Chapter 224: The Sea and the Mountain Ghosts
In a courtyard in the public concession (Jing'an District), it is summer at this time, but the green trees in the yard are light and shaded, and the flowers and plants are luxuriant, which shows a bit of coolness.
Qiu Zhang came in and asked the maid to refill the water for a few people, and personally refilled the water for Wang Yong, and quietly retreated.
"Is it Mrs. Ling?" Tao Chengzhang asked.
"Hmm." Wang Yong smiled and nodded.
Qiu Jin didn't speak, she was a lady hero in the late Qing Dynasty, but she only imagined at most that she would let women come out to work, and as for the pastoral feminism, she couldn't help but be shocked when she saw it.
Many of the progressive movements are like this, they were good at first, but later they became more and more radical, and even if the original leaders remained more radical, they would be beaten down by the tide and denounced as pedantic, and in the end these progressive movements would develop to the extent that they deviated from human nature and harmed others and themselves.
The highly respected Cai Yuanpei is also here.
and Zhang Zhen, a cyborg under Wang Yong's command. The main discussion was the merger of the Liberation Society, which was to be merged into the new party that Wang Yong was to establish.
It turned out that Xu Xilin, who was about to be arrested in the Anqing Uprising and was eaten alive by the Qing soldiers, was also at this time.
"Assassination is not a good means, and it certainly does not mean that it is not effective. He was able to make the Manchu nobles panic all day long, and gradually lose confidence and ability to control the whole country. "After all, government is sometimes a symbol of authority, an idea, and if that authority is lost, then it cannot control the locality. The government is not a huge machine, it is made up of ordinary people one after another, and if a few people in the central government do not have the confidence and ability to control the localities, then the government will soon fall apart. Wang Yong said.
"But ......"
"We must build up the army and our own grassroots organizations, otherwise even if the Qing government is overthrown, the progressive parties will not be able to control the local areas and cause protracted wars." Qiu Jin said quickly.
"Wang Yong, we all agree with your idea, otherwise we wouldn't get together." Cai Yuanpei said slowly: "Our Restoration Society is ready to disband, and we will join your newly established political party together." ”
At this time, the revolutionary aspirants were very enthusiastic, whether they were naïve or naïve, but without such an indomitable courage, the old government would not have been overthrown, and the scheming people were mixed in the Qing government, and few people joined the revolutionary party in 1907.
"Well, we have already discussed the name of the party, it is called the People's Party, and then the political program is to overthrow the Manchu government and establish a unified central power. Then there is the program drafted by me and Zhang Taiyan and Zhang Zhen during this time. Take a look. ”
Chen Baining, a student of Wang Yong, sent this revolutionary program printed in lead letters.
Xu Xilin was an impatient, he quickly finished the program, and said hurriedly: "I see that there is an equal land right in it, isn't it the same as the Alliance?" ”
Wang Yong leaned back in his chair and said, "First, will the alliance have such an executive ability?" Second, equalizing land rights is not the real goal, but the ultimate goal is to achieve industrialization, and equalizing land rights is only a means to win the support of the peasants and weaken the power of local clans. Moreover, it should be implemented in different regions, for example, in Zhejiang, where there is less land and more people, can the peasants be able to live a prosperous life with equal land rights? It's hard to even have enough food and clothing. In such a place, it is enough to develop industry and commerce and absorb labor. The sub-fields are mainly in the area of the two lakes. ”
Cai Yuanpei nodded: "The idea is very good, but it takes a lot of people to do this......
Wang Yong nodded: "I have some reserve talents, but more still needs time, not overnight." ”
You nodded.
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A few days later, at sea.
This is a relatively large steam cruise ship.
It is also very rare in Shanghai Tang.
The sea breeze was a bit strong, but the weather was unusually fine.
On the boat, everyone signed to announce the official establishment of the People's Party, and the party flag was a gray flag with a white ring in the middle.
Wang Yong, Cai Yuanpei, Zhang Taiyan and others were first responsible for raising funds, collecting intelligence, publicizing, educating, training the army, and purchasing weapons in Shanghai.
Xu Xilin, Zhang Zhen, Li Xingyi and others went to southern Anhui to develop grassroots organizations.
This was the case throughout 1907, with the opening of schools, the recruitment of colleges, and the dissemination of ideas.
Wang Yong's factory is also constantly growing, with a little more advanced technology than now, whether it is textile, printing, basic machinery manufacturing is very popular, and even began to gradually attract the attention of Japanese forces.
Although some time ago, the Japanese government also provided a large amount of money to the newly established People's Party, but China and Japan are in conflict with each other in terms of industry, and in just one year, the development of the industry has affected the interests of the Japanese business community.
In a year, more and more people came to Dayong School, not only in the surrounding areas, but also in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, and even Lianghu, Guangdong, Sichuan, and even Shandong, Henan There are also a few people to participate.
There are several Nanyang Chinese, Japanese, and Korean immigrants.
Even the open training in the factory area caused the Qing government to be terrified, and some small means were used, but all of them were killed and injured by the newly established reserve units that were eager to try, but this was the territory of the foreigners after all, and they did not dare to use a large number of troops.
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Originally, Wang Yong was preparing to develop in Sichuan or Hunan, but his power there was relatively shallow, and the Guangfu Society had a stronger influence in East China, so he chose to start here first.
The storm is coming, the mountain rain is coming, can the weak shoots withstand the impact?
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In southern Anhui, the mountains are high and the fog is deep.
There was a rumor that gradually spread like a mist rising in the afternoon.
It is said that mountain ghosts appeared in several counties in southern Anhui, and they began to act as soon as it was dark, and their whereabouts were strange and they did not look like people. Kill Qing soldiers.
It is said that there is a nose and an eye.
Some people say that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has a bad reputation in East China, and the wealth and population of the Jiangnan region have been wiped out by decades of turmoil, and the population has not survived after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom army and the Qing army, and some districts and counties have not even recovered to the population of the middle of the Qing Dynasty in the 21st century.
What would history have changed without that crazy social upheaval?
In the middle of winter in 1907, Wang Yong and his party stepped on the snow and entered the deep mountains.
It was cold, but the group just walked silently, and from time to time snow-covered branches fell.
After walking for a long time, I suddenly came to a valley and a mountainside area, and the view suddenly opened up.
Unlike the tranquil mountains, it's a hot spot.
The militia in training, the sound of target shooting, the propaganda slogans pasted up, and the sound of machines coming from far and near are almost like a big military camp.