"Son, you say, am I a failure to be a father."

"When I returned to Beijing in high spirits, I thought that the prestige of the old Congress had been lost, its spirit was gone, and if it was restored, it would be in vain to make trouble, so it would be better to directly reform the Congress, convene a provisional Senate, amend the Organic Law of the Congress, and create a new Congress, which will not only achieve the purpose of reforming the Congress, but also conform to the spirit of the law."

"I had good intentions, but I didn't expect that some people would refuse to form the Provisional Constitution on the grounds that they violated the Provisional Constitution, saying that the day of the establishment of the National Assembly was the dissolution of the Provisional Senate, and that the law was really incomprehensible, and that I was scolding myself for favoring some of my interests and feelings and ignoring the fundamental law of the country."

"But who are your father and I, who have rescued Emperor Guangxu, united with President Sun *, and worked with General Cai Yi, what kind of battle have you never seen? What kind of scene haven't you seen? How can you easily succumb to these villains! ”

"Sure enough, after the unremitting efforts of your father and me, I did not hesitate to openly turn against Sun *, and finally succeeded in reforming the Congress, but unfortunately after all, I knew the face and did not know the heart, and I fell into the big dang of the surname Duan, and in the end, the bamboo basket was empty, what nationality, what republic, it was all a disguise, an excuse, and a deceptive thing."

"The erector is in charge, there are no heroes in the world, the Congress is hopeless, and he has fallen into the position of chief financial officer, since he took office, he has worked hard to save it, although the plan is a little, and the implementation is difficult, and he has borrowed so much money, not only has it not been used for the livelihood of the society, but it has been misappropriated by this group of martial artists."

Speaking of this, Liang Qichao couldn't help but burst into tears, raised his head and closed his eyes for a long time, turning the depression in his heart into a leisurely sigh on his lips.

"Alas, that's it, it's okay, I don't care what others say about me, but I have recently invented a kind of evil of my own, where is the source of evil? In the past, I could not get rid of the old concept of 'meritocracy', and I always wanted to reform the country with an inherent old force. ”

"So I've had a few things with people who shouldn't or don't want to work together, and although I'm confident that I'm not doing anything bad, I'm more or less inevitably being used to do bad things, and my conscience is infinitely painful, and I feel that it's simply my indirect sin!"

"Your father and me, have you failed in this life......"

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of the door opening outside the house, and the room immediately lit up.

"Dad, so you're in the house?!"

After Liang Sicheng saw the strange look on his father's face, he immediately turned off the light again and wanted to quietly exit the house.

It turned out that Liang Qichao's call was all a personal monologue, locking himself in the room, talking to himself in the dark mirror, as if it was his eldest son in the mirror.

Speaking of which, when Liang Qichao was in charge of the post of chief financial officer, he originally wanted to do a big job, regarding the financial issue as a key to leading the country to the road of construction, and during his five-month term of office, he organized the establishment of a currency committee and a wartime financial and financial council to study and formulate fiscal and financial policies.

A number of financial and administrative inspectors were also selected to inspect the financial administration of the Japanese Ministry of Finance, learn from the advanced experience of foreign countries, and train their own financial talents.

In addition, we should draw up a budget to keep our revenues within our limits and reduce the fiscal deficit as much as possible.

It can be said that he has been doing practical things and striving to improve the financial situation of the Republic of China.

It is a pity that the military is in power, and these new fiscal policies cannot be implemented at all, and most of them are the result of a tiger's tail, and the local government not only withholds money, but also asks the central government for it.

In the end, he had to end the game hastily and resigned from the position of finance minister.

In such a relatively private space, Liang Qichao confided all the words that had been pent up in his heart for a long time on weekdays like shaking beans.

Unexpectedly, before the words were finished, the real eldest son came to the door.

With a snap, the lights were turned on, the room returned to light, and Liang Qichao returned to reality.

"It's okay, I was sleepy from reading in the afternoon, I accidentally fell asleep, and I kept dreaming in my head." Liang Qichao waved his hand, pretending to be casual, but he could hide it from others, but he couldn't hide it from himself, and after hesitating for a moment, Liang Qichao asked tentatively: "I didn't say anything just now, right?" ”

Liang Sicheng stopped and shook his head again and again: "I didn't say anything, the room was quiet when I came in." ”

Unexpectedly, Liang Qichao not only disliked when he heard this reply, but was a little angry: "If you didn't hear me talking in the house, how would you know that there was someone in the house?" At a young age, he began to lie to make people, and went back to hand over the Analects to me three times. ”

Liang Sicheng's head sank, and he said dejectedly: "Okay, I'll go back and copy ......."

"Wait." Seeing that the door was about to be closed, Liang Qichao suddenly stopped again: "Did you come to me just now?" ”

Liang Sicheng patted his head and said with some annoyance: "Professor Cheng Nuocheng from Peking University came over and said that he had come to look for you on something important, and he had been waiting at the door for a long time. ”

Liang Qichao's face was overjoyed, but when he thought of his current predicament, he didn't persuade himself to stay away from politics at the beginning, but unfortunately this kind of kindness was wrongly paid by him after all, and a faint look of shame appeared on his face: "Did you say that you had anything to do with me?" ”

After Liang Sicheng thought about it carefully, he confirmed: "I didn't say anything specific, do you want me to help you ask first?" ”

Liang Qichao sighed and said quietly: "Forget it, what else is there that you dare not face now, lead the way." ”

But before he took two steps, Liang Qichao suddenly persuaded his son again: "What I said just now is ruthless, there are still heroes in this world, such as Professor Cheng in front of you, you have to learn from him in the future." ”

Although Liang Sicheng was a little ignorant of his father's words, he still nodded: "I must learn more from Professor Cheng." ”

Liang Qichao rubbed his son's head: "But for now, you better go and copy the "Analects" a few times first, there are some things that you know in advance that it is not beneficial." ”

"Huh? Father, didn't you just say ......" Liang Sicheng was a little confused, and wanted to continue to argue.

"What are you talking about, what I just said was for you to copy the Analects, go quickly, and when I come back, I must see your homework on the desk." The kindness on his face dissipated, and Liang Qichao said sternly.

Helpless, Liang Sicheng had no choice but to follow his father's wishes and honestly copy the Analects.

And Liang Qichao gently closed the door, and after walking into the courtyard, he couldn't help but look at the study, and saw through the shadow on the window that his son was working hard to copy the book, and he was a little distressed, but after thinking of his current predicament, the steps under his feet became extremely firm.

Shaking his head, he strode towards the reception room.

Cheng Nuo, on the other side, was teasing Liang Qichao's youngest daughter in the house.

He is quite relatable, and he keeps grimacing on his face, making him giggle.

"Zhuang Zhuang, can we discuss something, don't call me uncle in the future, just call my brother, the louder and crisper the call, the more sugar I will give you, do you think it's okay?"

Liang Sizhuang tilted his little head, pointed his index finger to his lips, and looked like he wanted to eat but didn't dare to eat: "But...... But my daddy wouldn't let me eat candy. ”

Cheng Nuodi took out a small package from his pocket, spread it in the palm of his hand and peeled off the oil paper layer by layer, and there were a few grains of rock candy inside, and said badly: "If you don't say it, I won't say it, how will your daddy know." ”

Rao is Liang Sizhuang compared with the children of ordinary families, he has seen a lot of snacks, but sugar is still a very precious thing in this era, like the few that Cheng Nuo took out, it is even rarer, so after seeing these pieces of rock candy, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Just when Cheng Nuo thought that the "coaxing" was successful, Liang Sizhuang suddenly thought of something, swallowed his saliva back, and said firmly with his little hand: "But Daddy also told me not to eat strangers' food." ”

Cheng Nuo squatted down and continued to seduce: "But my brother is not a stranger, we have met in Shanghai before, we should be friends." ”

Liang Sizhuang shook his head firmly: "Dad said that except for family members, they are all strangers. ”

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Cheng Nuo didn't want to give up, and wanted to struggle: "Does this also include big brother me?" ”

Liang Sizhuang said without hesitation: "Yes, including uncle." ”

Hearing this, Cheng Norton felt powerless, he didn't expect to go around and around, and finally was educated by a child, and he didn't even change his words, and his face was really dull.

Just when Cheng Nuo felt frustrated, Liang Qichao walked over slowly.

After seeing Liang Sizhuang here, the lines on his face suddenly became a lot more amiable, and he squatted down and opened his arms: "I said where did my little Zhuangzhuang go, it turned out that I was helping his father entertain guests, but she was really a good daughter of her father." ”

While talking, he couldn't help but put his face on his daughter's cheek, and the spoiling in it couldn't be concealed.

Cheng Nuo, who was watching on the side, was about to fall sour, stood up and put the rock candy on the table, and couldn't help but say, "It's better to have a daughter, I want one." ”

There were still guests to entertain next to him, Liang Qichao slowly stood up, took his daughter's little hand and said with a smile: "Zhiyuan, how did you think of me today?" Is something wrong with my student Baili? ”

looked at the rock candy on the table, and asked curiously: "Sugar? Could it be that your Chinese brand does not make soda ash and changes to sugar? ”

Cheng Nuo was a little embarrassed, and originally wanted to tell the truth, but when Liang Sizhuang over there was grimacing him, he couldn't help but say with a weak heart: "Yes, it's just a test of the waters, and when the time is ripe, we will produce it in time according to the needs of the people." ”

Liang Qichao was very pleased with this answer: "Okay, at present, our domestic sugar market is full of foreign goods, and the trade deficit is constantly widening, just waiting for you to turn the tide." ”

Cheng Nuo originally wanted to get over to the lake, but looking at Liang Qichao's serious sincerity, it is not easy to say that sugar production still only exists in his mind, otherwise the trust between the two parties will inevitably produce a crack, which will affect the effect of Cheng Nuo's visit this time.

Speaking of which, the reason why Cheng Nuo rushed to Liang Qichao's house before going to Sichuan was, on the one hand, because the financial stall of the Academy of Sciences was getting bigger and bigger, and the financial situation was becoming more and more complicated.

At first, Cheng Nuo was hands-on, but later found that his energy was limited, so he handed over power to Jiang Jiangzuo.

But now that the industry of the Academy of Sciences is not small, it is difficult for Jiang Jiangzuo to take care of it, especially if he is busy with other things, he really can't take care of it, and he is not doing this himself, he was also driven by Cheng Nuo to put it on the shelves before.

So on the occasion of entering Sichuan, Cheng Nuo was ready to hand over this stall to a professional, that is, the former chief financial officer who had just stepped down - Liang Qichao.

Professionals do professional things, which is the employment criterion that Cheng Nuo has always believed.

On the other hand, Liang Qichao, as the son-in-law of Guizhou, had constant ties with the southwest, and when he was in the early years of Yuan's rebellion, he sent a telegram to Cai Ye falsely claiming that Feng Guozhang had raised troops against Yuan, urging Cai Ye and the Yunnan army and people to also hurry up and rise up, which boosted the morale of the officers and soldiers in Yunnan and accelerated the outbreak of the War to Protect the Country.

In the middle, he has cooperated with Tang Jiyao and Cai Ye many times and has a close relationship.

After the success of the reversal of Yuan, Liang Qichao's reputation in the southwestern provinces reached its peak.

It's a pity that Cai Yi died young, and Liang Qichao, who lacked the help of real power in the army, had to return to Beijing.

But even so, with these reputations as a foundation, if Cheng Nuo can take Liang Qichao with him this time, it will be easier than starting from scratch by himself anyway.

And according to Liang Qichao's thinking, if you really want to go to sugar production in the future, Sichuan is also one of the ideal places, after all, Sichuan was one of the three major sugar producing areas in China at that time, and the output of cane sugar in the country was basically maintained at a high level.

If the sugar production is really successful, in addition to ensuring people's livelihood, it is also a war preparation material, and it can also make high explosives.

The so-called one sulfur, two nitrate and three charcoal, plus a little sugar Yin Wan, is this truth.

Of course, this is only after the acid and alkali, and for now, we should finish this matter first.

Thinking of this, Cheng Nuo's heart to invite Liang Qichao to accompany him became even more enthusiastic.

"I don't know what you've been doing lately since Ren resigned?"

"I'm just a grass farmer at the moment, and my ability is limited, so I'll write idle articles, sort out my previous manuscripts, and see if I can send them out in the future, which is also the only bit of life value I have after a political failure." Liang Qichao smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Perhaps because the words were too frustrating, the daughter on the side was a little worried and shook Liang Qichao's legs, obviously very worried.

"Oh, I almost forgot, I have been a derelict father for so long, and I also take advantage of this time to rest and accompany my children, don't you say, Zhuang Zhuang?"

As he spoke, Liang Qichao couldn't help but scratch his daughter's nose.

The youngest daughter couldn't help but say, "Daddy~"

Cheng Nuo on the side was a little helpless: "Mr. Ren Gong, you don't have to be like this, you are temporarily blocked politically, but you can continue to display your talents elsewhere." ”

After hesitating for a moment, Cheng Nuo continued: "The two of us still had an agreement, I don't know if you remember?" ”

Liang Qichao's face was stunned, and he sighed and said: "How can I forget this, you strongly persuaded me before, don't let me continue to be in politics, saying that the road is dangerous, try to stay away." It's a pity that I was fascinated at the time, thinking that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change the country, but unfortunately, I was still being used by others after all. ”

Cheng Nuoshi looked at him sympathetically, sighed, and then said energetically: "Then our agreement behind us is still digital?" ”

Thinking that he is currently underestimated and the political situation is turbulent, the other party not only does not stay away from him to avoid trouble, but also warmly invites, Liang Qichao is excited, but he wants to refuse: "Zhiyuan got the heart, I received it, but now I show up directly, which will bring unnecessary attention to the Academy of Sciences, which is really not a good thing!" ”

Cheng Nuo took out the letter of appointment that had been prepared long ago, and said in a firm tone: "We do our own things and run the ideal path, why do we need to ask for the opinions of others?" What's more, Ren Gong is just an expedient measure to follow the obscurity of the time for a while, and now that there is another way, why not try it again? ”

Pointing to the rock candy on the table, Cheng Nuo said seriously: "In order to let more people eat sugar, I solemnly invite Mr. Ren Gong to be the president of the Academy of Social Sciences and the head of the Southwest Division. ”

After that, Cheng Nuo explained the purpose and inventory of this trip.

Seeing that the expression on Cheng Nuo's face did not seem to be fake, and touching the letter of appointment on the table, Liang Qichao felt unprecedented heaviness.

After a little hesitation, he solemnly signed his name.

"Right now, I'm thinking hard about a good way to save the country, I hope your sugar cube can have a miraculous effect, Sichuan, I'm going, Ba Shi is very good!"