Section 8: Merit and Crime

"Zhong Gong, this is the Two Lakes Academy created by Xiang Shuai?" Zhu Chongzhen pointed to a place with red walls and green tiles in front of him, and asked the young man next to him.

Li Siguang nodded and said, "This is it." At that time, Wen Xianggong founded the academy here, so there are two lakes of Mingyue and Dusi, and the academy is a scholar who specializes in the two lakes, so it was named the Lianghu Academy. ”

Zhu Chongzhen bowed his head slightly, and said to the people beside him: "This is the proud pen of Xiang Shuai's life, and I have admired it for a long time." You have worked hard all night, and you just took advantage of the lake, mountains, and sages of the academy to wash away the anger of our generation this night. ”

At this time, it was the early morning of the second day, after a night of fighting, the battle in Wuchang had ended, Ruizheng fought a hole and fled, Zhang Biao stubbornly resisted and was punished, the remaining officers and soldiers, fled and fled, surrendered, overnight, Wuchang City was successful, and the city was full of jubilation.

When the war was settled, Zhu Chongzhen ordered people to put up a list to calm the people, and there was no crime in the autumn. After a while, he issued a strict order, prohibiting the righteous officers and soldiers from indiscriminately killing Manchurians, and when everything returned to normal, he led a group of civil and military officers to stroll through the city of Wuchang to calm people's hearts, and before he knew it, he walked to the Lianghu Academy at the entrance of the camp.

Since the recovery of Hawaii, Zhu Chongzhen has devoted himself to founding Yiye Academy over the years. I have a deep understanding of the hardships of running a college. It is also for this reason that Zhang Zhidong, who single-handedly founded the three major academies in the late Qing Dynasty, admired the abnormality, and at this moment Wuchang was recovered, and he wanted to visit the Lianghu Academy in his spare time, which was also regarded as a fake public and private.

Walking to the door of the academy, Zhu Chongzhen found that the building in front of the door clearly read: "Lianghu General Normal School", seeing Zhu Chongzhen was a little surprised, Li Siguang smiled, and explained: "Wen Xianggong said that if you want to promote education, the first priority is normal, so in the 29th year of Guangxu, it was renamed Lianghu General Normal School. ”

Hearing Li Siguang's explanation, Zhu Chongzhen looked at the simple and fresh school building in the door, the exquisite and elegant school garden, and his mind was far away, he stood quietly for a while, and suddenly his heart moved, and he turned to everyone and said: "Today's Wuchang is restored, although the people of the time said that it is our work, but if there is no Xiangshuai in Wuhan to run an industry, build a academy, and train a new army, you and I will not have today's achievements." These two lakes academy is the pride of Xiang Shuai's life, you and I bow down, and we can thank Xiang Shuai. ”

Zhu Chongzhen said, flirting clothes and kneeling on the ground, several teenagers also knelt down, Zhang Zhenwu and others looked at each other, although they were a little reluctant, but seeing that Li Siguang had already fallen with them, they had to follow them and bow three times together.

To say that the Two Lakes Academy is indeed a good place to study. The wind corridor moon pavilion, the water pavilion pavilion, the design is quite ingenious. At this moment, the cold dew has just passed, and although the weather is a little cooler, the ancient trees in the academy are still green and lush, except for a few yellow leaves flying in the air from time to time.

Zhu Chongzhen and his entourage walked and stopped, enjoyed and played everywhere, and after a while, they walked to the shore of Dusi Lake, and saw that there were stone tables on the piers, scattered among a few ancient trees, which was an excellent place to talk about discussions.

"Xiang Shuai really has a big hill in his chest!" Zhu Chongzhen casually picked a pier and sat down, and said, "The two lakes academy is very elegant and far-reaching. There is a way that the predecessors planted trees, and the descendants enjoyed the shade. Let's take a break here, and also take a ride on the cool of the fragrant handsome. ”

Zhang Zhenwu was a little impatient, "snorted" in his nose, and protested to Zhu Chongzhen: "Zhang Zhidong is just a slaughter, his hands are stained with the blood of my revolutionaries, his cold, what is there to take advantage of!" ”

Zhu Chongzhen shook his head and said, "Chunshan, what you said is unfair!" Not to mention the Ezhou New Army, which we rely on today, not to mention Hanyang's leading industry in Asia, just to say that the major academies in Wuchang created by Xiangshuai have cultivated many heroes for my China? Far away is like Tang Caichang, and near are my revolutionaries Huang Xing, Huang Keqiang, Sun Wu and Sun Yaoqing, and Zhong Gong in front of him, isn't he also a student of Xiang Shuai? When it comes to the facts that have been done to this Wuchang City, you and I are far from being able to compare with Xiang Shuai. ”

Li Siguang interjected at this time: "Childe's words are inevitably a little ambitious and destroy his own prestige. I want today's prince and us to recover Wuchang and drive out the Manchurians, this is the glory of a hundred years, and future generations will inevitably make a big mark for us in the history books. Although Wen Xianggong has some merits to Wuhan, he is the light of fire, how can it be compared with the sun and the moon? To put it irreverently, although Wen Xianggong is a capable minister, he is just a slave of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. ”

"You're just talking about a name. Only when the people of Wuchang live and work in peace and contentment in the future can you and I be able to make some achievements," Zhu Chongzhen still shook his head and said, "In the past, I plotted a coup d'Γ©tat in Hawaii to seek equality between the Han people, but not the Han people above all ethnic groups. Earlier today, if I hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid that the sister of Baoying with the Thirty Bids would have been killed by the knife. Bao Ying's sister is just a weak woman who is too old to be killed? ”

Jiang Yiwu said: "The son is inevitably a little benevolent!" I want to think that when the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Yangzhou was ten days, Jiading was slaughtered, how many Han people did the Manchus kill me? At the moment, it's just a matter of making the full man pay some interest. Didn't Childe say yesterday that he held a steel knife of ninety-nine and killed Hu Erfang? ”

Zhu Chongzhen didn't expect Jiang Yiwu to say such a thing, he was a little surprised for a while, thought for a while, and then said: "In April last year, Wang Jixin, the chairman of the evaluation department of the Alliance, sacrificed his life to enter Beijing and was arrested for plotting to assassinate the regent. This can be regarded as a great sin of the Nine Clans. But why was it only sentenced to life imprisonment? This matter has been rumored for a long time, I think you all know, the Manchurians still cherish their talents and admire righteousness, forgive the enemy, you and I, as the descendants of the Chinese family, the male son of the Han family, and the descendants of Chinese civilization, how can we kill women and children without permission? ”

When everyone saw Zhu Chongzhen talking about this public case, they looked at each other for a while, and they were a little speechless. Jiang Yiwu finally sighed and said, "What Gongzi said is very true, the brothers were red-eyed and a little out of control last night. Fortunately, Childe's order came in time. ”

Zhu Chongzhen saw that Zhang Zhenwu was still a little angry, so he said again: "My Han family classics have one more and more characters. As the old saying goes, 'and the real creatures, the same is not continued', between skin colors, between nationalities, if you can ......" Zhu Chongzhen did not finish speaking, looking at everyone's faces, there was already a little cowardice, a little self-defeating smile, and he understood in his heart that although these people in front of him were the leaders of Wuchang's uprising, but really speaking, it was just a chance meeting, after all, it was just a wild grass. It was a bit abrupt to say these things to them.

So Zhu Chongzhen coughed lightly twice, and lightly changed the topic: "Today, Wuchang has been recovered, and I have drafted a telegram to electrify the whole country, but I am not famous, so I want you to nominate one person and sign it with me, so as to deter the whole country, I don't know who you are?" ”

At this time, Sun Wu's serious injuries were still being treated, Liu Gong was separated by the Yangtze River in Hankou, Liu Fuji had been martyred, and the leaders of the two sessions, only Jiang Yiwu and Zhang Zhenwu were sitting at this time. The two looked at each other, and finally Jiang Yiwu said: "Don't hide it from the son, the current plan should be to choose a person with high morality, I'm afraid we are not competent." ”

Zhu Chongzhen asked in surprise: "Why did Bo Kui say this?" ”

Jiang Yiwu sighed: "When Chu Wangtai raised the righteousness last night, although I was not on the spot, I also knew that the Bingkun brothers almost couldn't hold it down last night. Bingkun and I are just a righteous person in the army, and the officials are small, but I am afraid that everyone will be unconvinced. Zhenwu is not in the army. So, we wanted to ......"

Jiang Yiwu opened his mouth, but still didn't speak. Zhang Zhenwu next to him glared at him, and said fiercely: "Don't hide it from the son, our initial plan is to wait until Wuchang recovers, and ask Li Yuanhong, the leader of the 21st Mixed Association, to be the leader!" ”

As soon as Zhang Zhenwu's voice fell, before Zhu Chongzhen could say anything, Fang Xinru next to him burst out laughing again. Zhu Chongzhen frowned and asked sharply: "Xinru, is there anything ridiculous!" ”

Fang Xinru saw that Zhu Chongzhen's face was uncertain, so he hurriedly tightened his face and explained, "Big brother, don't be angry. It's just that I saw that the two brothers just now kept saying that Xiangshuai was a slave of the Manchu Dynasty, and I didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, they would give up Wuchang City to another slave of the Manchu Dynasty. I thought it was a little funny just now, but I didn't hold back. ”

Hearing Fang Xinru's words, Jiang Yiwu and Zhang Zhenwu had some spicy feelings on their faces. Zhu Chongzhen also sighed secretly in his heart. Li Yuanhong has a nickname, called Li Bodhisattva, because of the Wuhan flood that year, Li Yuanhong donated 2,000 oceans to help the victims; But how can this be compared with Zhang Zhidong's exploits for the benefit of the two lakes? If it is said that Zhang Zhidong killed Tang Caichang and suppressed the Self-Reliance Army, but last night, Li Yuanhong also stabbed the revolutionaries Zhou Rongfa and Zou Yuxi, and his hands were also stained with the blood of the revolutionaries.

Zhang Zhenwu still said: "At this time, at this moment, Wuchang is recovered, we urgently need a person of high moral integrity to call on the whole country to respond, at this moment in Wuchang City, only Li Yuanhong Li Xietong is the most suitable." ”

Zhu Chongzhen nodded and said, "I have only been in Wuchang for a few days, so naturally you should be more familiar with the situation in Wuchang. Since the two of you said so, it must be the result of everyone's careful deliberation and repeated deliberations. In this case, please ask Li Yuanhong and Li Xietong to sign with me. ”

Seeing that Zhu Chongzhen agreed, Erwu actually breathed a sigh of relief. Several teenagers were amused when they saw it.

At this moment, Deng Yulin hurriedly ran over and said to Zhu Chongzhen: "Speaker Tang Hualong took a few members to the Advisory Bureau, and kept saying that he wanted to see the leader of the righteous people!" ”

Zhu Chongzhen smiled slightly and said, "He came quickly." After that, he commanded the people: "Since everyone has elected Li Yuanhong as the leader, you must find his people first." I think so, Bo Kui took people to find Li Xietong, and Chunshan and the others went to meet this Tang Hualong for a while to see what he wanted to do. ”

Jiang Yiwu and Zhang Zhenwu nodded, said "obey the order", and took everyone away.

When they walked away, a few teenagers were a little relaxed, and Fang Xiaoru sighed: "Two thousand years ago, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang at the end of the Qin Dynasty still dared to say that the prince and general Xiangning had a kind of thing, but at this moment, no one in Wuchang dared to be the first in the world. ”

Zhu Chongzhen also sighed and said, "Isn't this my Zhu family's sin? If it weren't for the fact that the ancestors of Hongwu imitated the Yuan system, divided the world into ten households, and judged their careers by their origins, where would there be such a strange thing? These thousands of years have been attacked, as the saying goes, dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and the children of the fallen people can sing. At this moment, if you want them to break through this deep-rooted cage, it will be difficult for the strongman. ”

Miyamoto Yoshiei was thoughtful, silent for a while, and asked Zhu Chongzhen: "The eldest brother just said, 'If you are a real creature, you will not continue to do so', but you didn't finish speaking, I don't know what to say?" ”

Zhu Chongzhen shook his head and said, "I'm out of interest today, let's talk about it later." We will stay in this city of Wuchang for a month at most, resist the counterattack of the Manchus, and when the whole country responds, we must set off to the north. You'll find out when you get to Beijing. ”