Yu Zixun and Cai Yuanpei saw that when the 40,000-ton cruise ship sailed directly into Wusongkou, their jaws dropped to the ground, once upon a time, the Huangpu River, which needed to enter the 10,000-ton freighter at high tide, could also sail into the 40,000-ton cruise ship safely at this time. Fortunately, the cruise ship only docked at China Merchants Huazhan Wharf (west of Minsheng Road in Pudong), otherwise I really thought that Shanghai had dug the Huangpu River again.

As soon as the ship came to a stop, the two of them saw the convoy waiting below through the porthole, and Yu Qiaqing, the first elected mayor of Shanghai after Fei Yugui, was waiting outside the wharf, and several yellow flag official cars and black four-ring Audis produced by the vehicle manufacturing plant under the Tonghua Diesel Engine Factory were parked next to them. This four rings are said to represent the four types of vehicles produced by the vehicle manufacturing plant under the Tonghua Diesel Engine Factory - steel chariots, caterpillars (Caterpillar) tractors, Dongfeng trucks, and Huangqi official cars.

After a shouting on the dock, Yu Zixun and Cai Yuanpei were invited by Brother Ade into the Yellow Flag official car, and the rest of the family members got into the Audi car, Cai Yuanpei, who knew that he was still in Pudong, asked: "Is the Huangpu River Tunnel built?" ”

"Not yet." Yu Qiaqing shook his head and smiled, "Although the prime minister wants to dig the tunnel as soon as possible, the foreigners who are invited to grind the foreign workers are either holidays or holidays, and if they really want to repair it, I am afraid it will take another three or five years." Seeing that Cai Yuanpei still knew some domestic things, but Yu Zixun didn't know about it, Yu Qiaqing said again: "I haven't returned for many years." I'm afraid I'm not familiar with Shanghai, right? ”

"I came back once five years ago, but Shanghai was just passing by." Yu Zixun looked at the autumn scenery outside the glass window. Although it is Pudong, the wharf by the river is bustling, with the sound of steam whistles and car engines. It's so noisy that it's like you're on the docks of New York Harbor.

"Shanghai is developing rapidly, the Huangpu River Waterway Dredging Bureau has been specially cleaned up, and the wharf is being built more and more, and the other side of the river from Fuxing Island to Wusongkou is already full of wharves, and the end of Baoshan is also a wharf. Last year, the net tonnage of imported ships in Shanghai and Shanghai Port reached 15.3 million tons, ranking fifth in the world. Yu Qiaqing tried her best to show the two of them the prosperity of Shanghai. took out the figures that he had said for more than half a year and showed them for a while, and then said with satisfaction: "I think the ancient prosperity is no less than that." ”

Hearing the words of his old countryman, Yu Zixun asked with a smile: "Then what does Ade think is the cause of this prosperity?" ”

"Of course, the prime minister and the senior lords are well led! As the school sings: Without the Revival Society, there would be no New China. Yu Qiaqing smiled and said empty words that no one would offend, but Yu Zixun's next sentence made his tongue knot.

"Then what if Shanghai is not allowed to be autonomous?" Yu Zixun glanced at Cai Yuanpei and said with a wicked smile.

"Don't let autonomy!?" Yu Qiaqing was stunned at the moment, when Fei Yugui presided over Shanghai, he built the city government building and expanded the 16 wharves. Although there is a lot of construction, these are not for the long-term development of Shanghai, but all of them are official corruption projects, after he came to power. There were a lot of places demolished over there in the sixteenth shop - at that time, Yang Rui still had a fruit company under his name, and when Fei Yugui planned the sixteenth shop, in order to please Yang Rui. The fruit wharf was built the largest, but in fact, the fruit industry contributed the least to Shanghai's trade. Then the wharf will be built to Wusongkou and Pudong, and the Huangpu River tunnel will also apply for the project. In this way, the scope of Dahu was truly established.

Yu Qiaqing will do this, entirely thanks to the autonomy of Shanghai after the fall of Fei Yugui, the earlier expansion of the Ministry of Industry Bureau to the entire Chinese District, because there are no peasants in the urban area, and the Huayang directors of the Ministry of Industry Bureau are rich people with real estate and factories, and they will not look after themselves and curry favor with the officials like Fei Yugui, who patted their butts and changed places in a few years, and these people are eager to build Shanghai into a city that will not fall for a thousand years and an Oriental New York Port. Yu Zixun said that if Shanghai is not allowed to be autonomous, wouldn't it be necessary to return to the era of Fei Yugui - on the surface, it is like a flower, but in fact it is just an official article, deceiving the superiors and the subordinates, and if Shanghai continues to do this, not to mention New York, I am afraid that even Yokohama, Wuhan, and Dalian will not be able to compare.

"There is really no development in Shanghai without autonomy." The people sitting here are all their own people, and Yu Qiaqing dares to tell the truth. "Those officials, the kind that run away when they are full, are not bad, and everyone understands that the so-called thousands of miles of officials are only for money; I'm afraid that I will meet the kind of person who wants to engage in political performance, exhaust the people's fat and people's ointment, and the bank will still owe a lot of debts that can't be paid off, and give you a big sixteen shop project, and countless silver will be thrown down, and the money will be posted backwards every year.

The place is bad to step on here, but his old man has curried favor with Shangguan, made official achievements, and stepped on the green clouds to rise, look at the former Hanyang Iron Works, millions of silver smashed into it, in the end it is still a loss-making project, how many years now, change and change, the cost of Hanyang iron production is still higher than that of Ma'anshan, even if the iron content of Daye iron ore is higher than that of Ma'anshan. How so? Bureaucracy too! When will these officials treat Shanghai as their home? When will Jang Zhidong take Hanyang Iron Works as his own business? Everything these people do, either for promotion or fame, is of no benefit to the local community. ”

"Yes......" Yu Zixun made a voice that didn't know whether to laugh or something else, he looked at Cai Yuanpei and said: "The people, I said it, under the bureaucratic system, it will only work the people and lose money, but if the bureaucratic system is not implemented, the country will fall apart, this is the root of the disease of Greater China." ”

"It is actually not going to agree to the autonomy of the states." Cai Yuanpei felt the discussion between the two, but thinking of Yang Rui's stubborn face, he shook his head unconsciously. On the way back to China, the two kept talking about the past and the present, and even when they talked about Chinese affairs, local autonomy was one of them. "If you don't say anything else, what will the peasant association do?"

Autonomy is the foundation of constitutionalism, and in order to stabilize the world within a few months, the Revival Society had to inherit the Manchu Congress, and also said that it would establish a constitution and open a Congress; However, in order to be able to control domestic politics, the peasant associations were introduced into the parliament, and the political chain of the parliament obeying the orders of the peasant associations and the peasant associations obeying the orders of the revival associations finally appeared. The real practice of local autonomy is equivalent to giving up the ruling foundation of the Renaissance Association, not to mention Yang Rui. Even other members of the Revival Society will not agree, and this is an act of splitting the party.

If the peasant association is just a local peasant association. Moreover, the peasants now have land, and local autonomy can still be achieved in a so-so way. However, the problem is that the local peasant associations do not only represent the local peasants, they obey the orders of the capital more than the local peasants, and from the internal reference information that Cai Yuanpei read before leaving the country, we know that many peasant associations have degenerated into a bureaucracy that suppresses and exploits the local peasant households in the name of imperial power and the imperial court.

The only fortunate thing is that the government is the government, and the Inspectorate is the Inspectorate. Dali Temple is even more self-contained; As long as there is evidence, the inspectorate under Xu Xilin will arrest whoever it wants, and it will never be soft; Although there is a lot of fraud in Dali Temple, when they do not recognize each other, they can still enforce the law impartially, and there are few indulgences, which can suppress the unhealthy trend of the peasant association a lot. However, Cai Yuanpei, who read the article, always thought, in addition to these peasant associations that were severely punished, how many peasants would be doing evil?

As soon as Cai Yuanpei said about the peasant association Yu Zixun just now, he kept silent. And Yu Qiaqing seems to be really worried that Shanghai will return to the era like Fei Yugui, and seems to be thinking hard to keep Shanghai's autonomous status. No one spoke. Instead, the families of the two were chattering on the deck of the ferry. By this time they had boarded the ferry, and as they crossed the river, the ferry whistle roared to warn the passing ships to avoid. Look around. I saw that the Huangpu River was rushing into the East China Sea, and the sailing boats that were common a few years ago on the river were almost gone. There are steamboats spitting black smoke to and fro. When the smoke on the river cleared with the wind, it was as lively as if it were noisy. The bustling metropolis is almost chaotic in front of everyone, this is Shanghai, Asia's largest port.

The car got off the ferry and went straight to Huifuli on Sima Road, where the former scientific instrument officer was located. Starting from Huangpu Beach, the not narrow road is full of cars parked on both sides, and many patrol police patrol and probe in it, Yu Qiaqing said in a deep voice: "There are more than 700 cars in Shanghai, and at least more than 900 are parked on this road, and the consuls of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Beijing, and foreigners have all arrived in ......."

"Did it happen?" Cai Yuanpei asked, when he was at the dock, Yu Qiaqing said that Yang Rui would also arrive today.

"I don't know." Yu Qiaqing shook her head and smiled, "A few days ago, it was rumored that the rebel party was preparing to make a move in Shanghai, and the prime minister's whereabouts were completely kept secret. Saying this, the car stopped at the entrance of Huifuli Lane, Yu Qiaqing took the two of them out of the car, and the family and children were sent to the Longmen Inn, which had been chartered by the city government.

"Heyu ......" As soon as Yu Qiaqing entered the alley, he saw Yu Huizu's eldest son Yu Heyu, and then he half-turned around and let go of Cai Yuanpei and Yu Zixun, these two Yu and Yu were recognized, and Yu and Yu hurriedly came over to perform the junior salute.

"How's your father?" Yu Zixun grabbed Yu Heyu's hand and asked.

Yu Heyu was caught by Yu Zixun, and when he heard him ask about his father's illness, he shook his head and said in a low voice: "It's not very good......

"That ......" Yu Zixun already knew about his condition, and looking at the people who arrived outside today, it is very likely that Hanzhang will not be able to delay for a few days. He grabbed Yu Heyu at the moment, and hurriedly walked into the courtyard behind the scientific instrument museum, but he didn't want to see Qiu Jin and Cheng Ying accompanying Yu Huizu's wife Sha Shi to fiddle with some edamame in the autumn, Yu Zixun stepped forward and saluted: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, Xuanqing ......"

"Zixun is back," Sha Shi looked at Yu Zixun and smiled, "Hanzhang is in the inner compartment, he was talking about you a few days ago, ......"

"Zixun go in, Jingcheng, Xianfang, Uncle Mei, ......, they are all inside." Qiu Jin said.

The ward was the training classroom on the second floor of the instrument hall before, and Zhang Taiyan and the others did not wait in the classroom next to them, but all stood in the corridor outside, and several people swallowed clouds and spitted fog, making Yu Zixun, who had just come up, cough.

"Zixun is here." Zhang Taiyan beckoned, "What about the people?" ”

"I'm here." Cai Yuanpei, who was one step ahead of himself, said that he was not used to the heavy smoke in the corridor, and waved his hand to disperse them.

"Where's the chapter?" Yu Zixun asked urgently, he really wanted to see Yu Huizu.

"Still unconscious." Xu Huafeng was also smoking, but his pipe was a pipe, "The German doctor and the medical officer of the Tai Hospital have seen it......" Speaking of this, Xu Huafeng shook his head gloomily, "It's just one or two days, it's not too late for you to arrive." ”

"How can it be?" After Cai Yuanpei listened to what Xu Huafeng said, he saw Zhong Guangguan and Wang Jitong, but he didn't see Yang Rui.

"Well, the people are back?" Yang Rui's voice came from Wang Jitong and Zhong Guangguan. Cai Yuanpei took a closer look, but saw that he was sitting on the ground, with his black gauze hat thrown aside, his back against the handrail of the stairs, and his face was indescribably tired.

"I'm back." Cai Yuanpei sneered. He and Yu Zixun are not politically disliked by Yang Rui, but the two do not plan to go abroad again. It's really hard to predict whether everyone will make trouble again in the future.

"I just arrived today. There are already a lot of things going on in the capital, and a few days ago a Russian delegation came...... "Zhong Guangguan returned to the capital from outside the Guan. Then he took an airship with Yang Rui to Shanghai in the morning, knowing that Yang Rui had been spinning for several days.

"Just arrived?" Yang Rui threw Cai Yuanpei a cigarette. I didn't want to see him put it away, so he smiled and said, "Don't say it's a quit?" ”

Cai Yuanpei did quit smoking in the United States, he was afraid that he would admit that Yang Rui would think about himself again, and when he was lighting a cigarette, the door of the ward suddenly opened, and a foreign doctor walked out with a nurse, he stepped forward and said a few words to Yang Rui in German, and then bowed and left.

"Let's go back." Yang Rui got up and said. Picked up the black gauze hat.

"Why did you go back?" Cai Yuanpei didn't know German, so he didn't know what Yang Rui meant when he went back.

"Dr. Merkel said that the patient was in pain, so he was sedated and was going to sleep immediately." Zhong Guang said.

"Let's go, let's go back to the inn first." Wang Jitong also said that he came to Shanghai earlier than others and knew more about Yu Huizu's condition.

"I want to meet Hanzhang," Yu said. "Just take a look."

"Then you can take a look." Zhong Guangguan replied that this scientific instrument officer was originally selected by the three of them. It's really embarrassing to think about the past and the present.

The steamer was completely different from the mainland, and Yu Zixun couldn't sleep at all this night. Walking to the balcony and seeing that the light next door was actually on, he couldn't help but knock lightly on the door, when he thought that Cai Yuanpei just forgot to turn off the light and wanted to go back. But the door was opened.

"You can't sleep either?" Cai Yuanpei opened the door and saw that it was Yu Zixun, and couldn't help laughing. "Come in. Zhongyu: They all slept. ”

The two of them walked into the living room, and the light on the other side of the bookcase was on. Cai Yuanpei saw Yu Zixun looking over there and said, "What Ade said today is quite enlightening, and I am summarizing one or two." ”

"Did Xiao Xu say anything today?" Yu Zixun asked, he went back to the inn after going to see Yu Huizu, and Cai Yuanpei was outside for a day, presumably with Wang Ji and the others.

"What else can Xiao Xu say, he is just a secretary of the Imperial Academy, a ministry under the Prime Minister's Office. As before, King Min would not agree to the throne, and now that the government has signed an alliance with Japan, this step by step is within the plan of the achievement, who can interfere? Cai Yuanpei said with a smile, he took off his glasses at this time, which made people very unaccustomed to it.

"Does Mr. Hua Feng know about his plan?" Yu Zixun asked again.

"Mr. Hua Feng was stunned by the big industrial plan, even if he knew, he would pretend not to know." Cai Yuanpei said, "Uncle Mei can win it over, he and Jingcheng are at odds, and the two had a quarrel before coming." ”

"Why?" Yu Zixun asked, "Isn't Uncle Mei always consistent with him?" ”

"You'd be wrong. What he wants is a Great Chinese Empire, and Uncle Mei has always been people-oriented. In fact, when he was in Hong Kong, Uncle Mei was reluctant to get any representative system, he thought that the representative system would eventually appear 'Emperor', and these people took this opportunity to embezzle and accept bribes, which was equivalent to setting up a group of legislators and magnates after the overthrow of the Manchu Dynasty. Cai Yuanpei said, "Before the Hong Kong meeting, you have been abroad, and you don't know much about domestic affairs. ”

"But why did Uncle Mei agree again?" Yu Zixun asked.

"Because at that time, Cheng persuaded him on the grounds that 'the war in the base area must not be fast, and the war of liberation must not be slow'." After speaking, Cai Yuanpei explained: "'The war in the base area must not be fast', that is, before the power to expel the Manchus, what the Revival Society really has to do is to accumulate strength, and not to expose too much power to make the Manchus and foreigners vigilant, which can be described as a hidden dragon in the abyss; and 'the war of liberation must not be slow', that is, once a large-scale uprising is launched, it is necessary to take the whole country with lightning speed, otherwise, the great powers will inevitably interfere in ......"

"But I remember that he used to talk about a limited revolution, and the strategy was to occupy one place, build another place, and even negotiate peace with the Manchus, so that the encroachment of one province after another, and finally overthrow the Manchus." Yu Zixun thought about what happened in Tokyo back then, and recalled melancholy.

"That was before the Germans abandoned us and chose the Manchus." Cai Yuanpei said, "Cheng Cheng said, unless there is an alien star destroyer or a red police base - I don't know what this is, anyway, what he means is that farming and the like have no possibility of overthrowing the Manchu Qing Dynasty and unifying the whole of China within ten years, so it is called 'the Liberation War must not be slow'." ”

"Why? If the new government can guarantee the interests of the great powers, then the great powers may not agree, they care about the safety of their own nationals, and whether their vested interests are damaged, as long as they can ...... "Yu Zixun pinned his hopes on local autonomy at this time, but preferred to occupy one place at a time, and to press the Manchu Qing step by step.

"When Cheng answered me, he seemed to say: If you want to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty and unify China step by step, you can only make up nonsense by novelists, and there is absolutely no hope for farming, even if they sell their assholes to foreigners; And if you want to defeat the Manchu Qing with the support of foreigners, not to mention that the revolutionary army has no qualified officers, even weapons and ammunition can only use black powder rifles, and there is no financial resources, this kind of army is no different from the rogue gangsters, that is, it can be defeated, and the world is divided into four points. Cai Yuanpei said,

Later, at a meeting to talk about the international situation, he said: Since the passage of two naval bills in succession before and after the German Gengzi, Britain has been weaving a big net to encompass Germany, and the Anglo-Japanese alliance treaty seems to be against Russia, but in fact it is aimed at Germany, because once Russia expands in Asia, the pressure on the European side will inevitably be reduced. Imagine if Japan and Russia confront each other in Korea, how much energy will Russia have to suppress Germany in Europe? Only by beating Russia back will there be tremendous pressure on the north side of Germany.

The Anglo-French Treaty later blocked Germany's southern flank; The Anglo-Russian Treaty blocked the east; It doesn't matter where Italy is on that side, because the Mediterranean is blocked; Of course, at that time, the Ottoman was still vacillating and watching, but no one expected that after the start of the war, he would actually fall to Germany because of a battleship.

Since Britain had woven a net to blockade Germany since the beginning of the Gengzi year, Britain forbade anyone and any force to cause trouble in the Far East until the affairs of Europe were decided, that is, before Germany surrendered. No matter how much you promise and how good the conditions are, and the affairs of Europe are not resolved, Britain, which has no time to look eastward, is afraid that the turmoil will lead Russia to invade the east again, and that Japan and the United States will take the opportunity to seize the sphere of influence, and if the turmoil in the Far East causes a loophole in the encirclement network against Germany that he has painstakingly experienced, and the encirclement of Germany fails, no one can afford this responsibility, so any turmoil in the Far East is not tolerated by Britain.

The so-called occupation of one place and the construction of one land is just the delusion of the literati. How can the army fight without training? How can you fight a war without qualified officers? How can you fight without weapons and ammunition? Without military spending - even if it is confiscated like Yanzhou, it will not last long - how can there be a war? The foreigner will completely surround you, and at the same time he will continue to lend to the Manchu Qing, and if you don't fight at that time, it will be surrounded, and you will not be able to last a few years.

Therefore, if we do not stabilize the whole country in three months, we will not be qualified to bargain with Britain; if we do not stabilize the whole country within six months, we can only be at the mercy of Britain; if we do not stabilize the whole country within one year, then we will ......, and we will be defeated by Britain before we come to power, so we must implement a representative system at that time and win the support of the constitutionalists in the provinces in order to stabilize the country within three months. (To be continued......)