Chapter 43 The Wedding Feast

Regarding the matter of the former Ming clan, although Yang Rui did not say anything to death, it seemed that he had left a live button, and he could correct it again when he arrived in Xinhai, but Yu Zixun knew that the plan of the former Ming clan was being carried out in an orderly manner, and this King Min of the former dynasty would one day be revealed to the world. The Revival Society is now fully implementing nationalism and nationalism, and I really don't understand what effect this factor will have in the end.

Yu Zixun drank tea while thinking, and only waited for the tea in the cup to drink up before saying: "Brother Cheng, earlier I thought that we were going to use the things of the fore to publicize the things in advance, so as to gather people to rebel, but now the arrangement is not like this, if so, is it necessary for this person to push it out?" ”

"Now that we have the strength to move the righteousness, then we can succeed without the factor of the former Ming Sect. However, even if we are not strong enough, we must not abuse the call to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, otherwise, the troops that will be pulled in by the time will be royalist troops and will not be under our control, which is tantamount to self-chaos. Now we want to give the impression to all Chinese that the world was laid by us, but in the end, we did not live up to the merit and invited the former Ming clan back. Yang Rui saw that he still had questions, so he could only say it in detail, after all, many words were difficult to explain in the official text.

But why bother? Without him, when the time comes, when the constitution is mentioned, it will also be a meritorious achievement, just like Washington in the United States, and it is also a good story to retire after two presidents. Yu Zixun said.

"That's the United States, there is no emperor in the first place." Yang Rui looked at him and smiled, only thinking that he was stupid to study that kind of law. "The operating mechanism of the U.S. government, including those countries in Europe, is different from that of East Asian countries. In the final analysis, their country is still a contract system. Like the constitution and the Congress, isn't it that everyone elects representatives, and then sits together and discusses a charter. In the future, everyone will govern the country according to this charter, although there is a law, but it is more dependent on everyone to abide by the contract. In East Asian countries, the logic of national operation is, in the final analysis, an ethical system, and the set of three outlines and five permanent rules, which is a bit vulgar. is the rule, this is the rule of the world, including the emperor must not be violated. A group of people who are used to the rules. Suddenly, with them, the result must be a big mess in the world, so, after the founding of the country. The rules can't be messed up. We have no merit, and inviting the former Ming clan out is to use the old rules to stabilize the country, and after stabilizing, we will steal the beams and change the pillars, and spend decades or hundreds of years to replace the observance of the rules with the observance of the contract, to this point. We're done with what we're supposed to do. ”

"But the contract is the law, and the law is still the system in the final analysis. I remember that you wrote an example of dividing the meal before, that is, for the sake of fairness of the person who divides the meal, the person who presides over the meal should be the last to eat, so that he will not give everyone less portion. If such a system can be enacted, it will be possible to ensure fairness for everyone, regardless of whether it is ethical or otherwise. Yu Zixun had a bit of a taste of attacking the shield of the son with the spear of the son, and Yang Rui was stunned for a moment.

"Where did you see that?" Yang Rui asked a little strangely, he remembered that he had not preached this brain-dead theory in the Revival Association.

"I read the book on the management lecture notes, and you wrote the book." Yu Zixun prompted.

"Hehe, that's a handout of management, to be exact, a handout of enterprise management." Yang Rui corrected: "It's not appropriate to set that example now, first, everyone in the enterprise can only be recruited with the consent of the manager, and they can also be fired and kicked out at any time." And the people of a country are born to be a member of the country, and only death or immigration can be regarded as dismissal, so the people of the enterprise and the people of the country are completely different and cannot be compared;

Second, governing the country according to your method looks good, but in fact, it is still an example of dividing meals, me, you, Cixi, Yuan Shikai, Sun Wen, and Liang Qi have divided the meals among these six people, and there is only one principle, that is, the person in charge of distributing the meal eats last. If I come to divide the meal, and you come first to receive it, I will give you the whole meal, and everyone else will be hungry and starved to death. As for me, we're all Revivalists, won't you leave half of it for me? Let's change it again, you, Cixi, Rong Lu, Sun Wen, Liang Qi, and Roosevelt are also six people, if Rong Lu divides the meal, why don't you give all the meal to Cixi? Even if Rong Lu starved to death or was beaten to death by Sun Wen and others, he had no complaints. The premise of abiding by the contract is that everyone is self-reliant, and without this premise, no matter how good the system is, it is equal to zero. ”

Yang Rui's example only pulled Yu Zixun back from his class at the City University of New York Law School, and after thinking hard, he said, "That means that the rule of law in China may not be useful?" ”

"Civil law is not as good as the king's law, and the king's law is not as good as the rules, this is the reality in China." Yang Rui said, "At the beginning, the law was no different from the criminal law, but later on, everyone became rich and began to become bad and unruly, and the law was useful." ”

Stringing together everything Yang Rui said, Yu Zixun thought for a while and finally said: "In other words, the former Ming clan is not used for revolution, but for governing the country?" ”

"Let's just say that. The common people don't understand what the government is, he only knows the imperial court, so it is completely unclear if you reason with them, but if you tell them about the emperor, the holy decree, the royal law, and the nine clans, then they will understand. This is the situation in South Africa, that Xie Jinye told the miners about the revolution and the democratic republic for a few months, but no one paid attention to it, and Bo Cong only said that he would oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and fight the Tartars to win the world, and everyone understood. Yang Rui smiled, unable to tell whether it was helplessness or ridicule.

"But what will happen to that army after this?" Yu Zixun knew about South Africa, but he couldn't imagine that there was such a secret.

"What else can I do, how can I make those miners retract if I don't show the former Ming Sect out? After that, let Zhu Kuansu go to South Africa to go through the motions, which is what it means. However, in the future, there will only be such an imperial army, and the others will be revolutionary armies. Moreover, all the lieutenant officers of this imperial army are our people, and the political commissars have also descended to the grassroots companies, and we can absolutely control it. Yang Rui said, "In the future, if the revolution succeeds, even if this army remains organized, it must obey our orders." ”

"Imperial Army?" Yu Zixun asked.

"Well, the Imperial Army. Royal Praetorian Guard. Yang Rui smiled. The name of the Royal Praetorian Guard is still very attractive, not only those miners, but also the backbone of the Revival Society who are transferred to the Praetorian Guard and don't know whether the Praetorian Guard is real or not. also loves this name very much, and trains soldiers with special care, and Yang Rui has nothing to do about it.

It seemed that all of Yu Zixun's questions had been explained by Yang Rui, and he asked about the last thing, "How did Mr. Rong respond?"

"You mean the support of the Americans, the one named Homer Lee?" Yang Rui didn't think about it after reading the letter, because the revolution was not short of money for the time being.

"Yes. When I came, he told me repeatedly that it was a big deal. Let's think about it. Yu Zixun said.

"How much can they cost?" Yang Rui asked. "Isn't the United States in a bad situation right now?"

"There are 10 million US dollars, if not enough, there can be more, the term of the loan is initially set at six months, and it will be paid at 92% off. Six centimeters. These specific details are not easy to write in the letter. had to be told by Yu Zixun.

"That's all? No other conditions? Yang Rui asked, he only felt that the conditions were too generous.

"Then there is the need for some concessions, spruce pulp, oil, telegraph and telephone, railways and minerals, which require fifteen-year concessions." After Yu Zixun finished speaking, he expressed his meaning: "Excluding railways and minerals, I think it's still good." ”

"I just think the money is too little." Yang Rui said, "Americans are too stingy, if they can borrow 100 million, it's almost the same." Who is the ultimate boss in this matter and where does the money come from? ”

Seeing that Yang Rui was afraid of the lack of money. Yu Zixun smiled, "I've roughly investigated. In the end, the boss who paid the money was Morgan, who cooperated with Homer Lee and Homer Lee's partner Booth through a financial real estate developer named Allen, and the relationship between the three should be speculated to be Allen's classmate, and Booth was Homer Lee's neighbor, Booth used to be a stockbroker, and Homer Lee was keen on the Chinese Revolution and had previously helped Kang Youwei run the royalist army. ”

"Why was he so enthusiastic about the Chinese revolution? I mean Homer Lee. Yang Rui said that as long as Morgan can make money, he will release any money, which is just a matter of risk. And Homer Lee, this is the second time he has heard of the name Homer Lee, the last time it was Rong Hong who introduced this person, at that time, because of the delay in the matter, he did not find this person, and he didn't expect him to appear again now.

"I don't know. Now the royalist army has been disbanded, but it is said that Homer Lee is extremely passionate about military affairs, and although he has a strict disability, he is bent on entering a military academy, and perhaps the United States will not be able to realize his ideals. Yu Zixun couldn't figure out why this American wanted to get involved in the revolution of other countries so much.

"They don't know about your relationship with the Renaissance, do they?" Yang Rui asked again.

"I don't know. Besides, American companies are doing legitimate business, what's wrong? Yu Zixun said.

"I'm just asking. Maybe I should have met them individually and told them that the money was too little, and that the conditions were too harsh. We need long-term, large loans. Yang Rui said.

"You mean after the founding of the country?" Yu Zixun also knew that as soon as the revolution succeeded, then a large-scale construction plan would follow.

"Not necessarily after the founding of the People's Republic of China, even the revolution itself needs to be carefully prepared, not arrogant. If Japan and Russia want them not to make trouble, they must pay some price, and it is okay for Russia, and we can take it in the future, but it will be difficult for Japan. Maybe they will also lie that they were invited by the Manchus to send troops into China to support the war. We need money to fight a war, and it is better for us to have a huge amount of money in our hands at that time, and if we start a war with them, then it will be the military expenses of the war, and if it is solved by the way, it can be used as construction funds. Yang Rui is uncertain about what will happen in the future, and only thinks that the more certain he is, the better.

"How much does it cost? Don't we have enough money of our own? Yu Zixun asked.

"How much money can we pump out ourselves? The gold was immovable, and the British were looking after it. Even if it is used, it is not enough. Now I don't know how much it will cost, and the exact number depends on the calculations of the General Staff. Yang Rui shook his head, only feeling that the great powers were on the side, and he didn't dare to say anything, and he was absolutely sure. I'm going to go with you to the United States after the wedding to meet Homer, Lee or Booth. ”

Yang Rui was talking about Homer Lee, and on the cruise to Honolulu, Sun Wen was also talking about Homer Lee's name. If China wants to succeed in the revolution, it must have the support of the great powers, and this is the most basic principle of the revolution that he has known for a long time. Gaining the support of the Great Powers, though, is not wishful thinking. From the year of Gengzi to the present, Sun Wen has realized a truth, that is, the great powers have completely failed to support the idea of a complete revolution in China. They only had the idea of propping up a puppet government in their sphere of influence that was even more traitorous than the Manchus, as was the case in Japan and France. For these two, Sun Wen has nothing to say to this day, he doesn't know whether this is bad luck or his subordinates are not competitive, like the Chaozhou Uprising, such good conditions finally failed. Now both France and Japan are extremely disappointed in him. Then only the American Homer Lee side still has a glimmer of life, and if that loan can be obtained, then the revolution can be brought back to life. If not, then even if this wave of revolutionary upsurge has passed, if we want to start an uprising again, we can only wait for the revolutionary frenzy to resume in the next period of time.

Sun Wen walked back and forth in the cabin. Thinking about this trip to the United States. Because all the money around him will be given to Hu Hanmin. Hu Hanmin Huang Xing took the money to Chaozhou, and was in a hurry to escape when the Manchus were chasing, so he lost these silver dollars, and until now, he can only live in the third-class cabin, that is, Datongpu, except for a simple meal, there is only a vacant land. This is not uncommon for him. He had also lived in this kind of third-class cabin before. He doesn't have enough money on him now, so he is going to Honolulu to raise a small amount of money. Then immediately go to the United States to lobby Homer Lee and Booth. He didn't dare to think of 10 million dollars now, he only wanted 10 million dollars, or less, 100,000 dollars.

Sun Wen walked around the cabin for a long time, only to wait for the snoring in the cabin late at night, and then returned to his bunk to sleep. The quilt he used was still found for him by Miyazaki Inzo, although it was old, but it was very thick, he took off the suit shirt on his body carefully, folded it and took the book again, carefully pressed it under the pillow, and then went to the bed and covered the quilt to sleep.

Sun Wen was woken up by the shouting of everyone the next day, and as soon as he woke up, he heard everyone's worries, the ship arrived in Honolulu early, but there were sick patients on board when entering the port for routine quarantine, which made everyone on board very worried, some people were worried that there were really infectious people on board, and some people were worried that they would not be able to get off the ship, because the ship came from Yokohama, and a group of Japanese people were chattering and talking, which made the whole cabin boil.

The situation was not as bad as imagined, when Sun Wen got dressed and packed up, the cruise ship was allowed to enter the port, and Lu Xin, who was waiting for him on the dock, was already looking forward to it.

"Mr. Nakayama!" Lu Xin saw Sun Wen in a white suit on the dock shouting while waving his hand. He is a native of Shunde, Guangdong, a member of Xingzhong, and worked as a reporter at the China Daily in Hong Kong earlier, and after the Honolulu newspaper in Honolulu was bought by the Renaissance Association, the League, which had lost its position in public opinion, sent him to run the Liberty New Newspaper in order to continue to gain a foothold in Honolulu. However, the support from the headquarters was not effective, and although the free new paper was completed, the sales volume was extremely limited.

"Xingong." In the bustling crowd, Sun Wen was alone, carrying a box in one hand and a bed in the other, not at all like a leader of a revolutionary party. He also saw Lu Xin, waiting to get off the boat and put down the cover on the boat and waved.

Lu Xin and several people from the newspaper office who were with him also waved immediately, and when Sun Wen arrived at the dock, he immediately stepped forward to take the things in Sun Wen's hand, and then took him to the rickshaw hired in advance.

"Why is Honolulu so lively today?" As soon as the pier came out, it was an urban area, and looking at the dense flow of people on the street, Sun Wen was very different. He spent several years in Honolulu and often passed through it on his way to the United States, but he felt that there were too many people today.

"Cheng Weinan's daughter left the cabinet today, and I heard that there was going to be a flowing water banquet, and I wanted to invite all the overseas Chinese in Honolulu to drink the wedding wine. The cinemas on Hothili Street and the theaters on Lilixia Street were all contracted by him, and the banquets were held for hundreds of tables. Today is the first day, and all the people in Honolulu have come. Lu Xin said.

Cheng Weinan ...... "This person Sun Wen knows, but after Gengzi, he is no longer enthusiastic about the revolution." He shook his head and sighed: "The poor do not have enough to eat, but the rich spend all their time drinking." These hundreds of banquets cost a few thousand yuan. ”

"I'm afraid I want this, the chefs of all the restaurants in Honolulu have been mobilized, and the wedding banquet is not not eight yuan a table, but also five yuan a table. By the way, Mr. Zhongshan, I heard that Cheng Weinan has joined the Revival Association, and after this wedding banquet, he will perform some revolutionary dramas in order to attract members from overseas Chinese. Although Lu Xin is in Honolulu, he doesn't know much about Cheng Weinan's family affairs.

"Revolutionary drama?" There were too many people on the streets, they were very congested, and the rickshaws were moving very slowly. "What are they going to play? Could it be the Hangzhou Uprising? ”

"No, they said they wanted to play Yang Quyun." Lu Xin said. He was born in 1885. When I joined China Daily five years ago, I didn't know much about the history of Furen Wenshe and Xingzhonghui. He was ignorant of Yang Quyun, but Sun Wen trembled when he heard the name. He hurriedly asked, "Sir, you don't feel uncomfortable, do you?" ”

"No, I just got a little cold on the boat." Sun Wen lowered his head and said, and then said, "When will this play start?" ”

"Let's do it in the evening, and the show will start after the dinner is over." Lu Xin said.

"Do you have an invitation to the banquet?" Sun Wen thought for a moment and felt that he still had to go and see.

"Yes, there are invitations. Before the gentleman came. We discussed going to see what the revival meeting was going to do, and Cheng Weinan said that there was no need to give gifts to the banquet, and it just happened that we could eat them a big meal. "The League and the Revival Society seem to have become the kind of royalists and revival associations that were in the past. The Honolulu Newspaper and the Liberty News often argued against each other, and Lu Xin was very happy to take advantage of his opponent.

"Okay, then I'll go and have a look." Sun Wen said with a smile.

The propaganda of the Revival Society in China is very quiet, but the propaganda among overseas Chinese is very fanfare. For ordinary people in Europe and the United States. Not only do they not object to this, but they like to watch this group of yellow-skinned monkeys learn civilization from themselves in a noisy manner. Revolution, revo Lution, this is completely the concept of Western civilization, the decadent and backward Chinese revolution, it will be a glorious and just thing. In response to this situation, Yang Rui ordered and Wang Xiaolin planned. Huang Shizhong implemented it concretely, and only pulled up the overseas propaganda department. It is said that it is an overseas propaganda department, but because most of the overseas Chinese are from Guangdong and Fujian, the overseas propaganda department is also from Guangzhou and Fujian, and Xinning and Xiangshan have recruited the most people.

On the premise of retaining the content, it is still necessary to repackage it again, and use Cantonese opera, dragon boat songs, wooden fish songs, and Cantonese songs to express themselves in the form of Cantonese characteristics, and the words should also become vernacular, and even the story characters in it should be replaced by Cantonese people as much as possible, not all Zhejiang people and Northeast people. In addition to transplanting the existing repertoire, the Overseas Propaganda Department also arranged a big play, which was Yang Quyun.

As far as the information known at the present is concerned, a history of the modern Chinese revolution was not written by Sun Wen, but by Yang Quyun. When Yang Quyun was already thinking about being president, Sun Wen was still thinking about setting up a Han emperor. Listening to Xie Jintai, the two also had a fight over this. For China's true revolutionary pioneers, the Revival Society will be eulogized in any way.

In the evening of the same day, Sun Wen and a few people flocked to the Lilixia Street Theater with the tide of people, which is smaller than another Chinese theater, and chose here to hope that there would be fewer people, but they didn't want to have so many people here. Although there are many people, but the organizer's arrangement is extremely organized, Sun Wen is not only surprised by the organizational strength of the revival association, but also amazed by the incomparably huge revival association flag hanging outside and inside the theater, especially the one in the theater, seven or eight zhang long, two or three zhang wide, the dark red flag is made of heavy, the Xuanniao logo on it seems to be embroidered, it looks simple and solemn but lifelike, this is not a swallow at all, but like a phoenix, under the Xuanniao, there are two very ancient characters: revival.

The revival meeting really raised the quintessence of the country to the extreme, Sun Wen admired in his heart. It was he, who was bent on believing that the West was better than China's 'Western Europeanism', and he was also infected by the atmosphere they painstakingly created. He was like this, and so were the others, the crowd was still a little scattered and frolicking outside, but when they entered the theater, they suddenly fell silent when they saw the solemn arrangement inside.

Sun Wen admired in his heart and said to Lu Xin: "It's a pity that we can't take pictures of these things, some things in the Revival Society are still worth learning from." ”

Lu Xin looked around since he entered the theater, he not only looked at the incomparably huge Fuxing Association flag hanging inside, but also looked at the flags hanging on the walls on both sides, and at this time he heard that Sun Wen was going to take pictures of these things, so he said: "I heard that the banquet will be held for three days, and we can bring a camera to shoot tomorrow." ”

When Lu Xin replied, Sun Wen was absent-minded, he was not interested in the wedding banquet at all now, he just wanted to see what the content of this big drama called Yang Quyun would be arranged by the Fuxing Society, what kind of role would he play in it, and would it involve Yang Quyun's death on him? If the slander in the play was that he sent someone to kill Yang Quyun, then what should he do? (To be continued......)

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