Zhang Zongxiang was beaten in Cao Rulin during the May 4th Movement (20pt).

When the fire broke out, the ambassador to Japan who lived in Cao Zhai suffered for Cao, and was beaten by students, and was once unconscious. So, was Zhang Zongxiang's beating unfair? As long as we look at the "achievements" of pro-Japanese envoys stationed in Japan for many years, we can know that this is just culpable of punishment. 1965438+On the afternoon of May 4th, 2009, Zhang Zongxiang, Minister in Japan, accompanied Cao Rulin, Chief of Transportation, back to Cao Zhai, Dongtangzi Hutong, Dongdan. Zhang Zongxiang had the closest relationship with Cao Rulin during his stay in Japan. This time I went to Beijing to report my work and lived in Cao Jia. Zhang Zongxiang never imagined, however, that he became the scapegoat of Cao Rulin this time, and became the most embarrassing of the three traitors denounced by the students. In fact, just a few hours ago, at the banquet hosted by the President for Zhang Zongxiang, Zhang Zongxiang was very indifferent to the student's rioting, thinking that students, like China students in Japan, demanded better food and more living expenses. However, shortly after Cao Rulin and Zhang Zongxiang returned to their residence, a group of students came to Cao Zhai and shouted slogans. Soon the gate opened and students swarmed in. With a genial smile, Cao Rulin hurriedly ordered his servant to lead Zhang Zongxiang to hide in the underground boiler room, while himself hid in the box. The students didn't find Cao Rulin and set fire to Cao Zhai angrily. Aware of the fire, Zhang Zongxiang ran out of the boiler room and was hit by a student. The students accidentally found the traitor Zhang Zongxiang here, so they hit back with their fists. Zhang Zongxiang was beaten black and blue, unconscious. At this time, Wu Bingxiang, director of the police station, led the patrol to arrive, rescued Zhang Zongxiang, and sent him to the Tongren Hospital for Daily Chemical. This is the scene of "beating up Zhang Zongxiang" during the May 4th Movement. What did the hapless diplomat do? Has he been wronged by this meal? We might as well look at his life. As early as when studying in Japan, Zhang Zongxiang had a soft spot for Japan. He thinks: "In all fairness, it is really generous for Japan to transfer western science to China" (three years in Tokyo), and thinks that it is enough for China to learn from Japan, and there is no need to travel across the ocean to learn from the United States and Europe. At the beginning of his return to China, he was strongly recommended by Prince Su, who was "arrogant and able to enjoy Bole". This "swift horse" was soon given the title of "Jinshi origin" by the imperial court, and it has been lucky ever since. By the beginning of 19 16, when Yuan Shikai abolished the imperial system and Duan formed a cabinet, he had served as a justice for many times, and together with Cao Rulin and others, he formed a so-called "new faction" in Duan's cabinet and became Duan's main assistant in implementing domestic and foreign policies. Because they are all pro-Japanese, they are called "Oriental diplomats". At that time, in order to win over Japan as his backstage, Duan appointed a pro-Japanese ambassador to Japan to establish close ties with Japan. At this time, the Japanese Cabinet of Terauchi Masatake has just been established, which has changed the way that the Cabinet used to force China to invade, and deliberately used the loan from China to control China and carry out economic aggression. In the future, Ambassador Zhang Zongxiang will take "mending the rift in Sino-Japanese relations" as his own responsibility and try his best to establish so-called "friendly relations" with Japan. In order to borrow money from Japan, Zhang Zongxiang and Nishihara Kamei of Japan reached a number of loan agreements after many secret talks. Among them, the loans signed by Zhang Zongxiang are: 20 million yuan for the fourth railway of Manchuria and Mongolia, 20 million yuan for the second railway of Jishun and Xugao, and 20 million yuan for the war. However, the "Jishun Xugao Railway Loan" was at the expense of selling Shandong road rights, which directly led to the failure of China's diplomacy at the Paris Peace Conference. Therefore, as people commented at that time, "Zhang Zongxiang's traitorous achievements can be compared with Li Wanyong successively. May our people rise up and chase them. If you don't celebrate your father, it's still difficult. " (Zhang Zongxiang from Volkswagen)1965438+At the end of 2008, China sent Lu Zhengxiang as its special envoy to attend the Paris Peace Conference via Japan and the United States. Lu Zhengxiang, a pro-American diplomat, didn't like Japan himself, so he deliberately avoided contact with Japanese officials when passing through Japan. However, he tried his best to win over, hoping that Lu would focus on "Sino-Japanese friendship" and not embarrass Japan at the peace meeting, and boasted to Japanese politicians: "Lu is a bully and has a particularly close relationship with himself. In this European peace talks, if you want China to remain silent, you just need to say it. " (Wang Yunsheng's Sixty Years of China and Japan) But in fact, Lu Zhengxiang declined all activities in Japan due to illness. Zhang Zongxiang was very angry, but there was nothing he could do. In April 2009, Zhang Zongxiang came back from Japan to report his work. Before he left, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs saw him off, boasting that he "did his best for the integration of East Asian people, for solving the misunderstanding and struggle between Chinese and Japanese people, with a view to realizing goodwill" (Morning News1916.5438+0 April 2009). When Zhang Zongxiang left Tokyo Station for Kobe, he met a completely different scene. He first saw dozens of foreign students from China holding white flags at the station, thinking that they had come to see him off. Unexpectedly, these international students stopped him and asked him about borrowing money from Japan. Zhang blushed and was embarrassed to answer (Morning News 19 16, April 22, 2009). The foreign students then cursed the traitor and threw flags and other sundries at him, which attracted many people to stop and watch. Zhang was scared and naturally unhappy. After arriving in Tianjin, he settled down there and went to Beijing to report his work alone. Unexpectedly, shortly after the incident of "setting fire to Zhao Jialou", Zhang Zongxiang suffered from the old fist of angry students. It took a long time to recover. Zhang Zongxiang resigned in early June after his injury improved. In his resignation, he did not defend himself like Cao Rulin and Lu, but honestly asked to resign on the grounds of pain, in order to "abdicate his father" (Sixty Years of China and Japan). However, in his memoir "Three Years in Tokyo" afterwards, he still shirked his responsibility and defended his betrayal of China. 20 10-03-16 22: 03: 07 Supplement:1919 June10, and was dismissed together with Cao Rulin and Lu. After a period of seclusion, Zhang Zongxiang became the president of the Sino-Japanese joint venture "China Delta Asia Bank" in the following year, and was appointed as the president of Beijing Shang Tong Bank on 1925. 1928 retired from the financial field and lived in Qingdao for a long time. 1During the Anti-Japanese War in March, 942, Zhang Zongxiang and Cao Rulin were invited by the puppet North China Government Affairs Committee to serve as the so-called "advisory committee members" and also served as the chairman of the electric power company under Japanese control, continuing to work for Japanese imperialism. After Japanese surrender, Zhang Zongxiang moved to Shanghai and died in 1962. (This article Source: Netease History Author: Su)