Chapter 188: Going to Hubei, Corrupt Officials

After years of sharpening the sword, it is finally time to raise the eyebrows and unsheath. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoChen Wenqiang sat on the ship to Hankow, his thoughts churning with the ups and downs of the ship. Although it is less than ten years, the hardships he has paid and the achievements he has achieved may not be able to be achieved by others even if it takes another ten years.

Taking stock, the strength of the Revival Society is definitely beyond most people's imagination.

The joint venture bank, the cornucopia of financing, not only has the right to issue banknotes, but also absorbs a large amount of businessmen and private capital. Unlike other banks, Union Bank's banknotes are beautifully printed, stable, and rapidly expanding, and already have a strong credit rating in the South.

In particular, the injection and attachment of overseas Chinese, German, and American capital will certainly have a tremendous impact on the reputation of the United Bank and its function as a quasi-international bank. In 1907, when the Union Bank increased its capital and shares, the domestic giants who had been waiting and watching came out one after another, and the new shares of the Union Bank were sold out like crazy.

Iron and steel plants, ash factories, match factories, and soda factories have been built and put into operation, although Chen Wenqiang is only a taste, the scale of these factories is not large, but this is the foundation of development, but also the cradle of cultivating talents. Due to the absorption of a large number of Chinese studying abroad and the hiring of a large number of German and American engineers, the strength of science and technology has been greatly improved.

Since the Revival Association has not only developed a strong momentum abroad, but has also made considerable achievements in its domestic development, because it has always focused its work on the infiltration of the new army and adopted the strategy of accumulating strength and waiting for the opportunity to move, although the movement of other provinces except the southwest is not large, the explosive power contained in it is already very considerable. The development of the revolutionary situation and the erection of the banner of the revolution have enabled countless heroes and heroes to devote themselves to it, and countless first-class elites have become the backbone of the Renaissance Association.

Thanks to Chen Wenqiang's perseverance and efforts, the Revival Society focused its work on the movement of the New Army from the very beginning of its establishment. In particular, the Tokyo branch has made great efforts to develop non-commissioned officers and students studying in Japan, and after many years of forbearance, it has now achieved great results. Among them, Hubei and Guangdong have achieved the best results, and now more than 3,000 officers and men have joined the Guangdong Books and Newspapers Reading Society, a peripheral organization of the Renaissance Association, accounting for more than half of the Guangdong New Army.

For the development of the new army in various localities to achieve such achievements, it really depends on the complete and careful deployment that has been formed by the Renaissance Association. and the late Qing Dynasty, when the Qing government became more and more relaxed in its control over the newspaper industry.

The first is to build a strong revolutionary propaganda contingent with local roots. According to the archives of the Revival Society, which were later revealed, there were more than 1,000 people who devoted themselves to the cause of revolutionary propaganda in various localities. When their newspapers and periodicals were seized by the Qing government, they reorganized their newspapers and periodicals or published them under different names, and it was not uncommon for them to destroy their homes in order to raise funds.

From the very beginning, the revolutionary press was based on the mobilization of the new army and petty intellectuals, with the "inferior society" as the main target of propaganda, and set up newspaper distribution offices and special correspondents in the barracks. At the same time, a strict propaganda system has been established. Not only did they establish an effective propaganda network, but they also distributed newspapers and periodicals directly to the distribution system of the new barracks. Moreover, through the establishment of "battalion representatives", the information was secretly transmitted through a single line, which made the information transmitted quickly and was rarely cracked.

As a result of the mobilization of a large number of Renaissance members to join the New Army as soldiers, the mobilization and organization of the New Army was carried out for a long time. As a result, peripheral organizations such as science tutorial schools, newspaper and periodical reading clubs, and literary societies have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and the number of people involved is unimaginable. The results have also been enormous.

Take the Hubei New Army as an example, among the 15,000 people in the Hubei New Army. There were nearly 2,000 pure revolutionaries, about 4,000 sympathetic to the revolution, 3,000 enemies of the revolution, and the rest wavering.

Speaking of the relaxation of the newspaper industry, there is a saying in the newspaper industry based on the tradition since the late Qing Dynasty. The newspaper is next door to the prison. When Shen Xin was killed with a cane, after the outbreak of the "Su Bao" case, the Qing government had almost no problem with the newspaper people, and the newspaper people were arrogant day by day. The government couldn't stand it anymore, so they sent the police to seal the newspaper. People will change places and continue to open. Or hide in a place you can't control, it's a big deal to enter the concession and run the newspaper as usual.

Of course, it is not a good strategy to be too blunt about the revolution. And as long as the advanced democratic ideas and the characteristics of Western politics are repeatedly narrated, and the humiliation of the country and the corruption of the bureaucracy are repeated, in order to arouse the discontent of the people, the goal will be achieved.

The revolution will have its own understanding because of people's ideological education, cognitive level, etc., and some people regard the revolution as a change of dynasty; Some people regard revolution as a necessary means to strengthen the country and rejuvenate the nation; There are those who want to speculate on the revolution to achieve their personal goals......

Since it is impossible to achieve a consensus of the people's understanding, or to be more precise, to reach the ideological level that a true revolutionary would achieve, then the majority of the people will be dissatisfied and disgusted with the present regime, believing that change will be beneficial to them, and will stand idly by or help the bad regime when it is possible to overthrow it, and the success of the great cause of the revolution will have a social basis.

Chen Wenqiang has this kind of ability, which can complicate seemingly simple things and simplify seemingly complex things. Complexity is for professionals, while simplification is for the general public to understand or believe.

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Just as Chen Wenqiang was thinking, measuring, analyzing, and judging many things, a pair of soft little hands reached out from behind and gently pinched his shoulders.

There is probably only one person who can walk behind Chen Wenqiang without being guarded, and even let Chen Wenqiang continue to maintain a relaxed state, and that is her wife A Xuan.

Chen Wenqiang's career is very big, but Ah Xuan doesn't want to interfere with it, to be precise, she knows what Chen Wenqiang told her, and she doesn't get to the bottom of it if she doesn't tell her. It is probably this easy-going temperament that makes Chen Wenqiang feel satisfied and comfortable.

Love, romance? Chen Wenqiang felt that he had passed that mental age. But that doesn't mean he doesn't love Ah Xuan, and he also confirms that Ah Xuan loves him.

"I heard that the new governor of Huguang, Chen Kuilong, is a corrupt official?" Ah Xuan was grabbed by Chen Wenqiang's hand, so she lay on his back and spoke close to his ear, "Why don't you avoid him and go to Wuhan?" I'm afraid I'm going to break the bank, right? ”

"You feel sorry for money?" Chen Wenqiang smiled and patted Ah Xuan's little hand.

"It is better to give relief to the poor than to corrupt officials." Ah Xuan pursed her lips and said, "It's still a good thing to rely on slapping horses and currying favor with your boss to become the governor of Huguang." ”

"It's not a good thing, really." Chen Wenqiang stroked Ah Xuan's hand and didn't speak for a long time.

…………… (To be continued.) )