Crimson Dawn

Chapter 78

The so-called hearing the Tao in the morning can kill you in the evening.Chen Ke is in such a state now.Li Hongqi speaks sharply and deeply, and criticizes the world affairs in a simple way.Many things that I knew but didn't understand before, I can understand it just by listening.Unknowingly, they have been talking for more than an hour, and Chen Ke didn't notice the passage of time at all.

Li Hongqi looked a little tired, he stroked his chest lightly, and then continued, "After talking so much, I finally want to tell you two what I think you should do."

Chen Ke, Shang Yuan, and He Ying all stared into Li Hongqi's eyes, waiting for Teacher Li's final instruction.

"I am a student of Confucianism, following the principles of Confucius and Xunzi. I don't know anything about revolution or industry. Based on what I have learned, revolution looks grand, but it is nothing more than a human thing in the final analysis. Since it is People's affairs, that is the five constants, that is, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trust. In the final analysis, it is better to ask others than to ask oneself."

These words are what Chen Ke has always asked himself. Hearing what Teacher Li said, he became more energetic, and wanted to see how Teacher Li's views were different from his own.

"The first is faith. The so-called faith means that words must be followed, and deeds must be resolute. Spitting is a nail. If you don't know your confidant, you know how many buns you eat and how many bowls of soup you drink, can you keep what you said? The so-called confidant, Not only do you know what you can do, but you also know what you can’t do. This is a true confidant. Knowing what you can’t do is the only way you won’t make promises you can’t keep. Then, what you say is naturally You can promise. Only then can you keep your word. When my teacher taught me, it is better to keep your word than to keep your word. You must remember."

After listening to Li Hongqi's narration, the three of them nodded in agreement.

"Now that you know what you can't do, you are already close to wisdom. The so-called wise man knows the trade-offs. You can't have both the fish and the bear's paw. You must give up the fish and take the bear's paw. You must not overestimate yourself."

Isn't this the reason for the united front?Chen Ke suddenly thought.Who is our friend and who is our enemy, even if today's friend is tomorrow's enemy.Even if you want to kill him tomorrow, you should still give him the fish today.Knowing the trade-offs and the distribution of benefits is one of the ways to unite the front.As he was thinking about it, he heard Shang Yuan ask: "Teacher, if I have the strength, can I have it both ways?"

"That's the matter of etiquette. The artifact has no owner, only the powerful and virtuous. The etiquette system is the system. Wen Qingshu said that the country is a tool for class rule. The operation of the country is nothing but the operation of the system to maintain this system. It is the state machine, and this is where the greatest power in the world lies. To formulate rites and music, you rely on swords and soldiers. Your strength is so great that you can set rules and order, then you should be the one who divides the bear's paw and the fish You take the bear's paw and the fish for yourself...what is the use of these things?" Li Hongqi asked.

Shang Yuan blushed, "The teacher said so."

"You can conquer a country with strength, but you cannot govern a country with strength. If you can establish rituals and order, rituals in the world are nothing more than a righteous word. The way of heaven is to damage what is more than enough and make up for what is not enough. The way of man is not the same. Loss is not enough to give more than enough. So this meaning must be what Qing Shu said, Wen Qing said that in agricultural society, productivity is insufficient, even if you want to lose more, you may not be able to make up for it. Industrial society lies in machine production, getting rid of the state of scarcity So we can have surplus to make up for deficiency. This is very good. However, Confucius once said that Zigong redeemed Lu people. It is absolutely unfeasible."

This is an allusion. There is a law in the state of Lu. If Lu people become slaves abroad, if someone can redeem them, the ransom can be reimbursed from the state treasury.Once, Zi Gong (Ci Duanmu), a disciple of Confucius, ransomed a native of Lu while abroad, and refused to accept the state compensation after returning home.Confucius said: "Ci, what you have done is not a good way. From now on, the people of Lu will not redeem their compatriots who have become slaves. If you take back the compensation from the state, it will not harm your behavior." value; but if you refuse to get back the money you paid, others will not redeem people. Zilu rescued a drowning man, the man thanked him, and gave him a cow, and Zilu accepted it. Confucius said: " Now the people of Lu will have the courage to save those who fell into the water. "

In Confucius' view, Zi Gong's mistake was to raise the moral standard that everyone can achieve to a height that most people can't reach.What are the consequences?First, the superficial moral standards of the society have been raised, and everyone declares to learn from Zi Gong; It would be considered immoral to receive the ransom from the state, but how many people have enough financial resources to ensure that the loss of the ransom will not affect their own lives?

Chen Ke didn't quite agree with this. If people in the People's Party hold themselves to such a standard, then what is the "People's Party"?In history, the party members of the year never demanded themselves like this.Do everything for the people and serve the people wholeheartedly.If it is an exchange of equal value and fair trade, then what has become of the People's Party?It will only make the People's Party degenerate into a rubbish organization like the Kuomintang.

Thinking of this in his heart, Chen Ke naturally showed some disapproval on his face.Li Hongqi understood it at a glance. He smiled and said, "Wen Qing, you and Wang Shan will never learn Zilu, I know that. And I want to tell you that in the future your comrades will not be able to learn Zilu either. Because you have to do it." What you see is benevolence. The benevolent is invincible, why is the benevolent invincible, because the benevolent has faith, wisdom, propriety, and righteousness. The whole world, then we must get rid of the disabled and the chaos. You have to gather comrades who also have the same heart to eliminate the disabled and the chaos. You have to let the world know that the people can have both righteousness and profit, and you people, your comrades, It’s not, and it can’t be.”

After Li Hongqi finished talking about these thoughts about benevolence, he seemed a little excited, his breath was a little short, and his face turned rosy.Chen Ke quickly nodded his head, thinking to himself, it seems that he really underestimated Teacher Li Hongqi.

Li Hongqi continued to say excitedly: "Although the world today is said to be a "great change unseen in 3000 years", in my opinion, it is just a link in the rise and fall of China's chaos. The only difference is that China used to be in Asia. , Now it is more deeply involved in the whole world. China is now in disarray, and it coincides with a large-scale invasion by foreign enemies. Internal and external troubles, many people only see the tyranny of foreigners, but they do not see that China itself is more tyrannical, cruel, and shameless .”

Speaking of this, Li Hongqi suddenly couldn't help panting rapidly, no matter how slow Chen Ke was, he could already see that Li Hongqi was sick, and his rosy face just now was actually a sick flush.He was about to persuade Li Hongqi to take a break, but he saw that Shang Yuan just stood up and poured Li Hongqi a cup of tea, and Li Hongqi took a sip from the teacup.After a short break, he continued: "Wen Qing is right to keep quiet. My illness is my own business. Since I want to give you a lecture, you respect me and listen to my lecture carefully. If you do it for me Childish, panicked, crying. Then I told you for nothing."

"Ms. Li, today is a long time, so please take your time." Chen Ke said hastily.

"You can listen slowly, but I don't have time to talk to you slowly." Li Hongqi forced a smile, and then continued, "Today the world is brutal and rebellious, and it is already in chaos. And which dynasty is not like this. How to deal with it The tyranny, cruelty, and shamelessness of the world, how to break free from these tyranny, cruelty, and shamelessness, and get rid of all injustice with a firm attitude is very difficult for people with ambition like you. In today's China, as long as When the Manchu dynasty fell, there would be great chaos. It is destined to be full of mourners and millions of dead bodies. Even if you make the world more chaotic, don’t care about it. This is China’s luck, and you alone can’t stop it. You can wait What I have done is to control this chaos, take advantage of this chaos, sweep away all the ailments, and eradicate all injustice from the root. When the world is at peace, China will be stronger and more brilliant. Wangshan, you are my disciple Now Confucianism has declined, this is destined. Confucius did not have any industrialization back then. I am a Confucianist, Wang Shan, you get out of my Confucianism, I don’t want you to promote Confucianism, I only want you to promote China. Wen Qing When I was writing the book, I knew that I had entrusted China’s history. If you can succeed, I have only one request, to give Confucianism some dignity. Let Chinese civilization destroy Confucianism, and foreign civilizations must not let Confucianism destroy it. .”

Having said this, Li Hongqi gasped harder, the blush on his face had faded, and his entire face was extremely pale. "Wangshan, can you promise me?"

After hearing what the teacher said, Shang Yuan lowered his head slightly, and after a while he raised his head, "I can't promise you. I can only do my best."

Li Hongqi sighed in disappointment, and nodded slightly, "I'm embarrassing you." He turned his head to look at Chen Ke again, "Wen Qing, you are a righteous person who can go to chaos now, I think you have no benevolent heart, I don't mean to hate evil like hatred. The way of kingship is hot and domineering. Although Wen Qing thinks of the way of kingship, what you do is probably domineering. I am very worried that you have taken the path of domineering and evil. You are not a member of the Ming Cult, but I would rather I advise you not to care about the name behind you. I think you are a person with a lot of fame and fortune. They commented on the matter. As long as you don't deliberately seek personal fame, you will definitely become a great weapon in the future."

"Thank you, Mr. Li, for your teaching. I will definitely keep your words in mind." Chen Ke replied seriously.

"That's it for today, you guys go. I'm going to rest." Li Hongqi said.

The three got up together, Shang Yuan knelt down in front of the teacher and kowtowed respectfully, and then went out with Chen Ke and the others.Li Hongqi didn't get up from the chair either, but just watched the three of them leave the courtyard, then took out the medicine from his bosom with trembling hands, a woman came out from the back hall, poured hot water for Li Hongqi again, and served him a drink medicine.On the one hand, he complained: "You still have to work hard to give them lectures when you are sick. Are you going to be the emperor's teacher?"

"The world is like this. It is a good thing to have a real emperor. But reading the book Shangyuan brought, and the reasons he talked about, even if someone can dominate the world, there will never be an emperor again." Li Hongqi relied on Said on the chair.

"Wang Shan is too soft-hearted, I'm afraid he will suffer in the future." The woman sighed.

"If it weren't for the world's corruption and Taoism, I would never let people like Wang Shan and Chen Ke go together. This is fate." Li Hongqi's voice no longer had the intensity just now, and his tone at this time It is full of deep regret and worry, "resign to fate."

After parting from Shang Yuan at the door of Li Hongqi's house, Chen Ke took He Ying's hand and walked down the street side by side.The shopping for gifts couldn't be ignored either, and in the afternoon, the rickshaw behind them was already full of gifts.After leaving Li Hongqi's house, Chen Ke never took the initiative to speak.His mind was entirely on regurgitating Li Hongqi's education.Chen Ke felt that this Confucian believer's attitude towards the revolution was quite reasonable, but it still needed to be considered slowly.It was Mr. Li Hongqi's criticism of Chen Ke, and Chen Ke had been thinking about it over and over again.Based on today's content, Li Hongqi pointed out two problems with Chen Ke. First, he cared too much about other people's evaluations and what happened after his death.

Chen Ke is a staunch supporter of Grandpa Mao, because he saw with his own eyes how much dirty water was poured behind him, Chen Ke is still a little worried about his future.In his view, there is nothing wrong with Mao Zedong's revolutionary methods, including those movements, it is necessary to replicate them completely.Because of this, he felt some fear.Although Teacher Li Hongqi didn't know what Chen Ke was thinking, he clearly saw the problem.

But thinking about it now, it's really not necessary.Grandpa Mao has a fierce personality. To put it in extreme terms, he can even be called "somewhat domineering". For this reason, Mr. Zhu once said to his face, "Runzhi, it's not that we don't support your point of view, we just can't accept your attitude." But History has proved that Grandpa Mao was not wrong.And Grandpa Mao didn't care about the comments behind him at all, what did Chen Ke care so much about?Isn't it just being scolded?Apart from those scolders, isn't there still such a staunch supporter as Chen Ke?He only saw those who cursed, but ignored the supporters. Grandpa Mao would never make such a low-level mistake.

After thinking about this link clearly, Chen Ke felt a lot more relaxed.

Another problem mentioned by Li Hongqi is that Chen Ke lacks benevolence.It's not that Chen Ke hasn't reflected on this.But for those who have no revolutionary spirit, or those who cannot keep up with the requirements of the revolution, Chen Ke does not have the energy to manage their life and death.If you spend all your time saving others, is there still time for revolution?The revolution is to tell everyone that there is a better choice and a more powerful way of organizing productivity.Those who can keep up will keep up, and those who can't keep up will be forced to keep up.Chen Ke is not a monk, and he has no interest in "cutting meat to feed eagles, sacrificing his life to feed tigers".Although I lack love, I do not lack hatred for the old social system.At least not without extreme contempt and loathing.That's enough for now.

Thinking of this, Chen Ke heaved a sigh of relief, and soon there would be a place for his "hate" to show.After returning to Shanghai, the struggle will never be tender.

Everything was going according to plan, He Ruming did not expect that his son-in-law would bring his daughter back to Shanghai so soon.But he really had no excuse to order Chen Ke not to leave the water splashed by his married daughter.So Chen Ke packed up his luggage and left in an aboveboard manner.

On January 1906, 1, Chen Ke returned to Shanghai with his wife.On the pier, I saw acquaintances, besides Xie Mingxian, You Gou was also there.It seems that this mass arrest has not completely destroyed the party organization of the People's Party.Seeing Chen Ke, You Gou stretched out his hand generously, and Chen Ke walked over quickly to hold the comrade's warm palm tightly.

"Wen Qing worked hard all the way." You Gou laughed.After not seeing each other for more than two months, Yougou has become visibly thinner, and his skin has also been tanned a lot.But the subtle coquettishness of the eldest lady who was pampered and pampered in the past can no longer be seen.Her eyes were bright and sharp, and the strength in her hands was much stronger.

Chen Ke immediately felt relieved. After experiencing this blow, the spirits of the comrades were not destroyed. "I'm back, everyone worked hard during my absence." Chen Ke smiled while holding You Gou's hand tightly.

You Gou also felt that Chen Ke had changed a lot. When he was in Shanghai, Chen Ke was more like a scholar and always liked to smile softly.The current Chen Ke is more like a northern man. The sharpness and firmness that were occasionally reflected in Chen Ke before have now become the main feeling of Chen Ke.You Gou also went through the process of making up her mind, so she was more sensitive to Chen Ke's change.

He Ying really didn't expect her husband to shake hands with a girl who looked very bright and straightforward in public, with an attitude that she was used to.When Chen Ke introduced herself to You Gou, He Ying just nodded slightly to say hello, her attitude was not considered cordial.

"Wen Qing and I are friends. Didn't my sister hear Wen Qing talk about it?" You Gou smiled heartily.

"He's very busy in Beijing, so he hasn't had time to talk about it yet." He Ying forced a smile.

"Then let's talk on the way."

There was nothing to say along the way, and unexpectedly, everyone went back to school.The gate of the school was pressing tightly, and the guard at the gate was a Shandong hero Wu Xingchen had found a few months ago. After letting everyone in, the gate was heavily closed again.

In the conference room, old and new members of the People's Party were waiting, and there were more than 20 people.Seeing Chen Ke and the others coming in, Qi Huishen greeted them first.The two held hands tightly together, looked Qi Huishen up and down, only to see that there was still a freshly healed wound on his face, "Are there any other injuries?"

"Small things." Qi Huishen's posture also changed drastically, "I'm here to introduce our comrades to Wen Qing. They are all our party members."

Chen Ke basically knew these people, and they were party members with the Whampoa Book Club as the core.Chen Ke shook hands with them one by one, calling out their names one by one.Until a young man Chen Ke had never met reached out his hand to Chen Ke, Chen Ke searched fruitlessly in his memory while shaking hands.You Gou said: "This is Shi Juexing. He joined after you left. I am his party introduction." To his surprise, Wang Qinian also became a probationary party member.

Chen Ke nodded, and he scanned around again, but found that Hua Xiongmao was not in sight. "Where's Zheng Lan?"

"Mr. Qiu Jin was injured. Zheng Lan went to visit her today and should be back soon." Seeing Chen Ke's worry, Qi Huishen said.

"Have everyone been rescued?" This was what Chen Ke was most worried about.

"There are still four people who haven't come out. In addition, there are two people who told the British about our affairs in the prison. They can't find it for the time being. But we are still looking for it." Qi Huishen said this in an extremely tone bad.Traitors are unforgivable, everywhere.

"Comrades, let me say a few words first." Chen Ke shouted loudly, "Did anyone here participate in the shootout?"

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