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Chapter 400: 330. Moisturizing things silently and springing with merit

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    Later that day, Sun Yat-sen¡¯s speech at the farewell meeting was sent to Sun Yuanqi¡¯s desk by Chen Xun¡¯en.

    Sun Yuanqi read it and flicked the pages: "When it comes to borrowing foreign debt, others may not know what he means; but when it comes to the largest capitalist in China today, who else can compare with me? What Mr. Zhongshan said  I'm afraid Xiang Zhuang's sword dance is aimed at Pei Gong!"

    Chen Xun'en nodded: "What your Excellency said is absolutely true! This time the League's power in the cabinet is not as powerful as our New China Party. As the leader of the party, Sun Yat-sen will inevitably feel resentful. But having said that, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet Tang Shaochuan is not only Yuan Xiangcheng's relatives and friends,  Your Excellency's university alumnus is also a member of their alliance. He has his own ideas on how to form a cabinet. What does it have to do with us?"

    Sun Yuanqi said: "Now that the North-South Peace Agreement has just been reached, Mr. Zhongshan took the initiative to give up his talents, which attracted praise from all over the country, and the Tongmenghui also became famous. This time the Tongmenghui suffered a heavy loss in the cabinet. Even if they wanted to cause trouble for Yuan Xiangcheng, they would not  Maybe they chose this time to avoid people suspecting that they were taking advantage of a favor, but they always had to find someone to vent to. Not long after the reorganization of the New China Party, we suddenly emerged in the cabinet, occupying three seats in one fell swoop. From the perspective of the Tongmenghui,  It is clear that we have usurped their position; and I, Zhang Shiweng, Tang Zheweng, etc. all served in the Qing government and were the targets of their revolution. Thinking about it this way, it is reasonable for them to point the finger at us."

    Chen Xun¡¯en asked: ¡°Sir, what should we do?¡±

    Sun Yuanqi shook his head slightly: "We don't have to do anything!"

    Chen Xun'en hesitated for a moment and then asked: "Do nothing? Are we going to let the alliance slander and slander us? Sir, we are much better than before! Not to mention making small moves in the cabinet or spreading news on the radio and newspapers, just  Let's make some adjustments to the alliance on arms and medicine, and that will be enough for them to have a good drink!"

    Sun Yuanqi said: "The reason why we want to spare the Tongmenghui is that we cannot turn against the Tongmenghui. It's not that we are not as strong as the Tongmenghui, or that we don't dare to enmity with the Tongmenghui, but because Yuan Xiangcheng is watching with eager eyes! I have been  It is suspected that our New China Party won three seats in the cabinet, while the Tongmenghui only occupied two, because of Yuan Xiangcheng's instructions. The purpose is to provoke conflicts between us and the Tongmenghui so that he can benefit. In this case, we  Naturally, Yuan Xiangcheng cannot be satisfied.

    "Actually, we don't have to turn against the Alliance, because in my opinion, the Alliance may not be able to do anything to us!"

    "Oh? Why do you say that, sir?" Chen Xun'en asked curiously.

    "Look carefully at the content of Mr. Sun Yat-sen's speech." Sun Yuanqi handed the pages back to Chen Xun'en, and then continued, "In this speech, Mr. Sun Yat-sen proposed the concept of 'social revolution'. The so-called 'social revolution',  In addition to reiterating the "equal land rights" in the 16-character program of the Tongmenghui, it also called on the Tongmenghui to carry out enlightenment movements spiritually and vigorously build industry materially. Why did he suddenly mention this? There is no doubt that he has noticed these ten things of mine.  After many years of development, I believe that the fundamental reason why I have achieved what I have today is to promote education and establish industry. "Poetry" says: 'If you cut off Ke and cut off Ke, it will not be far away.' Now that I have found the secret to success,  They must follow suit and be prepared to teach their apprentices to starve their masters to death."

    Chen Xun'en immediately nodded and said: "Yes, yes, what your Excellency said is absolutely true! Fortunately, we have seen everything, so naturally we cannot let them do whatever they want. How do you think we should respond?"

    Sun Yuanqi said: "We remain unchanged in response to all changes."

    Chen Xun'en thought for a while and said: "That's right! Your Excellency founded Jingshi University. It is said that tens of millions of taels of silver were invested in the early stage. The Tongmenghui wanted to set up a school, but how could they have so much money for them to squander? The industry established by Your Majesty is not only technologically sophisticated, but also has  Patent protection means that even if the alliance wants to imitate it, it cannot imitate it. If they do not underestimate their capabilities, they may end up stealing the chicken but losing the rice."

    Sun Yuanqi said: "If Mr. Zhongshan is really determined to devote himself to education and industry, there will not be many difficulties, and he may not be unable to make great achievements! For example, the funding problem you just mentioned, Yanji, is actually very easy to solve. Yuan Xiangcheng wants to  To appease him, he was specially granted the title of 'National Railway Supervisor'. He could ask Yuan Xiangcheng for money in the name of railway construction, he could also set up a railway company to raise shares from domestic gentry, and he could also use the road rights to mortgage loans from foreign banks.

    "After you have money, you can set up some industrial companies with quick results, high profits, and low technical content, and then use the surplus to expand production, establish education, develop people's livelihood, etc. In three to five years, you can achieve impressive results; in ten years  After that, we will definitely be able to become rich in the Southeast. But Mr. Zhongshan and his colleagues?You may not have such good perseverance to be able to work in obscurity and down-to-earth for such a long time.  They don¡¯t even have the patience to wait for three to five months!  "

    Most of the leaders of the Tongmenghui, represented by Sun Yat-sen, are giants in language and dwarfs in action.  For example, Huang Xing talked endlessly about the art of war before the Wuchang Uprising, and was considered by his peers to be the number one general in the Tongmenghui. However, during the defense of Hanyang, he was beaten to a pulp by the Beiyang Army and almost exploded.  Most of the other members are more talkative than actions, more passionate than talented, and are good at destroying but not good at building.  If we expect them to be able to run education and develop industry in a down-to-earth manner, it is better to believe that sows can climb trees!

    In real history, Sun Yat-sen once asked Yuan Shikai for a lot of money in the name of building a railway. As a result, not one kilometer of railway was built, and the public funds were missing.

    Sun Yuanqi added: "Compared with investing in industry, setting up education requires more courage. After all, industry is visible and tangible. If you invest this year, you may make a profit next year. And what about education? As the saying goes: 'A tree that takes ten years will grow a hundred years old'  People.' A hundred years may be an exaggeration, but ten or so years are always needed. For example, to establish basic education in primary and secondary schools, you may not even be able to make a profit in your lifetime, and you have to keep pouring money into it. But no one can deny the importance of education.  Especially for the country and the nation!¡±

    In Asia, the economic development of several model Western-style democratic countries such as the Philippines and India has been relatively sluggish, while many Eastern-style countries ruled by powerful powers such as Japan, South Korea, and China have rapidly become rich and powerful. Countless experts and scholars have studied politics, economics, and  Various factors such as culture and religion are analyzed to try to find the root cause of the gap.  But one of the important reasons cannot be ignored, and that is the rapid improvement of national cultural standards in the early stage of economic development.

    As Kido Takayun (whose real name is "Kasura Kogoro" may be better known to the Chinese), one of the three heroes of Japan's Meiji Restoration, said: "The people of our country (referring to Japan) are no different from Americans and Europeans. The difference lies in whether they have  Educated." So after the Meiji Restoration in 1868, Japan advocated universal education and created a society without illiteracy in a few decades.  Japan's economy also developed rapidly and soon became a capitalist power.

    ??The Four Asian Tigers (Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan) and mainland China also followed this paradigm, popularizing education on a large scale before the economy took off, improving the cultural level of the people, and laying a solid foundation for subsequent development.  In contrast, the quality and level of compulsory education in countries such as the Philippines and India are very low. Many poor children and children do not receive formal education and cannot change their destiny through knowledge. They can only be reduced to servants and untouchables generation after generation.  , the development of the national economy can be imagined.

    ¡°Although the establishment of education has far-reaching influence and merits, it costs a lot and returns little, and any achievements achieved will be attributed to me, the director of education. Obviously, Mr. Sun Yat-sen and the Tongmeng Association are not willing to do this kind of work of making wedding clothes for others.  So they replaced 'education' with 'enlightenment'." Sun Yuanqi then explained: "The 'enlightenment' mentioned here is not the enlightenment of our traditional Chinese education of young children and imparting basic introductory knowledge, but the Western education through propaganda  The 'enlightenment' that enables society to accept new things and achieve progress. Compared with education, the implementers of education are generally ordinary teachers, while the implementers of enlightenment are ideological elites and public intellectuals; the content of education is generally what has been taught in books.  There is content, but the content of enlightenment propaganda is content that is lacking in the current society; education generally tends to knowledge and skills, while enlightenment tends to consciousness and concepts From these perspectives, 'enlightenment' is obviously more advanced and greater than 'education'  !¡±

    Chen Xun'en said: "In my opinion, enlightenment and education both allow people to accept new knowledge and gain new progress. In essence, there is not much difference between the two."

    Sun Yuanqi said with a smile: "It's almost the same, but the subtle differences are enough to make people feel that 'enlightenment' is more advanced and greater than 'education', and that's enough! But having said that, today's China does need a truly meaningful  The Enlightenment Movement was to enlighten the people's wisdom, spread science, cleanse ignorance, restore humanity, promote humanitarianism, and improve national literacy to adapt to the new situation of social, economic, and political development in the Republic of China, rather than blindly requiring the country to reform. But for the Tongmenghui  Whether it can shoulder the important task of the Enlightenment, I have considerable doubts about it!"

    Chen Xun'en said: "I feel that since the Guangxu period, your Excellency has established a university of economics, compiled a complete set of teaching materials, and opened up people's wisdom, spread science, eliminated ignorance, and improved national literacy in a silent situation, this is itself part of the Enlightenment Movement. He  Is the Alliance going to raise the banner of 'enlightenment' again at this time?"

    Sun Yuanqi shook his head and said with some shame: "Although I have made some achievements in spreading science, science is only a very narrow aspect of the Enlightenment. What is more important is the concept of freedom, democratic ideas, republican government, parliamentary system, etc.  The content has never been touched upon by these people, and I have only a partial understanding of it.¡±

    Immediately, Sun Yuanqi felt somewhat complacent: "Although I know very little, the members of the Tongmenghui may not be any smarter than me. This is also the fundamental reason why I doubt whether the Tongmenghui can shoulder the important task of the Enlightenment!" (To be continued. If  If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember this website address: www.hlnovel.com)?But I have never touched upon them, and I know only a little about them.  "

    Immediately, Sun Yuanqi felt somewhat complacent: "Although I know very little, the members of the Tongmenghui may not be any smarter than me. This is also the fundamental reason why I doubt whether the Tongmenghui can shoulder the important task of the Enlightenment!" (To be continued. If  If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember this website address: www.hlnovel.com
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