At the beginning of the Japanese army's all-out war of aggression against China, the reason why Prime Minister Gen Sugiyama dared to shout wild words about destroying China in three months was that on the one hand he was aware of the huge gap in national power between China and Japan, and on the other hand he was confident of conquering Jiangsu and Zhejiang, two important cities The government of the Republic of China was equivalent to a key province in the money bag. The war was fought based on national strength. This is understandable. However, there was another crucial factor that he ignored, which was the strong cohesion and dedication of the descendants of Yan and Huang at the critical moment of national survival. Spirit, the Japanese thought that taking Nanjing, the capital of China, would crush the determination of the Chinese people to resist. What happened? The descendants of Yan and Huang used successive sacrifices to tell the Japanese that you can occupy our land, but you want us to give up resistance and become subjugated slaves. dream,
Without Ouyang Yun, it is no exaggeration to say that the patriotic overseas Chinese led by Tan Kah Kee were the mainstay of China's anti-Japanese front. After all, war cannot be separated from money, and if the National Government that has lost Jiangsu and Zhejiang does not have external financial blood injection, then bankruptcy will only happen Suddenly, in the three years before the Anti-Japanese War, overseas Chinese donated 2 billion national currency. If the numbers cannot explain the problem, then to be more specific, the reason why the National Government was able to survive after it was relocated to Chongqing was because 100% of it was The expenses of the Seventy Strong were all borne by the overseas Chinese. What does this mean? The overseas Chinese used their blood and sweat to support the Republic of China government and maintain the anti-Japanese situation.
Most of the Chinese people at that time did not actually know what role the overseas Chinese played in the motherland's Anti-Japanese War. However, as a time traveler who later handled the distribution of donations, Ouyang Yun knew it all too well. Knowing these things, he has special feelings for the overseas Chinese and insists on carrying out the rescue in Singapore. He does not want the overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia to bleed and sacrifice after sweating and crying. The overseas Chinese have already done their best for the country. Too much has happened. When they face the iron heel of the Japanese army, the country and the army should do something for them.
Xuebingjun insists on not disclosing the donation account book. On the one hand, it is because Fujian and Guangdong Qiong did not make a fuss as some people hoped, so the top brass of Xuebingjun did not take it seriously at all. On the other hand, because some funds It is not easy to make it public. Of course, it is not easy to make it public. It is only for the Chongqing government. Regarding the representatives of the Chinese and overseas Chinese, the attitude of the Xuebing Army is to welcome them to verify and supervise. Ouyang Yun launched the Singapore rescue for a very pure purpose. Rescued people, but after the people were rescued, the feedback from the Nanyang Chinese and overseas Chinese shocked everyone in the Xuebing Army system. First of all, it was the funds. The Nanyang Chinese and overseas Chinese were able to donate more than 3 million to the country every month during the most difficult period of the domestic war of resistance. The currency relies on the middle and upper industrial and commercial classes who own some industries in Nanyang. The Japanese army occupied the Dutch East Indies, British Singapore and Malaysia, which wiped out their local industries. However, as people who have struggled locally for generations Their background was far more than just those in the industry, so soon there were many factories and mining companies in Guangzhou and surrounding areas. At the same time, a company called Nanyang Bank specialized in providing lending business to the rescued overseas Chinese in Nanyang. The bank opened, and the influx of a large amount of idle funds immediately brought Guangzhou's already prosperous business to a higher level. The financial power within the jurisdiction of Xuebingjun was divided between Xuebingjun officials, northern industrialists, Jews, and Guangzhou locals. There is the Nanyang branch, followed by talents. The education level of the overseas Chinese in Nanyang is much higher than that in Guangzhou and other areas. And because when they were in Nanyang, most of them worked in factories run by Chinese, so their skills Workers are everywhere, which just fills the weakness of the technical workers' power rifles under the Xuebing Army. Finally, it is the pointing function. Although the current Xuebing Military Government still has shortcomings of one kind or another, compared with other places in the country, even with Compared with Nanjing before the fall, both the political environment and the social environment were much better. This made the Chinese and overseas Chinese recognize them from the bottom of their hearts. Under their propaganda, more Chinese and overseas Chinese rushed to Guangzhou from all over the world. Gradually, A consensus has been formed among overseas Chinese circles: If you want to return to the country to save the nation, go to Guangzhou.
Before Tan Kah Kee was rescued to Guangzhou last year, he had traveled to many places to support the Anti-Japanese War. After coming to Guangzhou, he was impressed by the clean government and good Anti-Japanese War atmosphere in Guangzhou, so he established the Nanyang Overseas Chinese Relief Association for Refugees from the Motherland in From then on, he was in charge of dispatching relief work in Guangzhou, which ended the previous state of wandering around the front lines and rear areas of the Anti-Japanese War across the country. Tan Kah Kee's reputation was so famous that the four major families and the military commanders made plans to use civilian power to force Ouyang Yun to step down. His idea, coupled with the fact that the Nanyang Association for Homeland Refugee Relief has an office in Chongqing, so Chongqing started to launch demonstrations against Ouyang Yun. Tan Kah Kee got the news here. Tan Kah Kee has an upright temper and cannot rub the sand in his eyes. After receiving the notification from the Chongqing office, he immediately became angry and said in front of his staff: "If Commander-in-Chief Ouyang is a national traitor, then who are those people in the Chongqing government? I think the reason why China has been unable to open up the anti-war situation The situation is in the hands of these people." He also said: "Those who love and hate their enemies can do things like this. I think the former Prime Minister's career will be ruined by them sooner or later." A huge demonstration in Chongqing. After the event started, Kong Xiangxi immediately contacted him, hoping that he could take the overall situation into consideration and bravely stand up to criticize the warlord Ouyang Yun, urge him to step down, and give the people of Fujian and Guangdong a bright and sunny day. Tan Kah Kee completely ignored this and was forced to I was so anxious that I called back and said that if Kong continued to pester me about this matter, I would no longer be friends with him. Kong understood his temper and did not dare to send any more messages to press him, but he signaled to the people in the petition group to continue to put pressure on him. ,
Tan Kah Kee had joined the Tongmenghui as early as 1910, and had advised and assisted Sun Yat-sen in carrying out revolutionary activities in Southeast Asia. Therefore, he had interacted with several democratic revolution veterans in the petition group. When Ji Xingwen came to visit, Tan Kah Kee happened to be in the living room. When they were met inside, Tan Kah Kee was very cool. After hearing the report, he pretended to be upright and said to those people: "I don't agree with your idea. I don't think anyone in the Xue Bing Army agrees with it. Mr. Ji, the chief political director of the Xue Bing Army." It just happened to be here, you convince him first, if he agrees, I will consider it."
When those people submitted a petition to the Commander-in-Chief of the Xuebing Army, it was Ji Xingwen who received them. Although Ji Xingwen did not say anything bad at that time, it did give them a minor setback. Between the four major families and the military commander The reason why they dare to do this is not only because they are greedy for profit but also think that "people's support can be used", and also because they believe that there must be someone among the senior leaders of the Xuebing Army who is willing to take over Ouyang Yun's power. Among these people, Ji Xingwen is also among them. The reason why the petition group dared to write a letter is because of On this point, after encountering a problem with Ji Xingwen, they were already frightened. Now that they heard that Ji Xingwen was coming, how could they dare to persuade him? They left in a hurry and said they would come back another day.
Tan Kah Kee was very impatient with them. How could he promise them to come back another day? He grabbed the leader and asked Ji Xingwen to come in quickly, saying: "Mr. Ji is very reasonable. Such a good opportunity." Don’t miss it, sit tight, Mr. Ji will be here soon.”
After Ji Xingwen came in, he was startled at first when he saw the people in the petition group, and then he couldn't help but smile secretly when he saw how they were all on pins and needles. He knew that they definitely failed to persuade Tan Kah Kee, and he became more confident in achieving their goal.
Tan Kah Kee also somewhat guessed Ji Xingwen's purpose of coming. After a brief exchange of greetings, he took the initiative to stir up the topic and said to Ji Xingwen: "Mr. Ji came just in time. These seniors are persuading me to join them in writing a letter asking Commander-in-Chief Ouyang to step down. , there is a right way to understand the truth, what do you think?"
Tan Kah Kee got straight to the point, and Ji Xingwen stopped hiding it and said: "That's exactly why I came here." He took out the "Petition" from his body and handed it to Tan Kah Kee and said: "This is their petition. You can Look, the theory of the Chongqing group is completely plagiarized. How many of the Chongqing group have been to Guangzhou, and how many of them are aware of the contribution our army has made to the Anti-Japanese War. Which of these reasons is tenable? , If nothing else, let’s just talk about the second point. They said that everything Commander-in-Chief Ouyang did in Guangzhou was a warlord’s behavior, and the ultimate goal was to realize his personal ambitions. I would like to ask, what ambitions does Commander-in-Chief Ouyang have? , it is also an ambition to resist the Japanese and kill the Japanese and regain the mountains and rivers. So all of us in the Xuebing Army have this ambition. Then should we all go down? Let’s talk about the third point. Yes, the commander-in-chief is a little romantic, but what about the harem group? They actually slandered our anti-Japanese warriors as the commander-in-chief's prostitutes. When they were killing the Japanese in Yingya Mountain, where were they? A group of guys who are worse than women actually dared to dictate matters on the war of resistance..." "Central Daily News" Fortunately, although the above report is unfair, it does not carry out vicious personal attacks after all, and some tabloids use all possible means. Among the senior officials of the Xuebing Army, Ji Xingwen is considered to have a good temper, but he is also criticized for this. The tabloids were very angry. The more he talked, the more angry he became, and his voice gradually became fierce.
After Tan Kah Kee arrived in Guangzhou, the person with whom Tan Kah Kee had the most dealings with the top brass of the Xuebing Army was Ji Xingwen. This was the first time he had seen him get so angry, and he didn't pay attention to the occasion at all. This made him a little worried about how this incident would affect Ouyang Yun. The intensity of the attack made him even more afraid to stay out of the matter. After reading the "Petition", he was also angry at some of the slanderous clauses in it. Ji Xingwen just finished his anger. He expressed his position: "Although I came to Guangzhou at a different time, Commander, but it can also be seen that Commander-in-Chief Ouyang and the Xuebing Army really take the fight against Japan as their mission. The things above are really outrageous. Everyone, you are all revolutionary veterans in the era of the former Prime Minister, so you cannot be deceived by villains. Damaging the good situation of the Anti-Japanese War in Guangzhou, no, I will never allow someone to slander the heroes of the Anti-Japanese War like this, well, this first article about anti-war donations has a lot to do with us Chinese and overseas Chinese, I must clarify it in the newspaper."