Chapter 67 Chapter 2 It's all the thief's fault

Zou Rong’s prescriptions for the Chinese revolution are not fundamentally different from those of the Reform Party, Kang Youwei, or the Boxers. They all attribute China’s problems to a certain person, a few people, or at most a certain group of people. Cut it all out, and all problems will be solved. But Zou Rong's thinking was even more ruthless. At most, Kang Youwei was only killing the Empress Dowager Cixi, but in his case, he wanted to completely kill the Manchurians.It is conceivable how annoyed the imperial court was for undermining national unity in this way. Then a major case of "Su Bao" happened, and the imperial court sent people to the concession to lodge a strong protest, so Zou Rong was arrested and tried, and fought in court with Gu Bai, a lawyer hired by the Qing government with a high salary:

Cooper: Defendant, the book "Revolutionary Army", but you wrote it? Zou Rong: You are talking about this matter... I am also wondering. I used to read books from Western countries and wrote something casually, and I didn’t care about throwing it in the suitcase. But a few days ago when I came to Shanghai, I was on the main road It's really strange to see someone hawking this book, who printed it?Must have made a lot of money... Cooper: Then you...do you remember what was written in the book? Zou Rong: I forgot what I was writing a long time ago. I am busy writing "Equalization of the Rich and the Poor". The book "Revolutionary Army" has long been lost. The books on the market now have nothing to do with me. When I go to Tokyo, Japan, I need to trouble you to help me look into this matter... It is best to recover the manuscript fee.

Cooper: You, you, you... Since you know that "Revolutionary Army" has made serious political mistakes, why don't you throw it away?Since this book has been pirated and sold, why don't you come forward to stop it? Zou Rong: Please, I'm just a young man who has lost his way. I'm neither a police officer nor a Shanghai county. Even if I want to stop it, how can I have such a great ability? Cooper: ...So are you opposed to the correct leadership of the court? Zou Rong: How could it be? How could I oppose the imperial court? If I opposed the imperial court, why should I write "Equalization of the Rich and the Poor", right?

Cooper: You...I...maybe? Zou Rong actually belittled himself to the "Revolutionary Army", did not shout slogans as the public expected, and died heroically, which made the public extremely disappointed. Fortunately, Zhang Binglin, one of the members of the Zhangyuan Congress, was regarded as a treason by the court because he wrote the preface to the book "Revolutionary Army" and even accused the Qing emperor of "carrying a clown without distinguishing between beans and wheat". Together with Zou Rong, he was taken to the court of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.

However, Zhang Binglin is a master of Chinese studies in the world, so he has the capital to be a madman.He explained: The meaning of the clown...is the meaning of the child... This action made the Qing court dumbfounded, and completely reversed the decadent atmosphere brought about by Zou Rong's self-deprecation. However, people have overlooked one important thing. Zou Rong's self-deprecation is because the completion of the earth-shattering great idea of ​​"Revolutionary Army" has already exhausted the boy's physical strength, spirit and will. Although he is still alive, the exhaustion of physical strength and energy has made him close to the situation where the oil is dry and the lamp is extinguished.Once in hell, when will the demon atmosphere be swept away.Last night I dreamed of reviving the revolutionary army with you.

Two years later—in February 1905, Zou Rongyu died in prison.