The so-called Xiucai rebellion has not been successful for three years. What if Xiucai becomes an official?

Before heading north, Chen Ke believed that there would be a group of officials in the late Qing Dynasty who would despair of the imperial court, and that they would surely look for a way to save China. Before Chen Kebei went up, he hoped that he would be able to meet these people. It turned out that he really met it. With Shang Yuan and the group of people introduced by Shang Yuan as the core, Chen Ke established the Beijing Party Group.

Chen Ke put his heart into Shang Yuan so quickly, not because Chen Ke believed that he had any "Wang Baqi". Nor is it because Chen Ke believed that revolutionary theory could easily convince the readers of this era. At first, Chen Ke thought that Shang Yuanju was just a "revolutionary voter". That is, the kind of people who call for revolution in words. So I entrusted the paperwork to Shang Yuan. When he didn't want to register the list of factories, Shangju people also listed themselves in the list. When assigning the task of repairing the stove, Shang Yuan also followed his team to repair the stove.

Chen Ke was greatly surprised.

When he went to ask Shang Yuan, Shang Juren just replied lightly: "A gentleman is not a weapon." "Confucius thought that a gentleman should not limit himself to a fixed realm. Chen Ke's family is also a Confucian, and his family's tutor repeatedly emphasized that if you despise the so-called "low-level work" after learning knowledge, it just means that you have read the book in vain.

Not only that, but in the construction of revolutionary theory, Shang Yuan has shown an astonishing talent. For Grandpa Mao's "serving the people wholeheartedly", Shang Yuan understands it very deeply. Chen Ke has always believed that the core of socialism is to develop the productive forces and "serve the people wholeheartedly", and the core lies in the establishment of a set of social systems, the purpose of which is to provide the people with better work opportunities. To put it more bluntly, it is the program of "new democracy" put forward by the party in those years.

Shang Yuanju has an amazing understanding of this set of theories, as well as sufficient paper planning ability. Therefore, the current chairman of this meeting is not Chen Ke, but Shang Yuan.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this meeting will mainly discuss two things, first, the social demand for honeycomb coal. Second, we should look at the superiority of the socialist system through honeycomb coal. It is now up to Wen Qing to speak. Shang Yuan's attitude was natural and his tone was calm, and he quickly brought the atmosphere of the meeting on the right track.

Chen Ke's story is not long, and the success of honeycomb coal is nothing more than reducing the cost of living through industrial production, so it can naturally succeed. There is no need to elaborate on this truth. The superiority of the socialist system is nothing more than "to each according to his ability, according to his work", through a strong state apparatus to eliminate the "rentier" class, and reduce the cost of social transactions. State-owned enterprises (SOEs) are invested by the state to control core industries and social services. The state itself should nurture these industries.

Su Wuming smiled and said: "This kind of country is naturally good, but this government should not be the Manchu Qing Dynasty, nor should it be some imperial society." ”

The comrades present at the meeting nodded one after another.

"The state is an instrument of class rule. When we learn to analyze society, we must understand a truth: class struggle can be grasped as soon as it is grasped. From the perspective of struggle, the operation of all human societies is composed of various contradictions. Chen Ke said eloquently: In Shanghai, the theoretical level of those comrades is really limited. And it has to be said that Chen Ke himself did not come from a sociological background, and his theoretical level was very limited at that time. In the past few months, Chen Ke's social theory level has also improved a lot, and he has become more comfortable in lecturing.

"This is the right principle of the world, and what we study law is to sum up all kinds of provisions in all kinds of contradictions." It was Xu Dian who spoke. Xu Dian was a friend of Shang Yuan's friend Mao Yibo, who studied law at the University of Tokyo in 1901. When he returned to China in 1905, he was originally a constitutionalist, but after two days of lectures, he became a socialist.

Mao Yibo is a native of Zhejiang, took the last train for young children to study in the United States, and after coming back, he first worked in Kailuan Coal Mine, but his personality was more radical, and finally he couldn't get along in the coal mine, so he returned to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to run a school. The school has been defeated repeatedly, but he owes a lot of debts, and he is even more disheartened with the Manchu system, and he has become an old and angry youth. In the past few years, Mao Yibo has become enthusiastic again, and he can't stay in Jiangsu and Zhejiang anyway, so he simply came to Beijing to run up and down in order to promote constitutionalism. Mao Yibo was not too supportive of Xu Dian's speech, "Wen Qing made it clear last time that revolutionaries must have a benevolent heart. If everything is in the heart of struggle, it will only cause wind and waves. Revolution is about solving problems, not creating them. ”

Everyone was discussing word by word, and Xie Mingxian, who was listening to the side, couldn't help but sigh, everyone is worthy of being a scholar, and they only talk about the revolution in their words, and never involve the Manchu Qing Dynasty. But Xie Mingxian knew that these people had completely abandoned the Manchus. Xie Mingxian didn't know Xu Xilin, and he didn't know that Xu Xilin was deeply confused by Chen Ke's attitude towards the Manchus, "Chen Ke looked at the Manchus like dry bones in a tomb." If Xie Mingxian and Xu Xilin can discuss this issue, they will definitely "sympathize with each other". All the participants who accepted Chen's theory now have this attitude towards the Manchus.

Seeing that it was almost said, the chairman on duty Shang Yuan said: "Do you still have any questions about this issue? ”

The crowd stopped talking, and no one wanted to ask any new questions. Shang Yuan saw that everyone had no objections, so he said: "The next question is, what kind of difficulties will the honeycomb coal plant encounter in the continued development, and where will these difficulties come from?" ”

Xie Mingxian has attended many meetings of the Beijing Party Group, and he has roughly summarized the process of presiding over these meetings.

1. Tell about the superiority of socialism. In this meeting, it was about how advanced the new factory was.

2. Tell about the backwardness and destructiveness of current politics. This was the destruction of the new factory by Shang Yuan's imperial court policy.

3. If there is a base area, how to solve these problems in a targeted manner. This part of the content is how to build a new social system in the future base area, that is, the county that is still far away.

The trilogy starts again and again, repeatedly educating and guiding. Among the participants were all from the backbone of society, and Shang Yuan was still the future county magistrate, who would take office in Anhui in 1906. Therefore, the purpose of such a meeting is nothing more than to show everyone that we have room to fully display our capabilities. However, it is not possible to follow the old political system, nor can it be done according to the slogans of Sun Yat-sen's chaotic parties. There has to be a real revolution.

It must be said that this kind of education method is very effective, no matter whether others believe Chen Ke's theory or not, Xie Mingxian believes it anyway. Chen Ke has always emphasized that "class struggle can be grasped as soon as it is grasped." "In today's world, all the big countries, the small families, are ruled by all kinds of tyrants, large and small, according to the existing traditional model. There must be a revolution that goes down to the bottom of society, a revolution that goes deep into the souls of the people. After the old order in China has been completely smashed, it will be reassembled according to the new model.

Xie Mingxian did not want to deny Chen Ke's statement, he himself had personal feelings. Xie Mingxian was born in a middle-class landlord family in Hubei, and his mother was a concubine, so Xie Mingxian understood one thing since he was a child, "Be a man with his tail between his legs." He must be able to hide his dissatisfaction with his cold and rude father, with his father's wife in the main house, with his brothers and brothers born to several of them. Because they looked down on themselves and thought that Xie Mingxian was not qualified to receive any family wealth and resources. Xie Mingxian is very smart, since he was a child, Xie Mingxian was often scolded by his wife for no reason, and was deliberately bullied by his wife's sons. The lesson that left a deep impression on him early in his life was that after he first entered private school, Xie Mingxian showed a talent for reading, and in several exams of the teacher, Xie Mingxian performed well and was praised by the teacher. When the teacher was a guest at Xie Mingxian's house, he praised Xie Mingxian's father a few words. Xie Mingxian's father gave this son a smile for the first time, and said flatly, "Good job." ”

Then the nightmare began, and Xie Mingxian's mother was harassed, beaten, and abused by his wife one after another. And Xie Mingxian himself was also subjected to a series of actions planned by several "elder brothers and younger brothers". His books were stolen, his pen was broken, and his notebook was torn to pieces. Not only that, several brothers and younger brothers teamed up to beat Xie Mingxian. When Xie Mingxian returned home covered in scars, his brother and brother, who ran home in advance, had already sued Xie Mingxian in front of his father. His father did not administer justice, but let Xie Mingxian kneel. When Xie Mingxian's mother cried and pleaded with his father, Xie Mingxian heard his father say calmly and coldly: "You can kneel to death if you kneel, I am doing this for his good." ”

Xie Mingxian is not stupid, he knows that this is his father for his good. If his father administers justice, then Xie Mingxian is estimated to be in endless trouble. His father's main room will definitely not spare Xie Mingxian's mother and son, and Xie Mingxian's two younger sisters will also be implicated.

Since then, Xie Mingxian has never shown his ability again, and on the surface, it seems that his studies are just mediocre. And his father was cold to Xie Mingxian's mother and son for a long time, which barely calmed down this family storm. It wasn't until Xie Mingxian was admitted to Xiucai in 1904 that he had a "fame" that Xie Mingxian really wouldn't be beaten. As long as it is not the "public discussion" of the family elders, even the elder brother in the family cannot beat Xie Mingxian, who is "famous".

From these years of experience, Xie Mingxian has understood two things, first, the Confucian theory of "kissing" is simply an ornament. Husbands and wives, fathers and sons, and brothers are still like this, and the Xie family has always been hard at the hands of tenant farmers. Second, the country is the real backer. As long as you can get on the big ship of the country, you will have strength.

Therefore, Xie Mingxian originally wanted to work hard to rely on people, but the end of the imperial examination system completely ended Xie Mingxian's ideals. He couldn't have gone any further and saved his mother completely. If he can be admitted to the juren, Xie Mingxian will have the opportunity to become an official, and then take his mother to work together. But this opportunity was lost forever. Not only that, the fact that Xie Mingxian was admitted to Xiucai has made him a thorn in the side of several brothers and brothers in the family, his father has entered old age, and several brothers and brothers are almost breaking their heads in order to divide the family property, Xie Mingxian continues to stay at home, he has only one way to die. Xie Mingxian had no choice but to leave home alone, away from his mother. He didn't go to Changsha, in the township, Xie Mingxian was still decent. But in Changsha, he certainly didn't have much of a chance. What Xie Mingxian needs is to earn money and take his mother out. So he went to Shanghai, where he was unfamiliar with his life.

Shanghai seems to be prosperous, but it is the world of foreigners and compradors, and he has no chance to show his strength at all. If it weren't for the recruitment poster posted by Chen Ke by chance...... Xie Mingxian often felt scared when he thought of this.

In this world, revolution is needed, and what he has seen in the past 20 years or so is that there are injustices everywhere and fierce class contradictions everywhere, even if it is just his Xie family, when he was a child, he had to force a person to die for an average of three years when he collected rent. When the Xie family began to lend usury, the matter of killing people became at least one a year. In the past two years, Hunan and Hubei have suffered disasters one after another, and the dead are even more commonplace. If the people want to live, they can only rise up and rebel. If Chen Ke takes his comrades to raise his arms in the countryside, it will be **. Even if the people want to live until tomorrow, they will follow Chen Ke and them.

More importantly, even in such a situation, Chen Ke is still not in a hurry, he does not want to organize a group of rogues, but really wants to form a new "base area". Be ready for a political and military struggle against all enemies.

Looking at the serious discussion among the participants, Xie Mingxian's approximate contact in the past few days shows that as far as he knows, although these people come from different backgrounds from himself, they are all a group of people who have profoundly seen that China's contradictions have reached the stage of being exhausted. Therefore, this group of talents will gather together and discuss doing "that earth-shattering event". Xie Mingxian has no objection to the "revolution" at all, and with his current ability, he will not have any chance today. The so-called wealth is in danger, Xie Mingxian only has such an opportunity to seize.

Xie Mingxian was thinking about his own affairs, and he didn't listen to some of the discussions in the middle. By the time he regained his attention, the part about the imperial court had already been finished. saw Qin Shou asking to speak.

"I have a question, what should this revolutionary legal system say?" Qin Shou asked. Qin Shou is a native of Changzhou, Jiangsu, in 1896 with his mother raised eight silver dollars into the Jiangnan Sailor School, although the Jiangnan Sailor School has been up and down at that time, the school spirit is smoky, but Qin Shou still studied hard. At the time of the Gengzi incident, he had already received an order to join the Beiyang Naval Division, and at this time, there was chaos in the north, and the school had no discipline at all. Qin Shouhe went home to visit his mother. When his mother learned that Qin Shou was not going north, she immediately asked him, "Isn't your Water Master Academy just going to serve the country?" Now is the time to contribute to the country, why do you want to be a deserter? Qin Shou's face was red when he was asked by his mother, and he immediately went back to school to apply for funds to go north. Seeing that Qin Shou was going north under such circumstances, he felt incredible. With the mentality of watching jokes, the school really gave a sum of money. Qin Shou went north.

After arriving in Beijing, just in time for Guangxu and Cixi to return to Beijing, the yamen of all walks of life were dilapidated and needed manpower. The Beiyang Naval Academy was no longer there, so Qin Shou was recruited into the household department as a petty official. Seeing that the imperial court was humiliated by this, not only did he not get excited, but he also became even more angry. There was complete despair of the Manchus.

He was Shang Yuan's friend, and the men often talked together about what the future of China should be. After joining the Beijing Party Group, Qin Shou was responsible for the work of developing new members because of his wide range of people.

Shang Yuan said: "It is naturally not possible to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. A democratic republic is also not good. Wenqing, what do you think? ”

"Without him, the will of the people is the destiny of heaven. The people's revolution itself is the rule of law. Chen Ke's words are categorical.

After some discussion, everyone felt that this was the only way. After saying a few more questions, Shang Yuan saw that the time was about the same, and announced that the party meeting was dissolved.

After everyone left the conference room, Shang Yuan suddenly asked Chen Ke, who was reading the meeting minutes, "Wen Qing, what do you think of the comrades in Beijing?" ”

"The comrades are good, but I don't want to take them to Anhui now. In my opinion, it may be better to let them continue to develop the party branch in the north in Beijing. Brother Wangshan and Brother Qin took their colleagues from the factory to Anhui. ”

"I heard Wen Qing say that there are still a group of comrades in Shanghai, could it be that Wen Qing is worried about what conflict will arise between the two sides?"

"It's a mule or a horse, pull it out and walk it. I'm not worried about that, because when I get to work in the countryside, it's a very hard job. Those who can't bear this hardship will naturally quit. But there are many heroes in the north, if everyone goes to Anhui and only a few people are left in the north, what can they do? In the future, we will inevitably fight against the Manchus, and this intelligence work is the key. Therefore, I think that the comrades staying in the north are equivalent to us having eyes and ears. Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles. ”

Shang Yuan stared at Chen Ke, as if figuring out Chen Ke's true purpose. After thinking for a while, he nodded and said, "What Wen Qing said is reasonable. ”

Chen Ke was very happy to have Shang Yuan's support, and he was not an excuse for saying that the role of these people in the base areas is really not necessarily as great as in Beijing. Moreover, Beijing is a place with a lot of talents, and more foreshadowing is the way to make a big deal.

"By the way, Brother Wangshan, you took office in March next year, and it's already December, aren't you going to go home first?"

Shang Yuan shook his head slightly, "There's no hurry. My father is now in Tianjin, and I just need to go to Tianjin before I take office. It's Wenqing, I think it's better for you to visit Yuan Weiting. ”

Before Chen Ke went north this time, Yan Fu gave him three letters. Mr. Gu Hongming's letter must be delivered. This is a clear explanation. One of the other two letters was addressed to Yuan Shikai. Yan Fu explained that there was no need for these two letters to be delivered. He said that if Chen Ke encountered trouble in Beijing that could not be solved, it would be good to use these two letters again. Chen Ke has always believed that "relying on mountains and mountains, relying on rivers and rivers." So he didn't want to borrow someone else's strength. The so-called "no profit, no early rising." "If it's not good for others, a fool will help you. Yuan Shikai is definitely not a fool.

"I'm not in a hurry." Chen Ke said.

"I suggest you go, and promote this honeycomb coal to the camp of the Beiyang Army."

"Huh?" Chen Ke felt that Shang Yuan's words must have deep meaning.

"In the current officialdom of the capital, there are many people who want to fight with Yuan Shikai. Since Wen Qing wanted to make this factory yellow, he took his friends in the factory to the south. It's just that it's not necessarily that fast. Shang Yuan said it very cleverly.

"I see." Chen Ke nodded yes, admiring Shang Yuan in his heart.