This is a typical European-style iron bridge, which can often be seen in Budapest, Paris, Rotterdam and other cities where rivers pass through, but it is rare in China.It is firmly riveted into two skeletons with black painted steel girders. Rivets are densely arranged on the steel plate of the bridge deck. The ship passes under the bridge.Because it was built in the French Concession, it was originally called the French Bridge, but the local smart people called it the "Wanguo Bridge", probably because the two ends of the bridge surround the Nine Kingdoms Concession, and the ships passing under the bridge are hung with colorful lights. national flags.

The river under the bridge that floods every two years is called the Baihe River—it was renamed "Haihe" a few years later, because it is only a few tens of kilometers away from Haikou, and the name "Haihe" sounds grand— ——Winter is coming to an end, the ice surface on the river is corroded by the sun like tofu that is thawing, it is very rotten. Today is February 12, 1912 in the Western calendar, the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month in the third year of Xuantong.The endless flow of horse-drawn carriages, foreign cars, and gasoline cars on the bridge carried people who just burned incense and offered sacrifices to the stove the day before yesterday, as well as foreigners who did not know what a stove was.

Jin Shanqing stood in the middle of the bridge without any scruples, with his feet spread across two bridge decks that could be opened and raised. Through the gap of an inch wide under his crotch, he could clearly see that the ice surface was eroding. Under the setting sun, the rough The ice surface reflected a strange golden light.When he was in the South, an elderly comrade in the Revolutionary Party said to him after drinking: "The thing I hate the most in my life is the bridge. This kind of thing always brings you sorrow and rarely happiness. If you want to ask why, I will tell you , at each end of the bridge, there are usually three roads, one straight, one on the left and one on the right, so standing on the bridge, you have to face six choices, which is an oppressed, non-active way Choices. What's more, every time you choose a path, there are countless choices waiting for you."

Jin Shanqing did not refute at the time, out of respect for age, he thought it was the pessimism of an aging dying person, even though the old gentleman was a great fighter. He likes bridges, not because he likes the choice that the old man said, he thinks it is not a choice, but an opportunity.Is there any place in the world with more opportunities and more development prospects than bridges?Standing in this kind of place, any kind of accidental opportunity can change the trajectory of your life. It's exciting to think about this kind of thing.Especially this bridge... Looking to the north of the bridge, a little past is the East Railway Station, a Chinese enclave in the Russian Concession, which is guarded by the armies of the nine countries and the new army of the Qing Empire in turn.The one on duty today should be the British Concession, where what Shanghainese call "red-headed assholes" - Indian Sikh patrols everywhere.Today, the batons of the patrolmen have been replaced by long guns, and even their bushy beards have a look of vigilance.Along the river to the east, there are the huge Russian Concession and the barren Belgian Concession; along the bend of the river, going west to north, are the Italian Concession, the Austrian Concession, and the Hebei New District developed by Yuan Shikai when he was governor of Zhili.

The south of the bridge is the French Concession, and to the east is the most important financial street in the area - Middle Street, which connects the British and French Concessions. There is a "barricade" in the style of the French Revolution at the intersection. Many regular troops.From here, going southeast along the river are the British Concession, the American Concession (the Americans gave up the concession on their own to show selflessness, but they gave it to the British) and the German Concession; to the northwest are prostitutes, hooligans, Japanese wanderers and The Japanese Concession, where North Korean white noodle dealers gather, is the city of Tianjin, which lost its city wall in the Year of Gengzi.

Today is the day when something big happens, and the dynasty has changed.Jin Shanqing looked up at the icebreaker going upstream downstream, with the rice-character flag of Huahuhushao hanging on it; he also sniffed the air mixed with horse manure, gasoline and the decaying smell caused by the melting ice. Not sure which way to go. "Reading the newspaper, reading the newspaper, Emperor Xuantong announced his abdication. Empress Dowager Longyu..., Yuan Shikai...Sun Wen..." A group of newsboys aged seven or eight years old, with torn cotton clothes flying, dragging their inexhaustible snot, shouted There is a strange excitement in it.

It would be naive to regard the abdication of the Manchu emperor as the success of the revolution.Ever since the Nanjing Provisional Government started negotiations with Yuan Shikai, Jin Shanqing felt that things were going to go wrong. Sun Wen's overly generous promises pushed the great revolutionary cause into a thorny and misguided path. Presumably, President Sun was also "standing on the bridge" at that time, but he chose the worst one among all the encounters... On a spring day 38 years later, in the interrogation room of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, anti-counterfeiting cadres were examining Jin Shanqing, a former comprador of the German business Hengchang Matheson Co., Ltd. and a former congressman.The superior instructed that although there were many doubts about this person, the possibility of being a sympathizer of the revolution could not be ruled out. He had to be treated with caution, not to be overly aggressive, and to strictly abide by the principle of "not wronging a good person, nor letting a bad person go":

Anti-counterfeiting cadres: In February 1912, a group of revolutionary dissidents in this city launched a series of actions that deviated from the purpose of the revolution and interfered with the Revolution of 1911. What activities did you have at that time? Jin Shanqing: I disagree with your statement.At that time, I was also a member of the Tongmenghui. I came to Tianjin to contact the northern revolutionary party and cooperate with the southern revolutionary movement.Where are there any revolutionary dissidents? They are all good comrades who consciously organized to overthrow the Manchu Qing government. They are real revolutionaries, including those young masters who smoke opium and go to small classes. a lot of work...

Anti-counterfeiting cadre: Don’t make excuses, smoking opium, the young master who visits the small class will be a revolutionist?You are slandering the revolutionary martyrs, revolutionaries are the purest, bravest and noblest... Jin Shanqing: Comrade, the revolution at that time was different from the revolution you participated in, and the revolutionaries were also different, so they should not be treated in the same way.The revolutionaries at that time had all kinds of people. To be honest, they didn't have any more ideals than "expelling the Tartars".At the same time, among the revolutionaries in the north, not many people agreed with Sun Wen's revolutionary theory, and most of them had never been exposed to revolutionary theory at all.Most of the rich people's revolutions are for making more money, and some of them are for fun; the poor people's revolutions are just to have enough food to eat, and have no other ideas.

Counter-revolutionary cadres: What role did you play in it?What have you done? Jin Shanqing: After many years, I can't remember many things clearly, but I am willing to tell everything as far as I can remember. Counter-revolutionary cadre: Don't take chances.A revolutionary government will not wrong a good person, nor will it spare a counter-revolutionary.For your question alone, 35 comrades are investigating. Now we have more than 100 materials, not only from this city and all over the country, but also from the United States, Hong Kong, and even Taiwan. Materials sent. Jin Shanqing: I really have a lot of friends.

Counter-revolutionary cadre: So, you have to keep in mind the party's policies. Jin Shanqing: Be lenient when you confess, but stricter when you resist.When did you start explaining? Counter-rebellion cadres: First, let’s talk about your activities in this city in February 1912. Kim Sun Kyung: February 1912?Emperor Xuantong abdicated on the 12th of that month. Counter-revolutionary cadre: Where were you that day? Kim Sun Kyung: Where was I that day?I seem to be on the French bridge...