Chapter 18: Sun Yat-sen (I)
When Bebel's words fell, Dudeka thought for a moment and said: "I will send a telegram to Warsaw explaining the situation here, and convey the opinions of the two comrades Luxembourg and Dzerzhinsky, as well as Mr. Bebel, and all decisions will be made by the Warsaw side." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
"Okay, since that's the case, then let's wait, you can also go around the neighborhood in the next two days and see the scenery of Qingguo." Bebel said with a smile.
As the matter dragged on, and whether the representatives of Poland and Finland, under the persuasion of Bebel and Zetkin respectively, conveyed their views to the mainland, it was clear that the matter could not be decided quickly, so Witte and Lenin returned to the Shanghai Concession first, where a man was waiting for them.
In a newly renovated hotel in the Russian Concession in Shanghai, a middle-aged man with an obvious Chinese appearance was sitting in a room on the third floor of the hotel in a suit and thinking. A month earlier, a military attache at the Russian Embassy in Japan had suddenly found him, told him something, and hoped that he would make a trip to Shanghai, where an important gentleman would talk to him in detail, and thus he returned to China with the help of the Russians.
The Russian Concession, the land of the Russians' latest rights, in addition to Dalian and Lushun, the Russians' influence has gradually moved south along the coastline, which can only be deeply humiliating for a Chinese. But at this moment, in addition to these humiliating emotions, the middle-aged man was more of an accident - why would the Russians find themselves?
"Vasya, what kind of man do you think we are about to meet is?" Lenin asked from the carriage to Werther.
After listening to this, Witt thought about the one he knew, so he said: "Ilyich, this person can be said to be the most revolutionary in the Qing Dynasty now, he went to the United States to study in his early years, and later practiced medicine in Macao and other places, before the Qing-Japanese War, he once wrote to Li Hongzhang, the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, but unfortunately Li Hongzhang did not accept it at that time. He then went to the United States again, formed a political party in Honolulu, and staged a riot in Canton the year before, in 1895, but unfortunately failed and went into exile in Europe, the United States, and Japan. ”
"In that way, this person is really different. During my time in the Qing Dynasty, in addition to seeing the oppression of the people by officials, I was more indifferent to the majority of the people, and I really did not expect that anyone would dare to lead the people to resist. Lenin said.
Witt smiled: "Ilyich, do you know about the great riot that broke out in the territory of the Qing Kingdom forty years ago? ”
"You mean the 'Taiping Rebellion'?" Lenin said, "I remember that at that time Mr. Marx had a very profound assessment of the insurrection. ”
Witt replied: "Yes, this is the riot. In 1853, Mr. Marx wrote "The Chinese Revolution and the European Revolution", which said, "It can be boldly predicted that the Chinese revolution will throw sparks on the exploding mines of the modern industrial system, and it will be followed directly by the political revolution on the European continent." It was only less than ten years before Marx wrote in his 1862 Chronicle of China: 'They have set themselves no task except for the change of dynasty, and they have terrified the people more than the old rulers. Their whole mission seems to be to oppose stagnation and decay with ugly destruction, which shows no signs of construction. ’”
Witt paused and continued: "This country is a very peculiar country, in their history, there are many people at the bottom who were oppressed and stood up to overthrow the original rulers, but after these people came to power, they became new rulers, and continued to maintain their own rule by continuing some of the laws of the previous rulers. The Qing people called it 'changing the dynasty', Qing
There is also a saying in the country that 'all generations use the Qin law', and the so-called 'Qin law' is the law formulated by a Chinese dynasty - 'Qin' 2,000 years ago. ”
"Vasya, you say so much, are you worried that this gentleman will do the same?" Lenin said, "But what does this have to do with us? As far as I know, the rebellion that occurred in the Qing State 40 years ago injured more than 50 million people, and if you add the rebellion in the Northwest Frontier that occurred in the Qing State during the same period, the total population loss was nearly 10,000. This is advantageous for us to get by, after all, having a strong neighbor is not something we are happy to see. ”
Witt soothed his emotions and said, "You're right, then let's go and see this warrior of the Qing Kingdom." With that, the carriage stopped at the door of the hotel, and Witte and Lenin got out of the carriage.
"Hello, Dr. Sun, I am Vasily the Consul General of the Russian Empire in Shanghai. Borisovich. Witt, this is my assistant Vladimir. Ilyich. Lenin. Werther said in a mouthful of Chinese after seeing Sun Yixian.
Sun Yat-sen paused for a moment, and then smiled: "Mr. Witte and Mr. Lenin welcome you, please come in!" After the three of them sat down, Sun Yat-sen said: "Mr. Witte, Mr. Ivanovich from Tokyo told me something about this matter, and I want to know why your country found me?" ”
"Dr. Sun is really straightforward, not at all as good as those officials in your country, who always like to go around simple things." Witte took a sip of coffee and said, "We admire a righteous man like Dr. Sun who dares to resist tyranny, so we are willing to support Dr. Sun's revolutionary cause and provide you with the funds, weapons, and bases you need for training, and we believe that Dr. Sun's cause will be successful with our support." ”
After hearing this, Sun Yat-sen smiled and said: "Mr. Werther, Mr. Ivanovich has already told me these things, I want to know what your country wants from me?" I don't believe that your country is here to do good. ”
Witt continued: "Dr. Sun, of course we have our interests in mind. Our initial opinion is to support Dr. Sun's party to train at our Luda base, and we will be responsible for all the funds and weapons needed, and we hope that Dr. Sun can launch an uprising in Manchuria in the Qing State and succeed, and then we will support Dr. Sun to establish power in Manchuria, consolidate the foundation, and then march into the border to unify China. What we need is for Dr. Sun to recognize all the rights and interests of our country in Manchuria after he has taken the lead in Manchuria, and to have our side stationed in Manchuria to protect the security of the new regime. ”
"What? Are you asking me to sell the interests of Manchuria? Sun Yat-sen stood up and said excitedly when he heard this.