Chapter 237 236 [Party Is Law]

This time Chen Dezheng played a big game, not only banned more than ten books, but also almost closed the entire "Novel Monthly".

The "Fiction Monthly" was invested by the Commercial Press. In the end, the "Fiction Monthly" was retained thanks to the appearance of the Commercial Press and various donations to avoid connections.

Zhou Hexuan was very angry, instead of going to find Chen Dezheng, he went straight to the official residence of the Shanghai Municipal Government.

As soon as he reached the entrance of the building, a guard blocked Zhou Hexuan and asked, "What are you doing?"

Zhou Hexuan took out his business card and said, "I want to see the mayor!"

The guard sneered, "You can see me if you want, who are you?"

Zhou Hexuan suppressed his anger, and said angrily, "Stop talking nonsense, just hand in my business card!"

The guard glanced at Zhou Hexuan twice before looking down at the business card. As a result, there was no identity or position on the business card, only a bare name printed on it. He was a little uncertain, and said to the colleague guarding the door: "Help watch, I will report."

A colleague came over to take a look, and immediately smiled and said, "You don't even know Zhou Hexuan, he is a famous person."

"What celebrity?" the guard asked.

The colleague said: "The new underwear on your wife was invented by Mr. Zhou."

The guard was even more disdainful in an instant, threw the business card on the ground, and scolded: "Hurry up, get out, a underwear seller also wants to see the mayor, his brain is broken."

"Be respectful with your mouth!" Sun Yonghao was very irritable, and immediately jumped out to protect him.

The guard sneered and said, "What's the matter? You still want to find fault!"

"Yonghao, don't be as knowledgeable as him," Zhou Hexuan stepped back a few steps, and suddenly shouted, "Zhang Qun, come out!"

Zhang Qun was the mayor's name, and the guards were shocked, and quickly pointed their guns at Zhou Hexuan, and shouted: "No loud noise!"

Zhou Hexuan sneered: "You should try to shoot. When I met Commander-in-Chief Chang last month, his military attache was not as arrogant as you. Your Shanghai Municipal Government is amazing. Everyone from the guard to the mayor is an ancestor. The mayor It’s even harder to see than the commander-in-chief.”

"You... this gentleman, do you know Commander Chang?" The guard was shocked, and his voice trembled when he spoke.

"What do you think?" Zhou Hexuan stared at him.

"I, I, I... I'm going to report right away!" The guard bent down to pick up the business card on the ground, and Sa Yazi rushed into the building.

He ran all the way upstairs, knocked on the door of the mayor's office desperately, and said very fast: "Mayor Zhang, Mr. Zhou came outside, he said he wanted to see you, and he also said that he had seen the commander-in-chief. "

Zhang Qun frowned and took the business card, then smiled and said, "What is a poor literati coming to see me for? Let him in."

The guard immediately went downstairs, changed his attitude 180 degrees, and said flatteringly: "Mr. Zhou, the mayor is here!"

Zhou Hexuan didn't bother to pay attention to him, and walked into the city hall. This guy was still shouting from behind: "You walk slowly, be careful of the stairs."

Zhang Qun belongs to the veteran of the Nationalist Party and a classmate of Chang Kaishen. Although he is only the mayor of Shanghai, he is the leader of the "New Politics Department", an important political group of the National Party.

The "Department of New Politics" is a mixture of old-style bureaucrats and warlords, as well as new-style scholars and politicians. Their group goal is to win over all parties and factions and strengthen Chang Kaishen's regime.

After Zhang Qun saw Zhou Hexuan, he stood up with a smile and said, "Mr. Zhou, please sit down. What can I do with you?"

Zhou Hexuan went straight to the point: "Mayor Zhang, my "Goddess", "The Dog Official" and "The Dog Official's Biography" have been banned. I just want to ask you face to face, why are my works banned?"

"Banned? I don't know." Zhang Qun said in surprise.

"It was banned by people from the Shanghai Party Headquarters of the National Party," Zhou Hexuan said with an ugly smile, "Mayor Zhang, you are the direct person in charge of the Shanghai Party Headquarters. Excuse me, even if my works contain prohibited content, the Shanghai Party Headquarters of the National Party What right does the ministry have to seal up books? If you want to ban books, you can, please go through formal administrative procedures, unban my book and ban it again. I am not for myself, I am for the legal system of the Republic of China!"

Hearing that it was the party members who did it, Zhang Qun immediately smiled and comforted him: "Mr. Zhou, don't be in a hurry. If you have objections, we can discuss it slowly. Why bother to accuse the teacher as soon as we meet?"

Zhou Hexuan sat down and said, "I request to lift the ban on "Goddess" and "Dog Officer"."

Like a smiling Buddha, Zhang Qun said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, I have read your "Rise of a Great Power", and I admire it very much. But to be honest, books like "Goddess" and "Dog Official" are really good. Some slander the Chinese government and people. Anyway, you have earned the royalties you should have earned, so why bother with those.”

Zhou Hexuan said fiercely: "You sealed my book, may I ask which law is it based on? The Nanjing National Government didn't even promulgate the "Publishing Law". Are you following the law of the Beiyang government to block my work? This China, what is it? The world of the Beiyang government is still the world of the Nanjing Nationalist government. What exactly do you want to do in Shanghai? Do you want to help restore the Beiyang warlords?"

Zhang Qun was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say.

At this time, the Nanjing National Government was founded, and the "Publishing Law" (promulgated at the end of 1930) had not been promulgated. There was no legal basis for the seizure of books.

Still a scholar with a sharp tongue!

Zhang Qun felt emotional in his heart, and argued sophistry: "Mr. Zhou, the Shanghai Party Headquarters seized the books because of the National Party's political training requirements. Your book was suspected of being seriously prohibited, so it was banned. It has nothing to do with the "Publication Law" , don’t talk to me about the law.”

Zhang Qun will definitely not help Zhou Hexuan lift the ban, otherwise, what is the majesty of the Shanghai Party Headquarters?

Zhou Hexuan asked with a sneer: "That is to say, the Republic of China only needs the party and no laws?"

"It can be said that the party is the country, and the party is the law!" Zhang Qun replied bluntly.

"Very well, I understand, thank you, Mayor Zhang, for clarifying the confusion," Zhou Hexuan was very angry, and clasped his fists, "Farewell!"

Even if the Beiyang government wants to seal up books and newspapers, it has to use the law as a facade.

This KMT government is so powerful that it can even say that "the party is the law". It is conceivable that those in power can do whatever they want, without any restrictions at all. Such a political party can only be damned if it is not finished.

Zhou Hexuan returned to Xu Zhimo's house angrily, and said to Xu Zhimo, "Zhimo, let me borrow your study."

"Are you going to write an article again? A novel or a poem?" Xu Zhimo asked with a smile.

"Miscellany!"

Zhou Hexuan was so angry that he could bear it even if there were laws and disobedience, but messing around without laws at all, this has reached an unbearable level.

Zhou Hexuan spread out the manuscript paper, and Xu Zhimo watched from the side, only to see Zhou Hexuan wrote five large characters—the spirit of discussing the law.