No. 114, Dajiang Hutong, East Street, Zhengyangmenwai is the Taiwan Guild Hall, which was opened by Taiwanese scholars in 1893 and gradually dilapidated after Yiwei, and the plaque of the 'Taiwan Guild Hall' hanging at the door is also eclipsed because of the old calendar.

Unlike more than 10 years later, when he published a "eulogy of the new opium (opium) policy" in Taiwan's Riri Shimbun newspaper to praise the merits of the Japanese-occupied Taiwan authorities, Lien Heng at this time was still like a patriot who wanted the mainland and swore to die against Japan. The Manchu Qing Dynasty collapsed overnight in Xinhai, and the Revival Society, which was considered an anti-thief by many scholars earlier, won the world within a few months, which made Lian Heng and other Taiwanese scholars smack. The founding of the new dynasty, the democratic republic, or the new monarch's accession to the throne, but the choice is that the former Ming clan re-sits in the world, the original Tartar captives are gone, and the recovery of the old country has caused a shock on the island of Taiwan, and the former Ming Dynasty has made the impact even worse, such as Lian Heng, he is such a man who 'never participates' in the Manchu imperial examination in order to guard the national integrity, and he saw that China was back to normal, and he was suddenly excited and couldn't help himself.

Lian Heng, who had crossed the sea to return to the mainland many times, suddenly decided one day to move his family north to meet the Ming Emperor in order to recover Taiwan at an early date. At the end of last year, China and Japan went to war, and Lian Heng, who had written several letters, finally passed the message to the foreign affairs secretary Xie Zhangtai Mansion last month: He hoped to meet the prime minister in person and wrote tens of thousands of words to seek the resumption of Taiwan, but there was no reply after more than a month. Whether it will work out or not is still unknown.

Even the horizontal pen frowned. There was a sudden sound of talking outside the door, and I only heard the voice of the porter say through the door: "Even the master." Mr. Zhang's mansion sent a letter over. ”

One said that it was on the house of Lord Zhang, Lian Heng and Wu Ziyu, who was sitting on the other side, jumped up like a spring, this Lord Zhang was Zhang Qin, a member of Fujian Province entrusted by the two, and now that he heard the letter from his house, he must have asked for something.

Lian Hengfei, who was close to the door, quickly went out to get the letter, and then hurried back to the room to read the letter, at this time Wu Ziyu had already picked up the oil lamp in the house extremely bright, and the red lights shone on the two red faces, indescribably excited. It's just that. Lian Heng's excited and longing gaze gradually became stunned and cold with the words, and finally he sat on the chair with his butt and his whole body was weak.

Wu Ziyu next to him saw him like this, and after snatching the letterhead, he sighed after reading it, and said in Hokkien dialect: "I still haven't burned the right incense!" ”

"I just can't figure it out! The war has already started, and the Revival Army also won a big victory in Yangcun last month, why can't Taiwan recover? Even if we don't recover it, why can't we meet us face to face, isn't that ...... Doesn't it chill the Shizi on the island? Wu Ziyu sighed. Lian Heng began to complain, he thought to himself that he was righteous and awe-inspiring, and there was no reason for the court not to see it, but the facts were ......

"Cousin Ya. I think the Prime Minister is still worried about the British, but Britain and Japan are allies, as the Japanese have advertised in Taiwanese newspapers. If the Ming Dynasty attacks Taiwan and Korea, the British will definitely declare war and send troops! Wu Ziyu persuaded. He is also Taiwanese and is in business. Often in the island and the mainland between the country, in his early years and Lian Heng founded the Oak Society Poetry Society, after Xinhai was inspired by Lian Heng, this year also from Hong Kong to Beijing.

"It's one thing to attack or not to capture Taiwan and Peng, but it's another thing to summon or not to summon." Lian Heng said to himself: "It is a trivial matter to summon us and others to commend and reward the officials, but it is a big thing to show that the determination to never abandon Taiwan is a big thing!" ”

"Cousin Ya, there is the Japanese army a hundred miles away from Beijing, I heard that this time the Japanese army has sent all the domestic troops, saying that it is going to fight to the death with the revival army in Gyeonggi. If our country wins this battle and Japan loses, then there is hope for recovering Taiwan. "Wu Ziyu is a businessman after all, he is not persistent, and he pays more attention to the current situation than Lianheng.

"In Japan? Fight to the death? Lian Hengqi said, "Where did the news come from?" How I don't know. ”

"How do you not know? How could the old man hiding in the house know that although the newspapers in Beijing are controlled by the Ministry of Rites, the envoy district is not among them," Wu Ziyu said, taking out a report from his bosom on the Far Eastern Times: "After the Battle of Yangcun, the port of Qinhuangdao was urgently repaired by Japan within a month, and in this short period of time, Japan has sent 12 additional divisions to land in Gyeonggi, and by the end of this month, there will be 21 Japanese divisions and regiments in Zhili, with a total strength of more than 300,000 according to the British reporter's estimate, and Gyeonggi is dangerous!" ”

Snatching the newspaper in Wu Ziyu's hand, Lian Heng English, who had studied at St. John's University in Shanghai, could read it clearly, and after reading the article at a glance and ten lines, he said uneasily: "Can Jingshi hold it?" ”

"The revival army is also increasing its troops, although Japan and Russia are pressing each other outside the border very urgently, but this month all parts of the country are sending troops north, I heard that the 14th Division of Fujian also left for the north at the beginning of the month, and it will arrive in Beijing in the near future. If we win, not only will the fortunes of the country be reversed, but the pattern of the entire East Asia will also be changed. Wu Ziyu was not worried about the safety of the capital at all, with the victory of Yangcun last month, he thought that it would not be difficult to defeat the Japanese army again, especially Fengrun's side was no longer on the side of the concession, and when the time came, the revival army would definitely be able to drive the Japanese into the sea.

Wu Ziyu said his opinion, but Lian Heng did not put down the newspaper, he read the news, and read other comments, and when he saw a very familiar name, he was shocked: "This Liang Rengong actually went to Taiwan." ”

Originally, he came to talk about the Zhili War, but he didn't expect Lian Heng to mention Liang Rengong, Wu Ziyu said disdainfully: "I was invited by Lin Xiantang, hum, what kind of culture do these people want to play against Japan, petition to resist Japan, it's really ......"

As the saying goes, 'one day, two Lin families', this Lin Xiantang is also a member of the Oak Society, but he is also the head of the Wufeng Lin family, this person was also interested in China, but he didn't want to change a person in the past few years, fantasizing about being like the Irish, through the guò government zhì movement to pursue Taiwan autonomy, which made Wu Ziyu very dissatisfied. In his view, Japan and Britain were two completely different forms of government, and the Irish's approach to Taiwan would never succeed. The only way to really extricate Taiwan from the embarrassing situation of being neither Japanese nor claiming to be Chinese is that people are not like people and ghosts are not ghosts, and the only way to do this is to restore Taiwan by force. The failure of the struggle in the past 20 years shows that in addition to the mainland court's armed attack on Taiwan. There is absolutely no possibility of Taiwan's recovery, and Lin Xiantang's attempt to figure out the guòzheng zhì movement to fight for the freedom of the Taiwanese people is simply a fool's dream.

Two lonely guests in Beijing criticized Lin Xiantang, who was later known as the 'mother of Taiwan's parliament', was in high spirits at this time. Eight years ago [according to history, in 1907, Lin Xiantang met Liang Qichao in Tokyo, and because of the butterfly effect, Lin Xiantang's trip to Japan was one year ahead of schedule. After meeting with Liang Qichao in Tokyo, when Lin Xiantang complained about the pain of the Taiwanese people and asked for help, Liang Qichao asserted: "In 30 years, China will never be able to rescue you." It is best to follow the example of the Irish against the British. In the early stages. If the Irish rioted, the police and the army were killed, and then they were killed, and then they changed their plans and colluded with the British government and the opposition, gradually relaxed the pressure, and then won the political suffrage, and then they had to fight against the British'.

This remark profoundly changed Lin Xiantang's life. After returning to Taiwan, he began to plan cultural anti-Japanese and political anti-Japanese resistance, and then Guangxu made a comeback, and Liang Qichao was reused. He was still drunk for a few days, and he didn't want everything to change after Xinhai. It's just that although Liang Qichao lost power, Lin Xiantang's 'anti-Japanese' strategy was still carried out step by step. Liang Qichao, who didn't want to train the Sino-Japanese war today, went to Taiwan, which made him even more excited.

Taichung Wufeng Lai Garden in the five gui building. Liang Qichao, who had cut his braids again and was still chic after fleeing from the Wuxu Reform, looked at the eyes that admired him and talked eloquently: "The competition between China and Japan is just a benefit for Britain and Japan!" It is important to know that the country of rice was several years ago. I wanted to start a war with Japan, and that time, the Great White Fleet of the United States visited Xiamen and Yokohama with great force, just to suppress Japan; Britain, on the other hand, began to distance itself from Japan after the end of the war, and it did not want to have a maritime power in East Asia at all.

Although Yang is Chinese, he grew up in the United States, and although he is Chinese, his heart and spirit have been completely Westernized! This is the root of his and Zhang Binglin's bent desire to depose Confucianism. The declaration of war against Japan this time is said to be anti-aggression, but in the end, the root cause is that the Yang government is willing to be the eagle dog of the United States. It must be known that before the war between China and Japan, Japan had no intention of starting a war, and only wanted to negotiate with its own people to give an explanation, after all, in the East China Sea, the navy sank four large ships. However, the Yang family's minions, Xie Zhangtai and others, deliberately broke down the negotiations to provoke a war, and the Yang family himself was also inspecting the military industry everywhere at that time, showing that he would definitely start a war.

Qichao didn't know the inside story at first, and only thought about going to Japan to resolve the Sino-Japanese dispute in the past, but after going to Japan, he learned that war was inevitable, although the Japanese army had no heart to go to war, and even military uniforms were not ready, but they were provoked by the Yang family several times, and the government and the opposition protested, so they had to rush to the war.

Since Xinhai, Qichao still has resentment towards the early days of the Yang family, but time has passed, and he also knows that the former Qing Dynasty has accumulated a lot of difficulties, and there must indeed be a big change, but the scholars are the foundation of the country, and the Fuxing Society and others not only do not treat them well, but also win the sympathy of the inferior society, and harm the interests of the gentry and curry favor with gamblers, singles, beggars and hooligans, and it is also called rent reduction and interest reduction, so that the red eyebrows and yellow scarves are everywhere, and the country is irreversible, and today's Sino-Japanese war is proof.

If this battle is won, then the Yang clan will be more powerful, more autocratic, and more dictatorial, and today he can mobilize the likes of the red eyebrows and yellow turbans to force the gentry and landlords to reduce rents, and he will be able to enrich the treasury and develop industry in the name of seizing the people's wealth; If this battle is lost, Yang has controlled the domestic newspapers, as long as he continues to advocate his own victory, he can calm the people's hearts, you must know that Japan's national strength is not strong, and under the mediation of Britain and Mi, there will always be a day when the army will be withdrawn. At that time, Yang will never mention the defeat of the revival army, only some small victories, nor will he mention that the Japanese withdrawal is based on the British and Mi, but will only say that this is his own credit, so it is really despicable to turn defeat into victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, this war should have been avoided, China and Japan are both yellow races, and they should have made good friends and cooperated to resist the white race, so that the yellow race can have more vitality, so that the people of Taiwan can get the status of normal Chinese people, however, the Yang family tried their best to start a war for their own selfishness, the desire for autocracy, and the sake of their knees. Ay! This is the misfortune of China, and this is the misfortune of Taiwan......"

In front of everyone who was listening intently, Liang Qichao suddenly burst into tears, as if he couldn't bear the great pain in his heart. Lin Xiantang, Lishe and others who were present were suddenly shocked, and when they got up and were about to step forward, Tang Jue, who went to Taiwan with Liang Qichao, suddenly got up and said to everyone present: "Don't be surprised! Don't be surprised! Ren Gong is just worried about the country deeply, gentlemen, Ren Gong is here to Taiwan. It's been a tiring journey, so let's stop it today. We'll talk about it tomorrow. I'll talk about it tomorrow. ”

Tang Juedun said this, although the members of the oak society present were reluctant in their hearts. But I still regretfully got up and said goodbye. For these people who only live on one island, it is already commendable to be able to listen to the analysis of the current situation by Ren Gong, the proud son of the Son of Heaven, especially the war between China and Japan, which still has such a hidden situation, which makes everyone who cheered for the imperial court earlier begin to calm down, and now this war seems to be for the country and the people, but in fact it is still fought for the Americans. If Ren Gong didn't say it, who could have imagined it? Who would dare to believe it?

Everyone came out of the flower hall, and Fu Xiqi, the chief writer of the Chinese column of Taiwan's Daily News, walked a few steps and suddenly sat on the ground very weakly. Such rudeness only made everyone very different, and Lin Zaizhao, who had always been resolute, said: "Why is Fucheng like this? ”

"The state affairs are like this, I am in pain, and my whole body is like an ice cellar! Last month, I was still cheering for Yang Village's victory, but now... But now...... When will I not look at the faces of foreigners, and when will the court not become a puppet of foreigners, I, the people of Taiwan... I am a Taiwanese citizen...... When will I be able to ......" Fu Xiqi said that this sudden childlike crying only made everyone around him cry and couldn't help crying.

After a few people were speechless and choked, Cai Huiru, the head of Cai Yuanshun, persuaded: "Fucheng, you are tired." Let's go back to our room and rest first. My name is Shaoying......"

Shaoying is Lin Zijin, Lin Xiantang's nephew, when Lin Xiantang was determined to fight for the rights and interests of the Taiwanese people through the guò non-resistance movement, he was skillfully arranged into the Taiwan Governor's Palace. In order to show the deference and closeness of the Lin family, the Japanese are also deeply happy and want to set an example. gradually entrusted Lin Zi with a heavy responsibility, and this time Liang Qichao went to Taiwan to Wufeng. He followed.

Cai Huiru just said Lin Zijin, but found that he was not by his side. Only the people of the Lin family who were not far away were called to carry Fu Xiqi back to the courtyard, just waiting for him to settle down, and everyone sat in a circle again, trying their best to say something interesting to make the love not so low.

When these people forced their faces to laugh, Lin Zijin, who was in a small room, was writing something, but his pen seemed to be uninked, and the handwriting passed, only a blank was seen. After spending half a cup of tea in a hurry, he rolled the bright and dry notes into long strips, carefully stuffed them into the cigarette rolls, sealed them with tobacco at both ends, and then put them into the cigarette case, and finally put them back into a cigarette. After fiddling like this, Lin Zijin found someone and asked him to send the cigarette out of the door after a careful advice. Although he had been missing for a while, Lin Zijin, who was done, did not immediately go out of the house to talk to the talented people of the Oak Society, but took out a cigarette and smoked it.

If it is said that as a descendant of a big family is Lin Zijin's luck in life, but as a Taiwanese is his misfortune, if history has not changed, he will give up his Japanese nationality and return to the mainland in the year of Renzi (1912), after breaking up with Lian Heng, who returned to the mainland at the same time, but wanted to stay in Shanghai, he went to Beijing alone and became a Chinese citizen, and then founded the North Automobile Dealer in Beijing and built the Jinggu Highway, but since he met those people and those things, his life has been changed forever.

- Bingwu year (1906) Uncle was determined to follow the example of Ireland, so he was sent to Tokyo, entered a Japanese school, and after graduation, he was hired by the Governor's Office of Taiwan because of his family background and academic qualifications, and became a clerk in the police station. Although among the Taiwanese, he was respected by the gentry, but in the eyes of the Japanese, he was just a dog and was often teased, but even so, he was weak and could not resist, and only thought that he would not renew his appointment after it expired, and did not want to end this humiliating day when he had endured it for two years and four months to end, but things changed.

On that day, his police station arrested three 'riot suspects', and although they were only suspects, their fate was already decided once they were arrested. As usual, the prisoners were interrogated first, but because the person who served as the interpreter was ill, Lin Zijin temporarily served as the interpreter. At that time, these people who were arrested seemed to be very calm, and they were unyielding to the coercion and temptation of the Japanese, but there was no conclusive evidence after interrogation for half a day, and the reason for their arrest was only because of the smell of gunpowder on their bodies, although these people explained that this was caused by ancestor worship, but the interrogator thought that it was Lin Shenhe explosives, and when Lin Zijin built a cautious investigation, the interrogator reprimanded him again and loudly announced the sentence: "The interrogation is over, and the death sentence is announced!" Only then did he realize that the Japanese had to put the three prisoners to death in order to be satisfied.

Lin Zijin after this time, his heart was extremely gloomy, the Japanese civilization and advanced theories learned in the Tokyo school were completely abandoned by him, and in the days that followed, more 'riot suspects' were arrested, and they were all routinely interrogated once, and then sentenced to death, Lin Zijin has an indescribable pain every time he serves as an interpreter, especially the courage of those people to die calmly, which makes him feel extremely cowardly.

On the last occasion, the police arrested 12 "riot suspects" of the "Anti-Japanese Volunteer Squad", the leader of whom was a handsome young man under 20 years old and with a handsome face. At the time of his trial, the young man's attitude was more determined than that of any previous 'riot suspect'.

"Name?" "Needless to say." "Your identity?" "Captain of the Anti-Japanese Volunteer Corps." "Where's your boss?" "......" "Your level?" "Lieutenant." "Education?" "Graduated from the Normal Junior School." "How many of you are there?" ...... "Where are you all active?" "You don't have to interrogate, you can kill if you want to!" He said this, laughing, blocking the question behind him, and the Japanese ended the interrogation with a smile on his face.

That afternoon, Lin Zijin was ordered to accompany the soldiers to escort the 'rioters' arrested during this period to the execution ground, and when they arrived, the prisoners lined up at the edge of a trench that had been dug and ordered to kneel at the edge of the trench.

The time for the execution has come. 'Hey Yi! With a bang, the executioner's shout shook everyone's eardrums, and the shining eyes of the Japanese sword wave dazzled, and with a low 'grunt', a head broke away from the body and rolled down, and the body that had lost its head collapsed and fell forward to the trench, and the cut on the neck, purple and black blood, gurgled and erupted, staining all the yellow mud around it into purple blood spots.

As the execution began, Lin Zijin began to feel an indescribable chill on his body, and he barely endured it when he was almost half-distracted, but the more he got later, the cold made him tremble all over his body to the point that his teeth trembled.

In the end, it was the turn of the volunteer captain to be executed. Lin Zijin suddenly heard the person calling him, and the voice came, and he had to tremble while walking over to translate.

"Don't cut with a knife, shoot with a shot, okay?" "That's a waste of bullets." Since there is no way, is it better to have another tomb? "Only dug one, so no." "Really?" "Any last words?" "Nope. Please give me a cigarette! "Okay." Lin Zijin lit a cigarette and let the captain take it in his mouth. He inhaled beautifully, and the white smoke came out of his mouth, as if it was the most beautiful thing in the world.

After smoking a cigarette, he said categorically: "No need for blindfolds, I'm a soldier!" Then he said: "It is up to the people to make things happen, and it is up to the sky to make things happen, but unfortunately I can't see the day when Taiwan is recovered......" When he read this sentence in his mouth, 'Hey! With a bang, his head suddenly detached from his body under the light of the knife, and his bones rolled into the trench, and then his body also fell with a thud. At that moment, Lin Zijin felt that his eyes were black, and he felt a gust of cold wind on his face, and he fainted like that.

'What a weak fellow! He seemed to hear someone behind him scolding him like this, and he couldn't remember what happened next.

From that day on, Lin Zijin had a high fever and was bedridden, his head was burned until 40 degrees, he was unconscious, and he often spoke inexplicably, and finally he was sent home......

The smoke soon burned to the end, feeling the heat of the fireworks, Lin Zijin came back to his senses from his memories, but he did not throw away the cigarette butts immediately, but waited for the fireworks to burn the inside of his fingers for a while, then slowly extinguished the cigarette, and finally opened the door and left the house.

Liang Qichao, who was distressed for the Taiwanese people just now in the flower hall, was laughing, he seemed to be composing poems with Lin Xiantang, looking at the laughter of everyone, Lin Zi carefully sorted out his mood, and tried his best to make his gray face lively. When he first entered the flower hall, his uncle Lin Xiantang saw him and stopped and introduced: "This is my nephew Shaoying." After speaking, he said in a deep voice: "Shaoying, haven't you seen Ren Gong and Mr. He'an soon." (To be continued......)