Black flags fluttered through the streets of Guangzhou, and the thousands of people who participated in the march were actually workers at Wanglaoji's public-private factory, much to everyone's surprise. Fortunately, the workers only marched, and apart from the front row of anarchist fighters holding banners against interference in the Russian Revolution, the other workers did nothing out of the ordinary. Two hours after the march, most of the workers rushed back to the factories to work, and for them, the purpose of the marching was really unknown.

Sixteen years ago, Nanyang College was ridiculed all over the country, boycotts, dropouts, and demonstrations, which were immediately implanted into the behavior patterns of students, and there were more and more student movements in the future. The Guangzhou strike, although there had been strikes by industrial workers and silk reeling women in the Shanghai Concession before, had a very small impact, and this time the Guangzhou strike was so loud and the strikers were workers in public-private joint ventures, and the news reached the capital, and Yang Rui immediately asked the Security Bureau to give him a briefing immediately to understand the inside story of the workers' strike.

Early the next morning, Liu Boyuan, who was holding the briefing, Zhang Chengyue of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Qiu Jin, who finally took over all the powerful departments in the country because of Cai Yuanpei's doubts, went to Yin'an Hall to discuss the strike in Guangzhou.

After reading the strike briefing hastily, looking at the black flag representing anarchism, and the three letters 'A.K.G' on the flag, Yang Rui felt indescribably strange in his heart. According to the description in the briefing, this A.K.G is actually the abbreviation of Anarchist-Komunista.Grupo, or Anarchist Doshisha, but no matter how you look at it, it feels like a Marxist party. In particular, the manifesto issued by the anarchist doshisha four years ago when it was founded said: 'What are anarchists? Advocate the elimination of the capital system. Transform communist society without the need for government rulers. In other words. That is, absolute economic and political freedom. ’

In addition to the "communist society" in this sentence that made Yang Rui vigilant, the following "also declared to comrades all over the world" that "the unity of all nations" has become the unanimous trend of our party today. Although we are not sensitive, we are willing to join hands with each other and walk in the same way. Reading this, Yang Rui looked at Liu Boyuan and asked, "Isn't this 'alliance of all nations' Wu Zhihui's idea?" ”

"Yes, sir. Anarchism was first transmitted by Wu Zhihui from Paris, when he first went to England and then to France after Su reported the case, where he established the World Society in Paris with Li Shizeng, Zhang Jingjiang and others. Zhang Jingjiang paid for it, and Wu Zhihui edited and ran the weekly newspaper "New Century" and began to advocate anarchism. "Any organization, if not an interest group, is related to the ideas that came from the West, one idea leads the other, and the anarchist Doshisha, which organized the strike this time, believes in anarchism.

"So what is their relationship with the Chinese Revolutionary Party? Is it their peripheral organization? When Yang Rui heard that anarchism was related to Wu Zhihui, he suddenly felt a little bad in his heart. He wanted to associate it with the Chinese Revolutionary Party, which had become a rebel.

Hearing Yang Rui's heart-wrenching words, Liu Boyuan glanced at Qiu Jin, the leader in charge, and had to say truthfully: "At present, they have nothing to do with the Chinese Revolutionary Party. Although the last time there was an assassination in Shanghai, some people from this group were involved. ”

"Actually, I know the prime minister of this anarchist doshisha." Qiu Jin said. "Her name is Du Wen. A native of Baoding, Hebei Province, he joined the League when he was studying in Tokyo. Later, because of disagreement with their ideas, he withdrew from the League. When she was studying in Tokyo, she returned to China with me and ran a China Women's Newspaper together in Shanghai. Although I don't know how she joined the Obscure Society after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and now she has become the prime minister of this anarchist Doshisha, but no matter what, she will never be involved with Sun Wen and others. ”

The domestic powerful department was handed over to Qiu Jin because everyone felt that Qiu Jin was decent and a woman, and would not form a gang like a man, let alone have the ambition to play with intrigues. It can be said that the powerful department of the whole country is a woman riding a lion, and the power is there, but the lethality is not enough.

Hearing that Qiu Jin was excusing this person named Du Wen, Yang Rui waved his hand to let Liu Boyuan and Zhang Chengyue go down, and he said: "Xuanqing, in fact, there are too many people advocating Datong society, which is really not a good thing. ”

Qiu Jin was a little confused when she heard Yang Rui's words, and she motioned for him to continue. Yang Rui had to say in detail: "People always yearn for absolute goodness and absolute fairness, but this is absolutely impossible. There are good people and there are bad people, and there are bad people and good people, and the cycle of good and evil is indispensable. The absolute goodness that some people preach now is not a bad thing at a rough glance, but in the long run, the kind of great harmony society they preach cannot be realized, and the result is very likely that these people tend to be more extreme, and this will always happen. ”

"There is no better country and this government than it is now." Although Qiu Jin did not agree with Yang Rui's views at that Standing Committee, she was actually extremely satisfied with the current country and the current government. Win all battles externally, pay attention to the people's livelihood internally, and the country is thriving, although there are moths, but these moths actually have to survive in the concession, and the rule of domestic officials can be seen. It can be said that the national situation and popular sentiment of the whole country are trending in a good direction, but Yang Rui always thinks about things very darkly, which is unimaginable for her and others in the revival association.

"The briefing also said that this is not a demonstration, it is just that the workers have never been so happy to take to the streets, in fact, it is like visiting a temple fair, which is lively and lively." Qiu Jin looked at Yang Rui, who was frowning, and then said: "And Du Wen and these people are not trying to overthrow the government, at least they don't have this kind of statement in their party, the 'revolutionary spirit' they hold is just a kind of 'all actions that rely on the strength of our civilians themselves and fight with power', which is not a rebellion at all." ”

After she finished speaking, she saw that Yang Rui was still frowning, and said: "Uncle Mei said that this anarchist thought is actually the essence of the Mohists plus the idea of equalizing the rich and the poor, which is the only way to eliminate the capital system." I'm dignified and Chinese, so I can't even tolerate the Mohist sayings, right? ”

Zhang Taiyan's attitude towards anarchism is also agreeable. I think this is the Western Mo Zhai thought, which is slightly different. It is this Western Mo Zhai who has added the content of opposing the capitalist system because the capitalist system makes the rich oppress the poor.

However, Yang Rui has always held a negative view on this. Anarchism and the Bolsheviks are just a wall, what is this wall? It is democratic centralism. As soon as the anarchist party becomes autocratic and powerful within itself, it will have enough power to make a revolution, and of course, the result of the revolution will be like the Russian Revolution, and after the removal of the tsarist government that wants autocracy but is not capable of autocracy, and the provisional bourgeois government, which is not even autocratic, they will establish a Bolshevik government that is in name democratic but in fact autocratic. This is something that Yang Rui never wants to see.

"Xuanqing, my opinion is that no matter what this party is propagating. If he is on a revolutionary path, or if he is about to be revolutionary, he must do everything possible to suppress it. When Yang Rui spoke, his frowning brows stretched a little, but they were still twisted together, "This political party that preaches the overthrow of all power and advocates world harmony will eventually move towards revolution because of social reality." Why? Because those who are selfish, lucky, talented and connected will eventually be richer and better off than some others, and there is no way to stop it.

Other words. But how they advertise, those who have money will have more money, and those who don't have money will have even less money. In the end, if they find that the socio-political system is the main cause of the social structure, they will carry out a coup d'état, an insurrection, to overthrow the existing government. Our revolution is full of difficulties and calculations. After all, there was no chaos like in Russia, but we were lucky to have another revolution. What is today in Russia is our tomorrow.

Really, I'm absolutely sure of that. Yang Rui said very seriously: "If it is revolutionary." Mongolia, the Western Regions, and Tibet will definitely take the opportunity to become independent, and the new state will only be the nineteen provinces of Guannai. And also a loose federal republic. Except for those Westernized democrats, this is something that no Chinese person wants to see. Therefore, for this anarchist party, even if they have not done anything illegal and have not said that they want to carry out revolution, they should still suppress and suppress it. ”

Yang Rui said so seriously, Qiu Jin smiled dumbly: "Song Dunchu's Kuomintang has always preached that 'being rich is virtuous, and selfishness is benefiting the country'. Such a political party based on the Institute of Suspicion, can preach the anarchism of world harmony and persuade people to be good, but it cannot allow it to survive. ”

"The world is round!" Seeing Qiu Jin say this, Yang Rui had to struggle to refute it, "Today's goodness will become tomorrow's evil after a circle, and this is the case with the current Russian Revolution." At present, the wars and famines in Russia have killed tens of millions, which are caused by the good hopes of the revolutionary party;

And what is evil today will be good tomorrow. Because capital is profit-seeking, and the fundamental pursuit of profit is that it is needed by people, and it is precisely because of people's needs that science and technology continue to develop and materials continue to be abundant, so that people can live better and longer. In the case of penicillin, which we have just put into production, this is not only to save tens of millions of people, but also to save hundreds of millions, billions of people, but the original purpose of studying it is just to make a profit.

We cannot tolerate one-sided, unsystematic propagation of one point of view. We have only just finished the revolution, and there is not so much filth in society that needs to be cleaned up by another revolution, so they preach that the world of harmony is completely intolerable. This time they are just a joke strike, what if the strike wave intensifies? What should the workers do when they see that the factory owner has money and wants to rob the IRS of his job, rob the rich and help the poor? ”

The philosophy of logic is incomprehensible to most women, especially Qiu Jin, who has always acted with emotion. However, I have to admit that what Yang Rui said is very reasonable, and the revival will now be the heart of all the people, and every vote it has received is real; As for Yang Rui, the revolutionary experience not only shows that he has made meritorious contributions to the founding of the country, but also proves that he has governed the country well, and the whole country is like being fished up from the mud on the bottom of the sea, and then it begins to fly in the wind.

Qiu Jin had to say: "Then in what name do we arrest and accuse these people?" ”

"What do they depend on for a living?" Yang Rui asked, this point was not made clear in the briefing.

"It's not clear yet." Qiu Jin said. "Their headquarters are somewhere in Hong Kong, which is a British place, and it is very inconvenient for us to act."

"Then contact the British and Hong Kong authorities. Join forces with them to investigate, especially where the funds come from. Yang Rui said. In my judgment, any organization. In addition to the reading clubs in schools, as long as they have the strength to form political parties and organize some social activities, they all have financial sources, and these financial sources can explain their political goals. To put it simply, whoever gave the money would have listened to whomever the organization had to say, and judging from their anti-war stance this time, their source of funding might have come from the Bolsheviks. ”

The judgment of the great leader seemed to be very reasonable, and Qiu Jin heard this: "What do you mean to negotiate with HSBC?" ”

"Yes. That's what I thought. In order to find out the purpose of these chaotic political parties, in addition to sending people to infiltrate, the most important thing is to find out the situation of their cash flow, and pay special attention to where the funds for their activities come from and who gave them. Yang Rui said: "The Ministry of Household Affairs has established a strict monitoring system for the flow of funds, and no one is allowed to travel with a large amount of gold, silver and money without approval. Deposits and withdrawals of more than 500 yuan in banks are subject to the presentation of household registration books, of course, this is carried out in the name of the tax bureau to monitor personal taxes;

Hong Kong does not have such a system for monitoring the flow of funds, and we can only know the inside story through HSBC and some other banks. Now we make money from shipping. Many of them were loaned out by foreign banks such as HSBC, and they will certainly cooperate with us to thoroughly investigate the true background of these people. ”

The basis of the activity of all social organizations is money. If you control the money, you will control everything, and no matter how revolutionary you are, you will have to eat. They spent a lot of money printing leaflets, attracting congregations, training cadres, and planning campaigns. After all, political parties, revolutionary parties, are not commercial profit companies. In the first meeting after the founding of the country. Yang Rui proposed that the Ministry of Households, the State Bank, the Security Bureau, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Commerce and other ministries began the construction of a national financial monitoring system in the name of 'anti-money laundering and anti-tax evasion'.

At the beginning, the difficulties were great, especially the bank real-name deposit system because it could not popularize the photo, which made it exist in name only, but the emergence of polyethylene in polymer materials made the price of film and film drop sharply, and the national photography was finally popularized. Everyone's household registration book has a photo and a stamp, and the real-name deposit system can be implemented.

Qiu Jin, who had just taken over the powerful department, didn't expect that the financial monitoring system in the name of 'anti-money laundering and anti-tax evasion' would have such a function, and she was stunned, and she couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "How can I feel that I am still freer than before." ”

"That's pretty much what it means." The society where Yang Rui came is a society that is monitored everywhere, even if you go to the street, you will be photographed by the camera, real-name deposit, real-name Internet, real-name accommodation, there is nothing that does not require real name. "The more society develops and the more science and technology advances, the more closely people are monitored, which is the general trend. When the whole society is managed by computers, killing one person will be no different from any accident. ”

Another word came out of the afterlife, and Yang Rui shook his head: "You better let people deal with this Du Wen's matter first." They will definitely not be able to make trouble like this, and now the country needs stability. ”

Qiu Jin didn't ask in detail what a computer was, but said, "What about the striking workers?" How to deal with it? ”

"Workers?" Yang Rui thought about the contents of the briefing, and couldn't help laughing, those workers marched on the streets because they were too happy -- while prices did not rise much, the monthly price increase subsidies and bonuses were actually several times the salary, and they went to the streets to show off their wealth. "If the workers can start a strike, it must be someone sent from Hong Kong among the workers. According to general experience, the person who came forward to call for everyone to strike must be a worker in the factory, and a worker from the previous year, if he was older, he would never do such a thing, and the person next to him should be someone from Hong Kong in the past. Don't move the leading workers first, first arrest the person next to him who gave him ideas and money, and then try it for a trial. ”

"In what name?" Qiu Jin asked, and then she was worried, "What if the workers make a fuss after arresting this person?" ”

"If my guess is correct, this person must not be a worker in Wang Laoji's factory, he will generally say that he is a comrade who sympathizes with his workers, and in the name of sympathy, he mingles with the low-level workers, or buys everyone with small favors, or organizes everyone in the name of running workers' cram schools and literacy classes. The name he used must be a pseudonym, he has no identity, and there should be a few assistants around him; In a certain corner of the city, there was a stronghold that he had rented, and there was more than one, which contained not only reactionary leaflets, but also money, and weapons - of course, weapons were usually hidden in extremely hidden places.

That's enough for the patrol and the NSA to arrest people, and if we act fast enough to stop them from destroying documents, letters, and cables in the stronghold, we'll be able to find clues on them, and I'll be able to indict them for at least 10 or 20 years for espionage. As for the workers making trouble after the arrest, it means that there must still be fish caught in the net, or his assistants, or Hong Kong has sent people over again. We can choose a breakthrough from the few people who have been arrested, and there will always be people who will confess......"

Yang Rui looked at her when he said this, and asked curiously, "Wasn't this the routine when we did the revolution at the beginning?" How do you ......?"

"I just feel like I'm full of people now, and I'm arresting Renaissance members." Qiu Jin's expression was not very good, and the words were squeezed out.

"Hehe......" Yang Rui smiled when he heard her words, and he said: "The justice of our revolution lies in the fact that we are more authoritarian than the Manchu Qing and can lead the country in the direction that everyone wants." We did not overthrow the Manchus because of liberal democracy, we overthrew the Manchus because they were more authoritarian, or more authoritarian, than the Manchus. We haven't changed anything, autocracy has always been the most effective weapon of the Renaissance, but now the opponent has changed. ”

In the Revival, autocracy and unity are synonymous. Qiu Jin sighed softly when she heard this, nodded and then picked up the thick dossier about Du Wen and went out. After she left, Yang Rui unfolded the previous briefing on the Guangzhou strike and read it carefully, but after a while, Xie Zhangtai and Zhang Shi came.

"Britain, France, and the United States were glad that we were able to take the initiative to attack the Bolsheviks, and now seeing that we had occupied Tsaritsyn, they were anxious to establish contact with us, to establish an anti-Bolshevik general command, to command the war against the Bolsheviks. What do you think of this? As soon as Xie Jintai came, he told the British suggestion just now, he knew the purpose of the Renaissance Army, and he only felt that the reason of the Entente was really difficult to deal with.

"So, they wanted to besiege the Bolsheviks on three sides and completely defeat them?" Yang Rui put down the briefing and thought about it.

"That's what I mean, sir." Zhang Shi said, "After the troops successfully occupied Tsaritsyn, it was shown that although there were reasons for the internal struggle and confusion of command of the 10th Army, the combat effectiveness of the Red Army was really poor. In addition, according to the intelligence of the prisoners, our previous estimate of the strength of the Red Army was wrong. ”

Zhang Shi took out a document and said: "Before, because the Tenth Army had more than 40,000 people, and the Eleventh Army in the North Caucasus had 100,000 people, we thought that the other Bolshevik armies were also 40,000 or 50,000 troops, which was the same as the establishment of the Revival Army, but this was not the case. Zhang Shi shook his head, "In the area of the Volga basin of Kazan, there are six army groups. The Sixth Army was responsible for the defense of Arkhangelsk in the north, and the remaining five armies, with the exception of the Third and Fourth Armies, had no more than 20,000 troops. ”

"So little?" Yang Rui was very surprised, the General Staff has always calculated the strength of the Red Army according to the establishment of the Revival Army, thinking that the Red Army in the Kazan area has at least 200,000, and he does not want to ......

"Yes, sir." Zhang Shi nodded heavily, "The specific numbers are: more than 6,800 infantry, more than 700 cavalry, and 50 artillery pieces of the First Army; The Second Army had more than 18,000 infantry, more than 1,400 cavalry, and 43 artillery pieces; There were more than 21,000 troops in the Third Army, more than 1,500 cavalry, and 50 cannons; The Fourth Army was the largest in number, with more than 23,000 infantry, more than 3,200 cavalry, and more than 200 cannons; The Fifth Army had more than 8,000 infantry, 540 cavalry, and 43 artillery pieces[note 110], so that the total strength of the army was only more than 80,000 men. (To be continued......)

PS: Note 110: The figures of the Soviet Army are from "A Brief History of the Soviet Army" P67, 80;