Chapter 190 I guarantee with my life that Brother Li will be one of my generation!
In 1904, during the 70th birthday of the old witch Cixi, she passed quietly among the flowers.
This is also a turning point. Next, the Qing Dynasty will rise from the dead to the sunset, and finally perish.
Li Qiwei became the biggest winner of this birthday banquet.
His laser orb was deeply loved by Cixi, and Cixi's previous dislike for him was naturally eliminated.
Not only was Li Qiwei reinstated, but rumors spread that he would hold an important position in the academic department, arousing the envy of countless people.
Yu Shimei heard about it from somewhere and is now trying to flatter him like crazy, asking Brother Li to take care of him.
Li Qiwei smiled faintly, hiding his merit and fame.
However, he had no idea that his gift almost triggered a crisis about him.
January 15, 1905, in an ordinary house in Renhe Lane, Xinzha Road, Shanghai.
A dozen young people in Western clothes sat together casually, none of them with braids on their heads.
The room was filled with smoke, and under the yellow light, there was a dull hazy feeling.
Two of them were having a heated argument.
"Hansi, let me say it again, Li Qiwei cannot be a Manchu lackey!"
Tao Hansi immediately replied: "President Zhou, I know you teach in Li Qiwei's university, but This is not your reason to defend him.”
Zhou Ziyu sighed lightly, he didn't expect things to develop to this point.
At this moment, the people in the room are all core members of the "Retro Club".
It turns out that as early as last year, Zhou Ziyu had been traveling around the country to establish revolutionary organizations in an attempt to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
The people in power in the Manchu Qing Dynasty were ignorant and incompetent, and they lost their power and humiliated the country. No people with lofty ideals in China could stand it.
In recent years, various revolutionary organizations have sprung up.
In November 1904, around Cixi's birthday, Zhou Ziyu, Tao Hansi, Wei Shisheng and others formally established the Retrospective Society in Shanghai.
Currently there are more than 40 members, including intellectuals, businessmen, craftsmen, and even landlords and gentry.
On the day of its establishment, Zhou Ziyu was elected as the president and Tao Hansi as the vice president.
The program of the Restoration Society is: Recover the Han people, return our mountains and rivers, pledge your life to the country, and retire with success.
The association has two revolutionary methods. One is written propaganda, such as opening newspapers, establishing schools, etc., to promote revolutionary ideas.
What Zhou Ziyu did was this revolutionary method.
The second method is to promote the revolution through assassinations and riots, especially the assassinations of Manchu dignitaries and lackeys.
Wu Mengxia, a core member of the Retrospective Society, once said: "There are two ways to achieve success: one is assassination, the other is revolution."
"Assassination is the cause, revolution is the effect."
“Although assassination can be done by an individual, revolution cannot be effective unless it is a group effort.”
"Today's era is not an era of revolution, but an era of assassination."
This shows that it is not a good time for revolution, so assassination is needed.
Since it is an assassination, who should be chosen as the target?
The members of the Retro Club all want to make a splash, make the Qing Dynasty frightened, and make the people wake up and realize the feudal evil of the Qing Dynasty.
Thereby calling on more people with lofty ideals to join the Restoration Society and overthrow the Qing Dynasty together.
Therefore, Li Qiwei, who has been in the limelight recently, unfortunately became their first choice target.
Wu Mengxia said harshly: "The old witch Cixi celebrated her 70th birthday, and Li Qiwei actually gave her such a great gift."
"I have confirmed with foreigners that the laser orb is indeed It is a priceless treasure."
"If it were auctioned in the West, it could even sell for hundreds of thousands of taels!"
"How many guns and explosives can this buy?"< br>
"With this money, we can even launch an uprising."
"But Li Qiwei actually offered the treasure directly in order to flatter Cixi."
"Zhou Hui "Chief, isn't he still a lackey of the Manchu Qing Dynasty?"
After listening to Wu Mengxia's words, Zhou Ziyu thought of every detail of his relationship with Li Qiwei.
If someone told him that Li Qiwei supported the Manchus, he would not believe it even to death.
When it comes to patriotism, I'm afraid he is no worse than everyone here, and even loves his country more deeply and passionately.
So, he must speak up for Li Qiwei.
“Before the Retro Club was established, Li Qiwei and I had an in-depth conversation.”
“His thoughts and his ideals, I don’t want to argue about them here.”< br>
“But I can guarantee with my life that Brother Li must be a member of my generation.”
"I have even promoted Li Qiwei's great love in several revolutionary organizations."
"He is a true patriot."
After that, Zhou Ziyu looked directly at Wu Mengxia, "Meng Xia, do you know where our retro club's guns and explosives come from?"
Wu Mengxia shook his head. He didn't understand why President Zhou said this. Does it have anything to do with Li Qiwei?
Zhou Ziyu said: "Li Qiwei helped us get these."
"Through his connection, I contacted arms companies in Europe."
"Only in this way can I purchase such high-quality weapons at low prices."
"I thought explosives Is it a very simple thing?”
“Just last year, an accident occurred when a revolutionary organization used domestically produced explosives.”
“After the fuse of the explosive was ignited, it exploded. It burned out very quickly, causing the person who threw the bomb to die before he could throw it away.”
"And the German products in our retro association will never have these problems."
"Do you think a Manchu lackey would help a revolutionary organization like this?"
Zhou Ziyu's inspiring words, Everyone present was extremely shocked.
I didn’t expect that President Zhou, who is usually gentle and elegant, has such an unknown side.
He has direct contact with European arms companies!
In the late Qing Dynasty, this kind of relationship was simply an existence that countless forces were vying to win over.
Wu Mengxia was speechless immediately, "This and this."
Even Tao Hansi couldn't help but ask: "Ziyu, is this true?"
No wonder He was surprised. If Zhou Ziyu really had this kind of relationship, then the Retrospective Society would definitely be the number one revolutionary organization in the country.
“Why didn’t you say it before? I always thought you bought those guns and explosives in China.”
Zhou Ziyu sighed and said: "If one more person knows, Brother Li will be in more danger."
"We can assassinate the Manchus, but won't the Manchus assassinate our people?"< br>
"Brother Li was dismissed by Cixi before. If the Manchus knew about this, what consequences do you think it would have on Brother Li." Only then did everyone understand. At the same time, they were very confused. , since Li Qiwei was so supportive of the revolutionary cause, why did he give such expensive gifts?
Wu Mengxia did not give up, he put forward a conjecture, "President Zhou, is there such a possibility."
"When Li Qiwei confessed his feelings to you before, he was really anti-Manchu and had a revolutionary heart."
"But as he gradually realized the benefits of being an official, his original intention changed and he was Qing corrupted and abandoned the revolution."
"That's why he sent the laser orb to seek a better position and benefit for himself."
Wu Mengxia's words made others nod. , it does sound reasonable.
However, Zhou Ziyu just smiled softly, and he suddenly felt a little sorry for Li Qiwei at this moment.
Hibernating because of the deepest love, being misunderstood because of being dormant, being misunderstood but unable to explain, because once explained, it can no longer be dormant.
Zhou Ziyu slowly looked at everyone's faces. Although they were hostile to Li Qiwei, everyone's patriotism was unquestionable.
Otherwise, as the president, he would not allow these people to join the association.
Everyone must pass a strict assessment before being admitted as a member.
All their starting points are for the country, not for personal grudges and selfish interests.
Besides, Li Qiwei has never met anyone present, so there is no need to hold grudges.
“I don’t know why Li Qiwei sent the laser orb.”
“But I believe that he must have his own reasons.”
“And this There must be something wrong with this orb, but we are all laymen in science and do not understand the truth behind it."
"Li Qiwei is a great master of science in the West, and he can be treated with courtesy by the king and prime minister of a country."< br>
“His scientific knowledge has long exceeded the imagination of everyone here.”
“I have attended several courses at Huangpu Institute of Technology and Physics. To be honest, it is no different from listening to heavenly books.”
“ You know, those are just the learning content for freshman students."
"This shows that Li Qiwei's own talent in Western learning has reached an incredible level."
" I bet that the laser orb must have some unknown secret, and the truth will be revealed in the near future.”
Wu Mengxia and others were shocked by Zhou Ziyu's categorical words, but they could not completely convince them.
Zhou Ziyu also understood this, so he continued: "Meng Xia, you said that Li Qiwei might be coveting the wealth and wealth of the high-ranking Manchu officials, and thus became disgusted with revolution."
"This, I can tell you with certainty and responsibly, it is impossible, absolutely impossible."
"The so-called Qing imperial masters, deputy ministers of management, senior officials of the academic department, etc., in Li Qiwei's eyes It’s all bullshit.”
“If he didn’t want to successfully promote domestic education reform, he would not even look at these official positions.”
"As a Chinese, Li Qiwei can obtain the British lower knighthood."
"If he is willing to become a British national, based on his achievements, I am afraid that he will be a baron."
>"As for senior government officials, I'm afraid the British are rushing to get him."
"You will never understand what a top physicist in the world means to a country."
“Not to mention Li Qiwei’s huge network of contacts in Europe.”
"Those arms company personnel who have contacted me hope that Li Qiwei can go to their headquarters to inspect."
"Do you think such a proud man would care about an official position in a mere feudal country?"
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“It would be almost enough to directly become the minister of military aircraft.”
“As for glory and wealth, let alone it.”
“Nowadays, Shanhe Industrial Group, which has suddenly emerged in the country, has total assets of Several million taels.”
"Li Qiwei is the chairman and the only shareholder of this group."
"In other words, this group company belongs to him personally."
"And he also has huge industries in Europe , the amount of transactions every day is tens of thousands."
"Does he still care about the three melons and two dates given by Manqing?"
"Gentlemen, please tell me. How could Li Qiwei be corrupted by the Qing Dynasty? ”
At this time, everyone was shocked and speechless.
They knew that Li Qiwei was awesome, but they didn’t expect him to be so awesome.
No one could imagine how a 25-year-old man could achieve so many achievements at the same time.
This can no longer be summed up as a dragon or a phoenix among men, it can only be described as a monster.
Such a being would never succumb to others, let alone become a lackey of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Now, Wu Mengxia and others completely believe that Li Qiwei really made the compromise with Manchu Qingxu in order to promote educational reform.
Otherwise, with the other person’s identity and status, he can be at ease in any country in the world.
Why go back to China to suffer, carry out reforms, and teach students at the same time.
Now he almost became the first assassination target of their retro society.
It is simply more unjust than Dou E.
Wu Mengxia said with shame: "President Zhou, it's me, Meng Lang. Please apologize to Li Qiwei on my behalf."
"He is a real hero."
Tao Hansi also sighed : "Ziyu, thank you, otherwise we would have done something we will regret for the rest of our lives."
"Li Qiwei should be thanked by all our revolutionaries."
Zhou Ziyu said: " Everyone has the same intention, which is to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but the means are different. ”
"I believe Brother Li will also understand us."
"In the future, if you meet people from other revolutionary organizations, you must explain clearly, so as not to chill these patriots."
What Li Qiwei didn't know was that it was precisely because of Zhou Ziyu's strong argument and standing up today that he was saved from disaster.
Moreover, his reputation spread among the rest of the revolutionary organizations in a confidential way.
When the world was in chaos a few years later, it was precisely because of Li Qiwei's kindness that the Li family received special treatment.
Not only were no one harmed, but the family property was also well protected.
When Zhou Ziyu was wanted by the Manchus and fled in despair, it was Li Qiwei who protected him and supported his revolutionary cause.
Now, it is Zhou Ziyu's turn to speak out for Li Qiwei, showing his firm patriotism and avoiding being accidentally injured by his comrades.
Good deeds will be rewarded with good deeds, and evil deeds will be rewarded with evil deeds.
Li Qiwei and Zhou Ziyu, a soul of future generations and a predecessor of this life.
Their trajectories intersect perfectly at this moment.
Use education as a pen and ink to jointly write a bright future for China.
(End of this chapter)