Chapter 167 Cai Yuanpei

A man who looked to be in his thirties, wearing black round-frame glasses and with stubble, was standing proudly.

His name is Cai Yuanpei. At this moment, he used lightning as light to express his ideals.

Around him, six people stood quietly and listened.

"There are only two ways to revolutionize: one is riot, the other is assassination!"

After a pause, Cai Yuanpei looked stern and slowly uttered two words.

Then he listed the first assassination target, with two words written on it: Cixi!

Seeing this name, Huang Xing, Yang Yulin, Zhang Ji and others were surprised, but soon their eyes became cold.

If Cixi is not removed, there will never be hope for this country!
"How to do?"

A cold light flashed across Cai Yuanpei's eyes: "I plan to develop a poison and start on Cixi's 70th birthday. I will get close to Cixi and wait for an opportunity to poison her!"

At this moment, everyone's eyes were a little dazed.

From 1894 to 1904, ten years have passed so quickly...

Once the goal was established, Cai Yuanpei immediately devoted himself to the system.

Cai Yuanpei was seen being injured at any time, and the members of the assassination group were used to it.

An assassination attempt on Empress Dowager Cixi is being planned...

Great Qin.

Ying Zheng smiled.

"A group of daring people dared to assassinate the emperor. Their courage reminded me of an old friend..."

There was a hint of nostalgia in his smile, but there was a hint of coldness in his eyes.

"But unlike Jing Ke's time, this time, I hope they can succeed."

As the screen turned black, Ying Zheng's smile softened again and he murmured.

[1904 was also a turbulent year. The Restoration Society assassination group in China was planning to assassinate Empress Dowager Cixi, and overseas, the fire of revolution was also ignited.]

The picture appeared quickly.

What was presented to the emperors of various dynasties was a beautiful overseas scenery.

A cruise ship named "Korea" is about to dock in Jinzhou, and the graceful curve of the west coast gradually comes into view.

A familiar face then appeared.

Sun Yat-sen raised his hand to slightly block the glaring sunlight, his eyes deep.

When he arrived in Jinzhou again, his thoughts were flying.

"The last time I came to Jinzhou to promote the 'anti-Qing revolution', I was regarded as 'treason' by overseas Chinese. This time - to promote democracy and raise funds for the revolution, will it be successful?"

"must be able to!"

Sun Yat-sen's eyes were firm.

At the scene, Sun Yat-sen was giving a speech to raise funds for the revolution.

"The country is now in a state of terminal illness. Only by driving out the Tartars, restoring China, establishing a republic, and equalizing land rights can the country be saved."

"The country I have built is people-oriented and based on democracy. I would like to call it the Republic of China!"

"Freedom and equality, equal land for all, prosperity and democracy, that is the 'Republic'!"

The definition of the Republic of China began to take shape.

At this moment, emperors of all dynasties were stunned.

"People-oriented, democracy-based... If everything is people-oriented... then what is the use of the emperor?"

"The Republic of China, this country is called 'Republic of China'..."

“Does such a country really exist?”

Countless emperors muttered to themselves with frowns.

As soon as this term came out, a vague framework and picture immediately formed in the minds of all the emperors. They understood it, but they didn't understand it.

Then, Sun Yat-sen took out a one-yuan government bond that he had copied in advance from his pocket.

"History has brought about thousands of reformers, and I am just one of them. I am a dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants, leading those pioneers towards a republic!"

"I, Sun, promise here that anyone who donates one dollar for the revolution today can repay ten dollars with this public bond after the establishment of the Republic of China!"

Overseas Chinese and wealthy businessmen responded one after another, not only for the one-dollar-for-ten-dollar government bond, but also because they wanted to see what the "Republic of China" promised by Sun Yat-sen was like.

Like the United States before the industrial revolution?
Or is it like the cherry blossom Japan before the Meiji Restoration?
still is……

A new country that has never existed before, full of freedom and peace?
Sun Yat-sen bowed to express his gratitude to each overseas Chinese who donated money.

This is just the starting point of his journey to raise funds.

In the future, he also plans to go to Sakura Japan to raise funds for the patriotic cause.

Because, when he was very young, a vast ideal country was born in his mind.

He was born into a poor family. When he was very young, the elders in the village often told him stories about Hong Xiuquan and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Later, during the two opium wars, hundreds of millions of acres of land were ceded, which was a loss of national sovereignty. It can be said that he watched the Qing Dynasty decline step by step.

“Since the year of our defeat in the Sino-French War, I have been determined to overthrow the Qing dynasty and establish the Republic of China.”

After the Sino-French War, he made this decision: to overthrow the Qing power!
"That year, Mr. Li Hongzhang should have read my "Letter to Li Hongzhang", so that my life might have changed..."

Recalling the eve of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, he wrote down seven or eight thousand words with great vigor and eloquence, but his writings fell into the sea and no news came back. Sun Yat-sen could only smile helplessly at himself.

It was Li Hongzhang's rejection that made Sun Yat-sen truly realize that the country was beyond salvation.

Yes, just because of a small setback.

Sometimes, all it takes is a very light straw to break the camel's back.

We are all descendants standing on the shoulders of great pioneers.

Who else can stop the rolling wheel of history?
At this moment, emperors from all dynasties were staring in amazement at Sun Yat-sen raising funds for the revolution overseas and giving passionate and inspiring speeches.

It takes money to revolt, it takes money to resist, and it takes even more money to establish democracy and move towards a republic.

Sun Yat-sen was swimming against the current for his ideals. As he said, since no one can stop the wheel of history, then just go with the flow and become a part of history.

"The only way is to overthrow the government and establish a new country!"

The image of Sun Yat-sen had not yet disappeared, but the clanging sound fell into the ears of every emperor, like the sound of metal and stone falling to the ground.

"Ming Jun! This man is destined to be an emperor!"

During the Three Kingdoms period, at the end of Shu Kingdom, Zhuge Liang was already in his twilight years.

In the Battle of Yiling, Lu Xun burned the Shu army, and the Shu Kingdom went from prosperity to decline.

"I wish we could be in the same court!"

Under the setting sun, Zhuge Liang closed his eyes.

But in the darkness, he saw and felt that the prototype of a country was slowly being established.

The ruins below were deeper than he had imagined...

This Sun Yat-sen will definitely become an emperor in the future!
"How could a commoner rise to this level?"

【After the Treaty of Xin Chou, large-scale wars were reduced, but not absent. In 1904, in order to compete for the interests and railway rights of Goryeo and Northeast China, Japan attacked the Russian warships, and at the same time, the Japanese advance team landed on the Incheon Peninsula in Goryeo.】

The war between the two foreign countries should not have attracted the attention of the emperors, but the next sentence in the inventory made the emperors silent.

[The Russo-Japanese War broke out, with the main battlefield in the northeast of the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty chose to remain neutral.]

"Sovereignty! Sovereignty! Does this country still have any sovereignty?"

“They are just like slaves!”

Datang.

Li Shimin slammed the table in anger, wishing he could rush back to that era and fight this battle for the Qing court.

Why was the battlefield set in the Northeast when two foreign countries were at war? Why did the Qing court choose to remain neutral so as not to offend either side?
Soon, scenes of war appeared.

The two countries went to war in the Northeast, causing unprecedented disaster to this land.

Buildings were bombed, food was looted, and the number of displaced refugees alone reached hundreds of thousands!

Many people died under the artillery fire of both countries!

What made the people of both dynasties even more angry was that the soldiers of the two countries forced the refugees to carry ammunition for them and perform labor.

Emperor Taizong of Tang was angry and aggrieved, but Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling behind him had calm expressions.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to be angry."

Wei Zheng said calmly: "The war in 1904 was a microcosm of the entire Qing court."

"..."

Li Shimin's expression became more and more complicated, but gradually, his eyes brightened.

Yes, this war is a microcosm of the Qing Dynasty over the past century.

Such a country deserves to perish.

The Qing Dynasty is not the Republic of China, let alone a republic!
The weaker the Qing Dynasty is, and the less it dares to resist, the closer it will be to destruction!
[The servility of a nation is ingrained in its bones. The less it resists, the less it dares to resist.]

[The destruction of opium at Humen marked the first time this country stood up against the Japanese.]

[The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom failed, the Westernization Movement failed, the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 failed, the Reform Movement of 1898 failed, the Boxer Uprising failed...]

[Trial and error again and again, failure again and again, corrections again and again... Man proposes, God disposes. If one generation fails, then the second generation will take over. If the second generation fails, then the third generation will take over... The revolution will be passed down from generation to generation, and there will always be a day when it will succeed! ]

[Although the road ahead is dark, please take up the torch lit by our predecessors, and don't let the flame go out! ]

"boom!"

As the last line of words fell, the picture changed.

It is no longer a scene of war, nor is it the awakening deeds of an awakened person.

Instead, the perspective of the picture keeps rising, higher and higher, and finally the emperors of various dynasties see a standing rooster.

[Please open your eyes and look carefully, that is the vast territory we live in! ]

【Its name is China! 】

"Wow..."

At this moment, whether it was the Qin, Han, Tang, Song dynasties, or the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the emperors of the time all stood up.

Also standing up were the dynasty's generals, sages and poets.

Even more are the millions of ordinary people of Dawn!

At this moment, everyone had a feeling that there was an inexplicable force connecting them together.

At this moment, there is no dynasty, only one name: China!

On the map of China, different cities and different events are happening——

In the Beijing prison, Zhang Taiyan is still serving his sentence and has not yet been released;
In the classrooms of various universities, revolutionary books such as "Revolutionary Army", "Turning Back", and "Warning Bell" are being recited aloud by countless students;
In the Patriotic School for Girls, Cai Yuanpei, Chen Qingtong, Huang Xing, Wu Yue and others were developing poisons and explosives;

In the military training department, Yuan Weiting, the minister of state, holds real power and gradually reveals his ambitions;

Even overseas became Sun Yat-sen's stage, where he established the Chinese Revolutionary Army and recruited soldiers.

……

For a time, a hundred flowers bloomed, and people saw too many people forging ahead, each working hard for the same goal: to overthrow the Qing Dynasty.

Fragments of the scenes continued to flash by, including the people who had just raised the fire of revolution, and the future batch of people who would soon step onto the stage of history.

In the cherry blossom-covered Japan, Zhou Shuren went to study medicine. In the classroom, black and white slides were playing.

In the slide, a compatriot worked as a detective for the Tsarist Russian army and was captured by Japanese soldiers. When he was shot, a group of Qing Dynasty people were watching, each with a numb expression.

Zhou Shuren looked around and saw the Japanese students cheering and laughing.

The boy's heart was deeply hurt...

There was also a young man who failed the child examination. He wore round-frame glasses. At that time, he already had a wife.

His name is Li Shouchang.

"Wow……"

Then, the cry of a newborn baby broke the dark silence.

An ordinary rural couple looked at the swaddled baby in their arms with loving smiles.

……

There are too many such scenes.

But in the end the scene changed and became Cixi and the Qing court.

This year, she was celebrating her 70th birthday.

There are too many people who go against the trend of the times and forge ahead!
History becomes more exciting because of them.

Datang.

"I saw Zhang Taiyan, Sun Yat-sen, and Chen Qingtong, but what about Zhou Shuren, Li Shouchang, and Zhang Songnian?"

"Who is it?"

At this moment, this wise ruler of all ages actually had a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

He was looking forward to the moment when the Qing Dynasty would fall. This group of people, when together they were a ball of fire, when apart they were stars in the sky, what kind of new country would they be able to build on the ruins of the Qing Dynasty?

"This is the 'Great Harmony Society' that I have always longed for!"

"Human ideals do exist! Just as the Great Harmony Society will appear in the future!"

Spring and Autumn.

Confucius was so excited that he shed silent tears.

Many of his students were also staring at the picture in the sky in a daze.

From the moment the first picture of the Qing Dynasty appeared, they were there and watched it intently, afraid of missing a single detail.

But all they saw was decay and despair.

"This country is terminally ill."

Almost everyone has the same thought in their mind.

Because it's too dark, I have to give up.

Yes, Confucius and his students wanted to give up the idea of ​​reading any further more than once, but after seeing this, they were filled with mixed emotions.

Whether it was the republic described by Sun Yat-sen or the new order that the Huaxing Society and the Guangfu Society wanted to establish, they wanted to see it.

Northern Song Dynasty.

It was late at night, with only the chirping of cicadas ringing out.

There was only a faint candle burning in Yue Fei's study.

"When a country loses the means to reform, the only way out is destruction and re-ordering. What will happen to the Song Dynasty?"

To be honest, Yue Fei was influenced by generations of people.

In the current Song Dynasty, eunuchs are in power and have great influence in the government. He is the only one who supports him, and he is also confused.

He was thinking, should he also learn from people like Tan Sitong and Zhang Taiyan and reform the Song Dynasty?

But after thinking about it, he gave up the idea of ​​rebellion.

"Compared with the Qing Dynasty, the situation in the Song Dynasty is much better..."

[Although the road ahead is dark, please take up the torch lit by our predecessors, and don't let the flame go out! ]

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(End of this chapter)