Chapter 226 Appointment!

There was no courtesy, that is, there was no tall and dazzling shed to welcome Zhang Zhidong, no magnificent welcome song played by the military band, and no governors waiting at the station in the morning. In addition, the advisory councilors of the consultation office and their business, academia, newspapers, foreign guests and other people from all walks of life came to greet them.

There will not be a guard who is serious and salute with guns, and there is also no sea of people on the road. This long-standing revolutionary leader, who came to Nanjing for the second time, was the same as the first time, and did not cause any sensation at all. Like last time, there was only a car with a ruling axe. Pick him up at Xiaguan Pier, that's all.

In fact, Sun Yat-sen did not feel any uncomfortable with such an ordinary reception, and even in his opinion, there was no need for a high-level reception. Like last time, Sun Yat-sen and his entourage were still settled in the Xingguo Hotel in Nanjing. It was not until the evening that an official and driver were sent to invite him to the banquet.

When Sun Yat-sen was about to arrive, unlike the last time, Chen Moran personally greeted him outside the gate of the ruling axe. This was the second meeting between Chen Moran and Sun Yat-sen. After Sun Yat-sen's last trip to Nanjing, the two never met again, and even the newspaper speculated about the relationship between the two.

The atmosphere of the handshake between the two was quite warm, at least on the surface. At the dinner party, Chen Moran unexpectedly held the cup for Sun Yat-sen himself, which can be said to be very attentive. In his speech, he said in a very sincere tone.

"Someone outsiders once said that the ruling axe and Xingzhong can be old enemies. There may be some differences of views between us, but one thing is common, to build a country where people are human beings rather than slaves!" In his speech, Chen Moran held a wine glass in his hand and looked extremely serious. The attack on Sun Yat-sen's nationality was indeed his own instructions. The mutual attacks between politicians did not prevent Chen Moran from making the last line of efforts at this time.

"As for differences, I think we can seek commonal differences! I have been looking forward to you for a long time. I am very gratified that you are invited to Ning again this time. Now the situation is turbulent. Sichuan and Shaanxi have not yet recovered. The border police in Tibet have arrived one after another. The northeast said that Russia is at war with our land. I am also shallow and have limited ability. I hope you will not hesitate to give me advice and help!"

This compliment really surprised Sun Yat-sen's accident, but Chen Moran continued.

"Mr. Sun has traveled overseas for more than ten years. This time, he came to Yanjing to discuss the national plan with me. All kinds of political opinions were first seen, which greatly contributed to China's future. Mr. Sun talked with me very sincerely when he came to Beijing last time. It can be seen that the previous rumors were all misunderstandings. As a result, the national regime has been consolidated, which is the most welcome thing.

Chen Moran's humility and flattery were quite in place. Sun Yat-sen naturally had nothing to say. The two talked happily at the banquet. After the banquet, the two went to Chen Moran's study to continue the discussion. This time, under Chen Moran's deliberate dedication, Sun Yat-sen, who was in a national dilemma, was a little moved.

Who doesn't know that this is exactly the effect that Chen Moran hopes to achieve. To some extent, he has always believed in the policy of carrots and sticks, first suppressing and then fighting. The two serve and then supporting them. From the beginning, he defended everyone's psychology. Sun Yat-sen is, and Yuan Shikai is the same.

After chatting for a while in the study, Chen Moran asked Sun Yat-sen while talking and laughing.

"You just said that writing to Li Hongzhang that year was a cover, but in fact, there was another purpose. What's the purpose?

"The purpose is very big."

Sun Yat-sen picked up the tea bowl and said with a smile.

"That year, my hometown friend Lu Haodong and I first prepared Li Hongzhang's letter in Hong Kong, and then wrote to his cousin Sheng Xuanhuai through Macao's coastal defense Tongzhi Sheng Zhouhuai, and then Sheng Xuanhuai wrote to Li Hongzhang to ask for a visit on our behalf. Lu Haodong and I left Guangdong for the first time to get a glimpse of the reality of the Qing court on the way to the north. We entered Hunan from Guangdong, went through Hunan to Wuchang, then went down to Shanghai by shipowners, and then took a sea ship from Shanghai to Tianjin. We were deeply impressed by the poor and floating reality of the people along the way. Lu Haodong and I discussed that Li Hongzhang was different from ordinary mediocre bureaucrats. He has the ability and brain. We persuade him with national righteousness and persuade him to rise up and overthrow the Manchus and restore the Han people. He has prestige and an army. As long as he agrees, things will succeed.

"Did you tell him?"

Hearing what he said, Chen Moran admired his courage very much. He can't do this behavior by himself. After all, rebellion is going to kill the head. Chen Moran wants to carry it steadily all the time. That kind of really heroic book business is by no means what Chen Moran yearns for! But it did not prevent Chen Moran from admiring his courage.

"Alas, don't mention it."

Sun Yat-sen put down the tea bowl and sighed.

"The prime minister and marquis were very arrogant. He didn't pay attention to me as a young man at all. He refused to meet him. He just asked his men to tell me that the passport for going abroad for agricultural inspection has been completed. Let's go abroad quickly. Lu Haodong and I were very disappointed. Even Li Hongzhang's attitude was the same, and there was no one to believe in the Manchu court. Finally, when I arrived in Yanjing, I saw the darkness of capital politics [***], and I was even more convinced that I was full of popularity. As long as there was another Hong Xiuquan, I would definitely overthrow it.

Chen Moran just shook his head. Li Hongzhang had his own concerns, and Zeng Guofan also had his concerns in those years.

"... After the release, I wrote a pamphlet "London is difficult to remember" in English and published, and soon someone translated it into Chinese. Now many Chinese people know that there is a person named Sun Wen. The Qing court wanted to kill me first, but it made me famous.

At this point, Sun Yat-sen laughed cheerfully. Chen Moran felt a grand spirit from this laughter. It is precisely because of this courage that although the revolutionaries in front of them have experienced repeated failures and setbacks, they are not depressed, discouraged, indomitable, and full of confidence in their own cause. Chen Moran knew that he had never had Sun Yat-sen's courage. He was an idealist, but what he thought was practical.

"This is exactly what the ancients said. They will harm it, but help it."

From the meeting to now, Sun Yat-sen said more, and Chen Moran said less. He listened attentively and observed this person attentively. Unlike other people in the Xingzhong meeting, he did not have the shadow of speculators, but only a sincerity.

"... I have never felt disappointed. Even when I was imprisoned by the Qing embassies in the United Kingdom and had no contact with the outside world, I decided to find an opportunity to jump into the sea and commit suicide on my way back to China. At that time, I was not disappointed with the future of the revolution. I often think that the great cause of anti-Manchu Xinghan is like building a big house. It needs funds, labor and time, but it can always be built well. There is no reason for us to be disappointed in the construction process.

Sun Yat-sen's firm voice was particularly loud in the silent night. Chen Moran felt that the last sentence was like a wooden stick hitting a bell. Although the impact stopped, the sound was always hovering in his ears.

"Now everything is not going well. It's over. The country has been restored. The 27th and 28th divisions have entered Sichuan, and the 11th and 13th divisions have entered Shaanxi and Gansu. By the end of the year, this Chinese land can be restored. The country will be transferred to a period of comprehensive construction from next year. Our history owes too much, and the Qing Dynasty has not developed for decades. Industry and education are the most urgent things!"

While praising the same, Sun Yat-sen stared at Chen Moran and said.

"The public today takes over the world's heavy troops and shoulders the heavy responsibilities of the world. It is appropriate to have a friendship of life and death with the country. Gu Yi knows that the country is in danger today, which is by no means the ratio of Jiawu and Gengzi? If you don't change the political body, there will be no remedy in part..."

Chen Moran interrupted Sun Yat-sen's words with a smile.

"Sir, seek commonalties and differences! We have differences in understanding in some aspects, but we might as well put aside our differences and discuss state affairs!"

After the words were interrupted, Sun Yat-sen smiled awkwardly and immediately decided not to talk about the political division.

"In power, China is based on agriculture to establish a country. If we can't find a thorough solution from the farmers themselves, it is not easy to innovate. If you want to solve the farmers' own problems, non-farmers can't have their own fields.

Seeing that Sun Yat-sen returned to the topic, Chen Moran answered just now.

"Mr. traveled around the world, witnessed the exploitation of large landlords, and grew up in the south. He saw the pain of the landowners in person, so he advocated that the farmers had their own fields. The footprints have not crossed the south of the river, and most of them are self-cultivated farmers in the north, and there are few petty farmers. Therefore, it is natural for the rule that the cultivators have their own land. As for the land is insufficient, he said that after the restoration, the land can be found and sold in the Qing Dynasty. Moreover, it can also be redeemed by the landlord by the political axe. The landlord sells the land for capital, which can also be used to invest in the industry. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone. In the place where the political axe is redeemed, people can repay it with low-interest or even interest-free loans for ten or even twenty years! In this way, without increasing the burden of political axe, it can be realized that the cultivator has its own field!"

After hearing this, Sun Yat-sen suddenly realized, so he laughed and praised the "high opinion of governance".

Sun Yat-sen, who talked deeply with Chen Moran in the future, began to recall the many dignitaries announced by the ruling axe recently in his mind, and then asked.

"I think both coins and banknotes are price representatives, which is easy to weigh. Why not? It is not difficult to promote it with political power. And you said that you must first win the trust of the people. What is the method? May you hear the teachings!"

This is what Chen Moran said a few days ago when he talked with the consultation office and representatives of the business community and reforming the national economy. After reading the report in the newspaper, he left a good impression on Sun Yat-sen.

Who doesn't know that finance is the field that Chen Moran is most familiar with and good at. In the past, he worked in a political axe investment company for several years. Although he did everything in the last thing and was even almost in prison, finance has always been Chen Moran's most exposed to in those years.

"The currency system is the representative of prices. It is well known that hunger cannot be eaten. For thousands of years, China's currency system has been from heavy to light, from thick to fine, but it is based on silver and copper coins. Once all of them are replaced by paper money, the people's worries are nothing more than paper money credit. Whether it can be relied on, so there must be a way to win the trust of the people first. In the final analysis, paper money is the credit standard.

Chen Moran's face showed some pride.

"With the size of China and the masses of the people, it does not seem to be much to issue 10 billion yuan of paper money. Now the responsibility of the ruling axe is to organize a sound central bank for the political axe and implement a unified currency policy. For example, if you want to issue 50 million banknotes, then melt 15 million silver dollars of cash into silver ingots and put them in the central bank. In the underground vault, everyone in the world can visit the underground vault and publicly tell the people that this is the state's preparation vault. The more banknotes are issued, the bigger the silver mountains will be. When the credit is established and the habit becomes natural, what's the difficulty in using a paper to spread all over the country? The key is to get the trust of the people first. As long as the banknotes establish credit, it is naturally feasible to replace silver with paper!

Sun Yat-sen nodded in favor of Chen Moran's grand discussion. In Shanghai, he had seen the banknote preparation bank of the Industrial Bank at the Industrial Bank, and Jinshan and Yinshan were credit.

After drinking two sips of tea, Chen Moran continued.

"Mr. Zhongshan, when you talked about studying in Europe last night, you realized that the Sanming Constitution and the Five Powers are the only way to save China. Sanming Zhuyi, you and I have something in common. As for the Constitution of the Five Powers, can you tell me in detail?

At the sight of Chen Moran's willingness to listen to the Constitution of the Five Powers, Sun Yat-sen straightened his upper body and looked at Chen Moran with bright eyes. In his opinion, this was the case.

"All right."

At this time, Sun Yat-sen was naturally very willing to publicize his grand idea of the founding of the People's Republic of China, especially to the ruling.

"The Constitution of the Five Powers is formulated on the basis of the successful experience of European and American countries and the effective system that has been implemented for a long time in China's history. European and American countries generally adopt the method of separation of executive, legislative and judicial powers to deal with state affairs, so that power has a restrained mechanism, and there is no [***] centralization of power. It is indeed a very successful experience. In China, there has long been a supervision institution called the Imperial Shitai or the Metropolitan Inspectorate, as well as a disciplined imperial examination system, which has played an important role in national politics. Therefore, in the future, we should adopt the system of separation of powers: executive, legislative, judicial, supervisory and examination to ensure the health and clearness of national politics, which is called the Constitution of the Five Powers.

The people around Chen Moran have always appreciated the political system of the separation of powers in Europe and the United States, but no one thought of using China's strengths to make up for the weaknesses of the West. Sun Yat-sen's additional powers of supervision and examination are an inheritance for China and a creation for the West.

Chen Moran, who wants to restore the national tradition in his heart, will naturally not object, but nodded. "However, the implementation of the Constitution of the Five Powers will go through a process."

Chen Moran's approval made Sun Yat-sen suddenly a little excited, so he added his strategy for the founding of the country.

"I thought that the process of China's construction should be divided into three phases. One is the military and political period. During this period, all systems were subordinated to the military and political axe. On the one hand, the political axe used force to remove domestic obstacles, while propaganda, in order to open up the hearts of the whole country and promote the reunification of the country. The second is the period of discipline. Where a province is completely determined, it is said that when the training begins and the military government stops. During the period of political training, political axes sent qualified personnel to the provinces to assist the people in preparing for self-government. The population survey is clear, the land survey has been completed, the guards have been handled properly, and the roads have been successfully built. The revolutionists have been elected as county officials, and the legislators have been elected to formulate the county constitution. Such a county will become a fully autonomous county. The third day is the constitutional period. If all the counties in a province reach a fully autonomous county, the province can implement the constitutional period. At the beginning of the constitutional government, the central government completed the establishment of the five courts to try the rule of the five constitutions, that is, the Executive Yuan, the Legislative Yuan, the Judicial Yuan, the Supervision Yuan and the Examination Yuan.

This is a complete blueprint for the founding of the People's Republic of China. It has been carefully designed for many years, but when Sun Yat-sen said this, Chen Moran smiled in his heart. In fact, what he wants to talk about today is this three issues. Maybe he is not familiar with the Constitution of the Five Powers, but I have a certain understanding of this military administration, training and constitutional government.

"Mr. Zhongshan, I think that the ultimate goal of all political parties and political axes is to work for the welfare of the people and make the people's lives happy. Whether the people choose the imperial system or the republic in the future, once the regime is stabilized, they should make every effort to fight for the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the Chinese people. The government should work with the people to work together for the development of agriculture to feed the people's food, to promote the development of fabrics to enrich people's clothes, build all kinds of houses to enjoy people's houses, and build roads and canals to benefit the people's.

"Good, the ruling is very good!"

Hearing Chen Moran say what he thought in his heart, Sun Yat-sen unconsciously taped the table with his hand and praised.

"Yes, if it is based on the three-phase army, training and constitutional theory,"

He picked up the teacup, and Chen Moran continued to talk after tasting two bites.

"I don't know Mr. Zhongshan, can you remember the disaster of the last vassal town of the Tang Dynasty?"

Chen Moran's rhetorical question only shocked Sun Yat-sen. He looked at the rule in front of him in surprise.

"In the final analysis, the disaster of the vassal town at the end of the Tang Dynasty was that the army interfered in local government affairs, the army controlled the power of local rich people, and formed local warlords, resulting in a melee of warlords. In a silent view, everything is desirable, but the army must not be involved in political affairs, and soldiers are involved in politics. There is only one result. Warlords are fighting in a melee. The game of charcoal!"

"Can..."

"No one is anything. China has no time to pay tuition fees. The Han nationality is a great nation. Almost the entire East Asian civilization is created and invented by our nation. Before the Ming Dynasty, our nation was ahead of the world. Two hundred and sixty years ago, the Manchu people took advantage of the civil strife at the end of the Ming Dynasty to forcibly enter the customs and took away the Han people. The Manchu people are nomadic people, their culture is extremely low, and they do not have the conditions to rule the world at all. They used disguised and easy-to-ocuse massacres, killed all the bones and blood of the Han people, and replaced civilization with barbarism. Although the nation is restored, if it wants to stand in the world's great nation again, it must fundamentally change the whole social and cultural structure, an enslaved society and enslaved cultural structure. Alien slavery has made us go the wrong way. Now we must return to the right path and find our position in a civilized country again!"

While talking, Chen Moran frowned tightly.

"Some people have told me that this right path is impossible except for Westernization and modernization!"

With that, Chen Moran shook his head.

"Modernization is inevitable. This is the necessity of catching up with other countries to achieve national prosperity, but Westernization... In my opinion, the overall Westernization actually denies our civilization. Our civilization has only taken a crooked path under the slavery of aliens, so we can't abandon it while absorbing Western civilization. Our own civilization, this is what we should do. And in this process, it can't be easy to make any crooked path!"

Chen Moran stared at Sun Yat-sen and said with unusually positive words.

"Military and politics are crooked roads, which can protect the military commanders of a province from the hearts of warlords, but can they protect all military commanders? Once the soldiers get the power of a provincial figure, let alone go back and realize the prosperity of the country! I'm afraid that the warlords will be in chaos at that time, and the common people can't even be stable slaves of aliens. If that day really happens, Mr. Zhongshan, who is the sinner of China?

A rhetorical question made Sun Yat-sen laugh.

"The rule misunderstood me. I mean that the military government is by no means the soldiers in charge of local government affairs, but after the central government axe restores the province by force, that is, the province has entered the stage of political training. At this stage, the political axe sends personnel to train and assist the people to establish an autonomous county, and directly elects county-level officials; when all counties in a province are completed After full autonomy, that is, the province enters the constitutional stage, and the governor can be elected; when half of the provinces in the country enter the constitutional stage, the whole country enters the constitutional stage, the constitution is promulgated, and the people elect the new central political axe, and the central political axe has completed its mission!"

After listening to his own words, Chen Moran did not show joy on his face, but put on a trace of doubt.

"Oh? Why is that?"

"In the era of governance, when China does not train politics, the majority of the people have been bound for a long time. Although they are suddenly liberated, they do not know the way of their activities at the beginning. They do not stick to their old habits of giving up their responsibilities, that is, they use it to fall into... counter-revolution and do not know it."

When Sun Yat-sen hesitated to say the last few words, Chen Moran smiled.

"I can understand the political training advocated by Mr. Zhongshan, uh-huh! Maybe, this may be the only way for China.

While Chen Moran nodded and agreed, he did not want to say that he knew the root cause of political training. The fundamental reason was that he did not believe in the Chinese people's ability to participate in politics.

"However, those who learn to swim must first go into the water, and those who learn to play the piano must play the piano first. Constitutionalism is the best training for constitutionalism. If the common people have even elected the emperor and the president, don't they know the way they operate? There are scales in the hearts of the people. They can't be fooled! Training in politics? The very few people who hold the right to politics will never train the people in modern politics. The most effective political training is to gradually liberalize the regime, so that the people can personally participate in politics and get a little political training.

Before Sun Yat-sen was about to refute, Chen Moran continued.

"Seeking commonal and reserving differences! Let's make a gentleman's appointment today. If the people decide the imperial system, you enter the advisory bureau to supervise the new regime. It is [***] and the constitution. It can be seen in 20 years! If it is not known at that time, the people will decide the emperor, and then they can also vote to bombard the emperor down! At that time, it will be the republic, the imperial system, and then it will be decided by the people! You and me..."

With that, Chen Moran pointed to Sun Yat-sen and pointed to himself.

"We don't have the right to make the decision for the people. The biggest cooking is that the people make the decision! What do you think! Today, we let the people decide the future, and the same future is also left to them to choose!"

Staring at Sun Yat-sen, Chen Moran said his plan. This gentleman's appointment is his last attempt. If it fails...

(to be continued)