Chapter 38 3. Yang Du inscribed the title of Liang Qichao's ice-drinking room in his study
Every November 3rd is the birthday of Emperor Meiji, and the decree is designated as Meiji Festival.On this day, the whole country of Japan celebrates.From the court to the people, from Tokyo to Hokkaido, everyone is immersed in the joy of the festival.The Japanese people appreciate and worship Emperor Meiji from the bottom of their hearts. They compare Emperor Meiji to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty in China, and to Washington and Peter the Great in the West.In fact, Emperor Meiji Muren was indeed a great hero of the Yamato nation.
Muren was the second son of Emperor Xiaomei.Emperor Komei was a powerless emperor, not because of his own incompetence, but because of the decline of the entire emperor system.
As early as a thousand years ago, Japan was in the middle of the Heian period, and there were long-term disputes among the royal family, nobles and monks.The intensification of the upper-level battles aroused the dissatisfaction of the lower-level warriors. The local lords took the opportunity to gather some warriors to form groups to control local power.Due to the different strengths of the lords in various places, the groups also fought endlessly and merged with each other, forming various vassal forces.At the end of the Heian period, the most powerful group of samurai lords, by virtue of force, formed a kind of power organization independent of the imperial court and above the power of the vassal lords. To rule.This is the shogunate politics in Japanese history.The head of the shogunate called the General Who Conquered Yi.During the period of the shogunate, the rule of the emperor was actually destroyed in name only, and the power fell to the samurai group headed by the shogun. Even the laws and decrees came from the shogunate and not from the court.This system started from the Kamakura shogunate formally established by Minamoto Yoritomo in 1192, and continued unchanged through the Muromachi shogunate, Azuchi shogunate, and Momoyama shogunate all the way to the Tokugawa shogunate.In 1867, Emperor Komei died, and the sixteen-year-old Mutsuhito ascended the throne as Emperor Meiji.
At that time, the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate came to its end, and riots were in full swing everywhere.In the first year of the Meiji era, the fallen forces represented by Okubo Toshimichi and Saigo Takamori launched a palace coup, forcing the Tokugawa shogunate to hand over power in the name of Mujin, announcing the abolition of the shogunate system, the establishment of the Emperor's Government, and the restoration of royal government.
In this struggle to change the destiny of Japan, the young Emperor Meiji fully demonstrated his outstanding statesmanship.He closely relied on a group of new political forces, fully opened the country, thoroughly learned from Western powers, implemented the New Deal from top to bottom, and proposed three major policies: enriching the country and strengthening the army, prospering industries, and civilizing and enlightening. Concrete measures such as surrender, abolition of vassals and prefectures, land tax reform, etc., and then the imperial constitution was promulgated, and the imperial conference was held. In just 20 years, Japan miraculously became strong and defeated the Qing Dynasty in the Sino-Japanese War. .The Japanese people are proud of Emperor Meiji who led them on the road to a strong country, and every year on the Emperor's birthday, they toast to him.
This year is the emperor's fifty-two years old, and various slogans wishing him a long life are hung on high-rise buildings, bamboo fence huts, streets and alleys, station wharves.Many hotels and hotels provide free board and lodging on Meiji Festival, and there are also many vehicles and boats that are free for pedestrians.The strong sense of nationality of the Yamato people has made more than a thousand descendants of Yan and Huang who live here deeply admire them, and at the same time feel ashamed of their motherland, which is insensitive and scattered like sand.
The Shinno, which Yang Du, Yang Jun and Wang Daiyi took early in the morning, was a bus that transported passengers between Tokyo and Yokohama for free.In the car, Uncle Sanlang talked about his feelings about the Meiji Festival and his impression of Tokyo, all of which were filled with emotion.Dai Yi was full of praise for the excellent weapons of the Army University, but he still couldn't get used to the strict military life of the school.Yang Jun was not interested in politics by nature. When most of the international students in Hongwen College talked passionately about the plan to save the country and the people, he only listened occasionally and never expressed much opinion. He spent more time reading and observing.He likes to read books on literature and art, and likes to observe the folk customs of Tokyo. He is especially envious of the tidiness of Tokyo people, the cleanliness of the streets, and the elegance of the living room.China's poverty is firstly manifested in its clutter. One day when there is no more clutter, one day will be truly rich.Yang Du always talked about such a topic: Why can Japan implement the new policy and carry out reforms after the overthrow of Yoshiki Tokugawa and the transfer of power to Mujin?His conclusion is: It seems that the prosperity of a country depends on a wise and powerful monarch.
The three of them talked in Chinese in the car as if no one was there, and felt very happy and comfortable.Suddenly, an old lady in the front row stood up and said to the window: "It's not good, it's on fire!"
All the passengers in the car looked at the window together, and saw thick black smoke coming out of a farmhouse not far away, several people were moving in and out, and several people were running to carry water.A middle-aged passenger said: "Let's go down and fight the fire!"
"Yes, let's go down and help!"
"Firefighting is urgent!"
"Driver, please stop!"
The whole car echoed.The bus stopped quickly, and all the passengers, regardless of gender, old or young, got off the bus and rushed to the burning farmhouse. Yang Du's brother, Uncle Lang, also joined the firefighting team.No one commanded or ordered, more than 30 passengers quickly lined up in two long lines, one end connected to the pond and the other end to the farmhouse. The washbasins and barrels were quickly passed between everyone's hands, and the fire was quickly extinguished.The homeowner and his whole family bowed to this group of unfamiliar firefighters, expressing endless gratitude.
An old man took out a big ticket from his pocket and stuffed it in the owner's hand, and everyone followed suit. Everyone took out a ticket.The homeowner's family was moved to tears, and the driver greeted everyone to get back in the car and go on their way.
Sitting in his seat, looking at the bus full of brave passengers, Yang Du was in a very disturbed mood.Gathering temporarily, strangers, after getting out of the car, they went to their own things, and no one came to tell you about the good deeds they did. However, all the people did not hesitate, did not have the slightest concern, and completely spontaneously provided disaster relief.Is this spirit of solidarity and mutual assistance the foundation of the Dahe nation's self-improvement and self-reliance?He habitually thought of his homeland again.If this kind of thing happened in my hometown, there would certainly be people who came to the rescue, but what was rare was that everyone was united and conscious.Is the biggest gap between the Chinese nation and the Yamato nation right now?As Yang Du thought about it, the car had already arrived in Yokohama.
Yokohama is located on the west coast of central Japan, only a hundred miles away from Tokyo, and is the outer port of Tokyo.More than 40 years ago, it was just a small fishing village. Because it was a good port, it quickly developed with the increase of foreign ships such as Britain, the United States, and Russia.Now Yokohama is a big city with a population of 300,000.They saw rows of houses in the city, bustling vehicles and pedestrians, stores full of department stores, and the market management was orderly and orderly, and once again felt that this tiny country cannot be taken lightly.According to the route map drawn by Liang Qichao, after a little questioning, he found Liang Yu in Yamashita Town.
Upon hearing the news, Liang Qichao hurried out to open the bamboo fence gate in front of the courtyard, and welcomed the three distant guests into the inner room.It was the first time we met Yang Jun, and Yang Du introduced: "This is my brother..."
"No need to introduce." Liang Qichao boldly interrupted him, "This is Mr. Yang Jun Yang Zhongzi. Anyone who has met you Yang Xizi will know that this is your brother."
"Really?" Yang Du asked happily, "You think he looks like me?"
"Except that the face is not as long as yours, and the grooves on the lips are not as deep as yours, everything looks like you." Liang Qichao looked at Yang Jun with a smile, and Chongzi, who was introverted, felt a little embarrassed.
Dai Yi interjected: "Does the third son really look like a brother? I always think that they are not like brothers!"
"Last year, I came back from Honolulu." Liang Qichao led them into the house, and said as he walked, "I was going to visit you in Tokyo, but you went back to China to prepare for the special examination. If I see you, I will stop it." You go. Look at that Nala family, can she still get the real talent? A well-behaved second place man lost a sentence. Hey, what Liang Yansun is it? It’s not good to take you Yang Xizi for the number one. Well! After all, it was me and Mr. Nanhai who harmed you."
Having said this, Liang Qichao burst into laughter.
Yang Du blushed a little from the laughter, and said, "I shouldn't have taken the exam. I didn't pass the exam, and I was so useless."
"However, it's good to take the exam." Liang Qichao still smiled and said, "Although the second-best man's black hat has not been worn for a few days, his reputation has spread far and wide at home and abroad. Now that you are mentioned, Yang Xizi, who doesn't know?"
Passing through a neatly tidy small courtyard, she came to the door of the main room. Mrs. Liang Li Huixian stood aside, smiling and greeting the guests. She was holding her two-year-old son Sicheng by her left hand, and behind her stood a A shy little girl, she is the eldest daughter Sishun, ten years old this year, already in the third grade of elementary school, she has a Japanese name in school, Yoshida Shizuko.Li Huixian came from a famous family, and Liang Qichao, a boy from a peasant family, married this noble lady based on his talent and learning.
In the 15th year of Guangxu, 17-year-old Liang Qichao went to Guangzhou to take part in the provincial examination for the first time, and he ranked eighth in high school, becoming the youngest Xiaolian in this subject.Young Liang Zhuoru looks delicate and handsome, just like a small green pine that has just broken out of the ground. Everyone loves it, and now it has risen to the top in one fell swoop. Anyone with a little knowledge can see that this strong seedling will definitely become a towering pillar in the future .The two chief examiners were full of joy and rejoiced that they had selected a talented person for the country.While rejoicing for the country, they all thought of their own thoughts.
Li Duanfen, the chief examiner, has a cousin who is twenty-one years old.When he left Beijing, his aunt repeatedly urged him to find a suitable brother-in-law among his students, and if he found one, he would be the master.Li Duanfen is already the main examiner of the Sanwei Township Examination, and he has never seen a student who surpassed Liang Qichao, but his cousin is four years older. I don't know if this young man agrees.But as the saying goes, "Women who are juniors hold gold bricks", older wives are the most considerate of their husbands, and they will probably not object.He decided to ask the deputy examiner Wang Kezhuang to be a matchmaker.Unexpectedly, the deputy chief examiner was also planning on Liang Qichao.His second daughter is fourteen years old, and she is also waiting in her boudoir. At present, this youngest son, apart from improper family background, can be called a god-given son-in-law in other aspects.But Wang Kezhuang also enlightened, family status is secondary, the key is one's talent and learning, people who can make such articles, will they still worry about glory and wealth in the future?When he was thinking about who to ask to lead the red line, Li Duanfen came to him first.Although Wang Kezhuang regretted that he was slow in doing things, but he couldn't get in the way of the examiner's affection, so he had to be the old man under the moon for Li Xueshi's cousin.
At that time, Liang Qichao's father, Mr. Lian Jian, was accompanying his son in Guangzhou.As soon as Deputy Chief Examiner Wang said, he readily agreed.What a great honor it is for a poor family from farming and studying to be able to climb into the ranks of officials and officials. Not to mention it is only four years older, it doesn't matter if it is five or six years older. Zeng Wenzhenggong's grandmother was seven years older than his grandfather!
In the second year, Liang Qichao failed the test.In August of this year, he got acquainted with Kang Youwei and became the favorite student of Wanmu Thatched Cottage.Next year, Liang Qichao came to Beijing again and held a wedding with Li Huixian in Xinhuiyi Hall.Kang Youwei presented a poem of congratulations: "The Tao enters the heaven and the human world, Jiangmen's wind and moon exist. Be careful to form a handsome man, save Li Yuan from the internal heat. Worry about the country and myself, ride the clouds and the world is easy to respect. Jia Shengzheng was young, wandering to the gate of heaven."
Later, Li Duanfen enthusiastically supported the Kangliang Reform, which was highly regarded by Emperor Guangxu.After Wang Zhaoyi lost his job as an official of the six halls of the Ministry of Rites, he was promoted to be the acting minister of the Ministry of Rites.After the coup, he was dismissed from office and exiled to Xinjiang. The year before last, he was pardoned and returned to his original place in Guizhou. He lectured at Jingshi School. He still took it as his duty to reward the young and open up the atmosphere. He also advocated running Guizhou's mines and railways by himself, becoming a respected and enlightened gentleman. .
While Liang Qichao and his wife were making tea, Yang Du looked at the living room.
This is a typical Japanese living room.The floor is very low, so the utensils in the living room are all short and short. The two long black lacquer tables are less than two feet high, and a vase of flower arrangements is placed on the low cabinet at the east end. It seems that Mrs. Liang learned it after she came to Japan. New technique: a few golden mountain chrysanthemums are paired with a few broad-leaved orchids, which looks fresh and elegant.The living room is covered with thick tatami mats woven with straw mats, making the living room simple and clean.On the wall to the north, there is an ink painting about one foot high and four feet long. On the picture, the clouds are green and rainy, and the water is light and smokey. Beside the half-moon-shaped arch bridge, a scholar is reading with his knees hugged.On the left corner of the painting are inscribed four small characters: Hui Xian learns painting.
On the south wall, there is also a banner, which is also about four feet high and four feet long, which matches the painting on the north wall. On it are two poems of Qilu, titled "Self-Encouragement":
Undersigned: Chronicles of Xin Chou, a youth of China, at Yokohama residence.
The layout of the living room fully highlights the owner's elegant taste and lofty aspirations, and is filled with a harmonious atmosphere of husband and wife singing along with the piano.Yang Du was very envious in his heart.
Mrs. Liang took out four cups of Gaiwan tea on a tea tray, and said generously: "I haven't learned the Japanese tea ceremony, so I invite you to drink Tieguanyin from Lingnan today!"
Dai Yi took the tea and said with a smile: "Our Chinese tea is better. The Japanese tea ceremony is amazing. I drank it and it tasted nothing but bitter."
Everyone laughed.Liang Qichao came out with four saucers in both hands, and said, "You don't know that Japanese tea is good because of this bitterness. Doesn't one smell of bitterness beat a hundred tastes?"
Everyone laughed again.Liang Qichao spread out the four plates, pointed at them and said, "This is authentic Japanese food. You can eat it. You live in Japan. You can't eat their food if you are not used to it."
When everyone looked at it, the four plates contained fried green beans, roasted five-spice peanuts, sesame pretzels, and almond clove fish.
"I'm used to it!" Yang Jun said, grabbing a handful of almond clove fish and said, "This is the most delicious food that we don't have in our country."
Liang Qichao said: "Chongzi has eyesight, this thing is really good. When I go back to China, I will take a few sacks of it back so that everyone can taste it."
Yang Du examined it carefully.This is a mishmash of almonds and clovefish.Clovefish is a sea fish that is only about half an inch long.The clove fish is dried with some spices, and then mixed with almonds, it tastes fragrant, crisp and nourishing.Yang Du took a bite, and it was really delicious.
"Zhuo Ru, when did you take such a long nickname?" Yang Du asked Liang Qichao, pointing to the signature "Young China's Youth" after the poem "Self-Encouragement".
"When I first came to Japan, I often signed my essays with 'Ai Shi Ke', and then I wrote it. Others say that China is the old empire, but I said that the old empire is about to be reborn. It is a newborn boy. A new student, so from then on, I changed my name to the boy of Young China."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Now I have a new name: Yinbingzi."
"Yinbingzi?" Dai Yi found it interesting, "What does this mean?"
"Guess," Liang Qichao said happily.
"I know." Yang Jun thought for a while and said, "This scripture comes from "Zhuangzi·Human World": 'I am ordered to drink ice today, and I am warm inside?' It seems that brother Zhuo Ru has two troubles."
"Exactly, exactly. Chongzi's books are well read." Liang Qichao applauded and laughed, "I named myself Yinbingzi, and the study was called Drinking Bingshi. It's just that the name has been chosen, and the plaque has not yet been written. Xizi came just in time. Your calligraphy is unique in Japan, please inscribe a plaque for me!"
Yang Du said: "I don't dare to be alone in Japan. Since you can afford it, it's okay to write a few words."
"Just write, just write."
Liang Qichao hurried into the study and took out a pen and paper.Yang Du was not polite either, dipped in thick ink, raised his arms and wrists, and drew with each stroke, as if condensing the mighty force.In an instant, the words "Ice Drinking Room" appeared on the white rice paper on the low table.But seeing that it combines the strengths of Han, Li and Wei steles, with a solemn and elegant appearance, it really has profound skills and talents.Liang Qichao said happily: "Please pay for it quickly, otherwise people will see it in the future and think it was written by me, Liang, and that is the merit of coveting heaven and taking it for myself!"
"Okay!" Yang Du laughed, "I won't give you the credit."
Also wrote a few small characters in the inscription: Xiangtan Yang Duti.
As soon as I finished writing, I felt regretful: "It's a pity that I never carried a stamp with me."
"What's so difficult about it, I'll make it up for you." Yang Jun had long been infected by this atmosphere, and was eager to try, but worried that he couldn't get in, and now it was his turn to show his hand. "I'll engrave it for you now. Brother Zhuo Ru, do you have a seal stone and a carving knife?"
Liang Qichao touched his head and said, "I don't know anything about Zhiyin, I don't have these things."
"It's okay, just lend me my little sister's pencil sharpener."
After Yang Jun finished speaking, he walked out of the living room, grabbed a handful of mud from the yard, dripped a few drops of Tieguanyin tea, squeezed left and right, and within ten seconds he made an oval-shaped mud column with a bottom.He took the pencil sharpener handed over by Liang Qichao, and started to carve.Within two minutes, two words appeared on the bottom of the oval.Liang Qichao took out the inkpad again.Yang Jun pressed the clay pillar on the inkpad, and then gently stamped the bottom of "Xiangtan Yang Du Title".When the mud pillar was removed, a bright red oval seal appeared on the paper, and the two small seal characters "Xizi" in white script in the middle were clear and simple, with a unique structure, which made people more and more cute.Liang Qichao was overjoyed: "Brothers of the Yang family are perfect together, and the ice drinking room will be even more brilliant. Chongzi, I will store this mud print of yours here, and keep it as a souvenir!"
"Why didn't you say it earlier, it has returned to its original shape." Yang Jun said while passing the mud print, and when Liang Qichao took it, it had already been crumpled into a ball of mud.
"What a pity, what a pity!" Liang Qichao and Wang Daiyi sighed at the same time.
Mrs. Liang came out to refill tea for everyone. When she saw the work of art made by the Yang brothers, she couldn't put it down. Why not just make a glass mirror frame and hang it in the study."
Dai Yi hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law is a real expert. The words and seals on the rice paper are the sounds of nature, but they are the sounds of people copied on the wooden board. How can the two be compared! I don't have the talents of Xizi and Zhongzi, so I will contribute. If you pay for a good mirror frame, it will be a gift from the three of us, Uncle Lang, to you."
"The best, the best!" Liang Qichao smiled happily, "This gift is priceless. Huixian, you cook a few more specialties from your natal family's Guizhu to entertain them."
Dai Yi said: "Huangzhou and Guizhou have the same taste, but the emphasis is on the word 'spicy'. Can you, an old man, bear it?"
Liang Qichao said: "If you can't take it, you have to take it. Today I risked my life to accompany a gentleman."
After packing up the inscriptions, pens and inkstones, everyone sat down and drank tea again.
Yang Du asked Liang Qichao, "Where did you go to America this time?"
Liang Qichao replied: "I set off in the first month. I first went to Vancouver in Canada, then to New York in the United States, and then went to Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, and finally returned to Japan from Vancouver by the Queen of China."
Dai Yi said: "After traveling so many places, it's an eye-opener."
"My eyes have been opened, but the more I see other people's progress, compared with China's backwardness, the more uncomfortable I feel."
"That's right." Yang Du could understand this feeling, and asked again, "What are you doing in America this time?"
"This trip to the Americas is a task assigned to me by Mr. Nanhai. He has been busy in various countries in Southeast Asia this year, and has no time to go to the United States and Canada. He asked me to go on his behalf. The tasks he assigned to me are: The establishment of royal associations in the United States and Canada, the second is to expand the shares of the translation bookstore, collect shares to start a business company, and use it as an industrial foundation, and the third is to raise funds."
"Is it effective?" Yang Jun interjected.
"This is to tell you the truth. Propagating royalties in the Chinese community in the United States and Canada is no longer as exciting as it was in the past two years."
"Why? Did Sun Yat-sen and his revolutionary party snatch the territory?" Dai Yi asked with great interest.
"It's not that the Revolutionary Party is grabbing the territory." Liang Qichao held the tea bowl in his hand and spoke in a leisurely manner.He was wearing a light brown robe with tufted flowers and a black satin interlayer mandarin jacket over it. Like most international students, he had his braids cut off and his western-style parted hair.He is thirty-one years old, with a thin face and a prominent forehead. It seems that the gifted superhuman wisdom is hidden in this prominent forehead.He speaks softly, which is very different from the sharp and aggressive momentum before the coup.At first glance, he doesn't look like a political activist living in a foreign country, but more like a quiet scholar. "It's still the imperial court's failure to live up to expectations, abandoning Beijing and fleeing, it has lost all the face of the ancestors; it has been two years since returning to Luan, and it is insincere to call reforms. It soon spread to the Americas, and the overseas Chinese couldn’t help but laugh. Many hardcore members who were originally dedicated to protecting the emperor lost their trust in the imperial court. Is it going well? Many people have money but don’t want to donate.”
"Zhuo Ru, I heard people say that you also have revolutionary tendencies, is it true?" Yang Du asked.After coming to Japan, he read all publications and newspapers, whether they were royalist or revolutionary.He felt that both were reasonable and biased, and he couldn't fully accept either one.Liang Qichao was the No. 2 leader of the royalist faction. Over the past few years, he had run the "Qing Yi Bao" and "Xin Min Cong Bao" and published a series of glamorous articles, which made his reputation far surpass that of the No. 1 leader.The Japanese overseas students generally believed that Liang Qichao and Kang Youwei had more and more ideological differences. He not only had contacts with Sun Yat-sen and others, but even agreed with their idea of revolutionary suppression. Maybe there might be a split among the royalists.Yang Du attached great importance to Liang Qichao's thought, and he felt that his own thought system was very similar to Liang Qichao's.
"That's right. I think revolution is advisable. "Xi Ci" says that the same goal but different paths, unanimity and concern, the various parties and factions in China today may not be moving towards the goal of saving the country and strengthening the country from different paths. And work hard. Sometimes, I really feel that the only way to save the country is to completely save the country, because now is the era when nationalism is the most developed, and the country cannot be established without this spirit, and if you want to arouse the national spirit, you have to attack Manchuria. As the most appropriate doctrine at that time, China may now consider seeking Manchuria as the most appropriate doctrine. If Manchuria does not reject it, China will have no nationalism at all. Without nationalism, there will be no need to talk about democracy and civil rights. In April this year, I I wrote a letter to Mr. Nan Hai in Chicago, telling him these views directly."
"Can Mr. Kang agree?" Dai Yi asked.
"Of course he won't agree." Liang Qichao smiled lightly, combed a strand of long hanging hair, and said, "Mr. Nanhai didn't take my letter seriously, and he wrote two open letters about it. In the "Nanyang General Report", one titled "Reply to the Overseas Chinese in America on China's Only Realization of a Constitutional Monarchy, Not a Revolutionary Book", and the other was "A Book with Classmate Liang Qichao and others on India's Subjugation due to the Self-Establishment of the Provinces". The reason why Mr. Nanhai The reason for adopting the open letter is that not only I, Liang Qichao, have the idea of the revolution, but other disciples, including his most loyal disciples Xu Qin and Ou Jujia, also hold this view. They have gone further than me, 'Man The words of "thieves" and "clearing thieves" are full of papers, and Mr. Nanhai thinks it is necessary to publicly express his views again."
"Zhuo Ru, I have a question, I want you to tell me the truth." Yang Du said to Liang Qichao seriously.
"What question is worthy of your seriousness?" Liang Qichao looked at Yang Du and said, "As long as you ask, I will answer you truthfully."
"Zhuo Ru, you are Mr. Kang's eldest disciple, and you know him best. Mr. Kang doesn't want to turn against Manchuria, and he is devoted to protecting the emperor. Apart from the extraordinary kindness he has received from the emperor, is there any other reason?" Yang Du stood up and restrained himself. Asked, that expression is completely a serious attitude to discuss where China is going.Dai Yi and Yang Jun were also eagerly waiting for Liang Qichao's answer.
"Mr. Nanhai disapproves of the revolution and advocates the constitution of the monarchy. Apart from the emperor's favor, the main reason is that he is afraid that the revolution will cause chaos in China and lead to division." Liang Qichao is worthy of being Kang Youwei's great disciple. He answered Yang Du's question in clear language, "Mr. Nanhai said that if the emperor is overthrown today, all provinces must stand on their own. Once they stand on their own, they will inevitably fight. Once they fight, the eighteen provinces will become eighteen countries. This point Mr. Nanhai said that even foreigners can see clearly. At that time, China will be controlled by major powers. He also said that since he grew up, he has seen countless weak and small states being swallowed up by people. For example, Ryukyu Annan, Tunisia, and Madagascar were annihilated by France, Burma and Persia were annihilated by Britain, Basir and Tournit were annihilated by Russia, and Cuba, Honolulu, and Little Luzon were annihilated by the United States. These are all This is what has happened in the last twenty years. He believes that when things combine, they will become big, if they are divided, they will be small, if they are combined, they will be strong, and if they are divided, they will be weak. It won’t be long before it will be swallowed up by foreign powers, and our majestic Chinese nation will cease to exist. This is what Mr. Nanhai has repeatedly stated.”
Liang Qichao's recitation of Kang Youwei's thought made Yang Du fall into deep thought.
Yang Jun nodded and said, "Mr. Kang Youwei's concern is not unfounded. Since ancient times, the strong preyed on the strong and the salamanders were devoured by whales. It is only natural. In my opinion, China must be fully populated without being divided."
Dai Yi also said: "Chongzi usually doesn't talk about politics, but when he talks about it, he has unique insights. I completely agree with his words. There is only one way for China to go: throwing aside the rule of the Manchus and not causing civil strife .”
Yang Du's eyes lit up, and he felt that the words of the two of them had a great inspiration for him, but he couldn't form a thought under this inspiration for a while.At this moment, Mrs. Liang came in with a smile and said to everyone: "You men and women are so excited when you talk about national affairs, it seems that you are all ministers who decide the national policy. Regardless of the future of China Which way you will go, you all have to follow me now: go to the restaurant to eat!"
Everyone laughed.
After eating, Liang Qichao said: "You have worked hard today, rest early, there will be another person coming tomorrow, after he comes, we will go to Youzongchi Temple together."
Dai Yi asked, "Who is this person?"
Liang Qichao said, "I won't tell you today, you guys go and guess. If you guess right, I will reward you tomorrow!"
At night, the three of them slept on the tatami mats and lined up the people who had contacts with Liang Qichao one by one, but they couldn't guess which one would come to Yokohama tomorrow.