Chapter 266: Joy and Prosperity
But now, there is such an inexplicable telegram in front of him, which makes President Cao have some expectations in his heart.
He sincerely hoped that this telegram was true, since the end of the Qing Dynasty, China has said how many grievances in the past few decades, but there is no way to do it, the people of the country are holding their breath in their hearts, they want to make the country better, not to be bullied by foreign powers, to stand up, not to be discriminated against by other countries.
But after struggling for decades, now the Republic of China is the Republic of China, and what is the Republic of China that was established by sacrificing countless people with lofty ideals, is not continuing the previous reparations, continuing to be invaded and divided among the great powers, continuing to be treated like third-class citizens by other countries, and continuing to sign unequal treaties one after another.
The 21 articles signed by Yuan Shikai and the most humiliating Treaty of Shimonoseki with China are not far behind, they are all the same loss of power and humiliation of the country, even Yuan Shikai himself said that the day of signing is the day of national shame.
As for the people, except for protests and sighs, they can only cry out in vain, and the grief and indignation in their hearts have nowhere to vent, and they have been hit again and again and become numb.
But the blood of the Chinese people is hot, their eyes are bright, and they are silently fighting, hoping that one day it will come.
Today, I suddenly saw such a telegram, President Cao, an old man who has been engaged in the newspaper industry for many years, has a higher sensitivity to politics and understanding of things than ordinary people, and the more he thinks about it, the more he feels that there is an article in it.
His heart is really hoping that this message is true, the Chinese people have been suppressed for so long, they need such news so much, and the desire in his heart is like an erupting volcano at this moment, which can no longer be stopped.
He can't sit still anymore, no, I can't wait any longer, I'm going to see for myself.
He picked up his coat, didn't even put on his scarf, and rushed out of the office, walking briskly to the telegraph room.
At this time, the telegraph room was already full of people, and the editors of the newspaper office were basically standing in the courtyard, smoking in twos and threes, and talking quietly.
The telegraph room is not big, and it also needs a quiet environment, so these people are not easy to enter, so they can only stand in the courtyard and wait for news.
"The president is here." "President Cao" everyone greeted one after another.
"Any news?" Cao Yougang asked a little anxiously.
Lao Miao handed President Cao a cigarette and called President Cao before saying: "I contacted two newspapers in Tokyo, Japan that are in contact with us, but we can't get in touch, and the other party has no response after sending the telegram, and now Xiao Liu and they are trying to contact other newspapers." ”
"Isn't it usually that there are business dealings, and it's very convenient to contact, why is it so troublesome today." Du Yumin, the editor-in-chief on the side, said.
President Cao pondered for a moment and said, "It can't be that Tokyo was really bombed, and there is no reply now, whether it was bombed?" ”
As soon as I heard this, the courtyard suddenly became lively, and people were babbling about their own opinions and theories, not also exuding their thoughts and putting forward some other hypotheses, the courtyard was very lively, and now the hearts of these people were both panic and excitement, and there were infinite expectations.
"Do you think it's going to be true, I'm nervous to death right now."
"What are you nervous about?"
"I'm afraid it's fake news."
"And what if it's true?"
"Then I'll resign."
Which one was stunned when asked, "What are you doing when you quit?" ”
"If it's true, I will join the Huafu Army, and it is also happy to be a small soldier of the Huafu Army, and I don't have to look at the group of politicians in the country every day, the huge country, occupying a high position and not doing practical things."
His words surprised many people, and in turn they understood his thoughts, yes, who doesn't want their country to be strong, hope and light appear, naturally there will be people rushing towards the light.
"Okay, if it's true, I'll go with you, immigrate to Nanhua, and be a small soldier."
The two young newspaper editors looked at each other and laughed, how long had it been since they had laughed so heartily, and they couldn't remember.
President Cao and Editor-in-Chief Du looked at these passionate young people, and did not step forward to criticize them, if it weren't for their age and reluctance to go away, maybe these young people's thoughts would have been born.
At this time, there was a burst of cheers in the telegraph room, and Xiao Liu, a telegraph clerk, ran out with a telegram and shouted loudly: "The British Times has sent a telegram back, our China has won, and the Japanese are finished, long live, long live." ”
Xiao Liu, who is usually very calm, has fallen into a state of near-madness at this time, holding the message and shouting and cheering at the door, and his voice has changed tone.
"Bring it to me." President Cao shouted loudly.
President Cao stepped forward and snatched the message from Xiao Liu's hand and read it, but the young man surrounded Xiao Liu and asked.
"Don't shout, tell us about it then."
Xiao Liu said: "The news has been confirmed, the news on the clear code message in the morning is true, in the early hours of yesterday morning, the Huafu fleet of Nanhua, that is, the Huafu fleet that annihilated the Japanese fleet outside the port of Shanghai, attacked the Yokosuka military port, Japan's largest military port, the Japanese fleet was completely annihilated, losing more than 20 battleships and dozens of small ships, the Japanese fleet has existed in name only, and there is no possibility of bullying Huaguo again." ”
"The news of the fierce battle between the Huafu Army and the Japanese Army is also true, I don't know how many troops Nanhua has sent, anyway, the little Japan that fought has suffered heavy casualties."
"The most powerful thing is the bombing of Tokyo in the back, it's so relieving, you know, the Times said in a reply that Japan burned all night last night, like hell on earth, they estimate that there should be no less than 100,000 dead and wounded, and countless rooms have been burned, and most of Tokyo has been burned down, which is really relieving."
"Okay, okay," the crowd shouted with earth-shattering cheers, not to say anything humanitarian, any war cruelty, or anything like that.
Now that the Huafu army has won and Japan has been defeated, it should be cheered.
At this time, President Cao and Editor-in-Chief Du had already read the content of the message tremblingly, and their breathing became short, although they did not cheer loudly like young people, but the joy in their hearts spread throughout their bodies, like eating popsicles on dog days and eating hot pot in winter.
"Don't call it, we have a job to do, hurry up and send a single newspaper, let everyone know the news, and cheer the victory of our Chinese together." President Cao commanded the task loudly.
The speed is really fast, usually with bonuses and bonuses, the article was baked in less than ten minutes, typesetting, printing, and in half an hour, this chapter of free newspapers appeared on the streets and alleys of Guangzhou.
In order to publish this news, the newspaper is busy losing money, but we are happy, and we are also willful.
Like wings, the news flew all over the streets and alleys, all over the major cities of the Republic of China, all over the country, all over the country, and all over the world.
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the firecracker shop has prepared inventory for the New Year, but today in a short period of time, the firecrackers in the firecracker shop have been sold out.
At this time, the major cities of the country, in the streets and alleys, there are the sound of firecrackers, more lively than the New Year, people are more happy than the New Year, especially literary youth, progressives, they took to the streets, talking and laughing, and soon gathered the flow of adults, and began the most characteristic action of this era, the parade.
However, this time it was not to protest anything, but to simply celebrate the victory of the Chinese people.
Some people say that it is Nanhuaguo, Huafujun, and now it is no longer a Chinese.
Fart, why isn't he a Chinese, didn't you look at the name, Nanhuaguo, that is, he is in the south of Huaguo, the Huaguo of Nanyang.
At the beginning, if Guo Yu Dashuai didn't want to drag down our country, how could he go to that wild place to establish a small country, if I want to say, Guo Dashuai should be invited back and let him be the president of our Republic of China.
Isn't it impossible, isn't Jiangsu still in the hands of Huafujun now.
Some people say that this seems to be at odds with the form of government.
I think that as long as we can lead us not to be bullied for the good of our country, we should support him, I think Guo Dashuai is the person we need the most.
But now that he is the king, how can he come to us to be the president?
What's wrong with the king, hire him, he still has the past over there, and then invite him to come over and be our president, the president is not for life, and when he is no longer president, can he go back to his past, I don't think it's contradictory.
But now he is from another country, can someone from another country be the president of our country?
Well, the man thought about it and said, I don't think it's necessarily more possible than possible, people have to learn to be flexible, the constitution can be changed, how can this not be changed, in fact, everyone agrees with this truth, that is reasonable, do you say this is the truth.
Well, this person agreed with him at that time, in fact, this is for the good of this country, what else can't be changed, it's better than fighting life and death and not seeing the future.
The two seemed to have reached an agreement, and then continued to march arm in arm, shouting non-stop: "Down with Little Japan, long live Huafu Army, long live Marshal Guo Yu." ”
Then all the way west.
Compared with the excitement of the Chinese people, the high-level leaders of the Republic of China do have a hundred tastes in their hearts.
In the Presidential Palace of the Republic of China, President Li Yuanhong and Premier Duan Qirui were sitting together with members of the cabinet of the Republic of China, and the content of the conversation was also about Japan's attack by the Huafu Army.
Many cabinet members who had more contact with Japan were not convinced at this time that the Huafu Army had defeated the powerful Japanese Navy, abused the Japanese Army, and threatened the Japanese government to surrender.
You must know that in the hearts of these people, Japan's naval strength is incomparably strong, so strong that these high-level leaders of the Republic of China cannot afford to have any heart of resistance, otherwise they will not face the unreasonable demands of the Japanese government again and again, and can only choose to back down and back down.
Could it be that Japan is a paper tiger, these people don't believe it, they are not those ignorant citizens, they are bullied by Japan, they only know how to shout ****, people have really been in contact, only to know that the Republic of China really can't beat Japan, so they can only choose to compromise. R1152