Nearly forty years old, not tall, slightly fat, quite generous-looking, full of spring breeze, who else could Mr. Zhongshan be the first of the four great men of the 20th century?

When Sun Yuanqi saw the person who came, he lost his mind for a moment: he was such a kind middle-aged man who had been running overseas for 20 years and finally overthrew the imperial power that had ruled China for 2,000 years. What a human being is unseemly!

Sun Wen and Situ Meitang were also stunned: they still wanted to pretend to be mysterious, but they didn't expect people to recognize them at a glance.

Situ Meitang blurted out, "Do you recognize him?" ”

How could I not recognize him? There are pictures of him in history textbooks, portraits of him on the National Day ** Square, and there are sculptures of him all over the motherland, how can you not recognize it? Sun Yuanqi replied naturally: "I know him!" ”

"Haha, it seems that the imperial court is really interested in me, and it actually spread the sea fishing documents at home and abroad, so that no one knows Sun Yat-sen." Sun Wen smiled: "Yes, the contemptible person is Sun Wen of Zhongshan Qiao!" ”

Sun Yuanqi also introduced himself: "I am Sun Yuanqi, the word Baixi-"

"I know you too! You're an internationally renowned scientist, much more famous than me! Many people still ask me: Do you know Sun Yuanqi? What does it have to do with him? I replied, "We were one family five hundred years ago." Sun Wen said as he came over and bowed.

Sun Yuanqi hurriedly replied: "I'm just a little person who studies physics, how can I compare with you?" ”

Situ Meitang greeted the two of them on the side: "Since everyone knows each other, don't follow that little child's example." Come on, let's sit down and talk while eating! ”

After humbling each other, the three of them made a decision at the table. After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Sun Yuanqi put down his chopsticks and asked, "Mr. Zhongshan, how can you be in San Francisco?" ”

According to Sun Yuanqi's idea, since it is a rebellion, it must have the appearance of rebellion. It's like the underground party on TV, which is either trying to convey information or recruiting troops and plotting to start an incident, even if it is to eat, that is also the need of revolutionary work. How could a rebellious party leader like Sun Wen have the leisure to drink and eat with irrelevant people like me?

Before Sun Wen could answer, Situ Meitang interjected first: "Mr. Sun is here to help me register my congregations in various cities in the United States." ”

"Oh." Sun Yuan nodded from the beginning, but he was thinking in his heart: I'm afraid this is just a disguise, right? The real purpose is nothing more than fundraising and recruitment!

In fact, it is also true. Sun Wen arrived in Honolulu last autumn and, on the basis of the reorganization of the Xingzhong Society, established an organization called the "Chinese Revolutionary Army." In order to win the wider support of overseas Chinese, he also joined the Hongmen in Honolulu and was awarded the post of "Hong Stick". I came to San Francisco this spring to propagate the idea of democratic revolution. But now, the Chinese diaspora, as Liang Qichao said, believe that "China still needs an emperor" and are generally more interested in constitutional monarchy, so there are few responders to Sun Wen's propaganda. Among the few responders was Situ Meitang, who was present.

Sun Wen smiled and asked, "I'm not in San Francisco, where else can I go?" ”

"Naturally, I'm going to Tokyo!" Sun Yuanqi replied as a matter of course.

After glancing at each other with Situ Meitang, Sun Wencai said, "Yes, I'm going to Japan in a few days." Why does Brother Baek Hee think I should go to Japan? ”

Sun Yuanqi was a little difficult to accept the title of the great man, "virtuous brother", but he still analyzed: "This is an obvious thing! I have passed through Japan several times and found that there are the largest number of Chinese students there. These young people have a relatively broad vision and are able to accept the idea of democratic revolution. Moreover, many revolutionaries in China fled to Japan one after another after the failure of the uprising in China, making Japan a hotbed of Chinese revolutionaries. Tokyo is also a gathering place for international students in Japan, and if you want to revolt against the Qing Dynasty, it is impossible to ignore Tokyo! ”

Sun Wen nodded.

After that, there was silence at the table. Originally, Sun Yuanqi wanted to say something, but seeing that the two of them were secretive and unwilling to say more, they didn't mention it anymore.

After a while, Situ Meitang got up and said, "You two use it slowly!" I went to the front to see what was still missing, and urged them. After saying that, he took his leave and left.

Seeing that there were no others around, Sun Wen said: "Brother Baixi is highly regarded at home and abroad, this time I ask Meitang to take the liberty to invite you over, just to hear your views on China's future development." I hope to give me advice! ”

Sun Yuanqi's heart moved: Now that Sun Wen is still struggling on the road to saving the country, and has not fully formed his own theoretical system, if he exerts a certain influence on him now, will he change his political policy in the future? Moreover, after the establishment of the Republic of China, although he did not have much real power, he had high prestige, and his ideas and theories influenced the next generation of elites. It can be said that Sun Wen's thought is the future trend of China!

Thinking of this, Sun Yuanqi quickly sorted out his thoughts, and asked casually: "When it comes to China's views on the future development, I would like to hear Mr. Zhongshan's views first!" ”

Sun Wen didn't hide it either, and said sixteen words cleanly: "Drive out the Tartars, restore China, establish the Republic of China, and equalize land rights!" ”

Seeing Sun Yuanqi's thoughtful expression, Sun Wen thought that he didn't quite understand, and carefully explained the specific measures of these four guidelines. For example, the average land right means that the private land is valued and reported by the landlord, and the state levies taxes according to the price, and the higher land price is returned to the public, and at the same time, the state retains the right to buy the land according to the reported land price, so as to prevent the landlord from underreporting the land price, so as to eliminate the possibility of the landlord obtaining windfall profits from the increase in land rent and land price, and achieve the goal of solving China's land problem.

After explaining, Sun Wen asked sincerely, "Brother Baixixian, do you think this policy is feasible?" ”

Sun Yuanqi shook his head slightly: "I think it's all debatable!" ”

Sun Wen was startled, and immediately dropped his chopsticks to the ground. After picking up the chopsticks, he said with a stiff smile: "Please Baixi for advice!" ”

Sun Yuanqi was afraid that Sun Wen would misunderstand, so he hurriedly reassured him first: "First of all, I am also in favor of the revolution. What I disagree with is the gentleman's approach. ”

At this time, Sun Wen's face looked better: "I want to hear it in detail!" ”

Sun Yuanqi began his own plan: "Although the whole country is now singing in unison about the constitutional monarchy, the Manchu nobles, especially the imperial family, who have enjoyed various privileges for more than 200 years, will inevitably make verbal promises and inner resistance to the constitutional monarchy that restricts their privileges, and do everything possible to delay it in the process of preparing for the constitutional monarchy. Even if a constitutional monarchy was achieved in the future, it would have been a sheep's head selling dog meat, and eventually the Manchu aristocracy would occupy the main part of the cabinet. In the farce of constitutional monarchy, the people of the whole country will gradually see the ugly faces of the Manchu aristocracy and begin to lean towards revolution in a hurry. According to my speculation, in five or ten years, China will inevitably overthrow the imperial system and adopt a democratic republic.

"First of all, it says, 'Drive out the Tartars and restore China.'" When the revolutionary army rises, how should we drive out the Manchus and restore China? Do you kill them all, or drive them back to the northeast between the black waters and white mountains? You must know that the Manchus are all over the country and have been integrated into the Chinese nation; Moreover, the Northeast is also an inalienable part of China's territory. If they really want to drive them all back to the northeast, it is conceivable that they will inevitably set up a puppet regime with the support of Tsarist Russia or Japan. In this way, I own Northeast Africa! Moreover, after the rise of this kind of narrow Han nationalism, how do you view the Hui, Mongolian, and Tibetan frontiers? Do you want to expel all of them from the country? In this way, China has not yet recovered, and the country has been divided. Therefore, I do not approve of 'driving out the Tartars and restoring China'. ”

Sun Wen was obviously a little stunned, and after thinking for a long time, he replied with some embarrassment: "This is also a last resort!" To propagate the revolution overseas, we must rely on the party. Among the Hui parties, such as the Hongmen and the Triads, the purpose has always been to 'oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty'. Even in China, the Han people have been oppressing the Manchus for a long time, and they also have complaints about the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Only with the slogan of 'driving out the Tartars and restoring China' can we gain support and response at home and abroad." ”

"To make a decision, you have to take into account the present and the future." Sun Yuanqi said the boss's advice to himself, and then said, "Now it is not right that the Manchu and Mongolian nobles are above the Han people. In the future, the Han people will be above other ethnic minorities, so right? Since we want to build a democratic republic, we must first and foremost make everyone equal. In the future, for the people, the upper will be the state, the lower will be the individual, and there will be no Han, Manchu, Mongolian, Tibetan and other ethnic groups in the middle, and everyone will be a part of the Chinese nation. By diluting the concept of nationality and establishing a sense of China, in the long run, the country will not be separatized! ”

Seeing Sun Wen pondering, Sun Yuanqi said: "Secondly, it is said that 'establish the Republic of China and equalize land rights'. The premise of equal land tenure is the establishment of a 'democratic republic of the first class'. At the end of September last year, Liang Rengong and I met here, and he said that China is not suitable for democracy at present, and I very much agree. He said that if China realizes democracy, the whole country will inevitably have countless opinions on any matter, and by the time the opinions are unified, the good opportunity will have already been missed. If democracy is implemented, the more than 20 provinces and autonomous regions of the country will inevitably have their own spokesmen and guarantee the independence of their military power, financial power, and political power. Moreover, the problem of land annexation in China has been a chronic disease for thousands of years, and the solution now should be to use the state's financial resources to set up large-scale enterprises and build industrial and mining railways, so as to absorb the surplus labor force in the rural areas on the one hand and reduce the people's dependence on land on the other. This is the right way. ”

After hearing this, Sun Wen raised his head and asked, "Then what is your policy and program?" ”

Sun Yuanqi changed his words: "On the same day, when Liang Rengong and I met, he proposed 'enlightened **', and I agreed with it. However, there is a difference between me and him, he is talking about an enlightened monarch**, but I am talking about an enlightened party**. Regarding the innovation and breaking new ground, Mr. Zhongshan, you are an expert, I don't know anything, I dare not say more; I can give a few suggestions for the new country to be born and the buds to sprout, and I hope that Mr. Nakayama will give more consideration. ”