"Huh?" Wu Jingheng was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Sun Yuanqi with disdain: "Are you an idiot?" When we encouraged everyone to gather, we naturally wanted to go to the capital and present a petition to the group of adults and gentlemen from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. What is the use of protesting on campus? ”

"This Wu madman!" Zhang Yuanji couldn't help but shake his head and scolded.

Hearing that Wu Jingheng scolded Sun Yuanqi for being an idiot, the students who followed behind stopped doing it first, and shouted loudly: "Don't insult Mr." "Old Wu, apologize to Mr.!" The impatient had already thrown the paper flag in his hand to the ground, rolled up his sleeves and prepared to go over and beat him up.

Wu Jingheng saw that there was infighting in his team, so he hurriedly turned around and comforted: "I apologize to Mr. Sun, naturally, but Mr. Sun must agree that we go to the city to petition." Everyone said, okay? ”

The enthusiastic students naturally didn't understand the trap in Wu Jingheng's words for a while, and immediately cheered and said in unison: "Okay! ”

Sun Yuanqi couldn't help but be depressed: This Wu Jingheng has a sharp tongue, and he is really a good hand at propaganda riots! At the moment, he was no longer polite: "If you don't apologize, I can't care about it, and I don't need it!" But today, I will never allow my students to step out of the school gates! ”

Wu Jingheng, Hu Hanmin and others immediately looked at each other angrily.

Hu Hanmin said even more unceremoniously: "If you dare to stop our patriotic march today, you will be a traitor!" It's a traitor! Forever nailed to the pillar of shame of the nation! ”

Sun Yuanqi looked at this angry young man at the beginning of the twentieth century, and instead of being angry, he laughed: "Then tell me, what is patriotism?" ”

Hu Hanmin turned around, faced the more and more students gathered behind him, and said loudly: "The great powers will not die in their hearts to kill me, among them, Tsarist Russia is the most greedy and insatiable, and since the Kangxi period, it has been coveting our Chinese land. Whenever they get the chance, they will gnaw a piece on our big empire. Especially in the past 100 years, it has forcibly occupied millions of square kilometers of our territory, which is three times the size of France and five times the size of Japan! Still, the robber was not satisfied and continued to watch. Now, they have turned their eyes to the northeast again, and took advantage of the difficulties in our country in the year of Gengzi to brazenly occupy the three eastern provinces! Although last year, under the strong protest of our people, we were forced to agree to withdraw our troops under the pressure of international public opinion. But the thief still doesn't die! At the beginning of the year, when we saw that our people were slack, we broke the contract and refused to withdraw our troops. Not only that, but also put forward seven unreasonable demands! Can I promise him if I wait for the Chinese people? ”

Nearly 100 students raised their arms and shouted, "No! ”

"Yes, we can't say yes!" Hu Hanmin waved his right arm, "When the news came, the whole country was indignant. Thousands of gentry, businessmen, people, and students from all walks of life in Shanghai gathered in Zhangyuan to protest against the aggressive demands of Tsarist Russia and to call the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the telegram, it was sternly stated that it would be difficult for the people of the whole country to admit such unreasonable demands! Even if the government admits it, the 40,000,000 people of our country will never admit it! ”

"My country's 40,000,000 people will never admit it!" The student shouted.

In Tokyo, Japan, more than 500 Chinese students gathered at the Jinhui Pavilion to denounce the crime of Tsarist Russia's invasion and occupation of Northeast China. At the meeting, they decided to set up an anti-Russian volunteer brigade, ready to follow the example of the 300 warriors of Sparta and go to the northeast to fight to the death against the Russian invaders. In two days, more than 130 people signed up. Dear students, in front of the Hot Springs, all the 300 Spartan warriors died in battle, just for the independence and freedom of the motherland! Today, our compatriots are also preparing to shed their blood and die in Japan, so should we just sit idly by? ”

"Can't! No! The students responded in a high-pitched voice.

Hu Hanmin nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, we can't sit idly by!" Just now, Mr. Sun asked me what patriotism is. Now I will tell him that the rally of all walks of life in Shanghai in Zhangyuan is patriotic! The establishment of anti-Russian volunteers by students studying in Japan is patriotic! We went to the capital today to submit a protest to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is patriotic!! ”

Wu Jingheng shouted at this time: "The protest is justified!" Patriotic and innocent! ”

The students shouted, "Justified protest!" Patriotic and innocent! ”

Seeing that the scene was about to get out of control, Zhang Yuanji and Sun Yuanqi hurriedly stood in front and shouted to the students: "Students, students! Could you please listen to me? ”

Zhang Yuanji and Sun Yuanqi are their teachers and principals after all. Seeing that the two of them were about to speak, silence returned between the next few breaths. Zhang Yuanji took a step back and gave up the right to speak to Sun Yuanqi.

"Patriotism is a quality that every citizen should have, not only written in books and remembered, but also engraved in the bones and blood, and passed down from generation to generation. But," Sun Yuanqi shook his head, "we all know what kind of country we live in. Not to mention being convicted for words, even if the first one is unhappy, our school may close tomorrow. You made a big show and went to the capital to march and protest, what do you make the people in the government think? What do the people in the palace think? So, for the sake of our school, for the sake of our classmates, I hope you don't go to the city. ”

Wu Jingheng sneered: "Mr. Sun, I remember that the purpose of Jingshi University is to 'apply it to the world', right?" Those who use it greatly will serve the country and the people. If you can't even petition and protest for the country and the people, what's the use of the word 'through the world'? ”

Sun Yuanqi frowned at this radical: how can the country be in their hands if these people who advocate violence are purely passionate and irrational, sabotage and construction? At the moment, he said sharply: "The purpose of Jingshi University is not the four words 'apply to the world', but the eight words of 'apply to the world, strengthen the country and benefit the people'. If the country does not stand tall in the forest of strong countries, and the people fail to have food and clothing, law-abiding knowledge and etiquette, the University of the World has the value of continuing to exist! Moreover, I am not against you being patriotic. There is more than one way to show your patriotism, but I don't approve of your use of rallies and protests. ”

Hu Hanmin sneered: "In what way?" Could it be that, like someone, before the Eight-Nation Coalition Army reached Beijing, it ran abroad first, and this is only patriotic? ”

As the saying goes: Hitting people does not slap their faces, and scolding people does not expose their shortcomings. Hu Hanmin said this in front of many students, making Sun Yuanqi ashamed of himself. The students were silent for a while, and then there was a loud noise, one after another denouncing Hu Hanmin. At this time, Hu Hanmin also realized that he was speechless, but in front of so many students, how could he be embarrassed to apologize!

Zhang Yuanji also hurriedly came over to consol. Sun Yuanqi shook his head with a wry smile, then cheered up a little, signaled everyone to be quiet, and then said: "You have also experienced it in the year of Gengzi, they were blindly xenophobic in the Boxers, regarded railways, electric lights, and wires as monsters, and Western books were also burned. And I belong to the heinous 'two devils', if I stay in the capital, I will definitely die." Is it patriotic to die at their hands? If we take 10,000 steps back, is it a blessing for China that the Boxers have succeeded in 'helping the Qing Dynasty and destroying the ocean'? I don't think so!

"I remember that someone in the West said something like this: 'The most precious thing in man is life, and there is only one life for each person, and a person's life should be spent in this way: when he recalls the past, he will not regret that he wasted his time, nor will he be ashamed of doing nothing, and when he is dying, he can say: 'My whole life and all my energy are devoted to the most magnificent cause in the world - the struggle for the liberation of mankind.'" Although what I have done cannot rise to the level of struggle for human liberation, I am confident that the value of my life is definitely greater than dying under the butcher's knife of the Boxers! So I'm going to live.

"Yes, I am very cowardly and humble, I dare not sacrifice my life for the country, I dare not let the school that I have worked so hard to build close like this, and I don't even dare to let the students full of enthusiasm go into the capital to rally and protest. But, by no means because I am not patriotic! On the contrary, I love this country to the core! Maybe in 20 or 30 years, maybe in 100 years, you will know how much I love this hot land! ”

Sun Yuanqi said this, a little sad. After rectifying his mood, he continued: "Yes, large-scale protests can make the powers temporarily retreat. But if the country is not strong, the people are like ants, and who will pay attention to the protest of a group of ants on the ground who reclaim the land? And protest can be indispensable, but two can not be three, frequent use, it is like the neighing of a donkey, roaring a lot, and the tiger is not afraid after getting used to it. At that time, I am afraid that the end will be even worse!

"Han Xin in the Qin and Han dynasties met a few ruffians on the street when he was young. The ruffian said: Although you like to play with swords, in fact you are a wreck. If you have the ability, stab me; If you're afraid, get under my crotch. If Han Xin was brave and stabbed each other with a knife, he would either be beaten to death by the ruffians or beheaded by the government. But Han Xin is a person with great ambitions, how can he die a mediocre death like this? So he chose the humiliation of the crotch. Han Xin can still endure the humiliation of his crotch, as a country, a nation, and you patriotic young people with knowledge and ideals, can't you endure it? What China lacks most today is not hot-blooded young people, but rational and wise talents. Only they can understand the truth of 'ten years of life and reunion, ten years of lessons', and are willing to spend decades or even a lifetime for a grand goal, lying on the salary and tasting courage, unswerving, and no regrets!

"What effect can you have when you go to the city to protest like this, except for a quick moment? If the protest can really get the great powers out of the country, and the government is honest and loves the people, I am very willing to accompany you. In fact? I'm afraid it will only make the imperial court jealous of our school, and we will want to close it quickly!

"Everyone has their own ambitions! I hope that the students cultivated by Jingshi University will take the road of education to save the country and science and technology to save the country! If you insist on going out, I won't stop you, but please don't wear military training clothes, and don't say that you are a student of Jingshi University. Once you've walked out, don't come back! ”