Chapter 8 postscript

The 1911 Revolution of 1911 should be regarded as a turning point in modern Chinese history. Its great significance has been studied and discussed by many politicians and historians, so I won’t repeat it here.And the story I narrated happened in that era of turbulent waves and complicated revolutionary situation. This is a story with a double structure. The protagonist is an "underground worker" sent to Tianjin by Sun Yat-sen. His task is to contact and unite those spontaneous revolutionary groups, rich and poor, high and low, who have nothing to do with the Tongmenghui. . This is an era of vying for the throne. A group of revolutionaries of all kinds are on stage, pursuing revolutionary goals as big as illusory and as small as a full meal, but they believe that they have a responsibility to China, believe that they can promote history, and believe that Lives can be changed through struggle - they are believers in change.

So, under the help of a dude, the northern revolutionaries bet on their lives and future, and staged a series of tragic comedies. There has always been an insurmountable obstacle in exploring the history of the Northern Revolutionary Party, that is to say, the Northern Revolutionary Party in 1912 and the Tongmenghui, which created the Southern Provisional Government, were not of the same family.Since they are not a family, they will inevitably have differences in many aspects such as the purpose and means of the revolution. Even some members of the Northern Revolutionary Party have expressed open disapproval of some practices of the Tongmenghui, and their words are unavoidable. Be less respectful, disobey the guidance of the Tongmenghui, act privately, etc., and have caused many things.That being the case, difficulties have emerged. No one can deny the contribution of the Revolution of 1911 to modern Chinese history, let alone the decisive role played by the League.Therefore, it is inconvenient for the Northern Revolutionary Party, which is inseparable from them and has disputes from time to time, to be mentioned again in history, not to mention the main helper of Mr. The fact that the party gave capital to dismiss is a stain on the glorious history.

However, they are also revolutionaries after all, and if they are disbanded, what they lose may be a great riot in Chinese history, or a group of immature fighters with potential. Today we can talk about the Northern Revolutionary Party again. The author privately thinks that it is because we have caught up with the most tolerant era in the past century, which gives us the opportunity to re-examine many of the histories that have been avoided in many ways, and talk about arguments that are quite different from those of the predecessors. What a rare occasion.Therefore, the mood is so smooth that the words are quite presumptuous, which is the shortcoming that we need to be tolerated; but in-depth exploration and bold guessing are the advantages that I secretly think should be encouraged; to appreciate historical facts, historical events, and historical figures Psychology, appreciating the details of old life is the contribution we strive to pursue and try to make.

When major social changes are about to take place, new ideas will have a bright future, but at this time, after all, old ideas dominate, so we cannot have too high requirements for those who have new ideas and spread new ideas , requiring them not only to have new ideas, but also to guarantee the results of the new ideas.No, that would be a little ridiculous, because there is no ready-made new life for us to live, the new life is for us to create. Therefore, today we boldly say that in the respected old democratic revolution, the participants are not revolutionaries in the current sense, but actually should have brought together a variety of characters, of course many of them are old-fashioned "revolutionaries". "Fighters", who have shed their heads, shed blood, and went forward; similarly, there should be many dissidents with different ideas. If there are no such people who create various stories, it is difficult to call it a real revolution.This is the same as most revolutions, in which the idealists are the elite, and the followers who accept the teachings of the elite are the main force of the revolution. In addition, a considerable number of people with various selfish motives cannot be avoided.Without any of them, there is no real history.When we express this period of history in a realistic way, we also have the responsibility to express the various characters in it, so that the atmosphere and spirit in the novel are close to the historical reality.

What I am trying to pursue in this novel is exactly this kind of reality: to create a group of characters with shortcomings but close to the facts, to express their unorthodox revolutionary actions, and to reproduce the real social conditions before and after the fall of the Qing Empire.The protagonist in this novel is not an orthodox revolutionary. While making a revolution, he also harbors the selfishness and various defects of the old democrats. And change, act, and contribute. Many of his behaviors and concepts are not the code of conduct and revolutionary ideas that have been conclusively established by later generations, but are produced according to the specific historical environment and his own thoughts. It is inevitable that there will be conflicts with revolutionary ideals. It should be very common in the revolutionary history of China and even the world, but we don't talk about it much on weekdays.

The other revolutionaries involved in the novel are also completely the product of a specific history. In addition to all kinds of revolutionaries, rich and poor, high and low, it also extensively depicts various social figures living there, and also expresses their The non-revolutionary behavior in the behavior, or the deviation from the ideal of the revolutionaries, this is the truth of history, and it is also the content that the author thinks cannot be ignored when reflecting the theme of revolutionary history. Because the main characters and the plot of the story are fictitious, only some approximate names are used for the relevant northern revolutionary organizations, and their real names and real names of historical figures are not used to avoid unnecessary confusion about history.As for the historical background and social life, the author does everything possible to be as close to the reality as possible, so that the stories and characters can reflect the true historical spirit and real life.