Volume D, Chapter 43, The Wedding Banquet
Although Yang Rui did not say anything to the former Ming royal family, he seemed to have left a living deduction and could be corrected again by the Xinhai period, but Yu Zixun knew that the former Ming royal family's plan was in an orderly manner, and the King of Min in the previous dynasty would one day be revealed. The Revival Society is now fully promoting nationalism and nationalism. I really don't understand what effect will be in the end if this factor is added.
Yu Zixun thought while drinking tea, and then said, "Brother Jingcheng, I thought we were going to promote the things we had in the past to rebel before the event, but now it seems that the arrangement is not the case. If so, is this necessary for this person to be introduced?"
"Now we have the power to launch our righteousness, so we can succeed without the factors of the former Ming royal family. However, even if we are not strong enough, we cannot abuse the call to revive the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, the teams we will be recruited at that time will be the royal army and are not under our control, which is equivalent to being in chaos. Now we want to give the impression of the whole Chinese that we have won the world, but in the end, we will not make any contributions and invite the former Ming royal family back." Seeing that he still has questions, Yang Rui could only explain in detail. After all, many words are difficult to explain in the official documents.
"But why do you have to do this? Without him, when constitutionalization is mentioned, you will make no contributions. Just like Washington in the United States, it will be a good story to retire after two presidents." Yu Zixun said.
"That's the United States, there was no emperor." Yang Rui looked at him and smiled, thinking that he was stupid about learning what law he learned. "The operating mechanism of the US government, including those in Europe, is different from that of the East Asian countries. After all, their countries are still contractual systems. For example, the Constitution, Congress, isn't it just that everyone elects representatives and then sits together to discuss a charter. In the future, everyone will govern the country according to this charter. Although there are laws, they rely more on everyone to abide by the contract. And the logic of the operation of the East Asian countries, the logic of the state, says
After all, it is the ethical system, the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues, to put it more vulgarly. It is the rule, which is the criterion for governing the world, and the emperor must not violate it. A group of people who are accustomed to the rules and suddenly follow their rules, and the result will be a great chaos in the world. Therefore, after the founding of the country, the rules cannot be chaotic. We have made contributions and invite the former Ming royal family out, which means using the old rules before to stabilize the country. After stabilizing it, we will replace the pillars. It takes decades and hundreds of years to replace the rules with the contract. At this point, we will do what we should do."
"But contracts are the law, and the law is still the system after all. I remember you wrote an example of a separate meal before, which is to ensure that the person who separates the meals is fair, and the person who presides over the separate meals should be the last one, so that the portion he distributes to everyone will not be small. If such a system can be formulated, then whether it is abide by ethics or anything else, it can ensure the fairness of everyone." Yu Zixun had a little taste of attacking the shield of the son with a spear, and only said Yang Rui was stunned.
"Where did you see it?" Yang Rui asked strangely. He remembered that he did not promote this brain-dead theory in the Revival Society.
"What you saw in the management lecture notes was written by you." Yu Zixun reminded.
"Haha, that's a management lecture notes, or to be precise, a corporate management lecture notes." Yang Rui corrected: "It's not appropriate to take that example now. First, everyone in the enterprise can be recruited by the manager before they can be recruited, and they can also be dismissed at any time. People from a country are born as members of this country, and only if they die or immigrate is considered dismissal. Therefore, the people in the enterprise are completely different from those in the country and cannot be compared;
Second, according to your method, it looks beautiful, but in fact, it is an example of separate meals. I, you, Cixi, Yuan Shikai, Sun Wen, Liang Qichao, these six people will have a separate meal. There is only one principle, that is, the person responsible for the separate meals will last. If I come to share the meals, you will be the first to receive them, and I will share all the meals to you. The others are starving and starving to death. As for me, we are all from the Revival Club. Wouldn't you leave half for me? Change it, you, Cixi, Ronglu, Sun Wen, Liang Qichao, and Roosevelt, are also six people. If Ronglu shares the meals, don't give all the meals to Cixi? Even if Ronglu starves to death or is beaten to death by Sun Wen and others, he will have no complaints. The premise of abiding by the contract is that everyone is independent and without this premise, no matter how good the system is taken, it will be zero."
Yang Rui's example only brought Yu Zixun back from the classroom at the School of Law at the City University of New York. After thinking hard, he said: "That is, it is not necessarily useful to implement the rule of law in China?"
"Civil law is not as good as the king's law, and king's law is not as good as the rules. This is the reality of China." Yang Rui said, "The law was no different from the criminal law at the beginning, but later everyone has money and starts to become bad and unruly, and the law will be useful."
After linking up everything Yang Rui said, Yu Zixun thought about it for a while and finally said, "In other words, the former Ming royal family was not used for revolution, but for governing the country?"
"You can say that. The people don't understand what the government is. They only know the court, so you can't explain it clearly to them. But if you talk to them about the emperor, imperial edict, royal law, family raid, and nine clans, then they will understand. This is the situation in South Africa. Xie Zhangye talked to the miners about the revolution, democratic republic for several months, and no one paid attention to it. Bo Cong only said that he would rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and defeat the Tartars to seize the world. Everyone understood it." Yang Rui smiled, unable to tell whether it was helpless or ridiculed.
"But what should we do after that army comes down like this?" Yu Zixun knew about South Africa, but he could not have imagined that there was such a hidden story.
"What else can I do? How can those miners calm down if I don't show off the former Ming Dynasty royal family? This is what I mean by letting Zhu Kuanxi go to South Africa to make a move. But in the future, there will only be such an imperial army, and the others will be revolutionary army. Moreover, all the central officers of this imperial army are our people, and the political commissar has also been sent to the grassroots company. We can absolutely control it." Yang Rui said, "In the future, the revolution will be successful. Even if this army maintains its system, it must obey our orders."
"Imperial Army?" Yu Zixun asked.
"Well, the Imperial Army. Royal Guard." Yang Rui smiled. The Royal Guard's name is still very attractive. Not only those miners, but also those who were transferred to the Imperial Army, who were the backbone of the Revival Society who did not know whether the Imperial Army was true or false. He also took great care of this name and trained soldiers with great care. Yang Rui had no choice but to do anything about it.
It seems that all Yu Zixun’s questions were explained by Yang Rui. 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 did not think about it after reading the letter, because the revolution is not short of money for the time being.
"Yes. When I came, he repeatedly told me that this was a big deal and asked us to think about it carefully." Yu Zixun said.
"How much money can they pay?" Yang Rui asked. "Isn't the United States very recession now?"
"There are ten million US dollars, if not enough, it can be more. The loan term is initially set at six months, with a 10% discount of 10% and 60% off." These specific details are difficult to write in the letter. You have to tell me verbally.
"That's all? There are no other conditions?" Yang Rui asked, only he felt that the conditions were too generous.
"There is also some concessions, spruce pulp, oil, telegraphs, railways and minerals, all of which require fifteen years of concessions." Yu Zixun finished speaking and expressed his meaning: "I think it's good to exclude railways and minerals."
"I just think the money is too little." Yang Rui said, "Americans are too stingy. If they can borrow 100 million, who is the final boss of this matter and where does the money come from?"
Seeing Yang Rui complaining that the money was low, Yu Zixun laughed, "I've roughly investigated. The boss who paid the money was Morgan. He cooperated with Homer Lee and Homer Lee's partner Booth. According to speculation, the relationship between these three should be Alan Booth's classmate, and Booth is Homer Lee's neighbor. Booth was once a stock broker, and Homer Lee was keen on the Chinese revolution and helped Kang Youwei run the Royal Army."
"Why is he so passionate about the Chinese revolution? I mean Homer Lee." Yang Rui said that as long as Morgan can make money, he will put 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 Yung Wing introduced this person. Because of the delay in the matter, he did not find this person. Unexpectedly, he emerged again.
"I don't know. The Royalist Army has been disbanded now, but it is said that Homer and Lee are extremely fond of military affairs. Although he has serious disabilities, he is determined to enter the military academy. Maybe the United States cannot realize his ideal." Yu Zixun couldn't handle why this American wanted to get involved in the revolution of other countries so much.
"They don't know your relationship with the Fuxing Society, right?" Yang Rui asked again.
"I don't know. Besides, American companies are doing legal business, what's wrong?" Yu Zixun said.
"I just asked. Maybe I should meet them alone and tell them that the money is too little and the conditions are too harsh. We need long-term, large loans." Yang Rui said.
"Are you talking about the founding of the country?" Yu Zixun also knew that once the revolution was successful, a large-scale construction plan was followed.
"It may not be that after the founding of the country, even the revolution itself needs to be prepared carefully, and we should not be careless. If Japan and Russia ask them not to cause trouble, they must pay some price. It is okay for Russia. We can take our belongings in the future, and it will be difficult for Japan. Maybe they will also lied that they were invited by the Qing Dynasty and sent troops to China to support the war. The war requires money. It is best for us to have a huge sum of money at that time. If we start a war with them, it is the military spending of the war. If it is successfully resolved, it can be used as construction funds." Yang Rui was unable to determine what would happen in the future, and he only thought that the more confident it would be, the better.
"How much does it cost? Are we not enough money?" Yu Zixun asked.
"How much money can we draw? That batch of gold cannot be moved. The British are pursuing this matter. Even if it is used, it is not enough. Now I don't know how much it costs. The specific number depends on the calculation results of the staff." Yang Rui shook his head, feeling that the great powers were on the side, and he was absolutely sure of anything. "I will go to the United States with you after the wedding to meet Homer Lee or Booth."
Yang Rui was talking about Homer Lee. On the cruise ship to Honolulu, Sun Wen was also talking about Homer Lee's name. If China wants to succeed in the revolution, it will inevitably gain the support of the great powers. This is the most basic principle of the revolution that he had known for a long time. However, it is not wishful thinking to obtain the support of the great powers. From the year of the Gengzi to now, Sun Wen has realized one truth, that is, the great powers have no idea of supporting China's complete revolution. They can only support the puppet government that is more treasonable than the Qing Dynasty in their own sphere of influence. This is how Japan is.
The same is true in France. Sun Wen has nothing to say about these two families to this day. He doesn't know whether this is bad luck or his subordinates are not good. Such good conditions have failed in the end. Now both French and Japanese are extremely disappointed with him. Then only the United States Homer and Lee still have a glimmer of hope. If they can get that loan, then the revolution can still be resurrected. If not, then even if this wave of revolution has passed like this, if you want to launch another uprising, you can only wait for the revolutionary craze to resurrect in the next period of time.
Sun Wen was walking back and forth in the cabin, thinking about this trip to the United States. Because all the money around him would be given to Hu Hanmin. Hu Hanmin Huang Xing took this money to Chaozhou. He rushed to escape during the Qing Dynasty and threw the silver dollars. Now he could only live in a third-class cabin, namely, the Datongpu. Apart from simple meals, there was only one open space. This was not rare for him. He had lived in such third-class cabins in the past. Now he was not enough money, so he was planning to raise a small amount of money in Honolulu and then go to the United States to lobby Homer Lee and Booth. Now he doesn't dare to imagine that there are ten million dollars, only one million dollars, or less, and one hundred thousand dollars is fine.
Sun Wen walked in the cabin for a long time, waiting for the snoring in the cabin late at night, then returned to his bed to sleep. The quilt he used was found for him by Miyazaki Inzo. Although it was old, it was very thick. He carefully took off his suit shirt, folded it, and then put it in a clip, pressed it under the pillow, and then put it on the bed and quilt to sleep.
Sun Wen was woken up by the shouts of the crowd the next day. When he woke up, he heard everyone's concerns. The boat arrived in Honolulu early. However, when he entered the port for routine quarantine, he found patients on the ship, which made everyone on the ship very worried. Some people were worried that there were infectious patients on the ship, while others were worried that they could not get off the ship, because the ship came from Yokohama, and a group of Japanese were chattering wherever they were chattering, which made the entire cabin very hot.
The situation was not as bad as imagined. When Sun Wen put on his clothes and packed everything, the cruise ship was allowed to enter the port. Lu Xin, who was waiting for him at the dock, had already been eager to see him.
"Mr. Zhongshan!" Lu Xin saw Sun Wen in a white suit on the dock waving and shouting. He is from Shunde, Guangdong and a member of Xingzhong. He was a reporter at the Hong Kong China Daily. After the Honolulu newspaper in Honolulu was bought by the Restoration Association, Tongmenghui, who lost his public opinion position, sent him to run the Liberty New News in order to continue to gain a foothold in Honolulu. However, the headquarters did not support it. Although the Liberty New Paper was completed, its sales were extremely limited.
"Xin Gong." Among the bustling crowd, Sun Wen was alone, carrying a box in one hand and a bedding in the other. He didn't look like a leader of the revolutionary party at all. He also saw Lu Xin, waiting to get off the boat and put down the bedding in the boat and waved to the boat.
Lu Xin and the newspaper staff who were with him also waved immediately. As soon as Sun Wen arrived at the dock, he immediately stepped forward to take the things from Sun Wen and took him into the rickshaw that had been hired in advance.
"Why is Honolulu so lively today?" As soon as the pier came out, it was downtown. Looking at the dense crowds on the street, Sun Wen was very different. He had been in Honolulu for several years and often passed by here when he went to the United States. He felt that there were too many people today.
"Cheng Weinan's daughter is out today. I heard that she would hold a water banquet and invite all the Chinese in Honolulu to have wedding banquets. He booked the theater on Hetili Street and the theater on Lilixia Street, and hundreds of tables were held. Today is the first day, and all the fellow villagers in Honolulu came." Lu Xin said.
"Cheng Weinan..." Sun Wen knew about this man, but after the Gengzi, he was no longer keen on the revolution. He shook his head and sighed: "The poor are not fed, while the rich are spending money on the world. These hundreds of banquets cost several thousand yuan."
"I'm afraid I want this. The chefs from all the restaurants in Honolulu gathered here. The wedding banquet was not worth eight yuan per table and five yuan per table. By the way, Mr. Zhongshan, I heard that Cheng Weinan had entered the Revival Club. After this wedding banquet, he would perform some revolutionary dramas. Fortunately, the overseas Chinese recruited members." Although Lu Xin was in Honolulu, he did not know much about Cheng Weinan's family affairs.
"Revolutionary drama?" There were too many people on the streets and were blocked so hard that the rickshaws were walking very slowly. Sun Wen couldn't help but feel upset when he heard Lu Xin say that Revival would act. "What are they going to act? Could it be the Hangzhou Uprising?"
"No, they said they wanted to play Yang Quyun." Lu Xin said. He was born in the year of Yiwei (1885). He joined China Daily five years ago and was not clear about the history of Fu Ren Wenshe and Xingzhonghui. He was ignorant of Yang Quyun, but when Sun Wen heard the name, he shook all over. He hurriedly asked, "Sir, aren't you uncomfortable?"
"No, I just caught a little cold on the boat." Sun Wen said with his head down, and then said, "When will this show start?"
"It's evening, the performance will start after the banquet ends." Lu Xin said.
"Then do you have an invitation to the banquet?" Sun Wen thought for a moment, thinking that he still wanted to go and have a look.
"Yes, there are invitations. Before the sir came, we discussed going to see what the Revival Society was going to do. Cheng Weinan said that there was no need to give gifts at the banquet, and we could just have a big meal." The Tongmenghui and Revival Society seemed to have become the kind of force of the royalists and the Xingzhonghui. Honolulu newspapers and Liberty News often debated, and Lu Xin was very happy that they could take advantage of their opponents.
"Okay, then I'll go and have a look together." Sun Wen smiled.
The propaganda of the Revival Society is very quiet in China, but it is very popular among overseas Chinese. For ordinary people in Europe and the United States, they not only do not object to this, but they like to watch these yellow-skinned monkeys learn civilization from themselves noisy. Revolution, revotion, this is completely the concept of Western civilization. The revolution in the decadent and backward China will be a glorious and just thing. In response to this situation, Yang Rui ordered Wang Xiaolin to plan and Huang Shizhong to implement it in detail, and only pulled up the overseas propaganda department. It is said to be the overseas propaganda department, but because most overseas Chinese are from Guangdong and Fujian, the overseas propaganda department is also from Guang, Fujian, Xinning and Xiangshan to recruit the most people.
Once people have people, the Erhu in Jiangsu and Zhejiang cannot be directly brought over. On the premise that the content is retained, it should be repackaged again. It is expressed in Cantonese opera, dragon boat song, wooden fish song, and Guangdong oath, and the words should be turned into vernacular. Even the characters in the story should be replaced by Guangdong, not all Zhejiang or Northeastern people. In addition to transplanting the long-standing plays, the Overseas Propaganda Department also arranged a big drama, which is Yang Quyun.
As for the known information in front of us, a history of modern Chinese revolution was not written by Sun Wen, but started with Yang Quyun. When Yang Quyun was already thinking about becoming president, Sun Wen was also thinking about establishing a Han emperor. According to Xie Zhangtai, the two had fought for this. For the true pioneer of China's revolution, the revival will be praised.
On the evening of that day, Sun Wen and his friends rushed to Lilixia Street Theater with the tide of people. This place was smaller than that of another Chinese theater. I chose this place to be less people, but I didn’t expect that there were so many people here. Although there were many people, the organizers’ arrangements were extremely organized. Sun Wen was not only surprised by the organizational strength of the Fuxing Society, but also amazed at the extremely huge Fuxing Society flag hanging outside and inside the theater, especially the one in the theater, which was seven or eight meters long and two or three meters wide, and the dark red flag was made of heavy. The black bird logo on it seemed to be embroidered, which looked simple and solemn but lifelike. It was impossible to tell that it was a swallow, but like a phoenix. Under the black bird, there were two large characters with great ancient charm: Fuxing.
The Revival Society really carried forward the national treasure to the extreme, Sun Wen exclaimed in his heart. Even he, a "Western Europeanism" who thought that everything in the West was better than China, was also infected by the atmosphere they worked hard to create. He was like this, and so were others. The crowd was still a little scattered and frolicked outside, but after entering the theater, he suddenly became quiet when he saw the solemn arrangement inside.
After admiring in his heart, Sun Wen said to Lu Xin: "It's a pity that we can't take pictures of these things. Some things that can be found in the Revival will be worthy of our learning."
Since entering the theater, Lu Xin has been looking around. Not only did he look at the extremely huge flag of the Revival Society, but also the flags hanging on the walls on both sides. When he heard that Sun Wen was going to take pictures of these things, he said, "I heard that the banquet will be held for three days. We can bring our cameras to take pictures tomorrow."
Chapter completed!