"Why did Mr. Xingcheng say that? The governor of my family has no ambition to covet the position of the president, could it be that Mr. Fei is testing my governor for the president? Gao Chuguan interjected quietly, but a cold light flashed in his eyes.

Yang Shiqi smiled bitterly: "Brother Xiang Yuan doesn't have to be suspicious! Yuan Weiting made mistakes again and again after becoming president, he has returned to the sky and lacked skills, among the heroes of the world who can unify China, it is none other than you Chai Guanghua, Yuan Weiting let go of the Qing court, and the world is free from the suffering of swords, and now Beiyang is falling apart, and no one has the ability to stop the Jianghuai army, can Brother Guanghua see my three points of thin noodles, don't rush to kill! ”

Chai Dongliang just wanted to deny it, but saw that Yang Shiqi's sideburns were already white, and his eyes were full of sadness, he couldn't bear to cover it up with false words, and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Xingcheng, you know President Yuan's surname better than me, he is not a Zaifeng person, and false words and intimidation can't scare him, until the mountains and rivers are exhausted, how can he admit defeat?" Once the war between the north and the south starts, there will be casualties on both sides, even if I am willing to let him go, will the 100,000 soldiers of the Jianghuai Army agree? ”

Yang Shiqi said unwillingly: "The Jianghuai Army was created by you, and the soldiers regard you as your father and brother, and you can decide their life and death, what is the difficulty of letting Yuan Weiting go?" ”

Chai Dongliang shook his head and said, "Since Mr. Xingcheng knows that Jiang Huaijun regards me as his father and brother, how can I let them down?" Once the war starts, killing my Jianghuai sergeant is like killing my nephew, if I indulge easily, the army will inevitably be scattered, Mr. Xingcheng is a master, so I don't need to say more, right? Yuan Shikai used the ruffian to coerce the congress and became the president, with all due respect, he himself does not have a legal surname, if such a thing is allowed to happen, then Zhang San can be elected by force, and Li Si can also be elected by force, isn't this election a joke???? Don't talk about these things, if Mr. can persuade Yuan Shikai to go into the wilderness automatically, I can see that the world is free from the suffering of poison, and ensure that he does not lose his glory and wealth. ”

Yang Shiqi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This is difficult, as difficult as ascending to the sky, as you said, Yuan Shikai is not Zaifeng, he will not die if he does not reach the Yellow River!" ”

The two of them spoke in Chinese, Goodeno's Chinese level was very bad, and he almost couldn't understand a word, and the translator translated the conversation between Chai Dongliang and Yang Shiqi to him, and Goodnow was furious when he heard it.

"Your Excellency General, I absolutely do not agree to indulge Yuan Shikai! Neither the republic nor the constitutional monarchy can allow the use of force to force elections, and if this situation is allowed to occur, then China's future will be as bleak as Mexico's, perhaps even worse! Mexico's neighbor is the United States, and your neighbors are greedy and greedy, if China cannot have order and stability, then Poland, which is sandwiched between Germany and Russia and divided three times, is likely to be a lesson for China! ”

Goodnow hated Yuan Shikai so much, his glorious future was harmed by Yuan Shikai, if it weren't for this guy taking out of context and distorting his own article, maybe he would have been in the White House now! If you were the president of the United States, the first thing you would do would be to send troops to Mexico to take out that pesky Holt, not at a press conference in front of a horde of journalists.

If protests work, then what do you need the military for?

Yang Shiqi originally guessed that his lobbying of Chai Dongliang would not lead to anything, but out of the affection of being a guest and host with Yuan Shikai for decades, he had to talk about personnel as much as possible, and now he was not speculative, so he had to get up and say goodbye.

"Mr. Xingcheng, I know very well that your great talent, can you stay in the Military Advisory Office and contribute to the country and the people, and let me ask for advice sooner or later!" Chai Dongliang kept it again and again.

Yang Shiqi smiled bitterly: "Brother Guanghua still remember, just two years ago, in this mid-mountain pavilion, I also advised you to serve Yuan Shikai, at that time I said that more than 100,000 soldiers in Beiyang were willing to die for Yuan Shikai??? After two years, I am afraid that there is no one in a hundred who is willing to die for Yuan Shikai, but you Chai Guanghua has won the hearts of the people in the world! In today's situation, my tricks are not worth mentioning, where can I assist you? This set of mine is all imperial techniques that have been passed down for thousands of years, and they are just conspiracies! I am treacherous, you hold the royal way! The royal road of the Manchu court is not good, Yuan Shikai used me to seize the 90,000 miles of rivers and mountains of the Qing court with treachery! Now that the Jianghuai army is a dignified and upright king's teacher, there is no way to fight the righteous teacher, and the people will inevitably eat pot pulp to welcome it, where can I still use my tricks that are not on the table? That's it, that's it, one generation is doing one generation of things, my generation is already old and unusable, and China will be the world of you young people in the future??? I can't understand the world anymore! ”

Looking at Yang Shiqi's lonely expression, Chai Dongliang couldn't help but think about the high-spirited look when he first saw him, at that time he talked eloquently, although there was no lack of sophistry in the language, but it could also make his heart shake, but now it seems that he is already an old man with a dead heart!

It's not that Yang Shiqi, Yuan Shikai and others are not smart, and it's not that Chai Dongliang's IQ is much higher than them, on the contrary, they are the top political figures in the late Qing Dynasty, but they are unfortunate to catch up with such a changing era, and it is also a treacherous era.

The rolling Yangtze River will always swallow up some heroes, and no one can always stand on the crest of the waves to make the tide.

The three of them had their own hearts, pushing the cup to change the lamp but couldn't drink the taste of wine, the delicacies of the mountains and seas also tasted the same as chewing wax, Yang Shiqi barely drank a few glasses, and the depressed atmosphere on his sleeves disappeared, he seemed to have figured out something, and the usual unfathomable smile appeared on his face, he arched his hand at Chai Dongliang and said: "Although Liang Yuan is not a long-term home, thank you for the hospitality of Brother Guanghua, I am leaving." ”

Speaking of which, Chai Dongliang was inconvenient to stay, and said with a smile: "I'll send you." ”

Yang Shiqi smiled and waved his hand and said: "No need, this mountain is the wharf, buy a ferry ticket, and I will return to Sizhou in a few hours, what does the man's husband look like when he sends it around?" ”

After saying this, he walked down the mountain road with his hands behind his back, Chai Dongliang looked at his back and didn't feel a little distracted, and finally couldn't help but chase after him, shouting at Yang Shiqi's background: "Mr. Xingcheng, two years ago, why did you point me out?" ”

Yang Shiqi looked back and smiled: "Because you are different from everyone I have ever seen, I am ??? to you Curious. ”

Chai Dongliang was disappointed: "That's all? ”

Yang Shiqi smiled: "That's all??? However, there are only two people who can make me curious in this life, one is Yuan Shikai, and the other is you! ”

Chai Dongliang stood on the mountain road facing the river breeze and silently looked at Yang Shiqi in the distance, and suddenly found that Yang Shiqi turned around and waved his hand at him, and then shouted: "Guanghua, I will finally send you a word, Liang Zhuo is like a great talent who is unparalleled in the world, if he can reuse it, he will be able to build a meritorious career for all generations, Yuan Shikai can't use it, it depends on your means!" ”

Chai Dongliang looked at this person who was not related to him, but reminded him twice, and his mood was rippling, two years ago, he also walked away like this??? It's just that Chai Dongliang found that Yang Shiqi's back was a little hunched!

??? Dividing line ???

"In today's world, the competition between countries is not the quality of the people who are competing for it, and the rise and fall of the country's chaos are all determined by the quality of the people??? In today's world, worrying about the country is that the system is not as good as other countries, and worrying about the people is worrying about the public morality and people's wisdom is not as good as the people of other countries! Liang Qichao spoke eloquently in official dialect with a strong Cantonese flavor.

Gao Chu watched the festival and applauded; "Okay, what a worried about the country and the people, Mr. Zhuoru's words made me suddenly!"

Liang Qichao said with a solemn expression: "I have traveled to the countries of Taixi, and the messiness of the world is not more than that of the Chinese in Los Angeles!" The Chinese ghetto in Los Angeles is like the old neighborhood of Guangzhou, where spitting, littering, scolding mothers along the street, and prostitutes in tobacco houses abound, and the gang vendettas and fights in New York's Chinatown are even more shocking??? Bright cooking, freedom, such as the winter of Qiu, summer of Ge, although the beauty is beautiful, but not suitable for my China, the quality of our people is low, although there is a good system still can not make the country rich and the people strong, for today's plan, the first education, the transformation of the national quality! ”

Chai Dongliang originally planned to send someone to invite Liang Qichao, but he didn't expect him to come uninvited, which made Chai Dongliang overjoyed, and hurriedly set up a banquet to entertain him.

But Chai Dongliang never expected that Liang Qichao's mouth was about quality, which made him feel disappointed??? He was no stranger to this argument, and until a hundred years later, there were still countless people who advocated that the quality of Chinese was not good, and they could only be enslaved. In other words, traditional Chinese culture is a toxin, and it must be completely westernized in order to be reborn.

Liang Qichao saw that Chai Dongliang was disapproving, and smiled slightly: "Does General Chai think what I said is wrong?" ”

Chai Dongliang stood up from the chair and nodded politely: "Sir's words, Chai only dares to agree with half of them." ”

Liang Qichao was a little curious, and said with a smile: "Oh, which half?" ”

Chai Dongliang looked around the audience and said solemnly: "I agree with what Mr. said, the competition in the world today lies in the quality of the people and not in the strength of the country??? However, what Mr. said, the quality of the people determines the system, I dare not agree, Chai believes that the system is the key to determine the quality of the people, if there is no good system, there will never be a sound mind! If the power of those in power is not restricted, and those in power wantonly destroy the system, it is tantamount to asking for fish in such an environment to talk about the quality of the people??? What the gentleman said, I got the cause and effect wrong! ”

Liang Qichao said disapprerovingly: "If this is the case in China, it can still be said that the system is inferior to other countries, and why is it that in the United States, the Chinese are still like this?" This does not just show that China's traditional culture is poisonous, and its toxins must be eliminated first, so that the quality of the people will be enhanced, and then a good system can be established. ”

Liang Qichao's insight in China in this era is already outstanding, but he still has the limitations of the times, although Chai Dongliang has ordinary knowledge, but as a traveler in later generations, he has too many examples to prove that Chinese culture and modern civilization can be perfectly grafted together.

The developed countries and regions in Asia in the 21st century are only a few places such as Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, and all of these places belong to the traditional Confucian cultural circle without exception. The rest of the countries and regions, whether it is the Philippines that believes in Christianity, the countries of West Asia and South Asia that believe in Islam, or the countries that believe in Hinduism, without exception, cannot enter the ranks of developed countries, even the Philippines, which has been ruled by the Americans for many years, seems to have developed rapidly after World War II, but it will be finished as soon as the Americans leave.

Without exception, these developed countries and regions with Confucian culture are a combination of modern systems and traditional culture, and all regions that try to abandon traditional culture have finally tasted the bitter fruits of the collapse of the social and moral system.

But these examples are all a hundred years later, and no one will believe it if they say it now, Chai Dongliang looked at Liang Qichao's eyes and said: "Sir, do you think that the low quality of Chinese in the United States is really a problem of our culture?" ”

Liang Qichao asked rhetorically: "What is it if it's not culture?" If it is a problem of the system, why don't white Americans spit and be dissatisfied with the scolding on the street? Why is it that the white ghettos are clean and tidy, while the Chinese ghettos are filthy? ”

Chai Dongliang smiled faintly and said: "The system, or the system!" Please sir, imagine that the United States is the home of the Chinese? Chinese people are discriminated against in the United States, not to mention ordinary Chinese, even if they are military attaches of the Qing Dynasty embassy in the United States, they will be bullied by the American police for no reason, and the dignified military attachés of the embassy will commit suicide with hatred??? Just imagine, how can Chinese people have a sense of belonging in such a place? Before the Opium War, foreigners were also bullied in China, no hired people, women were not allowed to enter Chinese mainland, foreigner couples were forced to separate, Chinese regarded foreigners as barbarians, pigs and dogs, at that time, the quality of foreigners living in Guangdong, how much better could it be than the Chinese in Los Angeles? To give you another example, when foreign priests and pastors came to the Qing Dynasty, they could have the rank of officials, and these so-called servants of God became priests, but when they returned to China, they could not adapt to the environment of equality for all??? Please think about it, before these priests came to China and after they returned to foreign countries, they were still the same people, but their quality was already very different! ”

Chai Dongliang talked eloquently, but Liang Qichao shook his head frequently, but both of them were eloquent, and no one could convince anyone.

Seeing that Liang Qichao disagreed, and some of his subordinates seemed to approve of his remarks, Chai Dongliang said with a smile: "I will accompany Mr. for a walk, maybe Mr. will have new ideas." ”

Liang Qichao arched his hand and said: "Dare not obey your fate!" ”

(To be continued)