Autumn is a beautiful season, Chen Ke likes the sky of 1905, the sky has not been polluted by industry, the blue mess, it is really "deep and blue". When you look up, you can see a clear blue sky, dotted with a few ethereal white clouds, which is even more deep and clear. September 13, 1905 is the Mid-Autumn Festival.

After yesterday's outward bound training, the Huangpu Institute announced a one-day holiday. The party branch of the People's Party paid for it, and Wu Xingchen, who was also the master of the Heaven and Earth Hall, contacted him and easily bought more than a dozen baskets of crabs. A few baskets were sent to the construction site, and several comrades from Shanghai and the students of the Huangpu Publishing House each shared a few catties. The rest was steamed in a cage drawer in the workshop, plus some other meals, and a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet was held.

I don't know who folded a few osmanthus flowers and inserted them in all corners, and the refreshing aroma was mixed in the aroma of crabs, but it really had some elegant and vulgar appreciation. There are also many people in the Whampoa Society, and there is nowhere to go in this traditional festival. There were not many patients in the affiliated hospital, so Chen Ke invited Wang Qinian and several other doctors to come together. It's always a festival, so you might as well have a lively time here. When everyone was arranging tables, chairs, and chopsticks to prepare for the feast, someone came to the door. But he is the housekeeper of Qi Huishen's family.

"Mr. Chen, this is sent by my young master." After the housekeeper finished speaking, Chen Ke fixed his eyes and saw that there was an object on the cart at the door, which turned out to be a piano. I was pleasantly surprised to walk up and take a closer look, and sure enough, it was an upright piano.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Qi Huishen wanted to stay in the workshop, but Chen Ke forcibly drove Qi Huishen home, "It's only right to go home and reunite with your parents." It hasn't started yet, and after the incident, it will be very difficult for you to go home. ”

"Is there anything else Wenqing needs?"

"It would be nice to have a piano." Looking at the lively classmates in the courtyard, Chen Ke sighed.

"What?" Qi Huishen asked.

"Nothing. You hurry home. ”

"Uh-huh...... alright." Qi Hui responded deeply. Chen Ke thought that Qi Huishen didn't hear clearly, but he didn't expect that he really found the piano.

"It's a bother...... Chen Ke felt extremely embarrassed. Even in the 21st century, pianos are not available in every household, let alone 1905.

"Mr. Chen, my grandfather sometimes entertains the British at a cocktail party at home, and there is a piano in the house. Today, the young master said that Mr. Chen wanted to use it, and my master immediately asked us to send this thing. The old man said that he didn't know that Mr. Chen was so proficient in musical instruments, and if he had known earlier, he would have given Mr. Chen a new one. There was no time today, so in a hurry, Mr. Chen used this old general. ”

"It's too much to do." Chen Ke really didn't know what to say.

"No one at home can play this piano. Foreigners don't come a few times a year. Mr. Chen, let's use it first. After the housekeeper finished speaking, he asked the people who came with him to move the piano into the courtyard and put it in the place designated by Chen Ke.

After sending off the housekeeper and returning to the courtyard, I saw many classmates looking around the piano. The vast majority of people have never seen a piano. Chen Ke was not polite, lifted the lid, pulled a stool of the right height, and played the song "Two Tigers". The lively music immediately captivated everyone. In the 21st century, only the first introductory music will play this, and Chen Ke's companions of this age will only occasionally think of this song when they are playing abuse. But in the face of these companions, Chen Ke really can't think of any better entry-level music.

The light music quickly lifted the spirits of the big guys, but the tune was simple and just a match. Seeing that the students were emotionally mobilized by the sound of the piano, but did not indulge, Chen Ke was very satisfied. If it was before, Chen Ke would never think so much about doing things. At that time, Chen Kezhong never looked at the occasion, and always picked the music that he felt could best show off his skills to play, and as a result, he made a lot of unpleasant memories. Everything must be in line with the environment at the time, this truth is easy to understand, Chen Ke himself thinks he understands, but every time he has the opportunity to play, Chen Ke always can't help but show himself and throw the truth to the sky. I was really naïve at that time. Chen Ke thought.

After a small song was played, the atmosphere was also high. Dinner was about to start, but a new guest arrived. This time, Yan Fu took the lead, and several students from Fudan Public School entered the door together. Although I don't know what Yan Fu came to do, today is a feast, and the guests who came are guests, so I invited everyone to take a seat, put the dim sum brought by Yan Fu on a plate, and put it on the table.

There is wine, meat, moon cakes, and crabs. After the outward bound training, the distance between the young people has also been shortened. Yan Fu and Chen Ke sat at the same table, and the two of them drank slowly. Most of the young people come from wealthy families, and although they are lively, they are still polite. However, when you start drinking, this emotion is not easy to control. Some of them drank lightly, and the voice of talking under the stomach became louder after two glasses. Chen Ke hurriedly stood up, "Students, today's Mid-Autumn Festival, the so-called thinking of relatives every festival." Let's get together. But I have one request, don't drink too much, don't get drunk with me. Good no good. ”

"Good!" Someone else has already responded loudly, listening to the voice, this one is already a bit too much. Chen Ke sat down helplessly, he didn't like to drink too much wine, and the feeling of being slightly drunk was the most comfortable. But that doesn't mean the rest of the students will do the same. When he was in college, Chen Ke's least favorite thing was to go to dinner parties and drink, and every time he didn't drink too much, he had to clean up the mess for those who drank too much. It felt terrible.

"Wen Qing doesn't like to drink." Yan Fu said with a smile.

Chen Ke nodded, "A little glass or two is fine." Too much will not work. ”

"Me too."

While talking, the crabs have already come up, and the atmosphere of everyone has become more lively. Many students from Fudan Public School came from Shaanxi and had never eaten crabs. The students in Jiangnan taught them how to eat. Some eat quickly, carefully cut the conical film inside the female crab shell along the bottom of the cone, take it out, and flip it so that the inside is outward, and it becomes the "crab monk" that Lu Xun said. The students from the north took it and looked at it carefully, and were amazed. Seeing everyone enjoying themselves, Chen Ke also felt happy.

After eating a pair of crabs, Chen Ke stopped eating more.

At this time, the full moon has risen in the sky, and the moon on August 15 is not the roundest, but it is very bright. There are a few gas lamps hanging in the courtyard, and with the bright moonlight, I feel that the courtyard is bright. The atmosphere has been completely lively, and in Chen Ke's feeling, there is a taste of street food stalls. It's the same noisy and lively, and the atmosphere is quite comfortable.

was chatting with Yan Fu when he saw two students coming over with red faces, and when he saw it, it was Renichiro Kuroshima and another Japanese student.

"Mr. Chen, I'll give you a toast." Kuroshima said a little drunkly.

Chen Ke had heard that the Japanese had a poor amount of alcohol, and he didn't drink much when he saw that Heijima hadn't drunk much, so he was already like this. It seems that everyone is right.

"Just take a sip. Don't get drunk. Chen Ke picked up his glass and took a sip with Kuroshima and the Japanese students next to him. Hei Dao put down his wine glass and sat down respectfully next to Chen Ke. Speaking in stiff Chinese with a bit of Shandong flavor, he said: "Mr. Chen has learned a lot of revolutionary truths here, and I am very grateful." But there are some things I would like to ask Mr. Chen. ”

Chen Ke looked at Yan Fu next to him, but saw that he was just listening, and he didn't have any adverse reactions because he heard the word revolution. Before Chen Ke could pay any more attention, Hei Dao had already continued: "Mr. Chen, I followed Mr. Chen Tianhua to China. After the Meiji Restoration, the shogunate was overthrown. Japan just has more rich people. And the lives of the people have deteriorated even more. After listening to Mr. Chen's lecture, I felt that I understood a lot of things. But I would like to ask Mr. Chen to tell us how the revolution in Japan will develop in the future. ”

This topic should be insensitive, but Yan Fu is next to him, so it's hard to say. Without waiting for Chen Ke to speak, Yan Fu smiled and said, "Wen Qing also knows the world, can you talk about this matter?" ”

Yan Fu urged like this, and Chen Ke was ready to speak. Kuroshima hurriedly called several other Japanese classmates over. sat around Chen Ke. Seeing this, others also gathered over, and the lively banquet actually changed into a new classroom. Chen Ke simply asked people to close the door and plug in the latch. That's just the beginning of the lecture.

Hearing Chen Ke talk about Japan, the students around him became even more interested. Japan's miraculous rise, coupled with the victory over China in the Sino-Japanese War. Many young Chinese people are very interested in Japan.

Chen Ke briefly talked about the history of Japan and the characteristics of economic development. The traditional feudal system, the rise of the Chōshū and Mosa domains in modern times, and the development of the Meiji Restoration. From the causes of the First Sino-Japanese War, where did Japan get the money to fight the First Sino-Japanese War, and the role of overseas loans on Japan. The strips are clear and straightforward.

After listening to such a clear explanation, the students were even more impressed by "Mr. Chen Ke's" profound knowledge and deep understanding of the world.

If China can hold out for a few months without admitting defeat, Japan will collapse its own economy because of the maturity of its loans, Chen said. Many people are hearing about it for the first time. In connection with the previous matter of Japanese borrowing, many people have already beaten their chests and scolded the court for being bastards.

As a participant in the First Sino-Japanese War, with the parties involved, in Yan Fu's listening, Chen Ke's explanation was so clear, and many of the deployments and battles of the two sides were exactly the same as the situation at that time. It's like seeing it with your own eyes. As soon as Yan Fu heard it, he knew that this was definitely the situation at that time. Moreover, the analysis is objective and true, and it is definitely not nonsense to listen to and say. Yan Fu was extremely surprised, how did Chen Ke know so clearly,

Yan Fu also heard about Japan's source of war funding for the first time, he knew a lot about the First Sino-Japanese War, and Yan Fu had always felt very strange that Japan suddenly had such a strong naval strength. And Japan's desperate hope after the war forced China to submit, and Yan Fu felt that Japan was desperate to learn from the European and American powers. After listening to Chen Ke's talk about the economy, Yan Fu suddenly felt that many things suddenly became clear, and the context of the entire war became extremely clear. Japan is also betting on its national fortunes. As long as the Manchus were able to hold on a little, and when Japan's repayment date expired, and the end of the war was still far away, then Japan had only one way to go bankrupt.

If you stick to it for a few more months, you will never have a completely different ending. And their classmates don't have to sacrifice in vain. Thinking of this, Yan Fu only felt heartache.

At this moment, Yan Fu was stunned to find that the courtyard was already silent. Everyone looked at themselves, it turned out that Yan Fu was immersed in his thoughts, his face was blue and white for a while, and his expression became gloomy, and he could even be called hideous. Now that it is autumn, and everyone is sitting in the courtyard, the night breeze blows, it is already quite cool, but Yan Fu's forehead is covered with sweat. Matching his demeanor, it looks even more intimidating.

"It's okay, Wen Qing continued." Yan Fu said reluctantly. saw Chen Ke hand over a handkerchief. Yan Fu felt his sweat at this time, took the handkerchief and wiped the sweat. Yan Fu felt that the whole handkerchief had been **.

Yan Fu is a soldier, and he knows the importance of temple calculations very well. If Chen Ke was in power in the imperial court back then, then Jiawu would definitely not have achieved such a result. Such a thought jumped out of Yan Fu's almost boiling thoughts. After the First Sino-Japanese War, the court attacked each other, all of which shirked responsibility. Or that there is any superiority in the Japanese system after the Restoration, or that the Japanese artillery and rapid-fire artillery are powerful. Each of these claims seems plausible, but compared to Chen's analysis, they have become extremely superficial. If there was a war back then, there would be someone like Chen Ke who could preside over ....... No matter how high Yan Fu's cultivation is, at this time, his mind has been occupied by reflection on Jia Wu.

But Yan Fu is Yan Fu after all, and after a moment of chaos, he settled down. I must discuss this matter with Chen Ke in detail, but today it is more important to listen to what Chen Ke has to say. Reluctantly squeezed out a smile, "Wen Qing, you go on." ”

Chen Ke nodded, and he led someone to lift the blackboard out and hang a lamp next to it.

"I've already given you a general overview of the situation in Japan. Now I want to talk about the revolution in Japan. Have these students from Japan heard of the Red Newspaper Team? ”

Kuroshima and the others all shook their heads.

Chen Ke recounted the history of Japan's "Red Newspaper Team", and the leader of the "Red Newspaper Team", Soraku Sozo Kojima Shiro Saem Goalkeeper Man, was the son of Kojima Terama, a villager of Soma County, Shimoku Shimojima. After the outbreak of the Boshin War, he led the comrades of the "Ronin Team" to reassemble in Kyoto, and served under the command of Toshimi Ayakoji and Shinoi Kotoshi, forming the "Red Newspaper Team", and Shiro changed his name to Sozo Sora and served as the captain of the "Red Newspaper Team" Ichiban Team. What was the main task of the "Red Newspaper Team" from the new government? That is, as the vanguard of the Higashiyama Road Front, he took the lead in entering Shinano, Ueno and other countries, preaching the benevolence of the new government along the way, calling on the nearby princes to join him, and the coalition forces were overthrown. The so-called "benevolent government" of the new government mainly refers to the "annual tribute reduction by half", which was the political slogan proposed by Sozo Sagaraku and agreed by Saigo Takamori and others. Sozo believed that the peasants everywhere had suffered greatly from the shogunate's years of expropriation, and that if the new government had promised to reduce the annual tribute by half, they would have responded en masse, and the shogunate's rule would collapse in an instant.

However, in late January of the fourth year of Keio (1868), rumors began to circulate in Kyoto that the "Akaho Troopers" were "intimidating the people and plundering their property," and upon hearing this rumor, the second and third teams of the "Akaho Troopers" who had already entered Shinshu, led by the two ministers, immediately turned around and ran back to Kyoto. Soraku was at a loss, so he went to the Dongshan Province Governor's Mansion alone to clear up the rumors.

Taking advantage of the departure of Sozo Sagara, the various clans of Shinshu launched a surprise attack on the "Red Newspaper Team", killing half of them and arresting half of them. When the third sojo successfully appealed to the Governor's Mansion of Higashiyama Province and returned to Shinshu, he couldn't help but be stunned by the scene in front of him. After his repeated persuasion and urging, the feudal clans finally agreed to release all the arrested members of the "Red Newspaper Team" -- but this was only a delaying measure, and the complete destruction of the "Red Newspaper Team" was imminent.

It turned out that the rumors about the "Red Newspaper Team" "intimidating the people and plundering property" were simply sent out by the new government, and the reason for this was that the new government was financially constrained and could not afford huge military expenditures, so it was forced to borrow money from Mitsui and other big chaebols, and these big chaebols fundamentally opposed the policy of "halving the annual tribute" in order to accumulate money. Based on this factor, the new government did not hesitate to break its word and lose its trust with the people of the world, and the "Red Newspaper Team" became a pathetic political victim.

In March of the fourth year of Keio (1868), the Governor's Office of Higashiyama Province suddenly arrested Sozo Sozo and the remnants of the "Red Newspaper Team" who had come to complain again, and immediately beheaded Sozo and eight of his cronies in Shimosuwa in Shinshu on the charge of "puppet official army" -- Sozo Sozo was only 30 years old. In this way, the Meiji government told the peasants that the government had never promised to "reduce the annual tribute by half" at all, and this was all a rumor that the puppet officials and soldiers such as the "Red Newspaper Team" were misleading. Let's fight as we go, the shogunate will fall, and the annual tribute will be collected, thinking that the peasants will be able to live a good life under the new government, but that's just an unrealistic delusion!

"Now you know why after the Japanese Revolution, the lives of the common people are the same as before, right? Even if the land was plundered, and the money that was plundered from China after the First Sino-Japanese War, this money only fell into the pockets of European and American capitalists and Japanese chaebols. The Japanese people have not benefited from anything. ”

"I see. Thank you Mr. Chan for your advice. Kuroshima stood up and bowed respectfully to Chen Ke. Other Japanese students also stood up and saluted.

"Sit down. Let me tell you about the future of Japan. Chen Ke waved his hand.

In Chen's view, Japan's idea of becoming an independent industrial country on its own, limited by raw materials and markets, is destined to come to naught. This is proven by the history that Chen Ke has seen. Chen Ke also bluntly expressed his opinion, as long as China can become strong, Japan is doomed to tragedy.

Japan now relies mainly on textiles and prostitution. Japan is perhaps the only country in the world that has organized the meat industry. After the Meiji Restoration, there were countless girlless villages in Japan, where girls either went to work in textile factories and died, or went to brothels abroad to die. One of the big buyers of Chen Ke's drugs now is a Japanese brothel. Once China rises, Japan's textile industry will be hit hard. Without this pillar, and with the loss of the Chinese market, Japan will not be able to sustain itself on its own.

However, as a Japanese, Kuroshima was not disgusted by Chen Ke's comments. Kuroshima said excitedly: "In Japan, there are also many young people who are dissatisfied with the status quo in Japan, and I hope that China can take the lead in carrying out revolution. Then the revolution entered Japan and promoted a full-scale revolution in Japan. ”

Hearing this, Chen Ke was really a little confused, how did he meet Japan's "*". This guy from Kuroshima can't be fooling himself, right? But seriously, Japan in the 20s in China to build "bogugong" textile factories. After the results were reported by Xia Yan, the government of that year immediately seized them. The article sparked a strong response at the time. In China, the level of brutal exploitation in Japan will only be more violent. Faced with such a social reality, the young people of Japan will never reject the revolution.

"The revolution in Japan is not a people's revolution. However, this does not mean that there will be no revolution in Japan in the future. The main force of the Japanese revolution was the petty bourgeoisie. Chen Ke said as he wrote the names of several classes on the left side of the blackboard. Big bourgeoisie, petty bourgeoisie, proletariat.

"Japan is short of domestic resources, so there is no large middle class in the country. In this country of intense class contradictions, the main contradiction arises between the big bourgeoisie and the petty bourgeoisie. Now, in order to expand, Japan has strengthened its military. Japan is a small country, and these military forces are absolutely sufficient to suppress the people's uprisings in Japan. Therefore, if the people do not rise up in an all-round revolution, they will have no chance of liberation by their own uprising. Therefore, the future trend of Japan is based on this group. After speaking, Chen Ke used chalk to write two big characters on the blackboard, "Army". And a box was drawn on the outside of these two words with chalk for emphasis.

"Small and medium-sized enterprises simply cannot compete with large enterprises. That's what I told in class, right? Whether it is manpower or efficiency, they can't compete. We can believe that small and medium-sized enterprises will inevitably gradually go bankrupt and that these petty bourgeoisie will be reduced to the proletariat. So let's take a look at the composition of the Japanese army, middle and high-ranking officers have a close relationship with the big bourgeoisie, and they are basically big bourgeois people. Moreover, after many civil wars, all the middle and high-ranking officers who stood on the side of the petty bourgeoisie were also killed. Most of the middle and low-ranking officers came from a petty bourgeois background, because their parents did not have so much money to distribute to their children, but they had a little money to send them to school and military schools. Therefore, non-commissioned officers, lieutenants, and some officers of the colonel rank are all from the petty bourgeoisie. Oh, and a colonel-level officer is called an adjutant in Japan. ”

While speaking, Chen Ke wrote down the various military ranks of Japan on the blackboard.

"These low-ranking officers, after fighting for the war waged by the Japanese chaebol, came home and saw that the family was bankrupt. What was supposed to be a so-so life is now all over. Then they have nothing to think of other than to want a revolution. These people are the main driving force for the future direction of Japan's politics. ”

Speaking of which, Chen Ke's understanding of the series of mutinies in Japanese history has also become somewhat enlightened. 226 mutiny, the young officers demanded that the heavenly punishment of the national thief. In the eyes of these young people, those high-ranking officials in power represent the interests of the gate-lord consortium. Of course, these young people were taken advantage of, by those who were more eager to pursue their own aggressive and expansionist policies, and after sweeping away the high-ranking officials who were still somewhat "sane", the aggressive clique quickly took control of Japanese politics. It pushed Japan onto the path of aggression and expansion. The biggest victim of this policy is undoubtedly China.

"No matter how much trouble the Japanese petty bourgeoisie makes, it is impossible to change the fact that Japan lacks resources. Therefore, the path that these people ultimately chose was aggression and expansion. The current Russo-Japanese War is a war against the seizure of China's privileges. Japan wants to expand its raw material market in China and expand its sales market in China. In the future, it will launch military aggression against China in an attempt to destroy China. Chen Ke recounted an indisputable prophecy.

The people below were silent, and many of them were looking at Kuroshima and a few other foreign students with unkind eyes.

"The Japanese students here are not the spearhead of Japan's aggressive policy, but comrades who hope to prevent Japan from slipping into that situation. So, I hope you don't look at them like that. Chen Ke waved his hand and smiled.

"Mr. Chen, China has reached this point, can you still laugh?" A student in the front row couldn't help but ask in Sichuan with a sad and angry face. This person is called Xiong Mingyang. Born in a bureaucratic family in Sichuan, he first went to Nanyang College in Xi'an in 1902, but the "inkwell" incident broke out that year, and he dropped out with his classmates, and then transferred to Aurora University in Shanghai, only to encounter the school was ordered by the British to change the school rules. As a result, he dropped out of school again and transferred to Fudan Public School. After listening to Chen Ke's lecture, he joined the Whampoa Book Club on the same day and became a backbone member of the book club. This person hated China for not being able to escape the fate of repeated defeats and invasions. is a very radical youth.

Seeing that Chen Ke didn't speak, Xiong Mingyang stood up, "Mr. Chen, you just taught us how to look at the world and China. But what does it do to see this fact clearly? As long as Mr. Chen, you point out a way to save the country, and you want to rebel, I will follow you to rebel. If I were to fight, I would be at the forefront. My life is nothing. As long as I can save China, Mr. Chen, I will do whatever you say! ”

"That's right! Isn't it just a rebellion, this world should have rebelled a long time ago. ”

"That's right! If you die for China, you will die, and twenty years later, you will still be a hero! ”

The students shouted in a rambling voice.

Chen Ke's face became colder and colder, and suddenly he laughed, "I don't want you to drink more, you just want to drink more." Look, look, drunk isn't. Drink it here today. Scattered. ”

After speaking, Chen Ketou would not return to the dormitory. Closing the door, Chen Ke collapsed on his bunk, a smile on the corner of his mouth. Soon, he fell into deep thought, and that smile disappeared without a trace.