Chapter 51 The Revolutionary Prefect and Bi Mawen

What is the revolution for?It's hard to say.For some idealistic people, of course, it is to save the country and the people, to make a revolution, and to restore a prosperous and competitive China to the world.In order to achieve this goal, death will not hesitate.There are also some people who just heard that the Manchus entered the customs and killed many Han people, and now they continue to run the family, do not take the Han people seriously, and sell the national rights and interests that belong to the Han people at every turn to win the favor of foreigners.The revolution is anti-Manchuria, it is racial revenge.Of course, there are also people with bad intentions. The purpose of the revolution is to change one's own destiny and become an official.However, the revolution was successful, and there was a great opportunity to become an official in front of it. Some people who only wanted to fight against Manchuria inevitably moved their index fingers and became enthusiastic.

Of course, as far as the situation is concerned, the revolution has arisen and the dynasty has changed.When the old bureaucrats are gone, new bureaucrats have to come, otherwise who will take care of the country?It is inevitable for the revolutionary party to become an official after the revolution.The Revolutionary Party opposed the Qing Dynasty, and also opposed the dominance and corruption of the Qing bureaucrats.It's my turn to be an official, and those who have ideals want to try their best to change the shortcomings of the Qing Dynasty, so that they can be completely reborn by changing their appearance.Therefore, the title of the official has changed, and the master and your lord have seen a ghost.In the Hubei military government established by the Wuchang Uprising, all officials received a monthly salary of 20 yuan, and no one sat in a sedan chair, and rode a horse instead.However, any official position means power, and power is a magical thing. People will change if they touch it.As long as the revolutionary official chair is firmly seated, some messy things will be stained on the scepter, and the person holding the scepter will also change.

Of course, even in Wuhan, there is such a revolutionary party that does not even pay attention to the difference in form from the previous generation, just copy everything of the old bureaucracy, and go straight in and enjoy it.To sit in a sedan chair, to sit in a court, is to be an official and a master.Li Yadong is an old revolutionary. He served in the New Army very early. He survived from a soldier to a platoon leader.When the uprising happened, he was still in prison in Hanyang.Hanyang recovered, he was released from prison, and was elected as the leader of the Hanyang Revolutionary Party.He is not polite.The local revolutionary party did not even change the old official titles such as magistrate and county magistrate to civil affairs chief like other places. Li Yadong was still the magistrate, the revolutionary prefect of Hanyang.The first thing he did after he took over the household was the same as what Lu Xun said about Wang Jinfa who occupied Shaoxing. He was busy replacing cloth robes with leather ones, and he immediately ordered someone to buy him a set of silk gowns.After he bought it, he still felt that the material was not good.When he dressed up, he used to enjoy all the outfits of the magistrate's yamen.If there is nothing to do, I will travel in a four-person sedan chair. The original guard of honor, the umbrella flag deacon will still be used, and the front will shout and the back will embrace, and the gong will be played to clear the way, just like the magistrates in the Qing Dynasty.The only difference is that he travels much more frequently than others, always dangling majestically on the street.Colleagues from the Revolutionary Party criticized him. He said, I did this to keep the people in check. I don't need guards of honor, and the people don't know the dignity of officials.However, if you are too proud, there are also times when you are deflated.One day, he went to the Dudu Mansion in Wuchang to do business, forgetting that there were much more revolutionary comrades there than in Hanyang, so he went in a grandiose manner in an official sedan chair, lined up with a guard of honor.As a result, when they arrived at the Dudu Mansion, the guards yelled: "Where did this Manchu monster come from, hit me!"The entourage of the guard of honor scattered and fled for their lives, leaving Li Yadong with a pale face, sitting in the sedan chair stupidly, very embarrassed.

Li Yadong was imprisoned in Wuhan, so after the revolution, he had more opportunities to become an official.He was also imprisoned in Wuhan with Hu Ying, who was from Taoyuan, Hunan.Among the Revolutionary Party, Song Jiaoren, Hu Ying, and Qin Zhen were known as the Three Heroes of Taoyuan.After the revolution, Hu Ying became the foreign minister of the military government and flourished.And Qin Zhen is in prison in Hunan. The recovery of Hunan was half a month late. When he comes out, the Wuhan government will be full.Qin Zhen has always been active in Wuhan, and all his acquaintances are here, so after he was released from prison, he went to find his old friend and fellow villager Hu Ying.Who knows, the Hu Ying now is not what she used to be.In the eyes of foreigners, this guy, whose appearance is nothing but a satin fur coat, is now in charge of the diplomatic power of the Hubei military government, and he is prominent in front of everyone.Such a beautiful and valuable mandarin jacket, Hu Ying can put on three of them at once, the outermost one is shining in the sun, it is so glamorous.Seeing old friends and fellow villagers in tattered clothes, Hu Ying thought for a while and said, you came too late, there are no shortages in the ministry.How about this, there is another post station in Yingwu Island, there are two horses, no one is guarding them, you go to see the horses first, and then adjust when you have a chance.When Qin Zhen came to see his old friend, he didn't necessarily need to be an official. Seeing what he said, he just smiled and left.

It is a bit strange to be a minister by yourself and let an old friend and a fellow from the same country be Bi Mawen.In those years, the post-revolutionary government had a lot of errands, and Hu Ying had a high position and power, so it might not be true that even a errand in the ministry could not be arranged for an old friend.Perhaps, the more old a friend is, the more one should overwhelm him, or even more than one end would be better.Qin Zhen, a bookish guy, has been in prison for a long time, and he doesn't know that there are seven days in the mountains and thousands of years in the world.In the Hubei military government, since the truce, there is no danger, and the internal strife has intensified.All the original revolutionary friendships have turned into open and secret struggles for power.Under such circumstances, who is willing to have another person take a share?

After the revolution, many idealistic revolutionaries felt particularly lost.How come the people who pursued their ideals at the beginning changed after seeing the official hat, and became strangers.Parents, mothers, and revolutionary comrades are not relatives with official titles.Fights between comrades are equally bloody.Therefore, after the revolution, many idealists began to escape into Buddhism, became monks and nuns, and spent the rest of their lives with the blue lanterns and yellow scrolls.In fact, although the revolution has ideals, in some respects it is no different from other struggles for regime change.Many participants, especially those who are particularly resourceful and resourceful, participated in the revolution as nothing more than a gamble, and what they won would be their own lives and wealth at the other end.If you lose the bet, you will admit defeat, if you win the bet, you will reach the sky in one step.Even those who didn't think so before, are all flesh and blood, and the real wealth is in front of them. It's still a bit difficult not to be tempted and to maintain the revolutionary spirit.It is not a big mistake to want to be an official, but after the revolution, there are no rules for being an official. If not, I feel resentful.