The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

  Liang Qichao left the venue and went home alone after giving his testimony. He didn't even attend the wedding banquet at noon. After he left, the atmosphere of the wedding eased a little, at least not as embarrassing as before.

   Zhou Hexuan was looking for Hu Shi's figure. Wasn't it always rumored in later generations that the witness of this wedding was Liang Qichao, and the host was Hu Shi? He searched the scene for a long time, but he didn't even see the shadow of Hu Shi.

  After the wedding, some of the guests said goodbye and left, and the rest went to the restaurant for dinner. There were only two or three tables at the wedding banquet, which looked extremely shabby.

When the wine was set, Zhou Hexuan took the opportunity to ask, "Mr. Hu Shi didn't come to the wedding?"

   "He went abroad to travel in May." Xu Zhimo explained.

   Zhou Hexuan is sweating wildly, the rumors on the Internet are really not credible. He also said that although Xu Zhimo's wedding was embarrassing, under the auspices of Hu Shi's witty words, it was finally finished happily and lively, deceiving ghosts!

   But Hu Shi was indeed Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman's introducer, commonly known as the matchmaker.

   This matchmaker has to use quotation marks, it is just a job, and it is indispensable in Chinese weddings. The so-called "parents' order, matchmaker's words", since the pre-Qin era, marriage without a matchmaker has been considered unethical.

   At the most stringent time, a matchless marriage was even characterized as an elopement.

  Liang Qichao was persuaded by Hu Shi, a matchmaker, to be a witness, and this is why he has an unprecedented speech today.

   According to legend, Hu Shi had four hobbies, namely: playing cards, smoking, drinking and being a matchmaker.

   He has been a matchmaker (including witnessing and presiding over marriage) more than 150 times in his life, making him the No. 1 matchmaker in the Republic of China. Including the Bing Xin couple, the Shen Congwen couple, and Hu Shi are all in it.

   As for Hu Shi's love of playing cards, it can be seen from his diary, and I believe many people have seen it.

His study abroad diary wrote: "On July 2, the weather was too hot to do things and play cards for entertainment. On July 3, the weather was 110 degrees (Fahrenheit) today, and I played cards. On July 5, I registered for the summer school, afternoon Playing cards. July 6th, the first day of summer school, chemistry, playing cards. July 7th, class, playing cards. July 8th, nothing to do, playing cards. It's a little colder...September 5th, reading novels, Playing cards. On September 6th, yesterday, I quit playing cards with Jin Tao-jun."

  Only in July of the year Hu Shi studied abroad, he played poker 11 days a month. But the great thing about Hu Shi is that he quit gambling when he said in his diary, and he quit smoking in his diary, and he quit soon.

   The self-control of this man is terrible, no wonder he later achieved extraordinary academic achievements.

   In fact, it is very interesting to read the diaries of the masters of the Republic of China. For example, Mr. Ji Xianlin, a national treasure-level academic master, his diaries are full of true temperament. Later, when finishing the publication of the diary, the editor advised him to delete some of the content, and Mr. Ji Xianlin's answer was "no change."

  The editors of the publishing house think that the contents that need to be deleted are as follows-

   "On September 11, my manuscript hasn't been posted yet, **** it."

   "On September 23, I just went to work in the morning, and it hurt to sit down."

   "On December 21st, to be honest, watching a woman play basketball... is looking at her thighs. The female classmates from the Affiliated Middle School have dark thighs, and they only watched halftime and returned."

   "On April 29th, because the girls' dormitory was open, I went to see it. Most of them were not in the house."

   "On March 13th, I didn't do anything meaningful--Damn, these **** professors, not only do they not know that they are discouraged, but they also test all day long. It's either your test or my test. What the hell?"

   "On May 17th, I have no other hope in this life. I only hope that I can have a few more women and have contact with women from all over the world."

  Although Mr. Ji wanted to spend more time with several women, he was impeccable in character, and he and his hair-bearing wife grew old together, far more lovely than those hypocrites. Just like Li Zongwu who wrote "Hou Hei Xue", he tried his best to show the darkness of human nature and corrupt officialdom, but he treats people with sincerity and has a clean sleeves.

   Zhou Hexuan really wanted to get to know these celebrities and chat with them face to face. It's a pity that Hu Shi went abroad, Ji Xianlin just graduated from middle school, and Li Zongwu is far away in Sichuan.

  Stop gossiping, let’s get back to the point.

   Zhou Hexuan's table is full of Crescent Poets, including Rao Mengkan, Zhu Xiang, Liang Shiqiu, Liang Zhen and others, which were deliberately arranged by Xu Zhimo. It is estimated that he thinks that Zhou Hexuan's poetry is outstanding, and he has a common topic when sitting with these poets.

  Liang Zhen said: "Mr. Ren Gong is really amazing. It's too shameless. If I were to be the bridegroom, I wouldn't be ashamed to die today!"

   "Cough cough, be careful," Liang Shiqiu reminded, "Today is Zhimo's big day, don't mention such unpleasant things."

   Zhu Xiang raised his glass and said, "Yes, yes, drink!"

   Everyone clinked glasses and started talking about other topics.

  Rao Mengkan asked, "Shiqiu, how was your time at Southeast University (predecessor of Nanjing University)?"

   "It's not the same," Liang Shiqiu shook his head with a wry smile, "I thought the south was stable and I could do my studies with peace of mind, but I didn't expect wars."

   Zhu Xiang said: "Do you think the Northern Expedition of the Revolutionary Army will succeed?"

   "It's hard to say," Liang Shiqiu said. "Our Commander Sun (Sun Chuanfang) is expanding his army again. I heard that he has already fought two battles, and the revolutionary army has been beaten badly."

  Liang Zhen suddenly said to Zhou Hexuan: "Mr. Zhou is well versed in politics and military affairs, what is your view on the current situation in China?"

   Everyone looked at Zhou Hexuan. The book "The Rise of Great Powers" made him famous. It seems that he has become an expert on international issues, and he knows everything about military and politics.

   Zhou Hexuan did not answer directly, but smiled: "I can't predict whether the revolutionary army will succeed in the Northern Expedition, but Wu Peifu is definitely finished."

   "How to say?" Zhu Xiang asked.

Zhou Hexuan analyzed: "When the Northern Expedition Army attacked Hunan and Hubei, both Zhang Zuolin and Sun Chuanfang were watching the excitement. Now that Wu Peifu's main force collapsed, the two commanders immediately started, and they were both in the name of 'aiding Wu'. One marched towards the two lakes. , One marching towards Zhiyu is obviously going to take the opportunity to swallow Wu Peifu's territory in four provinces. Wu Peifu is facing the three-way attack of the Revolutionary Army, Zhang Zuolin and Sun Chuanfang at the same time, can he still hold on?"

  Liang Zhen said sarcastically: "These warlords are really black enough. They are good friends in the face and stabbed in the back. This time, Wu Dashuai is going to admit it."

  Liang Shiqiu sneered: "These days, only the despicable and shameless can get along well, and the pure and good people should live their lives honestly."

   Zhou Hexuan suddenly said a few words: "The despicable is the pass of the despicable, and the noble is the epitaph of the noble. Black and white are reversed, but that's it."

   As soon as he said this, the poets all over the table looked at him.

   "Why, I have flowers on my face?" Zhou Hexuan asked jokingly.

  Liang Shiqiu said eagerly: "Mr. Zhou, can you repeat those two sentences you just said?"

   Zhou Hexuan said: "The despicable is the pass of the despicable, and the noble is the epitaph of the noble."

   "Good sentence!" Liang Zhen applauded.

   Zhu Xiang also said: "These two sentences are comparable to Mr. Zhou's 'Dark night gave me black eyes, but I use them to find light'."

  Rao Mengkan also said: "Yeah, these two sentences are deeply philosophical, and they can be obtained by chance, and cannot be chiseled."

   At this moment, Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman came to toast. Xu Zhimo smiled and asked, "What are you discussing, so happy?"

  Liang Shiqiu pointed at Zhou Hexuan and praised: "Mr. Zhou's two poems just now are really wonderful."

   "What poetry?" Xu Zhimo was quite interested.

  Liang Zhen read: "The despicable is the pass of the despicable, and the noble is the epitaph of the noble."

  Xu Zhimo pondered for a moment, and even forgot to make a toast. He happily put down the glass and took Zhou Hexuan's hand and said, "Mr. Zhou, you must give me this poem, and it will be published in "Poems" in two days."

   is here again, your wife is by your side, why do you touch me when you have nothing to do?

   Zhou Hexuan silently dragged his hand back and promised, "Yes, there are other sentences in this poem, I'll write them to you after dinner."