Pull me on a thief ship? The point is that this ship is still a broken ship that will sink in a few years, can I promise you! Sun Yuanqi put on a gesture of gratitude: "Thanks to all of you, it is an honor to open up." It's just that Changren has been studying Western studies since he was a child, so that now, he is buried in his study on weekdays, he doesn't know anything about current affairs, he doesn't know anything about constitutionalism, and he is also interested in politics. Joining your association is not good for everyone, but it is a madness for me. So everyone's kindness, Sun only has the heart! Zhang Cha disagreed: "The ancients said that if you learn and excel, you will learn, and if you excel, you will learn." In the final analysis, learning and politics are two sides of the same coin, and they are not separated. Baixi did not penetrate this layer. Now that you have studied both China and the West, you have studied heaven and man, and when this country is in danger, you are actively entering the WTO and benefiting all people with what you have learned. How can you keep your head in the study? ”

"Si Weng is very right!" Tang Shouqian nodded his head on the side, "I think that back then, after decades of hard work, Si Weng finally hung up in the Toad Palace, the title of the gold list, and was edited in the Hanlin Academy, which can be regarded as burying his head in the study." As a result, when he saw the Sino-Japanese war in the First Sino-Japanese War, he resolutely walked out of his study, ran industry, developed education, and now devoted himself to the constitution. For the sake of learning poor reason, for politics is not slacking, the most important model for my generation of readers! ”

Sun Yuan nodded: "Si Weng is a dragon and phoenix among people and a leader in the academic world, so he can dominate in learning, make money in business, and respond to every call in politics." I'm a beginner, how can I be able to keep up with it? I just hope that I can invite the heavens to be fortunate and make a little bit of academic achievement, and I will be satisfied! ”

Zheng Xiaoxu smiled: "Mr. Baixi is too arrogant! Who doesn't know your profound knowledge of Western studies today? Even Eastern and Western scholars are also very convinced.

You set up schools in Beijing and Hubei, and students all over the world are looking forward to it, and they can't wait to study under the teacher. When it comes to politics, you are a dignified envoy from Hubei. This is really the dragon and phoenix among people and the leader in the academic world! ”

Seeing that he came over with his hat buttoned up again, Sun Yuanqi hurriedly thanked him: "Brother Zheng praises falsely, I am really ashamed to be open!" ”

"Mr. Baixi can join the guild, which will definitely make the guild a lot more brilliant, and we are also honored!" Zheng Xiaoxu once again stretched out his olive skills.

Sun Yuan couldn't hide for a while, so he had to use the word "drag": "How about you and let Sun think about it for a few days?" ”

What days? Brother, I'll go out by boat tomorrow, and I'll be there for three months!

Seeing Sun Yuanqi say this, the three of them were not forced to force it, and chatted for a while, before getting up to leave. At the time of parting, Zheng Xiaoxu took out a few books from his arms and handed them to Sun Yuanqi: "This is the "Huibao" edited and published by the guild, please teach Mr. Baixi to correct it!" ”

After they left, Sun Yuanqi picked up the books and flipped through the "Preparatory Guild Newspaper" inscribed by Zheng Xiaoxu on the cover, which was very elegant and handsome: the content included a three-dimensional summary of the West, a discussion of China's political reform, and the current political development trends across the country. After a few glances, I found it very boring, so I threw it on the bookcase.

After a while, the doorbell rang again: "This time it's Cai Yuanpei."

Before he could sit down, Cai Yuanpei saw the magazine "Preparing for the Constitution" on the desk, and was stunned: "Baixi, do you also read this kind of newspaper?" ”

Sun Yuanqi didn't care: "Oh, just now, someone who was preparing for the Constitutional Guild came over and gave me a few copies, so I flipped through them." ”

"What are they looking for you? Inviting you to join? ”

"yes."

"Did you say yes?" Cai Yuanpei asked eagerly.

"Naturally, no." Sun Yuanqi said half-jokingly and half-seriously, "They asked me to be the president, but I didn't agree, hehe." ”

Cai Yuanpei's face was solemn: "Baixi is right, they should want you to be the president!" ”

"Uh........." Seeing that Cai Yuanpei didn't seem to be joking, Sun Yuanqi was a little surprised, "Why?" ”

Cai Yuanpei sorted out his thoughts for a while, and then said, "How much do you know about the Preparatory Constitutional Guild?" ”

"I don't know much!" Sun Yuanqi told the truth, "In fact, I didn't even hear this name an hour ago. ”

Cai Yuanpei said: "The Preparatory Xian Guild was established in November last year, and the participants were mainly officials and businessmen in Shanghai and the Jiang, Xi, and Yan areas, with the purpose of popularizing Xian knowledge and promoting the establishment of a monarchy. Since its establishment, it has influenced Japan and widely, and "many well-known constitutionalists have participated in it, and there are at least hundreds of members" It is now the largest Lixian group in China. The most important thing is that it has the support of Ju Xilin! ”

"Lift Xilin? That Liangguang Governor lifted Xilin? ”

Ju Xilin, that is, the late Qing Dynasty was enough to balance with Yuan Shikai's forces, Ju Chunxuan, because he was a native of Xilin County, Guangxi, so he was usually called "Ju Xilin".

Speaking of Ju Chunxuan", there are quite a few allusions.

He was born in a family of eunuchs, and his father Ju Yuying was the governor of Guizhou and the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou. When he was a teenager, he lived in the capital, because his father had been exiled for a long time, and he lacked discipline "perverse, dissolute and uninhibited, and Ruiwei (the grandson of the university scholar Qishan, the son of the Heilongjiang general Gong Keng" and the later official to the governor of Huguang), Lao Ziqiao (the son of the governor of Liangguang and the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, Lao Chongguang) became close friends, and went in and out of the Goolan opera troupe, eating and drinking Pi omnipotent, and was known as the "Three Evils of Beijing".

As the saying goes, the prodigal son does not change his money. After becoming an adult, he studied in the Spring Festival, and he was also admitted to the Juren, and since then he has embarked on the road of politics. During the Gengzi period, the Eight-Nation Coalition captured Beijing, and Cixi and Guangxu fled in panic. At that time, Ju Chunxuan, who was the envoy of Gansu, took the lead in leading the troops to Qinwang, which won the favor of Cixi and began to soar, successively serving as the governor of Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, and Guangzhou. Related to his experience as a teenager, he did not have any good feelings for officials, and his favorite thing to do during his tenure was to impeach officials. Sometimes dozens or hundreds of people can be impeached at a time, and people are nicknamed "Guan Tu." He is with the "wealth slaughter" who uses gold like soil and wealth like water. Zhang Zhidong, exterminate the boxers and bandits, and the "people's slaughter". Yuan Shikai, collectively known as the "Three Massacres of the Late Qing Dynasty......

In addition, the spring Xuan and the "people's slaughter". Yuan Shikai's experience is quite similar: Ju Chunxuan's father is the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, and Yuan Shikai's uncle and grandfather Yuan Jiasan is the governor of Caoyun, and they are not from poor families: Ju Chunxuan was a problem teenager, and Yuan Shikai is Qiu Bayi, neither of them is a good girl: Ju Chunxuan is a man, Yuan Shikai is a tribute, and they are not Jinshi: Ju Chunxuan is a meritorious escort in the year of Gengzi, and Yuan Shikai is a whistleblower in the year of Rongxu and was rewarded, and they were all very holy favors of Cixi: Ju Chunxuan was the governor of Liangguang, and Yuan Shikai was the governor of Zhili, both of whom belonged to the feudal officials......... Therefore, these two people are equally famous, and they are known in history as "Yuan in the south and in the north...".

Before coming to the Qing Dynasty, Sun Yuanqi only knew that there was a Yuan Shikai at the end of the Qing Dynasty. Now that he is familiar with it, even if he doesn't care about ZG governance, Ju Chunxuan's illustrious reputation has gradually spread to Sun Yuanqi's ears.

Cai Yuanpei nodded: "Yes, it's the one who lifts Xilin." As early as the 28th year of Guangxu (lax), Ju Xilin wrote a letter requesting the constitution: in the 29th year, he and Zhang Nanpi, Yuan Xiangcheng and others jointly played a petition to abolish the imperial examination and establish a school. As soon as the imperial court announced its intention to establish Xian last year, he supported Zhang Cha and others to establish the Preparatory Lixian Guild in Shanghai, and sent his staff member Zheng Xiaoxu as the president. ”。

Only then did Sun Yuanqi understand that there was such a deep water behind this preparatory Lixian Guild, no wonder it was the largest Lixian group in China today.

"Baixi, you read newsprint every day, you should know about the disgrace of Xilin a few months ago, right?"

Just like the well-known Pingxi King incident, how could Sun Yuanqi not know about the Ding Wei political upsurge that happened this year? This is a huge ZG governance storm involving many high-level figures such as princes, scholars, military ministers, scholars, governors, etc.!

In this turmoil, the victory of Ju Chunxuan's side was already in sight, but Yi Zhu and Yuan Shikai took advantage of Cixi's hatred of the Restoration, and ordered people to find photos of Ju Chunxuan and Kang Youwei, and used manual techniques to add the background to forge a plot map of the meeting between Ju and Kang, and presented it to the Empress Dowager Cixi. Cixi, the old woman, has been in the palace for so many years, how do you know that there is still a technology in the world called? When I saw the photo, I really thought that Ju Chunxuan colluded with the Kang Liang Party to overturn the case for Rong Xu. Since then, the situation has taken a turn for the worse.

Ju Chunxuan was first released from the Ministry of Posts and Communications to the governor of Liangguang. When passing through Shanghai, Ju Chunxuan still didn't know that the saint had declined, and he wanted to play a trick and say that he was sick and did not take office. Who knew that Cixi immediately made an order, "satisfied". His request, it was dismissed. Ju Chunxuan suddenly fell from the clouds to the bottom and became a pathetic departing official. Of course, he also had the honor of being the first official in China's history to fall under technology.

Seeing Sun Yuan's head, Cai Yuanpei continued: "Now, the Preparatory Xian Guild sees that the backer behind it has fallen, so it naturally wants to find another high skill. That's the real reason they're coming to you today. …”

"Looking for me?". Sun Yuanqi was a little unconvinced: he is a kind of envoy who learns from the second grade, and he will fall down when he grabs a lot of them in the country, where is the backer!

"Yes, it's just looking for you, and it's best to push you to the position of president or vice president." Cai Yuanpei said firmly, "Because you are the most suitable candidate at the moment." ”。

"I want to hear about it!".

Cai Yuanpei explained: "After Ju Xilin went into the wilderness, as a preparatory Xian guild with a Ju clan background, it will immediately be in danger, as long as Prince Qing and Yuan Gongbao nod, it will immediately disappear." At this time, they must find a new backer as soon as possible.

The guild and the whole guild were greatly favored, and naturally they would not turn against Yuan Dang, so they could only aim at the neutral faction that had remained a bystander in the previous struggle, and the neutral faction was led by the Zhongtang of Sun Shouzhou, the grandfather of the honorable grandfather.

"As you know, the Imperial Court just established the House of Ministers in September, which will serve as the basis for the House of Upper and Lower Houses in the future. As a representative of the Han people, Shouzhou Zhongtang served as the president of the Capital Administration Yuan together with Fu Lun. From this point of view, it is reasonable to prepare for the establishment of the Xian Guild to find Shouzhou Zhongtang as a backer, and no one can find fault with it. Moreover, in the previous dispute, Shouzhou Zhongtang also sold Prince Qing and Yuan Gongbao a favor. If you find Shouzhou Zhongtang as a backer, in the face of this situation, Yuan Dang will never trouble the guild.

Of course, Shouzhou Zhongtang, as the patriarch emperor, naturally would not agree to their refuge, they only had to find the closeness of Shouzhou Zhongtang as a façade. As we all know, the heirs of the Shouzhou Sun family are mostly engaged in industry and rarely set foot in the G field: even if they are involved in the G field, they are mostly subordinate and cannot afford such heavy responsibilities. Pick and choose, and they will choose you. ”

"Me?".

Cai Yuanpei nodded heavily: "That's right!" First of all, everyone knows that you are the nephew of Shouzhou Zhongtang, and after becoming the president, the guild's backers are clear at a glance. Secondly, you are a scholar from the second grade, and you are fully qualified to serve as the president. Thirdly, you have a very high reputation at home and abroad, which can add a lot of color to the guild. Moreover, you yourself are far away in Hubei, and you are indifferent to fame and fortune, and you will not compete with everyone in the meeting for profit, so it is completely advantageous and disadvantageous to ask you to be the president. That way, if they don't choose, who else can you choose? ”。 (To be continued.)