Chapter 307: Public Opinion Support
Xuanyuan Sword's move was very poisonous, and he forced Chen Hao to make a choice, but no matter how he chose, it was not good for Chen Hao. Chen Hao chose to believe in the constitutional monarchy in order to be left and right, to receive tasks and hold official positions in the imperial court in the early stage, and to participate in the revolution smoothly after the Xinhai Revolution.
Chen Hao smiled bitterly when he received the "National Daily" sent by his guards, he was really working hard, and he didn't want to stop for a moment! He came to study in Kaiping Wubei Academy incognito, thinking that he could be idle for a while, but someone attacked him through newspapers and periodicals.
Chen Hao has offended so many people, and he has long been mentally prepared to be targeted, but the opponent's move is really poisonous. The article in the "National Daily" first praised him, calling him a rare general, and then changed the pen to say that he had no backbone and was willing to be a lackey of the imperial court.
After some criticism, the "National Daily" called on him to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and enter the customs to overthrow the Qing court and establish the Republic of China. This highly inflammatory article put Chen Hao in an embarrassing situation, Qiu Jin and Tang Qunying had mentioned it to him before he entered the customs, and now the "National Daily" has openly appealed in the newspaper, and it will definitely be recognized by many fanatical revolutionary parties.
Women of the times like Qiu Jin and Tang Qunying must support him to abandon the dark and turn to the light, if he doesn't express his position, it is estimated that the good relationship between the two will be gone. When Qiu Jin and Tang Qunying talked about this topic, Chen Hao prevaricated by going north to fight against the Russians, and now that the war was over, Qiu Jin and Tang Qunying must have thought that now was the best time for him to enter the revolution.
Qiu Jin and Tang Qunying are easy to deal with, anyway, Chen Hao is not in Yingkou now, and they can't find it if they go. Although they will have a mustard in their hearts, as long as they explain that they are studying incognito in the martial arts academy during this time, they can also clear up the misunderstanding.
What worries Chen Hao the most is Cixi Lafayette, the Empress Dowager Cixi is now suspicious of him, and she doesn't know what to guess when she sees the article in the "National Daily". If he wanted to dispel Cixi's concerns, Chen Hao's best way was to publicly express his allegiance to the imperial court and never be in the company of the revolutionary party's anti-thieves, but how would he interact with the revolutionaries in the future?
Chen Hao had a crazy plan to snatch warships, so he only worked in the imperial court until the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, and after this time, he would definitely cooperate with the revolutionary party. Revolutionaries must not be offended, and now they are holding the rice bowl of the imperial court, Chen Hao is Zhu Bajie is not a person inside and outside the mirror.
Chen Hao secretly admired the person who wrote this article, and the publication of this article not only curryed favor with the revolutionary party, but also forced him to death. Although this article uses a pen name, the first thing he thought of was Xuanyuan Jian, who exposed the rebellion Xuanyuan Jian had no thoughts in the imperial court, and it was normal for him to change his identity and become a staunch revolutionary party.
Chen Hao offended a lot of people, but only Xuanyuan Jian was able to get into Japan so quickly to publish an article in the "National Daily" and use such a clever method to deal with himself. Chen Hao locked himself in the room and thought about it carefully, and finally decided to remain silent, and then decide what to do when the court began to deal with him.
At the headquarters of "Huaxia Daily" in Xiangdao, Wang Ying also took a manuscript and found Chen Mubai, after reading the manuscript, Chen Mubai shook his head and said: "Wang Ying, your manuscript cannot be published, "National Daily" is a revolutionary comrade on the same front as us, how can we go against them?" ”
Qin Lishan, who founded the "National Daily", participated in the Self-Reliance Army, and after the failure of the Datong Uprising, he found Kang Youwei, who angrily broke off relations with Kang Youwei because of his embezzlement of military funds. After going to Yokohama, Japan to find Liang Qichao, Liang Qichao evaded the blame and left, so Qin Lishan angrily drew a line with the royalists and sided with Sun Wen.
Sun Wen was very happy to see Qin Lishan and others founding the "National Daily", so Chen Mubai called them revolutionary comrades and did not hesitate to refuse Wang Ying's request to publish an article. The content of Wang Ying's article is to defend Chen Hao, refuting the views of Xuanyuan Jian's article one by one, and Chen Mubai believes that the publication of this article may cause misunderstanding in the "National Daily".
Wang Ying is not a person who gives up easily, she said stubbornly: "Mr. Chen, all my articles are written is the truth, you can point out any problems, and I will revise them immediately." ”
Chen Mubai said with a wry smile: "The article of the "National Daily" also has a certain truth, if Chen Baxian is willing to revolution, he is our comrade, and if he is unwilling to revolution, he will naturally be an enemy. ”
Wang Ying sneered: "Has Chen Baxian ever suppressed the revolution? Did he ever arrest a revolutionary comrade? The "National" newspaper called him a Manchu slave, what would he think if he was so insulted as a teacher? Chen Baxian can fight, and fight for the country to resist the enemy, he is a meritorious minister of the country, if he is slandered like this, even if he sympathizes with the revolution, he will become **. ”
Chen Mubai hesitated slightly: "Mr. Sun Wen will soon send someone to contact Chen Baxian, as long as he is willing to support the revolution, of course the "National Daily" will cheer for him and apologize to him." ”
Wang Ying said lightly: "Even if Chen Ba supports the revolution first, he unveils the rod and waives his army to enter the customs, how can he succeed with thousands of troops at Yingkou?" If I were Chen Baxian, I would definitely make a statement and draw a line with the revolutionary party if I were so insulted and persecuted. ”
Chen Mubai said curiously: "Wang Ying, you have always been calm, why are you so excited this time?" ”
Wang Ying said coldly: "The teacher doesn't have to look at me like this, I interviewed Chen Baxian when he was fighting bloodily in the Northeast, and I really have a good relationship with him." He told me that he sympathized with the revolution, but that now was not the best time to arm the revolution, and that when the time came, he would respond to it. However, after being insulted and persecuted this time, I don't know what he would think of the revolutionary party, and a comrade who might be a revolution was forced to the court by some ignorant people. ”
Hearing Wang Ying say that Chen Baxian sympathized with the revolution, Chen Mubai Huoran stood up and said, "Wang Ying, what you said is true? Does Chen Baxian really have revolutionary ideas? ”
Wang Ying nodded affirmatively and said, "Of course it's true, he said that Japan and Russia are eyeing Northeast China, and sooner or later there will be a war." When the war between the two countries was chaotic, he would lead his troops to rebel and no longer hold the official position of the imperial court. ”
Chen Mubai said with a cautious face: "This is good news, I will contact Mr. Sun Wen immediately, if Mr. Sun Wen agrees to publish your article, I will publish it immediately." ”
Wang Ying left Chen Mubai's office, the corners of her mouth slightly upturned, because she knew she had succeeded. She believes that Sun Wen will definitely agree to support Chen Hao, Sun Wen is dedicated to the revolution, Chen Hao has nearly 10,000 tigers and wolves in his hands, if he is really willing to rise up, it will be a great help to the revolutionary party.
The publication of an article by "Huaxia Daily" will definitely make "The National" dissatisfied, but as long as Sun Wen personally explains, I believe Qin Lishan can accept it. This article must have been written by a different person, Qin Lishan may not fully support it, and "Huaxia Daily" strongly supports Chen Hao and only makes money and does not lose money.
Wang Ying knew most of Chen Hao's plan, so she believed that Chen Hao would definitely betray the imperial court when it came to the Russo-Japanese War, and she was not talking in vain. She was not interested in killing like a man, but she wanted to support Chen Hao again, and this time she contacted Sun Wen through Chen Mubai to solve Chen Hao's big trouble.
Sun Wen agreed to publish her article as Wang Ying expected, and the next day the "Huaxia Daily" published a front-page headline "Refuting the Chinese Soul and Insulting the National Hero Chen Baxian." This article is written by Wang Ying, she briefly introduced Chen Hao's bloody deeds in the Northeast, and then refuted the views of Huaxia Soul one by one.
Huaxia Soul is the pen name of Xuanyuan Sword, first of all, Wang Ying believes that Chen Baxian is a well-deserved national hero, from his donation of family wealth to the annihilation of hundreds of thousands of Russian troops, it shows that he is a patriotic youth; Secondly, Wang Ying thought that it was unreasonable to say that Chen Ba was a lackey of the imperial court, because he had never suppressed revolutionary comrades and had not had the blood of revolutionary comrades on his hands.
These were Wang Ying's two main points, and the article quickly sparked heated discussions, with progressives arguing about which was more reasonable, the National Daily or the Huaxia Daily. There are obviously more people who support "Huaxia Daily", because "Huaxia Daily" has been published for a long time, which is more convincing than "National Daily", and at the same time, the examples listed by "Huaxia Daily" are very real, which makes people feel that insulting Chen Ba is a slave too much.
"Player Chen Baxian, due to the publication of the front page headline of "Huaxia Daily" in support of you, your prestige attribute has increased by 3 points."
Chen Hao only knew about this after receiving a prompt from the system, and his reputation dropped by 2 points after the article in the "National Daily" was published, and now it has increased by 3 points, which is equivalent to earning 1 point. bought a copy of "Huaxia Daily" and read the headlines on the front page, and without looking at the signature, he also knew that it should be written by Wang Ying, and he couldn't help but be greatly moved.
Chen Hao put the newspaper on his desk, and quickly thought of another question. Wang Ying's article resolved the crisis for him in time, so that he did not have to face a dilemma, but there was a sequelae.
It's a good thing for revolutionaries to see this article, but if the Empress Dowager Cixi sees it, what will the Empress Dowager Cixi think? Wang Ying emphasized that Chen Hao was a patriot and made military achievements, but in order to refute the opinion of the "National Daily", she mentioned that Chen Hao had never suppressed the revolution. The Empress Dowager Cixi hated the revolutionary party, and this sentence would definitely stir her sensitive nerves.
Anyway, it's a good thing that Wang Ying posted this article, at least she doesn't have to choose a side right away. He was not openly involved with the revolutionary party, and the Empress Dowager Cixi could only be suspicious, and there was no reason why she would not kill him.
Chen Hao thought of a way to deal with it, if Cixi was tempted, he would take the initiative to resign from the position of Tongzhi of Yingkou Zhili Hall. Cixi will most likely allow him to resign, except for Chen Hao, only Wu Peifu can convince the Yingkou generals, and it will definitely be Wu Peifu to take over Tongzhi.
There is no difference between Chen Hao himself as the chief official of Yingkou and Wu Peifu as the chief officer, the two are people on the same front, Wu Peifu serves as the Tongzhi of the Yingkou Zhili Hall, and he commands Wu Peifu behind the scenes, so that Cixi's suspicion will not be lost, and there is no need to offend the revolutionary party.
(To be continued)