The so-called Chaowen Dao, Xi can die. Chen Ke is in such a state now. Li Hongqi spoke sharply and deeply, and criticized the world in simple terms. There are many things that I knew before but didn't understand, but I can understand them as soon as I hear them. Having been talking for more than an hour unconsciously, Chen Ke completely did not notice the passage of time.

Li Hongqi looked a little tired, he gently stroked his chest, and then continued, "After talking so much, I want to tell you two what I think you should do. ”

Chen Ke, Shang Yuan, and He Ying all stared at Li Hongqi's eyes, waiting for Teacher Li's final teachings.

"I studied Confucianism, from the avenue of Confucius and Xunzi. That is, they do not understand any revolution and do not understand any industry. From what I've learned, the revolution looks grand, but in the final analysis it's just a human thing. Since it is a human thing, it is the five constants, that is, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith. In the final analysis, it is better to seek others than to seek yourself. ”

This is what Chen Ke has always asked of himself, and listening to Mr. Li say this, he is even more energetic, and wants to see how Mr. Li's point of view is different from his own.

"First of all, faith. The so-called faith means that words must be done and deeds must be fruitful. Spit and foam is a nail. If you can't know yourself, know how many buns you eat and how many bowls of soup you drink, will you be able to fulfill what you say? The so-called confidant not only knows what he can do, but also knows what he can't do. This is the true confidant. If you know what you can't do, you won't make promises that you can't do, so what you say is naturally what you can promise. In order to be true to his word. When my teacher taught me, I said that it is better to walk the word than to keep it. You must remember. ”

After listening to Li Hongqi's narration, the three of them nodded together and said yes.

"Now that you know what you can't do on your own, you're close to wisdom. The so-called wise man knows how to choose, the fish and the bear's paw cannot be both, and the fish is taken from the bear's paw. It is important to be self-sufficient. ”

Isn't that the reason for the united front? Chen Ke suddenly thought. Who is our friend and who is our enemy, even if today's friend is tomorrow's enemy. Even if you want to kill him tomorrow, you should give him the fish today or give him the fish. Knowing the trade-offs and knowing the distribution of interests is one of the methods of the united front. was thinking about it, when he heard Shang Yuan ask: "Teacher, what if I have the strength to have both fish and bear's paws?" ”

"That's the matter of etiquette. The artifact has no owner, only the powerful and virtuous live in it. Etiquette is the system, and the state is a tool of class rule. The operation of the state is nothing but the operation of the system, and what maintains this system is the state apparatus, which is where the strongest force in the world lies. The formulation of etiquette depends on the sword soldiers. If you are so powerful that you can set rules and order, then you should be the one who separates the bear's paw from the fish. You yourself have taken the bear's paw and the fish for yourself, ...... what use do you want these things? Li Hongqi asked.

Shang Yuan's face flushed, "That's what the teacher said." ”

"You can win the country by force, but you can't rule the country by force. If you can set the etiquette system, the order. The etiquette system in the world that day was nothing more than a righteous word. The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is more than is lost. The way of man, otherwise, the loss is not enough to give more than enough. Therefore, this righteousness must be the way of heaven. I see what Wenqing said in the book, Wenqing said that the agricultural society, the lack of productivity, even if you want to lose more than you can not make up for the shortage, the industrial society lies in machine production, getting rid of the state of scarcity. Therefore, there is a surplus to make up for the shortfall. So much better. However, Confucius once said that Zigong ransomed the Lu people. It must not be done. ”

This is an allusion, there is a law in the Lu country, the Lu people are enslaved abroad, and if someone can redeem them, they can go to the treasury to reimburse the ransom. Once, Confucius's disciple Zigong (Duanmu Ci) ransomed a Lu man abroad and refused to accept state compensation after returning home. Confucius said, "Yes, you are not taking a good way. From now on, the people of Lu will no longer be willing to redeem their compatriots who have become slaves. If you recover the compensation from the state, it will not impair the value of your actions; And if you refuse to get back the money you paid, others will not redeem them. Zilu rescued a man who had fallen into the water, and the man thanked him and gave him a cow, which Zilu accepted. Confucius said: "Now the people of the country of Lu will definitely have the courage to save those who fall into the water." ”

In Confucius's view, Zigong's mistake was to exalt the moral standards that everyone could attain to a height that was difficult for most people to achieve. What are the consequences? First, the moral standards on the surface of society have been improved, and everyone has expressed their stance to learn from Zigong; Second, the actual state of moral standards has actually slipped, because there is already such a high moral standard as Zigong hanging over his head, and whoever goes to receive the state's ransom after redeeming his compatriots will be considered immoral, but how many people have enough financial resources to ensure that the loss of this ransom will not affect their own lives?

Chen Ke did not agree with this, and if the People's Party members demanded such a standard for themselves, then what would they call it the "People's Party". Historically, the party members of the year have never demanded such from themselves. Everything is for the people, and serve the people wholeheartedly. If we talk about equal exchange and fair trade, then what has become of the People's Party? It will only degenerate the People's Party into a garbage organization like the Kuomintang.

Thinking so in his heart, Chen Ke naturally showed some disapproving looks on his face. Li Hongqi understood it at a glance, and he smiled: "Wenqing, you and Wangshan will never learn Zilu, I know this." And I want to tell you that in the future, your comrades will not be able to learn the way. For what you have to do is kindness. The benevolent are invincible, why the benevolent are invincible, because the benevolent have both faith, wisdom, courtesy, and righteousness. The benevolent love people, the righteous govern, the lover takes the elimination of the disabled as the task, and the government takes the chaos as the heart. Since you have the world in mind, you must eliminate the chaos and chaos. It is necessary to gather comrades who also have the heart to eliminate the chaos and eliminate the chaos. Then you will let the whole world know that the people can have both righteousness and benefit, but you people, your comrades, are not and cannot be so. ”

Li Hongqi finished talking about Ren in one go, and he seemed to be quite excited, his breath was a little short, and his face was a little ruddy. Chen Ke hurriedly nodded his head, he thought to himself, it seems that he really underestimated Teacher Li Hongqi.

Li Hongqi continued to say excitedly: "Although it is said that today is a "great change unseen in 3,000 years", in my opinion, it is just a link in China's chaos and prosperity. The only difference is that China used to be in Asia, but now it is more deeply involved in the whole world. China's current collapse coincides with a large-scale invasion by foreign enemies. Many people only see the tyranny of foreigners, but they do not see that China itself is more tyrannical, cruel and shameless. ”

Speaking of this, Li Hongqi suddenly couldn't help but gasp rapidly, Chen Ke was no matter how sluggish he was, he could already see that Li Hongqi was sick, and his face was ruddy, which was in essence a sickly flush. He was about to persuade Li Hongqi to rest, but saw that Shang Yuan just got up and poured a cup of tea for Li Hongqi, and Li Hongqi picked up the teacup and took a sip. After resting for a moment, he continued: "It's right that Wen Qing is silent, it's my own business to have a disease. Since I want to lecture you, and you respect me, listen carefully to my lectures. If you are a child for me, I will panic and cry. Then I didn't tell you in vain? ”

"Teacher Li, it's been a long time today, you can speak slowly." Chen Ke hurriedly said.

"You can listen slowly, I don't have time to tell you slowly." Li Hongqi forced a smile, and then said in one go, "If you are brutal and rebellious today, it is already a big chaos." And which dynastic change is not so. How to deal with the tyranny, cruelty, and shamelessness of the world, how to break free from these tyranny, cruelty, and shamelessness, and how to get rid of all injustice with a firm attitude is a very difficult thing for people with ambition like you. In today's China, as long as the Manchu Qing Dynasty falls, it will be a great chaos. It is destined to be mournful all over the wilderness, and millions of corpses are ambushed. You don't have to worry about making the world more chaotic. This is China's luck, and you alone can't stop it. What you can do is to cure this great chaos, take advantage of this great chaos, sweep away all the evils, and eradicate all injustice from the roots. When the world is peaceful, China will be stronger and more brilliant. Wangshan, you are my disciple. Now that Confucianism has declined, this is predestined. Confucius didn't have much industrialization back then. I am a person who learns Confucianism, Wangshan, you go out of my Confucianism, I don't want you to magnify Confucianism, I just want you to magnify China. When Wen Qing wrote the book, he still knew that he had entrusted the history of China, and if you can succeed, I have only one request, to leave some last dignity for Confucianism. Let the Chinese civilization destroy Confucianism, and we must not let foreign civilizations destroy Confucianism. ”

Speaking of this, Li Hongqi's breath became heavier, the red tide on his face had faded, and his whole face was extremely pale. "Wangshan, can you promise me?"

Shang Yuan listened to the teacher's words, lowered his head slightly, and after a moment he raised his head, "I can't promise you." I can only do my best. ”

Li Hongqi sighed in disappointment and nodded lightly, "I'm sorry for you." He turned his head to look at Chen Ke again, "Wen Qing, you are now a righteous person who can go to chaos, I think you don't have the heart of a benevolent person, and you don't mean to be jealous of evil and hatred." The royal soup soup is domineering and brilliant. Wen Qing, although you think about the royal way, what you do is only afraid that it is overbearing. I'm worried that you've fallen into the wrong way. You are not a member of the Ming Sect, but I would like to advise you not to care about the name behind you. I think you are a person who cares about fame and fortune, and you always want to gain fame and fortune when you do things. And I think you're just afraid that you take this reputation more seriously. As long as you can save China, they will comment on the aftermath. As long as you don't deliberately seek personal fame, you will definitely be able to achieve great things in the future. ”

"Thank you, Mr. Li, for your teachings. I will take your words to heart. Chen Ke replied very seriously.

"That's it for today, go ahead. I'm going to rest. Li Hongqi said.

The three of them got up together, Shang Yuan knelt in front of the teacher and kowtowed respectfully, and then went out with Chen Ke and them. Li Hongqi didn't get up from the chair, but just watched the three of them go out of the hospital, and then he trembled and took out the medicine from his arms, and a woman came out of the back hall, poured hot water for Li Hongqi again, and served him to drink the medicine. While complaining: "You still have to give them a lecture when you are sick, are you going to be an emperor?" ”

"The world is like this, it's a good thing to be able to have a true destiny. But looking at the book that Shang Yuan brought the kid, and the truth he talked about, even if someone can dominate the world, he will never be the emperor again. Li Hongqi leaned back in his chair and said.

"Wangshan, this kid is too soft-hearted, I'm just afraid that he will suffer in the future." The woman sighed.

"If it weren't for the level of the world's corrupt Dao, I would never have let Wangshan and Chen Ke and others go together. That's fate. Li Hongqi's voice was no longer as fierce as just now, and his tone was full of deep regret and worry at this time, "Leave it to fate." ”

After separating from Shang Yuan at the door of Li Hongqi's house, Chen walked side by side on the street with He Ying's hand. The purchase of gifts could not be ignored, and by the afternoon, the rickshaw behind them was already full of gifts. After coming out of Li Hongqi's house, Chen Ke did not take the initiative to speak. His mind was entirely focused on regurgitating Li Hongqi's education. Chen Ke felt that the attitude of this Confucian believer towards the revolution was quite reasonable, but it still needed to be considered slowly. It was Mr. Li Hongqi's criticism of Chen Ke, and Chen Ke has been thinking about it repeatedly. Summarizing today's content, Li Hongqi pointed out two faults of Chen Ke, first, he cares too much about the evaluation of others and cares too much about what happens after his death.

Chen Ke is a staunch supporter of Grandpa Mao, because he saw how much dirty water was splashed on Grandpa Mao's back, Chen Ke is still a little worried about his future. In his opinion, there is nothing wrong with Grandpa Mao's revolutionary methods, including those movements, which are necessary to be copied in their entirety. Because of this, he felt some fear. Although Mr. Li Hongqi didn't know what Chen Ke was thinking, he obviously saw the problem.

But now that I think about it, it's really unnecessary. Grandpa Mao's personality is intense, and he can even be called "a little domineering", for this, Mr. Zhu once said to his face, "Runzhi, it's not that we don't support your point of view, we can't accept your attitude." "But history proves that Grandpa Mao is not wrong. And Grandpa Mao doesn't care about the evaluation behind him at all, what does Chen Ke care about so much? Isn't it just being scolded? In addition to those who scold, aren't there still staunch supporters like Chen Ke? Just seeing the scolding, but ignoring the supporters, Grandpa Mao would never make this low-level mistake.

After thinking about this link clearly, Chen Ke felt a lot more relaxed.

Another problem that Li Hongqi talked about is Chen Ke's lack of benevolence. For this, Chen Ke has not not reflected. But for those who do not have a revolutionary spirit, or who cannot keep up with the demands of the revolution, Chen Ke does not have the energy to care about their life and death. If you spend all your time saving others, is there still time for revolution? The revolution is to show everyone that there is a better choice, a more powerful way of organizing the productive forces. Those who can keep up will keep up, and those who can't keep up will force them to keep up. Chen Ke is not a monk, and he has no interest in "cutting meat to feed eagles and sacrificing himself to feed tigers". Although he lacks love, he does not lack hatred for the old social system. At least there is no lack of extreme contempt and disgust. That's enough at this stage.

Thinking of this, Chen Ke exhaled heavily, and immediately there was a place for his "hate" to be expressed. After returning to Shanghai, the struggle will never be warm.

Everything was going according to plan, and He Ruming didn't expect that his son-in-law would take his daughter back to Shanghai so soon. But the water spilled by his married daughter, he really had no excuse to order Chen Ke not to leave. So Chen Ke packed up and left openly.

On January 9, 1906, Chen Ke returned to Shanghai with his wife. I actually saw acquaintances on the dock, in addition to Xie Mingxian, You Wei was also there. It seems that this crackdown did not completely destroy the BJP's party organization. Seeing Chen Ke, You Wei generously stretched out his hand, and Chen Ke hurriedly walked over and held the warm palm of his comrade tightly.

"Wenqing has worked hard along the way." You Yu smiled. I haven't seen each other for more than two months, and You Wei is obviously thinner, and her skin has tanned a lot. But the faint squeamishness of the eldest lady's pampering in the previous look can no longer be seen. Her eyes were bright and sharp, and the strength in her hands was much greater.

Chen Kedeng was relieved that after this blow, the spirit of his comrades was not destroyed. "I'm back, and in my absence, everyone has worked hard." Chen Ke held You Yan's hand tightly and smiled.

You Wei also felt that Chen Ke had changed a lot, and when he was in Shanghai, Chen Ke was more like a scholar and always liked to smile softly. Now Chen Ke is more like a northern man, and the sharpness and firmness that used to be occasionally reflected in Chen Ke have now become the main feeling that Chen Ke gives people. At that time, there will be changes that will only come after making up her mind, and You Yu has also experienced the process of making up her mind, so she is more sensitive to Chen Ke's change.

He Ying really didn't expect her husband to shake hands with a girl who looked very hearty and crisp in public, and she was used to seeing no one around. When Chen Ke introduced himself to You Wei, He Ying just nodded slightly to say hello, and his attitude was not very cordial.

"Wen Qing and I are friends. Hasn't my sister heard Wen Qing talk about it? You Yu smiled heartily.

"He's very busy in Beijing, and he hasn't had time to say anything yet." He Ying smiled reluctantly.

"Then let's talk on the way."

There was nothing to say along the way, and to Chen Ke's surprise, everyone actually returned to school. The gate of the school was tight, and the guard at the gate was the Shandong hero Wu Xingchen found a few months ago, and after everyone was put in, the gate was closed again.

In the conference room, the old and new members of the People's Party were waiting, and there were more than 20 people. Seeing Chen Ke and them coming in, Qi Huishen took the lead in welcoming them. The hands of the two were clasped tightly, and they looked Qi Huishen up and down, only to see that there was still a freshly healed wound on his face, "Are there any other injuries?" ”

"Little things." Qi Huishen's posture also changed greatly, "I'll introduce our comrades to Wen Qing." They are all our party members. ”

These people Chen Ke basically knows, and they are party members with Huangpu Books as the core. Chen Ke shook hands with them one by one and called out their names one by one. Until a young man whom Chen Ke had never seen before stretched out his hand to Chen Ke, Chen Ke shook hands while searching in his memory to no avail. You Yu said: "This is Shi Juexing, who joined after you left. I was his introducer to join the party. To his surprise, Wang Qinian also became a probationary party member.

Chen Ke nodded, he glanced around again, and found that he didn't see Hua Xiongmao. "Where's Zhenglan?"

"Mr. Qiu Jin was injured, Zhenglan went to visit her today, and she should be back in a while." Seeing Chen Ke's worries, Qi Huishen said.

"Have you rescued everyone?" This is what Chen Ke is most worried about.

"There are still four people who haven't come out. In addition, two men in prison gave an account of our affairs to the British. They can't find it for the time being. But we're still looking. Qi Huishen's tone of voice was extremely unkind. Traitors are unforgivable, it's the same everywhere.

"Comrades, I will start with a few words." Chen Ke shouted loudly, "Did anyone here participate in the shootout?" ”

"Me." Lu Huitian said.