Chapter 82 revolution money tight

The Tongmenghui is mainly composed of three groups, one is the Xingzhonghui, the other is the Huaxinghui, and the other is the Restoration Society.The personnel came from the Pearl River Basin, the two lakes in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.The Prime Minister of the Tongmenghui is Sun Yat-sen, and he is also the one with the strongest ability to raise funds overseas. This is probably related to the fact that most overseas Chinese come from Guangdong and Guangxi.After the establishment of the Tongmenghui, there were people from all corners of the country, but the focus of the Tongmenghui's anti-Qing uprising was still concentrated in Guangdong.After a long time, a lot of money was spent on the uprising in Guangdong, but it had no effect at all. The people of the original Restoration Association and Huaxing Association were not very happy.The bookworm Zhang Taiyan fell out with Sun Yat-sen, and others such as Xu Xilin, Qiu Jin, Cai Yuanpei, and Tao Chengzhang also started to act on their own, instigating uprisings in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.Although Huang Xing, Song Jiaoren and others in the area around the two lakes can bear it, the impatient Hubei people set up a new camp and established the Gongjin Association. Although they saved face for Sun Yat-sen, they still regard him as the prime minister from afar, but it is obvious that they want to separate I went it alone.

The biggest problem for the revolutionaries in the two lakes and lakes who work alone is lack of money.Among the revolutionary parties in Hubei and Hunan, Juzheng followed closely with Sun Yat-sen.Huang Xing sent him to Wuhan to mobilize a new army and prepare to respond to the Guangzhou Uprising, but he was only given 800 yuan in funding, and the Gongjinhui system did not give any money.The most money needed for revolution is to buy arms, the second is to test bombs, and then money is needed for publishing propaganda materials, and even more money is needed for running newspapers, contacting the party, and recruiting members in the new army.The revolutionaries in the two lakes are no match for Sun Yat-sen and the others. They have the backing of overseas Chinese. As long as they have no money, they can go around the world twice and they can always get some money.And they can only think of ways on their own. Unfortunately, these revolutionaries have a revolutionary way, but they have no way to make a fortune, and there are not many ways to make profits.Running an inn and restaurant, the business is very prosperous, but if you open it, you will lose money, and you will only entertain your own people.Want to sell articles, the media in Wuhan is underdeveloped, there are only two newspapers open all year round, the manuscript fee is very low, only 500 copper coins per thousand words, less than a dollar, and the punctuation marks are not counted, I make a living by writing manuscripts are difficult.Someone also suggested that there are green-haired turtles in the surrounding mountains, which are quite valuable, and they can go up the mountain to catch turtles.But these people are not from the mountains, where can they find such a rare tortoise.At that time, opening a newspaper office was considered a way to make money. Some revolutionaries had a little money, broke up their homes and ran two newspapers, and the other could not survive. The "Dajiang News" was quite powerful. However, Zhan Dabei's editorial "Those who are in great chaos are also the best medicine to save China" was too violent, and the Qing government immediately blocked the door.Jiao Dafeng, a native of Hunan, is a capable guy. When he was in a desperate situation, an acquaintance of his from the same village brought some cloth to Hankou to sell.Jiao Dafeng used his three-inch tongue to get the idea into his gang, so he relied on the income from selling cloth to maintain the revolution.It's a pity that the cloth will be sold out one day, and money is still tight.

There is no way, the poor and rascal revolutionaries, in order to make money, began to use their creativity.Someone said that there is a temple at the foot of Sanjiao Mountain near Wuxue, and it is said that there is a golden Buddha statue in the temple.Everyone was very excited—steal the Buddha statue and sell it, and the problem would be solved.Therefore, a group of revolutionaries, Ju Zheng, Jiao Dafeng, Deng Yulin and others, set off immediately, arrived at Wuxue, found the temple, pretended to burn incense during the day, and found out that there was a respected person in the temple who gave money to the temple. The Buddha of Joyful Appearance.Looking at the mysterious monk, they decided that it must be a golden Buddha.So, I first spent money to find out where it was placed, and then arranged it carefully, brought my guys, and started at night. A few big men dug up the temple wall, stole the Buddha statue, and carried it away in the middle of the night, only to find that the Buddha statue was made of copper. Not a few dollars.When the incident happened, all the villagers in the four townships knew that the Golden Buddha had been stolen, which aroused public indignation and chased it everywhere. The revolutionaries had to throw away the fake Golden Buddha and run for their lives.

Stealing the Bodhisattva didn't get any money, so he could only tap the potential of his own people.It happened that a new comrade, Zou Yongcheng, had a rich family, so he was made to bleed.However, the Zou family's financial power is in the hands of his aunt, and he can only ask his aunt for money if he wants to use it.Due to asking too much and too often, his aunt has already refused to pay, because the old lady has no cash on hand.Zou Yongcheng told his comrades that the only thing left to make up their minds is the old lady's jewelry, which probably includes several catties of gold and silver.To ask or to borrow, there is absolutely no way, only to steal.Jiao Dafeng came up with an idea to get some anesthetic, secretly put it in Zou's aunt's food, and then did it.Zou Yongcheng complied, and his aunt really fell asleep, but when Zou Yongcheng sneaked into his aunt's bedroom and was about to strike, his aunt woke up, appeared behind him, and scolded Zou Yongcheng full of energy.Zou had no choice but to sneak out with the comrades who came to meet him in disgrace.Later, Jiao Dafeng, who became the governor of Hunan Province, looked up to the sky and sighed: Could it be that the sky does not want to make me succeed?Why do anesthetics fail?have no idea.Maybe the old lady knew the trick early and saw the trick, so she didn't eat it at all.

When the revolutionaries in Hubei were struggling with poverty and had no choice but to do anything, Mr. Liu of the Gongjinhui returned to China from Japan.Liu Gong's family is very rich in Xiangyang, even richer than Zou Yongcheng's family.The wealthy Liu Dashao was originally asked by his family to study abroad in order to make a fortune. Unlike many revolutionaries, he just studied in Japan, but entered Meiji University to study economics.When I came back this time, although I didn't get a degree, I lied about going to Beijing to take the foreign student examination and get a reputation.At that time, the Qing court held an examination for foreign students, and awarded the titles of Juren and Jinshi respectively.If you fail the exam, donate a platform by the way.In a word, it is money.Their family was really unambiguous, and they really gave a bank note of five thousand taels of silver.When the revolutionaries heard, everyone's eyes lit up.Everyone thought of a lot of tricks, how to persuade Liu Gong to bleed, even thought of a beauty trick.He introduced a young and beautiful female revolutionary to Liu Gong, and this female revolutionary really took a fancy to Liu Gong.In fact, it doesn't need to be so troublesome, the beauty has not yet opened her mouth, and Liu Gong took out the money very readily.Everyone felt sorry for him, so they didn't take all of it away, but only exchanged five thousand yuan for ocean (five thousand taels of silver is not only exchanged for five thousand yuan).With this large sum of money, the revolutionaries in Wuhan were lifted out of poverty in one fell swoop.

At this time, it has arrived in 1911, and this year is destined to be a big event.When the revolutionaries had money, they sent people to Shanghai to buy pistols, rented secret rooms in the Hankou Concession, made trial bombs, and even prepared the big seal and flag of the uprising.Unexpectedly, the trial bomb accidentally injured himself and exposed the stronghold.These people are really useless. When they escape, they don’t take the money, seals and flags, and they don’t even destroy or take away the roster.As a result, some heroes were caught, and those who escaped escaped.Seeing that an uprising was about to abort, unexpectedly, after the stronghold of the Revolutionary Party was exposed, a legend actually reversed a doomed situation. The Governor-General intends to find out what to do.So, that night, the leaderless revolutionaries of the new army, together with the soldiers of the new army who had been close to the revolutionaries, rose together.The Wuchang First Uprising succeeded in this way.The money raised and the things bought by the revolutionaries were useless except for a small amount of bullets.