"Yang, did you mean that the war will continue?" Mo Lixun thought about it and skipped the peace talks...

"Of course it will continue, and the war will be until the rule of Manchus is completely overthrown." Yang Rui said, speaking extremely firmly.

"But Congress has been held, and now everyone is thinking about changing the face of the country. Many people are worried that the revolution will interrupt the process and make the country split. Yang, is it more important in your concept that who will rule this issue is more important than the development of the entire country and the happiness of the people?" Mo Lixun asked the question entirely from the perspective of the reformists. I don't know if it is because of the view of supporting gradual improvement, or whether he wants to use this to put pressure on Yang Rui to gain something.

"Who will rule and the development of the country is not inconsistent with the happiness of the people." Yang Rui directly hit his assumption, "Even if the problem of who will rule is solved, the country will develop and improve the happiness of the people will be accelerated. The Qing government was a top government. It collected 200 million taels of silver every year, but due to internal corruption, the tax paid by the people is several times that of this number. After these taxes were collected, more than half of the taxes were wasted and embezzled by the completely corrupt bureaucratic system. The current Congress simply allowed those members of the parliament to join the ranks of the stolen shares through elections.

There is no way for improvement to give a decayed bureaucracy to rebirth. A non-rebirth bureaucracy can never bring any development to China. It will only drain the blood and sweat of the people, and then make those people, I mean those people, government officials, and members of the Congress and the Provincial Assembly. They will make them live a life of superior people, and most shamelessly, when they give the leftovers of their plates and the change in their pockets to those who cannot eat because of their squeeze, they will also gain a reputation for kindness.

This is a completely corrupt bureaucratic system, a completely unparalleled society. On one hand, it is an old scholar who is still adhering to the Three Bonds and Five Constant Constitutions. These people are called the White Pill Party in the Congress; on the other hand, they are new gentlemen who accept Western utilitarian thoughts. These people are called the Blue Pill Party in the Congress. The former is extremely stubborn and they do not want any substantial changes in China. The happiness of the people is never as important as ethical to them; while the latter is extremely utilitarian. The development of the country and the happiness of the people are always just bargaining chips or slogans in their pockets. Through these things, they want to gain a greater reputation and a higher official position.

The revolution of the Revival Society is not only to overthrow the Qing Dynasty's rule and establish an efficient and honest bureaucratic system, but also to innovate two cultures. One is the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues of Confucianism, and the other is the utilitarianism originated from the West. Only by mobilizing all the people, not being bound or seeking utilitarianism, can the entire country truly develop and the people be truly happy."

Yang Rui spoke very quickly, and the same passage is always shorter in Chinese than in English, so when he finished speaking, Mo Lixun could not see the expression. He was just burying his head and remembering it hard. He only waited for Yang Rui to drink a few sips of tea before he stopped writing. Looking at Yang Rui, "Dear Yang, you almost convinced me. But I still can't imagine what kind of country will be established according to the tradition of China, that is, the nationalism you promote? Perhaps the history of China is very limited, but in the knowledge I know, China does not have a tradition of democracy, nor the tradition of holding parliament. Yang, is China still a country after the revolution?"

Mo Lixun finally asked the question Yang Rui had guessed before, which was also the question that Tongmenghui, Liang Qichao and others are now attacking the Revival Society overwhelmingly. The former attacked the Revival Society's **ism, while the latter attacked the Revival Society's disobedience to obey ethics and claimed to be the national treasure. However, since Mo Lixun would interview, Yang Rui was not worried about this issue.

"Mr. Morrixun, if I told you that before three thousand, China had a tradition of democracy and had a similar state of parliament, do you think I was lying?" Yang Rui asked with a smile, confident.

"This is impossible!" Mo Lixun also laughed. He only thought that there was something wrong with the extreme nationalists in front of him. Three thousand years ago, Europe was still a wasteland at that time.

Taking a book in Chen Guangshou, Yang Rui smiled and said, "This is a Shangshu, a historical book written by China for more than two thousand years. It records the history of the three earliest dynasties of Xia, Shang and Zhou. In the 11th century BC, King Wu of Zhou, the founder of the Zhou Dynasty, defeated the army of the Shang Dynasty and occupied the capital of Chaoge. Zhou was just a Xixi tribe. He took advantage of the army of the Shang Dynasty to fight outside and attacked Chaoge successfully. In order to rule this extremely huge country, King Wu of Zhou asked Jizi, the minister of the Shang Dynasty, for advice on the way to govern the country. Jizi looked at King Wu of Zhou, who was the destruction of the dynasty, advised him nine outlines of governance and left. The nine outlines he mentioned were called Hong Fan Jiuchou in history books, and China's earliest democracy and parliamentary system were included."

Xie Zhangtai's translation did not include "long-long-age", but Morixun still looked at Yang Rui and stared at him. He believed that this was a legend rather than history. "Yang, is this true?" he asked.

"Yes. This is a classic that has been passed down for more than two thousand years in China. Its legitimacy is recognized by everyone." Yang Rui handed over the Secretariat to him and said, "The above said that if a monarch has a major matter to make decisions, in addition to divination, he must also discuss with the ministers and the common people. The monarch agrees, and the monarch agrees, and the monarch agrees, and the monarch agrees, and the common people agrees, and it is called Datong; the monarch agrees, and the monarch agrees, and the monarch opposes, and the common people agrees, and it is called auspicious; the monarch agrees, and the monarch agrees, and the monarch agrees, and the monarch agrees, and the monarch opposes, and the monarch opposes, and the monarch opposes, and the monarch opposes, and the monarch opposes, and the monarch opposes, then it is auspicious to act in the country, and it is not auspicious to act abroad.

Mr. Mo Lixun, excluding divination, monarchs, ministers, and common people, and monarchs did not have much privileges among the three. Even if he opposed it, the result of the negotiation was auspicious. This is China's earliest democratic system. It does not just collect opinions from ministers and common people, but allows them to participate in decision-making and ultimately decide the country's internal and external policies. This is no different from the parliament. Although we do not know whether the ministers and common people who participated in decision-making were elected or appointed, at least they are the identities of ministers and common people.

Jizi left after admonishing King Wu of Zhou, and finally went to Korea. He is now regarded as his ancestor by the Koreans. King Wu of Zhou died a few years after accepting these nine outlines. After his younger brother King Wen of Zhou took power, he abandoned these nine outlines and established a system of ethics that has been passed down to this day. China's supremacy lies in the supremacy of ethics. Before the implementation of ethics, he was not completely supremacy. At least the opposition and approval of the common people could affect the policies of the entire country, but after King Wen of Zhou, the common people had no political power. They were just cattle and horses.

Mr. Mo Lixun, the national sectism advocated by the Revival Club does not include Confucian ethics, but ethics is the most powerful. We only want to establish a national system in which the ministers and common people can jointly decide national affairs. Perhaps philosophy is the same, and the history of the East and the West is even more surprisingly similar. This model in which everyone participates in determining national affairs. In the West, it is called republic, but in the history of China, it is called Datong..."

The system three thousand years ago?! Mo Lixun only felt a little dizzy, but the question afterwards was not sharp, and the two sides had a very pleasant conversation. But at the end, he couldn't help asking a question: "Dear Yang, I heard that such a rumor is your wife Cheng. She sniped the Empress Dowager Cixi. Now the Qing government is preparing to want her. I want to know what you think about this?"

"Cixi should be executed!" Yang Rui had just learned about this, but he didn't know whether it was leaked by the people of the Tongmenghui or the people on his own. "As the culprit of the Boxer Incident, he declared war on various countries without authorization, but was not punished afterwards. He was still rich and wealthy, and was frugal. Instead, he asked the people to compensate each country for her mistakes for her. Such a person deserved to be sniped."

"So, the Revival Society also supports assassination?" Morrixun asked. In his concept, the Revival Society never carried out assassination. Instead, another revolutionary organization, Tongmenghui, often carried out assassination. The bombings in Qianmen, Tianjin, and the famous assassination of Empress Dowager Cixi. As a gentleman in a civilized world, he may agree with the Revolution, but he has always opposed assassination, especially those that hurt innocent people.

"Will the Revival will not support assassination, nor have you ever issued an order to assassinate Cixi. If the revolution is successful, then we will use trial rather than assassination to execute the guilty Qing powers. For example, the leader of the Gengzi Reformation of Aisin Gioro Zaiyi." When Yang Rui said this, he sighed very much, "Mr. Morixun, no matter how you look at it, you will find that the Qing government is an extremely powerful government. It just forges letters to make the country blindly declare war on the outside world. Such a government is completely unnecessary to exist. If Western governments are really as civilized as they claim, they should support the Revival to overthrow such a powerful government and establish a civilized China."

Mo Lixun's exclusive interview with Yang Rui lasted for several hours. During these hours, Yang Rui gave serious answers to his questions, and his book seemed to be unable to remember. Excluding gaining power through the revolution, Mo Lixun believes that Yang Rui did see the disease of the entire empire, that is, the traditional Confucian civilization is disintegrating, but the new and self-sufficient small peasant economy is disintegrating, but the new economic system that can be well integrated into the world economy has not been established.

These require a strong government, an honest and efficient government, but the current Qing government is obviously not. They are still walking their birds in the glory brought by their ancestors and doing nothing. Even though they have held a parliament now, because members of Congress are not universal, they represent only the interests of gentry everywhere, and the interests of the people are ignored. Now the chaos in the people is getting worse and worse, guns and rice are being destroyed, new schools are destroyed, anti-nail door signs, etc. These things happen several times every day. Obviously, Congress will only make things worse and worse.

When he returned to his residence in Beijing, Mo Lixun didn't go anywhere. He just took time to sort out this unforgettable interview. It took him a week to mail the article he wrote and the full body photos given by Yang Rui to the British Times. He also wrote another report to the Beijing-Tianjin Times in China and slightly modified the wording of some sentences to make his position look more neutral. He also attached the photos and sent them out.

Raymond, editor of the Beijing-Tianjin Times, was a little surprised when he received the letter from Mo Lixun. Especially the full-body photo of the revolutionary leader Yang Jingcheng was even more amazing. In the propaganda of the Qing Dynasty, the legendary revolutionary leader Yang Jingcheng was a murderer and a butcher, but from this photo, he looked gentle like a British gentleman. Raymond suppressed his inner excitement and opened Mo Lixun's article, and only saw the title: Ancient Republic.

The Beijing-Tianjin Times is a Bible for foreigners in Northern China, but the main theme of the newspaper has always been "input Western culture to inspire China's reforms". As for China's historical traditions, it is often the object of his strong criticism. Raymond frowned after first seeing the title, but after reading the entire article, he thought that this was just an interview rather than an editorial. In addition, this was completely exclusive and the clearest photo of Yang Jingcheng so far, so he still made the decision to publish the full text.

On April 25, the circulation of the Beijing-Tianjin Times created a miracle. Although 2,500 copies were printed, the newspapers were sold out before noon, and then 5,000 copies were continued to be printed, but it was still not enough. Until the Tianjin Patrol Bureau, which was slow to react, this could not be considered slow. After all, this was a newspaper from foreigners issued in the concession - and the Ministry of Industry and Technology was sent to the newspaper to stop printing, and the printing was stopped. But even so, the Beijing-Tianjin Times sold more than 10,000 copies that day. This must be a miracle for a newspaper run by a foreigner.

On the day of the sale, the Times mainly included officials and gentry and students from Beijing and Tianjin, and also issued stations across the country. After the Yanzhou victory, the influence of the Revival Society became even greater. In the eyes of the Qing Dynasty's powerful and officials and gentry, Yang Jingcheng had become a giant bandit like Hong Yang, with a green face and fangs and a hideous appearance. What he did was just like Hong Yang, to cut off the Confucian tradition of poetry, books, rituals and music for thousands of years, and thus promote national qualities and national studies. Although these things are not as absurd as Hong Xiuquan's worship of the God Cult, they are more heretical than worship of the God Cult. This time, there are photos of Yang Jingcheng's whole body, and there is also an exclusive interview with the Foreign National Congress reporter Doctor Mo. The adults naturally want to buy them to read them and see what the new "Yang Xiuqing" is going to say.

In order to find the original flavor, most students in Tianjin, Beijing and other places bought English versions. Most of them were celebrating after the Qing Dynasty announced the opening of the parliament. However, the parliament had been held for almost a year and only saw members of parliament quarrels. There were also many students who were raising taxes and donations in various places. Many students began to agree with the propaganda of the Revival Association, that is, the overall Qing Dynasty could not bring any benefits to the country through the parliament, but would only bring more harm. Of course, more students put the responsibility for tax increases and donations on the head of the Revival Association. It was precisely because the rebellion party of the Revival Association was to wipe out the rebellion party that they added and increased taxes. Now, the revolutionary leader, or the leader of the rebellion party, had exclusive interviews with foreign journalists, so they must buy them to take a look.

In addition to officials and gentry and students, patrol officers from Beijing and Tianjin also bought no less than 2,000 copies. For police officers who pay only a few dollars a month each month, buying a newspaper worth five cents may have a profit of 300,000 taels - remember Yang Jingcheng's appearance and catch it for the great fortune, no matter how old or dead, it will be rewarded with 300,000 taels of silver. This money is enough for the family and young to be prosperous and prosperous for eight lifetimes.

Ordinary people bought it or watched it lively or pointed it out, but for some powerful people in the Qing Dynasty, it was a great material for studying Yang Jingcheng. In Prince Su's mansion, Shanqi read the newspaper and then said to Cheng Jiaxia: "What kind of person is Yang Jingcheng? Have you ever seen him?"

"When the prince said, this person was seen when he was in Tokyo." Cheng Jiaxia had read this newspaper long before Shanqi summoned him. He admired the Revival Society's ability to bring out Hong Fanjiuchou to cheer for national genitalism. He couldn't help but think of Zhang Taiyan, probably he dug out from the old paper pile. However, as a hard-core supporter of Sun Wen, he did not agree with the revival Society's national genitals, but believed that this was just the political propaganda of the Revival Society, and its purpose was to suppress the Three Principles of the People of the Tongmenghui. For this reason, when Shanqi wanted to listen to his view of Yang Jingcheng, he said frankly: "Prince, if the Qing Dynasty is really going to die, it must be in the hands of this person."

Cheng's language was sharp, but Shanqi still smiled and asked, "Why did you say this?"

"Reported to the prince, Yang Jingcheng has always been planning and then acting, and he has never said anything. His Fuxing Army is a army of war. In time, he must have to fight the Northern Expedition. Besides, this Fuxing will always like to take root in the countryside. Now there are people in chaos all over the country, and once it is used for it, the consequences are unpredictable." Cheng Jiaxiao transformed into a good adviser for the Qing Dynasty, and seemed to be only considering the Qing Dynasty, which made Shanqi feel very inappropriate.

"It turns out that the revolutionary party also has party struggles." Shanqi closed his eyes for a while, and said with regret and sighing.

"Prince, there are also differences between revolutions and mistakes." Cheng Jiaxiao did not hide his identity as Tongmenghui and replied calmly.

"Why is there a right or wrong? I'm afraid it's a fight for power and profit." Shanqi smiled. As a nobleman, he still understands the things deep in the palace, so he also understands the disputes within the revolutionary party. "I think this Yang Jingcheng is more rational than what your Sun Wen said. My Qing Dynasty is really rotten to the roots. If the problem in this roots is not removed, how can the branches of the trees grow lush? What a pity! If it weren't for his wholehearted desire to oppose the Qing Dynasty, I still asked him to be a cabinet minister. But now, Yang Jingcheng still has to be eliminated. My Qing Dynasty's number one enemy must be him."

Seeing that Shanqi listed Yang Jingcheng as the number one enemy of the Qing Dynasty, Cheng Jiaxia didn't care about his sarcasm, but just bowed and said, "The prince is clear."

During the reply of Prince Su's house, Liang Qichao was also answering similar questions from Guangxu in the imperial study room in the palace. However, unlike the calm Cheng family, he was sweating all over. "Emperor. Although what Yang Jingcheng said has some truth, it cannot be generalized. The revolutionary party is alone and has no concerns. The rectification of the administration can make a place for his own people, and the court cannot quell corruption at will. Once this happens, those gentry and officials will be in a mess. This is a matter of self-discipline."

In Mo Lixun's interview, the most important thing about Yang Rui's arguments about the unsustainable reasons of the Qing Dynasty was the Qing Dynasty's administration. Guangxu was deeply impressed by this. When the Beiyang Fleet was formed, it would cost ten taels of silver for an egg in the palace, but the eggs sold outside were only a few ounces, which was thousands of times different. In the forbidden palace, there was no need to mention the officials outside. After returning to power, Guangxu wanted to pursue the administration, but his position was not stable and he dared not act rashly. Then the Hangzhou Revolutionary Party made righteousness, and finally the Congress was convened, and things happened one by one. When the Congress was convened, he would not be able to purify the administration alone. Even if the Congress passed the anti-corruption bill, it would be useless. There were no individual corrupt officials, but all, not one year or two, but this was the case since the Qianlong period.

"Zhuo Ru, then I ask you, how should we solve the situation today?" Thinking of Congress, Guangxu felt a burst of resentment. However, the last time Yanzhou was defeated, his hand that slapped the glass was still aching. He had to calm down and ask Liang Qichao in detail.

"For the sake of the current plan, the only way to clear the enemy is to clean up one road, and to clear up the enemy can only train troops. Now the thirty-six towns across the country have stopped training, so please ask the emperor to re-train. Since Yanzhou is defeated, we will siege and not suppress it first. After the new army in various places has achieved success, then mobilize hundreds of thousands of new troops to suppress the Yanzhou Revolutionary Party. At that time, we have many enemies and fewer battles, and we can achieve complete success in one battle." After the great defeat of Yanzhou, Liang Qichao asked his beloved disciple Cai E, and as a soldier, Cai E has long been concerned about the situation in Yanzhou. In the mountains, when the terrain is not familiar with the terrain, only by stepping into the camp and pressing in a tight manner can we have a chance of victory. If we follow the revolutionary army to drill into the valley, we will never be able to defeat them.

"In this way, we have to add more donations?" Guangxu looked unwilling.

"Return to the emperor, you really need to add more donations to train the new army to train, and only by training the new army can you eliminate the Yanzhou Revolutionary Army. Now the national civil unrest is in chaos. If the revolutionary party cannot be wiped out as soon as possible, I am afraid that they will take advantage of the chaos to rise up." Liang Qichao said.

"Now Yanzhou's military expenditure has been spent nearly 20 million taels. What did Yuan Shikai say earlier? The opening fee for a town is at least 1.5 million taels, and the number of soldiers raised at least 1.2 million taels per year. Now the new army in seven towns still has 50,000 or 60,000 patrol teams that cannot make contributions. So do we really need 200,000 new troops to be wiped out? Not to mention the other things, the commission fee alone will cost more than 20 million taels, and the war fee will probably cost more than 50,000 taels. How much tax is required for this money and how much liquors need to be collected to get it?" Guangxu said the more he felt that he was more angry. He only hated being bound by the Congress, and even more cruel those slaves were useless and could not make contributions in one battle.

"Your Majesty, don't worry!" Liang Qichao looked at Guangxu in an anxious manner and could only think of a way to persuade him. "Correction of the new army is what the court has to do. The 200,000 new army has only 20 towns, which is far from the plan of the new army of the 36 towns. Therefore, the starting fee of more than 2,000 taels is just a matter of early and late, and it is not too much. The 30 million taels of war... If you can achieve success in one battle, you may not spend so much money."
Chapter completed!