Is human nature ugly or kind? This has been discussed in ancient times to today without any result. If human nature was originally ugly, then is there no kindness in the world?

Chen Wenqiang once thought hard and found his own answer: If morality is strong when it can be restrained, it can restrain people's bad behavior. But if society falls into a state of chaos and the social morality that restricts everyone no longer exists, the ugly side of human nature will be ruthlessly exposed. Dissatisfaction, jealousy, greed, and violence in life will be magnified by multiples like a magnifying glass, released without restrictions, forming huge destructive power.

It doesn’t matter whether kindness is relative, it is just a state that is not incited or inspired. Everyone has wild animals in their hearts, and every unrest gives people the opportunity to release the ugly, cruel and barbaric nature of human nature.

Although Chen Wenqiang personally took charge, suppressed the sluts in the rebel army with his iron fist, and maintained the social order of the occupied towns with killing. But he saw a lot, and what he saw with his own eyes made him deeply afraid of the destructiveness of the revolution and his indulgence of human nature, and admired Liang Qichao's concerns.

In the most important debate articles of "The Enlightenment of the Nature", "Article on the Prosperity of Racial Revolution and the Pros and Disadvantages of Political Revolution", Liang Qichao clearly pointed out that revolution is inevitable to kill people and shed blood, which is an ominous thing after all, and is a "great misfortune" for the country and the people; at home, revolution is prone to civil strife and cause division, and foreign countries are prone to interference and cause division; and also "revolutionary resumption of production revolution."

After a great chaos, evil politics will easily arise, and the people will eventually be able to hold their freedom to the hands of one person or one party to make up for their lives and property. "This is the birth of democratic political system." Moreover, construction is not easy after destruction, and the cost of revolution cannot be eliminated in one go, and it will eventually be doubled for future generations. Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, revolution cannot be easily mentioned.

On the other hand, the arguments of the revolutionary party in the Tongmenghui seem too taken for granted. They believe that the revolutionary army is only full of people but not xenophobic, does not disturb the "external property" and does not change the foreign treaties. The great powers will not only not interfere. Instead, they will sympathize with the Chinese revolution. In terms of internal affairs, they believe that the revolutionary army will not repeat the mistakes of changing dynasties and separatist forces in Chinese history, because there is no dispute over the throne and no reason for civil strife. The Chinese revolution will also learn from the lessons of the terrifying dictatorship of the French Revolution. Therefore, the revolution will be happy and there will be no external troubles and internal troubles.

Looking at history, shortly after the founding of the Revolutionary and the Revolutionary Party, which created the Republican Republic, angrily proved that the Republic of China had fallen into a "fake republic", followed by the dictatorship of the only man, the restoration of the imperial system, then local separatism, the division of the north and the south, and then the chaos came, and the revolution began... "Revolutionary Resumption of Production and Revolution", which was exactly the consequences of the revolutionary civil strife that Liang Qichao repeatedly warned that the revolutionary party repeatedly denied. After all, Outer Mongolia was really *** (although it was originally fake **, and it was really affiliated with Russia), **, and Xinjiang was almost "***"...

Liang Qichao's unfortunate words did not prove that revolution was wrong and royalist constitution was right, but his historical penetrating vision could allow Chen Wenqiang to seriously consider the choice of revolutionary paths and methods, as well as the inclusion or transformation of the current rebel army.

Withdrawing from the occupied territory and fighting for a long distance is not only to avoid the edge of the Qing army, lure them into division of troops or make them tired; at the same time, it is also a cleansing and reorganizing the rebels, and it is also an education and publicity for the people along the way. When approaching Wuzhishan, the rebels can also deal with the Qing army based on the mountains and jungles, and persist for a long time, so that the Revival Association's banner will stand without falling, and continue to exert their influence and appeal.

Chen Wenqiang was able to sit steadily right away. This was a good horse, but it took some time to control it well. His groom also changed a new man, named Fu Changsuo. But people called him "Knife and Axeman", and he was also willing to be called that. Because he always had an axe on his waist, and he used it to smash the heads of several Qing soldiers.

"When running, grab the reins shorter, don't pull them too tightly when jumping, otherwise the horse will chew into the horse's mouth and throw people down." Chen Wenqiang could ride a horse. In his previous life, he had learned about equestrian clubs in Shanghai. Now, he is pulling Fu Changluo at the point.

"Yes, sir." Fu Changsuo jumped off his horse and replied respectfully.

"Do you like military life?" Chen Wenqiang asked casually.

"Yes, sir."

"Do you want to command a force in the future?"

"Maybe..." The knife and axe hesitated for a moment, "Yes."

Chen Wenqiang smiled and reached out and said, "Show me your axe."

Fu Changsuo hesitated and took the axe off and handed it over. Chen Wenqiang took it over and looked carefully: the long wooden handle was inserted into the slot of the axe, and it was very exciting to swing.

"How do you think of this army?" Chen Wenqiang threw the axe to Fu Changsuo, hoping to get the most pertinent evaluation from this guy.

"Well, very good, sir." Fu Changsuo paused for a moment and added: "Whoever ruins a woman will chop off his head; whoever steals the common people will chop off his head. This is very good."

It was very simple and very energetic. Chen Wenqiang nodded in admiration. In the eyes of the people, this is a good army, very simple.

"Do you know what the revolution is going on?" Chen Wenqiang asked, "Why did you join the Revolutionary Army?"

Fu Changsuo blinked his eyes, a little confused, and after a while he replied: "The Qing soldiers are not good people, and those high-ranking officials are also very bad. It is natural for those who beat them and kill them. Moreover, there is less tax..."

Chen Wenqiang smiled, Fu Changsuo's answer was interesting, but this was exactly what he thought. Revolution should not be just the patent of knowledgeable people, but to make the people participate, it seems that simpler slogans and easier-to-understand calls are needed.

"Tell me, what do you want to get?" Chen Wenqiang made a gesture and explained: "What kind of life do you want to get in the future when you join the Revolutionary Army?"

Fu Changsuo thought about it and said uncertainly: "There is food to eat, clothes to wear, land to grow, housing to live in, not to be bullied, and..."

Worrying about the country and the people is the idea of ​​intellectuals. Is the most personal requirement of the people? Is it considered a problem that the revolution needs to be solved? Just overthrowing the court and changing the political system means the success of the revolution?

Chen Wenqiang smiled, patted Fu Changsuo's arm hard, turned over the horse, and walked slowly.

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Outside Lingshui County.

After Wu Luzhen led his team to join Xu Chunshan's troops, he went to Lingshui and Baoting under the banner of the rebel army, and the battle was easy. From top to bottom, there was a sense of underestimation and optimism. Of course, this is also a very normal thing. After all, from the comparison of the strength between the enemy and us in Qiongzhou, victory is completely possible.

"Teel the enemy deeper and ambush the patrol battalion?" Wu Luzhen looked at Chen Wenqiang's secret letter in the tent, looked at the messenger in thought, and probably couldn't ask anything, so he continued to read the letter.

In Chen Wenqiang's vision, Wu Luzhen and his men must also move closer to Qiongzhong, either ambush the patrol battalion, or make plans depending on the situation. Because time is tight, Chen Wenqiang sets himself a month and a half. If he wants to escape from the rebel army, he must arrange the subsequent things as soon as possible.

It's quite complicated! Wu Luzhen looked at Chen Wenqiang's idea and thought nervously whether to choose simple and easy-to-use or complex and changeable is not that easy to choose.

At this time, the Wanning Uprising has indeed reached a dividing point. Whether to stop or persist for a long time, the pros and cons of this are really difficult to judge.

After a while, Wu Luzhen raised her head and stared at Amao and asked in a deep voice: "Can you guarantee to kill Zheng Hongming?"

"It should be no problem." Amao was more confident, paused for a moment, and reminded him: "Brother said that you would send someone to cooperate so that people would not be suspicious."

"I understand." Wu Luzhen nodded, thought for a while and said, "Time is very tight. I will send a team of people to Qiongzhong and wear the clothes of the patrol battalion."

"There is no need to be too many people. It is best to run away and trustworthy. Don't be caught by others, it will be exposed." Amao did not forget to remind him.

"That's natural." Wu Luzhen knew that it was of great importance. To fully grasp the command of the rebel army, Zheng Hongming must be eliminated, and he cannot expose his strength. It is a good way to pretend to be in the patrol battalion. The key is also the action.

"Then I'll wait outside." Amao is Chen Wenqiang's confidant, and he is not familiar with Wu Luzhen, and he has a little respect when speaking.

Wu Luzhen nodded, watched Amao leave the tent, called two backbone members of the Revival Society, probably conveyed the content of the secret letter and solicited their opinions.

"There are too many variables, and it is difficult to master." Zhang Ji frowned and stated his opinion. "A patrol battalion can completely wipe out. If there are too many, you have to adopt different strategies. Finally, it depends on the attitude of the Guangdong government to determine the success or failure of the plan. It is so complicated that there is little hope for success, so Old Chen is a little too presumptuous."

"I think no matter how many patrol battalions come, even if they all come, there will be only more than a thousand people. We will be ready to defeat them completely." Chen Zixin thought and said: "Old Chen cannot be exposed, but we don't care. If the Qing army in Guangdong is also mobilized, at most we can enter Wuzhishan to deal with the enemy for a long time. With Yazhou in the hands of Lao Chen and Lao Wan, our personnel and supplies should not be short of."

"If you want to fight, do your best, and that's what I mean." As a military general, Wu Luzhen naturally hopes to show his strength, and it is indeed difficult to master the ability to attack the Qing army as Chen Wenqiang said. "Of course, Lao Chen's idea is also very good, which can greatly increase the territory under our control in Qiongzhou. I think it's easy to act according to simple and easy-to-action strategies. As Lao Chen's side, we can try to follow his ideas. If we succeed, we can't do anything. After all, it depends on people and heaven."

"Yes, no matter how good Old Chen thinks, the Qing government will not cooperate, and there is no way to do so." Zhang Ji agreed and said, "However, Shouqing's identity should not be exposed for the time being. If the situation really develops as Lao Chen imagines, there is room for maneuver."
Chapter completed!