hexuan said: “These materials are handed over to you, but I have a request.”

  Mei Ruao said: “Please speak.”

   “After the trial, I want copies of all trial records and manuscript documents.” Zhou Hexuan said.

   “No problem.” Mei Ruao said.

   Historically, Xiang Zhejun collected two large boxes of trial records and manuscript documents, ready to bring them back to China for debriefing. As a result, the Kuomintang was busy fighting the civil war. After these precious materials were handed over to the government, they were placed in a corner and no one cared about them. In the end, they disappeared.

   If these two large boxes of trial materials are available, if the Japanese dare not admit to the crime of aggression against China in the future, Zhou Hexuan can slap them in the face at any time.

   Xiang Zhejun put an iron lock on the box and let his subordinates keep it safe. Then, he and Mei Ruao stood together, bowed to Zhou Hexuan and said, “Mr. Zhou, on behalf of the whole Chinese people, we would like to thank you for your contribution!”

   Zhou Hexuan stood on the spot and accepted their bows, then shook hands and said, “Please, both of you, you must seek justice for the Chinese!”

   “Do your best and go all out!” The two clasped Zhou Hexuan’s hands.

   On the way back to Zhou Mansion, Liang Sicheng asked, “Brother Mingcheng, what are your plans in the future?”

   “I’m going to settle in Hong Kong.” Zhou Hexuan said.

   “Why?” Liang Sicheng was quite surprised. In the eyes of most Chinese people, Hong Kong today is considered a remote country, with no culture and progress.

  Zhou Hexuan said truthfully: “A full-scale civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party is inevitable, and I think the Communist Party will win. I agree with their doctrine, but I also have my own considerations. Going to settle in Hong Kong is the best choice.”

  Liang Sicheng was silent for a moment and said: “If the Communist Party can really win quickly, it will not be a bad result. I am afraid that the civil war will be endless and neither side will be able to win, and China will once again be in a state of political division.”

   “Soon, don’t worry.” Zhou Hexuan did not persuade Liang Sicheng to go to Hong Kong, because the other party had his own choice.

   “I hope.” Liang Sicheng sighed.

  …

  On the eve of the Spring Festival, Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin went to Kunming to catch up with old friends from Southwest Associated University.

  Although the Anti-Japanese War has been won, the Southwest Associated University still exists and will not move back to Tianjin and Peiping until the end of the school year. I don’t know where Mei Yiqi got the money, but he actually paid 150,000 fiat to each teacher and student, and then set off in a car transporting refugees. Students who have not graduated can choose to continue their studies at Tsinghua University, Peking University or Nankai University.

   Zhou Hexuan stayed in Chongqing for the Chinese New Year. The hilltop villa in Hong Kong is still being repaired, and it is estimated that it will take more than half a year to repair it.

   In the summer of 1946, Hu Shi also returned to China. He had just attended a UNESCO conference in London and was involved in developing the organization’s charter.

   This guy first attended the ceremony of returning the capital in Nanjing, and then came to Chongqing to visit old friends. When meeting with Zhou Hexuan, Hu Shi sighed deeply, talking about the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, and he was very embarrassed, and then he went to Peking University to be the president.

   In the golden autumn season, Zhou Hexuan was invited to the Tokyo International Court of Justice to attend a trial of war criminals.

  Because of some of the information he gave, although there are witnesses’ testimony and signatures, the witnesses and victims have not been found. These documents can be used as reference materials during the trial. Since it was issued by Zhou Hexuan, he must state the specific situation to the judge and swear that he did not lie or cheat.

When    passed through Shanghai, Zhou Hexuan met his old friend Li Shoumin. Although Li Shoumin was strongly invited to go to Hong Kong with him, Li Shoumin was unwilling. “The Legend of Shushan Swordsman” seems to be a eunuch.

   In addition to Li Shoumin, Zhou Hexuan also met Xue Dian in Shanghai.

   To tell the truth, Xue Dian’s behavior during the Anti-Japanese War was very bad, because he joined the “One X Road”. Xue Dian himself did not act as a traitor, but the “One X Road” was the lackey of the Japanese aggressors, preaching the end of the world, and believed that Japan’s invasion of China was reshaping the world.

   The funny thing is that after the Japanese aggressors withdrew from China, the “One X Road” turned into a lackey of the Nationalist government.

   Today, “One X Way” is preaching crazily across the country, and the number of believers has grown to more than 200,000. Due to his outstanding martial arts, Xue Dian was once promoted to be the chief shopkeeper in Shanxi, claiming to be Emperor Guan descended to the world. He came to Shanghai this time to engage in “academic exchanges” within the teaching.

   Seeing Zhou Hexuan, Xue Dian actually encouraged him to join the teaching, and was scolded by Zhou Hexuan.

  Since Li Shoumin was imprisoned by the Japanese army, Xue Dian also came to the rescue, Zhou Hexuan still said a few more words. He persuaded Xue Dian to withdraw from the “One X Dao” quickly, saying that no matter which side of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party sits in the world, this Daoist organization is a serious problem for the government’s confidants, and if he stays in it, he will end up miserably.

  The two broke up.

   It was not until a few years later that Xue Dian recalled Zhou Hexuan’s words, and he felt that the future was not good and fled to Hong Kong. With the support of Zhou Hexuan, he established a school.

  From autumn to winter, Zhou Hexuan stayed in Tokyo.

   To tell the truth, Tokyo at this time was worse than Chongqing during the Anti-Japanese War, and most of the city was almost in ruins.

   At the beginning, the Japanese government shouted the slogan “100 million people are broken”, and confiscated the last rations of the people of the whole country. When Japan surrendered, these grains were neither sent to the front line for military rations nor returned to the Japanese people, but were hidden in warehouses and disappeared.

   Japanese civilians didn’t have anything to eat at all, and the rich and powerful took the opportunity to sell food at high prices on the black market. Those days were miserable.

   After Zhou Hexuan came to Japan, he quickly made friends with His Majesty MacArthur.

  The next thing is easy to handle. Zhou Hexuan’s first thing is not to buy land in Tokyo, but to transfer US dollars to buy Japanese companies.

   Several major consortiums in Japan were all forced to dismantle after the war, turning into hundreds of scattered companies and factories. Including companies split by consortiums such as Mitsubishi and Sumitomo, Zhou Hexuan has invested in 42 companies in one go, accounting for 10% to 30% of each company’s shares.

  These consortiums were forced to break up, their future was uncertain, their funds were scarce, and they were losing money every day. In the face of Zhou Hexuan waving US dollars to invest, they expressed their great welcome and respect Zhou Hexuan from the business and political circles.

   Until the outbreak of the Korean War, the United States no longer suppressed Japan, and these dismantled companies formed consortia one after another. At that time, Zhou Hexuan has shares in the six major consortiums in Japan. Although the proportion of shares is not high, it must not be taken lightly.

   At the same time, Zhou Hexuan was also invited to various lectures by the University of Tokyo, Waseda University and other schools.

   He didn’t talk about anything else, but only talked about the pain caused by Japan’s invasion of China on the Chinese, and then called for peace and opposed war. Every time he gave a speech, Japanese teachers and students cried and bowed to Zhou Hexuan.

  The nation of Japan is very nonsense. Before surrendering, they shouted Yusui, and after surrendering, they all became pacifists. They actively introspected, threw the blame on the military (and) national (harmonious) elements, and believed that they were innocent victims, and they were forced to become accomplices.

  In today’s Japan, anti-war and peace have become politically correct. Whoever dares to visit the Yasukuni Shrine will be beaten to death by the Japanese people without any protest from the Chinese.

   The funniest thing is the Koreans in Japan. These guys regard themselves as citizens of the victorious country and pretend to be arrogant in Japan. There are often North Koreans extorting robbery in Tokyo. After being caught, they do not change their face. Instead, they denounce the Japanese as war criminals, and he is taking back what he deserves.

   Japan in the early postwar period was very interesting, very peaceful, the whole people reflected, and they really thought they were sinners.

  Japan (and) right (and) wing (association) potential (association) rises up, that is something after the 1970s. The economy is prosperous, and there is no need to worry about food and clothing. When the scars are healed, they forget the pain. They even deny the history of the invasion of China.

   In winter, Liao Yaquan also came to Tokyo with her two sons. She had been away from home for many years and wanted to return to China, and decided to stay for a long time.

   Zhou Hexuan found that Liao Yaquan was boring in Japan, so he invested in a new factory for her to manage, specializing in the production of instant noodles, and also applied for a patent for instant noodles.

  By the way, Zhou Hexuan also asked two Japanese pharmaceutical companies for sulfa patent fees. With MacArthur’s backing, the Japanese pharmaceutical companies did not dare to default on their debts. Since he couldn’t afford the royalties, Zhou Hexuan had no choice but to become a shareholder of the two pharmaceutical companies.

   The names of these two pharmaceutical companies are called “Takeda Pharmaceutical Industry Co., Ltd.” and “Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.”, which are only the first and second pharmaceutical companies in Japan.

   Zhou Hexuan felt that the other party was very stingy and only gave 3% of the shares.

   At the end of 1946, Zhou Hexuan returned to Chongqing, and then moved to Hong Kong with his family.

  Before leaving Chongqing, Zhou Hexuan also went to the Chongqing branch of Xinhua Daily and handed over his land deed in the mainland to the editor-in-chief. Two months later, the Chongqing branch of Xinhua Daily was forced to close, and the staff of the newspaper took all the things donated by Zhou Hexuan to Yan’an when they were evacuating north.

  In May 1947, the Royal Academy of Arts awarded Zhou Hexuan the title of Academician, and in June George VI personally awarded Zhou Hexuan the Order of the Garter.

The    Medal was requested by Zhou Hexuan on his own initiative. Wearing it on his body can ensure that the Hong Kong Governor will not dare to mess around, and it will also pave the way for the smuggling of embargoed materials to the mainland in a few years. He originally only wanted a general medal, but he did not expect that George VI directly gave a medal of the Garter.

  The Order of the Garter is the highest honor among various British medals. It is awarded by the King himself, and the Prime Minister and the government have no right to intervene. Including the monarch, the Order of the Garter is only allowed to have 25 living wearers, but the king can make an exception to award excess.

  The news that Zhou Hexuan was awarded the Order of the Garter caused a sensation throughout the UK. Some people think it can be done, others strongly disagree because it is too precious.

   King George VI turned a deaf ear, and still awarded the medal to Zhou Hexuan. On the one hand, he is more willful, and he can do whatever he wants within the scope of his authority; on the other hand, it is also because Zhou Hexuan has promised that he will live in Hong Kong in the future.

   Using a medal to let a world-class writer settle in a British colony, the deal seems to be a good deal. At least, the British “Yinying fans” feel that it is not a loss. They don’t have to worry about the serialization of “The Legend of the Galactic Heroes”.

   In fact, George VI also wanted to award Zhou Hexuan an honorary knighthood. But Zhou Hexuan refused to do it, not because he didn’t want to be a knight, but because he had to kneel down and be loyal to the king during the award ceremony. Zhou Hexuan didn’t have the habit of kneeling.

   Zhou Hexuan’s life has entered the Hong Kong era.