Zhejiang, Hangzhou. Zhou Shuren sat at the desk and took out a cigarette and match. After defecting to the People's Party, Zhou Shuren found that although his salary did not rise but fell, the prices in the liberated areas of the People's Party were far higher than those in other areas. In terms of pure purchasing power, his salary has increased a bit. Zhou Shuren has no hobbies, and the only thing that can be called a pastime is cigarettes, which he can smoke at will every day with his current salary.

Lighting a cigarette, Zhou Shuren looked at the outline of "A Brief History of Chinese Novels" that he was writing. Literature has been Zhou Shuren's strength since childhood, although because of his father, and for his livelihood, and with the mood of "healing the Chinese body" to engage in medicine, but Zhou Shuren understands that what he really likes is literature.

Because of the People's Party, Zhou Shuren went around and finally returned to the road of literature. Coupled with the writing of the article commissioned by Chen Ke, Zhou Shuren couldn't help but start writing this research paper after rereading "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness" and other novels. However, the official work seems to have not stopped, and now in order to deal with the literati, one of the "scolding war" players of the People's Party is Zhou Shuren.

The manuscript has just finished writing the evaluation of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "I want to show Liu Bei's strength and hypocrisy, and Zhuge is wise and close to a demon." Zhou Shuren smoked the cigarette slowly, and finally couldn't help but lift the pen and add the word Chen Ke to Zhuge .

Chen Ke's vitriolic attitude towards the literati can never be described as "long and thick", but his wit in improvising and trying to dominate the situation is quite similar to Zhuge Liang. And in terms of competing for the masses, Chen Ke can be regarded as adapting to the opportunity. As long as there is an opportunity to contact the masses, Chen Ke will not let it go easily.

Zhou Shuren did not understand the army, and since joining the People's Party, he has not fully understood why the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army is invincible. However, in terms of political propaganda, Zhou Shuren did feel that the People's Party was fundamentally different from other forces. While other forces consider themselves superior to the people, the BJP truly stands with the people. There is no need to discuss who will win or worship, Zhou Shuren is just worried about the future of the literati.

The people who tried to rescue Cai Yuanpei this time were almost all over the country, but no one in Jiangsu and Zhejiang dared to speak up. Even so, some people have recently approached Zhou Shuren to talk about it, hoping that Zhou Shuren can "help Mr. Cai". The reason is very simple, "after all, Mr. Cai has not killed anyone with his own hands" and "or Mr. Cai has just been deceived".

In a word, "stealing books is not stealing...... Steal books! …… Can the things of the reader be regarded as stealing? ”

The BJP's strategy of struggle may seem complicated, but it is also very simple to describe: "A thief is a thief, and a scholar who steals something is also a thief." If a scholar thinks that they are not thieves if they steal something, then the scholar is just a thief who has not had time to steal. ”

Of course, Zhou Shuren knew the reasons why the readers were dissatisfied with the People's Party, and he could guess the readers' reaction after seeing the People's Party evaluate them so contemptuously. That will be furious and fight back. The BJP is waiting for this reaction from the readers.

Zhou Shuren's eyebrows were tightly furrowed, he himself was a reader who laughed at the readers. In essence, Zhou Shuren still hopes to leave some dignity for readers. But now that these scholars have gotten to the point of being swept away, then the People's Party really can't be blamed for being ruthless.

But is it really good to do that? Zhou Shuren was very skeptical.

In the history of China, scholars are the backbone of China, no matter how many scum there are. There are always those who have a clear will to die and those who sacrifice their lives to seek the Dharma. Even Chen Ke commented, "On the verge of the demise of China's civilization several times, how many literati have fought one after another to preserve Chinese culture." Without them, there would be no continuation of Chinese culture. Zhou Shuren also deeply agreed with this evaluation. But if the storm that destroys traditional scholars comes from China itself, Zhou Shuren is not sure who will be able to hold out this time. Because the comrades-in-arms chosen by the BJP are the working people.

Lighting another cigarette for himself, Zhou Shuren simply stood up and walked to the study window. The Spring Festival is coming soon, and even the courtyards in Jiangnan are no longer full of life. This kind of courtyard is also quite in line with Zhou Shuren's state of mind at this time.

In Chinese tradition, the literati are a class, whether in the temples or among the people, and the gentry firmly control the lifeblood of the country. Every dynasty relied on the gentry to enforce its rule. But at a time of "great changes unseen in 3,000 years," it seems that a political force has emerged trying to end this system.

The BJP chose the uneducated people as its allies and comrades-in-arms, and the BJP's leadership may have come from the civilian class, but without exception they all betrayed the civilian class. Zhou Shuren can see clearly that the People's Party itself educates and cultivates the people in accordance with its own political philosophy. At the same time, he firmly regarded the literati class as the object that must be eradicated.

Although the literati may not be able to understand the attitude of the BJP, they are intuitively aware of the changes of the times. Under the BJP, the literati were rapidly marginalized. If it weren't for the People's Party in power, there would not even be a chance to imagine how a new dynasty would be established at this time. The Beiyang government has great respect for the literati. Zhang Taiyan, who was born in the Restoration Society, often scolded Yuan Shikai in Beijing and violently criticized many of Yuan Shikai's policies. This kind of "celebrity style" of "not afraid of power" is very admired by literati. Literati, as an imperial teacher! If you enter, you will be phased, and if you are out, you will be. Even if you can't jump over the title of the gold list, you have to be able to speak locally and dominate the atmosphere of one party.

In the previous paragraph, at the request of Chen Ke, Zhou Shuren read the history of the Song Dynasty in order to write an article. I yearn for the past that "the emperor should rule the world with scholars". And Zhou Shuren knew very well that even in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, where literati were treated as slaves, the status of slaves was still above the slaves of the people. Before Chen Ke led the People's Party to respond to the cries of the people who were struggling with slavery, the literati took it for granted that they were more noble than the people. This is also the reason why so many people intercede for Cai Yuanpei.

The people Cai Yuanpei personally designated to kill were all people who tried to betray the gentry class and stand on the side of the people. For this alone, Cai Yuanpei in the eyes of the literati is not guilty to death. This is not only the literati's support for Cai Yuanpei, but also the literati's rebellion against the People's Party, intentionally or unintentionally. If Cai Yuanpei can be preserved, at least Cai Yuanpei's "clean reputation", the literati will be equivalent to winning a victory in the face of the People's Party.

Chen Ke undoubtedly saw through the tricks of the literati, and decided to fight back unceremoniously. Zhou Shuren was also pushed to the front line of the battle.

Sighing again, Zhou Shuren returned to his seat and sat down, all kinds of thoughts in his mind were chaotic, and he wrote it on the paper casually. After writing for a while, Zhou Shuren put down his pen and looked at what he had just written, and then saw a passage he had written, "Those who were once bold should be retro, those who are being bold should maintain the status quo, and those who have not been bold should be innovative." Probably so. Probably! Their so-called retro is to go back to a few years ago that they remember, not Yu Xia Shang Zhou. ”

"Humph! Hum! Ha ha! Zhou Shuren couldn't help laughing. Zhou Shuren didn't know if it was self-deprecation or something else. However, Zhou Shuren knew very well that no matter what, he would not be able to stand on the side of the literati this time.

After staying in the liberated areas of the People's Party for so long, what Zhou Shuren saw was that the People's Party had dedicated all the fruits of the revolution to the working people. For the literati, the BJP is extremely stingy. Seeing that they did not share the dividends of the revolution, the literati were of course extremely dissatisfied. It's just that these literati have no backbone to take up arms to fight the People's Party, so almost the entire literati class tried to "rescue" Cai Yuanpei, who once rose up to fight. This is also the principle that literati should have.

After pondering for a long time, Zhou Shuren finally picked up the pen again.

A few days later, Yuwen Badu was furious and took a manuscript and found Chen Ke, Chen Ke opened it to take a look, but saw that it was heavily marked with a red pen, "Revolution, counter-revolution, not revolutionary." The revolutionaries were killed by the counter-revolutionaries. The counter-revolutionaries were killed by the revolutionaries. Those who are not revolutionary or are killed as revolutionaries or are killed as counter-revolutionaries, or are killed as counter-revolutionaries or are killed as revolutionaries or counter-revolutionaries at all. Revolution, Revolution, Revolution......"

Regardless of Yuwen Batu's angry face, Chen Ke was amused by this article full of Lu Xun's style.

"Chairman Chen, can you still laugh?" Yuwen Badu said angrily.

Chen Ke finally put away his smile and reluctantly said in a normal tone: "Why can't you laugh?" Comrade Zhou Shuren's description is still very vivid? Isn't this the status quo in western Zhejiang? ”

Yuwen Badu was even more upset when he saw that Chen Ke did not take a correct position, and he pointed to a passage and read: "Those who are not revolutionary or are killed as revolutionaries are counterrevolutionaries, or those who are counterrevolutionaries are killed in revolutionaries." When did we kill those who were not revolutionary? ”

"If Comrade Li Shouxian hadn't stopped me, I'm afraid this would have happened. If I say that there is really no disaster in western Zhejiang, I don't believe it. Every temple has ghosts who have died unjustly. Chen Ke still replied with a "not correct" position.

"If you say that, there are no good people in Hongdong County!" Yuwen Badu resolutely disagrees with Chen Ke's views.

Chen Ke asked Yuwen Badu to sit down, poured him a cup of tea, and then continued: "Comrade Yuwen Badu, you don't understand what those literati are. Do you think that the article written by Comrade Zhou Shuren is nitpicky, right? ”

"That's right." Yuwen Badu said angrily.

Chen Kehe said eloquently: "Comrade Batu, if the literati really just find out the problems we do, I really think they have grown. The problem is that literati are dogs who can't change their, and if I'm not mistaken, they want to overthrow our People's Party. Do you think Comrade Zhou Shuren's article is disrespectful to our People's Party? In the eyes of the literati, Zhou Shuren made it clear that he betrayed the literati group, which was a great rebellion. It's something that must be lashed out. The literati don't think the same way as you, so don't worry so much. Just wait and see what the literati clique says. ”

Since Chen Ke said so, Yuwen Badu also puffed up his anger and temporarily admitted it, but looking at his appearance, he could only take the initiative not to trouble Zhou Shuren.

Chen Ke also refused to let Yuwen Batu run in vain, he said: "Comrade Badu, how many people in Anhui do you think are willing to go to France?" ”

"Huh?" Yuwen Badu was stunned for a while, and thought for a while before saying, "It depends on how much money you give." If you can't make money, don't expect many. Over the years, we have invested so much in water conservancy, although we have often caused disasters, but it is better than the previous days. It is certainly not possible to expect that there will be a scale of escape. ”

Seeing that Chen Ke fell into consideration, Yuwen Badu said again: "Chairman Chen, I'm not saying that Anhui people are not good, but if they are willing to work, they definitely don't want to leave home." Sending people to the farms and factories in France, I think it's better to find those who are willing to do it. ”

Chen Ke shook his head, "That's not what you think. Let's send laborers to work on French farms, and it's not about completing the task, it's almost enough to be able to do it. The main thing is that you need to get more workers to go to the factory. It's not easy to find an internship in France. Let's not talk about learning all the things in France, and we have to learn the work we have to participate in, right? And to put it mildly, France is short of people. If our workers do a good job, they may be able to work in France for a few more years and learn a few more years. Isn't this more cost-effective than our own research and development in the base? ”

"If it's that good, that's good. But what if they don't come back? Yuwen Badu asked.

"So I told you to choose as many people as possible, and if you really don't want to come back, then let them go. But of course we hope that the more we can come back, the better. That's where organization comes in. Chen Ke said.

Yuwen Badu nodded again and again, "I will definitely be strict in the organization." ”

Chen Ke hurriedly said: "But, but! Comrade Batu, you can't make it a blatantly fanfare-oriented organization. If there are those who refuse to come back, what do you think they will do in order to stay in France? ”

"If they don't want to come back, won't they come back? What else can be done about this? Yuwen Badu said.

"They're going to sell our organization to the French." Chen Ke replied. Chen Ke has never had any illusions about human nature, and human beings are extremely weak under temptation. Historically, Bai Xin and his wife also went to France to study part-time, and as a result, they fell in love with the French environment. After returning to China, in the face of the oppression of the White Terror, Bai Xin and his wife simply became traitors, causing great losses to the revolution. The surging was arrested and sacrificed because of Bai Xin's betrayal. And the price that Bai Xin and his wife asked for betraying their comrades was just two tickets back to France.

As far as the attitude of the French is concerned, the number of Chinese laborers provided by China to France this time may only reach as much as 500,000. There are certainly some people who don't necessarily want to go back to China. Therefore, if you manage it too harshly, it is easy to have problems.

Yuwenba was not very happy and said, "Chairman Chen, why do you take such good care of those wavering elements? ”

"The vacillators are not enough to accomplish and more to lose. But where do we have hundreds of thousands of staunch comrades sent to France? With so many comrades, we will go to liberate the whole country! Chen Ke also complained. His choice of more flexible measures was also limited by the actual situation, not that Chen Ke was genuinely harsh on his staunch comrades.

After discussing for a long time, Yuwen Badu finally decided that the core members could be dispatched at a rate of 2%, and the rest of the Chinese workers were inclined to the management of heavy factories.

After determining this, Yuwen Badu quit and went back to work, and Chen Ke continued to complete the mountain of paperwork in his office.

January 23, 1917 was the Spring Festival. After the Spring Festival, it is not even the fifteenth day of the first month. Newspapers in which literati participated began to publish articles attacking the People's Party's publication of articles before the Spring Festival as a prelude to the "war of scolding."

While the BJP is rapidly completing its work abroad, it is also beginning to face the challenge of domestic literati.