Master Yuan, start!

It is understandable that the people think this way, after all, their knowledge is still limited.

But as members of the Social Revolutionary Party, if you also think so, you will be letting down the chief instructor's efforts.

When the war stopped and peace came, and even before the war with France was over, some members of the Social Revolutionary Committee in the north and outside the Great Wall began to relax, shirk responsibilities, deceive their superiors and subordinates, and pursue pleasure.

The chief instructor once said, "Iron shells are easy to dodge, but sugar shells are difficult to defend against."

But these words were all turned a deaf ear to by some people.

Before Li Hongzhang finished fighting, news of corruption and hedonism spread in Fengtian Province. The land reclaimed by the people who had crossed the Guandong Pass was seized, and the land tax exemption for the people who had crossed the Guandong Pass was reduced. The people were even forced to complain to higher-level organizations and the Reclamation Corps, and the problem was only resolved after the militia was dispatched.

Fengtian has it, but do the Huaihai region and other northern provinces dare to say they don't?!"

Xu Shichang questioned in a stern and resounding voice, completely wiping out the image of a good guy that he had previously held in everyone's mind.

"You, are you mistakenly thinking that the Chief Instructor is an old slave, Nurhaci, and want to put him on the throne of tyrant and crown of emperor?

In this way, I can feel at ease being a descendant of the Eight Banners of the Republic of China, and dream of enjoying the colorful world of the Central Plains after entering the Pass, right?

But do you know, do you understand clearly, that if this happens, the core spirit of our D, our organization, and the anti-Manchu republic on which we Han people rely to establish our country will inevitably disappear.

If this continues, the foundation of the Chinese Republic will be destroyed in your hands!"

Nurhaci, the Eight Banners entered the Pass!

This heart-piercing statement, which was close to the utmost political correctness within the Social Revolutionary Party and within the Republic of China, which was founded on anti-Manchuism, made everyone present alert.

Before they could react, after Xu Shichang finished speaking, Ming Ye waved his hand, and another dozen people from the Intelligence Search Department came in and walked directly into the Social Revolutionary Committee members sitting in the audience.

"Yanzhou Prefecture Governor Yang Du, Haizhou Prefecture Governor Jiang Guiti, and Yizhou Prefecture Governor Ma Yukun are suspected of colluding with Song Qing and trampling on the republican system. They have been taken into custody for questioning!"

Catch more than one person!

No wonder the Prime Minister was in attendance at the Huaihai regional meeting. It turned out that this was a declaration to fire internally!

Only then did Song Qing realize that he had been targeted.

Corruption was certainly the reason for his arrest, but his attempt to persuade Yuan Shikai to ascend the throne made Yuan Shikai lose his last bit of confidence in him.

However, there are some things that Song Qing still doesn't quite understand.

As his arms were held and he was dragged out of the door, he murmured softly, "Since ancient times, people have conquered the world just to rule it.

How could anyone give up the throne they have secured and wait for someone else to take it?"

It was not until this moment that the committee members in the room realized that Song Qing, Chairman Song, whom they regarded as a "republican pioneer" and "revolutionary predecessor", actually had such decadent ideas in his heart.

This made the vast majority of young committee members who had received Western education and been influenced by republican ideas shake their heads.

If he could become emperor, the chief instructor would have done so on the day of the founding of the country, in front of the Qing Taimiao, outside the Zhengyang Gate of the Forbidden City.

Why wait until today?

Comrade Song Zhusan, you are confused!

Seeing everyone present thoughtful, Xu Shichang sighed and said frankly:

"Some opportunists took advantage of the National Revolutionary Army's successive victories to sneak into the Social Revolutionary Party, acting like fence-sitters. There were also old bureaucrats who claimed to understand the republican spirit and joined the Social Revolutionary Party. They held on to the ideas of the old era and still couldn't forget the idea of ​​following the dragon's merit.

9. So today, my remarks just now were a declaration of war against them!

They do not deeply understand the difference between the cadres of the new era and the bureaucrats of the old era.

Such people will be arrested sooner or later!"

"However!" Xu Shichang's tone changed and began to soften:

3. "Song Qing was once our comrade. The Social Revolutionary Party will not resort to lynching comrades, but will hand them over to the soon-to-be-established National Court for fair trial.

The merits are rewarded and the crimes are confessed, with merits and demerits clearly distinguished.

As for Haizhou Governor Jiang Guiti, Yanzhou Governor Yang Du, Yizhou Governor Ma Yukun and others, after the truth is revealed, those found guilty will be judged, and those found innocent will be reinstated."

4Xu Shichang spoke a lot more in a very eloquent manner, but no one present listened to him much.

Most of them have the phrase "sooner or later he will be arrested" echoing in their minds.

Am I an old bureaucrat or a new cadre?

While everyone was thinking, Xu Shichang finished his speech.

Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief and thought the storm was over.

Suddenly, a familiar voice drew everyone's attention to the door of the auditorium.

"besides!

Unexpectedly, Yuan Xiangcheng walked into the room alone.

The President is here too?

"My son, Yuan Keding, has violated the spirit of the republic by advocating for his father to be president for life. I will give a reasonable explanation to all the committee members and the people of the country!"

Chapter 492 Social and Cultural Revolution

The arrest of Song Qinghe and a group of people related to him, coupled with the news that Yuan Shikai personally attended the Huaihai regional meeting, made the members of the provincial and regional delegations, who were already somewhat nervous, even more sensitive.

Among the representatives from various provinces, some members who had followed Yuan Xiangcheng during the Incheon military training period were able to perceive the implicit message in Yuan Xiangcheng's plain speech.

A storm sweeping across the social revolution is about to come

However, for the social revolution D that is about to rule the country, this seems to be another step that must be experienced.

Within a few consecutive days, members of the delegations from Fengtian, Zhili, Haidong, Shandong, and Henan provinces had their arrest warrants read out during meetings and were taken away on the spot.

Even when resting at night, most of the committee members inside the inn could hear the sound of the Social Investigation Department knocking on the door of the next room.

The commissioners who were found would often struggle for a while, but after being subdued by the intelligence personnel, they would eventually choose to surrender.

There was a committee member named Liu who was so afraid that he would be arrested in his sleep that he didn't even sleep all night. When someone knocked on his door at the Intelligence Search Section, he thought he, too, was being targeted.

But after I opened the door, I found out that he was asking for directions.

"Excuse me, sir, do you know where Commissioner Zhou is?" the intelligence officer asked in a gentle voice.

"It's next door." Committee member Liu, wearing only a single layer of clothing and holding onto the door frame with trembling legs, answered.

After getting the answer, the intelligence officer bowed his head and said sorry, then closed the door and walked towards Commissioner Zhou's room next door.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Is Commissioner Zhou here? We are from the Social Revolutionary Intelligence Investigation Section."

For a time, some members of the Social Revolutionary Party gathered in Tianjin were in a state of panic and unable to sleep or eat.

No one knows what kind of ending these people will face.

...

In such an atmosphere, the plenary session of the Social Revolutionary Congress was finally convened on the last day of 1898.

Almost all the central decision-making members of the Socialist Revolutionary Committee were sitting on the rostrum.

However, what no one expected was that the person who presided over the meeting was not the chief instructor Yuan Xiangcheng, nor the Prime Minister Xu Shichang, one of the central decision-making committee members.

But it was the Minister of Propaganda Yan Fu.

Ever since the Mawei Shipyard was destroyed by France and Yan Fu traveled to Korea, he has been hiding behind Yuan and Xu as their deputy.

He is more focused on translating Western books and spreading socialist ideas in D. When he appears in public, he usually talks about topics related to culture and thought.

This is the first time that I have spoken publicly in front of so many people.

However, Yan Fu's appearance did calm the hearts of some panicked members of the Social Revolutionary Committee.

His appearance means that the tone of this closing ceremony is relaxed, rather than the extremely solemn tone of the previous few days.

Yan Fu stood behind the podium and looked at Yuan Xiang and Yue Fei beside him. The two sides nodded in tacit understanding.

Then, he turned to the audience and announced the first topic of the meeting.

"Comrades, I know you have been extremely anxious during this period.

I don’t know if you realize that your mentality is actually due to the old feudal ideas in your heart.

Imperial ideology is unacceptable, and autocratic ideology is also unacceptable. You have been members of the Communist Party for so long, don’t you understand?

Forget these decadent old ideas and old culture!

If we, the social revolutionaries, don’t want to be left behind by the organization, we must throw these bad ideas behind us!

Of course, we oppose the old culture and old ideas, but we are by no means opposed to everything in Confucianism.

Was it Confucius who invented the old ethics that restricts thoughts?

It was the later followers of Confucianism over the past thousands of years who distorted Confucius's meaning, turning Confucianism into a cage that imprisons people's thoughts.

What we need to do is to correct and change these erroneous ideas that have been tampered with and restore order!"

Yan Fu was dressed in republican clothing, his black beard trembling at the corners of his mouth, and round-framed glasses on his nose. He said passionately:

"Respect Confucianism, honor our ancestors, restore China, put the people first, and achieve world peace!

This is the purpose of our social revolution, and it is also the spirit that we will popularize to all citizens in the future.

When we respect Confucianism, what kind of Confucianism do we respect? It is the people-oriented Confucianism of Confucius and Mencius.

How to respect Confucianism? This depends on the name of our organization, Social Revolution D.

A revolution is one that changes the old and establishes the new.

Today, the military revolution across the country is nearing its end, but the social revolution and cultural revolution have not yet begun.

What we need to do is to promote revolutionism, revolutionary spirit, new ethics, new morality and new literature.

Explain clearly to the people of the world what the new ethics is: the ruler is the leader of his ministers, the husband is the leader of his wife, and the father is the leader of his sons. The leader is a role model, not one-sided obedience!

To reform ethics and morality is the number one task of social revolution! "

Yan Fu's face flushed red after hearing these coherent speeches. Looking at Yuan Xiangcheng's approving gaze beside him, he took a deep breath and continued:

"As for the Cultural Revolution, I believe there are two urgent tasks.

First, it is to overthrow the aristocratic literature and folk literature of traditional literature that are refined, flattering, stale, extravagant, obscure, and difficult; and to establish a national literature and popular literature that is simple, lyrical, fresh, sincere, vernacular, and popular.

Second, we need to improve the old traditional Chinese characters that are cumbersome, complex, obscure, and repetitive, and replace them with new simplified Chinese characters that are concise, bright, clear, and unique.

Yan Fu spoke eloquently for tens of thousands of words, and everything he said was what he had discussed with Yuan Shikai in advance.