Chapter 51: Rejection of Russia
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After opening the door, I heard someone going upstairs, but it was the aunt in the next yard who brought a basket to deliver food, this Mrs. Huang found a rural woman who didn't talk much, but she was very diligent, and her cooking skills were also very good, even if it was all Shanghai food, she didn't get tired of eating, she left the meal on the desk, but Yang Rui was hungry, and she sat down to eat.
After eating, I went to the next yard to take a look, the students were all here, still eating, and the upstairs and downstairs were full of people - now there is basically no restaurant, it is all made by the aunt, and the food is no worse than outside. I really didn't want to give a lecture today, so I had to write the questions on the blackboard for everyone to take the exam, which is management, sociology, and Western philosophy.
The next day, when they were changing the answer sheet, Qian Bocong and Lei Yizhen came in a hurry, seeing their little eagerness, Yang Rui somehow, Qian Bocong gasped and spread a newspaper on the desk, this is a Su newspaper, and the most conspicuous part of the page is printed with a leaflet, which reads:
Regent: The Russians are located in the three eastern provinces, and the meaning of not returning for a long time is becoming more and more prominent. If our people fail to fight hard, they will immediately cause the disaster of partition, and the law of salvation must be discussed publicly. Therefore, the comrades of this port are scheduled to meet at 3 o'clock to 6 o'clock in the afternoon of the first day of April in Zhangyuan.
Yang Rui sighed in his heart, took the newspaper away, and continued to revise the answer sheet. Qian Bocong's temperament was even more anxious, and he said: "Sir, the Russians will not retreat in the northeast, and they have also put forward seven conditions for the Qing court to agree, they want to take the three eastern provinces as their own." How do you ......?"
Hearing this, Yang Rui stopped his pen, looked at his flushed face and asked, "Then what should we do if Russia cannot occupy the three eastern provinces?" ”
Qian Bocong was speechless, he was just furious when he heard the news, and he didn't think of how to deal with it at all, Lei Yizhen next to him said: "Sir, we can organize the righteous army to go north to the three eastern provinces to resist Russia, and swear to defend the country's territory to the death." ”
Qian Bocong also came back to his senses at this time and said: "Sir, we can mobilize all walks of life across the country to gather to reject Russia, petition the Qing court, force him not to accept the seven conditions of the Russian side, and make his troops drive out Russia." ”
Seeing that they thought so simple and so excited, although their knowledge was already good, it was still superficial. Yang Rui had no choice but to put down the pen and persuade them, saying: "Don't stand still, sit down and take a breath" After that, he got up and poured them two glasses of water, and when they finished drinking, he said: "I ask you, why does Russia occupy the three eastern provinces?" ”
The two looked at each other and said, "Russia has always been greedy, and Lushun has a good port to the sea, so Russia will occupy it." ”
Seeing that they were right, Yang Rui nodded approvingly, and asked again: "Then if Russia occupies the three eastern provinces, how will other countries react?" ”
Lei Yizhen said: "The Japanese forces in Korea wanted to get involved in the northeast during the First Sino-Japanese War, but they did not succeed, and if Russia occupied the three eastern provinces, Japan would definitely oppose it. He said that Britain and Japan were already allies last year, so Britain was bound to support Japan. ”
Next to him, Chambers added: "Germany is in Europe against Russia, and they will be happy to see Russia's center of gravity shift to the Far East to relieve pressure on themselves; The United States, on the other hand, has always advocated an open door, and I am afraid that it will not agree. ”
Yang Rui nodded, he usually pays attention to cultivating students' global vision when he takes private classes, this is the case in business, and it is also the same in politics. It's just that young people are still inevitably frizzy and take it for granted, and they still have to experience, and they said at the moment: "Then Britain, the United States and Japan are all opposed to Russia's occupation of the three eastern provinces, does the Qing court dare to agree?" ”
The two shook their heads when they heard this.
Yang Rui asked again: "Since the Qing court does not dare to agree, does the Qing court dare to send troops to expel the Russian army?" ”
Thinking of the current situation of the country, the two shook their heads again, and Lei Yizhen said: "It is because of us that we have the assembly initiative to force the Qing court to send troops, and we ourselves must organize the righteous army to go north to resist the Russians." ”
Seeing that he still didn't give up, Yang Rui had no choice but to say: "Then let me ask you, what is the difference between the righteous army you said and Tang Caichang's self-reliance army?" Seeing that the two of them looked dark, they asked again: "Britain and the United States are against Russia's move, so how will Japan move?" ”
When the two of them heard this question, they were shocked, and when they thought of what Mr. said on weekdays, they said, "Are the Japanese going to send troops?" ”
Yang Rui nodded and said: "In the first Sino-Japanese period, Japan wanted to occupy the Northeast, but it did not succeed, this time it just happened to take advantage of the Russian occupation, international opposition, and China's indignation, to send troops to expel Russia, once they win, then their occupation of the Northeast is justified, even if they do not win completely, they can also occupy some places and drive some nails in the Northeast." When he considers himself a hero of China, can you still drive him away? ”
Lei Yizhen has always cared about military affairs, and said: "But Japan, a small country, can defeat the great power Russia?" ”
At this time, the difference between the national strength of Japan and Russia was too great, and no one thought that Japan could defeat Russia, but in the actual war, Japan received huge loans from Britain and the United States, and was supported by the local forces in the northeast and even the anti-Japanese forces of the Qing court. It's normal for Lei Yizhen to have any thoughts, and Yang Rui can't tell him that this is history. After thinking about it, he said: "Russia is strong, but it is too weak in the Far East, and the Trans-Siberian Railway, which connects Russia with the east and west, has not yet been completed, and it is very difficult to build materials and supplies. This is one. Second, the time, place, and people were all in Japan, because Japan would use the excuse of helping China expel Russia to obtain all the help of the Qing court; third, Arthur was a seaport, and Japan's naval strength in the Far East was the first, because Vladivostok and Arthur were both under the attack of its naval guns, and even if the Russian European fleet was transferred, it would be a labor expedition and could not win. With these three points, can Japan still win? ”
After saying this, the two were still pondering, and Yang Rui gave an order to expel the guests, saying: "The rally is going to be held, but the purpose is not to put pressure on the Qing court, but to arouse more people." Go back first. I'll come over in the afternoon if I have time. ”
The two left in a daze, but they still didn't understand what the gentleman meant. After they left, Yang Rui changed the test paper again before stopping his pen, thinking that this history still follows the traces and cannot be stopped, what should he do, and what can he do? The more I think about it, the more annoying I become. I want to drink again in distress.,The headache of the previous time is only good now.,At that time, I vowed never to drink again.,But now when I'm depressed, I want to drink again.,Hesitant and finally threw the pen across the river to find Leo.。
Leo was very happy to see someone looking for a drink, found a tavern, paid enough for the wine, and began to drink a lot of special drinks, regardless of the outside world, life was chaotic, and even slept in the tavern. I don't know how many days later, this day was still asleep, I heard someone shouting: "Sir, sir......", Yang Rui waved his hand and ignored it, and then fell asleep. After a while, I heard someone calling myself: "It's done, it's ......", and when I opened my eyes, I saw that it was Cai Yuanpei.
Yang Rui sighed half-deadly, and Cai Yuanpei said: "I haven't seen you for the past two days, I'm really anxious, I thought something happened to you, but it happened, and when this national disaster occurs, you should cheer up." You said last time that the Russians would not withdraw from the army, and the students of the school want to hear your opinion on this, how can you ......?"
Hearing that the thing he didn't want to hear was mentioned again, Yang Rui turned over in annoyance and ignored him. But Cai Yuanpei was unrelenting and continued to persuade beside him. I really couldn't help it, Yang Rui got up angrily and said: "What's the use of calling me to go, what's the use of the rally, the Manchu Qing was scared by the foreign powers when he was in Gengzi, and he was subdued, he didn't dare to send troops to death, now it is Japan that wants to send troops, and when Russia occupies it, we can protest, one day Japan will fight away Russia and occupy the Northeast, how can we protest?" And how to take it back? ”
Cai Yuanpei was afraid that he would ignore him, and it would be easy to see that he finally spoke. said: "It's done, what you say is what everyone wants to hear, you just need to tell these to the students, I will never nag again, let alone stop you from drinking." ”
Yang Rui was angry, and when he saw him like this, he said: "Okay, I'll go talk about it, and don't bother me after you finish speaking." Cai Yuanpei nodded immediately. Immediately, Yang Rui asked the tavern owner for water to wash his face and went out with him, and as soon as he went out, he saw two students, and it is estimated that they saw him just now and went to report to Cai Yuanpei.
A few people went straight to Zhang Yuan, but when they arrived at An Kaidi, they saw that the hall was full of people, and there was already a gentry on the podium who was giving a speech, but they couldn't hear what was being said. Is this talking to the students, there are obviously 1,200 people here, but once they come, they are safe, so they have to squeeze to the front and sit down, and Cai Yuanpei went over to arrange the speech. After a long time, the people on the podium finally went down, and the host came to the stage and said: "Gentlemen, a month ago, someone said here that Russia would never withdraw its troops when it expired, and today we will talk about Mr. Yang Rui of the Patriotic Society, which was predicted that day, will give us a speech. After speaking, the applause was like thunder, and the audience was excited.
Yang Ruijiu hadn't fully woken up, and his steps were empty. Cai Yuanpei pinched a sweat in his heart, and he knew that he would let Jingcheng eat something and then go up to give a speech. Yang Rui was not in a hurry when he arrived at the podium, he first adjusted the round microphone, and tried the tone before he began to speak: "The gentlemen gathered here to reject Russia because they thought that there was still hope for state affairs, and in the past few days, I have been drunk every day in the tavern, but I think that state affairs are hopeless, because I deeply admire you and I am ashamed. After speaking, Yang Rui bowed deeply and got up for a long time.
"The reason why I say that national affairs are hopeless is because the monarchs are here to reject Russia today, so who will reject Japan here next year, and who will reject Britain and the United States here the year after tomorrow? The monarchs refused to accept the Russians here, firstly, because they wanted the imperial court not to agree to the seven conditions of the Russians, and secondly, they hoped that the imperial court would send troops to expel the Russians in order to collect the northeast. In the first case, the imperial court will definitely reject Russia, even if the princes do not assemble or petition. Why? Because Britain and Japan do not agree, the United States will also oppose it, Britain is afraid that the Russian forces will go south and threaten the interests of the Yangtze River Basin, Japan has long been eyeing the Northeast, and now it occupies the springboard of North Korea, and it is even more unpleasant to see Russia, as for the United States, it is to pay attention to the open door, once the three eastern provinces are owned by Russia, then they will not be able to obtain any benefits of the open door, in this case, once the three countries exert pressure on the imperial court, this agreement will not be signed, so I say that this first rejection of Russia is ironclad. It has nothing to do with whether you petition or not.
As for the second article, sending troops to reject Russia, this is impossible! No matter how you gather and speak, it is impossible. After the Gengzi Incident, the Qing army was already a frightened bird, and it was okay to suppress the country, but it was absolutely impossible to reject the enemy outside, which was one of them; Second, Japan wanted to occupy Northeast China at the beginning of the First Sino-Japanese War, but it was driven out by other countries, and now it has finally seized such a good opportunity to occupy Northeast China, and how can it let it go, and in addition it signed an alliance agreement with Britain at the beginning of last year, if it cedes a little more interests in Northeast China to the United States, then Britain and the United States and other countries will become his backing and pay for it, and he will inevitably compete with Russia in Northeast China.
Think about it, will the Northeast that Japan has laid down at such a great price return to us? Since he didn't intend to give it back to us at all, what would he want us to do with it? That's why I said that the imperial court would never send troops, first, they didn't dare, and second, the Russians and Japanese would stop sending troops. Yes, I said that this second article is unattainable. Of course, some people say that since we don't send troops to the imperial court, then we organize our own volunteers to fight in the northeast, but don't forget the old things about the self-reliance army, this volunteer army is estimated to be disbanded if it can't get out of Shanghai. If the state affairs are like this, why should it be calculated? I can't think of it, I can't think of it......"