Yang Rui didn't say anything polite to Zhang Taiyan, stepped on the ancient books spread out all over the floor, sat on Zhang Taiyan's seat, and saw Chen Guangshou closing the door, so he said, "Uncle Mei, Yu Zixun has rebelled." ”

"Betrayal... Mutiny? Zhang Taiyan's mind was full at this time, and it took a while to understand what the rebellion meant, and said loudly: "How is this possible?!" Zixun: He is also a commissioner. ”

"It's not that he mutinied, he gave Sun Wen 150,000 dollars to the League, and told them to raise the rebellion immediately this month. The money doesn't matter, but the time of the uprising was leaked by him. If the League will know, the Japanese will know, and if the Japanese know, the British will know, and the British will know, then ...... It means that except for the United States and Germany, all the great powers know it. It's hard enough for us to catch them off guard. Yang Rui speculated on the scope of influence of this matter, and even he couldn't believe the conclusions he deduced.

Zhang Taiyan opened his mouth and said for a long time: "What about Beijing?" Won't ......"

"For the time being, I don't see any impact on Beijing, I didn't go into detail about the details of the uprising when I held a meeting in Hong Kong, and Yu Zixun didn't tell Sun Wen where our uprising was," Yang Rui sighed, "but this is probably just a fluke that he won't be known, and I don't know if he thought he had moved the money in the secret account." ”

"Secret accounts?" When Zhang Taiyan heard that it had no impact on Beijing, his heart suddenly relaxed, but when he thought that Yu Zixun was so disregarding the overall situation of the revolution and rashly leaked the secrets of the meeting, his face immediately became angry, and he shouted: "Yu and Qin should be killed!" ”

"Kill until the country is pacified, especially since he has been in the United States before. Familiar with the dignitaries over there. Yu Zixun had long thought that he was going to be out, as long as the righteousness could be carried out normally, Yang Rui would not be annoyed with him. With the deepening of domestic reforms step by step. There will be more and more senior members with a 'conscience' and 'morality' left behind, and Yu Zixun may be the first, but it will definitely not be the last.

Yang Rui looked at Zhang Taiyan, who was running wild in the house, and said, "Uncle Mei, I'm not here for Yu Zixun's business, but for something else to tell you." ”

Zhang Taiyan was only immersed in his resentment towards Yu Zixun, although he didn't care about practice. But he has always cherished the soldiers and generals under him, and when he was in charge of the conference a few years ago, he gave Yanzhou random approval and spending money. The reason why the uprising that is now being planned has been successful. It lies in the suddenness of the launch, and now that the time of the uprising is known to the Manchus and the foreign powers, even if this battle can be won, it will cost more deaths. How could this not make him feel resentful.

"It did. Don't talk too much with this kind of person! I'm going to get him back now. When I was in Hong Kong, I said, what is a thief? Yu Heqin is a thief! As soon as he and Sun Wen said this, our years of preparation were almost ruined! Damn it!! Damn it! Damn it!! The more Zhang Taiyan spoke, the more angry he became, the books on the floor were not only stepped on by him, but also kicked away by him, if it weren't for the imminent action, he would have gone to New York to slap Yu Zixun a few times now.

Seeing that Zhang Taiyan was getting more and more crazy as he spoke, Yang Rui hurriedly held him down. Shake him vigorously a few times, and then say loudly: "Uncle Mei." It is useless to kill one Yu Zixun, the most important thing is to prevent other Yu Zixun from appearing again! If those tens of thousands of international students become Yu Zixun, what should this country do?! ”

Yang Rui's sentence finally woke Zhang Taiyan from his anger, "What's wrong with the international student?" They also ......"

"International students are fine for the time being, but it doesn't mean that they will be fine in the future." Yang Rui saw that he was normal, so he let go of him, turned around and looked at the room full of ancient books, and sighed very much: "Uncle Mei, in the final analysis, our civilization is disintegrating. Civilization cannot attract Chinese people, so they will naturally want to be as democratic and free as the United States. Zixun was poisoned by this, ignoring reality and thinking that he was serving the country and the people, but in fact he was harming the country and the people. This kind of self-righteous person cannot be killed, and there will be more in the future, the most important thing is to come up with a set of theories and instill them in everyone's heart, so that this kind of person can also be reduced. ”

What Yang Rui said pointed to the root of the problem, but Zhang Taiyan's idea was different from this, he looked at Yang Rui and said: "Actually, what you said is also our dilemma, completely depose Confucianism, then the country will be scattered, and if Confucianism is not deposed, then there will always be some people who think that foreign things are good, and think of ways to turn China into a foreign country, and now the Japanese are doing this, they not only want to change the culture, the national body, but also the race."

In fact, Chinese culture is the study of the heart. In the past few years, I have read a lot of books, in addition to intellectual, only Germanic can be compared with China in psychology, but the Germanic people themselves are very brave, so their doctrine is extremely tough and domineering, and many places are simply strong words. This is the origin of Chinese culture, but also the origin of civilization, the quintessence of the country we advocate, in fact, it is the essence of the Chinese people who have realized the truth of life, the goodness of human nature, and the beauty of the world for thousands of years. For example, writing, different from foreign writing, hieroglyphs are the product of the unique thinking of the Chinese people, and they have been condensed for thousands of years to become what they are today. ”

Yang Rui came to Zhang Taiyan to find a theoretical weapon to resist bourgeois democratization, who would have thought that he had no weapons for a long time, and the quintessence of the country was tossed by him into a life insight. This time, he was speechless to Zhang Taiyan, "Uncle Mei, you're not joking, are you?" You've been doing it for so many years, so many people, just give me such a sentence?! ”

Yang Rui said this, but Zhang Taiyan said: "It's done, mental learning is useless, it's just a kind of inner cultivation, which can't be instilled, you can only understand." Western wisdom is useful, such as Gewu, such as chemistry, such as your management, these are all useful. Zixun's rebellion is not terrible, the reason why he rebelled is that he is patriotic and has the idea of sacrificing himself for China and the yellow race in his heart. He's just going the wrong way, and if there's no loss, just let him turn around. ”

Zhang Taiyan, who calmed down, took a long time and didn't take Yu Zixun's matter to heart at all. "Besides, it happened, don't you think about it, Liang Zhuoru abandoned the democratic republic after he went to the United States, and he said in his New World travelogue 'free cloud, constitutional cloud, republican cloud.' Like the winter arrowroot, like the summer Qiu, it is not suitable for me! And he said, 'Chinese people today.' You can only be subject to autocracy, not republicanism. At that time, you were still leading the army in the northeast to fight hard, Cixi did not die, and Guangxu did not come out, how could he, a person who advocated a republic earlier, go to the United States and convert to autocracy?

In my opinion, the key to this lies in Liang Zhuoru's travels to the New World. It's just an ordinary spectator, although he has money, but he doesn't dare to spend it because he still has to raise money. can only pretend to be poor, and then he has a lot of contact with overseas Chinese, who are at the bottom of the beauty society, living in hardship and being discriminated against. That's why he changed from republic to autocracy; But it's self-honored. During his six years in the United States, he had little contact with overseas Chinese, lived in a wealthy area, and was full of rich businessmen and magnates, and saw that the United States was so strong in material resources, and only regarded this as the work of the republic, so it was reasonable for him to change his studies and believe in the republic.

As long as China does not become rich and strong every day, those who abandon their national studies and believe in the republic will be more and more every day. There are also people like Sun Wen who use the republic as a stepping stone, and all they want is a revolutionary flag. As for what is painted on the flag, I don't care at all, as long as it can deceive people's hearts. As the saying goes, all revolutionism is utilitarianism, and all history is only the views of today's people corresponding to today's people. ”

"A true history is contemporary history." Zhang Taiyan said it awkwardly, and Yang Rui summed it up with a famous sentence. He listened to Zhang Taiyan's explanation, and his heart suddenly relaxed, "Uncle Mei, in addition to the problems of the external environment, I am afraid that Zixun also has something to do with the people. ”

"A true history is contemporary history? That's a great thing to say! Zhang Taiyan didn't listen to Yang Rui's words at all, hurriedly went to the table and picked up a pen to write down the words, and said as he wrote: "It's done, you can go." ”

"You!" Zhang Taiyan chased away the guests, if he didn't leave, he would not only want to pour tea, but also splash ink, Yang Rui had to get up. At the same time, he felt that he had slipped his mouth again, and that the famous proposition of the Italian master Croci seemed to have been put forward only after the First World War. Now that he says it himself, it's no wonder that Zhang Taiyan is fascinated.

Yang Rui quickly shrank back in the carriage and returned to Guosi Temple, where Liu Boyuan was already waiting. "Sir, news has come from the fireflies that the Katsura Taro cabinet is dealing with our Northern Expedition."

Fireflies are just spy codenames, and the line released by Wang Jitong many years ago would not have been activated if it wasn't a major event. The uprising is imminent, and the eyes and ears of the Japanese side have already ordered them to try their best to find out the news of the Japanese government, but this was originally after the uprising was launched, and who expected that it would start to operate now.

"Alas!" Yang Rui sighed in a low voice and said, "Is there anything else besides this?" ”

"The British once again warned us not to push the war across the line of the Gongchen Bridge in Hangzhou." Liu Boyuan said again.

The British are repeating the same old tune, and now Europe is tight, and it is still Japan that is worried. Yang Rui secretly scolded Yu Zixun in his heart, and asked very calmly on the surface, "Is the attitude of the Japanese decided?" Are there any signs of the army pulling out of the camp? ”

"For the time being, there is no news, the Japanese troops everywhere have not been mobilized, and the railway garrison in Fengtian has not moved the garrison in Dongzhou, and it is estimated that the countermeasures are still being discussed, I am afraid that if they discuss a result, then the matter will not be easy to handle." Sir, can we do it in advance? Liu Boyuan asked.

"No way!" Yang Rui vetoed it without even thinking about it, "The scope of the uprising is too large, and we can't be allowed to advance." ”

"Sir, I mean Beijing and Mukden are ahead of schedule." Liu Boyuan said, "The Japanese have two divisions in Korea, one division in Kwantung Prefecture, plus the railway garrison, and there are 50,000 people who can drive to Mukden in three days. Once they get to the Northeast, it's not easy to do that. ”

"Even if they can drive there within three days, they will not be able to enter the country or open the railway land until we launch the uprising. Otherwise, Japan would not have agreed to such an act, even if the British protected it. And on the Korean side, there are more than 100,000 taels of silver owed to us, and now that China is revolutionary, shouldn't they sacrifice thousands of lives to help us stop the Japanese? If Beijing Fengtian advances, then the rest of the places will be out of touch......" Yang Rui still disagreed, but in the end, he hesitated and still asked people to call Bei Shoutong and Xu Jingxi over.

The righteousness is imminent, the plans of various places have already been arranged, and the staff is now only waiting for news from all over the place, and as soon as Yang Rui calls here, they will come over immediately.

"What's wrong with raising righteousness in advance?" Yang Rui looked at the two of them and asked questions directly.

"It is impossible to advance it! Mr. Pei Shoutong and Xu Jingxi actually spoke in unison. And they also shook their heads together.

"Now Japan and Britain should know that we are going to raise a rebellion this month, but all they know is that we are going to go on a northern expedition, not Beijing." Yang Rui saw that they disagreed. simply told the truth of the matter.

Pei Shoutong and Xu Jingxi were shocked, "How could it be leaked?!" After they shouted, they stared at Liu Boyuan again, as if he had done the leak. After so many years of preparation, if it were not for the great secrecy in order to deal a blow to the Manchus and prevent the intervention of the foreign powers, I am afraid that the revival would have hit Beijing long ago. Who would have expected that the matter would be leaked in the end.

"The leak has nothing to do with the Abyssians. Don't worry who leaked the secret, can the current situation be launched in advance? Even if it's for a day. Yang Rui asked again.

"Sir, there are only two days left before the uprising. Even if an order is given, the troops cannot be adjusted. No matter what happens, it's better to go according to plan. If the northeast side is afraid of Japanese and Russian interference, then they can be vigilant. Strive to end the battle in the shortest possible time. Lao Lei is in the northeast, as long as he tells him this meaning, he will definitely be able to do his best. In the end, if Japan really wants to intervene with troops, then we can only contact the United States and Russia, and promise that the revolution will not harm the existing interests of various countries, and I believe that they will not watch Japan become the dominant power in Northeast China. "Bei Shou is like-minded.

He said this, but Xu Jingxi said another question, "Sir." If Japan were to send troops, it must have obtained permission from Britain in advance. And the British will allow it, and it must be that their own interests have been violated......"

"We are not infringing on the interests of the United Kingdom." Yang Rui looked at Xu Jingxi and said puzzled.

"No, sir, I'm not talking about the Yangtze River provinces, I'm talking about Tibet." Xu Jingxi said: "Xie Cheng's 13th Division has a plan to march into Tibet, which will definitely stimulate the British. The best way is to find a way from the Qing army stationed in Tibet, most of those soldiers are elders members, and Luo Changqi, the left counselor stationed in Tibet, is a key figure in stabilizing the situation in Tibet, as long as he can be convinced, then Tibet can be determined. ”

"Then go ahead and do it, anyway, Tibet wants it, and the Northeast wants it. I don't want to do multiple-choice questions then. Yang Rui thought of Tibet and his heart was tight, that McMahon Line was a famous hall created before and after Xinhai, and he didn't want to have this thing in history in the future.

"Understood." Xu Jingxi and Pei Shoutong hurriedly went out to send a report, while Yang Rui asked Liu Boyuan again, "Japan will sue Britain after it knows, what about the Manchu Qing Dynasty?" Will the Manchus know? ”

"This ...... There is no news from Beijing yet, and now everyone is preparing for the birthday ceremony, and the investigation in various parts of the city was still tight before, but since our people were arrested a few days ago, the princes and ministers are more at ease. Liu Boyuan said.

As he spoke, Yang Rui immediately glared at him, "This is all a bad idea you came up with, fortunately there are no dead people!" ”

Liu Boyuan gave a rare smile: "I have explained to them, if you are arrested, then don't resist, there will be someone in the patrol to save them." If you are tortured, name a few of them. Now the patrol police in Beijing should be in chaos. ”

When Liu Boyuan talked about patrolling, in the main hall of the Yamen of the Admiral of the Nine Gates of Beijing, Yulang glanced at the confession that came out, threw it on the table, and then looked at the patrol officer who was kneeling in front of him, Zhang Zongxiang, and said, "Have you found it all out?" ”

"Back to Lord Belle, now it's all clear. This Wang Jinsong owed gambling debts and had to be used by the revolutionary party step by step, but I had God's blessing in the Qing Dynasty, and Lord Baylor judged the case like a god, so the revolutionary party was wiped out. Zhang Zongxiang knelt on the ground and spoke, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was sweating, and the head of the patrol inner city hall was actually bribed by the revolutionary party, and it was not surprising that he had done his job in this hall. It will be like this in the future, depending on whether the silver sent a few days ago will work.

Yu Lang fully understood Zhang Zongxiang's thoughts, shook his sleeves, and said: "From Ming'er is the emperor's birthday ceremony, Wanshou Opera will be sung for three days, if something happens in these three days, your ten heads will not be enough to cut off; If nothing happens and you can keep Shoudian safe and secure, then you Zhang Zongxiang's great credit, not only will you not be held accountable for this incident, but you will also be promoted to an official. ”

Yu Lang finally said what he expected, Zhang Zongxiang's hanging heart suddenly relaxed, and he hurriedly kowtowed: "The lower officials must thoroughly investigate the gaps and strictly investigate everywhere to prevent the revolutionary party from destroying the birthday ceremony." ”

"That's good. Go out on an errand. Remember, if you're on a business trip, watch your head. Yu Lang said, waving his hand and sending him out.

Zhang Zongxiang remembered Yu Lang's warning, bowed and retreated to the door, and then hurried out of the courtyard with two entourage. He felt more and more that he was on pins and needles in the position of the patrol police department, especially now that the revolutionary party has begun to attack the idea of the capital, this time they have arrested so many people, then they will come more next time, he has seen the newspaper photos of the uprising in Guangzhou some time ago, those revolutionary parties are really not afraid of death, one by one with the same intention of dying, they are simply a madman who does not care about their lives.

"Zhonghe, what did Lord Belle say?" Just watching Zhang Zongxiang walk quickly, Dong Yulin, the thrifty secretary of the main hall who followed him, hurriedly asked before he got into the sedan chair.

"Baylor also said that as long as the birthday ceremony is okay for three days, then we will not be held accountable for the mistake of employing unknown people." Zhang Zongxiang said helplessly, he himself felt that what he said was ridiculous, that Wang Jinsong came before he came to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and he didn't know what to do with him.

"Ahh What a bodhisattva protection! Bodhisattva bless! Dong Yulin hurriedly clasped his palms together, judging that if no one closed his eyes and prayed, although he was full, he was not as good as Zhang Zongxiang, after all, he was a jinshi.

"Let's go. These days, I have to take care of the station and inn, and once these places are found to have a southern accent, I will bring them back to inquire first. Zhang Zongxiang commanded, and then went straight into the sedan chair and told the sedan chair man to rush home.

No one can get an errand in the Qing Dynasty court without spending a price, although Zhang Zongxiang studied abroad early and gave him a Jinshi background, but if he wants to have an errand, it doesn't matter if he still can't get it, and now his errand is still his wife who recognized the daughter-in-law of King Qing Yixuan as a godmother. I thought that holding the big tree of Yixiao would not fall, but who would have thought that as soon as Cixi died, Yixuan and Yuan Shikai would fall immediately, finally he had gone to the sea, and he was also down-to-earth, and Prince Su had a good impression of Japan, so he kept the errand, but it didn't take long for Prince Su to be removed from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, which made him panic and didn't know what to do.

The weather in Beijing in June of the lunar calendar is already extremely hot, and the sedan chair man carried the sedan chair to the door quickly, and as soon as he got off the sedan chair, his wife Chen Yan'an ran over and asked, "Master, you're back." ”

It's not easy to talk about things outside, Zhang Zongxiang only dragged his wife to the intersection, and then touched Han Dao: "You hurry up and pack your things, buy a train ticket to Tianjin in the afternoon, and leave today with your children." ”

"Ahh Chen Yanan didn't understand the situation, and shouted loudly, "How can this be, isn't Wang Jinsong's case verified?" It has nothing to do with you, why was you still dismissed? You're so ...... The money before was not given in vain! ”

Seeing that the woman was still distressed about money, Zhang Zongxiang hurriedly covered her mouth and said, "Be quiet!" I wasn't dismissed. ”

"Ahh If you haven't been dismissed, how can you ...... if you haven't dismissed" Chen Yanan was caught by Zhang Zongxiang halfway through his words.

"Can't you just be quiet?" Zhang Zongxiang said: "Although the patrol police department has solved this case now, I always feel that something is wrong, the revival will be able to make trouble to this point, but it is not easy to get along, how can the people they sent out be caught so easily, and no one has resisted, they are all arrested?" And this time Wang Jinsong's matter, although the evidence is conclusive, but knowing such a result, no one who is familiar with him believes that he will do this, there must be a conspiracy here. ”

"You mean that Wang Jinsong was framed by the enemy?" Hearing that she was not dismissed, Chen Yanan's voice finally became a little quieter, she had studied women's school, and she could recognize Mrs. Baylor as her godmother, and she was extremely sophisticated.

"It's okay if it's the enemy, I'm afraid that the revolutionary party wants to capture it!" Zhang Zongxiang finally expressed his worries, "So I asked you to take the child to Tianjin to avoid it first, and then come back after a few days." ”

Chen Yanan was taken aback by what her husband said, "You ...... If the revolutionary party really wants to get rid of it, then you, then what should you do? ”

"I can't go, let alone tell those princes Baylor, at this time I have swept everyone's interest. All I can do is for the soldiers to block it, who will flood the earth, and find a way not to get into trouble. After waiting for these three days, I will ask the adult to change an errand, but it really can't work, then we will go back to Shanghai, don't be this official anymore, now this shape shì, if you don't get your life, you have to take it in. Zhang Zongxiang said. (To be continued......)