Chapter 2 My humble opinion on the past and future of the world of speech (October 22, 1912)

I have the opportunity to attend the welcome meeting of the newspaper industry today, and there are so many talented people, there are hundreds of people, and I can hardly express my special feelings. Last autumn, Wuhan Uprising, within a few months, the country was changed, and the success The speed is almost unprecedented in ancient and modern China and foreign countries.The south is still a little troubled by wars, but if the north does not work a single soldier, it will not lose a single arrow.Ask how it can be like this?Then the newspaper's advocacy is the highest, and this is the public opinion of the world.People in the world may think that our country is so big, and the imperial government that has been overthrowing for thousands of years, but the bloodshed is the least, and the price paid is the least, and they are surprised.Did you know that when the army is flourishing, before the army is flourishing, and the hard work of philosophers and scholars is poured into newspapers, there is nothing to measure?However, it can be said that the founding of the Republic of China was based on the replacement of the red blood revolution by the black blood revolution.The more I am overseas, I have not been able to share the work of the gentlemen, and I am ashamed to say it.Although I have lived with the newspaper office for the past twenty years, and from now on, I especially wish to live with the newspaper office all my life.Today, I am honored to shake hands with colleagues from the same industry, and I would like to express my past relationship with the newspaper business and my future embrace for you.

My humble beginnings in the newspaper industry began with Shanghai's "Current Affairs News", which is well known to my colleagues.However, there is still a small history of this, and I am afraid that few people can talk about it today.After the death of the army in the Sino-Japanese War, the people of the country were full of hatred against the enemy, and they were all at the mercy of the general trend of the world.During the summer and autumn of Yiwei, all the ancestors were the ones who initiated a political and social society, and Yuan Gong, the current president, was one of the founders at that time.At that time, the colleagues did not know that there were so-called political parties in various countries, but they knew that if they wanted to improve the state affairs, they could not do without such groups.The first business I started was to run a library and a newspaper. Mr. Yuan donated 500 yuan and raised more than 1,000 yuan from various places. He then set up a club in Housun Park and purchased dozens of translated books from Shanghai. And to run the newspaper is entrusted to my humble servant.At that time, there was no power to buy machines by ourselves, and they had never heard of such things in the capital. Instead, they entrusted a rough woodblock engraving to the place where the "Beijing News" was sold. One piece at sunrise was called "Chinese and Foreign Gazette". article, nothing to remember.My humble person writes short essays of several hundred words every day. His words are superficial and useless. Thinking about it now, I can only feel ashamed.At that time, those who dared to hope that someone would buy and read it were entrusted by the seller of "Beijing News" to distribute the banknotes at the palace gates to the official houses, and they were willing to send them on their behalf.However, rumors abounded, and those who sent it to every family were always angry with their eyes, and they were so tame that the sender was afraid of disaster, and even offered a heavy reward and refused to send it on his behalf.In November of that year, the Qiang Society was banned, and all the books on the server were confiscated.Those who wandered in the Xiao Temple for several months felt more and more emotional about the current situation.In addition to self-censorship and speech, the last thing is to work hard, and the heart of running a newspaper is more and more earnest.Going south in February next year, with the help of several comrades, the "Current Affairs News" was established in Shanghai, and Zhang Wenxiang and Liliyan were the funds for it.A few months later, Wen Xiang made a lot of talk about civil rights in the newspaper, interfering violently.At that time, my relationship with Wen Xiang was almost like the relationship between an employer and a capitalist, young and energetic, and the conflicts accumulated more and more.In the winter of Ding You, he was hired by Hunan Current Affairs School, and those who left the relationship with the newspaper for several months. Although "Current Affairs News" exists, it is no longer the spirit of the previous one.At that time, I didn't know what to do with the school.But every day, he asked all the students to write notes, and then he commented on them himself. The daily criticisms were tens of thousands of words, which was no different from writing papers for newspapers.At that time, there were forty students, and they read my newspapers with strange genres every day, and their spirits were almost absorbed by them.Of these forty people, half of them died in state affairs for more than ten years, and there are only five or six people left today.It is no wonder that this 40-point newspaper was practiced in the school, and after the annual vacation, all the students brought it back to their hometowns, and this newspaper spread to the world, and there was an uproar in Hunan. My humble eyes, in order to learn the skills of foreign teachers to dazzle people, with a single The pills turn people's hearts and turn them around, and all the students are also suspected of being an ermaozi, and they are rejected from society.After the coup d'etat of 1898, its most powerful bullet was to use the words of the notes approved at that time as a crime.At that time, the reason why I talked with other students was not because I was obsessed with civil rights, but also because I didn't have a taboo about racial feelings.This kind of speech has been seen quite often in recent years, but people at that time heard it so well that they couldn't hide their ears?It is no wonder that he sins against each other in this way.In August of the Reform Movement of 1898, they were exiled, and in October they published a "Qing Yi Bao" in Yokohama, blatantly attacking the government, and it was the most violent at that time.But the government also came to the same disease, strictly prohibited the import, and tamed the mainland to cut off the distribution agency, so it had to stop.In the winter of Xin Chou, don't run "Xin Min Cong Bao", start with a little bit of instilling common sense, and it is welcomed by the society, which is a surprise.At that time, after inheriting the regiment banditry, the government's devastation has recovered, and the old state has been revived. The ears and eyes have received more indignation, so the arguments in the newspaper have become increasingly fierce.In the autumn of Renyin, at the same time, a newspaper called "New Novel" was republished, which was dedicated to advocating revolution, and my feelings were so high that it was the most embarrassing at that time.I still remember that I once wrote a novel called "The Future of New China", which was published in the newspaper more than ten times.Its ideal country name is "Great China Democratic Republic"; its ideal founding era is this year; its ideal first-generation president is named Luo Zaitian, and the second-generation president is named Huang Keqiang.At that time, it was not something special, but the newspaper was established in the year of Renyin, and the great achievements began ten years later, so the "Great Republic of China" wished the 50th anniversary of the founding of the country, when the Western calendar was 1962 year.Thinking about it now, the ideal founding era is just this year.Those in Luo Zaitian hid the name of Emperor Dezong of the Qing Dynasty, saying that he was abdicated; those in Huang Keqiang took the meaning that the descendants of the Yellow Emperor could stand up for themselves.All the gentlemen in this article think that they have seen a lot, but the facts are so corresponding, and even coincide with the surname of a revolutionary great man. If it is a prophecy, it is not different!Later, I saw that due to the spread of revolutionary ideas, there were frequent disturbances in the study abroad circles and schools in the mainland, stealing students to study, using the theory of national construction, and the theory of not wanting to be destroyed, penetrated into the minds of young people; The theory of freedom and equality has endless disadvantages, and it is fearful; it also silently observes the level of the people, and it is not easy to improve, fearing that once the order is broken, there will be no success, and the mob will rise. People's livelihoods are extremely difficult and embarrassing, and they are afraid that if something happens, they will be hijacked by others, or the country will perish; and now the bad news of Tibet and Mongolia's separation from the border, was thought of day and night at that time and took it as a sympathy.Since this kind of thought has come and gone in my mind, I dare not advocate extreme damage.Therefore, since Guimao and Jiachen, the "Xinmin Congbao" has only talked about political revolution, and no longer talks about racial revolution.To put it bluntly, for the state system, the status quo should be maintained, and for the political system, an ideal should be set in order to achieve it.During Ding Wei's summer and autumn period, he and his colleagues launched the Political News Agency, whose magazine is called "Politics", and I am actually the director.Zhengwenshe was banned by the Qing government, and "Zhenglun" was also abolished.Recently, the "Guofeng Bao" was revived, focusing on various political issues, conducting specific research and discussions, and trying to instill political common sense in the people.The original intention was also to seek gentleness and not to be violent. However, the late Qing government’s decrees became more and more serious. If you fear that the country will not perish and speed up, you will feel dizzy and can no longer bear it. From the first ten years to last year, the "Guofeng Bao", It's almost a day without declaring war with the government, and it's almost too much to look at the era of "Qing Yi Bao".I still remember that when the movement to petition the National Congress was the most intense, and the government was still thinking about delaying it, using the eighth year of Xuantong and the fifth year of Xuantong as prevarications, I was so indignant that I shouted loudly in the newspaper, saying that if the political phenomenon remains the same If it changes, there will never be any word in the world dictionaries where the four characters "Xuantong five years" are linked together to form a noun. This phrase is often seen in the "Guofeng Bao", and it has become a prophecy today.

In the past 18 years, I have reported to Fan Qi.Self-examination knowledge is poor, and the diction is simple, how can it be a vocation to make a statement, but I always cite what I believed in my heart at the time, honestly and sincerely, so as to be right to the ears of the people.Today, the development of the Chinese National Newspaper is rapid, and there are more than a hundred in terms of the capital. Looking back at the time when the "Chinese and Foreign Public Bulletin" was read by beggars 18 years ago, it is almost like a generation ago; Look at his shoulders.Although, when I come back this time, I still want to deal with my old business.Human feelings are inherent in the professions they are familiar with, and there is something that they can't give up!If the purpose of the husband's speech is still to cultivate the wisdom of the people, cultivate the morality of the people, and develop the power of the people, so as to cultivate the qualifications of the citizens of the republic and rule the country by law.

However, the theory of the world may be that I once advocated a constitutional monarchy. Under the current republican government, I should not have the right to speak; Destroyers of the republic.Even among my peers, there are those who doubt what they have advocated in the past, which do not correspond to the current situation, who sacrifice themselves and follow others, which is close to derogatory, and who dare not speak out because of murmurs.I think this is all the words.Regardless of what our party has done to the republicans before, that is, as advocated in recent years, we must maintain the status quo for the state system, and set an ideal for the political system in order to achieve it. This ambition can be clearly seen by the world.The husband state system and the government system are not mutually exclusive, and those who have a little political common sense can often know it.Before September last year, the existence of the monarchy was still a fact, and the political corruption had reached the extreme. Therefore, those who worried about the country were divided into two schools of methods for the future development of the political world: one school hoped that the political phenomenon would become increasingly corrupt. Those who serve the monarch's mansion and the people complain about it and die quickly, that is, the so-called "bitter meat plan", so because of its failure, they disdain to restore the righteousness, and only engage in secret movements; , using the term constitutionalism to apply to the Manchurian government, so that various legally elected organs have to be established as weapons of civil rights, which can be relied on to fight against it.Although the methods used by these two sects are different, they complement each other!Since the uprising last year, nothing has happened without the cooperation of the two factions. This is a clear proof.But what has been said before that the constitutional monarchy loses to the people?Today, why are you so suspicious that you dare not declare your strength for the country?As for accusing the former constitutionalists of not being in the republic, it is even more unreasonable.The constitutionalists do not fight for the state system, but for the government system. I have repeatedly said that the state system maintains the status quo. Therefore, the state system recognizes the current facts, and the government system seeks to implement future ideals.

The former monarchy with many obstacles still recognizes it as an existing fact, but if you surrender yourself to this fact, how can anyone raise objections to the sacred and noble republic?To destroy the state system, only the revolutionary party has come up with this method, and the constitutional party has never heard of anyone who wants to shake the state system.Therefore, today, supporting a republic and implementing a constitutional government is an inevitable result in theory, so why is there a problem of integrity? If my husband and I have been worried about the various dangers after the revolution, the misfortunes are ten to eighty-nine.Does the commentator say that China is already in order today, but the responsibility of patriots is not the same?In all fairness, the current political situation in the country has been formed by the joint efforts of people from the fierce and moderate factions over the past ten years.To put it bluntly, all these people want to get the country out of the doomed area and enter the paradise, but now they are in the mid-stream and have not reached the other side.Since it can be sent out, it should be considered why it can be received. From now on, the responsibility is ten times as difficult as before. How can one person be cunning?Some of the members of the fierce faction today say that since I have made great contributions to the country and achieved great achievements, the time when I fulfilled my obligations in the past is the time when I enjoy my rights; Today, I want to repay Shibo's wealth and honor in the Republic of China.Such people treat themselves too lightly, and are no longer worthy of reproach.To be self-contained is to say that I have already fulfilled part of the responsibilities before and here, and entered the country where it is today. From now on, I can rest my shoulders and just ignore the matter.The so-called moderates forget that they originally fought for the political system rather than the national system, and because of the change of the national system, they think that their advocacy has failed, and even have problems with integrity; If you feel that you have nothing to say, you are like a defeated chicken, dejected, like a newlywed mother, shy.Since people from both sides are like this, who cares more about the affairs of the country?When the law is already in order, it is still impossible for everyone to ignore state affairs, let alone those who are at the critical moment of life and death today!

If it is said that those who have spoken of constitutionalism before are not allowed to indulge in politics after the establishment of the republic, I am afraid that there will be no such laws in the republics of the past and present.We only know that China is the China of the Chinese people, and everyone has a share, not some people's private interests.The former Qing government took the country as its private property and politics as its private right. It persecuted us without making people look at politics, and they did everything they could. We never dared to give up our responsibility because of this, let alone in today's Republic Under the body, why are there such ominous words!What this humble person is doing is that he wants to continue his previous career, and he often cites his beliefs to meet the world with words.It is a grand meeting, with a deep memory, talking about the previous experience and future ambitions.Love and words are indiscriminate, and Fu Xidong is bright.