Chapter 165 Zhang Binglin

Late Han Dynasty, during the Jian'an period.

Kong Rong, Chen Lin, Wang Can, Xu Gan, Ruan Yu, Ying Yan and Liu Zhen basically represented the poetry, prose and essays of that period, and therefore were called the "Seven Sages of the Jian'an Period".

Originally, they were a little tired after seeing the signing of the "Xin Chou Treaty", so they drank wine, recited poems, and immersed themselves in the wine.

During the Jian'an period, the world was in chaos and the emperor had no real power. They sang the praises of the sadness and generosity of an era.

But when they saw the font at this moment, they were stunned and the drunkenness gradually wore off.

"How chaotic is this chaotic world? The Jian'an Rebellion was not even half as chaotic as the Qing Dynasty."

Kong Rong closed his eyes deeply and murmured: "Even we have given up, why are there still people who insist on this country?"

"what is this?"

In every time and space, there are too many confused and puzzled murmurs.

"The Qing government is inactive, the people are uncivilized, what are they... holding on to?"

【The country's initial ideas for nation building have emerged, with the goal of building peace with the outside world and becoming rich and strong at home. The words "rich and strong" are of paramount importance, and finally, someone is moving in this direction. 】

As the words fall, a new picture appears.

After the Xin Chou Year, the huge national debt crisis emptied the Qing Dynasty’s treasury.

The Qing government had to increase taxes, and the people became even more miserable.

But what was presented to the emperors of various dynasties was a completely different scene.

These scenes have never happened before, just like the world's sentient beings -

The imperial court is already riddled with holes, but there are still people who lean towards the imperial court, stand up for the emperor, do not fight for the future, and only seek stability in the present;

Some people resigned from their official posts, left the capital, recruited troops everywhere, gathered their strength, and waited for the next turmoil to come;

Some people study late into the night, desperately trying to gain freedom through knowledge in the turbulent future.

"I see a great world gradually taking shape!"

Great Qin, Ying Zheng's eyes sparkled: "A great era of collision between the new and the old!"

This scene instantly swept through dynasties of all time and space.

From the emperor and his ministers to the common people, poets and sages, all looked up and watched the scene at this moment.

They saw the change!
However, everything seems to have not changed.

But they sensed a sign that the storm of the times was about to hit, and this was palpable.

This time, it is a reform of thought!

There are no swords or guns, only paper and pen, which are the best weapons!

"The fire of Xin Chou has burned to the imperial court, the Forbidden City, and even here! This is no longer a situation that can be saved by a single soldier. We need to unite and overthrow the old regime. We want freedom!"

The Boxer Protocol brought oppression and exploitation, but it also brought Western influences.

In a small classroom, a young man with delicate features was loudly expressing his views.

He was only twenty years old, but he was filled with righteous indignation, and his slightly immature face already showed the beginnings of his concern for the country and the people.

He didn't know at that time that this name would be promoted and passed down by thousands of people in later generations.

Eventually, he was wanted by the Qing government and had to flee in a panic.

He is also the main standard-bearer of historical reform!
Jiangnan Army Academy.

A group of teenagers are studying hard.

One of the boys, named Zhou, was particularly eye-catching.

From the first day he arrived here, he found that the language taught in the Naval Academy was English, but the language here was German.

In addition, you also have to study biology and physics.

In addition, he wanted to study medicine at this time, which made him think of his father's illness, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Incompetent doctors kill people..."

His favorite book here was called "Evolution and Ethics", written by the British Empire biologist Huxley.

The person who translated it was Yan Fu.

"Why do the Manchus always have a long braid behind their heads? But the foreigners don't have that!"

"Because of this braid, we are regarded as 'aliens'! The country is being humiliated!"

"This whip is a symbol of backwardness! Can it be cut shorter?"

Under the Qing Dynasty, such voices of venting dissatisfaction began to be heard.

At first there were only a few people, but as time went on, such voices became more and more numerous.

Although no one dared to cut their long braids, even they did not realize that their deeply rooted and conservative ideas that had lasted for more than two hundred years were about to be broken.

There has never been a sound like this!
The emperors of various dynasties had never heard of it!
They had mixed feelings in their hearts, a feeling that was like a fire burning in their hearts that they couldn't vent.

Now, there is finally a gap.

Even they don't understand why they are like this.

What is the charm of this country that attracts them?

Maybe it's just that it's too dark in the country, too hopeless.

The country has undergone changes time and time again, but has failed time and time again. The people have been confused and have stood up to fight, but the only thing that runs through their bodies and minds is their unbroken national pride!

"In the past, only one person awakened and worried about the country and the people. Now, ten, a hundred, or even thousands or tens of thousands of people have awakened! This is the difference!"

"If you want to establish a great power, you must first destroy it! You must face death first and then you can survive!"

Each dynasty was excited.

[In 1902, Kang Youwei published two articles to express his position, respect the monarchy, and use this as a means of reform.]

[In the same year, Zhang Binglin published "Refuting Kang Youwei's Theory of Revolution" to refute it, using spear to pierce shield and righteous words. All Han people should keep a copy of this book at home as a warning! ]

[In the same year, on June 29, the "Su Bao" published an article titled "The Relationship between Kang Youwei and Jueluo Jun", which directly denounced the then Emperor Guangxu as "Zai Tian, ​​a clown who cannot distinguish between beans and wheat."]

[These eight words shocked the world and shocked the world! ]

Zai Tian is a clown who can't tell the difference between beans and wheat!
These eight words not only shocked people in China and abroad, but also made the emperors of various dynasties look at this scene in disbelief with gleams in their eyes.

Datang.

Li Shimin, Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling and others were also shocked.

Li Shimin could relate to her feelings even more because he was an emperor, and a rare wise ruler at that.

"Why bother?"

Li Shimin muttered to himself.

In fact, no matter in prosperous times or troubled times, there will be various voices of opposition among the people, and the emperors of every dynasty have ways to deal with them.

As long as the remarks were not too harsh and irritating, the emperor would just turn a blind eye.

However, this article "Refuting Kang Youwei's Theory of Revolution" completely touched the court's sore spot.

The cry of "Zai Tian is a clown who cannot tell the difference between beans and wheat" directly pointed the finger at Emperor Guangxu.

Let me ask, if Guangxu was really "holy, benevolent, brave and martial", why "Gangyi could use the power of the queen to force the new law, Ronglu could spread rumors to stir up people's hearts, and the governors and governors-general all waited and watched without taking any action after receiving strict orders, and even Zhang Jing was killed and he himself was exiled to Yingtai?"

Each question was like a sharp knife stabbing into the belly of the Qing court.

"It's still for the sake of reform and legal change."

Behind Li Shimin, Wei Zheng spoke.

"The Martial Saint has a murderous heart, while the Scholar has a proud character. Although he is a commoner, he has a heart that respects heaven and earth, worries about the country and the people, and is not afraid of gods or ghosts."

As he spoke, Wei Zheng's eyes became brighter and brighter.

"The Qing court is already panicking."

"Because he is not fighting alone."

"The wisdom of the people is gradually becoming better. There are more and more people with lofty ideals at home and abroad!" "Your Majesty, we are about to witness an era of flourishing flowers and advancing bravely!"

As he spoke, Wei Zheng's voice began to tremble.

Just at this moment, the picture in the sky changed again.

There was more than just Zhang Binglin who criticized the royalist party headed by Kang Youwei in the newspapers. There was also a man named Zou Weidan.

He is very young, not even twenty years old.

He read Kang Youwei's pro-monarchy remarks, sneered and shook his head.

"Haha... Now the emperor himself is just a figurehead, he can't even protect himself, what is the point of the Kang family talking about constitutionalism?"

"How ridiculous! He just wanted to satisfy his own selfish desires!"

“It should change!”

At first, it was a sneer, but gradually, the laughter grew louder.

Amid laughter, Zou Weidan wrote furiously, eloquently and passionately, and finished the book.

When he finished writing the last page, he wrote three vigorous and powerful cursive characters at the end.

"Revolutionary Army!"

Although he was only eighteen years old, he completed a work criticizing the imperial court and denouncing the monarchists' stupidity, which made emperors of various dynasties sigh.

But, this is not enough.

"My own strength is not enough. I hope more emerging and conscious intellectuals will join in!"

The Chinese Students' League was established.

"How majestic! The revolution is! How magnificent! The revolution is! "

"We will forever break free from the yoke of Manchuria, recover all our lost rights, and stand among the great powers of the world."

"To preserve my natural equal and free position and to protect my independence."

"That is, to overthrow the feudal autocratic dynasty and establish the 'Republic of China'!"

Under the scorching sun, Zou Weidan made an impassioned speech, and the sunlight poured down on his face, as if it were coated with a layer of golden light.

The boy spoke passionately, his face flushed, and the audience applauded loudly, their eyes full of expectations.

More and more like-minded people gathered together and used the Su Bao as a platform to publish reform articles.

Zou Weidan even got to know Zhang Binglin and became close friends regardless of age difference.

This step must be taken.

If they don't step on it, someone else will. If that's the case, why can't it be them?
Let them be the pioneers in thought and help enlighten the people.

And this is just the tip of the iceberg in the world.

In the sky, words continued to appear.

[In the same year, 1903, Tsarist Russia broke the agreement and refused to withdraw its troops from the Northeast, and more and more patriotic and anti-Qing voices emerged in China.]

The scene changed and it was cherry blossoms in Japan.

Late at night, an oil lamp flickered.

Chen Tianhua, who was sent to study in Japan as a government-sponsored student, was reading a newspaper that clearly stated that "Tsarist Russia broke the treaty, refused to withdraw its troops, and attempted to occupy the three northeastern provinces."

The young face was filled with anger.

He stood up angrily, bit his finger, wrote a letter in blood, and sent it back to the schools on the other side of the ocean.

At this moment, his blood was boiling.

"I have received your letter and learned that China and others, in the face of the danger of division, intend to personally resist the powerful Russia with our own flesh and blood and act as an example for the nation.

I have fulfilled my duty and think I have no bad intentions. I do not think that the mainland authorities do not understand my intentions and instead accuse me of being nosy. I report to the supervision and send telegrams to the government. I have no other intentions. But I think Russia cannot refuse this and I think it is a crime?
Our government is so far-sighted and our people are so low-browed that we should weep bitterly...Save the country! Save the country!"

The tragedy of a lost country and the bitterness of slaves were written in a fluent manner over ten pages.

He eventually fainted from excessive blood loss.

But when he fainted, Chen Tianhua was still shouting: "Save the country! Save the country!"

"..."

The screen has turned black, but the emperors of various dynasties are still speechless for a long time.

During the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, sighed: "What a patriotic son!"

To be honest, Emperor Wu of Han was surprised that such a cowardly and incompetent country could produce so many patriotic people.

"Perhaps it is because of the existence of these people that I see a little hope... No... Hope has never been extinguished."

Halfway through his words, Liu Che murmured and changed his words: "When the people of a dynasty give up hope for their own dynasty, then there is truly no hope."

【Carrying Chen Tianhua's passionate book, he sent it back to China. Hunan Governor Zhao Erxun was also moved and went to various schools to read it and published it in the official newspaper. 】

[He also ordered each prefecture, state, and county to open a military training school, so that the morale of the anti-Russian movement in Hunan Province would be further boosted.]

"Writing a blood letter alone is not enough. It is not enough to shake things up."

"In such a chaotic world and such a corrupt dynasty, how can we just watch it sink?"

After Chen Tianhua woke up, he wrote letters every day to warn the world!

"The earth has been sinking for hundreds of years, smoke billows and blood flows.

It is heartbreaking to recount the events of that time. Who among our fellow race can avenge us?

More than 200 years after the fall of China, my country is a nation of lost people.”

"When will I wake up from this thousand-year long dream? Who will ring the alarm bell in my sleeping place?

"If we want to reject foreigners, we can only talk about revolutionary independence."

Thus, "Look Back" and "Warning Bell" came into being.

With the publication of these two books, the textual copies of the two books also appeared one by one in the sky of different dynasties in time and space for people to see.

Sometimes words have such magical power that they allow people from completely unrelated eras to be connected through empathy.

At this moment, people from all dynasties, whether Qin Dynasty, Han Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, are concentrating on reading the two books "Looking Back" and "Warning Bell".

"There has never been such a country!"

Only when the excerpts from the two books disappeared did Ying Zheng slowly retract his gaze, his eyes filled with respect.

This kind of respect is not respect for the entire dynasty or even the entire country, but respect for the scholars and generals who have successively strived for reform.

“That’s another kind of greatness.”

In the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin also sighed deeply.

Just now, the Yanhuang blood in his heart was boiling.

At the beginning of the inventory, there was a sentence he liked very much.

"We are you."

They also have yellow skin and are descendants of Yan and Huang.

“They are us.”

Li Shimin whispered, his eyes gradually brightening: "I think I feel proud."

Emperor Wu of Han was also filled with excitement. He also realized that if he failed, he would die for the country and had to risk his life.

Although they come from different times and dynasties, at this moment, everyone's state of mind is connected.

In a trance, thousands of years later, they seemed to see the kneeling slaves standing up, enlightening their minds, expelling foreigners, and restoring China - this task was no longer to be accomplished by one person, but by thousands and millions of people.

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(End of this chapter)