The theme of the second issue of Rundongge's Xiangjiang Miscellaneous Talk is "On the Freedom of the People".

It seems that Rundongge still attaches great importance to freedom, and in his second article he wrote about freedom.

Of course, in Rundongge's article, he saw many shortcomings of the current society from his point of view, and wrote about the lack of freedom of speech, freedom of study, and freedom of marriage in today's society, but when he wrote about the freedom of marriage, he wrote about it, although he did not say in depth on this issue, but he listed this issue as one of the extremely stubborn diseases that restrict people's freedom, and the focus is on freedom of study and freedom of speech.

At this moment, I felt that he should feel that he had been restrained and suppressed for too long.

At this moment, he wants to fight for all the shackles, he wants a free world, although he still says it from the perspective of a nerd, what he wants is mainly the freedom of speech and learning that he thinks are more noble, but this can still be seen that what Rundong needs to express now is that he needs a greater space for freedom.

This should be a portrayal of his heart, and this should be the desire and expectation of his heart.

However, after reading this article, the image that appeared in my mind was not the passionate scene of him leading the students to demonstrate and express his opinions, but the image of Rundong when he walked out of our village when he was 16 years old.

At that time, with full hope and good expectations, he walked out of the rural environment, which he thought was backward, poor and conservative, and entered the city and society.

At that moment, he felt really free, he fought for the shackles of his family, he fought for the shackles of marriage, he thought that he could find his own free world, at that time he thought that the outside was the free world he wanted.

But what's next?

Everything in the city does not look as beautiful as it is written in books, and it is not as magical as others say about it, and the cruel reality almost shatters all his dreams.

The ruthlessness of the outside world, the ridicule of outsiders trampled on his dignity and ravaged his heart from time to time, it can be said that from the day he walked out of the village, he was suppressed everywhere, always restrained, some good, some bad, but in short, everything was once haunting him and pestering him.

The previous Shenghua Empire, which has been inherited for 20,000 years, can be said to have formed countless undercurrents of rules and regulations that bind people, and even pulled Brother Rundong, who had just come out of the mountain village and didn't know anything, into a low point in his life several times.

Those restraints, Brother Rundong not only has a deep understanding of this, but he has also struggled, thought, escaped, reconciled, tempted, and resisted, but to this day, those things still make him feel powerless from time to time, and countless times have knocked him back, but he has never given up, never admitted defeat, and is still trying to fight back.

And today's Brother Rundong, when he has a world to talk about, now he has to declare war on those restraints.

But the difference this time is that he has decided not to fight alone, he knows that one person's power is limited, some things are bound to the whole society, and some things cannot be fought for by him alone, so now he wants to use the newspaper to call on everyone to break free and resist those bondage forces together, so he wants to be free.

At this moment, I really found out that Brother Rundong had really changed.

The moment he came out of the mountain village, it can be said that Brother Rundong was running away and looking for it!

At that time, he was like an ordinary student, wanting to escape from the shackles of his family and find a free Pure Land, and at that time, he obviously thought that as long as he searched, he would definitely find the free Pure Land he wanted.

But when he arrived in Xiangtan County, to Changshengsha, to Beishengjing, and even he wanted to go abroad, but he had already found that he couldn't find it at all, and there was no so-called free pure land.

There are actually more constraints outside, which makes it even more difficult for him to walk!

He can't find it, and he can't escape, what should he do? Stubborn, he doesn't want to give in, he wants to resist, he wants to change.

Yes, it's change, since the world is not what he wants, he wants to change the world to the way he wants!

It's just that change requires greater capabilities, and change requires a deeper understanding of society. Although after a few years out of the village, he has gained some deep understanding of society, and some of the books he has read have gained some understanding of society, what he is sketching now can only be said to be a draft blueprint for his free world.

But it's still scary!

"It turns out that he didn't just run a newspaper to make a living and make money! He just wanted to raise his arms, he wanted to challenge, he wanted to challenge this society, he wanted to transform this society!"

At this moment, I suddenly remembered what Brother Rundong said before opening the newspaper, that he wanted to use the newspaper as a battlefield to advocate resistance to the goods of the Dalang Empire, but now his battlefield has expanded more and more, he not only declares war on the Dalang Empire, but also declares war on the old forces that shroud the heads of the people of Shenghua.

It can be seen from this point that this is the real voice that flows naturally from the bottom of Brother Rundong's heart.

But it's dangerous!

The old representative force here in Xiangnan Province is Zhang Jinghuan, and he has the most places to restrain the people, and Brother Rundong is also pointing at Zhang Jinghuan's forces in the article to restrain people's freedom.

"Brother Rundong, although you are very happy to scold Zhang Jing for going around me, but if you post it in the newspaper and scold, will it be ......?"

I didn't say any more, but when I think about it, I know that it is very dangerous for Brother Rundong to do this, not only for his newspaper, but also for his people.

"The purpose of my newspaper is to say what is in people's hearts, and I will not pander to or reverse black and white because I am afraid of certain people, I just want to tell the truth! I want the people to see the newspaper that tells the truth!"

Brother Rundong obviously knew what he had written, and he should have thought about the dangers, but his temper has always been the right one, and he will never compromise, and now his temper has not changed.

Seeing this, I am very anxious and speechless, if I talk to Brother Rundong about the operation of the newspaper and about making money, it will be all nonsense! If Brother Rundong will change his mind for these things, he will not be Brother Rundong, thinking of this, I faintly feel that Brother Rundong's newspaper is hiding huge risks.

I also have investment risks.

"No, you can't mention Zhang Jinghuan's name at least until you pay off my 20 gold coins. ”

I used a killer idea, and in the end, I persuaded Brother Rundong to change a few very sensitive words, so I was relieved, but I can't put Brother Rundong's life in danger because of a newspaper, Zhang Jinghuan is not a good person.

In fact, I think Brother Rundong's article is still very well written, and I believe that this is by no means the voice of Brother Rundong alone.

In this country, which was ruled by the Shenghua Empire for 20,000 years, stereotypes abound, who doesn't want to be free? Who is not tired of being bound? Brother Rundong's article can be said to represent the voice of the vast majority of people in society, but some people are tired of struggling, tired, or have forgotten, and it is these people that Brother Rundong wants to wake up.

Brother Rundong is treating others with himself, using his truest voice to awaken those who have the same thoughts as him.

Two days later, the second issue of Rundongge's "Xiangjiang Review" was also published.

Sales were still very good, selling more than 2,000 copies on the first day, more than 600 copies on the second day, and then a few more in the week, bringing up a total of nearly 4,000 copies.

Although it did not reach the sales volume of 5,000 copies he originally expected, the sales of these 4,000 copies are already surprisingly good results in the current newspaper industry, and Brother Rundong should be proud of this, so he decided to print 5,000 copies of each issue in the future.

This seems to have become a big newspaper, the two largest local newspapers only sell about 10,000 copies a day, it is conceivable that the influence of Rundongge's newspaper, although he is only running alone, but in the local newspaper sales will definitely rank in the top few ranks, as a new newspaper, there is such a result at the beginning, it can be said to be a miracle.

A miracle created by one person and several classmates together!

Later, Rundongge's "Xiangjiang Review" published the third and fourth issues, and the sales were still gratifying.

I am also happy for Brother Rundong because he has paid off my debts and made a lot of money.

Now Brother Rundong is already a well-known person in Changshengsha City, and the scenery is infinite.

However, Brother Rundong is rushing to the manuscript of his weekly magazine every day with his foot on the back of his head, more than a dozen articles a week, and he has no time to enjoy the amazement of others!

On this day, I came to Rundongge's newspaper office again.

Now there are seven or eight classmates in the newspaper who are helping Brother Rundong to do some daily affairs, and during this time, Brother Rundong is already very busy, in addition to writing manuscripts, sometimes he has to print newspapers, and even go to the street to sell newspapers himself, and he is sometimes busy writing manuscripts until the second half of the night.

When I came in, I saw that Brother Rundong was thinner than usual, with dark bags around his eyes and sunken eye sockets, but his expression still looked bright.

"Ling Feng is here!"

When Brother Rundong saw me coming, his face showed excitement again, and then he resolutely turned around and quickly picked up a few newspapers from the table, almost forced them into my hand, and said, "Show you this." ”

Seeing his straightforward face, I also guessed some eyebrows, it must be something happy that made him so emotional.

It's just that I'm a little strange that now that the newspaper sales are so good, what else can make Brother Rundong happy like this? Seeing him like that is happier than marrying a daughter-in-law, I picked up the newspaper he stuffed into me and looked at it, it was not "Xiangjiang Review", several of them were all foreign newspapers, and I was at a loss:

"What do you mean I want to read these foreign newspapers?"

Smiling, Brother Rundong came over proudly, opened the newspaper, pointed it to me and said:

"This "Shenghua Youth" is the newspaper with the largest circulation in Shangshenghai, the editor-in-chief of this newspaper commented on Professor Chen Guxiu and the Great Magician, and this "Kyoto Evening Journal" is a very famous newspaper in Beishengjing, and the commentator of this newspaper is Professor Li Dazhao and the Great Magician, and both newspapers have reprinted the articles of our "Xiangjiang Review", here, you see!"

After saying that, Rundong flipped through the two newspapers to the place where his article was reprinted.

I was stunned! Beishengjing and Shangshenghai are now the two largest and most important cities in Shenghua, and the major newspapers in these two cities actually reprinted the article written by Brother Rundong.

My hairs stood on end, and I was shocked!

I was busy reading the two reports, and sure enough, the two newspapers reprinted Brother Rundong's previous manuscripts word for word, and the signatures on the newspapers were, Rundong!

Moreover, Chen Guxiu and Li Dazhao both commented on Brother Rundong's article, Chen Guxiu estimated that he was not very familiar with Brother Rundong, and his comments were relatively modest, but their willingness to reprint Brother Rundong's article already explained everything, if they did not agree with his article, could they reprint it? As for Professor Li Dazhao's comments, they were well praised, and he said directly in his comments:

"In the prosperous environment controlled by the warlords, under the rule of the warriors, there is such a brother who is outspoken and we welcome and are willing to see, this is our hope. ”

'Nan Chen and Bei Li' actually expressed their affirmation and support for Brother Rundong, what an honor, what a glory! No wonder Brother Rundong is so happy.

"Did they reprint your newspaper and give you a fee?" I asked busily