洪述祖——“刺宋案”唯一主谋

Hong Shuzu(洪述祖):the Sole Chief Instigator in the Case of Assassination of Song Jiaoren(宋教仁)

"宋案"是由多个情节次第演进而成的复杂案件,杀宋是最后一个环节。杀宋之意产生于袁世凯主导、赵秉钧参与的洪、应构陷"孙黄宋"计划失败之后,造意者为洪述祖。洪与赵关系并不融洽,因此他不可能将杀宋计划告赵,加之赵在宋被刺前多日已将"应密"电本交与洪掌管,故赵对洪、应图谋杀宋并不知情。洪、袁关系极为密切,洪曾试探袁是否同意"收拾"反对党一二人,被袁拒绝,洪遂转而以子虚乌有的"燬宋酬勋位"及"债票特别准",诱使应杀宋。故洪实为"刺宋案"唯一主谋。袁虽与刺宋无直接关系,但由于案发对其竞选正式大总统造成极大冲击,一旦宋案其他情节再曝光于法庭,对其将更不利,故他明知洪为杀宋主谋,仍故纵其至青岛德国租界,明知赵与杀宋无关,仍竭力阻止其到沪自证清白,洪因此得以暂时逃脱严惩,赵则牺牲了个人声誉,成为袁的"挡箭牌"。

The Case of Assassination of Song Jiaoren（宋案） is a complicated one evolved by a series of plots. The first intention to kill Song Jiaoren（宋教仁） came from Hong Shuzu（洪述祖）,after the failure of plan of making false charges against ＂Sun Yat- sen,Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren＂,which was made by Hong Shuzu and Ying Kuicheng（应夔丞）,and dominated by Yuan Shih- kai（袁世凯）. Hong did not get along well with Zhao Bingjun（赵秉钧）,thus he would not have given the＂Assassination of Song Plan＂away to Zhao. What＇s more,Zhao had given the cipher telegram code to Hong several days before Song＇s assassination. Thus he should not have known about Hong and Ying＇s plot to kill Song. Hong went really close with Yuan. Hong had sounded Yuan out whether the latter wanted to ＂clear up＂several members of his opposition party and had been refused by Yuan. Hong then instigated Ying to kill Song by luring him with granting Xun position（a kind of honorary position） and national debt at relatively low price with the government＇s special permission. Hong therefore was the sole chief instigator in ＂the Case of Assassination of Song Jiaoren＂. Although Yuan is not directly linked to this,he released Hong to German settlement in Qingdao with knowing that Hong is the sole chief instigator in this case,and prevented Zhao from proving his own innocence with knowing that Zhao is not involved in this case. Yuan did this just because this case posed great impact on his running for formal president and exposure of more details was unfavorable to his situation,for which Hong escaped temporarily from punishment and Zhao became the shield for Yuan with his own reputation all lost.