Between her and Liu Wencai, it seems that "only the mandarin ducks are not envious of the immortals", but only she understands the ups and downs of this.

For her, the Liu family compound is both heaven and hell.

Ling Junru returned to the room, changed into his costume, and sat there to rest, when he suddenly had the urge to go and see the male student who loved to read. She pretended to casually ask a few more questions about the two students, and learned that they were both locked up in the small western-style building of the West Cross Courtyard, and they were separated from each other, so she secretly remembered it in her heart.

After a while, Ling Junru excused himself to walk around, so he walked around the Liu family's compound accompanied by Yahuan.

Liu's courtyard is a typical combination of Chinese and Western courtyards in southern Sichuan, there are both traditional Chinese buildings with red bricks and blue tiles, as well as Western-style small buildings, the garden is arranged in accordance with the style of the garden of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, its scale can be said to be the first in Sichuan, anyone who has been to the courtyard of the Liu family, will be surprised by the weather here.

Ling Junru walked and walked, and before she knew it, she came to the West Cross Courtyard, she looked at the small building built in the shape of an English-style villa, and walked towards it.

In the distance, there seemed to be a burst of chanting from inside the small building.

"Sure enough, it's a nerd." One of the maids laughed.

“…… Wave your hand away. is even more poignant, bitter and re-complaining. The corners of his eyes and eyebrows seem to be hateful, and the tears are ready to return. I misunderstood the words of the previous book. After the surging clouds and mist, I am considered a confidant in the world and you. People are sick, God knows? ”

"Today, the double door road is re-separated, and the waning moon is half a day in Hengtang, and it is as clear as promised. With a thunderclap, the intestines were broken, and there was no separation from then on. By cutting off the strands of sorrow and hatred. It is like the Kunlun collapse cliff, and it is just like a typhoon sweeping the world. Heavy than wings, and clouds. ”

"It's still an amorous seed." Ling Junru heard that this was a poem, and laughed, she quickened her pace and walked towards Xiaolou.

At this time, she had already identified the place where the two arrested students were being held, because after hearing this song, a woman's crying could be heard in one room.

Seeing Ling Junru come in, the two somewhat bored militia members with guns immediately stood up straight, and a flattering smile appeared on their faces.

At this time, in a small room in the distance, the woman's crying became louder and louder.

"This woman is really annoying, she eats and drinks well all day long, and she cries endlessly." One of the members looked at the house and said, "No one did anything to her, it's really terrible." ”

"If it weren't for the master's order not to beat and scold, Lao Tzu would have ...... a long time ago"

Hearing Tuan Ding's words, Ling Junru couldn't help frowning.

Another group member noticed Ling Junru's displeased expression, and knew that he was speechless, so he couldn't help but laugh immediately.

"She cries all the time, probably because she's afraid she'll never see her lover again." Ling Junru's other maid said with a smile.

Ling Junru couldn't help but laugh when she heard her words, at this time the chanting in the room had subsided, Ling Junru glanced inside through the carved window sash, and what greeted her was a tall and handsome young man.

At this time, Liu Desheng in the room also heard the conversation outside, he turned his head, and just met Ling Junru's gaze.

Although the carved sash blocked his view, he could see the beautiful face behind the sash and breathe.

And the woman behind the window sash seemed to be taken aback when she saw his face.

At this time, Liu Desheng felt the fragrance of the woman wafting from the window, and had already thrown the song "He Bridegroom" dedicated to his lover Tao Shiyong just now.

He had never set foot in a party, and for the first time, he was completely attracted by the charming aura emanating from this beautiful and bewitching woman.

Just when Liu Desheng was confused there, there was a sudden noise in the courtyard outside the house.

Liu Desheng turned his head to look out the window, and saw that the servants in the Liu family's compound were all running around, and many of them were pointing to the sky.

In the blue sky, there are giant airships one after another, and around the airships, in addition to the planes that are constantly circling, are white umbrella flowers in full bloom.

For these umbrella flowers, Liu Desheng is certainly no stranger.

A feeling of ecstasy rose from the bottom of his heart, and Liu Desheng knew that he and Tao Shiyong should be saved.

At this time, Liu Wencai, who was standing in the garden, watched a paratrooper land on top of a corner tower and kick the roof tiles off one after another, and his heart was full of horror.

He never dreamed that one day, he would see such a scene in his own home.

Of course, he knew in his heart what these paratroopers were here for.

The paratrooper quickly unloaded the parachute on his body, and ran briskly on the roof with a "flower mechanism", Liu Wencai suddenly took out his pistol, aimed at the paratrooper and intended to fire, but he hesitated and never pulled the trigger.

"Sixth brother! Don't do stupid things! Liu Wenzheng appeared by Liu Wencai's side at some point, he grabbed Liu Wencai's wrist with one hand, and held down the pistol in Liu Wencai's hand with the other.

"If you shoot, it's all over." Liu Wenzheng looked into Liu Wencai's eyes and said earnestly, "There is no point in resisting now." ”

Liu Wencai listened to Liu Wenzheng's words, and his arm began to shake violently.

"At this point, if you cooperate well with the political axe, it will not be a problem to save your life." Liu Wenzheng continued, "If you resist, I'm afraid that the people who died in this courtyard will not only be the sixth brother." ”

Liu Wencai let out a long sigh, and the hand holding the gun hung down weakly.

"Yes, even if you resist, you won't be able to insist on the people of Lao Qi and the Pao Brothers' Association at all." As soon as Liu Wencai's hand was released, the pistol fell into Liu Wenzheng's hand.

"Brother Seventh may come, but the people of Brother Pao's Association are afraid that they will have already escaped without a shadow now." Liu Wenzheng said, "Those people are fundamentally unreliable. ”

"I wish I had listened to you, otherwise I wouldn't have ended up in such a field." Liu Wencai sighed and said, "You sent my order, telling everyone not to resist, lay down their weapons, and wait for the political axe to fall." ”

At this time, Yang Shuoming, who was in the airship observation cabin, was holding a telescope, observing the situation in and around the Liu family's compound.

There were occasional gunshots on the ground, but soon everything fell silent.

"Sure enough, as 'Wuhao' expected, this Liu Wencai didn't have the courage to resist." Yang Shuoming put down the binoculars and said.

"Count him as acquaintances." Chen Huan, who was standing next to Yang Shuoming, laughed, "The affairs of Sichuan have always been very tricky, and this is actually another hurdle!" ”

"Yes, fortunately, I have finally passed this hurdle." Yang Shuoming nodded and said.

"There are too many hurdles in our country." Chen Huan looked at Yang Shuoming and said, "Hanzhi can still remember, when was the last hurdle?" ”

"The story of the First Sino-Japanese War, you must not dare or hope for a moment." Yang Shuoming looked at the paratroopers who had already occupied the Liu family's compound and said in a low voice.

"Yes, if you want to say that this is the first hurdle, it is the first year of the Wu, but unfortunately we couldn't get through it." Chen Yan said with a sigh.

Although Chen Huan and Yang Shuoming belong to two different eras, their views on this matter are surprisingly consistent.

The Sino-Japanese War of 1894 was, historically, a hurdle for China.

The first round of "reform and opening up" in modern China was the famous Westernization Movement, which lasted for more than 30 years and caught up with the Sino-Japanese War of 1894. The defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War completely changed the course of reform and opening up in the late Qing Dynasty, and the search for panacea and shortcuts from the level of "system" and "ism" became the common pursuit of the elite, while the "Westernization Movement" around the level of "utensils" and "technology" should have continued to advance and deepen, but it was ignored in the Great Leap Forward of "system omnipotence" and "doctrine omnipotence". Since then, the reform of the late Qing Dynasty has embarked on a misguided path in which "ism" replaces "problem", slogan replaces practical work, and banner replaces action, and finally the regime collapses and "reform" is replaced by "revolution".

The leading force that led to the Xinhai Revolution and the collapse of the Qing Dynasty was not the revolutionary party that advocated violent revolution and armed uprising, but the mainstream that overthrew the Qing political axe, but in fact the so-called "constitutionalist" at that time, and most of these people were emerging vested interest groups formed in the late Qing reforms.

The main body of this vested interest group is bureaucrats and entrepreneurs. Under capitalism with "Qing characteristics", they are often "officials and businessmen", and they are almost without exception both officials and businessmen, regardless of whether they were born in officialdom or shopping malls. Even in so-called "commercial" (private) enterprises, the leaders are either officially appointed veteran cadres who have been transferred to other posts, or businessmen who have obtained official positions and ranks. For example, the Sichuan-Han Railway Company, which instigated the "Road Protection Movement" and detonated the Xinhai Revolution, its top management was a combination of these two people. Although such enterprises are under the banner of private enterprises, they rely almost entirely on the support of public power to maintain and develop.

Vested interest groups like this, under such a system, must fight on two fronts: on the one hand, they have to compete with the old vested interest groups, and in this respect, they want their interests to be fluid; On the other hand, they want to evade and cut off the moral responsibility of "getting rich first and leading the latter to get rich" and taking the road of common prosperity, and continue to provide cheap labor and a broad market for their "rich and expensive".

In the late Qing Dynasty, the old vested interest groups, mainly the old aristocracy, did not directly receive the incremental part of the "utility" in the reform, but were diluted the once monopoly position in politics and economy, so they often became a resistance to reform, especially political reform. Although this kind of opposition will be flaunted under the banner of "ideology" such as "the immutability of ancestral family law" and "the use of Chinese style and Western style", it is actually only out of concern for interests and loss of mentality. In general, what this group hopes for is a great leap forward in economic reform and a slow pace in political reform.

In the struggle against the old vested interest groups, the new vested interest groups, because they do not have the burden of being in charge and have no worries about maintaining stability, they take the offensive and dare to hold high the banner of reform and even constitutionalism, but hope to continue to dilute and deconstruct the power and rights of the old vested interest groups. If we examine the active participants of the constitutional movement in the late Qing Dynasty from the perspective of individuals, their basic colors are "interests", not "ideals".

This new vested interest group, in dealing with the grassroots strata who have the expectation of "common prosperity", does not hesitate to excessively, destroy the surname land, and use public power by unscrupulous means in an attempt to solidify the pattern of interests. For example, restricting the participation of the grassroots in grassroots politics with their property and education level, and forcibly collecting the capital of the raised shares ("renting shares") with the backing of the state dictatorship, this is a typical way of "herdsmen" -- the grassroots are treated as cows, and they can only eat grass, milk and even blood.

Before the Xinhai Revolution, the people's grievances in Sichuan were boiling, not because of the harsh government, but because the Sichuan-Han Railway Company "corporatized" the whole province, capitalized power and capitalized capital, and power capitalism of "sheep eating people" became the main theme. And these grievances have been skillfully transferred to the political axe and to the old vested interest groups by this vested interest group, and have been alienated into the antagonism between the political axe and the people, which coincides with the strategy of "dividing the government and the people" pursued by the revolutionary party in Sichuan Province. The superposition of the two forces, coupled with the loss of cohesion and execution within the political axe, eventually led to the situation getting out of control.

However, a new type of vested interest group such as the Sichuan-Han Railway Company can become both the executor of power and the spokesman of public opinion, deceiving superiors and subordinates, occupying the absolute advantage of information asymmetry on both sides, and becoming a catalyst for the alienation of "reform" into "revolution" or even "violent revolution."

Such vested interest groups, which have neither loyalty to the regime nor responsibility for the people's livelihood, enjoy the fruits of reform, but do not have to bear the costs and risks of reform.

What Yang Shuoming needs to do now is how to reduce and weaken the interference of these interest groups on the premise of conforming to procedural justice, and formulate corresponding rules of the game, so as to avoid further polarization and even tearing apart in Chinese society, which is already divided between the rich and the poor.

"Taking history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall." Yang Shuoming said, "Our nation has a very fatal common mentality, that is, we are impatient and always want to take shortcuts, and we can run into the highest society. ”

"Yes, this mentality, the concrete manifestation, is that the economy always pursues unconventional and leapfrogging development, and politically, it also hopes to import or build an 'ism' framework to solve all problems once and for all." There was a hint of sadness in Chen Eun's words, "There is another premise for this understanding, that is, we believe that whether it is reform or revolution, it seems that the sooner the better, the more radical the better." It's like driving a train, we always cheer for the ever-increasing speed, until the speeding subversion and the car crashes and people die, and then we can reflect on the harm of doing so. ”

"There is no beauty or evil in the system, and it is expected to be timely; There is no delay in change, and it is necessary to be in time. What is fast is not necessarily good, and what is radical is not necessarily progressive. Speed is definitely not the core issue of reform, but effectiveness is the core. Yang Shuoming said, "The collapse of the Qing court in the past was by no means the slow pace of political reform that some historians said led to revolution, but in fact, it was precisely the pace that was too fast that led to uncontrolled derailment." ”

After careful study and reflection in this era, Yang Shuoming, who has traveled from later generations, has come to understand that reform, especially the implementation of political system reform, must be guaranteed by authoritative resources, and this is the basic premise of reform. The constitutional reform implemented in the late Qing Dynasty had an initial preparatory period of 9 years, much lower than the more than 30 years in the original and the hundreds of years in Britain, but it was still criticized by later generations as too slow! And a closer look shows that the mainstream of these critics is precisely those emerging vested interest groups. They need to grab more rights for themselves as soon as possible from the Great Leap Forward of Political and Han reform, and this Great Leap Forward that transcends basic national conditions is simply not possible to realize the wonderful vision of ordinary people sharing rights that they profess verbally.

Even after the overthrow of the Qing regime, Sun Yat-sen, who had been radical for a long time, also put forward the syllogism of "military administration", "discipline administration" and "constitutionalism". This fully shows that no matter what kind of political force it is, when it occupies the central position and becomes the ruler, it cannot but realize that the "Great Leap Forward" in political reform is unrealistic and cannot be carried out, and its function is only to help the opposition seize political power, and it cannot become the foundation of the ruling administration!

History here can be said to be an incomparably brilliant satire on those Chinese who appear as revolutionaries to lead the "mainstream ideology".

It is not unfortunate that the late Qing dynasty collapsed due to the overdrive of political reforms, but this overturn also interrupted the gradual and rule-based moderate reform and replaced it with violent, bloody, and irregular armed fighting. Under the dazzling banner of various "isms", the elite class is wrapped up in the grassroots class to fight against differences and compete for power and profit, and no one has time to pay attention to the cultivation of people's livelihood and the cultivation of national strength, which is related to the rejuvenation and rise of the country.

Some have always blamed any control on the pace of political reform as conservative. This accusation, if not a lack of basic social experience and administrative common sense, has other intentions. As everyone knows, after the overspeeding subversion, the death of the ruler as a driver may not be a pity, but those who blindly shout for speeding up, have they considered the safety of the passengers in this car? Because this car not only carries the entire Chinese nation, but also carries the history, reality and future of the Chinese nation!

Saying that "now we are stepping forward and jumping from the beginning" is irresponsible nonsense!

"Han Zhi can know that in today's world, there may be very few nationalities like us Chinese, whether they live high in temples or far away from rivers and lakes, they are keen on 'ism' disputes." Chen Yan's voice was bitter, "This preference is actually the most important thing to get rid of. ”

(To be continued)