"Rice Scratching" undoubtedly failed, but the impact it had on the book was far-reaching!

For two months, the uprising, which began in Toyama Prefecture, swept through three-quarters of the city, with the participation of not only workers and peasants, but even the navy.

Masahiro Suzuki and Sukeyuki Yamamoto had sadness in their eyes.

Their relatives are also in the book, and they have also received letters, although their relatives may be better than the others, but in fact, how strong can they be?

Is there any hope for this empire? Masahiro Suzuki and Sukeyuki Yamamoto even had such thoughts in their hearts.

"I'll introduce you to a friend." Wang Hengyue suddenly smiled and said.

A person said that he walked in, saw Wang Hengyue, and bowed slightly: "Your Excellency, thank you for taking you in, my companions and I will not forget your kindness." ”

Wang Hengyue invited him to sit down: "My chief artillery instructor Masahiro Suzuki, and chief artillery engineer Yamamoto sukeki." ”

"Hello!"

"Hello!"

Wang Hengyue then introduced: "This is Mr. Katayama Qian, a native of Okayama County. ”

"Katayama diving?" Masahiro Suzuki and Sukeichi Yamamoto exclaimed.

This person can be regarded as a famous person in this book.

At the age of 25, Katayama left his book to work in the United States in order to seek a way to survive and seek knowledge overseas. In the United States, he cleaned glass, worked as a cook, did all kinds of chores, and relied on his own hard work to enter several colleges and universities to study philosophy, history, mathematics, English, Latin and other courses. At the age of 36, he returned to Yuben.

After Katayama returned to his roots, he devoted himself to the workers' movement with great enthusiasm and actively propagated socialist ideas. In May 1901, Katayama and Kotoku Akisui jointly initiated the establishment of the Social Mingzhu Party. But on the same day, it was ordered to dissolve by the reactionary political axe.

In 1911, Katayama was arrested for leading a general strike of workers in the city of Tokyo. After being released from prison, he left again in 1914 for the United States.

"It's been more than four years since I left Yuben, and I've been thinking about going back all the time, but I'm not going to let me go back." Katayama looked melancholy: "This great rebellion was supposed to be the best time for the revolution, but I couldn't go back to the book, so I could only settle down in China temporarily."

"No, Mr. Katayama." Wang Hengyue said, "Do you know why I didn't let you go back? This great uprising will never succeed, it will only be bloodshed and sacrificed in vain, and the gentleman must cherish himself, and the hope of this revolution is in the body of the gentleman. ”

Katayama nodded gratefully.

During his stay in the United States, Katayama actively participated in the preparation for the establishment of [***] in the United States, Mexico and Canada, and served as the chairman of the Comintern's Bureau of the Americas, but because of his unclassified actions, he was expelled by the American political axe. If it weren't for the great president, I really didn't know where to go, and I really had nowhere to stay.

Wang Hengyue suddenly changed his words: "However, although this revolution failed, the fire has been sown, and the spark can start a prairie fire!" Never before in the history of this book has there been a riot of such importance. This movement was clearly the first fierce beginning of the radical enlightenment of the people of Yuben, and can be regarded as the flashpoint of the modern revolutionary movement in Yuben, which gained tenfold strength from the moment of the Mi Tuning. ”

The three of them listened very carefully, especially Katayama, who did not expect that this Chinese president would have such a thorough understanding of the revolution!

"The working class will be the middle force in the revolutionary struggle." Wang Hengyue made a very incendiary gesture: "In the cities and industrial and mining areas, the workers' class has shown its might and has become the core and leading force of the struggle. An estimated one-third of the rioters in Osaka were workers. In terms of the occupations of those arrested and tried by the government in Tokyo, Kobe, Osaka, and other places, workers also accounted for the overwhelming majority, and most of those who took the stage to give speeches and carry out propaganda and agitation at the beginning of the riots in major cities were also workers. The working class also supported the struggles of the working people in the cities and villages with large-scale strikes, and raised the movement as a form of class struggle to an advanced stage. Buraku, the urban poor, low-ranking clerks, and even lower-ranking officials all took part in the movement. ”

Katayama dive excitedly said:

"Yes, the working class will be the backbone of the revolutionary struggle, and we will liaise with the broad masses of peasants and sow the seeds of revolution in all parts of the country. As the president just said, a spark can start a prairie fire, a spark can be sown, and the storm of revolution is bound to sweep the entire story! ”

"I said that this political axe has been shocked by this great riot!"

Wang Hengyue's face was unusually solemn: "On the one hand, the ruling class adopted hypocritical means, allocating 3 million yuan in the name of the emperor to 'help the small people', and also asked Mitsui, Mitsubishi and other chaebols to also take out several million yuan, in an attempt to use this small favor to lure the masses out of the struggle; On the other hand, all armed forces were mobilized to massacre the masses by bloody means. He dispatched troops in 17 counties, 60 towns, and villages, arrested tens of thousands of people, and sentenced more than 7,800 to death, life imprisonment, and other hard labor on various charges alone, in addition to those killed at the scene. It was only by relying on the strength of the military and police that the reactionary rulers were able to reluctantly suppress the uprising. But the bloody repression must not shake the determination of the people's revolution! It is said that the blood of the masses will not be shed in vain! ”

"Sooner or later, one day, I will have the banner of the revolution planted everywhere!" Katayama's hands clenched into fists.

Wang Hengyue nodded slowly: "However, you have to accept the lesson." Why did Ben's revolutionary insurrection fail? The uprising was therefore spontaneous and unorganized, and there was a lack of contact between the regions. It is particularly important that the working class does not yet have an organization capable of leading the people's movement, a revolutionary proletarian party capable of raising appropriate political slogans, uniting and leading the masses. So in spite of the vigor and the shaking of the whole country, despite the fact that the working class took part in the struggle and played a major leading role in the struggle, it was finally suppressed. ”

The faces of the three of them all showed sad looks.

Although they were not personally involved in the riot, they were able to feel how "magnificent and inspiring" it was.

Wang Hengyue said slowly: "The experience of the rice shakes and the huge wave of strikes proves that if the mass movement of the proletariat is spontaneous, it cannot achieve victory. The key to the revolutionary struggle lies in organization. This is the lesson that the proletariat has learned from this struggle. ”

"Yes." Katayama said solemnly: "When I was in the United States, I also thought carefully about why I failed and why I was arrested and expelled, because we lacked a strong organization that could guide the people of Samoto in the armed struggle, without which the Motomo revolution could not have succeeded. ”

Wang Hengyue said slowly: "I can give you help, all the help material and economically!" ”

A look of ecstasy flashed across Katayama's face.

His "career" has always lacked the support of a strong group or an iron fist, and if his "career" wants to succeed, it cannot do without strong support. And now, China's great president has taken the initiative to mention it!

"But it doesn't happen overnight." Wang Hengyue groaned: "Given that my army is on the Northern Expedition, and my political axe and I cannot directly and openly help you, you can only work in secret at present. You can first set up a political party in Guangzhou, recruit patriotic expatriates from Guangzhou, and then return to Guangzhou to lead the movement when the time is ripe, for which I will first allocate 30,000 yuan for your cause. ”

Katayama stood up and bowed deeply: "President, I don't know how to express the gratitude in my heart. I've been on the move for so many times, and I've never been able to get strong support, I"

Wang Hengyue stretched out his hand and waved: "Don't thank me, I didn't do this because of sympathy, but I think this is a just cause." Suzuki, Yamamoto. ”

"Hello!" Masahiro Suzuki and Sukeichi Yamamoto stood up together and answered loudly.

Wang Hengyue glanced at them: "You have been in China for a long time, and you have helped me a lot. Mr. Katayama will fight for the progress and brightness of the book, regardless of life and death, I would like to ask you to assist Mr. Katayama, I wonder what you think? ”

"The revolution will be victorious!" Yamamoto Sukeyuki, who was already sympathetic to the Great Riot, said without hesitation:

"As a person myself, my family is also suffering, and I am willing to do my best to assist Mr. Katayama in completing the revolutionary cause and building a new prosperous and powerful company!"

"Before, I was just a soldier and very arrogant, but over the years in China, I have learned a lot, if you want to win, if you want to make a country really strong, you must have a complete revolution. The President had read me many, many books before, and I learned a lot from them, and I would like to help Mr. Katayama. ”

"Books? What book? Katayama asked a little strangely.

"I'll show you the same." Wang Hengyue smiled and stood up: "You are not alone in the battle, there are many people who will assist you in completing your career, believe me, I will always be your most firm support." ”

Wang Hengyue suddenly felt that saying these words to them was more tiring than commanding a big battle.

But no matter how tired you are, you have to say that you have to do this thing, and you have to let Yuben take another path. Although it is a very long process to complete the idea in your heart, you must do it no matter how long it is.

Revolution? Well, let's say it's a complete revolution!

(To be continued)