The Revival Association is not an organization that exists in a vacuum, Yang Rui determined the matter of the Supreme Justice very lightly, but according to the situation reported by various places in the past few months, there are not a few members who violate the law, although the internal disciplinary organs have dealt with it, but there are not a few who secretly indulge, and when the local governments are completely set up, and the illegal matters are handed over to the Dali Yuan for trial, the illegal things of the members will stir up a greater wave. Maintaining the rule of law will naturally reduce the unity of the members, and many members, especially many members of the peasant associations, do not join the union because they can not be bullied, which is the same reason as their entry into Christianity.

"Let's let the Secretariat set a system." Yang Rui settled down and said, "Some crimes can be appropriately treated and then handed over to everyone for review, but this is only for members who joined the club before the success of the revolution, so it can be regarded as offsetting the merits and demerits." ”

"I'm against what it means." Yu Zixun was unexpectedly opposed, even if he himself was a guilty person, "This is not in line with the spirit of the Constitution, and we have already treated members very favorably." The official examination to be held by the Ministry of Officials next year, although the examination is fair, but this is our question, those graduates of the School of Law and Politics, which of these questions is not easy to grasp? ”

"I don't feel good." The old Xu Huafeng also objected, "Things in officialdom have always been something that can only be understood but not spoken, and once this thing spreads, it will have a very bad impact." ”

"That's right." Xie Jintai also said, "Now the Kuomintang of Song Dunchu and Liang Zhuoru's Democratic Party will target us because of this, which is not conducive to the general election." ”

"Then let's get some light on each family." Yang Rui said, "After the formal parliament is formed." All three parties sent a number of people to form a committee of meritorious heroes to appoint revolutionary meritorious heroes. Our people, the people of the Alliance, and even the people who are engaged in Liang Zhuoru's Wuxu Change, all ......" Yang Rui felt that the more he said, the more wrong it became, which was tantamount to lowering his identity, especially if he was involved with the reformers, "Liang Qichao's people are forgotten, those people in the Alliance can join, and everyone will report their deeds and merits." Wouldn't it be nice to notify Dali Temple after approval? ”

"I agree with the back, but I don't agree with the front." When everyone felt that it was feasible, Cai Yuanpei spoke. His identity is half a committee member, similar to Yu Huizu, "It's okay to be a member of the punishment for doing this, so people can't find anything wrong." But Confucianism. Now it's time to start cleaning up, I heard that ......" Speaking of this, he glanced at Yu Zixun and said, "The international students in the United States have now set up an organization that has run a Chinese Science Society and published a journal called Science, which has a lot of influence among international students, and they are anti-Confucian." Don't do anything about Confucianism now. Those old characters will try their best to restore the old things, and some time ago those things that asked Zhu Kuansu to be canonized as the Holy Father......"

"Those people ......," everyone shook their heads. This Confucian family doesn't know whether it's cheap or what, and every time the dynasty changes, they are very stammered with the characters of the new dynasty. However, Confucianism is the great enemy of the quintessence of the country, and the wishes of these people have not been fulfilled.

"Uncle Mei, can this replace Confucianism on the part of the Ministry of Rites, if they are cleared, do you believe in retro thoughts?" Yang Rui asked uneasily, he also wanted to do it, but he was afraid that the position would be vacated and occupied by the Bolsheviks.

"It's not a question of believing it or not, it's a question of whether it works." Zhang Taiyan said, "You can start with this purge, and then slowly cut into the realm, but you can't do it too strongly, once it is too radical, it is not a good thing for the two sides to fight." Then there are those tortoise shells verified by Wang Jing'an, and if you have to find a way to get them back, after getting these tortoise shells, you can start to criticize the holes in the national quintessence newspaper. ”

"Then the law is going to be changed," Zhong Guanguan said suddenly, he has been reading the law recently, "The ten heinous crimes in the criminal law must be removed, as well as marriage and inheritance, these laws must be reformulated." ”

"It's going to cause an uproar." Wang Jitong also began to interject, "Now that we have many measures and are very criticized, once the step is too big, there will be a trend in public opinion again." It's better to slow down, just know these things in the association and the school, and wait for a few decades, after the older generation of people die, then Confucianism will be abolished if it is not abolished. ”

"What Xiao Xu said makes sense, it's better to be stable." Xu Huafeng and Yu Huizu both echoed this proposal, they were both old people, and Confucianism had penetrated deeply, so they just wanted a smooth transition. The three of them agreed, and the rest of the people agreed, and the matter of the waste hole was thus decided.

However, the cultural matters have been discussed, and the political matters have not been discussed. The power is in the Congress, which is only relative to the state, and there are also provincial councils and county councils, which are also a center of power for the province and county. Yang Rui can appoint the ministers of the ministries, but the appointment of the governors and county governors of the provinces is only an indirect way, that is, the officials of the province are inspected, examined, and nominated, and then appointed by the provincial and county councils. The dictatorship of the first meeting must have a secretary, and now the revival will be a big one, so there is no secretary, only the county governor and the governor. At this meeting, the governors of each province will be selected, and then the provincial council will formally appoint them.

"I won't talk about the six places of Zhili, Tibet, the Western Regions, Liangguang, and Yunnan," Yang Rui said, "The remaining nineteen provinces are all under our control, everyone can take a look at the list of provinces, if there is no problem, then follow this appointment." ”

The list is in everyone's hands, after reading the brief introduction, everyone shook their heads, Xu Hua sealed, "Actually, these people are too young, after they take office, can all things be balanced?" ”

"We're all young, and it's hard to pick these people." Yang Rui said helplessly, "These people will go through several months of training before taking office, and besides, each person has a set of staff teams, and the affairs he will not handle can be handed over to them." "Jiangsu is an important place, and it is Cheng Dequan who was appointed, he is an old official of the former Qing Dynasty, won't this cause everyone to be dissatisfied?" Zhong Guanguan said, as soon as he looked up, he saw Cheng Dequan.

"Cheng Dequan cooperated with us when he was in Heilongjiang, so he can be regarded as half of the Fuxing Association. Excluding these, this person has dealt with the invading Russian army in the year of Gengzi, not to mention how much backbone he has to sue for peace, but at least he still protects the people. Jiangsu, which is an important place for finance and taxation, has to deal with foreigners. Let him be the governor of Jiangsu, which means stability. Besides, it is impossible for those people in the former Qing Dynasty not to be used. It's just a matter of proportions and methods, and now among the nineteen governors, only Cheng De is all from the former Qing Dynasty, and the others are all from ours. "Yang Rui is very familiar with the qualifications of each provincial governor, after all, these people are approved by him.

Yang Rui of the Ministry of Officials is in control, and he says which people are good, then which people are good. After all, this is not a position in the appointment committee, and everyone can't find anything wrong with them after reading the information, so they have no objection to these people. See here. After Yang Rui extinguished the smoke, he moved on to the next agenda, which was to correct the names of those who were purged for the first time.

The first purge began during the Second Congress, which was also discussed and agreed upon by the committee, but later when it was carried out, an accident occurred and people died. At that time, because of the revolutionary shape shì. Many people can only be buried as enemy elements, and now that the revolution has succeeded, those who died unjustly before will always have to give him an account.

As soon as Yang Rui said that he wanted to correct the names of those who had before, the atmosphere in the room was dark, which was a very dishonorable thing for the revival, and now Yang Rui said that it was a righteous name, although he exempted those people from their sins. But the organizational mistakes are still not admitted, especially Yang Rui's responsibility is still not pursued. Justifying one's name is nothing more than giving some compensation after killing someone.

"If it's just a proper name, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public." Wang Xiaoxu said that when he was in prison, he did not approve of the purge. "How should that be?" Yang Rui asked rhetorically, "Is it difficult to pull those political commissars out and shoot them?" ”

"It's actually a ......" Hearing Yang Rui's dissatisfaction, Zhong Guanguan hurriedly persuaded, "It's better to calm things down." At that time, we were in the midst of a revolution, and it was very likely that the revolution would fail if it was not rectified, and this was also a last resort, so it would be good that there would be no more similar things in the future. I declare that I will be held accountable for this matter, and I will be held responsible. ”

"I agree with Xianfeng's statement," Xu Hua said, "although I am not in the country for this matter, I am also responsible." ”

"I am also responsible, if I hadn't acted blindly at the beginning, there would have been no defeat in Hangzhou." Cai Yuanpei also came up.

Yang Rui and Zhang Taiyan are the parties, the three of them support it, Wang Jitong and Yu Zixun are not easy to say, Yu Zixun said, "Actually, how can these people correct their names?" ”

"The previous charges are removed, and those who are alive will be apologized by me, and those who are dead will be dealt with according to the treatment of martyrs." Yang Rui said, "But this qiē can only be limited to the meeting, and if it is external, it will be declassified after fifty years." ”

Hearing that Yang Rui said that it would be decrypted in fifty years, Yu Zixun only smiled at the corner of his mouth, which is equivalent to decrypting it after Yang Rui's death, and he will be in his eighties in fifty years. Although he laughed, he also had problems with himself, and after talking about the matter of correcting his name, it is estimated that the next step will be to talk about his affairs.

Just as Yu Zixun thought, six people agreed with Yang Rui's proposal in the vote initiated on the matter of correcting the name, but Wang Jitong abstained and did not express his position, and this matter was so clear. Then, under Yang Rui's motion, Yu Zixun withdrew, and the next thing to be discussed at the meeting was his problem.

Yu Zixun's matter is extremely clear, revealing the time of the uprising, and funding the League without Yang Rui's permission, although he argues that he is not clear about the domestic uprising plan, and wants to come to Guangxi is not the sphere of influence of the Fuxing Association, so he funded the League Sun Wen, and he hoped that they would initiate the uprising. There is no problem with what he said, but this matter is a strict violation of discipline within the Revival Society, and it has brought great hidden dangers to the uprising, but outside the Revival Society, his behavior is not wrong, since it is a revolution, then anyone can revolution, why can't the League Revolution be funded?

Yu Zixun's matter, because the war in the Northeast has not stopped, considering that he wants to persuade the Americans to support the new government, Yang Rui cannot be in a hurry to pursue it. By the time of the Northeast Armistice, Yu Zixun, who was in charge of negotiations and borrowing money in the United States, seemed to have won the trust of the US authorities. Now Yu Zixun is completely self-respecting, which is why he can still make a report at the Third Congress, if he is really taken down, then the things that have been negotiated with the Americans will be a mess, including 200 million US dollars in bond financing, and a series of other industrial construction contracts.

"The matter of self-honor, it should be handled leniently." Xu Huafeng said, "I also read his review, he is also for the revolution, at that time we did not make arrangements in Guangxi, and the reason for the recovery was also because Zhang Mingqi, the governor of Liangguang, surrendered to us, and Zixun did not know these things at that time, so it was inevitable to support Sun Wen of the Alliance." ”

Xu Huafeng was the first to help Yu Zixun say good things because of industry. Cai Yuanpei is the second, "Zixun's biggest problem is that he didn't discuss this matter with Jingcheng, which is the most wrong." But the League is also a revolutionary organization after all. To help them is to help the revolution, and we still can't be too him. ”

Wang Jitong also said: "The heart is good, but the practice is wrong." For the sake of not causing heavy losses, it is better to be lenient. If we really make a big fuss, we won't be able to explain it internally and externally. ”

Xiao Xu was right about this, and the U.S. Secretary of State praised Zixun very much, saying that it was impossible to agree to the bond when he found the president. Even private financing is not allowed. But he said that Zixun's patriotism and incomparable enthusiasm moved the president and made the president do things that were contrary to reason...... "Xie Zhangtai had to say good things for Yu Zixun from the standpoint of diplomacy, although he knew that the Americans wanted to meddle in the internal affairs of the Renaissance Association." But in the current situation, he hoped that Yang Rui would be patient for the time being, and not offend the only supporter in order to deal with Yu Zixun.

Several people meant to be lenient, but only Zhang Taiyan, Yu Huizu, and Zhong Guanguan did not express their position. Zhang Taiyan didn't speak, I don't know why. But because Yu Huizu and Zhong Guanguan have a close relationship with Yu Zixun, it is not good to speak at this time, whether they are in favor or against. Yang Rui endured his anger, looked at everyone around, and then said, "Do you have any other opinions?" He was actually asking Zhang Taiyan.

"The Americans need to honor themselves, and everyone also says that they will be lenient, so let's let things go for now." Zhang Taiyan said, "But he still doesn't want to elect this current committee." In the future, he will be in charge of negotiations with the United States. ”

"I agree with Uncle Mei." Yu Huizu and Zhong Guanguan, who had not spoken, agreed with this decision. However, after they finished speaking, they all looked at Yang Rui, and he still had to agree to this matter in the end.

"Everyone is watching what I'm doing, and since everyone agrees, let's do it." Yang Rui was unexpectedly not angry, and he was very kind, and the matter was settled.

He expressed this way, which only puzzled everyone, because he had the heart to shoot Yu Zixun when the accident happened. Wang Jitong looked for Yu Zixun with questions on the second day, and when he asked this question, Yu Zixun smiled bitterly, "I shouldn't be like this, but there is something unspeakable." He said that he wanted to correct the name of the person who died in the first purge, what kind of name, purely to let everyone bear the responsibility for what he did. ”

"You're saying this was an exchange? You agree to correct the name, and he agrees to be lenient," Wang Jitong said. "You've talked about it before?"

"I haven't talked about it, everyone has a tacit understanding. The main reason for my matter is that the US minister has talked to Jing Cheng once, and my support for the correct name is just a gesture of goodwill, and it is impossible that Jing Cheng will not understand this meaning. Yu Zixun said.

"Zixun, tell me honestly, what is your relationship with the Americans? You won't ......" Hearing the US minister come forward to speak for Yu Zixun, Wang Jitong was a little worried.

"Although the United States is a democratic country, power is still held by some superior people, and there is a conference in Yale University, which has a great influence in the American political and business circles, and Mr. Yung Hong is a peripheral member of this association, and US Secretary of State Knox also has a deep relationship with them. They wanted to have a close relationship with us, and they wanted China to become a republican state like the United States, so they approached me. It is precisely because of this that the domestic public opinion in the United States is overwhelmingly supportive of China's revolution, and there are many underwriters in the U.S. bond market who want to take over these bonds, as well as our hiring of talents and the purchase of industrial equipment.

My relationship with them is just ordinary friends, whether it is borrowing money or negotiating, I have never given up any benefits in order to please them, and I can guarantee this personality. As for why they supported me, I think it was probably because I studied in the United States. Although he also spent a few years in the United States, he was educated in London, and Americans generally regarded him as a British student rather than an American student, and under his leadership, most of the students sent by the Revival Society went to Germany instead of the United States, so ...... Yu Zixun said.

"Really?" Wang Jitong was a little unconvinced, Yang Rui actually had a preference for Germany, not Britain.

"There is also Mr. Yung Hong's opinion, which Americans attach more importance to." Yu Zixun finally said the crux of the matter, "He likes me but doesn't like Jingcheng, he said that Jingcheng has dictatorial tendencies, mainly because he is dissatisfied with Jingcheng not cooperating with Sun Wen." Xiao Xu, what's wrong with Sun Wen, why does Cheng dislike him like that? ”

"Sun Wenben is not a good person." Wang Ji is the same way. "Now the people at Teco are investigating what happened in Hangzhou five years ago, and they suspect what happened in Hangzhou. and the assassinations of Jing Cheng and Uncle Mei were not committed by the Manchus, but by the destruction of the alliance. At that time, the League and the Revival Society were discussing cooperation with the aim of annexing the Renaissance Society. ”

Tek was formed by Wang Jitong. He always knew something about what was going on inside. He said this, Yu Zixun was shocked, "Sun Yat-sen is just a literati, he, how could he do such a thing?" I don't believe it. ”

"I don't believe it either." Wang Jitong said, "But if you look at these things together, then this is how they are, and people have to believe it." Self-honored. You and I have been together for many years, and a lot of things can be spread out, you. The heart is good, but many times it is too easy to trust others, and this credulity is not because you have poor discernment, but because you believe deeply in democracy and republic. Once someone uses this as a rhetoric. Then you will believe eight or nine points first. This is not good, some people, there are many people who just see people and talk nonsense, what you like to hear, they will mention it, so you will definitely be fooled. ”

Wang Jitong said Yu Zixun's face was red, but his next words stirred his nerves even more. "Zixun, you sue sù. Do the Americans want to let Cheng step down and replace you as prime minister? ”

"Nothing! Nothing! Yu Zixun hurriedly shook his head and waved his hand, but how could he hide Wang Jitong's eyes like this. Even if there is this, it is nothing. "Wang Ji is the same way." Mr. Rong Hong doesn't like Jing Cheng, I know, Jing Cheng doesn't like him either, Jing Cheng said that when he first went to the United States, he showed his whereabouts, and it was Rong Hong who made trouble. ”

"But Mr. Rong Hong said that at that time, the Americans wanted to support the Chinese revolution, but the royalist Kang Youwei believed in Confucianism, insisted on imperial autocracy and did not approve of the republic, so they were disappointed to hear Mr. Rong Hong say that there were other revolutionaries, so they wanted to find out, in fact, they had no malicious intentions, they just wanted to take pictures of Jingcheng, Sun Wen They also paid attention, but they thought that Sun Wen could not do anything." Yu Zixun said.

"What kind of organization are you talking about, why don't they contact Jingcheng head-on, but sneak around? And you, what is the relationship with them? Wang Ji said. He sensed that there was a conspiracy at every turn.

"I don't have anything to do with them, I'm just familiar with some of them." Yu Zixun said, "And this meeting, I only know that its influence is extremely wide in the United States, and even President Taft has a lot to do with them." Xiao Xu, now that the country is poor and weak, he actually came up with those 56 projects behind closed doors, thinking that the industrial construction was completed, but how can things be so simple!

Although the United States advocates free trade, they are not fools, and there are some things that they do not sell, and the reason why they are selling them now is because we are hostile to Japan and can win against Japan, which is equivalent to being half an ally; Again, I hope that I can become prime minister in the future, so as to further promote Sino-US friendship, because American industry is becoming more and more prosperous, and the markets in North and South America will not be satisfied after all, and we, with a population of 40,000, can just let American products have a place to sell after the market is saturated, which is why they sell equipment to us, but not more equipment to us. ”

"And then they want you to take over and become the next prime minister?" Wang Jitong asked, things are getting clearer and clearer.

"They did, but I couldn't say yes. This is not something that the Americans can decide, nor is it something that I can decide, but in terms of facts, my future premiership will be extremely beneficial to Sino-US relations. Yu Zixun said. That's not true! Wang Jitong shook his head and said, "It's not like this!" ”

"Why not? Aren't we in alliance with the United States? Now they are the only ones who support us! Yu Zixun said.

Yu Zixun has been automatically excluded from the committee by Yang Rui since the time of the announcement was revealed, although he still has the status of a member. Wang Jitong understands that being pro-American is just a transition, which is actually the reason why Yang Rui wants to let Japan bleed without serious injury, and those revolutionary parties in Russia, if they really succeed, then the situation in the Far East will change drastically. Based on this, it is conceivable that after China becomes strong on the left and right, Britain, France, the United States and Germany will all be China's enemies, which may be the reason why Yang Rui has worked hard to study technology to prepare for war. And why this is so, according to Wang Jitong's conjecture, is because Asia is a colony of Europe, and China has to seize those colonies if it wants to develop.

Wang Jitong could guess a lot of things in the future, but because of discipline, he couldn't sue Yu Zixun, and in the face of his question, he could only say, "Zixun, now is now, and the future is the future, you shouldn't promise too much to the Americans." (To be continued......)