After Niu Jinxing walked into Xia Yunyi's study with a young scholar, he pulled the scholar next to him to introduce Xia Yunyi: "Gong Xuan, this is the newly elected propaganda committee member of the society, named Yinxi, a native of Yixing, Nanzhili..."

After Xia Yunyi got up and greeted the two, he didn't wait for Niu Jinxing to explain his intentions, so he said to him with great interest: "Juming, you came just in time, did you read yesterday's Daming Times?" Mr. Su has made a big move, and I think the content is excellent, and it can just be used as the minimum program that my youth society can use to call on members..."

Niu Jinxing interrupted Xia Yunyi, who was about to make a tirade, with some surprise, and said, "But that article "On the Rights and Duties of the People"? Many officials and scholars in Beijing said that this was an article without a king and a father, which was intended to subvert the order of ethics and corrupt the hearts of the world.

Some people even pointed the finger at the school, believing that Su Changqing was a pseudonym for someone in the school, and that the teaching content of the school should be restricted, and the hearts of the students of the school should not be damaged.

Now learn to speak out to support Su Changqing, it is very likely to set himself on fire, so that those officials and scholars will point the finger at the society. We finally have this thriving situation now, but we can't easily corrupt it. ”

Xia Yunyi glanced at Niu Jinxing curiously and said: "Juming's news is really well-informed, this article has only been published for more than a day, and you already know all the repercussions in the capital." ”

Niu Jinxing touched his beard quite embarrassed and said: "Since I was appointed to preside over the general affairs of the society, I dare not fail to understand the trend of public opinion in the capital. ”

Xia Yunyi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Juming doesn't need to explain much, it's always a good thing to be well-informed." When I met with His Majesty before, His Majesty told me that if you are in a position of high authority, if your eyes and ears are closed, then no matter what decision you make, you are just hitting the ground running. It's a blessing that you can always keep an eye on what's going on in the outside world.

However, when it comes to this article "On the Rights and Duties of the People", I think that Juming you have made a mistake, not that we should come forward to support Mr. Su, but that we need this article as a way for us to solidify the hearts of our members.

It is true that in the past year, the Youth Society has developed extremely rapidly, and the five provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, and Shanxi in the north and Guangdong, Yunnan, and Sichuan in the south have all established branches, and their membership has expanded to more than 4,000.

However, I have always felt that the organization of the society is there, and the goal of the society is the same as the world, but the path through which the society should pursue the realization of the goal is still a mess.

Between chapters, between chapters and general associations, and even between comrades in general associations, everyone has their own ideas. If we fail to find a political path that is acceptable to all, the Gakkai will either fall apart in the future, or become a place for empty talk among its members, and may even degenerate into an organization that is partisan and divisive.

I believe that Your Majesty is not happy that the Youth Society will degenerate into such an organization, and I believe that you and most of the members of the Society will not want the Society to become such an organization, and I personally will not allow the Society to become such an organization.

Mr. Su's article inspired me a lot, and no one knows how the Datong world should be achieved, but what we should know is that the people in the Datong world must achieve the unity of rights and obligations.

If the Youth Society does not support the people in having their own rights and know what their obligations are, how can we call on our comrades to fight for the goal of a harmonious world? ”

Niu Jinxing opened his mouth and stammered, and it was difficult to answer Xia Yunyi's question for a while, but Gu Yinxi, who was standing beside him, listened with relish, and applauded at this time: "Brother Yu said it really well, I also read this Mr. Su's article, and some of the statements are really unique and refreshing." ”

Niu Jinxing couldn't refute Xia Yunyi, but it didn't mean that he could tolerate Du Yinxi's statement of touting Xia Yunyi in person, and he suddenly said to Du Yinxi with a sinking face: "Zhong Yan, why are you messing around." If this is preached, how can the Society not attract envy? I'm afraid that my colleagues in the meeting will also be panicked. ”

Regarding Niu Jinxing's admonition, Du Yinxi not only didn't care, but said with a fluttering eyebrow: "It is precisely because the colleagues in the meeting are panicked, how can the Datong world be built with empty words."

These days, there are hundreds of scholars from all over the country who have asked to join the Youth Society, and it seems that the Association is thriving. But Brother Yu and Brother Ju Ming, do you really think that these scholars who applied to join this association came to pursue the practice of what the saint said?

In my opinion, I'm afraid most of them are not. Some people feel that it is good to enjoy the shade with their backs against the big trees, and with the signboard of the Youth Society hanging on their bodies, they can at least compete with the local officials in their hometowns.

Some of them have heard that His Majesty loves the members of the Youth Society, and they regard joining the Youth Society as a shortcut to the end of the country.

There are also some people who feel that most of the young elites belong to our Youth Society, and many of them must be the mainstay of the imperial court in the future, so they want to come in and get married in advance to find some help for their careers.

If the society learns to manage these new members with different intentions indiscriminately, I will not be far away from watching the Donglin Party members follow in the footsteps. On that day, the Donglin Party members took honesty and integrity, revitalized the rule of officials, opened up the way of speech, and eliminated the accumulated shortcomings of the government and the opposition as the slogan, but when recruiting party members, they did not distinguish between them, resulting in mixed party members, and finally caused a party dispute for the selfish interests of the portal, and the two brothers must not ignore it. ”

Xia Yunyi suddenly nodded with a smile and said, "What Zhong Mian said is exactly what I want." It is precisely this opportunity for our youth society not to be a place to hide dirt and dirt, and it is precisely this opportunity to discern whether these new members are genuinely supporting the purpose of the association or whether they are only joining for their own selfish purposes.

Unlike other literati societies, this association does not allow you to join as you like, nor does it allow you to stay if you want to. If a member of the Association fails to obey the purposes and discipline of the Association, he or she should be expelled from the Association immediately.

As for Brother Juming's worries that he would have been hated and attacked, I don't think there is any need to be anxious. Since the establishment of this association, when will it not be reviled by those Qingliushi people, if it is afraid of being hated, why should this association be established? You must know that the purpose of this association is to fight against these narrow-minded villains who only care about their own selfishness, and if they stop scolding us one day, it is when we should be worried..."

Xia Yunyi said that he noticed that Niu Jinxing's face on the side was a little dark, and he couldn't help but change the topic with a smile and said: "This matter is not in a hurry, wait for me to draw up a detailed program and ask Your Majesty to help review it, and then convene a meeting of the responsible members of various departments of the society to discuss."

Now let's get back to business, Ju Ming and Zhong Mian came to me today, what do you want to talk about with me? ”

Niu Jinxing, who wanted to persuade again, heard Xia Yunyi mention Chongzhen, and finally swallowed back the words that had reached his throat, and then collected his mood and said: "I came here with Zhong Mian, in fact, I just want to talk to you about the canal strike..."

Before the 20th, the strike of dock workers in Qingjiangpu and Huai'an had spread to the joint general strike of dock workers in more than 1 county up and down the canal.

Although it is the canal's winter break, many temporary dock workers have returned to their homes near the canal. But the remaining unemployed workers gathered in the shantytowns near the wharf are still not a small number.

In the past, the local government rarely let these landless people who wandered from all over the country settle down in the local area, so naturally there was no management. The demand for commercial transactions on the canal required sufficient labor to serve the merchants, many of whom were backed by the local gentry.

Therefore, wherever there is an area close to the canal wharf, there is always a piece of land that is enclosed for these displaced people. As a result, the merchants were given cheap labor to load and unload goods, the gentry could earn money by renting out the land, and even the yamen were able to receive a filial piety from the docks and the workers, which was a scene of great joy for all.

This time, the gentry of Qingjiangpu united with the merchants of the canal to incite the dock workers to make trouble, and the local yamen were naturally not ignorant. However, everyone knows that the dock workers' disturbance this time is essentially aimed at the expanding maritime transportation industry, so the local yamen also has tacit cooperation.

It should be said that it was quite successful at first, and the gang members, who were raised by the gentry and merchants to control the dock workers, easily instigated the dock workers in Qingjiangpu and entered the city to surround the various yamen demonstrations.

After this incident reached the capital, it immediately caused many officials to take the opportunity to attack the officials in charge of maritime affairs, believing that it was the maritime transportation promoted by these officials that greatly reduced the number of goods transported by the canal, making these dock workers unable to make a living, and this was a vicious act of preying on the people.

However, just when public opinion in Beijing was rising, sympathizing with the plight of the striking workers, the blame was placed on the shipping industry. The further expansion of the scale of the strike, and the detailed reports of Cui Wensheng, Shen Tingyang, and other officials on the inside of the strike arrived in Beijing, which immediately disrupted the position of public opinion in Beijing.

First, the mass strike of the canal dock workers under the organization of the trade unions, and the statements of support of the workers of the factories in Beijing and Mentougou, suddenly made some merchants and factory owners fear the power of the workers, and turned to strongly oppose any mode of workers' strikes to blackmail the imperial court.

Second, the detailed reports of Cui Wensheng, Shen Tingyang and others have put officials who had previously supported the workers' strike against the expansion of maritime transport in an embarrassing position. If they continue to support the workers' strike, they are undoubtedly digging their own feet; If you oppose the demands of the workers, you are slapping yourself in the mouth. Whatever they chose, they got them into a political predicament.

As a youth society that previously supported the legitimate demands of the workers, but opposed the imposition of the blame on the maritime industry, after the report was delivered to the capital, it was also faced with the time to choose a new position, which is why Niu Jinxing came to see Xia Yunyi.