Chapter 9 when i was a reporter

... Liang: A few years ago, that is to say, in the first year of Xuantong, before the Revolution of 1911, he came to Beijing secretly with a Sichuanese and a surnamed Huang. He wanted to bomb the regent, who was the regent. Xuantong's father, because Xuantong is a child, only 4 years old, so the actual political power is controlled by the regent, and Wang Jingwei came to assassinate the regent.To assassinate the Prince Regent, he planted bombs in the carriage of the Prince Regent—there were no cars at that time—passing by at night. He planted bombs (laughs) at night, but he was still seen. , they were caught, and they were thrown into prison after being caught.It turned out that if the assassination of the regent was caught, he might have to be shot; if he was not shot, he was locked up and kept locked up until the revolutionary army in the south rose up and confronted the north. He was released from the prison, and he was invited—you used to be a revolutionary, but now you are invited to be a middleman and try to negotiate a peace, like this.

Ai: When you went from Beijing to Nanjing yourself... Liang: I haven't been to Nanjing yet. (Ai: I haven't been to Nanjing yet.) Seriously, I haven't.I am like this, let’s continue what I just said. Wang Jingwei came out and was invited by Yuan Shikai to be a mediator. He organized a group called "Beijing-Tianjin League"-the first word "Beijing" means Beijing, The second "Tianjin" is Tianjin, and the Beijing-Tianjin League—the League is the Chinese Revolutionary League founded by Mr. Sun. This is the northern branch of the Chinese Revolutionary League, that's how it is.When I was studying in middle school, I secretly joined a revolutionary organization, which belonged to the Beijing-Tianjin League led by Wang Jingwei just mentioned.At this time, I was still working as a journalist. At that time, the newspaper office was located in Tianjin, but later moved to Beijing.I had a life as a journalist, and that reporter was a field reporter, and the field reporter was visiting news, and I did that for a while.I also went to Nanjing once after the Revolution of 1911, but turned back later.After going to Nanjing, I went to Wuxi, and turned back from Wuxi. That time I originally wanted to apply for exams and study abroad in Guangxi, but I didn’t go.

Ai: I also made a mistake on this point, and it was a mistake in the book. Liang: What does it say in the book? Ai: In my book, it is said that the Revolution of 1911 was a success, and when Sun Yat-sen was already serving as the interim president in Nanjing, you went to Nanjing because all the members of the Tongmenghui went to Nanjing to start the work of nation-building.I know you were a reporter at that time, I thought you went to Nanjing in March, April and May of the first year of the Republic of China in 1912, but I was wrong, you were going to Guangxi. Liang: Once I thought of going to Guangxi, I came back soon, and I turned back.

Ai: This branch of the Beijing-Tianjin League was organized after the Wuchang Uprising. I know, but it was founded by Wang Jingwei, or before... Liang: This was suddenly organized by Wang Jingwei. Ai: I saw some documents from the branch of the Beijing-Tianjin League in Taiwan, and there was no mention of Wang Jingwei. There was the name of one of your classmates, but I couldn’t find your name. It was mentioned in the book that maybe you used another name or... Liang: At that time, the Beijing-Tianjin League was with me and we were all together. Because the Qing court abdicated and the revolutionary army rose up, the Qing court gave up power and abdicated.Some of us used to engage in pistol bombs, but after changing it, we started newspapers. (Ai: "Republic of China") runs "Republic of China", and the president of "Republic of China", Zhen Yuanxi, is still in the United States. (Ai: In the United States?) He runs a Chinese newspaper in the United States.Even if I am a field worker, I don't sit in the newspaper office and write articles, but outside.At that time, the "Minguo Daily" newspaper office was in Tianjin, and my family lived in Beijing, so I traveled between Beijing and Tianjin to do interview work.

Ai: Did you know Huang Yuansheng at that time? Liang: Huang Yuansheng met after this. Ai: In the future?He was assassinated in the United States in 1915. (Liang: He was stabbed to death.) So is Mr. Cai Yuanpei... You were a reporter when we first met... Liang: I met him when I was a reporter, but he didn't remember me, so it didn't matter.Later, in the sixth year of the Republic of China, when he came to Beijing to take up the post of president of Peking University, he only met at that time.Because at that time I asked him for advice on "Theory of Causation of Yuan Yuan", he said: I passed by Shanghai and saw it, it is very good; now I am at Peking University, and I also ask for your help.At that time I said: I don’t know how to talk about Indian philosophy, because in Europe or Japan, when it comes to Indian philosophy, they always talk about the six schools of philosophy, and the six schools do not include Buddhism.Seriously speaking, I don't know much about the Indian philosophy taught by Europeans and Japanese. I just like Buddhism.At the same time, I happened to be very busy with other things at that time, so I couldn't promise Mr. Cai to go to Peking University.

What was busy at that time?At that time, after Yuan Shikai died, the north and the south were unified, and the forces that overthrew Yuan Shikai were in the southwest, Guangxi, mainly Cai E, Lu Wenping, and Liu Xianshi of Guizhou.Inside Yuan's forces, there are Liang Qichao and Liang Rengong.At this time in the north, Yuan Shikai died. When Yuan Shikai died, he invited Duan Qirui out. Duan was a very decent and good person among the Beiyang soldiers. Ever since Yuan wanted to be emperor, he opposed it. ,strongly oppose.Others who surrounded and helped Yuan Shikai become emperor wanted to assassinate him, and they wanted to assassinate Duan Qirui. Duan Qirui was originally the chief of the army, but he resigned and lived in Xishan, Beijing. They wanted to assassinate him, but they didn't. .Yuan Shikai was unable to become emperor, so he had to maintain the power of the Beiyang soldiers, ask Duan to come out, and invite Duan back to Beijing from the West Mountain. At this time, because Yuan Shikai wanted to be emperor, he had already revoked the State Council. He did not want the State Council. He was in the presidential palace There is a hall called political affairs hall.He was going to die at this time, and he knew it was too late, so he wanted to ask Duan to come out, abolish the Political Affairs Hall, and restore the State Council. Duan is the Prime Minister of the State.In this way, because Duan was very decent and opposed Yuan Shikai's being emperor, the Southwest still recognized Duan, and the Southwest had no troops to fight to Beijing, so they compromised and organized a unified government between the North and the South.

To organize a unified government between the North and the South. One of my relatives, who is also an elder, joined the cabinet and the government on behalf of the Southwest. (Ai: That’s Zhang Yaozeng?) Zhang Yaozeng, Zhang Yaozeng hired me as his confidential secretary. He had secret telegrams and correspondence with the anti-Yuan forces in Guangxi, Yunnan, and Sichuan in the southwest, and I was in charge of this matter for him.I was in charge of this matter, so Mr. Cai asked me to go to Peking University, but I couldn't go, so I invited a friend to take my place.In the new year, in the second year, the political situation changed, Duan also left, and Zhang Yaozeng also stepped down, so I only helped him at this time.

Ai: Your article "Journal of Casuism" was originally published in Dongfang Magazine, so you have friends in Dongfang Magazine, right?Just send him this article, send him the manuscript, and he's not there... Liang: That friend is a famous... Ai: Zhang Shizhao? Liang: Yes, you are right. Ai: Then when did you meet Zhang Shizhao?I don't mention in the book when you met him. Liang: Mr. Zhang Xingyan, Zhang Shizhao, he is mainly famous in the "Jiayin" publication.I haven't met him, but I contributed to "Jiayin" magazine, so it has something to do with it.

Ai: Oh, that's the relationship. Liang: What did you just say? Ai: Oh, talking about the situation in those years, I said that I made a mistake, thinking that you went to Nanjing when the 1911 Revolution succeeded, and I will start from here.I find this very interesting, and I know about it, but I don't know some details.How do you evaluate the historical figures of the year, such as Chen Duxiu...it is better to be from Mr. Huang Yuansheng, how did you know him?What kind of person is he?You seem to be... Liang: He was a very famous journalist at that time, because he was very smart, talented, and had a lot of contacts. He had contacts with the secretaries in Yuan Shikai’s presidential palace and officials of the State Council at that time. .He often writes a newsletter for a newspaper in Shanghai like Shenbao, and that newsletter also has some reports and some discussions, so he is very famous, a very famous journalist.I remember when I came back from Xi'an, Shaanxi, I started to know him. At that time, I had a book titled...

Ai: Ah, yes, yes. "Preface" I am just... Liang: ...I chose from the articles of the Han and Wei dynasties in the late Zhou Dynasty. I chose articles that could publish ideas and theories, and devoted myself to this kind of articles. There are many scholars in the late Zhou Dynasty, especially those like Han Feizi. People, some articles, put their articles together, called "Late Zhou Han Wei Wenchao".I asked Huang Yuansheng to write the preface for this "Wenchao", so I got to know it that way. Ai: What is your main purpose of compiling this book? Liang: Introducing the Han and Wei essays of the late Zhou Dynasty.That is to say, this kind of writing is not difficult to understand, but it is more elegant, that is to say, it is not a vernacular, but it is easy to understand.In particular, Han Feizi's articles, Mozi's articles, and Zhuangzi's articles were also selected, but Laozi was not selected, and so on, as well as Han and Wei articles.At that time, there was no vernacular. Vernacular did not exist until Chen Duxiu and Hu Shi started the New Literature Movement and New Culture Movement at Peking University.

Ai: Your motivation is to establish a standard, which is more suitable for modern society, isn't it? Liang: It seems to be a kind of liberation, more liberated and open than the Tongcheng School where they speak ancient Chinese. Ai: So Mr. Huang Yuansheng is also concerned about this issue of writing? Liang: Not necessarily, but I am familiar with him, so I asked him to write a preface with this, and asked him to read the manuscript, and asked him to write that preface. Ai: At that time, were you very concerned about the issue of writing? Liang: That person, as I said just now, is a journalist, and his writing is not vernacular, but it is also very simple and popular classical Chinese.I asked him to read the book I chose, and asked him to write a preface, and he wrote it; after writing the preface, he left, went to the United States, and wrote a book on the ship going to the United States. When it arrives, it dies. Ai: Yes.Does the article he wrote have a direct relationship with your "Studying Yuan Casuism"?Is that how you write it? Liang: Because I read his book "Theory of Casuism". Ai: So after reading his article, you want to give your speech on this issue...