Yuan Shikai's biggest headache now is the fire in the backyard, which is the revolutionary party of Zhili, Shanxi, and the three eastern provinces. Speaking of revolutionaries in the north, it is impossible not to mention the name of one person, that is, the pioneer of the Xinhai Revolution - Wu Luzhen.

Wu Luzhen is a modern democratic revolutionary, the word Suiqing, and a native of Yunmeng, Hubei.

In the western suburbs of Yunmeng County, there is a small village called Wujiataizi. On March 6, 1880, in a scholarly family, a boy was born, and he was Wu Luzhen.

This village, surrounded by water and shaded by trees, is the world of his childhood activities.

At the age of six, he entered the village school to study, and he already showed his extraordinary talent. Not only does he have a better understanding and memory than any other child, but he also has a quick mind.

To this day, there is still a story about his pair in his hometown: one day, Mr. came out with a couplet: "The spring breeze urges the green willows," no one can match on the spot, and when asked about him, he blurted out: "Daze rises and the dragon roars." ”

The gentleman couldn't help but sigh secretly: "This son has strange ambitions!" Yunmeng is Daze, so the child who answered this link is going to do something big in the future!

When he was a little older, he transferred to a private school in Yitang Town, and at that time he wrote such a pair: "Knock down Asia with one punch, and knock over Europa with two kicks!" He expressed his resentment at the European and Asian imperialist invaders who tried to annex and carve up our country after the Opium War, and wrote about his determination to defeat and drive them all out! His naïve heart has been planted with the seeds of patriotism and serving the country.

He was a lively, mischievous kid again. He loves to climb trees, likes to swim, and learns the "Wumen Divine Stick" handed down by his family. Big trees, ponds, and ditches have all become good places for him to practice his skills, and he has practiced to be physically vigorous and has a foundation of martial arts, which laid the foundation for his later career as a horseman.

When Wu Luzhen was nine years old, his father Wu Libin, who had been traveling outside for many years, returned to Wuchang to set up a museum to teach, and the family moved to Wuchang. It is worth mentioning that he went to find it alone after his mother left for a while. He had never been far away before, let alone Wuchang, and he dared to go alone at a young age, and his courage was really very comparable.

Between the ages of 10 and 15, he studied with his father in Wuchang. His father, Wu Libin, was very knowledgeable, not only proficient in scriptures, but also knowledgeable in his studies. The so-called Gezhixue is physics, chemistry and other natural sciences. Wu Libin also made his own geometric figures to explain geometry.

Although Lu Zhen is good at poetry and writing, he is regarded as a literary genius, but he is not enthusiastic about taking the road of imperial examinations.

He believed that those Four Books and the Five Classics were not helpful in changing the backward state of China at that time; It is more useful than learning advanced scientific knowledge, so he puts a lot of effort into learning.

In his spare time, he still loves to dance swords and play sticks, and likes to read military books, and names himself "Meng Zexiong". His hometown Yunmeng, known as Yunmengze in ancient times, was given the name he gave himself, which shows that he had ambitions when he was a teenager.

When he was fifteen years old, his father went out to give lectures and died of illness on the way back. The family fell into difficulties and moved into a humble house in the Gojia camp. In order to share the burden of life on his mother's shoulders, he dropped out of school to work and became a small worker in the "Hubei Weaving Layout".

Lu Zhen came here to work before dawn every day, and finished work at 6 o'clock in the evening, working for more than ten hours a day, and could only get more than a dime of wages! Workers are not only exploited there, but also suffer from accidents due to poor working conditions.

Those foreign supervisors and technicians beat and scolded the workers at will, coupled with the bullying of the Chinese foremen, they lived an inhuman life.

At the end of the day, workers must be frisked at the factory gate.

Once, a foreman surnamed Yuan took the opportunity to flirt with a little female worker, and was seen by Lu Zhen, who stepped forward to call the foreman.

The foreman was furious and whipped him to beat him, but he was unable to do so because of the anger he had caused.

Lu Zhen was unwilling to accept this anger and decided to leave the factory.

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In 1895, after the Qing court signed the "Treaty of Shimonoseki" with Japan, which caused the anger of the Chinese people and rose up to denounce it. In Taiwan, the struggle against secession has erupted.

Lu Zhen felt the decline of the country, and saw that the great powers at that time were plotting to carve up China, he thought that as long as the people of the country worked together to turn the tide, it would help the country turn weak into strong, so he germinated the idea of joining the army to defend the country!

In January 1896, Zhang Zhidong was transferred back to Hubei to serve as the governor of Huguang. He advertised a list to recruit new recruits, who had to be at least 16 years old.

And Wu Luzhen is still less than sixteen years old, when he went to take the exam. In order to pass the registration hurdle, he moved out of the "Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was an example of the boy Wang Yi who fought to defend Sheji", and persuaded the officer in charge of signing up to agree to his registration.

During the exam, he wrote essays and poems, indicating his ambition to write from Rong.

His poems: "I like to read the Warring States Policy when I open the book, and I love the grass from the army." Ande decided to fight three Koreas, and threw his pen from Rong to go first. The article tells about him, who was born in a scholarly family, and devoted his pen to serving the country. His examination papers were quite appreciated by Zhang Zhidong, and he ordered people to mimeograph them and distribute them to the battalions to boost morale.

He was admitted to serve as a soldier in the engineer battalion.

After Wu Luzhen enlisted in the army, he practiced hard, studied military books such as "Western Law Class", and became a top-notch talent among soldiers; A year later, he was appointed by Zhang Zhidong to study in the Hubei Martial Arts Academy.

This is a school for training junior officers, and it accepts those who have reached the age of 18 and has a promising future for training, and Lu Zhen, who is 17 years old, is an exception for admission.

He was at the top of his studies there, and the Gexue he had learned since he was a child played a role in making it easier for him to accept "Western learning" than others.

Once, he even stepped up to the podium to correct a geometry problem that the Japanese instructor had proved wrong, and he unceremoniously typed a big "X" next to the instructor's calculus question, saying, "You are not right!" I calmly proved this problem.

The Japanese instructor was stunned by his "audacity" and could not get a seizure.

This incident caused a sensation in the whole school at that time, and was praised by people as a great increase in the ambition of the Chinese. In fact, this is just a kind of self-consolation of the national Ah Q spirit that has been bullied and looked down upon.

Can't a teacher get a geometry problem wrong? It's not surprising that a teacher gets a geometry problem wrong, and a student gets it right. A teacher is still a teacher, and a student is still a student.

Chinese people emphasize respecting teachers and valuing education, so shouldn't foreign teachers be respected? Do all foreigners bully the Chinese? Even in those days, there were many people who really helped a cowardly nation; Maybe this Japanese teacher is one of them.

Because of long-term bullying and being looked down upon, sometimes a kind of rebellious mentality is formed, and a kind of blind xenophobia similar to the Boxer Rebellion is formed.

From this matter, is Wu Luzhen showing this kind of emotion? Perhaps, this is the limitation of history. It is also difficult for an advanced element like Wu Luzhen and such an outstanding person to escape.

And, from this matter. It also reflects Wu Luzhen's character weakness of being too flamboyant and overconfident. In a sense, it was this weakness that finally killed him.

In the winter of 1898, Lu Zhen was sent to Japan to study military affairs, first entering the Chengcheng School and then the cavalry section of the non-commissioned officer school.

He witnessed the vigorous development of Japan after the Meiji Restoration, and felt the corruption of the Qing court and the backwardness of his own country. In Japan, he had the opportunity to come into contact with books that reflected various new ideas in Europe and the United States, and his thinking changed greatly.

Since then, he has been obsessed with the doctrine of freedom, equality, and human rights, and has realized that to save China, it is not just a matter of establishing military force to save China. It was necessary to overhaul politics and overthrow the corrupt regime of the Qing court.

He then worked with Fu Cixiang, Shen Xiangyun and others to initiate and organize the first student group "Inspirational Association" in Japan. The purpose of the association is to "connect feelings and promote inspirational festivals". The aim was to liaise with the comrades and discuss how the revolution should proceed.

His revolutionary ideas at this time were still in a state of spontaneity.

At this time, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, who was living in Yokohama, Japan, established the Xingzhong Association in Japan and paid attention to recruiting members from among the international students.

Wu Luzhen was introduced to Mr. Sun Yat-sen, and he admired Mr. Sun's wealth of knowledge very much; He is also very fond of the maturity of Sun's thoughts.

During the exchange, he had an in-depth understanding of Mr. Sun's revolutionary theory and resolutely joined the Xingzhong Society. From then on, he became a conscious fighter for the democratic revolution.

This is what Mr. Sun Yat-sen said in the memorial text: "In the past in the East China Sea, we talked and laughed and met." ”

Their revolutionary friendship began from there.

In the summer of 1990, the anti-imperialist struggle of the Boxer Rebellion in northern China entered the first place, and the revolutionaries decided to take advantage of this great opportunity to launch an uprising in the south. Wu Luzhen believed that "the Xiakou soldiers rushed to the important place", and suggested that Wuhan should be used as a base for attack, so as to control the north and south of the attack, and then send out the northern expedition.

Mr. Sun Yat-sen agreed with this suggestion, ordered Wu Luzhen and Fu Cixiang to preside over the uprising in the Yangtze River Valley, and sent people back to China to liaise with the party; He himself would preside over the uprising on the Pearl River.

Wu and Fu were very happy after receiving the order and began to prepare, but they suffered from lack of funds.

At this time, Bi Yongnian told Mr. Sun Yat-sen: "Tang Caichang has received 20,000 yuan from Kang Youwei, and plans to raise troops, and the money is donated by overseas Chinese in Singapore, and it will continue to be there." ”

Through negotiations, the two sides agreed to join the uprising. Mr. Sun Yat-sen also personally attended the banquet held by Liang Qichao for Tang Caichang, Wu Luzhen and others.

Bi Yongnian (1869-1902), a native of Changsha, Hunan, was a native of Changsha, Hunan Province. Read less of Wang Chuanshan's suicide note, sprout anti-Qing aspirations, make friends with Tan Sitong and Tang Cai, participate in the reform and political changes, and secretly make friends with the party. In August 1898, when he went to Beijing, Kang Youwei wanted to appoint him to lead his troops to besiege the Summer Palace and kill the Empress Dowager of the West. After the coup d'état, he cut his braids and burned his virginity photos to show his independence from the Manchu Qing Dynasty. He went to Japan, met with Sun Yat-sen, broke off his friendship with the royalists, and joined the Xingzhong Society.

Wu Luzhen and Tang Caichang secretly sneaked back to China together.

Tang Caichang held a meeting in Zhangyuan, Shanghai, and changed the name of the original "Zhengqi Society" to the "Self-Reliance Association" and the "Qinwang Army" to the "Self-Reliance Army". He called the royalists "King Qin" and said to the returned students "protect the country and protect the species". Tang Cai is often a close friend of Tan Sitong, and his enthusiasm for righteousness has a lot of elements of avenging his friends.

Tang Caichang (1867-1900), known as Boping, Fochen, Han nationality, native of Liuyang, Hunan, was a leader of the Restoration in the late Qing Dynasty, and a famous political activist in modern Chinese history. Gongsheng, and Tan Si at the same time called the "Liuyang Erjie" in the teaching and learning of the Changsha School of Current Affairs, after the coup d'état, went to Japan and Nanyang to raise funds, and after returning to Shanghai, he founded the "Self-Reliance Association", and plotted to launch a self-reliance army uprising in Hankou, and was arrested and righteous. He is the author of "Tang Cai Changji".