Wang Yong stared at the crowd in front of him, his eyes slowly swept over their eager faces, although there were some doubts in the middle, but most of them were waiting for Wang Yong's next speech with great enthusiasm.

Even those who were a little skeptical had great expectations for Wang Yong's next speech, perhaps deep down, hoping that Wang Yong would be able to convince them.

Give them hope in this age, point to a bright future, even if it's just an illusory vision.

Hope is always a very important thing, what really scares us is always fear itself, Franklin's sentence Wang Yong came to this era to have a deep understanding.

The existence of hope is more important than anything else, and the age of no hope is only endless turmoil, and desperate people indulge their desires and go with the flow.

At this moment, Wang Yong felt a heavy responsibility, a responsibility he felt when he stepped into this era, this responsibility made him worry day and night, but now it also gave him a sense of steadfastness, making him feel that he really grasped something.

He said slowly: "Students, our civilization, Chinese civilization, and our nation, the Han nation, have reached a critical juncture of survival at this time. ”

He paused for a moment, pacing slowly from the podium.

"Of course, we have already lost our country twice, and the second time is still in progress."

Whispers began to begin below, and a few people exchanged complicated glances.

But the young man below suddenly clenched his fists, and felt his whole body tremble.

They really didn't think wrong, they really didn't expect wrong, and Mr. Wang Yong was really a staunch revolutionary.

At this time, Zhang Taiyan, who arrived in a hurry, had just arrived at the door, stood outside the door, and took off his politeness when he heard such a sentence. His two eyes shone brightly, and he suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed: "The nation is saved, the country is saved, haha!" ”

Wang Yong's words are not loud, but they are very heavy, and he confirms the most ardent expectations in the hearts of many people.

Thunderous applause resounded throughout the classroom.

Wang Yong waited until the applause stopped for a while and continued: "This time we have encountered a much bigger crisis than before. We have the rule of the Tartars, and now there are foreigners from all walks of life rushing into our territory, plundering our territory, wealth, slaughtering our people, and oppressing our already small living space. ”

"And the most fatal point is that the Western civilization itself is now higher than the Chinese civilization, which is also a change that has not been seen in 3,000 years. When the Mongol Yuan invaded and the Manchu invaded, their military strength was stronger than ours, but their civilization lagged behind ours. We still retain our tenacity. Less than a hundred years after the invasion of Meng Yuan, he was driven out by the Zhu Ming government and reopened the sunny days of the Great Song Dynasty. Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty maintained its rule for more than 200 years after the invasion, their culture was still impregnated by us, and although the Chinese civilization was poisoned like never before, the basic plate was not completely lost. ”

But this time, under the entry of Western civilization, they have the continuous promotion of the industrial revolution and the scientific and technological revolution, and the material and spiritual civilization have developed by leaps and bounds. Three hundred years of progress is even greater than the sum of the last three thousand years of human progress. It's like a rumbling train that goes far beyond the woodcutter carrying the firewood. ”

"If we can't seize the opportunity within a decade or so this time, we may not have the opportunity to transform our civilization, and we may be able to stand up one day, but at that time, we will only be slaves at the feet of Western civilization, and we have become its spiritual slaves."

"The world is being divided, the vast American continent has been occupied by Europeans, and the empty European continent in the south has been occupied by Britain. Today, there are only a handful of independent countries that are not Western. China, Japan, Thailand, Ottoman Turkey, Ethiopia. It is very easy for these countries to be eaten by the great powers, or to be swallowed up by one or two of them. ”

The people present below were shocked when they heard Wang Yong's words, and felt a great responsibility and burden pressing on them.

There are also some people who feel a little disappointed, but now the comparative study of Chinese and Western studies is very popular, and many people like to do the comparative study of things and culture, and the comparative study of civilization. Compare and think about Chinese and Western civilizations on an equal footing.

But Wang Yong bluntly said that the current Western civilization is more advanced than the Chinese civilization, but fortunately, Mr. Wang Yong is not the kind of **** advocate, but is in favor of the transformation and leap of Chinese civilization.

Wang Yong turned his head to look at the people present: "So in such a complex and critical situation, what should we do first?" ”

Everyone's eyes lit up suddenly, they had waited for so long, listening to Wang Yong analyze the current situation, but what they desperately wanted to know was still an answer, an answer to where to go.

"At present, many people have mentioned the route of strengthening the country and rejuvenating the country. There are many ...... to rejuvenate the country through commerce, to rejuvenate the country through education, to strengthen the army and rejuvenate the country."

"But all of this, especially the rejuvenation of the country through commerce and education, can only be achieved under a stable and clear government. I agree with the revolutionaries that our first priority at present is to overthrow the rotten government of the Manchu Dynasty! ”

Thunderous applause erupted from under the lectern.

Many of the students blushed and slapped their faces.

But the whispers below were louder than ever, including what Ma Xiangbo was talking to the people next to him.

"Although they experienced the disastrous defeat of the two Opium Wars, the Taiping Rebellion, the defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance, many people still had some hope for the Manchu government. Especially the propertied people. Because it is better to have a government than not to have a government, even if the government is extremely dark and rotten, they want stability and order. ”

"However, I would like to remind you that the ruling class is not the emperor of our Han nation, but the emperor of the Manchu Tartars, the rulers of the Manchus. If it was the emperor of the Han nation, I am afraid that under the current situation, he would have worked hard to become strong, opened up the township schools, discussed politics in the world, and worked together with Western civilization to compete with the world. If the emperor of Japan is united, he has become one of the great powers in a few decades, and it is only a small country with a population of only one-eighth of China. If the Manchu Tartars regard me as their own, like the King of Great Britain, his bloodline is not entirely native, but he has long been integrated with the interests of the people. ”

"Instead of being like the Manchu rulers, they regard our Han people as pigs and dogs, and are very suspicious of our Han ministers, and the core power has not been shared so far, and the Han people rule the provinces, and they are still trembling in front of the Manchu kings. The land that was cut by the Tartars was all the territory of my Han Dynasty, and the silver given was the fat and ointment of the people of my Han Dynasty, and even Cixi openly declared that she would rather be with friends than domestic slaves. Therefore, the Manchu government must be overthrown, and the sooner it is overthrown, the sooner we can establish a new order and seize new opportunities. ”