Gossip about Yangzhou "Gossip about Yangzhou" storm.

In the early 1930s, Nanjing was the capital of the National Government and Zhenjiang was the provincial government of Jiangsu. After the Sino-Japanese War broke out, the situation was tense and the Nanjing National Government was ready to move the capital. Chen, chairman of the Jiangsu provincial government in Zhenjiang, took the lead in moving some institutions to Yangzhou, just across the river. Yi, director of the editorial office of Jiangsu Provincial Education Department, crossed the river with the vanguard troops and temporarily worked in Yangzhou Middle School.

Yi had nothing to do in Yangzhou and traveled all over Yangzhou. He wrote a travel book, Gossip Yangzhou, which was published by Zhonghua Book Company in Shanghai. There are two Yangzhou people in Zhonghua Book Company. When they saw that the books were all about Yangzhou, they flipped through them and found that some words were cursing Yangzhou people. They secretly brought two books of wet ink Yangzhou gossip to their master, Grandpa Ruan. Great-grandfather Ruan Wu was named Ruan Mubo, ranking fifth. He is called great-grandfather Ruan Wu. Ruan Mubo, a descendant of Ruan Yuan, a teacher in Qing Dynasty, was born in green gang tycoon. He has lived in Shanghai for a long time, ranking second only to Huang and Du He, and can give orders. Shanghai, Yangzhou and Zhenjiang all have his disciples and grandchildren, so he is a man of the hour.

Ruan Wu's great-grandfather got a look at the gossip Yangzhou, and there were indeed many bad words insulting Yangzhou people, so he decided to compete with Yi. But instead of coming forward, he gave the book to Ke Duan, a monk in Yangzhou, and Guo, a female leader. These two people have a lot of energy in Yangzhou, and they will definitely come forward to investigate, because there are scandals with rich women in the book and insulting Yangzhou women. While delivering the books, Ruan Mubo sent them a very weighty message: "Just let me do this little thing!" This matter soon spread to Yi 'er, who had moved back to Zhenjiang. Easy to know Nguyen five great grandfather, immediately frighten nerve-racking, hurriedly go to the director Zhou Fohai. Zhou Fohai understood that people in the underworld said "I'll take care of this little thing" just to "get rid of" Yi, so I broke out in a cold sweat. Life is a matter of life, so I have to ask, and he decided to stand up.

Zhou Fohai and Yi are fellow villagers and classmates in Japan, and they are quite friendly. 193 1 year, Zhou Fohai became the director of the education department of Jiangsu province, and specially invited Yizhi Education Department, who works in Anhui Civil Affairs Department, to help. Now, Yi Ranjun is in a catastrophe, and he must not sit idly by. So he went out in person and rushed to Shanghai to find Ruan Wu's great-grandfather to intercede. Zhou Fohai is an executive member of the Kuomintang Central Committee and often goes out to inspect with Chiang Kai-shek. He is a great man with great face. Since he interceded, he had to lose face. Ruan said, "Don't worry, Mr. Zhou, I can control people. However, Yangzhou people are extremely angry and it is inevitable to go to court with Iraq. " Zhou Fohai a listen to RuanMuBo tone, know that yi's life is saved, I'm afraid I still want to eat, things haven't been decided yet, so we have to be prepared.

After reading the gossip about Yangzhou, the monks Ke Duan and Ms Guo were also greatly annoyed.

But Duan was a soldier, a military attache in Beiyang Army, and a classmate with Chiang Kai-shek. Later, I put down my butcher knife and converted to Buddhism. He is the abbot of Changsheng Temple in Yangzhou. With special political relations, he is also a director of the Chinese Buddhist Association and one of the nine standing committees. When the Northern Expeditionary Army entered Yangzhou, more than 300 temples in the city were garrisoned, but there was no garrison in the Changsheng Temple, because a notice was posted at the entrance of the temple: "On the orders of Commander-in-Chief Jiang, it is forbidden to station troops."

You can live in Buddhism, but you like sex. He hooked up with the salt merchant's fourth concubine, named Xiao. In order to hide people's eyes and ears, Xiao Furen invested 65,438+10,000 yuan to build a wishing temple, and made Ke Duan the abbot. Later, Xiao Furen lived in a temple as a layman, so that they could have fun. People outside are tacitly aware. Gossip Yangzhou wrote this love affair and quoted a couplet from Yangzhou Daily: "Xu Niang is chic and has become a layman; How is the romantic monk famous? " In the eyes of Yangzhou people, Ke Duan's reputation is not good. Although he hated Zuo Jun, he was not good at making trouble. Therefore, he had to rely on Guo.

Guo is an influential figure with emancipated mind. She has managed many charities and won the admiration of the public. She is a leader in Yangzhou women's circles. There is a lot of gossip about Yangzhou, which is really an insult to Yangzhou women. As written in the article, Yangzhou is famous for its beautiful scenery, salt production and women's production. Prostitutes all over the country seem to be arranged by Yangzhou, but in fact, prostitutes in Yangzhou are not better than those in other places; I can't see the best girl in Yangzhou, probably because I went out more often and didn't see how smart I was left behind; Girls were born in Yangzhou because of a customary human custom, and they are not ashamed to be prostitutes; Those who are close to the water, Yangzhou has many flowers and willows, and there is no mountain shadow in the water town. The human nature is frivolous and the female is quiet. Wait a minute. This greatly violated the dignity of Yangzhou people and hurt their feelings, especially in the female circle. As a result, a thin "Yangzhou Gossip" aroused public anger in Yangzhou and its seven counties. Therefore, headed by Guo and attended by representatives from all walks of life such as industry, agriculture, commerce, women, medicine and learning in Yangzhou and seven counties, the huge "Yangzhou People's Investigation Group" is commonly known as the "Yangzhou Investigation Group". Behind the scenes of Yangzhou Research Group, there are two groups supporting it. One is the "Shanghai Yangzhou Association Investigation Gossip Yangzhou Committee" led by Ruan Mubo; One is the "Yangzhou Gossip Yangzhou Federation" headed by barrister Dai.

After everything was ready, the chief lawyers Dai, Han Huahua, on behalf of the litigation group, appealed to the Jiangsu Provincial District Court, accusing Yihua Zhonghua Book Company of insulting the personality of Yangzhou people. Although the court felt uncomfortable, it accepted the lawsuit and decided to open the court on August 7. 1932.

Lu Feikui and Yi, the general manager of Zhonghua Book Company, knew that public anger was hard to control and did not want to fight this lawsuit, so they asked people to mediate everywhere, trying to minimize the big problems and save face.

Zhonghua Book Company invited Xue Dolby, a barrister who was a member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Office of the Kuomintang Central Committee and served as the Minister of the Second Legal Department and the Minister of the Interior, to mediate. Xue knows that Ruan Mubo is a key figure in the situation. He found Ruan Mubo and proposed four solutions: First, Zhonghua Book Company immediately stopped publishing Gossip Yangzhou; Second, apologize to the people of seven counties in Yangzhou; Three, in the form of books, compensation for Yangzhou people's reputation loss of 2000 yuan; Fourth, Yangzhou withdrew the lawsuit. But Ruan Mubo refused to agree. The reason is: "it is of great importance for young people to travel to Shanghai, and they cannot decide without the consent of all walks of life in seven counties;" Before the Yi case was resolved, Zhonghua Book Company asked for mediation and resolutely refused. " Du Bi let xue met a big nail.

The mediator who is easy to invite is Hong. Hong is one of the members of the third Central Committee of Yangzhou (Hong and Ye Xiufeng). He used to be the secretary of the Central Organization Department and the dean of the Judicial Training College. He is a pivotal figure in Yangzhou. Hong is sincerely willing to contribute to Yi. He and Liu Xiaobo went to Yangzhou many times to find Dai to intercede, hoping for mediation, but Dai and Guo refused. As a result, the hope of mediation was dashed and we had to wait for the court's decision.

The day before the opening of the Jiangsu District Court, the "Yangzhou Research Group" held a mobilization meeting at the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce. Early the next morning, the "Yangzhou Research Group" got together. Each of them wore a red label of "Yangzhou Research Group" on his chest, and Guo Ju, the leader of the group, held a short white banner with the words "Yangzhou Research Group" written on it. They crossed the river by boat. At this time, many journalists and the masses have gathered at Zhenjiang Wharf to meet them. The old people of Yangzhou Association hold wine, the women send tea, and private cars and hundreds of rickshaws pick up and drop off the members of the delegation for free. The warm scene makes people cry. Because there are many people in Yangzhou, there are many people in Zhenjiang who say hello, and there are many people who hear the news. The court is crowded and there is almost no space. For fear of accidents, the court had to temporarily send more bailiffs, and also called the special service battalion of the security department to send more armed soldiers to help maintain order. It is really dangerous. Plaintiffs Guo, Dai. The defendants are Yi and Lu Feikui and their defense lawyers. The two sides lined up and prepared to fight each other.

After the trial, Guo stated the main points of the lawsuit and severely condemned the behavior that easily uglifies Yangzhou customs and insults Yangzhou people's personality. Finally, she said, "Obviously, Zuo Jun deliberately slandered and hurt people. Nowadays, young women are discriminated against by their families. Married people can't marry or be teachers. Even in the future, all women will be unemployed and have nowhere to go, and the future is unimaginable. I am entrusted by the women of seven counties in Yangshuo, and I know that the responsibility is great. I ask the court to save the lives and survival of women in Yangshuo and severely punish Yi and others in accordance with the law to vent public anger. " After Guo's statement, Yi also said weakly: "I wrote the book Yangzhou Gossip out of pure goodwill, just to describe the nature of life, which is different from deliberately slandering others. Besides, this book has been discontinued now. I hope that young people will understand and please abide by it in court and declare the defendant not guilty. " Lu Feikui, general manager of Zhonghua Book Company, said tactfully: "I am the general manager of Zhonghua Book Company, and I only have the full administrative authority to edit and review manuscripts, and someone else is responsible. Now that the person in charge has come to the court, the court can ask if it needs to ask. "

Dean Zhou Baochu knows that the behind-the-scenes situation of this case is complicated and both sides can't afford to offend; Moreover, there are many people onlookers and the atmosphere is tense. If the two sides argue, they are afraid of trouble. So he held a purpose: take it slowly and drag it down. After the plaintiff and defendant finished their statements, the judge neither invited the editor nor the lawyers of both sides to speak, so he quickly announced: "The case is complicated, and the trial will be arranged separately!"

Zhou Baochu wanted to be perfunctory, but Yangzhou people refused. As soon as he announced his retirement from the court, the "Yangzhou Research Group" and the crowd in the gallery immediately stirred up. Someone shouted, "Lock Zuo Jun up!" Some shouted, "Kill this little bastard!" The bailiff was afraid of trouble and quickly stepped forward to dissuade him. As a result, the more persuasion, the more chaos. On the first day of Zhou Bao's visit, the situation was very serious. He quickly secretly indicated that the defendant Yi would be taken away from the back door and hid himself in the lounge. As a result, people gathered in the courtyard of the court, continued to demand that Zuo Jun be severely punished, and had an argument with the bailiff. Dai, a barrister in Yangzhou, believes that if the masses can't control their emotions and take drastic actions, things will be difficult to clean up. So he found Zhou Baochu and said, "Zuo Jun can be released on bail pending trial without detention; It is necessary to severely punish the judicial police who reprimand the plaintiff and obey the masses to ease the situation. " Zhou Baochu knows that public anger is difficult to commit. Since Yangzhou has put forward these requirements, they can be met and trouble can be avoided. So, he announced that Iraq would be under surveillance, and on the surface, he also severely criticized the bailiff. In this way, the first trial of the rumor Yangzhou case ended in a hubbub.

Although the case of "Yangzhou Gossip" was raging, the cultural community was slow to respond. It was not until the first court session that some famous articles appeared in newspapers. Du Zhongyuan and Zhu Ziqing are both critics of Yi. Lu Xun thought that China people loved their hometown, but he didn't criticize the gossip Yangzhou too much. Different people have different opinions. The comments of celebrities in the newspaper did not affect Yangzhou people's investigation of Yi. Due to the public pressure in Yangzhou, the Jiangsu District Court had to decide to reopen on August 30th.

In order to get ready, on August 26th, representatives from all walks of life in Yangzhou and the association of Beijing, Shanghai and Town in Yangzhou gathered at the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce to hold a joint meeting. To everyone's confusion, Guo, the leader of Yangzhou research group, did not attend the meeting. Dai and a lawyer from New York also lowered their tone when talking about the preparations for the second court session. They don't talk about investigation methods, but only about the difficulty of handling cases and the conditions for the defendant to ask for mediation.

At first, the delegates to the joint meeting didn't know that things had turned sharply and were still in the dark. It turns out that the people behind the case have already come to the stage.

At first, people only knew that Ruan Mubo was the fifth great grandfather behind Yangzhou gossip, but they didn't know that there was a Wang Bailing named "King Guangling" behind the scenes. Wang Bailing is an old classmate of Chiang Kai-shek in Baoding Accelerated School and Japanese Zhenwu School. When the Revolution of 1911 broke out, Chiang Kai-shek returned to China at Chen's invitation, and Zhang Qun returned to China with him to participate in revolutionary activities. Later, Chiang Kai-shek was ordered to build the initial department of Huangpu Military Academy. At that time, there were only three general officers in the school, namely Chiang Kai-shek and He He. Wang Bailing has always been a close friend and confidant of Chiang Kai-shek. Later, because Wang Bailing was always defeated, Chiang Kai-shek had to dismiss him, but he didn't pursue it and let him live in Yangzhou. He also has three auras on his head: a member of the Jiangsu provincial government, an executive member of the Kuomintang Central Committee, and an alternate member of the Central Political Conference. Therefore, in Yangzhou, he is still an effective speaker, known as "King Guangling" and "Local Emperor". Wang Bailing is the behind-the-scenes supporter of the Yangzhou scandal.

The "Yangzhou Gossip" storm shocked the whole country, and Chen Ye, the chairman of Jiangsu Provincial Government, did not expect it. The troublemaker is his subordinate, director of the editorial office of the Ministry of Education. If the trouble continues, even the chairman's face will be hard to unload. So, he came forward to find Wang Bailing.

Chen and He worked together in Huangpu Military Academy. When he was the director of the professor department, Chen was a nobody in charge of enrollment and communication procurement in Shanghai. But now the Chen brothers' political power is so great that even Wang Bailing can't refuse to buy it. So when Chen stood up, he had to walk from behind the scenes to the front. He knows that as long as Yangzhou can do Guo's work, nine times out of ten things will come out. So he condescended to personally visit Guo at Banqiao 1 Beiliu Lane, and said, "Chairman Chen in the province is very concerned about Yangzhou, hoping not to make a big deal, and he specially asked me to mediate with Teacher Guo." Guo was then the principal of Yangzhou Women's Vocational School and called her a teacher. Seeing that she had been supporting her all the time, she suddenly made a 180 degree turn. Guo was unprepared, so he said with a serious expression, "You also have a mother and a sister. Can you make him openly insulted by Iraq? The whole country knows about it. What good books can the provincial government compile by using such people to work in the education department? Isn't chairman Chen responsible? People from all walks of life in Yangzhou are extremely disgusted with Yi, and want to minimize the major events. I don't have this power. " After patient persuasion again and again, Guo knew that without the support of Bailing and Ruan Mubo, the lawsuit could not be won. After weighing again and again, Guo finally put forward the minimum requirements: first, the provincial government revoked Yi's post; Second, Iraq must apologize to Yangzhou and the newspaper; Third, Zhonghua Book Company must destroy the gossip Yangzhou, and the person in charge will apologize in the newspaper. Thinking that this requirement was not harsh and easy to achieve, he rushed to Zhenjiang the next day to report to Chen. It is precisely because of the success of mediation that the Jiangsu District Court decided to hold a court session on August 30th. It was precisely because Guo knew that there was nothing to fight in this lawsuit that he did not attend the joint meeting of representatives from all walks of life held in Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce on August 26th.

With Wang Bailing coming forward, Ruan Mubo won't dare to make trouble again. At the joint meeting on August 26th, Ruan Mubo and Wang Bailing were unanimously appointed as the general representatives of the joint meeting, responsible for mediation and negotiation. They walked from behind the scenes to the stage. The joint meeting also agreed on mediation conditions: Zuo Jun apologized on the cover of newspapers in seven counties of Beijing, Shanghai, Zhen and Yangshuo, and resigned and left Jiangsu; Zhonghua Book Company also apologized in the above-mentioned newspapers and presented books worth 2,500 yuan to seven counties in Yangshuo. At the same time, I also agreed to apologize to the monk Ke Duan and present a plaque.

Naturally, the Jiangsu District Court held its second session as scheduled. In fact, this is already a scene of plastic surgery. Except for Lu Feikui of Zhonghua Book Company, who honestly appeared in court as scheduled, none of the other plaintiffs and defendants appeared in court. As a result, Dean Zhou Baochu breathed a sigh of relief and immediately announced: "In view of the fact that the plaintiff and the defendant did not appear in court, this court temporarily adjourned."

Although Chen agreed to Yangzhou's conditions, he still bargained with Ruan Mubo who came to the front desk and got many concessions. Finally, Yi resigned from his post in the Education Department of Jiangsu Province, and only published a notice in the New Jiangsu Daily:

"Dear Pastor: Zuo Jun wrote a book" Yangzhou Gossip "last year, which belongs to a travel sketch. Among them, his knowledge is shallow, his observation is poor, and his criticism of Yangzhou society is quite inaccurate, which aroused the public anger of Yangzhou people and caused controversy. Afterwards, I carefully checked myself, and I also consciously wrote rashly, made a big mistake, stroking my bow and introspecting myself and clearing my mind. Mr. Wang Maoru (Bai Ling), member of the Central Committee of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, spared no effort to mediate and cherish Zuo Jun's hard work out of goodwill. Yangzhou people also deeply expressed Zuo Jun's sincerity in repentance. Thanks to his understanding, he withdrew the lawsuit. I hereby declare that Zhu is grateful! "

In the case of complete discredit, Yi Zuojun and Zhonghua Book Company broke the money to eliminate disasters, and Yangzhou people also saved face. After half a year of gossip, Yangzhou's lively drama finally ended hastily.