When Sun Yat-sen was faced with a choice and hesitated in the ruling axe, in the Shanghai Waibaiduqiao Hotel, wearing a black Chinese-style civilian dress Yang Du, with luggage, got on a rickshaw, hurriedly went to the dock, and boarded a road called "Dun? The British cruise ship of the Shelfield.

When the sky is about to dawn, "Don? The "Shelfield" cruise ship blew its whistle and sailed away from the Huangpu River, carrying thousands of Eurasian passengers on board, and on the cruise ship, Yang Du, who was wearing official clothes and carrying a huge sum of 500,000 yuan sponsored by Yuan Shikai, did not attract anyone's attention, and like ordinary Chinese, as a Chinese, he could only buy a first-class ticket, and first-class was the exclusive property of whites, of course, white servants could also take first-class with their masters.

But this kind of treatment did not make Yang Du feel any dissatisfaction, on the contrary, deep down, he had some excitement, he knew that he was about to make a gamble, and this gamble was not related to his fate in the next few decades, if it succeeded...... At this time, thinking about him, I couldn't help but feel a little passionate, so that I couldn't calm down for a long time.

He knew that his move was almost no less than a repetition of Xiang Qishi's persuasion of Zeng Guofan to stand on his own fifty years ago. It was a feat that Xiang Qishi would be proud of all his life. In the past few years, Yang Du also wanted to follow suit, but never found the opportunity, but now he has found an opportunity that is almost no different from this, and the excitement in his heart makes Yang Du decide to go to the bow of the boat to blow the wind.

"Don? Like a giant blue whale, the USS Shealfield cleaved the waves on the vast seas towards the world's first constitutional monarchy, and no country could shake its supremacy in the past 100 years.

Yang Du, who was standing on the deck, let the sea breeze blow, and his heart was full of passion. He was very excited that he had a sober and profound understanding of China's national conditions and the path he should choose in the comparison of positive and negative aspects, and at the same time, he was also excited that he had found a way to display his talents and get ahead.

Facing the rippling Pacific Ocean, Yang Du silently said in his heart: No matter how big setbacks he encounters in the future, no matter how many people oppose it, he must stick to the belief in a constitutional monarchy and must follow this road to the end. He firmly believes that one day, China will be like this wave of "Don? Shelfield", and he will become the captain's first mate who can't leave for a moment!

For the future, Yang Du is full of confidence, China is bound to change after the recovery, and the ruling is willing to keep up with the world trend, the implementation of constitutionalism, if he can become a member of this force, will be left and right, everywhere smooth, coupled with his solid old learning and this force as rare Western learning, then will quickly stand out, emerge.

At the same time, this road is also a stable road that can make the country strong, the country is strong, the people enjoy their rights and interests, and re-establish themselves in the forest of world powers, thinking that he is standing on the bow of the ship and blowing the sea breeze, Yang Du's heart can not be calm for a long time, he looks at the sea and the sky between the line, looking at the red sunrise piercing the sky, looking at the sea and the sky are red, but there is a sentence in his heart.

"This land has long been dyed red, and I hope it will never be stained with blood again!"

Thinking about Yang Du's clenched fists, he knew what it meant for him to go to London, it was an opportunity, but it was also a risk. At this time, what he was thinking about was not the lady who knew right from wrong, but the ruling of Nanjing. Will the ruling party understand him? Thinking of this, Yang Du's originally excited mood suddenly calmed down, and even his heart hung up again.

"I wish he would ...... rule"

In Nanjing's ruling axe, Chen Moran and Sun Yat-sen, who had not slept all night, were still silent and opposite, and the two talked all night, at the most critical time, Sun Yat-sen was silent, and this silence was as long as nearly an hour, and in an hour-long time, neither of them spoke, after smoking a cigar, Chen Moran would replace it with one, and after the tea was drunk, he would pour another cup.

Cigar smoke, tea, for an hour and a half, in this study, the two just repeated the same action, no one broke the silence first, Chen Moran knew what he wanted Sun Yat-sen to give up, he was not in a hurry, he could wait, if he waited for that answer, even if it was equal to the sun coming out, what matter.

"Ruler, before I promise you, tell me, if ...... If he said......"

Finally, Sun Yat-sen broke the previous silence, he looked at the ruling in front of him smoking a cigar and sipping tea, he knew that perhaps this was the last attempt and effort of this ruler who was much younger than himself, just as he said, seeking common ground while reserving differences, and the ultimate goal of the two was only to build a "country where man is a human being".

"The people are determined to be imperial, and you swear to implement the constitution!"

Looking at the look in Sun Yat-sen's eyes, Chen Moran couldn't help but tremble, in his eyes, Chen Moran didn't see a trace of the cunning that only speculators have, but only a calm and sincere look. Put the cigar smoke out in the ashtray with your left hand.

"Mr. Nakayama, although I cannot fully accept your theory of national salvation, it is self-contained, complete and detailed, which I admire. Constitutionalism is dictated by the national situation! Do it silently! ”

This will Chen Moran did not call himself in power as before, and his tone was a little humble.

"After the constitution is established, how can it be strong!"

Sun Yat-sen asked, and Chen Moran opened his mouth to sign.

"My ideas are not mature, scattered and unorganized, and I still ask Mr. to give me advice when I say it."

His humility only made Sun Yat-sen smile, and he was immature and achieved the great cause of recovery, and his mature self ...... There are a few people in China who dare to say that the theory of insight is far superior to Mr. Crutch.

"However, you are so polite, people call me Sun Cannon. What is a cannon, that is to say, my surname is like a cannon barrel that goes straight through, and never beats around the bush. When it comes to debating with people, it is as full of gunpowder as a cannon. Don't worry, if I feel that something is wrong, I will say it immediately, and at that time, I can only ask for your understanding, and do not mean it because of my straightforward and fiery temper. ”

"Good! I love your temper! ”

Chen Moran smiled, leaned forward, leaned forward with his chest against the edge of the short table, and explained his theory.

"In my opinion, if you want to be strong, it is nothing more than it!"

He pointed to the small tricolor flag on the table, which was Sun Yat-sen's stunned, obviously not understanding the reason why Sun Moran pointed to the "Chinese flag".

"The blue system is the blue sky, the yellow system is the descendants of Yan and Huang, and the red is the land where China has been stained with blood, which means that our descendants of Yan and Huang have a bright blue sky on their heads, and they step on the blood-stained land. Almost everyone knows what it means, but ......"

When he slowly said the metaphor of the "Chinese flag", Chen Moran paused and looked at the small tricolor flag, which was the national flag he designed himself.

"Actually, this flag has another meaning!"

"Another meaning?"

"Blue is freedom, yellow is gold, red is iron and blood, these three colors are the way to a strong country!"

Casually took the small tricolor flag off the flag stand, Chen Moran pointed to the tricolor flag and continued.

"My so-called yellow is gold, that is, the economy, and the red is iron-blooded, that is, military. The two can be said to complement each other, one is indispensable, if you don't explain it is easy to misunderstand, I will first draw a brief table to illustrate. ”

As he spoke, Chen Moran moved the cups and saucers on the table.

"The freedom symbolized by blue is guaranteed by the iron and blood of gold and red by yellow, and the economy and military are all guarantees of freedom! Whether it is an economic power or a military power, it has two layers of content: internal and external. ”

As he spoke, Chen Moran dipped his fingers in tea and drew a table on the low table:

First, internally, enriching the people, building a country by industry and commerce, expanding people's rights, educated people, and free people, and externally, strengthening the country, building a military country, consolidating national power, and having a responsible political axe, and then Chen Moran explained in detail according to the chart.

"The country is divided into two major parts: internal cause and external edge. Internal causes, which are the evolutionary changes in the shape and structure and the organs of all political axes. Outer edge, which refers to its diplomacy and the influence of diplomacy. In the future, China will be a country that will be rich for the people at home and strong for the outside world. What to rely on to enrich the people? It depends on the development of industry and commerce. What does it take to make the country strong? Rely on military strength. This is what it means to build a country by industry and commerce and by military power. In order for the economy to develop the people, it is necessary to ensure the safety of their lives and property. If the people are constantly worried about the threat to their lives and property, there is no possibility of economic development. Europe and the United States can serve as examples. The United States has the most developed civil rights, and its economy is correspondingly the highest in the world. Britain is second, so its economy is inferior to the United States. Russia has no civil rights to speak of, so its economy is sluggish. Once the world's [***] power, apart from Russia, was the Manchus, but the Manchus were worse than Russia. The Russian political axe can be compared to the robbers who fought in the open fire, and the Manchus can be compared to the sneaky thieves. ”

"It's a very vivid metaphor."

Sun Yat-sen interjected with a smile.

"For example, the Manchu Qing Dynasty boasted that it had not given more taxes to the people for more than 200 years, but in fact it had donated a lot of money and paid a lot of taxes under the name of it, which was a thief's trick."

"Exactly, exactly!"

Sun Yat-sen nodded in agreement.

The former Ming Dynasty still knew that "the Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king guards the society", but the Manchu Qing only knew that they collected taxes and did not know how to protect the lives and property of the people. So civil rights must be expanded. Externally, it is necessary to consolidate national power in order to stand on an equal footing among all countries in the world. Looking at the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they don't know what the state power is. In matters of internal affairs, I am interfered with everywhere without knowing anger, and I don't know how to refuse. Put an official somewhere, and if outsiders interfere and say it's inappropriate, they won't let it go. If an outsider is resigned somewhere, an outsider will not resign if he says he cannot resign. There are too many such things, in the eyes of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, what he sacrificed and sold was all for China's interests, and if the monarch was not the king of China, and the dynasty was not China's dynasty, how could he care about China's interests? ”

When he said this, Chen Moran's face was full of mockery.

"Without the political axe of the nation, there is no possibility of consolidating national power, so consolidating national power can be said to be the most important thing for the national political axe. The people must have power, and first of all, the people must have freedom. In a country ruled by foreign colonies, the people have no freedom to speak of. In a constitutional nation-state, the people have their freedoms on the premise of abiding by the law. The political axe with national power must be a responsible political axe. The Manchus had many ills, and the root cause of all these ills was irresponsibility, and the colonizers could not bear the responsibility of China. ”

Sun Yat-sen stared at the short watch on the low table, his brows slowly furrowed. Chen Moran ignored the change in Sun Yat-sen's expression, and his tone became more and more sonorous.

"Now if China wants to become rich and strong, the only way to do it is to take this path, that is, to move from the back of my brief to the front."

Chen Moran stretched out his right index finger and pushed it step by step on the watch.

"First build a national political axe, and then build a responsible political axe, to give the people the most basic freedoms, and the gradual expansion of civil rights depends on the success of education, and the success of education leads to the success of civil rights!" Large-scale industry and commerce, industry and commerce, and extensive taxation will lead to a military power, a free citizen, a developed industry and commerce, and a strong military will eventually be created, and finally the national power can be gradually consolidated in the process. The goal of making the country rich and the people strong will naturally be realized. ”

Chen Moran, who raised his head, glanced at Sun Yat-sen, and saw that he was still staring at the brief watch, so he emphasized it again.

"Human society has to go through three stages of evolution, that is, from a barbarian society to a patriarchal society, and from a patriarchal society to a militaristic society. There is no doctrine in barbarian societies, nationalism in patriarchal societies, and nationalism in militaristic societies. This process of development is very east-meets-west and connects the past and the present, and no country is exempt from it. Today, the Western powers have all entered the militaristic society from a patriarchal society. ”

Speaking of Chen Moran, he squinted his eyes, in his own era, everyone in the world said how misleading militarism was, but at this time, except for the United States, almost all powerful countries took militarism as the foundation of their country.

"Our China, from a patriarchal society to a militaristic society, has been since the destruction of the feudal system, and it has been more than 2,000 years, but it does not have the complete militaristic system of the Western powers. At present, the Chinese people have nationalism but no nationalism, and the viewpoint of forming the state is formed by educating and educating the people, supplemented by the militarism, and then nationalism and militarism may be integrated. ”

Finally, Chen Moran took out the palm-sized tricolor flag from the flag stand and put it on the table.

"Mr. Zhongshan, you see, from the bottom of the look, iron and blood are the foundation of a strong country, without a strong military, developed industry and commerce, and free citizens are all empty talk!"

Chen Moran deliberately accentuated the last sentence, and at the same time turned it over.

"Turn it over, blue base, no free people, how can there be a developed industry and a strong military? The strength of the army lies in the fact that the army knows why it is fighting, and the development of industry and commerce lies in the support of the people, but in this process, for us, this is the most important thing! ”

The flag was turned over in his hand, and it was replaced by the tricolor flag with red as the base, yellow as the center, and blue as the top.

"The only way to do this is to resolutely build a strong army to safeguard the country's rights, and the country's power can be maintained to have the possibility of industrial prosperity, and to build a strong army internally, to maintain the country's rights externally, to prosper industry, and to run education on a large scale, so that we can finally become a free citizen!"

After a pause, Chen Moran stared at Sun Yat-sen, who was silent in thought, and then spoke.

"The biggest difference between you and me is the monarchy or the republic, and at the root, I choose to believe that the most ordinary people determine the future, and you choose to believe that the elite determines the future! This question is mostly a debate among scholars, and I don't think the key to saving China is either the monarchy or the republic. If the constitution can be established, the monarch can also be, and there are constitutional monarchies in the world that are better than the constitutional, such as the ratio of Britain and France, and there are also those who are better than the constitutional monarchy, such as the ratio of beauty and virtue. There is a distinction between thoroughness and incompleteness in constitutionalism. If it is thorough, the country will be strong, and if it is not thorough, the country will be weak. For example, Britain and Germany are both constitutional monarchies, Britain is stronger than Germany, and the United States and France are both constitutional, and the United States is stronger than France. The reason for this is that Britain and the United States have established constitutions thoroughly, while Germany and France have not been thorough enough. ”

When Sun Yat-sen opened his mouth to speak, Chen Moran continued to speak.

"Of course, this is only one side, let's do the opposite, compare Britain and Germany, Britain has been completely constitutionalized for hundreds of years, and it is the world's first power, and Germany's incomplete constitution is only a few decades, but it first achieved national unification, defeated France, and jumped to the world's first power, and recently there is a military challenge to Britain! Looking at the book again, the constitution is not complete, and in just 30 years, it has become a strong country, and the constitution is good, but for the weak country, the incomplete constitution can be supplemented by [***] and can improve efficiency, and the will of the country can implement the decision, which can achieve the goal of quickly strengthening the country, which is the same as Mr. Zhongshan's training and governance, and there is also a different way to the same end! ”

Sun Yat-sen nodded approvingly, he knew that Chen Moran was telling the truth.

"Therefore, I believe that constitutionalism and [***] as a form of government are the essence of the state, and as for a republic or monarchy as a form of state, it is only the form of the state, and there is no difference in essence."

Chen Moran's words were not unreasonable, and Sun Yat-sen's tone softened.

"European and American countries are indeed boiled and monarchies, and they have all built up their countries."

This is a fact that Sun Yat-sen has to admit from two months ago, until now, in the past he resolutely opposed constitutionalism, in his opinion, China is different, China cannot take the road of constitutional monarchy, not to mention that Cixi, Guangxu these kings are tyrants and faint monarchs, even if there are more capable people like Kangxi and Qianlong. The most fundamental reason for this is that the Han people have understood that they can no longer bow down to the Manchus, and the Manchus will rule the world again, and the Han people will not be convinced, and they all think that it is a national shame. Is it still possible to talk about constitutionalism in such a mood? Of course not!

But what about now?

Maybe he had been sitting for too long, Chen Moran felt that his legs were numb, and even his buttocks were a little sore, he got up from the chair, Sun Yat-sen also stood up, and both of them left the coffee table and slowly paced towards the ruling axe garden. As he walked along the loggia, Chen Moran continued, "Mr. Zhongshan talks about facts, and I also talk about facts. Judging from the facts today, China cannot do it without a monarch, and if it does practice a constitution, there are some difficulties that cannot be solved at present! ”

At this time, looking at the slightly white sky, Chen Moran noticed that he had talked with Sun Yat-sen all night.

"Xiang Shuai once mentioned to me that if the republic is practiced, the five ethnic groups are equal, the legislators are elected together, and the president is elected together, it seems perfect, but in fact, the people of the country have "he can take his place" The term of office of the president is only five years, ten years, and then ten years later? But in the republic, what the domestic elite is trying to do is nothing more than the position of president, who still has the heart to use it for strengthening the country and rejuvenating the country? ”

Seeing that Sun Yat-sen wanted to refute, Chen Moran interrupted him a little rudely.

"Mr. Zhongshan, I don't doubt that you have the heart of the world for the public, but there are so many ordinary people in this world, Mr. Zhongshan can protect others selflessly?"

Sun Yat-sen, who originally wanted to refute Chen Moran, was speechless now, and the heart that he could replace has existed since ancient times, and everyone has it.

"Furthermore, the people of the country only know that the emperor has been for 2,000 years, and the president has changed today and tomorrow, how can the people calmly admit that the heart of the holy king of the people has been 2,000 years! The emperor is not there, and he regards the president as a holy monarch and entrusts him, but what about the president? Most of those who are in favor of the imperial system believe that the existence of the emperor makes the people feel at ease, and no matter how the ruling party changes after the constitution is established, at least there is an emperor to represent the country. If the president does not step down, there will be no emotional sustenance. The prime minister of the cabinet has stepped down, and the emperor is there, with the spiritual power that can unite the hearts of the people, the country will not fall apart, and the hearts of the people will not be scattered! ”

Taking a deep puff of cigarette, Chen Moran continued to speak while Sun Yat-sen was silent in thought.

"Or he has a conflict with the president in Congress, Congress wants to dismiss the president, and the president wants to dissolve Congress! For example, in the civil war between Argentina's "Congressional Army" and the "President's Army" more than 10 years ago, and there was no one to arbitrate between the President and the Congress, the time would only be a repeat of Argentina's disaster, and the civil war was bound to be tragic and protracted. The Chinese people have reached the point of extreme poverty, and can they still withstand the devastation of war and chaos? Foreign powers have always been looking down on our country, and they always want to divide this piece of fat and turn it into their colony. Once China has internal strife, it has no resistance to the outside world at all, and can only watch their ambitions come true. As the old saying goes, the snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit, and this is exactly the case today. Those who seek the interests of China cannot do without this foresight! ”

As soon as Chen Moran stopped, Sun Yat-sen stopped pacing and looked at the ruling power in front of him.

"That's in the opinion of the government!"

Listening to his words, Chen Moran shook his head.

"It's not my opinion, but the world sees it! When I was in England, I observed the British political system, and when there was a struggle between different interest classes in Britain, it was mainly a partisan struggle. The conflict between the representative parties of various interest strata in order to achieve their rule of power is sometimes mild, but more often it is extremely intense. At this time, it is necessary to have an authoritative reading individual who has no political connections to mediate, and the only one who can do this task is the British king. This role of peacemaker can help the country's political system to resume its work and avoid the unrest caused by political struggles as much as possible, that is, "the monarchy is a valuable buffer". ”

When he said this, Chen Moran felt a little disdainful in his heart, after all, this decoration was not what he was pursuing, not to mention that even for those who threatened to establish a constitution in the future, even if the various parties were inseparable, the supreme power of the country was at least formally and safely protected by the emperor. The imperial system is, to a certain extent, the umbrella of the state and the political axe, ensuring that it can exercise power at all times. But I don't dare to say that the emperor is a decoration and a symbol of the country.

"Moreover, he said, if the country is restored, my country will re-enter the forest of strong countries, and its power will expand externally!"

"Expansion?"

Sun Yat-sen couldn't help but be surprised, and looked at Chen Moran with some surprise, he never thought that in the heart of this ruling person he had the heart to open up the territory.

"This is the inevitability of national development, the Manchus have lost too many things that belong to China, China has dominated East Asia for thousands of years, what we once had, what was lost by the Manchus, one day will be regained, we have lost the territories, lost vassal states, Korea, Ryukyu, Burma, Vietnam, Champa, Nepal, and even go to the book, their reading power has become inevitable, but at least we must restore a China as the center of Asia, at least use a Chinese Federation to soothe the pain of losing a thousand-year empire! So, the presence of the royal family can exert the cohesion of the Federation! Asia is not only the Asia of Asians, but also the Asia of Chinese! ”

Chen Moran, who turned around, looked at Sun Yat-sen with a shocked face, and his face was full of heroism.

"Someone once asked me when it is said to be a strong country, and what I want to say is that the glory of China is said to be a strong country! Mr. Nakayama! ”

Looking directly at Sun Yat-sen, who seemed to be thoughtful, Chen Moran accentuated his tone.

"Last night, I discussed state affairs with Mr. Zhongshan, although there are differences, however, I believe in the article, can not be changed, today I said with Mr. Covenant: He said that the people decided on the imperial system, I will implement the constitutional monarchy, and I will work hard to realize the realization of China's strong country, if so, may Mr. help me. Sir calls for a republic, if the people decide on the republic, I will abandon my own ideas, and wholeheartedly shine on the land of China with the wind of republic! ”

This will Sun Yat-sen was moved by Chen Moran's bright and upright bearing, and also impressed by his ambition, he met Chen Moran's gaze and said sincerely.

"Governance, although what you and I have seen is not all in agreement, but last night's conversation was enjoyable for life, not more than at this time. The ruling grand argument is great, the abyss is the sound of thousands of mountains, the waves are like a thousand acres, the language is sincere, the spirit is magnanimous, I look at the talents all over the world, and there is no one who is out of the right of Mr. As for the fact that China should establish civil rights to develop people's livelihood and become a new country with a strong country and a prosperous people, I am no different from you, but the difference is the path chosen to achieve this goal. Qu Yuan said that the road is long, and I will seek it up and down, and China's road to prosperity and strength is allowed to be explored. I admire you for the frank attitude you have just made. As the ruling government said, if the people decide on the monarchy, and the ruling is constitutional, the text should help it, and if the people decide on the republic, the ruling should also be ......"

"I also abandon my own ideas, and wholeheartedly shine on the land of China with the wind of republicanism!"

Seeing that he had convinced Sun Yat-sen in front of him, Chen Moran, who was in a good mood, said with a smile.

"Now I suggest that we remember the oath of mutual help for you and me, and we will give us a high-five!"

"Smack!"

The right palms of the two hit each other heavily, and a crisp applause rang out in the gazebo of the garden, when the two smiled and looked at each other, the sun swayed on the two of them, and the morning sun reflected the smiles of the two, as if the haze shrouded in the sky over the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains at this moment was dissipated in an instant.

(To be continued)