99 years ago today, on August 6, 1926 (June 28, 1926, the lunar calendar), Zhang Zongchang shot and killed Lin Baishui. Lin Baishui On August 6, 1926, Lin Baishui, president of Social Daily, was killed by Zhang Zongchang. Lin Baishui's original name was Yi, also known as Wanli, and also known as Shaoquan. He was born on January 17, 1874 in Minhou County, Fujian Province. He was the founder of "China Vernacular Newspaper." In the spring of 1921,"New Society News" was founded in Beijing and later changed its name to "Social Daily". Lin served as president, determined to "transform the newspaper industry" and "innovate society." In October 1923, the newspaper was closed and Lin was imprisoned for more than a month after criticizing Cao Kun's bribery scandal. In April 1926, when Feng Yuxiang's National Army was forced to withdraw from Beijing, the Social Daily praised the National Army. After the Feng Lu Army entered Beijing, they suppressed the patriotic movement in the name of "fighting for the Red Army." Lin Baishui continued to write articles in the Social Daily criticizing the warlords and publicly naming Zhang Zongchang as a "long-legged general." On August 5, Lin Baishui published an article "The Luck of Bureaucrats" in the Social Daily, mocking Pan Fu, a close friend of Zhang Zongchang, the former deputy finance minister of the Beijing government. Compare the relationship between Pan and Zhang to "the renal capsule is on the testicle." Pan Fu, who was angry and angry, cried before Zhang Zongchang. At 1 a.m. on the 6th, Lin was arrested. At about 4 o'clock, without trial, Zhang Zongchang shot Lin Baishui to death on Tianqiao, Beijing, at the age of 52, on the charge of "collaborating with the enemy with evidence".