Chapter 66: Before the Meeting3
At the same time as the Wananli talks, the Chinese public school is also talking, but here it is not a group of people who get together, but two unrelated groups, Feng Temin and Tian Tong are a group of Hubei people, and the other group is Qiu Jin, Lu Xiongxiang and Tao Chengzhang.
Tian Tong and Hu Ying were originally the founders of the Science Tutorial Institute, and last year's banning incident did not go all the way with Cheng, Hu, and Wang, and they returned to China with Qiu Jin and others, and when they arrived in Shanghai, they disdained the relief of the Fuxing Society, but found their own way out to run a Chinese public school, and it naturally cost money to run a school, but after sending telegrams and writing letters to the same party and friends everywhere, there was still no way to raise funds, and finally Cai Yuanpei donated some money in the name of gentry donations, and these hundreds of students were able to gain a foothold in Shanghai. Although no money was raised by making telegrams and writing letters, a lot of old connections were made, and Tian Tong got in touch with Feng Temin in Hubei. And Qiu Jin and Lu Xiongxiang got to know - when she was in Japan, she was introduced by Feng Freedom, she entered the Hongmen Gate and was named the white paper fan (military advisor), she knew a lot of things on the rivers and lakes, and Lu Xiongxiang also met her by relying on the relationship between the rivers and lakes, and Tao Chengzhang was introduced to her by a fellow villager in Zhejiang, but she has always been famous and has never met. As for Lu Xiongxiang and Tao Chengzhang, it was because of other things.
"What do you say! Someone took the edict of the former Ming Dynasty in the event of the party!! Tao Chengzhang exclaimed, his voice was very loud. Lu Xiongxiang, who spoke, was suddenly startled and hurriedly held him down. Qiu Jin next to him also jumped up, opened the door and saw that Yin Zhirui was guarding outside, and when he saw nothing in his eyes, he retreated.
Tao Chengzhang only felt that it was too weird, the former Ming Dynasty had been dead for more than 200 years. Although it is said that there is a legacy of the royal family alive, every time the righteousness is just a rumor, and there is no real person at all. Now everyone is going to have a republican revolution, but the former Ming royal family has appeared,
"Huanqing! That's true. Shi Sheng is also on their side, they don't care about the morality of the rivers and lakes at all, and they take the edict of the former Ming Dynasty, asking us to join their Red Flower Society, not to join the club. That is to say that we are fake anti-Qing, that is, real slaves, and Jiayi was arrested by them like this. I'm still in prison! This...... How do we live here?! β
Lu Xiongxiang and the arrested Lu Jiayi are both the leaders of the Yongkang Longhua Association, and now Wei Lan's gang is adhering to the will of the Fuxing Association to clean up the whole Zhejiang Hui Party, which will naturally affect him Longhua Society, he originally wanted to be the same as before. Listen to the tune and don't listen to the announcement. But Wei Lan and the others didn't eat this set at all, they either joined or eliminated, and there was no second choice at all. Long Hua will be killed and his nephew will be arrested, he doesn't understand where this red flower will come from, and remembers that Tao Chengzhang and Wei Lan were all the way in the past, so he pleaded with Tao Chengzhang. And when Tao Chengzhang corresponded with him in Beijing, he didn't know what was going on. Now when I arrived in Shanghai, I realized that this was the case. He was surprised and a little delighted. I just think that Wei Lan has done a good job, so he should integrate all the party parties in the province in this way.
But when he was thinking about this, Qiu Jin next to him said, "What will this red flower come from?" Where did they get the edict of the former Ming Dynasty? Is this true? Qiu Jin came back from Japan and thought that international students could not succeed, so only the activity party could do, and Lu Xiongxiang knew this way, but she only now knew that Lu Xiongxiang was originally a toothless tiger and a single, but suddenly heard that there was a safflower club, and she only felt that there was great hope for the revolution.
"People who have seen it say that it is true, the Jinhua Association will invite an old scholar, it is said that his ancestor is a great official of the former Ming Dynasty, and he risked death to leave a lot of holy decrees of the previous dynasty, he said that the words printed on the family are the same as the glyphs on the holy decrees at home, and the ink color is also the same, and it is determined to be true." Lu Xiongxiang didn't want to say this, but as soon as Zhang Gong of the Jinhua Society heard that this edict was true, he immediately knelt down with his head, and what the Red Flower Society said was what it was, he just wanted to be able to look up to Tianyan one day. However, it is not easy to do this with his reckless background, because when he swept away other parties, he contributed the most force, and he won all the parties in western Zhejiang, and he didn't need to revive the party at all.
"Brother Yaochu, there must be some misunderstanding, I will send a report to Shi Sheng tomorrow, let him release the people first, don't hurt the harmony." Knowing what was going on, Tao Chengzhang could only think like this Lu Xiongxiang said. In fact, Wei Lan has already arrived in Shanghai, and he lives in the concession, and he can see him when he goes back. Lu Xiongxiang didn't know what was on his mind, and immediately thanked him.
After Lu Xiongxiang finished talking about the matter, he saw that Qiu Jin and Tao Chengzhang still had important matters to discuss, so he retreated with interest, and as soon as he left, Tao Chengzhang said: "Mr. Qiu, this is my secret, please don't spread it." β
Qiu Jin is just a landlord, although there is a letter of introduction from his fellow villagers, but the revival society, which is strictly confidential, does not believe in fellow villagers and the like, and the association does not know who came out with the words "fellow townspeople, a shot in the back", anyway, the members are the parents of the upper defense, Chinese relatives and friends, and the children below. Although Qiu Jin knew that Lu Xiongxiang was a bachelor, he knew the secret of the sky at this time, and he was very anxious in his heart, and said: "Brother Huanqing, with the help of the edict of the former Ming Dynasty, the banner of righteousness will be gathered in one fell swoop!" At that time, we will clean up the army, go north, and enter the capital, and we can restore the old things! β
Her eyes were burning, her words were sincere, and she only spoke to Tao Chengzhang's heart, at this moment, Tao Chengzhang only felt that he had found a soulmate, this is the revolutionary party! This is a revolutionary party with a passion and no scruples! It's not at all the kind of revival society that pays attention to discipline and follows everything according to plans, forms, and procedures. However, the words of meeting Yang Rui in Tianjin last year still had some impact on him, and he endured his excitement and said: "The time is not ripe yet, I will think that the uprising can only be carried out after Cixi's death." β
"Will I? Who is Brother Huanqing? Qiu Jin used the joint code of the Alliance, if he was also a member of the Alliance, then he should answer "Han"; Again, what? The answer should be "Chinese things"; Finally, when asked what is the matter, the answer should be "the affairs of the world." β
Tao Chengzhang was originally from Zhejiang, Qiu Jin knowingly asked who was the person, then it must be a secret word on the road, he shook his head and said, "Brother Jingxiong, I am a member of the Revival Association, and I haven't asked for advice yet?" β
Hearing that Tao Chengzhang was actually from the Revival Association, Qiu Jin's expression darkened, and he said, "Member of the Alliance." Brother Huanqing, didn't the Revival Association say that it would support the constitution, why did he ever think about raising things? β
Qiu Jin's reaction was expected by Tao Chengzhang, and he said: "The constitution is a fake constitution. Revolution is a real revolution, this is just a revolutionary strategy. β
"Really?" Qiu Jin was a little unbelieving, and a little believing. After all, if it was really a royalist, then it would not have brought Qianming out to purge the party.
"That's true." Tao Chengzhang nodded.
"But if this is the case, other revolutionary comrades will have a misunderstanding of your association, how can this revolutionary force grow?" Qiu Jin didn't know how to believe it, and immediately thought about the revival meeting.
The question asked by Qiu Jin is actually the question that Tao Chengzhang has been thinking about, in fact, most of the talents of the Revival Society are cultivated by themselves, and most of the students in the schools below the Education Association are revolutionary parties. A small number of external talents are also members of the Revival Association who come to their homes to do work and attract people to join the association. For those who come here, starting this year. The political review work has become stricter, and even TongguΓ² is a peripheral person. But Tao Chengzhang has been in charge of the dark line in Beijing, so he doesn't know about it, and he said helplessly, "Hey." In the next big game. We will think comprehensively about how to attract revolutionary volunteers. Brother Jingxiong, can the alliance have something to do recently? β
"Raise things, I want to raise things, but everyone else is shrinking in Tokyo and not coming back, and besides, there are people in the meeting, even if they come back, it's useless." Qiu Jin only treats Tao Chengzhang as her own person, and she can talk to Chen Tianhua the most in Tokyo. There are even rumors that there is a personal affair between the two, but Chen Tianhua died. She only felt that she was no longer an ignorant person, and when she saw Tao Chengzhang at this time, she suddenly felt that he was a rare confidant.
"Brother Jingxiong, why don't you join the Revival Society. Although there are many disciplines and complicated procedures in the meeting, the hope of recovering China is none other than the Rejuvenation Association. Tao Chengzhang also has an indescribable identification with Qiu Jin, and seeing that she doesn't like the alliance, he wants to invite her to join the revival association.
"But what can revival do?" Qiu Jin didn't care what she wanted, what she wanted was to kill all the Tartars and recover Huaxia as soon as possible, if she wasn't worried about her frail body and weakness, she would have gone north to meet Fang Junying and others to assassinate the Tartars last month.
"After Cixi's death, she will definitely do something!" Tao Chengzhang cut the road categorically.
Same question in China Public School, Feng Temin faced Tian Tong and Hu Ying, who asked the question, and said: "Within three years after Cixi's death, something will definitely happen!" β
"But when will Cixi die?" Three years is a clear concept, but the time of a person's death is uncertain, Tian Tong couldn't help but worry.
"Even if Cixi doesn't die, I will definitely do it within five years." Feng Temin had no choice but to say another timetable, and in order to give members an expectation, the revival association added a five-year timetable for the uprising.
"Why five years?" Hu Ying said again.
"I don't know." Feng Temin said, but he was afraid that the two of them would misunderstand, and said: "The Fuxing Association is very strictly regulated, each has its own plan, secret but not leaked, strict but not chaotic, you think about the incident in Tanzhou that year, isn't it because the party is not strict in secrecy that the matter is leaked, if not, the scientific tutorial school will not be able to do it." β
"Ke Ti'an, aren't you the head of the Hubei branch, and you can be regarded as the leader, how can you not know about this matter? Could this revival be to annex the Japanese Notice? "Having tasted the pain of being annexed in Tokyo, Hu Ying was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the well rope, worried that the revival would be another revival meeting, so she asked this question.
"Of course it is necessary to annex, how can it be united without annexation, and how can there be strength without unity?! But this annexation is above board, without conspiracies and tricks, and without looking at the faction. After joining the association, the capable will go up and the incompetent will go down, so that the revolutionary force can grow. Don't hide it from the two, the number of people in the Revival Association is nearly 10,000, and there are only 1 or 200 people in the Alliance, only one or two hundred, Jingwu, Ziqin, what are you hesitating about, if you don't join this meeting, how will you join? When Feng Temin was in Hubei last year, he received a telegram from Tian Tong and others asking for money, so he wanted to join them in the movement. Hu Ying and Tian Tong's various concerns were dispelled by him, and now it depends on whether these two join the club.
With their understanding of the past, Hu Ying and Tian Tong were completely true of what Feng Temin said, the two looked at each other, and Tian Tong shouted: "If you join the club, you will join the club, I have already seen that those Cantonese Yankees are unhappy, Jingwu, let's join the club together, don't mix with them!" β
Tian Tong dared to join the Revival Society, but Hu Ying did not, Huang Xing used to be his teacher, once he broke away from the Alliance and joined the Revival Association, where would Huang Xing be? He looked at the expectant eyes of the two people, shook his head and said, "I can't enter." Even if you leave the League, you won't be able to join the Revival Society. β
Feng Temin and Tian Tong next to him knew his difficulties, so they stopped persuading each other.
The revolutionary parties are all in session. Somebody was watching the revolutionary party meet, but only a few. Since the Renaissance Society organized the withdrawal of students studying in Japan, the Black Dragon Society and the Renaissance Society have been on the pole. Not counting the shooting in Tokyo, Inukai Takeshi also ordered Kotaro Munakata in Shanghai to do something about it -- not only to retaliate against the Renaissance Society for organizing the return of students to China, but also to suppress the revolutionary forces that did not belong to the League. The revolutionary party is welcomed in Japan, but the revolutionary party that is not controlled by Japan, Taijun does not like it.
"Cai Yuanpei is gone, and Zhang Taiyan is gone!" Gaochang Temple Guiyeli, East Asian Correspondence College Dean's Office. A student stood at his desk and said respectfully to Kotaro Munakata.
"And you don't know where they went?" Kotaro Munakata put down his pen and asked tentatively. The whereabouts of the Revival Society are very secretive. There are many alleys in Shanghai, and even if there are many spies in the Tongwen Academy, it is still difficult to find two people who deliberately hide their whereabouts in a concession with a population of more than one million.
The cadets did not dare to speak. It's just that the bowed body bends even more. Kotaro Munakata saw him like this. I had no choice but to say: "What happened to the investigation of the Huaxing Society ordnance case?" β
Hearing that it was this incident, the trainee raised his head and said, "It has been investigated clearly, and the source of the ordnance is in the No. 3 warehouse of Yangshu Puchen in the US Concession. β
"Is the investigation clear?" Kotaro Munakata was shocked when he heard this, the public concession is not as good as in Japan, and the Black Dragon Society's every move here must take into account the attitude of its allies, and the Revival Society is too cunning to catch the handle. After thinking about it, he still hoped that the British would ban the Revival Society through the ordnance matter of GuΓ² two years ago. "Say, are there any guns in there?"
It was two or three years ago. The student shook his head and said, "The warehouse has not been returned since it was leased three years ago, and I can't be sure what is inside." β
Kotaro Munakata also nodded when he heard this, and sent him down, and after the people left, he pondered in the office alone for a long time, and then picked up the Hotline and said to the operator: "Please pick up Zero Zero Seven, find Major Wingate." β
Major Wingate's full name should be Elfred. Wingate, who came to China after 1901, had been subordinate to the British North China General Staff, and then after the establishment of Tongji University, and a group of Germans came, he was transferred to Shanghai, but by this time he was already an intelligence officer of the British MI5.
Major Wingate smiled and welcomed Kotaro Munakata into his office, he was very familiar with Munekata, after all, when the British army entered Tibet in 1904, it was the information provided by the East Asian Tongbun Academy, without which the British army could not penetrate deep into Tibet. He asked, "Or do you still drink tea?" β
Kotaro Munakata nodded and said, "Major Wingate, I'm here this time for the sake of the Revival Society. β
"Oh. Those Chinese guys? We've been staring at them for a long time. "Britain had a tight intelligence network in all its colonies, and they eavesdropped on cable telegraphs all over the world -- although Germany and other countries had arranged their own submarine cables across the Atlantic, the British had long since prepared cable cutters to cut the submarine cables of other countries whenever necessary. MI5 knew a lot about the situation of the Risorga, but because the knowledge was very trivial and the Risambula had always been legitimate, Major Gawin did not trouble them. As for Tongji University, after the investigation, he found that it was really a simple school-running institution, and there was nothing secret about the Education Association, but they seemed to have a thirst for professors, and the first thing he said about cooperation in running schools was to ask, "How many professors will come to China?" "What a poor Chinese guy!
"Yes. That's all about it. Our recent investigation revealed that they were smuggling arms on a large scale, and the transit point was in the concession. "Kotaro Munakata has long understood what the British think, and this time he came from a backup.
"Really?" Major Gavant was a little surprised when he heard this, he could tolerate the Fuxing Society privately buying a small number of firearms from the arms dealers, but he could not tolerate smuggling firearms on a large scale himself.
"Definitely. The warehouse is in Yangshupu, the American Concession. Kotaro Munakata took out a piece of paper with the location of the warehouse.
A few days later, under the coercion of a group of concession patrols, the No. 3 warehouse of Yangshupu Warehouse Chenzitou was opened, but there were some flour piled inside, and the patrols searched all over but did not find any firearms, except for flour and some garbage. Kotaro Munakata bowed and apologized one after another, which he expected, and he could have investigated first, but he was worried that the British would not believe the results of his investigation, and that the Revival Society and the Alliance Society were hostile, and it was no secret that the Japanese supported the Alliance.
Major Wingate didn't bother with Kotaro Munakata's apology, his eyes fixed on a piece of charred wood in the pile of garbage. Although the wood appears to have been burned once, the fire did not burn it all away, leaving some tails behind. Major Wingate could still see the "OVS" mark on the charred plank.
"Mr. Zongfang, I think we should have a good talk." Major Wingate walked over to the ashes, grabbed the slap-sized plank that had burned there, and said to Kotaro Munakata with a smile.
Kotaro Munakata, who thought that he had been in the air this time, heard his words, and he couldn't help shouting the blessing of the great god in his heart, and also said, "Mr. Major, yes." We should have a good talk. β
The meeting between Kotaro Munakata and Wingate lasted until the afternoon, and when the talks were over, Kotaro Munakata went out and did not return to the Bungakuin immediately. Instead, go to the Japanese consulate.
"I heard you took someone from British MI5 to search a warehouse?" Oda Kiri asked, the patrol of the brigade went to the US Concession, it is impossible for Oda Kiri not to know.
"Yes. I thought there was no gain, but the British took it seriously. "Kotaro Munakata doesn't know why Britain attaches great importance to it. However, he still informed the other party of the information he had. Of course, this information was deliberately exaggerated, and he told the Weinggate Revival Society that at least tens of thousands of rifles had been smuggled and that he had gone to investigate the rifles that had been seized after the Huaxing Society's uprising had been leaked.
"What do they say?" Oda Kiri said again.
"No evaluation is the best evaluation." Kotaro Munakata smiled, "Things should be beyond Wingate's purview, so he can't comment." I suspect he must be in the British Consulate right now, reporting to the Consul General. β
"In that case, is the plan to raise a dog achieved?" Unlike Kotaro Munakata, Odakiri seems to prefer the Revival Society to the Alliance, and the revolution will cause chaos. Once chaotic, the great powers will intervene, one will intervene. Then it would be difficult for Japan to gain any other benefits than Manchuria, which it already occupied, and as for Fujian, it was too poor and had no resources.
"Yes, Your Excellency." Munakata also seemed to know what Oda was thinking, and said: "The Renaissance Society has expressed a lot of hostility to Japan, and last year's wave of students dropping out of Japanese schools, as well as our negotiations with the Chinese Education Association to negotiate the establishment of a school, all make me feel that once the revolution succeeds and the Renaissance Society takes charge of China, then Japan will be the first to suffer." β
Last time, Oda Kiri actually knew that the Renaissance Society wantonly belittled the academic standards of Japanese universities in the hope that more students studying in Japan would return to China, and these returning students would either enter the Renaissance Society's schools or be about to transfer to Europe and the United States. As for the cooperation in running schools, the Education Association does not know if they already know the details of the East Asia Tongwen College, and they are not willing to run schools with the Tongwen College at all.
Thinking of this, Oda took a breath of relief, and he said, "What to do next?" β
"Unite the Ministry of Industry Bureau, as well as the Governor of Liangjiang Duanfang, and eliminate the Revival Society!" Kotaro Munakata said viciously. Because of his meritorious service in inspecting the constitutionalism of various countries, Duan Fang was appointed as the governor of Liangjiang after the audience in the capital, although this person was pro-German, but he has always been ruthless to the revolutionary party, unlike Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, who turned a blind eye to the revolutionary party.
"Can it be eliminated? We don't even know where they live now. Oda Che shook his head and said, "Besides, the Revival Society now supports the constitution, and the Qing government will definitely arrest them." Even, in order to combat the League, it may be necessary to deliberately retain the Revival Society as an example of non-revolution. β
"But they must not be the real constitution, there must be a conspiracy here." If you want to say that the Revival Society is constitutional, Kotaro Munakata can guess it with his toes.
"I guessed it was supposed to be fake, too. But do you have any evidence that they are fake constitutions? Oda asked rhetorically, "Besides, even if the Qing government knew that it was fake, they would not arrest them because the Revival Society had established a fake constitution." Zong Fangjun, this is politics, the Qing people have always paid attention to face, because the Constitutional Revolutionary Party actually gave up the revolution, this is Zai Ze, Yuan Shikai and others in order to persuade the Empress Dowager Cixi to establish a constitution, if it is rumored that the revival will be fake constitutional, then how can they step down? β
Ever since the five ministers returned to China and entered Beijing to face the saints, the constitutionalists and non-constitutionalists had a fierce dispute, and the opposition preached that "constitutionalism is beneficial to Han and Manchurian," and that "constitutionalism is also maladministration." It will not be good for the king, the country, and the officials, and the people's morale is getting louder and louder, and it cannot be replicated. In the face of these remarks, in the end, Zai Ze and Yuan Shikai made a contribution -- Zai Ze said that "the trip to the constitution is beneficial to the country and the people, but the most unfavorable to the officials," and said that the constitution has three major advantages: "the throne is permanent, the external troubles are gradually lightened, and the internal strife can be remedied", and cited the renaissance association's support for the constitution to confirm that "internal strife can be remedied"; Yuan Shikai was not so gentle, he said that "officials can not do it, and the law must not be changed," and vowed to "fight to the death" to establish the constitution, and even more vigorously buttoned the hats of those ministers who opposed the constitution, shouting: "Those who dare to obstruct the constitution are Wu Yue, that is, the revolutionary party." In addition, he also spread the word to the imperial court about the support of the Renaissance Society for the constitution, in order to prove that the constitution could indeed "heal civil strife." He also summoned all the backbone of the Revival Society to the capital, and did nothing else, but devoted himself to preparing for the constitution, so as to undermine the morale of other revolutionary parties.
After Oda Kotaro said this, he remembered the current political situation of the Qing Dynasty, and the new Liangjiang Governor Duanfang was Yuan Shikai's in-laws. However, he still did not give up, just as he predicted that "in the future, the people who will control the fate of Aixin Jueluo will be the people of Hunan", and he can be sure that the one who will control the fate of China in the future must be the Fuxing Association, and the Fuxing will come to power, which will be extremely unfavorable to Japan.
"Then kill Yang Jingcheng!" He thought for a while, and finally said fiercely. (To be continued......)