The Republic is so violent

Chapter 51 The Gravedigger Zhang Zhidong (3)
Donate an official?It costs a lot of money to donate an official.The boss frowned: Wait for me to inquire and see if there is any good way.

Soon the boss came again and said: Our grocery store is a small business, and we can't get the money to donate to the official. How about I donate a small official for you?Don't you hear that officials with iron-clad subordinates, no matter how capable they are, have to rely on officials to do their jobs, okay?

The young man thought for a while and said, "Is it okay to be a petty official?"I don't believe that when I meet a discerning official, he will not recognize me.

So the boss donated a county magistrate for the boy in the Guangzhou government office, and the boy packed up his luggage and went to the post excitedly.Not long after arriving, it happened that Zhang Zhidong was transferred to Guangdong and Guangxi. After examining the officials of the government office, he discovered this young man, and then deliberately gave him a few things to handle, and the young man handled them properly.At that time, Zhang Zhidong thought to himself: Although this person is only a small official, his ability to handle affairs is difficult to find in the Qing Dynasty. I have to keep such a capable person by my side, and let him work in the future. He does it for me.

Later, when Zhang Zhidong came to Hubei, he brought the little official with him. But the little official had some advice, and Zhang Zhidong obeyed.At first, he was just obedient, but later on, Zhang Zhidong simply became a shopkeeper, and he didn't care about any political affairs. He just listened to the yelling of this little official, and Zhang Zhidong would do whatever the little official told him.People in the officialdom have heard about this a lot, so there is a saying that spread like wildfire in the officialdom:

Zhang Zhidong, the governor of the two lakes, and Zhao Fengchang, the first-rank wife.

Zhao Fengchang is the name of this little official and county magistrate.Although he is a big man, because he hides behind the scenes of Zhang Zhidong and gives Zhang Zhidong his orders, he is jokingly called Zhang Zhidong's first-class wife.

And the meaning of this sentence is to say: Zhang Zhidong's thoughts and ideas all come from Zhao Fengchang's head.Everything he did was done by Zhao Fengchang.

It is said that the Qing Empire originally had an official system, similar to today's Disciplinary Inspection Commission, but it did not have the power to enforce the law. It was just some officials who specially kept an eye on the leaders at all levels. If there was any unhealthy trend, they immediately reported it.After the outbreak of Mrs. Yipin Zhao Fengchang's incident, all the officials were filled with righteous indignation, and they all said: Queen Mother Qizuo, I can't be trusted, I can't be relied on, Zhang Zhidong, let's not do business, and have a good relationship with a waiter named Zhao Fengchang .

The officials impeached one after another, and the Empress Dowager Cixi ordered Liu Kunyi, the veteran governor of Liangjiang, to lead a team to solve Zhang Zhidong's problem.As soon as Liu Kun arrived, he took a closer look at what Zhao Fengchang had done on behalf of Zhang Zhidong's idea, and couldn't help being angry and evil.

Look at the good things Zhao Fengchang has done. For Zhang Zhidong, he established the Army Surveying and Mapping School, the Army Middle School, the Army Primary School, the General Middle School, Industry, Agriculture, Commerce, Mining, Railway, Dialect, Physics and Chemistry, Provincial Normal School, and Taoist Normal School and other schools, as well as Wuchang Road Wulu Primary School, as well as the blog, literature, and Wenhua universities run by the church.Feelings Zhao Fengchang, a little guy, can do better than the entire court of the Qing Empire. He has done all the work that tens of thousands of officials could not do in 200 years.

How can this person be so capable?

It's really outrageous, Zhao Fengchang is so capable, how can those mediocre officials mess around?Doesn't his way of doing things cut off the livelihood of mediocre officials and deprive everyone of the sacred right to dawdle and eat?

Knowing that Zhao Fengchang was too capable, he dared to smash the entire imperial court's jobs with his own strength, which had already caused public outrage. After thinking about it, Liu Kun decided to give up his commander and protect his soldiers, kill Zhao Fengchang, and protect Zhang Zhidong.So he made a suggestion: depose Zhao Fengchang, expelled from the officialdom, and never be allowed to enter the court - he alone is more capable than the entire court, so he is determined not to be allowed to toss in the officialdom again.

Because of this, Zhao Fengchang left Wuchang with Zhang Zhidong's support and moved to Shanghai. He lived at No. 10 Nanyang Road, Shanghai, and his residence was called Xiyintang.

(9) Fengyunxiao gathers on the beach
Zhao Fengchang, who left Zhang Zhidong, was like a shark leaving a water tank and jumping into the sea, no one can stop him ever since.After he arrived in Shanghai, he quickly formed his own strong political power.

According to Huang Yanpei, a veteran of the revolution, in the article "The Facts of the [-] Revolution I Experienced Personally":
... I have a group of comrades in Shanghai who have different political ideologies but are unanimously inclined to overthrow the Qing court and establish the Republic of China.Among them, the education sector is the main force, including the press, progressive business circles, and local elders such as Ma Liang (Ma Xiangbo), Zhang Jian (Ji Zhi), Zhao Fengchang (Zhu Jun)... We naturally established several strongholds in Shanghai, and often held meetings ... Another place is Zhao Zhujun's Xiyin Hall, where Zhang Jian often gathers when he comes to Shanghai.And it was me who was running around to contact these strongholds...

Regardless of Mr. Huang Yanpei's social status, let's take a look at the few people he mentioned who are comparable to Zhao Fengchang:

Ma Liang and Ma Xiangbo: The old boss of Yuan Shikai who was in command of Beiyang. When Yuan Shikai went to North Korea to fight the world in the early years, his job title was "assistant".Later, the old man Ma Xiangbo got tired of the intrigue in the officialdom, entered the education field, and founded Fudan University in Shanghai.So here, Huang Yanpei listed him as an educator.

Zhang Jian and Zhang Jizhi: He was the last number one scholar of the Qing Empire. He also went to North Korea in his early years. At that time, his identity was the staff of Wu Changqing, the commander of the Qing Army. Tired and unconcerned, Zhang Zhuangyuan entered the business world in a fit of rage, returned to his hometown to start a spinning mill, and became a well-known big capitalist in the late Qing Dynasty.

Whether it is Ma Xiangbo, Zhang Jian, or a retired veteran cadre, or the famous number one scholar, they are all celebrities in the Qing Dynasty, but this Zhao Fengchang's identity is a bit embarrassing and awkward. Dude, speaking in Dali, he is just Zhang Zhidong's "first-class wife", but Huang Yanpei actually put Zhao Fengchang side by side with Ma Xiangbo and Zhang Jian in his writing, and even chose Zhao Fengchang's home as the meeting place.At this time, Huang Yanpei's identity was nothing more than "I was the one running around to contact these strongholds" - just a little boy running errands.

It was all messed up, the former boy turned into a proud figure in Shanghai, and Mr. Huang Yanpei actually ran errands for him.This Zhao Fengchang is so capable that he is afraid of people.

Let's take a look at Mr. Huang Yanpei's identity at this time:

…At that time, I served as a resident member of the Jiangsu Provincial Consultative Bureau, a righteous director of the Shanghai Industry Tour and Donation Bureau, a permanent secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Education Federation, and a counselor of the Suzhou Jiangsu Local Self-Government Preparatory Office...

Mr. Huang Yanpei and his group were famous at that time, they were called the Junxian School.

Speaking of the fact that Junxian sent him, he also has children and no mothers, so it's a long story.It is said that in the early years of the Qing Empire, for the rule of the Aixinjueluo clan, it locked the country and fooled the people, which dragged down the development of the Chinese nation. After chasing the old lady Cixi, she fled wildly.Aixinjue Luo was not stupid at all. Seeing that he was being beaten up by foreign powers every day, he discussed and said, "It's not right. The way we did it before was wrong. Can the enemy still let people beat us up every day?"Let's discuss and discuss to see if there is any good way to strengthen our Qing Dynasty and avoid being beaten every day.

After such a discussion, a Junxian faction was negotiated.

The Junxian faction is mainly composed of more radical left-wing people in the system. For example, Zhang Jian is the leader of the Junxian faction in Jiangsu, Tang Hualong is the leader of the Junxian faction in Hubei, and Tan Yankai is the leader of the Junxian faction in Hunan... As soon as it landed in history, it stole the limelight from the revolutionaries, probably because of the political views of the Junxian faction, which is no different from Sun Wen's revolutionaries. They are both a powerful country that requires the Aixinjueluo emperor to sell its shares unconditionally.What disturbs the revolutionaries the most is: the Junxian faction is inside the system, and the revolutionaries are outside the system. Although there is no essential difference in their political views, the Junxian faction has done the work of the revolutionaries. It belongs to the scope of the national constitution and is allowed by the imperial court.However, the revolutionaries did the work of the monarch and constitutionalists, but they belonged to the rebellious party and were to be beheaded.

In short, the purpose of the imperial court's permission of the Junxian faction's right to speak is to deny the Revolutionary Party morally.So the Revolutionary Party was furious. When the court sent five ministers abroad to investigate and prepare for the establishment of a constitution, Wu Yue, a member of the party, rushed over, and a bomb blew up the people of the Junxian faction.

Even so, the Junxian faction and the revolutionaries were able to reach a political understanding after all.However, Zhao Fengchang was able to join the Junxian faction, which shows that the conditions for the democratic republic to transform from a military operation to a political movement are ripe.

(10) Republican Revolution Triple Jump
According to the memories of Zhou Yongneng, a veteran who participated in the Revolution of [-]:

…… Together with the Revolution of [-], most people think that it is Mr. Sun Yat-sen’s credit. In fact, Mr. Sun Yat-sen’s revolution is far away overseas. The confluence of various forces has finally achieved the results of the Revolution of [-]. This is what I have to admit after following Mr. Sun Yat-sen for many years...

During the Revolution of 17, Mr. Zhou Yongneng was just [-] years old. He was a young and immature student soldier. "Young Chinese Soul" and other newspapers and periodicals produced national thoughts and followed Sun Yat-sen for life.He narrated that Mr. Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary thought during the [-] Revolution had limited influence in the country, and this should not be false.

But we know that Mr. Liang Qichao is a construction-oriented talent, and his ideology is to advocate construction. Reading his book will revive the national ideology, but it is impossible to have the idea of ​​​​violent revolution. The reason why the first shot of the [-] Revolution took the lead in Wuchang It started because the students in Wuchang read special books.

It is said that during the First Uprising in Wuchang, there was a 12-year-old boy named Yu Yuzhi who was serving as a student soldier in the Hubei Army Surveying and Mapping School established by Zhang Zhidong. Recalling the first time I met Mr. Sun Yat-sen in Wuchang, I said this:
... I began to see some books and periodicals that spread revolutionary ideas, such as "Ten Diaries of Yangzhou", "Jiading Massacre", "Menghuihui", "Warning World Bell", "Hubei Student Circle", etc., which germinated revolutionary ideas ...

Pay attention to Mr. Yu Yuzhi's narration. He is quite different from Mr. Zhou Yongneng. Zhou Yongneng read Liang Qichao, and what he germinated was national thought, while Yu Yuzhi germinated the idea of ​​"exhausting fullness".

What is "full thoughts"?

When it comes to this row of thoughts, it is also the Qing Dynasty seeking its own death.As we mentioned earlier, in order to strengthen the Qing Dynasty, under the planning of a series of experts, the Qing Dynasty established schools to train high-quality military officers, and planned to set up 36 towns of new troops.For example, the Eighth Town of the New Army in Hubei, the Ninth Town of the New Army in Nanjing, and the Tenth Town of the New Army in Fujian are all products of this policy.

The officers and soldiers of the new army were all high-level intellectuals, so they would not agree with the concept of imperial power, and revolutionary ideas would inevitably arise. So the Qing Dynasty saw this situation and wondered what to do?Can we find a good way to make these new soldiers not only have high quality, but also be loyal to the royal family, and be devoted slaves?Yes, why don't you send a standard soldier to the new army and watch the new army point.

So the imperial court transferred banner soldiers from the north and stationed at Chuwangtai and Ziyang Road in Wuchang to monitor the highly educated new army of Han people.When the new Han army was walking on the road, when banner soldiers came to meet them, they would stop them, slap a few big slaps on the face, and then ask, "You motherfucker, whose food are you eating?"The new Han army must stand at attention, and replied in a loud voice: "Eat the emperor's food!"Then the flag soldier slapped a few more big slaps, and asked, "Whose clothes are you wearing?"The new Han army stood at attention again, and answered loudly: Wear the emperor's clothes!Then the flag soldier slapped a few more times: Whose woman are you sleeping with?The new Han army stood at attention: the one who slept was the emperor's woman... If the answer was too slow, he would be put in confinement, or he would be beheaded for the crime of the revolutionary party.

Therefore, the New Army of the Eighth Town in Wuchang hated the flag soldiers to the point of itching their teeth. This kind of hatred is called "full thought".

At this point in the description, we can clearly sort out the overall process of the [-] Revolution that is about to break out:
The main idea accepted by the radicals of the Wuchang New Army is "fullness", which is also a revolution, but it is mainly manifested as hatred for the flag soldiers, and there is still a certain distance from the republican idea, and the completion of this distance spans This person is Zhang Zhidong's three-move game.

Which three moves?

The first step: the Wuchang new army with rich combat effectiveness, it is possible to turn the hatred of the banner soldiers into killings. This is the original meaning of the first shot of the [-] Revolution.

The second step: First, Li Yuanhong's disciple Wu Zhaolin came out to transform an unnamed bloody riot into a military riot aimed at filling up the ranks.Then Li Yuanhong came out and transformed a war full of military chaos into a military operation with correct revolutionary demands.

The third step: Mrs. Yipin Zhao Fengchang is in charge of transforming a military revolution into a social revolution, which ultimately leads to the success of the republican revolution.

Looking at the triple jump of the republican revolution, we will find that the specific work of the revolutionaries is to pull the trigger and detonate the incident, but the final revolution is completed by the military system set up by Zhang Zhidong.

Now, Zhang Zhidong has dug the tomb for the Qing Empire, and everything is ready. The only thing we need is the east wind, and we only need to wait for the revolutionaries to come and forcefully push the Qing Dynasty into the tomb.

(End of this chapter)