In April, Daming Lake, sparkling, spring breeze, north of the shore flowers blooming, tourists weaving, laughing and day, this pearl-like scenic spot in Jinan City, ushered in the most beautiful moment of the year; at the same time, it also ushered in four unusual guests: Lin Shu, Chen Maoding, Chen Zhen, Lin Zaiping. Lin Shu was summoned by the new Tai'an parent official Feng Zhenfu to meet with his friends and start this trip to Shandong together. On April 6, 1914, the four of them first took a train to Tianjin, arrived in Tai'an in the evening, climbed Mount Taishan the next day and experienced the steepness and magnificence of the first of the Five Peaks, and then went to Jinan together to visit the beautiful Daming Lake.
Lin Shu, a translator of modern Chinese history and Yan Fu, has the reputation of "the king of the translation industry", once taught at Peking University, and then resigned to live in Beijing due to disagreements, relying on translation books to sell manuscripts, selling literature and paintings for a living. Lin Shu and Chen Maoding are fellow villagers, both are Fujian Minhou people, have known each other very early, according to Lin Shu himself: "Yu and Zhengyu's father Tangerine Weng especially have never had a vain day. Tachibana is a friend of Mr. Shigo's master Andyo". Tangerine Weng was Chen Baochen," Chen Maoding's father and the second brother of the last imperial master Chen Baochen; even Zhai referred to Lin Shu's teacher, Baoting, who was known as the "Four Sayings of Qingliu" with Chen Baochen, so Chen Baoyan and Baoting were both close friends. Although Lin Shu was eighteen years older than Chen Maoding, he was always known as a brother, "Although Yu Du is old, he is also with the Zhengyugu brothers", which shows that their feelings are extraordinary.
This time the group played Daming Lake, the sky is not beautiful, just in time for the rain, but also enjoyed the fun of swimming in the lake in the rain.
They sit on a glass-inlaid boat, in and out of the reeds, and enjoy the rain and scenery. "Ming Lake is located in the city, the reeds are carved into water alleys, such as Nan Zhangran, the reeds are like fields and the land, the furniture is connected to the nationality, not conducive to people's travel and view, fortunately quite tortuous." Then, they came to the Tiegong Ancestral Hall, the ancestral hall commemorating the loyal and indomitable Ming Dynasty soldier Shangshu Tiexuan, and saw that "fishing rods were full of lake railings", which made Lin Shu feel "as if he was in Hangzhou". Then, they toured the Lixia Pavilion, "To ze dan chalk, the craftsmen and the people gathered." The pavilion is dedicated to the imperial monument, with heavy eaves and yellow tiles, and I want to exhaust the scenery of the old times." Here, Chen Maoding saw that when his great-grandfather Chen Jingliang was an envoy to Shandong Salt Transport, he wrote an article after the reconstruction of the Lixia Pavilion in the nineteenth year of Xianfeng (1860), and the article "Reconstructing the Lixia Pavilion" written by the calligrapher He Shaoji is now engraved on the north wall of the Lixia Pavilion Corridor.
Lixia Pavilion, a famous attraction in Daming Lake Park, was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and was first called this name in the Tang Dynasty, and Du Fu once wrote poems here to thank Li Yong for the feast and hospitality of Li Yong, the Taishou of Beihai. Later, celebrities from all dynasties inscribed poems here, among which, there was also a poem stele of "Lixia Pavilion" inscribed by He Shaoji, which recorded the reconstruction of the Lixia Pavilion by his friends Chen Bifu and Chen Jingliang, as well as the famine scene he saw in Shandong. The scenery of Lixia Pavilion is beautiful, near the bamboo is repaired, green willow smoke; in the distance is the blue Alexandria in sight, far away from the mountains and near the water, the water and sky are colorful, brilliant blue and clear blue, it is the best resting place for tourists.
Chen Maoding, Lin Shu, Chen Zhen, Lin Zaiping, the four of them played this road, just in a water pavilion by the lake, drinking tea and chatting.
Chen Maoding was the secretary general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China at the time, Chen Zhen had just returned from Kyakhta and was negotiating with Russia and Mongolia on behalf of the Chinese side, while Lin Zaiping, who was serving in the Ministry of Justice, was also going to Qingdao to deal with Sino-Japanese affairs. The three of them held important posts in Yuan Shikai's government, and all of them were related to diplomacy, so the road from Mount Tai to Daming Lake inevitably talked about the embarrassment and difficulties facing China's diplomacy, and when it came to talking about the inability to straighten up in front of foreigners and raise their eyebrows, "but there was no resistance, long sorrow and happiness", and often sighed. Just afraid of sweeping away Lin Shu's interest in playing, in front of the big brother, the three people tried not to talk about state affairs.
Although several people traveled in Daming Lake in the rain, they were quite happy, especially by boat crossing the lake, feeling that "the sleeves are all blue, the sun is raining, and the cool and refreshing muscles"; after returning, Lin Shu also wrote a famous essay: "The Rain of Ming Lake". But Chen Maodingxian did not want to let him go, looking at Lin Shu's talent in calligraphy, painting and writing, he joked that he needed to draw a picture of this trip to be able to stop, Lin Shu nodded in agreement.
I don't know if it was a fate arrangement, half a year later, Chen Maoding came to daming lake again, but he did not come here as a tourist, but as a Jinan Daoyin (mayor) and Shandong negotiator. The city of Jinan is destined to occupy a very important position in his life.
The years in the early years of the Republic of China were the most frequent and complicated years of China's diplomacy. In 1914, the outbreak of World War I, the Chinese declared neutrality, after germany's defeat, Japan took the opportunity to send troops to seize the German lease in Jiaozhou Bay, intending to control the entire Shandong. Yuan Shikai was extremely angry when he learned that the Japanese army would not tell the battle, but he was worried that his fragile forces could not be resisted, so in September, following the example of the Qing government's War between Japan and Russia, he announced that the west of Weixian County, Shandong Province, would be a neutral zone, allowing the Japanese army to attack the German garrison on Qingdao through this "corridor". Who knew that the Japanese side did not buy it, after the joint British army sent troops to capture the Jiaoji Railway, and on October 6, it occupied the Jinan Railway Station, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs successively raised strong protests. On November 7, the Japanese and British forces captured Qingdao again, the German army announced its surrender, and the Japanese set up a consular office in Jinan.
The presence of the Japanese army in Jiaozhou Bay is undoubtedly a great infringement on China's territorial sovereignty, and as a result, the struggle between the Chinese military and the people and the Japanese army has continued to erupt in the local area. In the face of the increasing intensification of contradictions, local officials were no longer able to cope, and considering the seriousness of the situation, Sun Baoqi, then minister of foreign affairs, submitted a letter of recommendation to Secretary of State Xu Shichang, urging Chen Maoding to assume the post of Jinan Daoyin to mediate and deal with these extremely difficult diplomatic problems.
Sun Baoqi himself had deep contacts with Chen Maoding, and as early as the end of the Qing Dynasty, when he was an ambassador to France, he had many poems and songs with Chen Maoding, who was then the counselor of the ambassador to britain. Therefore, in the official letter of recommendation he wrote, he inevitably praised Chen Maoding, saying that he had "held various posts in the late Qing Dynasty and achieved considerable results; although ------ he had been an official for a long time, he had gained and lost in the provinces, and all the internal and external sides of the country were well studied." Then, he said that he and Chen Maoding had "worked together for a long time, knew it well, and used both the xun genus to be reused." It was precisely because of Sun Baoqi's strong recommendation that Xu Shichang issued an approval order, "Chen Maoding allowed him to send it first." On November 20, 1914, Chen Maoding officially assumed the post of Daoyin of Jinan.
Chen Maoding returned to Jinan again after half a year, which he did not expect, and what he did not expect was that 10 days later, Lin Zaiping returned from Qingdao to Beijing Road Economic South, and the two visited Daming Lake again; however, at this time, Daming Lake was no longer a spring scene, and they did not return to the mood of the four friends.
Lin Zaiping, a native of Fujian Minhou, whose original name was Lin Zhijun, Zaiping is his character, studied in Japan in the late Qing Dynasty, served as a judicial counselor and minister of administration after the Republic of China, and like Chen Maoding, took office under Xu Shichang's cabinet. His relationship with Chen Maoding was extraordinary, not only did Chen Maoding's later poetry collection "Huailou Poetry Banknotes" contain a number of poems donated to him, that is, the four words of "Huailou Poetry Banknotes", all from Lin Zaiping's handwriting. Just like this time, after the two of them swam across Daming Lake again, Chen Maoding wrote three five-character poems in a row to remember the events. In these poems, Chen Maoding has a description of the two men swimming in the lake, "the water re-makes the shadow, and the pavilion is still a boat." There are memories of the last spring trip, "remembering the spring mountain trip, leading Dai Songcui", "This tour or the past, the twilight mist mountain into the building." Pass it on and fear lu weng, the figure is no longer enough." He also sent a message to Lin Shu, who was far away in Beijing, whether he could draw another "winter scenery pan lake map" based on the scene of the two people playing.
However, what Chen Maoding expresses most in his poems is his sorrow and concern about the increasing tension.
Lin Zaiping came this time, when the Japanese army forcibly occupied Qingdao, he brought first-hand information from the front, which was what Chen Maoding really worried about, "In the past, I heard about the East Sea Labor, and I wanted to be an enemy of Taidai. As soon as Dong Tian lost his master, Kuwata was repeatedly easy. Jin Bi is not a false way, Qi Mu has listened to guests." Once Qingdao is lost, then Jinan and the Jiaozhou Peninsula will not be secured; if Jinan and the whole of Shandong cannot be saved, it is unimaginable whether the entire Chinese land will change hands. Therefore, what is said is to demarcate neutral zones, this kind of self-deception, just like when Japan and Russia fought in Dalian, Chen Maoding had personally seen the war caused by foreigners, but China itself had become a miserable life, and the people did not have a good life. Inside and outside the words, he expressed his dissatisfaction with Yuan Shikai.
Before Chen Maoding took office in Jinan, Lin Shu had given him a painting of "Dai You Tu", which was considered to be a fulfillment of his original promise; when he knew that he had left Beijing, Lin Shu also wrote a four-hundred-word "Preface to Sending Chen Zhengyu's Official Jinan", which contained many words of encouragement and sustenance. "I know that Zhengyu's trip is the same as that of Ren Xian (that is, Chen Zhen). It is said by the officials that the discussion of Haktu is completed, and the heavens or the kingdom of Xiangwu become the merits of the first. What Jin Zhengyu has learned is the same as Ren Xian, and his matter of reconciling Jinan may not be the right Ren Xian and the left Wu Zheng Yu is also." During the conversation, he was full of optimism about Chen Maoding's visit, and prayed that he would "consult my neighbor, make it unfinished, and ensure that the people of Jinan will have a day of peace." Finally, it was agreed that "next spring the snow melts and disappears, Ren first returns to the period, Yu will be more about Zaiping to continue the trip to Mount Taishan, then Zhengyu will be the host host, not a guest." When the spring of the following year blooms, when Chen Zhen will also return triumphantly from Kyakhta, I will meet Lin Zaiping, and the four of us will continue to write a new chapter of the Jinan tour; at that time, you are the host of the authenticity, the gall in the throat has been cut, and we can enjoy the picture of spring with pain and happiness.
This was not only the hope of Lin Shu, but also the hope of all the people of The people at that time, and China, which was recovering from years of war and death, was desperately begging for a gap to recuperate.
But can these good wishes come true?
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