Chapter 41 Section 1 The Chinese only recognize power

The relationship between Yuan Shikai and the Beiyang heavyweights Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang he cultivated by himself became increasingly estranged, and even reached the dangerous road of confrontation with swords and guns. The crux of the problem lay in the German Emperor Wilhelm II. Yuan Shikai's eldest son, Yuan Keding, went to Germany to recuperate. Kaiser Wilhelm was very bored, so he invited Yuan Keding to the palace for dinner. The land is in the hands of the royal family, this is a key issue, and it must not be sloppy. After Yuan Keding came back, he immediately reported to his father. Yuan Shikai listened with a grunt, but did not express his opinion.The reason for not expressing your position is that there is no way to express this position. Things like restoring the monarchy can only be done, not spoken about.

So Yuan Ke asked his father that he would move to Xiaotangshan in the western suburbs of Beijing, and do some research first.After living in Xiaotangshan, Yuan Keding immediately sent someone to invite Yang Du to come. Yang Du, a disciple of the strategist Wang Kaiyun, is full of knowledge and talent.When he was studying in Japan in his early years, he was the director-general of the student union, but because he disapproved of Sun Wen's revolution and advocated a constitutional monarchy, he managed to avoid being chopped up by Jianhu heroine Qiu Jin.Although he did not die, Yang Du refused to join the League, so Qiu Jin and Chen Tianhua set off a strike movement, intending to force Yang Du to submit, but they did not want Yang Du to escape. In the end, Hu Hanmin and Wang Zhaoming advocated resuming classes, causing Chen Tianhua to commit suicide by throwing himself into the sea. Qiu Jin returned home in anger.

All in all, Yang Du is a typical person who doesn't provoke others, but others insist on provoking him.Because of his great knowledge and great reputation, at that time and even for a long period of time, his influence was far-reaching, even far beyond that of his teacher Wang Kaiyun. In fact, Yang Du's luck can also be said to be bad. Although he advocated a constitutional monarchy, no one responded at the time, and the Revolution of 1911 completely overthrew the imperial autocracy, which made Yang Du feel cold.It just so happened that Yang Du's family had a little trouble again. He fell out with his concubine, and his ears were not clean. The teacher Wang Kaiyun was holding cotton shoes and was brought in by Zhou's mother, and he slept with Yang Du from then on.Wang Kaiyun was already an old man, but he flirted with Zhou Ma every day regardless of the occasion. Yang Du saw it in his eyes and heard it in his ears. It must have been a very strong feeling of pain.

At this time, Yuan Keding had an invitation, and Yang Du was overjoyed. He immediately took the opportunity to escape from the house and went to Xiaotangshan for dinner. Yuan Keding was the first to speak: I have heard Mr. Yang's name for a long time, and it is like thunder, but today I see him, he is indeed a dragon and phoenix among people, and his appearance is extraordinary. Yang Du: How can you compare with Mr. Yuan, German is better than Chinese, English is better than German, people say that Mr. Yuan is both civil and military, but I think he is really a dragon and a phoenix. Yuan Keding was overjoyed: In my opinion, sir, is this republic suitable for China?

Yang Du said: "Mr. Yuan, it's fine if you don't mention this matter. If you mention this matter, I will be sad."To tell you the truth, the most suitable thing for China is the constitutional monarchy.why?This is because Chinese people have relatively primitive thinking.What is primitive thinking?That is, thinking is limited to concretization, superficiality and formalization.What is concretization?To put it bluntly, they lack the ability of abstract thinking, and must see real things. Therefore, Chinese people have a problem of getting together. Wherever there are many people, they will go to that place. Why?Because his brain is more concrete, he becomes inexplicably excited when he sees a crowd of people.So what is superficiality?Superficiality means that due to the lack of logical thinking ability, Chinese people cannot go deep into the essence when thinking about problems, and can only go back and forth on the surface.For example, seeing laborers pull carts and wealthy bosses ride in carts, they feel that the world is unfair, so they abolish rickshaws, thinking that the bosses will no longer be able to oppress the laborers.But what happened?The result is that the laborers can't work, can't eat, and are starved to death.Besides, what is formalization?Formalization is going through the motions. For example, equality between men and women is advocated now, so various meetings are held immediately, and the meeting is impassioned, shouting slogans: men and women must be equal, women hold half the sky.After chanting the slogan, when I go home, I still grab my wife and beat me. What I say and what I do are completely different.Why are there two sets?Because he only knows how to go through the motions and shout slogans, but he never thinks about it.Mr. Yuan, think about it, what would happen to the performance of the people whose thinking is still in the primitive era?

Yuan Keding: Huh?what will happen? Yang Du: People like this will not pay attention to people's abilities, and when they see truly capable people, they will try their best to slander and suppress them.Why is this so?Because they cannot and will not accept the reality that others are more capable than themselves.If you let such a group of people reunite, they will look down on you and shoot people with guns and set fire to you.Look at Sun Wen, he obviously doesn't have any administrative ability, but he insists on competing with your father.Why does Sun Wen want to compete with your father?It is because Sun Wen's thinking is limited to the superficial, and he doesn't know how to govern the country.Sun Wen took things too easily, that's why he thought he was stronger than your father out of thin air.He didn't even think about it, if he, Sun Wen, was really capable, how could there be no one to support him in so many countries in the world?But in the end, he could only be used by the Japanese to cause trouble in China. In the final analysis, it was all caused by the Republic.

Yuan Keding clapped his hands and clapped the table: Listening to what you say is better than reading ten years of books.Mr. Yang, then you say, why is China suitable for a constitutional monarchy? Yang Du said: Didn’t I already tell you that because the Chinese people’s thinking is relatively primitive, they will never realize the value of ideas, and they are unwilling to admit the abilities of others. The only thing that can make them submit is power.Only in the case of a constitutional monarchy, authorized by the monarch, will the common people be convinced, willing to listen to your words, and willing to accept the rules and regulations you have formulated.You said, with so many benefits, shouldn’t China implement a constitutional monarchy?

Yuan Keding slapped his thigh suddenly: "Yes, yes, it's really right."Then Mr. Yang, if we abolish the republic and implement a constitutional monarchy for the sake of the country and the nation, what should we do? This matter...Yang Du frowned, thinking hard, and suddenly he showed joy: Mr. Yuan, I think of a person. With him, the constitutional monarchy is easy. Yuan Keding asked urgently: Sir, tell me quickly, who is that person? To know who that person is, there are different teachings: the master and the apprentice team up to make an oolong, and thousands of miles away from China.The most affectionate little Impatiens spends the rest of her life in the boiler room.It was Yang Du who said the name of this person that made the Hongxian monarchy protrude from the horizon, making the chaos of the Republic of China so chaotic that it could not be dealt with.