In Shanghai in January 1932, after a night of bloody resistance, the 19th Route Army finally crushed the rampant provocation of the Japanese occupation of Shanghai for four hours.
After this night, the people of Shanghai were greatly encouraged, and they all joined the ranks of the War of Resistance against Japan, contributing money to the War of Resistance Against Japan, and some even went straight to the front line of the War of Resistance, of course, as Du Yuesheng, one of the most influential figures in Shanghai Beach at that time, he was naturally not idle, and at that time, he was also raising funds for the anti-war army.
However, one day, two uninvited guests came to the Du Mansion, although on the surface they came to find Mrs. Du to play mahjong, but in fact they came to find Du Yuesheng, and Du Yuesheng immediately understood that there must be something famous in this. One of them, Li Zeyi, made it clear as soon as he came, saying that the Japanese side believed that the war in Shanghai should be resolved by the Japanese side and the Shanghai military on their own, and should not let other countries participate, so as to avoid the displacement of the people of Shanghai due to the chaos of the war, and wanted to ask Du Yuesheng to come forward to negotiate peace with Lieutenant General Nomura, a Japanese staff member, and if the negotiations could be done well, Du Yuesheng could also be regarded as a good thing for the people of Shanghai.
Du Yuesheng thought to himself that this young man's speech was quite unconcealable, and people could not immediately identify him as a traitor, nor could they believe that he was a negotiator sent by the Japanese army, but what was certain was that this person must have been sent by the Japanese army staff. Why did the Japanese side find itself, and is there any trap in this? Du Yuesheng couldn't help but have doubts in his heart.
After a while, Du Yuesheng came back from the calculation in his heart, this hot potato connection is not, not to pick up, not to pick up; to take, in this extraordinary period, it is inevitable that people will suspect collusion with the Japanese side, and the consequences are unimaginable. If you don't take it, in the era when this country is difficult and the pirate has responsibility, if you refuse, you will make people criticize, and you don't think about the country. So what did Du Yuesheng, who is an old and spicy person in the jianghu, do it?
He did not respond on the spot, but used the excuse that he had to consider it, first send away the uninvited guest, and then make a good calculation. That night, he wrote several names on the envelope and asked his close associate Wan Molin to invite him. At that time, Du Yuesheng was a very gentlemanly, and with his fame, he was also quite transparent about his behavior, such as inviting people to meet and greet people. This time, he was very low-key and sensitive, thinking that he was going to borrow someone to remove the skin of this hot potato for himself. Several people invited by his cronies discussed with Du Yuesheng in the secret room for a long time, and came to three conclusions about the Japanese army's secret invitation to Du Yuesheng to talk and peace:
1st, the Japanese army really could not withstand the pressure of the Nineteenth Route Army, took the initiative to come to seek peace, if it is really so simple, then this is a great opportunity for Du Yuesheng to repay the country and save the people.
Second, this is a trap laid by the Japanese army on Du Yuesheng, Who previously participated in the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Conference in a high profile, and it is very likely that this time the Japanese want to put a traitor hat on his head that colludes with the enemy and betrays the country, so that not only will he be discredited at home, but the Japanese side will also take the opportunity to eliminate a hostile force, which is really beneficial and harmless to the Japanese side.
The third and third situations are the worst, the peace talks may be a plan of the Japanese side, even if Du Yuesheng came out to negotiate an armistice agreement, the agreement is likely to be secretly tampered with by the cunning Japanese into Du Yuesheng's own compromise with the Japanese side, is to delay the time for the Japanese army, to put it more seriously, he is a national sinner.
In this case, Du Yuesheng can be described as a dilemma, he had to go to the Shanghai authorities to find a solution, but who knows that the Shanghai authorities are vague and do not give a positive response, probably meaning that Du Yuesheng himself looks at it. Good fellow, what even the Shanghai authorities dare not bear, does he Dare Du Yuesheng to take responsibility?
Surprisingly, this Du Yuesheng not only took on the burden, but also did this matter so that people could not grasp the handle. So how did he solve this problem?
It turned out that he had gone to the Consul General of the French Concession, Ganglin, and asked him to organize this meeting, so that the French side would become the mediator of the war in Shanghai, and Du Yuesheng would not be charged with adultery.
To know that at that time, Ganglin and Du Yuesheng were incompatible, so how did Du Yuesheng persuade GanLin to let him be an intermediary? It turned out that this Ganglin had just taken office as a new official, but Du Yuesheng did not hand him over black money, the two sides were deadlocked, and the Ganglin over there urgently needed to prove his ability in front of his superiors.
Du Yuesheng's arrangement in this bureau is seamless, with the participation of the French Concession, Du Yuesheng is talking about the collapse of his own and will not have the possibility of becoming a traitor, and it is natural that everyone is happy when they talk about it. This meeting also caught the hand of the Japanese side, and it turned out that the Japanese army's entry into Shanghai was tacitly accepted by the defense forces of various countries. At this point, the Shanghai authorities had a reason to negotiate with various countries.
In fact, in the end, China and Japan also signed an armistice agreement, but because the national strength at that time was inferior to Japan, that paper agreement was torn up and annulled by the Japanese side.
No matter what happened in the end, Du Yuesheng also tried his best to do his duty.