Our Time: Unswerving until Death

Chapter 46 The Beijing News Interview
Seeing that He Qi was not interested in answering, the chatty Qian Xuan couldn't bear it, and asked again: "Why?"

"The failure of the Reform Movement of [-] indicates that the constitution of the monarchy is completely unworkable in China." He Qi paced around the room, meditating.

Qian Xuan looked all ears.

He Qi had no choice but to ponder: "Whether it's Yingguo or Dongyi, they are able to rule the constitution because the ruler is willing to hand down the power, so that it can be accepted by both parties subtly, but Huaxia can't, the old lady said In other words, the Reform Movement of [-] is gone, that is, the power of the Chinese monarchy is not restrained and restricted at all. This was the case in the Ming and Qing dynasties. It is like a punch with power. The longer the power is stored, the more powerful the punch will be. , However, the effect of force is mutual, the more painful the opponent is hit by this fist, the more painful the injury that will bite back on oneself."

Gouwa leaned his head out of the window and listened hard for a while, but he didn't understand anything, then he shook his head and went to the kitchen to start making breakfast. He Qi looked at Gouwa, couldn't help smiling, and continued: "Old Yuan At the beginning, the constitution of the monarchy was implemented under the eyes of the old lady. When I think about it now, I feel that it is whimsical and doomed to fail. Those people in the Qing Dynasty always had a lingering nightmare in their hearts, that is, they felt that the ethnic minorities ruled the whole country. The Han nationality, when the number is not dominant, the first priority should be to defend against the Han, before that, very few Han people were able to enter the power center of the Qing Dynasty, which caused a serious problem."

"What's the problem?" Qian Xuan asked.

"Ethnic conflicts, the Han people have been oppressed for a long time, and once they gain power, they will not let go easily. Think about it, the old lady believed in the nonsense that the Boxers could beat foreigners and declared war on eleven countries, and then there was the "Southeast Mutual Protection" "Treaty, Deqian, who do you think joined it?"

Qian Xuan opened his mouth and said: "Governor of Liangjiang Liu Kunyi, Governor of Huguang Zhang Zhidong, Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Li Hongzhang, Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang Xu Yingkui, Governor of Sichuan Kui Jun, Minister of Railways Sheng Xuanhuai, Governor of Shandong Yuan Xiangcheng."

He Qi said firmly: "Without exception, these people are all Han Chinese, which proves that the power of the Han Chinese group can no longer be contained, and the centralization of power exists in name only, so the old lady later agreed to the monarch constitution, but it was too late, and the ethnic conflicts could not be reconciled. Power will never agree."

Speaking of this, He Qi suddenly laughed, and said: "It's already worse. If you are lucky, you can at least get permanent wealth, but some people don't want to set up a 'royal cabinet', which is tantamount to fire." Add fuel to the fire. In the year of [-], all parties asked Lao Yuan to come out to mediate. At the beginning, many people supported Junxian, and the landlords, gentry and merchants headed by Zhang Qian, why didn't they support it later? It was because of this "royal cabinet" 'The appearance of the constitutionalists completely lost hope, and angrily supported the republic."

"The south strongly supports the republic, and fights if there is no peace. Zhang Qian and a large number of rich people also start to support the republic. Besides the republic, does Lao Yuan have any other way?"

"As for Lao Yuan? Now that the monarchy is going to be implemented, and we are Han people again, and there are no ethnic conflicts, I thought everyone could finally accept it, but why don't everyone agree now?"

"Because what Lao Yuan did was not what a constitutional monarch should do. It is a fact that abolishing the National Assembly, abolishing the 'contract', amending the electoral law, implementing life tenure, and returning military power. All matters are decided by one person. Dictatorship, if the monarch constitution succeeds, it will be no different from the previous feudal dynasty, changing the soup without changing the medicine, returning from the republic to feudalism, this is turning back the wheel of history, so you firmly disagree, Deqian, I am right ?"

"Yes! This is what we are most worried about." Qian Xuandao.

"When we were young, each of us had lofty ideals and lofty aspirations. We hate those who are poor and short-sighted, but as time goes by, you will find that we have gradually grown into what we used to hate. When Lao Yuan was young, he was determined to innovate and strive to be strong, but he was gradually lost in his eyes by power, so that now, being a dictator, being an emperor, and keeping promises, isn't he living the life he hated at the beginning?" He Qi sighed, From this, I can't help but think that if Lao Yuan stopped at this point, then history should have a much better evaluation of him, but Lao Yuan's desire has been out of control, and he can't stop.

This kind of example is not limited to Lao Yuan. Who would have thought that the young man who wrote the generous and tragic poem of "Success with a sword and live up to the boy's head" would eventually become a big traitor!
However, He Qi quickly laughed, thinking that her own life and death were unknown, and thinking about these shitty things inevitably made her even more gloomy.

Due to the rapid dissemination of newspapers, the outside world has already exploded in one morning. The child who died in the church case, like a nail, was nailed into the hearts of the people, and blood flowed all over the place. The original object of anger was The country of Fa has now become Dongyi.

There was the "National Four" in the past, and the church case later. It was like adding fuel to the fire, which intensified the situation. People's swearing can be heard everywhere in the streets, alleys, teahouses and restaurants. A massive street protest is inevitable. Row.

While He Qi was talking with Qian Xuan, an uninvited guest knocked on the big red door. He Qi thought it was Brother Xun who came, but unexpectedly it was a stranger who was wearing a black suit and wearing a black suit. Wearing a pair of glasses, carrying a briefcase, smiling slightly, giving people a sense of intimacy for no reason.

"Mr. He, I, Shao Piaoping, editor-in-chief of "Beijing News", please forgive me for taking the liberty to visit today." Editor-in-chief Shao stood outside the door and bowed in salute.

"No need to be too polite, please come in, editor-in-chief Shao." After saluting, He Qi stretched out her hand to signal.

After making a pot of tea, Qian Xuan just saw a familiar face standing at the door when he came out of the kitchen. He stopped and said in surprise, "Old Shao, why are you here?"

"Old Qian, I went to your house just now, and Madam Ling said that you were not here. I knew you came to Mr. He's place as soon as I guessed it." Editor-in-Chief Shao turned his back behind him, saluted from a distance, and joked.

"I know the virtues of your old Shao, I know best. If you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for everything, you are afraid that you will not know Brother Qi's temper. If you take the liberty to visit, it will be difficult for you to start your work, so you want to drag me along." Qian Xuan said with a smile, beckoning Editor-in-Chief Shao to the stone table in the middle of the courtyard, and started pouring tea one by one.

The autumn rain only stopped in the morning, no one had sat on the stone table in the courtyard, and there was still rainwater on it. He Qi took a dry rag and wiped the table and stone bench. : "Mr. He, I dare not trouble you. You are well-known now. Don't be in a hurry. I will be scolded by the common people when I go out. So, let me do it myself."

Qian Xuan didn't understand that Editor Shao was making fun of him with his big mouth, so he picked up a cup of hot tea and took a sip.

He Qi was amused.

This made Qian Xuan very confused, thinking that there was something wrong with his clothes, he hurriedly put down the hot tea, took a look at himself, found no problem, and asked in confusion, "What are you laughing at?"

It doesn't matter what he said, He Qi smiled and changed, and the negative emotions dissipated a lot immediately.

Editor Shao also laughed.

Qian Xuan recollected the words of Editor-in-Chief Shao just now, and immediately understood, pointed at Editor-in-Chief Shao's nose, and scolded with a smile: "Well, you old Shao, you always make fun of me as soon as we meet, everyone will say that I have no sense of the word, eat it!" A piece of old mutton has been boiled seven or eight times in a row, and the sauce is dipped back and forth, you are not tired of it, but I am too tired."

Editor-in-Chief Shao took a gouged look, and complained: "Thanks to your Brother Deqian, my wife won't give me a good face when she sees oranges now. No matter how much I have, I can't tell."

Old Qian Xuan blushed, and stopped talking while holding the tea.

He Qi understood, glanced at Qian Xuan, and smiled sinisterly.

Editor-in-Chief Shao first teased Qian Xuan, and after drinking a few sips of tea, he saw that the atmosphere was much more lively, and then he expressed his intention of coming, saying: "Mr. He, I am here today for an interview."

He Qi nodded in agreement.

Editor-in-Chief Shao took out his sketchbook and wrote: "Before I came, the Police Department issued an announcement, saying that after investigation, the mastermind behind the rejection of the church case was Ichiro Kawamoto. The announcement stated that Faguo will cooperate with the Police Department to investigate the church case. In this regard, I would like to ask Mr. He, did you cooperate with the Police Department in the investigation last night?"

He Qi suddenly fell into silence.

"It's so sunny! "

(End of this chapter)