Master Yuan, start!

Especially after the Opium War, the Nguyen court felt deeply that "the barbarians were rampant" and its relations with France became increasingly worse.

Some of the preferential treatment measures taken by the founding monarch Nguyen Phuc Anh towards the French were also gradually cancelled.

Therefore, Nguyen Thien Thu was very happy to be recognized by Yuan Shikai, but he also knew that the gap between Vietnam and France was not small.

The Vietnamese exile anti-French group to which Yi and others belonged could mobilize even less forces.

"Are rifles and cannons important? In my opinion, they are important."

Yuan Xiangcheng looked at the National Revolutionary Army soldiers surrounding him and said:

7. "But can we defeat the barbarians with just guns and cannons? I don't think so."

Without waiting for Ruan Shanshu to speak, Yuan Xiangcheng continued, "Since the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, how many troops has China trained? How many cannons and warships has China purchased?

The Hunan Army, the Huai Army, the Chu Army, the Lian Army, the Jiashen New Army, Krupp cannons, Armstrong cannons, countless of them.

But in reality, these things are fine against our own people, but how many of them can stand up to foreigners?"

Seeing Liu Yongfu fell into deep thought after hearing this, and Ruan Shanshu was also a little confused, Yuan Xiangcheng continued to attack:

Shan: "In my opinion, your biggest problem in the anti-French movement is not the lack of guns and cannons!

The reason for the slaughter was that there was no unified leadership. Although each department had a desire to serve the country, they were not subordinate to each other and could hardly support each other.

Wasn’t this how the Qing Dynasty fought in its early years?

Hundreds of Jurchens were transferred from outside the Great Wall, hundreds of troops were transferred from the Central Plains, and dozens or hundreds of local troops were drawn from the Jianghuai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Huguang areas, and they were gathered together to face the foreigners directly.

You, Nguyen Thien Thu, supported the king in Central Vietnam and rallied hundreds of people to fight against the French. He, Phan Dinh Phong, recruited soldiers in Tonkin and died while attacking the French-Israeli pass. You, Phan Boi Chau, gathered your classmates and joined the anti-French movement in your hometown, destroying the grain road.

But what happened later? When the Fayi and his entourage arrived, they scattered like birds and beasts, some fleeing, some surrendering.

Yuan Shikai specifically named Nguyen Thien Thu and Phan Boi Chau, who followed Liu Yongfu north, and pointed out the most fatal problem of the current anti-French movement in Vietnam.

It is too fragmented and there is no supreme body to effectively coordinate the organization!

Yuan Xiangcheng's last words made Ruan and Pan in front of him break out in cold sweats, and even Liu Yongfu felt a little embarrassed.

They didn't expect that their "anti-French deeds" that they had always been proud of would be so unbearable in Yuan Shikai's eyes.

As if seeing the disappointment in their eyes, Yuan Xiangcheng slowed down his tone and whispered:

“Of course, whether it was a large-scale uprising against the French, a small-scale attack on the French, or even encouraging the people to refuse to buy French goods, it was all courageous and commendable.

However, these actions must be carried out in a multi-pronged manner, like a whirlwind and a storm, rather than being done alone!"

Ruan Shanshu understood the meaning of Yuan Xiangcheng's words. Recalling the anti-French deeds of the past ten years, he had to admit that what the President of the Republic of China said was absolutely right.

However, he did not understand what "unified organizational leadership" meant. Did it mean that he should raise a banner, occupy the mountain and become the king, and recruit heroes from all over the world?

But...isn't this a bit of an overreach?

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Yuan Xiangcheng's question brought Ruan Shanshu back to reality:

"Your monarch, Emperor Thanh Thai, is currently under French control. If you were to revolt, what banner would you use?"

Upon hearing this, Ruan Shanshu seemed to have figured out the meaning of Yuan Xiangcheng's words.

Did he want to rob the emperor and use it as a bargaining chip against the French?

It’s not that no one has thought of this method, but the French are very straightforward. They can prevent looting by killing the looters.

Extract 822685^

If it cannot be prevented, the emperor will die.

If we were to take another emperor of the Great Southern Kingdom, the French would have done the same thing.

"Everyone, Li Hongzhang and I will have a major war sooner or later. In this war, will Vietnam stir up trouble in the rear or stand aside and watch?

This is not only about the unification of China, but also about whether Vietnam will abandon China and follow the barbarians, or follow China to resist the barbarians.

Of course, before that, I am very willing to share China's things with Vietnamese heroes who are also of Chinese Miao descent.

For example, the Socialist Revolutionary Party."

Yuan Xiangcheng stared at Ruan Shanshu, who was a little confused, and Pan Peizhu, whose eyes were shining, with a sharp gaze.

To transform Vietnam, we must start by establishing a party organization!

Chapter 372 Republican Cultural Movement

While the North-South talks were at a stalemate, a different trend was also unfolding in the most prosperous commercial area of ​​southern China.

This fertile land with the most advantageous geographical location in China has changed its appearance almost every month since the founding of the Republic.

Different debates could be heard every day on campus, in teahouses, in theaters, on the streets of the Chinese areas and in the concessions.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the hottest trend was undoubtedly the "Republican Culture Movement"

After returning to Shanghai, a group of mainland scholars who had studied in Korea felt that the areas inland were still steeped in traditional feudal ideas.

So they raised the banner of "transforming Tartar culture and shaping republican culture."

This "Republican Cultural Movement" was initiated by Yuan Shikai.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, although the bad habits of the Qing Dynasty were abolished in terms of clothing and daily interests, Yuan Shikai knew that these were only appearances.

If we want to truly control the Jiangnan region and establish a talent training ladder, we must strike hard against the feudal slave culture entrenched in cities and towns.

Therefore, the republican cultural movement came into being.

Under the call and promotion of scholars returning from Korea, the first thing that caused heated discussion was the action of promoting vernacular Chinese and abandoning classical Chinese.

Liang Qichao and Zhang Taiyan, who graduated from Incheon Beiyang University, founded the Republican Youth newspaper after arriving in Shanghai.

They used the newspaper as a base and published a number of articles in vernacular Chinese, such as "The Victory of the Republic is the Victory of the Common People" and "Republican Youth", to promote vernacular Chinese.

Originally, people from all walks of life in Shanghai thought that this was just a minor fight among young students. After all, Shanghai establishes at least 100 new newspapers and periodicals every year, if not 50.

However, what no one expected was that the Incheon Dong-A Times, one of the two most famous newspapers in the Republic, which is as famous as Shen Bao and known as the "Southern Shen and Northern Shi", published an entire article in vernacular Chinese to support the Republican Youth Press.

You should know that the Dong-A Times was a well-known newspaper 10 years ago, around the time when Korea abolished the feudal system and established prefectures.

There was once a mysterious "East Asian nationalist" who published articles on "Germany's Survival", "North Korea's Survival" and "Japan's Survival" one after another.

The ideas in it were all fulfilled one after another in the following ten years.

And now, the East Asian scholar has picked up his pen to write another article about the "Rebirth of a Madman". Who wouldn't want to take a look?

After everyone had bought it, they discovered that this "狂鴰肆停漫散54L索: 人生生" was not an article about family and national affairs, political and economic context as in the past, but a novel.

The novel is written in vernacular Chinese and tells the story of a boy named "A Kuang" who lost his parents at a young age and was bullied in the countryside. He then joined the Green Camp of the Qing Dynasty and was bullied by his superiors. Finally, his brain was blown off in a battle. He was praised by the court for his "loyalty and righteousness", but in the end his superiors withheld his pension and sent him back home.

This novel describes the Northern Expedition of the National Revolutionary Army to A Kuang's hometown. A Kuang suddenly goes mad and kills the tax collector who went to the countryside to collect taxes with a knife. The story then abruptly ends.

The description of the ruthlessness of Qing officials and their disregard for the lives of the people resonated greatly among students who had not yet been exposed to the dark side of feudal society.

The most famous part of this novel is the sentence that has been called "man-eating sentence" by thousands of scholars.

"I opened the history books and checked them. There were no dates in the history books. On every crooked page were the words 'benevolence, righteousness, morality'.

I couldn't sleep anyway, so I read carefully for half the night, and finally I could make out the words between the lines. The whole book was filled with the words "Eat people."

The East Asian national hero is naturally Yuan Shikai’s pseudonym.

If it weren't for promoting this disguised "New Culture Movement", Yuan Shikai would have almost forgotten that he once had a pen name that was famous in East Asia.

As for "The Rebirth of a Madman", it is obviously an imitation of Mr. Lu Xun's Diary of a Madman.

But even so, it is enough.

When has the cultural and ideological world, which had been suppressed by the Qing Dynasty for hundreds of years, ever seen such a straightforward and unconcealed article?

Driven by the novel "The Madman's Rebirth" published in the Republican Youth Magazine and the East-Asia Times, various articles written mainly in vernacular Chinese quickly exploded like a blowout.

Young people all like to be direct.

"Fei Ren Zai" obviously does not express the true feelings of "Fuck you".

For articles with punctuation marks, you no longer have to worry about staying up late to break them down and read them.

2. Thus, from the very beginning of the Republican Cultural Movement, it attracted a large number of lower-class people and young scholars to participate in it.

9 Soon, the elders of the Qing Dynasty could no longer sit still when they saw that the "literati spirit" had been "totally destroyed" by these people.

"How can we allow the writings of sages, with their subtle words and profound meanings, to be tampered with by later generations, to the point of losing their soul?"

They regarded themselves as "disciples of the saints" and began to publish articles to refute these so-called vernacular texts that "harmed the country and the people" and "harmed the scholars."

The two sides fought back and forth for nearly a year, gradually pushing the "Republican Cultural Movement" to a climax.

3 Just when the people of Shanghai thought that the Republican Cultural Movement would last for several years, they focused their attention on the recent Wuchang Talks.

5 Yuan Shikai, the President of the Republic, suddenly rushed to Shanghai from Wuchang.

The moment he stepped into Shanghai Station, Yuan Xiangcheng waved his hat to salute the many people who came to greet him.

Immediately afterwards, in front of celebrities from all walks of life in Shanghai, Yuan Shikai announced a new policy called "Republican Education".

"The Republican government, with concern for the country's future, will soon implement a three-year compulsory education policy in Shanghai.

All children aged 7 and above, regardless of gender, are sent to the nearest school to learn pinyin and master Chinese characters.

Upon hearing this news, people from all walks of life in Shanghai were naturally excited.

They asked their acquaintances what compulsory education is and what pinyin is.

When I learned that the so-called compulsory education is to teach vernacular Chinese based on symbols created by foreign characters.

The people knew that the dispute between classical Chinese and vernacular Chinese had come to an end.

No matter how the "old masters" defend the so-called classical Chinese tradition, in the eyes of the president, the world of vernacular Chinese will eventually be ruled by them.

...

Yuan Shikai once implemented educational policies for primary schools, middle schools, vocational schools, and universities in Korea and outside the Great Wall.

However, due to limited financial resources, they could only rely on large cities and agricultural reclamation corps to establish a few schools.

The "school" that will be established in Shanghai is not a primary school. Its full name is "literacy school".

As the name suggests, Yuan Shikai had very low requirements for this type of school. As long as children could be taught to recognize and read characters and do simple arithmetic, they would be considered successful.

After the age of 7-10, if the family can afford it, they can enter primary school and gradually move on to middle school and university.