Lu Haodong came to the Beijing Normal University Hall alone in clean and decent clothes, and outside the gate were heavily armed guards. Lu Haodong couldn't help laughing, did the court think that this would scare me? For the sake of the revolution, we no longer care about sacrifice.

"I am Lu Haodong." Lu Haodong walked up to the guards and said loudly. But what he didn't expect was that the guard just looked at him with a very strange look, and then continued his work of standing guard.

Now Lu Haodong didn't understand, didn't the court put such a big shelf just to catch him as a rebel? Why didn't the guards react at all when he arrived? So he said louder: "Didn't you hear, I'm Lu Haodong." ”

"Whoa", the guard pointed a gun at him: "I don't want to know who you are." It's either in or out. No noise is allowed here. ”

Lu Haodong was completely confused, this guard didn't even seem to know who he was, what was going on? Lu Haodong didn't understand, but he still walked into the campus, and it wasn't until he walked through the boulevard that he saw Li Jurong who had been waiting for a long time.

In the small lecture room of the University Hall, Lu Haodong, who was standing on the stage, looked at the hundreds of students sitting below. Although it was not a speech he imagined would be in front of more than 3,000 people in the whole school, he was very content to have more than 100 people listen to his speech. Tens of thousands of words were sprinkled, and for more than an hour of citing arguments, the following hundreds of students listened quietly like this, and burst into warm applause from time to time, which made Lu Haodong proud, and he did not come in vain today.

After the more than an hour of speech, it was time for everyone in the audience to ask questions. I had already said it before I came. Lu Haodong picked up the cup placed on the corner of the table, drank the tea in one go, and then looked at the audience arrogantly, waiting for their questions. He understood. The people sitting here are the best students of today, and as long as the more than 100 people here are convinced, the success of the revolution will not be far away. But he still saw a person sitting in the corner - Li Hongzhang in a first-class official uniform.

"Your Excellency, did the imperial court send you to arrest me?"

"No, I'm just here to listen to your speech. The emperor is afraid that you will not be able to leave the capital, so let me send you. Don't worry about the old man. You go ahead. ”

As soon as Li Hongzhang's words fell, a woman stood up and asked: "When Mr. just talked about democracy and republic, democracy means that the people should be the main thing in the world, and republic means that all political parties in the world participate in the discussion of government affairs. What I don't understand is, isn't this world the world the world of the people? Since ancient times, all dynasties and generations have understood such a truth, and even the emperor of the current dynasty has said: No matter the change of kings or dynasties, this land has an unchanging name called China. Doesn't it mean that this world is the world of the people of the world, and it has nothing to do with who the emperor is. As for the republic. I don't understand it even more. What are the students in the world who are excellent in learning? Naturally, he entered the court as an official, so what about being an official? Naturally, we have to discuss this government. Mr. has been saying just now that China should follow the example of the Western powers and learn from the democracy and republicanism of the Western powers. This statement is even more absurd, according to the first article of the "Historical Records" "Five Emperors Benji" record: "Yao Zhizi Danzhu is not good, not enough to teach the world." So it was the right to grant Shun. If Shun is awarded, the world will benefit from Danzhu disease; If Danzhu is awarded, the world will be sick and Danzhu will benefit. Yao said, "In the end, I will not benefit one person with the disease of the world, but give Shun the world." "Shun Nai Yu recommended Yu to the sky. The Son of Heaven Fuchen does not dare to be specialized." This is the earliest democracy recorded in history. And the republic is even more ridiculous. The Western Zhou Dynasty from King Li's loss of power to King Xuan's reign, the middle fourteen years, is the era of the Republic, when the Western Zhou Dynasty court was jointly governed by Zhao Gong and Zhou Gong, which is also the beginning of Chinese history with an exact chronology. Democracy and republicanism originated from China. Why did the gentleman repeatedly say that he was from the West? I am really afraid that after the success of the revolution, my husband will cut off the foundation of my country and sell a 5,000-year-old civilized country to those countries that have not long the history of China. I think so. It is better for Mr. to go to the Western countries to revolutionize, and then go back and buy it with us, which can be regarded as a contribution to the country. "This woman is naturally Yang Zao'er.

So democracy and republic originated from China? Lu Haodong himself didn't know that there was such a period in Chinese history. In the face of laughter and questioning, Lu Haodong's defense was so pale that no matter how much he expressed his patriotic determination, he could not avoid a problem -- the revolutionary system originated from Western countries. In their view, the opposition raised by more and more students to use the Western system to reform China's fate is rebellion, which is unacceptable to the vast majority of Chinese at present. The pale justification and the empty oath were exchanged for more ridicule, and the sweaty Lu Haodong was at a loss. Guangxu once again succeeded in shifting the target.

A male student asked: "Sir has repeatedly emphasized that the so-called democracy you call should be the free election of all citizens to exercise power and civic responsibility. The meaning of this statement is even more incomprehensible. I dare not say that I am the smartest person in the world, but I can be regarded as an upper-middle class scholar. We have not yet fully understood what democracy means, let alone farmers who can't even read a word. When the gentleman told them that he wanted them to elect the king of the world, would they understand what you meant? Not to mention this, even if everyone in the world knows what this democracy is, then may I ask you, sir, how should this election be held? When and where will it take place? How to coordinate the world's greatness? Who oversees? Who counts the votes, etc. Can you say so, sir? ”

Lu Haodong was once again speechless, he only knew that as long as China implemented the democratic system of the West, then China's strength would be just around the corner. As for how to do it, he never thought about it.

"I don't know, sir?" Seeing that Lu Haodong couldn't answer, the man said unremittingly: "It turns out that Mr. is just talking on paper." In the past, Zhao Kuo cut off Zhao Guo's country, didn't Mr. want to follow suit? If Mr. Jean's revolution succeeds, China's future is really in danger. ”

Yang Zao'er stood up: "Mr. said that the West is a free world, and if you are dissatisfied with the government, you can criticize the government. Isn't Mr. Ke criticizing the imperial court here? Then why do you say that the Qing Dynasty is not free? Sir said that Western religions have opened up freedom of thought, so what I would like to ask is. Is Western Christianity Really Free? Western children are led by their parents to do worship from an early age, and can a person who has accepted Christian doctrine since childhood believe in anything else when he grows up? Why didn't you see that in China, parents never teach their children to believe in a denomination. When you grow up, you can believe in Buddhism and Taoism. You can also believe in foreign Christianity, and no one will say anything about you, isn't this freedom? Why don't you look at the Western countries, if you don't believe in Christianity, what will be the result, then you are a heretic, you are going to be burned to death. I'm not wrong. Will this be the case in China? No. We all know that you are a devout Christian, but I don't understand whether you Christians who believe in the foreign sect really want the country to be strong, or whether you and the original Christian sect are here to destroy China. If, according to you, you don't even believe in the religion of your own country but believe in the religion of foreigners, then what are you? Let me tell you, you are a traitor of the Chinese nation. ”

Yang Zao'er's words shook the audience, and she felt the anger of the students who had been deceived. Fortunately, Li Hongzhang was present to save him out. Outside the gate of the capital, Li Hongzhang gave him ten taels of silver: "With the old man's original intention." Destroy the traitors with all your might. The emperor has the virtue of a good life, you go back and tell Sun Yat-sen that if Mr. Sun is sincere to the country, the emperor is willing to discuss the country with him. ”

"Congratulations to the emperor, Lu Haodong's disciples have no argument and have gone away in shame." Li Hongzhang, who sent Lu Haodong away, hurriedly returned to the imperial study to report the good news.

Guangxu just replied lightly: "If there is no certainty of victory." How dare I let him speak in public? The matter will not be mentioned again. Premier Li, what do you think about the re-arrangement of the Eight Banners? ”

The two men discussed for a long time, during which they summoned the priest for questioning, and dispersed at nightfall.

Regarding the release of Lu Haodong, Li Hongzhang and Shi Duo could not understand, and they both said that the emperor was too merciful. In their opinion, for rebellion, it is necessary to catch one and kill the other to set an example.

Will Guangxu be merciful? Of course not. Guangxu is not a good person, and let Lu Haodong go so that he can go to Sun Yat-sen.

Sun Yat-sen was China's greatest pioneer of the democratic revolution, who spent his whole life in transforming China and left an indelible mark in history. It also builds a strong and precious legacy for politics and successors. He is known as the father of the nation. This is a positive evaluation of Sun Yat-sen.

Sun Yat-sen "led" 11 uprisings, and each uprising was named "revolutionary": the Guangzhou Uprising, the Huizhou Uprising, and the Huanggang Uprising. Fangcheng Uprising...... And so on and so forth, a total of 11 times. But when we look back at history and look at the blood of those revolutionaries, where is our Mr. Cannon? He drank tea in the rear of safety.

Sun Yat-sen was stubborn, could not listen to the opinions and advice of others, and he only knew the "revolution" of one mind. However, he did not know what the revolution needed, and when the news of the victory of the Wuchang Uprising came out, Sun Yat-sen, who was still drinking tea in the United States, hurriedly returned to China, or came back empty-handed. Without exception, the guns, ammunition, and artillery funds needed for the revolution were not obtained, and only a sentence that he wanted to serve the country was brought back. If it weren't for the fact that Yuan Shikai wanted to be the emperor himself and forced the Qing Emperor to abdicate, Sun Yat-sen's manpower would not be worthy of being the opponent of the Beiyang Army.

The evaluation of Sun Yat-sen's Guangxu is: an idealistic revolutionary. Because he didn't understand what politics was, his revolution didn't have a detailed plan, there was no effective organization, and even for the internal stability of the country after the founding of the country, Guangxu bet he hadn't thought about it.

So Guangxu could have arranged for someone to track down and assassinate Sun Yat-sen, but he didn't. Because Guangxu understood that such a stupid person to lead the national revolution could only consume the power of the "revolution" in vain. It is much safer to leave the revolution in his hands than to some real careerist. Therefore, after Guangxu won the First Sino-Japanese War, he secretly transferred the Central Reconnaissance Battalion to the vicinity of Guangzhou to deal with the upcoming Guangzhou Uprising.

However, the Qing Dynasty won the First Sino-Japanese War, and the people's confidence in the imperial court was restored, which also made the original Guangzhou Uprising not start. Sun Yat-sen's change of countermeasures after discovering that he could not launch enough insurrectionary forces, Lu Haodong came to the hall of Beijing Normal University. He tried to co-opt the Southern Warriors here in order to gain sufficient strength and funds. But Lu Haodong still failed.

These revolutionaries are still too naïve. They did not take into account the current situation in China, the idea of loyalty to the monarch is still the mainstream, and the reform of the political and social status quo by peaceful means is still the main means at present. Li Hongzhang, Liu Kunyi, Zhang Zhidong and other old ministers are not only loyal to the imperial court, they are also the spokesmen of the main interests of their hometown. These old ministers are still alive, and the scholars of the world do not want to overthrow the imperial court, and the imperial court also used the victory of the First Sino-Japanese War to let everyone see that there is still hope for the imperial court, and there is an emperor who can be loyal. This is also the confidence of Guangxu to dare to let Lu Haodong speak, so Lu Haodong is not unjust.

Watching Li Hongzhang go away, Lu Haodong suddenly cried. Thinking back on this nightmare-like day, he didn't understand what was wrong, was it really his ideal wrong? After a long time, Lu Haodong stopped crying and resolutely walked south.

Lu Haodong came to the secret meeting point, which was the location discussed last night. He planned to meet here and then go south back to Guangzhou, but he didn't see anyone else. He checked the room, important materials had been taken, and there were no signs of a fight at the scene.

Maybe they got some emergency and left early. Lu Haodong thought so, so he also set off for Tianjin and took a boat back to Guangzhou from Tianjin. But what he didn't know was that all of his companions had actually been sacrificed, and he was embarking on a tortuous journey home. It had been three months since he returned to Guangzhou, and he didn't know that behind him, there was a demon cloaked in flames and flowing blood.