Mention Tao Xisheng, we have to mention the sensational "Gao Tao Incident". It was Gao Zongwu and Tao Xisheng who followed the Wang Jingwei government until they finally woke up and made public the traitorous treaty signed between the Wang Jingwei government and Japan, uncovering Japan's conspiracy to divide China.
Although in the beginning, Tao Xisheng went astray and followed Wang Fei.
But later, he lost his way and returned, so that everyone could also see the hypocritical face of the Wang puppet government, which can also be regarded as a kind of crime of folding merit.
Tao Xisheng, who was born a scholar, recalled this matter even in his later years. It is also considered a pity.
Full of vicissitudes: Scholars discuss politics, and on politics, they are still scholars.
Judging from the first half of Tao Xisheng's life, he was a very typical student.
After graduating from Peking University Law School, he worked as a faculty member in Anhui in 1922. In 1924, he was the editor of the Shanghai Commercial Press, and in 1927 he taught law and political science at Shanghai University, Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, and Soochow University.
In 1927, he taught at Fudan University, Jinan University, China Public School, Central University and other famous universities.
In 1931, the first period of the War of Resistance, the war had not yet reached the southeast. Tao Xisheng was recruited by his alma mater, Peking University, to teach the history of Chinese political thought and Chinese social history.
In this gorgeous resume, it is not difficult to see Tao Xisheng's solid academic skills. Especially in law and political science, he would not have been able to teach in such a top institution.
Tao Xisheng was not dissatisfied with the title of a senior teacher, and his eyes turned to the more long-term writing of books. In 1931, Tao wrote the book "Picking Up Zeros in Chinese Social Phenomena".
His study of legal politics and his lofty academic status have also made him a hot talent in the academic community.
When scholarship reached a certain height, Tao Xisheng's vision of politics also sharpened.
In January 1935, he and ten professors also published: In order to make China's politics, society, and ideology rise, it is necessary to engage in China's basic cultural construction.
At first glance, the impassioned professor, both academically and politically, has a far-sighted vision. Such a righteous and awe-inspiring person is really hard to believe, he will defect to Wang Jingwei.
As a member of the academic community, acupuncture is the norm, and Tao Xisheng's attitude towards the war of resistance is very pessimistic.
He was a professor at Peking University before the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and after the July 7 Incident, he participated in a tea party hosted by Chiang Kai-shek, and was later elected as a senator of the National Assembly. Because of the unclear situation of his confrontation, he braved the world and followed Wang Jingwei's "peace movement", and Tao Xisheng did not take the lead in the battle.
Wang Jingwei
During this period, he became Wang Jingwei's right-hand man, contributing a lot to him and bowing down to the best of his ability. Especially on December 19, 1938, Tao Xisheng followed Wang Jingwei to Hanoi, Anhui, at this time Wang Jingwei had already made a big mistake, and Tao Xisheng went step by step to the abyss because of the distance between him and Wang Jingwei.
At that time, Wang Jingwei had already colluded with Japan and colluded. In addition to joining forces with Japan, Wang Jingwei also openly responded to the Japanese head's unfavorable statement against China and betrayed China, causing condemnation and anger among the people of the whole country.
This traitorous act aroused the great attention of the Kuomintang, so even if Wang Jingwei was dismissed from his post, what he did not expect was that when he assassinated Wang Jingwei, he accidentally killed Zeng Zhongming.
Tao Xisheng, as a loyal follower of Wang Jingwei at that time, also whitewashed Wang Jingwei, saying that "since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Mr. Wang has sought the preservation of the lifeblood of the country in the spirit and efforts of consistency... Lord and noble. ”
The obstinate Tao Xisheng is still defending the Wang puppet government.
Until later, Tao Xisheng did find that there was something wrong between Japan and Wang Jingwei, and because of Wang Jingwei's caution, there was no conclusive evidence.
Even though he was aware of Japan's policy of persuasion, Tao Xisheng did not leave in time for many years of deep friendship with Wang Jingwei, and in the midst of wandering and arguing, he continued to participate in the Negotiations between Wang and Japan, and came to Shanghai from Hong Kong.
If there is no later thing, then he may step into the abyss and become a sinner in the true sense of the word.
After the Gao Tao incident, Tao Xisheng recalled, "It's like drinking poisonous wine, I drank half of it, found that it was poisonous wine, and stopped, while Wang Jingwei found out that it was poisonous wine, but drank it all." ”
During the Wang-Japan negotiations in Shanghai, Tao Xisheng and Gao Zongwu finally realized that this was a complete conspiracy.
In any case, Japan will make this peace a complete surrender. And peace is only a cover, and the destruction of China is Japan's goal.
During the meeting, they saw the "Outline for the Adjustment of Japan-China-China-New Relations" put forward by the Japanese side. Among them, it is required that all of China's rights, including sovereignty, territory, transportation, and banks, must be mastered by Japan without omission. Once such a treaty of national mourning is signed, it will be permanently nailed to the column of shame of history and will be left behind for thousands of years.
Tao Xisheng and Gao Zongwu
Such a thunderbolt on a sunny day completely tore up Tao Xisheng, who was still paralyzed. Both he and Gao Zongwu urged Wang Jingwei not to sign such a treaty of loss of power and humiliation. However, at this time, Wang Jingwei already had an iron heart to be a traitor.
Tao Xisheng, who knew that he had boarded the thief's ship, even wanted to end his life with death, but he was not willing to end it for a hundred years, and each of his family letters contained his heavy remorse and self-torture.
On December 30, 1939, the day that Wang Fei signed the traitorous secret treaty, Gao Tao and the two people, who still had a conscience, refused to sign. Since the camp has become a foregone conclusion, refusing to sign is their final bottom line, because this is the most essential insistence of patriotism.
Does not sign have doubts about the beliefs of following?
Such an abnormal behavior really made Wang Jingwei and others grumble. So, soon plotting, it was decided to assassinate the two.
In this case, the two sides will also tear their faces. Tao Xisheng would no longer hesitate because of Wang Jingwei, and resolutely stepped onto the fleeing cargo ship.
The next day, he arrived in Hong Kong, and finally exposed everything about the Wang Jingwei government's conspiracy with Japan in the Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao, including the full text of the "Outline for the Adjustment of New Relations between Japan and China.". On the same day, Chongqing, Kunming, Shanghai, and many domestic newspapers reprinted detailed reports on the Wang puppet government.
The ruthless disclosure of Japan and the ugly face of the Wang puppet government unveiled the veil of Japanese hypocrisy, and at the same time made many domestic observers sober up and strengthened people's determination to resist Japan.
When a small number of people criticized Gao Tao for treachery and betraying the contents of the meeting, Tao Xisheng and Gao Zongwu righteously said that this move was contrary to credit, but if it was not exposed, in the future, tens of millions of compatriots would be trampled under the iron hooves of Japan. How can this situation not be disclosed?
After that, Tao Xisheng, who followed the Kuomintang and held an important position, looked back on this past and still chafed at the wrong decision at that time. This history has come to an end, but Tao Xisheng and Gao Zongwu's precipitate restraint and finally the destruction of the Japanese conspiracy have been recorded in history.
It is true that it is easy for students to become soldiers on paper when discussing politics, but it is precisely because of the special status of intellectuals that scholars should bear the blue blood of loyalty to the country.
Text/Pillow Cat