"Sleep fiancée at dawn, pancakes and fruits and roast chicken."

This is a proverb in the north that says that there is no greater enjoyment in life than this. And the first place is to sleep beautifully in the morning when you are sleepy. Riding a horse and sitting in a sedan chair is better than sleeping at dawn.

Sun Yuanqi just got off the bumpy steamer yesterday, and after some twists and turns, he had lunch and drank and chatted with others. After dinner, when I returned to my room, although I was not used to sleeping directly on the ground in a Japanese-style hotel, I was sleepy, and naturally I couldn't care so much. Wrapped in a thin jacket, you can sleep on the cool sea breeze of the summer night. When I opened my eyes again, there was already a faint light outside the window. The summer day dawns early, and it's about five o'clock now. Then I remembered that the ferry ticket was this afternoon, and I was not in a hurry, so it was better to sleep more. Changed his position and fell into a deep sleep again.

I slept beautifully, as if I heard someone talking: "Is Brother Baixi up?" ”

When I tried to listen to it again, there was no sound, and I only suspected that it was a dream.

"Brother Baixi?" The sound seems to be outside the door.

"Who?" Sun Yuan stopped sleeping, sat up and asked.

"Hahaha, it's me Liang." The hotel's Japanese-style sliding door did not have any effect on protecting privacy, and the people outside opened it directly, and Shi Shiran walked in. It turned out to be Liang Qichao.

Sun Yuan saw Liang Qichao coming over early in the morning, thinking that there was something important, and most of his sleepiness suddenly went away, he straightened his pajamas, piled up the bedding aside, and asked An: "Ren Gong, morning!" ”

"Bai Xi early!" While speaking, Liang Qichao walked to the window and opened the sliding door on the other side with a "whoosh", just facing the east, the bright red sun was rising, and the sunlight was shining directly into the house. Outside the door is a small pond formed by the water of the stream, the veins flowing silently, and a few wisps of calamus dancing with the morning breeze.

Sun Yuanqi's spirit was lifted: "Good scenery! ”

"Early in the morning, disturbing people's dreams, I have become a wicked person." Liang Qichao took a step forward, sat down on the steps outside the door, patted his side, and motioned for Sun Yuanqi to come and sit too, "When I went back yesterday, I have been thinking about the future situation of China that you said, and the more I think about it, the more I feel that it is likely to happen; The more I felt like it was possible, the more uneasy I became. So didn't sleep well all night. ”

Sun Yuanqi sat down beside him, and when he heard this, he thought: "This is originally a real historical fact, and naturally it is the most likely to happen!" But he did not speak, but continued to listen to him:

"Since the Daoguang descended, our China has been repeatedly insulted by foreign countries, people with lofty ideals at the beginning of the Western ship to see the strength of the artillery, so they want to learn from the long skills to control the country, began to set up foreign affairs, Prince Gongzhong, Zeng Wenzhenggong, Zuo Wenxianggong, and Li Wenzhonggong, who died just a few months ago, their purpose is nothing more than to want the country to be strong and prosperous, and the people to be healthy. Who knows, if you learn and learn, you will still suffer defeat, and the country will deteriorate day by day.

Seeing this, my teacher Kang Nanhai thought that the country could not rise unless a constitution was established, a parliament was held, and a change in the form of government. Therefore, I corrected the contract and wrote on the bus, hoping that the emperor and the queen mother could judge the situation, change the law and restore the law, and the few people could turn the tide and help the building to fall. Whoever thinks that once the situation changes, all efforts will be put into water. After that, there was a fist chaos, the Eight-Nation Alliance detained Beijing, the emperor and queen were embarrassed to hunt in the west, and finally exchanged 40,000 taels of silver for a while, which is the anointing blood of all the people! At this time, the country is still dead, and the people are in chaos.

"When I came to Japan, I heard that some of the students advocated violent revolution, thinking that the country's demise was due to feudal rule. If the country is to be revitalized, it is necessary to first overthrow the Manchu rule and then establish a new republican government, so that the country can be strong and the people can be prosperous. I think that the road to revitalizing China is here!

"Yesterday, when I heard your words, I realized that even if the violent revolution could not reverse the decline of China, on the contrary, the north and the south were fighting, and the swords and soldiers were everywhere, making the tragic situation in China even worse than today!" Liang Qichao frowned, feeling depressed, as if he was sad and had no plan, "This is not good, that is not good." You say, where is the road of China? Is it really just a matter of waiting for the death of the species and the destruction of the country? ”

"Judging from the current situation, the Qing court is old and corrupt, and the people's minds have changed, and the trend of violent revolution is irreversible!" Sun Yuanqi was afraid that he would think of the royalist party again, so he gave him a preventive shot in advance, "If you want to change, you can only start by changing the revolutionary party itself." ”

Liang Qichao pondered for a moment and slapped his high-five: "Yes!" The uprising of the revolutionaries was not when the Queen Mother was critically ill, but after the death of the Queen Mother. Recently, the emperor and queen returned to Luan from Xi'an, all the way to the car, and there was no occasional accident, which shows that the queen mother is healthy and should have five to ten years of life. Baixi, you also speculate that it is about ten years, which should be true. Ten years from now, young students and young soldiers will now be just teenagers, and if they are given a good ideological education, they will understand the purpose of the revolution and the mission they are shouldering, and they will have their own opinions in their hearts and will not be confused by politicians. Even if the north and the south meet each other, and the soldiers are all from the right side, then those who want to seek personal gain, can they get it? ”

"Yes," Sun Yuanqi also agreed with Liang Qichao's line of thought, "If the people are weak, the country will be weak, and if the people are strong, the country will be strong, and the quality of the people will determine the merits of a country's political system." It is precisely because the Chinese people are not well educated and do not know how to make a choice that China can only be ruled by an authoritarian government, and it has fallen into the abyss of fighting between the north and the south and killing each other. We must pin our hopes for China's rejuvenation on the broad masses of the people, especially the vast number of young people. Through education, propaganda and other means, we should change their ignorance, backwardness, and insensitivity to the problems of ignorance, backwardness, and insensitivity so that they will have the concept of the supremacy of the state and the nation, as well as a high degree of political consciousness, and always take safeguarding national interests as the first priority. Proceeding from this, the goal of transforming Chinese society, choosing a rational system, and building a democratic, prosperous, and strong new China will certainly be achieved. ”

"Yes!" Liang Qichao stood up excitedly, paced in the aisle, and said loudly: "If you want to build a new China, you must first create new people." If there is a new people, why should there be no new system, no new government, and no new country! For those middle-aged and elderly people, it is difficult to get them to accept new ideas, and the key is in the youth. The responsibility for tomorrow is not for others, but for the youth! Today's responsibility is on your shoulders! ”

Liang Qichao stopped and stared at Sun Yuanqi with burning eyes: "It turns out that Baixi has already made up his mind, isn't it?" So you started running schools and compiling textbooks a few years ago, just to educate and train the next generation, right? Good, good! I knew that we in China will inevitably have scholars of great wisdom and courage to rise up to the wind at this time of crisis, sway the country, and enlighten the people! ”

Sun Yuanqi shook his head and thought: His original intention was originally just to make a living, and then he was a little more open-minded, wanting to make the people around him live better. But he never thought that Liang Qichao was so ambitious.

Liang Qichaofu sat down next to Sun Yuan again: "Baixi, I have read the textbook you compiled carefully, it is very good." But there is also a small problem, that is, new ideas and new ideas are not highlighted with great fanfare - of course, I also know that in today's country, these are taboos, and you have vaguely mentioned them in textbooks such as "Biology" and "Thought and Morality", but it is not enough. INTERVIEWER I think you can also compile a set of history or geography textbooks to incorporate the concepts of the country and the nation. You must know that your textbooks are widely distributed in Jiangnan, and almost wherever there is a school, there are your textbooks. 'The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband', you have the responsibility and obligation to publicize these! ”

Let me write a history and geography textbook? Funny right! This is to ask the village chief, and the village chief doesn't know. Sun Yuanqi was about to say no, but those words were forced in his throat by Liang Qichao's hopeful gaze, so he had to reply stubbornly: "Okay, I'll do my best." ”

Liang Qichao was satisfied, raised his head, looked at the sun in the east, and finally muttered: "I am in Japan, I can't go back to China, but I can still run a newspaper, write articles, and advocate for the promotion of new ideas and concepts, and the cultivation of new Chinese youth!" Ten or twenty years from now, what will become of the China I love so much? ”

In the afternoon, the port of Yokohama is bustling with people, and the sun is sparkling on the sea of Tokyo Bay.

With a long whistle, the passenger ferry slowly left the dock, Sun Yuanqi and Yang Du and others, holding on to the railing, waved goodbye to Liang Qichao, Ma Junwu and others on the shore. Wait until everyone on the shore is out of sight before walking back to the deck.

Flipping through the stack of textbooks in his hand, Sun Yuanqi admired more and more those enthusiastic people who were dedicated to the country in the early 20th century. Hearing that Sun Yuanqi wanted to compile textbooks for Chinese students and needed corresponding reference books, without Liang Qichao's instructions, the group of young men searched around, bought and borrowed, but in the morning, they found more than ten kinds of relevant textbooks published in Japan.

According to the original meaning, it is to refer to the content and style of these books, use the pattern of history books that I learned in middle school to tailor, and then ask several masters of Chinese culture in the school to review them, and there will be no major mistakes. Although there are some suspicions of plagiarism in general, it does not prevent the use of it, besides, is there less plagiarism by yourself? After roughly flipping through a few books, Sun Yuanqi frowned unconsciously, most of these textbooks were written in Japanese, such as Kuwabara Kazo's "Essentials of Oriental History", Ichimura Chanjiro's "Essentials of the History of China", Ogawa Ginjiro's "Essentials of Oriental History", etc., and he couldn't understand it at all. Remembering that Yang Du had studied in Japan, he asked, "Huizi, how is your Japanese?" ”

"Yang has been in Japan for nearly half a year, and although there is no problem with daily conversations and ordinary newspapers and periodicals, there are still many things that I don't understand." Yang Du said modestly.

"......" Sun Yuanqi was directly speechless, and sure enough, low-key modesty is a high-profile show-off! I think back then, my brother and I learned English, and it took me half a year to memorize the 26 letters, and I could just say a few words "Goodmorning, teacher" and "Goodbye," and I could just say "Goodmorning, teacher," and "Goodbye." Why is the gap between people so big? He handed over a textbook and asked, "Is this book okay for you?" ”

Yang Du flipped through it casually, his face full of confidence: "If you want to say something else, maybe there is something you don't understand." If you want to talk about this kind of Oriental history, there is no problem at all! ”

"If Brother Yang is free on the ship these days, we have a reluctant request?" Sun Yuanqi bowed slightly to Yang Du.

"Please!" Yang Du arched his hand.

Sun Yuanqi patted a large stack of textbooks in his hand: "Ren Gong ordered me to compile a textbook, and as a result, I was given a lot of reference books, all of which were in Japanese. If Brother Wanzi has time, I would like to ask you to choose three or five excellent books from them, and take advantage of the free time on the ship, and tell me about the content and style of the book. ”

"Just what you want, don't dare to ask for ears!" Yang Du simply agreed to Sun Yuanqi's request.

This passenger ferry departs from Yokohama, and also stops at Osaka, Kobe, Fukuoka, Nagasaki and other places, and finally arrives in Tianjin Tanggu It takes three or four days. From the next day, Yang Du gave Sun Yuanqi a lecture in the morning and afternoon, just enough to finish the book. In the process of narrating, Yang Du often expressed his opinions, such as what should be going on according to the "Book of Han" if it is wrong here; There is a big thing missing here, what does "Zizhi Tongjian" say...... Sun Yuanqi also learned a lot of knowledge, picked up the important ones in it, and copied them carefully.

On the morning of the fifth day, the two stopped lecturing, because the sea had become turbid, and they wanted to come to Tianjin at hand.

Sun Yuanqi was looking out in a secluded place on the deck, when he saw Yang Du shaking a gold-sprinkled paper fan and pacing over step by step. Sun Yuan saw it, and secretly laughed in his heart: The morning on this sea is very cold, and the wind is also very strong, this bag is still holding a paper fan, and it is not too cold, is it cool and cute?

Yang Du saw Sun Yuanqi staring at his folding fan, and thought he liked it, so he "brushed-" closed the folding fan and handed it over: "This is the fan I wrote, if you like it, I will give it to you!" ”

"......" Sun Yuanqi naturally couldn't say that he didn't like it, so he had to take it and pretend to open it to see, there was a poem on it: "There is no heat in May and June, and there is a book in the second and third watches." Because it is regular script, Sun Yuanqi also recognizes it, and clenches his fists at the moment: "Good sentences, good calligraphy!" Thank you, Brother Huizi, for cutting love. ”

"Haha, you're welcome! Polite! Yang Du stood beside Sun Yuanqi and looked at the railing together. Suddenly, he said to Sun Yuanqi: "Baixi, are you strange that you were in Yokohama that day, why did I pour wine for you and Ren Gong?" ”

Sun Yuanqi was stunned, don't you say it, I forgot about it, why did you suddenly mention it? He followed his meaning and said, "I also feel very strange in my heart, but it is not easy to ask. ”

Yang Du suddenly said something that made Sun Yuanqi and the second monk puzzled: "My teacher, the old man Xiangqi, has been under the public curtain with Zeng Wenzheng for many years, and the guest and the host are very compatible. The world is spread Wen Zhenggong's book "Bing Jian", thinking that Wen Zhenggong is good at the art of Junping, and there is no other in the world, but I don't know that my teacher is also this way, and Wen Zhenggong commented that it is a moment of brightness! ”

Sun Yuanqi didn't know how to answer, so he had to pretend to be deep, looked at Yang Du, and waited for him to continue.

Yang Du really continued: "I have been studying under the teacher for three years, and I have not made an inch of progress in the history of the hundred schools, but I am only in this art of people, but I have a little understanding of the samadhi!" ”

"Lookout?" Speaking of face-to-face, Sun Yuanqi couldn't help but sigh:

Thinking about junior high school, I couldn't understand anything, once the electronic watch was broken, I went to repair a watch stall to repair, the stall owner was a fifty or sixty-year-old man, with reading glasses, crane hair and childish face, very a bit of fairy wind bones. Upon checking, the battery was dead. Replace the battery, and you have to put it on Sun Yuanqi by hand. Touching Sun Yuanqi's arm, his face was full of horror: "Ah, dragon tendon and tiger bones!" I will definitely be able to make a great career in the future! …… Okay, the repair fee is 20! ”

When I looked back, it was only three or five yuan to change the battery, which was very angry, so I went to find the old man's theory. Before he walked to the stall, he saw the old man putting a watch on another person, and his face was still full of shock: "Ah, dragon muscles and tiger bones!" I will definitely be able to make a great career in the future! …… Okay, the repair fee is 30! ”

Since then, Sun Yuanqi no longer believes in fortune tellers.

"Yes, I have a lot of research on the art of matchmaking!" Yang Du didn't look at Sun Yuanqi's expression, and continued to talk to himself: "Just say you, me and Ren Gong." Generally speaking, the most taboo thing for fortune tellers is to tell their own fortunes, and there is a saying that 'fortune tellers do not count themselves, and fortune tellers will definitely die'. But everyone is curious, haha, so I showed myself the picture. As for me, it is the destiny of people to achieve things, but the eyebrows and eyes are pressing, and the cheeks are fleshless, this is a lonely and weak appearance, destined to work all my life, bear all the slander, and have no merit and no virtue. Articles are also immortal with the body, and none of them can be passed on! The lowest. Therefore, it is okay to pour wine for people! ”

Yang Du hurt himself for a moment, and then said: "As for Ren Gong, he has high ears and big eyes, and a long nose, and he was originally rich and beautiful, but unfortunately there is a lack of the pavilion and he can't make meritorious contributions." But morality and articles are enough to be famous. And the heirs are developed, and they can all pass on their family style. Considered an upper-middle person. ”

As for Yang Du's matter, Sun Yuanqi didn't know; Liang Qichao's life seems to be what Yang Du said. Could he really be a master? So he asked curiously, "What about me?" ”

Yang Du turned his head and looked at Sun Yuanqi: "You are a dragon and a tiger, you are unspeakably expensive, and you will definitely be able to make a shocking career in the future!" ”

Hearing this, Sun Yuanqi almost fell into the sea without a heel: the pit people are not so pitiful! Even if you want to deceive, bother you to change your lines, okay? Brother, that's what I heard more than 10 years ago.

"What? Unbelief? Yang Du looked at Sun Yuanqi with an indignant expression on his face and said unhappily.

"Believe, believe, I believe!" Sun Yuanqi replied weakly, "I taught me knowledge to you, and gave me a folding fan, and when I am developed, you will have to give me a share!" ”

Yang Du was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately stretched out his right palm: "A gentleman's word!" ”

Sun Yuanqi also stretched out his right hand helplessly and struck lightly: "Whip the horse quickly!" ”

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