The Republic is so violent

Chapter 176: Two skins of the world (4)
Liu Yunfeng was pushed out of the door, holding the secret contract in his hand, and stood there with cold hands and feet, with a dazed face, not understanding why Cai E refused to understand him.

Yes, why?

This problem is precisely a dead button in the history circle, and it is also the cause of the outbreak of the War to Protect the Country.So far, I have not seen any historian who has the courage to ask: Why was Cai E the first to sign the persuasion form during the implementation of the imperial system?What was Cai E thinking in his heart at that time?

Historians dare not ask questions because they are afraid that this move will fall into a moral trap.

If Cai E signed in good faith at the time, the latter's uprising would have become capricious.If Cai E's signature is false, wouldn't Cai E become a despicable villain?

No matter which answer is given, it is tantamount to discrediting General Cai.Who dares to do such a thing?Therefore, historians can hide as far as they can. If anyone asks them, historians will turn their faces and scold you for being despicable and shameless. The IQs of historians are not enough to allow them to face history directly, and cursing mothers and ancestors is an excellent way to solve problems.

But in fact, the raising of this question is not intended to evaluate the personal qualities of General Cai E.On the contrary, only with a fair interpretation of this issue can we understand the vicissitudes of the era dominated by human nature in the early years of the Republic of China.

First of all, we can be sure of one thing: General Cai is by no means a mean and shameless villain.If a person wants to reach the level of despicable and shameless, he needs ultra-low IQ and EQ as capital. General Cai does not have the most basic conditions.

From this we can see that General Cai was sincere when he signed the persuasion form.

At that time, General Cai sincerely supported Yuan Shikai's ascension to the throne and proclaiming himself emperor.

why?

Because General Cai is the closed disciple of Liang Qichao of Junxian School.

Speaking of Liang Qichao, although he was pedantic about heaven and man, he spent most of his life propagating imperial ideology. In order to improve the effect of propaganda, he kept coming up with some theoretical systems that he didn't even understand.When Liang Qichao was playing with his ideology, General Cai was burying himself in the study of Western military art. He studied it to the point that his eyes turned black. He looked up: Wow, the teacher's ideology is so profound, I can't understand it...

The system is so complicated that even General Cai can't understand it.

When it comes to Liang Qichao's imperial ideology, there is a comparison, which one should you compare?Compared with the medical thought and theory system of Mr. Zhang Taiyan, a master of Chinese studies.

According to Shi Zai, Mr. Zhang Taiyan, his favorite thing is medicine. He is proficient in medical theory and can explain the essence of various medical books. He is a great medical thinker in the Republic of China era.Although everyone, Mr. Zhang Taiyan never saw a doctor for anyone throughout his life.

Why doesn't Mr. Zhang give medical treatment to others?Doesn't he lack the heart of parents who are doctors who save lives and heal the wounded?

No, the old Mr. Zhang Taiyan refused to treat people, just because he knew very well that when it comes to medical theory, he is absolutely unrivaled in the world, but when he treats people, the medicine is absolutely life-saving, and one person will die.

How did that happen?

This is because there is a gap between theory and reality.This gap lies in the number of control nodes.

Whether Mr. Zhang Taiyan's medical theory or Liang Qichao's idea of ​​the monarchy, they are all composed of several variables interacting to form a natural and self-justifying theoretical system.If there are too many variables involved in the theoretical system, it will become a hodgepodge. Too many variables break through the thinking limit of the human brain, making it impossible to think, let alone guide practice.

However, variables in the real world are measured in infinite quantities.

This has led to any ideological and theoretical system, which has its limitations.A theory applied to you can make you successful and mighty, but it would be ridiculous to apply it to your neighbors.Therefore, in terms of ideological theory alone, only two theories are correct: one is philosophy that is completely built on the foundation of human nature, and the other is empirical science that completely filters out unstable human factors.

That is to say, Mr. Liang Qichao's thought of monarchy and Mr. Zhang Taiyan's medical thought both have strong uncertainties.

However, Mr. Zhang Taiyan knew the uncertainty of his theory, because according to his theory, he needed to take the medicine he prescribed.He didn't dare to take this medicine, so he knew that his theory was a bit ridiculous.

But Mr. Liang Qichao didn't know that his theory was also ridiculous.why?Because the medicine he prescribed was to be fed to others. If he didn't eat it, a bunch of people would die. He would not admit that his theory was wrong.

15 Laws of twisting force in human nature

It is said that Mr. Liang Qichao had propagated the idea of ​​a monarchy all his life, but when he was old, he was stabbed out by Yang Du, stole the limelight, and took the lead in establishing the monarchy.In spite of his grief and indignation, Mr. Liang gained a rare perspective of observation. As a bystander, he can look down on whether his theoretical system is in harmony with the real society.

With this observation, Mr. Liang was horrified to discover a rule that was ignored by all young people.

What law?

If there must be a name, it would be called the law of twisting force of human nature.

What is the law of twisting strength of human nature?That is to say, human beings have self-awareness, and the self is eager to integrate with the external world and to be accepted, which means the expansion of the self.A person's self-expansion is bound to form an objective suppression of the self of others, and being suppressed is not in line with human instincts, thus creating a competitive heart.

Everyone is trying to stand out from the crowd, and being unique has become one of human instincts.

Since you want to stand alone and act alone, it means that you must break other people's control and positioning of yourself.You told me to go east, but I wanted to go west; you told me to beat dogs, but I wanted to chase chickens.You say that I am a bad person, and I insist on doing good deeds in the world. If you think I am a good person, hahaha, then you will be fooled. I lied to you without discussion.All in all, human society is a strange combination of games and cooperation. You think everyone is playing games, and everyone is more cooperative; you think everyone should cooperate sincerely, and everyone insists on fighting each other. .

In a word, the so-called law of human nature is the law that is contrary to your judgment, and you will never be able to figure it out, so this world presents grotesque colors.

With Liang Qichao here, he finally discovered this pattern.In the era of the monarchy, everyone clamored for a republic. When the republic came, you thought everyone would stop, but everyone clamored for a republic.You took this quarrel seriously, went to promote the monarchy, and then found out that you were fooled again.

After discovering this rule, Mr. Liang Qichao called it a fluke. Fortunately, I was not the one who promoted the monarchy.

After discovering this rule, Liang Qichao immediately went to his disciple Cai E and told him his discovery.

You can be sure that when General Cai heard this rule, he must have burst into tears.

Because General Cai at that time was being tortured by this law, and he was tortured terribly.

Now it can finally be said that General Cai's change of mind, when he signed the persuasion form, he was sincere.This kind of sincerity comes from Yuan Shikai's appreciation and reuse of him.Of course, General Cai E was originally China's No. 1, with real materials, no one can compare with him.But ability is only part of it. In Yuan Shikai's Beiyang, there are a lot of talents, famous and veteran generals, and Yuan Shikai can use anyone.But in the end, Yuan Shikai did not hesitate to offend Beiyang and used him Cai E. If this kindness, this virtue, this affection, and this righteousness cannot move Cai E, it is really impossible.

People are not grass and trees, who can forget their feelings?
Cai E, who was moved by Yuan Shikai's justice, finally signed his name with a pen.He thought to himself: If Yuan Shikai, who only knows justice but not personal feelings, only knows the country but not family, if he becomes emperor, the Chinese will not suffer too much, right?
The world is like chess, and life turns around.As soon as this word was signed, Cai E found out that he was miserable, because people from Beiyang refused to sign the persuasion form.

The Beiyang people refused to sign, and each had their own way of escaping. The most amazing one is the dragon, Wang Shizhen, who is the leader of the three heroes of the dragon, tiger and dog.At that time, Lei Zhenchun, the sixth of the seven culprits, took the persuasion form and circled around Wang Shizhen's chair, yelling non-stop, sign, everyone, come and sign.While yelling, he stared at Wang Shizhen closely.

Others are also staring at Wang Shizhen to see if you sign it.If you don’t sign, you will be a wolf-hearted dog, and Yuan Shikai has cultivated you;

It's wrong to sign, and it's wrong not to sign. What should Wang Shizhen do?

Talking about Wang Shizhen, I saw him sitting on the chair and waved his hand impatiently: I don't need to use this kind of thing.

These words could choke Lei Zhenchun to death.Can he still say: It is precisely because he is one of his own that he needs to do this?But when he said this, his face was torn, and he was no longer his own.

This is exactly: Wang Shizhen's trick is out of the siege, and Cai Songpo's Chongyi is stuck in the quagmire.Wang Shizhen is a Beiyang robe, with great influence, and it is reasonable to say what he says, but Cai E is alone in Beijing. If he does not sign, he is ungrateful, and if he signs, he is a lackey of the imperial system.This is tantamount to the Beiyang warriors teaming up to set up a frame and push General Cai into a desperate situation.

16 Breaking out of the trap of human nature
In stark contrast to General Songpo, Duan Qirui always had the moral upper hand in this secret battle.

When General Cai E entered Beijing, he certainly didn't expect that he would fight Duan Qirui, and Duan Qirui probably didn't have this idea either.But when Yuan Shikai changed troops and was about to replace Cai E with Duan Qirui's army chief, it would be really unreasonable if the two didn't fight each other.

As far as Duan Qirui is concerned, he may not care about the chief of the army, but he cannot accept Cai E who has nothing to do with Beiyang.As far as Cai E is concerned, he may not be rare for this official position, but he cannot bear the calculations of villains from front, back, left, and right.

Neither can accept the other, which makes it difficult to work together.

Next, Duan Qirui sat firmly in Beijing and became the political center against the imperial system, but Yuan Shikai had nothing to do with him.However, the kind and wise General Cai Ecai has inexplicably become a running dog of the imperial system. This makes General Songpo get up in the middle of the night, and he will definitely cry until dawn.

What's the matter?General Cai E couldn't figure it out and fell into depression.

At this time, Liang Qichao came quickly and told Cai E: Yes, you are right, you have not taken a wrong step.But it is precisely because you are right that you are so wrong.You are wrong because you do not understand the laws of human nature. You think that the laws of human nature do not change, as long as you follow the trend of the times, you are definitely right.But this trend is going against your thinking. When you are working hard to move forward, the trend suddenly turns around and goes in the opposite direction, and you will be trapped in an unjust place all at once.

So, how to get out of this predicament?
The answer is one word: change!

Society is changing, trends are changing, people's value orientation is changing, and even the standards of right and wrong, good and evil are also changing.The rules are changing, the scenery is changing, if you don't change, you will be doomed.

Are you changing or not?

So here, we can finally make a fair evaluation of General Cai's signature on the persuasion form.

General Cai's signature on the persuasion form is absolutely correct, which just proves that General Cai knows the truth, repays the kindness, and has an open and heroic mind, which is admirable.

Afterwards, General Cai fled, went to Yunnan via Japan, and took the lead in raising the flag to rebel against Yuan.General Cai is right because he only knows about the country, but not himself, and he is dedicated to serving the people and the country, which is why he has won the respect of future generations.

However, signing a letter to persuade people to advance and mobilizing troops to rebel against Yuan are clearly contradictory, so what do you say?

These two things are by no means contradictory.What is contradictory is the world, or in other words, what is contradictory is human society.What dominates human society is the twisting law of human nature. This law means that everything in human society is twisting with your thinking.You thought it was right to do so, but society suddenly turned around, and you were wrong.You are right and you are wrong, but you are always you, there is no distinction between right and wrong, it is the twisting law of society that traps you in an unjust place.

When you are a spear, the whole society is a shield, which brings out your aggressiveness and brutality.You are forced to make yourself a shield, and when you become a shield, you are surprised to find that the whole society is a spear, and they will stab you madly, stab you half to death and blame you for lack of wolf nature, who do you want to ask for reason? go?
In fact, you are neither a spear nor a shield, you are always the same you.It is the society that has become a spear, reducing you to a shield; it is the society that has become a shield, reducing you to a spear.

In a word, General Cai respects love privately and repays righteousness publically. He is always himself and has never changed.What has changed is this weird world.

All in all, General Cai E is finally a figure at the top of the intellectual pyramid, coupled with the careful guidance of Liang Qichao, a master of half-baked thoughts, this allowed General Cai to break out of the trap of human nature, regain his freedom, and finally won the respect of later generations .

This twisting law of human nature constitutes a terrible trap of human nature, and very few people can escape from this trap.All because we don't know the existence of this trap.

But now, we know.

17 The reason is unclear

Although he broke out of the trap of human nature, Cai E regained his freedom.But in the dead of night, when the moon is white and the wind is clear, General Cai will have nostalgic thoughts suddenly, thinking: Hey, this is wrong, wrong, I am a clean person, how could I fall into the trap?
Who pushed me in?

After carefully explaining the cause and effect, General Songpo was so angry that he couldn't help shouting up to the sky:

Duan Qirui, I hate you!
It's all good deeds done by Duan Qirui!
That's right, that's exactly what happened. It was Duan Qirui who was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, secretly manipulating the huge forces of Beiyang, slowly squeezing General Songpo, and bit by bit, making a well-informed and righteous General Cai , squeezed right into the trap of the imperial system.

You said Duan Qirui, why is he so bad-hearted?
I couldn't find anyone to talk about this, when suddenly Liu Yunfeng came back: Report to the commander-in-chief, you have a new mission, you must support Duan Qirui as the president...

Wow wow wow... Cai E went crazy at that time.

I can't stand it, this Duan Qirui is really shameless, and let people live?
For Cai E's performance, Liu Yunfeng saw it in his eyes, it was weird and incomprehensible, and he was inexplicably confused.Liu Yunfeng stood outside the door and asked: Commander-in-Chief, I was born and died, and signed a secret agreement that is so beneficial to us. When I came back, Commander-in-Chief, you rejected it without saying a word. You have to give me a reason, right?

reason?Cai E thought about it carefully in the room, and there must be a reason, and it was sufficient.The problem is that Liu Yunfeng may not be able to understand this reason after talking about it for several days.

If you don't understand it, just don't say it.

How can I not talk about that? Liu Yunfeng couldn't swallow this breath. In extreme anger, he found a few commanders of the echelon regiment, and when he told the story, all the commanders suddenly burst into an uproar, saying: Did Commander Cai have a brain attack? water?With such a good condition, you don’t even say yes to them, and you don’t even think that our Dian army is out of ammunition and food, and the Beiyang army is willing to give you ammunition and food. Where can you find such a careless person?No, let's talk to the commander-in-chief together.

Everyone came to Cai E's door, making a lot of noise, insisting on forcing Cai E to tell a truth.This truth clearly existed, but Cai E was struggling because he couldn't explain it clearly. After thinking about it, he simply opened the door: Forget it, it's up to you.

Oh yeah!The commanders of all echelon regiments cheered: victory!
Alas, Cai E sighed in the room: You guys are so good, you can't figure out this matter right now, and you will have to talk about it in the future.This Republic of China, I'm afraid it's not going to be a good day.

(End of this chapter)