Fan Gaotou was sick, so sick that he couldn't get out of bed. Since he asked Liu Fubiao to ask Jack to assassinate Xiao Zhenlei, he has been very excited, very much looking forward to it, Jack can even kill the Enahai, he thinks that it is not difficult for Jack to kill Xiao Zhenlei, but after so long, he found that Xiao Zhenlei is still alive and kicking, as if he has not been assassinated, as time goes on, he becomes more and more anxious, he asked Liu Fubiao to contact Jack, but Jack's agent has not gone to the horse race hall to connect with Liu Fubiao for many days.

Liu Fubiao found Jack as much as he could, he remembered Jack's agent Iverson, although he didn't know the names of the people who connected with him, but he remembered Iverson's appearance, so he found a skilled painter, and he dictated it at the meeting, and asked the painter to paint a portrait, and after the portrait was drawn, he found that the paintings were very similar, so he asked the painter to copy a few more copies, and handed these portraits to the younger brothers of the Green Gang, and asked the younger brothers to take the portraits to look for Iverson everywhere in the Public Concession and the French Concession.

People like Iverson are out every day, and they may not be found, and within a day, he was found by the Qing Gang and taken to see Liu Fubiao.

Liu Fubiao was disappointed, Iverson didn't know where Jack was or where he lived, even if he had someone beat Iverson half to death, I couldn't let Iverson know Jack's whereabouts. Later, one of Liu Fubiao's subordinates got the news that a foreigner customer in a hotel in the French Concession had not paid the room fee for a long time and had not appeared for a long time, so the innkeeper opened the room and found a suitcase in the room, which contained a large sum of dollars, and the innkeeper made a fortune. This kind of news was originally extremely secretive, and of course the innkeeper would not be stupid enough to tell this matter, but who knew that this guy once got drunk and told this matter, and it happened to be overheard by Liu Fubiao's subordinates, and Liu Fubiao took people to the hotel. Someone was sent to find Iverson, and Iverson recognized Jack's box, as well as the clothes that Jack was wearing, and confirmed that it was Jack's, and Liu Fubiao also searched all the dollars belonging to Jack from the innkeeper, which was equivalent to the amount of money he paid Jack. It was only at this time that Liu Fubiao really had an accident with Jack, and it was likely that he died in Xiao Zhenlei's hands when he assassinated Xiao Zhenlei, and his body was also disposed of, so he disappeared silently.

Fan Gaotou became even more ill after learning the news that Jack was very likely to die at the hands of Xiao Zhenlei, and he could only do this kind of thing once by sending someone to Xiao Mansion to kill Xiao Zhenlei. And the matter of sending someone to assassinate Xiao Zhenlei failed again, which made Fan Gaotou lose the confidence to kill Xiao Zhenlei, Xiao Zhenlei has become a thorn in his heart, a piece of heart disease, and now he has become a complete medicine jar.

These days, he can't eat, drink, sleep, and he is old, and he is so thin that he has lost skin and bones in less than ten days. His body was completely broken, and when he was young, he often fought bravely with others, and there were many old injuries on his body. Now that his body has collapsed, the old injuries from before have recurred at this critical time, which will kill him.

September was the 14th, and Fan Gaotou, who had lasted for more than half a month, finally died, which made Xiao Zhenlei finally breathe a sigh of relief, at least Fan Gaotou died by himself. He didn't go to condole, at this time he still felt that he should not stimulate Liu Fubiao's gang. Although he is not afraid, he does not want to make trouble for himself.

At this time, he was chatting with Zhang Jiyao, a reporter introduced by Qin Liankui, in a teahouse. The two have been in contact before, Xiao Zhenlei has also done a detailed understanding of Zhang Jiyao, Zhang Jiyao has a strong sense of national self-esteem, has received a certain cultural education, is Guangxu 22 years of Xiucai, judging from the words of the press releases he has written since he engaged in journalism, this person is extremely indignant about the series of equal treaties signed by the Qing court and the foreign powers, and is also extremely dissatisfied with the Qing court's implementation of the policy of enslavement and the exploitation of the people at the bottom. Xiao Zhenlei felt that this person could be developed into the society, and there was no problem with this person's character and behavior, and he had the style and persistence of a literati, so Xiao Zhenlei hoped to develop this person into the society, and this person would be responsible for the propaganda work of the Iron and Blood National Salvation Society.

Xiao Zhenlei picked up the teacup and motioned to Zhang Jiyao, and after taking a sip of tea, he asked, "What does Mr. Zhang think about the recent announcement of the Qing court's intention to establish a constitution?" ”

Thirteen days ago, on September 1, the Qing court issued an edict in view of the needs of the form, which said: "The decree of our country is still in place for a long time, and the day is in danger, and the crisis is urgent. The countries are so rich and powerful, because of the implementation of the constitution, it depends on public opinion, the monarch and the people are one, breathe together, learn from the strengths of others, and clearly define their authority. Today, the only way to do this is to conduct timely and detailed screening, imitate the constitutionalism, unify the power in the imperial court, and make public opinion in the government to establish the foundation of the country's longevity. However, at present, the regulations are not prepared, and the wisdom of the people has not been opened. Therefore, to clear up the accumulated shortcomings and clearly define the responsibilities, we must start with the official system. The official system should be agreed on separately first, and then replaced. The various laws were carefully formulated, and education was widely promoted, the finances were cleaned up, the armament was reorganized, and the patrol police were set up to make the gentry clear about the state affairs and prepare the foundation for the constitution. After a few years, the scale is rough, the situation is examined, the laws of various countries are used, the time limit for the implementation of the constitution is properly discussed, and then the world is announced. ”

Nine out of ten of the country's 40,000,000 people are illiterate, let alone illiterate, let alone understand the law. The imperial court should promote education, straighten out the finances, rectify the army, and set up patrol police in various places to replace the arrest of the yamen, and after a few years, these measures will have a certain scale depending on the situation, and the constitution of the imperial court will be formulated with reference to various countries, and a time limit for the implementation of the constitution will be discussed, and finally the world will be promulgated.

After the promulgation of this edict, it did win the hearts of many people of insight in the constitutionalists, and many well-known and famous people who advocated constitutionalism wrote articles in newspapers to praise them, and various provinces began to set up consultative bureaus one after another.

Zhang Jiyao was stunned when he heard this, put down the teacup and sneered: "Constitutionalism means delegating power and ceding power, the emperor and the imperial family can no longer be arbitrary, the government decree is issued by the cabinet, and even the military power is not guaranteed, without military power and political decision-making power, the emperor has become an empty shelf, and the imperial family has lost its glorious identity in the past, are the emperors and royal families willing to give up this right?" Some people may believe it, and there are many who do, but I don't believe it! ”

Xiao Zhenlei knew that Zhang Jiyao really guessed correctly, two years later, although the Qing court announced the constitution, it could come up with a royal cabinet, the emperor is still the emperor, and the power has not weakened at all, because the cabinet is the imperial cabinet, the emperor's rights have been strengthened in a sense, this system is fundamentally still a change of soup and not a change of medicine, after the establishment of the imperial cabinet, the news spread all over the world, and public opinion in the world was in an uproar at that time.

Xiao Zhenlei smiled: "I don't believe it either, what is said above has always fooled the below, you have to believe it, you don't know if you were sold by them, and you stupidly help them count the money!" ”

This statement made Zhang Jiyao feel very novel when he heard it, his eyes lit up, and he gave a thumbs up and said: "Mr. Xiao's statement is very interesting, it is true, the court and foreigners have been defeated repeatedly over the years, every time whether they win or lose, they are reparations for land cutting, and it is good to say that the court has land that can be cut, but it is difficult to pay compensation, how difficult is it to do?" If you don't have any money, it's impossible for those bigwigs in the court to pay out of their own pockets, right? They are not so generous, so they can only extend their poisonous hands to the people, in order to let the people pay money and not make a civil uprising, the government thinks of ways to set up various names, don't look at the number of people who don't collect much, but we have 40,000 people in the Qing Dynasty, and it is a large amount of money after a long time, hey, the war is the decision of those big people, and it is also commanded by them. ”

Xiao Zhenlei saw that Zhang Jiyao became more and more angry the more he spoke, and hurriedly changed the topic: "Haha, Mr. Zhang is so in line with my heart, by the way, how long has Mr. Zhang been in the news industry?" ”

Zhang Jiyao also woke up and found that he was a little radical, if he was discovered by the secret agents of the Qing court, it would definitely be troublesome, at this time Xiao Zhenlei changed the topic just to relieve the embarrassment, he hurriedly replied: "It's been five years, when I first became a reporter, it coincided with the Russo-Japanese War!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei nodded, took out a cigarette and handed it over, and asked, "Hasn't Mr. Zhang thought about running a newspaper by himself in the past few years?" ”

Zhang Jiyao hurriedly took the cigarette with both hands and put it in his mouth, lit it with a match and smoked a few puffs and then lost the match that was still burning, "I didn't have this idea a few years ago, and I have been thinking about this problem recently, but it is not an easy thing to start a newspaper, first of all, the problem of funds, this is the most difficult to solve, although I have been a reporter for many years, although I have earned a lot of income over the years, I often collect news materials outside, and the fee is not small, and the subsidy for the newspaper is also limited. The second is the issue of applying for a license, and now the concession is also much stricter in its examination of the establishment of a newspaper, and it is really not easy to get a license without a certain relationship! ”

Xiao Zhenlei groaned, took two puffs of cigarette and said: "Mr. Zhang, if you don't dislike it, I want to cooperate with you, I want to run a newspaper, you also know that the people have the right to know, something big happened, many people don't know about it after a long time, or they don't know it at all, and running a newspaper helps to open up the people's wisdom, since Mr. Zhang has the idea of running a newspaper, but lacks funds, and it is difficult to apply for a license, then I can solve these two problems for Mr. Zhang, and I will pay for it, and solve the problem of the license, Mr. Zhang is in charge of running this newspaper, I wonder what Mr. Zhang thinks? (To be continued)