Cheng Jiatao has the worst conflict with Song Jiaoren recently, because a few months ago, Song Jiaoren did not stand on the position of the Alliance, but walked with Yuan Shikai, betraying the revolution is not the point, betraying Sun Wen is the key.

He said that when Song Jiaoren was punished by everyone, it was as if he had telepathy, and Song Jiaoren in the Huguang Guild Hall a few miles away sneezed several times, so that he had to stop his speech, and after taking out a handkerchief to wipe it, he continued to shout to the hundreds of party members in the audience, "The provisional parliament has formulated a provisional constitution and an election law, and this has laid the foundation." Whoever becomes the prime minister cannot decide the fate of China, the political party and government are fundamental! The Prime Minister is nothing but hypocrisy, as long as our party wins the general election and the party cabinet is formed, gentlemen, the Prime Minister is nothing more than an ornament, a symbol, a cat and a dog, it doesn't matter who does it! Therefore, we must destroy the party and build the party, and reorganize the original loose alliance with the purpose of opposing the Qing revolution into a real and the largest political party in China: the Kuomintang! ”

Song Jiaoren's voice was loud, but the applause of the audience below was even more shocking, and the hall built by Zhang Juzheng in Wanli of the Ming Dynasty seemed to be overwhelmed by the warm atmosphere in the venue.

After the revival society cleverly and quickly seized the world, the original revolutionary party was confused because it had lost its goal, and the former Qing officials and gentry were embarrassed because the revival society did not win over, and these confusions and embarrassments all came to naught in Song Jiaoren's speech.

The applause in the hall continued for a long time, but just as everyone looked up at Song Jiaoren on the stage, a sharp female voice shouted: "Traitor! You traitor!! ”

Surprised, a woman dressed in men's clothes rushed to the stage.

took advantage of the situation and gave Song Jiaoren a slap, and the sound of 'snap' shocked the four seats.

The woman came to power, and the party leader was beaten.

Such a situation only made all the members present stunned, and finally a few of them reacted quickly and hurriedly pulled the woman off the stage, and Song Jiaoren was beaten and quickly withdrew.

The matter of the Huguang Guild Hall soon spread to Prince Zheng's mansion, and at this time, Yang Rui was discussing the issue of funds with Yu Huizu, and this time not only Yu Huizu was there, Wu Xifen of the National Taxation Bureau, and Zhang Kun of the bank were also there.

He came to report to Yang Rui.

What is the most expensive to fight?

War shells are the most expensive!

In a battle, one cannon consumes two or three hundred shells, and it is as if there were no cannons.

Although the artillery of the Baxing Army was sudden, accurate, the infantry division, which was focused on artillery, still had to consume a lot of ammunition.

In the Battle of Mukden in the Russo-Japanese War a few years ago, more than 900 artillery pieces of the Russian army, which was logistically difficult and chaotic, consumed 540,000 shells, with an average of nearly 600 shells per gun.

The Northeast Baath Army had a total of more than 300 breech guns.

A few months down.

Although it saved, it still consumed 460,000 rounds of artillery shells, most of which were purchased from Russia and the United States, and it cost 30 taels to be shipped to the battlefield once they were shipped, and more than 10 million shells were spent on shells alone, and the 1 million shells now ordered in the United States, although the price was not so expensive, also cost 20 million US dollars, plus more than 2 million cannons and more than 4 million rifles.

More than 4 million bullets add up to more than 30 million dollars.

Converted into silver, there are more than 45 million taels, and if you count the other baggage, as well as the expenses after the start of the battle, the military expenditure in Shenyang will reach 100 million taels of silver.

The numbers are huge, but the results are meagre, even if they win like now, they will not get any reparations from the Japanese, and if they start a war on their own territory, they will only lose money.

"Okay, I got it."

Yang Rui said tiredly.

"This money is spent a lot, but it has to be spent, if it is really like the old before, then the people's will be scattered. Drag us to win it. ”

"But isn't the negotiation going smoothly now?"

Yu Huizu let go because all the people present were his own people.

"If the contract can be signed next month, can the orders from the United States be cancelled?"

Orders are non-fixed and can be cancelled at any time.

In particular, the number of artillery shells was relatively large, and after confirming that they could be delivered, the United States said that it could only ship 400,000 shells this month, and that the rest would not be shipped until next month.

Yu Huizu felt sorry for money, Yang Rui was also worried about money, he looked at Yu Huizu with a sad face and said: "Brother Hanzhang, now we are talking about some irrelevant terms, if you really want to talk about the withdrawal of troops, the atmosphere is not like this, whether you still have to fight, no one can ensure it." Some money, the more I want to save, the more I want to save, my habit is to give enough at one time, so it is the most convenient. We can't just look at the amount of money that has been paid, and if Japan really withdraws its troops without paying compensation, then if someone sends troops to China in the future, it will have to be weighed. One war and less wars later, this is to save money. ”

Ningbo people have always been careful in their calculations, Yu Huizu was told by Yang Rui, and he also knew that he regarded things as business, and smiled bitterly at the moment, "It's done, so much money is gone, I'm really ...... I won't say anything. Xingjian wants to talk to you about the currency reform and see what you have to say. ”

As soon as Yu Huizu said this, Zhang Kun opened the text with him, handed the prepared plan and a new silver dollar in a box to Yang Rui, and then said, "Sir, this is the specific plan for currency reform." ”

The front of the new silver dollar in the box is the image of Zhu Kuansu wearing a crown, and there is also the year name of the first year of the Great China Kingdom, and the back is a sitting dragon with teeth and claws and the words "one circle".

Yang Rui listened to Zhang Kun's words and did not speak, but looked at these samples carefully, and finally picked up a silver dollar and blew it vigorously, put it to his ear to hear the crisp buzzing sound, and nodded with satisfaction.

"The draft of the currency reform has been sent out, and I heard that hundreds of people have submitted papers in ten days."

Yang Rui asked.

"Yes, but most of them are scholars' opinions, and the slightly better ones are the opinions of Liang Rengong and some foreigners, but Liang Qichao is not clear about the situation of the domestic currency, he can only qualitatively not quantitatively, and he has a soft spot for the gold exchange standard, which is contrary to our plan; Among foreigners, the American Jingqi also holds this view; However, after the draft was published, the bank group of the four countries protested that it was against the agreement to discuss the currency reform plan separately because they had already cleared the currency reform loan agreement. ”

Zhang Kun said.

"Huh! What a bird agreement, they signed an agreement with the Manchus. It's our business! ”

Yang Rui was extremely tired and angry, "Besides, it's a loan currency reform agreement." They just have the priority to borrow, and now we don't borrow, and secondly, this is just a unified silver dollar specification, and it is not a currency reform, what are they shouting about. ”

After he said that, he shook the paper in his hand again, and said, "I understand the plan, so can you tell me what are the difficulties?" ”

Zhang Kun said: "There are three difficulties. First, the customs now collects all silver taels, and it is necessary to negotiate to change the collection of silver dollars; But because of the revolution, customs are now in the name of tariff security. We are negotiating with the customs to urge them to deposit the tariffs back to the Chinese banks. If this negotiation fails, and the customs is required to cooperate in changing the life of the silver dollar. Then the tariffs can only be recognized if they are deposited in foreign banks; Second, the domestic foreign currency has always been decided by the Shanghai money industry. Once the two are abolished and the yuan is changed, the bank will inevitably issue silver bills on a large scale, and the bank's banknotes are supported by the silver two physical support, but also because the bank is underdeveloped, if the bank's bills are passed, the bank's credit will be lost, and the bank's bankers will also die; If the bank dies, the tentacles of foreign banks in various parts of the country will be cut off. Therefore, it is very likely that foreign banks and Shanghai money offices will unite. The comparison of the silver dollar to the huàn silver tael is lowered, and the current foreign cent is about seven coins and three, and it is very likely that it will be lowered to seven coins or below seven coins at that time, once this is the case, then the person who holds the silver dollar will melt the silver dollar into a silver tael; Third, the output of the national mint is limited, and it can only produce 1 million yuan of silver coins per day, and only 350 million yuan of silver dollars can be minted in a year. The next step is to change the silver standard to the gold exchange standard, which is not a few years, is it too frequent to change it twice in a row? ”

"Not at all often. Now we are not even on the silver standard, we can only say that it is a semi-silver standard. There are several kinds of silver, and there are several kinds of silver dollars, and they are messy, so I have to go to those money houses and furnace houses. If you don't waste two yuan, one step to the gold standard, I'm afraid that you will fall. You don't have to worry about the customs affairs, it's nothing more than the annual flow of 4,000 taels, and the money bank and foreign banks don't have to care, and only these people are against us, but all businessmen will support us in abolishing the two yuan, especially the big businessmen. ”

Yang Rui looked at Wu Xifen next to him, "Don't be afraid that things are difficult to do, if you want to promote, let's start with the national tax, and then wait for chain grain stores, specialty stores, and grain stores around the country to set up, and when the time comes, you will get a nine-percent discount on the cashier, who dares to use silver without silver dollars?" The most they manipulate is centi, we master the circulation channels of materials, and the scale of manipulation is not centi, but money, who is afraid of whom? ”

Zhang Kun was most worried about Qian Zhuang's manipulation of Yangli, but now when he heard Yang Rui say that he was going to make a nine-fold cashier, he suddenly smiled on his face, and he poured: "Sir, if that's the case, then I'm relieved." ”

"Of course you have to rest assured."

Yang Rui also smiled, "The National Bank is not alone, all ministries, localities, the army, the national taxation, and the peasant associations are all standing with you, what are you afraid of, don't worry." ”

"Understood, sir!"

Zhang Kun suddenly felt a little eager in his heart, and he was almost about to stand up.

"Sir, I'm ...... over there"

Wu Xifen looked at Zhang Kun, who was a little excited, and didn't know what to say, after studying for more than half a month, he knew what the IRS was going to do, and he probably knew how to do it, but he was still a little weak-hearted.

"Your side, just follow the steps."

Yang Rui said: "There is another ...... It's about bringing good soldiers. ”

Yang Rui seemed to be tired, and wanted to talk at length about the importance of the IRS, but in the end he only briefly said 'bring good soldiers', when the clock in the house rang, and Yu Huizu had no choice but to leave.

"Sir, Song Jiaoren was beaten in the Huguang Guild Hall."

When Yang Rui closed his eyes and recuperated, Li Zilong passed the news over.

History has a deep memory of Song Jiaoren's assassination of Yang Rui, so Song Jiaoren is stared at by people from the Intelligence Bureau, not necessarily for protection, but the evidence must be obtained.

"Oh? What did the people of the Confederate do? ”

Yang Rui opened his eyes, his half-sleepless eyes were red, he hadn't slept well during this time, and he was in a trance.

"Yes. But it was a woman, named Zhang Hanying, who rushed to the stage and slapped Song Jiaoren in public, and was dragged down in the back. ”

Li Zilong said, "This woman is still a member of the Shenzhou Women's Revival Association...... Madame is among them. ”

"Hmm"

Yang Rui coped, he didn't want to take care of Cheng Ying's affairs, he closed his eyes again and asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

Seeing Yang Rui like this, Li Zilong hurriedly said, "The guests invited by Europe have already arrived in Shanghai, and the Military Intelligence Bureau asked, how to enter Beijing so as not to be discovered by the legation?" He was too conspicuous. ”

"Airship."

Yang Rui responded in a daze, and Li Zilong had no choice but to retire.

It's just that after he left, Yang Rui squinted for a while but couldn't sleep.

Since he went to the hall of Beijing Normal University, his mind has been very confused.

The temple is small and windy, and the water is shallow.

Peking University in the Republic of China is like this, and the education circle of the Republic of China is also like this, a group of young people who have no experience and have drunk some foreign ink are calling for wind and rain and working behind closed doors.

The Renaissance Revolution was due to Nanyang College. If the tide rises, then if you learn again. tide, it is very likely that there will be the next revolution.

The current Beijing Normal University Hall, later Peking University.

is where these can happen, so as soon as Yang Rui entered the gate of Peking University, his heart was extremely keenly touched.

At the same time, the memory of Peking University in the Republic of China was also mentioned.

It is good to use science as a weapon to liberate the people from Confucianism, but the liberated people do not distinguish between good and rust, and at the same time, the liberated people have nothing to believe in.

Eventually, another religion was re-worshipped.

I don't know if this result is the sorrow of the liberators of the Yan Fu type, or the sorrow of the people.

Against the backdrop of declining rivers, it is really more difficult for the Revival Society to keep the inheritance of culture and stop the crazy evolution, which is really more difficult than taking over the world.

"Sir, Mr. Taiyan is here."

Yang Rui was pretending to sleep, and Li Zilong spoke softly again.

"Hmm. Please come in. ”

Yang Rui said, he was completely awake at this time.

"It did. We came up with a solution......"

After entering the door, Zhang Taiyan said urgently.

After getting married, his clothes were extremely clean and neat.

The smell of rancidness on his body is gone, but he is still confused, except for the things he cares about.

"What did you think of?"

Yang Rui smiled, he also had a far-reaching conversation with the Ministry of Rites some time ago, and he told them a lot of things.

"Huang Yukun means to keep the ancient language and ban the vernacular."

Zhang Taiyan said.

He agreed with this method, but he was worried that Yang Rui would not agree.

"What?"

Yang Rui laughed, "What are you guys calling this?" How to keep the ancient language, how to ban the vernacular? ”

"That's the way to go."

Zhang Taiyan said, but he didn't say the reason, he thought that this was needless to say, and he couldn't say, "Isn't it required by the constitution to inherit culture, just add the protection of ancient texts, and then the Ministry of Rites will use this as a basis to ban vernacular texts." In fact, nine out of ten percent of newspapers are now in ancient languages, and textbooks are also ancient languages, and even if they are ordered, they will not cause any adverse effects. ”

"I know it's not going to be bad, but it doesn't make sense. Aren't you afraid that the more you forbid, the more people will say? Many things are self-inflicted by those in power, such is the case with Qin Shi Huang's book burning and pit Confucianism, if there is no such period in history, with the subtle influence of Confucianism, it is not known whether it can rise in the future. ”

Yang Rui said that he understands the power of culture, but he does not understand the power of language.

"Actually, you say if this can be implemented, right?"

Zhang Taiyan couldn't elaborate in a hurry, so he could only skip this section and directly shift the topic to implementation.

"You can do it, but is it really necessary?"

Yang Rui asked again.

"Everyone in the Ministry of Rites thinks this is the last line of defense, including your good student Wang Xiaolin. Everyone said that if the ancient text is not kept, then we old people can withdraw and leave Wang Xiaolin behind. ”

Zhang Taiyan said.

Wang Xiaolin is only responsible for specific operations, and Zhang Taiyan is responsible for ideological guidance.

If they withdraw, it will mean that the national quintessence ideology has completely failed, and all that remains for the Ministry of Rites is to censor publications, impose fines, close newspapers, and arrest editors.

Yang Rui finally got upright, "Uncle Mei, don't scare me, is it really that difficult?" ”

"That's true, and we discussed it for five days."

Zhang Taiyan also didn't sleep well during this time, "That's the conclusion I came to this point." Whether it is science, or the scientific religion or lion culture you are talking about, the characteristics of its language are precise and logical, which is not the case in ancient texts, it is mostly intended and inducted, just like Chinese characters, pictograms, meanings, and shapes, but Western characters are different from this, they are twenty-six letters, flipping back and forth, changing in length, that is, saying what is to be said. Ancient scripts are more difficult to achieve precision and logic than vernacular texts because they are less precise. On the other hand, it is the problem of the efficiency of dissemination that Wang Xiaolin said, no matter how much trouble the ancient literature is, it is only a matter for the readers, just like before we raised the uprising in Hangzhou, it is nothing more than a group of revolutionary literati plus some soldiers hired with money, if there is no later peasant association and base area, can we take over the world? I think it can only mess with the world. Wang Xiaolin has a very reasonable saying, that is, to separate the mind from the body, that is, the person who advocates the revolution shouts again, as long as he does not go deep into the people, then he is shouting in vain. Sun Wen is like this, his revolution is just a few students and a party hired with money, and the republican slogan is shouted every day, who knows below? Aren't we planning to build a radio broadcasting network that will go deep into the countryside, which is unique to the Revival Society, but the function of this network is exactly the same as that of the forbidden vernacular, and it does not even cost money. Think about it, a literati who wants to agitate for revolution, he can easily arouse the echo of the people in the vernacular, and how many ordinary people can understand the ancient language? ”

The reason stated by Zhang Taiyan only made Yang Rui think of one word: barrier.

Since ancient times, rebellions without the participation of scholars have been failures, and there is a language barrier between scholars and the people, just as there is a difference in size between the Russian and Japanese tracks.

The new literati used science to fight Confucianism, but if there was no popular response to worship, even if it eventually became a religion, it would be the religion of dozens or hundreds of people.

To restrict the dissemination of revolutionary ideas, it is impossible not to limit the vernacular.

"If that's the case, the school department will be involved, and I asked the people to make a plan to eradicate illiteracy, and if it comes, it will change. But in this way, there will be more illiteracy. ”

Yang Rui couldn't say a reason for his objection, but he felt that it was very inappropriate.

"Some people are illiterate even if they are literate, and some people are illiterate and reasonable. Besides, isn't the annual increase in the school's silver? ”

Zhang Taiyan said, he saw that Yang Rui still couldn't make up his mind, and then said: "Actually, now this is because all of us believe in your inference for the future, if you think that the things you said in the future will not happen, then it doesn't have to be so." You know, we never thought of that before you gave us a meeting. ”

Zhang Taiyan redirected the matter to Yang Rui based on the origin, only making him smile bitterly, and immediately said, "Then do what you say." Keep the ancient text, ban the vernacular, but I ...... I don't know ancient Chinese, I don't know how to give speeches, write books, etc., and I'm not used to using ancient Chinese. ”

"Then you will let the secretary write it for you in the future, you write vernacular Chinese, and he will write classical Chinese."

Zhang Taiyan smiled, happy to persuade Yang Rui.

"The books you have written should also be taken back and converted into Chinese, and then published."

"It's... This...... What is this called? ”

Yang Rui was a little aggrieved, but he couldn't help it, he asked for it.

Zhang Taiyan just laughed when he saw him like this, and only after laughing did he say, "That's it." Then Yang Huizi, you have to say hello to him, and the next time the Congress discusses amending the Constitution, let him add the article on the use of ancient Chinese texts, and don't say it in the Constitution if the vernacular is prohibited, just follow the Ministry of Rites. ”

Yang Rui nodded, and only wrote a note to Li Zilong, asking him to send it to Yang Du.

Zhang Taiyan, who had done the work, was relieved, and after drinking tea, he asked, "Actually, when will the person you said arrive?" I didn't come last time. ”

"Oh, he's already in Shanghai. He missed the boat on the way here, so he was late. Just now I have ordered someone to send him to Beijing by airship, which is not only confidential, but also fast, and is still VIP treatment. ”

Yang Rui said.

"Then you want to have a showdown with him about those lands?"

Zhang Taiyan said again.

"If he is really as strong as you say, I'm afraid he won't be the same as Sun Wen, right? To form an alliance with a foreign country and sell its own land is a traitor. ”

"Of course, he is different from Sun Wen, what Sun Wen can do is make trouble, what he can do is change the whole world, so from the standpoint of the world, the country is not for him."

Yang Rui said, "The matter of land may have to be discussed, but that is not the point, any politician will only deal with things according to the current situation, even if it is Sun Wen, he will not buy old accounts after the matter is completed." ”

This is the first time I have heard Yang Rui say that Sun Wen is good, Zhang Taiyan asked, "Then why don't you have dealings with Sun Wen and don't let him enter the government as an official?" Now that the world has begun to settle down, even if he wants to change, he can't change it. ”

"I don't know, I sometimes hate Sun Wen, just like many times I hate myself."

Yang Rui said melancholy, "Let's not talk about Sun Wen." Tomorrow he will come, and you will meet him too. ”

(To be continued......)