Chapter 10: Madness

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Qingjiangpu is the county seat of Qingjiang County (now Huai'an), where the Grand Canal and the Huai River meet, and it is the midpoint of the north-south transport, that is, it is called the south ship and the north horse. It's just that the luck has not been smooth for decades, and after the grain was changed to the sea route, the prosperity of this place gradually declined, but even so, this place is still very prosperous, with shops and sails dense like clouds, but no matter how many shops and sailboats are compared with the cloud-like shanties of the victims, they are not worth mentioning.

Because of the obstruction of the river victims, Yang Rui and his party walked for two days to Qingjiangpu, although there were people here to respond, but everyone still felt like they were reborn for a while, especially when they walked halfway to eat rice, everyone could only eat Doubai, but even Doubai was limited, and in the end they had to go to the town along the river to buy rice, but there was no rice to sell everywhere, and finally they only bought some sweet potato leaves back, although they were sweet potato leaves, but they also cost seventy or eighty Wen a catty, and each stone was nearly ten yuan after accounting.

The unfamiliar environment, the miserable victims, the unforgettable past, and the bright future all make everyone slowly begin to become a real whole, which is an effect that cannot be achieved by holding a meeting in Shanghai. Yang Rui looked at this change happily, this was actually what he planned, but the situation was much better than expected.

After arriving in Qingjiangpu, the next meeting went smoothly, and the rural revolution was supported by most of the delegates, and of course Huang Shizhong, the most opposed person, was also persuaded by Yang Rui, or not at all, but assured that Yang Rui would eventually control the peasant movement within a reasonable range. As for how to guarantee it, Yang Rui said very vaguely, and what Huang Shizhong wanted was just a psychological step, and with Yang Rui's personal promise, he was relieved.

In addition to defining the path of the rural revolution, the Second Congress made changes to other things, one of which was the program. The general program of "armed revolution, opposition to the Qing Dynasty and restoration of the Han Dynasty, in-depth reform, and rejuvenation of China" remained unchanged, while the three representatives were removed and became "The Renaissance Society is the vanguard of the national revolution, which will overthrow the alien rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty by means of armed revolution and build an independent, prosperous, strong, and democratic new China." ”

The program is one, and the flag and emblem are also drafted. Because the dragon represents the emperor and imperial power, the committee will not adopt it after discussion. Dragons don't need it, and the tricolor flag, sun and moon flag, and tic-tac-toe flag are not easy to use. It is Yu Zixun who mentions the use of an eagle, but the eagle is a military flag, and finally Zhang Taiyan said that he uses a Xuanniao, and there is a cloud in the Book of Poetry: "The Xuanniao of the Mandate of Heaven descends to give birth to business." All feudal dynasties come from Zhou, if you want to be anti-feudal, it should be traced back to the Xia and Shang era by more than 2,000 years; And the earliest "revolution" is the Tangwu Revolution in the late summer and early Shang, as the so-called "Tangwu Revolution, conforming to the sky and responding to the people", with the Xuanniao as the emblem. It's also a lottery head.

Xuanniao is actually a swallow, but later generations processed it and turned it into a monster that specializes in eating eagle meat, Yang Rui doesn't care what Xuanniao is, as long as it is not from the West. Yang Rui has seen the design drawings and doesn't like them, but they don't actually fit his aesthetic light, but the preferences of contemporary literati are the same. After seeing it, I didn't say anything bad.

The first is: democratic centralism is the organizing principle of the Renaissance Association, although this article has been implemented, but Yang Rui is more painful to explain this 'democratic centralism', so it was not added in the previous constitution, but now it seems that pure 'democratic centralism' cannot be implemented. Otherwise, there will always be some radical elements who will mess around; The second is to join the member 'supervision' system, which Yang Rui had thought of before, but he felt that this seemed to hinder unity, but now he has a good understanding of what unity is. Therefore, the 'supervision' system, in fact, means that there must be a whistle-blowing system; the third article is the political commissar system, or the representative system, which will be formally written into the constitution; in the past, only there were political commissars in the army, but now all provincial organizations must have political commissars, but in the non-military departments, the name of the political commissar is the representative of the association, and in places with more than three members, there must be a meeting group, and it is necessary to carry out regular organizational meetings and study the literature of the headquarters.

The first and third articles were quickly passed, and the second article was also so-so with the help of Liu Guanghan. After many resolutions were passed, because of Cai Yuanpei's absence, the vacancy on the committee will be created among the provincial representatives. Because everyone has introduced their original intentions and course of the revolution before, Xie Zhangtai, who has the most experience in the revolution, was nominated by everyone, which is actually in line with the meaning of the members of the committee, Xie Zhangtai is in charge of diplomatic work in Hangzhou, and has always done a very good job, although he has not won the support of the foreign powers, but at least the British will bring him out of Hangzhou, which means that he has won their trust. In addition to diplomacy, the Renaissance Association of Liangguang and Nanyang was also established by his previous connections, so his election was a happy situation.

Although Xie Jintai had been told about this before, he was still very excited to give a speech. In his speech, he recalled the Furen Literary Society and Yang Quyun more than ten years ago, recalled the Guangzhou Uprising in the First Sino-Japanese War, the Huizhou Uprising in Gengzi, and the Ming Shun Heavenly Kingdom Uprising three years ago. In his speech, he argued that the revolutionary strategy of the Revival Society was completely correct, that the upper middle society had become supportive of the Manchus because of the opening of the Diet by the Manchus, and that only the lower classes had not benefited from the opening of the Diet at all, but had to pay more taxes after the Diet had been convened, and that the livelihood of the people was already very poor, and that more and more taxes would eventually make them angry, and that the power of the revolution lay in this, and that the Restoration Society had to lead and organize it.

The Second Congress ended in Juren Street in Qingjiangpu, and on the way back to Shanghai from the canal, Xie Zhangtai and Yang Rui were in the same boat. He didn't ask about other things, but he was impressed by the change in the constitution of the Revival Association, although the change was not big, but as an old revolutionary, he was still very sensitive to it, and the constitution was usually not changed lightly after it was determined, but this time even the program was changed. This surprised him very much, and he thought that there was nothing wrong with the three represents, and that it was easy to understand.

Seeing that he was so puzzled, Yang Rui asked with a smile: "Brother Chong'an, if ten years ago, what would have happened to you looking at these 'three represents'?" ”

"Ten years ago?" Xie Zhangtai thought about it, but there was no answer for a long time.

Seeing him like this, Yang Rui said again: "In fact, there is a principled mistake in the establishment of the Revival Association. As soon as Yang Rui said the wrong thing, Xie Jintai was shocked, and then he heard Yang Rui say: "When I founded the Revival Association three years ago. I wanted to make a rational revolution, and in the process of completing the overthrow of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the establishment of New China, fewer people would die and the country would preserve more vitality, but now I am wrong, and I didn't know what a revolution was at that time. He was not exactly a revolutionary, which is why he wrote such a constitution. ”

It is difficult for Yang Rui to say that the three representatives were copied by him from later generations; judging from his current point of view, this is the party constitution of a dead tiger, and there is no longer any enthusiasm and vitality, and a young political party should never use the party constitution of this party that has long since become obsolete.

I heard Yang Rui actually say that he was wrong. Xie Zhangtai said: "Actually, why don't I understand what you say." ”

"If you don't understand, you'll be right." Yang Rui still smiled, "Brother Chong'an, can you make a comparison between you now and ten years?" ”

Yang Rui asked again ten years ago, Xie Jintai finally thought of something, he said: "If there is any difference between now and ten years ago, it is that there is more reason now than before." There is also the knowledge that the revolution should have guns. ”

Seeing his frankness, Yang Rui no longer sold Guanzi, and said in a deep voice: "Impulse and reason are actually the difference between the new revolutionaries and the old revolutionaries, or more precisely, the difference between us and the constitutionalists is also here, that is, the revolution is impulsive, while the constitution is rational." Yang Rui said this, Xie Zhangtai seemed to want to refute, but was stopped. He continued: "The people who will come to join the revolution are the result of their enthusiasm and excitement, and it can be said that whether a party is alive or not depends on how many of its people are impulsive and blind, and this is where the strength of the revolutionary party lies. The League will do better than me. ”

"But the alliance can't do it at all!" Finally I couldn't help it, Xie Jintai said.

"The success of the League does not depend on the members, but on the leadership. For a good revolutionary party, its leader must be sensible and pragmatic. But if his members are impulsive and blind, only such members will dare to sacrifice and be willing to sacrifice. After Yang Rui finished speaking, Xie Jintai thought deeply, but Yang Rui said: "There was a problem at the beginning of the establishment of the Revival Association, that is, it pursued reason too much, and excluded those fanatical revolutionaries, which is very wrong. And the revision of the constitution program is also because of this. For a mature party, its program must be intelligible and rational; But the program of a young party, especially a revolutionary party, is not for understanding. ”

"What is that for?" Xie Jintai was a little confused.

"It's for faith!" Yang Rui said resolutely: "Ordinary members don't need to bring their own ideas to the revolution, they just need to learn to believe, and there can only be one place in the whole organization that can think, and that is the committee." Therefore, the constitution should not be easy to understand, and if it cannot be complex and obscure, then it should be as vague as possible. Only when they cannot understand will they believe. Sometimes, for blind members, a word, a slogan, and an emblem are the source of great power. ”

Xie Jintai finally understood what Yang Rui said, he recalled his previous revolutionary appearance, and muttered: "Is it really like this?" ”

Yang Rui nodded, "It has to be like this." In the past, the Revival Society was not like a revolutionary party, but like a big company, which was a mistake in my design concept, and now I want to change it, as a revolutionary party, it must be a fanatical organization, with fanatical members, and only in this way can this revolutionary party have combat effectiveness. ”

"But what if something like Hangzhou happens again?" Xie Jintai, who finally figured it out, was confused again, the more fanatical he was, the worse it would be, wasn't he looking for trouble for himself.

"It won't be raw! That's for sure. Yang Rui is not good at explaining this mechanism to him, because this is only he is allowed to know, and the reason why he knows is entirely because his previous ambition is the result of being an excellent human resource, and he can still understand this mechanism thoroughly with the knowledge he has learned.

A normal person generally does not go to the revolution, and even if he participates in the revolution, he will not be willing to sacrifice and dedicate, because he is a normal person, he has an ego, and he will not do such a thing as blocking the eye-catching bombing bunker, even if he is forced to do it with a gun. But why are there so many heroes who are willing to do it? The answer lies in the fact that he no longer has an ego, that is, he is no longer a human being, but part of an organization, and his loss and death are insignificant to him. Because the organization is still there, as long as the organization is still there, then his life seems to be extended, which is why he dares to sacrifice. And when the organization does not approve of him, then his life is over, and the most lethal thing to deal with such fanatics is not torture. Rather, expulsion from the party.

But who would not be able to go to the collective? Yang Rui has not yet thought about it completely, but he is convinced that criminals and people who are dissatisfied with society will do so. For a criminal, he already has an extremely bad and bleak life, and in a normal society, he can't raise his head and be a man. But suddenly there is an organization that attracts him to join with a great and noble ideal, then he can completely abandon his original miserable self and fully integrate into this organization, and the nobility of this organization is his nobility, and the greatness of this organization is his greatness, and he will be reborn here.

And because of that. He dared to sacrifice and dedicate because he had fully identified with the organization. However, such people have an incomprehensible masochistic nature. The stricter the organization controlled him, the more he felt that he was cared for and scrutinized by the organization, and the more he wanted to confess that he was a loyal member, and even asked him to sacrifice to show his innocence. He didn't say anything. What is it? This is a loyal revolutionary fighter who has completely lost his brain and ego and believes only in the program and the leader.

There are two key reasons for the defeat of Hangzhou, one is Liu Guanghan's rebellion, and the other is Cai Yuanpei's unauthorized uprising under unfavorable circumstances, both of which are hidden dangers left by the establishment of the original Revival Association, and Liu Guanghan is because he does not recognize the organization enough. The sense of belonging is not enough, and the self has not been completely lost, and the brain has not been lost; On the side of Cai Yuanpei and Tao Chengzhang, it is the revival society that is too gentle with these revolutionaries who have lost themselves and their brains. They were not strictly controlled, and they were allowed to act arbitrarily. To be honest, these people need to be restrained, and if they don't regulate, then they will make a fuss, and these fanatics must have some 'tranquilizers' or something like that every once in a while, or rather, they must kill a group, otherwise, there will be nowhere to vent the revolutionary enthusiasm. This is actually the same as the future generations - if you don't die in battle, you will be shot in the purge! But the more sacrifices and shots, the more loyal people will fill in.

Yang Rui used to be naΓ―ve, and at the same time did not fully agree that he should be revolutionary. Now, he profoundly realized that without him, even if the revolutionary forces had developed to such a point today, they would have disappeared in an instant, so he had to lead the revolution to the top. In addition to realizing that the revolution must be led by himself, he also realized that the revolution itself is incomparably dirty and unscrupulous, and he had always thought that he could avoid these, but, unfortunately, he could not avoid them! This swelling is not only external, but also internal.

The revival club was originally established according to the company's model, and everyone in it had their own self and personality, because Yang Rui didn't like to see party slaves and club slaves, but now his mind has changed, even if he doesn't want to see the students go crazy, then the following members must also go berserk. In the future, the Revival Society will no longer be a practical organization, but a fanatical organization. In addition to the upper strata, even including the upper strata, they must be collectivized, or should be de-self-oriented, so that they will no longer have their own personality, dignity, freedom, and thoughts, Yang Rui's thoughts are their thoughts, Yang Rui's personality is their personality, and the entire revival society will have only one brain, and such an organization can truly be regarded as a revolutionary organization with combat effectiveness.

These are Yang Rui's own thoughts, but he can't tell others, and as for Cheng Ying, who he thinks can be trusted, he doesn't dare to say it. Because Yang Rui's organizational madness is the process of transforming a human organization into an insect organization, the reason why the ant colony that is not afraid of death is that only the queen ant has reason in the entire ant colony. The revolution is beautiful in later literature, film and television, but now Yang Rui seems to be more cruel than cannibalism, but even if he is cruel, he has to do it, and only he can do it, after all, he still has a trace of clarity from later generations.

Yang Rui's silence lasted for a long time, and Xie Jintai already knew Yang Rui's habits, so he just waited on the side, only to see Yang Rui come back to his senses, and then he asked, "Actually, do you really want to be like this?" These people are fanatical, so what to do? ”

"Nope! Brother Chong'an, you should ask, if they are not fanatical, then what about the revolution? Yang Rui looked into Xie Jintai's eyes and said, "Now that the military strength of the Manchu Qing is strengthening, we have to open up base areas everywhere in the country, and there are no fanatical members." How to hold the base area? Even if the Manchus don't attack, how can we keep our secrets? It's not a month or two months, but for several years, if these people don't get fanatical, there will definitely be whistleblowers, and only if everyone believes in the organization, then the organization can be stable. Secrets can be kept.

What's more, in the future, when a new state is established, how can a successful revival member guarantee that he will not be like the Manchus**? After these people who have been doing revolution with their heads in the first place, after becoming the masters of the country, can't they collect a few small sums and play with a few women? Can't take care of your own relatives? How can the land reform, economic reform, and various construction projects to be carried out by the state ensure that no one can enrich their own pockets and make profits from them? These people, if there is no faith, then they collude. It is completely possible to suppress any news, the law is useless to them, only if they have persistent beliefs, money, fame, and future will be treated as garbage by them, and in their opinion, only the country and the nation are eternal and worthy of sacrifice.

Fanatical believers are the foundation of a country's reversal of national fortunes. Look at the Meiji Restoration in Japan, look at the Russo-Japanese War of the Japanese, if they were not crazy, could they do such a thing, could tens of thousands of people die on the 203 Heights of Lushun? Today's China is a China that needs revolution, and it needs a crazy country. Only madness can pull her up from the abyss of falling, only madness can sweep away an old thing, and only madness can change the fate of an entire nation, as for those of us who died for madness. Regrets! ”

Yang Rui said that the righteousness was awe-inspiring, and he immediately suppressed Xie Jintai, he thought that madness was a derogatory term, but now that he looks at it, it is completely praised, yes, how can he go to revolution if he is not crazy? How can we build a new China without being crazy? How can you put it into a qiΔ“ without regrets if you are not crazy?

Xie Jintai suddenly stood up after Yang Rui finished speaking, bowed deeply to Yang Rui, and then said: "As I said, it should be the morning bell and the dusk drum." I've been revolutionary for more than ten years, but I haven't been able to understand much, and I'm really ashamed. I, Xie Zhangtai, have said that in the future, for the revolution, for the country and the nation, I will not hesitate to go to the soup and fire. ”

I thought that Xie Zhangtai would ask something again, but I didn't expect him to express his determination here, Yang Rui didn't think of being as polite as before, but said with a straight face: "Comrade Chong'an, sacrifice must be valuable, and it cannot be sacrificed casually, but there can be no hesitation when it is necessary to sacrifice." ”

"I understand, I understand!" Xie Jintai said with some excitement, and felt that life seemed to have a new brilliance.

Yang Rui didn't pay attention to his mentality, but asked: "Comrade Chong'an, among Sun Wen's cronies, are there any acquaintances?" ”

"Acquaintances?" Xie Zhang thought for a while and said, "No." Isn't there a league with its own people? ”

"The Alliance will have its own people." Yang Rui said, "But the alliance is only a peripheral organization for Sun Wen, and his cronies are all people from Liangguang, and the others don't know what Sun Wen is doing at all." ”

"I'll figure it out." Xie Jintai has already kept this kind of thing in mind. Then he said: "Actually, how is the investigation of the assassination case here in Shanghai?" I doubt it'......"

"Do you suspect that Sun Wen instructed it?" Yang Rui asked.

"Yes. While merging the organization, assassinating the collar at the same time is what Sun Wen has always done. He was like this to Zhaochun at the beginning. Xie Jintai had already told Yang Rui about these things, but he didn't have a chance.

"Now that the special department has investigated that Ying Guixin's line is broken, I only know that Ying Guixin pulled Liu Guanghan to raid Wananli with the British, and then the assassination may have been done by Ying Guixin, but there is another Japanese named Shimada, who may have been involved. This Japanese seems to be from the Black Dragon Society. "Even if you know some history, the truth is often confusing, and the more professional the organization in the revival association, the weaker it is, and the intelligence system is like this, and it is still a trick of the gangs, and it cannot be put on the table.

"The Japanese? It is also possible that Sun Wen has always had an excellent relationship with the Black Dragon Society. After Xie Jintai thought about it, he felt that it was possible for Sun Wen to collude with the Japanese.

"It seems that our diplomacy with Japan was too rigid in the past, and they saw some hostility." Yang Rui only felt that he was still too naΓ―ve, and brought the love of the Anti-Japanese War TV series to the revolution, although this relieved hatred, but it was really unwise.

Xie Jintai had no good impression of the Japanese, but thinking of the diplomatic affairs he would be responsible for in the future, he said: "What should we do in the future?" ”

"Woo the British with all your might! Even, I have to go to the UK to find some parliamentarians and the like, and without the support of the UK, there will be a lot of foreign interference in the future. Yang Rui said without hesitation. There is also France, if you have a relationship, you can also try to get in touch with it, we can gain a foothold in the French Concession, and I can survive because the French have a natural good impression of the revolution. That's how they came over themselves, so they also hope that others can succeed in the revolution. ”