Chapter 85: Sun Yat-sen returns to China

The war in the northwest seems to be fierce, but it has not had much impact on the current domestic political situation, let alone the repercussions among the domestic people. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 At this time, the eyes of the domestic people are generally focused on the ongoing North-South peace talks, and for the Chinese people who have become accustomed to sunrise and daily income in this era, there is nothing more important than a peaceful day.

Even so, the views of ordinary people in the country are not representative of everyone. No matter what the era, politics has always belonged to the elite.

After the North-South peace talks, although there are still small clashes in various localities, the country as a whole is in a relatively peaceful state compared with the past few days. It was also at this time that all kinds of self-proclaimed political elite figures were unwilling to be lonely and appeared on the stage. Send a telegram today, leave a comment tomorrow, you sing and I sing, desperately brushing your own sense of existence.

In such a situation, an even more powerful news instantly resounded across the land of China, annihilating the voices of all political elites. That is, Mr. Sun Wen, the great revolutionary pioneer, the mentor of the revolution, and the prime minister of the League, is about to return to China.

After the Wuchang Uprising, Sun Yat-sen, who was far away, had already received the news. However, he and many of the leading figures of the League were not aware of this great turning point of the revolution, and they were immersed in the failure of the Huanghuagang Uprising, and did not believe that the revolution would succeed without their leadership, so Sun Yat-sen was reluctant to return to China.

A few days later, the Wuchang uprising was already on fire, and the provinces responded one after another. At this time, Huang Xing, who had already rushed to Hong Kong, immediately sent a telegram to Sun Yat-sen, who was still staying in the United States, to the effect that the revolutionary situation was developing rapidly, and asked him to return to China immediately.

Sun Yat-sen, who had just woken up from a dream, did not rush to return to China at this time, but rushed to the European and American powers to begin diplomatic negotiations as the leader of the revolutionary forces. But how could the great powers take such a small person as you in their eyes, how could they pay attention to a person full of empty words, and if you ask me to admit that you are a legitimate regime, I will admit it? If you tell me not to lend to the Manchu government, I won't borrow? Who are you? What good can you give us?

Obviously, Sun Yat-sen's diplomatic activities in Europe and the United States all ended in failure, and Sun Yat-sen, who had touched a gray nose, was extremely depressed. At this time, the news of sending telegrams in China urging him to return to China quickly followed, and Sun Yat-sen, who was extremely sad, decided to return to China. On November 24, at the port of Marseille, France, Sun Yat-sen boarded a ship and embarked on the road home.

On December 15, Sun Yat-sen arrived in Singapore, where he told all sides that he would go to Shanghai to form a provisional government, and that the new government would go all out to persist in the Northern Expedition, and that the only compromise would be for the royal family to completely withdraw from Chinese politics as a member of the ordinary citizens of the Republic of China. If the Qing government did not agree to this, Sun Yat-sen said that the revolutionary party would not hesitate to shed blood and sacrifice until the capture of Beijing.

Although Sun Yat-sen was full of ambition, he fantasized about rushing back to China as soon as possible to preside over the political situation in order to realize his political ambitions that had been brewing for many years. What he did not know, however, was that the existing political agenda of the ongoing North-South peace talks did not leave much room for him, that his problems were not touched upon, that there was no place for him in the envisaged political structure, and that his political ideas were not taken into account.

On December 21, Sun Yat-sen officially arrived in Hong Kong. Hu Hanmin, the governor of Guangdong, personally rushed to greet him, accompanied by Chen Jiongming, Zhu Zhixin and others, as well as citizens who went spontaneously.

Looking at the crowd that came to greet him on the dock and cheered lively, Sun Yat-sen felt a little timid about his hometown for a while, after so many years of revolution, and now he is finally going to succeed, and now he has a feeling of returning home.

"Sir, you're finally back." Hu Hanmin looked at Sun Wen in front of him and said emotionally.

"Zhantang, our revolution is finally going to succeed, it's going to succeed." Sun Yat-sen's joy was beyond words.

"Yes! Sir, the revolution is about to succeed, and the fall of the Manchus is imminent. ”

"A democratic republic is just around the corner." At this time, Sun Yat-sen had long forgotten about the frustration of encountering a wall in Europe and the United States, but instead had a feeling of being high-spirited and pointing out the country.

Sun Yat-sen's last sentence went to the hearts of the revolutionaries, and he waited for others to throw his head and shed his blood, and the revolution for so many years was not just for the current democratic republic.

"Mr. has had a bumpy journey, and he is extremely tired when he thinks about it, and the comrades in Guangdong have already made arrangements, and Mr. can go to Guangzhou to stay and rest now." It was Chen Jiongming who spoke, and at this time he still had great respect for the pioneer of the revolutionary party.

"The comrades in Guangdong are so enthusiastic that I plan to spend a few days in Hong Kong, and then go north to Shanghai, and then stop going to Guangzhou to disturb the comrades in Guangdong."

Upon hearing this, several people frowned, they obviously knew more about the domestic political situation than Sun Yat-sen, who had just returned to China. Although the north and the south are in peace talks at this time, and they are at a critical juncture, all this has nothing to do with you Sun Wen? What are you Sun Wen doing in Shanghai? What can you do? Therefore, several people began to make suggestions to Sun Yat-sen, saying that it was inappropriate for him to rush to Shanghai now, and it was better to settle in Guangdong for the time being.

Although the persuasion of Hu Hanmin, Chen Jiongming and others was tactful, Sun Wen quickly understood what they meant. I was suddenly very dissatisfied and stayed in Guangdong? Joke, how can you lead the national revolution if you stay in Guangdong? The comrades of the Quartet are looking forward to me to lead them to overthrow the rule of the Manchu Tartars, and what will they think if I stay in the rear like this? What would you think of my grandson?

Although he was dissatisfied, he still explained with a smile: "The reason why I am in a hurry to go to Shanghai is to put my full ideals into practice, if I don't rush to Shanghai now, then who will preside over the relevant revolutionary leadership matters?" All internal and external major events are by no means substituted by others. “

Although several people were a little surprised by Sun Yat-sen's answer, they could also understand in their hearts that after risking their heads to revolutionize for so many years, the opportunity to dominate the government of a country is just around the corner, how can they not be tempted?

In the case of fruitless persuasion, as Sun Yat-sen's ironcore, Hu Hanmin had to accompany him. After ceding the position of governor to Chen Jiongming, he set off to accompany Sun Yat-sen to Shanghai.

On December 25, Sun Yat-sen and his entourage arrived in Shanghai by steamer, and although the sky was drizzling and Haikou was covered with clouds and mist, Sun Yat-sen was warmly welcomed by all walks of life in Shanghai. The Shanghai Governor's Office even sent a warship to the sea to greet Huang Zongyang, Wu Tingfang, Huang Xing, Chen Qimei, Wang Jingwei and others in the Hatong Park of Jing'an Temple.

At this time, the Chinese people generally felt mysterious about Sun Yat-sen, and of course they had a lot of expectations. In addition to some news from Sun Yat-sen himself or his attaché, intentionally or unintentionally going out for a walk, what Sun Yat-sen brought back to China this time, four warships, and a lot of money; Or carrying tens of millions of dollars raised in the United States and so on. Others, Sun Yat-sen has established extensive diplomatic relations with various countries in the world. All kinds of rumors, you name it. Anyway, these rumors give people endless hope.

In the welcoming crowd, when someone put forward these rumors in front of Sun Yat-sen and asked them to confirm their truthfulness, Sun Yat-sen was so modest and unswervingly told the reporters present: I, Sun Wen, am actually not a penny, and what I brought back is just the revolutionary spirit.

The more Sun Yat-sen said this, the more inclined people were to believe the rumors to be true, and the more they speculated on the words of this great revolutionary man on the good side. These true and false news confused people's vision, and brought infinite power to the revolutionaries of the League. In the whispers of the people, the image of this revolutionary pioneer seems incomparably majestic, and it is invisibly increasing. At this time, a number of revolutionaries of the League and the military and political leaders of the provinces also issued telegrams to welcome Sun Yat-sen's return to China.

Nevertheless, it was not long before Sun Yat-sen, who rushed to Nanjing with great ambition, soon learned that the revolution could not rely on spirit alone, and that there had to be money.