Xu Rui came to Washington, got off the plane and went directly to the hotel to check in. In the lobby of the hotel, Xu Rui, Wang Yaowu, and Liao Yaoxiang met an energetic and kind old man.
Seeing the three men entering the hall wearing American military uniforms, the old man's eyes lit up, he strode over and said, "Welcome the three generals to return in triumph."
The three of them were very surprised. Seeing that the old man behaved well and spoke well, they knew he must be an important person. Liao Yaoxiang asked: "Can I ask this gentleman's name?"
The old man laughed and said, "I am Hu Shi, the Chinese Minister to the United States."
"Hu Shi?" The three of them were surprised at the same time. Hu Shi's name was well-known and well-known throughout modern China. He advocated vernacular writing, led the New Culture Movement, received a total of 36 doctorates, and was once nominated as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is recognized by international scholars as the father of the Chinese Renaissance. The founder of new Chinese literature, philosophy and history.
Unexpectedly, the kind old man in front of them turned out to be Hu Shi, a famous Chinese scholar. Xu Rui and the others were in awe.
Xu Rui said: "Sir, have you made a special trip here to wait for us?"
Hu Shi nodded and said, "Yes, I am about to step down as minister to the United States. Before leaving, I wanted to take a look at the heroic appearance of the three generals. The three generals did not disappoint me. After all, our country is not decadent. With such generals, We will be able to wipe out the Japanese pirates and revitalize China."
"Sir, you are so complimentary." Liao Yaoxiang said.
The three of them had heard of Hu Shi's name for a long time and did not dare to make mistakes in front of him.
Hu Shi said: "I am honored to meet the three generals today. My wish is enough. I will return to China in a few days."
Xu Rui said: "Why do you want to return to China, sir?"
Hu Shi said: "When my term of office is over, I will naturally return to China. It's a pity that I didn't have the opportunity to see everything about my wife in the United States this time. The three generals cherish her."
Hu Shi didn't say too many words and said goodbye to the three of them. Although he only communicated with them for a moment, Xu Rui had a good impression of Hu Shi and felt that Hu Shi was a very good person. However, he seemed to be hesitant to speak, so he should Something was left unsaid.
After parting ways with Hu Shi, Xu Rui entered the room, thinking in his heart that it was understandable that Song Meiling wanted to see Wang Yaowu and Liao Yaoxiang. After all, they were members of the National Government and direct descendants of the Chairman, so she naturally wanted to encourage them. Yes, but she is a member of the Eighth Route Army and has different political views from Chairman Chiang. What does Song Meiling want to see her do? Is it really as simple as curiosity
No matter what, we will know tomorrow. Thinking of this, Xu Rui yawned and fell asleep...
Soong Meiling visited the United States. In order to strive for cooperation with China, President Roosevelt gave Soong Meiling very high treatment and she stayed at the White House.
On February 18, 1943, Soong Meiling became the first foreigner to address a joint session of the U.S. Congress and Congress.
At this time, most of the Americans' attention was on Europe, but Soong Meiling knew that she had to persuade the Americans to shift their attention to Asia and pay attention to China's war of resistance, so as to win more sympathy and material support for China.
After gaining Roosevelt's consent, Soong Meiling went to deliver speeches across the United States, causing a sensation wherever she went. In total, more than 250,000 people listened to her speech.
Soong Meiling won the admiration of the Roosevelts and Americans with her graceful manner, elegant demeanor and moderate speech. Therefore, the "Song Meiling craze" was triggered in the United States. The media extensively reported on her trip, and many magazines used her portrait on the cover.
In the White House, Soong Meiling met Eleanor, the wife of President Roosevelt. She was generous, decent and polite. She stepped forward and held Eleanor's hand and said: "Mrs. President, you are the most beautiful, warm and lovely in the United States." I am a person who has never been jealous of others, but when I see you, I can’t help but feel jealous."
Song Meiling's words aroused Eleanor's great affection, and the two parties had a great conversation. Later, Song Meiling took a stamp album, handed it to Eleanor's hands, and said: "Madam President, this is a little gift from me to Mr. President."
Eleanor opened the stamp album and looked through it, and couldn't help but be overjoyed. She didn't expect that this stamp album contained some rare stamps, many of which could be called national treasures. It turned out that after Song Meiling heard that Roosevelt was a big fan of stamp collecting, she spent a lot of money and went through a lot of trouble to find these stamps, which was considered to be her favorite.
Eleanor was very happy to receive Soong Meiling's gift. She said, "Ms. Meiling, my husband is a stamp collector. He must be very happy to receive your gift."
As a result, Soong Meiling easily conquered Eleanor's heart, and national affairs turned into small talk between the two women.
After Soong Meiling left the room, Eleanor came to see Roosevelt very happily, and took the stamp album Soong Meiling gave to Roosevelt for Roosevelt to look through.
However, Roosevelt had never seen anything like this. He just flipped through it twice and put the stamp album aside. Then he said to Eleanor: "Ms. Mei Ling is not an ordinary woman. You must be careful when dealing with her."
"My dear, are you too careful? I think Ms. Meiling is a very good person." Eleanor said.
"She was a woman of iron strength," Roosevelt said.
"oh?"
"Remember the lunch at noon?"
"Of course I remember," said Eleanor.
At that time, Ms. Meiling and I were talking about the miners' strike in the United States. I asked her what Chairman Chiang would do if he encountered a strike in China. As a result, Ms. Meiling made a beheading gesture with her scarlet fingernails. , it’s really terrible. The workers who went on strike must have been treated unfairly. Why should their heads be killed? Is China's National Government really a democratic government? "Roosevelt shook his head repeatedly.
"So I conclude that Ms. Meiling's approachability is just her appearance, deliberately shown to us. Her heart is very cold."
"My dear, maybe you are right." Eleanor nodded.
"Dear, the current Republic of China is an authoritarian Republic of China. From the bottom of my heart, I do not want to deal with such a country, but we are allies and stand on the same front, so we and China are just using each other. There is no friendship between us. If one day the interest relationship between us no longer exists, then we may even fight each other. This is politics. It seems impersonal, but it is so ruthless." Roosevelt explain.
"You men are really scary." After Eleanor finished speaking, she slowly sat on the chair...
"Madam..."
There was a knock on the door.
Behind the scenes, a White House maid walked in.
"Parks, what's the matter?" Eleanor asked pleasantly.
"Madam, Mrs. Mei Ling needs to change the sheets again." said the maid Parks.
"Parks, this is no big deal. Isn't it just changing the sheets? Just change them." Eleanor said.
"But... she changed the sheets five times a day, and we were about to collapse." Parks' eyes were red.
Eleanor frowned and said, "Maybe it's because Ms. Meiling has a skin disease."
"However, she disrespected us very much. She just gave us high fives every time she had something to do. This was very rude behavior," Parks said.
"It should be that Ms. Meiling is used to this kind of life in China. It is difficult to break this habit when she comes to the White House. I apologize to you on her behalf." Eleanor said.
"Well, ma'am, this is the first time I've seen such a woman. He brought so many entourages, she really looks like a queen." Parks said.
"Parks, it's rude to talk about people behind their backs," Eleanor said.
"Okay, ma'am, I'm going down then." Parks sighed and closed the door.
Roosevelt pushed up the glasses on his eyes and said: "It seems that our White House really has a queen living in it..."
Soong Meiling moved into the White House and gained Eleanor's approval because she liked him. However, as time went by, his queenly behavior in the country became apparent, which aroused the disgust of many people, especially the maids in the White House. Basically treating her as a devil-like existence, having a superior queen exists, which feels really uncomfortable.
However, Song Meiling did not pay attention to these servants at all, and her mind was not on this, but on how to give a good speech and meet with some dignitaries.
In the past few days, Soong Meiling's speeches have been a great success. She repeatedly told the same story. The story is like this. An American pilot made an emergency landing in China after an air attack on Japan. When he landed on the ground, he saw a Chinese man nearby. People, then shouted: "America! America!"
So, the Chinese kindly helped him, sent him back to the air force base, and returned to the battlefield.
Soong Meiling's story touched many people. It made Americans fully realize that the Chinese are really friends of Americans and are helping Americans. It also doubled many Americans' good impression of China.
In fact, a story is a story. Before Soong Meiling left, she and a group of close associates of Chairman Chiang pondered over this story. What should be said, what should not be said, and what should be said will increase the sense of closeness between China and the United States and will not arouse the resentment of Americans. , everything is carefully designed.
At this time, Song Meiling felt very good about herself, and he decided to meet with the Chinese generals on the Pacific battlefield.
As a result, Wang Yaowu and Liao Yaoxiang were interviewed by Song Meiling respectively. Song Meiling encouraged them very much, and then Song Meiling asked to see Xu Rui.
Wang Yaowu said: "Madam, Xu Rui is a very stubborn person. I don't think there is much point in meeting him."
Song Meiling said: "I have always been curious about Xu Rui. What kind of person is he, who can single-handedly affect China's anti-Japanese situation? Therefore, I must meet him. Such a person cannot It will be used by the Eighth Route Army again..."
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