Chapter 56 12. Yang Dudao finally convinced Liang Qichao with the secret of returning the soul from the corpse

The next day, Yang Jun and Dai Yi still went back to school, and Yang Du accompanied Xiong Xiling to Yokohama by the morning bus. When Liang Qichao reunited with his old friend in a foreign country, he was naturally overjoyed and chatted endlessly. The topic soon turned to the recent big news—five ministers went abroad to inspect constitutional affairs.Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yang Du told Liang Qichao Xiong Xiling's intention to come to Japan and what he had agreed to be a ghostwriter, and asked him to help him become a gunman too.Unexpectedly, this darling of the public opinion circle flatly refused: "Bingsan came from a long way, if I need help with other things, I will do my best in anything, but I can't do this thing."

The words were so deadly that there was almost no room for negotiation, Xiong Xiling felt uncomfortable on his face, and secretly accused Yang Du of being troublesome: why don't you just write it alone.But Yang Du was not angry, and said with a smile: "Zhuo Ru, what kind of old friend are you with this attitude! Bing San was ordered to come to Japan, and he didn't need your help in anything, the only thing he wanted was you, and there was also me here." Half face. When did I offend you?" "Xizi, don't misunderstand me. I don't write because I don't want to help my friends, but because I can't do what I shouldn't do." Liang Qichao said solemnly, "You two have great hopes for the investigation, especially Bingsan, as an important entourage, is full of enthusiasm. Today, I poured cold water on you in front of you, and said bluntly, this is actually just a drama, so why does it have any practical effect!"

Xiong Xiling said: "Zhuo Ru, your words are not unreasonable. If people like Zai Ze and Duan Fang are really allowed to go out for a walk, and the court formulates the constitution according to what they said after returning to China, it is indeed a bit like a show. But However, Yuan Shikai, who made this suggestion, and Empress Dowager Cixi, who adopted this suggestion, are not acting." Liang Qichao suddenly changed his face and said, "Bingsan, you made a mistake. The protagonists of this play are precisely Cixi and Yuan Shikai." After a short pause, Liang Qichao said in a firm tone: "I will never do anything for Cixi and Yuan Shikai in my life."

Having said that, Xiong Xiling has already retreated in his heart. Fortunately, Yang Du has promised that even if Liang Qichao does not write, he will complete these articles independently, and his errands can be handed over.He winked at Yang Du, signaling him to stop talking. Yang Du pretended not to notice, smiled and said: "What a backbone, Liang Zhuoru, Yuan Shikai betrayed you, Cixi wanted to kill you, and you were forced to travel in a foreign country. You and the two of them formed a deep hatred. We live together, so I swear not to do anything for them, and the festival is commendable!"

Liang Qichao heard that Yang Du's words were not quite right, and said: "The relationship between me and Cixi and Yuan Shikai is not a personal grievance, it is related to the great rights and wrongs of the country and the people. Not doing things for them is to maintain my respect for the people. The children of the country and its people are innocent." Yang Du sneered and said: "Then, why not follow the example of the Revolutionary Party and assassinate Cixi and Yuan Shikai to eliminate harm for the country and the people?" "I have never advocated assassination. Assassination can only eliminate the standard, not the root. The fundamental problem lies in enlightening the people's wisdom." Liang Qichao put on the style of a political commentator and thinker in his usual days.

"This theory is extremely clever, and I completely agree with it." Yang Du immediately replied, "Assassination is not an option, then we have to wait for God to deal with them. Cixi is over 70 years old this year, and God will accept her soon. Yuan Shikai It's less than fifty years old, and according to this situation, he will sit in the position of one man under one man and over ten thousand people for another twenty or thirty years, so don't tell me you won't have any contact with the imperial court in the next twenty or thirty years?" "Xizi, don't be a lobbyist for Yuan Shikai. I'm afraid that once Cixi dies, his position today will be gone."

Liang Qichao's Erlang legs were crossed under the thin silk robe.Kang Youwei now pins all his hopes on the day when Guangxu regains power after Cixi's death. Liang Qichao is not completely superstitious about Guangxu like his teacher, but he also believes that as long as the mountain of Cixi falls, China will undergo great changes.On this point, neither Yang Du nor Xiong Xiling thought as deeply as they did.Xiong Xiling has always been more prudent and doesn't like to talk too much, and Yang Du has already told him, so he just drank tea by himself, watched them, and listened quietly to the two gifted scholars.

"Zhuo Ru, don't get me wrong. I am definitely not a lobbyist for Yuan Shikai. If you want to be a lobbyist, I am a lobbyist for 400 million Chinese people today. I am lobbying you, a self-proclaimed young Chinese boy. Do a real good thing for China, don't put on airs of celebrities!" It seems that Yang Du got a little angry, and raised his voice very high, "After Cixi's death, Yuan Shikai will not be able to keep his position, that is a matter of the future, It is also difficult for us to judge. You said that you are not for personal grievances, but for the country and the people. Then you should not see who is organizing this matter, but whether it is beneficial to the country and the people. If it is true Publicity, as long as it is beneficial to the country and the people, you should support it, because what you support is an event rather than a person, and this does not involve the issue of personal innocence. If you oppose or do not participate in the so-called maintenance of personal innocence, then It is to harm the Grand Duke with a small selfishness, which is despised by the sages."

Yang Du's words were sharp and righteous, and Xiong Xiling admired them very much, and nodded repeatedly: "Well said, well said!" Liang Qichao also felt that he was a bit overwhelmed, and the thought leader of the New Deal, who had always been eloquent, was at a loss to deal with it for a while.Taking advantage of his momentum, Yang Du launched a charge from above: "I know that you have been living abroad for seven or eight years. You have endured hardships, run newspapers, wrote articles, assembled associations, and contacted comrades. All you have done are for the awakening of the people and for the country. Therefore, no matter at home or abroad, the people respect and love you, and regard you as the soul of the Chinese nation. I think you deserve this honor."

Liang Qichao smiled and said to Xiong Xiling: "Look, this slick-tongued Yang Xizi just said that I harmed the prince with a small selfishness and was despised by the sages, but now he said that I am the soul of the Chinese nation that deserves it. Hit me!" Another slap to appease him. With this ability alone, he should be allowed to sit in Yuan Shikai's position." Yang Du also said with a smile: "Yuan Shikai's position, you guess I won't be able to sit in it, right? At that time, maybe Emperor Guangxu will issue an edict to invite me to sit in it!" Xiong Xiling and Liang Qichao both laughed.Xiong Xiling said: "Okay, I hope Xizi will be in the phase soon, and we old friends will talk about it."

"Let's talk about it then!" Yang Du waved his hand, as if fate had already arranged that day for him. "Let's talk about this now. Brother Zhuo Ru, for ten years you have been advocating civil rights and enforcing the constitution as your duty. You have been submerged in the research of constitutionalism in various countries during the years since you came to Japan. Your accomplishments in constitutionalism are recognized by the world, but you are the last Yang Xizi, who is inferior to others, has to admit that you are superior to me in this point. This is why Bing Sante and I came to you and asked you to help me in this matter. To be honest, although I have never been with you Cixi and Yuan Shikai have a deep hatred, but when Bingsan brought up this matter, I was as reluctant as you at first, but after thinking about it, I agreed." "Why didn't you agree at first?" Liang Qichao asked. Xiong Xiling didn't expect that Yang Du would still have a transformation process, so she stared at him with wide eyes. Yang Du politely said: "If someone like me, Yang, is to be a shooter for others, and the results of my hard research are used by them as a ladder for them to climb up, how can I be willing?" "That's exactly what you said." Liang Qichao agreed deeply. "That's one of the reasons why I don't want to do it." "But on second thought, if he uses me, I can use him too." Yang Du smiled slyly. "I'll give him a resurrection!" "Borrowing a corpse?" Both Liang and Xiong found it very interesting. "What is the purpose of my Yang Du's research on constitutionalism? Is it purely for academics and personal reputation like Yan Ruoqi's research on the pseudo-ancient "Shangshu" and Wang Yirong's research on oracle bone inscriptions? No, I do it for practical reasons, and to promote it in China. Constitutionalism. Since it is for practical implementation, I calmly thought about it: at present, is it me, Yang, who can implement it, or Cixi, Yuan Shikai, and Zhang Zhidong? Although there may be a day when I Yang’s reputation will be higher than Yuan and Zhang’s, but I have to face up to the reality, in reality I’m just a commoner, but China’s constitutional government can’t be implemented too late.” Liang Qichao was touched by Yang Du's honest words, and he nodded slightly, expressing his understanding.Seeing the victory in the first battle, Yang Du became more confident. "Brother Zhuo Ru, I still have another concern. Brother Bing San is here, and I say something unpleasant in front of him. The so-called five ministers going abroad to investigate constitutionalism is actually a child's play in itself. They What kind of constitutional government can they study, and what decent things can they say after returning to China? Brother Bing is a great talent, but his strength lies in financial management and not in constitutional government. As an important entourage, it may be difficult to put forward very pertinent opinions." Xiong Xiling interjected: "Xizi is right. I don't understand constitutionalism, and no one else really understands constitutionalism. Some like to talk about laws and regulations, but they are all arty. In fact, they don't understand anything. It's not as good as the two of you." One hundredth of a bit." "As I said just now, it is a child's play for the five ministers to go abroad, but the consequences of this matter, that is, the implementation of constitutional law in China, cannot be regarded as a child's play. If the whole thing is a child's play, not only will I not agree to Bingsan Instead, I will persuade Bingsan not to participate in the matter. Because the establishment of a constitution in China is a solemn matter, I, Yang Du, must intervene, and I am willing to urge you, Liang Zhuoru, to intervene." Yang Du stared at Liang Qichao.Liang Qichao stroked his pointed chin and looked at him calmly, his thoughts were unknowingly led onto the track. "Brother Zhuo Ru, have you ever thought about what the blueprint for China's constitutional government will be in a few years? Will it be your "Enlightened Despotism"? Will it be my "Gold and Iron Doctrine"? Neither! It can only be The proposals proposed by the five ministers to the Queen Mother and the Emperor after returning to China. If they sleep on soft steel wire beds while eating big dishes and embracing foreign concubines, they will make up the constitutional government of Japan and Western countries, and report it. Empress Dowager Cixi’s pen With a wave of 'according to this', brother Zhuo Ru, have you ever thought about what will happen to China's future? Isn't this terrible?" The leader Liang Qichao said: "You are right. I never thought about it. It is true. A large part of China's politics has been defeated by such a group of mediocre officials." "That's right." Seeing that Liang Qichao's train of thought had been drawn by him, Yang Du hurriedly affirmed it. "But we are unable to get rid of such a group of mediocre bureaucrats now, and the inspection of the five ministers cannot be changed to the inspection of Liang Zhuoru and Yang Xizi, and we have to be responsible for China's constitutional system. I hope that what will be implemented in the future is a real constitutional system, not from muddled bureaucrats. I thought about it, and there was only one way: to accept the request of the third brother Bing, carefully write a few constitutional inspection reports for the five ministers, and draw a wonderful blueprint for China's constitution. Brother Zhuo Ru, as early as the 1898 , you were strangled by Cixi and Yuan Shikai, and I, Yang, was also strangled in the year of Kuimao, but the soul of Jingwei, who is trying to renew China and save China, has always been tenaciously floating between heaven and earth. Pu Songling's China There are many ghost fox stories about borrowing corpses to return to the soul, which actually entrust Pu Songling's own ideals. Today, we will also use the corpses of the five ministers to return the souls of Liang Zhuoru and Yang Xizi; that is to say, borrowing the five ministers to return to the country to report In this way, the constitutional politics promoted by Cixi, Yuan Shikai, Zhang Zhidong and others in the future is the ideal that Liang and Yang have been pursuing for many years. Brother Zhuo Ru, such a What a pity and pity that you actually regard it as doing your best for Empress Dowager Cixi and Yuan Shikai instead of doing such a great thing that benefits the country, the people, and yourself!" Hearing this, Xiong Xiling just saw Yang Du's painstaking efforts to guide Liang Qichao's success step by step, and also saw Yang Du's eloquent lobbyist talent, and sighed in his heart: the ancient Su Qin and Zhang Yi are probably nothing more than this! Liang Qichao laughed loudly: "Brother Bing, look at this Yang Xizi, he has teased me like Sun Monkey teased Zhu Bajie. It doesn't count if I am willing to be someone else's shooter, but I am forced to drag me onto the thief boat. If I don't , and a selfish person who harms the great prince with small interests, and a fool who can't even see the great things that benefit the country, the people, and himself. It seems that I, Liang Qichao, have nowhere to go, so I have to go with him. Bing San Brother, you have to remember that next year when the five ministers come back from inspection and are praised by the old woman, they must reward Yang Xizi who has done a great job for them!" "That's for sure, for sure! Not only will I reward Xizi, but I will also reward you, Liang Zhuoru." Seeing that Liang Qichao had agreed, Xiong Xiling was filled with joy.Inviting two of the world's most recognized experts on constitutionalism is tantamount to Liu Bei winning both the crouching dragon and the phoenix chick, and he has made a great contribution to China's constitutionalism. Yang Du was also very happy and said: "Brother Zhuo Ru, I don't want you to write too much, just write one article, that is, "Comparison of Constitutional Governments in Eastern and Western Countries". There is no other country in the East, only Japan, and a few major countries in the West. Germany, Britain, Belgium, etc., just list their constitutional characteristics, compare them, and then distinguish the advantages and disadvantages. You are a geek who can sleep late and go to a restaurant with a thousand words every day. You can read this article in three days. It's done." "Xizi, don't talk nonsense. If you pass it on to your descendants in the future, then wouldn't I, Liang Qichao, become a person like Tang Bohu and Yuan Zicai?" Very proud of being a "talent". Xiong Xiling said: "There is nothing wrong with Tang Bohu and Yuan Zicai. I can't learn it even if I want to." "I'm so envious, I'm determined to imitate!" Yang Du smiled, and said to Liang Qichao solemnly, "Brother Zhuo Ru, let me give you a suggestion. Use the article "Comparison of Constitutional Governments in Eastern and Western Countries" The title of the article can be long or short, as short as 20,000 to 30,000 words, you can explain it clearly, and as long as 20,000 to 30,000 words, there is no nonsense. You should just write two copies. The short story of 20,000 to 30,000 words will be presented as a report from the five ministers. Cixi, a novel of 200,000 to 300,000 words was printed as a book and widely circulated. It not only enlightened the wisdom of the officials, but also enlightened the wisdom of the people. You can spend another three hundred yuan to ask me to write a preface for you, and summarize today’s story. Write down the reasons in detail. At that time, everyone in the world knew that the report of the five ministers was the masterpiece of you, Mr. Liang. The work was done, the book was published, and the fame was enjoyed. The borrowed treasure has also been returned to the original owner. Liang Zhuoru, Liang Zhuoru, let's see what you can use to thank me at that time!" "Hahaha!" In the old and small Yokohama apartment, the hearty laughter of the three masters of modern China almost broke through the roof of the dilapidated house!