Chapter 26: Cromwell
The huge map of China was pasted on the wall. Zhang Junli Nian on one side of the map was a place, and Jiang Fangzhen on the other side painted a specific color on the map. Liang Qichao looked at the two disciples and said nothing....
"...Tonghua County, Andong County, Hengren County, Ji'an County, Benxi County, Fengcheng County," Zhang Junli was very focused with the telegram sent from the country, afraid that he would read it wrong, "Xingjing was originally, but Xingjing was the ancestral tomb of the former Qing Dynasty, so Yang Jingcheng handed it over to Zaitao Hou Shunyi to manage. In this way, there were eight counties, which were the fief of Yang Jingcheng.
Xiuyan County, Gaiping County, Zhuanghe County, Fu County, and Guandong Prefecture, there are five counties in total. This is the fiefdom of the deceased Yu Hanzhang, inherited by his eldest son Yu Heyu; Suizhong County, Xingcheng County, Jinxi County, Yi County, Beizhen County, Panshan County, there are six counties in total. This is the fiefdom of Zhang Taiyan; Zhangwu County, Xinmin County, Heishan County, Tai'an County, Liaozhong County, Faku County, Kangping County, and Tieling County, there are eight counties and fiefdoms of Wang Jitong; Yingkou County, Haicheng County, Liaoyang County, Shenyang Provincial Capital, Fushun County, there are four counties and one city, and the fiefdom of Xu Hua is enfeoffed;
Changtu County, Lishu County, Liaoyuan County, Huaide County, Shuangshan County, there are five counties in total, which are the fiefdoms of Cai Yuanpei; Kaiyuan County, Xifeng County, Dongfeng County, Xi'an County, Hailong County, Huinan County, and Liuhe County, which are the fiefdoms of Xie Zhangtai; Jinchuan County, Linjiang County, Changbai County, Fusong County, and Antu County, which are the fiefdoms of William Leo, inherited by his orphanage Rebecca William.
This is the fiefdom of the eight founding kings, which are basically all in Liaodong province. The other county dukes, county marquis, county magistrates, county magistrates, county men, etc. were enthroned in Rehe, Jilin, Heilongjiang, the northeast, and the western regions... By the way, Heixiazi Island was also enthroned to Yang Jingcheng, and he said where he was going to fish."
Zhang Junli Nian turned to look at Liang Qichao here. It felt very funny. He couldn't say whether this was shameless or shameless. In the past, he always thought that Yang Jingcheng was selfless. Now he didn't mention the franchise, but he actually occupied a large island for fishing. The area of this island is larger than a province in France. It really makes people sigh that they know people but not their hearts.
"Ren Gong..." Tang Hualong, the second-ranked figure of the former Constitutional Protection Party, looked at Liang Qichao and was surprised by his calm expression. "It is shameless to revival to turn public to private and occupy national wealth in this way! We should write articles to refute it!"
"Has the former Ming Dynasty royal family divided the seal?" Liang Qichao thought that he had not heard Tang Hualong's words and only asked the next question.
"Only the two uncles of King Min were granted the title of the mansion. They said they had military achievements against Russia and Japan. One was granted to Chengde Mansion and the other was granted... Oh, it was already in the pass, and it was enfeoffed in Xuanhua Mansion." Zhang Junli looked carefully at the telegram and replied.
"Teacher, there is a person outside who claims to be an old friend of Tokyo who asks for a visit." The students outside entered the room to report.
"Old friend of Tokyo..." Liang Qichao was just shocked, but he realized it after a while. Tang Hualong next to him couldn't understand his thoughts. He thought: "Old friend of Tokyo, who is this old friend of Tokyo?"
"Who else can it be," Liang Qichao was a little disdainful, "Who else can there be except Sun Yixian Sun Dapao of the Chinese Revolutionary Party?" After he said that, he said to the students: "No! If you go out, say I am not here..."
"Haha..." Sun Wen's laughter came from outside. He obviously heard Liang Qichao's orders, but he was not dissatisfied. "Zhuo Ru, although we have different political views, we have known each other for decades, but there is no reason to see each other."
With the hearty laughter, Sun Wen walked into the editorial department of the Free Press without authorization and followed the voice. When he saw Liang Qichao, he quickly stepped up to shake hands. The enthusiasm immediately wiped out Liang Qichao's original coldness. Liang Qichao was also a politician. It would be fine if he didn't meet, but when he really met, he had to shake hands with Sun Wen, but his face was still dull. He remembered Cai Songpo.
"I have heard that Zhuo Ru has opened another world in Paris. Today, I saw it.... All of these are all talented and heroes. It's really enviable!" Sun Wen grabbed Liang Qichao's hand and shook it hard, but his eyes looked at Tang Hualong, Zhang Junli, Jiang Fangzhen, Liu Chongjie and others. Then he saw the map marked on the wall. He put down Liang Qichao's hand and said fiercely: "Yang Jingcheng not only turned out to be **, but today he turned into a traitor. It is unbearable to steal the fief! Zhuo Ru, our two parties must unite..."
Sun Wen looked at the people around Liang Qichao, and Liang Qichao also looked at the followers behind Sun Wen. The most beautiful one was a woman, who should be Sun Wen's new wife, and then the famous Chen Qimei. He didn't recognize a few more. He saw that those people were bulging around, and they were not easy to mess with at first glance.
Taking advantage of Sun Wen's words, Liang Qichao, who did not want to have a deep friendship with Sun Wen, and even more so, did not want to unite with him, immediately interrupted: "Yixian, why are we united? Overthrow the Greater China government and kill Yang Jingcheng?"
"It's totally correct!" A sharp flashed through Sun Wen's eyes, "Now this country has completely become the private property of Yang Jingcheng and others. They have not enslaved enough, and they have also implemented feudalism! This is backward! It is a regression in history! It is unforgivable!! This country has evolved into the fish of the Revival Society. They usually don't eat enough in the pot, and now they are still cutting the land into their own bowls so that their descendants can enjoy it forever. We must overthrow such a government! We must kill Yang Jingcheng!..."
"Cough cough...cough cough cough..." Sun Wen yelled as he spoke. The Free Press seemed to be his speech scene, but he was old after all. After the beginning of spring, he heard that the China Academy of Scholars had really approved the closure proposal, so he ran to Europe to find support. The hard work of the horse was inevitable. Paris at the turn of spring and summer was cold again, and he caught a cold.
Under the woman's patting, Sun Wen took a sip of tea before he recovered. Liang Qichao was not surprised or angry when he was speaking. Seeing that he stopped coughing, he sneered: "If Yixian overthrew the current government, what will he do next?"
"What else can I do?" Sun Wen was no longer as excited as before, but the veins on his hand still burst out. He said, "In the future, we will no longer call it Greater China, but should be called the Republic of China. This is the Republic of China, which is 40 million..."
"It's no longer 400 million. According to statistics from the Ministry of Revenue, the Chinese population has exceeded 500 million." Liang Qichao interrupted rudely.
"Okay. Then it's 50,000!" Sun Wen knew that Liang Qichao was still rejecting him, but in order to convince him, he had to endure it. "The country is a country of 50,000 people, and there are no more privileges. What kind of nobles are there? Every national is equal, free, democratic..."
"Hahahaha..." As if he heard something funny, Liang Qichao suddenly burst into laughter. This was not a fake smirk like a performer, but a real laugh, and even tears came out of laughter. He laughed so wildly that Sun Wen's original passionate and funny was poured on his head with a basin of snow water, and his face turned blue. Fortunately, he came to the door to ask for a visit, but although the host was rude, he could only bear it. After Liang Qichao finished laughing, he asked, "Why is Zhuo Ru laughing?"
"Why am I laughing?" Liang Qichao shook his head slowly, then sighed, and said, "I laughed at Yixian and was obsessed with it. I pursued democracy all my life, but I swallowed it all. I only read a few crooked books in the Daying Library, and then pieced them together casually. I thought I had found the true meaning of democracy. In fact, what is it? Just like me before, I was not about democracy and freedom at all!"
Liang Qichao's criticism made Sun Wen very embarrassed. Song Qingling, who had been sitting next to her husband, could no longer help but say: "Then Mr. Zhuo Ru. What is the true meaning of democracy? Where are you doing the best and wrong before? Isn't democracy just because the people have it, the people govern it, and the people enjoy it?"
"Haha..." After glanced at the woman, Liang Qichao said, "Then may I ask Mrs. Sun. How can the people have it? Can the people govern? Can the people enjoy it?"
Women's politics is indeed not as good as men. After Liang Qichao's remarks, Song Qingling said: "Of course, it is to formulate a constitution that everyone recognizes, and then strictly implement it in accordance with the constitution. Only in this way can people have, people govern, and people enjoy it."
"Then where is the wrong constitution of Greater China now? Although it is not as popular suffrage as the US, it is much more restrictive than the voters of European countries. Why is a constitution that cannot be found fault with Yixian and the noble party dismissed him as the position of **?" Liang Qichao asked again. When Sun Wen wanted to answer, he continued to ask: "With the Soviet Russia, Li Ning also said that Russia is democratic. As long as workers are workers, they can vote and run for election, but the result is a naked dictatorship. What is the explanation?"
Sun Wen knew about China, so he could refute the previous question, but he could not answer the latter question. No one said that the Soviet Union was not dictatorial, especially the Shanghai Film Company made a movie about the Korangstad Sailor Uprising. The film company did not know how to find several survivors of the uprising, and used the memories of these people to tell the revolutionary stories that took place in Russia in the past few years from the February Revolution to the Sailor Uprising. The film portrays various characters vividly, and the brutality of the Soviet Union also shocked the world. Once it was launched, it was sought after by all countries. It swept the world in a very short time, and the influence was so great that the Soviet government frequently issued diplomatic notes to protest.
Sun Wen was speechless, but the woman replied: "This is because the people of these two countries lack democratic qualities. If it were in the United States, this kind of thing would never happen. Therefore, Mr. Zhongshan's Three Principles of the People require sects and political discipline. Elections are just tools for manipulation by dictators. No matter how good the constitution is, it will be of no use. China and Russia are examples."
Unexpectedly, the woman was so eloquent. Liang Qichao looked at her again and said, "Then why does the United States do not need tutoring? I also asked how the democratic constitutional government in Britain came about?"
"The United States does not need tutoring because it is the New World. Since the arrival of Mayflower, everything in the Old World was eliminated by the predecessors, so the democracy of the United States today is so good." The previous question is really easy to answer, but when answering the latter question, Song Qingling couldn't continue, because answering it would be equivalent to indirectly agreeing with Liang Qichao's view. Her husband pursued democracy all his life but did not know what democracy was.
"Mr. Zhuo Ru, no matter what history is, Yang Jingcheng Group privately enfeoffed. This is a regression in history and a pampering pocket! This behavior is not only undemocracy, but also artificially creates inequality. It is important to know that everyone is born equal, and the government must overthrow it!" Song Qingling no longer argued, but spoke revolutionary discourse.
"Yixian, please come back. We are different after all." Since Sun Wen's woman knew what she meant, Liang Qichao didn't want to talk anymore. He picked up the teacup and said politely.
"Does Zhuo Ru really be stubborn?" Sun Wen's history is not good, but he understood Liang Qichao's rejection very well.
"Yixian, it's not that I'm stubborn, but that I'm stubborn, it's you who are stubborn. Yang Jingcheng could be said to be a dictator before, but from the moment the Academy of Scholars passed the closure proposal, he was democratic. The road to freedom and democracy in China began. You have been revolutionizing for decades, but now you have nothing to gain. Your utilitarianism has forced you to revolutionize and revolution again. Are you really for the sake of democratic republic? I don't think you are. You are just for yourself to become Washington..."
"Fuck!!" Before Liang Qichao finished speaking, Sun Wen punched the table and cursed. When he wanted to say it, Song Qingling next to him pressed him down.
Liang Qichao was not afraid of this at all. He smiled and said, "Yixian, since you and me have different ideals, why not just be friends? Why bother to be a revolutionary comrade? Could it be that I wouldn't agree, you will have to die in Paris today?"
Under Song Qingling's comfort, Sun Wen's heavy breathing finally settled down. He heard Liang Qichao say this and said, "Even if he is a friend, he should be like-minded friends."
"The one who supports your revolution is your friends. Even if you don't support you, you are your enemies? Is this too much..." Liang Qichao took another sip of tea and asked with a smile.
"Of course this must be done!" Sun Wen said with force, and his hand hit the table again, just trying his best to restrain it. "Zhuo Ru, you must know that the Democratic Republic is a tide of history. Those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish!!"
"Haha..." Liang Qichao laughed again. "Yixian's statement reminds me of the slogan of the Bolsheviks in the movie: All power belongs to the Soviets. Either the revolutionary party or the counter-revolution, either red or white, and I have to choose. Maybe this is natural in Yixian's opinion. But in my opinion..., I think it's better to go to Yang Jingcheng. He has never said: Those who agree with me Yang Jingcheng are friends, and those who don't agree with me Yang Jingcheng are enemies. Those who follow it will prosper. Those who go against it will perish, and there is no third way to choose."
With a 'bang...', the cups on the table were all brushed to the ground by Sun Wen. The people Chen Qimei next to him showed their short guns at some point. Sun Wen glared at Liang Qichao and said, "Then I will ask you again, Zhuo Ru is our Sun Wen's friend or my Sun Wen's enemy?"
I have always heard that the revolutionary party killed people, but this is the first time I saw them showing their guns out. Tang Hualong, Zhang Junli, Jiang Fangzhen and others were all shocked, but Liang Qichao was not afraid of danger. He waved his hand to stop them, and then looked at Sun Wen and smiled and said, "You have the freedom to revolution, and I also have the freedom to not revolution. If you want to kill, kill, why bother to talk nonsense!"
"You!" Sun Wen's face looked ugly again, but Chen Qimei next to him said: "Sir, if you don't revolution, you are a counter-revolution!"
"Ying Shi!" Song Qingling turned around and glared at Chen Qimei, then she stroked her hand on Sun Wen's hand and said, "Sir, everyone has their own ambitions, no need to force it. Let's go."
After looking at Liang Qichao for a while, Sun Wen, who was acting like a tiger, finally vented his momentum. He stood up and said desolately: "Revolution is the destruction of everyone's disunity. With people like Zhuo Ru, the democratic republic will never be realized."
Although he pretended to be righteous, Liang Qichao's back was full of sweat. At this time, he did not dare to stimulate Sun Wen anymore, nor did he want to speak out and ease the atmosphere. He just stared at Sun Wen and left with hatred. When the newspaper staff said that they had gone far away, he waved his sentient beings away, and slumped on the chair as if a fish with water was gasping for breath.
Tang Hualong, who had not left, kept wiping his sweat. He said, "Mr. Ren, since he was targeted by the revolutionary party, we should change the place as soon as possible. If it really doesn't work, we will return to China. Anyway, Yang Jingcheng has never wanted us..."
"Fart!" Liang Qichao breathed a few breaths, but heard that Tang Hualong was so brainless, and immediately sweared. "Don't talk about the money donated by the landlords of the Constitutional Protection Party in the past, just this free newspaper. Who else would read it if you don't run it in Paris? Paris, the capital of freedom!"
"But what if they come again?" Tang Hualong was also frightened. The money from the Constitutional Protection Party was donated by the landlords at the time. If they really wanted to return to the country, they would be asked by the landlords, so the account would not be settled clearly.
"Come again..." Liang Qichao was also worried that Sun Wen would come again, especially Chen Qimei, the murderous demon who did not blink. He said, "Look at if there is an empty room next to the embassy..."
"Embassy?" Tang Hualong didn't react for a moment, and then said: "Are you talking about the Chinese Embassy in France?"
"Of course it is the Chinese Embassy in France. Which embassy do you think it is?" Liang Qichao said angrily.
"Then I'll do it right away." Tang Hualong said, but he turned back after he went out. Seeing Liang Qichao looking at him in confusion, he said for a while, "Mr. Ren just talked about the true meaning of democracy, but unfortunately Sun Yixian couldn't hear it. However, Mr. Ren's thoughts were indeed too profound and I didn't understand it. I would like to ask Mr. Ren: Why did he say that Yang Jingcheng was dictatorial before. After the ceasing proposal was passed, he was democratic. Why did the road to freedom and democracy in China begin?"
Tang Hualong's legs were trembling, obviously because he was worried that he would meet Chen Qimei and others when he went out. That's why he turned back and did this. In history, he was assassinated by the Chinese Revolutionary Party in the United States. What's even more funny is that after the assassination, the revolutionary Party put the shit on others' heads, saying that it was done by the ** Yuan Shikai.
No matter what his or her identity is, the essence of the public intellectual verbal party has not changed. Tang Hualong dared not go out, and Liang Qichao, who also dared not go out, did not say it. When he saw Tang Hualong asking him for advice, he immediately regained a lot of confidence and sat upright again. After asking the students to change tea, he calmly said: "Jiwu. Many things must be viewed in the opposite direction. For example, in the previous land reform, we completely placed our hopes on the Tingwei Mansion and Dali Temple, but the result told us that the law has no effect in front of the gun. But now, the exile outside the pass was granted to the Meritorious Group of the Fuxing Society. When did you say that the Kuomintang Song Dunchu came to power, he assumed that land reform would also be necessary, what would you think the result would be?"
"Song Dunchu also had land reform?" Tang Hualong followed Liang Qichao's thoughts and immediately said: "According to the brigade proposal, there are private troops in the fiefdom, and it is definitely not possible to do so like Yang Jingcheng's previous practice. Not to mention whether this land reform proposal can be passed, even if it is passed, it cannot be implemented, because once it is implemented, a civil war is likely to occur!"
"Yes. This is democracy!" Liang Qichao smiled at Tang Hualong, who was still puzzled, and said again: "This is also freedom!"
"But this is a civil war, how can this be democracy and freedom? Ren Gong. Why..." Liang Qichao's thoughts were too jumping, and Tang Hualong could not keep up at all.
"Jiwu..." Liang Qichao tasted tea and shook his head. He was not worried about Tang Hualong's confusion, but felt very superior because of this. He smiled again and said, "Before the pre-Qin period, the people, the least scholars, doctors, and nobles had freedom, but after the abolition and division of counties, the royal family had no freedom. In China, the early years of the Han Dynasty was the last time for freedom. After the heroes and royal families of the Han Dynasty were slaughtered and the remaining powerful people in the pre-Qin period were completely wiped out, China truly became a country of **.
In the two thousand years of Qin Dynasty, except for the chaotic times, there is no freedom at all. Even the royal relatives are still under absolute sanctions. Just imagine, the emperor's relatives have no freedom, and the founding heroes have no freedom. What freedom can you have? Under the division of feudals, each feudal country is governed by itself. If you dare not scold someone on Yang Jingcheng's fief, you can curse and scold them when you run to Zhang Taiyan's fief; if you can't do things on Cai Yuanpei's fief, you may be able to do it when you run to Xie Zhangtai. The feudal division is like smashing a large stone slab into countless small stone slabs with discontinuous times. Jiwu, do you think that grass is easy to grow under the large stone slab, or grass is easy to grow under the gravel stone slab?"
"Of course, grass is easy to grow under the gravel stone..." Tang Hualong felt dizzy, "But..., but..."
He didn't come out a few times, but Liang Qichao said again: "Under the big stone slab, the world is dark, no one will compete with anyone, but it can be broken into small stone slabs. Then the relationship between them is a competitive relationship. What is the essence of competition? It is nothing more than economic competition, technological competition, and military competition?
German Max Weber said that capitalism only comes from Protestant ethics. It was because of the Protestant reform that the capitalist system was created and the Western today. He did not know the suffering of China. Which of the vendors in the Qing Dynasty were not pigs raised by people? What were the pigs raised for? Isn’t it for slaughtering? The merchants could not even save their lives, so could they develop capitalism?
Since ancient times, merchants in our country have been afraid of too much money, worried that they are beloved by the emperor, and worried that they are beloved by princes and ministers, and even if the county magistrate attacks, he will not get a good idea. But European merchants are not only not worried about their property, but also about their lives. They can even lend money to the king. Can you imagine this kind of scenario? This is something that can only be achieved in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
Why is this? If you look at it carefully, there is only one reason, and it is the only one, that is, the imperial power has the power to check and balance it in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The emperor wants to slaughter merchants, let’s have civil wars! The emperor wants to exploit nobles, let’s have civil wars! The emperor wants to implement land reform, let’s have civil wars! The power comes from the gun, and the democracy comes from the gun.
Didn't Cromwell, who had deeply influenced the British constitutionalism, lead the Iron Cavalry to completely defeat the royal army and even execute King Charles I? The monarch was defeated here, but the matter was not over. Cromwell's backhand will kill all the people who helped him defeat the royal party, and all the equal factions and digs in the ground suppressed them without any mercy. In this way, the British constitutionalism was truly formed."
Chapter completed!