Chapter 086 Independent Army

Zhou Charter hurriedly lay behind the rockery and looked forward.

In front of me was an open land, which was very flat, surrounded by green trees. Under a willow tree, there was a weapon rack, on which there were swords and halberd.

There were two women on the field, one dressed in a cyan short dress, standing in front of the weapon rack, looking at the center of the field with concentration.

In the middle of the venue, a woman in a red jacket was dancing a sword. The woman was agile and jumping like a flame. There was a long sword in her hand, and the cold light shone, wrapping the woman in the middle. The cold light and flames complement each other, and no matter what the woman's swordsmanship is, her figure is also beautiful.

The woman in red shouted delicately, and a sword flower shook out of the sword head. She stood firm and slowly accepted it. Several women on the sidelines cheered.

Zhou Charter's heart skipped, and the woman in red looked familiar, as if she had seen her somewhere.

The woman in red has long eyebrows and shawl, and her face is ruddy, and her sword eyebrows have big black eyes, revealing a cool and heroic spirit.

The woman in a cyan short dress said, "Sister Qiu went to Japan, and her swordsmanship became more and more skillful. Did Sister Qiu meet a master in Japan?"

The woman in red put the sword back on the weapon rack and smiled at the woman in blue: "Japanese swordsmanship is a family and has their own strengths. Compared with our Chinese swordsmanship, it is just a drop in the ocean. In fact, no matter how high or low the swordsmanship is, only in terms of human understanding, my swordsmanship is far worse than your brother's swordsmanship. If I can be taught by your brother, my swordsmanship will make rapid progress.

Zhou Charter nodded secretly. It seemed that the woman in red who danced the sword should be surnamed Qiu, and the woman in blue should be surnamed Tang.

The woman in blue smiled and said, "Sister Qiu is too modest. My brother Tang Cai is also good at swordsmanship, but he has not touched the sword for a long time. He said that no matter how good the swordsmanship is, it can't match the long guns and cannons of foreigners. We Chinese are just proud of guarding our own things, refusing to let go and moving forward, which made the foreigners surpass us. Now, we should take the initiative to learn from foreigners that those useless things should be thrown away.

Zhou Charter was shocked. Hearing the words of these two women, Tang Cai, the general manager of Datong Hotel, was often the brother of the woman in blue, and he was also a martial artist with profound swordsmanship!

The woman surnamed Qiu said, "Your brother's statement is somewhat reasonable, but it is still biased. Although my Chinese civilization has some dross, it also has essence. If it were useless, the country would have been destroyed long ago. How can I wait for today! However, we should inherit the essence and remove its dross. For example, although this swordsmanship can't defeat foreign guns and cannons, it can strengthen the body and cultivate the spirit. Under the rule of the Manchu Qing Tatars, China is cowardly and weak in spirit. It is necessary to improve the spirit of the people with swordsmanship. The spirit of Mo Xie Jingke cannot be discarded!"

The woman surnamed Tang smiled and said, "Sister Qiu is articulate and makes sense. Don't say this to me. Go and tell my brother. It's your great achievement to convince him.

The woman surnamed Qiu sighed, "Your brother is good at everything, but he is stubborn. No matter what others say, he can't listen to it!" This time, Mr. Sun and I returned from Japan and almost died in a typhoon. I thought I could come back to do a big fight, but your brother didn't agree. He didn't know which nerve was, but he believed that Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao wanted to protect the emperor! Mr. Sun originally came to organize and plan the uprising. It's good. He came back for more than a month and was busy chewing his tongue with those Wikipedias all day long. If it goes on like this, our business will be yellow!"

When the woman surnamed Qiu talked about the typhoon, Zhou Charter finally remembered that the woman surnamed Qiu was the mysterious woman he saw on Zeng Guozhang's boat! She returned to China with Sun Wen on Zeng Guozhang's ship. Zhou Charter once sailed with them!

The woman surnamed Qiu is none other than Qiu Jin, who is known as the "Jianhu Woman"!

Qiu Jin's name is Xuanqing, his nickname is Danwu, his nickname is Yugu, his name is Jingxiong, and his pen name is Swing. His ancestral home is Shaoxing, Zhejiang. Qiu Jin is a chivalrous temperament, practicing literature and martial arts, especially sword dancing, and is quite skillful in swordsmanship, known as the "Jianhu heroine". It is often referred to as Hua Mulan and Qin Liangyu. The woman in Qingyi is Tang Qunying. She is the sister of Tang Caichang, the general manager of Datong Hotel, and Qiu Jin's best friend. In addition, Qiu Jin also has a best friend named Ge Yunhao. The three are like-minded and advocate Western democracy, freedom and equality between men and women. They call themselves "the three daughters of Xiaoxiang."

Qiu Jin yearned for Western civilization and went to Japan to study at his own expense. He met Sun Wen in Japan and joined the Xingzhong Association led by Sun Wen, known as a member of the revolutionaries. Qiu Jin fully agrees with the revolutionary party's idea of overthrowing the Manchu Qing Dynasty and ending the realization of imperial power through a violent revolution. After returning to China, he actively contacted the gang and plotted to launch an armed uprising. For this reason, she even joined the Triad, an underworld organization, trying to contact people outside the system to fight against the Qing Dynasty together.

And Tang Qunying's brother Tang Caichang is also very small.

In modern Hunan, after Zeng Guofan, talents have emerged one after another. These figures have largely influenced the process of modern Chinese history. Among them, there is an important person named Ouyang Zhonghu. This person is a generation of Confucian masters and a leading figure in Hunan academic circles. This Ouyang Zhonghu is not only familiar with Confucian classics and has his own school of knowledge, but also has good swordsmanship and a heroic temperament, which is known as a generation of Confucian chivalrous people!

Ouyang Zhonghu only taught two students in his life, one is Tang Caichang and the other is Tan Sitong.

Tang Cai often and Tan Sitong are known as the "Two Heroes of Liuyang". Both of them are both literary and martial arts, and they are bold and cynical. The two are only 20 years old. They once traveled to the northwest together, inspecting the geography of China's mountains and rivers, guiding rivers, making friends with comrades, and determined to serve the country.

After the First Sino-Japanese War, the two met Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao, the leaders of the Weixin faction, and were immediately convinced by Kang Youwei's doctrine. They became the backbone of the Weixin faction and devoted themselves to the innovation movement advocated by Kang Youwei.

At this time, Tan Sitong has achieved the reputation of alternate magistrate in Hunan. He is an official of the imperial court. With the support of Chen Baozhen, the governor of Hunan, he set up a current affairs school, trying to start with education reform and promote the great cause of reform. Tan Sitong not only actively acted in Hunan, but also actively lod the ministers of the imperial court to promote the idea of reform through his father's relationship. At the same time, he wrote to the imperial court and proposed a series of reform plans. For a while, Tan Sitong became famous and became a famous activist in the new school, and was valued by the court and even the emperor.

Compared with Tan Sitong's reputation, Tang Cai often is much more low-key. Outside Hunan, few people have heard of Tang Caichang. People don't even know that the newcomer Tan Sitong has such a brother.

In fact, Tang Caichang's talent and ability are no weaker than Tan Sitong's. He wanted to be so low-key that he did it on purpose.

Tang Caichang, like Tan Si, is a staunch supporter and practitioner of the Weixin transformation. However, Tang Cai often has a deeper understanding of the current situation than Tan Sitong.

Tan Sitong believes in the imperial power of Emperor Guangxu. In his opinion, as long as there is the emperor's arbitraryness, the reform movement can be from top to bottom to destroy the old forces and complete the national reform. Tan Sitong is completely the same as Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao.

Then, Tang often knew that if a comprehensive change was to be carried out under the premise of the emperor's arbitrary decision, it was necessary to eliminate the post-party forces led by Empress Dowager Cixi and establish a centralization of power with Emperor Guangxu as the core. This ratio will cause extreme hatred of the post-party forces led by Empress Dowager Cixi and trigger strong opposition from the post-party. Play. Kang Youwei tried to take a gentle approach and slowly removed the power of the post-Party, which actually did not work at all, because no matter what means you take, the post-Party will not obediently hand over power.

Once the reform is deepened and touches the vital interests of the conservative forces, the conservative forces will adopt iron and bloody tactics to carry out a bloody suppression of the reformists. Most of theweixin factions are powerless young officials who have no soldiers or guns in their hands. The conservative forces are princes and ministers with real power. Once the two sides turn against each other, the Weixins can only stretch their necks and let others cut!

Therefore, Tang Cai often realized that even if limited reforms under the existing system are implemented, they must be backed by a gun.

The newists must have their own armed forces! However, what is frustrating is that the Empress Dowager Buddha firmly holds the military power. All kinds of armed forces of the Qing are all in the hands of the Hou Party. Those generals who hold the army are inextricably linked with the Empress Dowager. The Weixins are all scholars and have no foundation in the military world. They are completely There is no way to start.

Tang Cai often realized the seriousness of the problem. Therefore, he did not act in officialdom like Tan Sitong, but quietly came to Shanghai and set up a non-governmental academic organization called "Self-reliance Society". In name, it was to contact gentlemen from all sides to discuss the new changes.

This self-reliance meeting was supported by Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang. After the First Sino-Japanese War, Zhang Zhidong agreed with the ideas of the reformists and supported the reform, but Zhang Zhidong was very disapproved of Kang Youwei's "Confucius restructuring". He has his own set of reform ideas. He advocates that "middle school is the body and Western learning is the use", while Kang Youwei should be completely westernized. Zhang Zhidong supports the "self-reliance meeting" and gives a lot of funds for the self-reliance meeting, but he is always on guard against Kang Youwei's fear that self-reliance will slip into Kang Youwei's position.

However, Tang Caichang's self-reliance meeting is actually just a cover.

Without telling Zhang Zhidong, he used the funds given by Zhang Zhidong to buy guns and cannons, and secretly pulled up a man and horse, known as a "self-supporting army"!