Back to the Republic of China as a commander

"So, as contemporary college students, what role should you play in this coming social change?" Wang Zhenyu finally got to the point after talking about a lot of social conflicts. It's different, the thinking of the teachers and students in the audience has obviously been driven by me, and they are all eagerly waiting for me to give them historical responsibility?It seems that intellectuals are much easier to coax than farmers.Coaxing farmers may also need a piece of land, while intellectuals often only need to give them a great ideal and goal.

"First, I hope that you will become intellectuals and cultural people in the new era. You must have integrity and backbone, and don't bow down to power. You must become the backbone of the nation;

Second, the realization of democracy requires more than a constitution and a congress, or even an army belonging to the country, let alone simply playing with the multi-party system.The key is for all the citizens to realize that they feed the government, not the government feeds them, and let them realize that they need to defend their own rights, rather than relying on some kind-hearted master.Didn't Yuan Shikai put forward a point of view when he proclaimed the emperor and started restoration, saying that our Chinese people's wisdom is not yet developed, and that it is not suitable for democracy and more suitable for an imperial system?So now it is up to you newcomers with ideas, culture, morals, and ideals to open up the wisdom of the people and guide the trend of this era.

Third, what is needed to allow more people to link their own interests with national interests?The traditional Confucian way of thinking is to rely on the so-called enlightenment, relying on the principle of heaven and earth being close to the emperor and teachers, that is, propaganda and brainwashing.Is this useful?Yes, but it doesn't work for a long time, because people always live in reality.Didn’t Confucianism say it all?The granary knows the etiquette, and the food and clothing are sufficient to know the honor and disgrace.You let people be oppressed and exploited for a long time, with no human rights, no hope of wealth, it doesn’t matter whoever rules them, if you make him patriotic, is it nonsense or what?There can be a regime dominated by a special class, but it will not last long. Only when everyone can obtain their own interests from this country, will everyone sincerely support and love this country.Our country will also have centripetal force and combat effectiveness.

The fourth is the correction of mistakes. No one person or a political party can always be right. Confucian saints are legends, including Confucius, who was also dirty. Isn’t Zhu Xi, who destroys people and wants to preserve the principles of nature, still picks up ashes?So we must not have the idea that we are always right and absolutely right.Democracy is not absolutely correct, and itself is a process of continuous error correction and continuous improvement.Everyone has experienced the decadent and corrupt era at the end of the Qing Dynasty. The worst regime is a regime that cannot progress any further.So when we hate corruption, we must not attribute the emergence of corruption to the personal moral problems of officials, but to see if there is something wrong with our system, why our officials dare to commit suicide?Is the supervision of our system in place?There are contradictions between different classes, whether our system can adjust these contradictions, and whether we can allow everyone to coordinate through civilized methods instead of bloody methods, these are the meanings of our democratic road.But in the past few years, our democracy has worked, and obviously, no. . . "

It was almost noon, and Cao Rulin, the representative of the Beiyang government, angrily said to the representatives of the other four parties: "Regional governments? Are you going to establish another central government?"

Yang Yongtai proudly leaned back on his chair and said, "Mr. Cao can understand it this way. In fact, even if you Beiyang side doesn't agree, you can't change the situation that has already formed. To be disrespectful, our division between the North and the South is already unchangeable." That’s right, no one can afford another war. For the sake of the common people, it’s better to divide and conquer.”

Xu Shichang shook his head and said, "It's not good to split the country. Delegates, the western powers are watching us from outside. If we don't form a group, how can we deal with this situation?"

Yang Yongtai laughed softly: "Didn't we hold a group under your Beiyang flag before? But what are you tossing about? All the military and political officials you sent out are doing their best to search for things. President Yuan Shikai is even more busy with restoring the monarchy. Shandong is lost, have you regained it? Have you signed Article 21 of Japan? It seems that the last so-called Four Articles of Civil Affairs were signed by Mr. Cao Rulin across the street, right? So it’s not that we are not united, but that you are not up to date. Now We have no intention of splitting the country, but we just feel that this family is not good for you. You probably don’t want us to be the head of the family. It’s better for everyone to continue to maintain the brotherhood of this family and live your own life. This How could the request be unreasonable? Do you think so?"

All the representatives praised him one after another, Xu Shichang is also full of anger now, but his army is not up to the mark on the battlefield, so he naturally has no confidence to speak harsh words here.He closed his eyes slightly, and simply remained silent.

Xu Shichang is an old Beiyang, so he is naturally qualified to keep quiet, but Cao Rulin has no such qualifications, so he can only bite the bullet and ask, "Then I want to know how you divide?"

In fact, Tang Hualong did not agree with this so-called family separation method in his heart. After all, there are no two suns, and the people have no two masters, so at this time he said: "Actually, I think it is inappropriate to establish a national government. Instead, set up four It is more reasonable to make a tour of the government."

At this moment, Li Yuanhong only had three Hubei divisions besides his righteous name, and these local troops with backward equipment did not dare to clash with Wang Zhenyu's fifth and eighth divisions stationed in Wuhan.So Yang Yongtai ignored Tang Hualong's words at all. As the strongest of the three southern forces, Yang Yongtai waved his hand and said, "I don't need to worry about this. Our three parties discussed it last night and each set up a regional government. In the future, when the country becomes stronger, such a regional government will be abolished. This will not damage the unity of the country. On the contrary, we also hope that no matter whether the north or the south will engage in unification by force, let alone rely on outsiders Therefore, although the diplomatic power belongs to the central government, please discuss the diplomatic affairs involving autonomous regions, otherwise we will not recognize it.”

The general idea is that when you sell your country, you sell your own share, and we don't need you to sell our share.

The next time is the time for quarreling. Cao Rulin regretted that there were too few people on his side. After Xu Shichang became a Bodhisattva, he was singing a one-man show. There is only one word left, tired!

The talks on April 4 ended in discord, and at Jinling Middle School not far from the negotiation site, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi were playing a friendly football match with the Jinling Middle School student football team. The team defeated the Jinling middle school student team with a score of 15:5.

Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi walked off the stage covered in sweat, and then walked to the sidelines. The orderly had already brought water over, and the two were busy panting after taking a few sips.Bai Chongxi said excitedly: "Brother Delin, I remember that we also played a game with the football team of this school in the year of the [-] Revolution, but we were both students of the teaching team at that time, so we were not qualified to play. I can only sit on the sidelines and cheer for the coaches and the others, but I didn’t expect that we will be generals when we come back a few years later, and we can win the game.”

Li Zongren nodded after thinking for a while and said, "Yes, time flies so fast. I still remember that the game was a draw, and the coach scored the equalizer in the end."

Bai Chongxi took a breath and said: "The latest order has come down, the southeast front army has been revoked, the commander has also arrived in Wuhan, and the whole of China will be reshuffled."

Li Zongren seems to have heard Bai Chongxi's voice: "Jiansheng, listen to the elder brother's persuasion, our status today is given by the marshal, so we better not have any other ideas, and follow the elder brother honestly." Shuai, he can arrange whatever he wants, it doesn't matter, you also know that the handsome is a person who pays for rewards and punishments, so don't worry about it. Besides, I heard from Liao Lei that you are still detaining one of his subordinates. The battalion commander didn’t let go, what’s going on? Jiansheng, we are all generals now, we have to be generous in many cases, not small-minded. At that time, people would have emotions. A battalion commander should be punished according to the military law. , don’t overdo it.”

After hearing this, Bai Chongxi gritted his teeth and did not speak again. . .

"The future of China lies in you, in your younger generation. What we can do is to build an institution of higher learning here that radiates the entire south-central region and can influence the whole country. I have already thought of the name of the school, National Wuhan University. We will continue to allocate funds, continue to expand the scale of the school, and continue to cultivate outstanding talents to make it a research center for natural sciences and social sciences in China and the world. Please wait and see, thank you!"

Applause, warm, prolonged applause, almost all the teachers and students stood up and applauded. At this moment, in the eyes of these teachers and students, Wang Zhenyu was no longer a rough martial artist, but more like a mentor and a wise man.

Regarding the idea of ​​National Wuhan University, Wang Zhenyu is indeed not empty talk. On the boat to Wuhan, he communicated with some officials in charge of education affairs, including Weng Wenhao. After much deliberation, higher education should be the primary issue Grasp.In Wang Zhenyu's view, after the European War, there will be a period of depression and fluctuations in the whole of Europe. If China does not seize this opportunity to catch up, it will have an institutional advantage if it wants to surpass in the future. However, history has proved cruel and merciless. In the history of [-] years, the European and American systems are indeed the most superior under the current productivity conditions.As for the Soviet-Russian model that will be born in a year, Wang Zhenyu has no interest at all out of painful memories of his own family.