Zhang Taiyan didn't agree with Yang Rui's praise Deng Shi, he looked at Huang Jie, who was silent on the side, and said: "There are too many things to say, many things are needless to say, and you can only rely on your own understanding." After all, those who understand understand understand without speaking, and those who don't understand can't understand what they say......"

Deng Shi said this, but Huang Jie next to him coughed softly, and he had no choice but to laugh and say, "Hehe, I also made a mistake, I said too much, I said too much." Hehe. ”

He didn't say it, but Zhang Taiyan put away the folding fan, and said with a rare and stern expression, "At the turn of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the culture changed drastically, so that the pre-Qin dynasty descended, although there was masculinity, but it became weaker and weaker, followed by the two Han Dynasty, the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the two Song Dynasty, it was transformed into femininity, and there was regression without progress, good also regressed, and evil also regressed, so that in the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was already a materialistic world." If it is really as Cheng Cheng said, the science of the foreigners has overthrown Confucianism, and it is possible to erect a scientific and religious ...... with the obedience of the people."

"Uncle Mei is in love." Huang Jie, who has not spoken, opened his mouth, and after working together for many years, he no longer talks to everyone in the vernacular, but replaces it with Beijing dialect, although there are still some strange Cantonese in it, but everyone can understand it. "There won't be a day."

"Not necessarily. The quintessence of the country that cannot be proved should not be trusted; Another example is Yan Jidao's remarks, the quintessence of backward countries should be replaced by advanced new learning. If it really comes to this point, the situation will be as predicted. After Zhang Taiyan finished speaking, he began to think, opened the fan with a bang, and took steps.

"Even if everything is true, but in the nature of a camel. The servile ones still know that there is an emperor in the world, and the servile ones should understand that there is a congress in China, and education is both advocated. Naturally, there are many minions. If people who follow science as a religion can't become a climate, then who will subvert China? Huang Jie completely put down his pen, looked at Zhang Taiyan who was walking around, and began to argue.

"It's hard to say!" Deng Shi, who had spoken too much before, interjected again, "Don't say that Confucianism is gone, and the quintessence of the country may also be damaged by it, those who have a heart and those who have no heart will only mix them up." Let's talk about the temperament of the people. There are many blind followers. At the time of Wuxu, Kang Nanhai Datong's theory and the discussion of changing the law raised sons and gentry. Isn't it also a blind obedience? Even after killing the six gentlemen, the road of reform continued to evolve, but after Gengzi, reform and revolution went hand in hand, and Guimao rejected Russia. Uncle Wei Dan was imprisoned. The revolution was like a tide, and even if the Diet was held later, it was the revolution that won in the end. I think it is true that Cheng still hasn't explained people thoroughly, camels not only have a submissive side, but also a manic side, such a mad side as the Hongyang Rebellion, so does the Gengzi Boxers, such a manic people. In the end, all of them are subject to the religion of science, and that is ......"

This time the words were not interrupted. It was Deng Shi who cut it off himself. Several people understand what the quintessence of the country is, that is the inner cultivation, is the realization of life, this is not to be transferred by the material, nor is it oriented to morality, it only grows naturally in this world like flowers and plants, wind, frost and rain, the morning sun and the cold moon, spring flowers and autumn fruits, so carefree growth, or so quiet death, or as Yang Rui quoted the Western philosophers said: people, poetically dwelling on this earth......

All these things can be understood by those who understand, but those who do not understand will never understand. Because this unspeakable thing cannot be proven, only perceived. Perhaps, when science washes away the original decay of Confucianism and demolishes the empty land of the Confucian temple, the blind and manic people will build another temple of science. They believe that this is the most advanced, which is better than parliament and republic.

After a long time, Huang Jie said: "If you can't prove it, you can't express it, and in the final analysis, it's a matter of language." I remember that the reason why Wei Dan's revolutionary army was liked was that most of the words in the book were vernacular and slogans, and in fact, the speech was inflammatory, and it was also because of this. If we ban vernacular literature, and textbooks, newspapers, and books are only allowed to use classical Chinese, then firstly, scientific language will not be so manic, and secondly, people who understand classical Chinese will read a lot after all, and even if they blindly follow it, they will not be in ......the majority."

"That's a solution!" Zhang Taiyan hadn't replied yet, Deng Shi spoke first, "But the classical Chinese is old, and the vernacular is new. If we want to ban the vernacular, it will provoke public criticism. ”

"No, it won't!" Huang Jie is very sure, "As long as you have attended a private school, you will use vernacular as vulgar language." Isn't the draft constitution being made public now? We can add this article to the implementation of the Chinese language when the National Assembly examines and hears the constitution next year, whether it is to promote national culture or protect the orthodoxy of the Chinese language, anyway, to find an excuse, literate parliamentarians will definitely agree, and illiterate parliamentarians will listen to us and agree. In the future, as long as the Revival Society is in power, the vernacular will be banned for one day, and after 50 years, everyone will be able to read, and there will be fewer blind followers. ”

Huang Jie's plan to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle was very much approved by Deng Shi, but he still looked at Zhang Taiyan, "But Cheng Cheng wrote and gave speeches, most of them were written in the vernacular......" After he finished thinking, he looked at Zhang Taiyan again, "Uncle Mei, you say, will Cheng agree?" ”

Zhang Taiyan had already listened to their discussion, and when he asked, he stopped, closed his fan and said, "Let's wait until I see that person first, he will be here in a few days." ”

As important members of the Ministry of Rites and the backbone of the National Quintessence Party, Deng Shi and Huang Jie also heard Yang Rui talk about something, Deng Shi said with concern, "That person is really as strong as he said?" ”

"Well, maybe yes, six years ago, they made a huge fuss, and the world was shocked." Zhang Taiyan nodded, and the closed fan kept knocking on his left hand, and said with a little puzzlement: "It turned out that he is only one-tenth of this person's ability, not even one-tenth, let's wait for me to talk to him." ”

Yang Rui didn't know that a meaningful conversation of his own made the people in the Ministry of Rites actually discuss such a ridiculous result, but even if he knew, he didn't have time to pay attention to this stubble, and the negotiation with the Japanese had consumed all his brains.

After both sides tacitly agreed not to talk about apologies and reparations, the Sino-Japanese peace talks officially began. Because the Sino-US arms deal is as high as more than $30 million, Japan is after finding out the news. The duration of the meeting was set for only one month, and the meetings were held every other day for three hours each. A total of 15 talks were prepared to resolve the issue of the Sino-Japanese armistice in Mukden.

"Our attitude is that the Benxi Lake Iron Mine cannot be ceded, this mine is privately owned by His Majesty the Emperor, and besides, this mine is outside the railway annex. For your request, we can give supplements, that is, the Yantai Coal Mine belonging to Liaoyang will be handed over to the Japanese side for processing, and the tax payable on the minerals will be the same as that of the Chinese company. "The negotiation room of Prince Zheng's mansion. Cao Rulin carefully used his words and expounded his own views.

"This compensation is too little." The exchange of iron ore for coal mine was obviously not in line with the calculations of the Japanese, and Hikoyoshi of Ijiin stopped the speech of his own representative. "In addition to the Yantai Coal Mine, even if it is the private property of His Majesty the Great Emperor, you can also sign a long-term iron ore sales agreement with us. The ore iron ore is in addition to its own use. It is sold to us 100,000 tons per year, valid for 30 years, and the price per ton of ore is the same as that of Daye Iron Ore. ”

US Ministers Wei Li, Yang Rui, Xie Jintai, Shi Zhaoji, Pei Shoutong, and Cao Rulin sat on the left side of the negotiation room, while British Counselor Ma Muller, Japanese Foreign Minister Yasuya Uchida, Beijing Minister Ijiin Hikoyoshi, Tianjin Consul Koike Zhangzao, former Shanghai Consul General Oda Kimansuke, and Okura Group chaebol Okura Kihachiro sat on the right side of the negotiation room. After Yijiyuan Yanji finished speaking, Cao Rulin looked at Yang Rui and Xie Jintai, this article could be agreed to in his opinion, after all, it was just a sale.

"It's okay to sell iron sand, but the price is based on the market. It's not good to die. Yang Rui said in Xie Jintai's ear, and after Xie Jintai heard this, he wrote it on a piece of paper and wrote it to Cao Rulin. It's just that the Japanese don't agree.

"The iron ore of East Asia is controlled by the Great China Coal and Iron Works and Mines Co., Ltd., which is owned by His Majesty the Great Emperor, and there is no market price in it. Considering that the Benkeihu iron ore mine cannot be mined in the open pit like Daye, we are willing to agree to increase the price of Daye iron ore by one yen," said Manjunosuke Oda Kiri.

After Xiao Tian cut finished speaking, the note instructed by Yang Rui was passed to Cao Rulin, and he said, "Since as your envoy said, it cannot be according to the market price, then according to the cost accounting, the current iron ore price is six yen out of Hong Kong, and the price of pig iron in Shanghai is twenty-five taels, which is equivalent to thirty-six yen, plus one yen compensation because it cannot be open-pit mining, then it is agreed that the price of iron ore is one-fifth of the price of pig iron in Shanghai, and the fluctuation around this proportion does not exceed five percent." Can you dispute this? ”

After Cao Rulin finished speaking, Oda Kiri Manjunosuke turned his head to look at Okura Kihachiro next to him, he is the president of Japan's Okura Group, after the Tianzihao borrowed Hanyang, Japan's control over China's iron ore is more than weak, this time the meeting, Japan's focus on minerals is the issue of iron ore exports.

After a period of deliberation, Ijiin Hikoyoshi said again: "Then I ask you to jointly form a steel sales company......

Before Ijiin Hikoyoshi finished speaking, British Counselor Mamuller coughed in a low voice and said: "The terms drawn up by China and Japan cannot violate the principle of open door advocated by the United States and the principle of equalization of interests of all countries, and the Sino-Japanese United Steel Sales Company has violated these principles. ”

As soon as Ma Mueller said this, Okura Kihachiro remembered this, and after another burst of grunting, Hikoyoshi Ijiin said again: "Then we ask that the exclusive sales agency of your pig iron in Japan be handed over to the Okura Group." ”

"We already have an agent in Japan, and the issue of agency rights is a business issue of the company and is not within the scope of this negotiation." Cao Rulin refused, and the acting U.S. minister Methodist also agreed, and the fifth clause was agreed.

"We do not accept either of the proposals you have requested under Article 1 of paragraph 6. Our mention is that we promise not to build a new French railway for 50 years. What do you think? Cao Rulin said.

Hearing of China's choice, everyone present in Japan gave a strange look at the acting minister of the United States, Willy, and then Hikoyoshi of Ijiin said: "Our side has established a temporary adjournment of the meeting, and the articles in paragraph 6 will be discussed the day after tomorrow." ”

Seeing that Japan wanted to repair the meeting, Cao Rulin nodded lightly when he saw Xie Jintai and agreed: "We agree to adjourn the meeting." ”

With the sound of the adjournment, the people on both sides of the negotiation table stood up and bowed, and after a while, the Japanese got into the carriage and went to the eastern suburbs, only to wait for the British Legation, and after enduring it for a long time, Hikoyoshi of Ijiin said to Zhu Erdian, who had just understood the situation: "Your Excellency, there should be an agreement between the people of China and the United States. ”

Zhu Erdian said: "Things may be as you expected, but as far as China's current situation is concerned, they have no other railways to concede except for the Tonghua Railway to the United States. ”

The new French railway was built by the Americans four years ago, and this time the peace talks are underway. Japan included this railway, along with two other railways, in paragraph 6 of the negotiating requirements. On the issue of the New French Railway, Japan gave China two proposals, both of which meant to prevent China from building the New French Railway and extending the South Manchurian Railway. Now China has promised not to build a new French railway for 50 years, completely frustrating Japan's plans.

The Japanese are concerned about the Xinfa Railway and the Yingkou-Niuzhuang Railway. Anbong Railway, but Zhu Erdian has no interest in this. After this period of observation, he discovered another dangerous situation, that is, Japan was hostile to China in South Manchuria, and the end result would only be that China would quickly move closer to the United States. According to the news of TongguòMI5, the Chinese have sold all the Tonghua Railway to American companies, and have also ordered 30 million US dollars in arms. At the same time as the issuance of the national protection bonds, a purchase of up to 200 million taels of silver was being negotiated in New York.

If these are all commercial activities, then after a large-scale boycott of Japanese goods by Chinese private businessmen. A large-scale campaign to promote the use of American goods was also launched, and according to customs statistics, the import value of American goods rose by 50 percent in a few months. A thick cotton cloth that can only be sold in the Northeast. It was also sold in the Yangtze River area, which was simply an economic war for the Chinese.

If you form an alliance with a weak country, you will inevitably be dragged down by a weak country, and if you are in the company of a stupid person, you will inevitably lower your IQ. Now Jurdian began to keep this in mind, and before he kept in mind the diplomatic norms. He regretted that he had instigated Japan to go to war in the northeast, and with the scale of Yang Jingcheng's order, Zhu Erdian believed that if the war continued, the funds in society would be invested in the war on a large scale, and with the current diplomatic relations, the only benefit would be the United States and Russia.

It's time to put an end to this unfortunate war. Zhu Erdian put what he thought in his heart, one by one, euphemistically into the conversation with Yasuya Uchida and Hikoyoshi Ijiin. The two Japanese looked solemn when they heard this, because this time it was not a statement that Britain did not support, but a statement that Britain opposed. After more than half an hour of secret meeting, the two walked away with heavy steps, but the news of returning to the embassy area shocked the two of them, which was brought by Sun Wen's envoy.

Sun Dacang's words seem to come from the Cantonese word 'Che Dacan', which means nonsense and bragging. This word is used in Sun Wen with both derogatory and praised, the derogatory takes the original meaning, and the praise says that its revolutionary power is better than a cannon. Kotaro Munakata looked at Sun Wen with praise, but he understood very well that this was just an empty cannon, and if no one provided the cannonballs, it would not be able to go off.

Although the cannon is an empty cannon, its advantage is that it is durable, and it never picks the caliber of the inserted shells, whether it is Japanese, French, American, or even Russian. As long as there were shells, he could quickly change his caliber from a respectful subordinate of the Japanese gang to a member of the French Freemasonry, or from an ardent Lincoln republican to a fierce anarchist. This air cannon unearthed by Inu Yangyi eleven years ago to scare the Qing Dynasty, even if the Qing Dynasty fell, it would still have an immeasurable effect, such as now, he sent a very shocking news.

The matter was too serious, and Yasuya Uchida took a few sips of tea before looking at Kotaro Munakata and said, "When will the matter be verified?" How many people know about it now? ”

"Your Excellency," Kotaro Munakata also bowed excitedly, "the matter has been confirmed. The only people who know now are us and a few people around Sun Wen, and Huang Xing doesn't know. ”

"Oh......" Yasuya Uchida let out a long oh when he heard this, and then said, "It's too late, now...... Ay! ”

"Your Excellency, it's not too late. If it is as Sun Wen said, then this will be a good opportunity to control the northeast, but not now. Ijiin Hikoyoshi said that he was a staunch mainlandist, and this time he did not bite any flesh on China, and his teeth were really uncomfortable.

"So how long will the other party have to prepare to control Manchuria?" Yasuya Uchida said again.

"What the other party means depends on the determination of the empire to fight a decisive battle, if Manchuria can have a general battle like the Rilu War, then after the defeat of the revival army, he can quickly control the army of the whole Manchuria, and it will be easy to control the army and control the entire Manchuria, but if the empire truces, then it will take a long time." Kotaro Munakata repeated Sun Wen's words, but he discounted and discounted on the basis of Sun Wen's excited promise.

"It's too late." Yasuya Uchida sighed again, and after a while he corrected again, "I mean it's too late this time, you go down." ”

Kotaro Munakata looked at Yasuya Uchida, and then at Hikoyoshi Ijiin, and saw that the latter shook his head slightly, so he had to retreat gloomily.

More than half an hour later, Hu Hanmin came to Sun Wen's hotel, several people in the room were waiting, as soon as Hu Hanmin came in, the anxious Zhu Zhixin stood up and said: "Zhantang, what's going on?" ”

Looking at everyone's concerns, Hu Hanmin, shaking his hands and closing the door, said, "Sir, Munakata said that the attention of all countries is now in the northeast, and Japan is going to go to war again, so it is not up to Uchida Yasuya to decide whether the war will continue." ”

"What about the content of the peace talks, once the terms of the reparation of the Revival Association are announced......," Cheng Jiatian said eagerly. The strategy is two-sided, the war cannot be used, then the peace talks can also be used, especially when Yang Jingcheng is only the interim prime minister now.

"Will there be reparations for revival!" There was something strange in Hu Hanmin's eyes, "Before the second meeting, Yang Jingcheng showed the edict of King Min, which said......" He gasped for a sigh of relief.

"What did you say above?" Wang Zhaoming asked anxiously, and the others also looked at Hu Hanmin anxiously.

"The edict said, no harmony, no compensation, no land, no tribute, the Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies." After Hu Hanmin finished speaking, he fell softly on a chair. At that time, as soon as Kotaro Munakata said these words, he began to tremble, and now he finally spit out these words, although it was easy, but it seemed to consume all the strength of his body.

"Oh, it's easy to say, but what will the revival do? Even if they have soldiers, do they have money? Is there a gun? Cheng Jiaqi saw that the aura in the room had changed, and immediately questioned.

"They have it," Hu Hanmin seemed to have some strength after sitting still, and told the other news he had learned in the past few days, "the Fuxing Association has re-ordered 30 million US dollars of ammunition in the United States, and this batch of ammunition will be shipped this month." Yang Jingcheng is now preparing with both hands, if the negotiation fails, then fight again. ”

Thirty million US dollars is 42 million taels of silver, and everyone here was shocked when they heard this, and they heard that 30 million taels of military expenses had been spent on the previous war, and now that they had ordered so many arms, the entire military expenditure would really exceed 100 million taels.

When many gasps, Sun Wen said, "Comrades, now we can confirm that Yang Jingcheng is Zhu Kuanji's lackey!" The Revival Society is a group of lackeys of Zhu Kuanji! A government with a constitution of the people still has to negotiate with a holy decree in hand, and for the emperor's so-called clear name, spend the people's fat and people's anointment, and displace the people in the northeast, such a cabinet, we must let him step down! ”

"But... But Song Dunchu ......" Zhu Zhixin talked about Song Dunchu, who was destroying the party and building the party, and was colluding with Yuan Shikai, and the hearts of everyone in the room were even colder.

Because of the same interests, with the help of Yuan Shikai, Soong Jiaoren's parliamentary ideals were quickly realized, and his influence among the Huaxing Society and the Alliance Association was increasing day by day, and according to the current promulgation of the Provisional Election Law, most of Hunan, Hubei Ministry, all of Zhili, as well as Liang Qichao and other scattered forces who were very likely to join, the Kuomintang organized by Song Jiaoren would probably occupy about 200 seats in the National Assembly, surpassing the Furen Literary Society in Liangguang and Guangzhou, and becoming the second largest party in the National Assembly.

Although it is the second largest party, it has nothing to do with Sun Wen and the members of the alliance of the two Guangzhous, and the purpose of destroying the party is to eliminate Sun Wen's influence, and the purpose of building the party is to bring all the forces that are conducive to the election campaign into the Kuomintang. Although the work has only started for half a month, the alliance is already in ruins, and only these backbones in the house are left.

"Don't worry, he can't choose!" Chen Qimei said, who had been silent. Although his voice was low, everyone could hear a chill.

After a long silence, as if to observe everyone's reactions, Sun Wenqing coughed, "Yingshi, after all, Dunchu is a comrade, it's not good to mess around!" ”

"Yuan Shikai brutally killed many of our comrades, and when he joined forces with him at the beginning of his life, he turned his back on the revolution, ignored the blood of the martyrs, and ate inside and outside, and everyone was punished." Cheng Jiaqi said loudly, his face distorted. (To be continued......)